A Million Little Things (2018) s03e03 Episode Script
Letting Go
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- I love you.
- I love you, too.
[TIRES SCREECH.]
Eddie? Previously on "A Million Little Things" I'm your new roommate.
Why did you beat cancer if you're not gonna live? You were the first one to know I was gay.
Maybe even before I knew.
REGINA: I'm still grieving.
It's taking me longer to do that because I feel like I'm doing it alone.
Do you know how bad it got for Katherine when she found out he was cheating on her? He's gonna start physical therapy.
With me.
Don't go getting all soft on me now.
I'm not doing it for him.
I'm doing it for Katherine.
EDDIE: I was drunk, and I don't remember, but I had something to do with this, didn't I? This is payback for all of the stupid choices I've made in my life.
Hello.
Okay, the bathroom door has been widened to accommodate Dad's wheelchair.
Check.
He's gonna love it, T.
The guitars are hanging from low hooks on the wall, easily accessible.
Check.
- - And I built Dad a Lego guitar.
Oh, my God.
What's that? Nothing.
Um I was just looking for this.
The final touch.
- Genius, Mom.
- Voilà .
[HUMMING GUITAR RIFF.]
[LAUGHS.]
Boo-yah! Found a hook for it.
Now it looks perfect.
GARY: Look at us.
I'm packing for my month at the Dixons', you're packing for How long is your PT session with Eddie? - A year? - [CHUCKLES.]
Are you really just taking a backpack? Well, I don't know.
I've never been a mom before.
I don't know what I'll need.
Well, you're gonna need to take another pair of underwear if you expect me to stay the night.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Are you sure Delilah is cool with that, by the way? She's French.
She practically insisted.
[CHUCKLES.]
Alright, well, Liam is at his dad's this week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, so consider those nights yours.
So, what I'm hearing is that I need - three pairs of underwear.
- Mm.
Speaking of Liam, when am I gonna meet this kid? You met him.
Yeah, I met him as a guy who took his friend Theo to play laser tag.
[SIGHS.]
I don't want to be middle school about this, but, uh, does he know that I'm your your boyfriend? It's just, um I just haven't introduced Liam to another man in my life since his dad and I split.
Mm-kay.
I get it.
And in solidarity, I am gonna wait to tell Colin that we're together.
Though, my four-legged friend may have seen a few things that tipped him off.
Oh, yeah? Like what? - [LAUGHING.]
Oh, man.
- A little something like this.
Colin, help! [LAUGHING.]
What?! Trapeze school?! I thought you were there for a fellowship.
I am here for a fellowship, but I'm also here to explore my passions, which may or may not include hurling myself through the air where a complete stranger, who also bought a Groupon, will hopefully catch me.
I talked to Rome about this.
Didn't he tell you? Uh, no.
Uh we're not exactly the world's best communicators lately.
Well, you guys have been through a lot.
It'll take time to heal.
I wish you weren't so far away, in a different time zone.
[SCOFFS.]
I feel like I have no one to talk to about this.
What about Delilah? [SIGHS.]
Honestly just seeing her with Baby Charlie it's, um it's just been hard.
I know, honey.
You know what? Let's get back to trapeze school.
What are we thinking? Tights? Hmm.
Funny you mention it.
Yes.
[LAUGHS.]
Is this part of "British Maggie says yes to everything"? Yes! Actually yeah.
Yeah, it is.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Oh, my God! Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
I screwed up.
D, I screwed up! What did you do? Well, I meant to text you about whether or not Gina knows I'm the one you asked to take care of the kids while you're away in France, but instead Ha ha I accidentally texted her.
Oh, God.
Oh, no, n W-What did the text say? Well, it wasn't s It wasn't that bad.
It said It said, uh, "Does Gina know I'm the one you picked to watch the kids? She's just been so delicate lately.
" Gary.
I know.
It's really bad.
You know what the weird part is? I don't even use the word "delicate".
As I was texting, smart type changed it to "deliberate", which means I stopped to change that but not to change who I was texting! - Come on, Mendez! - [GROANS.]
The point is, I think we can both agree this is mostly my phone's fault.
"Delicate"?! Since when am I delicate?! I'm sure he didn't mean it that way.
You've just been under a lot of stress lately.
Even you won't say it.
[SIGHS.]
We all know the moment I got delicate.
When Eve changed her mind.
Look, of course that made you feel vulnerable.
I get it.
You know, it sucks to have people tiptoeing around you.
When I was sick, no one would even say the word "cancer".
But I realized it was just because they care about me and they didn't want to say the wrong thing.
If we shoot the walk-and-talk late in the day - Yeah - We'll get an amazing shot of the sun going down between these two buildings.
Oh, man! Then we shoot late in the day, 'cause I'd like that.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Oh, it's Shanice.
- [CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
- Hey.
Shanice.
I'm scouting your street scene with Clark right now.
What's up? Ooh, I love the street scene.
Such a fun walk-and-talk.
Don't touch a word of that.
It's perfect.
Hey, hey, whatever you say.
Great! 'Cause I do have a new direction for my big monologue.
The one you said is why you signed on to the movie? Yeah.
To make it easier for you, I wrote my own version of the scene.
Should I send it over? Yeah.
Yeah, g-g-go ahead and send it over.
Great! Yo.
Your dog just went to the bathroom.
I-I got to go, but call me after you get a chance to read it.
I think it just makes the whole thing so much better.
- Bye.
- Uh [DOG BARKS.]
- Let's go.
- Unbelievable.
Yo.
Your dog just did his business.
Now pick up the business.
Um, it's my girlfriend's dog, and I-I don't have a bag.
You don't have a bag? You took your girl's dog on a walk.
What did you think was gonna happen? Come on, man.
Cottonball did his part.
Now you do yours.
Listen, man, I just told you I don't have a bag.
Well, then find something else! - Whoa.
- Here.
Hey.
Use this! - Can you use that?! - Wow.
Hey.
How we doing? [SCOFFS.]
I'm good, man.
And so, after choir practice, Danny's got yearbook committee, but he can't stay the whole time because he's got to get to Spanish tutoring before you pick him up for his dentist appointment.
- Okay.
- Okay.
And then on Tuesdays Wait, that was just Monday? Alright, listen, seriously, if it's If it's all too much, I completely understand.
I can cancel my trip.
D, stop.
It's gonna be fine.
You are taking the difficult one with you, right? - [SCOFFS.]
- Otherwise, the deal's off.
I'm just I'm nervous about leaving.
DANNY: Oh, my God, Mom.
What is this man's voice I'm hearing, huh? We may have to cancel choir practice.
Okay, we're not canceling anything.
We're gonna be fine, Mom.
I mean, we'll even limit our screen time.
Right, Danny? What? I just haven't been away this long since We know.
And we'll miss you, but you're gonna have an amazing trip with Papa.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- Yeah.
If we had a chance to spend another month with Dad, we would take it.
Come here.
[GRUNTS.]
[EXHALES HEAVILY.]
Guess math is not your strength, 'cause, turns out, 8 is not 10.
We're going for 10 reps.
Are you this tough on all your clients? No.
Keep going.
[STRAINING.]
Okay.
I'm getting a vibe that I'm not your favorite person.
That's nine.
Let me just address the elephant in the room.
