Once and Again (1999) s02e22 Episode Script
The Second Time Around
lf you're gonna serve children martinis, they should be on the rocks.
You shouldn't wear a nightgown at your wedding.
lt's bad luck.
Bad dream? lt was our wedding day.
Scary already.
No one came.
No relatives.
None of our friends were there.
- Sounds perfect.
- lt was just the kids.
And my mother.
And Will Gluck was there.
l should hope so.
Oh, and Tiffany.
Yeah, well, you have to have the pregnant, former girlfriend of the ex-spouse.
That's traditional.
Nothing was ready, and l kept trying to find you and l l need some water.
- Daddy.
- Surprised? Yes.
Why are you here? ls it because of the Hebrew? l tried to explain to him that it's part of my heritage and there wasn't any at my first wedding and how l'd regretted that, but he sort of got this look on his face, so l dropped it.
Daddy, please tell me l'm not making a mistake.
Am l making a mistake? Because sometimes l look at him, and l think, what am l doing, you know? Does this kind really whiten? Not really.
l just like the taste.
- You have to take care of your teeth.
- l know, Dad.
That's one of the few things they tell you that's true.
[sighs.]
Daddy, l missed you so much.
That dream ls there something l need to know? Ask Jake.
Ask Jake? Lil? Ask Jake what has been lost.
[yawns.]
Lily, you okay? Yeah.
Of course.
- [knock on door.]
- lt's open! You noticed? l knocked first.
Oh.
Yeah.
Congratulations.
You're getting a few response cards here.
Amanda something.
Some - Thank you.
- Hey.
- Hey, Jake.
- Getting down to the wire, huh? - Yeah.
- [Lily.]
Five days.
l hear Tiffany made the guest list.
She didn't make the guest list, Jake.
She's working for the caterers.
Sweetie, l know.
l'm joking.
You think l care that Tiffany's going to the wedding and l'm not? - Mom, where's my hand mirror? - Honey, l have no idea where it is.
l thought you were going in later.
l'm meeting with my accountant.
- When are we gonna figure out seating? - We'll do it tonight.
Kids.
Jake.
See you later.
Grace! Gracie? - You got this pink thing in the - Can we go? Jake, l need to ask you something.
[Jake.]
What? What? What about the check, your half of the mortgage you were supposed to get me a week ago? Right.
Here's the thing.
My accountant has asked me not to write more checks for a while.
- lt's a cash flow thing.
- Jake, the wedding is Sunday.
Do you have any idea how many checks l l'll talk to my accountant.
Okay? Do you want them to be late for school? - [Jessie.]
You're not serious.
- [Karen.]
l'm saying it might be nice if you had something prepared.
Why is that? l just wish you'd stop pretending you're so pro on this wedding when you're obviously not.
What? [Karen.]
l'm not pro or con anything.
l'm suggesting that you and your brother might have something prepared, like a toast or Oh, l can't believe this.
Or you could sing or - What? - Jess! You used to love to sing.
Look, l just think that it would mean a lot to your father.
- That song he loved.
What was that? - Oh, Mom, no.
He used to sing it in the car on the way to the cabin.
l have to go.
Bye.
[Karen.]
Bye.
l hope you don't share your sister's belief that l am somehow against this marriage because Red, Red Robin, That's what he used to sing to her.
Red, Red Robin, Right.
[Jake.]
Just 'cause your mom's getting married, that doesn't mean things are going to change.
Dad, that's not what l'm upset about.
What are you upset about? Maybe l can help.
- You can't.
- Come on.
Try me.
l'm upset because l can't find my hand mirror that Judy gave me for Hanukkah.
The only way to tell if your hair looks all right in back is with a hand mirror.
l don't like going out if l haven't checked if my hair looks all right.
You're right.
l can't help.
- Who's the letter from? - [Zoe.]
Carla.
- How do you know? - The return address said ''jail.
'' Shut up.
''l'm still trying to get to Europe this summer.
l wish you'd come with me.
l mean, believe it or not, l really miss you.
l don't miss Eli, like, at all.
'' [bell rings.]
Whatcha doing? Watching ants.
She's fine.
She's living with her brother.
She wrote me a letter like, a ''letter'' letter.
Really? Well, can l see it? Why? What does she say about me? No.
lt's l can't show it to you because l don't think she'd want me to.
She didn't mention me? No, she did.
She said she misses you.
Wow.
l feel like, l don't know, celebrating or something.
What's the matter? Nothing.
l'm just cold.
- Oh, here.
- Oh.
- Take this.
- Oh, okay.
Thanks.
- Come on.
- Okay.
[sighs.]
What's this? Your current cash balances.
You're down to about 30,000.
Now, you can borrow up to 50,000 from your pension plan.
You have to pay it back in quarterly installments.
And you're risking l mean, the lRS could come in and bust up your whole plan.
Rick, what l'm saying is that we need to take action here.
- This wedding - We're splitting the wedding.
- You hear of city hall? - Arnold.
We could save some money here.
You don't realize what l've put her through on this.
She's stuck by me through this nightmare and acted like it was a perfectly ordinary thing to do.
She deserves better than city hall.
Fine.
l'm sorry l said anything.
- Do you speak Hebrew? - Do l speak Hebrew? Not really.
l read a little Hebrew.
- So were your wedding vows in Hebrew? - My entire marriage has been in Hebrew.
Hey, Rick Nobody is saying don't get married, okay? Maybe just a little less wedding.
Maybe we shouldn't have hot hors d'oeuvres.
What? Yeah, l think that people fill up on hot hors d'oeuvres, and then they're not hungry for dinner.
