The Baxters (2024) s02e07 Episode Script

1
I would love it
if you'd come
and you'd meet my family
before you head back.
Name the time and place.
How about where
Reagan and I first met,
My family's church.
Absolutely.
-Hi, Dad.
-Hey.
I am coming to you now.
No, not now.
That makes no sense.
I guess I could
just head to the church.
Okay. Thanks, Daddy.
I'll see you soon.
Love you, sweetheart.
That was the first time
that I didn't say
I love you, back.
-[gunshots]
-[people screaming]
-[man] Go! Go, go, go!
-[gunshots continue]
Reagan! Reagan and her dad!
Get as far away from here
as you can, now!
[sobbing]
[theme song playing]
'Cause life has a way
Of pulling us under ♪
But we'll stick it out ♪
If we got each other ♪
When it all feels too much ♪
I know you'll come running
For me ♪
Through the highs and lows
We'll find our way home ♪
Family ♪
Oh, oh, oh ♪
Family ♪
[machine whirring]
-[fire alarm ringing]
-[people clamoring]
[man] Hustle, hustle, hustle!
Pick up the phone.
Pick up the phone.
God!
[man] Come on!
Let's go! Let's go!
[man 2]
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
Come on, Ash.
[sirens wailing]
[phone vibrating]
-Hey.
-Ashley!
Did Cole go to church today?
Yeah, he went today. Why?
There's been an incident.
What do you mean,
an incident?
There seems to be a shooting.
A what?
It just happened
a few minutes ago.
I don't know the details,
but we're headed over there
right now.
-[woman crying]
-[sirens wailing]
[phone ringing]
Please, back it up.
We're gonna need you
to clear this area. Okay?
-Stand back.
-You're okay.
It's a nightmare.
I can't believe
this is happening.
I'm gonna go check on Dad.
Okay, be careful.
-Ma'am
-I need to get through here.
We were asking for everyone
to please leave the scene.
No, this is my church
and my husband is a doctor.
He's helping victims in there.
I don't even know
if my friends are alive.
The best thing you can do
is to stay calm and stand back.
[sighs]
They won't let me through.
You have to listen, Mom.
Now, we haven't seen
inside the church
as it is still
an active crime scene,
but police have confirmed
that the shooter
took his own life
shortly after
opening fire here
inside New Grace
Community Church.
Emergency personnel
are on the scene,
but we still don't know
how many were injured
or what motivated the attack.
[people clamoring]
My son is in there!
Ashley!
Mom!
-Mommy!
-Cole!
[panting] Hey, baby.
Mommy's here.
Where's Dad and Luke?
Dad's inside.
He's helping them.
Luke's with Reagan.
We think her dad
was inside the church
Excuse me? Has anyone seen
my husband, Robert?
Excuse me?
I'm looking for my husband.
Who do I need to talk to?
You're experiencing
hypovolemic shock.
Hey, look at me.
That's it. I need you
to breathe deep and slow.
Atta girl.
You're gonna be fine.
Thanks, guys.
Look, I just need to know
if anybody
saw him inside, okay?
Can you please
just go and ask?
I'm sorry we're not releasing
any information right now.
The best thing you can do
is to stay safely at home.
Okay. Thank you.
Reagan, please,
you gotta slow down.
Excuse me? Hi.
Um, did you see this man
inside at any point
Are you sure?
Okay. No? Okay.
Did you see this man?
No? Okay.
Did you see this man
inside there?
-No.
-No? Okay.
Okay.
Excuse me?
Excuse me, did either of you
see this man inside
this morning?
You're positive? No point?
Okay. Thank you. [panting]
Reagan? Hey, Reagan, Reagan,
hey, look at me
I don't understand why
nobody knows what's going on.
Okay, why doesn't anybody know?
I don't know,
but we will find him, okay?
I promise you. Just,
you gotta calm down.
-Okay.
-Take a deep breath, all right?
Okay, I'm just gonna call him
one more time. Okay?
Maybe he went to my apartment,
maybe he didn't understand
what I said.
-[phone ringing]
-[Reagan panting]
[phone ringing in the distance]
Dad? Dad!
