This is Us (2016) s05e07 Episode Script

1 Previously on This Is Us Allegheny College has a weekend QB camp for seventh and eighth graders right up in Meadville.
Kev would be a great fit.
I don't care what Coach says.
- I'm gonna quit.
- You're the quarterback.
You made a commitment to that team.
You don't just quit the second something starts to feel tough.
He's a child playing a game.
It's supposed to be fun.
You can be really easy on him, and it's made him soft.
And why'd they call me? To be honest, I have no idea.
- "To be honest"? - Can I get that last line? You know, I just, if you want to give me a specific detail Stay in the scene.
I'm trying to stay in the scene, but you keep - interrupting me.
- Believe me, Kevin, - I wish I didn't have to interrupt.
- They're moving the filming of the movie to Vancouver.
Okay, four weeks away puts you back here a solid five weeks before the babies are due.
You have worked so hard on this movie.
This can't all be for nothing.
I think you should use this time away to figure out how these babies and I are actually gonna fit in your life.
Jack? Come on, let's go.
You don't want to be late for your championship game.
Whole team's counting on that arm of yours.
Please, please, please.
Go right, split, 8-9-7 F-motion right, option zone.
26 off tackle Hey, kiddo.
You all set for this weekend? Yeah.
Just finished packing.
Okay.
I'm gonna change, and then we'll hit the road.
We should get to the hotel about 7:00.
Make sure you get plenty of rest before quarterback camp.
Cool.
I'm ready whenever.
All right.
Hey, you know, they're they're saying that there's gonna be two QBs from Penn State there.
You do good this weekend, word is gonna spread quick that you're the next Terry Bradshaw.
Mm-hmm.
Can't wait.
Yeah.
Objection! All due respect, Your Honor, this is a man here who knowingly misrepresented the evidence.
That's good.
All due respect, Your Honor, we're dealing with a man Your Honor No.
- Judge - Judge Judge, Your Honor, all due respect, this is a man who knowingly misrepresented the evidence.
I object.
And furthermore furthermore Yeah.
Uh Oh, hey.
Hey.
Thank you for the edible arrangement.
It is elaborate, Kev.
- And kind of romantic.
- Was it? Oh, see? I told them to take it easy on the chocolate-covered strawberries.
I just, I wasn't sure what the appropriate gift would be for when the birth mother of your twin sister's baby is being induced.
Uh, it's actually a Tesla.
Well, okay, they were all out of chocolate-covered Teslas.
All right? So so how are, uh, how are you two doing? What's going on? Are you guys excited? Yeah.
Yeah.
We're just waiting for Jack's sitter to get here, and then, um, we're gonna head down to San Pedro and meet Ellie at the hospital, so How's Vancouver? How's the movie? Movie is going great.
Actually, tonight is my big courtroom scene you know, the one where I cross-examine De Niro? That sounds terrifying.
Yeah, yeah, it's my big "did you order the Code Red" moment.
Every time I think about it, I pee a little.
Ew, that's gross.
Okay, so you are back next week? Mm-hmm, yep.
Thank God, back next week, and I swear I'm not leaving the house for, like, a month.
All I'm gonna do is stare at Madison's belly and just wait for the twins to make their big debut.
Oh Oh, hey, um, Jack's, uh, sitter is here, so I gotta go.
Okay.
Well, uh, listen, keep me posted and, uh tell the birth mother I said "happy pushing.
" Uh, not gonna do that.
But, hey, will you tell De Niro that I loved him in Meet the Fockers.
Not gonna do that.
Okay, fine.
I love you.
I love you, too.
Bye.
Whew.
- What's up, man? - Hey.
De Niro's still in hair and makeup, but I figured you'd want to be on set when he got there.
Yeah, good call.
Not a man you want to keep waiting, right? No.
Hey, honey.
Listen, uh, I'm about ready to start shooting with De Niro.
Is there a way I can call you Kevin, I think I'm having contractions.
What? No, no, no, we're supposed to have another couple weeks.
It might just be Braxton-Hicks, but, um, I've had those before, and they don't feel like this.
Um, I called Dr.
Alexander, and she said I should come in right away.
It's good that she's being cautious.
Maybe-maybe it's a false alarm.
Maybe, but, um, I don't think so.
Okay, um, I gotta go.
I'll I'll call you when I get to the hospital.
Just pick up if you can.
Yeah, I Hey.
Hey, Kevin, uh, De Niro should be here in, like, five, and then we'll do a rehearsal, all right? Sounds sounds good.
Listen, I think my fiancée's in-in labor.
