Hello, Mrs. Sanders.
How are you this beautiful morning?
I am like a silky white sardine stuck in a really small can.
Well,
don't worry, because room service is gonna send up a blowtorch
and we'll have you out of that dress in no time.
Ha, ha. How mangled is that zipper?
Let's just say I was a tad overanxious.
I can't believe that I spent the first night of our honeymoon
stuck in my wedding dress.
Say the word and I'll gladly tear you out of it.
Steve, if we have a daughter, she might wear this dress someday.
- A maternity wedding dress? - Maybe. Ha, ha.
So I'm just gonna wait until the hotel seamstress gets here
and see what she can do.
In the meantime, I'm just going to lie here and chafe.
I feel terrible about this.
[JANET CHUCKLES]
Is it me or did we have the most perfect wedding?
I wouldn't change a thing.
Except, of course, that zipper. Ha, ha.
Actually, I'm glad about that too
because when I'm 65, and you have like zero interest in me,
I'm going to remind you of the time that you wanted me so badly
you broke my zipper trying to get my dress off.
I will always be interested in you.
Good answer.
JACKlE: Oh, thanks, Matt.
I just want it dissolved as quickly as possible.
Certainly. I'll have an order regarding custody
drawn up by tomorrow.
I can have a forensic accountant going over your assets
- by the end of the week. - I get what I want?
Well, you have a very good case.
Mel is a liar and a cheat. I want that in the filing.
Is everything okay?
Yeah, it's great. We're gonna crucify him.
Hey, great sweater.
I think Mel should buy me one, or four.
- I hate seeing my mom like this. MATT: I know.
If it helps, I can get her what she wants.
KELLY: She wants her family to stay together.
Thanks to Gina's after-hours fiasco, no one can give her that.
Listen to me, I am not firing Gina.
But I'm gonna make sure she's out whenever your mother's around.
For which you get absolutely no brownie points, just so you know.
I'm sorry about what's happening.
But, come on, this is not Gina's fault.
I just want you to know how sorry I am for what you're going through
and any part my boyfriend had in that. It's very embarrassing.
Noah just made a mistake, he wasn't hurtful like Gina.
- Mom, do you know Gina? - No, we have never met.
But she threatened to tell on Mel unless he paid her.
Gina blackmailed him? Is that what Mel told you?
Mm-hm. And he paid her at first.
But then he stopped and she made good on her threat.
So Gina is the one that called you about Mel?
- That's how you found out? - Yes.
Part of me thinks she did me a favour.
And another part makes me think she ruined my life.
So last night was incredible.
Yeah, it was romantic.
- It was so imaginative. - It was really surprising, yeah.
Yeah, Steve and Janet really outdid themselves.
[DAVlD LAUGHS]
- What? - Yeah, the wedding was great too.
[LAUGHS]
You know, before last night
I never once
- thought about sleeping with you. - Right.
[CHUCKLES]
- Well, I had a great time. DAVlD: Yeah, so did l.
I was hoping maybe we could, uh, have a great time again tonight.
Tomorrow night and maybe the night after that.
And you can cut me off here any time before I make an idiot of myself, heh.
We could play it by ear.
I guess it probably wouldn't be a very good idea, then, for me
to run outside and tell everybody about it.
- Ha, ha, you're so bad. - Ah, she figured me out.
Um...
- Call me. - Yeah.
Well, you can't imagine my relief at knowing Andrew is doing well.
I mean, what happened to him was so unfortunate.
Patsy, he got gay-bashed. Unfortunate doesn't begin to cover it.
[PATSY SlGHS]
PATSY: No, I suppose it doesn't.
Please send him my regards.
I thought you'd like to do that yourself personally,
you know, as codirector of the centre,
along with inviting him back to do his job.
Yes. Yes, I would have welcomed that.
If he hadn't come out?
There was a restructuring due to budget cuts.
Unfortunately, Andrew's job was eliminated.
- How much to uneliminate it? - Excuse me?
Oh, you heard what I said. Name a figure and it's done.
I want you to know that I really, really appreciate
what you're trying to do.
I mean, after all, I am not opposed to working with a man like that.
- "Like that"? PATSY: He works with children.
My children, and when you are a parent, you will understand
how thoroughly unacceptable that is.
If you'll excuse me, please.
DYLAN: Number one,
you can't fire someone based on their sexual orientation, it's illegal.
Number two, I don't think I will ever understand how unacceptable it is.
And most importantly, number three, so listen to me,
if you don't welcome a man like that
back here to do his job with open arms,
I will stop funding this place,
and maybe it'll be your job they're looking to eliminate.
DONNA: Do you realise we haven't gotten a gift yet?
Yeah, I wonder if they're registered anywhere.
Is it someone's birthday?
No, silly. Remember I told you Steve and Janet got married?
It was a beautiful wedding in a park.
And the bride looked amazing, just like a fairy tale.
KELLY: Mm-hm.
- Hey, beautiful. Come here often? - David.
- How'd you know we were here? DAVlD: Jackie told me.
Called her about taking Erin to the pier.
What else did Jackie tell you?
- Why don't we go for a walk? - No, thanks.
Oh, it is gonna be such a fun walk.
Why do kids always have to miss the good stuff?
[DONNA CHUCKLES]
This has something to do with how Erin's handling the breakup.
Jackie didn't have to say anything, Dad told me.
Did Dad tell you who's responsible for the breakup?
No.
Gina is the one who told my mom about Mel's little indiscretion.
First of all, I don't believe that.
- Second of all, it doesn't matter. - David, she blackmailed him.
And when he didn't pay her, she told on him.
Our parents' lives are falling apart, all right?
It's sad and it hurts,
but Gina didn't have anything to do with that.
[KELLY SCOFFS]
- With what? - Slippery little devil, isn't she?
You know what happens to little sisters who eavesdrop?
- No. What? DAVlD: Two words:
Duck pond.
- lnto the duck pond. - Aah! Aah!
Did you tell him about Gina?
Yeah, I did.
And he sided with her.
[KELLY SCOFFS]
I know, I'm a vision.
You are adorable.
He says, trying not to laugh as his blushing bride waddles her way
to the marriage bed.
Oh, yeah.
I want you to sit back and relax.
- What are you up to? - Just a little TLC, that's all.
JANET: Oh.
Well, this bodes well.
I understand that women who are in advanced stages of pregnancy
are very sensitive.
Mm-hm.
Well, how's that?
[CHUCKLES]
[SlGHS]
Do you smell something?
Just feet.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Oh, the candles.
I got us a smoky-scented one to remind us of the camping trip.
- Oh. - How does that feel?
Ah, just ask me again in an hour or two.
[SMOKE ALARM BEEPlNG]
- Tell me you opened the flue. - The flue? What flue?
I didn't see a flue.
Smoky-scented candles I can handle, but, my God, this is a forest fire.
[STEVE COUGHlNG]
STEVE: Can't find it, come on.
I am not buying Steve and Janet a blender.
Fine. All I'm saying is that that's what most people register for.
Blenders, stuff like that.
Well, I wanna get them something meaningful, like a house or a car,
and my budget of $200 put aside.
Can I ask you a question? Did Erin seem okay to you?
Actually, she seemed completely unaffected.
That's what I'm worried about.
[Vl DEO-GAME MUSlC PLAYlNG ON TV]
Die, sucker.
