Bad, bad, bad! Don't talk back, you little beaner! Oh! Uh... I don't think that's... You know what? She picks up that stuff off the TV. - Yeah. - Oh, don't give me the look.
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- Pete, what are you doing? - Look at them over there. Everybody's avoiding them like they're dipped in shit. I'm just gonna go say hi. Yeah, okay... Hey, Pete, Pete, just wait. I know. I think it's awful. But they're teenagers, okay? They use drugs, and they masturbate, and they watch people playing video games on YouTube. - We're not equipped for that. - What do we have to be equipped for? I'm just going to say hello. I know. I don't think we should do that. - Excuse me? Hi. - Hey. Hi. Hi! Just FYI, we can all hear you. - Hmm? - "Dipped in shit." "Masturbate," so forth. Uh, we appreciate the concern, but there's no need to go all pity crazy. We know how this works. So just go on. It's okay. Go mingle with the kiddies and don't give it another thought, okay? Have a good day, folks. Thanks. Bye-bye.
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Except instead of grieving... the loss of a job, she's losing her connection with everything and everyone.
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Good night, buddy.
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Give me the phone! Let go! - This is not cool, Lizzy! - I don't have to listen to you anymore, Pretend Mom! This isn't...
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- Amen. - Amen. Well, there goes another Thanksgiving. You're crazy.
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Still think it's a wonderful choice? Our foster kids aren't gonna act like that. That's on you guys. What exactly is a dick pic? What do you think it is, Mom? Wild guess. Dick. Pic.
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- I'm okay. - Okay. I didn't hit her! Juan, where did you put my phone? I didn't take your phone! No, I didn't!
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The court has legally cleared us... to adopt. Aw! To adopt Tina and Ryan! - Yay! - That is so great. Congratulations, guys. I'm so happy for you.
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What are you talking about, "father"? What, are you doing comedy for us now, Pete? Karen, we've had plenty of fathers who have stepped up, but in this case, no ID's on any birth fathers. Look, Lizzy's mom is a product of the system and she never learned to properly care for herself, much less three kids. - Three? Three kids? - Oh. What? Yeah, three. - Yeah, Lizzy... - At once? Yeah, Lizzy comes with two younger siblings, Juan and Lita. Wait, wait. So we would have... three children? No. Two, maybe, but there's no way we can do three. I mean, we wanted to meet... Oh, my gosh. - Why would you show us that? - You're an asshole. Why would you even show that? They're so cute. That's wrong. Listen, we're not gonna sugarcoat it, okay? Lita is a... a wild, rowdy kid, and Juan can be fragile and a little emotional, and Lizzy is strong-willed and she won't trust easily. - God, can you blame her? - Well, but listen. We wouldn't recommend this match if we didn't believe that with some structure and love these... these kids could blossom, right? Yeah, and we're hoping to get them out of their current foster placement. - The Muskies might lose that meal ticket. - Karen, please. Most of our foster parents are really terrific, caring people. And, yes, there are people who do it just for the paycheck. But the Muskies are not abusive or evil. - Just maybe a little... - Inbred. - Karen, there is no evidence to... - You've seen 'em. I swear they look like brother and sister. I can't tell them apart. In any case, I'd love to set up a visitation, unless you have any other concerns. It's just a visitation. So... I-I-It's just... Is it a problem... You know, the whole white savior thing? - Like the Avatar thing. - Avatar? You know how the blue guys couldn't fight off the unobtanium guys until the white guy showed up and pretended to be a blue guy? All I'm saying is, white-bread couple taking in little Latin kids. Are people gonna think we shouldn't be doing that? You know what? We'll go ahead and toss these kids back into the system and I'll just jot you down for "whites only." - Come on. I didn't mean... - Hey! No, that's not... - Don't write "whites only." That's not what he meant. - That's not at all what I meant. Pete, I appreciate your cultural sensitivity, but we have every color of kid in the system. And we have every color of parent. Every color. - Just not nearly enough. - Not nearly enough parents. - Mm-mmm. - And listen. You're gonna get some funny looks. And people are gonna say some stupid shit. But if you're willing to love these kids who need a mom and dad, and somebody has a problem with that, you just ask 'em how many goddamn kids they've adopted. - Exactly. - Hell. Shoot. I just wanted to have the Avatar talk. Now we did, so I'm good. Oh, fantastic. - You ready to meet three kids? - Three kids? - Yeah. - All right. We'll set it up.
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All righty. Honey, put those down for me. Thank you. All right, come on, everybody. Honey, come on. Jeez. All right, everybody, hands. Hands, hands, hands. Thank you. Eyes closed.
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So, you two went out and found yourself a teenager after all, huh? - We only met her for a second. - But she made a real impression. Oh, yeah. Lizzy's such a great kid. She does really well in school. Come on back. She came into care four years ago when she was 11. Took a lot to convince her to accept placement in an adoptive home. - Her mother... - Set the house on fire, passed out with a crack pipe. - What I was gonna say... - Before I told it like it is? Before you jumped on in there, is that her mother's made a lot of promises over the years and never seems to follow through with them. Where's her mom now? Probably in an orange jumpsuit selling smokes in the yard. I'm sure that's not accurate. Huh. Turns out Lizzy's mom is finishing a sentence in county jail. Who called it, huh? Who said it? - You did. - Yeah. Looks like she's never pursued reunification or contacted her kids in over two years, so, yeah, she's pretty much a nonissue. That's terrible. What about the father?
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Hey. How's it going? Uh, good. It's going really good. - Pete and Ellie. - Yeah, we know. Come on in.
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- Get it? - Oh, yeah. Bring her in! Yeah... Whoa! Oh! Hey. You gotta wait for your turn, buddy. - I'm sorry. - Let's... Let's just go. Let's just go.
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Hey, number three, where's your mother?
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- Pete. Ellie. - Hey. - You made it. - Hi. Just sign in, and take this form with you and write down the name of any kid you meet you might be interested in. Really? That's how this works? Yeah, it can feel a little like shopping for kids. It's messed up, I know, but the county puts these on because they can match a lot of kids and parents quickly. God, look at the big kids over there. Breaks my heart. Most folks want nothing to do with teenagers. Of course, if you two thought you could make room for an older child... - Um, I mean... - I... Oh, God. I'm so sor... We... We're terrible people. I'm sorry. You're not terrible. Now get on in there and find you a family. Go on.
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All right, everybody, I want you all to imagine you got this plush new job. They give you a nice big office. There's a gym and a frozen yogurt machine right there in the break room. I love frozen yogurt. But deep down, you know you're not qualified.