[when Joe invites him and his siblings over for Thanksgiving] Look, we've had other invitations, Joe. Bay's friend Will. We just don't feel like it.
JoeCharlie, there are gonna be other holidays without them. Are you gonna skip those, too?
Look, we just need to get through this one, okay? It's easier that way for everyone.
Joe
I know this guy coming back shakes up everybody, and it brings up things that nobody wants to deal with, but you make a meal, you sit down as a family. It's like saying "Life goes on".
We say that every day, Joe, without the turkey.
Joe
He was an alcoholic, Bailey.
Right. Sure. Sure he was.
Joe
Your father was an alcoholic.
Joe
Believe me, I was there.
Joe
Eighteen years he was sober before he died, but for years, before that, years.
No, you're just... No! No, I.. I don't believe you.
Joe
On my life, Bailey. It's the truth.
I thought... I thought you couldn't get any lower than what they did. Lying about Owen saying he was hurt just to get me to come over here. But you... You son of a bitch!
Joe
Come on, Bailey.
What do you think? What? You think he's dead, you can say what you want to say about him?!
Joe
He'd want you to know! He'd want me to tell you!
My father was not an alcoholic!
Joe
Bailey.
Get outta here, Joe. Get the hell outta here! [To Charlie] Have you heard this load of crap?! Have you? Oh, hey. This was probably your genius idea. Right? Let's get Joe to say Dad was a drunk. And then maybe...
He didn't... I would've known.
Joe
You were just a kid when he quit, Charlie. Probably too young to recognize the signs.
Joe
Don't you remember him coming home late from the restaurant every night?
That doesn't mean... Look, he had a business to run.
He liked hanging out with the guys late. Shooting the bull.
Joe
And drinking.
Joe
Honey, I was the one who had to drive him home night after night cause he couldn't drive himself.
Joe
Did he?
Joe
Don't you remember the fight he had with your mom?
Joe
It was bad. For a long time. If he hadn't gotten the help when he did...
But I never saw him take a drink in my life. Not once, not even a beer or a glass of wine.
Joe
That's right. And what do you think? Not a drop, not an ounce, nothing. He owned a restaurant, and hell, he owned a bar. Why never a sip? Cause he knew he couldn't. Ever. That's what it is to be an alcoholic. He knew that...
[Claudia goes back inside the house, Charlie tries to go after her]
Joe
No, Charlie.
Joe
[after telling Bailey that their father was also an alcoholic] I'm sorry, Claudia. I didn't know you were standing there.
It's OK. I should know, right? Who my father really was...
Joe
That wasn't who he was. It was just a small part of him.
It isn't small. It's everything. He was an alcoholic.
Joe
He stopped drinking long before you were even born, Claudia.
But it...it changes everything.
Joe
How?
Because I thought I knew him!
Joe
You did, sweetie! Everything you remember about your father is still true. He wasn't perfect, Claudia. He made mistakes, he had faults... it didn't make him any less of a person. Just made him human.
So what happened? What made him stop? I wanna know.
Joe
Your mom said she'd leave him.
Joe Mangus
Alright, so we got Charlie, Kirsten, Julia, Claude, Owen, Diana, you, me...
Well, remember when it was Salinger party of five?
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