NOAH: Barrel roll. - Oh, man.
How frightening is this?
Oh, I think it's kind of cute in a violent, destructive sort of way.
- Hey. MAN [ON TV]: Are you ready to die?
Have I mentioned what a positive influence Noah's had
- since he moved in? NOAH: Yeah, double lasers!
I know you've been angry with him about Jackie,
but now that you know what Gina did, maybe you can lighten up.
NOAH: Direct hit. - Argh!
Yeah, total world domination, yeah!
- Whoo! Yeah, baby, yeah. - Aw. Rematch.
- About that blender... - Please, please.
Okay, I will try, but he has to help me out here.
Because right now he's going for total apartment domination,
- and that's gotta stop. MATT: Rematch, rematch.
MAN [ON TV]: Pick up your weapon. - Here we go.
Gotta tell you, Andrew, that place is falling apart without you.
Well, the people in the centre definitely need me.
Wanting me, on the other hand, is a different story.
Yeah, well, I took care of that.
Your associate Patsy and l, we, uh...
- We had a talk. - What did you tell her?
I told her if you didn't come back, I wouldn't give her any more money.
Look, Dylan, I'm a private person.
What I do in my personal life is private.
I know you mean well.
But you're forcing me to confront Patsy--
No, her prejudice, that is the issue.
Even though I'd rather just walk away.
You asked me to give money to a good cause and I did.
But I will not give money to a bigot.
And I'm pissed that you would want me to.
Excuse me.
Hey.
Oh, hey.
I didn't see you.
Yeah, I was in the bar, talking to that guy from the community centre.
Anyway, listen, I think that you and I need to talk.
I was thinking that when I'm done we could go to your room or something.
Well, last time we talked, you said that we didn't really have a future together.
So why don't we just leave it at that?
Well, yeah, we could do that, but, uh, I don't want to.
Hi, kids.
Do you mind? I'm in the middle of something.
- No, no, I'm just here to see Gina. - We are in the middle of something.
Actually, we're not.
I think we're done.
Come on.
I don't think so.
- So you're okay with what happened? - I'm fine.
All right.
So I was talking to Kelly earlier--
Oh, I hate sentences that start out like that, heh.
She thinks you had something to do with my dad and her mom breaking up.
Everyone knows that Noah and l ran the after-hours club.
She was saying something ridiculous, like, uh,
I don't know, you wanted my dad to pay you
so you wouldn't say anything to Jackie about what he did or something--
You know, Kelly is...
I'm sure she's really upset about her mom
and she's just looking for someone to blame.
- So it's not true? - Your father came into the club.
Police came, I was the one who snuck him out the back door
so he wouldn't be arrested. I was trying to protect him.
I believe you.
- You do? - Yeah.
If you're having doubts about this, then maybe--
No, I'm not having any doubts.
- You wanna just drop it? - I wish I never mentioned it.
So when you were talking to Dylan,
you didn't happen to mention anything about us, did you?
Yeah, actually I was just about to really talk about us.
[DAVlD SNAPS FlNGERS AND SlGHS]
Bad timing.
I think you have really good timing.
- Yeah? - Mm-hm.
- You gotta kiss me right there. - Oh, boy.
[GlNA GlGGLlNG]
STEVE: Honey, I can't believe you wanna cut the honeymoon short.
Okay, well, all I'm saying is that if we had a little bit more time,
because this was so rushed,
maybe we could find a really great place
that was a little bit more romantic.
Well, you know, the concierge said the smoke damage wasn't significant.
We could probably be back in the suite tomorrow night.
I just wanna do this right, Steve. I wanna do this right.
And I wanna do it without elastic waistbands.
[POLKA MUSlC PLAYlNG ON ACCORDlONS]
This is a joke, right?
This is one of those twisted pranks that people play on the happy couple
so that they might have something quirky to look back on
when all they want is a foot massage and a good night's sleep.
Relax, okay? Relax.
STEVE: Excuse me. - Oh. Yeah, how you doing?
Milt Barsukiewicz, Ukrainian Village Polka Band.
- Polka? - Yeah, yeah.
We're here competing for the national championships.
At 1 0:00 at night? In the hallway?
Oh, yeah. Uh...
- Good, guys, let's take it in my room. - Yeah.
Thanks.
- Which is your room? - Oh, it's the one right next to yours.
Yeah.
[QUARTET PLAYlNG POLKA MUSlC]
[BED CRASHES AND JANET YELPS]
[WHlMPERlNG]
Oh, I'm sorry.
You could lock the door next time, okay?
Ew.
[GlNA SlGHS]
- It doesn't matter. - Does to me.
I know your dad's going through a hard time, so I understand, you know,
you wouldn't wanna spend time with the person who caused it.
I shouldn't have doubted you.
- Kelly shouldn't have doubted you. - I don't wanna talk about this.
And I really don't want you to talk to Kelly.
It won't help. It'll just make things worse.
What? Ha, ha.
- You know how sexy you are? - Shut up, ha, ha.
- Are you kidding me? Mm, mm, mm. - Get off me. Aah!
DAVlD: Mwah. - Get off of me. Ha, ha.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[DOOR OPENS]
[BELL DlNGS]
Thanks.
Hold on.
I'm coming.
Hey.
- Hi. - Yeah, hi. Uh...
We saw each other at the elevators.
It wasn't real comfortable.
- Well, you pushed me away. - So it's my fault?
I'll see you.
GlNA: I didn't want this.
You did.
So I filed the order, and we're just waiting for the court to set a date.
- And until then I get custody of Erin? - That's right.
As for the division of your assets,
your not being married to Mel puts us in kind of a grey area.
We used to be married.
I mean, can you believe it? All this and we're already divorced.
Well, you know, you wanted to keep your family together.
I told Mel, I said to him, "lf we get back together,
you cannot put me through this again.'
And he promised he wouldn't.
He promised.
- How old was Erin? - Oh, not even a year.
He loved his little girl so much, and I felt like she needed her father.
[SOBS]
Jackie.
I'm sure you did the right thing.
[SlGHS]
I thought I was protecting her.
And instead, I am making her go through it all over again.
Ta-da. What do you think?
- I think I look like Mom. - Ha, ha.
I think she would be happy to hear you say that.
Hey.
Can I try this on now?
Yes. On one condition.
That I'll hang it back up when I'm through?
That and that you'll talk to me about
what's going on with your dad and Mom.
DONNA: Hey, you have got to see what we got Steve and Janet.
Sorry, are we interrupting?
- No, that's okay. - Unlike this morning.
DONNA: What happened? - A little miscommunication, that's all.
Mm. Whatever. What did you get?
Oh. It's a genealogy programme.
- You can find out your family tree. - Ooh.
It's got, you know, family records, birth certificates.
I thought since Steve and Janet are having a baby,
they'd wanna know who its ancestors are.
- This is good. Can I go in with you? - Maybe if you're nice.
Hey, check it out. It's for Steve and Janet.
- Yeah, it's genius, look at it. - Hold on. Yeah, I'm sure it is.
I know you guys stop at nothing when it comes to someone you like.
- As far as someone you don't-- - If this is about Gina, I really--
It is about Gina. She had nothing to do with telling Jackie about Mel.
And this news broadcast came from...?
From Gina, my girlfriend.
