All We Had Page #5

You know, "i should do that,"

and so it was like a sign.

And it was a real sign,

you know,

it was a sign

and then a real sign.

And then I started coming.

Yeah. You seem good.

I'm trying to be better,

you know.

Well, so you're still

pretty new, huh?

I'd ask you go to get coffee

or something

if you'd been in here

a little longer.

Oh.

I'd love to...

Grab a coffee.

You'd like to go get coffee?

-With me?

-Yeah.

Sure, if you wanna get coffee,

I'll get coffee.

-Yeah, do something.

-Okay.

-Three.

-Seven.

-Twelve.

-Twenty-two.

This ain't sh*t.

When are times gonna change?

I don't know.

Here, keep it.

Rita:
Say you're from Iowa?

Lee:
Yeah, from council bluffs.

Rita:
What do you like to do

besides skee-ball?

-Ohh!

-Lee:
A hundred?

-Rita:
I got 100!

-Lee:
Way to go!

Rita:
Yes!

Rita:
Ooh, you're good.

How'd you get so good?

Lee:
A misspent youth.

You got a great smile.

You know, I could fix

your first premolar for you.

I'm a dentist.

Yeah. Don't be embarrassed.

It's fine.

You can hardly see it.

Except when you're laughing.

Well, it has been a while

since I've laughed.

Maybe I can fix that

for you, too.

You're not a dentist.

-Best in town.

-No way.

Top 10 in town.

-Really?

-Yeah.

I mean,

look at these pearly whites.

Are all those real?

Yeah.

Wow!

Come on, show me. I'll give you

a free dental exam.

-Open your mouth.

-No.

Come on, I can help you.

Why does everybody hate

going to the dentist?

We do so much good.

You can't hate...

Clean, healthy teeth.

It's the foundation

for a good life.

Come on.

Let's see.

Oh...

Let me see.

Tell you now, genetically...

Hold on.

You got perfect teeth.

But you're gonna need

a root canal

and a serious cleaning.

Rita:
Mm-hmm

and probably a new tooth.

When's the last time

you saw a dentist?

When ruthie was

a baby, I think.

It's okay, we're gonna

get you fixed up.

You're nice.

Ruthie:
I had read about what

they called a financial crisis.

And now I was seeing it.

Neighbors like "Patti with an i"

and her family just disappeared.

We're f***ed.

Vic:
Look at

that single-car garage.

-Vic:
Is that beautiful?

-Woman:
It's beautiful.

People don't have garages here.

You will have a garage.

Why do some people get away

with everything

while other people

have to suffer for it?

It's gonna be okay, ruthie.

It's not fair.

Sometimes life isn't fair,

but...

We're dealt the cards that

we know how to deal with.

We're losing our house

while real-estate a**holes

get richer

and there's nothing

we can do.

Why is life so hard?

It's not meant to be like this.

I'm 15!

Ruthie, it's always

gonna be okay.

You don't know that!

Everything around us

is collapsing!

-It's going to be okay.

-Everything is falling apart!

It's going to be okay.

-Ruthie:
It's not gonna be okay!

-Pam:
Yes, it is.

-Ruthie:
No, it's not!

-Pam:
It's going to be okay.

-Ruthie:
No, it's not.

-Pam:
Sit down, please.

It's not!

Pam:
It will be.

Pam:
You've got to relax.

Here, put your feet up.

Put your feet up.

Ready? Whoooo!

- Whooo!

Whooooo!

See?

Ohh!

I don't wanna laugh,

i just wanna cry.

It's hard to have perspective

right now, but...

One day you'll look back

on all of this

and you'll see

that it's all okay.

Come here.

Sweetie, put something sexy on.

-I'm taking you out.

-What?

-Huh?

-Huh?

What's going on?

You know I called you

when I was sick.

Yeah, come on, I was busy.

-Busy doing what, huh? Busy?

-Yeah.

I'm losing my house

because of you.

I can take care of that.

How are you gonna take care

of that, Vic, huh?

How you gonna do it?

-Tell me, I'd like to know.

-Come here.

-No, f***ing me

isn't gonna help.

What are you gonna do, huh?

You owe me!

You signed those papers

yourself.

-You told me to.

-Are you 2 years old?

-You told me to!

-All right, calm down.

Listen, you make your own

decisions, all right?

No, you can't do that.

You can't just turn sh*t around.

It's not fair!

-That's what people like you do.

-All right.

Get outta here,

you mother f***er!

All right, all right!

-And don't come back!

-Crazy.

-Mom?

-Huh?

Nothing.

Stop!

Stop!

I need to get this done.

Love you.

Love you.

How was that?

Rita:
It was good.

I liked the soup.

It's good soup.

-Pam:
Anything else, guys?

-No, thanks.

I don't like tomatoes,

but I like tomato soup.

That's a dichotomy.

A what?

How do you spell "dichotomy"?

Lee:
Here you go, I got it.

I like helping you.

I don't need your help,

it's fine.

What's wrong?

Hey. Look at me.

We're losing our house.

Lee:
Well, maybe I can help.

No.

Hey.

I can't have another guy tell us

he's gonna help us.

Come here, come talk to me.

I can't do it to ruthie.

So, when are we moving in

with Lee?

We're not.

Woman:
Eighty-one days ago

i got up

and I decided to call you guys

and I'm so grateful I did.

I feel so blessed.

Eighty-one days today.

I am free.

Hey, ladies.

Stay out of trouble.

Lee?

Thank you for being so nice.

-Of course.

-We've been through hell, but...

I know.

I don't want ruthie

to be sad anymore.

Lee:
I understand.

I really care about you.

It's all gonna be okay.

I want you guys to come

stay with me, okay?

Or we could stay here all night.

I hate goodbyes, too.

Yeah, it sucks.

It's gonna be okay, ruthie.

Let's go.

Rita:
Come on.

-Rita:
Hi.

-Lee:
Hi.

-Lee:
Let me get this box.

-Rita:
Ah, thank you.

Lee:
I'll show you guys around.

Hi, ruthie.

Good to see ya.

-Hi.

-Rita:
Let's go see your house.

Lee:
Come on.

Let me just get the door.

Yeah, the house is originally

from 1926.

It's a kind of a-frame.

But, uh, yeah,

that's my record collection.

Got all the different kinds

of music.

Rita:
Oh, I like music!

Lee:
Feel free to look

through that.

This is the bedroom here

and the bathroom.

This is the kitchen.

I'll just set this down.

Here's the backyard.

Rita, gasping:

Ruthie, there's a pool!

Lee:
Yeah.

Ruthie:
Yeah, we can't swim.

Lee:
I'll show you guys

the upstairs.

Rita:
I can't wait to jump in.

Got a lot of this stuff

from my grandparents.

Guess that's kind of obvious.

Feel free to change anything,

'cause I don't...

So, ruthie, I thought this

could be your room.

I've gotten most of my stuff

out of it.

And you can repaint it

or whatever you feel like.

I'll go finish getting

the stuff out of the car.

Make yourself at home.

Oh, hey, you need something,

ruthie?

No, uh...

-Sorry.

-That's okay.

Yeah, that's some of the stuff

i didn't clean out of there.

I just got

a bunch of old stuff in there.

Hmm. You play chess?

Yeah, a little bit.

Do you play?

Yeah, I mean,

what I like about chess

is you can learn

as you go along.

You can't win just by only

making forward moves.

Sometimes you have to

take a step back

or even lose a few pieces

to move forward.

I think you just

have to be patient.

You know, that's what

they say about it.

Okay, you can have

the first move.

Hey, ruthie.

Hi.

"Breakfast of champions"?

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