Almost Family (2019) s01e08 Episode Script

1 EDIE: Previously on Almost Family Oh, so you're done having kids? - That's not a problem for you, is it? - No, not at all.
I spent 29 years as your parent.
- Leon isn't a monster.
- DIANE: What about your father, - the one who raised you? - It's like I finally know what it feels like to have an actual dad.
Get out.
And don't forget your drugs! LEON: This is Genevieve.
She's Edie's mother.
GENEVIEVE: You can't hide from your mother.
- What's happening? - I want to be a good wife.
If there was something going on, something that you are not telling me EDIE: There's nothing going on.
ISAAC: Roxy, you have to deal with this.
Addiction is a disease like anything else.
Do you want me to spell it out? This is nice, starting our morning together.
Yeah, it's great seeing you, hearing you.
The only thing that would be better would be touching you.
ROXY: Hey! Keep it in your pants, you two.
DONOVAN: Good morning, Roxy.
What you making, little hangover cure? Nope, pre-workout smoothie.
So is there a chance I'm gonna see you in person tonight? I'd like to, but I have to work late.
- I have detention.
- Again? What did you do? Are they gonna make you repeat the 11th grade? DONOVAN: Olivia has piano, and it's spaghetti night.
You know, the usual excitement.
- What about you? - Same.
The usual.
Work.
I have a doctor's appointment, which is at work, conveniently.
Everything okay? Are you sick? JULIA: Oh, no, I'm fine.
Nothing's wrong yet.
Today is purely informational.
DONOVAN: Planning on getting sick? - (BLENDER WHIRRING) - No, no.
Nothing like that.
I'm just looking into freezing my eggs.
(BLENDER STOPS) DONOVAN: Wow, uh, that's big.
Yeah, I I thought it was smart, 'cause now is not the right time for Either of us.
It's just in case.
Wow, anybody want a smoothie to cut the tension? EDIE: Oh, my God, you guys.
I have to stop doing this.
I have to tell Tim that I am cheating on him, but how? - No, no, no.
Hey.
- EDIE: Is there, like, a guide to telling your husband that you're cheating on him? Because I'm really starting to understand why Edie.
- DONOVAN: I should go.
- Donovan.
I'm sorry.
Donovan, hey, didn't realize you were with us.
Julia failed to disclose.
Hey, by the way, do you mind just not ever repeating this to anyone ever? You guys have a great morning, okay? - Bye, Donovan, great to see ya.
- Bye.
SINGER: Whoa, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Whoa, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh I keep thinking about what it's gonna be like the minute after I tell him.
I mean, not to sound too dramatic, but his world is never gonna be the same.
ROXY: I don't know.
I don't think that's too dramatic.
He is going to be completely devastated.
EDIE: (SIGHS) But But you have to tell him, as hard as it is.
Mm-hmm, yeah, and it's gonna be brutal.
Maybe we don't have to break up.
Maybe we could just be in an open relationship? Yeah, Tim is never gonna go for that.
Yeah, and usually you make that decision - before you sleep with somebody else.
- EDIE: Okay, thanks.
But I should probably wait till after the trial, because we need to be on our A games.
It's not going to get easier.
- It's probably only gonna get harder.
- Cosign.
You know what you have to do.
(SIGHS) I know.
I just wish you could do it for me.
- I mean - But you can't.
It's something I have to do on my own.
(INHALES DEEPLY) And I'm gonna do it.
Okay, thanks.
The prosecution sent over their preliminary witness list.
It's robust.
It's very robust.
LEON: Well, that makes sense.
What about ours? How's ours? Uh, it's more about quality than quantity with these matters, but that said, - ours could use some work.
- Don't spin it, Edie.
I'm trusting you with my life.
Okay, fine.
They have 14.
We have Julia.
- Okay.
That's bad.
- EDIE: Yeah, it's not good.
TIM: We often have a difficult time locking down character witnesses.
People are wary of putting themselves out there.
LEON: What about the clinic? Former employees.
Anyone step up? LEON: Not yet, so that's why we're here.
Yeah, we thought we could brainstorm together, go through your mental Rolodex.
