I’m tired, Charlie. I’m just very, very tired. It doesn’t do him any good, my being there, and I can’t spend my life looking after him. To you, I know, I’m ancient, but I feel too young to spend my days just...stuck.
-- Mom (Best Behavior)

Importance: Charlie questions why his mother has chosen to leave the house to live with a new man and his two daughters. He is distraught that his mother chooses to take his little sister, Billie, along, but denies his request for him to come along. His mother says that it is appropriate that Charlie stay with his father because the two used to have a close relationship, but it is evident that this is a bit of an excuse. Charlie’s father is depressed and needs someone to look after him, but his mother has saved the family for too long and chooses...