I Love You, Daddy Page #2

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Okay, Maggie.

Oh, Daddy, is it okay

if I go out with Maggie?

I didn't know

if you wanted to make plans.

- No, it's fine.

- Okay, I love you.

- I love you too.

- Oh!

Daddy, also, I wanna

go to Brooklyn tonight.

Would you mind booking me a car?

It's fine. Sure.

Okay, I love you.

I love you too.

What?

Nothing. You're a bad father.

What?

If your 17-year-old daughter

says, "I love you" all the time,

that means you're

doing something wrong.

Why?

Because, Glen, she's seventeen.

It's a complicated age.

A girl that age is getting into trouble.

And if she "loves" her "daddy",

that means you're doing nothing.

You know something, Maggie?

I appreciate you staying in her life

since we-we broke up.

She loves you very much

but you're not her mom.

And you're not my wife.

So...

let's maybe have

some boundaries, okay?

Oh, God.

Did you just say all of that?

Ugh, yes.

Yecch.

God. Jesus, Glen.

You suck so bad.

Seriously, man!

You suck. Look at you.

"Oh...

"Er... I appreciate you

staying in her life

but let's have a boundary", Oooh!

F*** you, Glen. That's my China.

Her mother's retarded,

and her father's a douche,

but she's got me.

And I don't need your permission

or "thanks for staying in her life".

China and I are bros.

And you can shove your boundaries

up your back puss hole.

- Seriously.

- I-okay. I got it.

I'm ready.

Chine, who do you love more?

Me or your dad?

You, obviously.

Goodbye, Daddy. I love you.

- Where do you wanna go?

- Cipriani's.

Oh.

Oh-ho-ho!

Oh, my-oh, what the f***?

What the f***?!

What?

Hang on, I'm sending this to you.

Okay.

Oh.

Oh, there's an ad.

You gotta watch the ad.

Okay.

- Oh! Oh, Jesus!

- Ah!

What the hell?!

What the hell?

What the f***?

Oh!

Did you tell the network

they could have that show

for the fall?

They-they wanted it for the fall.

The fall, Glen?

H-h-how are we gonna

get the show staffed,

and cast, and shot,

and cut in time to air

in September, when you haven't

f***ing written it yet?

I'll get-I'll get it written.

Get it written?

Glen, it's April.

W-why did you put us

in this position?

Because that's what they had open.

They had a slot in the fall,

and so I grabbed it.

So we have another show on the air.

Isn't that what we want?

To stay working,

to say on television?

They want the show for the fall.

If we can't do it,

th-they push us to mid-season.

But don't you see what

this does to the company, Glen?

What this does to me?

'Cause I like to try to do the things

that we say we're gonna do.

Yes, Paula, and you do.

You do it every time.

That's why you're a rock star,

and that's why you're my partner.

No, no, Glen, I'm not a rock star.

I just work. And I never complain.

Right? You tell me you need

a horse dangling from a helicopter

over the ocean. I don't ask you

what you need it for.

I just go out and I f***ing do it.

I-I go out and I find a-

a pilot and an aircraft.

I find a-a slimy animal handler

who is willing to dangle

this f***ing horse

off a helicopter

over the ocean.

An experience from which the animal

will never recover, by the way.

And we r-rig them out on a barge

and we go out and we f***ing shoot it.

Because you told me it was

"essential to the storyline."

Jesus, I never saw that.

What show is that for?

No, no, you didn't, 'cause he cut it.

And no one will ever be able

to explain to that f***ing horse

why it had that experience.

Well, we gave $10,000 to PETA.

Great. The horse will

never see that money.

I don't think horses

remember, do they?

Look, Gle-,

I-I would die for you, Glen.

You know that. I-I-I'm sworn to do

that like a s-f***ing knight in armor.

I know.

But when you pull bullshit like this,

w-w-when you turn

my own ability against me,

w-when you promise things

to people I-I can't do,

w-when y-you set me up

to f***in' fail

so you could hold on

to a time slot

for a show that you

h-haven't even written yet

about nurses, Glen?

Glen, w-why are we doing

a show about nurses?

What the f*** do you

know about a nurse?

Or anybody who works hard

and gives a sh*t about their job?

Hmm?!

Paula...

What do you want me to say?

I mean, I'm sorry.

If you wanna farm it out,

we can farm it out, you wanna...

We'll hire somebody else

to produce it.

F*** you, Glen.

That's bullshit.

I'll f***ing do it.

But I'll tell you what,

you better be ready.

You better sh*t out

twelve episodes.

We have 'em.

- What's that?

- We already did the pilot.

Because I'm telling you what.

That show is gonna be

on the air in September.

Because I do

what I say I'm gonna do.

Even if it was you

that said I was gonna do it.

But I tell you, if you ever

promise a show on a timeline again

without talking to me first,

I would f***ing quit.

Okay, so... I mean, good.

So, we're gonna do it.

I-I, y-you had me worried

you weren't gonna do it

when you came in here.

So, we're good. Right?

I mean... Paula, I'm sorry.

Come on. I'm really sorry.

She seems upset.

Ah, she'll be all right.

Hey, what show is the horse

over the ocean thing for?

Doesn't matter.

- Hi, honey!

- Hi, Daddy!

Hey, how are you?

You having a good time?

Yeah, um...

Hey, Daddy, is it okay

if I stay here a few more days?

Oh, honey, you're missin'

a lot of school.

Daddy, i-it's senior year,

it doesn't matter.

I know that you said that,

but I don't know, China.

Why don't you just come home?

Um... hold on...

Daddy, listen, um...

this is really good for me.

I really need this right now.

But if you have to say no,

it's okay. I-I totally understand.

No, I mean, just, let's-let me

let me think about it

- and then we'll talk later, okay?

- Okay.

- I love you.

- I love you, too.

- Okay. Bye, Daddy.

- Bye.

Hey, uh...

didn't China just come

home from spring break?

Yeah. She went back

to Florida this week.

S-so you let her go back.

She...

Yes, I let her.

And-and now, she uh, she wants

to stay a little bit longer?

Yeah.

So, do you ever

say no to her?

I didn't just,

I didn't just say yes to her.

Well, you didn't just

say no, either, now did ya?

Mother, may I

Oh, mother, may I

Mother, may I

suck a dick?

Yeah?

Dick Welker's on the phone.

Okay.

- Glen?

- Hi, Dick.

Hey, I heard your nurses

show got picked up.

That's a f***ing boner!

Uh, yeah, we're pretty excited.

No, it's all good, and I'm

gonna make your day perfect.

I've got your lead.

No, the lead is cast, Dick.

That's not what I heard.

What did you-

what did you hear?

I heard they hate Jordana,

and I heard you hate her

and you need a lead,

so I got your lead.

Grace Cullen is your lead.

Huh! Grace Cullen? Oh!

Grace Cullen? Why would

she wanna pee on this show?

She loves your work!

Anyway, she's on her way

to your office now.

Just meet her, she wants to talk.

How do I...Grace Cullen?

I didn't have an

appointment to meet her.

What do you... appointments.

What are you, Secretary of Defense?

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