Dad!
[sirens wailing]
-Dad!
-[Landon] Hey!
[panting]
Are you guys okay?
Her dad, he's in there.
Hey, follow them
to the hospital.
-I'll tell your family, okay?
-Okay, thank you.
-Ash!
-Landon!
You okay? Is everyone okay?
We're fine.
They just put Reagan's dad
in an ambulance.
-Oh.
-What happened to him?
I don't know.
I just told Luke
to take Reagan to the hospital.
They're telling everyone
to leave the site.
The faster we clear the scene,
the faster we can help people.
-Will you let John know?
-Of course.
Thank you.
We'll see you at home.
Yeah, come straight to Mom's.
Take care of the little guy,
okay?
[man on radio] Okay,
pardon the interruption guys,
but it sounds like
there was a shooting
just a few minutes ago.
It was at the New Grace
Community Church.
Several people
have been injured
and first responders
are on the scene.
And, uh, we don't have
a ton of information right now,
but we'll try
and keep you posted.
[man on radio
continues talking]
[phone ringing]
[Sam] Hey, you make it
to the airport?
No. Sam, there was a shooting
at church, at our church.
Wait, what?
Is your family okay?
I don't know.
I called you first.
I can't fly to Dallas
right now.
No, no, no. I get it.
Call me
as soon as you know more.
Okay. I love you.
I love you, too.
Do we know why he did it?
No, but I overheard
the officer saying that
the shooter had no connection
to the church.
So, just a random act
of total insanity?
It happens.
I hate the world
so much sometimes.
[reporter speaking
on television]
[inhales sharply]
Heavenly Father,
please send your hope
and healing
to all those affected
by today's tragedy.
Please send your strength
and comfort
into the fear and the pain.
Doctor Baxter,
do you need any help?
I'm good, son.
Hey, thanks
for being out here.
I know you're just getting
back on your feet.
May God give us strength.
[Elizabeth]
Let them know your grace
and your love above all else.
All right, just, um
Hey, guys.
[Elizabeth] Father,
we know that you see us
and you hear us
when we cry out to you.
And now I'm asking you,
please
to provide physical
and spiritual healing
to all in need.
-Luke. Hey.
-[sobbing]
Your dad's already in surgery.
He's had gunshot wounds
to the chest
and the right abdomen
and there's
significant bleeding,
but we are doing
everything in our power
to help him through it.
I've made sure we have
our best surgeon on it, okay?
[continues sobbing]
He needs your strength
and your prayers right now.
Okay, I gotta get back.
[Reagan] Thank you.
[Elizabeth] Father, please,
help us to hold in our hearts
all the families
who lost so much today.
Who are filled
with loss and grief.
[Elizabeth]
Father, bless the survivors.
Bless all of those
and help to heal
their memories of trauma
and devastation.
Father, God, we ask that you
would be with those families
to give them courage,
to help them
face the days ahead.
And God please,
pour out your healing,
pour out your peace
into all those who grieve.
Light them in the darkness.
Help to soothe
their heartache.
Be their strength.
Be their courage.
Be their hope.
In the name of Jesus,
I pray. Amen.
[reporter talking
on television]
[Erin] I came as fast
as I could.
Erin, we thought you were
on a flight to Dallas.
I need to be here
with you guys.
Oh, honey.
[reporter]
And a candlelight vigil
is already being planned
for the lives lost
in this senseless attack.
The death toll in the shooting
at New Grace yesterday,
has been updated to four,
with one patron succumbing
to multiple gunshot wounds
late last night.
Several others are still
in critical condition
and the police are declining
to release the name
-of any of the victims
at this time.
-Hey.
Time for lunch.
I'm ready.
I have to eat quickly,
then get to the market
before Hank comes
to pick me up.
Okay.
[reporter on TV]
While no press
will be permitted,
the service will be open to
any members of the community.
The police have confirmed
that the shooter
took his own life
Isn't it a shame, dear?
That the house of the Lord,
of all places,
Do you think it was the spies?
I don't know, Helen.
Such a lovely church.
It is.
Is it your church?
No.
Well not anymore.
