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So we make a mad dash

for the front door.

- Hello, honey?

- Two cops end up walking in there

Hello what?

Honey, I slow down.

- Where's Alexis?

- Jimmy, what's up?

[JAMES] Okay, hold on,

I'll be right there, okay?

I'll be right there.

I'm on my way.

[LOU]

Please explain.

We have to go.

I'm sorry. We have to go.

- [LOU] We'll get it.

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[LOU]

Do what you gotta do.

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR OPENS]

- Where's Alexis?

- She's not home yet.

- I'm gonna wring her neck.

- Just calm down.

Gracie, come here.

Let me see you, darling.

Are you all right?

Let's see, ohh.

She's fine.

It's it's a sprain.

There's no broken bones.

She'll be in fighting form

in no time at all.

- Don't you worry.

- Okay.

Uh, sorry, Bridget,

this is my mom, Ginny.

- Hello, Mrs. Maxwell.

- Just call me Ginny.

- Never a dull moment here.

- No.

Let's get you upstairs,

precious.

Come on, you must be so tired.

Come on.

I'm going to be right back.

Okay? Sorry.

Don't be sorry.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[BRIDGET] Hey-

James has been looking for you.

SQ?

Why are you even here?

Oh, well, your sister got hurt,

and I wanted to help.

Well

we don't need your help.

So why don't you just leave?

Because they all

eventually do anyway.

- That's not very polite.

- [LAUGHS]

[POSH ACCENT]

Because I'm British and proper,

and we have manners,

not like you silly Americans.

F***, I hope I don't

talk like that.

All right, let's get you to bed.

Don't touch me.

Hey, where were you?

Why weren't you watching

your sister?

What's the matter with you?

Are you drunk?

Yes.

And I was at a party.

With boys and drinking

and smoking.

Are you even aware

that while you

were out celebrating,

your sister got hurt?

Does that even occur to you

in your selfish little world?

- I'm gonna go.

- If you could just wait one second.

- Does it?

- I hate you.

I hate it here.

I hate this whole f***ing place.

I don't understand you anymore.

You used to be my friend.

You used to want

to be good and hang out.

- What happened? Is it my fault?

- Yeah, I think so.

Is it my little friend-on-friend

experiment?

- Is that what's gone wrong?

- Why'd you even do that?

Did you just feel bad

that my parents were dead?

When did you become so nasty?

Maybe when I realized

that you were all I got.

You know what you are?

You are an ungrateful,

spoiled little girl.

That's what you are.

Excuse me. You are not an adult!

You are a little girl,

you understand?!

Yeah, I know I'm not as precious

as your little Grace.

I'm not perfect like her.

I'm just a big pain in your ass!

- Well, you said it, not me!

- F*** you.

[SIGHS] I'm sorry.

It's okay.

I just can't take her anymore,

you know?

- I get it. Yeah.

- You know? Yeah.

Maybe let her sober up,

talk to her in the morning.

Mm-hmm.

Um I'm gonna go

and get her some water.

Okay.

Where's the kitchen?

- Oh, the kitchen that way.

- Okay.

- I can get it for you.

- I'm okay.

I like your room.

Thank you.

Just keep drinking this.

Why wouldn't you tell me what

it's like to have a teenager?

How could you forget

to tell me about that?

If I had,

would you have believed me?

[CHUCKLES]

- [GROANS]

- It'll be all right.

You're not the first parent

to feel this,

and you certainly

won't be the last, you know.

[SUCKS TEETH]

I gotta go. I'm tired.

I love you, Mama.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, that new girl upstairs.

- Yeah?

- I like her.

- Oh, you do?

- Yeah, she's a keeper.

Don't screw that up.

- Love ya.

- Love you.

I, um think you need

a rather large drink.

Okay. Cheers.

Cheers. Kids.

[CHUCKLES]

Want to hang out a little bit?

Um

After all that,

I can understand if you didn't.

- [SNICKERS]

- Yeah, I'll hang out.

- Cool.

- Cool.

[JAMES]

That's from a long time ago.

That's probably from 11,

12 years ago.

These are all from

a long time ago.

Anything from this decade?

Mmm

James, when was the last time

you painted?

I mean, I paint all the time,

when I'm teaching, so.

That's not what I meant.

Um

I start and stop a lot.

I haven't finished anything

in a long time

- that I'm proud of, so

- Why?

I'll give you two guesses.

Oh. They're the excuse.

No, they're not an excuse.

They're a reality, okay?

It's hard to raise kids

and be a struggling artist.

These are really beautiful.

- Thanks.

- I love the colors.

It makes me uncomfortable,

but thanks.

They should be

on someone's wall.

Yeah, they're they are.

They're on my wall.

I see them.

Who else needs to see them?

- I'm being serious.

- So am I.

Okay, fine, we'll save this

conversation for another day.

- Oh, will we?

- To be continued.

Well, that's presumptuous

of you to think

that it's gonna be continued.

Are you just gonna keep talking

or are you gonna kiss me?

- You want another one?

- Yes.

- Kiss or scotch?

- Both.

[LAUGHS] Which order?

Um

Bridget, Bridget,

we gotta get up.

- Five more minutes.

- Come on, you gotta get up.

You gotta get up, okay?

Get up.

- Good morning.

- Come on.

Oh, my God, we really drank

that whole bottle.

- [LAUGHS]

- Pretty much.

Come on, you gotta get up, okay?

Caffeine.

I need some caffeine.

Coffee or tea would be really

great right now.

I'll get it for you

on the way home, okay?

We gotta get up, okay?

Come on.

Oh, uh okay.

I guess now would be a good time

to tell you I was a virgin.

- What?

- That was that was as a joke.

Okay, we really gotta go.

I can't have you here

if the girls are here.

It's a mistake, okay?

Come on.

- Yeah,

- Come on, let's go.

Okay, okay.

Can you pass me my dress?

Listen

With everything going on

with the girls, I don't

It's fine.

No, I just don't

I can't be emotionally available

for somebody else's needs.

I understand.

I can see you have

enough stress as it is.

I don't want to add to it.

But, um but for the record,

what happened last night,

I wanted it to happen.

It wasn't a mistake for me.

Hold on a minute, Bridget,

that's not what I meant.

Bridget, that's not what I meant

when I said that, I

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SIGHS]

Just wanted to apologize

for last night.

I'm really sorry

that Grace got hurt.

I should have been there,

and I know that.

I screwed up.

But it won't happen again,

I promise.

Okay. Okay.

I'm actually pleased you can

acknowledge your mistake.

That's mature of you.

It is. It is.

Yeah, you know why?

You know why I'm pleased?

You know why I believe you?

Because you're grounded, okay?

You're grounded

until I say otherwise.

You can't do that.

I've never been grounded.

- Well, it starts now, okay?

- That's f***ing bullshit.

Keep your voice down.

That computer and that phone

are mine now, okay?

- I am taking them away.

- You can't do that.

I can't?

Until you get your own money

and you pay for your own things,

they belong to me.

- Do you understand?

- What about the money my parents left for us?

What happened to that?

This house,

this house belonged to me.

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