Men, Women & Children Page #6

Donna, you're the first woman

that I've...

You know, since my wife left me.

Maybe we should just...

Slow things down.

Did you get some good shots?

Actually, I didn't

bring my camera.

I just came to talk to Kent.

You're so on his jock!

Hey, what is up

with that TV show?

I mean, I'm pretty sure

they said they

were gonna let us know

by, like, the end of the week,

and it's

pretty much the end of the week.

So, I don't know...

What do you think the deal is?

We didn't get it.

Why?

I don't... I mean...

I don't get it.

I mean, I'm pretty sure

I must have been

one of the best ones. What...

Did they not like

the video or something?

Honey, they didn't

like our website.

Well, then screw them.

I thought about it,

and they're right.

I took down the site.

You what?

What about all of my fans?

If you wanna act, you can act.

We will get you into every

theater program that we can.

But that show and the website,

that's not what you want to do.

Yes, it is. Mom, it is!

You're better

than that stupid show

and you're better than the website.

No, I'm not!

No, you have to put it back up.

I can't.

Yes, you can.

Just push a f***ing button!

I've allowed you

certain flexibility,

but right now

I have to be your mom.

No, you're being

a selfish b*tch.

It's gone!

I deleted it.

Jameson, rocks.

Oh, God.

I wouldn't bother.

I changed your passwords.

Why would...

What is wrong with you?

You don't seem to understand

how dangerous it is on there.

The only thing that's

dangerous in this house,

Mom, is you!

I'm protecting you.

From what, having a normal life?

Give me your phone.

No.

You can give me your phone

or I can call

and cancel the service

and remote swipe all the crap

you put on there.

It's not like you

haven't already read

all of it, anyway.

What's going on, Dad?

Great group of, uh, friends

you play with there.

Had some real nice things

to say about

having sex with your mother.

You don't understand.

They're just jokes, okay.

Yeah, Selkis... That's how

you pronounce his name?

"Silk-eez"?

Yeah, he prefers

to have reverse cowgirl

so he doesn't have to look

your mother in the face.

I wasn't supposed to know, okay.

I figured you weren't, either.

What the hell's that mean?

I saw an album on Facebook.

She posted it, and I caught it

before she blocked me.

She corrected it, like,

within a few minutes.

She wasn't trying to hurt us.

She didn't want to hurt us?

She abandoned us!

She abandoned you.

Oh, really?

She got a bedroom for you

out there in California?

Hmm?

Did you get your

wedding invite yet?

She abandoned us!

Your mom's gone.

Yeah, she's gone.

She got bored with

the scenery and split.

So it's just you and me,

and that's how it's gonna be.

Probably forever.

All right, Dad, whatever.

And you're playing football

next year.

No, I'm not.

Oh yeah, you are.

No, I'm not!

I understand you needed

the year to, you know,

have your space and stuff,

but you belong on that team.

I don't even f***ing

like football, Dad. Okay?

I like Guild Wars! F*** that stupid game.

It's a waste of time.

No, that's all it is, is time!

And I've put in months

of my life and I...

I'm invested now, okay?

Not anymore, you're not.

Because I canceled it.

You mean, you deleted

the application?

Okay, I'll reinstall it.

Thanks, Dad.

No, you won't.

I called my credit card company

and told them

to delete your account.

So, it's gone.

What?

Why would you do that?

Because, whether you

like it or not,

I'm doing this

for your own good.

Brandy?

Brandy?

Where's Tim?

In his room.

Hey!

Tim!

Tim!

Oh, my God.

Oh, Christ!

Oh, sh*t!

Get a phone!

Hey, Dad.

I'm so sorry.

It's okay.

You're really beautiful,

you know that?

I'd like to explain last night.

I don't know how we got here.

I just...

It's like we slipped, and before we knew it

the whole reason

we started dating or...

had a family just...

What do you want?

I don't...

But I...

I don't...

Cheddar? Swiss?

Scallions? Tomatoes?

I don't know what

I was looking for

when I went online...

Chives?

I could do turkey bacon.

I understand you're upset.

I just...

I just want to know

what you'd like in your eggs.

Don, we need to talk about this.

I've made mistakes.

So have I.

Oh, yeah.

So have I.

Probably worse than you.

I don't know, Helen...

That's just it.

What's...

What's just it?

Well, we could sit here and

tell each other

everything we've ever done.

Sh*t, everything

we've ever thought.

It might take a while.

But, yeah, we could clear

everything up and

go to sleep tonight with some

pretty vivid pictures

in our heads.

Or you could just tell me

what you want for breakfast.

Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan.

"That's home. That's us.

"On it everyone you love,

everyone you know,

"everyone you ever heard of,

"every human being who ever was

"lived out their lives.

"Every young couple in love,

"every mother and father,

hopeful child,

"every saint and sinner

in the history

"of our species lived there

"on the mote of dust

suspended in a sunbeam.

"How frequent

their misunderstandings,

"how fervent their hatreds.

"Our imagined self-importance,

"the delusion that

we have some privileged

"position in the Universe

"are challenged

by this point of pale light.

"Our planet is a lonely speck

"in the great enveloping

cosmic dark.

"In all this vastness,

there is no hint

"that help

will come from elsewhere

"to save us from ourselves.

"Like it or not,

"for the moment, the Earth

is where we make our stand.

"There is perhaps

no better demonstration

"of the folly of human conceits

"than this distant image

of our tiny world.

"It underscores

our responsibility

"to deal more kindly

with one another

"and to preserve and cherish

the pale blue dot,

"the only home

we've ever known."

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