Parenthood Page #2

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We're a little disappointed

with the effort

she's been giving lately

towards her work

Math, French,

everything's gone down

Nathan's talking to her right now

He's trying to figure out what's wrong

Look, Patty,

all I'm saying is,

if you wanna have just an

ordinary academic career

and attend an ordinary university,

that's your prerogative,

but I must tell you I think

you're selling yourself way short

How's it going?

I don't know Sometimes I feel as

though we want it more than she does

Patty, you know

we love you

Could you just give your father that

little extra effort he's looking for?

Okay, Mama

That's all I ask

Come on, Kevin

I got you

I want that, Kevin I want that! No

Kevin! Taylor!

No!

Time to come in

now, children

Okay

Okay, Grandma

Hey, hey, you wanna

Come on, I don't believe it

Gil, you have a good memory

Was it yours or Helen or

Susan's wedding I got drunk at?

It was all three, Dad

Congratulations

Well, which one did I

punch the bandleader?

That was mine

We have photos

I'm having them blown up

for the commitment hearings

You think he's funny, huh? When

he was a kid, he wasn't this funny

Stayed in his room all day Boy, you

were a moody little son of a b*tch

Gee, I wonder why?

Do you remember that little

guy who wouldn't leave my side?

I know

Well, now, you know, if I take a step

towards him, he just takes a step away

I don't know what's

happening to him, you know

He's just so unhappy

and he won't talk to me, and

I don't know how to help him

Did you ever consider

having Ed talk to him?

Are you kidding?

He won't even acknowledge

he's got these kids,

now that he's got his new wife

and his new kids!

He won't even fix

my kids' teeth anymore

He says it makes him

uncomfortable

Please

Yeah, I wish he'd drop

his drill down his pants

Are you seeing anybody?

Well, Garry's biology teacher

asked me out

Biology? That's promising

No, no, no, no He's not

the type I usually go for

"The Penal Colony

by Franz Kafka"

Hey, Nathan,

Patty a doctor yet?

Mock if you will

All right

Our children are more capable of retaining

and absorbing information than we are,

and yet we insist on treating

them like adorable little morons

What are you saying, Patty

can learn things I can't learn?

Patty, which one of these

is the square root of 8,649?

Ninety-three

They're like sponges, Gil,

just waiting to absorb

I want this

You see?

Take my advice Forget about Kevin and

Taylor It's too late Work on Justin

Actually, Justin is quite bright In

his preschool class, he was the only

Slow down, Justin

I'll get you some dip

Oh, you remember that guy you went

out with in college? Jeffrey Sanders?

You know, you always chased me out

of the room whenever he came over

Oh, yeah

I saw him today

God, what a loser, huh?

In a Rolls

I meant me

What is that?

Oh, Nathan and Patty and I

are power-eating

We bring our own

food everywhere

He turned me onto it,

and I never felt better

Where do you

get that stuff?

This is it Everybody in the living

room This is the big surprise

Okay, Frank

Oh, Larry My baby

You look great

Dad!

How are you, son?

Oh, boy

Great to see you!

Sh*t

Well put

Who's that? Wait a second,

I've got something for you

That's my kid brother

Larry Your uncle

Don't give him

any money

I won't

Just a little something for

being the best dad in the world

I found it a couple of months

ago It's for your collection

A toy car!

Oh, this is great

A Stutz!

Yeah, you got it Spend

it on the people you love,

right?

Is this Grandma?

Yeah, she's still alive

Jesus, Grandma,

you got short

I'm shrinking

Bummer

Gilbo

Larry

How long has it been?

Three years? About that

You stopped

wearing your turban

Yeah

My God, Susan, you look great

If you weren't my sister

Helen, I know

it's been hard

Dad?

You were supposed to wait

outside so I could introduce you

Well, why don't you

do it now, Larry?

Everybody,

this is my son Cool

Did he say, "Cool"?

Cool

Your son?

It's a long story

Let's eat

Yeah, well, good idea

Keep Patty

away from my brother

He'll suck the intelligence

right out of her

Cool is adorable Adorable Why didn't

you ever write us you had a son?

I didn't know myself

until a couple of months ago

You see, a few years ago, I was

living in Vegas with this girl

Showgirl She was

in that show Elvis on Ice

Anywho, we drifted apart as people

do in these complicated times,

and then a couple of months

ago, she shows up with Cool,

tells me, "You watch him I shot

someone I have to leave the country"

That's a parent?

Anyway,

we're back in town because I've

got something really huge cooking

Enormo Monster

Dad, this is it!

From now on, I'm going to

be taking care of all of you

This isn't another get-rich-quick

scheme, is it, Larry?

What's wrong

with getting rich quick?

Quick is the best way to get

rich Look who I'm talking to

Did you ever see

her family?

They find a nickel, they huddle

together and bury it like squirrels

What's the deal, son?

What do you have going?

Has anyone heard

of hydroponics?

Well, that's great, Larry

Hydroponics is the growing of plants

without soil It's very exciting

What are you using? Coarse

sand or suspension hydroponics?

I don't

There's a guy with glasses

and a lab coat

that makes that decision

I make the deal

And I got to thinking Cool's

had no kind of life, no family,

so while I'm locking

this thing down,

I thought it'd be nice

if we stayed with you

With us?

Couple of weeks

The thing is, Larry, we don't have

the big house anymore, you know?

We didn't need it

We just have the one bedroom

for us and one for Grandma

Well, Grandma's welcome

to stay with us for a while

I think it'd be valuable for Patty

to have a multigenerational influence

Fine with me

Well, I'll have to give you a list of

the medications, and when and how much,

and you'll have to

pick up her shower chair

There's the batteries for her hearing

aid, magnifying glass for reading

Oh, jeez

What happened?

Your mouth used up

all the power

Don't worry, Dad,

we can still find the bar

I'll get a flashlight

I'll get it, Sis

Mom, Dad,

what happened?

Where is it? In the bedroom?

It's in the nightstand

Mom, Dad, what happened?

I'm getting a flashlight

Kevin Kevin! You know I

don't like it in the dark

Honey,

this is a blackout

It's a temporary interruption in

the electrical supply of the home

It's okay, honey

Something's busted Relax

Where's the switch? Does

this look like my house?

Here Bring it here

Oh, here it is

What is this?

Mommy, what was that?

That was

an electric ear cleaner

It was kind of big

It sure was

I mean, I don't think you

really have to worry about it

The point is that once they see us,

then they'll realize that we're fine,

and the kid is fine,

and it's not something

Gil

Karen

I think we're going to

have to be very careful

about Kevin's

educational environment

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