October Road

previously on "october road"...

after we're married,I want to adopt sam.

I have to tell ray that gavin goddard isn't sam's real father.

- Nick deserves to know, hannah. - Don't do this, eddie.

Sam, I don't kw about the "father" of it all, but I really love being your friend.

Thanks.

- You have to give me another chance. - No, I don'T.

My offer to work at cataldo builders still stands.

Aubrey was acting all secretive, all "I can't talk right now."

I love you.

Who was that call from?

I'm not seeing anyone else.

oh, yeah! That's gotta hurt, huh?!

Die, tomato can, die! Yeah!

Here we go. I have finally perfected a way to make polenta with chocolate and cheddar cheese.

Come on, guys. Can I play now?

I have exactly six minutes before I have to meet alison.

It's my sunday with the kids.

You guys aren't gonna believe this.

Ronnie was right.

There actually ar different sizes of infinity?

Aubrey's been cheating on me, lying about it to my face.

- What? - Pause for a second.

What? No. Not aubrey.

I saw her last night.

She wasn't in boston with the foo fighters.

She was at that crappy motel with blue thunderbird dude.

Well, I say we go over there, show him what's what.

In fact, I say we start a club-- "the other men punishers."

We go from town to town knocking the snot out of other men.

Wife cheating on you? Call O.M.P.

- O.M.P.? - Other men punisherS.

I'm in.

Okay. I'm outta here. I'm gonna see what's up with aubrey.

- Well, s-should we go after him? - What, are you kidding?

I'm almost the number one contender here, pal.

- Bring it. - Bring it, philly phil.

Whoa.

Well, hello there, missy. what is zees?

nothing.

Just the dress that's been collecting dust at the bottom of my hope chest,

the dress that you'll never get to see me wear in public...

For it is the kind of dress one only wears to go..

dancing.

Oh! Not this again. I'm an old dog.

I don't change my spots or--or whatever.

I don't do the dancing thing. It's all part of the package.

So I've been told.

But every month, I go out on a limb, and I think,

maybe this is the month he'll take me to ballroom madness at the V.F.W. Hall.

Just a simple girl with simple dreams.

That's me.

I don't know how many times I gotta tell you--

ballroom madness ain't all that mad.

It's a bunch of old farts that are just...

making a mockery of the great american songbook.

Actually, it's the old farts who stay at home and don't go dancing.

I should know. I just happen to be dating one of them.

Gotta go.

Got a lot of work to do.

poppycock.

Hey, nick. What ya doin'?

Uh, nothin I'm just in a hurry.

- Big window emergency? - No.

Then...where are you going?

Uh, sam, I can't really talk right now.

I'm gonna see you later, okay?

please tell me this is going in your downstairs bathroom.

Actually, I have no idea where this is going. What is this?

A gift from ray.

Hey, let me get another blanket. I don't wanna scratch your floors.

Thanks.

- Look at you working for big cat. - Yep.

Surprises just keep comin'.

You stick around long enough, you're gonna see everything.

You should come for dinner on saturday.

You, me, sam... ray.

I don't know.

Well, I know it's one thing to work for ray and another to break bread with him, but...

it's not that. Ray's been great. I just don't wanna intrude.

No. We would love to have you.

all right. thanks.

And I'm serious. Ray's been great.

I mean, he's real generous and friendly, and he's a pretty solid guy.

Yeah.

I mean, he told me he wants to adopt sam.

He told you that?

Yeah, and I thin it's a good idea-- give sam a real dad.

You gonna say yes?

I don't know. We were just talking about it... with everyone, I guess.

- daddy! - Hey, sweetie.

- Oh, hi, mr. Garrett. - Oh, hello.

um, could I--could i speak to you for a minute?

- Um, sure. - Okay.

You guys wait here, okay?

We're gonna have fun today.

Are you a statue?

- What is it? - It's just...

I don't really know what we're doing.

