The Republic of Sarah (2021) s01e12 Episode Script

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(SARAH GASPS)
Capero326 strikes again.
It looks like they've nailed
another two guys
at the State Department.
That's 11 indictments based
on your document leak.
Yeah, no doubt. You know,
my coming forward
made the leak undeniable.
Weston was right.
Sorry. How are you doing with that?
Oh, okay, considering I can't turn
on the TV or look at my phone
without seeing my ex-boyfriend's
stupid, handsome face.
It still stings. He was really
Yeah. I know.
- (HORN HONKS)
- (GASPS)
- Sorry.
- You don't have to flinch
every time you hear a loud noise,
you know, I'm all right.
The American government
knows where you are now.
The American government
has no jurisdiction here.
This is Greylock.
Non-extradition, remember?
Yeah, I'm sure they
would ignore that fact
if it meant getting their hands on you.
"Human Rights Violations by the
CIA" has its own Wikipedia page.
You know, if bad guys jumped
out from behind a bush,
I got our trusty guard
dog here to protect us.
Yeah. Fenway's afraid of marshmallows.
I don't think she'd be much
help with CIA commandos.
You know, six weeks ago,
if the Feds had wanted to throw
me off the roof of that building,
you would've run across
the street to grab a ladder.
What can I say, you've grown on me,
like a barnacle or a fungus.
- Just be careful, okay?
- I will.
Really, Fenway?
Marshmallows?
AJ: The flood may be over, but
our problems are just beginning.
The Glenn is still underwater,
the South and West Basin are drenched
and anything within a
hundred yards of the river
- is out of commission.
- SARAH: The high school, clinic,
priorities one and two.
Tyler, have you spoken
to Principal Asadi?
He shouldn't be speaking to anyone.
Maya chose him as her proxy
while she's in L.A., Liz.
- Get over it.
- Oh, so that's just how that works?
- Fernsby, get over it.
- Get over it.
- Seriously.
- Get over it!
- Seriously.
- The high school is still wet.
The principal's working
out deals to hold classes
in other places until it dries out.
- What about the clinic?
- LIZ: Still wet.
As is all the equipment inside.
The heart monitors, X-ray
machine, MRI, all of it gone.
That sounds like an expensive problem.
SARAH: Yeah, good thing we're sitting
on a very valuable mineral deposit.
How close are we to the
first batch of coltan
- coming out of the ground?
- It's happening as we speak.
I'll have a better update
when we meet again tonight.
Okay. We'll hit the gas on repairs
as soon as revenue starts flowing.
In the meantime, we need to stay focused
on getting official
recognition from the U.S.
Even wealthy countries rely on
their allies in times of crisis.
We have to be able to do the same
if we're gonna survive long-term.
Hornets beat the Knicks.
What else is new?
Wizards over the Nuggets
oh, I bet that makes you feel happy,
Mr. J, being a Baltimore man.
And there's the grand prize,
Celtics over the Lakers,
113-97. There we go.
Easy. We had an off night.
She's a sweet girl, your daughter,
but misguided, you know?
To root for the Lakers? Come on, AJ.
All right, you three.
It's time for lunch.
It's Milkshake Monday.
Oh, Milkshake Monday?
You sure are getting spoiled, Dad.
Not for much longer.
Rumor is MediCo is
trying to buy this place.
What's MediCo?
It's a health care conglomerate.
They buy up hospitals,
then they cut costs
and jack up the prices.
It's disgraceful.
I-I'm on a budget, Gloria.
What happens if, you know,
if I can't cover the new rates?
(EXHALES) Don't ask me.
I do milkshakes, not balance sheets.
Thank you all for staying so
focused during the flood repairs.
Everything should be dried
out in the next few weeks.
But until then, we're
gonna be using spaces
all over town to hold class.
Yeah, it smells like feet in here.
Well, maybe tomorrow you should
consider wearing clean socks, Hunter.
