Parenthood Page #7

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Sell Dadr

Look, don't bullshit me

anymore! It belittles us both!

I want you

out of the house

Dad, they're gonna

kill mea

Bookies?h

Frigging basketball!

I had a lock

This miserable son-of-a-b*tch

rookie throws in a goddamn 50-footer

at the buzzer

It was a nightmarer

It was like he reached

into my chest and ripped outt

Oh, shut up!

How much do you owe?t

The truth now!

$26,000

Jesus!

Dad, I'm never gambling

again, I swear to God,

but these guys

mean businesse

What about that 3,000

I gave you?n

I took it to the trackl

I wanted to run it up

so that I wouldn't have to

hit you for the whole amount

What the hell

is the matter with you?

You're not a kid anymore!

You're not stupid!

Dad, I can't get a break

I have been so close so

many times, I could touch it

Did you ever think

about getting a job?

Oh Greata

Oh That is just great Now, what

did you always tell me, huh?

"Make your mark!

Make your mark!r

"Don't be one of the

numbers Make your mark!"

You misunderstood me!

You weren't listening!

Oh, come on, if I called

you up to tell you,

"Hey Dad, I'm the new assistant

sub-vice president of pencil sharpening

"at some crappy

little company,"

you're telling me

you'd think that was great?

I am better than that!

I am not Gil!

Look, I've made some mistakes

I have to learn from them,

They're going to

kill me, Dad,u

with paine

I'm your son

Hydrogeni

Heliumd

Carbonc

Excuse me, honeyt

I don't mean to interrupt,

but I've made up some new cards

Really?

That's great, Mommy

I'm so glad you're back with

the program Let's do your cards

Why don't I show them to you first

and make sure they're appropriate?

Okays

Sweetheart, Mommy and Daddy will be back

in two minutes How many seconds is that?

One-twenty

Excelente

"This is

"the only wayw

"I can get

"your attention"o

Honey, this is really basic

stuff She's way beyond this

"I'm leaving you"

You're leaving me?t

"Yes"

Well, thank you

I really had

a great time

It's been years since

anybody's taken me to a carnival

You thought that was a carnival?

That was my parents' house

You know, you're pretty

funny for a biology teacher

Thank youy

Would you like

to come in?

Sure

Okayo

Hi, guys

Hey, Miss B!u

Hi, Mom

Hi, Mr Bowmang

Knee drop!l

It's a nice

knee drop, honeye

Would you like

some coffee? I'd love someu

The kitchen's

right through here

Can I ask you something? Sure

How come you finally

decided to go out with me?e

Well, my grandmother

told me to

No, really She's been staying with

us Only, it's a little crowded,

so tomorrow I'm taking her

over to my brother Gil'sr

Hi, Julie Julie, I would like

to introduce you to Mr Bowman!

Tod?

Julie?

What's up?

Did you get the Twinkies?

I foundn

this'

in the trunk of your carr

You're racing again,

aren't you?

Yeah, so what?

So you promised

That's what!a

I changed my mind

You changed your mind?

Yeah, I changed my mind!e

What about

house painting?

I gave it up You gave it

up? That was your future!n

Well,i

Dave and Rod kind of took

all the equipment and split,

and I don't know

where they are

I told you not to trust

those guys Didn't I tell you?o

I'm not as smart

as you are, okay?

I didn't get 13,000

on my SATs, okay?n

I'm stupid, okay?

Okay! Julie

Butt out!v

Maybe I should leave No,

maybe I should leavei

What do you mean

"maybe"?p

Tod?e

What is it with the

women in this family?

They make all the men

in this family want to leave

Well, if he thinks I'm having

his baby now, he's crazy!

Baby? Your daughter's having a baby?S

A baby?d

You're gonna be

a grandma??

No, no, no, no, no, nod

I'm too young You know,

grandmothers are old

They bake, and they sew,u

and they tell you stories

about the Depressionl

I was at Woodstock, for

Christ's sake! I peed in a field!

I've hung onto the Who's

helicopter as it flew away!

I was at Woodstock

Oh, yeah? I thought

you looked familiar!

Gil, I've spoken

with Ted and Dan,

and we have decided to

make Phil Richards a partner

Holy sh*t!d

Now, I know you're upset

Upset?y

Haven't you seen the deals

I've been putting together?z

I have been killing myself

I mean, aren't you dazzled?

You still don't

get it, do you?

Phil has just brought in three

brand-new multimillion-dollar clients

He has spent the last month wining and

dining these guys, getting them laid

He doesn't tell me

about problems with his kids

I'm not even sure

if he has kids

If this man's dick fell off,

he would still show up to work

He is an animal That's

what dazzles, not the workl

You can't do what he does

You hate that shitd

Now, Phil Richards

I quit!i

Oh, Gil

Forget ith

Phil brought you some

big clients You're happyt

Oh, Gils

I'm just going to call my clients,

give them the news, and I'm out of here

Friday's my last day

Don't make me a party

Gil!

Dave!

Hey, this is not

a playground, okay?

Dad!t

Daddy

Not now!t

Okay

Not now!e

Knock it off!

God, I can't believe

they did thisi

All right, the other kids got

picked up, ours are watching a tape,

and Helen just dropped

your Grandma off Let's talk

I quit my job Why?a

They gave the partnership

to Phil Richards

Phil Richards, this is a guy

who leaves his wife and kids

and then puts all his money

in his girlfriend's namet

so they can't touch him for

child support I mean, the guy is

Anyway, I couldn't

stand it I snapped

Can you still

change your mind?p

What do you mean,

change my mind? I quiti

I know,

but did you say anythingr

that would make it difficult

for them to take you back?

Jesus, honey, I was hoping you'd be a

little more supportive It's not like I

I'm pregnantt

Since when?r

Since I am

I'm due in Februaryo

I didn't want to say

anything till I was sure

How did this happen?h

It was an accident

Anyhow, this is why

I'm sayingc

maybe now this isn't

the best timet

for you to be out of work

or starting a new job

You know, if you'd told me there

was a chance of this happening,

I might not have quit

in the first placeo

Well, you never told me there

was a chance you might quit

It was a spur-of-the-moment

decision Pretty big one

So what are you saying

I should do?i

Crawl back to work and kiss Dave's

feet and get my crappy job back?

I quit! If I go back now,

they got me I'm a eunuch!

You know, this puts a

minor crimp in my life, tooj

I was thinking about starting back

to work in the fall Now I can't

Well, that's the difference

between men and womeni

Women have choices

Men have responsibilities

Oh, really?

Oh, okay, well,

then I choose for you to have

the baby, okay? That's my choice

You have the baby

You get fat

You breastfeed

till your nipples are soree

I'll go back to work!

All right, let's return from la-la

land because that ain't gonna happen

And whether I crawl back to

Dave or I get another job,

it's obvious now I'm going to

have to spend less time at home

I'm gonna have to have

business dinners,k

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