Council of Dads (2020) s01e03 Episode Script

1
Previously on "Council of Dads"
- We need to talk about Robin.
- She seems fine to me.
She's not fine, Oliver.
Her husband died.
I want my husband back!
And we're his council,
but we need your buy-in.
You want buy-in, I'm all-in.
You're like your dad.
What does this have to do with your dad?
I want to write the story of him
and the story of me this past year and,
why go to New York if the story's here?
- She has your eyes.
- Michelle
- I am pretty sure she's
- Me too.
She never needs to know.
[BRITTANY HOWARD'S "STAY HIGH"]
Why are you still wearing your rings?
♪♪
Um
[SNIFFS] I don't know.
I like 'em.
Doesn't that mean you're still married?
I already feel ♪
Like doing it again ♪
Oh, come here.
The past has a way of holding on to us.
We remember good times
and long for what's familiar.
But there's a part of us
that knows we can't cling to the past.
We have to face the future.
Charlotte said I have to
drive her to her soccer game.
Yes. Uh, Larry called an
emergency council meeting,
but I'll meet you there.
- Nobody even asked me.
- Okay. I'm asking you now.
Come on. It'll be good for you.
Get outside, get a little sunshine.
Get out and see some stuff. Yay!
I wish Dad was still here.
So do I.
♪♪
Scott set up the Council of Dads
to help his family move past his death.
But that's not so easy
for any of us.
I just want to stay high ♪
With you ♪
♪♪
'Cause where I come from ♪
Everybody frowns and walks around ♪
With that ugly thing on their face ♪
And where I come from ♪
We work hard and grind ♪
And hustle all day ♪
Yes, we do ♪
There comes a time ♪
Tuck your fingertips unless
you want to lose one.
Larry called. He wants
the place spick and span
for some bigwig.
Who?
I didn't ask. Mary scares me.
I'm your boss now.
You should be scared of me.
♪♪
You get blood in my onions,
you're fired.
- What exploded in here?
- Waffles.
Baby, nobody wants to see
your nasty, chewed-up food.
- I got to go.
- Come on.
It's a few dirty dishes,
not the apocalypse.
- Sit down.
- No, it's not that.
Larry called a council meeting.
Sounds important.
Well, don't be late to Tessa's game.
- That's important, too.
- I wouldn't miss it.
Mmm. Damn.
You put your foot in that.
- Love you!
- BOTH: Love you!
♪♪
Hey, Ollie. You still speak teenage boy?
Uh, I might be able to dust it off.
- What's up?
- [SIGHS] I have a Theo problem.
He's holed up in his room,
and the only time he comes out
is to slam doors in my face,
and I don't know if that's
a normal teenage thing
Or if it's because his dad died.
- Yeah.
- Say no more. I'm on it.
You know what this meeting is about?
Yeah, I asked Larry to
take a look at my finances.
I think he has some kind of proposal.
The Gladwell Restaurant
Group is interested
in acquiring the Crab Shack.
In front of you is
their initial proposal,
pending a tour and a peek at the books.
- Wait, what?
- "Acquiring" as in buying it?
Yes. Robin, gets a lump sum up front.
10% royalty for 10 years.
Since when is this place for sale?
It wasn't, Anthony. They approached me.
And you expect me to believe that?
Selling businesses is my business.
This is what I do.
No. Actually, this is what I do.
Restaurants are my business.
- That's a large number.
- It's an estimate.
It'll firm up after the tour.
- The Crab Shack isn't for sale.
- Well, that's up to Robin.
You know, well,
she asked me to look at her finances.
Can everybody shut up for one second?
Are my finances that bad?
Scott's medical bills ate
into the college fund.
I know we dipped into them.
Selling feels like an overcorrection.
What if the markets tank?
People stop eating out with
less disposable income.
Or what if there's a bad
crabbing season or a hurricane?
- That's a lot of what-ifs.