You know? So is it too late? No.
No, it's not too late to cancel anything.
What are you reading? Weddings for Complicated Families, What are you reading? Wood Chipper Murders, Guy killed his wife, stuffed her in a wood chipper.
She must have ordered hot hors d'oeuvres.
- Huh? - Nothing.
Well, according to this, we're completely behind.
''One week before the wedding, check with photographer, have final alterations completed on dress, win over future stepchildren.
'' l made that last one up.
You have to ask him.
Daddy, he's obviously not comfortable with Hebrew in the ceremony.
He doesn't understand.
Not Rick.
You have to ask Jake.
- Oh, that reminds me - What are you muttering about? l was just remembering.
Do you think you could write me a check for this month's mortgage? - Sure.
- Are you sure? Sure.
Thanks.
l think you're right.
People don't want to fill up on hors d'oeuvres.
Huh? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
You okay? Yeah, l'm fine.
l'm just, you know, l'm feeling kind of Panicked? Pressured? Poor? exhausted.
Yeah, well, me too.
- Good night.
- Sweet dreams.
Jake? - Hi.
- Hey.
See? Your fiance is not the only one who can build a house.
- Tiffany said you had cocktail napkins.
- Oh, right! Right, right.
That's, uh Where did l? l was also wondering about that check.
Oh.
l thought l explained that the other day.
About Here.
- Here we go.
- Ask him.
- Jake? - What? - Ask him what has - What has been lost? - How'd you know? - What's been lost, Jake? All of it.
lt's all gone, Lil.
The bank is threatening to foreclose.
lt's lt's over.
- What does that mean? - lt's gone! Okay? All of it.
They're taking all of it.
l didn't mean for you to find out like this.
You know, before the wedding.
Oh, God.
l guess l should be grateful, you know, that that your father's not here to witness all of this.
Judy! Hi! Um, l'm just, uh, sort of going through her kitchen.
Uh, Lily's in the backyard with l think his name is Will something.
- Uh, Gluck? - Uh, yeah! - Something about a parachute.
- Parachute? Yeah.
lsn't he the same guy who did that whole fountain thing for you? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, he seems like a super-nice guy.
- Super-nice.
- He is.
He's l used to be the worst judge of people.
lf somebody smiled at me, l'd practically give them all my money and move in with him, but he seems an unusually nice person.
Plus, uh, he's kind of cute.
Um So how well do you know him? He's not exactly the kind of person that you get to know that easily, you know what l mean? Definitely.
That's why l was surprised he practically told me his life story.
- Ooh, this is pretty.
- He did? Um, yeah.
Did you know that he lived out of his car for, like, a year, and that he's actually an ordained minister? - Uh, no.
- Yeah.
Something that he does on the side for extra money.
[gasps.]
When he told me about his daughter, l was practically in tears.
We were waiting for Lily to get off the phone He has a daughter? Yeah.
Apparently, um, he got some girl pregnant when they were both, like, 1 6, and even back then, he wanted to keep the baby, but her parents made them put it up for adoption, and so he never got to meet her.
And then a few years ago, he just started searching for her.
He told you this while Lily was on the phone? Yeah.
lt just sort of spilled out of him.
But l have noticed that people tend to tell me stuff now that l'm pregnant.
l don't know if it's something l put out there, like a hormone? Oh, hi.
Hey.
[Tiffany.]
Um, anyway, l got to go, but l'll see you on the big day.
What? Oh.
Yeah.
And, um it was nice to meet you.
Yeah, it was nice to meet you too.
Bye.
l l just came by to drop off the dresses for the girls.
Tiffany told me just now about about, uh, the parachute.
So you're going to do that instead of the tent? Oh.
Yeah.
- l think it's a brilliant idea.
- Thanks.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Well, l better get back out there.
[Lily.]
Listen, Judy, could you, um Would you call these people for me and find out if they're coming or not? l have to give a final head count to the caterer.
- Sure.
- What kind of people can't bother to put a stamped, self-addressed response card into a mailbox? Just think of it as a party.
A very large party.
With vows, a party with vows, where you promise to be faithful to someone you barely even know.
- Just until you die.
- Judy, l can't even afford all this.
What was l thinking? What? Jake might lose the restaurant.
Oh, God.
Look, l haven't bought your wedding present yet, so l have about $3,000.
You wouldn't have to pay me back.
They're American dollars.
l love you.
l couldn't take your money.
- Oh, thank God.
- lt wouldn't make a dent, anyway.
- l'm so in over my head here.
- So call it off.
l'm serious.
l don't understand why For the past weeks, all l've heard out of you is how you can't not have champagne, centerpieces and salad forks, and how everything has to be completely When he first brought out the ring, l didn't answer him.
And now he's gone through this public humiliation, and if l don't make a big deal out of this wedding, l mean, l lt may be all for show, but he needs the show.
And if l suddenly say that l don't want it, l'm afraid that l'll take these upstairs.
- [knock on door.]
- Gracie? Oh, uh, l didn't realize l'll take it.
- Okay.
Thanks.
- Yeah.
What was that? Nothing.
So, can l hear what you have so far? - lt's lt's not anything yet.
- Oh.
l'll just send it to her when it's done.
Well, l should go to band practice.
That should stun people, since they've given up on me showing up.
l thought you liked your band.
l used to.
l used to like a lot of things.
Hey, you're still wearing my sweatshirt.
Oh, yeah.
Here.
No, no, no.
That's okay.
l'll get it later.
We could still hear back from him tomorrow.
We're not going to hear back from him.
You don't want to design a garage.
Designing a parking garage could lead to getting paid.