Oh, wow.
That's awesome.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Six weeks early.
And I know with twins it's normal to be early, but that's, like, three weeks.
This is six weeks.
Well, look, I'm-I'm sure it'll be fine.
You know, my brother, uh, he had his son super early, and the kid just graduated valedictorian, so Cool.
She, you know, she's, uh She seemed pretty scared.
And she's alone.
I think I should go to her.
Okay.
Okay, look, uh, I'll try and move quickly here.
We could probably get this in six or seven hours, and then, uh, I'll talk to Steve.
Uh, and we can push all the pick-up days so we can get you out of here first thing tomorrow.
Okay? - How does that sound? - I don't think that's gonna work.
What are you saying, Kevin? - De Niro is walking.
Here in two.
- Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Foster.
Tell him I said I am very sorry, but I gotta go.
W How you feeling? Ready to pitch a no-hitter? Yeah, Dad.
Feeling good.
Come on, get in.
Gonna be some adventure.
Ready? - Hey.
- Hey, how we doing? I'm on my way to the hospital.
I really don't think these are fake contractions.
Okay, listen.
Uh, I'm coming.
Okay? I'm coming, I'm leaving right now.
- Wait.
You are? - Yeah.
Just hang in there, all right? I promise, I will I will get to you, all right? Always exciting seeing a game end in a walk-off home run.
Just not when your kid's the pitcher.
I only gave up one run.
It's not my fault the guys weren't hitting.
Yeah, that sounds like an excuse to me.
Hey, Dad, maybe we should, uh wait around a bit - before going home.
- Why? I just, um What you-you think I can't drive? No.
I just Fine.
You drive, hotshot.
First time for everything.
Far away All you got to do right now is say Did I ever tell you I played Little League when I was a kid? Yeah.
I was a pretty good pitcher.
Had all these dreams about being the next Bob Friend.
Who? You don't know who Bob Fr? I guess it was a little ahead of your time.
So, Bob Friend was a four-time all-star.
Helped the Pirates win the 1960 World Series.
1960? How old are you? Ha, ha, ha.
- Whoa.
- Hmm? Football camp is really expensive.
Nah.
Kev, don't don't worry about that.
Now, when you get a football scholarship to Penn State, this weekend is gonna be the best investment I ever made.
I don't care where my seat is.
I do not care what airline it is.
I just need to get on the next flight to L.
A.
I'm on my way to Vancouver Airport right now, and I will literally get on whatever flight you can book for me.
Hmm.
I'm not seeing anything direct from Vancouver to Los Angeles until tomorrow morning.
I can't do tomorrow morning.
I What about indirect? Well, how do you feel about flying economy? I know you're big on legroom.
Well, at this point, I'll cut my legs off.
Just get me on the next flight to L.
A.
- Anything, honey? - Yes.
- Oh, your mom has one.
- What? Yes! Great! Thank God.
What time? Oh, wait.
No, sorry.
I I-I put in the code for Victorville, not Vancouver.
There are a lot of flights from Victorville, though.
Yeah, but I said I'm not in Victorville, Mom.
Why didn't the movie give you an assistant to do these kind of things? You know, it's-it's an indie film.
It's a smaller budget, and I-I told them I'd take one for the team and and go without, which I am deeply regretting at the moment.
Geez! S-Sorry, some maniac just cut me off.
Kev, be careful.
Me? I'm I am be I'm being careful.
Wait, wait, wait.
Hold on, hold on.
Good news, good news.
Uh, it looks like there are a few domestic flights left tonight.
- Oh.
- Kevin, just keep driving towards the border.
We're gonna try to book you something out of Seattle, and we'll call you back.
Okay? Okay, great.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
I j I Sorry, I got to take this.
My agent won't stop hounding me.
- Hello? - Please tell me you didn't really walk out on De Niro.
Madison's in labor, and she's six weeks early.
Oh, God.
Okay, how close is she to giving birth? 'Cause maybe we get you back to L.
A.
, you meet the babies, and we have you back in Vancouver - by tomorrow morning.
- You got I-I'm not doing this, man.
Look, I I got to go.
Hey.
How's it going? Okay.
I'm here.
I'm, uh, I'm waiting for a room.
I'm not in active labor, so nobody seems to be in a rush to see me.
But what about your private room? You're supposed to have a private room.
They're trying to find one.
I'm six weeks before my due date.
- Nobody was expecting me.
- No, no, no.
No, no, no.
Th-They said that the room would be ready when-when you're in labor.
And you're in labor, so the room should be ready, right? I'll handle this.
