I can do better. You want me to call them?
I'll call Brunson and I'll smooth it over.
That's the last thing you're gonna do.
All right, so then what would you like me to do, CEO?
Why don't you just go to work, Walter?
(EXHALES)
It means nobody's ever told you the truth...
- No, I beg to differ. ...that's what that means.
People tell me the truth, they're just not...
They're just not rude when they say it.
I wouldn't call it rude. I was just being direct.
- Direct? - Mmm-hmm.
- Oh. Okay, fine. If you say so. - Mmm-hmm. I do.
Direct.
Does that turn you on?
Hmm?
(LAUGHING)
- Now you got jokes. - Look at your face.
LINDSEY: Wait a second.
Uh, excuse me. How much does this cost?
Mr. Deeds says it's free for employees.
- Everybody? - Yes.
(SINGING)
No, you didn't lose her. You're okay.
- I thought I'd lost... - You're okay.
It's okay.
- Thank you. - Okay.
I'll be at the, uh, (CLEARS THROAT) office.
Or on my cell if you need anything.
Make your call.
(GASPS)
I'm so sorry. I'll come back later.
No, no, no, it's okay.
I've got a bunch of things over there need to be taken care of,
trash on that side.
Thank you.
Uh, sure.
No, for the child day care...
Well, I should say night care.
Thank you.
You're very welcome.
You know, it's really late.
Yeah. Got a lot going on.
Yeah, you look stressed.
(LAUGHS)
What did I say?
I... Listen, don't...
I don't think anybody in my life will say to me, "You look stressed."
Nobody says that.
Nobody's comfortable enough to say that to me.
LINDSEY: Oh.
They usually think I have it all under control.
Who are you around all day?
Soon as I walked in I could see that
your shoulders are high up around your ears,
and your forehead is so tense.
Come on, just...
Well, what are we doing?
You really need just two minutes.
Just you put your knees under the desk and put your hands on your thighs.
Lindsey, I don't think this is appropriate.
It's really okay.
I swear I'm not flirting with you.
I figure I owe you.
Don't forget I was nearly a qualified nurse.
Okay.
By the way, nobody talks to me the way you talk to me, either.
That's 'cause you're so mean.
(LAUGHS)
I'm not mean.
Just like you're not disconnected
- and cold, and stiff, and uptight. - Hold on a second.
Where is that coming from?
I mean, are you trying to relax me or stress me out?
No, I'm just saying, that's what I thought when I met you,
but you are incredibly sweet.
You're a good person. Very sweet, very kind.
Very caring.
You just have to set your face right, I understand.
There you go.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
What are you listening to on this thing?
Makaveli.
- Yeah, and two P-A-C? - Tupac.
- Tupac, uh, yeah, I've heard of him. - Mmm-hmm.
- The rapper guy. - Yeah, yeah.
- Makaveli. - Mmm-hmm.
- I love this one. - Lindsey.
(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)
- Uh... - (SINGING ALONG)
What? Come on, it just started!
There's nobody around! Come on!
Lindsey, this isn't a bar. Here.
And security will come up and ask what's going on, so, thank you.
You care too much what people think.
But that's cool. You gotta keep your face right, I get it.
I'll be back later. You can use it.
Get back to work.
Three thirty-nine.
You say something?
Three thirty-nine.
You, uh, asked me how much a gallon of milk costs.
- It's $3.39. - Uh-huh.
See, the lesson in that was for you to find out for yourself,
not ask somebody to tell you.
(SLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
- What's going on? - Child Welfare.
She hasn't been attending school, you can't provide for her right now.
- You're homeless. - I know, but...
Look, get an apartment.
Get back on your feet and I will personally help you get her back again.
Do you promise?
You have my word, ma'am.
Please?
Sweetie? I need your help.
- Sweetie? - No.
I'm sorry. Sweetie, just come with me. You'll be fine.
No. Let go!
Listen to me. Listen to me, baby, listen to me.
I need you to be brave, okay?
I'm gonna come see you every day.
(SOBBING) And this lady can give you some place to stay.
Mommy just can't right now.
WOMAN: It's time, I'm sorry. ARIEL: I'm not going!
- I'm sorry, it's time. - I'm not going.
- Officer? Give us a hand, will you? - No! No!
- I'm sorry, you have to come with me. - No.
I'm sorry. Honey, I wish I didn't have to do this to you.
LINDSEY: (SOBBING) Ariel.
Mommy! No!
(SOBBING)
Everything is just falling apart.
And I been trying to hold on, you know.
And the more that I was holding on,
the more everything just fell apart.