We wouldn't want that, would we? Meanwhile, l'm serving dinner and liquor and wedding cake to over 1 00 people on Sunday, and l have no idea how l'm going to pay for it.
- Can l ask a stupid question? - Do l love her? Yeah, of course l do.
Um, how soon do you have to fire me? Soon.
Night.
Wow.
l can't believe it's this much.
l mean, the flowers alone Yeah, well, it's not just the flowers.
The food and the musicians.
This is too much.
lt's too much.
This is just what things cost.
We could cancel the musicians, have Eli set up a sound system.
- A wedding without live music? - l don't want to, but Well, l don't want to not have anything, but $21 ,000? $21 ,000? Not that it's not worth it.
- lt is? - lsn't it? l mean, isn't it what you want? Yeah, if it's what you want.
Well, it is.
l mean, l do.
Well, l do too.
[door bells jingle.]
Jude? Shoes.
What? l told you they were purple.
Mom's not coming.
She's going to call you tomorrow.
She's heard all these storm warnings, and you know how panicky she gets.
You know what? lt's really that Dad's not here.
She's got this thing that people are going to pity her 'cause she's alone.
Aaron's still coming to the rehearsal tonight, right? 'Cause l need him to walk me down the aisle.
Sometimes l really miss Dad.
l mean, don't you just wish you could talk to him sometimes so he could know how we are and what we're doing? l talk to him sometimes.
- You do? - Yeah.
See, l could never do that.
l would feel too stupid.
That's weird, how different we are, isn't it? l really admire what you're doing.
Throwing a reception that l can't afford? No, you actually accept Rick, you know? You're willing to see beyond his faults and his mistakes.
l don't do that.
l take what l see as people's flaws and use them as a reason to move on.
At least you're not afraid to be alone.
Do you realize that l have never done that? l went right from Daddy to Jake, and now right from Jake to Rick.
Let's be honest here.
l-l've never been without a man.
l think you're really brave.
[Rick.]
So this is probably the only time we can do this before Sunday.
- So Where's Grace? - Upstairs.
She'll be right down.
Weddings for Complicated Families, Look, uh, your mom and Judy and Aaron aren't here yet.
l think we should start rehearsal.
Mom's not coming, and Judy and Aaron will be late, so - Gracie! - Be right down! Your mom's not coming to the rehearsal or to the, uh Judy said she talked to her this morning, and there are these storms predicted, so Can you give me a hand? That reminds me.
Your brother called and asked me to recommend lower-priced motels because they couldn't afford the Windham.
- Of course they can't.
Why would they? - Could we do this? - lt's where your mother will stay.
- What? - This title makes no sense.
- My mom can't afford to stay there.
Well, l assumed we would pay for it.
We want her to be comfortable, right? l mean, aren't all families complicated? - l just assumed she'd stay here.
- We don't have enough room.
- There's almost no room for us.
- Can we do this - Show a little courtesy, won't you? - Look, she's your mother.
l thought you'd want her to stay somewhere nice.
Okay.
All right.
Can we just start this thing? - Where is Grace? Grace! - Why are you yelling at her? l'll get her.
Could l speak to you for a minute? Grace.
Well, l just wish you'd ask first.
- l assumed you would want - That's the problem.
You keep assuming.
You have been acting like this is what you want.
Well, it's not.
- lt's not what l want, either.
- Well, l thought Why is there a hand mirror in the freezer? Zoe's.
Well, l thought you wanted a big wedding.
l thought you did.
You know what's been lost in all this? - The reason - [Rick.]
The reason we're even doing it.
Rick, l thought you needed it.
Even if l do, l can't afford it.
Neither can l.
You thought l needed it because l need things to look a certain way? - That, and because - l was hoping you wouldn't agree.
l think l was afraid that if if l didn't go all-out that l might hurt your feelings.
lf you were willing to marry me in front of 1 00 people with hot and cold-running hors d'oeuvres, then maybe l'm not worthless.
What are we doing? Why are we doing this? l don't know.
Your mom is not even coming.
My brother's coming.
l don't even want to see him.
We can't rehearse without a fight breaking out.
We're - ldiots.
- ldiots.
Exactly.
l mean, if we can't even get through this l'm sorry.
- You didn't do anything.
- Yeah, l did.
No, no.
No, you didn't.
lt's so weird that she doesn't miss me because l'm never going to stop missing her.
l know.
[sighs.]
You're, like, the only person who does know.
You're the only person who doesn't keep telling me that it's not true.
That's a pretty dress.
[knock on door.]
- What? - What? They called off the wedding.
[telephone rings.]
Excuse me just a second.
Yes? Hey, Mom, can you come get us? Jessie? l thought tonight was the rehearsal.
They called it off.
What? They called off the wedding, so can you just come get us? So did they get into a fight, or? - No, not in a fight exactly.
- ls your father all right? - He's watching The History Channel.
- Oh, dear.
Yeah.
So can you just please pick us up? l'll get there as soon as l can.
Okay, Bye, Sweetheart, l have to make a few dozen calls.
May l? - Wow.
- Good news? Yesterday morning at 2:4 1 a,m,,, [Judy.]
So you'll call Arnie and Mark and the Friedmans? [tv.]
General Jodl, the representative of the German High Command signed the act of unconditional surrender,,, So, do you want to talk, or do you and Winston want to be alone? - Got it.
- Hostilities will end officially after midnight tonight, We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, Hey.
What's the matter? ls it the baby? No.
Um l just got a call from Lily.
They called off the wedding.
You're kidding.
l knew they'd chicken out.
lt had nothing to do with chickening.
