Joshua Page #3

- (crying continues)

- Okay.

Could you take her for a second?

Yeah, sure.

(crying continues)

(kids laughing)

(quacking)

(quacking)

(rock on headphones)

Where have you been?

Hey, what's...

(baby crying)

What is that, is that the,

is that the baby

- or the dog?

- Or me?

- What?

- Take a deep breath, Brad.

That's our life you're smelling.

Give me the binky.

Wait.

Good God, ma...

Mommy's upset, huh?

- (crying continues)

- Oh, no, little baby.

Look we have the binky.

The binky's here.

There's the binky.

Yeah.

- (crying continues)

- (humming)

Shh, shh, shh, shh,

shh, shh, shh, shh.

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

(softly cries)

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

(door creaking)

Hey, pal.

Hi.

What's going on here?

What areyou...

what are you doing

with all your stuff?

I'm giving it away,

- to the poor.

- (chuckles)

You're giving it away to the poor?

Every one of your toys?

Josh...

You know, these,

these toys aren't cheap.

I'm starting over.

Starting over?

From what?

Mom said I could.

Mom said you could.

Uh-huh.

Yeah, of course she did, well...

at least you're keeping Pandy.

Dad, is Mommy all right?

Yeah, yeah,

she's just tired, pal.

Why do you ask?

Nothing.

Lily asleep?

Yeah, I got her to fall asleep.

Pretty good, huh?

You're better at it than Mommy.

(laughs)

I'm not sure about that.

You are. Really.

What's going on with your hair here?

Huh, what is it, made of plastic?

Hey, I know things have

been kind of stressful

around here lately.

It can't be easy for you.

You okay?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

What areyou...

what are you doing?

In Egypt,

when they embalmed

people, like pharaohs,

they broke the nose

and removed the brain

through the opening.

Ahh.

(chuckling):

Josh, that's...

They drained the body

of all its fluid

on a special stone slab.

Josh...

Josh,Josh,

Josh, wh-wh-why are you doing that?

Why... don't...

This guarantees him

a glorious afterlife.

(humming)

They chanted

something, too,

but I'm making that part up.

(grunting)

Filthy animal.

You filthy, filthy animal.

Oh...

That's right.

You're a disgusting dog.

(panting)

No, no, Brad!

- Huh?

- Buster.

No!

What's wrong?

- (barking)

- All right, come on, come on.

Come on, Buster.

Let's go, come on.

I mean can't your parents take him?

No.

They can't take him.

(sobbing)

What's wrong, sweetie?

Nice that everything is quiet.

Ugh, are you kidding me?

I still hear her echo.

Sweetie, what's, what's going on?

You okay?

I love you bunches.

I love ya.

(sighs)

Sweetie.

Look at this, this is beautiful.

All right, come on, that's my side.

Let's go.

I'm gonna take a look at this.

Let me get, let me get

a little slice of this.

(sighing):

Please.

Don't worry

about Lily,

I'm gonna feed her tonight, okay.

Okay, but you have

to warm the breast milk.

No problem.

You look so good.

Look at this, voluptuous.

This is so nice.

That's Latin for fat pig.

No, baby, this is

just good clean fun.

This is beautiful.

It's love.

Come on, sweetie.

Not in the mood, huh?

Oh, we can't have sex anyway.

Well, we can do other things.

You know, like...

- (skittering upstairs)

- stuff.

You know...

Do you hear that?

What?

I think someone's upstairs.

Yeah, well, maybe

it's the owners

checking up on the progress.

At 10:
30?

You know I love the

smell of your pits.

- Brad...

- Maybe it's rats, I don't know.

Maybe, there's got

to be a hundred

in this building.

- Don't worry about it.

- No, not now, okay.

May- Maybe soon but not now.

Okay.

- (sighs)

- (exhales)

(distant phone rings)

(exhales)

Hey!

Not good, huh?

No, no, it was...

It was an aggressive position,

but it'll work out.

- I hope.

- Hey, I got to take off

- early.

- Yeah?

Yeah.

Reason?

Teacher-parent meeting.

Send the nanny,

that's what I do.

(laughing):

That's funny.

Not a joke.

It'll be up a point

by the time the market closes.

Now that is a joke.

It's... I'll see you tomorrow.

(chuckles)

Thanks, pal.

(baby crying)

(Abby sighs)

(mumbling):

I don't know.

- I don't know what it is.

- Mmm.

You pick her up

and she cries,

you put her down and she cries.

I don't know.

I don't know why you just

don't hire a nanny.

Get Mary Poppins for Christ's sake.

Did Brad put you up to this?

No.

I'm just saying you need a break.

Go... shopping, go out to dinner.

Go get a hotel room and take a nap.

Just get out of here

for a little while.

It'll do everybody some good.

I could never leave her

with anybody else.

Have you spoken to your shrink?

So sick of shrinks.

I've given them 17 years,

what have they given me?

A migraine.

I'm just saying

you got to stay

on top of these things.

Speaking from personal experience.

I mean, I'm a little worried here.

(distant baby crying)

Look at this.

Look at this, maybe I'm...

maybe I'm not providing for her.

Well, that's quite a device.

It looks like you're giving

oxygen to your tit.

Shut up.

Oh, I was kidding.

No, you shut up!

Oh, please.

- (crying)

- I was kidding.

Look, it's not all that bad.

And it's... shh.

It's gonna get better.

This is the slog.

This is the slog, right?

Soon enough our little

Lily's gonna be adorable

and all of this is

gonna be forgotten.

(crying stops)

See.

ABBY:

Oh, God, please.

Hi, honey.

Joshua, my boy.

Can I go out for a bit, Mom?

- Sure.

- Off to bury the evidence, huh?

ABBY:

Where are you going?

I have some more toys for Goodwill.

Okay, but just come home

right afterwards, yeah?

You let him walk the

streets by himself,

at nine years old?

Oh, come on.

I mean, does he seem like

your typical nine-year-old?

Yeah, I suppose not.

BRAD:

Mrs., uh...

DANFORTH:

Ms. Danforth.

Ms. Danforth, hi..

- Yes, hi..

- Hi..

Yeah, I'm sorry I'm late.

Oh, no that's fine.

I, uh...

got tied up.

Hey, which one's his desk?

Oh, it's right here.

Front and center.

Oh, well, that's good,

eager beaver, huh?

(giggles)

Um... yeah.

Oh, um,

can I ask a question, Ms. Danforth?

Yes, Mr. Cairn.

- (giggles)

- (chuckles)

Joshua, he's, uh...

How smart is he?

Well, this might be getting

ahead of ourselves,

but we think Joshua

might benefit

by skipping a grade,

maybe two.

Hmm.

Yeah, we're so different.

Me and my son.

My son and I...

I-I-I, uh...

You know, I'd probably

be the kid in the class

who picked on him

'cause he was different.

Hey, where are the

animals in the...?

Oh, a couple of weeks

ago, they all died.

It was a horrible day.

Oh, that is horrible.

What happened?

We think maybe there was

a fungus in the food pellets.

We've contacted the manufacturer.

In fact, we're using it as

an exercise in consumer rights.

(baby crying)

(crying continues)

(crying)

(glass breaking)

Clumsy, Abby.

Yeah, she's so clumsy

when she's tired.

Mm-hmm.

You were right.

There are ghosts here.

Everywhere there are ghosts.

Um...

Joshua, um,

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