What about me? How 'bout I testify? I mean, who better to defend my character than me? I know how to talk to people, and That is very ill-advised.
No, we can't allow you to do that.
Yeah, no.
We recommend our strategy.
I don't really have any friends.
Patients, colleagues, yes.
But I never really made any friends, wasn't really a priority.
So what about Genevieve? She's your friend.
Why no, I don't know that I want to - I don't think that's a very good idea.
- Why not? We all know Genevieve is not shy.
She'll say no if she's not into it, so why not ask? You know what? Let's give it a shot.
(CLAPS HANDS) In the meantime, we will keep brainstorming.
You're off there.
What? Oh, the print, not straight.
It's just a little bit Yeah.
Now that you point it out - JULIA: This is weird.
- I'm just gonna take some blood.
I would like to remind you that I'm the one that signs your paychecks.
Ow! Deep breaths, deep breaths, doing great.
And boom, you're done.
Hold this right there.
Now (SIGHS) - Are you currently sexually active? - None of your business.
- It's part of the assessment.
- Yes.
How many sexual partners have you had in the last year? Now you're just being nosy.
Again, part of the assessment.
Five.
Okay, eight and a half.
Ideally, how many biological children would you like to have? I I don't I don't know.
I don't even know if I want kids for sure.
I just know that I want the possibility.
This will give you the possibility.
I mean, Donovan's the first person in a while that I can see a future with.
But when I think about that future, I don't know, there's something missing.
All I know is, you would make a great mom.
- Really? - (CELL PHONE RINGS) Oh, one second.
(RINGTONE CONTINUES) Hello? Yes, I am.
Okay, uh, what's going on, officer? Officer? You'll have to excuse me.
Isaac.
Officer? - JULIA: Where are you going? - ISAAC: Your house.
What? Wait.
(BANGING ON DOOR) - JULIA: I have keys.
- ROXY: Hey.
What the hell's going on? All right, I'm just saying, in the grand scheme of things, - I just - You stole my prescription pad? JULIA: All right, let's just try to calm down ISAAC: Do you have any idea what could happen? Um, I didn't think it was that big a deal.
No, you didn't think you would get caught, 'cause you do anything you want and screw everybody else, right? Hey, whoa! That's not true.
If these goes to the medical board, I could lose my license.
I could lose everything.
Does that even register in your brain at all? I think you're being a little harsh because - ISAAC: Julia, shut up.
- ROXY: Hang on.
I was in a lot of pain and nobody was believing me, and when I saw your pad just sitting there Sitting there? Inside of my briefcase? Every single day, I am in a lot of pain, and I try to tough it out.
I do.
But sometimes it is too much, and I can't take it, okay? I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry.
Here.
Here.
Take 'em.
(EXHALES SHARPLY) Please.
Did you even like me? Or were you just in it for the drugs? Is that what you think? Oh, my God, I didn't have, like, a master plan or anything.
I didn't have a plan at all.
I made I made I made one dumb mistake.
I can't believe anything you say anymore.
She heard you.
That's it.
- Thanks.
- Roxy, go upstairs.
Don't worry about it.
I'm out of here.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (DOOR OPENS) (DOOR SLAMS) We haven't taken a walk like this in ages.
Mm.
Mom.
So we're kind of up against it with Leon's case, and, um, well, you haven't really made a secret of supporting him.
So how would you feel about testifying on his behalf? You mean write a letter? We think you'd have more of an impact in open court.
GENEVIEVE: As in courthouse, the hallowed halls of injustice? Ugh.
Not my bag, baby.
EDIE: Mom, he really doesn't have a lot of people who still believe in him.
I suppose I can consider it, but you have to do something for me.
And what is that, Mother? Follow your heart.
Okay, I'm not going there today.
It's too late, sweetheart.
We're there.
You can't put the genie back in the bottle.
Whoever she is How did you know she's a she? Baby, I knew you before you knew you.
There were always signs, girls you'd become fixated on.
You didn't see it as a crush.
I figured at some point, you'd find your way to exploring that side of yourself.
It's not that simple.
I can't liberate myself without hurting someone else.
Tim doesn't deserve that.
I only have one dog in this fight, and that's you.
