Council of Dads (2020) s01e09 Episode Script

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Previously on "Council of Dads"
You betrayed him in so many ways.
You need to go now, please,
and don't you dare contact my children.
There's no easy way to say this.
Anthony, he's your biological father.
He left town rather
than look me in the eye.
- [BALLOON POPS]
- Ah, we're having a boy.
- We're having a boy.
- We're having a boy.
You tested positive,
and there's no cure.
What about the baby?
They won't want him if they know.
I have come here to forgive you.
You will always be one of my dads.
My daughter you think she
could ever possibly forgive me?
I understand the anger
that you feel toward me,
- but, as your father
- My father?
You lost that title years ago.
You can't publish this,
especially not locally.
- The kids will read it.
- Someone shared it.
"Savannah Gazette" published it.
They can't.
[TENDER ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
[JAMES BAY'S "US"]
Finally.
It says online that your
office is open at 6:00.
It's 6:10.
My name is Luly Perry,
and you guys published something
from my blog without my consent.
Perry Luly Perry.
I don't know how you guys got it.
It was on the blog I used for class.
Maybe someone from the
writer's groups shared it,
but I need you to take it down.
What do you mean paper?
I thought it was just online.
Oh no.
Tell me how to be in this world ♪
No, no, no, no, no!
There are those times in life
when adversity hits hard,
when you don't know how
you're gonna make it
If you're gonna make it
When you feel totally alone.
That even in the dark
we will find a way out ♪
What are you doing?
Oh, I just needed to check something.
I live right here.
And my mom lives here,
and that's her paper.
I'm sorry.
[SIGHS] It's just ruined.
How are we supposed to read this?
I'm so sorry. Such a disaster.
It's not that bad.
It's just a wet paper.
I'm Denise, by the way.
I'm here to help my mom.
You know, they're saying
this could be a big storm.
But it's in these moments
when you need to stop,
look outside yourself, let people in,
and, together,
we can ride out the storm.
Whew. Morning, Sage.
Good morning.
[SIGHS] Peter just went to go get Tess.
They'll be back tonight
Unless the storm picks up,
then they'll stay over.
- With Tess's birth mom?
- Yep, Natalie.
Oh, and the Perrys live on the water,
so they might come by,
so I'm making chili.
Okay.
Or I could make something else.
- No, chili's good.
- Okay.
If it's too spicy, you let me know.
- It's fine.
- Okay.
Just want to make sure you're happy.
I'm happy.
Good 'cause I wanna
run something by you.
Quincy for a name.
- Quincy?
- No?
Yeah, you're right. What'll
the kids on the playground say
about the boy named Quincy
with two gay daddies?
What's wrong?
Nothing I'm just having
some feelings today.
Anything you wanna talk about?
No.
Hey, um, I know how hard this must be.
You're away from home. It's raining.
But I assure you, my hurricane prep game
is way better than
my taste in baby names.
I mean, we got sandbags, storm shutters.
This place is impenetrable.
I think I'm just tired.
I'm just gonna go lie
back down for a bit.
Okay, that's good.
You do that.
[TENDER ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
Theo.
[GROANS]
There's a storm coming,
and I want to do my go-bag prep,
but the flashlights are
down in the basement.
Will you come with me?
No.
- But it's so dark down there.
- Just turn on the light.
There could be monsters.
[ROARS]
[SCREAMS]
[PLUCKY MUSIC]
No monsters down here. No, ma'am.
No monsters down here. No ma'am.
I did it.
First-aid go-bag's a go.
Flashlights and batteries are a go.
- Should we wake up Mom?
- Waking up Mom's a go.
[RAIN CLATTERS]
Mom, there's a tropical storm.
They named it Aidan like
this boy in my class.
What? No, it's too early
for hurricane season.
It's earlier every year
because of climate change, Mom.
Yeah, okay.
Thank you for the reminder, Char.
Oh, are we in its path?
Nope, but our go bags
are ready in case 'cause
[TOGETHER] Prep over not under
before you get thundered.
Yes, Dad would be so proud!
Oh, you guys, I just got
Hope back down for her nap,
and now you wake me up. It's not fair.
Who can sleep through all this noise?
Are you okay? You nervous
about the storm?
No, no, no, no,
we know how to do storms.
Dad taught us that.
- Where's Theo?
- Where do you think?
Is he still sulking in his room
because I won't let him move to Vegas?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Hey, Anthony. It's Theo again.
