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Charlie's Dad Starts to Lose It

Charlie grows concerned when his father begins to show signs of Alzheimer's disease. Patrick tries to help Nolan dress for succes

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00:00Okay, we've exchanged makeup gifts for lashing out at each other.
00:03But the most important thing is to also verbally apologize.
00:06Especially when we tried to blind somebody with perfume.
00:11Sorry, Nolan.
00:13It's okay. My eyeballs never smell better.
00:18Changed someone's ringtone to smack my bitch up.
00:23I'm sorry, Ed.
00:25Tried to put someone on the no-fly list.
00:28Sorry about that, Lacey.
00:31That is your real name.
00:35FYI, I'm already on the no-fly list.
00:37Do not try to steal drinks from flight attendants,
00:40because those hoes are located here, here, and here.
00:44And refer to someone as a giant piece of crap walking around in a bag of human skin.
00:50Sorry, me.
00:53It's okay, me.
00:57Oh, hey, everybody.
00:59Sorry, Charlie. I didn't realize you were in group.
01:01I don't want to interrupt.
01:02It's okay, Dad.
01:03Are you going to pick up some grapefruit later?
01:05I was really in the mood for grapefruit this morning.
01:07Yeah, sorry, Dad.
01:08I was busy, but I'll make sure I get everything on your list when I go to the store later.
01:12And don't forget the pudding.
01:13How could I? I was on your list twice.
01:14Under my with stars and arrows.
01:16I like pudding.
01:17Is that what that meant?
01:19See you later, Dad.
01:20And make sure you get the eight-pack, the four-packs of joke.
01:23Oh, my God.
01:25I'm sorry. I didn't want to interrupt.
01:27No problem, but you did.
01:29Didn't mean to.
01:30But continue to.
01:33So, is your father living here now?
01:35No, it just seems that way, because he showed up last week, and now he won't go home.
01:40This isn't what a problem with this plumbing.
01:42Maybe it's his building.
01:44Or maybe a tin with all that grapefruit and pudding.
01:49All right, let's get back to the session.
01:51I have a question.
01:52Nolan, you didn't do anything to me.
01:54Why did you give me a teddy bear?
01:55I just saw it, and I thought it could keep you company, you know?
01:58And if you're happy, you could kiss it.
02:01And if you're sad, you could just hold it to your bosom.
02:05That is so sweet.
02:06Is that a camera, Nolan?
02:09What?
02:10A camera?
02:11That guy ripped me off.
02:13What a bad man.
02:15Just once, I'd like a bear without a camera.
02:19Nolan, you really got to examine this obsession you have with lacing.
02:22Once again, you're attracted to someone who treats you badly and validates your low self-esteem.
02:27Really?
02:28Because I...
02:28Shut your loser hole.
02:29He's trying to help you.
02:31Can I interject something?
02:33See, I think the first step to feeling better about yourself is looking better.
02:37I mean, you could start by just making a couple of changes.
02:42For example, just all of this and just all of this.
02:47Patrick, getting self-esteem is not as easy as a change of clothes.
02:50It takes hard work, and it's a gradual process.
02:53Well, as a personal shopper, I see clothes transform people every day.
02:58It's like therapy, except that it's faster, and no one wears black shoes and white socks.
03:03Ed.
03:07Patrick, there's no reason to praise one profession at the expense of another.
03:10Even if one of those professions is selling clothes made by five-year-old crying Chinese girls.
03:16I want to try to look good.
03:18Will you help me, Patrick?
03:20Well, I don't want to get in the way of the glacial progress you're making here, but yeah, sure.
03:25Let's give it a try.
03:27Did I mention that sometimes they shoot the girls for crying too hard?
03:32Sorry, Dad, can I see you for a second?
03:34It's about Grandpa.
03:36Excuse me a second, guys.
03:41I know you're just the messenger, but if this is anything about grapefruit or pudding, I swear to God.
03:45I just want you to see something.