I went through too much to bring you into this world, and you have to live in it authentically.
You hear me? I hear you.
Great.
I guess we have a deal.
(CHUCKLES) (SIGHS) Mom.
Guess what I got on my social studies test.
- What'd you get? - I got an A.
NATALIE: Baby, I'm so proud! We could do, like, a pasta night or something.
IZZY: Yeah! Hey! Izzy, Natalie! There you guys are.
(PANTING) Come on.
Come on, come on! We're gonna be late.
Late for what? For practice, duh.
I got energy drinks.
I got protein bars.
They're in the car.
(CLAPS) Let's do this.
What's the holdup, huh? - What's going on? - You go ahead inside, okay? Izzy, what are you doing? Okay, first off, you're not supposed to be training Izzy until tomorrow.
(GROANS) You're right, I'm sorry.
I got the days mixed up.
- I was just really excited - Wait, are you high right now? What? God, no! - Are you drunk, then? - No.
No! NATALIE: I can see it in your eyes.
- You can see it in my eyes? - Yeah.
Okay, listen, the only thing that you see in my eyes is the determination to succeed.
That's what you see.
- No, no, no, no, no.
- ROXY: Izzy! Izzy! My child's not getting in a car with you.
Oh, come on, man! God, why are you being such a buzzkill? It's you.
It's your fault.
You don't want it bad enough, huh? You know, you are depriving your daughter of a huge opportunity if you do this.
I can't lose her, okay? Can you go get her out of the house, please? - I can't have her around you.
- Natalie, please.
I'm sorry.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (BREATHING SHAKILY) ISAAC: Your FSH level is a little high.
- It's borderline.
- Border let me see that.
- Borderline? - Hey, you're the patient.
Oh, you're loving this, aren't you? No, I just don't want to give you any cause for alarm.
Cause for alarm? You just said "borderline".
Borderline is cause for alarm.
No, borderline is cause for more bloodwork and an ultrasound.
Based on your medical history, I'm also gonna order a hysterosalpingogram.
- It's a contrast dye - I know what an HSG is.
Oh, my God, it's happening.
This is happening.
I I'm I waited too long.
- I'm infertile and - Hey, no, no.
I'm gonna be one of those women, and I knew this was gonna happen.
- This is my nightmare.
- Hey, look at me.
- Look at me.
Stop spinning.
- Didn't I tell you? I'm not.
Okay, look, if and I do mean if the HSG indicates any problems at all, you're gonna have plenty of options like IVF.
But again, we're not even there yet.
IVF requires fertilization, a sperm donor.
I mean, unless things have changed since medical school, yes.
(SCOFFS) This is funny.
I've counseled so many people through this.
The uncertainty, the disappointments, the options I didn't get it until just now.
One step at a time.
Hey, we schedule the exams and then we go from there.
You're in good hands, okay? Remember.
(SOFT MUSIC) So how are you, really? No, no, no.
Patient, doctor.
Also friend.
You just went through something pretty intense with your girlfriend.
She's not my girlfriend, okay? We were just hanging out.
(SOFTLY) Okay.
Well, I'm here if you need to talk.
I don't right now.
Just, uh Thank you.
(WHISPERING) You have to do this, and it's not gonna get any easier.
You just just do it.
- Knock-knock.
- EDIE: Hey, you.
Whoa, what's going on? I am going to fix this painting, readjust the screws.
No, you don't have to do that.
I can call Facilities.
Where did you even get tools from? - I brought 'em from home.
- No, this is silly.
You're taking time from your own work.
It's not silly.
Let me fix this.
I know how bothered you get when everything's out of order.
Bothered? (CHUCKLES) Well, sure, but it's not obnoxious, though I decline to answer that question on the grounds that it may incriminate me.
Smooth.
Okay, let's see.
How'd we do, Tim? How'd we do? Now, what was so important that it couldn't wait until later? I talked to my mother and she is willing to testify in court on Leon's behalf.
- How is that a big deal? - I mean, have you met her? She's not exactly a fan of the Man.
So (DRAMATIC MUSIC) I am going home.
Should I wait up? I'm I I got to meet the girls.