The whole reception thing just got out of hand.
Well, of course that's what they're going to say.
Come on.
lf you really want to get married, you get married.
Stop it! Stop talking about them like that! The fact that they were brave enough to attempt marriage was, like, giving me hope.
Oh.
Well, you can still have hope.
- l can? - Yeah.
Doesn't cost anything.
Hey.
This was a really good idea, the parachutes.
Yeah, well, we don't have to take it down right away.
l called the caterer.
We're out our deposit.
But we knew that.
lt's really weird calling so many people at once.
lt's like when someone dies.
You know, this is like This is like that quote.
lt's like that Winston Churchill quote.
That's exactly what l was thinking.
You know What did Churchill say? He said, ''Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms.
'' What? The fact that you can stand here under a parachute and quote Churchill when we're in the middle of deciding whether or not to get married makes me want to marry you.
ls that what we're doing? Are we standing here deciding whether to get married or not? Well, we aren't just whistling Dixie, Because, you know, l just realized that how Churchill felt about democracy is kind of how l feel about marriage.
- lt's a horrible system.
- Yeah.
But it is the best one we have.
You know what l mean? l do.
l do too.
Do you suppose it's too late to get that rabbi over here? lt's Friday night.
The rabbi might have plans.
You can't just call Dial-a-Clergyman and expect somebody to co What? Did you know that Will Gluck is an ordained minister? [phone rings.]
- Hello? - Hey, Mom, l - Hey, l'm back.
- [Karen.]
Yes, l'm on my way, - No, no, wait, no.
- All they had left were daisies.
- Oh, cool.
Thanks.
- What? Oh, Mom, they decided that they're going to do it tonight.
- What? - Yeah, They're getting married any minute, so don't come over.
Well, um - We've got to get ready.
- l have to go.
l love you.
Hon Well, l got the lights up outside.
You all set, Zoe? No, l am not.
And please don't start telling me how nothing is going to change just 'cause you're getting married.
Because l'm upset that l can't find my little mirror, and l really need it.
This little mirror? How did you know where it was? l don't know.
l just did.
l guess it's a good thing you're tall.
You can reach stuff.
Yeah.
Sometimes.
Zoe, l would never tell you that nothing's going to change.
Everything's going to change.
l know.
Ohh.
Come on.
Let's go get married.
- Wait a second.
- What? - You can't wear that.
- Oh.
You're right.
And l have to call my accountant.
Gracie? [Lily.]
May l come in? Oh, sweetie.
l know this isn't easy for you.
You think that's why l'm crying, because you're getting married? Well, yeah, honey.
lt would be completely understandable.
That's not why l'm crying, Mom.
l'm all alone.
Do you even realize that? Do you even know what that feels like? No, honey, l don't.
l've always been too afraid to find out what that feels like.
l'm so glad that you're not.
- So Grammy's not coming? - No.
Uncle Aaron's still going to walk you down the aisle, right? No.
Shelley just called and said he's not feeling well enough.
So who's going to walk you down the aisle? Daddy.
Well, l guess you can just walk in by yourself.
l mean, it isn't a real aisle l'll be right back.
Daddy, wait.
l need you to walk me down the aisle, please.
Sweetheart, l can't.
l'm on vacation.
Anyway, you know who wants to do it, don't you? Oh.
Of course.
- Thank you, Daddy.
- Any time.
l'll see you, Lilabet.
l'll see you, Daddy.
Hello? Where is everybody? - You came! - Of course l came.
l was a little nervous, but l took a Valium.
Oh, she's going to be so happy.
- Oh, good.
- Rick, you got a fax from Grandma! - Hi, honey! How are you? - They're getting married.
- l know that, sweetie.
- No, no.
l mean right now.
Well, l'd better change, then.
Come on.
You can change in here.
- We'll surprise her.
- Oh, good.
''On the day of your wedding, take a long, relaxing bath.
'' Oh, well ''Fix hair and make sure nails are done, Distribute flowers, '' - What are you doing? - [Zoe.]
Stop touching.
Thank you.
''Check that your rings are somewhere safe, Be sure to eat something, Many hungry brides have been known to faint, Remember to greet each guest personally, Have the music start at least Eli.
Start it.
- ls it all right? - Yeah.
[ Wedding March.]
''lmmediately before the ceremony, the bride's mother is seated.
'' [gasps.]
Mom! Oh, l can't believe you're here! l'm so happy you're here.
[Will clears throat.]
- Set me - [repeats in Hebrew.]
- as a seal - [repeats in Hebrew.]
- upon your heart.
- [repeats in Hebrew.]
- As a seal - [repeats in Hebrew.]
- upon your arm.
- [repeats in Hebrew.]
Zoe, what's he saying? Nobody knows, but it's Hebrew.
- Deep waters - [repeats in Hebrew.]
- cannot extinguish love.
- [repeats in Hebrew.]
nor floods sweep it away.
[repeats in Hebrew.]
''Stay calm and remember to enjoy yourself.
'' l now pronounce you husband and wife.
[Barbara.]
Congratulations.
[Eli.]
lt was awesome.
[Grace.]
Hey, hey.
Oh, Eli.
Hey! [laughter.]
[applause.]
When the red, red robin Comes bob, bob bobbin' along Along There'll be no more sobbin' When he starts Throbbin' his old Sweet song Wake up Wake up You sleepyhead Get up Get up Get out of bed Cheer up Cheer up The sun is red Live, love Laugh and be happy What if l've been blue Now l'm runnin' through fields Of flowers Rain may glisten But l still listen For hours And hours l'm just a kid again Doing what l did again Singing a song When the red, red robin Comes bob, bob bobbin' along
You shouldn't wear a nightgown at your wedding.
lt's bad luck.
