Tully Page #3

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(MARLO PANTING)

- (BABY CRYING)

- There you go.

NURSE:

It's a girl. It's a girl.

(BABY CONTINUES CRYING)

- (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

- It's a girl.

- NURSE:
Oh, you've got a girl.

- (SIGHS HEAVILY)

DREW:

You okay?

(BABY CONTINUES CRYING)

Hi, sweetheart.

Oh.

Hi.

Okay.

Oh, she's so sweet.

Yeah.

Marlo, she's your mini.

Look at those lips.

CRAIG:

I wish we could stay.

We have to go

to Emmy's school talent show.

MARLO:

Oh, what's her talent?

Pilates.

Do you mind putting her back

in the bassinet for me?

- Oh, sure.

- Thanks.

All right, you,

take it easy, okay?

Tell Dad congrats

when he wakes up.

MARLO:

Yep.

- Bye.

- Bye.

(CRUNCHING ICE)

ELYSE:

So, did you end up talking

to her about the night nanny?

I did. She said

she could never let a stranger

take care of her baby.

What? So she's judging

our choices now.

I just want my sister back.

I feel like,

these last few years,

somebody snuffed a match.

Well, maybe

you should call Drew

and see if he can convince her.

Drew hates me.

Mm-hmm.

(SIGHS)

(URINATES SMALL AMOUNT)

(GROANS)

Hey, did you hear it?

(CHUCKLING):

That's not enough.

(SIGHS)

I peed.

Come on,

why is it so important?

If you don't pee soon,

we'll have to put

the catheter back in.

I peed.

Why don't you believe me?

It's in there, in the bowl.

Do a test or something.

You have to show me

that you can do a pee.

How much f***ing pee

do you need?!

Do you want me to spray it

all over the bathroom?

Do you want

a f***ing golden shower?

You need to rest, Mommy.

(SIGHS)

(QUIETLY):

I have to f***ing pee.

("TIERGARTEN"

BY RUFUS WAINWRIGHT PLAYING)

- (BABY CRYING)

- Won't you walk me through

The Tiergarten?

Won't you walk me through

- (CRYING CONTINUES)

- It all, darling?

Doesn't matter if

It is raining

Won't you walk me

Through it all?

Even if the sun

(BABY CRYING)

It is blazing

(CLATTERING)

Even if the sun

- (CRYING CONTINUES)

- It is blazing

All the elements

- (PUMP WHOOSHING)

- We must conquer

(BABY CRYING)

To get to the other side

of town

I have suffered shipwreck

- (BABY CRYING)

- Against your dark brown eyes

I have run aground

Against

your broken-down smiles

- (DRYER CLATTERING)

- Believe me when I tell you

I have no place to go

But to go where

the wild flowers grow...

Aren't you

the most precious little...?

- (BABY CRYING)

- And the stone gardens bloom

And the stone gardens

bloom

Won't you walk me through

The Tiergarten?

Where are my legs?

What's going on?

This is crazy, we're...

GIRLS:

Mermaids!

It all, darling?

No, no, no!

(CRYING)

- (CRYING)

- (SHUSHING)

(CRYING)

(CRYING STOPS)

(CRYING)

(CRYING STOPS)

(PUMP WHOOSHES)

(WHISPERING):

Okay, let go, I'm late.

Jonah, I'm late.

Hey.

- LAURIE:
Hi.

- Thanks, Dallas.

Oh, so we have

a little visitor today, huh?

Yeah, she's sleeping.

Okay.

(SIGHS)

So, we're coming up on the end

of the kindergarten year,

and I just wanted to talk

to you about Mr. Jonah.

Look, we're, um, getting

the aide, the one aide.

Just got to figure out

how we're gonna pay for it.

Well, when you guys applied,

we did express some concern

about whether

or not Saint Vitus was

the right fit for Jonah,

but we love your family and we

have such a great relationship

- with your brother and his wife.

- I understand.

- What?

- I get it, Laurie,

I'm only here

because of my brother.

No, that's not true, actually.

They're big donors,

they called in a favor.

