[upbeat music]
- Morning, Henry!
What a beautiful day.
Kids, move your butts!
Oh, Henry, working full-time
raising three kids on my own.
I don't know how you did it.
Oh, stop gloating.
You only had one.
- Mom, are you okay? - Yeah, why?
- For one, you're talking to a picture of Grandpa.
- He's a good listener.
Okay, I'm kind of in a funk.
I'm a funky Punky.
- I'm here.
You can talk to me about anything.
Within reason.
Are you sad about the divorce?
- No, it was for the best.
But your dad and I were together for a long time,
and I put so much into us that somewhere along the line,
I lost myself.
I miss me.
- You're right there.
- I'm ready for the next chapter.
It's time for me to focus on myself and my needs.
- Is this about... you know what?
'Cause if it is, I'm out.
- No, but if you wanna talk about you know what--
- Nope.
- Okay, because it's complicated
and I need to get Diego to hockey practice,
Daniel to piano lessons, and... what else do I need to do?
[Brandy barks] Oh, right, walk Brandy.
I'm glad we had this talk.
- Me too.
Oh, Mom, you're wearing two different shoes.
- Oh, haven't done that in a while.
Still works!
- I don't know how you did it, Grandpa.
Raising Mom isn't easy.
- * One, two, three, four! Hey *
* Hey, hey *
* Every time I turn around *
* Hey, hey, hey, hey *
- "Newly single. Professional photographer.
Used to be fun."
- I'm still fun.
Ish.
I am not ready to date again.
Your father and I just broke up.
- Dad's dating a 27-year-old.
- Let me fix my hair.
- Too thirsty.
[camera shutter clicks]
- Aren't kids supposed to be, like, scarred
by their parents dating again?
- It's 2021.
Women don't need permission to live their lives.
We can be who we want,
do what we want, dress how we want.
- I am not getting you that crop top.
- But it's 2021!
[phone chimes]
Ooh, your first hit. Check him out.
- I told you I'm not ready.
I need to do some soul-searching--
[gasps] A fireman?
Holy macanoli.
- Swipe right. Swipe right.
- You know what? Maybe I'll date again
if you ever get the nerve
to talk to that boy you're crushing on.
[as Hannah] "Jordan!"
- It's Jordan.
And it's different.
You're old. You're running out of time.
- Mom, I am sick of this slob!
I always have to clean up our room.
- And I always have to mess it up!
It's like I'm living with Marie Kondo.
- Mom, are you sure we're related?
- Yes, I adopted you when Diego was two and you were a baby.
Get over it.
Hey, are you wearing eyeliner?
- I'm trying it out. - Hmm, I like it.
It makes your eyes pop.
- Are you seeing this?
Mom!
- Is that better?
- No!
[doorbell chimes]
- "Why don't you come put out my fire?"
- [gasps]
- Hi, Daniel. How are you?
- I'm living with animals, Aunt Cherie.
Heads up, don't drink the OJ.
- Good morning, Henry.
Hey, girl.
I figured you needed a hug.
- Aw.
You can stop hugging. I'm fine.
But just a few more seconds.
How do you always know?
- Because we've been friends since we were seven.
And you texted me last night at 3:00 a.m.
and said, "I need a hug and a box of wine."
- I had a tough day and accidentally watched
"The Notebook" three times.
- Girl, you need to date.
- Thank you.
- Hey, can you come by Fenster Hall
and take some pics of the kids for the foster care website?
- Yeah, of course.
- There's a new girl there. She reminds me of you.
She is cute! But a pain in the butt.
- Aw, that's so sweet!
- Hey, guys, what was the '80s like?
[uplifting music]
* *
- Nope, nope.
God, no.
Ooh, you should go out with this one.
- I'm not ready.
I need time to get into shape, get a mani-pedi.
Tend to my personal garden.
- Well, I've already swiped right,
so get out the gardening shears.
- Fine, I'll just shave my legs and put on a Cubs cap.
[inhales deeply, sighs]
This place brings back good memories.
Like the day I got out.
- Speaking of, I wanna introduce you
to that little girl I was telling you about.
- Izzy's gone again! - [sighs]
She's an escape artist just like you.
- Is the coast clear?
- You must be Izzy.
- Oh, man. Are you gonna turn me in?
- No, I'm just here to take pictures.
- Good, because I'm busting out of here.
- I'm Punky.
I hold the record for busting out of this place.
- Well, it's nice to meet you,
but I'm about to break your record.
- Hmm, can I take a picture before you go?
- I get it.
You want me to smile and look cute and cuddly
so somebody adopts me.
Not happening.
I'm not a puppy.
- I don't want you to smile.
