TomYou soaked his underwear in meat. That is so wrong. Funny, but wrong.
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JakeI heard you were dissing my family.
CooperI don't even know your family loser.
MikeYou do now!
[Mike knocks Cooper's latte out of his hand]
CooperMy latte!
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Tom[after him and Dylan and the chandelier have crashed to the floor]You know, for the entire minute and a half we lived here... l really hated that chandelier.
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NoraOh honey, there just welcoming you into the family.
KateSarah, your suspension from lacrosse for excessive force has been lifted, so you're going today.
Sarah BakerYes!
KateHenry, you have band practice, all right? I cleaned your clarinet. Please don't play with food in your mouth again. Kim and Jessica, your teacher called and has made a request that you do not correct her in front of the class. Mike, you have show-and-tell today. And please, honey, remember that body parts do not count. Kyle and Nigel, you have a dentist's appointment at three o'clock, so you're going to work with Dad.
Kate[voiceover]I guess you could say that when Tom and I left Midland we had a mess of theories about how to raise children. We still have a mess of children, but no theories. Sure, 12 is still our number. It's the number of months my book was on the bestseller list. It's the number of job offers Tom turned down before we found one close to home. And each day it's the number of times I'm thankful there's such a thing as family.
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MikeWe're gonna move!
[Henry, Jake, Sarah, Jessica, Kim and Mark all look surprised and let go of the rope, sending Mike to fall down the chute]
MikeAhhhh!
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Sarah BakerGreat. In Midland we were a Family. Now were a support system?
Tom*All right. Enough is Enough. You're slacking on your chores. You're fighting in school*. Things are out of control. As of this moment, you are all grounded*
MikeWhat's grounded?
TomWhat's grounded? I'll tell you what ground it is. Except for attending games, you go to school, you come home from school, you do your homework, you do your chores, you go to bed and that's it.
Sarah BakerBut that
TomOh yes Sarah, I know that sucks, but that's the way it is!
JakeDoes this mean we can't go to Dylan's birthday party?
Lorraine[walks into kitchen]I am totally aware that this family doesn't value self-presentation in the same obsessive way that I do. Fine. Whatever. But one of my life goals aside from being, like, a fashion guru is to indicate to the local community that the Baker family actually owns a bar of soap. So, as self-appointed in-house rep of style and hygiene, I think that I should be allotted at least five extra minutes in front of the mirror.
Tom[huddled in the closet]Oh, well, they're studying, and it's the tri, trigo, trig stuff we aren't all that good at, and they've formed a study group, it's like a little Think Tank thing.
[an axe blade breaks through the door of the closet]
Lorraine BakerUp 'til now I've been, like, mellow about this whole having-it-all lifestyle that you and Mom are currently into. A, because Sarah has the drama queen role totally covered, and B, because I have benefited from your salary spike in various shallow but nonetheless pleasing ways.
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KateOkay, I'll stay a few extra days, but call me if anything's wrong. The house blows up, the kids stage a coup, I'm home.
Tom[when Kate leaves]Little Vampires, my plan worked. She's gone. Now I can raise you children the way I want to! Mwa ha ha, ha ha, ha!
[kids stare blankly]
TomC'mon, it's going to be fun. Your dream has come true. Mom's gone. Weak old Dad is here. You can get away with murder. You can do anything you want. Dylan's birthday party is coming up. You can get all hyped up on sugar and cake and go crazy.
[kids continue to stare blankly then turn and walk away]