- Just so you know, I take no joy in beating you.
- That's very generous.
- That's just how I roll, you know, I'm a nice guy.
Boom! You're dead!
Whoo! In your face.
♪ Everybody sing you suck ♪
♪ You suck ♪
Seriously? Nothing?
Man, it's no fun being a sore winner with you.
- Would you excuse me a moment?
[light music]
♪ ♪
Son of a [bleep]!
[bleep] dumb [bleep].
Diego is a big stupid [bleep]
with a big stupid butt!
[bleep], [bleep]!
♪ ♪
[sighs] Now, where were we?
I see you've renamed my avatar Loser Numero Uno?
Very original.
Would you excuse me a moment?
♪ ♪
- Why can't you lose like a normal person?
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Hey hey ♪
- ♪ Every time I ♪ - ♪ Hey hey ♪
♪ Turn around ♪
- ♪ Hey hey hey hey ♪
- Do you believe in aliens? - Uh-huh.
- What do they do with
all the floor hair at barbershops?
- Eh, don't know.
- Is cereal a soup?
- Izzy, those are really great questions,
but I have so much work to do.
- But I'm bored, and I can't go in my room
'cause Hannah's friends are over
and all they ever talk about is "vibes."
So basic.
- What about your friend Maya from upstairs?
- Her mom thinks kale is a snack.
Can't you take a break?
- I'd love to hang out with you,
but I've got to get these photos in today.
Diego, why don't you take Izzy to the tree house to play?
- Are you asking me or telling me?
- Both.
- Well, then, come on, Izzy, I have no choice in the matter.
- I know exactly what we can do...
Tea party!
- Oh, boy!
♪ ♪
This isn't even tea.
- It's not about the tea.
It's about the accents,
the drama, and the hats.
Now, do you wanna be Sir Jingles or Lady Feather Hat?
♪ ♪
Well, Lady Feather Hat,
Sir Nigel told Lady Booty that you would make a fine king,
which is why I poisoned your tea.
- What?
- [sighs] Part of the drama. Go with it.
- Ah, but I switched cups when you weren't looking.
So it is you who has the poisoned tea.
- [gasps] How dare you?
[dramatic groans and grunts]
[gags, coughs]
[inhales, coughs]
- [bleep], [bleep],
[bleep].
Chicken [bleep] butt.
[bleep] fat jerk.
[bleep] [mutters].
[weakly] Hi.
What are you doing?
- What are you doing?
- This is my safe space for cursing.
Let's never speak of this again.
- Fancy a nice cuppa?
- No, thanks.
- Too bad, I'd hate for
your mum to hear about your foul mouthery.
- I'd love a spot of tea.
- Cheerio!
Let me get you a hat.
What's this?
- Our initials.
- Mom and aunt Cherie's are the oldest, then Dad's.
We added ours once we were allowed to use knives.
- Never been anywhere long enough to vandalize it.
Aah! - Holy [bleep]!
- Help me!
It's not working, I'm stuck.
- I'll dash off and get mum!
- Why are you pretending to jump on a horse?
Just go.
- Izzy, don't panic.
Diego will catch you if you fall through.
- If I what?
- I'm supposed to what?
- You've seen him play baseball, right?
- It's okay, I've got you. [grunts]
You okay?
- Yeah, but this tea party is way too dramatic.
- Looks like some of the wood is rotted.
It's not safe to play up here right now.
- I guess I'll have to find another place to...
Uh, do my Buddhist chants.
- This place needs some serious repairs.
Gotta say, she's held up pretty well
for being built by a bunch of seven-year-olds.
We should get down.
- I felt like I was getting judgey vibes
from Mr. Cortez during debate.
- Pretty sure it's his adult braces.
- Hey, guys. I'm here to pick you up.
Are you ready to vamos?
- Thanks, Dad, just a few more minutes?
- Yeah, sure. I'll sit...
[groans]
At that table right over here.
- Honestly, Hannah, your debate was fire.
- Oh, did you have a big debate today?
- I'm kinda just trying to
talk to Bri and Madison right now.
- Sorry. Lame dad right here, shutting up.