Everybody smiles. That's boring.
Look mean.
Stomp your feet!
Stick out your tongue!
Give me BeyoncÃ© girl squad diva!
Oops, got you smiling.
- How did you become a photographer?
- A nice man named Henry took me under his wing.
He saw potential in me that nobody else did.
- I wish I could be a photographer.
- You can be anything you wanna be.
- I don't have a camera.
- Sure you do. Your eyes are your camera
and your brain is your memory card.
You can take a mental picture of anything you want
and store it right up here.
Click!
See? I just took a picture of you.
You try.
- I'm taking a selfie.
Click.
- [panting] There you are!
- Man, I should've bolted when I had the chance.
- Come on, Izzy. Let's go.
- You two seem to be getting along.
- Oh, I am onto you.
You thought I would fall in love with Izzy
and wouldn't be able to resist fostering her.
- Can you just keep her for a couple days?
I have a terrific family that is interested in fostering her.
I just need to get them approved.
And if she stays here, Punky, she's gonna run.
- I'm sorry, I can't take on any more responsibility.
I'm barely keeping it together.
I'm wearing a bathing suit as underwear right now.
[warm music]
[upbeat music]
- Hey, guys!
We need to have a family talk.
- Let me get the tissues.
- [screams]
- There's no need for tears, or whatever Diego's doing.
- Last time we had a family talk,
you told us Dad was moving out.
- If someone is leaving, I vote we cut Daniel loose.
- No one is getting voted out!
Actually, I want you to consider an addition.
- What? You're pregnant?
How could you do this to me?
- First of all, I'm not pregnant.
Second, this is why we don't have family talks.
Third, there's a little girl that needs a place to stay
while Cherie finds her a home.
But it needs to be a family decision,
so we all have to agree.
- No. - Absolutely not.
- No way.
- Okay, here's the thing-- we're doing it.
Izzy!
I'd like for you to meet Izzy.
- So how long are you in for?
- This home is far from a prison.
- 20 years to life.
Excuse us, Izzy.
This is so unfair.
I can't even have my own life
because I'm stuck raising Daniel and Diego with you.
And now, you bring in another kid without even asking me!
- I'm sorry, but the mom in me couldn't say no.
I needed a home, and Henry took me in.
- We don't even have room for her.
- It's only temporary.
Can we please try and make her feel comfortable?
- [sighs] - Uh, Mom?
She gone.
- Man, she's good!
[melancholic music]
* *
- Somebody order an Uber?
- Yup.
- Where are your parents, kid?
- If you want five stars, just drive.
- Stop! - What the?
I'm not even moving. - Floor it!
- Nobody's going anywhere.
She's with me. [sighs]
[acoustic music]
* *
- You took all these?
- Yeah, I used to be a photo journalist.
I mainly do weddings and parties now.
- Boring!
You jumped out of a plane to take this picture.
- Yeah, that was pretty cool.
I landed 10 seconds before my puke.
- Why'd you stop?
- I wanted to spend more time with my kids.
And now, I get to take pictures
of people that are gonna live happily ever after.
- Did they all live happily ever after?
- Sometimes.
I mean, 50% of marriages end in divorce,
so might as well flip a coin.
- Knock-knock! The lovebirds are here.
- Oh, welcome. Let's talk about the big day.
- Can I have a quarter?
- Sure, yeah. [chuckles]
Are you gonna do a magic trick?
- I wanna flip a coin to see if you guys make it.
My boss says it's 50/50.
Heads or tails?
[upbeat music]
* *
- Do you think Jordan likes metallic or glitter?
- I think he likes boobs.
But you should worry about what you like.
- Hey, we're supposed to be playing Fortnite.
- I need my spa time.
You want in?
- No, that's your thing.
- You think it's weird I paint my nails?
- Kind of, but who cares?
- Somebody at school said it was weird.
- What?
Hand me the shimmery red.
- Hannah, I need you to look after Izzy.
She's already broken up two couples
and photobombed a family portrait.
- Why can't the boys look after Izzy?
Oh, come on!
[bright music]
[elevator dings]
- So why are we just going up and down, and not getting off?
- It's a game called None of Your Business.
[elevator dings]
- Oh.
I get it.
Hi, I'm Izzy.
This hottie is Hannah.
- Oh, hey.
I've seen your around before and wanted to say,
hi.
- [squeals]
- Must be fate,
you two meeting in the same elevator.
It's like a YA novel.
You guys should hang out in a field
looking up at the stars sometime.
Ooh, and one of you should be dying from a rare disease!
- I'd be into that.
Except for the dying part.
[elevator dings]
Guess I should go.
I'll text you.
- [stammers] Yeah, okay.