This, uh, last year, our family's been through a lot A lot of changes.
- Lean forward.
- [GRUNTS.]
Listen.
I know how important you were to Katherine when Delilah and I Well, I'm sure she told you some of the things I did.
All of the things.
All of the things.
Okay.
Good.
That's great.
Great.
No, we can get it all out on the table.
A little PT for our relationship.
Look, somehow Katherine found a way to give me another chance.
And I hope you do, too.
Because Well, as you can see, I'm a different person now.
Edward.
Are you playing the handicap card? Li'l bit, I am, yeah.
Here are your notes for the deposition.
Judge Hetzler is grumpy from his diet and won't budge on the motion.
It's not my fault he can't have a Snickers.
Also, you got a message from the prosecuting attorney.
- He was - Uh, let's finish this later, Carter.
I only have 15 minutes before the deposition, so fill me in on the details.
On the Marglous case? You know it backwards and forwards.
No, on your trip to Dallas! - How was seeing Aunt Madi? - Great! We spent a full day in the Sixth Floor Museum looking from Lee Harvey Oswald's perspective.
We changed our minds.
[WHISPERING.]
We think the Chicago Mob did it.
Is this for the Marglous case? Wait, what is this? It's these articles Eddie printed out.
He's still obsessing about the accident.
Well, I don't blame him.
I can't believe they still don't know who hit him.
No, I mean the accident at the lake house.
He has every article ever written about it.
I just wanted to get it all out of the house.
He has enough on his mind.
Consider it gone.
[SIGHS.]
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Uh what is this? [CELLPHONE BUTTONS CLICKING.]
Excuse me.
What's What's happening here? [CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
- Hey! - [MOCKINGLY.]
Hey! [NORMAL VOICE.]
Why aren't you at school? I walked home for lunch.
Give me that back.
You walked home, huh? Who are you Ferris Bueller? I don't know who that is.
What? Dude.
John Hughes.
"Sixteen Candles".
- Sixteen what? - Oh, my God! Dan, you've never seen "Sixteen Candles"? We're gonna watch this movie.
There is a guy in this film that you're gonna like a lot, okay? He's so attractive, he slid me like three notches on the Kinsey scale.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
What's this? Huh? I don't know what that is, because someone took my phone.
I'll tell you it's a text from your friend Sam saying, "Tyler never should have said that.
" Who's Tyler, and what did he say? - Nothing.
- Oh.
- Well, I'll just do a deeper dive.
- No! Okay.
Okay, fine.
Tyler's a kid at school who's been saying some mean things.
About my dad.
Like what? Nothing.
Just "I'd kill myself too if you were my son"? Danny, this is not okay.
What is this kid's problem? - It's not that big a deal.
- It is a big deal.
How long has this been going on? Couple weeks.
- A couple we - Please don't tell Mom.
Please.
If you do, she won't go on her trip.
Look, first of all you know how much your dad loved you.
I know.
And second through, like, fifteenth, this kid Tyler, I don't know what he's mad at, but it's not you.
So, as your guardian for the next four weeks, I'm telling you talk to the kid face-to-face, okay? When he can't hide behind a screen, see what he has to say.
I guarantee you it'll go way better.
[SLAPS LEG.]
Okay.
I'll do it.
Yeah? My dude.
I just want my phone back.
I know.
That's why I'm giving it to you.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
I just lost it on the guy.
Completely lost it.
I don't even know why I was so mad at him.
What else was going on for you in that moment? I don't know.
I was getting notes from Shanice about my movie.
- Was that frustrating? - Of course.
You know, but I can't say anything about that.
She's the whole reason my movie might be happening.
A movie, apparently, she thinks she can write better than me, even though it's about my life, [SCOFFS.]
my marriage.
Speaking of which, how are things with Regina? It's been rough ever since Eve changed her mind.
Of course.
I'm sure you're also mad at Eve.
I can't be mad at Eve.
All she did was decide to keep her baby.
And I can't be mad at Gina, because she was right.
The timing of the baby was wrong, but it doesn't change the fact that I'm still not a dad.
And that [EXHALES SHAKILY.]
I'm mad about that.
I just feel so angry all the time.
It's like a [BREATHES DEEPLY.]
It scares me.
Why does that scare you? 'Cause it ain't ever been like this.
This is what I've worked so hard to avoid.
I feel so out of control.
And I hate that feeling.
In control of your life or of your anger? Same thing.
Why do you say that? You know why.
You walk around like a pissed-off Black man in America if your anger doesn't kill you, someone else will.
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Oh, good.
You're back.
Great.
So, I got two weirdo British sports-brand drinks.
I take you for an orange guy, even though everyone knows blue is better because it makes your tongue look like you licked a Smurf.
But we don't have time to argue about that.
We got to go.
We're gonna be late.
Sorry, late for ? Uh, trapeze class.
[CHUCKLES.]
What?! I thought we were kidding about that.
No, you were sitting in that exact position in those exact sweatpants when we both bought tickets.
Well, I was sat in these exact sweatpants in this exact position when we joked about buying tickets.
Are you kidding me? No, I'm not gonna go alone.
Well, no, y-y-you have to go.
You paid for the ticket.
Wasn't it like 50 quid? Oh, so, you you remember the price of the ticket, but you were joking about buying it.
Yes.
It's the specificity that made it funny.
Look, please don't let my highbrow sense of humor stop you from doing this.
You wanted to have this adventure.
And going alone is brave.
So is British Maggie.
You know what? - I'm gonna go.
- Great! Yeah, I'm gonna go right out this door and take a trapeze class By myself, like I said.
That's exactly what I'm encouraging you to do.
- Well, you can't stop me.
- No one is.
And you're not allowed to come.
I think we've established that I'm not going.
Uh, can I still have the orange drink? Absolutely not.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
DR.
HELLER: Believe me, I get it.
The energy Black men have to expend just to exist in America without access to our full range of feelings, it's exhausting.
But you have a right to be angry.
The important thing is you learn to identify and express it in a way that isn't dangerous to yourself or others.
At home, for example, why do you feel like you have to hide your feelings from Regina? I think I'm afraid that if she knew how I was really feeling, she'd either worry herself to death or reject me for being me.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
When Regina found out about your depression, not only was she receptive, but she wished you had shared it with her sooner.
So, I'm gonna use your own example for why you're not sharing it with her as the proof for why you should.
Rome, if you suppress your feelings, they still have to go somewhere.
And when all that rage is turned inwards, with nowhere to go, that's when the anxiety and depression creep back in.
[SIGHS, GRUNTING.]
It's normal to be sore after these workouts.
Are you taking anything for the pain? Just over-the-counter stuff.
Ibuprofen.
There's no way that's strong enough.
I'm not gonna take what they prescribed me.
I'm sober.
[WHEELCHAIR CREAKS.]
Katherine gave me another chance.
I'm not gonna blow it.
[GRUNTING SOFTLY.]
[GRUNTING CONTINUES.]
You know when I was 16, I came home early from track practice.
I remember I was so excited to tell my dad that I beat my relay time and qualified for state.
But when I walked in, I saw a purse and a jacket that weren't my mom's.
And I knew not to go upstairs.
He filed for divorce two months later.
