[Monica is sitting by a truck driver]
MonicaI had an aunt who lived south of Phoenix somewhere, and she had oranges and lemon trees growing right in her yard. She'd make us cookies at the holidays, you know? Those Christmas trees with the green icing on top. And then she'd put those little silver sugar balls on 'em, like ornaments. She would make dozens of them and mail them up to us. Most of them got broken, but you can piece 'em together and they're still good, you know?
Monica
There was that week in the summer of '95 that I did a lot of PCP.
You did PCP? Without me? You promised we would do that together.
Excuse me, can we get back to who lan's father is?
Uh, uh, I like the idea of Monica cheating on Frank. It really keeps my image of you right on track, Mom.
Will somebody please tell me what we're talking about?
All right. The results say that you, Frank are absolutely not my father. But my father is a close relative. Most likely one of your brothers.
RRoberta
I think I met the one that sells smoked sausage and razor blades out of the trunk of his car.
She gonna leave me again with six kids? Leave me to deal with all the shit?
You mean leave me to deal with the shit.
Monica
I didn't leave you. You drove me out. No self-respecting person could stay with you. You treated me like a dog.
Hey. You need to let us raise Liam. I don't care what the tests results say, Liam belongs with us.
Monica
Nobody's taking Liam.
I can't believe you want a divorce.
Monica
Me and Bob deserve a family of our own.
You had a family. You left it.
I didn't leave you. He drove me out.
You should have protected us.
Monica
I tried but I couldn't. Fiona, if I didn't leave, I would have died.
Oh, cut the shit, Myrna Loy.
Monica
You have no idea what it was like being married to him. You have no idea how bad it is.
Oh, come on, now. Okay. I know that he tortured you. I know that he ruined you. But we didn't marry him, Mom. You did. If you love us, any of us, in any way... you'll leave Liam, take your girlfriend' get in your truck and never come back.
Hey, you can pay for all this, right?
Monica
Yeah, sure. - Okay.
So I'm not gonna have to sneak out the back window, like when I was little?
Monica
Really? I don't remember that.
Frank, uh, broke open the bathroom window. I tried to climb out. I ripped my pants on the glass.
[Monica laughs]
[A pickup drops off Monica and Lip off at some farm]
Monica
Okay, we're here.
Monica
Home. Oh, God! He's back! He's here!
[Monica calls out to Walter and a shirtless man with heavy tattoos around Ian's age appears and walks to them and Monica hugs him in embrace]
Monica
I missed you.
Monica
This is my son. Walter, this is my son Ian. Ian, this is the fantastic, fabulous, incredible Walter!
[Ian is at Walter's place, Monica's boyfriend, who he has just met]
Monica
I don't know.
...
You know, you can never see this many stars from Chicago. There's uh, too many lights from the city. It crowds all the stars out of the sky. Are you selling meth?
Monica
What?
I found some in your bag.
Monica
You're going through my stuff?
Is that how you got that money? And what is he doing out here?
Monica
Shh. Will you keep your voice down? It's his grandma's old place, and Walter keeps an eye on it.
Is he cooking out here? I looked into that trailer over there, and I saw some stuff.
Monica
He takes care of me, and I take care of him. And I'm happy. Okay?
[Walter bursts from trailer]
WWalter
Hey. The fuck is going on out here?
Monica
We're just talking.
WWalter
Well, shut the fuck up. I'm trying to sleep!
Monica
Okay, we will.
Monica
Shh. Stop.
WWalter
What the fuck you say?!
Jesus! I said fucking "Jesus!"
[Walter attempts to run up to Ian and Monica thwarts him, ushering him back to his trailer]
WWalter
[To Ian] Don't eyefuck me motherfucker!
Monica
He's just under a lot of stress now, okay? I mean, most of the time he's sweet, really sweet. Ian, I'm finally happy. People like us, we can be happy. I love him. And that's the most important thing, to find somebody you love, right? Who loves you back for who you are. I want that for you.
[Frank is thrown out of The Alibi Room with two other men by Svetlana wielding a broom]
Stop! I have to ask you something! Why was the broom late for the meeting?! [Pause] It overswept!
Monica
[Looking down] Frank! It's me, baby.
...
Monica
[Following Frank down street] I fucked up. I know I fucked up. I fucked up bad, but I-I'm gonna make it up to you and the kids. Frankie. I need your help. [Frank unlocks door to Fiona's laundromat] You could at least turn around and look at me. Frank?