- That's why Scott hired me.
But he hired me to protect his values,
his legacy, which are
about more than money.
They say they want
to keep the family feel.
Just without the family.
$750,000. That's a lot of money.
I mean and that's, what,
ten years of net profit?
It's an aggressive number,
and I think I can get it even higher.
This place, it is Scott.
It's where he grew up, grew sober.
It's where he invented the Scotty.
- What's the Scotty?
- It's a crab sandwich.
Scott used to call it his secret weapon.
And he made it for me when we first met.
- Yeah, he was wooing you.
- No, he was wooing you.
Yeah, getting you on
board was part of the "woo".
I'm sorry, but is a sandwich
gonna put four kids through school?
You know what? You don't have
to make up your mind right now.
Actually, there's a clock on the deal.
What?
They had to pump the brakes on
another sale to consider us.
If the tour goes well
and the offer firms up,
- they'll need to know fast.
- How fast?
48 hours.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
"So I take a can of
corn from the cupboard,
"and my dad asks me,
'What are you doing?'
"I stand up tall and proud,
and I tell him,
"'My Brownie troop is
collecting food for the poor.'
And he says, 'Luly, we're the poor.'"
[CHUCKLES]
And in that moment,
I realized what a great dad he was."
Your dad died,
and you've written me a
story about a can of corn?
It's a story about how he
became a dad and how he
What? How he what?
If you let me finish, I
get to a part where I talk
about feeding him
corn when he was dying.
Okay, so now you're feeding
him as he fed you,
and now you've become the parent,
and isn't that deep?
My dad died, so I don't appreciate
I care deeply about what you think,
which is why I'm not interested
in the platitudes that you're writing.
This is a memoir class,
and you've written me an Instagram post.
You started off great.
You had that line about your dad
arriving drunk at your birth,
and I thought, "Well,
now there's something,"
but then you went off into
this hero-worship piece
about your perfect dad.
You seem to have no
feelings about the fact
that he arrived drunk at your birth.
Where's the depth?
I'm happy to write new material.
- I'm not scared of hard work.
- What are you scared of?
What was he scared of?
You you've got to dig deeper
into that memory
and try to be honest, if you can.
♪♪
I thought you and I were
making some progress.
How so?
Why are you unloading the Crab Shack
when I just left
Pelago to run it myself?
Robin and the kids can rely on Gladwell.
So you're saying they can't rely on me?
I specifically didn't say that.
I am here. I am showing up.
I crammed everything I own
into Robin's guesthouse
while I look for my own place.
Well, that sounds like tight quarters.
It's not great, Larry, no,
but that's just how
committed I am to being here.
For now, but can you
guarantee you'll be here
in five years, or ten?
Because the Gladwell money will be.
You're not management, Anthony.
You're talent.
You can take a tomato and make me happy
to pay $16 for it
because it tastes out of this world.
What happens when
your talent leads you away
from a restaurant that serves
wet wipes with its entrees?
Is your problem with
the Crab Shack or me?
My problem is,
is you're taking it personally.
- It's strictly business.
- [SCOFFS]
♪♪
So that council meeting
turned into the Larry and Anthony show.
[CHUCKLES] Scott hired
himself a couple yellers.
Right? He also hired you.
Right now I need to hear your voice.
I can hardly hear my own.
I think selling the Crab
Shack is a very big decision.
You're selling the Crab Shack?
Not if you make that face, I'm not.
I'm sorry. It's just
Shocking? Sickening? Wrong?
Yes, all of those. Oh, Tess is back in.
That's that hustle!
Let's see some hustle, baby!
I don't know, Ollie.
I mean, we saved for years to buy it,
so selling it feels like
killing our little dream.
I don't want to be a dream killer.
Well, the Crab Shack
was Scott's dream, not yours.
Scott is gone,
and Mama's got bills to pay.
- [SIGHS]
- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]
Oh, shoot. I'm on call,
and they're calling.