I just have to go in for a follow-up test, which is it's not a big deal.
It's nothing to freak out about yet.
I'm not freaked out.
Really? 'Cause you sound a little freaked out.
JULIA: (SIGHS) I am a little bit.
I mean, it's scary, because you would think that because I worked at a fertility clinic, I would be, I don't know, desensitized to all this.
But it's it's actually the opposite.
I mean, what if I'm one of those people that has to struggle and fight for years to become a mom? Well, then you will.
You're a strong person, a lot stronger than me.
That's for sure.
You still haven't told him? I'm going to.
I just didn't get a chance today.
We had back-to-back meetings.
Edie, you're better than this.
Fine.
I'm still way too scared to tell him.
And today, he was being so cute.
He fixed this painting, and I didn't even ask him to.
I know.
I will.
I swear to you on my life, not another day will go by.
- Okay.
- (DOOR CLOSES) She's here.
JULIA: Rox.
Roxy! Hey! How you doing? Hey, Roxy.
- Hey.
- JULIA: Hi.
Why do I feel like I'm about to get pitched for a timeshare? No, we're just happy to see you, and we want to talk to you.
Uh, do you want to sit? Okay.
We think it's time for you to get support for your addiction issues.
Well (STOMPS FOOT) That's my cue.
I'll see you later.
JULIA: Hey.
Hey, hey, okay.
Just hear us out, all right? We looked into some treatment options, and we found one that's kind of perfect.
I mean, it has meetings and therapy and it has a workout program.
It's more like a like a spa than a rehab.
Sign me up.
That sounds amazing.
Take a break, have all your meals cooked for you Stop acting like it's a cruise! It's a mental hospital.
You're not doing that to me.
No one is doing that to me.
Roxy, we know you have a problem.
We care about you.
And we just want to help you get the help that you need.
I know you're wasting your time with a guy that doesn't want kids, but that does not mean that you get to treat me like one.
And you, you're judging me? You're lying and cheating on your husband.
Project onto us all you want, but the fact remains you're an addict.
(SCOFFS) Well, I'm not the only one, right? 'Cause you're addicted to the drama, right, and all the sympathy that you've gotten from us this whole time, when in reality, you're just a coward.
And you, you're addicted to anything that will keep you in Leon's little codependent shadow.
Find a treatment program for that.
Okay? Are we done? Are we good here? Oh, good.
I'm so glad.
(DOOR OPENS, SLAMS SHUT) Knock-knock.
You're supposed to say, "Who's there?" Who's there? What, you don't recognize your own daughter anymore? You should look into Lasik.
It's a game changer.
That's a good one.
Uh, do you want to come in? Yeah, yeah.
Um I'm not having a good day, like, maybe one of the worst ever, actually.
LEON: I'm sorry to hear that.
Can you tell me what's going on? Can I have some water? Yeah, yeah.
I'm a little surprised to see you, Roxy.
I didn't think you wanted much to do with me after Thanksgiving.
Oh, uh, we're good, though, right? LEON: Yeah, we're good.
Okay, so why don't you tell me what's going on? Um, you know, everybody hates me.
Especially Isaac.
He's wow, he's mad.
And the girls turned on me, but you know what that's like, right? Yeah, I do.
(EXHALES SHARPLY) Gotta love water, huh? You don't have anything stronger, do you? Roxy, I can't give you alcohol or anything else.
- (GLASS THUDS) - ROXY: Not you too, huh? I'm kidding! I'm kidding! (LAUGHS) God.
(RAGGED BREATHS) Hey, why is it that everybody thinks they know what I need? It's, like, they're not inside my body.
They can't feel what I feel.
Mm-hmm.
You know, when I was in college, I studied ancient Greek.
Did you know that they had hundreds of words to express pain? When they get translated into English, it's just "ow" and "ugh".
Yeah, we don't have the words.
In medicine, there's the number system to rate your pain one to ten, but not very satisfying.
People think they can just tell me, you know "Go get help", you know, "Go to a counselor".
But I feel like if I had some sort of way to express what I was feeling inside, then they wouldn't be able to handle it.
I'm probably uh, here one of those people that, uh, you know, just gave you a number to call and thought that would be enough.