Why aren't you returning
any of my messages, man?
If I don't get that
recommendation by Monday,
my whole plan falls through,
and me and Jules just break up I guess.
I need you, man.
Please.
Hey, hey, the weather guys
are all saying different things.
Oh, I don't need the weather guys.
Your hair tells me all I need to know.
[CHUCKLES] Are we gonna die?
Is my hair saying death by hurricane?
No, nobody's gonna die.
We're gonna hope for the best,
prepare for the worst.
Okay. Should we board up the deck?
Eh, it's better to let
the wind blow through
out there, but let's get
the plexiglass down.
Luly, you biked in this? Are you nuts?
I figure you guys needed
help locking things down.
All right, let's get everything inside.
Larry I messed up.
I wrote this blog, and then
the "Savannah Gazette" reprinted it.
You're in it. All the dads are in it.
And I didn't use any last names,
but I wrote about Anthony
That he was my bio dad.
- Oh, you did what?
- Oh, God, I'm gonna be sick.
My mom told me not to publish it.
- Have you called her?
- No I don't know what to say.
I need to tell her in-person
before she reads it
or the kids do.
Let's get this place secured.
Once that's done,
we'll go face your mom.
The glass it looks like mirror ♪
Watching passers by ♪
None of them are you though ♪
However hard I try ♪
Hey, Anthony. It's Theo. Again.
Why aren't you returning
any of my messages, man?
Rest my weary head ♪
Following a developing
story in the Southeast.
Now, tropical storm
Aidan has changed course,
now heading directly
for the Georgia coast,
putting the city of Savannah
and its neighboring barrier
islands on high alert.
Stay with us for updates
throughout the course of the day.
All right.
All right, my kids,
we are leaving for
Ollie's in three minutes.
It's not even coming down
that hard, Mom.
You know what, Theo?
I understand that you are
upset with me right now,
but I don't need any more attitude.
- I have zero extra bandwidth.
- Neither do I.
You not letting me go to
Vegas is basically you
- making me break up with Jules.
- I don't know.
I think there might be a difference
between Jules getting into college
and a tropical storm
headed right for us.
See what you just did?
I say something,
and you instantly invalidate it.
- No, Theo, I don't.
- You just did it again!
Theo, I will validate you up,
down, and sideways later.
- So now you're making fun of me?
- No, I'm not.
I'm trying to get us off Tybee Island
- while we still can.
- Stop fighting.
We have to get over Highway
80 before it floods.
Just admit it.
Theo, I'm not making
you break up with Jules,
but you know what?
You might, and it will hurt,
and I'm sorry about that,
but you will survive, and, right now,
this family, including you,
needs to get in this car
and get off the island
so that we can survive.
Mom, where's Cowboy?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
I haven't seen him all day.
- We have to find him.
- Okay.
Let's check under the beds
because that's usually
where he hides when he's scared, okay?
Theo, stay with the baby.
But what if we don't find him?
Oh, no "ifs" right now. We got this.
I'm just doing a final sweep.
You about done here?
Mm-hmm, yeah,
I talked to all the vendors.
I think we're good.
You need to get on the road before dark.
Do you have a safe place to go?
Yeah, I'm going to Atlanta.
Okeydoke. Well, sir,
I will see you on the
other side of the storm,
not the other side because
we are not gonna die
- in this storm, right?
- That's right.
- Okay, be good.
- Mm.
I wanna be on a sunny beach somewhere.
Hey, it's me, Larry.
No, I'm at the Crab Shack.
No, please, don't hang up.
They're saying that these
evacuations are voluntary,
but I'm looking at this water,
and it's rising.
If you and Ivy need, you know,
a place to stay or a ride
[DIAL TONE]
- Your daughter?
- She's on Whitemarsh Island.
She's not gonna evacuate
At least, not 'cause I tell her to.
Sorry, Larry.
Come on, let's get the hell off Tybee.
Evan knows to meet us at Oliver's
once he's got your house squared away?
He's not there.
He's driving his mom to Macon.
She still has PTSD
from Hurricane Matthew.
Did you prep your house before
you came in this morning?
No, I was dealing with the article.
Luly, you kids put every
penny you have in that house.
You can't leave that to chance.
But we have to go to Oliver's.
I have to talk to my
mom before she reads
We need to check on your house
At least get the hurricane screens up.