Wait, you and Gina? Does Dylan know?
Okay, your girlfriend is responsible for breaking up my mom's family.
And if you don't believe me, why don't you talk to your dad?
Until then, don't defend that bitch to me, okay?
Yay, good job.
Everybody gather around. Katy, great offence today.
Eric, work on the defence.
All right, you guys, for tomorrow, I wanna see some more teamwork.
All right, trust each other, okay? All right, everybody hands in a circle.
ALL [lN UNlSON]: Go, Beverly Glen Animals!
Yay! Good job.
DYLAN: What, no uproar?
Here I thought there would be riots in the street.
Yeah, Patsy even managed a hello,
or did your threat include her having to be civil?
Now, did it ever occur to you that people here could accept you?
Hey, Henry, come here. I want you to meet someone.
Henry's Patsy's son.
This is Dylan.
DYLAN: Nice to meet you. - Hey.
Henry is the star player on our team.
Sixteen points, ten rebounds a game.
Although it'd be 1 2 if he ever learned to box out.
- You got a game coming up? - No.
What? There's one the day after tomorrow.
Maybe, but I'm not playing in it.
Mom says you shouldn't have come back.
She won't let me play for a gay coach.
All right, listen. Forget about him, all right?
Quitting is his loss.
His loss?
They're kids.
This is exactly what I didn't want to happen.
DYLAN: Hey, lady, I meant what I said.
You got a sad attitude, and I will not underwrite that.
Well, that's your decision to make.
We made due before you and we will survive after you've gone.
With our values intact.
Hey, have you seen my headbands anywhere?
- I can't find them. - No, I haven't.
JANET: Huh.
I thought you were checking us out.
I got cherry, meringue and pine.
- Nothing smoked, smoky or smoking. - Uh-huh.
I thought we agreed to postpone the honeymoon until after the holiday.
You know that band from the Ukrainian village?
They won the championship.
They've gotta be around here somewhere.
They won the championship, and they're grateful to us
for not complaining about them rehearsing last night.
Huh. Good, maybe they'll show their appreciation by coming in here
and sitting on our suitcases so we can get out and go home.
Well, actually, when I told them that it was our honeymoon,
they thought something a little bit more romantic should be in order.
- They're not gonna: - All but one of the accordion players.
See, he hurt his arm during the big "wow" finish last night so...
Hit it, guys.
[QUARTET PLAYlNG POLKA MUSlC]
- May I have this dance? - You're insane, you know that?
- I know. - Okay.
Hey.
You are here.
I was calling you.
- I didn't feel like picking up. - Oh.
I just came by because I thought you might wanna know
that I told Dylan about us.
You know, I would've done anything for you.
Did you hear what I said?
- Dylan and I are through. - I talked to my dad.
He told me what you did to him.
Oh, I thought we weren't gonna talk about this.
- You took advantage of my dad. - I'm sorry about that.
- Let me explain what happened-- - Explain?
- No, let me tell you the story from th-- - You can't explain.
- Forget it. - Please.
DONNA: Morning. KELLY: Hey, what's up?
Well, I realised I can't trace Janet's family
because they're not from this country, so I'm working on Steve's.
KELLY: Oh. Find anything?
Well, it says right here, his grandfather came through Ellis lsland,
Vladimir Sandowskawitz.
- Huh? - Steve Sandowskawitz.
Oh, that is too good, ha, ha.
You know, I'm gonna go get a coffee. Do you want anything?
Kell, talk to me.
Okay, I spent the night at Matt's house last night.
And that's what bothers you, that you slept at your boyfriend's?
Noah moved out of the Walsh house because there wasn't enough room.
I'm sleeping at the Walsh house because our apartment is crowded.
But you said you would not pick a fight with him.
And I know you're going through a lot,
but can you honestly say you're being fair?
No, I can't.
How dare you show up here?
I work here.
Not for long, if I have anything to do with it.
Kelly, I didn't do anything to Mel, okay?
Or David or Dylan that they didn't want done to them.
It's not my fault all the men in this town are unsatisfied.
Look on the bright side. She could be your cousin.
So what?
Eight kids, practically the entire team, refuses to play
as long as I'm the coach, and you say, "So what?"
Yes, I do.
I never should have let you talk me into this.
Coming back was the right thing to do. And so is staying.
Eight kids in two days.
So what? There's no basketball. The kids who quit don't deserve it.
No, these kids deserve everything we can give them.
Then you give them a sense of what is right and wrong.
Kids come here from broken homes.
Some of them are abused. Almost all of them are poor.
My job, the job of this centre,
is to make their difficult life a little bit easier.
And a lot more fun.
Excuse me.
[KNOCKlNG]
PATSY: Come in.
Congratulations, I quit.
STEVE: So are you glad we stayed?
JANET: Yeah, I am.
We have to take advantage of what little peace and quiet we have left or...
Does it freak you out thinking about how all that's gonna change?
Sometimes.
But I try and focus on the moment.
You know, not what it means to have a baby,
because that's just way too existential, but...
But how I wanna have it. Like, video, no.
- No. - No.
Judiciously cropped stills, maybe.
- Of course. - And you next to me, singing.
- Singing? - Uh-huh.
That's just how I pictured it.
Something really mushy, like, um, Lionel Ritchie.
- You know, "Say You, Say Me.' - Ha, ha.
Ooh, but after I heard them play "Ooh, Babe" last night, I don't know,
I kind of liked that one.
Well, I draw the line at "Mama (Take Me Down to the Music Store).'
[JANET LAUGHS]
You remember what we were doing when they were playing it last night?
I have a vague recollection.
So do you still think this is the honeymoon from hell?
Are you kidding? I think this is the best.
Completely unplanned, just like everything else in our life.
Mm. Dinner was so good.
- Well, I'm glad you liked it. - Oh, yeah, I really liked it.
And you know what? I love being here with you.
DONNA: Mm.
Um, did you clean off the table?
- Mm-hm, yeah. - Well...
Noah, I still see a salt-and-peppershaker sitting there.
- A salt-and-peppershaker. - Yeah.
- All right, what's going on here? - It's Kelly.
I keep expecting her to walk in any second and criticise.
- You mean criticise me, right? - Our living together.
How it's affecting her life.
I'm trying to understand this.
Okay, if she's your best friend and you want me here,
- that should be enough for her. - She's going through a hard time.
And we're not making it any easier on her.
Why don't I hide in our room till she goes to sleep?
- That's ridiculous. - You're telling me.
[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]
DAVlD: "The girl had run away but the bear called to her,
'Snow White, do not be afraid. I will come with you.
She recognised his voice and waited, and when he came up,
his bearskin fell off and he stood there a handsome man, clothed all in gold.
'I'm the king's son. he said.'
[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR]
That must be Dad. He said he'd come by to pick you up around now.
Are we friends?
- I've got Erin here. - It's just a simple question.
Yeah, I think so.
And you can see with the way you've been acting why I might be unsure.
Is that it?
Because I've got an 8-year-old girl in there whose life is falling apart.
[SlGHS]
One friend to another, you should be careful.
So that's why you came here?
- To tell me I should be careful of Gina? - Mm-hm.
And to let you know that I heard how she played your old man.
You two dating must really make Mel proud.
Donna said Steve and Janet had a fairy-tale wedding.
Yeah, they did.