So, seeing Katherine go through that just brought up so much stuff.
I'm so sorry.
But you're doing the work my dad never did.
And you're being honest about everything.
Well, while we're being honest, I want to thank you for telling me a story about how fast you can run.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
I just got Marglous to admit, under oath, that he shredded papers.
I know I said I was gonna throw these away, but - I told you it was a lot.
- It's just so sad.
This 15-year-old girl drowned in the lake she grew up on? And this family's life was never the same.
Alex and Colleen's dad, Reverend Stewart, who went to divinity school in my hometown, by the way I may have done some light reading.
He has this huge congregation.
Well, had.
He retired last year.
I think I know this guy.
Yeah, that's Reverend Stewart.
Please try to stay with the rest of the tour.
No, he was at our house, talking to Theo.
What? The other day, Theo answered the door.
The guy said he had the wrong address.
I'm pretty sure this is him.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Check your doorbell app.
Why? He's not there now.
It records everything.
Why do you think I always look so put together when I come to your house? Doorbell Just give it Just give it to me! Please.
Okay, let's see.
What day was it? Tuesday, I think.
Mm-kay.
[CELLPHONE CHIMES.]
You're right.
This is definitely the guy.
His truck is red.
The police said that the person who hit Eddie was driving a red pickup truck.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
Gina! Hi! What What's all this? Well, I figured while you're gone, you'd want your kids to have their basic nutritional requirements met, so I made these.
That's so sweet.
I'm so glad you're here because I would Give me a sec, okay? No, actually, D, give me a sec.
Are you sure? Yeah! I'm sure.
I want to spend time with my niece before she heads to France.
You know, I'm delicate, but not that delicate.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Hey! How was it? - Horrible.
- [BAG THUDS.]
One of the top 10 worst things I've ever done in my life.
You know, the nets catch you, but they do not catch the vomit.
Yeah, some of this is not even mine.
[GROANS.]
I'm so sorry.
Oh, don't be, 'cause it was awesome, and you missed out.
Actually, stop talking to me.
I need to record.
Wow-ee! It appears that 50 quid was money well spent! - Oh, do you know what you deserve? - Hmm? Butter toffee.
[CHUCKLING.]
What? Whenever I came home with a big win, my mum used to give me butter toffee.
Aw! I did win, didn't I? I did this thing that I normally would have never done before, ever.
There were, like, 15 different points where I would have said no, but instead, I said yes the whole way through, even when I sort of didn't meet the height requirement.
Tiny secret Tiny bun, taller lady.
[CHUCKLES.]
Now you just sound reckless.
[LAUGHS.]
[REFRIGERATOR DOOR CLOSES.]
REGINA: [SIGHS.]
She's out like a light.
- You worked your magic.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Listen, I-I really I really am sorry about Gary's text.
You are amazing with my children, and I would have loved to have you watch them while I'm away.
- It's just - Mm.
I know that you have a lot going on right now.
D, I should be the one apologizing.
[SIGHS.]
Of course you were tiptoeing around me.
I-I [SIGHS.]
It was hard to see you with your kids.
But [CHUCKLING.]
holding Charlie just now I miss that.
[SIGHS.]
- Are you excited for your trip? - [BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Yeah.
Yes.
I don't know if I'm excited as much as I just I really need to do this.
And not just because I want to spend time with my dad.
It's just [INHALES SHARPLY.]
everything around here reminds me of Jon, and I [CHUCKLES.]
I even bought a new suitcase, and not because I needed one, but because I needed it not to be one that I used on a trip with Jon.
[SIGHS.]
I get it.
Sometimes you just need to get away for a minute.
[CHUCKLES LIGHTLY.]
How are you really doing with everything? [SIGHS.]
It's been tough.
It's been tough.
I We lost the baby, but I lost so much more.
I lost you, and honestly, I feel like I might be losing Rome.
First of all, you did not lose me.
[CHUCKLES LIGHTLY.]
And I'm glad we're finally talking about this.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
- And [INHALES DEEPLY.]
Look at that.
Maybe you two can talk about it now, too, hmm? - [VIBRATING CONTINUES.]
- [SMACKS LIPS, INHALES SHARPLY.]
- Hey, babe.
What's up? - Hey.
I'm, uh I'm on a location scout, and I need your opinion about something.
Do you think you could come meet me? Uh yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
Of course.
Hey.
Seatbelt.
Okay.
- I'm having some, uh - [SEATBELT CLICKS.]
pretty serious déjà vu here from when my dad used to pick me up from school.
He'd say, uh, "How'd everything go today, Mijo?" Now, we can make the "mijo" optional, but the question still stands.
Come on, Mijo.
How'd it go? Whoa! Whoa, whoa! What happened to your face? [GRUNTS.]
After school, I went to talk to Tyler, like you told me to.
But, um, before I could say anything, my friends grabbed him and told me I should hit him for all the terrible stuff he said.
Ah, Danny.
I couldn't do it.
All I ended up doing was saying, "I don't know what you're so mad at, but it's not me.
" Well, that sounds pretty smart, actually.
So, why are you bleeding? As soon as they let him go, he punched me right in the face.
Ah, that little And now you have to tell Mom, and she's not gonna go on her trip, and I just I-I feel like such an idiot.
Alright, it's gonna be okay.
[PATTING.]
Click that for the next clip, okay? In this one, he pulls up.
The reverend parked his truck across the street.
This is the day that Eddie came home from the hospital.
Oh, Katherine, this is creepy.
He's been by your house four times.
- I think you need to call the police.
- Yeah, way ahead of you.
[POUNDING ON DOOR.]
Coming! [GRUNTS.]
Reverend Stewart.
- So, uh - [DOOR CLOSES.]
So, how did you know where I live? I followed your wife and Theo back from the hospital.
What? I've been here a few times.
I needed to look you in the eye.
Sir, it sounds like Colleen, uh It sounds like your daughter told you what really happened the night Alex drowned.
I was on the boat with her.
And honestly, I don't remember much about that night, 'cause I had been drinking.
But I do know that if I had been sober I could have pulled Alex out of the water.
And that she'd still be alive right now.
And I'm so sorry.
That's not how my daughter died.
We're just trying to figure out why he'd want to come to our house.
Or even how he knows where she lives.
We have him on camera.
In his red pickup truck.
DETECTIVE: Listen, I just reviewed the gas station tape.
We don't have a plate yet, but we do have a partial view of the vehicle that hit your husband.
It was red, but it wasn't a truck.
It was an SUV.
So, it wasn't Reverend Stewart? No, ma'am.
Doesn't appear so.
Okay.
Thank you.
So, he wasn't the one who hit Eddie.
Then why does he keep coming by your house? You and Alex did go out on the water that night.
Apparently, you went for a swim off the boat.
But you both made it back to the dock.
How do you know that? Colleen told me.
She said you passed out afterwards, and she and Alex went off alone.
No, I talked to Colleen.
She didn't say that.
Why wouldn't she have told me that? Alex and Colleen stayed up partying that night.
I knew they'd been drinking that summer.
I'd seen the bottles they'd hidden.
But apparently, that night, Colleen had brought drugs.
Colleen insisted it was the first time that Alex ever tried it.
Alex had a bad reaction, and her heart stopped.
Colleen woke me up in tears.