Lindsey, let me help you.
Don't say that!
You don't mean it.
Everybody who's said that in my life has let me down.
That's not me. I'm not those people.
You know I can help you. You have to let me help you.
There's a half bath there
and, uh, one bedroom here. Another bedroom here.
You need me to clean it?
Clean?
No.
I want you to live in it.
What?
It's one of our corporate apartments, Lindsey. We've got a few of them. Um...
Nobody's here most of the year.
You should... You can just live here as long as you need to.
I can't.
- Really, Lindsey, listen. - I can't.
I know that you're proud.
I know that you're used to doing everything on your own.
Sometimes even the best of us, we all need a little help.
So will you let me do this for you?
Give to you?
Does the phone work?
Uh...
(DIAL TONE)
Yeah, it does.
So you're saying that I could call the social worker right now
and I can tell her that I have a place to stay.
Please.
I don't know why you're doing this, but thank you.
I better... (CLEARS THROAT)
I'd, uh...
I'm gonna get to work now.
Um, if you need anything, I'll be at the office, okay?
Wesley.
Thank you, thank you.
It's okay.
I thought I'd lost her.
No, you didn't lose her. You're okay.
- I thought I'd lost... - You're okay.
It's okay.
- Thank you. - Okay.
I'll be at the office.
Or on my cell if you need anything.
Make your call.
LINDSEY: Wait a second.
I'll be at the, uh, (CLEARS THROAT) office.
Mr. Deeds says it's free for employees.
- Everybody? - Yes.
(SINGING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
LINDSEY: Whoo-hoo! (LAUGHS)
You're gonna break this bed. We've only just got it!
(LAUGHS)
Oh, my love, look at you. Look at you!
- Gonna jump till I'm tired. - (LAUGHING)
Is this our apartment?
For a little while.
Come here. Come here.
Now I know that
I've been crazy these past few weeks.
It's just that I was
trying to help us survive.
And I'm sorry if I didn't always treat you right,
'cause you always make me happy.
Always.
I love you, Mommy.
Mmm! I love you.
(SIGHS) I love you.
This tie is too dark.
Where are you going?
Uh, to work. I started a Casual Friday.
Hmm.
You know, um,
last night, you, um...
Whoo! Uh...
You made love to me like...
Like, uh...
Like what?
Like you were making love to someone else.
Well, if I did that, then that would be unpredictable, right?
(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
Hey.
Hi.
Can I take you to lunch?
Uh...
Uh, sure.
WALTER: Wes, who is this?
WESLEY: This is Lindsey.
- I know you. - Mmm-hmm.
- Where are you two going? - To lunch.
Lunch?
Wow! (LAUGHS)
- I know, right? - That's beautiful.
- That is beautiful. - Mmm-hmm.
Hey, Lindsey, come on.
Get off this guy's bike. What are you doing?
How are you so sure it's a man's bike?
I don't care whose it is, you shouldn't be on it. Get off the bike.
It's from Baker Boy's Bikes.
I told them that you wanted to go on a test drive and they trust me.
And your name carries a lot of weight, so here she is.
(LAUGHS) Come on.
This is your lunch.
Put this on, so that you look cool.
(LAUGHS)
Are you serious?
(MUSIC PLAYING)
You were going like 100! I couldn't believe it.
For someone like you, that's pretty wicked.
Sorry, I, uh...
I just lost myself for a second.
No, you didn't lose her. You're okay.
- I thought I'd lost... - You're okay.
It's okay.
- Thank you. - Okay.
I'll be at the, uh, (CLEARS THROAT) office.
Or on my cell if you need anything.
Make your call.
You don't have to apologize for doing what you feel.
It was good.
(LINDSEY CHUCKLES)
- Oh! You think the road's really dangerous! - You are really...
What do you think is gonna happen?
Get hit by a car! You...
Oh, my God, you are such a worrywart!
- You should just give it up! - You are a piece of work.
Ah, no!
Ah!
(LAUGHS)
Oh, my God! You're tickling me!
- A piece of work. - I know I am.
Oh, it's okay.
I'm engaged.
You're getting married.
- Yeah. - Oh, God.
I'm sorry.
Then why are we...
Why are we even out here?
God!
You know, the motorcycle, that was a really nice gesture.
Oh. Thank you.
Please. Please tell me you understand. Please.
Congratulations.
I gotta get back to my daughter.
JOHN: Damn! Where've you been?
(CHUCKLES) Left my phone on the desk.
Oh.
- You been trying to call me? - About 10 times.
Sorry.
What's this?
Take a peek.
There's no way.
- He accepted it. - Oh, man.