Did Mom and Dad?
You want me to finish reading the story?
No. It's okay.
I know it ends happily ever after, like all fairy tales.
JANET: You know how I said I had that heavy feeling about an hour ago?
Yeah, you said it was like some dull sensation.
Right. It's not dull anymore.
You know what? It's probably a cramp.
I'm gonna order us some food and I'll help you out in a second, okay?
Here, see what you want, honey.
[STEVE SlGHS]
Hi, room service. I'd like to order some dinner, please.
For myself, I'd like filet mignon, medium well.
Some crispy onion rings.
And for my lovely bride-- Janet, what are you gonna have?
- A baby. - What?
I thought that it was a cramp, but it's a contraction, I think.
But you're not sure? You're not due for another six weeks.
Aah! Someone forgot to tell Junior.
Oh, my God.
Okay, you're not kidding, right?
- Okay, this is it. This is it. - Uh-huh.
Okay, I know, we need to, um-- We need to stay calm.
Stay calm. Stay calm.
[YELPS]
I'm panicking. I'm officially panicking.
- I'm panicking. - Steve.
[JANET PANTlNG]
I need you to stay with me. Do you understand?
- Okay, okay. - I need you to pack our things...
- Okay. -...and put them in a suitcase,
- and take me to the hospital. - Okay, I can do that.
- Okay. - All right.
I can do that.
- All I need is, uh-- - Pants.
- Pants. All right. - Pants would be good.
You're gonna be such a great mother because you remember things.
- Pants are so important to remember. - Steve...
You're gonna be a great dad too.
- I've never been this happy. - Neither have l. Mwah.
Okay, here we go.
[CHUCKLES]
You've only dilated to about 6 centimetres.
After 1 2 hours?
Now that your water's broke, things should move quickly.
Oh, good, I'm fresh out of songs.
I'm not even in my eighth month. What happened?
Premature birth can be age-related or due to high blood pressure.
Janet's young, her blood pressure's fine.
Or sometimes the baby just wants to say hi.
But the baby's gonna be okay.
- That's what you said. - Preemies have added risks,
but you're far enough along
that you probably don't have to worry.
Probably?
My guess is the baby will probably have to stay in the hospital
for a week or so to build up his strength.
Nothing more.
So, what do we do now?
We're monitoring the baby's heart rate and timing your contractions.
The epidural should wear off in time for you to push.
In the meantime, you should watch TV, play cards, think up names, and relax.
- I'll check in later. - Thanks, doc.
Everything's gonna be okay.
I know.
Big game today.
- Your coach's friend. - You mean the gay guy.
Yeah, he's my friend. You think that's funny?
You said it, not me.
Let me ask you something.
- Was he a good coach? - He was okay.
DYLAN: What was the best thing he taught you?
I mean, before your mother had you all worried
about him groping you in the locker room?
- What's your problem? - What was the best thing?
[DYLAN STEALS BALL]
- He taught us to trust each other. - Like a team.
- Yeah, can I have my ball please? - Stand up for each other.
- Come on, man. - Hey, don't walk away from me.
That's what he did for you.
He stood up for you and your pals. Sacrificed what he loved to do.
He quit his job for you.
Anybody else done anything like that recently?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
You know, you may not know it, but the gay guy
just taught you how to be a man.
Kid, I know it's hard to go against your parents,
especially when they are wrong,
but you gotta learn to think for yourself.
Here is the Solomon case. Depos are tomorrow, don't forget.
- Yeah. - I know I don't have an appointment,
but I pulled together the financial statements you asked for.
- I'm sorry, I'm interrupting. - Oh.
No. No, you're not. Um...
This is my assistant.
- Oh. Oh, I'm Jackie Taylor. - Hi.
Uh, I'm gonna go get some coffee.
Gina.
Uh, this is Gina Kincaid.
I'm sorry about what happened,
but you should know I think I did you a favour.
By destroying my family?
I think Melvin probably did that all on his own.
All I did was tell you his little secret.
Call me after you've looked over
- the statements. - Yeah.
Uh...
- That was comfortable. - You don't see it, do you?
- What? - How rude that was.
Gina, I'm letting you go.
[SCOFFS]
- Because I'm to blame for all this? - No, not all of it,
- but enough. - Well, Kelly will be happy.
This has nothing to do with Kelly. This thing is a mess.
Believe me, no one's happy about it.
- I was in the middle of my family tree. - This will take one second.
This is your solution?
I know I've been stepping on toes here, and I'm the new roommate,
so I've gotta adjust.
This way, you get your space, I get mine,
and until you tell me different, it stays that way.
This I've gotta see.
[CLEARS THROAT]
DONNA: You are so mine.
That's what you said the last time I destroyed you.
What's going on in here?
Donna called it "total apartment domination.'
Whatever that means.
I think it means peace is at hand.
DONNA: Oh, yeah.
- Oh, God-- Ah! ERlN: No. Unh!
Hey, you guys, have fun on your field trip.
Bobby, no roughhousing.
I'm gonna miss it around here.
Do you have any idea what you're gonna do?
Not yet.
Other than trying to convince you to keep funding this place.
Hey, coach, you got a second?
Henry, aren't you supposed to be at the game?
Yeah, and I'm going. But, see, I've been thinking,
and you were a good coach before.
There's no reason to think you'd be any different now.
So I'd like you to stay.
Look, I can't speak for my mom,
but I talked with the guys and we all feel the same way.
What changed your mind?
Somebody pointed out sometimes you need to think for yourself.
As far as role models go, you're as good as any other, I guess.
[CHUCKLES]
Besides, we got a game to play, right?
I'll meet you there.
All right.
[CHUCKLES]
As good as any other?
Okay, so maybe I undersold a little bit but, uh, got my point across.
Yeah, you did.
Thanks.
How about Mo?
- Mo Sanders? - Yeah, short for Moses.
This way, it gives the kid something to live up to.
- Uh-huh. Next. - How about, uh--?
Would you get off the bed, please?
- Yeah, why? NURSE: Excuse me.
- Get the foetal monitor. - What's going on?
I need this patient prepped for an emergency C-section.
And make sure there's an O. R. available.
- Call the anaesthesiologist. Move it. NURSE: Watch the line.
Wait a second. What's happening?
The baby's heart rate is a little slower than normal.
- If we left it in, we could be in trouble. - What kind?
Hard to know until we deliver, so we'll do that.
Then we'll put the baby in the NlCU for observation.
- I wanna be with my wife. - Steve, we're doing all we can.
Let us do our job.
Hey.
David, please.
[SlGHS THEN CLEARS THROAT]
I don't wanna get hurt.
I just came over to tell you that I think we could be great together.
You know, so far, being hurt by you
has redefined my life twice in less than six months.
- Did you hear what I said? - Yeah, I'm just really trying to ignore it.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
Again.
I really hope the operative word is "again.'
Did anyone every show you how to use the little thingy on the top of the apple
to figure out the initials of who you're gonna marry?
The best part is you can totally cheat, depending on who you want it to be.
Sweetie?
I want Mom and Dad to live happily ever after.
I know you do.
I know. Come here.
I want that so much.
Let me guess, it's your turn on the old family tree, huh?
- Donna? - This can't be right.
NOAH: What's that?
These records indicate that my father had two children.
- Your father? Was he married before? - No.