Our whole lives had changed in an instant.
Alex was gone.
There was nothing I could do about it.
But Colleen was still there.
If anyone found out Alex had died using drugs her sister had given to her, i-it would have ruined Colleen's life.
All of our lives.
So I told Colleen to go to bed, and I carried my little girl out to the boat.
And I And I made it look like she drowned.
I had to I had to protect my family.
Why are you telling me this now? I wanted to tell you before.
The last time you came to the lake house, I-I saw you.
I followed you when you left.
Colleen told me how you blamed yourself for what happened.
I waited outside the bar, trying to find the courage to tell you the truth, but I just couldn't.
[HORN BLARES.]
[TIRES SCREECH.]
[TIRES SCREECH, CRASH.]
The next thing I knew, you were on the ground.
MAN: Oh, my God! I saw the SUV take off, so I called 911, and I and and I-I chased them.
But I was too late.
I turned around and went back, but by then, the ambulance was there.
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE.]
I didn't think my lie was hurting anyone but myself.
I was wrong.
[VOICE BREAKING.]
Obviously, it was tearing you apart in ways I could never have imagined.
I came here to confess.
May the Lord forgive me for what I have done to you.
Okay, when we tell your mom, you let me do the talking.
I'll convince her to go on her trip, okay? - H-Hey, D! - Hey, Mom.
Hey.
You know a kid named Tyler? Uh, yeah ? Why? He's in the living room.
What happened to his nose? Shh, shh, shh, shh.
[WHISPERING.]
That's his bully.
- What? What are you talking about? - Shh! Just eavesdrop now, and I'll explain later.
DANNY: Hey.
Hey.
So, uh my dad wanted me to come over and tell you I'm sorry, so I'm sorry.
Thanks.
I guess.
Is that your dad? Yeah.
How long ago did he die? A little over a year ago.
My sister died a month ago.
I didn't even know she was depressed.
I'm sorry.
Thanks.
I miss my dad, too.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION.]
[WHISPERING.]
Okay, D, I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
Look, you and I both know he's gonna face a lot of stuff in his life.
I just wanted to give him a chance to prove to himself that he can handle it.
But I know I'm not his parent.
It wasn't for me to make that call.
You made the right call.
You know what, man? Let's go shoot some hoops.
Cool.
So, now I am choosing to live the life that I have always wanted to live.
You see, American Maggie was the girl whose brother died, and then she was cancer girl.
And now she's just me, a woman doing the fun and risky thing, the thing that I would normally overthink or talk myself out of.
And I formally decry Uh, decree.
Whatever.
I boldly state that after years of chemo, I am finally throwing up because of things I have done and not things being done to me.
At least now you know it wasn't your fault.
That has to make you feel better, right? No, it doesn't.
I would never have been in that bar if I'd known the truth.
When the doctors told me I might never walk again, I was devastated, but I thought, "You know what? I got what I deserved.
" But now Oh, God, I'm gonna be in this chair for the rest of my life for no reason at all.
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS.]
Dad, let's go to the garage.
I know I've been the surprise king lately, but I got another surprise for you! You ready? Yeah, let's do it! [DOOR OPENS.]
[EXHALES SHAKILY.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Wow.
I haven't been back here since our first date.
Well, technically, it was your and Gary's first date.
- [CHUCKLES.]
That you crashed.
- Yeah.
- Best decision I ever made.
- [CHUCKLES.]
And now that scene gets to be in my movie.
Well, what better place to tell our story than where it really happened? So, what do you need my opinion on? You remember when Shanice said that we're the couple that everyone roots for? Um I do.
And, uh And you asked me, "How do we get back to being that couple?" I haven't stopped thinking about it since.
The last time you and I sat here, it was not just the day that we met.
It was the day that I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you.
So, the other day, when you When you said that the grieving was taking longer because you felt like you were doing it alone you were right.
I haven't been allowing myself to feel what I've been feeling.
It's not just you.
And I There are things I haven't been able to face, either.
I love you.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY, SNIFFLES.]
And I want us to get through this together.
Do you mind if we make a call? As long as it's not Shanice.
[CHUCKLES.]
It's not Shanice.
[LAUGHS.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[SNIFFLES.]
We're not moving on.
We are moving forward.
- [LINE RINGING.]
- [INHALES DEEPLY.]
[SIGHS.]
[CLICK.]
Regina? Hey, Eve.
Oh, my God! Hi! Yeah, Rome and I just wanted to make sure you and the baby are doing okay.
- We are.
- Yeah.
And And we, uh We got some baby stuff we figured you could use.
Oh, that's so nice.
It's really good to hear from you.
What are we looking at here, huh? Ooh! Ooh! - Pillow top.
- Ooh, it's nice.
Very nice.
[EXHALES SLOWLY.]
You know, I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
The Dixons are rich.
- [SIGHS.]
- [LAUGHS.]
And I'll stand on the bow I'm really impressed by how you handled being a parent today.
And feel the waves Well Thank you.
I've had some some very good role models.
Crashing down Yeah, I was watching a "Full House" marathon earlier.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
You know And you say I was thinking it's time for my son to meet my boyfriend, Gary.
- Open up your heart - What? And let the light shine in You have another boyfriend named Gary? [LAUGHS.]
This is very upsetting and - and potentially very confusing, Darcy.
- Stop.
H-Have you just been screaming his name all this time? This hurts! - Stop.
Stop.
- It just hurts.
I'm just No, I just I realized today I'm not my mom, and you're not my dad, and neither of us is that horrible woman with the purse.
Mm.
Am I supposed to understand anything you just said? No.
You're not.
'Cause it doesn't matter anymore.
But in my dreams So, that's what I want to share with you.
Maybe you're listening because you are also trying to figure out the next chapter of your life, or it's because you're my Aunt Louise and my mom sent you the link.
Hi, Aunt Louise.
But whatever the reason, I'm glad you're here.
I hope that you hearing me talk about letting go and doing things because I want to do them, 'cause I'm alive, will help you live more fully, too.
So, that's it.
Join me next week, when I I have no idea what I'm gonna be doing next week, but it will be something.
That's so good.
[CHUCKLES.]
Butter taffy good? Toffee! Oh, my God.
[WHISPERING.]
Sorry.
But yeah.
Never more deserved.
Do you know what? I am gonna go and get you some.
- What? - Any minute now I don't know.
My ship is coming in I'm just thinking I'll keep checking Maybe you would be my butter toffee.
So, there's that.
Or you could just [CHUCKLING.]
completely forget I said anything.
There's sure to be that call Do I have to? It's gonna happen soon, soon Oh, so very soon It's just that times are lean - KATHERINE: Good night, sweetie.
- And you say "Be still, my love" "Open up your heart" "Let the light shine in" You okay? - Yeah.
- Don't you understand? Oh, I already The garage was great.
I loved it.
I'm glad.
He was so excited to show you.
Hey What are you doing? I'm just making some tea.
- Want some help? - No.
I got it.
Okay.
Then I'm gonna go wash up.
Me Me Me Me Me, yeah [RATTLING ECHOES.]
On a clear day I can see See for a long way On a clear day I can see See for a long way
- I love you, too.
[TIRES SCREECH.]
