Parenthood

I mean, we're just studying, right?

We're not trying to flirt with our S.A.T. tutor?

It's making me feel like I'm crashing a date

with you and Howard.

This is kind of how I hoped it would be.

And...

Boom.

I should give you back this ring

before you lose it.

I'm really touched. I'm so excited.

I didn't suggest you for the booth job.

What do you mean? Gordon said that you did.

He usually has an ulterior motive.

You really don't get how amazing you are, do you?

Hey, honey.

What are you doing?

Being festive.

Honey, orange is for doctor appointments,

not for Halloween.

You know what? I was thinking,

speaking of that, that-- purple.

Look, I know that usually we stay home on Halloween,

but I was thinking maybe this year

we'd try taking Max over to my parents' house.

You're not serious.

There's no-- it's Halloween.

Go ahead. Ask him.

Hey, Max, uh, you know how we usually at stay home

on--on Halloween?

I was thinking that maybe this year,

we'd go over to grandpa and grandma's.

I do not want to.

Hmm. It's so much fun.

Could you open this? You get to dress up in a--

honey, it's okay. You don't have to go.

I want to go trick-or-treating.

It was just an idea.

I want to go trick-or-treating.

Really? Max, honey...

You've never been trick-or-treating.

He was trick-or-treating once.

When he was 18 months old.

Max, are you sure you want to go trick-or-treating?

Well, you get candy... Really?

For just going up to a door and asking.

Yes, you do. That is correct.

Hold on. And it's so...

You walk up to a door, you knock.

You can dress up however you want to dress up.

You can pick your own costume. You could be a pirate.

Mmm. I want to be a cockroach.

Or a cockroach.

Come on, Syd!

Mommy, I know what I want to be for Halloween.

You do? Here, work with me.

What do you want to be?

I want to be a beauty queen.

Come again?

I want to be miss California.

Sweetie...

Why don't you want to be a ladybug...

Like you were last year? That was so cute.

Well... Here, can you put that on?

I was a ladybug when I was little.

I think you're still pretty little.

Mommy, stop.

I'm not little.

And I want to be miss California.

Okay. Why don't we discuss it later?

No, mom, I know what I want. I want to be miss California.

Okay, we're gonna think about it,

and then...

We'll discuss it later.

Is your grandpa excited enough

about Halloween, you think?

Yeah, I know. Good morning.

It's so tight, I can't even breathe.

Can you help me-- you look really hot.

Bet it's for that forklift-operator guy, huh?

Oh, well, actually, that's sort of over.

Who's forklift guy? No, it's done.

Well, you're dressing for someone.

Guess what.

I found my zombie arm.

Gosh, cool. Uh-oh.

Look at all of this. Hey, can I see the leg?

Can I see the leg? Yeah.

We got three days till Halloween.

That means we are behind.

Bend the neighbors or-- nobody make any plans.

All right? I want all hands on deck here.

We are gonna scare the piss

out of the neighborhood kids this year.

Oh, Zeek, we're not scaring the piss out of anybody.

Amber would like to scare the piss

out of the neighborhood kids.

I do. That's right up my alley, but I can't.

I have to go to Kelsey's mom's benefit thing.

Uh, Sarah, you tell Amber

that she's got to spend Halloween with her family.

I'm really sorry, dad.

It's probably a bad time to tell you.

But I can't be there either,

um, 'cause I got to work at the bar.

Wait a minute. Honey...

Sweetheart, this is important to me.

Dad, I don't make money at this day job.

And, you know, it's a big night for tips.

So, um--but I'll be wearing a costume.

So will I. I will too.

Hey, we'll send pictures. Yeah, we will.

Okay. Bye.

Hey.

Blah.

Well...

I guess it's just you and me, kid.

Don't you want to at least go inside

and see what it's like?

What time will you pick me up?

Buddy, you're gonna be having so much fun,

you're not even gonna want us to come ba.

2:30, right on the dot.

What if I don't feel good?

Could I come home sooner?

Um...

Dude, this is incredible.

- How did you do this? - Do what?

Do what? You have the best cubby in the whole class.

It's blue, your favorite color.

It's at waist level, so you don't hurt your back

when you're putting your pack in there.

Did you pay someone off to get it?

- I didn't. - Maybe you're just lucky.

You want to give it a shot? Let's see it.

Oop!

Are you new?

Do you want to see the class pet?

His name is Marvin, and he eats crickets.

Sometimes he leaves the heads.

Okay. Bye, buddy.

Have a good day. Okay.

They were holding hands... That is so cute.

The little guy with glasses.

Hi. I was...

How are you?

Good. You?

Good, good.

Yeah?

Okay.

Oh, oh, oh.

Yeah?

Sarah, I've been meaning to tell you.

Uh...

The specs on the MX-20 are late,

and, you know, that's your responsibility.

And I need you to have the design team

have that on my desk no later than tomorrow, okay?

Right.

Okay.

Halloween can be a very challenging holiday

for these kids, honestly. Exactly.

It's no question. Okay, so...

We just never go out in the world?

We just sequester ourselves in our house?

What would you say would be the biggest challenges

for Max with Halloween?

Candles. Candles?

The people. Fire.

The scary costumes. He's uncomfortable with fire.

But he has--

that is a massive understatement.

This is important to me.

Right. This is our family's holiday.

That's because your family's insane.

It's one holiday

that we have where there isn't any family drama.

Honey...

And I would like my son to be a part of it.

Actually, guess what.

Okay, a few years ago, I celebrated Halloween.

I didn't want Max to feel left out.

So we sort of made a game out of it, okay?

We turned off all the lights.

And we hid from all the trick-or-treaters.

We went upstairs, and we played a game of Monopoly

with the flashlight.

All right, doc, listen,

bottom line-- do we, or don't we?

You know, if Max wants to try this,

why don't you follow his lead, Hmm?

All right. Are you kidding?

He's never done this before.

And I understand,

and your concerns are completely valid.