According to this birth certificate, he had an affair
with my Aunt Bobbi.
[CHUCKLES]
- Wait a second, you're telling me-- - Yeah.
That if this is true, Gina and I are sisters.
Wow.
What's going on? No one's told me.
Janet's placenta tore. She and the baby lost
- significant blood. STEVE: God.
- Sign these. LONG: Consent forms allowing us
to give Janet and your daughter
- blood transfusions. - Daughter?
NURSE: We need four units O neg.
- Is she gonna be all right? LONG: She's being taken to NlCU.
I didn't ask where she was going, I asked if she's all right.
- We're doing all we can. - How's Janet?
- Sign these. - I don't sign until you tell me
how my wife is gonna be.
- She's lost a lot of blood. - You told me that.
- Does that mean she's gonna die? - Steve, I know you're upset.
But you've got to sign this.
When Steve called you, he said Janet lost how much blood?
Steve just said a lot.
Yeah, and he also said it was under control, so not to panic.
You said they told Steve the baby was also in trouble.
I know my dad always prepares his patients for the worst.
Maybe Janet's doctor is doing the same thing.
Yeah, I just don't know why we haven't heard anything.
- Let's go bang on that nurse's station. - Yeah, right.
Kel, when everyone gets here, don't mention the Gina thing, okay?
Don't worry, if I thought she were my sister, I wouldn't tell anyone either.
[KELLY CHUCKLES]
Hi, honey. Hi.
- Steve. - How do you feel?
I don't know what happened.
We had a girl.
She's as beautiful as her mom.
We did?
Is she gonna be okay?
She's gonna be.
Going to be?
Your placenta tore from your umbilical cord.
They did an emergency C-section,
and you lost a lot of blood.
I don't remember any of it.
Well, your blood's clotting,
so that's why you're on all these monitors.
That's why you can't go upstairs.
- Upstairs? - To the NlCU.
The neonatal intensive care unit.
She's in an incubator.
I thought you said she's gonna be okay.
She is.
Do you wanna call your parents?
[CRYlNG] I can't deal with them right now.
But I really wanna see my baby.
[SNlFFS]
The doctors are taking care of her.
Right now, we just need to take care of you.
I love you so much.
I love you.
Hey, I got here as soon as I heard.
Hey, where's Steve?
Um, he hasn't come down yet. Ahem.
- How are Janet and the baby? - No one's said anything.
- Been here a long time? - Since about 2 a.m.
Thanks a lot for everything. We really appreciate you calling us.
Yeah, well, we were-- We were glad to do it.
- What? - Nothing.
STEVE: Well...
Great news, everybody. Janet's gonna be okay.
- What about the baby? - Is she okay?
It's too soon to tell. She's having some problems with her lungs.
- What kind of problems? STEVE: They call it
respiratory distress syndrome.
She's on a ventilator. There's tubes in her. It's pretty horrible.
But, uh, you know, even so,
man, I gotta tell you, she's beautiful.
Oh, man, cigars.
Uh, yeah, I thought you might need these.
Thanks, maybe later. Hopefully later.
Right.
The baby's really small.
Smaller than my friend Chantal's new puppy?
Mm... Yeah.
We just don't want you to worry, okay?
So do you have any more questions?
Nat, can I have chocolate chips in my pancakes?
Sure. Come on, you can whip them in yourself. Come around.
At least one grown-up in her life is still making her happy.
Here we go.
Mel hasn't responded to any of our custody claims.
So Jackie's gonna come by later and sign a request of contempt.
That sounds so ugly.
I know you have to fight for Jackie
but please try not to let them use Erin as ammunition.
Whoo! Pretty good.
What do you say we do Thanksgiving at the beach apartment?
Jackie, Erin, you and me. I'll help you cook.
- You'd do that? - Yeah.
[BELL RlNGS]
- Hey, Dylan. - Hi.
- Hey. KELLY: Have you been to the hospital?
No, I haven't.
Hey, Dylan, I got those 1 4 turkeys for Thursday.
- Ah, thanks, Nat, you're the man. - I know.
- What's with all the birds? DYLAN: Ahem.
Oh, Nat's gonna help me feed a few families
- down at the community centre. - Really? Who roped you into that?
- Nobody. - Nobody? You just decided to do that
- on your own? - Yeah.
I mean, Thanksgiving, seemed like the right thing to do.
- Good for him. - Yeah, I think that's great.
I'll get your mom out. You take care of your dad.
How am I supposed to bring it up?
Hi, Dad. Nice cardigan.
Oh, by the way, is Gina your bastard daughter?
- I'm sure you'll find a way, okay? - I can't even find my keys.
[DOORBELL RlNGS]
- Gina? - Hi.
Noah? Donna.
- What a surprise. - What's going on?
Oh, we're just, uh, boiling cranberries. Ha, ha.
- Dad too? - Oh, no.
He's out playing golf. Come on. Come in.
So you're here for Thanksgiving dinner too?
- Oh, yeah. - Well, of course, she's family.
- I'm glad. - You are?
FELlCE: Gina, what was it we were gonna do next?
It was a half a cup of orange rinds?
- Oh, is that your mom's recipe? - No, it's my dad's.
Actually, my dad used to let me eat this big blob of it
on a piece of toast for Thanksgiving.
He was really cool like that.
- He sounds great. - He's the best.
Wanna taste it?
- Yeah, sure, why not? - Come on.
She really seems to idolise the old man, you know.
Yeah, if he was her dad at all.
That's true.
DONNA: Can we help, Mom?
The neonatologist suggested a trial extubation.
He thinks she should be able to breathe on her own.
"Trial extubation"? "Should"?
A routine procedure to take her off the ventilator.
If she can't breathe,
- they'll have to connect her again. - What are the risks?
Well, there's a chance of infection, but we take every precaution to avoid that.
There's also trauma to the infant.
Can't we just leave her on the ventilator
until we're sure she can breathe on her own?
Too much oxygen can lead to problems.
- Like what? - The possibility of blindness,
but it's unlikely.
Blindness?
- It's incredibly remote. - But possible?
I wanna see my child. Now.
DYLAN: So, Kel, this morning,
when you were asking about the community-centre thing,
does that mean that you're interested?
Heh. Interested as in curious only. Not as in willing and available.
You mean we have to do chores on a holiday?
Hey, when did you become a teenager?
No, we have plans with Matt anyway, remember?
You know, I need help with the cooking and the serving--
Dylan, you can afford an entire staff of chefs and waiters.
Yeah, there's the spirit. Actually, Kel, I thought that this
- might be right up your alley. - Not this year.
Well, Matt and I just got off the phone with the barracuda
that Mel has hired to represent him.
No surprise to me that he's haggling over child support.
I'm sure all of Mel's money is inside the G-string of that lap dancer.
Mom.
Well, I'm sorry, Erin.
But that's the way it is.
Boy, I am never gonna get these cranberry stains out of here.
Shouldn't Dad be home by now?
Why do you wanna see him so badly?
- Why don't I finish that up? - Ugh. Be my guest.
I don't even like cranberry sauce, ha, ha.
But it's probably the only thing she knows how to cook, the poor thing.
Mom, you've fallen over Gina all morning,
then she leaves and all you do is complain.
- No, I didn't me-- - Hey, look who's here.
NOAH: Yeah, pot's all done.