- Let's take a selfie.
- Oh, my God, I have spinach in my teeth!
Why didn't you guys tell me?
- We wanted to, but it was really disgusting,
and didn't wanna make you feel bad.
- Wait.
Did I have this in my teeth during debate?
- Maybe...
- I would've rather you guys told me right away,
even if it was embarrassing.
- You're right.
Real friends should always be honest with each other.
- [coughing] Bad idea!
- Let's make an honesty pact.
- Yeah. - Great idea.
- All right, let me just jump in here.
Sometimes total honesty is not the best idea.
Some things call for situational honesty.
- What's that?
- Where you don't tell the whole truth.
- Okay, Boomer. - Hey, I'm not a Boomer.
- Then what are you?
You're way too old to be a millennial.
- [huffs] Gen X.
The independent ones.
Kind of the lone wolf. We're cool!
- Okay, well, Gen Zers develop emotional maturity
earlier than you guys did, so I'm pretty sure
we can handle an honesty pact.
Let's do it. - Okay.
- From this moment on,
we promise to be 100% honest
with each other, no matter what.
- No matter what. - No matter what.
- Okay, okay, all I'm saying is the one time I was honest
with not liking Jeff Tweedy's shirt before a show,
all hell broke loose.
I could have been in Wilco.
- What's Wilco?
- I'm gonna go wait in the car.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Hey, Hannah. How was school?
How was your day? Mmm, brain freeze.
- Oh, this was on the door.
- Oh, my God.
The city's tearing down the tree house.
They're saying it's dangerous and uninhabitable.
What's that?
- Mom, Izzy fell through the floor.
- And she was having the time of her life when it happened.
- Look, it had a good run,
but maybe it's time to let it go.
- Let it go?
The tree house is basically a family member.
I was Izzy's age when we built it.
She hasn't even had a chance to enjoy it.
- So what are you gonna do?
- I'll tell you what I'm gonna do.
First, I'm gonna call Cherie
and then I'm gonna finish this pint.
Hey, Cherie, I have a super fun idea for a girls' day.
- You know what's a fun girls' day?
A booze cruise.
- Thanks for doing construction work with me all day.
- I expect to be paid time and a half.
- Oh, would gummy bears work?
- Ooh-hoo gimme!
I haven't had candy in so long
because Lauren is the sugar police,
and don't try arguing with an attorney,
'cause you won't win.
She's lucky she's cute.
- Remember when we first built this?
Everyone was here, Henry,
your grandma, Margo, Allen,
even our teacher Mike.
- I remember you tricking us into building it,
but it was worth it.
- Building the tree house was the first time
I actually felt like I lived here.
- We grew up in it. - So did my kids.
That's what I want for Izzy.
I remember we were right here
when Mike and I decided to go looking for our moms.
He found his.
- And now you found yours, sort of.
Have you called her back yet?
- I keep almost calling her,
but I can't.
It's like I go right back to being a kid.
What if I let her in and...
she abandons me all over again?
- But you've wondered about her ever since I've known you,
and you don't owe this to her.
You owe it to yourself.
You're not a little girl anymore.
You are so much stronger,
and you'll know when the time is right.
- I am so happy that I have you.
- Always.
- Chew fast. Here she comes.
- Great news. Tree house saved.
- You're amazing.
- It's no biggie.
I just filed an injunction with City Hall.
You have 30 days to repair it.
Problem solved.
But also, I'm amazing. - [laughs]
- My hero. - Aw.
What's in your mouth?
- Nothing.
♪ ♪
- Honestly, I don't like the color yellow, like, at all.
- Honestly, I never knew that about you.
- Oh, this honesty pact is going great.
- Hey, girls, check me out.
I am an Instagram baddie now.
I just posted my first makeup tutorial.
It's how to get the perfect brow.
Do you guys think people will like it?
- Oh, my, um... great aunt just texted me.
- Oh, what was that, Mikey?
Mikey?
Good one! Catch you later.
- Guys, be honest.
Is it-is it that bad?
- Yeah. - No.
- You think it's bad?
- Um, I think you might
just need to practice a little more
before you post your next video.