Bad dream? lt was our wedding day.
Scary already.
No one came.
No relatives.
None of our friends were there.
- Sounds perfect.
- lt was just the kids.
And my mother.
And Will Gluck was there.
l should hope so.
Oh, and Tiffany.
Yeah, well, you have to have the pregnant, former girlfriend of the ex-spouse.
That's traditional.
Nothing was ready, and l kept trying to find you and l l need some water.
- Daddy.
- Surprised? Yes.
Why are you here? ls it because of the Hebrew? l tried to explain to him that it's part of my heritage and there wasn't any at my first wedding and how l'd regretted that, but he sort of got this look on his face, so l dropped it.
Daddy, please tell me l'm not making a mistake.
Am l making a mistake? Because sometimes l look at him, and l think, what am l doing, you know? Does this kind really whiten? Not really.
l just like the taste.
- You have to take care of your teeth.
- l know, Dad.
That's one of the few things they tell you that's true.
[sighs.]
Daddy, l missed you so much.
That dream ls there something l need to know? Ask Jake.
Ask Jake? Lil? Ask Jake what has been lost.
[yawns.]
Lily, you okay? Yeah.
Of course.
- [knock on door.]
- lt's open! You noticed? l knocked first.
Oh.
Yeah.
Congratulations.
You're getting a few response cards here.
Amanda something.
Some - Thank you.
- Hey.
- Hey, Jake.
- Getting down to the wire, huh? - Yeah.
- [Lily.]
Five days.
l hear Tiffany made the guest list.
She didn't make the guest list, Jake.
She's working for the caterers.
Sweetie, l know.
l'm joking.
You think l care that Tiffany's going to the wedding and l'm not? - Mom, where's my hand mirror? - Honey, l have no idea where it is.
l thought you were going in later.
l'm meeting with my accountant.
- When are we gonna figure out seating? - We'll do it tonight.
Kids.
Jake.
See you later.
Grace! Gracie? - You got this pink thing in the - Can we go? Jake, l need to ask you something.
[Jake.]
What? What? What about the check, your half of the mortgage you were supposed to get me a week ago? Right.
Here's the thing.
My accountant has asked me not to write more checks for a while.
- lt's a cash flow thing.
- Jake, the wedding is Sunday.
Do you have any idea how many checks l l'll talk to my accountant.
Okay? Do you want them to be late for school? - [Jessie.]
You're not serious.
- [Karen.]
l'm saying it might be nice if you had something prepared.
Why is that? l just wish you'd stop pretending you're so pro on this wedding when you're obviously not.
What? [Karen.]
l'm not pro or con anything.
l'm suggesting that you and your brother might have something prepared, like a toast or Oh, l can't believe this.
Or you could sing or - What? - Jess! You used to love to sing.
Look, l just think that it would mean a lot to your father.
- That song he loved.
What was that? - Oh, Mom, no.
He used to sing it in the car on the way to the cabin.
l have to go.
Bye.
[Karen.]
Bye.
l hope you don't share your sister's belief that l am somehow against this marriage because Red, Red Robin, That's what he used to sing to her.
Red, Red Robin, Right.
[Jake.]
Just 'cause your mom's getting married, that doesn't mean things are going to change.
Dad, that's not what l'm upset about.
What are you upset about? Maybe l can help.
- You can't.
- Come on.
Try me.
l'm upset because l can't find my hand mirror that Judy gave me for Hanukkah.
The only way to tell if your hair looks all right in back is with a hand mirror.
l don't like going out if l haven't checked if my hair looks all right.
You're right.
l can't help.
- Who's the letter from? - [Zoe.]
Carla.
- How do you know? - The return address said ''jail.
'' Shut up.
''l'm still trying to get to Europe this summer.
l wish you'd come with me.
l mean, believe it or not, l really miss you.
l don't miss Eli, like, at all.
'' [bell rings.]
Whatcha doing? Watching ants.
She's fine.
She's living with her brother.
She wrote me a letter like, a ''letter'' letter.
Really? Well, can l see it? Why? What does she say about me? No.
lt's l can't show it to you because l don't think she'd want me to.
She didn't mention me? No, she did.
She said she misses you.
Wow.
l feel like, l don't know, celebrating or something.
What's the matter? Nothing.
l'm just cold.
- Oh, here.
- Oh.
- Take this.
- Oh, okay.
Thanks.
- Come on.
- Okay.
[sighs.]
What's this? Your current cash balances.
You're down to about 30,000.
Now, you can borrow up to 50,000 from your pension plan.
You have to pay it back in quarterly installments.
And you're risking l mean, the lRS could come in and bust up your whole plan.
Rick, what l'm saying is that we need to take action here.
- This wedding - We're splitting the wedding.
- You hear of city hall? - Arnold.
We could save some money here.
You don't realize what l've put her through on this.
She's stuck by me through this nightmare and acted like it was a perfectly ordinary thing to do.
She deserves better than city hall.
Fine.
l'm sorry l said anything.
- Do you speak Hebrew? - Do l speak Hebrew? Not really.
l read a little Hebrew.
- So were your wedding vows in Hebrew? - My entire marriage has been in Hebrew.
Hey, Rick Nobody is saying don't get married, okay? Maybe just a little less wedding.
Maybe we shouldn't have hot hors d'oeuvres.
What? Yeah, l think that people fill up on hot hors d'oeuvres, and then they're not hungry for dinner.
You know? So is it too late? No.
No, it's not too late to cancel anything.