Why don't we, um, put the leaves on the dining-room table?
Well, I'm gonna invite you over more often.
[NOAH & FELlCE CHUCKLE]
You can keep this one.
[CHUCKLES]
How you doing, princess?
Dad, did you know Gina was spending Thanksgiving with us?
- Yeah, your mother invited her. - Mom, not you?
Oh, your mother's always been closer to her.
Um... Dad this is...
This is gonna sound completely crazy.
Um... Okay, I bought this software that traces family trees and...
Well, your name came up as Gina's father.
It's a mistake, right?
No.
No, it's not.
So, what, you...?
You were Gina's guardian or something?
See, I can explain.
It was just all so long ago.
Dad, shh, Mom's gonna hear.
- Honey, your mother knows. - Mom knows?
- Of course. - Does Gina know too?
- No. - So, what, you and Mom
and Aunt Bobbi just all got together
and decided to change Gina's life forever just to suit yourselves?
And you lied to me my entire life? Can you explain all that?
[SlGHS]
FELlCE: I could use a cup of tea. Anybody else?
Just get me out of here.
FELlCE: What...?
Donna knows about Gina.
Look at all these machines.
- Where's our baby? - There.
[JANET SOBS]
STEVE: It's okay.
[CRYlNG] Can I touch her?
It might jar her breathing tube.
It could tear her trachea.
I wonder if she even knows we're here.
She knows.
My mom knew. She just stood there with Gina by her side,
going on and on about cranberry sauce.
Maybe they're trying to get close to her.
How am I supposed to forgive them? How is Gina?
I don't know.
I just don't know.
Want me to come with you tonight?
- No. Thanks. - You sure?
- Yeah. NOAH: Okay.
I'll take care of this bill.
Noah. Hey.
- Did you talk to Steve yet today? - Yeah, baby's still on a ventilator.
Noah's bringing Steve some clothes from the house.
Are you going there today?
Yeah, I think we're gonna stop up there later.
- You and Gina? Heh. - Yeah, me and Gina.
Of all people for you to be with...
It's just, you know, you and l were together for so long.
It's just weird, you know, my cousin.
Look, Donna, I know that you hate Gina,
but I would love it if you could just be happy for me.
- What about Dylan? - What about Dylan?
She was unhappy with him for a long time.
I'm glad you're there for her.
She's used to men that aren't.
[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR]
Our room-service waiter just keeps bringing your usual.
Oh.
I guess he's not the only one oblivious to the fact that we broke up.
- Yeah, must not be. - Come on in.
DYLAN: Hmm.
- Nice roses, right? - Yeah.
Yeah. No card, but the expense was pure you.
There's an egg-white omelette in my room.
- You wanna have breakfast with me? - I could have breakfast with you.
What do you want, Dylan?
Did you come over here to tell me how sorry you are that we broke up?
I'm sorry that things aren't going very well right now.
Well, I'm sorry that things are never gonna go well between us.
So as soon as I find a new place, I will be out of the hotel.
Stay as long as you want, Gina. I don't care about money.
- You don't care about me. - Not true.
You know what it is? It's the way that you care.
You know, with roses and presents and money and stuff
that I just don't care about anymore.
I mean, have you ever had a real feeling with anyone ever?
Appreciate the offer, but I have to take a rain check on the breakfast.
Oh, really, well, I'm so upset about that.
Oh, and you should see my stomach.
- It's so freaky. - Ew. Let me see.
- You wanna see? - Yeah.
Women are so different.
When did you notice? Conception or delivery?
STEVE: Hey. - What's that?
Oh, this is some research information on preemies and respiratory problems.
Here, I brought this from the paper. I know you wanna get back online.
- Great, thank you. JANET: The doctor said
she has a normal sinus rhythm now.
Which means she has a healthy heart. Come on.
JANET: Okay. Ow. - Easy.
Tell her that there a lot of people who can't wait to meet her.
We're gonna go see her now.
Drive safe.
[KELLY SlGHS]
I feel so useless.
Their baby is fighting for her life,
my little sister sleeps with her hands over her ears
so she doesn't have to hear her mom and dad fighting,
and there's nothing I can say or do.
Why don't you come to the centre? Help set up for Thanksgiving?
Mm. No, I don't have the energy.
People are hungry. You feed them.
Problem, solution.
Makes you feel good.
Suddenly that sounds hard to resist.
So nice of you to grant us a second hearing.
Felice.
I'm sorry I ran out on you guys last night.
I love you both very much, and...
I do. I wanna understand what happened with Gina.
Honey, look, we were all very young at the time, all right?
DONNA: What is it an affair?
No, I'm sorry, Mom, if you don't want to hear this again.
No, there was no poetry or broken hearts here.
John, just tell her.
It was the '70s. There was this crazy party going on.
Your father and I had a fight and four Harvey Wallbangerz later,
he and your Aunt Bobbi were naked in the swimming pool.
But it wasn't enough to throw away our marriage or my family.
Gina's your child too.
We all thought we did the best we could.
Gina's mother included.
She married your Uncle Rick and he was thrilled to be Gina's father.
He died when Gina was 5.
You could have guided her and supported her.
And we'd introduce her as what? Your cousin and your sister?
We'd all sound like trash.
So because you were worried
what other people would think, you threw away Gina's entire future?
Princess.
I hate it when you call me that.
And since he loved my mother and plucked chickens,
it made him a mother-loving chicken plucker. Now:
[SlNGlNG] I've got you under my skin
You know what, it's getting late. I have to call Matt.
I've got you deep in the heart of me
Do you have a cell phone?
So deep in my heart
I left mine in the car.
That you're a part of me
[LAUGH I NG]
Is manual labour always this much fun?
- Um... - Do you and Matt laugh like this?
You don't know him very well, do you?
I'm just curious, you know.
See how it's supposed to be done.
Well, we don't claim to be role models.
I'll tell you, Gina sure hated you.
Well, she didn't need to. I'm no threat. I'm with Matt.
- Right, I'll-- - You--
- Tell you what. - Thanks.
I'll tell her, but right now we got our own underlying problems, mostly mine.
Oh, come on. You're getting your college degree.
You're helping out at the community centre.
You're stuffing turkeys in a completely repulsive yet selfless way.
- Mm-hm. - I think you're doing great.
I heard that David and Gina hooked up
at Steve and Janet's wedding.
Well, you know me.
I don't do details very well.
The same night that you'd admitted
that you'd flown in from Europe and then walked out on my wedding.
Did you say you needed a cell phone?
- Hi. - Oh. Hey.
- Oh. Nice flowers. - Mm.
What are doing here? You said you couldn't get here until 7.
Oh, my training session got cancelled.
Training session? You said you didn't have any clients.
Well, they come in waves, ha, ha.
Oh. Okay, well, that would explain why Dylan's covering your hotel bill, huh?
Oh, not that I'm obsessing on you and Dylan
Iiving under one roof or anything.
- It's a big roof. There's lots of people. - I know, I just...
You know, Gina, we talked about this, all right?
But, you know, you didn't really answer me.
I mean, are you trying to get away from Dylan?
Are you trying to get closer to him?
What are you talking about? I answered you.
I mean, right now, in this moment, I hate Dylan's guts.
I'm trying to get to where I don't feel anything--
- You're trying. - Wanna let me finish?