Go. We got the kids.
Hey, Theo, I'm gonna see you at home.
[VIDEOGAME BEEPS]
Theo, if you don't say good-bye to me,
I'm gonna hug you in
front of all these people.
- Bye.
- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[MOUTHS WORDS]
- What you doing?
- Killing zombies.
Is that how you get out aggression?
Nope. I'm just bored. Soccer's boring.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
You know what? I agree.
Hey, you know what's not boring?
Football.
I used to play at Duke, you know.
Yeah, I know. You talk about it a lot.
Because it's the best.
When you're in that uniform,
you get to do things you'd
otherwise go to jail for.
- [SCOFFS]
- When are tryouts?
I don't know. I never make the team.
- Guys train for that all summer.
- Then we better get started.
- Heads up!
- Dude, my phone.
Excellent instincts.
You want your phone back? Go long.
[UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC]
♪♪
Come on. Come on. Cut through!
Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!
- Yeah!
- Let me see that hustle!
There it is, baby. There it is.
Oh, that's my baby! That's right!
Yes!
That's what I'm talking about!
Baby, you see that?
♪♪
Nice.
Good job, baby. Good job.
Excellent instincts.
We operate at 95% capacity in season,
- and here we have the kitchen.
- Great.
Anthony, why don't you offer Margo
a sample of our signature bisque?
Secret recipe included in the sale.
Mmm.
Yeah, that's the right amount
of cayenne that's perfection.
With a palate like that
you can probably taste
the fresh local crab.
Will that stay the same with Gladwell?
Uh, actually, one of the
benefits of partnering with us
is our access to bulk purchasing.
It keeps the cost down,
and our customers
have proven in taste tests
that they prefer the frozen
stuff to the real deal.
Yeah.
- I find that hard to believe.
- I know.
It hurts, but it is the truth,
and I thrive on honesty.
So, if that's gonna be a deal breaker
- for you, then just say so.
- Far from it.
Would you like
to see the front of the house?
- Sure.
- If you'll excuse me.
I got to go and meet a fresh
delivery while I still can.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[KNOCKS ON DOOR]
♪♪
Uh, you are not a 32-week pregnant woman
in pre-term labor, I hope.
Your resident said you have a minute.
I had a bad day.
- Oh, no. What happened?
- I tanked at writers' group.
The leader hated my story so much,
she didn't even let me finish it.
- You're a great writer.
- You have to say that.
- You're my mom.
- I don't lie.
Did I tell Charlotte that
she was good at pottery?
No, but that was easy,
because she's also a
genius at everything else.
You're a genius at writing.
That woman's wrong.
My story's about Dad
and stuff.
What stuff?
Was he scared to die?
You know, love, this isn't a great time
- for that conversation.
- It's never a great time.
You guys protected us so much that now
I'm the idiot reading a memoir
with a flat character in front
of a group of real writers.
He was terrified.
After he found out that
the cancer was back
uh, he fell off the wagon.
He was 23 years sober.
It was one night. It was one slip.
Larry brought him home.
And he was so ashamed,
it was a week before even
we could talk about it.
Wow.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪♪
That's
Wow.
Want another wow?
There is a company that
wants to buy the Crab Shack
for a lot of money.
- You want to sell Dad's place?
- I don't want to sell it.
Then why are you even considering it?
It's not like we need the money.
- We do, actually.
- Since when?
I mean, since forever.
We got five kids and
medical bills and
And I wish that he was
here to tell me what to do,
but he's not.
♪♪
I take it your vote is no?
It's not a yes.
Sorry.
♪♪
What do the little kids think?
- I'm telling them tonight.
- Hmm.
- Ice cream sundae bar.
- Ice cream sundae bar.
[BOAT HORN BLOWS]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
♪♪
Evan, I am thrilled you're coming back
to the architecture program.
Yeah. It's good. You know,
my mom's better.