- (LAUGHTER)
- Okay, so,
despite all the changes, we
are gonna continue forward
with our sophomore study project.
So you can create your
own independent project
in any area you'd like.
- Can it be something art-related?
- Mm-hmm.
As long as it has literary value
and you submit a project
at the end of three weeks.
So we can be flexible?
- Yes. You can be flexible.
- Thank you.
You guys, this is your chance
to create your own curriculum,
so dream big.
Here's the bag you left in the garage.
You know, I could've come and got it.
I don't want you in my house.
(CHUCKLES)
Nothing changes, does it?
Tell me about it.
You leave Greylock
because your life is more important
than everybody else's,
and then you come back
two decades later,
for exactly the same reason.
I came back to see my kids.
Oh, really? Did you finally get
bored of running from them?
I wasn't running away from them.
And from what I understand,
I'm not the only one who
was running from you.
Be careful. It's a long fall
from up on that high horse.
I'm sure it does seem high,
from down in the ditches
where you've been.
Oh. Well, from where I'm standing,
I'm looking at a very selfish,
cowardly, poor excuse for a man.
You just hop right back up
on that bike and take off
- like it was yesterday.
- Last time I checked,
I think you're the one that took off.
Can't imagine why.
Everything bad that happened
once you were gone
was because you were gone!
So what you did was my fault?
You're unbelievable.
DANNY: I have good news and better news.
The good news is, the first
batch of coltan is here.
Tomorrow, we'll start processing
it into metallic tantalum.
Less geology, more economics.
That is the better news.
The global price of coltan jumped
this past week thanks to a
military coup in the Congo.
Well, let's make not give
thanks for a military coup?
The coltan is worth more
than the market rate?
We're gonna get a bump
on this first batch.
How much of a bump are we talking here?
$52 million more than we were expecting.
- (ALL GASPING)
- And given Sarah's deal with Lydon
promises two-thirds of all
profits back to the town,
which means Greylock
stands to make an extra
$35 million.
What are we gonna do
with all that money?
$35 million spent the right way
gets Greylock a new high
school and a new clinic.
Two birds, one super valuable stone.
Hold on, the people of Greylock,
they went through a lot
because of this coltan. They
deserve a share of the spoils.
This kind of money's life-changing.
Look, the population
of Greylock is what?
- 2,700.
- SARAH: 2,700.
Divide $35 million by 2,700,
is about $13,000 per person.
Barely enough to buy a new car, so
to call it life-changing
is a little far-fetched.
- LIZ: Whoa.
- For you, Mr. Manhattan address.
Okay, look, hand this money out,
and it's just a bunch of raindrops.
But pool it together, and we
can actually get real change
in Greylock. I mean, t-those
raindrops become a flood.
- Wrong analogy, considering the circumstances.
- Sure.
Look, if we start handing
out stimulus checks,
everyone's gonna spend that
money outside of Greylock.
Wh If we hand out stimulus checks,
everyone's gonna spend that money
however they damn well please.
Can we just pause for a
second and take a vote?
Who wants infrastructure?
And who wants stimulus?
DANNY: Two to two.
You're the tie break, sis.
Of course.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Hey.
What're you doing here?
Did Adam change his mind
about you being my friend?
(CLEARS THROAT)
I'm not here as your friend, Sarah.
I'm here as a teacher.
I know, I know, I'm
sorry, I hate it, too.
Okay. Let's hear it.
So, um, I know that
the council is talking
about what to do with the surplus.
Sarah, you have to invest
it in the school system.
That option is already on the table.
I don't want it on the table.
I want it in the budget.
Sarah, our school was struggling
before the flood, but now?
The few resources we
do have are laughable.
Rumor is, Principal Asadi is
retiring at the end of the year.
I'm gonna throw my hat into the ring.
Running for the Greylock
council showed me that
maybe I can do big things.
I want to put Greylock on the map
as the most progressive
school district in the world.
But I can't do that if we
aren't properly funded.
I know that you're still
a teacher on the inside,
no matter what you are on the outside.