Yeah, I don't I don't really listen to people.
I think it's because everybody in my life who was supposed to be an expert, they kind of just let me down.
Mm.
Tell me more about that.
Well, there's, uh coaches and team doctors, and they just tape you up and they send you back out there.
You know, they don't care.
Nobody cares.
I understand how it felt that way.
But I do think, Roxy I do think there are people who care about you.
I know that.
(SNIFFLES) (SIGHS) Hey, um I know this is a lot, um (SNIFFLES) Can I stay here for a bit? I just I can't be around people who are always looking at me like I'm about to jump off a window ledge or something.
Um, yes.
Uh, you you you can stay here.
Sure.
(EXHALES SHARPLY) Cool.
(SNIFFLES) I knew I could count on you.
We're like pariahs, huh? You want to play some backgammon? Yeah, let's do that.
Okay.
I'm gonna hit the head first.
(DOOR CLOSES) EDIE: So how's my buddy Enzo? Did he get the lab partner he wanted? Please don't tell me he got stuck - with that mean girl.
- Yeah, he's good.
He's fine.
You're stalling.
(SIGHS) Look, I didn't actually ask you here to pressure you into telling Tim.
I need to share something else with you.
Okay.
It doesn't sound good.
It isn't, but it also happens to be the truth.
You did a background check on my mom.
As we will with any witness.
It turns out Genevieve has some pretty serious issues in her past.
Oh, Mama, what have you done? It looks like she had a habit of routinely under-reporting her income.
Lying to the IRS.
Well, trust me, if it's my mom, she's not doing it on purpose.
She's just not paying attention.
The jury won't see it that way.
They'll just see your star witness is another potential felon.
Why are you bringing this to me? When you could have just blindsided me in court, like Like you did? Yeah.
Well, I guess I just wanted to give you the chance to see what real honesty looks like.
(SOFT MUSIC) DONOVAN: So I hope you like this place.
I did a lot of internet research, and apparently, this is, like, the best Tibetan food in the neighborhood.
Maybe the only Tibetan food in the neighborhood.
Okay, do you want to tell me what's on your mind? It's too much.
Oh, come on, let me have it.
Um, my sister Roxy is going through something really hard, and she's very angry with us for trying to help her.
That's tough.
If I've learned anything from parenting teenagers it's that sometimes all you can do is offer and them give them space.
And I might be infertile.
Tell me what's happening.
I went in for a screening, and the news came back potentially crappy.
Not a scientific term, I know.
So I have to go back in for some follow-up tests.
That doesn't sound too bad.
It's not yet, but I know way too much.
And the odds are better if I freeze embryos instead of eggs, so there's a chance that I need to find a sperm donor.
How's that for irony? I mean, it would be weird to be dating someone who was making embryos with someone else.
Well, if you're available, you're first on my list, so Are you asking No! (LAUGHS) That was a I I'm not asking you to make embryos with me.
That would be crazy.
Because that would be, like I like you a lot.
I just I'm not there.
I know.
I oh, God.
I just wish that life had a backspace.
Delete.
Delete.
Please delete! Okay.
Ugh! (KNOCKING AT DOOR) Oh, is that the Chinese food? 'Cause I'm kind of starving.
Hey.
What's going on? Please come in.
No.
No, you did not.
- RON: Roxy - No, Ron, don't start.
I trusted you, and you called Ron and Diane on me? How could you do that? He actually did the right thing for once.
Roxy (EXHALES SHARPLY) I know we aren't perfect, and Lord knows we've made mistakes, but you're still our little Roxanna.
We love you more than anything in the world.
Don't you see that? We're here to help you, sweetie.
Roxy, please, just give them a chance.
Absolutely not.
Why would I do that? We're not here to negotiate! All right? So go on.
Go get your stuff, whatever you need.
(WHISPERS) You set me up.
(ROXY SOBS) You pretended that you cared about me so that you could get rid of me and then you could pawn me off onto them.
- ROXY: Are you kidding? - Roxy, you can't stay here.
Legally, you can't.
Now, they are your parents.
I'm not.
- As much as I care about you - RON: You don't care about her.