- Oh, man! - Yeah.
- Oh, man. - Yeah. Oh, whoa!
You are all wet. Where did you go?
Uh, sorry.
Man, you were worried, weren't you?
- I don't think I was as worried as you were. - No. No one's as worried as me.
Congratulations.
This is the best news I've had all year.
- Great job. Great job, John. - Thank you.
Our lawyers have the agreements.
- I'm gonna call my mom and tell her... - Ah, no, no, no.
Hey, look, let's... Let's get the agreement signed first
and have everyone come here on Monday,
then we make the announcement and celebrate.
- Champagne in the office? - Sounds good to me.
- Good idea. - Go change.
I just got to tell you my father, Walter Deeds Senior,
is smiling down from heaven right now on this moment.
We took over his competitor and caused him a lot of stress over the years,
so I'm very proud of it.
I know my mother, Ms. Wilimena Deeds, is very proud of it.
Thank you, everybody.
And, uh, don't drink too much, four more hours of work left, okay?
Hear, hear!
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
- Hey, Lindsey. - You all having a party?
My brother...
I wanted to talk to Wesley, but I'll come back.
No, no, no. He'd love to see you.
Come on, he's right over there. Come on, come on.
Hey, Wes! Wesley, look who I found.
Hi. Lindsey, how are you?
I didn't know this was going on. I'll call you.
No, no, no. No. Don't leave.
(CLEARS THROAT)
This is Natalie, uh, my fiancée.
- This is Lindsey. - Hi!
Great to meet you. You're gorgeous!
Goodness.
This is my friend Heidi and her husband John...
- Who is she? - I don't know.
I've never seen her before.
(WHISPERS) Mother, you never see the help.
She's a janitor.
- A janitor? - Mmm-hmm.
WILIMENA: Who invited her?
WALTER: Oh, apparently, your good son did.
Hello.
This is my mother.
- Oh. - This is Wilimena, Lindsey.
Hi.
WILIMENA: Lovely.
- Lovely, you are lovely. - What?
How long have you known my son?
Uh, I don't know. Just a little while.
You know he has a penchant for projects.
Pen... What?
WILIMENA: Projects. He loves taking them on, renovating them.
LINDSEY: Uh-huh.
He buys small businesses, makes them bigger and better
and then he sells them, and walks away.
Did you suck all of the life out of her, Mom, like you do everybody else?
You are drunk. Go home and sleep it off.
No, no, Mother. Why would I do that?
I'm gonna go get him off her.
The only time you pay attention to me is when I cause a scene.
Walter!
And here's the good brother.
You, huh, doing everything everybody tells you to.
You know, Mom, I did the deal. All right? I did it.
I called Brunson and I went to his house and I made the deal happen.
WILIMENA: Okay. WALTER: Huh?
Why is everybody acting like you can't hear me?
- I did this deal! - We know that, Walter.
Okay.
Walter, we know. We know you did the deal.
Don't you dare look at me like that. I don't... I don't need your pity!
Dad wanted me to run this company, Wesley, me!
- And I can run it, Wesley! - (WHISPERS) Walter.
Yes, you can, right into the ground,
- just like you run your life. - You go to hell!
(ALL GASP)
Take your hands off me!
WESLEY: Where you going? Where you going?
You're not leaving, you're not...
Take your hands off me!
Give me the keys!
- WILIMENA: Walter. - Give me the keys!
- Stop them! - Oh, my God, stop it!
Stop it, stop it, stop it!
Stop! Stop! Stop!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Stop it!
(WALTER GROANING)
(PANTING)
You okay?
(WALTER LAUGHING)
Isn't it ironic?
We're all stuck here.
Just like you're stuck
(WHEEZING)
in a career you don't even want.
(LAUGHING)
I hate you.
(SCREAMING) Let me out of here!
Let me out of here!
(SOBBING)
WALTER: (ECHOING) Let me out of here!
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
WESLEY: Hey.
Are you all right?
What happened?
Come on.
- Where's Ariel? - She's asleep.
(MUFFLED) Oh, no.
(SOBBING) Don't do that!
What are you doing?
Do you even know what it is that you want?
Am I a project for you, Wesley, is that it?
You gonna fix me up, so that you can feel whole?
Mmm-mmm.
You got all these people, they're all around you
and they all envy what you got, but the truth is, look at you.
You're not happy.
You need to go and find what makes you really happy.
Why don't you think you deserve that?
(SNIFFS)
That's why...
That's why I'm here.
You're not attracted to me.
Look at me.
I don't think I was ever really attracted to you.