- I love it. Seriously.
- I was just trying to honor our pact.
- Well, honestly, I think you're being mean.
- Honestly, I panicked.
Yay, honesty pact.
- Too late, Madison!
♪ ♪
- [distantly] Testing, testing.
Son of a biscuit eater... - Do you hear that?
- Hear what?
- Is it the sound of me ruining my friend's life
over and over again in my head?
Because that's all I can hear.
- [mutters, bleep, darn, bleep]
Don't blame our [bleep]
tea...
- Dude. - What are you doing in there?
- [sighs] I need a new cursing space.
What am I supposed to do?
Swear on the streets like an animal?
- All right, party time's over.
Put on your work clothes and let's go work on the tree house.
- No way. - Ugh.
- But it's the tree house.
You guys used to love playing in there.
And Izzy is prime tree house playing age.
- Sorry, Mom. We grew out of it.
- Diego, hand me that box of Kleenex.
- You don't have to cry, Mom.
- I'm not gonna cry.
I'm gonna throw it at you.
- I'll help you with the tree house.
- Oh, Izzy, I knew you'd come through.
Go get some tools.
- I'm more of an idea person.
I'll go draw up some plans.
- Well, at least one of you guys is excited about it.
- You're not gonna guilt us into this.
- Dang it!
♪ ♪
I can't believe the kids don't want to help
with the tree house, not even for Izzy's sake.
It's like all they want to do is be on their phones dancing.
- I want to warn you, you're starting to sound like
a little like an angry townie from "Footloose."
- I thought this was special to them.
- It's still special to us.
- Hey, where's the plank with our initials in it?
- Oh, don't worry. That is not going anywhere.
I guess we all have good memories here.
- Like the first time you brought me over
to introduce me to Henry, and then we snuck up there.
- Story time's over.
- I used to call it the love shack.
- Stop!
- Okay, okay, look,
it does mean a lot to me.
The first time Hannah was old enough
to realize I was going on tour, she stole my guitar
and hid up there so I wouldn't leave.
It still breaks my heart.
- Aw, that is so sweet.
[saw whirring]
You know what else is sweet?
The perfect 45-degree miter cut.
- Is it wrong that I find that attractive?
- I have the plans for the tree house remodel.
- Oh, are those pandas?
- Yes, but not real ones.
Okay. Picture this.
Over here, a karaoke machine, and right there,
a charging station, and in this corner right here,
a TikTok dance area. Whoo!
- These are really cool ideas,
but the whole point of the tree house is to be outside,
away from our screens, using our imaginations.
Don't worry, my friends and I loved it, and so will you.
- Okay. I trust you.
But think about the pandas.
- I should have lied.
Bri hasn't spoken to me since.
I was only trying to be a good friend.
I mean, what was I supposed to do?
- I don't care.
Can you please stop using me as your replacement friend?
- I'm not.
- Then stop calling me Madison.
- But she's not talking to me either.
- Testing, testing, Flaming hot [bleep].
Oh, hello.
- I can't believe you're cursing under there.
I thought you were afraid of spiders.
- What?
- You see what I have to deal with, Madison?
- Not yet.
Now!
What do you think, Izzy?
- It's really... awesome
how you made it exactly the same.
- Right?
- Yeah. Uh, it's like
a phone update where you can't tell what changed.
- I can't wait to hang out in it later.
- Not now?
- We're playing a game inside,
and I kinda wanted to finish that.
Thanks, Punky, I really like it.
- Is it just me,
or does Izzy not seem thrilled about this place?
- Ugh. I was trying to get out of the honesty game.
But, um, no, she hates it.
- She hates it? But I did it for her.
- Are you sure about that?
Okay, look, she didn't tell you because
she didn't want to hurt your feelings.
- You're right. Thanks for being honest.
- You're not mad at me?
- No. I'm a little mad at myself.
This whole time, I convinced myself
that I was rebuilding the tree house for Izzy
when really, I was doing it for me.
- Well, duh.
- Okay, you can stop being honest now.
Oh, my God, I get it.
I'm no longer the tree house.
I'm the tree.
- I was with you until the tree part.