Come on, Cuyler-Brownsville
is on the way to Oliver's.
So is your daughter's.
[TENDER ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
[DOOR BELL RINGING]
One second.
Hi.
He'll be scared and all alone.
But, love, animals are
so much smarter than we are.
They know how to protect
themselves in this situation.
Hello, we had to leave Cowboy.
We couldn't find him,
and emotions are running high.
Mom made us leave him.
Well, Char,
we searched for almost an hour.
We could've kept looking,
but Robin freaked out
- over a little wind.
- Don't you call me Robin.
Okay, Theo, a category 1 hurricane
is more than just a little wind.
Cowboy knows how to get to a safe place.
That dog is smarter
than all of us combined.
Have you heard from Luly?
I keep calling her and
not getting an answer.
Yeah, she and Larry got
the Crab Shack secured.
They're headed to Luly's then here.
Oh, thank God they're together.
- Anything else in the car?
- No.
You know what? Let's just get dry.
- We'll unpack the car later.
- Okay, great.
Come on in.
Oh, hey, guys,
this is our amazing birth mom, Sage.
- Hi.
- Sage, you know Robin.
This is Hope. That's Theo.
- Hi.
- JJ, Charlotte.
Guys, it's your new cousin in there.
How you doing, Sage?
I'm good. I'll get out of y'all's way.
- You're not
- Excuse me, sorry.
You're not in anyone's way.
Okay, my guys, how about you go warm up
with some chili, all right?
And then we'll go unload the go-bags.
- Something's up with Sage.
- She say anything to you?
No, she went straight to bed last night,
and she's just seemed off all day.
You should talk to her.
I tried, but she doesn't
want to talk to me.
[SIGHS] I got a bad feeling.
I mean, what if she's changing her mind?
Ollie, talk to her.
But then it'll come off
like I'm pressuring her,
and I don't want to pressure
her, you know?
It's her baby, her choice,
but, Rob, I want that baby.
Oh, God.
What if it's something
I said or Peter said
No, no, no, I'm sure it's not that.
Just talk to her for me, will you?
- Sure, yeah.
- Thanks.
Sorry, sir, the Savannah Airport
is completely shut down.
What about Atlanta? Charleston?
Okay, you are aware there is
a category 1 hurricane threatening
Hurricane When did it upgrade?
We got the alert a few minutes ago.
How close can you get me?
- Little Rock.
- Arkansas?
Sir, you are not getting
anywhere near Savannah
without a private jet.
Where can I get one of those?
Whoa, what's up?
I think I know where Cowboy is.
When I went to grab the flashlights,
I was scared,
so I brought Cowboy with me.
- Did he come back up with you?
- I don't know.
I closed the door behind
me when he came back up.
So he's stuck down there.
But what if the basement floods?
Hey, don't worry.
He could drown.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
- I'll go get him.
- Mom won't let you.
Mom isn't gonna know.
I'll be quick in and out.
Now, count to 5,000
before you tell anybody.
- Promise?
- Promise.
I'll be all right.
One Mississippi, two Mississippi,
three Mississippi
- [KNOCKS]
- Hey, Sage.
Can we not right now?
You are dealing with a whole lot.
Do you have anyone?
Any friends that you can talk to?
My friends are all living their lives.
I wore out my welcome
crying on their couches
when my mom died.
And then, when I found out
my birth mom died
They're sick of me and all my dying.
[TENDER MUSIC]
Have you thought any more
about telling Ollie and Peter?
I'm scared they'll change their mind.
Do you think the baby has it?
I don't know,
but we can test him tomorrow.
Storm clears up, I can fast track it.
We'll have an answer in 24 hours.
And if he has it, what do I do?
Like, literally, what do I do?
Then we will deal with it.
How?
Hey kid, guess what,
you have a terrible genetic disease.
- Sage
- Even if he doesn't have it,
they're so intent
on an open adoption and me
being a part of the family,
which means
this baby is gonna watch me die.
I wish I didn't know.
But you do know, and I know,
and you are still selling
Ollie and Peter short
if you think they can't handle this.
Mom, I was just texting with Tess
and my phone stopped working!
Mine too, great.
Hey, Theo, do you have service?
Theo?
956 Mississippi,
- 957
- JJ, where's Theo?
The evacuation zone stretches all along
the coast of Georgia up
through South Carolina.