And teachers always put
their students first.
Always.
(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
How about a dogs-only
production of A Winter's Tail?
Get it? T-A-I-L?
I get it.
Tito can be the lead.
That's-that's an A-plus
idea right there.
Look, the project needs
to have literary value.
I can't just dress up a bunch of beagles
in Elizabethan ruffs and call it a day.
Elizabethan ruffs? That's-that's funny.
Like, "Ruff, ruff."
Ruff, ruff.
Swipe left.
Oh, okay.
No, seriously, Ty. Thank you.
Thank you for helping me out
moving into this new place.
This whole thing goes a
lot faster with two people.
Whoa, is this eight-millimeter?
I didn't know you were into film.
Oh, that belonged to Patience.
Uh, she carried that everywhere.
You could borrow it if you like.
The camera bag has film and filters.
Use whatever's in there.
Are you sure? I mean, this
is your wife's special thing.
- I don't
- No, no, I'm sure.
Therapy's going well,
I'm in a better place.
Camera is all, it's all yours.
Well, it's official. MediCo
is buying my dad's facility.
- I thought it was just a rumor.
- (SIGHS)
It was, but the CEO just
confirmed it in an interview.
This is a nightmare.
I did some digging on MediCo.
Every hospital they've bought,
they've raised the cost.
Okay, so move your dad somewhere else.
Places that cater to
patients like my dad,
they're few and far between.
Where's the next nearest one?
Cape Cod.
And there's no way I can
let him be six hours away.
If he moves
I'd have to move with him.
Well, I've been in a good place lately.
It's just your father, he gets to me.
I know the feeling.
Well, I saw him yesterday
and he brought up
some of my more difficult
moments with Danny.
- (SIGHS) And as we as we talked
- What?
- What'd he do?
- It's what he won't do.
He refuses to acknowledge
any damage that he has
caused this family.
We've all caused our fair share, Mom.
Yes, I understand that I
did the most terrible thing.
At least I'm trying to face my faults.
He is completely ignoring the fact
that when you walk out on your family,
you actually leave them with damage.
I'm really proud of the progress
that you have made in this program,
but none of it is gonna be permanent
unless you can accept
that the root cause
of your bad behavior wasn't Paul,
or Danny or me.
There's always gonna be
someone else to blame.
But if you do that, you're
never gonna confront
your part in your own failures.
And if you can't acknowledge
it, you can't fix it, Mom.
I know that marriage
counseling is super weird.
And I know that we have a long way to go
before we feel like us again, but
this is really nice.
Yeah.
It was a, it was a great idea.
Hey, could I get another
vodka tonic from you?
Thanks.
Well, I am gonna go powder my nose.
So I can look cute for
my perfect husband.
- This place is great.
- GROVER: Yeah. Yeah. Right?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I told you.
Can I get two double whiskeys neat?
Adam. Hey, man. How you doing?
Been better.
Super Cooper here dropped
an A-bomb into my life.
Maybe we should head someplace else.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, y-you would want to leave.
That's Danny Cooper's
go-to move, isn't it?
Oh, Adam, Adam, come
on. Okay, hey, Adam
What, am I wrong?
This is the guy who left his
whole family and his girlfriend
without saying a goodbye.
Then he turns around and
does the exact same thing
to his fiancée.
Boy, you're really batting
a thousand, aren't you?
- Don't go there.
- Piper, right?
It's a tough beat.
She probably had no idea
you didn't love her.
Hell, you probably never did.
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Okay, okay, okay, okay!
Stop, stop. Walk it off,
walk it off, Danny. Go, go.
Calm down. No, calm down, Danny.
♪
(LINE RINGING)
(DOOR OPENS)
Oh, thank God.
Thank God. Where have you been?
One minute we were, we were
sitting, we were having dinner,
and it was really nice, and the
next, you were just gone and
I thought that we were doing better.
We were.
Until I saw this.
It fell out of Danny's
pocket at the bar.
Recognize it?
