Separation

She'll come back. I know it.

But she won't stay for long, so we have to be ready.

Shh.

Listen. Do you hear that?

Up there.

She's trying to give us a message.

Will you come with me, Scarlet?

But we must be quiet or else we'll scare her away.

I swear, you know,

I have people who talk to me about that.

Are you kidding me? That's insane.

Well, I mean…

I'm in love with these characters. There's just details.

You know, Samantha, inspiration comes from the strangest places, you know?

Sometimes, it's, you know, a Chaucer poem. Sometimes it's Dr. Seuss.

Seriously.

No, well, these clearly took so much work.

Like, I could never create something like this.

I just don't have the imagination, I guess.

I got to be honest, I don't even remember drawing half of these.

- I must have been baked. - That's insane.

I think this stuff holds up, you know.

No, it totally does. It's awesome.

Where did you go? Where did she go, Scarlet?

Jen?

I think she's fine.

- I mean, usually… - She'd be crying.

Yeah. If something's wrong, she's screaming.

Honestly, it was a complete nightmare.

The contracts were nonsense,

and we were at the office until just now.

No, I know.

Sorry, hang on. Just…

Jeff, why does it say "final notice" on the electric bill?

I thought you were handling that.

I'm just going to let Legal handle it.

Yeah, I'm just getting home.

- Mommy! - Jenny!

Jesus Christ.

She should be getting ready for bed by now.

What the hell was she doing in the attic?

She likes it up there. You want to grab a…

That's irrelevant. I'm going to try and stop the bleeding of our daughter's head.

- I'll get the… - You make a wet one, I'll just…

- Here. - Do you want to… I'll, um…

Here's the first-aid kit.

Thanks, Samantha.

Brave, brave, brave, brave.

I got it. I got it.

Maggie, I'm sorry, this is my fault.

Yeah, it is, actually.

You know, Jeff is supposedly working,

but I pay you to watch Jenny, so…

Guys, let's just be cool, please, for… Thank you.

Why are there no Band-Aids in the first-aid kit?

What is it exactly that you do all day?

- We're not doing this again, Maggie. - No. I would like to know

because I know that you're meant to be working, but I don't see the work.

- Do you even draw anymore? - What I do all day?

- I spend time with our daughter. - Really?

Who stays up late every night in the vain hopes that her mother will be home

one night this week before 10:00 p.m. and will actually speak to her.

You think it didn't kill me to have to start working for my dad?

I would love to be home with you, you know, making up stories, but I can't.

That's a sacrifice I make every day.

But you know what? It's fine. I've made peace with it.

You're not special, okay? You're just unemployed.

Um, I think I'm just… I'm gonna go home.

I'll just see you guys tomorrow, unless you need me to stay.

No. We're going to go to the hospital, okay? Come on.

Maggie.

You almost forgot this.

You're not coming.

What are you talking about? We're taking Jenny to the hospital.

Jeff, I am taking her.

What do you mean?

Goodbye, Jeff.

Divorce papers were filed without contest from either party.

Maggie, all financial holdings are in your name.

You're not requesting alimony or child support,

but you are petitioning for full custody.

Could you explain why you feel that's necessary?

Because he's incapable of being an adult, that's why.

Let's keep it friendly. We're all here for the same reason.

We want what's best for the child.

Which, by any unit of conceivable measure,

is getting her as far away from him as possible.

Shouldn't you object or something?

This isn't a courtroom, Mr. Vahn. It's a conversation.

Then I would just like to say that I don't think it's fair

she gets a fancy, mean negotiator just because it's her dad.

And I don't think it's fair

that I have to worry about my granddaughter

having her head split open every time her mother's at work.

Mrs. Vahn believes her ex-husband

is putting the physical well-being of their child in jeopardy.

Reckless endangerment, plain and simple.

It was an accident. I don't jeopardize the safety of our daughter.

Maggie, come on.

Maggie claims you haven't been gainfully employed

since working at a puppet show nearly three years ago.

Not a puppet show. It was actually a big deal.

Was a big deal. You're biting on old candy there, Jeffrey.

Have been for two years.

It was a pretty successful comic book series.

Which he created with my daughter while living in her brownstone.

And we were making it into a pilot.

We were going to have a range of toys.

Yeah, and he blew the deal because…

Because they wanted to take our world

and put it in a computer in CGI, and I wasn't going to agree to that,

so we had creative differences.

He isn't capable of paying his own mortgage,

let alone setting up a proper home for a child.

Why are you doing this? Why are you trying to ruin my life?

I'm not ruining your life. Jeff, I'm…

Fuck.

I know that you love Jenny. That's not what this is about.

It's just practical.

I can afford to take care of her, you can't.

End of story.

What is this?

Your "get out of jail free" card.

You can use it to start a new life. That's what you want.

That's not what I want.

- It was in the middle of a crazy day. - Which crazy?

Right.

You know, this settlement is more than fair.

No, I get that, but what are my chances with…

Well, how unfair was their characterization of you?

I mean, I… You know, I can't work in an office.

- I tried this, it's just… - Well, then, maybe this is for the best.

Daddy!

What are you doing, you little monster? Come here.

Are you having fun with Grandpa in his big house

and all the Westchester idiots?

There are no playgrounds anywhere, just golf.

Well, who needs golf when you got puppets?

- Is this all going to be over soon? - Come on, baby.

Yeah, of course it is. It's no big deal.

Here you go.

Let's go.

You want to hang this weekend?

You got a visit scheduled for tomorrow.

Tomorrow's Wednesday,

so that's two days closer than the weekend, so that's great news.

Hey, look, let's just go back to our house and make dinner,

and you and me can just figure out this whole custody thing ourselves.

It's not our house.

It's my house that you're living in… for now.

I need to get that angle here

so you can see your beautiful mama

and your slightly less beautiful papa

and sleeping baby.

Baby sleep from… sleep for many hours.

- Sleeping for many hours. - All in a row.

Yeah.

That's awesome.

Yeah. What a good girl.

Oh.

What do we do here?

Look at that.

So we are going to do a social experiment.

Jenny.

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

This is God.

Please get back in your crib.

Look, she's doing… She's doing it.

Well done.

And here we are outside Jenny's room…

Door opens and what is that? Ah!

Can you read that? That says, "Grisly Kin."

She's out.

You got that juggler out. She's got it.

Look at her shoes.

- She's got cool shoes. - Yeah.

- Does Baby love Scarlet? - Yeah.

- Baby love Mommy? - Yeah.

Yeah. Baby love Daddy?

- Yes. - Yes.

Baby loves Daddy.

Baby loves Mommy.

Baby loves Scarlet.

At best, you're looking at a long, expensive legal battle…

I have a hot chocolate for Princess Butt Kicker.

…painful for you, painful for your daughter.

Princess Butt Kicker.

Princess Butt Kicker.

- Sorry. Hey, Jen. What do you say? - Thank you.

- Listen to me. - Yeah. Yeah.

I'm nearly certain she'll still get full custody,

but if you fight this, you stand to lose everything,

even visitation with your daughter.

Sign the contract and take the settlement.

Yeah, yeah, I get it. Okay.

Call me if you need to talk this through…

- I'm drawing a bird. - …all right?

Marion, Jenny's drawing a bird. I gotta go.

I'm drawing Princess Butt Kicker.

Why did you stop?