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NICOLE: I like you, Eva. The job is yours if you want it.

EVA: Thank you, Dr. Richardson.

NICOLE: Call me Nicole.

[sighs]

What the hell are you doing here?

We didn't make the paper.

What are you so absorbed in?

Ted and Nicole's wedding album.

[Vernon chuckles]

I can turn on the fireplace so we can burn it.

Just looking through these photos,

wondering how did we get here?

I remember you were breathtaking.

And so was our girl. She was radiant.

She thought she was marrying the man of her dreams.

So did Dani when she married Bill.

And see how that turned out.

We're oh for two.

Both our sons-in-law turned out to be jackasses.

Here's some mimosa for you, baby.

-Oh, thank you, sunshine. -Mm-hmm.

-What's going on with you? -What?

Just last night, you were grumpy

about Chelsea and Naomi being mad at you,

and now you're...

Mm. I spent the night with my beautiful and sexy wife.

You know, lovemaking,

it's different when there's a purpose behind it.

Baby making, eh?

Ooh, and your dedication

to your purpose is very hot.

-Mm. -Yeah, I've never felt closer to you.

Same.

You think we made a baby last night?

Okay, look, just because we want this

doesn't mean it happens overnight.

Okay. You promise?

-You're so bad. -That's why you love me, right?

Right?

All the bad things that I do.

You mean like helping Ted Richardson

cover up his affair with that woman?

[knocking at door]

Who's there?

TED: It's Ted.

I need to talk to you, Dana.

Will you please let me in?

[sighs]

Go ahead, lay it on me.

All the recriminations, accusations...

No.

I came to thank you.

For blowing up your perfect marriage?

When I saw you standing there in your dress,

you were telling the world about Eva, our daughter.

I could clearly see...

that the biggest mistake that I made in my life

was letting you go.

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TOMAS: Only sitting if you promise

-to stay for the whole meal. -[chuckles softly]

Sorry for running out last time.

I hope you enjoyed the prime rib.

Hey. Kat, are you okay?

Did something happen with Eva?

What did you hear?

Nada,but when you left, you were sure something

was up with her and her mother.

Tomas, for the first time in my life,

I hate that I was right.

What did Eva do?

It was so much worse than I thought.

Tomas, she got close to my family

just so she could blow it up.

Oh, Ted.

I've been dreaming about this for a long time.

Is this really happening?

Of course not.

Did you really think that I would want you

after that stunt you just pulled?

Dana, you're sick.

You're twisted. You're a monster.

How could you not bring up Ted's affair

when Nicole and Ted were sitting on high,

judging us for the crime of falling in love?

Well, I never expected Ted's secret

to rear its ugly head all these years later.

Do you think he will blame you?

Somehow, try to make this all your fault?

Well, I doubt it.

You know, especially since I didn't have anything to do

with the truth coming out.

But still, man, I wouldn't want to be him today.

How can you feel for him?

Well, because, babe, look...

even though Ted and I come from different backgrounds,

marrying into the Dupree family was...

it was like the great equalizer, you know?

I mean, we were both outsiders.

And that's why I helped save his marriage.

I mean, for a while, anyway.

Only you can make extortion sound heroic.

-[chuckles] -[phone chimes]

Oh, boy. Brace for it.

[door opens]

[sighs]

Explain yourself, Bill.

How could you do this to me, huh?

Bill cheating on Dani was not surprising, but Ted?

Keeping the secret all those years,

knowing he had impregnated that... woman.

Ted seemed genuinely surprised about Eva.

But that doesn't matter now.

Our primary concern is Nicole.

She is devastated.

And how could she not be?

For Eva and her mother to put all that time and energy

in designing this big reveal

to cause as much damage as possible.

It's unconscionable.

And when the preacher said, "Who giveth this woman?"

I really thought we had gained something that day.

A son.

All that love and trust, misplaced.

And then there is the Bill element.

I don't think we're in a position to...

pass judgment on his narrative.

Well, Ted doesn't get a pass.

But you're right.

We entered a morally gray area with Bill

when he did what he did for us.