I got married. [LAUGHS]
I'm in a good place.
Wow. A lot's changed for you,
in two years
and us, too.
- Have you heard about the lab?
- Yeah.
You're going into neighborhoods
and renovating old houses.
We're going into Cuyler-Brownsville.
I was born over there.
I remember, from
your final paper in my class.
You inspired this lab, Evan.
It's hands-on experience
for the students
and some welcome revitalization
for that neighborhood.
[CHUCKLES] So are you guys
gentrifying the place?
We're not trying to displace anyone,
- if that's what you mean.
- Yeah, no, I
- Sorry. I-I didn't mean
- No.
We moved out when I was ten,
but that neighborhood means a lot to me.
You know, it was founded
by slaves after the Civil War.
We're working with the
local community leaders
to make sure it keeps its
historical designation.
Cool, cool, cool, um
So one other thing, uh
- I noticed the tuition hikes.
- Yeah.
It's the cost of doing business.
Right. Um
the cost just feels a
little extra this year,
with my mom's medical
bills still rolling in.
Yeah, well, we have got
substantial financial aid.
Here.
Welcome back.
[CHUCKLES]
♪♪
[MALE ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
[GRUNTS]
That is how you outrun zombies.
- I could never do that.
- Yeah, man.
A little practice and coaching,
you could get there.
All right, look, um, you see this chair?
- Yeah.
- Okay, that is a zombie,
and the corner That's a zombie, too.
Also the basket, all right?
Now, you got something they want.
- What's that?
- The football.
And you would eat dirt before
you let 'em have it.
He hurdles!
He jukes! He jumps!
Whoa! What's he gonna do?
There are zombies everywhere.
What's happening? Oh, he ducks!
Whoa! Another fake!
- And he scores!
- [CHUCKLES]
You want to try out for the team?
You got that guy as your secret weapon.
Nice catch.
♪♪
Hey, Larry. I need to talk to you.
Is this about the Crab Shack?
Because as God as my witness,
they approached me first.
I found out about my dad
falling off the wagon.
♪♪
I'm trying to write about his last year,
including that night.
My mom said you met him at the bar.
I did.
What did he say?
That's not for me to tell you.
Well, he obviously can't tell me.
What is it that you're looking for?
What he was feeling, why he drank.
He drank because he was an alcoholic.
But he was sober for 23 years.
And he died 67 days sober
And he was as proud of those 67 days
as he was the 23 years that came before.
I know all the good stuff, Larry.
I know that he was a great guy
and that he fought for his sobriety
and he loved his family,
but in order for me to write about me,
I need to know about him.
I need to know his demons.
Do you know how lucky you are
that your dad quit drinking
before he ruined your life?
That you didn't have to see his demons?
That you got to admire your dad?
Because he was admirable.
Appreciate that gift, Luly.
Walk that lonesome valley ♪
Never find a love like me ♪
[SOFT ROCK MUSIC]
Hey.
Oh, wow. Your ring It's stunning.
Oh, it's Uh, thank you.
I-I just got engaged.
The ring still feels kind of
clunky and awkward, but
- Do you get used to it?
- You do, yeah.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
How long have you been married?
Uh, my husband
I'm a widow.
Oh, um, I'm I'm so sorry.
- Could I, uh
- Oh, yeah. Of course.
Thanks.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- Hey.
- I got your favorite Cab.
Wine is a weird way to end
the day you found out your dad
fell off the wagon.
And my mom might sell the Crab Shack.
Wow, babe. I thought I had a long day.
Yeah.
This morning I was a writer,
and my dad was 23 years sober,
and we were keeping
the Crab Shack forever.
Now I don't know.
I'm mostly just playing solitaire
and feeling sorry for myself.
Me too.
Why? What happened?
Nothing yet.
It's just these student loans
It's a lot.
We're gonna pay it back.
You're so talented,
and you said it was your final paper
that gave them the idea to
go to Cuyler-Brownsville.