We can expect multiple hazards
including hurricane-force winds,
inland flooding due to heavy rain,
and then, of course,
we have the storm surge hazard.
[SIREN BLARES]
Did he go to Jules's?
I said I wouldn't tell anybody
until I counted to 5,000,
but I don't wanna be a liar.
Well, listen, it's not a lie
if it's about someone being in danger,
and right now it's really
dangerous outside,
so we need to know where Theo is.
- It's all my fault.
- What is, buddy?
I was scared to go down to the basement,
so I brought Cowboy with me,
and I locked him down there
by mistake, and Theo
went back to save him.
He went back how?
Oh, my God, Ollie, my keys are gone.
He took my car.
Don't freak out. He's rescuing Cowboy.
I'm not freaking out. I'm just thinking.
Tell you what, how about you go
play go fish with Charlotte, okay?
She's right in there.
You're freaking out.
My 16-year-old is driving
into a hurricane, Ollie.
I'll go get him or help him,
not that he needs help
because he's fine. I'll go.
No, you know what? I'll go.
Give me your keys.
Seriously, Rob, you stay here
Ollie, give me your keys! I'm sorry.
I just Ollie,
I really have to go please.
Thank you.
Luly, she's not gonna come with me.
You're not the one asking.
[KNOCKS]
Hi, is your mom home?
Hi, Lauren, I'm Luly Perry.
I told you on the phone. I'm good.
They just made the
evacuations mandatory.
I know. We're going to the high school.
Honey, why don't you go get Eliza
and make sure you
bring extra food, okay?
Come with us.
There's no way that I'm getting
- in a car with you.
- Who's Eliza?
- Her guinea pig.
- Let me guess.
She's named after Eliza in "Hamilton"?
Yeah.
Okay, well, you and your daughter
and Eliza are welcome to join my family
at our friend Oliver's house.
There's food and beds,
and they're gonna be playing
"Hamilton" on repeat.
My little brother and
sister are obsessed, so
Honestly, thank you.
I don't mean to seem
I don't think that I can be around him
and his new, big, happy family.
I get it. How about my house?
It's in Cuyler-Brownsville,
and my husband's
riding out the storm in Macon.
Nobody's there.
Please, Lauren.
The high school's gonna be
crowded and uncomfortable.
Get Ivy and Eliza.
Let's get off this island.
I'll drive.
Guys, everything's gonna be fine.
Theo got to Cowboy.
Your mom got to Theo,
and they'll be back in no time.
- I feel it.
- Yeah, me too.
Not me. It's all my fault.
No, it's not.
- JJ, it could have happened to anyone.
- No, it's Theo's fault
for not going into the
basement with you.
Okay, guys, it's no one's fault,
and everything's gonna be fine.
What is that noise?
[SUITCASE CLUNKING]
What are you doing? Sage?
I'm sorry. I'm leaving.
- You can't leave.
- You guys are great, I just
I don't think you're the right fit.
Please don't be mad.
- Sage, I'm not mad.
- I'll go to a hotel.
I don't want to be here
when Peter and Tess come.
- It'll just be weird.
- They're not coming.
They're staying at Natalie's, okay?
And there is a hurricane outside,
and you're 37 weeks pregnant.
Sage, you're not going anywhere.
Talk to me, okay? What is going on?
Is it something that we said or did?
It's not you.
It's me.
[LIGHTS CLICK]
- Oliver?
- What's going on?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[WIND HOWLING]
Cowboy! Come here!
Cowboy?
- [BARKING]
- Hey, buddy, I'm coming!
[GRUNTS]
- [GROANING]
- Cowboy, hey.
It's okay, buddy. Come here.
Whoa, Cowboy. Cowboy!
Cowboy, wait! Wait!
[STAIRS CRACK]
To repeat, mandatory evacuations
are now in effect for all of zone A,
which includes Tybee
Highway 80 is closed, ma'am.
No, no, no, my 16-year-old
is on Tybee Island,
and I gotta go get him.
We've got evacuations
and a curfew in effect.
Do you know Officer Sam Baldwin?
Yeah, I know Sam.
Great, then you can tell him yourself
that my son died in a hurricane
because you wouldn't let me go get him.
All right, let me radio over
to our units on Tybee.
- Great, thank you.
- All right.
Can you hurry please?
Copy that.
Ma'am, we just got orders
to pull emergency units out of here.
Now, if you're determined to go back,
you're gonna be on your own,
and I'm not gonna stop you.