03:48I don't know if we should be worried about Grandpa or not, but I found this.
03:56Why would Grandpa put his shoes in the refrigerator?
03:58Is he okay?
03:59Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, he's fine.
04:01Are you sure?
04:02Yeah.
04:04Yeah, it's an old Irish tradition.
04:06When you go to someone's house, you put your shoes in their fridge as a sign of respect.
04:12Don't you feel respected?
04:15So, why don't we complete the tradition by taking these shoes back up to Grandpa's room
04:22and pretending like this never happened.
04:35In all my 65 years, I have never been this happy.
04:39I thought you were 72.
04:40The whole thing was a lie.
04:41You think I've never been this happy?
04:47Don't you want to answer that?
04:48No, just someone calling to wish me a happy birthday and make another stupid over-the-hill joke.
04:54What was it like to live when the dinosaurs roamed the earth?
04:56It was like mind your own damn business, Buster.
05:00People are so rude.
05:03But seriously, what was it like?
05:05You know, a lot of times the dinosaurs would kill the youngest member of the family for being a smart
05:09aleck.
05:11Sam, take your grandpa and go watch that DVD we got him.
05:14I'll bring in the cake and ice cream.
05:15Great.
05:16Can't wait to see grumpy old men again.
05:19Hope nobody cut their hand digging through the bargain bin by the checkout counter.
05:23Nice to know I'm worth a buck ninety-nine.
05:27So, Sam told me that Martin put his shoes in the fridge.
05:31That doesn't sound good.
05:32Is he okay?
05:33He had a senior moment.
05:34You're always blowing stuff out of proportion.
05:36People forget things.
05:37Yeah, I guess.
05:39When you were on the road playing baseball, I used to forget we were married.
05:43All right, you got me.
05:45We're even now.
05:46Guess we're not talking about that anymore.
05:49Hey, excuse me.
05:49I gotta hit the john before we start the film.
05:52Charlie, what are we, animals?
05:54We used to put a door on this thing.
05:55Dad, Dad, Dad, stop, stop.
05:57It's not a bathroom.
05:57It's not a bathroom.
05:58What?
06:00Oh, man, I am really sorry.
06:03I guess I got a little distracted.
06:05You okay?
06:06Yeah, I'm just really embarrassed.
06:10I still have to go to the bathroom.
06:11There's one upstairs, right?
06:13Yeah, it's the room without the beds.
06:18Charlie, you've really got to take your dad to the doctor.
06:20Could be something serious, like Alzheimer's.
06:23Alzheimer's?
06:24No, it's probably just another one of his tricks.
06:26Maybe he wants something.
06:27Maybe he wants to move in with me.
06:28You're right.
06:29Maybe nobody has Alzheimer's, and one out of five old people just want to live with you.
06:34All right, fine.
06:35I'll take him to the doctor, but I'm telling you, Jen, he just wants someone to wait on
06:37him hand and foot like his ex-wife used to.
06:39You really think he'd go that far?
06:41He'd pee in your pantry just to fool you?
06:43He's from a generation of people who still knew the value of hard work and commitment.
06:48Yeah, those who look at a toilet and say, why?
06:50He looks at a pantry and says, why not?
06:59I really appreciate you doing this for me, Patrick.
07:02I hope I don't let you down.
07:03Are you kidding me?
07:04You're every stylist's dream.
07:06You're a blank slate with no style whatsoever.
07:12All right.
07:13Let's find out who is in there.
07:15Give me one word to describe yourself.
07:18Nolan.
07:21All right.
07:21You're going to have to go a little bit deeper.
07:23Nolan.
07:30You know what?
07:30I have a pretty good sense of who you are, so let's just see what we can do to cover
07:34that
07:34up.
07:40There.
07:40Now that is the kind of shirt that commands respect.
07:44Wow.
07:45I respect it already.
07:48Here.
07:49Put this on.
07:52Look at you.
07:54You already look like a different man.
07:56Oh, my God.