Eddie? Previously on "A Million Little Things" I'm your new roommate.
Why did you beat cancer if you're not gonna live? You were the first one to know I was gay.
Maybe even before I knew.
REGINA: I'm still grieving.
It's taking me longer to do that because I feel like I'm doing it alone.
Do you know how bad it got for Katherine when she found out he was cheating on her? He's gonna start physical therapy.
With me.
Don't go getting all soft on me now.
I'm not doing it for him.
I'm doing it for Katherine.
EDDIE: I was drunk, and I don't remember, but I had something to do with this, didn't I? This is payback for all of the stupid choices I've made in my life.
Hello.
Okay, the bathroom door has been widened to accommodate Dad's wheelchair.
Check.
He's gonna love it, T.
The guitars are hanging from low hooks on the wall, easily accessible.
Check.
- - And I built Dad a Lego guitar.
Oh, my God.
What's that? Nothing.
Um I was just looking for this.
The final touch.
- Genius, Mom.
- Voilà .
[HUMMING GUITAR RIFF.]
[LAUGHS.]
Boo-yah! Found a hook for it.
Now it looks perfect.
GARY: Look at us.
I'm packing for my month at the Dixons', you're packing for How long is your PT session with Eddie? - A year? - [CHUCKLES.]
Are you really just taking a backpack? Well, I don't know.
I've never been a mom before.
I don't know what I'll need.
Well, you're gonna need to take another pair of underwear if you expect me to stay the night.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Are you sure Delilah is cool with that, by the way? She's French.
She practically insisted.
[CHUCKLES.]
Alright, well, Liam is at his dad's this week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, so consider those nights yours.
So, what I'm hearing is that I need - three pairs of underwear.
- Mm.
Speaking of Liam, when am I gonna meet this kid? You met him.
Yeah, I met him as a guy who took his friend Theo to play laser tag.
[SIGHS.]
I don't want to be middle school about this, but, uh, does he know that I'm your your boyfriend? It's just, um I just haven't introduced Liam to another man in my life since his dad and I split.
Mm-kay.
I get it.
And in solidarity, I am gonna wait to tell Colin that we're together.
Though, my four-legged friend may have seen a few things that tipped him off.
Oh, yeah? Like what? - [LAUGHING.]
Oh, man.
- A little something like this.
Colin, help! [LAUGHING.]
What?! Trapeze school?! I thought you were there for a fellowship.
I am here for a fellowship, but I'm also here to explore my passions, which may or may not include hurling myself through the air where a complete stranger, who also bought a Groupon, will hopefully catch me.
I talked to Rome about this.
Didn't he tell you? Uh, no.
Uh we're not exactly the world's best communicators lately.
Well, you guys have been through a lot.
It'll take time to heal.
I wish you weren't so far away, in a different time zone.
[SCOFFS.]
I feel like I have no one to talk to about this.
What about Delilah? [SIGHS.]
Honestly just seeing her with Baby Charlie it's, um it's just been hard.
I know, honey.
You know what? Let's get back to trapeze school.
What are we thinking? Tights? Hmm.
Funny you mention it.
Yes.
[LAUGHS.]
Is this part of "British Maggie says yes to everything"? Yes! Actually yeah.
Yeah, it is.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Oh, my God! Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
I screwed up.
D, I screwed up! What did you do? Well, I meant to text you about whether or not Gina knows I'm the one you asked to take care of the kids while you're away in France, but instead Ha ha I accidentally texted her.
Oh, God.
Oh, no, n W-What did the text say? Well, it wasn't s It wasn't that bad.
It said It said, uh, "Does Gina know I'm the one you picked to watch the kids? She's just been so delicate lately.
" Gary.
I know.
It's really bad.
You know what the weird part is? I don't even use the word "delicate".
As I was texting, smart type changed it to "deliberate", which means I stopped to change that but not to change who I was texting! - Come on, Mendez! - [GROANS.]
The point is, I think we can both agree this is mostly my phone's fault.
"Delicate"?! Since when am I delicate?! I'm sure he didn't mean it that way.
You've just been under a lot of stress lately.
Even you won't say it.
[SIGHS.]
We all know the moment I got delicate.
When Eve changed her mind.
Look, of course that made you feel vulnerable.
I get it.
You know, it sucks to have people tiptoeing around you.
When I was sick, no one would even say the word "cancer".
But I realized it was just because they care about me and they didn't want to say the wrong thing.
If we shoot the walk-and-talk late in the day - Yeah - We'll get an amazing shot of the sun going down between these two buildings.
Oh, man! Then we shoot late in the day, 'cause I'd like that.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Oh, it's Shanice.
- [CELLPHONE BEEPS.]
- Hey.
Shanice.
I'm scouting your street scene with Clark right now.
What's up? Ooh, I love the street scene.
Such a fun walk-and-talk.
Don't touch a word of that.
It's perfect.
Hey, hey, whatever you say.
Great! 'Cause I do have a new direction for my big monologue.
The one you said is why you signed on to the movie? Yeah.
To make it easier for you, I wrote my own version of the scene.
Should I send it over? Yeah.
Yeah, g-g-go ahead and send it over.
Great! Yo.
Your dog just went to the bathroom.
I-I got to go, but call me after you get a chance to read it.
I think it just makes the whole thing so much better.
- Bye.
- Uh [DOG BARKS.]
- Let's go.
- Unbelievable.
Yo.
Your dog just did his business.
Now pick up the business.
Um, it's my girlfriend's dog, and I-I don't have a bag.
You don't have a bag? You took your girl's dog on a walk.
What did you think was gonna happen? Come on, man.
Cottonball did his part.
Now you do yours.
Listen, man, I just told you I don't have a bag.
Well, then find something else! - Whoa.
- Here.
Hey.
Use this! - Can you use that?! - Wow.
Hey.
How we doing? [SCOFFS.]
I'm good, man.
And so, after choir practice, Danny's got yearbook committee, but he can't stay the whole time because he's got to get to Spanish tutoring before you pick him up for his dentist appointment.
- Okay.
- Okay.
And then on Tuesdays Wait, that was just Monday? Alright, listen, seriously, if it's If it's all too much, I completely understand.
I can cancel my trip.
D, stop.
It's gonna be fine.
You are taking the difficult one with you, right? - [SCOFFS.]
- Otherwise, the deal's off.
I'm just I'm nervous about leaving.
DANNY: Oh, my God, Mom.
What is this man's voice I'm hearing, huh? We may have to cancel choir practice.
Okay, we're not canceling anything.
We're gonna be fine, Mom.
I mean, we'll even limit our screen time.
Right, Danny? What? I just haven't been away this long since We know.
And we'll miss you, but you're gonna have an amazing trip with Papa.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- Yeah.
If we had a chance to spend another month with Dad, we would take it.
Come here.
[GRUNTS.]
[EXHALES HEAVILY.]
Guess math is not your strength, 'cause, turns out, 8 is not 10.
We're going for 10 reps.
Are you this tough on all your clients? No.
Keep going.
[STRAINING.]
Okay.
I'm getting a vibe that I'm not your favorite person.
That's nine.
Let me just address the elephant in the room.
This, uh, last year, our family's been through a lot A lot of changes.
- Lean forward.
- [GRUNTS.]
Listen.