We're just both going through some rough stuff right now.
Yeah, fine. You know what?
I get it. You're not... You're not attracted to me, okay?
I'm sick of people telling me how to feel all the time.
I'm fine.
(SIGHS)
Did you sleep with her?
No.
I don't think we're ready to get married.
(EXHALES)
I know.
But I love you so much.
I love you, too.
But it's not enough, is it?
No.
Why didn't you tell me?
Why didn't you say something to me?
Mob mentality.
Our parents, our friends, everybody...
"Oh, you guys are such a cute couple."
We bought it lock, stock and barrel.
I always thought I'd
find a great guy,
have him take care of me, raise a family, live happily ever after.
I kind of figured out along the way that I like taking care of myself.
You're the only woman I ever wanted to marry,
have a family with, you know, it was just you.
I don't want to have kids.
And I know you always said,
"No, baby, you'll change. You're just scared."
I'm not scared, Wes.
And I'm not gonna change. I don't want kids.
You think that makes me a bad person, right?
No. No.
What if we're making a mistake, right? What if...
What if we're wrong?
What if I'm the best thing that ever happened to you?
What if you're my Prince Charming?
Or we're walking out too soon?
Funny.
You keep it.
I love you, honey.
Where have you two been?
- Mom. - Never mind.
- Mom. - Follow me.
- I need to tell you something. - Yes, afterwards. Come with me.
- Mom. Mom. - What?
I need to...
Come on. The people are starving.
Hi.
They're here.
Everybody!
The couple!
(GUESTS CHEERING)
Um...
I want to thank everybody for coming.
But, um, there's not gonna be a wedding.
We're not getting married.
(GUESTS GASPING)
What?
We're not getting married, Mom.
Wesley, can I talk to you?
Hmm?
No.
Wesley.
I've lived for you
and for Dad, lived his dream,
but what about mine, Mom?
I'm sorry.
I'm, uh...
(CLEARS THROAT) I'm leaving.
Where are you going?
Travel the world.
Catch up with Rich, Josh.
Okay.
This motorcycle business again, right?
No. It's about me living
for the first time in my life.
John is gonna run the company.
I've talked to him, he knows everything about it.
- So... - John?
First Dad screws me over, now my brother screws me over?
Nobody's screwing you over, man.
Everything that's happening to you, you're doing it to yourself.
You sabotage every good thing that comes in your life
and I can't help you with that anymore.
That's who you want to be, you be it, but you won't be it with me.
I'm done.
WESLEY: Hi.
Hey.
You look great.
(CHUCKLES) Uh, yeah, no tie. I just tried to relax myself a little bit.
I'm so sorry about the other night.
It's okay.
No, it's not.
I'm... I'm...
I'm not gonna get married.
And
I'm leaving tomorrow.
9:30 a.m.
Where are you going?
Africa.
I'm shipping my bike there. I'm gonna catch up with my buddies and...
No!
Yeah. We're gonna dig those wells.
That is amazing.
Good for you.
'Cause you only live once, right?
Yeah.
You're right.
You did... You did that for me.
No, I didn't.
You did it.
Uh, there's an executive here, his name is John,
and he, uh, knows everything about you and the apartment.
You'll be fine.
You can stay there as long as you need to.
Okay. Thank you.
I was kind of hoping that you wouldn't need to.
Well, I...
I'm doing both shifts and I figure that I could be gone in a month...
No, that's not what I mean to say. Not what I'm saying.
I got these two tickets here
for you and Ariel,
and I was just kind of hoping you'd go with me.
I can't.
Well, maybe I better
just leave them there in case you change your mind maybe?
No, I won't.
I'm sorry.
But thank you. Thank you for everything.
Thank you for everything.
I'll see you around.
Be safe.
(SOFT ROCK MUSIC)
(INAUDIBLE)
WILIMENA: Wesley.
Came to talk me out of it?
No. I came to see you off.
I'm going to miss you.
Wesley, I'm sorry, baby.
I'm so sorry.
Be careful.
Be happy.
I love you, Mom.
LINDSEY: This your first time flying commercial?
(LINDSEY LAUGHS)
You say hi?
Hi, Mr. Wesley.
Hi, Ariel.
All right, baby, go sit down.
Now, look.
A lot of times in relationships people don't say what they feel,
'cause they're afraid of being hurt or let down.
But I want to take this chance with you.
Even though what your mother said scared me
and I don't want to be a project for you, Wesley.
I have Ariel to think about and...
No.
Mommy!
Don't look.
WESLEY: I don't know what's out there, or what's waiting for me,
but whatever it is, I'm gonna find it.