07:58I am.
07:59I look like Ryan Gosling.
08:01He's the assistant.
08:02You sure do.
08:04See, when you look better, you actually feel better about yourself.
08:09You're right.
08:09I do feel better.
08:11If I met myself in a bar, I'd talk to me.
08:16All we need to do is add this, which is a splash of color.
08:20I should have told you.
08:22I don't like ties.
08:23No, I know it's a little formal, but now, instead of looking like a guy who sells weed
08:28in an alley, you'll look like the guy in charge of a guy who sells weed in an alley.
08:35I don't care.
08:36Get it off.
08:37Get it off.
08:37Hold still.
08:38Oh, God, it's like Tarzan's first day in the city.
08:40It's a tie.
08:41It's not going to hurt you.
08:43I can't breathe.
08:45I can't.
08:46I can't breathe.
08:52Now that we have learned something about you, here's something about me.
08:56I am very uncomfortable when people cry.
09:01That is the last time I ever open up to you.
09:07Yo.
09:08Hey.
09:09So, how'd it go with the doctors?
09:11Is your dad faking it?
09:12Or does he really have the hymers?
09:15The hymers?
09:16Real sensitive.
09:18How's your mom's chemia?
09:21Oh, it's intermiss.
09:22Oh, it's intermiss.
09:23Look, it helps me to deal with the heavy stuff by just giving it a little nickname.
09:27That's how I function.
09:29I learned that from a Jewish friend who lost his grandparents in the cost.
09:33You even have a nickname for the holocaust?
09:35No, he lost him at Costco.
09:37They wandered off.
09:39They had the hymers.
09:42Well, how's your dad?
09:44Well, he took him to the doctor.
09:45He didn't do so well on the cognitive stuff.
09:48That doesn't prove anything.
09:49The tests are inconclusive.
09:51So, there's no way to know for sure?
09:53Not until they do an autopsy.
09:55I tried to schedule one for tomorrow, but, you know, it rolls.
09:59So, what's the next step?
10:01I don't know.
10:01My gut tells me he's faking it.
10:03Maybe he'd tank the test on purpose.
10:05Well, what if he didn't?
10:06What kind of son are you if it turns out he's really sick?
10:10The kind that I'll spend the rest of my life wracked with guilt?
10:15I can't wait to find out.
10:17I need to know if he's faking it now.
10:21Good luck with that.
10:22You have to watch the guy all day to know for sure.
10:25That's why I'm going to use this Teddy spy cam.
10:28One of my patients left it behind.
10:30Yeah, I got one of those at home.
10:32I thought my housekeeper was stealing from me.
10:35Is this the hot one?
10:36Oh, yeah.
10:38So, was she stealing from you?
10:40Not enough to let her go.
10:42It's always an ethical dilemma when the hot turned to crime.
10:46They belong in jail, but they're so hot.
10:51It's a good thing they didn't have hidden cameras like this when I was younger.
10:54I'm sure my parents would have used it to catch me doing something wrong.
10:58You guys had some trust issues?
11:00Yeah, and it only got worse when they found out I was sleeping with a college professor.
11:06You slept with a professor?
11:07Before you were in college?
11:08No, I would never do that.
11:10I was in high school.
11:13You are an endless wellspring of wow.
11:18Can we go now?
11:20I've been watching your father for an hour and a half.
11:22All he's done is eat some pudding, do a crossword puzzle, eat some more pudding.
11:26This could take days.
11:27No, no, no, no.
11:28This is all proving my point.
11:30When I'm home, it's all peeing in the pantry and shoes in the fridge.
11:34Look at him right now.
11:35He's as normal as you and me.
11:37Well, me.
11:38I didn't have sex with college professors until I was in college.
11:42But you're not going to see anything.
11:44Yes, I am.
11:45I'll see enough to prove that my father's a big fat liar.
11:49He hasn't done one thing out of the ordinary.
11:54He's using an ice cream sandwich as a remote control.