I know how important you were to Katherine when Delilah and I Well, I'm sure she told you some of the things I did.
All of the things.
All of the things.
Okay.
Good.
That's great.
Great.
No, we can get it all out on the table.
A little PT for our relationship.
Look, somehow Katherine found a way to give me another chance.
And I hope you do, too.
Because Well, as you can see, I'm a different person now.
Edward.
Are you playing the handicap card? Li'l bit, I am, yeah.
Here are your notes for the deposition.
Judge Hetzler is grumpy from his diet and won't budge on the motion.
It's not my fault he can't have a Snickers.
Also, you got a message from the prosecuting attorney.
- He was - Uh, let's finish this later, Carter.
I only have 15 minutes before the deposition, so fill me in on the details.
On the Marglous case? You know it backwards and forwards.
No, on your trip to Dallas! - How was seeing Aunt Madi? - Great! We spent a full day in the Sixth Floor Museum looking from Lee Harvey Oswald's perspective.
We changed our minds.
[WHISPERING.]
We think the Chicago Mob did it.
Is this for the Marglous case? Wait, what is this? It's these articles Eddie printed out.
He's still obsessing about the accident.
Well, I don't blame him.
I can't believe they still don't know who hit him.
No, I mean the accident at the lake house.
He has every article ever written about it.
I just wanted to get it all out of the house.
He has enough on his mind.
Consider it gone.
[SIGHS.]
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
Uh what is this? [CELLPHONE BUTTONS CLICKING.]
Excuse me.
What's What's happening here? [CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
- Hey! - [MOCKINGLY.]
Hey! [NORMAL VOICE.]
Why aren't you at school? I walked home for lunch.
Give me that back.
You walked home, huh? Who are you Ferris Bueller? I don't know who that is.
What? Dude.
John Hughes.
"Sixteen Candles".
- Sixteen what? - Oh, my God! Dan, you've never seen "Sixteen Candles"? We're gonna watch this movie.
There is a guy in this film that you're gonna like a lot, okay? He's so attractive, he slid me like three notches on the Kinsey scale.
[CELLPHONE VIBRATES.]
What's this? Huh? I don't know what that is, because someone took my phone.
I'll tell you it's a text from your friend Sam saying, "Tyler never should have said that.
" Who's Tyler, and what did he say? - Nothing.
- Oh.
- Well, I'll just do a deeper dive.
- No! Okay.
Okay, fine.
Tyler's a kid at school who's been saying some mean things.
About my dad.
Like what? Nothing.
Just "I'd kill myself too if you were my son"? Danny, this is not okay.
What is this kid's problem? - It's not that big a deal.
- It is a big deal.
How long has this been going on? Couple weeks.
- A couple we - Please don't tell Mom.
Please.
If you do, she won't go on her trip.
Look, first of all you know how much your dad loved you.
I know.
And second through, like, fifteenth, this kid Tyler, I don't know what he's mad at, but it's not you.
So, as your guardian for the next four weeks, I'm telling you talk to the kid face-to-face, okay? When he can't hide behind a screen, see what he has to say.
I guarantee you it'll go way better.
[SLAPS LEG.]
Okay.
I'll do it.
Yeah? My dude.
I just want my phone back.
I know.
That's why I'm giving it to you.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
I just lost it on the guy.
Completely lost it.
I don't even know why I was so mad at him.
What else was going on for you in that moment? I don't know.
I was getting notes from Shanice about my movie.
- Was that frustrating? - Of course.
You know, but I can't say anything about that.
She's the whole reason my movie might be happening.
A movie, apparently, she thinks she can write better than me, even though it's about my life, [SCOFFS.]
my marriage.
Speaking of which, how are things with Regina? It's been rough ever since Eve changed her mind.
Of course.
I'm sure you're also mad at Eve.
I can't be mad at Eve.
All she did was decide to keep her baby.
And I can't be mad at Gina, because she was right.
The timing of the baby was wrong, but it doesn't change the fact that I'm still not a dad.
And that [EXHALES SHAKILY.]
I'm mad about that.
I just feel so angry all the time.
It's like a [BREATHES DEEPLY.]
It scares me.
Why does that scare you? 'Cause it ain't ever been like this.
This is what I've worked so hard to avoid.
I feel so out of control.
And I hate that feeling.
In control of your life or of your anger? Same thing.
Why do you say that? You know why.
You walk around like a pissed-off Black man in America if your anger doesn't kill you, someone else will.
[SIGHS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Oh, good.
You're back.
Great.
So, I got two weirdo British sports-brand drinks.
I take you for an orange guy, even though everyone knows blue is better because it makes your tongue look like you licked a Smurf.
But we don't have time to argue about that.
We got to go.
We're gonna be late.
Sorry, late for ? Uh, trapeze class.
[CHUCKLES.]
What?! I thought we were kidding about that.
No, you were sitting in that exact position in those exact sweatpants when we both bought tickets.
Well, I was sat in these exact sweatpants in this exact position when we joked about buying tickets.
Are you kidding me? No, I'm not gonna go alone.
Well, no, y-y-you have to go.
You paid for the ticket.
Wasn't it like 50 quid? Oh, so, you you remember the price of the ticket, but you were joking about buying it.
Yes.
It's the specificity that made it funny.
Look, please don't let my highbrow sense of humor stop you from doing this.
You wanted to have this adventure.
And going alone is brave.
So is British Maggie.
You know what? - I'm gonna go.
- Great! Yeah, I'm gonna go right out this door and take a trapeze class By myself, like I said.
That's exactly what I'm encouraging you to do.
- Well, you can't stop me.
- No one is.
And you're not allowed to come.
I think we've established that I'm not going.
Uh, can I still have the orange drink? Absolutely not.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
DR.
HELLER: Believe me, I get it.
The energy Black men have to expend just to exist in America without access to our full range of feelings, it's exhausting.
But you have a right to be angry.
The important thing is you learn to identify and express it in a way that isn't dangerous to yourself or others.
At home, for example, why do you feel like you have to hide your feelings from Regina? I think I'm afraid that if she knew how I was really feeling, she'd either worry herself to death or reject me for being me.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
When Regina found out about your depression, not only was she receptive, but she wished you had shared it with her sooner.
So, I'm gonna use your own example for why you're not sharing it with her as the proof for why you should.
Rome, if you suppress your feelings, they still have to go somewhere.
And when all that rage is turned inwards, with nowhere to go, that's when the anxiety and depression creep back in.
[SIGHS, GRUNTING.]
It's normal to be sore after these workouts.
Are you taking anything for the pain? Just over-the-counter stuff.
Ibuprofen.
There's no way that's strong enough.
I'm not gonna take what they prescribed me.
I'm sober.
[WHEELCHAIR CREAKS.]
Katherine gave me another chance.
I'm not gonna blow it.
[GRUNTING SOFTLY.]
[GRUNTING CONTINUES.]
You know when I was 16, I came home early from track practice.
I remember I was so excited to tell my dad that I beat my relay time and qualified for state.
But when I walked in, I saw a purse and a jacket that weren't my mom's.
And I knew not to go upstairs.
He filed for divorce two months later.
So, seeing Katherine go through that just brought up so much stuff.
I'm so sorry.
But you're doing the work my dad never did.