I mean, I-I guess we're separated,

though we haven't officially signed those papers or anything.

- Alison-- - it's just,

something really weird happened the other day.

What's that?

I got asked out on a date.

You did?

I didn't know what to say-- what--what to do. I mean,

have you been going on dates?

Dates? I don'T...

yes.

I've been going out on a lot of dates.

- Really? - Yeah. I have.

So go. Definitely.

Go on that date.

All right. Guess I will.

Bye.

- Bye. - Bye, guys. Love ya.

Oh, man. You're old and crap?

Yeah?

That's the problem if you're born a while ago.

You get to be old...and crap.

- Can I help you? - Yeah, is she here?

Who exactly are you referring to?

Oh. Yeah. Let's play that game.

- Who the hell are you anyway? - Who the hell are you?

I like to think of myself as aubrey diaz's boyfriend.

- Really? - Who the hell are you?

I like to think of myself as aubrey diaz's father.

OR Season 2 Episode 7

I didn't know aubrey had a boyfriend.

- Yeah, I didn't know she had a father. - See, I don't believe that.

Well, I mean, I knew she had a father. I just didn't know he ever... came around.

He doesn't--not often. He's here now, though.

Wants to make things right...with his little girl.

And he may want to stop referring to himself in the third person.

Yeah, he may.

And who are you, the firebrand?

That touches my heart.

Aubrey picked herself out a little firebrand, hmm?

Well, it seems to me, you lost the right to have your heart touched by her choices a long time ago.

Ooh, indeed-Y. Now that-- that's a very, very firebrand thing to say to me.

- You got a name, firebrand? - Nick.

Gabriel diaz.

I'm glad you've come by, nick.

I think I could use your help.

- what for? - With aubrey. What do you think?

She come by here last night. What was that about?

- Damn near run me out of town? - She did?

Good for her.

Hey, whatever she told you about me--you know, everything, all right? It's all true.

I'm a liar. I'm a cheat.

I'm a womanizer. I'm a gambler.

I'm also a gentleman, and I'm an optimist, you know?

I'm here to make peace, man. You understand?

I wanna make peace with my baby girl, whom I've neglected...

before it's too late.

Listen, man, from what she told me it was too late a while ago.

What do you think? You know, just because a guy wanders, you know,

it doesn't mean you're lost.

Okay. Yeah.

I mean, come on. My own father-- I thought he was an astronaut till I was 13.

Heavy-duty training at nasa is what they told me.

You know, they think an astronaut would beat out him being a drunkard,

which, in the eyes of a little boy, you know, I mean, he was.

I see you learn from the best there.

He didn't show up on my doorstep till I was 22.

He showed up with a little bottle of sweet cherry wine.

Can you imagine that? Cherry wine.

Loved the stuff.

We sat down with it.

By the time the bottle was empty, you know what? We were good.

I got it. I got it.

I understood.

I knew who he was, and he understood me.

That's what I'm asking... from aubrey, you know?

To drink a bottle of wine and make everything all good? huh?

I'll give it to ya-- you are an optimist.

Why don't you get me an audience with my daughter?

Maybe we can all win here.

If alison's going on a date, then I'm going on a date, too.

Good for you. With who?

Well, that's the problem. I don't know.

I have to find someone to date.

How do I do that? The internet?

Actually, I know someone you might like-- bethany.

She's in my art class. Very cute. Earthy.

I think I could set you two up.

Be careful of earthy, owen.

Earthy equals unshaven, unwashed

and unable to stop going to concerts by bands who jam to one song for hours.

Bethany is adorable.

Actually, I know a cool girl you should date.

- Who? - Jody watson.

Wait. Who is jody watson, and how do you know cool and available girls?

Jody was my personal service rep at the cable company.

She and I have had lengthy conversations about how to best maximize my premium channels,

and she knows everything about cinema.

Get her started on sam peckinpah's body of work.

Three hours can go by in the blink of an eye.

Oh, really?