[both squeal]
- Whoo, go, girl! Go, girl!
[elevator dings]
- I need your number.
- Oh! [nervous laughter]
[ambient music]
* *
- Who are you? - Who are you?
- I'm Izzy. - Nice to meet you.
Travis. I used to live here.
- So you escaped?
- Sort of.
I got kicked out.
- Well, I'm getting out too.
- Oh, okay.
Although, before you go,
you really should have some of my pancakes.
- Sorry, but the open road calls.
- [chuckles] All right.
I gotta hand it to you.
Not many people can say no to chocolate chip pancakes.
- You put chocolate chips
in the pancakes?
- Yup.
See you later, kid.
- Why are we still talking?
Syrup me.
- Morning, Izzy. Morning, babe.
Wait.
What just happened?
- You kissed me good morning,
and now you're kind of freaking out a little?
- You're not supposed to be here!
We're divorced!
- That doesn't mean we can't hang out.
- Uh, it kind of does.
And don't call me babe.
- You called me babe.
- You still have a thing for him.
- Eat your pancakes.
Things are different now.
You can't just show up for no reason.
- Okay, I have a good reason.
The band just came back from a tour
and I wanted to see my family.
- Uh-huh.
- Yeah, you might wanna keep that closed.
That's three weeks of tour bus stink.
- This isn't a laundromat.
- You remember that laundromat in Milwaukee?
- Stop being charming!
You can't just show up for no reason.
It's confusing for the kids.
- Oh, hey, Dad. - Hey.
- I smell pancakes.
- She seems okay.
- Fine. It's confusing to me.
We're divorced, and you're hanging around more
than you did when we were married.
And Hannah's got me on dating apps,
you're dating a 27-year-old.
- Whoa, whoa. Not really dating.
It's more just sex and emojis.
- I don't wanna hear it! - Okay.
Okay, look. It's gonna be all right.
I'll take off and I'll call you later
to set up a time to see the kids.
Izzy can come too.
Who is Izzy?
- Cherie asked us to watch her
while she finds her a foster family.
She's a handful.
- Well, that's pretty cool.
After all, Brandy and I were rescues too.
Isn't that right, boy?
- Oh, by the way, Hannah is crushing hard
on a boy named Jordan and Daniel's experimenting.
- Wait, with drugs?
- With eyeliner and sometimes nail polish.
- That's probably just a phase.
- Maybe it's more than a phase.
- All right.
I'll have to dig up some of my old David Bowie CDs.
- [chuckles]
- It's good to see you, Punky Brewster.
- You too.
Dang it! I did it again!
- Morning, Cherie.
- You two didn't--
- She tried to seduce me,
but I was strong as a rock.
- [groans]
- Good news!
I got approval on the couple that wants to foster Izzy.
- Great. She's a good kid.
- Oh!
Forgot my underwear. [groans]
- Girl-- - I did not sleep with him!
- Are you sure?
I mean, come on.
[upbeat music]
- Thank you so much for letting us to the hand off here.
- Of course. Izzy's so excited.
Right, Izzy?
- Izzy, we're thrilled to see you!
- Hello there!
- This is off to a good start.
- So what made you guys decide you wanted kids?
- Oh, it just seemed like the right time.
Our careers are on track. All our friends are doing it.
- I wanted to start with a dog, but Gemma's allergic.
So here we are. - Honey!
- We're really excited.
- Izzy!
Jordan texted me!
- Shut up! - No, you shut up!
- You shut up! - No, you shut up!
- Okay!
- In our household, "shut up" means "I love you."
- Oh. I can't wait to get you home.
We can go shopping for clothes without holes in them.
- Um, ripped jeans are totally in style.
- Oh, style isn't an issue.
Izzy will be attending an all-girls prep school
whose students wear uniforms,
so we'll have to deal with the hair thing too.
- Uh, we like her hair.
Let's talk about your hair.
- I think what Hannah's saying is that
if everybody in the world looked the same,
it would be kind of boring.
- I've read that children thrive with structure.
With Izzy's school load, her music lessons,
her language tutor, and college prep,
we'll be sure to keep her very busy.
- Did you carve out any time for her to be a kid?
- Punky, can I have a word? - Mm-hmm.
Those people are all wrong for Izzy!
She's just a kid, and all they wanna do is change her.
- Punky, this is a done deal.
They've been through applications,
background checks, home visits.
It's not like I just walked into Applebee's and shouted,
"Hey, who wants a kid?"
- I've been where she is.
It's too much pressure.
She's gonna think she has to be perfect
or they'll give her back.
- Yes, they have high expectations,
but to be fair, nobody thought Henry was right for you.
- [sighs]
You had to play the Henry card.
