In the Family Page #7

please, not another word about this. You understand?

Not really.

Not another word, okay?

Okay.

Great. I owe you big time Gloria.

Sorry about that Eileen.

Some people, there's an expiration

date on forgiveness you know,

so I had to call when I remembered.

No Blake, it's just this time.

Jamie's gonna be first mate just this time.

How come you're always the captain?

Do you want to be captain?

Yeah!

Okay, then what's this part of the ship?

What do you mean?

I mean what do you call this part of the ship?

I don't know.

How can you be captain if you don't know?

I don't know.

A captain has to know, Blake.

But don't feel bad, okay?

Ill teach you, and then you'll know next time.

This is the bow.

Okay bow.

The back is the stern. This side is port.

And this side is starboard, got it?

Okay. Can I try now?

Okay, go.

Bow. And what's the back again?

Stern, Blake. Chip just told you!

Port. And starboard. Okay, Im captain now!

This about your kid?

Marge told me.

You going to be okay?

Found a lawyer yet?

No.

Can I see your list?

Marge said you had a list of folks.

Doesn't this just read like

the Book of Revelation?

Alright Joey, you got yourself a lawyer.

You?

Me.

I thought you were retired.

Hell, you're only retired till you're not.

You want a lawyer or not?

Yeah.

Alright, you got one.

I don't know Paul, there's a lot

of smart people on that list...

Oh, I wouldn't go that far.

Well, uh, there's a lot of people on that list,

and they seem to be telling the same story.

I don't know much about law,

but when I try to read up on stuff,

it also sounds like the same story.

Seems like I can make a big huff

and cause some trouble, but uh,

none of it leads to Chip coming home.

Joey Williams, can I say something?

Let me just say how glad

I am that Ive taken you on as a client.

You are, in fact, my favorite kind of client.

I have a feeling you'll actually listen to me.

You are the kind of client who will actually

listen to what Im about to tell you

and take it to heart. You ready for this?

Yeah, you got my attention.

Joey, I am old,

and I have spent most of my life

doing the same damn thing,

which is too bad for me, but it's good for you.

Because Ive learned a little something

about legal affairs that you should know.

Alright?

First, just because the law has limits,

it does not mean that it is our job to

push up against and test those limits.

Those limits can be distracting.

So don't head straight for them.

Keep an open mind about where you're

going to put your energy, okay?

Okay.

And number two,

just because the law has limits, does not

mean our lives have those same limits.

Lawyers live in courtrooms, you don't have to.

The limits of the law apply in court.

But when you're out of court,

when the person across the

table is no longer an adversary,

a lot more is possible.

That's uh...

that's a different way of thinking about all this.

I just...

I can't see how me and the family get to

talking again after all this.

Well...

there may be a way for the

law to help you get to that point

when the person across the

table is no longer an adversary.

That I haven't heard before.

Maybe I should put this down.

Ill write it down for you.

And Ill write down your homework.

So here's what you need, Joey.

You are not going to read case history.

You've got to figure out what's

important here, regardless of the law.

Forget the law.

What's really important

to change in your life,

what don't you want to

disturb,

and what you're ready to give up.

And once you've got that sorted out,

really think about

who or what is in your way.

Live with these questions a while.

They sound easy, but they'll stir up a big mess.

And youll just have to go

over them again and again

until you've mastered the mess.

Then we talk, okay?

Okay.

And then

I get to figure out how the law fits

into all these things you've figured out.

Okay.

So, no answers today.

Yeah.

And it may take a while, just us figuring it all out,

before we file a single piece of paper.

Yeah.

You're alright with that?

Yeah.

Alright.

Hey!

So I guess this is it, huh?

We better have a beer or

something to celebrate, yeah?

Yeah?

Who would have thought George

the mailman would be the one to miss me?

That man sure knows how to say goodbye,

over and over again.

Oh thanks. And uh, here you go.

Sorry, Im probably breaking

all kinds of laws, but here you go.

Oh. Thanks.

Well,

place looks great.

I can hardly get over it.

Yeah.

Turned out pretty nice.

Oh and Chip loves his crib by the way.

Yeah?

Oh yeah.

Good.

Yeah, I can go a little stir crazy...

when everyone else around

me is doing something, and Im not.

You know, the crib was all left

over pieces from Casey's project too.

Oh no kidding?

Yeah.

He would have thrown away

a crib and not even known.

So, is Chip uh...

No, he's not here now.

He's with my folks, which helps,

you know, having a day off now and then.

He's a good kid.

Yeah.

He's got lots of personality

for a little thing, don't he?

Oh yeah.

Well...

I wanna thank you, Joey.

I really do. For the crib, of course, and...

Well, but for more than that, for...

for helping hold it all together here.

'Cause uh... you know, Chip and I...

Its just that your being here it's, it's been uh...

I don't know what the hell Im trying to say. I guess

Im trying to say thank you. You've done a good job.

Well you're welcome. Yeah?

Alright George, what'd you bring me?

No thank you.

I know what this is.

Yeah? What is it?

You ever hear of Chip Taylor?

Sounds kind of familiar.

He's the guy that wrote...

Oh, the guy who wrote ''Wild Thing.''

You know Chip Taylor?

Just that one song.

Oh well, this man has written so much stuff,

so much great stuff.

Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.

He did this album, right, with like this

girl on the cover holding a fiddle.

Carrie Rodriguez.

Yeah, I think that's it.

Oh that's definitely it.

Absolutely.

So, uh, during the time they'd

been making all those albums,

he and Carrie, they were duet albums.

And this is his first solo record after that.

And because he'd written so many songs during the time that

they were a duo that really didn't make sense for them as duets,

they had to make this into

a double CD. And it's just

brilliant, man, just so much

great stuff, like he'll...

Wait. You know the songs already?

Oh yeah.

On the CD you just got in the mail?

Well I needed a new copy.

I gave the other one to my mom.

What's so funny about that?

No. I...

Okay then, you're gonna

have to listen to this. C'mon.

You're gonna want one for yourself.

And since you laughed at me,

I ain't gonna special order it for you.

No one laughs at Chip Taylor in my house.

I don't care how much of the house you built.

Oh God. I hate this stuff.

Uh...

No, I got it, I got it.

Alright...

So many great songs on this.

That's not one of'em. Hold on.

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