No?
- Here, let me jog your memory.
- Adam
Our hearts beat ♪
Why do you and Danny both have these?
Corinne.
Answer me.
You're still in love with him.
Pain in my chest is burning ♪
I'm trying really hard not to be.
Get out.
- Adam, listen, I
- Just get out.
To the boy ♪
In the winter's cold. ♪
Hi, Bella.
You like so nice. What's the occasion?
- Uh, I have a job interview.
- With who?
With you. For my
sophomore study project.
I want to be your intern.
I'll organize your schedule, I'll
take notes during your meetings,
I'll do research and
I'll make spreadsheets.
I love spreadsheets, Sarah.
Like, I love them.
Um, I actually,
I-I don't need an intern.
But if you let me help you,
I can write a paper about
what Greylock's doing
and how it compares
to other new nations.
Mm-hmm.
Please, Sarah. I'll do whatever you ask.
I'll sweep the floor
if you want me to.
I just want to help.
Okay, you're hired.
- Wait, really, you're serious?
- Yeah, I'm serious.
I've been telling the council
lately if there's one thing
we need more of, it's spreadsheets.
- So thank you.
- (LAUGHS) Okay.
We need to talk.
Oh, okay, yes, fine.
It was me I'm so sorry I
ate your last yogurt pack,
but the blackberry is so good.
This is not about you
stealing my food, Sarah.
This is about the coltan.
Oh, okay, that I can handle.
So I really think we need
to be putting this money
- into people's pockets.
- Yeah, I'm working on it, AJ.
I want to be sure I've thought
it through before I vote.
I-I understand what's at stake.
Do you? Because what's at
stake for me is a lot bigger.
What do you mean?
My dad is not at a rest home.
He's at a facility that
specializes in brain injuries.
Brain injuries?
Yeah.
He has what they call
primary CNS vasculitis.
Wiped out half his brain
functions in one fell swoop.
AJ, I'm so sorry.
Why didn't you tell me?
Let's just say pity gets old.
Listen.
If I don't get the extra cash,
I'm gonna have to move
my dad to someplace new.
And I really don't want to do that.
After everything that the
universe has stolen from him,
I can't take this, too.
Your brother may not think
that 13 grand's a lot.
But for a lot of people, that
money could change their lives.
I know it would change mine.
I could keep my dad where
he is for another year.
Just give me some time to figure out
how to keep paying for things.
I've never asked you
for anything, Sarah.
Never, not once.
But I got to ask for this.
Please.
So does that mean you're,
like, Sarah's assistant now?
That's the idea, yeah.
I'm gonna organize stuff
for her, help her out.
And then for my SSP paper,
I can write about nation-building
and democracy,
and Greylock can be my case study.
That's dope.
(CAMERA CLICKING)
So, uh, where do you get
film for something like that?
Grover did say there's
tons of stuff in the bag.
So maybe there's, like, some
undeveloped film or something.
Oh, yeah, there's a
ton of stuff in here.
"June 2016.
March 2017."
Wait, are these, like, home movies?
Um, I don't know, I haven't
really looked at 'em.
Wait, what if these are
from him and Patience?
Well, he did say that his
therapy's going super well
and that I could use
anything in the bag, so
Okay.
I need your help.
As you've probably heard by now,
Greylock has a budget surplus.
What to do with that money
is a very complicated issue.
It's one that will affect all of us.
So I figured it was time for all
of us to have a say in the matter.
Tomorrow at Town Hall,
there will be a ballot box
where every citizen may
submit a vote on the debate.
Do we pool the coltan
money and reinvest it?
Or do we divide it up and dole it out?
The individual or the collective:
that's the question.
Adam?
Josh?
Mommy's home from Nana and Papa's.
Hello?
- (CLEARS THROAT)
- (LINE RINGING)
Adam? I, um, I just got
home from my parents'
and the house is empty.
So where are you?
Halfway to Philadelphia.
What?
I'm taking Josh to my brother's place.
