Hellbent on Boogie

Mom already said no, but...

I thought I'd ask you.

And I've been practicing.

So could you talk to mom?

And help me with my turns.

Oh, and watch over Alan.

Name of the Father, and Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

- -

All right, here you go.

You decided what you want to eat yet?

Yeah, yeah, um,

I would love to have this.

This picture.

Could you, um--

could you please ask the chef to make it exactly like this?

- Hey! -

Okay.

Son of a bitch!

Alan?

Alan!

- -Hey.

Look at you, you're all grown up.

You look like a farmer.

You kind of look like a homeless person.

Damn, really?

I think it's just a dirty shirt.

Yeah, I guess it's a little dirty.

-Is mom home? -Where were you?

Mom said you might be dead.

Nope. Not dead.

-She's working? Is she home? -Yeah, she's making dinner.

Yum. What she making?

Mom, look, Alan's home.

Hey, Ma.

How long are you staying?

Not long.

Are you working?

-No, I'm not. -

You can stay in Quinn's room.

You on vacation?

No. Well, I quit.

Where'd you quit from?

This restaurant.

I have an aerobics class I teach.

What, like the, uh-- the exercise thing?

Yeah, I found it on the internet.

Mom, can I please show him the video?

-No, honey. -Please?

I'm pretty-pretty please? Uh, just this one time.

I really, really, really want to show him.

-Quinn. No. -

When's the class?

Oh, okay.

So I teach this--

I teach all day on weekends to, like, a bunch of people.

-And then I have this one-- -Quinn, here.

So I have this one class at six o'clock

that I teach every day.

You know, it's really fun because Debra--

Quinn, honey, please.

Finish all your soup and stop bouncing your knee.

All right, let's see the damage you've done.

-Wow. - So this is my TV.

We found it in the junkyard out back.

Someone didn't want it, I guess.

-And all my movies. - Yes.

-Oh, what a collection. - I know, right?

- -

My closet,

uh, has all my clothes and toys and stuff.

I actually have extra pillows and blankets you can sleep on.

If you want to.

So I still got the old Barbie house,

but it's different now, though.

I mean, the bedroom actually do the family--

Let's take a breath.

And let it out with a belly laugh.

Very good. Very good. Yay!

What you got, Dave?

My name's Dave and I have Parkinson's disease.

Very good. Very good. Yay!

What you got for us, Simona?

Hi, my name is Simona

and my husband committed suicide.

Very good. Very good. Ya--

Alan.

How you doing? How you been?

Uh...

yeah, good.

I'm, uh-- I'm pretty good.

Cool.

What are you, uh-- what--

what are you down for?

Oh, I'm, uh, just looking for work.

-Oh. -Are you, um--

you still in charge of all the maintenance shit around here?

Yep. Yep.

Well, you know, I could help if that's cool.

Did your mom ask you to help?

No.

No, I just figured, you know,

if you were paying that, uh, I could work or whatever.

No. No, I'm not paying.

I can barely afford myself.

Yeah. Did you see the cross?

-Yeah. -Yeah.

Yeah, what, um-- what's all that stuff on the bottom?

It's a cell tower now. Pay me 500 bucks a month.

500 bucks a month.

Think about it.

-Hi. -Hi.

Is this, uh-- it's for aerobics?

Mm-hmm.

-Do you need help? -I think I got this one.

- -Okay.

Well, when does everyone get here?

I don't know.

Wait, you don't know what time people get here?

Maybe in, like, an hour or two from now.

-Really? -Mm-hmm.

Wait, so you're just gonna stretch for two hours?

Um... no, I-- I don't know.

Quinn, why are you acting so weird?

-You can't tell mom. -Tell her what?

That-- that you don't do aerobics?

I do.

Just I-- I just don't do aerobics today.

I practice today.

-Huh? For what? -It's this dance team thing.

But you really have to promise you're not going to tell mom.

Okay, done.

-You pinky swear? -Oh, I don't want to--

Quinn, come on, just tell me what you're doing.

-You promise? -Yes, I promise.

My lips are sealed. I will not say a thing to mom.

Okay, um, the ADC is coming up.

Okay, cool. What's, uh-- the hell's the ADC?

I-- it's-- it's the American Dance Challenge.

It's-- it's this dance team.

Um, they-- they do all the halftime shows at football.

Yes! What, that's amazing!

That's so cool. When-- when's the tryout?

It's next weekend in Orlando.

Ah.

Mom doesn't know, so, uh, how are you gonna get there?

-I probably won't. -What do you mean? Why not?

I don't know if I'm good enough yet.

-Hmm. Well, let me see. -Uh, it's okay, it's fine.

Oh, come on, I want to see. I'm sure you're great.

Come on, let me see. I want to see it.

-Show me. -Okay.

It's their choreography and their music, so...

-Okay. -...it's good.

Yeah.

Wait, I gotta restart.

It gets really hard after that.

Um, uh, and-- and I just gotta keep practicing.

No, that was so, like, legit.

-Uh-- -Oh, my God, let me see more.

Keep going.

I-- I-- it's really hard to remember.

-I-- I gotta keep practicing. -Yeah, so, practice.

Like, one, two, three, four, you know?

Just remember the numbers.

I think-- you know what? I think I got it.

If, um, it's going something like...

one, two, three, four.

Alan fell to the floor.

I fell one time.

-One time I fell. - Hey, Quinn.

-Hey, Alan. -Hi.

You guys friends?