Great, that's fine. Thank you so much.
All right.
We found some more candles.
Good. Charlotte,
can you help JJ light 'em?
Matches are in the kitchen,
drawer by the sink.
Okay, Sage, I have a secret.
Hurricanes scare me.
I know I act like I have
it all under control,
but I'm a nervous wreck.
I wish Peter and Tess were here,
I am terrified that I did something
to offend you, and now you
don't wanna give us your baby,
and my point is:
let's just get through the storm, okay?
We can do that together, right?
And when this is done, we can sit down,
and you can tell me and
Peter what's going on,
and we will abide by your decision.
We will wish you well
and be happy for you
Oliver, I think I'm in labor.
You think or you know?
Well, I've been having
little contractions
for months know, so I thought
it was just more of that, but
these hurt
a lot.
How far apart?
- I don't know.
- Okay, let's time one.
- Let me know when one starts.
- It's starting.
Okay.
Keep breathing.
[WHIMPERS]
[GROANS]
[SCREAMS]
Come on! [SCREAMS]
Damn it!
[DOG WHIMPERS]
[GASPING]
Oh no. No!
No, no, no, no, no!
- Ooh.
- Let there be light.
Thank God Evan insisted
on getting a generator.
Yeah, and repairing your foundation.
No water's gonna get in here.
Yeah.
Gosh, it's killing me
I can't text him a photo
of our successful little fortress.
Can I do anything?
No, it's all set.
You and Ivy help yourself
to anything you need.
What's mine is yours.
Thank you for having us.
Of course.
Luly, I know you must be
itching to get to your mom.
- Why don't I drive you?
- No, not with them here.
It's okay.
No, really, I'm fine.
You can go, Larry.
I don't wanna go.
I'm sure JJ and Charlotte and Theo
The one that you taught to
tie a tie and drive a car
Will be worried if you don't show up
'Cause you're the dad that shows up
according to today's paper.
You read my article?
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
It was beautifully written,
although kind of a fiction.
I think I'm gonna go check
on some of your neighbors.
[THUNDER RUMBLES]
Okay, guys, guess what.
Sage is in labor.
I'm gonna need you to take care of Hope
so I can take care of Sage.
But this is her first baby.
First babys usually take a while.
Is she dilated?
God bless the children of OBs.
Char, you're right,
and I haven't checked her yet, JJ.
I'm gonna let your mom get back,
let her do her thing.
But what if she doesn't come back?
She'll be back.
[THUNDER CRACKLING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[WIND HOWLING]
Theo!
Theo!
Theo! Theo?
- Answer me!
- Mom!
Down here!
- Mom!
- Theo!
- I'm down here!
- Oh, my God.
Okay, oh, thank God. Okay, come on.
- We gotta get out of here.
- I can't, Mom.
- I can't.
- Why, what happened?
- What happened?
- My ankle it's stuck.
I think it's broken.
Okay, okay, I'm right here.
I'm right here, all right?
Let's take a look at it. Right or left?
Right.
- Can you feel this?
- Yes.
Okay, okay.
God, Theo, what were you thinking?
Cowboy was in trouble.
So you steal my car,
and you drive through a hurricane?
If I hadn't gotten stuck,
I'd be back at Ollie's by now.
Well, yeah, but you did get stuck.
[GROANING]
[WINDOW CLATTERS]
Mom.
All right, we gotta get out of here.
Okay.
I think I can get your
leg free with this bat.
All right, we got this, no problem.
I gotta tell you something.
This is gonna hurt like hell, okay?
Hold my shoulder. Okay?
I got you.
Brace your other foot right here.
We're gonna be okay.
I'm gonna count to three, all right?
One, two, three.
[SCREAMS]
Come on, Cowboy. Come on.
All right, good boy, good boy.
You stay put, okay?
All right, you put your arm around me,
I can get you into the car.
Can't we just stay in the house
and wait for it to be over?
No, no, no, 'cause it's already flooding
and the water's still rising.
The house will be fine.
Theo, please don't argue.
I'm the grown-up.
- I'm not a kid!
- I know.
- I know you're not.
- I saved Cowboy.
You should be thanking me.
Why aren't you thanking me?
Because there's a storm,
and I'm worried about my other kids.
I'm your kid too.
What about worrying about me?
- I am worried about you.
- I know I'm not special.
I'm just average and dumb.