And you're being honest about everything.
Well, while we're being honest, I want to thank you for telling me a story about how fast you can run.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
I just got Marglous to admit, under oath, that he shredded papers.
I know I said I was gonna throw these away, but - I told you it was a lot.
- It's just so sad.
This 15-year-old girl drowned in the lake she grew up on? And this family's life was never the same.
Alex and Colleen's dad, Reverend Stewart, who went to divinity school in my hometown, by the way I may have done some light reading.
He has this huge congregation.
Well, had.
He retired last year.
I think I know this guy.
Yeah, that's Reverend Stewart.
Please try to stay with the rest of the tour.
No, he was at our house, talking to Theo.
What? The other day, Theo answered the door.
The guy said he had the wrong address.
I'm pretty sure this is him.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Check your doorbell app.
Why? He's not there now.
It records everything.
Why do you think I always look so put together when I come to your house? Doorbell Just give it Just give it to me! Please.
Okay, let's see.
What day was it? Tuesday, I think.
Mm-kay.
[CELLPHONE CHIMES.]
You're right.
This is definitely the guy.
His truck is red.
The police said that the person who hit Eddie was driving a red pickup truck.
[DOORBELL RINGS.]
Gina! Hi! What What's all this? Well, I figured while you're gone, you'd want your kids to have their basic nutritional requirements met, so I made these.
That's so sweet.
I'm so glad you're here because I would Give me a sec, okay? No, actually, D, give me a sec.
Are you sure? Yeah! I'm sure.
I want to spend time with my niece before she heads to France.
You know, I'm delicate, but not that delicate.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Hey! How was it? - Horrible.
- [BAG THUDS.]
One of the top 10 worst things I've ever done in my life.
You know, the nets catch you, but they do not catch the vomit.
Yeah, some of this is not even mine.
[GROANS.]
I'm so sorry.
Oh, don't be, 'cause it was awesome, and you missed out.
Actually, stop talking to me.
I need to record.
Wow-ee! It appears that 50 quid was money well spent! - Oh, do you know what you deserve? - Hmm? Butter toffee.
[CHUCKLING.]
What? Whenever I came home with a big win, my mum used to give me butter toffee.
Aw! I did win, didn't I? I did this thing that I normally would have never done before, ever.
There were, like, 15 different points where I would have said no, but instead, I said yes the whole way through, even when I sort of didn't meet the height requirement.
Tiny secret Tiny bun, taller lady.
[CHUCKLES.]
Now you just sound reckless.
[LAUGHS.]
[REFRIGERATOR DOOR CLOSES.]
REGINA: [SIGHS.]
She's out like a light.
- You worked your magic.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Listen, I-I really I really am sorry about Gary's text.
You are amazing with my children, and I would have loved to have you watch them while I'm away.
- It's just - Mm.
I know that you have a lot going on right now.
D, I should be the one apologizing.
[SIGHS.]
Of course you were tiptoeing around me.
I-I [SIGHS.]
It was hard to see you with your kids.
But [CHUCKLING.]
holding Charlie just now I miss that.
[SIGHS.]
- Are you excited for your trip? - [BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Yeah.
Yes.
I don't know if I'm excited as much as I just I really need to do this.
And not just because I want to spend time with my dad.
It's just [INHALES SHARPLY.]
everything around here reminds me of Jon, and I [CHUCKLES.]
I even bought a new suitcase, and not because I needed one, but because I needed it not to be one that I used on a trip with Jon.
[SIGHS.]
I get it.
Sometimes you just need to get away for a minute.
[CHUCKLES LIGHTLY.]
How are you really doing with everything? [SIGHS.]
It's been tough.
It's been tough.
I We lost the baby, but I lost so much more.
I lost you, and honestly, I feel like I might be losing Rome.
First of all, you did not lose me.
[CHUCKLES LIGHTLY.]
And I'm glad we're finally talking about this.
- [CELLPHONE VIBRATING.]
- And [INHALES DEEPLY.]
Look at that.
Maybe you two can talk about it now, too, hmm? - [VIBRATING CONTINUES.]
- [SMACKS LIPS, INHALES SHARPLY.]
- Hey, babe.
What's up? - Hey.
I'm, uh I'm on a location scout, and I need your opinion about something.
Do you think you could come meet me? Uh yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
Of course.
Hey.
Seatbelt.
Okay.
- I'm having some, uh - [SEATBELT CLICKS.]
pretty serious déjà vu here from when my dad used to pick me up from school.
He'd say, uh, "How'd everything go today, Mijo?" Now, we can make the "mijo" optional, but the question still stands.
Come on, Mijo.
How'd it go? Whoa! Whoa, whoa! What happened to your face? [GRUNTS.]
After school, I went to talk to Tyler, like you told me to.
But, um, before I could say anything, my friends grabbed him and told me I should hit him for all the terrible stuff he said.
Ah, Danny.
I couldn't do it.
All I ended up doing was saying, "I don't know what you're so mad at, but it's not me.
" Well, that sounds pretty smart, actually.
So, why are you bleeding? As soon as they let him go, he punched me right in the face.
Ah, that little And now you have to tell Mom, and she's not gonna go on her trip, and I just I-I feel like such an idiot.
Alright, it's gonna be okay.
[PATTING.]
Click that for the next clip, okay? In this one, he pulls up.
The reverend parked his truck across the street.
This is the day that Eddie came home from the hospital.
Oh, Katherine, this is creepy.
He's been by your house four times.
- I think you need to call the police.
- Yeah, way ahead of you.
[POUNDING ON DOOR.]
Coming! [GRUNTS.]
Reverend Stewart.
- So, uh - [DOOR CLOSES.]
So, how did you know where I live? I followed your wife and Theo back from the hospital.
What? I've been here a few times.
I needed to look you in the eye.
Sir, it sounds like Colleen, uh It sounds like your daughter told you what really happened the night Alex drowned.
I was on the boat with her.
And honestly, I don't remember much about that night, 'cause I had been drinking.
But I do know that if I had been sober I could have pulled Alex out of the water.
And that she'd still be alive right now.
And I'm so sorry.
That's not how my daughter died.
We're just trying to figure out why he'd want to come to our house.
Or even how he knows where she lives.
We have him on camera.
In his red pickup truck.
DETECTIVE: Listen, I just reviewed the gas station tape.
We don't have a plate yet, but we do have a partial view of the vehicle that hit your husband.
It was red, but it wasn't a truck.
It was an SUV.
So, it wasn't Reverend Stewart? No, ma'am.
Doesn't appear so.
Okay.
Thank you.
So, he wasn't the one who hit Eddie.
Then why does he keep coming by your house? You and Alex did go out on the water that night.
Apparently, you went for a swim off the boat.
But you both made it back to the dock.
How do you know that? Colleen told me.
She said you passed out afterwards, and she and Alex went off alone.
No, I talked to Colleen.
She didn't say that.
Why wouldn't she have told me that? Alex and Colleen stayed up partying that night.
I knew they'd been drinking that summer.
I'd seen the bottles they'd hidden.
But apparently, that night, Colleen had brought drugs.
Colleen insisted it was the first time that Alex ever tried it.
Alex had a bad reaction, and her heart stopped.
Colleen woke me up in tears.