11:59No, he's not.
12:00He's using an ice cream sandwich as a remote control.
12:11Oh, my God.
12:13He's got the hymers.
12:27Too easy.
12:47Hey, Dan.
12:48Hey.
12:49How you doing?
12:50I'm okay, but I think you need to get your refund on this subscription, though.
12:55They printed the whole magazine upside down.
12:58Hold on.
12:58I think I have an extra copy.
12:59Oh.
13:03Thank you, son.
13:05Mind if I have a beer with you?
13:06Not at all.
13:06Please join me.
13:20Listen, I've been thinking.
13:21We should talk about you coming to live with me.
13:24Permanently.
13:25Oh, no, no, no.
13:26I couldn't do that, son.
13:27I mean, it's great fun living here, but I have to get back to my own place.
13:31Sorry, Dad, but it's just much safer if you're here so I can keep an eye on you.
13:34What happened?
13:35Is it the results from those tests?
13:37That doesn't mean anything.
13:40No, no.
13:41You're sharp as ever.
13:45Just to be on the safe side, I'm going to go to your apartment and bring all your stuff back
13:48here.
13:49No, no, no.
13:49You can't do that.
13:50No, I'll never give up my independence.
13:52By God, I fought in the war.
13:53Incoming!
13:54Take cover!
13:55Take cover, son!
13:56We're going to get out of here.
13:58All right, cease fire.
13:59Eddie's dead.
13:59Eddie's...
14:01Eddie's...
14:03It's okay.
14:04It's okay.
14:05It's all right.
14:06Come on.
14:06Oh, my.
14:07I'm so sorry.
14:08I get scared sometimes, son.
14:10It's okay.
14:11Why don't you sit down and let me fix you a club sandwich.
14:15With extra bacon?
14:17Sure, Dad.
14:18Extra bacon.
14:19Yeah, because, you know, I think I remember I liked it.
14:21Crispy.
14:30Oh.
14:31Hey.
14:33Sorry.
14:34I always fall asleep after a panic attack.
14:39Sucks when it happens in a supermarket or a bank.
14:44Well, I don't really know what to do now.
14:47I guess I should ask you if you want to talk about it.
14:50I can't.
14:51That's too painful.
14:52No, thank God.
14:53I packed you to go, Bucks, so I will see you in group.
14:57I guess it all started with my dad.
15:02He was an ex-Marine from Texas.
15:04Scary man.
15:06There was a seventh grade dance, and I don't want to go because I was kind of awkward back
15:10then.
15:11You?
15:11No.
15:13No.
15:13And my dad said that I had to go to the dance and meet girls.
15:16So I hid under the bed, and he pulled me out by my tie and dragged me by my neck
15:21all
15:21the way to the dance.
15:23Oh, my God.
15:24That's awful.
15:25It's like some sort of reverse footloose.
15:28To this day, I can't wear a tie.
15:32I feel like I'm choking.
15:33No, no, no, no.
15:35Don't do that.
15:36We've done that already.
15:36Just tell me what I can do to make it better.
15:42A hug would help?
15:43Yeah, so just let me know if you think of anything.
15:48I'd like a hug, Patrick.
15:50I'm sorry.
15:51I don't do comfort.
15:53It's my issue.
15:55I've just never been really good around other people's pain.
15:57I'm working on it, though.
15:59Okay, I understand.
16:00I think I can drive home now.
16:02Great.
16:03So, feel better.
16:06Thanks.
16:07No one has ever listened to me without being paid before.
16:13Okey-dokey.
16:16Okay, that's enough.
16:18Stay with it.
16:19You're doing great.
16:20Ride it out, big guy.
16:23You brought this on yourself, Noah.
16:28Didn't your father have a whole collection of watches?
16:30I can't find them anywhere.
16:32Check the microwave?
16:34Like there's room in there with all the socks.
16:38Hello?
16:40We know you're in there, Martin.
16:41We can hear you.
