"Let Me Introduce You To My Gay Dad..."

[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 fucking stairs!

[HELEN]
Why?

[BRUCE]
I don't know why...

[HELEN]
I don't know why?

[BRUCE]
Because no one ever fucking 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 its 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