What are you reading? Weddings for Complicated Families, What are you reading? Wood Chipper Murders, Guy killed his wife, stuffed her in a wood chipper.
She must have ordered hot hors d'oeuvres.
- Huh? - Nothing.
Well, according to this, we're completely behind.
''One week before the wedding, check with photographer, have final alterations completed on dress, win over future stepchildren.
'' l made that last one up.
You have to ask him.
Daddy, he's obviously not comfortable with Hebrew in the ceremony.
He doesn't understand.
Not Rick.
You have to ask Jake.
- Oh, that reminds me - What are you muttering about? l was just remembering.
Do you think you could write me a check for this month's mortgage? - Sure.
- Are you sure? Sure.
Thanks.
l think you're right.
People don't want to fill up on hors d'oeuvres.
Huh? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
You okay? Yeah, l'm fine.
l'm just, you know, l'm feeling kind of Panicked? Pressured? Poor? exhausted.
Yeah, well, me too.
- Good night.
- Sweet dreams.
Jake? - Hi.
- Hey.
See? Your fiance is not the only one who can build a house.
- Tiffany said you had cocktail napkins.
- Oh, right! Right, right.
That's, uh Where did l? l was also wondering about that check.
Oh.
l thought l explained that the other day.
About Here.
- Here we go.
- Ask him.
- Jake? - What? - Ask him what has - What has been lost? - How'd you know? - What's been lost, Jake? All of it.
lt's all gone, Lil.
The bank is threatening to foreclose.
lt's lt's over.
- What does that mean? - lt's gone! Okay? All of it.
They're taking all of it.
l didn't mean for you to find out like this.
You know, before the wedding.
Oh, God.
l guess l should be grateful, you know, that that your father's not here to witness all of this.
Judy! Hi! Um, l'm just, uh, sort of going through her kitchen.
Uh, Lily's in the backyard with l think his name is Will something.
- Uh, Gluck? - Uh, yeah! - Something about a parachute.
- Parachute? Yeah.
lsn't he the same guy who did that whole fountain thing for you? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, he seems like a super-nice guy.
- Super-nice.
- He is.
He's l used to be the worst judge of people.
lf somebody smiled at me, l'd practically give them all my money and move in with him, but he seems an unusually nice person.
Plus, uh, he's kind of cute.
Um So how well do you know him? He's not exactly the kind of person that you get to know that easily, you know what l mean? Definitely.
That's why l was surprised he practically told me his life story.
- Ooh, this is pretty.
- He did? Um, yeah.
Did you know that he lived out of his car for, like, a year, and that he's actually an ordained minister? - Uh, no.
- Yeah.
Something that he does on the side for extra money.
[gasps.]
When he told me about his daughter, l was practically in tears.
We were waiting for Lily to get off the phone He has a daughter? Yeah.
Apparently, um, he got some girl pregnant when they were both, like, 1 6, and even back then, he wanted to keep the baby, but her parents made them put it up for adoption, and so he never got to meet her.
And then a few years ago, he just started searching for her.
He told you this while Lily was on the phone? Yeah.
lt just sort of spilled out of him.
But l have noticed that people tend to tell me stuff now that l'm pregnant.
l don't know if it's something l put out there, like a hormone? Oh, hi.
Hey.
[Tiffany.]
Um, anyway, l got to go, but l'll see you on the big day.
What? Oh.
Yeah.
And, um it was nice to meet you.
Yeah, it was nice to meet you too.
Bye.
l l just came by to drop off the dresses for the girls.
Tiffany told me just now about about, uh, the parachute.
So you're going to do that instead of the tent? Oh.
Yeah.
- l think it's a brilliant idea.
- Thanks.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Well, l better get back out there.
[Lily.]
Listen, Judy, could you, um Would you call these people for me and find out if they're coming or not? l have to give a final head count to the caterer.
- Sure.
- What kind of people can't bother to put a stamped, self-addressed response card into a mailbox? Just think of it as a party.
A very large party.
With vows, a party with vows, where you promise to be faithful to someone you barely even know.
- Just until you die.
- Judy, l can't even afford all this.
What was l thinking? What? Jake might lose the restaurant.
Oh, God.
Look, l haven't bought your wedding present yet, so l have about $3,000.
You wouldn't have to pay me back.
They're American dollars.
l love you.
l couldn't take your money.
- Oh, thank God.
- lt wouldn't make a dent, anyway.
- l'm so in over my head here.
- So call it off.
l'm serious.
l don't understand why For the past weeks, all l've heard out of you is how you can't not have champagne, centerpieces and salad forks, and how everything has to be completely When he first brought out the ring, l didn't answer him.
And now he's gone through this public humiliation, and if l don't make a big deal out of this wedding, l mean, l lt may be all for show, but he needs the show.
And if l suddenly say that l don't want it, l'm afraid that l'll take these upstairs.
- [knock on door.]
- Gracie? Oh, uh, l didn't realize l'll take it.
- Okay.
Thanks.
- Yeah.
What was that? Nothing.
So, can l hear what you have so far? - lt's lt's not anything yet.
- Oh.
l'll just send it to her when it's done.
Well, l should go to band practice.
That should stun people, since they've given up on me showing up.
l thought you liked your band.
l used to.
l used to like a lot of things.
Hey, you're still wearing my sweatshirt.
Oh, yeah.
Here.
No, no, no.
That's okay.
l'll get it later.
We could still hear back from him tomorrow.
We're not going to hear back from him.
You don't want to design a garage.
Designing a parking garage could lead to getting paid.