16:43Get your ass out here, you coward!
16:46Oh, don't stiff the Girl Scouts for cookies in this neighborhood.
16:5245 years ago.
16:57You must be the girls from Troop 1.
16:59Who the hell are you?
17:01It's obviously his son.
17:02Look at him.
17:03He's got Martin's face.
17:05Maybe that's why I want to punch it.
17:08And to what do I owe this pleasure?
17:09We need to see your father.
17:11Martin!
17:12Get out here!
17:13Oh, slow down.
17:14What is going on?
17:16This young man's father was having a relationship with me.
17:19While we were waltzing in the sheets down the hall.
17:23Hold on, hold on.
17:24Are you telling me that my dad, Martin, the patron saint of monogamy, was cheating with two women?
17:30Oh, my gosh.
17:31You make total sense now, Charlie.
17:32Cheating is genetic.
17:35He's been avoiding us ever since we found out about each other.
17:38We confronted him, and he ran.
17:40You would have caught him, but he went up some stairs.
17:44So you were the ones that were calling all the time.
17:47He's such a liar.
17:48He actually told us he couldn't be responsible for his actions, because he had Alzheimer's.
17:54Wow.
17:56How stupid would someone have to be to believe a load of crap like that?
17:59He's your dad, Charlie.
18:01You wanted to believe him.
18:03I want to confront him, but it might be too late.
18:06I hear he's getting pushed out his son's window later this afternoon.
18:15Hey, then.
18:46How was your day?
18:48That's the sailboat.
18:53That's the rowboat.
18:56Sorry.
19:00Listen, I got some bad news, and I know this is going to be hard to hear.
19:04The results from your blood work came back, and they found some kind of a rare bone disease.
19:09What?
19:10I know.
19:11I know.
19:11I couldn't believe it either.
19:12But there is something they can do.
19:14It's a marrow procedure that's extremely painful and takes a very, very, very long time.
19:23Oh, my God.
19:25But here's the good news.
19:26There is one day a week where you're not strapped down to the machine.
19:30But you spend most of that day in the bathroom.
19:34Well, you found out about Elaine and Barbara, huh?
19:37You found out about the teddy cam.
19:39I saw it in the SkyMall magazine.
19:42Anyone who's ever gotten on a plane without any reading material could have figured that one out.
19:47I got to tell you, what you did was disgusting.
19:50Oh, come on.
19:51Barb's not that bad.
19:52And Elaine's got direct TV.
19:54I'm talking about faking Alzheimer's.
19:56Why don't you just tell me you needed a place to hide out?
19:58Oh, Charlie, I've always ridden you so hard for being a womanizer.
20:01I didn't want to give you the impression that I was, you know, a...
20:05Hypocrite?
20:06Hey, just because you say one thing and do another doesn't make you a hypocrite.
20:10Can we continue this conversation upstairs near a window?
20:13Look, I never meant for this to happen.
20:15Believe me, I had real feelings for both of them, and I just couldn't choose.
20:19See, Barbara's a diabetic, and Elaine's got melanoma, so I was kind of hoping God would choose for me.
20:26Well, he didn't.
20:27So now you've got to go back there and deal with them.
20:29Oh, no.
20:30After what I've done, they're both so angry, I just don't know if I can handle it.
20:34You want to do it alone?
20:35Luckily, your son is an anger management therapist.
20:37I'll even mediate.
20:38You'd really do that for me?
20:40I remember a dad who was always there when his kid got in a jam.
20:44Mr. Kellerman down the street.
20:45Yeah, I'm going to do this for him.
20:50Oh, Charlie, they're going to kill me.
20:54Yeah, don't worry.
20:56Sure, they're going to want to yell at you and humiliate you and maybe even throw some stuff.
20:59But none of that will happen as long as I'm here.
21:10Oh, no.
21:11Barb, Elaine, it's all yours.
21:16Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
21:17It's good.
21:18No, no, no.
21:20Ha, ha, ha!
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