I'm not trans or adopted or
whatever's going on with Luly.
You won't tell any of us.
I get that I'm not special to you,
but I am special to Jules,
and I want to go live
with Anthony in Vegas, and I'm going to.
You listen to me. You are my son.
You are more special to me than anything
in the entire world,
which is why I have to get you
into that car right now.
Theo, please.
[WIND HOWLS]
Hey, some of the neighbors
are coming over
to wait out the storm.
They're bringing food from
their refrigerators and freezers.
- There's ice cream.
- Can I have some?
Sure.
[DISTANT SIRENS]
I know you like ice cream too.
I'm good.
It'll be there if you change your mind.
- How's it going?
- It's going.
You want me to talk or
you want me to be quiet?
- Mm-hmm, talk.
- Okay, talk.
Let's see.
Oh, I can tell you about the time Tess
- fell down the stairs.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, she said she wanted
to fly like a bird,
but she had a crash landing,
and she chipped her tooth,
and Oh, my God,
I sound like a bad parent.
I promise you I was watching her.
- It just happened so fast
- Here it comes.
- Okay, here we go.
- [SIGHS]
All right, come here. You got this.
You got this, okay?
Deep breaths, deep breaths.
[GROANS]
Breathe, breathe.
Deep breaths.
The contractions are
three minutes apart.
This is when Mom always
goes to the hospital.
Where is she?
I bet she and Theo decided
to wait it out at the house.
Do you really think that
or do you think something bad happened?
Our dad died less than a year ago.
Okay, I really think
that's the worst thing
that's gonna happen to us this year.
[SIGHS LOUDLY]
I'm gonna stabilize your ankle
because every time it moves, it hurts,
and this is gonna be a bumpy ride.
So I've been spread kind of thin lately.
Between Charlotte's
heart and JJ's transition
and sleep training Hope, and you know,
everything Luly's going through, and
I've been rushing
around from fire to fire
trying to put everything out,
and, meanwhile,
you've been quietly burning.
Is that right?
I'm so sorry.
I wish you believed in me
like you do everybody else.
I'm gonna tell you something,
and I want you to listen hard
'cause I'm not just saying this.
I am in awe of you.
You hurl yourself
into everything you do,
and that passion has
always made me so proud
and so excited to see the man
that you are gonna become
because there is no doubt
in my mind that you are
gonna do great things.
Then let me try.
Give me three months in Vegas.
Theo, I'm just not gonna let you
drop out of high school for a girl.
It's not just about her, Mom.
I mean, I'll admit it, okay.
It was at first, but then I got excited.
Cooking is in my blood.
Anthony can teach me
everything he knows,
everything Dad knew.
If you want to learn to cook,
there are great restaurants here
- I have Anthony.
- No, you don't.
Why not?
You want me to tell you things,
but you won't tell me anything.
What's going on with Anthony?
[TENDER ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
He's been lying to us, all of us,
and he lied to Dad.
Why?
Because he's a coward.
People in your life are gonna
disappoint you, and I'm sorry.
I wanted to protect you from that,
but I don't think I can protect you
the way I do the other kids.
What did he lie about?
Mom, tell me.
[JOSIAH AND THE BONNEVILLES' "SWING"]
I step into my corner ♪
I gather up my mind ♪
Hey there. What can I get you?
I'll take a little bit of everything.
[CHUCKLES]
Thank you.
Gosh, I feel so bad.
I bit that girl's head off this morning,
and now here she is
inviting me into her home.
- Who, Luly?
- Yeah.
Oh, my mom says the whole neighborhood
couldn't wait to get in here
and see all the work they've done.
It's nice.
What do you call this,
like, an open floor plan?
This neighborhood
must be the next big thing
all the hipsters are
coming in. [CHUCKLES]
I'm not a hipster, and I'm coming in.
Me and Evan, Luly's husband,
we're trying to develop the neighborhood
without ruining it.
You know, keep the integrity.
Could make a lot more
money tearing stuff down,
- building strip malls.
- It's true.
But we're not trying to make money.
I mean, well, we're not
trying not to make money.
We're just not only
trying to make money.
[LAUGHS]
Hey, this nice guy your grandpa?
Yeah.
You see the way Ivy's looking at him?
God, I recognize that look
Like he's the greatest man on Earth.
Lauren, I realize that this
is none of my business,
but what happened?
It's a long and boring story.
I'm the world's most captive audience.