[Goes in and closes door] Go fuck yourself.
The homeless shelter's down the street, lady! [Throws sleeping bag at Monica on porch] Get up!
Monica
What?! My God.
Monica
Deb. My God. You're a woman.
Monica
Well, I'm... I'm back. I'm looking for Frank.
Monica
No, I know. I saw him. He wouldn't talk to me. I was hoping that you kids could help me out.
Monica
Okay. Maybe a cup of coffee before I go? I mean, it's kind of cold out here.
Look, Monica, my baby got stolen, and I have to go get her back.
Monica
You have a baby?!
Monica
My God! I'm a grandma! [Hugs Debbie deeply] Oh!
[Debbie and Monica come in front door]
Monica
Did you call the police?
Yeah, like, 80 times. They're useless. DCFS too. They don't even seem to care that Franny got kidnapped.
Monica
What?
Monica
Hey, Kev.
Hey. What brings you back?
Monica
It... was time. So, you staying here?
Sleeping on the couch until I get over my two wives betraying me.
Monica
What?
Monica
No luck this morning, Debs?
No. I miss her so much. A part of my body's been chopped off.
Monica
That is exactly the way I felt the first time they took Fiona from me. I screamed my throat raw. Tore my hair out. And I was on acid, but... awful.
I didn't neglect my baby because I was on drugs. I'm a good mom. I would never do half the shit that you did to us. What are you even doing here?
...
Monica
And so... [Grabs baseball bat off wall] We are getting your baby back.
Whoa, you sure you want to do that?
Monica
Nobody takes my fucking granddaughter.
...
Monica
[Walking to Delgado residence with bat and says to Debbie] All right, stand back, honey, 'cause it's gonna get rude. [To Delgados] Attention, residents! According to the bylaws of Public Act 94-704... [Smashes a window] The child is only granted custody to the grandparents [Smashes a flowerpot] only when the child's mother is deemed unfit by the court, [Smashes a window] which has not happened yet! Nor has the baby been... [Celia appears at door and she smashes a window] In any physical danger. Nor has the child's home been deemed hazardous by a social worker! [Smashes a microtreepot] So you have no legal right to keep Franny from her mom! [Smashes a flowerpot] So give us the fucking baby!
CCelia
I'm calling the cops!
TTanya
[Arrives with Franny in stroller] What the hell is going on?!
Monica
Give us the fuck...
Monica
I'm getting my motherfucking granddaughter back! [Points bat at Tanya] Get back, bitch! Before I knock those cheap extensions right off your head! [Debbie takes stroller with Franny running with Monica] Go! Go! Go! Go! You're gonna fuckin' burn!
Who is this spastic woman?
Frank's wife. The kids' mother.
You gonna tell us where you've been, Monica?
Monica
Iowa. Some shitsville roadhouse off the 80. Bunch of truckers. More guns than teeth in that place. Once, I saw a guy skin a buck in the parking lot with a rock and a rope.
Wow, civility is alive and well.
So, what brings you back to town?
Monica
Frank and the kids. I'm gonna make good. You hear that, Lip? I got a plan. I'm gonna set you and the kids up for life.
Monica
Let me do something for you. What do you need? Money? Something for college?
I'm not in college anymore.
Monica
Why not?
Got drunk. Smashed a car up with a crowbar.
Monica
They kick you out for that? Kids get drunk and smash shit up all the time. It's what college is for. Those jerks. Well, in ten years, when you cure cancer, they're gonna come at you with an honorary...
[Walking down street with Ian] And I don't know where she's at with her meds, so... if it turns into a total shit show... I'll still want to bang you. Probably more. [Sees sign; "Closed for private event"]What? They can't close down the entire place for one party. Fuck...
Uh, we can hit that cowboy car that we passed down the street.
It's all slimy queens jacking off into urinals anyway.
Then don't use the bathroom, all right? Hey. I'm paying. One drink, then we'll, I don't know, go grab food somewhere else.
I'm not going to a place where they fucking card at the door, okay?
Monica
Hey! Hi! [Hugs Ian]
Monica
My God. You're so... You're gorgeous! I made a gorgeous man. And here's his gorgeous friend. Hi.
Monica
Wow. Hey.
Monica
Shit. Well, I went by a cowboy bar.
No, Trevor won't go there 'cause they card. Are you underage?
You are underage! Why wouldn't you just get a fake ID like everybody else?
I'm not fucking underage.
Monica
Okay, if he doesn't want to show you, he doesn't have to show you, hon. Forget it. Come on.