- DIANE: Not now, Ron.
- No, no, no! You don't care about her.
You used her to try to get away with what you did.
You you have every right to be upset.
Oh, thank you for your permission, Doctor, to be angry that you tricked us, that you injected your sperm into my wife so you could take credit for my daughter.
DIANE: Not in front of Roxy, please.
LEON: Listen, I didn't want any of this to happen.
Really? What did you want to have happen? Yeah, I want to know that too.
When you couldn't - your material wasn't producing - My material? - You worthless piece of - DIANE: Ron! - I didn't - ROXY: Stop! Dad, stop! Get in the car.
Now! Get in the car now! Now! If you like this guy so much, you can visit him in prison! Get in the car.
Go! (EXHALES DEEPLY) (CELL PHONE BUZZES) LEON (OVER PHONE): Roxy's safe.
She's with her folks.
They're taking her to treatment.
She went with them? She wasn't happy about it, but she went.
JULIA: You did the right thing.
Yeah, it just it doesn't really feel that way, but I, uh Good night.
- JULIA: Dad.
- Hmm? Thanks.
(EXHALES DEEPLY) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) (EDIE EXHALES) Hey.
Hey.
I thought you were asleep.
Sorry, long day.
Yeah, I figured that.
Listen.
(SOLEMN MUSIC) My mom, it's not gonna work.
She's got tons of issues with the IRS.
Under-reporting.
She's a liability.
Yeah, must be stressful for her, holding that in.
Yeah.
It's late.
Yeah, you should get some rest.
I decided to look into the egg freezing thing.
Well, I am very happy about that.
It wasn't entirely because of you.
God forbid you do what I suggest.
But there was a little problem, a potential hiccup.
My FSH is a little high.
Well, did they order an AMH level, an ultrasound? Yeah, yeah, all of that.
It's happening tomorrow.
- I - All right.
My question is, did Mom ever have trouble conceiving? 'Cause you've never told me this, and I know she only had one child relatively late in life.
And I don't really know why, and I can't ask her.
Yeah, well, Sarah didn't have any physiological problems conceiving a child.
- (DICE RATTLE) - Wait, wait.
What does that mean? Did she have other problems, not physiological? - (EXHALES) - Dad.
You're my only connection to her.
You have to tell me this.
She had trouble wanting to be a mother.
Look, I can see that hurt your feelings, and that's the last thing I wanted to do.
No, no, I it's just a lot.
It's okay.
Keep going.
She just wasn't sure it was it was for her or that she'd be any good at it.
She had such a free spirit.
She didn't want to be tethered.
So she wasn't sure she wanted me? No.
No, she wasn't sure she wanted to be a parent.
But about you, once she held you in her arms, everything changed.
All of her doubts just melted away.
Yeah.
Um, I went.
Okay.
Your move, sweetie.
RON: This isn't it, Diane.
We should have made that turn.
Can you just be quiet? I can't hear my GPS.
Well, I'm using my eyes, and I can see that we're going the wrong way.
The numbers are getting smaller, not bigger.
DIANE: Why does it say to keep going straight here? RON: Probably 'cause you entered the wrong place.
All I know is, this isn't the right direction.
ROXY: This is classic.
You guys are a real dream team, you know that? The sarcasm is not helping.
You know, maybe you can't find the place, because I'm not supposed to be there.
I don't have a problem with drugs.
I have a problem with you! Oh, now she's on this tear.
Ron, can you - if you could just find this place.
- Don't put this on me.
Don't put any of this on me.
- What do you mean, "any of this"? - RON: Oh, you want me to say it? - Yeah.
- Your sister.
All her kids addicts, every one of 'em.
And we know it didn't come from me since she's not even mine.
We know that now.
- DIANE: Okay, that's not funny.
- Why? What did I say? - (OVERLAPPING SPEECH) - (DOOR SLAMS) Oh, my God, Ron! (TRAFFIC ROARING) (HORN HONKS) - Ron, do something.
- Honey! Roxy! DIANE: Stop.
- DIANE: Roxy! - RON: Come on, honey.
