Party of Five1994

[Charlie is talking to Bailey about Claudia phoning Kirsten's parents]

Charlie Salinger:
God, talk about stupid! Like those two people ever made a situation better in their entire lives. Claudia shouldn't have done that! She shouldn't have called them!

Bailey Salinger:
You're right. She shouldn't have. You should have.

Charlie Salinger:
What?

Bailey Salinger:
As soon as Kirsten got sick, you should have picked up the phone and told Gene and Ellie about what's happening with Kirsten. They're her parents. They have a right to know what's going on with her.

Charlie Salinger:
Look, Kirsten asked me not to tell them. Okay? She literally begged me not to. She didn't want anyone to know about her mental problems, not even her parents.

Bailey Salinger:
[scoffs] Oh, like she's thinking real clearly these days?

Charlie Salinger:
What do you want? You want to give me a hard time like you always do? Is that it?

Bailey Salinger:
Yeah. Yeah, I do.

Charlie Salinger:
Yeah, well you know what, Bailey? You're not here. You're not around anymore since you moved out. You drift in a few times a month to steal toilet paper and do your laundry, and you think you have the right...

Bailey Salinger:
[interrupting] You know what? I don't need to to live here to see that keeping Kirsten's parents in the dark about her mental condition is not the smartest thing...

Charlie Salinger:
[cutting him off] I'm telling you, Bailey. You don't know what's going on around here! I was handling this fine on my own! You don't know what's going on around here with Kirsten and you have no idea how I'm dealing with it! Instead of waltzing in with an opinion about everything, why don't you just do us all a favor and just butt out! I don't need your help or your advice! I can handle this on my own!

[Charlie exits while Bailey shakes his head]