JOAN: No, what!? Your Dad?
Oh my God. Are you okay?
MEDIUM ALISON: I'm fine
JOAN: Are you, are you sure? Do you want to talk about it?
MEDIUM ALISON: No, I don't want to talk about it.. I don't want to think about it. I want—
I don't know
C'mon, let's go see what's happening at the gay union
JOAN: Do you want to go to my room? Smoke a joint?
MEDIUM ALISON: Yes I do
ALISON: Caption: My new found queerness wa— No
Unable to process the tsunami-like revelation that my father wa— No
Tsunami-like? No
Caption: I leapt into my new life with both feet
And I blocked out everything that was happening at home
BRUCE: Oh, where the hell are John and Christian?
HELEN: John's at Cosgrove's probably
BRUCE: Why?
HELEN: Because he works there
ALISON: I should have been paying attent— Caption: I should have been paying attention
BRUCE: Since when?
HELEN: He's been working there for almost a month
BRUCE: Ohf...
ALISON: And I— Caption: I, I guess I was mad at you
BRUCE: Oh, where's Christian?
HELEN: At Doug's probably, what do you need?
BRUCE: Nothing, nothing. I'll do it myself
ALISON: My life had just started to open
BRUCE: Ow! Damn it! Goddamn it!
ALISON: I didn't know... Dad!
I had no way of knowing my beginning would be your end!
HELEN: Oh my god, the Brimley!
Oh my god, what happened? Did it fall?
Bruce, the painting— What happ—
BRUCE: I threw it down the ****ing stairs!
HELEN: Why?
BRUCE: I don't know why...
HELEN: I don't know why?
BRUCE: Because no one ever ****ing helps me around here! Because—
I cannot stand the sound of your hectoring, shrewd voice. You just—
HELEN: You stop— You're blaming me for what we've been through?!?
I'm on edge. Every single—
BRUCE: Every single person in this town knows what kind of man I am!
You're the one with the problem!
HELEN: I have to be at school, I'll be at meetings until late
ALISON: I'm drawing, I'm drawing, I'm just drawing
I'm remembering something that's all...
MEDIUM ALISON: Oh my god. I don't want to go in
JOAN: It's going to be okay
MEDIUM ALISON: How is it going to be okay? Everything's—
Who knows?
Who knows? C'mon in.
Let me introduce you to my gay dad
You know it's only been three months since I left.
What happened in three months?
MEDIUM ALISON: Hello?
I don't know where they are
Hey? We're here
JOAN: Oh my god
MEDIUM ALISON: What?
JOAN: You described it but I had no idea
MEDIUM ALISON: Oh. Yeah. I guess it's--
HELEN: Oh, you're here
MEDIUM ALISON: Hi mom