- Kevin, it's okay.
- No.
No, it's not okay.
You should have a private room.
I got a card right here from the hospital with a direct line I'm supposed to call if something like this happens.
I'm gonna call right now, and I'm gonna go full Terms of Endearment on their ass.
Where are you? I'm, uh I'm on my way to the airport.
Miguel and my mom are trying to book me a flight.
So, hopefully, I'll be there in the next couple hours.
Okay.
I'm coming.
I promise.
Madison, I'll be there.
Okay.
- Randall, hey.
- Hey, Kev.
We're driving home from New Orleans.
A long story.
I was wondering if we could talk.
Randall, I'm sorry.
I can't right now, okay? My whole life has been turned upside down.
Madison's in labor, and I'm stuck here in Vancouver.
I'm trying to get home in time for the births, but she's already at the hospital, and She's all alone.
I never Never should have come here.
Hey, Kev Randall, I'm sorry.
I'll-I'll call you soon, okay? I'm sorry.
Hello? Hey.
Kevin, this is Foster.
I know, um I know you're really emotional right now, but I I do need you to turn around and come back to set immediately.
Now, shut up.
Just shut You know what? Shut up.
Just shut your mouth.
Stop talking.
No one cares about your stupid movie! I quit.
Any day now.
Come on, come on, come on.
They can really help.
Some of 'em got a good arm.
- Look who it is.
- Jack.
- Coach.
- Kevin.
- I'm so glad you made it.
- Us, too.
Hey, this is Jason and Richard.
They both play for Penn State.
They sure do.
They're gonna be, uh, running drills with us tomorrow.
Yeah, I'm excited to see what you can do - on the field, little man.
- Yeah.
It's time to see if anything I've said in practice has actually gotten through to you.
Oh, it has.
Yeah, we're ready.
Hey.
You okay? - Did you get a flight yet? - No.
Not yet.
I'm still waiting for Miguel to call me back.
How's everything going over there? The doctor just left.
She said everything looked totally good and normal.
They're already at a healthy weight to be born.
Fully cooked.
Not even medium rare? No, perfectly medium.
Just like I like 'em.
- This is getting away from us.
- Yes, it is.
But it's not Braxton-Hicks.
I'm in labor.
The contractions have slowed down a little bit, which they said is normal, but, um But I am definitely in labor.
They're coming.
Well, you keep those contractions slow, okay? Because I'm coming, too.
I'll do my best.
I think it's time to shift those babies, like we talked about.
Is there anything I can do to help? Um, anyone you want me to talk to? I mean, I-I know your entire birth plan, so if you want to put a-a nurse or a doctor on the phone, I can walk them through the whole thing.
Hey, Kevin, I got to go.
Um, they're gonna put a bunch of pillows underneath me to try to change the babies' position a little.
Labor is crazy.
Um, I'll call you later.
Yeah, okay.
Um, you know, I'm here if you need anything.
I can Hey.
I was just about to call you.
We got you a flight.
Yes! G-Great.
What airport? Seattle.
It boards in two hours.
Can you make it? Yes, I can.
Yes, I can make it.
How long's the flight? - It's two and a half hours.
- Two and a half hours.
Okay, that puts me there in about five hours.
First births usually take a little longer, right? Which means I am probably gonna make it.
Miguel.
Miguel, I swear to God, if you were here right now, I'd kiss you right on the mouth.
- Thank you.
- I mean, I would regret it immediately afterwards, but in the heat of the moment, I would kiss you - right on those beautiful lips.
- Yeah, okay.
I'll text you the boarding pass, okay? Thank you.
Oh, hey, Miguel, - can I talk to my mom? - Oh, yeah, of course.
Wants to talk to you.
Oh.
Hi, sweetheart.
You're having a little bit of an unexpected adventure, huh? Yeah.
Not really how I imagined it.
Yeah.
It never is.
I just I wanted delivery day to be perfect.
You know, I wanted to be there for her, waiting on her hand and foot.
I wanted to be like Your father.
Kev, I know you put him on a pedestal.
And-and I don't blame you.
He was a wonderful father.
I pro Not on My Bir - Yeah.
- Are you kidding? Mom? Mom, you're breaking up pretty bad.
Are you I don't even know if you can hear this, but I I'm gonna have to call you Oh.
Perfect.
Oh, no.
Damn it.
All right.
You know what's always been the trouble with you? You spend too much time stuck in that damn head of yours.
Come on! Go faster.
At this rate, we ain't gonna be home till winter.