[chuckles] It's just us, Anita.

No need to put a shine on it.

What he did for us went a lot further than that.

Oh, no. What did my dad do now?

Sounds like we missed the party of the year.

Hayley, this is between Bill and me.

Hey, hey, hold up, man. This is Hayley's house.

You don't get to decide whether she stays or goes.

Okay, look, I've been messing up all over the place.

-My sincerest apologies, Hayley. -Thank you for that.

But, you know, I might as well stay

since I already know the whole story.

And you can't seriously be stepping in here

to blame Bill for your mistress finally blowing the whistle.

Dana is not my mistress.

Look, I didn't come here to blame Bill

for her actions or my mistakes.

But, Bill, after all these years,

how come you didn't tell me that I have a child?

I, um, came to get my things.

I thought you had appointments at the hospital.

Canceled.

Nicole...

I messed things up for you and Ted.

Eva, you are guilty of a lot of things,

but not my husband's affair.

I'm the living, breathing proof of him cheating on you.

And I lied to you all this time.

Of course you hate me. You should.

I don't hate you.

Well, I do.

It takes a special kind of criminal

to return to the scene of the crime.

-NICOLE: Dani... -Get the hell

out of my sister's house.

Nicole, I'm sorry.

I had it handled, Sissy.

Since that backstabber

was standing in your home, I disagree.

But Eva-

Isn't someone you should be dealing with.

I got the drama on lock. Leave it to me.

Really, I can-

You are my sister.

You have loved and protected me

every moment I have been in this world.

It's my turn to stand up for you.

-TOMAS: Eva's your sister? -Half sister.

Are you sure?

Well, Eva pulled out the DNA test right there to prove it.

Well, I guess she could've faked that, too.

-But you don't think she did? -No.

I'm sitting here wishing this was all just a bad joke.

That I could rewind like Netflix and go back to a time

before Evil Eva and Loony Leslie came to town.

I'm so sorry, Kat.

I wish they would just get on the first bus

back to wherever they came.

But my guess is Eva will want to stay

and get to know her bio dad.

Look, Martin can get to know her if he wants,

but DNA is the only thing

I will ever have in common with that girl.

What my dad's up to now can't be worse than what Kat

just found out about her dad, can it?

Well, that's exactly what we were talking about, sweetheart.

How Bill helped Ted cover up his affair.

We barely had time to think

about your father's dismal role in all of it.

That Leslie woman said that he threatened her,

that he said that someone would pull up to her

one day and take her baby.

How could he do that?

I mean, she's a whole lot of crazy,

-but she didn't make Eva up. -No.

No, that at least, she was credible.

Oh, I hate this.

From the way he's treated my mom,

there's no secret that dad is not a great guy.

And I started to come to terms with that.

But this latest thing,

it makes me want to know more

about all the shady stuff he's pulled

that I never knew or heard about.

What would that accomplish?

I need to know if my father is just a guy

who can be a jerk sometimes, or a straight-up villain.

A child?

No. No, come on, man. That's crazy.

You know what? That's just Dana trying to get another score.

I met my daughter. She's Nicole's assistant.

Eva.

-Damn. -[scoffs]

Talk about dropping a bombshell.

You know, I didn't think anything

could top Dani shooting up our wedding like...

Hayley. Please?

Okay.

Look, man, I had no idea that Dana kept the baby, okay?

I thought you were supposed to be the fixer.

You told me the problem was handled.

But now the problem that you said was handled

has come back with a vengeance.

Okay, look, look. I told you back then

that there are no guarantees when the problem

thinks that she's in love with you

or your considerable assets.

Guess I didn't read the fine print.

You never told me that you threatened her and the baby.

Did you really do that, Bill?

Hey, look, man, you weren't super concerned

about the methods I used back then.

-I didn't want anybody hurt. -Neither did I!

Which is why no one was hurt.

Look, man, my words were effective in and of themselves,

and there was never a reason to go any further, all right?

And where's your responsibility in this, huh?

Huh, Ted? How long did you know she was in town?

-A while. -A while.

And you didn't come to me?