You should get divorce
papers later today.
And, Corinne?
I'll be seeking sole custody of Josh.
There is something about your way ♪
There you go.
There is something about your way ♪
There is something about your way ♪
There is something about your way ♪
BELLA: Thank you.
Yeah, just keep it moving,
guys, thank you.
Yeah, keep going. Thanks.
About your way and I just got to say ♪
I just got to say ♪
- Hey ♪
- Sarah?
- Corinne.
- He-he took Josh.
I got the divorce papers an hour ago
and I just wanted to make sure
that I'm not overreacting.
I mean, I don't understand why
you're not hunting Adam down
like a 12-point buck.
No, right now, as far as Josh knows,
he's just on a spontaneous
trip to see his cousin.
And I want to keep it that way.
I don't want to saddle him
with a bunch of sad memories
of his parents screaming at
each other on the front lawn.
This whole thing is gonna
be amicable if it kills me.
This is all pretty standard stuff.
The only twist is Adam
seeking sole custody.
And he's filing in New Hampshire.
- What? Can he do that?
- The deed to your house,
your marriage license
they still say New Hampshire.
He wanted this as far
from Greylock as possible.
To keep it out of my reach.
Not that I could do much anyways.
Okay. (CHUCKLES)
I am still Josh's mom.
That has to count for something.
The courts usually decide in favor
of the mother in cases like this,
especially if the child
is happy and healthy.
And Adam did take Josh across
an international boundary.
It's not illegal for a spouse to
take a child without permission
if the parents aren't already
involved in a custody dispute.
But what Adam did does not look good.
See? We're gonna get Josh
back home in no time, okay?
Hey. I solved it.
Think I know what I'm gonna do
for my sophomore study project.
I'll start learning lines
with Tito for A Winter's Tail.
I'm gonna make Super 8 shorts
about people in Greylock.
I'm gonna string them all together,
make a documentary mosaic.
I just finished my first one last night.
Episode one: Grover Sims.
Guy at the camera store
digitized it for me.
How did you make a film about me?
We didn't even record any footage.
There was tons of footage in this bag.
- What?
- Yeah.
Of you and Patience.
I kind of edited it together,
- added some music.
- You watched our home movies?
I did.
I thought you said I could
use anything in the bag.
Yeah, I didn't know
I didn't know those
were in there, Tyler.
- Look, I-I'm sorry, man.
- Don't even worry about it, Tyler.
Don't even worry about it.
♪
Bella?
You know you (CLEARS THROAT)
You don't have to
It's-it's not even a referendum.
It's just a poll to help me
This is history, Sarah.
- We have to document it properly.
- Yes, ma'am.
Stare while the night's turning dark ♪
And the fire's in your heart ♪
And you know you should not ♪
But you can't help but wonder ♪
I'm sorry.
(LAUGHS): Oh! Come on.
Really?
PAUL: The game is called
Risk, not Play it Safe.
SARAH: Words of wisdom from Paul Cooper.
If I wasn't a wanted man,
I'd start a podcast.
- I think I would subscribe, maybe.
- (CHUCKLES)
You know you have
made tougher decisions.
I have faced more difficult decisions.
I haven't gotten around to
making all of them quite yet.
- Mm, the coltan question.
- Mm.
Welcome to the world of
rich people's problems.
Everyone's been pouring
their hearts out to me,
trying to get me to come to their side.
I ran a poll to see how people felt,
thought that would give me some
guidance, came out dead even.
Dead even. 738 to 738.
Yeah, well, you got to
look at the big picture.
You know, every issue's
got a sad story behind it.
But if you put all
your troops in Siam
I'm attacking Australia.
You leave your-your northern
border unprotected.
A general's got to see the whole board.
Can't get caught up in
every little skirmish.
Sometimes you got to lose one
soldier to save a hundred.
- Tell that to the soldier's family.
- Yeah, well, that's never easy,
and his sacrifice shouldn't go ignored.