We wouldn't want that, would we? Meanwhile, l'm serving dinner and liquor and wedding cake to over 1 00 people on Sunday, and l have no idea how l'm going to pay for it.
- Can l ask a stupid question? - Do l love her? Yeah, of course l do.
Um, how soon do you have to fire me? Soon.
Night.
Wow.
l can't believe it's this much.
l mean, the flowers alone Yeah, well, it's not just the flowers.
The food and the musicians.
This is too much.
lt's too much.
This is just what things cost.
We could cancel the musicians, have Eli set up a sound system.
- A wedding without live music? - l don't want to, but Well, l don't want to not have anything, but $21 ,000? $21 ,000? Not that it's not worth it.
- lt is? - lsn't it? l mean, isn't it what you want? Yeah, if it's what you want.
Well, it is.
l mean, l do.
Well, l do too.
[door bells jingle.]
Jude? Shoes.
What? l told you they were purple.
Mom's not coming.
She's going to call you tomorrow.
She's heard all these storm warnings, and you know how panicky she gets.
You know what? lt's really that Dad's not here.
She's got this thing that people are going to pity her 'cause she's alone.
Aaron's still coming to the rehearsal tonight, right? 'Cause l need him to walk me down the aisle.
Sometimes l really miss Dad.
l mean, don't you just wish you could talk to him sometimes so he could know how we are and what we're doing? l talk to him sometimes.
- You do? - Yeah.
See, l could never do that.
l would feel too stupid.
That's weird, how different we are, isn't it? l really admire what you're doing.
Throwing a reception that l can't afford? No, you actually accept Rick, you know? You're willing to see beyond his faults and his mistakes.
l don't do that.
l take what l see as people's flaws and use them as a reason to move on.
At least you're not afraid to be alone.
Do you realize that l have never done that? l went right from Daddy to Jake, and now right from Jake to Rick.
Let's be honest here.
l-l've never been without a man.
l think you're really brave.
[Rick.]
So this is probably the only time we can do this before Sunday.
- So Where's Grace? - Upstairs.
She'll be right down.
Weddings for Complicated Families, Look, uh, your mom and Judy and Aaron aren't here yet.
l think we should start rehearsal.
Mom's not coming, and Judy and Aaron will be late, so - Gracie! - Be right down! Your mom's not coming to the rehearsal or to the, uh Judy said she talked to her this morning, and there are these storms predicted, so Can you give me a hand? That reminds me.
Your brother called and asked me to recommend lower-priced motels because they couldn't afford the Windham.
- Of course they can't.
Why would they? - Could we do this? - lt's where your mother will stay.
- What? - This title makes no sense.
- My mom can't afford to stay there.
Well, l assumed we would pay for it.
We want her to be comfortable, right? l mean, aren't all families complicated? - l just assumed she'd stay here.
- We don't have enough room.
- There's almost no room for us.
- Can we do this - Show a little courtesy, won't you? - Look, she's your mother.
l thought you'd want her to stay somewhere nice.
Okay.
All right.
Can we just start this thing? - Where is Grace? Grace! - Why are you yelling at her? l'll get her.
Could l speak to you for a minute? Grace.
Well, l just wish you'd ask first.
- l assumed you would want - That's the problem.
You keep assuming.
You have been acting like this is what you want.
Well, it's not.
- lt's not what l want, either.
- Well, l thought Why is there a hand mirror in the freezer? Zoe's.
Well, l thought you wanted a big wedding.
l thought you did.
You know what's been lost in all this? - The reason - [Rick.]
The reason we're even doing it.
Rick, l thought you needed it.
Even if l do, l can't afford it.
Neither can l.
You thought l needed it because l need things to look a certain way? - That, and because - l was hoping you wouldn't agree.
l think l was afraid that if if l didn't go all-out that l might hurt your feelings.
lf you were willing to marry me in front of 1 00 people with hot and cold-running hors d'oeuvres, then maybe l'm not worthless.
What are we doing? Why are we doing this? l don't know.
Your mom is not even coming.
My brother's coming.
l don't even want to see him.
We can't rehearse without a fight breaking out.
We're - ldiots.
- ldiots.
Exactly.
l mean, if we can't even get through this l'm sorry.
- You didn't do anything.
- Yeah, l did.
No, no.
No, you didn't.
lt's so weird that she doesn't miss me because l'm never going to stop missing her.
l know.
[sighs.]
You're, like, the only person who does know.
You're the only person who doesn't keep telling me that it's not true.
That's a pretty dress.
[knock on door.]
- What? - What? They called off the wedding.
[telephone rings.]
Excuse me just a second.
Yes? Hey, Mom, can you come get us? Jessie? l thought tonight was the rehearsal.
They called it off.
What? They called off the wedding, so can you just come get us? So did they get into a fight, or? - No, not in a fight exactly.
- ls your father all right? - He's watching The History Channel.
- Oh, dear.
Yeah.
So can you just please pick us up? l'll get there as soon as l can.
Okay, Bye, Sweetheart, l have to make a few dozen calls.
May l? - Wow.
- Good news? Yesterday morning at 2:4 1 a,m,,, [Judy.]
So you'll call Arnie and Mark and the Friedmans? [tv.]
General Jodl, the representative of the German High Command signed the act of unconditional surrender,,, So, do you want to talk, or do you and Winston want to be alone? - Got it.
- Hostilities will end officially after midnight tonight, We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing, Hey.
What's the matter? ls it the baby? No.
Um l just got a call from Lily.
They called off the wedding.
You're kidding.
l knew they'd chicken out.
lt had nothing to do with chickening.
The whole reception thing just got out of hand.