Let's get some privacy.
- Where's JJ?
- He's with Hope.
We're gonna read her
the funnies before bed.
We forgot her books.
You and JJ should probably
go to bed soon too, okay?
But that's not gonna happen
until my mom and Theo get here.
She probably won't be here
until after the storm passes.
Yeah, I know.
[WIND HOWLS]
I think I'm delivering a baby tonight.
Are you scared?
Oh, no.
No, I delivered lots of
babies as a med student.
You've never delivered your own, though.
She may have changed her mind.
He might not be my baby.
I'm sorry, Char. I'm sorry.
- I shouldn't have said that
- No.
[TENDER ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
My mom told me once that all you need
for a home birth is lots of towels,
two pieces of sterilized string,
and sterilized scissors to cut the cord.
We can pull that off.
You're not a little kid anymore,
are you?
When did that happen?
I've always been sort
of a 40-year-old lady,
though, haven't I?
[CHUCKLES] Yeah, you have.
That guy in your piece
That stand-up guy
When he wasn't drinking, he was great.
He was the guy you described,
and it was the memory of him,
the belief that he was
in there somewhere
if I could just stand by him
and pour out one more bottle.
I clung to that for years.
When did you stop?
Oh, should have been
when he drove into a tree
with the whole family in the car.
Yeah, that's when my mom
and my brother bailed.
[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]
But not me.
I kept at it.
Kept believing that the man who
taught me to tie my shoes
would come back to life.
But then I had Ivy,
and this instinct took over.
I wanted to protect her.
Couldn't do it for myself,
but I could do it for her,
so I cut off contact with him.
Irony is that's when
he finally got sober.
But it was too late.
I'm finally happy now.
I divorced my ex who was
basically a version of my dad,
and I have a job that I love.
Now I even have a stupid guinea pig.
[CHUCKLES]
And I see Larry's pain
His need for forgiveness,
and I admire his sobriety, I do
And I get that your family's life
is better with Larry in it
but mine and Ivy's
it's better without him.
- Well, I'm glad you're here.
- Thanks for having us.
How's it going back there?
Oliver, will you take a deep breath?
- Now I'm the one breathing?
- Please?
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
- Felt good, actually.
- Keep breathing.
I want you to have the baby.
I didn't change my mind. I just
I'm scared you won't want him.
- Sage
- Keep breathing.
Are you breathing?
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
I have a disease called GSS.
I just found out.
It's a disease that affects the part
- I know what GSS is.
- I know you know.
But I need to say it out loud.
It affects the part of your brain
that controls coordination.
It debilitates you until it kills you.
There's no cure.
[SIGHS]
Here comes another contraction.
- [GROANS]
- I'm right here.
[LOLA MARSH'S "IN YOUR EYES"]
- I'm not going anywhere.
- [GROANS]
I'm never gonna forgive him.
He betrayed Dad.
I know, but it's complicated for Luly.
You should talk to her about it.
I can?
Just do me a favor and don't
tell the other kids, okay?
Because they don't know.
We need to get out of here.
- Read me my horoscope.
- What are you?
Ares.
You saved our lives since I was four ♪
Whispered words in the sunlight ♪
- Luly's in the paper.
- What do you mean?
"Dear Dad, all your life,
you wrote letters
to people you love."
"A letter was how you
proposed to your wife
"and now a letter will be how I tell you
that you were, are,
and always will be my dad."
"But you're not my father."
All right,
let's get you to the hospital.
Huh?
[ENGINE STARTS]
[WIND HOWLING]
- What the hell?
- Oh, my God.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
Stay here.
[WIND HOWLING]
My childhood in your eyes ♪
So climb with me back to the roof ♪
And show me different stars ♪
All the songs you have forgotten ♪
[GRUNTS]
When the old becomes the new ♪
I save them deep within my heart ♪
- Can we get around it?
- No.
- What the hell do we do now?
- I don't know.
Do we stay in the car or
do we go back inside, Mom?
- What do we do?
- I don't know, Theo.
Still I need you by my side ♪
It's okay, Cowboy. It's okay.
[ENGINE REVS]
Mom?
[HORN BLARES]
- Who's that?
- [HORN BLARES]
Stay here.
In these moments when all seems lost,
look around you.
I know it seems dark,
but there's always a light.
- Hey!
- Find it.
Who is it? You might be surprised.
Need a ride?
In your eyes ♪