Come on, get here no! No! What, are you crazy? (TIRES SCREECH, HORN HONKS) Oh! Oh! Oh! Roxy, come on, get back in the car.
You're gonna get killed! - (HORN HONKS) - DIANE: Watch out! Roxy, come on.
You can't make me go.
- DIANE: Roxy.
- RON: Come on, Roxy.
(EXCLAIMS) - (HORN HONKS) - RON: No, no, no, no, no, no! - No, don't! - (HORN BLARING) (HORN HONKS) - DIANE: Roxy.
- RON: Sweetheart.
Roxy, we're your parents.
We love you, damn it! (KNOCK AT DOOR) Isaac, I think I changed my mind.
I don't Hi.
What are you doing here? I'm showing you what a real security issue you have, apparently.
I told the lady at the front I was here to see you, and she just And let you right in, no questions asked.
Yeah, that's Jan.
I don't have to be here if it's too weird.
No, no, that's this is fine.
It's more than fine.
- It's so fine.
- (BOTH LAUGH) I just thought you shouldn't be alone.
That is so sweet.
I actually don't know what to do with how sweet that is.
You, sir, are the cat's pajamas.
That cat's pajamas? Did I somehow walk into a 1930s picture show? Sometimes I do feel like my life is a big screwball comedy.
No, but you're way too layered for that.
You're more of a Bronte heroine, if you ask me.
Thank you.
(CLICKS TONGUE) You know, our embryos would be super cute with my hair and your literary sensibility.
Think about it.
Julia I know.
I I know.
I'm just - Okay.
- I blame the drugs.
You should see what they put me on.
- (KNOCKS) - You mean Tylenol? Oh, yeah.
You remember Donovan.
- I do, from Thanksgiving.
- Yes.
I'm just moral support here.
You're more than that.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) - JULIA: Thanks.
- DONOVAN: Of course.
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) I really wish I could help by testifying.
I would, but these old warrants I know.
Always had that Bohemian edge.
I seem to recall somebody standing right next to me, chained to city hall.
You, me, and Sarah.
"We shall not be moved!" (BOTH LAUGH) God, New York was fun then.
What were we even protesting for? Greenpeace? Gay rights? - Who the hell remembers? - (LAUGHS) - We did love a cause.
- Mm.
Sarah loved a cause.
She was the light in our marriage.
I just followed it.
All that pressure I put on her to settle down, start a family.
Sarah was a grown woman.
She made her own choices.
I opened up to Julia about, uh, you know, Sarah's doubts.
- About being a mom? - Yeah.
And the look on her face, the hurt I wish I could take it back.
None of it's easy, is it? Roxy's in trouble, Julia's lost.
I feel like I'm everyone's father but no one's dad.
Fathering is easy.
Parenting is hard.
Hmm.
Maybe the mistake is only telling Julia half the story.
Why not tell her all of it? She should know.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) Diane, hi.
(STAMMERS) Hello.
I'm sorry.
I never would have come here unless it were an emergency.
- Is she here? - I thought you took her to treatment.
My dad said She jumped out of the car.
She's been missing for a while now.
I checked all her social media.
She turned it off.
Okay.
She loves you and Edie so much.
I could see it in her eyes.
She only looks at us with hatred anymore.
Well, we really care about her too.
Please help me find her.
I'm afraid.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) We'll find her.
(SOBS) Thank you.
ROXY: It's just so exhausting, you know? All these people pretending that they know what I need, but they don't know my life.
They don't know our life, you know? You know what I mean, right? Trust me, I know.
It's the rest of them out there that don't get it.
Thank you.
Which is why I'm confused as to why you've been so cold to me lately.
I've been cold to you? A little.
(SIGHS) I mean, you've alienated everyone else in your life.
You always have.
I just want to be there for ya.
Don't push me away.
(STAMMERS) Oh, I I'm not trying to push you away.
I didn't I didn't know I was doing that.
I'm I'm sorry.
I got a lot going on, you know.
I know.
I know.
It's okay.
You're safe here.
(KNOCK AT DOOR) JULIA: Roxy.
Who the hell's that? EDIE: Are you in there? Let me get rid of them.
Well, you sent ya, my parents or Leon? We came on our own.