You're amazing, and you are
gonna get so many job offers
when you graduate.
Starting salary for a talented architect
is $51,735.
Do you know how long it's gonna
take me to pay back 75 grand?
A long time.
- But you need your degree.
- Yeah?
You know what?
You need some wine.
I'm gonna open this bottle.
Okay.
[SIGHS]
Hey, you want to know
what your dad was like
when he drank, ask Anthony.
I bet that dude
knows all kinds of stuff.
[ROCK MUSIC]
Hustle up! All right.
Theo, we're gonna run a quick slam.
What is that?
I drive off the ball, run five yards,
and cut in a 45-degree angle.
Boom. JJ, you're on defense.
Try not to let Theo freak you, okay?
Ready? Go!
Eyes, Theo. Extend your hands.
- Yes!
- You caught it!
That's what I'm talking about!
That's what I'm talking about! Mmm!
- I kept sliding around.
- Mmm. That's not your fault.
You've got on high-tops.
We'll get you some cleats.
But you've got something
that's way more important.
- You got sticky fingers.
- [CELL PHONE RINGS]
Not a lot of people have that.
♪♪
- Hey, can we go again?
- [CELL PHONE RINGS]
We're gonna have to go again
if you want to make the team.
- I want to make the team.
- I can't hear you.
- I want to make the team!
- That's what I'm talking about!
All right. Go long.
Make that triangle.
There it is!
Well, this certainly will be
the most picturesque
Gladwell location, easy.
Well, to be fair,
our competition is airports
and strip malls.
- Pretty low bar.
- What a thinly veiled insult.
I take it you liked your tour?
Sure. What's not to like?
You studied French cuisine
under Alain Ducasse in Paris.
You Googled me.
I'm just wondering how
you parlayed the tutelage
of a Michelin-starred
chef into Gladwell.
Well, we can't all create Pelago
and end up on "Chef's Table."
You Googled me, too.
No. I was already a fan.
Pelago's special,
and the Crab Shack is
It's not Pelago.
Please understand that
insulting the Crab Shack
is like calling my baby ugly.
But it's not your baby.
It was your friend's.
So I do have to ask,
what are you doing here, Anthony?
- Coming back home.
- No.
Internet says your home is Chicago.
Exactly. I walked through
those doors a virgin
to Southern cooking.
Never seen an oyster,
let alone shuck one,
and there was Scott Perry.
This skinny Southern guy asking me
if I want a low country boil.
I was like, "A what?" [CHUCKLES]
The food here is Savannah
culture on a plate.
We source locally from
fishermen right out there
because we know the locals
because we are the locals.
This place is an institution,
and I'm just trying to keep it
in the Perry family.
Those Perrys mean a hell
of a lot to you, don't they?
Yeah.
They do.
Babe, check it out My old helmet.
Hot.
Yeah, I think I'm gonna give it to Theo.
Oh.
What? You don't think I should?
No. It's just I think maybe
Tess would want it.
Babe, Tess doesn't play football.
I know.
Okay, I won't give it to him.
No. You should give it to him.
You're right. Tess
doesn't play football.
You still mad I was late tonight?
Babe, you should have seen his face.
He was so into it.
I couldn't just walk away.
I know. I'm not mad. I just miss you.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
And you look adorable
wearing that thing.
- Who wants a sundae?
- Ice cream!
- Ice cream.
- Mm-hmm.
That's you.
You made a sundae bar when you told us
Dad was stopping treatment.
- Don't be a bummer.
- Mom's got bad news.
I can smell it.
It's not bad news. It's just news.
There is a company that
wants to buy the Crab Shack.
They toured it today,
and they liked what they saw.
But you said no, right?
Well, that's what we have to decide.
I told you it was bad news.
So we're deciding whether or not
to throw away the Crab Shack?
Yeah. Do you want to throw away Dad?
No, buddy. Of course not.
