Ginger, what a nice surprise. Where's Dad?
I don't know.
What? What do you mean you don't know? What's going on?
Uh, Annie, honey, your father...well...I don't know where he is.
S4 E11Forget Me Not
About 3 months ago, I started noticing some changes in Charles' behavior.
What changes?
Difficulty in buttoning his shirt, trouble saying certain words, feeling lost in familiar places, misplacing things, and, uh, so we went to see the doctor.
And?
And after a battery of tests your father was diagnosed as being in the very early stages of Alzheimer's. I couldn't tell you this over the phone, I just couldn't. And so I just, um, hopped on a plane and headed here.
Are you saying my dad has Alzheimer's?
I'm afraid so.
I just walked away for a second. I made a mistake. I'm sorry.
We have to talk about this.
There's nothing to talk about. I'm fine. I really think that you're overreacting.
Dad, you almost set the house on fire!
I do not have Alzheimer's!
Dad, don't be afraid. You don't have to go through this alone. I'm here, Eric's here, the kids, Ginger...
I don't have Alzheimer's! End of discussion!
Dad!?!
How's your father?
In denial, just like I was.
We're gonna make sure that dad gets the best medical care possible.
That's not the problem. The problem is getting him to except the fact that he has to deal with this. You see, I'm afraid to leave him alone. You saw what happened with the barbecue. But if he doesn't believe that there's anything wrong with him, it's hard to convince him that he needs someone when I'm not there. I mean, what if... he takes off again? What if he goes somewhere and forgets how to get back home? Or he forgets what his name is?
I didn't know I was scaring everyone. I'm sorry. It's just that if I agree with the doctors that they're right, then I have to start facing up to this thing. And I don't know that I can.
We're gonna get through this. We are. You're not alone.
SGSusan Gertz
[to Lucy] Look, we all have things in our lives, boyfriends, jobs, school work. You have to prioritize. Decide what's important to you. No one is forcing you to be a part in the Habitat Project. But if you're going to do it people are depending on you. So you have to show up when you're scheduled. If everyone cancelled, where would we be?
S4 E12All By Myself
Where's breakfast?
You take cereal, you take the milk, you pour it into the bowl, it's not rocket science!
[to Eric, angrily] Your wife called! [slams the door]
I need a time out! Did everybody hear me!? Mommy is taking a time out!
S4 E13Who Do You Trust?
Shana didn't call yesterday. That's the first time that happened.
I didn't know any of this.
Maybe Matt just doesn't want to tell you that stuff.
Why would that be?
I don't know. Sometimes kids just don't want their parents to know stuff. They have their reasons.
Like you having your reasons for not wanting to tell us what your science experiment is?
Exactly!
RRick
I always wanted a steady girlfriend, but not tonight. I wish I didn't even have one.
Why?
RRick
Because right now, I'd like to kiss you.
I guess your girlfriend wouldn't go for that.
RRick
Probably not.
But what if I kissed you?
RRick
You mean, without me not knowing about it?
What?
RRick
That didn't even make sense, did it? [They start kissing]
Are you sure it was Lucy?
Oh, it was Lucy all right. They were just making out right there on the street. They don't even know each other. She just met him. Frankly, this is not the kind of behavior I'd expect from a National Merit Finalist. I can only guess where the other two were.
They were probably watching the movie. Why is that so hard to believe?
If the younger brother has the nerve to make out with Lucy right on a public street, then it scares me to think of the brother who was arrested is capable of.
You're out of your mind, you know that?
Maybe, but it doesn't make me wrong about this.
We've got to hope that we raised our daughters well enough that they're doing anything more than kissing. But I think we have to expect the kissing.
And you're happy about this, aren't you?
I'm not thrilled. But I'm not going to drive myself crazy. They've got make their own decisions. We can't make the decisions for them.
We figured if we told you that we were buying cigarettes, you wouldn't let us buy anymore, and our project would be ruined.
If you knew we wouldn't approve, maybe it wasn't the best project to do.
NNigel
Well, we did show how easy it was for kids to buy cigarettes.
What were you planning to do if you got caught buying the cigarettes?
NNigel
The person selling the cigarettes gets in trouble, not us.
You guys didn't do your research. It's a $75 fine and 30 hours of community service for minors caught by buying cigarettes. Besides that, you're saying that you were willing to let the guy who sold you the cigarettes get into legal trouble, just so you could get a good grade on you social studies project?
But those people are killing us by selling us cigarettes. Not us, technically, but kids who smoke.
It's a very interesting project, but it's also a project that could've have some serious consequences for other people, as well as you two. And who wants to tell of how actually smoking the cigarettes you bought fit in.
We were expanding the project, you know, going from the thrill of buying the illegal project to the thrill of smoking it. Plus, when you make something so bad, it makes it irresistible, too.
NNigel
Yeah. It's like when we had the cigarettes, we couldn't help ourselves. We had to smoke.
Even knowing all we know about smoking and how bad it is. Sorry.
NNigel
Sorry too.
I'm afraid you're going to have to throw out your project and start over.
Is that our punishment?
What do you think?
S4 E14Words
Don't just stand there. Do something
Well, what am I supposed to do?
Teach me how not to let words hurt me.
I think you better tell me what's going on.
Ruthie's new teacher has been calling her stupid. She asked me not to say anything, but...
She called her what?
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