It's not up for discussion.
You're coming with us.
ROXY: No, no, go.
Go! Get out of there! That's not gonna happen.
We're not leaving without you.
We're not.
You guys, it looks like you're triggering her, so Okay, the last thing we need right now is - for you to mansplain triggering.
- Yeah, and why don't you back up, unless you want to catch a face full of mace? I have the stuff they only give cops.
Come on.
It's time for you to go.
Come on.
- I can't.
- JULIA: Yes, you can.
- EDIE: Yes, you can.
- Please don't.
- EDIE: Come on.
- JULIA: Come on.
(GROANS) (SOBS) ROXY: Okay, um, what about this? I promise to get drug tested once a month? Once a week? Once a day? This isn't a negotiation, sweetie.
It's time for you to get help.
I can't.
I can't go in there.
I can't go in there, 'cause if I go in there, they're gonna make me talk about it, and I can't talk about it.
I know it's really hard, but I promise you, you can.
EDIE: Facing the truth is super scary.
It can feel like ripping off a scab that isn't ready.
JULIA: You know what I think? I think you are the strongest person I've ever met.
And we're gonna be right here when you get out.
What if I'm super boring after? JULIA: I don't think that's a possibility.
(LAUGHS) How 'bout I make you a deal? If you can go in there and face this Maybe I can be brave too.
I thought we weren't negotiating.
(SCOFFS) Oh, God.
Just get in there, smart-ass.
(SOLEMN MUSIC) JULIA: You can call us.
EDIE: You got this.
LEON: The night you were born, there was a thunderstorm.
We were in labor in the delivery room, and Sarah was about to push.
And the lights flickered, and then they went out for a moment until the generators kicked in.
And then you emerged, perfect and healthy.
But Sarah, your mom, she was unstable.
Her blood pressure spiked and her vitals crashed and she had to be brought straight into the ICU.
And for, you know, three terrible weeks, she had to stay there until she was stable again and could come home.
So you went to me.
I took care of you, brought you home, and I bottle-fed you around the clock for those those first tender weeks of your life.
You'd fall asleep on my chest, your little heart beating against mine.
I knew all about newborn bonding, but I didn't really know until I felt it myself.
You know, that sensation of being one.
And I think it's why I feel, still, with you, so, um Connected.
I know.
As scary as those, you know, first weeks were, I have to say I I'm grateful that we we had them.
(SOFT MUSIC) (BREATHING DEEPLY) It started the night we had that argument.
We met up for a drink, and we kissed.
And I thought it was just a one-time thing.
I thought it was part of the whole paternity rug-pull thing I was going through.
And I wrote it off, but it was more than that.
It is more than that.
I think that this is who I am.
And it's who I've always been, and I can't deny it anymore.
So when I called you from my grandmother's birthday I was with her.
What about Thanksgiving? So all this time Even though I looked you in your eyes and directly asked you I can't defend it.
(SNIFFLES) TIM: It was the one thing, Edie.
That's it.
I told you there was just one thing that I could not take from you, and that was being lied to.
Didn't I say that to you? Countless times I told you, just don't lie to me.
All I can say is that I kept it from you out of love Because I didn't want to hurt you (SNIFFLES) (EXHALES DEEPLY) Because I couldn't bear the thought of losing you.
I'm gonna ask you another question.
And I want you to tell me the truth.
Do you love her? - (EXHALES) - I said, do you love her? Yes.
SINGER: Pick up Your feet when you walk away EDIE: Please say something.
Get angry.
Or throw something.
I can't take this.
You can't take this? You? I'm so sorry.
No, you're not.
Just go.
SINGER: Fate, it knocks upon my door Hey.
I know it's not my appointment, but you're here, I'm here.
Oh, no, that's your bad news face.
What's wrong? Your results are optimal.
It was a false alarm.
You're actually an ideal candidate for egg freezing.
Great! That's great.
Why do you look like you're about to throw up? Because something else came up in the results that is unexpected, to say the least.
Okay.
Based on the genetic screening we did in comparison to the data we have on Leon Leon what does that have to do with anything? Leon Bechley is not your biological father.
SINGER: It's just not healthy anymore