- But you are selling him out.
- What does Luly think?
Honestly, she's having
a hard time with it.
Yeah. So am I.
Fair, but if we did decide to sell,
we could still eat there.
Some other company
would just be in charge.
Could I still work there when
I'm old enough, like Dad?
Sure.
Listen, I know it's only money,
but the amount they're offering
could put all you guys through college.
What if I get a scholarship?
Then can we keep the Crab Shack?
Yeah, and I don't even need tuition,
'cause I'm not going to college.
- Theo, yes, you are.
- Says who?
Says me, but you know what?
Let's have this fight tomorrow.
I'm exhausted.
Us too, from football.
Oh, yeah? Who's playing football?
Theo. He has sticky fingers.
That means he's gonna make the team.
- What team? The football team?
- Oliver's been coaching me.
He says I'm really good at it.
Theo, pick a sport with a lower rate
of life-altering brain injury.
I beg you. Dad loved soccer, right?
Yeah, and he died anyway.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪♪
What's this?
Precious cargo. The bait.
It's raw chicken necks.
Luly, we have chicken necks.
Want to come crabbing with us?
I can't. I'm on a writing deadline.
What's up?
I got to get out there
before the tides change.
Hey, I have some questions,
and I think you might have the answers.
Why is that?
You know the truth about my dad.
What about your dad?
About our life when I was a baby.
It's for a "launch my career"
kind of writing project.
What's the real story there?
Oh, the real story
is a long one.
Got to get going.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[ENGINE REVS]
Well, I guess I'm coming with you, then.
♪♪
- Hey.
- Let's go.
We going fast or super fast?
ALL: Super fast!
Skip the line, skip the line ♪
Skip the line ♪
This is a grade-three brain
bleed on a 13-year-old.
- The cause?
- Robin
Football.
This guy's TBI is so severe,
he can barely remember where he lives.
How'd he get that way, Ollie?
Likely years of playing professional
- By playing football.
- You asked me to help.
Yes, I asked you to help
not make things worse.
I am fighting my own
battles with this kid, Ollie,
and you've turned me into
the wicked witch
who said no to football.
What if you considered saying yes?
Have you seen the scans?
I know the risks, and as Dr. Post,
I struggle with the game,
but as Oliver, football got me
through some hard times.
College wasn't easy.
I was still closeted,
and football was my salvation.
I know, but
When's the last time
you saw Theo excited?
- I mean, it's Theo.
- I'm honestly asking.
I mean, it's been a while.
Exactly, and you were right
to be worried before.
Theo has a lot of aggression
and no place to put it.
Football can be that place.
I can't sign a permission
slip for my son to get hurt.
It's a tough call,
but there are two types of kids
Kids who play in the park during the day
and kids who drink there at night.
We both know which one Scott was.
Which kid do you want Theo to be?
♪♪
- Did you see that?
- Yeah.
I want to write about my dad,
and all I've ever been
told is he was a drunk,
he had me, he got sober.
What really happened there?
- It was a messy situation.
- I know.
I mean, I know about the adoption.
- You do?
- Yeah.
Okay.
I just don't even think
your mom knows about them.
About who?
You just said you know
about the adoption?
I know I was put up for adoption.
- Right.
- Who's them?
The couple that was gonna adopt me?
- Yeah.
- What are you not telling me?
There's stuff your dad
obviously didn't want you to know.
It's not my story to tell.
It's my story. That's the thing,
and if he didn't want me to know it,
then he was wrong.
Can't he have been wrong?
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Okay, um [EXHALES DEEPLY]
[SOMBER MUSIC]
The couple that wanted to adopt you
They did. They took you home.
I had another family?
♪♪
For how long?
Couple of months.
Your dad decided he wanted you
a few weeks after you were born,
but we had to go to court, so
you stayed with them
while we fought for you.
And they fought for me, too.
They did, and they lost,
because your dad won.