- I wanna take her and get out of here. GlNA: Oh. Hi.
- Hi. GlNA: I'm so sorry.
I wanted to drop off flowers. I figured you would be with the baby in NlCU.
Yeah, with today's resident.
Boy, they rotate doctors in and out so fast,
we don't know who's handling our child. Here.
Everybody's telling us something different.
- We don't know who to believe. - But we're gonna find out right now.
[STEVE CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, you let me know
- if you need anything. - Hey, thanks a lot, guys.
- I love pink roses. Thank you. - Oh.
Your welcome, they're my favourite too.
Pink roses, huh?
- I'm just keeping track. - Oh.
Right.
You know, the fact that you wanna keep track is really great.
It's more than I've ever had before.
Can I stay at your house tonight?
DAVlD: Mm-hm.
- Hi. - Hey, you're late.
Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. I tried calling you but I just-- Oops.
What happened to your key?
Yeah, I let myself in. I just came out to get some air.
Hey, Dylan.
Door's open.
- Wow, what is that smell? MATT: Stuffing. It's on the stove.
I thought we'd get these dishes out of the way for tomorrow.
We spent the day doing the same thing.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
- Hello. - Hey, Kel, I got your message.
Hi, Mom, so do you wanna help tomorrow?
It would be great. Where do we go?
The community centre is on Sycamore and we serve from 2 to 6.
[WHlSPERS] I'll tell you later.
[lN NORMAL VOlCE] Yeah, I think it would be good for Erin.
Ha, Mom...
No, just wear something casual, okay?
Once Jackie gets her on the phone, you know.
Yeah, just, uh, enjoy the wait.
So why don't you fill me in about this Thanksgiving thing?
Well, Kelly wanted to volunteer.
I don't think it'll get in the way of your dinner.
Come to think of it, you might get a kick out of this.
Me? Yeah, maybe.
I know Kelly loves to volunteer, but you, I didn't know that was your thing.
You seen Gina lately or--?
Today, as a matter of fact.
Yeah, I spend a lot of time with her at my office.
And every time she'd hang up the phone with you, she'd go nuts.
I guess she was looking for some sign
that you were serious, committed.
I don't think that's ever gonna happen.
Until now. I mean, look at you.
Rich single guy spending his holiday in a soup kitchen.
Who says people can't change when they want to?
Your point being?
That you're finally showing signs you're serious
about Kelly.
Nat, you did a much better job with those turkeys than Dylan and I did.
Thank you.
And when it's time for dessert, you get to put on the whipped cream.
[CACKLES]
Yesterday Daddy let me have a hot fudge sundae instead of turkey.
Separate Thanksgivings, you remember those.
Too well.
Yesterday I drive her to Mel's bachelor pad in Studio City,
which, for the record, has a singles night and two hot tubs.
Erin, there's a dollar in my purse.
Why don't you go pick out something on the jukebox?
- Mom. - I could just strangle him.
I know, but you cannot let her hear you say that.
I don't know.
Maybe it's better for her to learn there are some men you can't count on.
I wish I'd learned that ahead of time.
I'll see if Nat needs any help in the back.
Good idea.
[SlGHS]
- Hi. - I got a cargo van.
So everything should be set.
Okay, good. We'll start loading everything up.
I was thinking that you need to lead the charge on that
because my mom's sister, Lilly, she's at LAX.
She has a really big layover. I gotta go down there.
You're kidding me, right? You never talked about an Aunt Lilly before.
I never had any reason to.
So we're supposed to finish up all of your work.
Nat can take over and there's volunteers at the centre.
Your volunteers, your project, Dylan. My family did this for you as a favour.
With everything that's going on, we don't need any added stress now.
What can I say, Kel?
Nothing that I would want to hear right now.
- I'm gonna be late. - Then you better go.
Unbelievable.
[KNOCKlNG]
Happy Thanksgiving.
You just wished me one two hours ago.
Yeah, I know, but I found this at the nursery on Robertson.
- It's a pink rosebush. - Aw.
It's gonna be, see?
Yeah. Come in.
DAVlD: Well, I see why you didn't want me to stay here.
You wanted to stay at my place last night.
- Wait. - When you said you were here
- out of necessity-- - I didn't ask him to send these.
You didn't call maid service and ask them to throw them out.
Fine, let's throw them out together. How about that?
We'll throw the roses out and smash the vases against the wall.
- Is that gonna help you? - I don't know.
- I don't know-- - What do you mean?
It's not even about you. It's about me.
I mean, yeah, I might need some time to get over Dylan.
I told you that from the very beginning.
I mean, you were so understanding about it then.
So why can't you be that way now?
It's not like the beginning, all right?
God, you're just so sweet.
[SlGHS]
Look,
I really wanna be with you.
But if you can't be patient with me, then maybe we should just not do this.
No, I wanna do this.
Hey...
I love my thorny rosebush.
[BOTH LAUGH]
- I know what we can do. - Hmm?
Let's take her back to your house.
- Her? - Mm-hm.
Because you have a yard and everything.
And we can plant her together.
- Watch it grow. - All right.
She's gorgeous.
The doctors say she's occasionally breathing over her ventilator.
That's good, right?
Yeah, that means she's taking in breaths on her own.
So she doesn't need the machine anymore?
Well, we'll know more after the trial extubation.
I just really wanna be in there, close to her.
Do you guys mind if we go in? It's parents only.
No, of course not. We'll be right here.
Come on, Janet.
DONNA: They're handling this so well. - Yeah, they are.
You know, I just can't help but wonder
if when Gina was born, if my dad was at the hospital.
If he was hiding somewhere in the hallway hoping to get a glimpse
of his other baby before going home to me and my mom.
If you keep doing this to yourself, it's gonna hurt even more.
I don't think that's possible.
I'm trying so hard not to hate them right now.
Which is exactly why you should come to Thanksgiving.
No, absolutely not.
If you keep hiding, it's not gonna get resolved.
Listen to me.
Just go to dinner, let them know you're not gonna let this drop.
I will try.
I can't stop making promises.
That I'll be the best mom, that we'll love her like crazy.
Steve, Janet, the doctor's on his way down for the extubation.
I'll stay with you in the waiting room.
Oh, we don't wanna leave.
It's against hospital policy.
You'll be right back when the procedure's complete.
Could we just have a minute, please?
Sure.
Madeleine.
I'd like to call her Madeleine.
I like Madeleine.
It means tower of strength.
Oh, and that she is.
KELLY: Doesn't that look just delicious?
Oops, ha, ha. Yum.
Yummy, yummy peas.
- Here you go. - Fire, die, die.
Oh, honey, we still have a couple hours left.
Please put the game back in my purse.
No, Daddy gave it to me.
Of course he did, because he would rather rot your brain cells
than spend quality time with you.
Erin, why don't you grab a spoon? You can help me serve.
No.
He spoils her rotten and I get the blame.
- Mom, you have to stop doing that. - What?
Talking about Mel like that.
Well, I am not gonna whitewash his shortcomings.
Listen to me.
He's a jerk, you know it and I know it.
But it's our job to make sure she doesn't know it.
Because like it or not, he is her father.
You have no idea what this feels like.
No, but I do know what it feels like to be Erin
because you did the exact same thing to me with my dad.
- I was always supportive. - From the day Dad moved out,
you beat into my head what a horrible father he was.