Our whole lives had changed in an instant.
Alex was gone.
There was nothing I could do about it.
But Colleen was still there.
If anyone found out Alex had died using drugs her sister had given to her, i-it would have ruined Colleen's life.
All of our lives.
So I told Colleen to go to bed, and I carried my little girl out to the boat.
And I And I made it look like she drowned.
I had to I had to protect my family.
Why are you telling me this now? I wanted to tell you before.
The last time you came to the lake house, I-I saw you.
I followed you when you left.
Colleen told me how you blamed yourself for what happened.
I waited outside the bar, trying to find the courage to tell you the truth, but I just couldn't.
[HORN BLARES.]
[TIRES SCREECH.]
[TIRES SCREECH, CRASH.]
The next thing I knew, you were on the ground.
MAN: Oh, my God! I saw the SUV take off, so I called 911, and I and and I-I chased them.
But I was too late.
I turned around and went back, but by then, the ambulance was there.
[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE.]
I didn't think my lie was hurting anyone but myself.
I was wrong.
[VOICE BREAKING.]
Obviously, it was tearing you apart in ways I could never have imagined.
I came here to confess.
May the Lord forgive me for what I have done to you.
Okay, when we tell your mom, you let me do the talking.
I'll convince her to go on her trip, okay? - H-Hey, D! - Hey, Mom.
Hey.
You know a kid named Tyler? Uh, yeah ? Why? He's in the living room.
What happened to his nose? Shh, shh, shh, shh.
[WHISPERING.]
That's his bully.
- What? What are you talking about? - Shh! Just eavesdrop now, and I'll explain later.
DANNY: Hey.
Hey.
So, uh my dad wanted me to come over and tell you I'm sorry, so I'm sorry.
Thanks.
I guess.
Is that your dad? Yeah.
How long ago did he die? A little over a year ago.
My sister died a month ago.
I didn't even know she was depressed.
I'm sorry.
Thanks.
I miss my dad, too.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION.]
[WHISPERING.]
Okay, D, I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
Look, you and I both know he's gonna face a lot of stuff in his life.
I just wanted to give him a chance to prove to himself that he can handle it.
But I know I'm not his parent.
It wasn't for me to make that call.
You made the right call.
You know what, man? Let's go shoot some hoops.
Cool.
So, now I am choosing to live the life that I have always wanted to live.
You see, American Maggie was the girl whose brother died, and then she was cancer girl.
And now she's just me, a woman doing the fun and risky thing, the thing that I would normally overthink or talk myself out of.
And I formally decry Uh, decree.
Whatever.
I boldly state that after years of chemo, I am finally throwing up because of things I have done and not things being done to me.
At least now you know it wasn't your fault.
That has to make you feel better, right? No, it doesn't.
I would never have been in that bar if I'd known the truth.
When the doctors told me I might never walk again, I was devastated, but I thought, "You know what? I got what I deserved.
" But now Oh, God, I'm gonna be in this chair for the rest of my life for no reason at all.
[RUNNING FOOTSTEPS.]
Dad, let's go to the garage.
I know I've been the surprise king lately, but I got another surprise for you! You ready? Yeah, let's do it! [DOOR OPENS.]
[EXHALES SHAKILY.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Wow.
I haven't been back here since our first date.
Well, technically, it was your and Gary's first date.
- [CHUCKLES.]
That you crashed.
- Yeah.
- Best decision I ever made.
- [CHUCKLES.]
And now that scene gets to be in my movie.
Well, what better place to tell our story than where it really happened? So, what do you need my opinion on? You remember when Shanice said that we're the couple that everyone roots for? Um I do.
And, uh And you asked me, "How do we get back to being that couple?" I haven't stopped thinking about it since.
The last time you and I sat here, it was not just the day that we met.
It was the day that I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you.
So, the other day, when you When you said that the grieving was taking longer because you felt like you were doing it alone you were right.
I haven't been allowing myself to feel what I've been feeling.
It's not just you.
And I There are things I haven't been able to face, either.
I love you.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY, SNIFFLES.]
And I want us to get through this together.
Do you mind if we make a call? As long as it's not Shanice.
[CHUCKLES.]
It's not Shanice.
[LAUGHS.]
[CHUCKLES.]
[SNIFFLES.]
We're not moving on.
We are moving forward.
- [LINE RINGING.]
- [INHALES DEEPLY.]
[SIGHS.]
[CLICK.]
Regina? Hey, Eve.
Oh, my God! Hi! Yeah, Rome and I just wanted to make sure you and the baby are doing okay.
- We are.
- Yeah.
And And we, uh We got some baby stuff we figured you could use.
Oh, that's so nice.
It's really good to hear from you.
What are we looking at here, huh? Ooh! Ooh! - Pillow top.
- Ooh, it's nice.
Very nice.
[EXHALES SLOWLY.]
You know, I've said it before, and I'll say it again.
The Dixons are rich.
- [SIGHS.]
- [LAUGHS.]
And I'll stand on the bow I'm really impressed by how you handled being a parent today.
And feel the waves Well Thank you.
I've had some some very good role models.
Crashing down Yeah, I was watching a "Full House" marathon earlier.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
You know And you say I was thinking it's time for my son to meet my boyfriend, Gary.
- Open up your heart - What? And let the light shine in You have another boyfriend named Gary? [LAUGHS.]
This is very upsetting and - and potentially very confusing, Darcy.
- Stop.
H-Have you just been screaming his name all this time? This hurts! - Stop.
Stop.
- It just hurts.
I'm just No, I just I realized today I'm not my mom, and you're not my dad, and neither of us is that horrible woman with the purse.
Mm.
Am I supposed to understand anything you just said? No.
You're not.
'Cause it doesn't matter anymore.
But in my dreams So, that's what I want to share with you.
Maybe you're listening because you are also trying to figure out the next chapter of your life, or it's because you're my Aunt Louise and my mom sent you the link.
Hi, Aunt Louise.
But whatever the reason, I'm glad you're here.
I hope that you hearing me talk about letting go and doing things because I want to do them, 'cause I'm alive, will help you live more fully, too.
So, that's it.
Join me next week, when I I have no idea what I'm gonna be doing next week, but it will be something.
That's so good.
[CHUCKLES.]
Butter taffy good? Toffee! Oh, my God.
[WHISPERING.]
Sorry.
But yeah.
Never more deserved.
Do you know what? I am gonna go and get you some.
- What? - Any minute now I don't know.
My ship is coming in I'm just thinking I'll keep checking Maybe you would be my butter toffee.
So, there's that.
Or you could just [CHUCKLING.]
completely forget I said anything.
There's sure to be that call Do I have to? It's gonna happen soon, soon Oh, so very soon It's just that times are lean - KATHERINE: Good night, sweetie.
- And you say "Be still, my love" "Open up your heart" "Let the light shine in" You okay? - Yeah.
- Don't you understand? Oh, I already The garage was great.
I loved it.
I'm glad.
He was so excited to show you.
Hey What are you doing? I'm just making some tea.
- Want some help? - No.
I got it.
Okay.
Then I'm gonna go wash up.
Me Me Me Me Me, yeah [RATTLING ECHOES.]
On a clear day I can see See for a long way On a clear day I can see See for a long way