Home Again Page #9

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there was no leaping,

and I know I didn't

tackle her.

AUSTEN:
So you weren't

both on the ground?

Yes, but...

Your mother was incredible.

You should have seen her.

She was just... Just beyond.

She was wildly impressive.

ALICE:
I don't

know about that.

So, Iz, did you tell

your daddy about your play?

She did, she did.

It's very exciting.

I mean, I'm not surprised,

because she's always been

a great writer.

Will you stay for it, Daddy?

When is it again?

ALL:
Next Friday.

Yeah.

Well, I'm not... I'm not sure

if I can stay that long.

But if I can, I will.

I'm desperate to be there.

You know, George has been really

very helpful with the play.

I... Did I tell you

the guys are filmmakers?

AUSTEN:
Yeah,

yeah, heard that.

God, I have no idea

how you guys do it.

It takes such discipline.

And I guess,

at the end of the day,

it's totally down

to luck, isn't it?

If it turns into

anything, right?

Yeah, luck and talent.

Copy that. Lotta luck.

Hey, I had an idea. Why don't

we go for dinner tonight?

ISABEL:
Oh, yeah!

ROSIE:
Yeah!

Sunday night dinner,

like we used to.

That would be fun, right?

You could show me

your new favorite place.

Yeah, can we, Mommy? Please?

Yeah, we could go early,

be back by 8:
00.

ROSIE:
Please?

Okay, sure.

Yay!

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Just a sec.

Hi.

Hey.

I thought I'd check in. I

know it's none of my business.

I just wanted to make

sure that you're okay.

Yeah, come in.

Okay.

I'm completely fine.

I mean, on the one hand,

Austen is saying

things to me that

I've wanted to hear for

God knows how long.

And on the other hand,

he's the actual king

of manipulation.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hey, can I come in for a second? Yeah.

Hey, did not know

you were in here.

I hope this isn't

out of line, but...

You look really nice,

by the way. You do.

Yeah.

ALICE:
Thanks.

Just really worried

about the girls, you know?

I have experience

with guys like this.

And their dad just

shows up out of nowhere,

and he's acting

like he's, you know,

Father of the Year

when we know he isn't.

And then what's gonna happen?

He's gonna move

back to New York

and then what?

What happens to Iz?

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

HARRY:
Alice,

I've gotta talk to you.

ALICE:
Oh, my God.

Can it wait?

I'm a little bit busy.

Uh, no, it can't.

I feel like everything

is out of sorts between us.

And, wow,

you look great.

And smell great.

Can I come in?

Do you have an Advil? I...

Didn't realize

I had an audience.

You guys, we're just gonna...

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

...have to talk

about this later...

What, I didn't make

the cut for the pre-party?

No, there is

nothing going on.

There's never been so

many people in this room.

We're gonna be late.

You guys, I will

talk to you later.

It's gonna be good.

Bye.

Good night.

Okay.

Night, kids.

I don't like him.

Mmm-mmm.

It's way past Rosie's bedtime.

Should we call and make sure

that everything's okay?

You know, I'm kinda shocked

she married that guy.

I know she knows his

bracelets are a problem.

I don't know.

I mean, I could see him

having a certain appeal

when they were younger.

The accent's cool.

Hey, we were

just starting to...

Shh...

Oh, sorry.

Did you guys

have a good night?

Yeah, nothin' special,

just ate some lasagna,

what was left of it.

How was your dinner?

The girls had a great time.

And you?

I actually had fun, too.

Um...

Well, we were gonna

have a nightcap.

You wanna come

over to our place?

I'm exhausted.

I'm gonna hit the hay.

Night, guys.

Yeah, good night.

Night.

It's not true. She never

falls asleep before midnight.

Okay, thank you. We did

not need to know that.

AUSTEN:
Night, night.

I'll see you in the morning.

ROSIE:
I love you, Daddy.

Oh, I love you, too,

my beautiful girl.

Sleep well.

"He reaches for the painting,

"floats in slow motion

through the air."

Georgey, great news.

Hey.

The finance guy is flying in

to meet with us next Friday.

We're meeting him

at Sunset Tower

and then we'll go from

there to see Isabel's show.

Perfect. Hey, actually,

hold on a sec.

HARRY:
Relax, I just wanna show you

an article I read about this guy.

"The painting floats

in slow motion."

What is this?

What are you workin' on?

Okay, actually I was

gonna tell you about this.

You're writing

something else?

Let me explain. Yes.

Okay. How could

you do that?

How could you do it?

We're almost done

with our script.

You're workin' on somethin'

else at the same time?

Okay, yes, but look.

Okay, you've decided, right, that

we're two halves of this whole.

And I've been thinking that maybe I

could be a whole on my own at some point.

And our agents agree.

Okay, right, right, okay.

So you're the talent...

I'm just the one who got us our

financing, who directed our movie,

who submitted us to the

festival, who got us to LA.

You know that's

not what I'm saying.

And then you go rogue

and you get another

job without telling me.

Sh*t, George.

You know...

This has not stopped me

from working on our movie,

not even one bit.

And excuse me if I wanna

make some goddamn money

and get the hell

out of the mess

that you've created

in this house, by the way.

That I...

Did you not even realize?

You don't even know?

What...

You think you could just have sex

with her and play with her kids

and everything would

turn out fine?

No, don't.

You know what?

Leave your brain

to science, Harry,

'cause it's truly

one in a mil.

You know what? No. I'm

not letting you do this.

I'm not, man. You're a

little in love with Alice.

And you're mad

at me because of it.

(CHUCKLES) Wow.

You and I have been

down this road before.

Okay, I am not

in love with her, okay?

I just love a lot

of things about her,

like her face

and her personality.

Hey.

What up, guys?

(BOTH SIGH)

What is that? What is

that? What are you holding?

What? These, they're audition pages.

I'm actually testing for a pilot

which I think is a good thing.

That's terrific, Teddy.

You're both taking other jobs?

Well, George already took his.

Why can't you be

happy for him?

Don't turn this around

on me and Teddy.

Why didn't you tell

me this, man?

I haven't gotten it yet.

And we don't have

a finished script,

so why can't I go

on auditions?

You know what? Good

luck to the both of you.

I know.

Yeah, okay, well, just call

me after the show, all right?

Yeah, I'll still be up.

Okay, okay, bye.

Hey, man.

Can I join you?

Everything cool, brother?

I saw Harry take off.

Seemed pretty heated.

I'm sorry, but I don't

wanna get into it.

It's all good, you don't

have to worry about it.

Well, I wouldn't say that.

This is my house.

With my kids, my wife.

If there's a problem, I think

I have a right to know about it.

With all due respect, Austen,

I don't know if Alice

would call this your house.

And she definitely wouldn't

call herself your wife.

They are my kids

though, right?

Is that one okay with you?

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