And I was constantly feeling like I had to defend him.
And then when he did end up disappointing me, I felt like a fool.
Well, forgive me for seeing a pattern.
But I watched you clean up Dylan McKay's messes through high school.
Well, it seems like you're doing it again and he's not even your boyfriend.
That pattern is definitely broken.
[SlGHS]
KELLY: Hey. - Hey.
- Mm, ha, ha. I love you. - You do?
KELLY: Mm-hm.
- Come. - Where?
ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: At the 30. - This is the play, here it is.
ANNOUNCER: The 20, the ten...
- Yeah! - All right, I told you, I told you.
- Noah, pass the champagne, please? - Yeah.
Good thing they're playing inside.
What is it there, John? Fifteen, 20 degrees?
I miss that kind of cold when you breathe in and your lungs shake.
I'll pass.
Well, everybody who was raised here is a lightweight.
Gina, what's keeping you from going back to Denver for a visit?
Um...
I don't really have a job, just at the moment, heh, heh.
And a 1 4-percent interest rate on my credit card.
Well, if you need help with the ticket, we'd be happy to.
- Why don't we check on the turkey? - No, I already have.
You know, I may have some frequent-flyer miles.
I couldn't. Thanks anyway though.
Besides, Gina's life is here now.
Yeah, right. Don't you want the miles for yourself anyway?
No. Your mother would love it if you came home for Christmas.
Where is that airline statement?
- I was just looking at it, you know. - Dad.
- It might be in the study, let me check. - Good.
[SlGHS]
You have got to calm down.
Two days ago, you welcomed her and now you're pushing her out.
[WATER RUSHlNG]
We're doing no such thing.
What, do you have her booked on the next plane flight out of here?
- I knew she couldn't handle this. - She's my sister.
I need to give that a chance.
You can't tell her the truth.
And you can't keep controlling other people's lives.
Do you actually think that Gina is going to embrace you
when she finds out what she's missed out on?
I mean, after she and Bobbi have scrambled their entire lives
and haven't had anywhere near what we have?
Well, if you think she's gonna kick up her heels over this news,
you are totally mistaken.
[SlGHS]
It's too late to change things now.
[SCOFFS]
Happy Thanksgiving.
You make me sick.
He's definitely the cutest cheerleader. Look how high she jumps.
- Hey, is dinner ready? - We're eating someplace else.
- What? - Gina, come with us.
Oh, boy.
- What? JOHN: Donna.
Don't walk out of here.
Gina, please.
You are so spoiled.
- Mom, I need $5. - Excuse me?
Batteries ran out. There's a store across the street.
You're not wandering around a strange neighbourhood.
- But Dad would let me. - Well, that's because your father is--
Your father is a good father. And he wouldn't let you go either.
Honey, come here.
I know this has been hard for you.
- It stinks. - I know.
Just know that when Mommy and Daddy argue,
it's about grown-up things and it has nothing to do with you.
I know it hurts a lot, but we're doing our best.
And we both love you very much.
Yeah.
Hey, would you like to call Daddy and wish him Happy Thanksgiving?
- Yeah. JACKlE: Okay.
Here you go.
Aah, watch it there, pipsqueak.
Well done, Mother.
I'm gonna see if people wants seconds.
Okay.
- Hi. - Hi.
- I had a good time today. - Yeah.
It was fun for something Dylan dumped in our laps.
Where is he anyway? I thought he was so excited about this.
He said something about an aunt flying in
and he spent the day at the airport.
Well, I think Thanksgiving should be spent with the ones you love.
Yes, I couldn't agree more.
Gina has a right to know who her father is.
She should know I'm her sister.
Well, it's up to you to tell her, you know.
Can you believe this? Sixteen pounds of food and nobody here cooks?
- Oh, my goodness. - Wait, you guys got stuff too?
Oh, are Steve and Janet down?
- We brought some food. - More dinner.
Oh, look at that.
Maybe we could borrow some of the stomach pumps in this place later.
We're gonna need them.
Well, looks like I can cancel the order at Chef Mings.
- Hey. - I think so.
You doing okay?
Yeah. Yeah, full of thanks.
Ready for some turkey. Why?
And I just-- I wanted to make sure that you and I can--
- Be in the same room together? - Right.
- Yeah, we're okay. - Cool.
Hey, how was the airport?
- Oh, it was charming, as always. - Yeah.
- How was the rec centre? - Somehow, we survived without you.
The nurse said we had visitors with lots of food.
- Happy Thanksgiving. - Thank you.
- Look. - This is so nice of you.
Any news on the baby?
Yeah, the procedure's done
and the respiratory specialist's gonna stick around,
keep an eye on her, make sure they don't need to reintubate.
We're a mess. Well, I am. Steve's been incredible.
You know what?
Would you guys mind indulging me in just putting our hands together?
- I'd like to say a little something. - Yeah.
Dear God, thank you so much for our daughter Madeleine.
For her fighting spirit,
for her extended family,
who offer up so much strength and support.
For all these things,
for the food in front of us,
I thank you.
- Amen. KELLY: Amen.
Amen.
So I heard you had some family in town?
Yeah. My Aunt Lilly. You know, she just drops in unannounced.
She's like that.
Heh. Your Aunt Lilly.
Well, I did your will six months ago, remember?
You don't have an Aunt Lilly.
Maybe I do. I just don't like her enough to give her any money.
Maybe.
Or maybe I should thank you.
- Oh, hey. DAVlD: Hi.
- Hi. DAVlD: Hello. Mm.
Listen.
- You know the roses Dylan gave me? - Yeah.
I threw them out the window at the hotel.
[BOTH LAUGH]
All of them. Everybody was staring at me.
It was kind of cool.
I'm really sorry.
I'm-- I was just being a jerk.
And you could have kept the flowers.
I don't want them.
DAVlD: Mm.
Oh.
Hey, Janet, you're not eating?
Um, no.
I think I need to take a walk or something.
- Well, come on, honey. I'll take you. - You know what? I'll go, you stay.
Eat.
Love you.
[WHlSPERS] I'll take good care of her.
Thank you.
- Give me some of that. - You want some ham?
Can I talk to you for a second outside?
Um, yeah.
STEVE: Well, if she's not gonna eat this.
Yeah?
How was dinner?
Um...
Well, let's see. After you stormed out,
your mom burst into tears and ran upstairs,
and your dad jumped in his car and took off.
Well, we were fighting. I just had to get out of there.
I'm really sorry, Gina, if I ruined your Thanksgiving dinner.
Did Aunt Felice ever shove a bucket of chicken in your lap,
set you in front of the TV so she could spend the holiday
with her new boyfriend?
- No. - Well, that's how I spent
most of my Thanksgivings after my father died.
That was his favourite holiday, heh.
I guess I was just trying to get some of that back, you know.
Because I just feel like all my memories of him
are just kind of slipping away right now.
[SlGHS]
I gotta go. Heh.
Uh, are we done here?
- Yeah, we're done. - Yeah.
Mr. Sanders, you wife needs you in the NlCU.
What happened? Where is she?
LONG: Madeleine's a trooper. STEVE: Oh...
She's breathing on her own.
[STEVE CHUCKLlNG]
JANET: She's a miracle.
She's our miracle.
Do you wanna hold your daughter?
[SOBS]
[LAUGHS]