You know, I told your mother when you signed up, we were just throwing our money down the drain.
But she don't care.
She's always been totally crappy with money.
Shut up! My lips are sealed there, hot shot.
Feel a little better? Yeah.
Must've been Mom's Sloppy Joes.
Kev, what's going on? What if I suck tomorrow? You're not gonna suck tomorrow.
But what if I do? What if I'm not actually that good at football? That means I have nothing.
Nothing? Kev, what are you talking about? You and Mom talk about it all the time.
Randall's a genius, and all I have is football.
That is not all you have.
I heard you and Mom talking the other day.
You told her I was soft.
Look, I don't know exactly what you overheard, but that's not what I meant.
Yes, it is, or you wouldn't be here.
What is that supposed to mean? We never do anything alone together.
But you took the time to bring me here, because you think that football's my only shot at being special.
That's what you think I think? I know that's what you think.
And Coach doesn't think I have what it takes.
He just yells at me all the time.
He That's just his style, Kev, okay? Coach is old-school.
He wouldn't have brought you here if he didn't think you were good enough.
He calls me names, and he says I'm stupid.
He calls you "stupid"? Kevin? He tells me I'm stupid pretty much every day of my life.
You know what? Let's, um Let's go get you some food, okay? Let's settle that stomach of yours.
- Dad, I'm not hungry.
- Come on.
I have a super early morning.
I think I should just go to bed.
Get your sweater.
Let's go.
Thank God.
We got to get you out of here.
- Call an ambulance! - No, I can't get a signal.
You're gonna be all right, though, okay? I'll get you to a hospital.
Gonna get you out of here.
Come on.
All right.
Come on.
- Come on, come on! - My leg is stuck.
It hurts really bad.
Okay, listen.
Listen to me.
Listen to me.
On the count of three, I'm gonna pull up on the steering wheel, - and you're gonna pry your leg out, okay? - Oh, God.
Okay.
Breathe.
Just breathe.
Listen to me.
One, two, three.
Go, go.
Come on.
Come on.
There you go.
All right.
Come on.
I got you.
Come on.
Here we go.
Hey.
Hey! Oh, damn it.
Okay.
Hey.
Listen to me.
You're all right.
I'm gonna get you out of here, okay? Hey, come on.
Come with me.
Got to get you to a hospital.
Come on.
Hey, let's go.
We got this.
Let's go.
Hi.
Um, want to eat at the bar with your old man? - Yeah.
- We're Thanks.
Go on, pick a seat.
Hi.
We're gonna get two New York strips, uh, medium rare? - A side of onion rings? - Yeah.
And two Cokes.
- Sure thing.
- Thanks.
This place is pretty cool.
Yeah.
Every time Listen to me.
Yes, when you made starting quarterback, I was psyched, because it was exciting to watch you shine.
But Kevin, football is not the only thing that you have.
Do you understand? Yeah.
Two Cokes.
Won't you stay? You know, my dad used to come to my Little League games.
Never missed them.
It was the one thing he always showed up for.
And he made them a living hell for me.
He'd get drunker and drunker, inning by inning.
If my team won, at least he was a happy drunk, slapping me on the arm and calling me "Jackie Boy" the whole ride home.
But if we lost I started praying before every game.
'Cause a good game meant a good car ride home.
Baseball, this thing that I loved it became all about him.
I mean, ev-every pitch I threw, I could I could hear his voice in my ear.
You know? "Don't screw this up, Jack.
" "Get out of your head, Jack.
" "What a waste of a Sunday, Jack.
" I didn't know he was like that.
Mm.
Yeah.
You never really talk about him.
Yeah, well, being out on the road and sitting at a bar with my son makes a guy want to open up.
Yeah, he-he wasn't all bad, my dad.
Uh, that's what makes our parents loom so large in our heads, I think.
They're a million things to us all at once.
Not bad.
Didn't know you had it in you.
Indy 500, watch out.
Keys.
And even after they're long gone, we're stuck with them.
Can't help it.
They're inside of us.
You know, my whole life, I promised myself I'd be nothing like him, but here I am, putting all this pressure on you, making you so nervous, you're sick.
I ended up just like him.
No, Dad.
You're way better than him.
Thank you, my son.
And you're gonna be way better than me.
Maybe.
Well, I'm gonna go to the bathroom, bud.
Uh, don't pick up any girls while I'm gone.
Coach? Oh, hey, Jack.
Hey, Kevin excited? Oh, it's a big day tomorrow.
I want you to know, I'm not gonna miss a game this season.
Well, of course not.
