Presence

[haunting instrumental music plays]

Shit. Are you kidding me?

Oh shit.

Hello!

Hi. Sorry. Have you been here long?

I'm always early. Here, you can have a look at that.

Thanks. Um, I just want to confirm the school district.

North. I would not have shown it to you otherwise.

Also, excuse how bare it is at the moment...

I just haven't had the time to dress it since...

- it's not even on the market. - Wow.

So you are the first family to see it and the demand in...

this area has just gotten so out of hand.

Have a look around. Let me know if you have any questions.

Great. Thank you.

Of course. Make yourself at home.

Oh, it's beautiful, right? This is a 100 years old.

Like original with the house, of course.

It's silver nitrate glass.

Like they don't even make it anymore.

It just has a totally different quality to the light.

It's an antique. I mean, it's spectacular.

It's the heart of the home in my opinion.

- Done deal. I mean, right? - I don't know that yet.

We're the first people to see it.

The second people are going to buy it.

I mean, it's impossible to find anything in this district.

- Yeah, I know. - He has to go to North.

- I am aware. - He can swim four-event.

He'll be top of every heat sheet.

I think that's Poplar across the alley.

If they win State, he can write his own ticket.

Yeah, Poplar has a, uh, fire station.

We'll get 600 at least for the other place.

Fire stations mean sirens.

We'll get boned on the rate, but we'll re-fi in 12 months.

Is it too soon?

What, for Tyler?

Swim season doesn't even start until November.

For Chloe.

I mean, it's life.

- Actually, it's death. - Honey, she'll be fine.

Change is good.

Oh, hey! So, eight and a quarter, 30 day escrow...

25K repair fund, our discretion.

- Your wife is a smart lady. - Yeah.

A 30 day loan contingency, but I'll lift it if I have to.

Oh yeah. Yeah, I'm taking your anchor spot.

I'm sure we can work something out.

- Anybody else get a vote? - Just let her do her thing.

You know how this goes.

Bro, it's done. Deal with it.

So what is this area though? A kind of a living room?

Go take a look around.

I kind of see this as the den, the living area.

I mean, it could be anything you want it to be though.

The house just has so much potential.

Wow. I mean, look at how much light there is.

It's so much of the original charm.

I feel like the renovations would be so minimal.

You could probably just move right in.

I don't think it needs renovating. It's perfect.

It really is.

It would never happen with Dutton, man.

- I promise you. - So full of shit.

Oh my God. Okay. Tell me when. Show me one time.

The Green Bay game. Did you even watch it?

Green Bay game. This dude--

Hey, start upstairs.

Green Bay game.

- That was three years ago. - Still counts.

Oh my God.

It's Sherwin-Williams "Breezy." It's the front driveway side.

All right, all right.

Yo, look, he's a bum!

Yeah, I get it.

Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.

Thought you'd be done in here.

I thought I'd be done in here too, but that was...

before I was doing it all myself.

Where's Roberto?

He's priming the master.

Why the fuck isn't he in here helping you?

Uh, he wouldn't come in.

What do you mean he wouldn't come in?

He said, "I'm not going in that room." That's what he said.

This is insane.

- Hey. - Hey, how did it go?

Fine.

I don't want to know that.

Dave, the whole point is I don't know that.

I scaled the shit out of the first two and a half...

without knowing. Why would you--

Tell Carlos. Tell him. I don't care. I am so fucking...

layered on this. Well, I'm sleeping at night, okay? Yeah--

I am fucking sleeping at night. Don't increase the...

attack surface on this. That would be a bad idea.

Well, I got to go.

Yeah, I got to go.

What kind of trouble?

It's complicated. I'll get out of it. I always do.

Why are you even telling me?

I shouldn't know shit like that.

I just want you to know that everything I've...

done, every single thing has been for you.

Mom, what are you--

No, no. Nobody has ever meant to me what you have.

Okay.

From the moment I knew I was pregnant with you...

Listen, I knew my purpose in life.

- This child must be protected. - What?

No, no. No, really.

No. I never felt...

this close to another human being ever.

What about Chloe?

Yeah. No. I mean, of course. It's just...

It's just different.

I-- Listen, Ty, I just want you to know that in the end...

it was all for you.

All what is for me?

All I'm saying is that it's okay to go too far for the people...

that you love. That's all.

Mom.

Just do what you think you have to do.

Doesn't matter how big the mistake is. If you make it...

for the right reason, you can live with yourself. That's all.

Go to bed, Mom.

[street traffic and sirens in the distance]

Nadia?

Clo, you okay? I'm sorry.

- It-- - Was that a scream?

I-I thought I saw something. A mouse.

Oh. Great.

- Sorry. - Uh, do you want me to look?

No, no. I was wrong.

- Okay, you sure? - I'm sure. Sorry.

Yeah. Okay.

You see the way she jumps at...

loud noises on the street?

Who doesn't?

This is...this is different.

So she's got some anxiety.

Like Chloe's always been a nervous kid.

Maybe we should test her.

Yeah, sure, you tell her.

No, she doesn't have to know.

We can take a hair out of her brush.

You're going down a rabbit hole.

Look, she knows that the same people that Nadia knew--

The same shit is still out there.

Nadia smoked pot from the time she was, what, 11 years old?

Chloe is not her. She's got her head on straighter than that.

You know, it only takes one time. Just once.

That's two dead kids in two months, okay?

I got to finish this.

She just stopped breathing. Dead in her own bed.

Can you imagine the parents finding her?

Chris, please. I have to get this in. I have a deadline.

Chloe has stopped talking. She's so inward.

Okay, so do you want to try a different medication?

Maybe.

What about a different therapist?

Yeah. I just want to fix this.

Sweetie, there is no fixing it.

And she can't take us all down with her.

Look at you. You're a mess.

Time. That's the only thing that will help.

Have you ever noticed that your advice always corresponds...

exactly with us not having to do anything at all?

- At all? - I...

At all.

Got it.

At all.

Hey, Howard. It's, uh, Christopher Payne.

Long time no ta". Um...

I have kind of a weird legal question on--

I don't know who else to ask. Um...

So I would love to ask you. Uh, whenever you have a moment.

Thanks. Hope you're doing well.

[indistinct chatter, Tyler and another boy]