But at the end of the day,
all of civilized society
is based on a simple premise:
what's good for the pack is
what's good for the wolf.
Not the other way around.
(EXHALES)
(LAUGHS SOFTLY)
All right.
(WHIRRING)
I would be your king ♪
But you want to be free ♪
Confusion and art ♪
I'm nothing but heart ♪
I'm nothing but heart ♪
I'm nothing but heart ♪
I'm nothing but heart ♪
It would behoove us all ♪
To remember ♪
That all we are is what we love ♪
I'm nothing but heart ♪
May we someday be assured ♪
As we walk into the night ♪
I'm nothing but heart. ♪
I've made my decision.
What's best for the people of Greylock
is to reinvest the coltan
surplus in the town.
I know you two were hoping that
I would go a different way,
and I'm sorry.
But your arguments haven't
fallen on deaf ears.
This money should benefit all of us.
I think I have a way
for it to do just that.
We all know how important it is for us
to get recognized as a new country.
I thought we were gonna
fix the high school.
We are. Along with the clinic.
In my plan, they will be
in the same building,
which will give students who
are interested in medicine
a chance to be around
doctors at a young age,
it will give our biology
and health classes
access to a working infirmary.
You can't have a hospital
- inside of a high school.
- Why not?
The Millbrook School in Upstate
New York has a zoo in it.
Students learn about zoology
while they take care of the animals.
Grand Rapids, Michigan has a program
where they send kids
to school at a museum.
This is our chance to
do something unique
and challenging for our kids.
The money that we will save, by
turning two buildings into one,
we're gonna use to connect
with our neighbors.
Creating business partnerships,
linking our public transit
with nearby towns.
The fastest route to recognition
is to show the world that we
are worthy of their friendship.
And in order to do that,
we got to start being friendly.
So what happens next?
After you all weigh in on my plan,
I will present the final
version to the town.
It'll be Greylock's coming
out party. If that goes well,
we will have taken a very
solid step towards recognition.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Two minutes. That's all I need.
I want to apologize.
(SCOFFS)
Look, the mistakes that I made
The way that I hurt Danny
None of that is your fault.
That's mine.
I probably don't have
to tell you how much
I regret leaving the way I did.
Walking out on everybody.
("GLORIA" BY HENRY JAMISON PLAYING)
Should've been there for the kids.
For you.
I may not have been the one
to push you over the edge,
but I sure as hell wasn't there
to catch you when you fell.
Well, we're not the greatest
parents, are we?
Definitely room for improvement.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
So, uh, how are you holding up?
Thought that the bags under my eyes
and the vintage loungewear
made it obvious, but
Is it safe to talk in here?
That's not funny.
Sorry. Had to do something
with my nervous energy.
So, um (CLEARS THROAT)
Sarah told me you're, uh,
struggling to find a lawyer
for the custody hearing.
Francesca Smith.
Barred in New Hampshire
and a total badass.
I went to law school with her.
She's based out of New York.
I figured you'd want the best.
This address. I already know
that I can't afford her,
- so
- I'll cover it.
She's gonna help you
get Josh back, Corinne.
It's for him.
Looking for your worthiness ♪
Please, just let me help.
Fine.
Thank you.
But this is a loan, not a gift.
Me and my cousin were at the arcade ♪
In a fathom of blood ♪
TYLER: Sorry about the whole film thing.
I'm the one that should
be apologizing to you.
It's my bad.
I can't get upset at you
for doing something
that I said you could do.
So it's
I'm sorry.
Okay?
You know, I watched the film you
made about me and Patience, man.
With a coat and a cane ♪
I wasn't expecting it to bring back
so many of those good memories.
- So thank you.
- The world gone insane ♪
You've got a gift, man.
One that I think you need
to consider indulging.
Which is why this belongs to you now.
For good.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
Patience would be ecstatic
to know that someone
actually appreciates her camera, so
yeah, it's yours.
Gloria ♪
Thanks, man.
No. Thank you, Ty.