I mean, got to watch your boy, right? I'm not just gonna be watching him.
Don't ever call my kid stupid.
Ever.
- Jack - Tell me you understand.
Hey, Coach.
Hey, Kevin.
See you tomorrow.
Hey.
Coach was here.
Yeah.
Did you see him? - In the bathroom? - Yeah, for a minute.
- Mmm.
- Did you say something to him? Nope.
Mmm.
Now, that's good.
Yeah.
I like it a little bloody.
Hey, it's Madison.
Leave a message.
Hey, I'm checking in.
Uh Boy, do I have a story for you.
Anyway, uh, Miguel got me a flight out of Seattle.
I think I can make it.
Um Hey, I'm really trying here.
You know? Um Just call me when you get this, if you can.
Wait a second.
Aren't you Kevin Pearson, yeah.
Life is so weird.
Yeah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey, hey, hey.
Let's keep talking.
Look at five minutes.
We got five minutes, okay? We're at the hospital in five minutes.
Just keep talk um That was my fiancée, on the phone there.
She's-she's pregnant.
She's in labor, actually, with twins.
And I'm probably gonna miss my flight.
Which means I'm gonna miss my children being born.
Which means I'm gonna miss the most important moment of their lives.
I have three teenagers.
They don't remember anything before kindergarten.
This is not the most important day of their lives.
They're not even gonna remember it.
You're rich, you're famous.
You're gonna be their freakin' idol.
None of that stuff matters, man.
You know, my dad wasn't either of those things.
He was just there.
Always.
My dad was the most there person that ever lived.
Everything that I do, I do with his voice in my head.
He would have rescued you tonight, he would've saved you.
And he would have made it to the births, he would've figured out a way to do it all.
He believed I could be that kind of person, too.
Hey! Little help? We need a wheelchair.
Hey, listen, my phone is about ready to die but I made it to the airport.
I think I'm gonna make it there in time, Madison.
I can feel it, okay? Hang tight, bye.
Hey.
I'm TSA PreCheck.
- Great.
Just need your ID.
- Yeah.
Oh, you got to be kidding.
No, no, no, no oh, um Oh, no.
Okay uh There was an accident.
There-there was an accident.
You're not gonna believe this, but there was an accident.
I had to pull a guy out of his car and drive him to the hospital.
Wow, that's amazing.
Thank you.
Yeah, it's just that my, um, my-my ID, it was in my jacket, and the jacket I gave I gave that man my jacket.
Or-or it fell out or something anyway, I I don't have my ID on me.
I'm so sorry, sir.
I can't let you on the plane without your ID.
Right, yeah, it's just, um Look, uh I'm Kevin Pearson, I'm-I'm a public figure.
I'm not trying to say that to get special treatment, I'm-I'm saying that because it's just, you know, it's you can look me up, it's very easy to figure out who I am, you can look me up online.
My whole damn life is online.
That's not really how it works.
There's an office where you can request an emergency ID.
- Usually takes about a day.
- I don't have a day.
Okay? My fiancée right now is in Los Angeles and she's in labor.
I need to get to her, please.
You got to let me on that flight.
I'm really sorry.
I wish I could help, but it's really not up to me.
Listen, I can't start off by not being there for them.
You need to understand that.
I can't.
I don't I don't know how else to explain it to you, okay? It will break me.
I'm begging you, please, figure out a way to get me on that flight.
Only three centimeters.
We have a ways to go.
But these things can speed up quickly sometimes.
There's really no telling.
Hang in there.
Everything okay? I just, um, I can't believe I'm maybe gonna do this alone.
Why don't you call someone? Mom, friend? It might help pass the time.
I'm not close to my mom.
Or anyone in my family, really.
To be honest, there's really only two people in the world I am truly close to, and, um well, one of them is having a baby of her own and the other is hopefully on a plane.
But who knows? I can't reach him.
I have to check on my other mamas, but I'll come back as soon as I can, okay? Hello? Hi, Madison.
It's Randall.
- And Beth.
- And Beth.
Um, I spoke to Kevin.
I know he's trying to get to you, but we just wanted to say if you need anything in the meantime, don't hesitate to call.
Uh, we're still driving back from New Orleans, so if you want us to have some food sent over there or anything, we-we just want you to know that we're here.
Okay.
Uh, thank you.
Um, or if you want, we can stay on the phone with you for a while.
No.
No, no, um, I'm-I'm fine.
You sure? Madison, we really can stay on with you.
You're family.
Okay.
Um Yeah, that'd be really nice, actually.
Of course.
As long as you need.