A Kid Like Jake Page #5

reschedule, if -- if we need to.

Here you go, bud.

- Working on your states again?

- Yeah.

Oh, I bet that's your grandma.

Oh, Catherine!

You are a lifesaver!

I'm so sorry.

We had a sitter lined up.

She's very reliable.

I have no idea

what happened this time.

Well, I don't know why

you would pay anyone.

I've told Alex a thousand times

I'm happy to have my time

with him.

That's very sweet.

We just.. We know that

you're busy and we..

- We wanted to --

- Hi, honey.

Oh, I ran into Simon Weingold.

He was asking after you.

Said they're missing you

terribly.

Aww, that's nice of him.

And I said with Jake in school

next year

you're gonna have a lot

more time on your hands.

Uh, Jake?

- Come say hi to Nana!

- I still need Montana.

Honey, no time to

curl your hair?

How often do you go out,

for goodness sakes?

Well, wear it behind

if you can't.. Yeah.

Oh, what have we got here?

Uh, that's from the dress-up

corner at Jake's school.

- Let me see it.

- His teacher let him take it.

Oh. Oh, no need to explain,

I do read "The New York Times."

God forbid anything

should be off-limits.

So, um --

Where is my favorite grandson?

His dinner's ready

in the fridge.

Just zap it in the microwave,

two, three minutes.

Set the timer

and it goes automatically.

Remember, keep it behind.

Yeah, I have used

a microwave before.

Oh, and the super's

right downstairs.

If you -- you need anything,

just knock.

He stays there,

he's almost always home.

I did raise two of my own,

you remember that, don't you?

- Very true.

- Thank you.

Okay. Put a brush through

your hair, honey, really.

- Thank you again. Love you.

- All right.

- Thank you.

- Bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Here I come! Ready or not!

Yeah, marketing's gotta be

fascinating in that way.

Just the whole "Trying to get

inside peoples' heads."

It must be such

a creative challenge.

You know, it is not about

being creative.

That's what people don't get.

- Well, I think you're creative.

- Thank you.

But you gotta understand

people are up against

so many goddamn options.

- You want some more?

- For everything. Right?

I mean, you walk into a market,

you see like

twenty different kinds of water,

for Christ sake.

I mean..

So the best marketing strategy

is not about being creative.

- I'm not gonna..

- No, no, no, no.

It's about being direct.

It's about being simple.

And ultimately, people..

And, look, I'll just say this.

I'm sorry.

Especially women..

...they wanna be told

what to do.

No, we don't.

I call complete bullshit

on that.

- It's not bullshit.

- So much bullshit.

Can I get anyone another round?

Yeah, I'd love another drink.

Uh..

I'm sorry.

What is your favorite

specialty cocktail?

Ah! Case in point.

No, that's not what I'm doing.

I'm asking her opinion.

I really like

the elderflower Saketini.

- I can't hear you.

- Um, yeah, sure. I'll have one of those.

- Thank you.

- What's going on?

I -- I'm so sorry.

He what?

- I'll be back.

- Yeah. Okay.

Calm down.

No, no, no, I understand.

What happened?

- He threw Cinderella at her.

- What?

The figurine.

Look.. Look, just -- just

put him on the phone, okay?

I wanna talk to him.

Yeah, well, tell him

if he doesn't stop now

we're canceling his

birthday party.

- I'm -- I'm serious.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa.

Wait. Wait a minute.

Let me talk to her.

Let me talk to her.

Come here.

Hey.

Hi, Cate. It's Greg.

I'm so sorry.

Do you need us to come home?

- That's exactly what he wants!

- What's that?

No, I know.

No, we'll leave the phone on

so you co..

Right. Okay, well.. Bye.

I mean, he's not an idiot.

He knows what he's doing.

Well, yeah. I mean, honestly,

if you're upset about it

you might consider

listening to me

and maybe we should bring him

to see someone.

Okay.

Can we not do this right now?

He just assaulted

his grandmother.

Well, she's probably

exaggerating.

Oh, and you threaten to cancel

his birthday party

because she's probably

exaggerating?

Greg, I was setting a boundary.

That's allowed.

Yeah, it is, but don't flip it

around and try to minimize it.

If he's acting out,

he's acting out.

Greg, he's a kid.

God forbid, he should be a

little more aggressive than you.

- I'm so sorry, guys.

- Oh, of course.

- Is everything okay?

- Oh, y -- you know.

He's just punishing us

for having a night out.

You know, maybe I should go.

- Greg, we offered.

- I know.

But I just think that

if one of us was there --

We can't just upend our plans

every time he's in a mood.

- Where's the lesson in that?

- Fine. You're the boss.

Here you are, miss.

The elderflower Saketini.

Thank you.

Perfect timing.

- Cheers to grown-up time.

- Cheers.

So, Caitlyn Jenner.

- Is she a lesbian now or what?

- What?

Well, okay, so I was listening

to this interview

where, um, he, she, uh, yeah,

Ms. Jenner, uh, she said that

she was still attracted

to women.

And, you know,

even though now she's a..

So I was just wondering,

is she.. What is she now?

- Is she a lesbian or what?

- I'm sorry.

- How did we get onto..

- I know.

It was just.. I have no idea.

It just, you know,

he watches so much TV.

I was just reminded of it

because when you were outside

we were talking

about your son, and..

I, I was just explaining that..

I was just saying it's hard,

you know?

Admissions time, kindergarten.

It's so hard for,

for a child, you know, who..

- Who, who what?

- Who just..

Who has a unique expression.

Alex --

Listen, hey, you know,

my brother, Mikey

when he was a kid,

he was obsessed with that

uh, that, that game

Pretty Pretty Princess.

And, you know, you cut to, uh,

freshman year of college

and he's on the football team.

Two hundred pounds,

six-foot-three.

So it just goes to show --

I'm not sure I follow.

I'm just saying that you,

you may..

You, you probably don't need,

need to worry.

- That's all.

- No one's worried.

That's not what he meant.

Well, that's not exactly true.

I'm a little worried.

And so are his teachers --

All right, you know what?

Amal, let me ask you something.

You took Sanjay to see

a therapist last year, right?

- Greg.

- I'm sorry.

Is that a taboo subject?

I just.. We're all friends here.

I think you've had

a little too much to drink.

I just am curious about

your experience as a parent.

And it's fine.

Well, with the divorce

we wanted to be safe.

- So I took him to a therapist.

- Thank you.

Okay. Well, that was

a very different situation.

How is that different?

Because with Sanjay there

was an obvious problem.

- What do you mean by that?

- No, not, not problem. I..

- Right.

- No, no, no. I just meant..

You know,

there was something external.

- Not just how he likes to play.

- I think we should just..

I really think we should just

drop this right now.

It's more than

how he likes to play.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- It means --

What?

What were you gonna say?

- We can talk about it later.

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