Well, of course that's what they're going to say.
Come on.
lf you really want to get married, you get married.
Stop it! Stop talking about them like that! The fact that they were brave enough to attempt marriage was, like, giving me hope.
Oh.
Well, you can still have hope.
- l can? - Yeah.
Doesn't cost anything.
Hey.
This was a really good idea, the parachutes.
Yeah, well, we don't have to take it down right away.
l called the caterer.
We're out our deposit.
But we knew that.
lt's really weird calling so many people at once.
lt's like when someone dies.
You know, this is like This is like that quote.
lt's like that Winston Churchill quote.
That's exactly what l was thinking.
You know What did Churchill say? He said, ''Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms.
'' What? The fact that you can stand here under a parachute and quote Churchill when we're in the middle of deciding whether or not to get married makes me want to marry you.
ls that what we're doing? Are we standing here deciding whether to get married or not? Well, we aren't just whistling Dixie, Because, you know, l just realized that how Churchill felt about democracy is kind of how l feel about marriage.
- lt's a horrible system.
- Yeah.
But it is the best one we have.
You know what l mean? l do.
l do too.
Do you suppose it's too late to get that rabbi over here? lt's Friday night.
The rabbi might have plans.
You can't just call Dial-a-Clergyman and expect somebody to co What? Did you know that Will Gluck is an ordained minister? [phone rings.]
- Hello? - Hey, Mom, l - Hey, l'm back.
- [Karen.]
Yes, l'm on my way, - No, no, wait, no.
- All they had left were daisies.
- Oh, cool.
Thanks.
- What? Oh, Mom, they decided that they're going to do it tonight.
- What? - Yeah, They're getting married any minute, so don't come over.
Well, um - We've got to get ready.
- l have to go.
l love you.
Hon Well, l got the lights up outside.
You all set, Zoe? No, l am not.
And please don't start telling me how nothing is going to change just 'cause you're getting married.
Because l'm upset that l can't find my little mirror, and l really need it.
This little mirror? How did you know where it was? l don't know.
l just did.
l guess it's a good thing you're tall.
You can reach stuff.
Yeah.
Sometimes.
Zoe, l would never tell you that nothing's going to change.
Everything's going to change.
l know.
Ohh.
Come on.
Let's go get married.
- Wait a second.
- What? - You can't wear that.
- Oh.
You're right.
And l have to call my accountant.
Gracie? [Lily.]
May l come in? Oh, sweetie.
l know this isn't easy for you.
You think that's why l'm crying, because you're getting married? Well, yeah, honey.
lt would be completely understandable.
That's not why l'm crying, Mom.
l'm all alone.
Do you even realize that? Do you even know what that feels like? No, honey, l don't.
l've always been too afraid to find out what that feels like.
l'm so glad that you're not.
- So Grammy's not coming? - No.
Uncle Aaron's still going to walk you down the aisle, right? No.
Shelley just called and said he's not feeling well enough.
So who's going to walk you down the aisle? Daddy.
Well, l guess you can just walk in by yourself.
l mean, it isn't a real aisle l'll be right back.
Daddy, wait.
l need you to walk me down the aisle, please.
Sweetheart, l can't.
l'm on vacation.
Anyway, you know who wants to do it, don't you? Oh.
Of course.
- Thank you, Daddy.
- Any time.
l'll see you, Lilabet.
l'll see you, Daddy.
Hello? Where is everybody? - You came! - Of course l came.
l was a little nervous, but l took a Valium.
Oh, she's going to be so happy.
- Oh, good.
- Rick, you got a fax from Grandma! - Hi, honey! How are you? - They're getting married.
- l know that, sweetie.
- No, no.
l mean right now.
Well, l'd better change, then.
Come on.
You can change in here.
- We'll surprise her.
- Oh, good.
''On the day of your wedding, take a long, relaxing bath.
'' Oh, well ''Fix hair and make sure nails are done, Distribute flowers, '' - What are you doing? - [Zoe.]
Stop touching.
Thank you.
''Check that your rings are somewhere safe, Be sure to eat something, Many hungry brides have been known to faint, Remember to greet each guest personally, Have the music start at least Eli.
Start it.
- ls it all right? - Yeah.
[ Wedding March.]
''lmmediately before the ceremony, the bride's mother is seated.
'' [gasps.]
Mom! Oh, l can't believe you're here! l'm so happy you're here.
[Will clears throat.]
- Set me - [repeats in Hebrew.]
- as a seal - [repeats in Hebrew.]
- upon your heart.
- [repeats in Hebrew.]
- As a seal - [repeats in Hebrew.]
- upon your arm.
- [repeats in Hebrew.]
Zoe, what's he saying? Nobody knows, but it's Hebrew.
- Deep waters - [repeats in Hebrew.]
- cannot extinguish love.
- [repeats in Hebrew.]
nor floods sweep it away.
[repeats in Hebrew.]
''Stay calm and remember to enjoy yourself.
'' l now pronounce you husband and wife.
[Barbara.]
Congratulations.
[Eli.]
lt was awesome.
[Grace.]
Hey, hey.
Oh, Eli.
Hey! [laughter.]
[applause.]
When the red, red robin Comes bob, bob bobbin' along Along There'll be no more sobbin' When he starts Throbbin' his old Sweet song Wake up Wake up You sleepyhead Get up Get up Get out of bed Cheer up Cheer up The sun is red Live, love Laugh and be happy What if l've been blue Now l'm runnin' through fields Of flowers Rain may glisten But l still listen For hours And hours l'm just a kid again Doing what l did again Singing a song When the red, red robin Comes bob, bob bobbin' along