Fine.
- What was going on with them?
- All I heard was Applebee's.
- Well, I think it's time
that we let the Keatons and Izzy get going.
- Okay.
- I know that Izzy is excited to see her new home.
- I'm gonna miss you, kiddo.
- Before I go,
I wanna take a picture to remember you.
Click.
Got it.
- Wait!
I almost forgot I made something for Izzy.
We'll just go get it.
- I'll go check on the girls.
- [nervous laughter] This is going well.
- Hey, guys.
Oh, no.
Listen, we need to be quiet about this,
but the girls are gone!
I need you to stall them.
- It's cool, Mom. We got this.
I got nothing.
- [groans] Hey, guys!
Look at me!
[acoustic music]
* *
- What is this place?
- Mom built it with her friends when she was a kid.
That was before the internet, when there was nothing to do.
- Hmm, it doesn't seem as big as it used to.
- How did you find us?
- Well, I'm your mom.
And I've got an app on my phone that tracks you.
- Okay, I'll be angry about that later,
but right now, we can't let Izzy go with them.
- The Keatons just want what's best for Izzy.
We all do.
- I'm sick of people telling me what's best for me.
I don't need you. I don't need them.
I'm out of here. - Man, you're stubborn.
You know what? I'm not gonna stop you.
Where are you going anyway?
- To find my mom and tell her I'm sorry.
- For what?
- Whatever I did to make her leave.
- Hannah, can you tell Cherie I'll be up in a little bit?
- Fine.
But the old you would've fought for her.
- Mind if I ask what happened?
- She dropped me off at school one day and never picked me up.
- I don't tell many people this, but...
I was abandoned too.
My mom left me in a grocery store parking lot
and never came back.
- Yeah?
- I'm still waiting for her to show up.
- What did you do wrong?
- I asked myself that for years.
What did I do to make her want to leave?
Until I realized it wasn't about me.
You didn't do anything wrong.
- There must be something wrong with me,
something awful.
Why else would a mother dump her own kid?
- I saw a news story once.
There was a mother and her baby trapped in a burning building.
They were five stories up
and they didn't think they were gonna be saved.
At the last second, the mother leaned over
and dropped her baby out of the window
into the arms of a firefighter below.
She realized
the only way to save her baby was to let her go.
- My mom wasn't in a fire.
- Maybe she felt like her whole life was on fire
and the only way to save you
was to drop you into somebody else's arms.
- [sighs]
- Izzy.
Sooner or later,
you gotta stop running and take a chance on someone.
- Go, Daniel! - Oh, Punky.
Answer the phone so I can yell at you.
Punky, what is going on?
- We were just having a heart-to-heart.
Izzy, are you ready to go? - Yup.
This would be a lot easier if you would let go of me.
- I'm trying.
I can't.
- Hey, you said that you wanted me to find her the right home.
- I know.
I just realized.
It's our home. - What?
- When I told you to take a chance on someone,
I think I was telling myself the same thing.
Izzy, would you like to stay with us?
- What took you so long?
- Is that a yes?
- Yes!
- You helped me rediscover something I had been missing--
my Punky Power.
- What's that?
- Oh, you're about to find out.
- Uh, I don't know what's going on here,
but she's coming with us.
- Yeah, we've already done all the paperwork.
- I don't care if you've got her name tattooed on her butt.
You're gonna have to go over me to get to Izzy.
Heck no! Izzy won't go!
- You know, we can just step over you, right?
- It's more of a symbolic gesture.
- I'm with Mom. Izzy should stay.
- Thanks, honey. [grunts]
both: Us too! [all grunt]
- Oh, Izzy, we can't do this without you,
but please decide fast because I can't breathe!
- Izzy Power!
[all groan]
- [scoffs]
- Hey, I will call you tomorrow and we will sort this all out.
Okay?
[all groan]
- Sorry if I messed things up for you, Cherie.
- Oh, it's no problem. - Really?
- No, it's a big problem!
But I want what's best for Izzy.
And that's you.
- Hey, I don't need anybody to save me.
- I told Henry the same thing.
But we kind of saved each other.
Come here. - Not a hugger.
- But I am.
- You'll get used to it.
[uplifting music]
* *
[upbeat music]
* *
- Nice shoes.
I remember that girl. - Yup.
And this time, it wasn't an accident.
- I just asked Izzy if she wanted me
to read her a bedtime story, and she told me to "chill."
I'ma go get a beer.
- You don't live here! [both laugh]
[phone chimes]
Hello?
Yes, this is Penelope Brewster,
but my friends call me Punk--
Mom?
* *
- * We're all the same *
* *
* We belong *
* *
* All together now *