Yeah, okay.

We think Jonah might be better

served at a different school.

You're expelling him?

No, Marlo,

expulsion is a punishment.

We like to think of this

as a dismissal.

- (SCOFFS)

- There are places

that are better suited

to kids like Jonah.

What does that mean,

"kids like Jonah"?

Well, he's quirky

- and he needs...

- Oh, my God,

what is this "quirky" thing

everybody keeps saying?

It's so stupid.

What does it even mean?

Do I have a kid

or a f***ing ukulele?

Just say what you mean.

You think Jonah is retarded.

- No.

- Yes, and he's ruining it

for everybody in

his class who's reading, like,

"The Iliad"

or whatever the f*** they read!

(SIGHS) I'm sorry

about my retarded son, Laurie.

Oh, I'm sorry, quirky, 'cause

he's a f***ing pocket watch.

- F*** this!

- No, no, no.

- Jonah is bright, he's great.

- Oh, my God.

- It's just not the right fit, Marlo.

- Just say what you mean.

- You hate my kid!

- What?!

- You hate us!

- We don't hate you.

- We don't hate your kid.

- (SIGHING):
Oh, my God.

It's just not the right fit.

Dallas, would you please

walk her out?

Don't f***ing touch me, Dallas.

- I wasn't.

- Look, I... no, you need to calm down.

I'm not letting you leave

like this.

I leave like this every day.

Every day.

You just don't see it.

This is the real me

when I'm not licking

your a**hole.

Surprise!

- (BABY CRYING)

- Oh!

She's fine.

(CRYING CONTINUES)

F***!

(PANTING)

Just take it.

Please, please, just take it.

(CRYING CONTINUES)

(CRYING CONTINUES)

(MICROWAVE WHIRRING)

(MICROWAVE DINGS)

(VIDEO GAME SOUND EFFECTS)

Hey, guys.

Hi, Daddy!

- Hi.

- Hi.

Ooh.

Oh, give me a smile.

You got a smile for Daddy?

Yeah, that's Daddy's smile.

(SIGHS)

Hey, frozen pizza, awesome.

Um...

(VIDEO GAME SOUND EFFECTS)

I thought we weren't doing

screen time.

I mean, uh, it's fine by me,

it's-it's your rule.

Listen, I decided to call

that night nanny.

You did?

- Oh.

- Yeah, why?

Uh, no, I mean, uh, it's...

You know,

Craig's paying for it.

He's probably going

to lord that over us.

No, you're right,

I'll just cancel it.

You do your thing.

I'll just be down here

and make another pot of coffee,

- never sleep at all.

- No.

I-I-I didn't mean that,

I just...

Are you okay?

Hey, guys, is Mommy okay?

I don't know.

She's coming at 10:30.

(LIQUID SLOSHING, JONAH GIGGLES)

DREW:

Jonah.

(MARLO SIGHING)

Mom, what's wrong

with your body?

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

(WOMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY

OVER TELEVISION)

MAN:

So, is that what you're into?

You're into a little, uh...

You're into a little, uh...

- (SPANKS)

- (WOMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

I love spanking women

during the act of,

you know, making love.

I guess a little spanking isn't

making love? I don't know.

(LAUGHTER

AND INDISTINCT CHATTER)

You've got a great ass.

(WOMAN LAUGHS)

(MOANS)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

(DRUMMING NAILS ON GLASS)

(SIGHING):

Oh, God.

Hello.

I'm Tully.

You must be Marlo.

Yes.

May I come in?

Yeah.

Oh.

(GASPS)

Who's this?

Oh, you mean the baby?

Yeah, what's her name?

Her name is Mia.

Mia.

Yeah, it was my Mom's name.

I was always gonna use it,

but then it became,

like, really popular and...

There's two Mias

in my son's class.

Who cares?

What?

Who cares if it's popular?

It's a beautiful name.

I'm sorry, how old are you?

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

I just didn't expect...

(BOTH LAUGH)

No, I, I get it a lot.

Um, I'm older than I look.

Oh, I don't... um...

What?

How does this normally work?

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