Greta Page #4

You're full of it.

I mean, it's not something

I'm trying to brag about.

I'm not proud of it.

Stealing cars, huh?

That's joyriding.

But I'm not into that anymore.

So the correctional system

totally corrected you.

Let me tell you something...

it's a miracle

that I'm even on the outside.

Where I'm at...

I did that, you know.

So if I go back...

I did that too.

That's cool.

Yeah.

But you'd still steal me

a BMW, right?

For you... anything.

I got you.

I just don't know

why you don't like my BMX.

It's the sickest right here.

Greta:
Why do I say

the things I do?

They just come out

totally wrong.

Sometimes I just wish

I wouldn't say anything at all.

I like him.

Narrator:

...hundreds of others.

Interpreter:
Handcuffed me, beat me,

denied me food and water.

Narrator:

Palden Gyatso endured

in Chinese prison camps.

Uh, come on.

We found a show

I'd like to watch.

Let's watch it.

- Morning, ladies.

- (cell phone ringing)

- Hi, love.

- Hey, Gramps.

You want to go down

to the marina with me today,

help me work on my boat?

I can't, sorry.

I'm gonna hook up

with my friend Julie.

Julie?

You're making new friends already.

Why don't you invite

Julie to lunch?

Okay.

That's a good idea.

Good morning, ma'am.

We're not interested.

Is Greta here?

Hey. Grams, this is Julie.

How do you do, ma'am?

Everything looks really great.

Thank you.

Julie knows food.

He's a chef.

Really?

No, I'm just a line cook,

but I'm working on

becoming one.

I hope to own

my own restaurant one day.

Why don't you tell them

where you learned how to cook?

He learned in prison.

He got busted

for stealing cars.

Something the matter, Grams?

So that would make you

an ex-con?

Yeah, but I'm not

that guy anymore, so...

I'm sure. I understand

that a little prison time

totally transforms everyone.

Yeah, well, that's just it,

you know.

All the kids that were

in the juvenile detention center with me

had been in and out of there

a dozen times.

Seeing that helped me realize

you get out the same way you get in...

on your own.

And so I straightened myself out.

Well, good for you.

Of course, it would

have been better

if you hadn't gotten in

in the first place.

You're absolutely right, ma'am.

Is there celery

in this potato salad?

Mm-hmm.

With a little bit

of sweet relish?

Yes, there is.

I thought Mom made

the best potato salad.

I think this got that beat.

(laughs)

It's my mother's recipe.

You mind if I steal it?

Oh, I thought you had

given up stealing.

Julie! Julie, wait.

That was bullshit,

you know that?

How are you gonna put

my business out there

- just to you could scare her?

- It was a joke.

Okay, well, you know what? I don't

like being the punchline of your joke.

What's with you anyway?

Why are you like this?

You didn't think twice

about leaving me out to dry

just so you can school her.

And you know what bothers me even more

than you playing me right now?

You're staring me with those

big, sexy eyes and, you know...

You want to kiss me.

Hell yeah, I want to kiss you.

Yeah.

Do you understand

This might be

the perfect song

Something pure and new?

No more late-night

Television hours

Or sleepless mornings.

You know I'm still

mad at you, right?

- Really?

- Yeah.

What's this?

Oh, hey, give me that.

- Let me see.

- It's nothing.

- What is it?

- Julie, give it back.

- Wait, what is that?

- Julie, seriously.

"Learn how to ride

a unicycle."

God damn it.

Come on.

"Become fluent

in the African clicking language.

Create the first gummy museum."

- Seriously, can you give it back to me?

- What the hell is this?

It's just a to-do list, okay?

You want to do all this stuff?

"Lose all my virginity."

- Screw you. Stop.

- It's getting too good right now.

"To die."

Oh, man.

"Get pureed in a jet engine.

Get run over by a back-up.

Skydive nude

with no parachute."

You want to do all this stuff too?

You can't do all this stuff.

Jerk, stop laughing at me.

The one serious thing in my life,

and you're laughing.

Greta, you want to kill

somebody?

Just myself, okay?

Don't worry about it.

You need to stop

talking sh*t.

I'm not.

I'm not talking sh*t.

I'm not.

So why do you want

to kill yourself?

That's the stupidest thing

I've ever heard all day today,

and today has been

straight up retarded.

You know what I think's

retarded?

Wanting to own a restaurant.

Look, I've got one more year

of high school left,

and then what?

Be like my mother,

desperate for companionship?

Or my grandparents?

They're afraid of their own shadow.

They're prisoners

in their own little world.

So you get 16 years

of having a good time

and then 60

running away from death?

Not me.

I'm gonna quit

while I'm ahead.

You have an extremely

extremely cynical look on life.

But you're so lucky.

And you're such a privileged

person, you know?

You should appreciate

what you got good.

That's what I'm doing.

I'm trying to appreciate

what I have good right now.

Hello.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Katherine:
Do you think

it's a literary reference or what?

- Have you ever heard of that?

- No.

You guys look bright-eyed

and bushy-tailed.

All right, just don't.

Don't even.

You want some tea?

- No, thanks.

- Katherine:
Thank you.

- How is that?

- It's still hot.

I'll say.

Greta, didn't anybody

ever teach you

not to barge into people's rooms

without knocking?

Well, I'm sorry.

I didn't realize

that you guys still do that.

Well, that's a very conventional

point of view, isn't it?

Looks like another

hot one today,

another hot and sweaty one.

That's funny.

I feel perfectly cool.

I know that you guys were

a little preoccupied last night,

but I came home on time.

Congratulations.

Of course, you could have told us

it was your day off.

Well, you could have let me know

it was your day to get off.

Oh, Greta, you just

don't stop, do you?

You just have to push it

as far as you can.

Well, I may not

know much, kiddo,

but I know when it's time

to get out of Dodge.

So where's that old hunk of junk

you've been working on?

You're looking at her.

No way.

Yeah, uh-huh.

That's pretty pimp.

What happened?

You know,

a little elbow grease,

a lot of love,

a lot of patience.

I think it's gonna be

worth the effort, though,

when your grandma sees it.

It's so dope,

definitely the best-looking boat

on the marina.

Thanks.

Didn't you just

have breakfast?

Yeah.

Where are we going?

We're not going anywhere today.

I've got a lot of work to do on this engine.

Fine by me.

I get seasick

watching "Gilligan's Island."

Greta, can I talk to you

for a minute?

Thanks to the Bill of Rights.

This morning your grandmother

found a pill in the toilet bowl,

a little white pill

just stuck there.

And?

You want to tell me

what that's all about?

I haven't spoken to your mother

about it yet,

but I think

I'm gonna have to.

What do you think it is... Ex?

What?

It's Lexapro.

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