Monica
You're trans? I couldn't tell.
Thanks. They make you show proof of gender confirmation surgery, so let's all gawk at the freak show, yeah?
Monica
Hey, no.
You want to see prom pictures too? That's too bad. I was in the hospital with my wrist bandaged that night. I forgot to bring my camera.
I didn't ask for prom pictures.
How about ballet pictures?
I was just giving you shit, dick wad.
Monica
No, stop the name-calling, okay? It's getting crazy here. Ian just gets a little wound up, just like his mom.
Monica
To see you.
No, why are you here now?
Monica
I-
See, this is what she does. She just parachutes into your life like, "Hi, I'm here now." As if nothing happened.
Monica
That's... I'm... I'm so sorry. [Stammers]
You know, I could've used a mom when I broke my collar bone at 12. Or when I got my heart smashed for the first time.
Monica
I'm sorry.
Monica
Okay. Ian, come on. Dude, I'm sorry. Come on, babe. Ian, come on. Ian, I just got here. [Ian walks away]
Oh, your breath smells like Pop Tarts.
...
If you are going to be staying here temporarily, we need to go over the rules.
Monica
Oh, Grandma's little cabbage patch.
First thing's first, there will be no drugs or alcohol in this house. DCFS is going to make unannounced visits, so nobody handles Franny who is not sober.
Monica
Mostly sober.
No exceptions. Curfew is 11 p.m. which is also bedtime. No sex in the apartment. Anybody who eats the groceries needs to chip in on the groceries.
You know, it seemed like just yesterday you were at the homeless shelter begging for my help. And now, you scammed your way into your own home. I won't say I'm not proud of your ingenuity, but you might want to ease back on the Stalin-style home care.
It's not a scam, Frank. Neil and I are in love. And he's brain-injured, not deaf.
Monica
Aren't they cute? Neil reminds me of that pet hamster Debbie had as a kid. [Frank chuckles]
The one you killed in the bathtub. You remember that, Frank?
Yeah... that... it was a total accident. I was told hamsters could swim.
Monica
Mm. Debbie's in love.
Love is not supposed to be cute. Love is raw and destructive. Love is you almost stabbing me in the heart with an ice-pick when we were having an argument. That's the kind of passion you can't fake.
Well, Neil and I don't need passion. Come on, Franny, let's go give Daddy a bath before Mommy has to go to work. [Wheels Neil away]
Monica
Bye, Franny. Bye, Deb. [Wraps arms around Frank] Our thrills don't have to end.
You goddamn right they don't. You and me, we are immortal.
Monica
So I want to show you my plan. I want to see your plan.
[Frank and Monica are walking down street to the Gallagher residence with Lip coming in to the house oppositely]
Monica
Hey. Aww, honey. Whoa.
You look like shit. Looking like a chip off the old block there, son.
Monica
Did you go on a bender alone?
Fuck off, huh? [Turns to house]
Monica
Booze bums you out. Change chemicals. [Offers Lip a cigarette who swipes it away and she chuckles] All right, well, next time we'll all get shitfaced together.
I'd rather drink my own piss.
Try a speedball after a bender. Next day, you'll be moving like a pro.
Monica
[Grabs Frank's hand and leads him to a cellar] Come on, Frankie, follow me. Come on. [She lifts a blanket from a guitar case]
Monica
[Opens guitar] Wrong. [Guitar case reveals shotgun, masks and other robbery paraphenalia] Ta-da.
I was kind of hoping for cocaine.
Monica
Oh, we're gonna get all the cocaine we want with these. [Hands Frank a shotgun]
Monica
No, we're gonna use 'em. Frank, I want to write a will... I don't have anything solid to leave the kids.
Those kids don't need an inheritance. It'll ruin 'em.
Monica
[Produces a notebook] Look, I lifted this from my old dealer, Eric. He had a plan to rub a police evidence room and get off with the drugs and the cash.
Monica
Eh, those aces hold like 75 to 100 grand. If we get off with half, we're golden, Frankie. Wouldn't it be great to be outlaws together again?
We could just get wasted together again.
Monica
No, remember all the thrills we had when we were kids? When I used to lure guys into the hotel and lock the bathroom door so we could run off with their wallets and drugs?
Monica
Yes. [Starts pouring out a vial of cocaine onto thumb] Look, I want to leave each kid five grand so they can get a good start in life. Will you help me make amends, Frankie? Want some?
Monica
Ohh, thank you.
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