It's my family's.
-Are they okay?
-Yeah.
Well
How about that lunch?
Would you like
to give a prayer first?
You start.
Okay.
Um
[clears throat]
Um
Dear God,
Um
Dear I'll do it.
Okay.
Dear God,
wrap your loving arms
around your people.
Thank you
for being with them.
They need you.
Amen.
Amen.
[knock on door]
Can I come in?
Sure.
Have you heard from her?
No.
Not since I dropped her off
last night.
She said she wanted
to be alone,
but I feel like
I should've stayed with her.
Now she won't answer
my calls or my texts.
What do I do?
I know it's really hard
to wrap your head around this.
I'm
I'm trying
to make sense of it too.
Feels like Colton died
all over again.
I remember when that happened,
that Lillian didn't wanna
see anyone.
She still struggles with that.
We're all upset for Reagan,
and the loss of her dad.
So, it's natural that Reagan
would close off, but
She needs you.
You should go to her.
Even just your presence
will let her know
that you're there for her
when she's ready.
-We'll see you at the vigil.
-Yeah. Yeah, I'll be there.
I love you, Mom.
I love you too.
[knocks on door]
Reagan!
Reagan, you all right?
Reagan?
I was really
worried about you.
Don't touch me.
-Don't touch me.
-Okay, okay.
I won't.
Just talk to me.
What's going on?
Are you seriously
asking me that? [crying]
I'm sorry.
[voice trembling] Just please,
tell me how I can help,
what I can do?
You can leave me alone, okay?
That's what you can do.
I understand that you're
in a lot of pain right now,
but we're on the same
team here, okay?
My father is dead, Luke,
because of us.
Because of what we did
and the lie I told him
yesterday morning.
We did this.
We should've never
slept together, Luke.
It should've never happened
and my father
would still be alive.
And I have to live with that.
Okay? I do. You don't.
I have to deal with the fact
that the last thing
that I ever told my father
was a lie
that got him killed.
And it was a lie
that you told me to tell him.
We sinned, Luke!
And now we're being punished.
I'm being punished.
Reagan, that is not
how God works.
[shouting] You don't know
how God works.
You don't.
Fine, fine. Just
Just let me help you, okay?
-What do you need?
-I need to get out of here.
[sniffles]
I'm going
to New York tomorrow.
It's where we're gonna
bury my father
and my whole family is there.
Okay, then I'll come with you.
No, I don't
want you there, Luke.
At least let me drive you
to the airport.
No, I can't even look at you!
[crying]
Please, Reagan,
I just wanna help you.
You can't.
I made a mistake, Luke.
I know, I know that!
But it is a mistake that I
will be forced to live with
every single time
that I look at your face.
Do you really wanna help?
I will do anything.
Leave.
Leave.
[continues crying]
[door opens]
[sighs]
Thank you so much
for coming over.
I appreciate it.
And Luke?
I thought he would be here.
I thought so too.
Well, we're all upset.
Thank you all for coming out.
Tonight
we honor
our brothers and sisters
who have gone
to be with the Lord.
We honor Pastor Mark,
who loved this church
and each of us,
so profoundly.
We honor the three other
members of our community
lost in this tragedy
and we pray for healing
in our community.
God
You can see
our hurting hearts right now.
We don't understand
why this happened.
Or why evil like this,
exists in the world.
We feel helpless right now.
Alone, maybe even angry.
But we know that even now,
you are here.
You are close
to the broken-hearted
and you have promised
to give us beauty for ashes.
We will trust you, God.
We will be a light
in this community.
We're shaken,
but we are still here.
Amen.
[all] Amen.
[Elizabeth] Next time
on The Baxters
Building some kind of
memorial
will help us grieve
as a community.
[John] The two of you
should be able to create
something really special here.
I think you two will make
a great team.
I don't love you anymore.
It's over between us.
We act on instincts
and evolutionary behavior
and at the end of it all,
we die.
Some sooner than others.
I've never met
somebody so, uh
-Assertive?
-Complex.
Why would your teacher
want to disprove
the existence of God?
He doesn't.
I picked that side.
[theme music playing]