- Henry was the foundation for me to build my dreams on.
He was my tree.
Now, I get to be the tree for Izzy.
I am the tree!
- Mm, somebody's been sniffing too many paint fumes.
- Who wants some fresh-baked cookies?
- Where are the cookies?
- There are no cookies.
We're gonna have a family meeting.
- What's going on?
- Go back. It's a trap.
- We are fixing up the tree house again.
- Ugh. - We?
- The woman is obsessed with tree houses.
- It's not for me.
This time, we're doing it the Izzy way.
- Okay. I'm in.
Izzy deserves to love it as much as we did.
And, uh, all my friends hate me right now, so I'm available.
- Yeah, we had some pretty good times up there.
The tree house is where I first played truth or dare.
Yeah, I was alone, so it was kind of boring,
but still.
- Okay, your dad and Emily took Izzy
on a hot dog tour of Chicago,
so we only have a few hours.
- I have seen that girl eat a hot dog.
We have less time than you think.
- Hey. - Bri?
- We'll just see you downstairs.
- Hey.
I owe you an apology.
- No, I-I should apologize to you.
I never should have said that. Your video...
- Got a lot of honest comments,
a lot harsher than yours.
Somebody said that my eyebrows looked like slugs.
- No!
Maybe baby slugs.
- Even though it hurt to hear it,
you were my only friend
that was actually honest with me.
- I never meant to hurt your feelings.
I was just trying to protect you.
- I know, and it's important that we're open with each other.
So from here on out, we will stick to the promise...
- Let's not do the honesty pact.
- Oh, thank God.
- If this is another hot dog,
I'm gonna need at least ten minutes and a bucket.
[screams] This is for me?
- This tree house is all Izzy.
- Great job on the re-remodel.
- Now I can honestly say that I fixed it up for Izzy.
I just needed to let go.
- It's everything I wanted.
Diego, we're gonna have the best tea parties up here.
- Pshh. What?
- And Daniel, I got you a special cursing pillow,
but it's not a travel pillow, so curse responsibly.
- [muffled] Testing, testing.
It's perfect.
[muffled] Chicken butt!
- So I have to confess something.
You were right.
Honesty is not always the best policy.
- So the honesty pact didn't go too well?
- Oh, it was a suckfest.
- Ye-ha-ha-ha-es!
Oh, that's just a parenting win.
- You realize your parenting win was telling me not to be honest?
- Yes, I do. Father of the Year.
- A TikTok dance area,
changing station, Karaoke machine,
no holes?
You even got me a panda.
- It's not a real one.
It's a dream come true!
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I love it so much.
Thank you for fixing up the tree house for me.
- There's one more thing for you to do.
Some families have family trees.
We have a family tree house.
Would you like to add your name?
- You want me to?
- Now it's your turn to make new memories here.
- I know what I want my first one to be.
[Pharrell Williams' "Happy"] - ♪ Because I'm happy ♪
- ♪ Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof ♪
- ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ - ♪ Clap along if you feel ♪
♪ Like happiness is the truth ♪
- ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ - ♪ Clap along ♪
♪ If you know what happiness is to you ♪
- You're not a little girl anymore.
You're a tree.
You can do this.
[line ringing]
- You've reached Susan. Leave a message.
[beep]
- Hey, Mom.
I mean, Susan.
I don't know what to call you.
Both feel weird.
I'll go with something neutral, like Jeff.
I don't know why I said that. [beep]
Sorry about that last message.
Let's just go ahead and pretend it didn't happen.
I'm talking about the message,
not the abandoning me in a parking lot thing.
[beep] [coughs]
Okay, I ruined that one. So I'm just gonna...
[beep] Uh, this isn't going well, uh...
I'm gonna hang up now. Uh, it's Punky, by the way.
- Leave a message.
[beep] - It's me again.
Anyway, Jeff,
I'm not good with this stuff.
I mean, duh.
How many messages have I left you?
Like a million?
I'm just gonna start over again.
[ling ringing]
- This mailbox is full.
- Oh, thank God.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ We're all the same ♪
♪ We belong ♪
♪ All together now ♪