He said he saw my face after I was born
and knew who he wanted to be.
And I think that's true.
♪♪
But I also think it's true
that he was scared to death.
I mean, he was young, single,
and broke and an alcoholic.
So what did he do? He went on a bender.
A couple of weeks later,
he shows up at my door,
obliterated, saying
he wants to get sober
and he wants to be a dad,
and would I help him?
And you did?
I threw him in a cold shower.
I-I poured out all the
booze in the house,
because I could see if anything
was gonna make my friend sober,
it was you.
♪♪
[SNIFFLES]
♪♪
- [CHUCKLES] And I did.
- Yeah.
Yeah. You did.
Hey, Mom, we made you a Scotty.
What is going on here?
It's farm to table.
Did you know you can rub
a crab's belly to make it fall asleep?
It's not asleep right now.
It's dead because we caught it.
[LAUGHS] Um
Where's Theo?
He didn't go with you guys?
He's mad you won't let him do football.
- He went to Brandon's.
- His loss.
Anthony taught us how to
make Dad's special sauce.
He did, huh?
Can I talk to Anthony
for one second alone?
And thank you. Thank you.
- Of course.
- Okay.
You are ruthless.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Trying to sway my vote with
a sandwich and my children.
I don't know. Maybe.
Why don't you take a bite?
Robin, the Crab Shack is Scott.
You walk in that door, and it's haunted.
I see him in every inch of that place.
It's who he was.
It's how we can keep him alive.
He's not alive, Anthony.
As much as we may wish it
and want him to be,
he's not coming back.
♪♪
And we have to accept that.
♪♪
I forgot how good this is. [SNIFFLES]
What is it about this sandwich?
It's Scott.
Yeah.
You know what?
- Just sleep on it, okay?
- Okay.
[SNIFFLES]
♪♪
[CHUCKLES, SNIFFLES]
[SOMBER MUSIC]
♪♪
- Wake up, Theo.
- [GROANS]
- Go away.
- No.
Be safe, okay? And keep your grades up.
The first concussion, this goes away.
[CHUCKLES]
You're gonna let me play football?
Against my better judgment, yes.
"The truth is, he looked into
the eyes of the baby and ran.
"He was scared,
"and when he returned two months later
"and ripped me from the
couple who had adopted me,
"he was still scared.
"I have to figure out who he was.
"More importantly
I have to figure out who I am."
As long as I'm breathing ♪
♪♪
Wish I had something to say ♪
♪♪
But I don't ♪
♪♪
Wish I had something to say ♪
♪♪
But I don't ♪
[SIGHS] We're on hallowed ground,
and I wanted to give
you guys my answer here.
[BABY BABBLES]
Anthony, you're right.
I feel Scotty the minute
I walk in the door.
You know, it's
where he got his first paycheck
and his last, and
[VOICE BREAKING] It's where
he got down on one knee
and asked me to marry him.
It's where our whole family started.
But keeping this place isn't
gonna bring him back, is it?
So I'm asking you to help
keep his memory alive.
I need you to preserve what
makes this place special
and really take care of it.
And if you'll do that
then I'll sign.
It's doable.
There are so many things we already like
about this place as is.
In fact, we very much
would like Anthony to stay on
and see us through the transition.
He adds stability and value.
And so, if we can get him
to agree to one year,
then I would say we have a deal.
That's a big ask.
Anthony, if that's too big, I get it.
You sure this is what you want?
- I can't live in the past.
- [BABY BABBLES]
I got to keep moving forward.
♪♪
Then I guess you got yourself a deal.
♪♪
So I'll see you tonight
at Tess's parent-teacher conference?
When is it again?
- 5:00.
- 5:00?
Who schedules these things?
5:00 is still the workday.
Can you cover for me, babe?
- Sure.
- Thank you.
[CAR ALARM CHIRPS]
You know, it's noon now.
That's the workday,
too, but you're here.
