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I'm a lawyer, Terry. I practice the law.

I know.

I'm not some fricking scumbag.

I help out o d people for chrissake.

No offense, but your pal Finley,

all he gives a crap about is making money.

Yeah, but that's why he makes it.

No sh*t, Terry. Thanks for the update.

I'm just wrapping up.

Sharon called. She wants-

Jack, I gotta take this other call. Okay?

Mm-hm.

All right. Bye.

All rlght. Bye.

Hey, Tom.

Hey, Mike.

How are you?

Good, good, thanks.

Thanks for getting back to me.

How you doing?

I'm good. I'm very good. Ha, ha.

Good, good.

So, what's up?

Um...

Listen. I was just following up

to see if you had any overflow.

It's been a slow month on this end.

Yeah, look, I gotta be honest.

It's been a slow month on this end too.

We really don't have overflow at this point.

Sorry about that.

Right. Yeah, okay.

I wlsh I could help.

No, I got it.

It's been slow here too.

I appreciate that. Yeah.

Okay, good. If you need to reach out...

Stop. Hold on.

Leo. Hold on a sec, Leo.

Go back through.

Somebody stop that gentleman, please.

Any word from his daughter?

No, Your Honor. We have the two

cert fied letters returned unc aimed.

There is no phone number for her.

We can't find her.

She is the only I ving family, correct?

Correct, but Mr. Poplar

has not seen her for over 20 years.

Who?

Your daughter.

Oh. She's late. Probably shopping

for some crap or something.

Okay.

Thank you, Mr. Flaherty.

Okay, as Mr. Poplar has been deemed

incapacitated by this court...

...I'm appointing the Office of

Public Guardian to serve as guardian...

...for his person and property.

Do you have the order for me to sign?

Yes, I sure do, Your Honor.

Then please approach.

Your Honor, if it pleases the court...

Yes, Mr. Flaherty? What is it?

I would be willing to serve

as Mr. Poplar's guardian.

Really?

Yes.

You've known him how long?

Two weeks?

More like five.

Really?

And you want to be his guardian now?

May I approach, Your Honor?

Counsel, approach.

What's going on, Mike?

Judge, I feel I would be a better candidate

than the state in this particular case.

Really?

Yes. Stop saying, "Really." It's annoying.

I live in the same town as Mr. Poplar.

Proximity hardly qualifies him

as a guardian.

And as his lawyer...

...I am in a better position

to execute exactly what my client wants.

Mr. Flaherty

is Mr. Poplar's court-appointed attorney.

I know, Stu. I appointed him.

Well, that hardly qualifies him

as a guardian.

I mean, why should we go along with this?

Mike?

Judge, Leo has told me

that he wants to live at home.

He has the money to do that. I wanna make

sure that happens. If the state can do that-

Counsel knows we can't do that.

We're spread too thin

to give that kind of individual attention.

But there is an excellent elder-care facility

in Mr. Poplar's town. We'll put him there.

Mr. Poplar wants to live at home.

You can do that, Mike?

Yes, I can. Really.

Did we win?

Uh... Yeah, I think we did.

Good.

Are we going to the park?

No. I'm gonna help you sett e into a new

place so you can live right here in town.

I don't need a new place. I have a house.

I don't need that fancy stuff.

I know.

I just need you to I ve in this place

for a little while. It's very nice. You'll like it.

Did the judge say that?

Yes, the judge said so.

Sh*t.

Okay?

Still all my song shall be

Nearer, my God, to thee

Have a great day, gentlemen. Okay?

All right. Come on, crazy-legs.

Let's go, Mr. Mayor. It's cold.

We have to get bagels for your mom.

Okay.

I have to make one stop first.

Where?

I gotta shut the water off

at a client's house.

Why?

It's freezing out.

I don't want his pipes to burst.

No, I mean why are you doing it?

Uh... Oh. Because I'm his guardian.

What? Since when?

Since last week.

That's a big deal.

Were you even gonna tell me?

It's not a big deal. I was gonna tell you.

You don't have time

to take care of an old man.

He's at Oak Knoll.

They take care of everything.

I just have to check in on him

from time to time.

Well, who pays for that?

He does. Come on, kiddo. It comes out

of his estate. And he can afford it, trust me.

I don't get it.

You've never done it before.

No, I haven't.

So why are you doing it now?

Because it's the right thing to do, am I right?

We couldn't find his daughter...

...and I just wanna help the guy out.

It's not a big deal.

It sounds ike a big deal.

You should have told me.

What's a big deal?

JACKIE:

Is this gonna take ong?

Nope. It'll be two minutes.

Who's that?

No idea.

Who is that, Mommy?

JACKIE:
I don't know, honey.

Daddy's gonna find out.

How you doing? Can I help you?

No.

You looking for Mr. Poplar?

Yeah.

He doesn't live here anymore.

Where does he live?

Mind telling me

why you're looking for him first?

He's my grandfather.

I came to live with him.

Ah.

You live around here, Kyle?

No. Ohio.

Ohio? Where are your parents?

It's just me and my mom. She's back

in Columbus. She couldn't come.

How did you get here?

Bus.

Really? All by yourself?

Yeah.

That sounds like a big deal.

Leo, how you doing?

You have a visitor.

Who? Him?

Yeah.

Hey.

Come on in. I'll turn off the TV.

Let's just kick it around,

as they say, man to man.

This is Kyle Timmons, Leo.

He's your grandson.

Came from Ohio to see you.

I don't have a grandson.

Yeah, you do. We just never met.

You gonna bring me home?

No, he's just here for a v sit.

Oh.

Okay. You want to watch a little TV?

Yeah. Sure.

Well, I'm very good at keeplng secrets.

There's some things

I won't even tell myself.

What is it, son?

You're looking at It.

So I'll pick you up in about an hour.

Okay.

- llke everybody does, Father,

only you're too polite to say anythlng.

So you called his mother?

No, not yet.

Oh. He was smoking too. He's 16.

Well, he's probably on drugs.

What are you gonna do with him?

We're gonna send him back,

is what we'll do.

I certainly hope so.

You got your hands full over there.

Now taking care of that old man too?

Sounds like too much, Mike.

It is too much. And somehow

he forgot to tell me all about it.

I told you.

No, not until I asked.

His daughter should be taking care of him,

not you. You got me to worry about.

I don't have to worry about him.

He's at Oak Knoll.

Can we play croquet today?

The whole thing sounds crazy.

It is crazy. It's crazy.

Who's crazy?

Me.

So he lives here now?

Uh-huh.

Your grandfather's in the early stages

of dementia, Kyle, so he needs a little help.

Are you a friend of his

or something?

Uh, I'm his guardian.

What does that mean?

I make sure that he's well taken care of.

That's cool.

Meow, meow.

Meow, meow, meow, meow.

Oh, hey.

Everything alright?

Yeah.

Did you reach your mom?

Yeah. I told her I was coming home.

Did she wanna talk to me or anything?

No.

Okay. Well, I'm sorry

you can't stay longer.

But maybe you can come back

again and v sit with your mom.

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