The Nanny

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"And ere he blew three notes,

such sweet soft notes as yet a musician's

cunning never gave the enraptured air.

There was a rustling

that seemed like a bustling,

of merry crowds jostling

and pitching and hustling.

Small feet were pattering,

wooden shoes clattering.

Little hands clapping

and little tongues

chattering."

That's enough, Daddy.

Is it scaring you?

No, it's just,

I know the ending.

Let me close that for you.

All right?

I'm not afraid anymore.

It's just

a nice old tree.

Good-bye, Daddy.

I think you mean

"good night," sweetheart.

You only say good-bye when you're

going away for a long time.

Oh, yeah. I forgot.

Good night.

Good night, love.

Get some sleep.

Sometimes I wish we could just

freeze her in time. You know?

Keep her our little kid

forever.

Selfish, I know.Mmm.

All parents feel that way,

I think.

Sometimes I just wanna grab her

by the shoulders and say,

"I love you.

Stop growing up."

I hear you.

Did you hear that?

Emma?

Emma?

Emma!

Emma!

Call the police.

Wh-What is it? Just call the police!

Daddy!

Daddy!

Emma?

David,

where is she? I don't know.

- Emma!

- Emma!

- Daddy!

- Emma!

Emma!

Daddy!

This is insane.

Uh-huh.

He's not a threat.

He is nine years old.

And how old are you?

What does that have

to do with anything?

Maybe he's not the threat

Officer Frank is worried about.

Ever think of that?

What did you want me to do?

Just let them bully him?

Your mom's gonna be here soon.

Shouldn't be long.

They don't pay me enough

for this crap.

You going somewhere?

We were coming out

to meet you.Uh-huh.

Okay, in the car. Let's go.

Michael. Come on.

Come on, bud.

Put your feet in.

Feet in.

Too fast.

Hey, Doris.

I'm so sorry.

You have

my sympathies.

Anna, hey.Hi.

- Officer Frank.

- Oh. Hey.

Hey, Noa.Hi.

Hey,

I just need to talk to your mom for a minute.

Okay.Okay.

I mean,

he's an imaginative kid.

You know Michael.

I mean,

it's been a while.

Well, I mean,

I've been working a lot.

It's not like I have free time,

like, to do things.

Is this

really necessary?

Well, he... he told the principal

he heard naughty voices

telling him

to do very, very bad things.

So what does that mean? I don't know.

But, you know, in today's world,

with the schools,

we can't take any chances,

you know.

He's a little kid! I know.

But it's a thin line between

imaginative and troubled.

Oh, now he's "troubled"?

This is... I... I don't know. I don't...

No, I don't think so.

No. He's... He's just...

I think that...

I think he's just a lonely kid,

that's all.

I don't know what to do

about that.

I have to work. A lot.

So that we can live.

Well, I mean, if you didn't delete my number,

you know, it's 911.

You gotta tell me something,

buddy.

What's going on at school?

What's happening?

I need you

to tell me something.

Jesus, Noa!

I have a paper to do.

Okay.

Seat belt.

Jesus! Oh. Sorry.

I didn't mean to... Scare me?

Yeah. I didn't...

I'm sorry. Uh, I just...

Hi.Hi.

I wanted to say,

just before you left, if you, uh...

if you need me to come by, make dinner, check

on 'em, or check on you, or, you know...

If I'm not working, or even

if I'm working, I could... Okay.

Oh, my God.

Now they're flirting.

Stop it. You stop.

Stop being so weird. Look what you

do with your freaking weirdness.

I can't deal with

a mom relationship right now.

She doesn't have time

to date.

Is this your way of worming

your way back into my life?

Well, I take issue

with "worm."

Okay!

Okay.

Thank you. All right.

Anytime.

Be good to your mom.

Seat belt.

Shouldn't we have

a family meeting?

Take a vote?

Let's not

rush into this.

Baby, we're not

rushing into anything.

We're gonna interview each

candidate really carefully. Okay?

I've outgrown

the nanny era.

I can take care

of Michael.

Haven't I done good,

not counting today?

Yes. But then...

And I'm not blaming you...

I get a call from the school,

who's called in Frank

because they're concerned

about a potential

school shooting

kind of situation.

I'm not blaming you,

but I'm blaming you. I'm... No.

Honey.

He screwed up.

The system screwed up.

But somehow I'm not the

one who's good enough?

No. I'm sorry.

You're right.

But obviously

something isn't working.

I'm thinking, you know,

three nights a week,

at the most.

And the person will be

really focused on Michael.

'Cause he needs

attention.

Baby, I know that you've been really

looking out for your brother.

And I love that.

I really do.

But when was the last time

you hung out with your friends?

Like Kyra.

And that cute boy, Matt.

I'm not friends

with them anymore. What?

People change,

I guess.

Baby, you're so dirty.

But you're cute.

Michael.

Michael!

What are you doing?

Nothing.

- Stop being so weird.

- You're weirder than me.

At least I'm not the reason Mom's

trying to hire a new nanny right now.

- A new nanny?

- No. There will be no new nanny.

It's humiliating.

You owe me.

Mom said

we all gotta agree.

You vote how I tell you.

Okay?

Look, if I cough after

an interview, like this...

it means no way,

thumbs down.

Vote "no"

even if I vote "yes."

And if I rub my eyebrow,

like this,

it means say "yes"

and I'll say "no."

We gotta mix it up so she doesn't

know we're up to something.

What if there's

someone really great?

In this town?

Remember who was there trying

to break you out of there

before Mom even got around

to showing up?

Me!

I know what I'm doing.

Now repeat after me.

The only good nanny

is no nanny.

The only good nanny

is no nanny.

What am I gonna do

with you, kiddo?

All right, it's bedtime.

Come on. Careful.

I have games, if you guys like games.

I love playing games.

I also love to bake,

so if your children are...

I have a lot of experience

as a substitute teacher.

I love helping kids

with their homework.

Oh, of course,

I can make a lunch.

Put some mayo on there, put some,

uh, you know, ham and cheese.

It's one of my favorites.

- I'm not a fan.

- You didn't like her?

- I mean, she was okay, but...

- I thought you liked her.

Okay.

Even if it's sort of last minute,

that's definitely fine.

I'm more than happy to help your children

with their homework. Absolutely.

And I would probably...

Okay, so she's a maybe.

- Melanie?

- Not her.

- Thank you so much. Have a good one.

- You too.

Nah, I don't think so.

I thought

she was so great.

Yeah. What the heck?

I loved her.

God, are my standards

just too low?

We still have

a couple more people.

I bet one of them

will be the one.

Don't give up yet, Mom.

Maybe we should

just make do.

Maybe Frank can bring us pizza

Thursday night.

No. You said it.

We can't just give up.

Mmm.

Oh, guys,

I have to go in to work.

Am I just

a horrible mother?

I mean, I was gonna leave you

with those people.

I thought

they were all fine.

But maybe I'm

just the worst.

- No!

- What Michael means...

Noa made sure we said no to everybody.

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