Jackie and Ryan Page #2

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Yes, like tonight later.

Yeah.

Okay. Yeah.

Bye.

So, where's his house?

- I think he just travels, honey.

- Look, he's cute.

- He is?

- Mom.

Look, I'll give you he's cute.

But he is literally a homeless person,

Jacks... a wanderer.

- That's right.

- Who the hell lives like that anymore?

Apparently, the guy taking a shower

in your bathroom upstairs.

It's not the sixties.

So, is that bad? To wander around?

What do you think?

- I don't know yet.

- Good answer, honey.

- Carrots?

- Yeah.

Here's some right there.

That's enough, yeah.

So have you ever worked?

Yes, ma'am, since I was 14.

Construction, salmon fishing

up in Alaska.

- Ran a farm for a couple years.

- What kind of farm?

It was organic... co-op.

We had a program where we took

in at-risk youth from Nashville.

We gave them a piece of land,

taught 'em how to understand planting cycles,

the moon, seasons, things like that.

- Did it help?

- Shoulda seen the look in their eyes.

The end of summer, they'd come back

and look at their plot,

see the little buds coming up.

You could tell they felt just...

Proprietary.

Yeah... yeah, proprietary

is a good word for it.

When are you planning on leaving?

I'm asking how long a person stays

when they're not so used to staying.

- Leaving after dinner.

- Really?

I gotta go meet up with my friend Georgie.

We're heading to Portland tomorrow morning.

There's a folk festival happening,

it's a good time to busk.

So, where do you keep

your shampoo and stuff?

Well, it was in my pack.

You want some of these?

But they didn't get your banjo?

- The guitar.

- That's right.

So, you just carry everything around

with you? Like a turtle?

You ever seen a turtle

with a backpack? Imagine that.

I already have this stupid

house on my back

and now I have to carry 'round

my shampoo in this thing?

I don't even need shampoo, I'm a turtle.

I don't have any hair.

- You think they have TVs in there?

- Yeah, absolutely.

Why else do you think they move so slow?

- It's good, Grandma.

- It's delicious, thank you.

No, we're not gonna come back

to New York for Christmas.

We're staying at my mother's.

For the first time in 9 years you were

going to tear yourself away from the office

and spend some quality time

with your kid during the holidays?

You want some chips, too?

Got some chips left.

No, really, I'm... I'm good. Really.

No, I don't want you to fly out...

Because, I don't want you...

Stop, Wes, stop it,

just stop it, please.

This is exactly why we left last week.

Okay, water, pop, soda,

what do you like?

- I got a leftover Mr. Pibb, you want that?

- No, honestly, this is fine.

I'll tell her you said goodbye.

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