Parenthood

You still wanna have my baby, you can have it.

People pay a lot of money for a baby these days.

I can't give you money for the baby, Zoe.

I need help.

I know that you're working very hard,

but you're going to have to figure something else out.

She kissed me, I told you about it.

You asked me to fire her, I tried to fire her,

I couldn't go through with it,

I felt like her feelings were hurt.

- Hey, can we talk? - I decided to go back to work.

I understand where you're coming from,

but I'm not going anywhere.

I really like Jasmine and Jabbar.

- This is for real. - I think you should go.

Oh.

Mm, Crosby, Crosby, Crosby, get up, get up.

Come on. You gotta go.

- What is it? - You gotta go now.

- Get up now! - What's happening?

- You gotta go. - Oh, boy, this happened.

My mother is dropping Jabbar off at 7:30.

That means you got seven minutes to get up and get out of bed.

Come on.

She's never been late for anything in her life.

- You wanna talk about-- - Obviously we'll talk about it.

We can't talk about it right now.

We got no time. Get up.

Okay, okay, I'm going. I'm going.

Oh, man.

Do you--are you-- is everything okay?

No, everything is not okay!

Okay, I'm coming. Hold on.

Oh, boy.

- Come on! - Okay, okay.

I'm coming. I'm coming, coming, coming.

- All right, um-- - Here, here, here.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Um...okay, Jasmine, uh--

Yeah, I know, I know, we'll talk.

We'll talk later.

- Hey. - Hmm.

I was just coming over here to see if you needed anything,

but you're all set.

- So Peet's. - Yup.

They're good.

I thought it might be easier

if we gave each other some space for a little while.

Yeah, I...I get that.

Great.

I mean, I totally understand if--if you and Joel

need time to think about it.

I get it, so I understand. No problem.

Zoe...

There's nothing for us to think about.

What you're asking is not going to happen.

We don't need time to think about it,

we need time to get over it.

Would you just shut the door behind you?

Oh.

- Okay. - Okay.

So what's going on with Jasmine and Dr. Prestidge?

We'll--we'll get to that,

but what's with the frostiness going on

with you and the old lady?

- Uh-oh. - Hey.

- Hi. - Hey, ladies.

Who's more appealing than this?

- No one. - Nobody.

You're giving the wrong message.

It's not a big deal at all.

I'm just--

Amber needs a job. She needs some work.

Do you guys have anything at the studio that she could do?

- Would that have been nice. - She's needing some money.

- I love music. - She's so very musical.

Can you blame me?

Yeah, we already have an assistant.

I mean, we would love to have you but--

Your dad wants to give a speech here.

Okay. Be right there, pop.

What are you talking about?

Amber's looking for work, but we--you know--

If you had an assistant?

Yeah, you guys have a great assistant.

Actually, I'm working on a campaign.

And maybe I can get you onboard.

I don't know if there's any openings.

Bobby Little-- he's running for city council.

This guy--he used to be her intern.

We called him "Little Bobby Little."

You called him "Little Bobby Little."

- Oh, wow. - I think you would be

- great at that. - Come here. Come.

- Come on! - We're ready...

Yeah. I just want to say a few words.

- Nothing, no big deal. - I think that would be great.

What are you doing? 'Cause I can't hire her,

- now you're going to hire her? - No, you have an assistant.

If you would have fired Rachel, you'd have a spot open.

But you didn't, so I'm going to try.

- Adam? - Yeah, sorry.

- Sorry, Pop. - Where's mom?

You know, at my age, you start thinking

well, there just couldn't be any more surprises,

- but, uh... - Dad.

- Well, no. - The break is on--this is it.

- Yeah. - Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet!

- Whoo! - Shh.

Are you worried about a storm?

Nope. Looks like clear skies ahead.

Oh, my God.

A lot of life left in me.

- Whoa! - Eew!

Holy--you're not afraid of no storm.

I need you to take Max to school in the morning.

I have to stop by the office.

Okay.

I thought you didn't start work until Monday.

I don't, but Bob wants me to meet the team, so...

All right.

How long are you going to be mad at me?

I don't know.

Hmm.

Hey, we would totally hire Amber if we had the money.

I would love to have her working here.

I think it'd be really fun.

Don't you think it'd be so great

- with her music and everything? - No, it would.

But she needs money, and we're not in a position to pay her.

I don't know how much money she's going to make

on a campaign, but--

Well, maybe it will lead to something.

- Yeah. - I think it was cool, though,

- of Kristina to offer, right? - I thought it was cool too.

So speaking of Amber, uh, trying to get a job,

I slept with Jasmine the other day.

Oops.

I was hoping that maybe you've done the same thing with Seth

and could advise me on said situation.

Has that ever happened?

Mm.

That's a yes?

Good, so this is something that happens.

Pe-people do this.

It's the mother of your child, you know.

It's a pretty special connection.

Yeah...

Yeah, it's complicated.

You know, we were telling Jabbar that we weren't getting married,

and it was kind of sad.

We were--we were both sad.

And then we started drinking wine, and--

and then...

- You know. - I know.

I haven't talked to her.

I don't really know what I'm supposed to say to her.

Do you think this is going to make everything different?

It depends on whether or not

you want everything to be different.

Mm-hmm.

What if I don't know?

So you did the Embarcadero yesterday?

And you were on today?

Can you call representative Porter

to make sure that he's on board?

Terrific. All right, great. Ah...

Kristina!

Hi.

- Hey. - Thank God you're here.

How are you?

Ready to hit the ground running?

So nice to see you. Wow, you look great.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Grown up.

Donna, can you send Kristina my calendar,

get her set up with everything that she needs,

and get her directions to the S.E.I.U. meeting tomorrow?

- Anything you need. - Oh.

- I'm Kristina. - Hi, Donna.

The meeting's here, and the notes for the meeting

are on your desk.

Well, you probably don't need directions for the meeting.

There's a meeting here tomorrow?

Yes, oh, crap. Did you not get a call?

- I didn't get a call. - I'm sorry, is this a problem?

I'm actually taking my son to the dinosaur exhibit.

Tomorrow's Saturday, so I thought I would be off.

- I am so sorry. - That's okay.

Donna, will you please go yell at somebody?