Grassland

...today's weather is looking up

with reporting record highs,

while south, closer to the Jersey shore,

will receive some rainfall tonight

with temperatures letting up later this week.

We'll begin with a staggering new milestone.

There are a lot of arrests

and 2008 will now be the second highest total ever recorded

for a single year,

now comprising almost one half of all drug arrests

reported in the United States.

Whoa, whoa!

Sha-da-da-da.

My bad.

Woo!

There we go. Watch this. Check this out.

- Leo, come back. Leo. - Leo.

Hey, sweetie.

Sorry, Sof.

I tried to tell him that you was down here working.

Time to go upstairs.

Your queen mother commands it.

-Leo. -Okay.

Sorry.

No worries.

Uh, I come bearing gifts.

- How much? - 270.

-No one's buying. -Shit.

Yeah, I know. It's slow.

Hey. You good?

What's up?

I'm fine.

You still good to watch him?

I got my PJs on, don't I?

-Idiot. -Yeah.

I think you might have missed a spot, too.

- Oh, fuck off. - All right.

Come on. Pick up, pick up the phone.

Oh, hey. Hi. Hi, Bill.

Yeah, well, I'm still calling because the oven is broken.

- Really? - Yeah.

- Well, I need to use my oven. - Did you turn the knob?

- Yeah, I am turning the knob. - Which one?

The middle one. I do know how ovens work. Yeah.

Yeah, I get it.

Yeah, you-- you'll have it Friday

with last month's, too.

No, I understand. I understand.

There's a recession, and you gave me a great deal.

Yeah, I know.

Well, I'm sorry if I offended--

Sof, you ain't gotta--

It tastes better.

Yeah.

You talk to the guy?

Mm.

Thanks, Sof.

Yeah, he's been blowing my phone up all week.

What?

Chirping about the bugs in the product, I guess.

I don't know. I don't--

Bugs? They're mites.

They don't hurt you.

Yeah, that's what I was trying to tell him.

And I even gave him some free shit,

but I guess he's still pissed, I don't know.

What are mites?

Mites are tiny, tiny, tiny little bugs

that don't hurt anybody

and you can hardly see, just like you.

Well, I could see 'em.

I could.

I'm not a bug.

Yeah, well, you're a little bit of a bug, though.

No, you're a little bit of a bug.

But you're like an itty-bitty, itty-bitty, bitty bug.

Well, you're like an itty-bitty, itty-bitty,

itty-bitty, skinny bug.

But you're so small, I can't even see you.

The tale was that your father had come home,

therefore I came.

I see the gods delay him,

but never in this world is Odysseus dead.

Only detained somewhere on the wide sea, up on some island.

Savages, they must be, to hold him captive.

Mama, you're not doing the voices.

Well, because Prince Leopoldo needs to get ready for bed.

Now.

Hm. I'm not tired.

Well, tomorrow he has a full day of noble quests,

and he needs his full energy

to fight off all his fiendish enemies.

He can't stay up late this time.

- Okay? - Mm-hmm. I got you.

When's my mom coming up?

Soon, buddy.

I had a dream where I was flying on a pigeon in the city,

and then it started pooping on everybody,

and then they got so mad, they shot it down,

and then I fell off.

Whoa, that sounds crazy.

Yeah, but I know it was a dream, though.

I wouldn't let my pigeon poop on nobody.

I didn't let it poop on people, it just did it.

Mm-hmm. I don't know.

It sounds like you need to go back to sleep,

go apologize to some people.

What are those bottles my mom gives you?

Uh, it's, uh, medicine for my grandma.

Your mom's really sweet and makes them for her.

Mm-hmm. Is your grandma sick?

A little bit.

I think you better get back to bed, little man.

Hm. Mm-mm. I don't want that.

- No? - Uh-uh.

Hm. Okay, well.

Well, maybe the tickle monster

might help you get--

Oh,.

This is what happens to little kids

that don't wanna go to sleep on time.

Hey.

I owe you one.

Yeah, for sure. I, um, also...

What?

I've been looking for jobs.

Like, you know, a real job.

Why?

A guy in Camden, he just, uh, got ten years.

Was he careful?

I'm almost done with this batch.

They're healthy now.

Then-- then we're out.

You said that two months ago, Sof.

Oh, I'm sorry.

- Yeah, I... - Hey.

I'm sorry for roping you into this.

Don't be, Sof.

Night.

See you tomorrow.

Mm.

Sofia?

Yes?

You're Sofia, right?

Yeah, I, I'm sorry, uh, I'm John.

Hi.

Me and my grandson are moving in downstairs.

Oh, uh, Bill didn't tell me.

Oh, uh...

God, I hope the car didn't give you a scare.

No, the car, not at all. I--

-Welcome. -Thank you.

Uh, this is you here, yeah?

Yeah. Yeah, we live here.

Well, we'll stay out of your hair.

Uh, just...

Hey, Tommy!

Come say hi to our neighbor.

It's just...

my grandson. It's--

I'm late, but I'll be seeing you.

Oh, all right.

Um. Oh, wait, uh, where is our storage?

Uh, basement?

Yeah, um...

It's, uh...

It's a mess.

I'll clean it up for you. Give me, um, an hour.

Great. Thanks.

Nice to meet ya.

Hm.

Mama?

Take these.

Take these.

Mom, are we getting arrested?

No, no one's getting arrested.

We just gotta clean up.

Just, just do what I say, okay?

Hi.

-Come on. -Okay.

Hey!

Freeze!

Oh, my God. Yeah.

Tommy! You wanna come give me a hand?

Tom?

Leo?

Fuck. Come on.

Tom!

Oh, for Christ's sake. What--

Tom?

Tom?

Tommy!

What are you doing?

Come on. Jesus. Make yourself useful, all right?

Mama?

Jesus, Leo.

-Is anyone with you? -No.

Come with me. Come on.

Just push. Here.

Wait, I push?