Or a lack of love ♪
Oh, my God. Your mom
had a dress like that.
It was half the reason she got
pregnant with Danny, was
Ew, gross.
- Oh.
- Stop.
Sorry. Look, y-you're
gonna look presidential
and great in anything, Princess.
Don't call me Princess.
Please don't call me Princess.
I guess this is what
it's like to have a
a you in my life.
A stylist?
Have you thought more about
where you're gonna live?
I was checking out some rentals
over on the north side.
What about work?
Might go back into contracting.
You know, outside, sun on your face.
Finish a job, you actually got
something to show for it.
I get that.
It's so weird to think of
you being here long-term.
When I was younger,
I had a picture in my mind
of what my life could look like.
You were never in it.
And now I am?
You're starting to be.
- Yeah.
- Is that a good thing?
It's a prettier picture now.
To face your father. ♪
♪
Hi.
- Hey, Sarah.
- Hi.
- Here's this.
- Okay. Yeah.
Chin up, 'cause I got
to put your mic on.
The soundboard is way up in the balcony
if you need to signal for more
volume in your stage monitor.
Okay.
And all your notes are in there.
There's also a seating
chart, so you know
where the most important
people are in the audience.
There's gonna be mayors, some selectmen
and a few state senators.
There's also, like, a dozen journalists,
including one from The Boston
Globe. They'll all be up front.
- Thank you so much, Bella, for all of this.
- Mm-hmm.
- Your help has been invaluable.
- Are you kidding?
I was hearing all these cool
stories from Tyler and Maya,
and I just couldn't wait to
get in on the Greylock action.
Yeah, seeing behind the curtain
didn't turn you off the process?
No, it turned me on.
Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean
"turned on" like turned on.
I just meant that,
um, all this hard work
has made me want to help out even more.
Well, that's really good,
'cause there's a lot to do.
I'm gonna need you.
- Thank you, Bella.
- Mm-hmm.
- Hi.
- Hey.
I'm really sorry about all this, AJ.
I want to help you with your dad,
but Greylock is bigger
than any one person.
I had I had to do what I felt
was right for the whole town.
You had a vote and you used
it, Sarah, just like me.
I lost.
Let's just hope I can win the next one.
- Good luck.
- Thanks.
So, if you get flustered,
the trick is just look over
the top of everyone's head.
Actually, you're supposed
to pick a random person
from the audience and
look them dead in the eye.
- Ellen.
- Paul.
You should pretend you're
Gayle from Almost, Maine.
- You were great in that.
- She didn't even sing.
She's not gonna sing. Are you?
What? No. No, I'm not gonna sing.
Of course I'm not gonna sing.
Stop it, both of you, please.
- Just trying to help.
- Trying to help.
Yeah, but it's weird. You're
acting parental. Please stop.
Honestly, I'd breeze through
the financial projections,
just stick to the exciting stuff:
the school, the clinic.
Don't worry, sis. You're gonna be great.
Thanks, Danny.
Have you, um, heard from Corinne?
Uh, not since she went
into the deposition.
(WHISPERS): I'm sure it's going fine.
Yeah, I hope so.
Anything can happen in these cases.
Well, hopefully not if you
have the right lawyer.
You were really good
to help her with that.
It's the least I could do after
screwing up her life so badly.
I just know I'll sleep better once
I know she's out of this mess.
Yeah, won't we all.
Adam? Adam, stop.
Adam!
- Are you kidding me?
- (CAR ALARM CHIRPS)
What the hell was that?
That was a deposition, Corinne.
Really? Because to me it felt
more like a firing squad.
Adam, your lawyer was way out of line.
My lawyer was doing her job.
You yelling at her like that
in front of everyone is
what was out of line.
No, she tried to make
me look like a criminal.
Adam, what was that absurd
list of-of fake "incidents"?
The whole town saw you
threaten Liz Fernsby
at the debate two months ago.
- Nothing fake about that.
- I was never gonna do anything
And you did have an affair, right?
