Everybody's Fine Page #3

-You like making fun of me, don't you?

-Yeah, you're funny.

-Yeah, I'm funny?

-Try this.

Thanks. A fork. A regular fork.

Now I can eat without dropping this

all down my shirt.

Jack, can you pass Dad the chili sauce,

please?

Jack?

No.

-Jack, pass him the sauce.

-I'm not passing anything.

Don't be silly.

I don't really want it. It's fine.

I don't need it.

-You sure?

-Stop asking him.

He's not stupid.

If he says no, he means no.

If he changes his mind,

he knows where it is.

-He can get it himself.

-Jack.

-I'm sorry, Dad.

-That's okay.

So, what are your plans?

Well, I thought that I would stay

a day or 2 or so,

and then head on out to see Robert.

Surprise him on his tour.

That would have been so great.

It's just, this week's really difficult.

I feel awful. I got this huge pitch

to oversee at the agency,

and Jeff's flying out

on business tomorrow.

We should arrange it properly,

another time.

Well, maybe I can just spend time

with Jack?

Yeah, that would have been great, too,

but he starts school again tomorrow,

and then he's off on

a field trip for 3 days.

-A field trip? Where are you going?

-I don't know.

Nobody tells me anything anymore.

Well, you know, look,

that's what happens

when you show up unexpectedly.

I understand. You're busy. That's fine.

Look...

God, I feel awful.

Any other time but this week.

Listen, I've had a good time.

I've seen the house.

I've seen Jeff and you,

and I let this guy beat me at golf,

so all in all it's been a pretty good trip.

-I'm really sorry, Dad. Really.

-No.

I'm gonna call Robert tonight

and find out where he's gonna be at.

I just... He's really busy.

He's on tour, and I just don't know

if it's gonna be possible. What?

No, don't call him,

because I wanna surprise him.

-Okay.

-Promise?

Yeah, promise. Absolutely. Yeah.

I'm putting Dad on the train tomorrow.

He'll be with you in Denver

the next morning.

What? No, I'm rehearsing.

I haven't got time to meet him.

Well, he can't stay here!

I need to get on a flight to Mexico

to see what's going on with David.

Is he okay?

Have you spoken to him?

No, but I got through

to the police today.

No surprise.

They said the arrest was drug related,

but they won't give me

any more details over the phone.

So I'm gonna try

and get on a flight tomorrow.

Amy, listen, I don't know

if I can lie to Dad

about David when he gets here.

Well, just make up an excuse

to get him to Rosie's.

Say you're flying off to Europe

for a concert or something.

That's too obvious.

I'm not gonna do that.

-Well, think of something yourself!

-Are you okay?

Jeff, come on!

Jeff, come on.

Dad's waiting to take a photo!

Just get it out,

and I'll look at it when I get there.

-All right. Okay, bye.

-I'll take one of you two first.

-Okay.

-All right. Here?

Little over this way.

Okay. Little...

Together. Everybody together.

Together.

-Where's the...

-It's the silver button on top.

-My God. This is film. This is great.

-Smile.

Watch your finger.

Your finger's on the edge.

Yep. Okay! Give me a beautiful...

All right.

You said Jack was

at the top of his class,

-but he says he's not doing that well.

-Well, he was at the top of his class.

He's struggling at the moment,

that's all.

I tell you the good news

and spare you the bad.

Isn't that what Mom used to do for you

when we were kids?

It doesn't matter what your mother did.

Tell me the bad news

as well as the good news from now on.

-Do you understand?

-Fine.

You doing okay at home?

-You doing okay at home?

-Fine.

-You sure?

-Yeah.

Are you sure?

I didn't realize there was

so much to do around the house.

Mom would have loved

to hear you say that.

Yeah.

What was all that at dinner last night

with the chili sauce?

Jeff just doesn't let Jack

get his own way all the time, that's all.

They always fight.

I checked the train times.

There's one in a few hours.

I just gotta drop by the office first.

-Advertising?

-Advertising agency, yeah.

-Your agency?

-Part mine.

Amy. Wait, wait, wait.

To your left a little.

To your left, to your left.

-Okay.

-One more. It's okay.

Just hold on.

-A little to your left. Left, left, left.

-I'm so sorry.

That's it.

-I got it. Yeah.

-You got it?

Yeah, no, that's a fish.

It looks great.

It looks good.

-I think it works perfectly...

-So remind me of the market.

Yep. It's home owners,

blue collar to middle class.

-Like my dad.

-I guess, yeah. Sure.

-I guess.

-Just like your dad. Sure.

So, pitch it to him.

Let's see what he thinks.

Hey, Dad. Come over here.

-Right now? Sure.

-Yeah.

-Hey. Tom.

-Tom? Hi, Tom. Frank.

-Frank, I'm Steph.

-Steph?

-Hi, Dad. "Dad" 'cause of...

-Hi. Frank.

We got a TV commercial.

They're gonna pitch it to you. Okay?

-To...

-Sit down.

-Sit here?

-Yeah.

-In your chair?

-Yeah.

-Now you're in charge.

-Nice chair.

Okay, so it's an ad for TV,

for a financial organization...

-Yeah, don't tell him. Just pitch it.

-I'm so sorry.

Okay. So there's a guy by the lake,

and he is fishing just like this.

Pine forests.

Snow-covered mountains.

And he's wearing a quilted jacket

'cause, you know... It's, like, really cold.

What do you do when it gets cold?

Put a quilted jacket on.

-He's a little nippy.

-A couple layers.

Okay, here we go.

Big fish jumps out of the water.

I'm talking a big mother

with big beady eyes.

-Kind of looks like... Right?

-Just like that.

Looks at the guy, right in the eyes,

and he says,

"Hey, brother, you looking for me?"

Voice over.

"Ever wonder why life wasn't this easy?

"At Crest and Landing, transferring

multiple loans to one company

-"can be this easy."

-Okay.

We cut to a shot right here of this guy

by a campfire.

We see that big fish right above

some coals, right? Close-up of the fish.

Boom, right there! As he says,

"Hey, buddy, I'm done on this side.

Wanna turn me over?"

That's...

-You like it?

-Yeah, it's funny.

It's funny.

The fish talking, it makes me laugh.

Yeah, it's funny. It's very funny.

Fish usually don't talk. That's why it's...

The fish with the face and the voice.

It looks like a fish. You look like a fish.

My God, I just said that to him yesterday.

That he looked like...

His mom looks like a flounder.

-What was it for?

-What, the fish?

-No, the spot. What was it selling?

-Yeah, the loans.

That...

It's... Transferring the loans

to another company,

it's as easy as getting

the fish out of the water.

Good. So, does the client like it?

-Likes it, but doesn't wanna go with it.

-Why not?

They feel uncomfortable about saying

that it's easy to transfer your debt.

-Because...

-Because it's not.

-It's actually a nightmare.

-It's, like, really hard.

-It's like an impossible dream.

-It's like sudoku.

Okay, but he's not paying us

to advertise the fact

that he has

a perfectly average product.

He's paying us to be economical

with the truth.

So tell him from me

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