Well, I had to be here.
No.
You chose to be here,
like you chose to run plays with Theo.
Peter, come on.
Do you think I want to be the guy
who's jealous of the family
that just lost their dad?
I hate feeling like this.
I can make more time for you and Tess.
All you got to do is ask.
I have asked, but you're always slammed,
and Robin asks you to find some time,
and, magically, time appears.
Tell me I'm wrong.
- [SIGHS]
- I want to be wrong.
Yeah, you're not wrong.
♪♪
Hey.
Thanks for sticking it out here
Gladwell and all.
- You're not mad?
- No. It's what my mom wants.
And I need to thank you
because they liked my story.
- Who?
- My writers' group.
The leader says it's angry
and raw, in a good way.
Angry?
I'm pissed at my dad
for hiding the truth.
Wow, that's hard to even say aloud.
You were the only one that helped me.
I appreciate that.
Anytime.
She thinks I may have a memoir in me.
She says the fact that I just made
this big childhood
discovery is exciting,
and it could lead to more discoveries.
Anyway, she said it better than that.
[CHUCKLES] She called me a shark.
- A shark?
- Yeah.
On the hunt for the truth.
So
thank you for helping me be a shark.
[CHUCKLES]
♪♪
[BABY WHINES]
Do you think that Margo lady's
gonna keep the alligators?
Well, I can put in a
good word on their behalf.
Ivy, our table's ready.
- Hi, JJ.
- Hi, Ivy.
Do you want to feed the alligators?
Ivy, get over here now.
♪♪
What are you doing?
Is that are those your kids?
No.
No, they're
I'm helping to look
after my sponsor's kids.
So you're playing at being a dad now?
Who would trust you with their children?
I'm sober, Lauren.
I've heard that before.
Come on, Ivy.
Who's that?
That was my daughter.
♪♪
[GIGGLES]
I thought we were
meeting at a restaurant
to celebrate me being a writer
and you going back to school.
I wanted your opinion.
- All right?
- Okay.
- What do you think?
- Of what?
- The house?
- Yeah, it's a foreclosure.
It's up for auction.
They're starting bids at $34,000.
Is this one of the houses
you're gonna work on with school?
I'm not going back to school.
What?
Look, I can get a degree
and and and spend years
working jobs that I don't want,
in order to pay back my debt.
- Evan
- Or we can do this project
My project on our own.
And and if we buy this house
When we buy this house,
it'll be an asset instead of a debt.
- But you won't have a degree.
- I don't need it.
I can I can hire guys to draft plans
and take them down to the city.
Those guys are hourly guys.
[SIGHS] I have a vision,
and if I get weighed down by debt,
it'll never happen.
What's your vision?
Take back the neighborhood.
Do these houses right.
Start with this our house.
What do you think?
Yeah ♪
So just let me carry you ♪
Carry you, carry you, carry you ♪
Oh, baby ♪
You let me carry you ♪
Carry you, carry you, carry you ♪
♪♪
Mmm ♪
[DOORBELL RINGS]
♪♪
- Anthony?
- I'm sorry.
I screwed up.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Luly came at me with questions,
and I told her about the adoption
and the other couple.
Wait, Scott never told her?
No. She was wrecked.
And now she's a shark after blood.
Those are her words.
She said that? She's after blood?
She's after the truth.
♪♪
That's the story of love ♪
It takes time to know it ♪
What I've come to understand
is that we're haunted by the past
that in some ways it keeps
us from moving forward
in our lives.
♪♪
Someone to help you through ♪
So how do you move past your grief?
Hey, so just let me carry you ♪
Carry you, carry you, carry you ♪
♪♪
First, you have to recognize
that you're ready
Carry you, carry you, carry you ♪
♪♪
Yeah ♪
Oh ♪
Just let me, oh ♪
Yeah ♪
That it's okay to move on.
It's good, even.
It means you're alive.
♪♪