- It's not
- Danny Cooper? Night of the blizzard?
Or are we all just
imagining that one, too?
That has nothing to do with
my abilities as a mother.
You're impulsive and you're combative,
and I don't want you
around my son any longer.
Adam! I am his mother.
He belongs in Greylock
with me, and you know it.
Greylock is practically
a third-world nation.
Nobody belongs there.
Power goes out. The borders get closed.
The economy's unstable.
There's no disaster relief.
And, oh, yeah, by the way,
the whole place is being
ruled by a self-centered
punk-rock wannabe
who-who deports teenagers.
Raising a child there is
negligent, plain and simple.
And if you can't see
that, I can. (SIGHS)
I won't be subjecting
Josh to that any longer.
Adam, come on. Adam, please, I'm sorry.
- (ENGINE STARTS)
- Adam, I'm so sorry.
Can we just talk?
You know this is crazy. Just
Adam!
(APPLAUSE)
Hi. I'm Sarah Cooper.
And today I'm gonna show
you Greylock's future,
a future that didn't exist
until we came together
to fight for the community that we love.
And now that community is
the world's newest country.
A place for compassion, innovation
and progress to call home.
This future was dreamt in our minds.
It was built by our hands.
It belongs to all of us.
So as we celebrate Greylock
taking its first step
onto the world stage today,
let's remember to never stop dreaming,
never stop building,
and, most importantly,
never stop fighting for
the community that we love.
(APPLAUSE)
(QUIETLY): Ah.
(TAKES DEEP BREATH)
CORINNE (CRYING): Sarah? Sarah?
- Whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Sarah, Sarah. Sarah
- Whoa, whoa. What happened?
- I'm gonna lose Josh. I'm gonna lose
- I'm gonna lose my son. (SOBBING)
- Okay.
What do I do? What do I do?
Come here, come here,
come here, come here.
- (GASPING BREATHS)
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
slow down, slow down
tell me what happened.
Okay, um
this morning w-was a disaster.
I had a complete meltdown
in front of everyone, and
Adam's lawyer tore me apart,
and they all think I'm
an awful mother.
Am I an awful mother?
- No, no.
- I'm an awful mother.
(SOBBING)
I can't lose Josh.
I can't lose him, Sarah.
I can't. He's my whole world.
Adam's gonna take him.
He's gonna take him away from me.
He's gonna take him. I can't lose him
(CORINNE CONTINUES SOBBING)
(SNIFFLES) Corinne.
♪
Adam isn't Josh's father.
Danny is. Danny is
Josh's biological father.
- That's not funny.
- It's not a joke.
I lied to you about the
results of the DNA test.
You wanted it to be Adam.
You said that you needed
it to be Adam, because
because if it was Danny, your
whole world would be upended.
So I told you what you wanted to
hear. I told you that it was Adam.
But-but the truth is that
it is Danny. It is Danny.
I'm telling you now because
Danny being Josh's biological
father gives him rights
in a custody hearing.
He can help you keep Josh in Greylock.
Oh, my God, you're serious.
How could
how could you lie about
something like that?
- I
- To lie about this
- I was try I was trying to help.
- No.
- Oh, oh, my God. No.
- I thought it was gonna help.
- I'm so sorry.
- No.
(CRYING IN DISTANCE)
I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
Her name was Joy ♪
Corrine?
Joy ♪
Her name was Joy ♪
Corrine? Corrine, Corrine, stop.
Please. Please stop. Corrine?
(RUNNING STEPS)
Sarah, there you are.
Oh, my God, there you are.
Thank God. Thank God I found you.
The sound guy disappeared, so we
didn't know how to cut the feed.
Wait, what are you talking about?
Wait, was that thing on this whole time?
We dissolve ♪
So the whole town just heard that I
Everyone just ?
We dissolve ♪
Oh, my God.
Before we fold ♪
I'm too old to remember ♪
Where I'm from ♪
We dissolve ♪
Before we fold. ♪