God. If you had, I could've stopped her

from going full DEFCON Dana.

I'm stuck in a situation that I caused.

[sighs] Look, I wish it hadn't come to this, Ted.

All I want is my wife back.

There's no fix for that, is there?

-You sure you don't want anything stronger? -[chuckles]

What I want and what I need are two completely different things.

Well, sip, don't guzzle.

I will try to contain myself.

Oh, hey. [hums happily]

Chocolates. Because let's face it,

they are the MVP of comfort foods.

True.

So you can soak, relax,

and practice your

"he will rue the day he broke my heart" speech.

I'm sensing a theme here.

What do you get your sister who has everything

and just found out it's all a lie?

And the answer is...

-Tada. -Blinky.

I used to carry her everywhere when I was little.

I thought I lost her.

I may have borrowed her.

Mm.

I think I am pulling it together,

and then something happens, like Eva showing up.

Who does that little girl think she is?

Popping in here like she has the right to do so?

She's Ted's daughter.

Tell me it's all a mistake and it isn't true.

Right after you left...

...Leslie showed up with a birth certificate and a DNA test.

-Sissy, it's all too real. -[Nicole sighs]

[knocking at door]

Ted?

[clears throat]

It's not Eva's fault that your father got her mother pregnant.

Whatever my father may or may not have done

with that skank before I was born,

it does not excuse what Eva and her mother did last night

a-and all the days and the nights leading up to it.

You think I'm excusing them? I'm not.

I'm suggesting maybe you're not mad at the right person.

Well, who should I be mad at?

Your father.

[sighs] All right, look, man.

When you came to me and told me that you cheated on Nicole

and you were looking for me to bail you out,

we didn't have a...

you know, a real personal relationship.

You know what I'm saying? Not like we ended up.

At the time, I thought, this is my chance to take

my know-it-all doctor brother-in-law down a peg.

And then all I could see

is how you'd damn near break if you didn't have Nicole.

Listen, I didn't have to help you back then, Ted. All right?

I wanted to, and I'd do it all again, but...

man, I can't fix this.

Maybe if I was forced to tell the truth,

then we'd be back together again.

-Maybe she would've kicked you to the curb anyway, right? -Yeah.

Thanks to me, you had a couple decades to lock it in.

Look, man, I'm sure you've given her a thousand reasons

to keep you around by now.

You sure know how to put a spin on things, don't you?

Ah, look, what I can't take care of, I suspect time will.

I don't think Nicole can quit you either,

but you've earned some time in the doghouse, bro.

I wish that's all it cost me.

Seeing Nicole last night...

-man, I think I lost her. -Well, maybe not, all right?

-It'll probably take a while. -Yeah.

And one thing I know from personal experience,

those Duprees know how to hold a grudge.

Yeah, they do.

Mmm. I want to snatch my earrings off

and have a couple minutes with all of them.

Leslie, Eva, Ted-

-Dani. -And Bill. Of course he was there

right from the start, giving an assist

to further damage my family.

Sissy, it is really hard to cry on your shoulder

over the sound of your righteous indignation.

Note taken. Okay.

Come here.

I just never want you to hurt like I hurt.

You know, you once told me

that adultery in a relationship is tantamount to a death.

So, what stage of grief is this?

Denial? Acceptance?

The Lemonadestage, where you take a bat to his stuff?

Or a golf club.

All of it. None of it.

You would know better than anyone.

We've both been disappointed by our husbands.

But our situations are not the same.

I do not see the contrast from here.

I am not glossing over what Ted did,

but he still loves you.

And as messy as it was

paying off Leslie to leave town

and then dedicating every day of his life

to your happiness was him

acting out of love for you.

That was him covering his tracks.

For decades? Now, look, I will give you

that Ted is a brilliant plastic surgeon.

But to pretend that well, for that long?

Every hour of every day?

I mean, the man didn't just love you, h-he lived it.

He was proud and loud. Obnoxiously so.

It was like it was his life's mission.

Everything, no matter what happened,

no matter how crazy things got,

you were always his first thought.

And what about how he lit up every time he said your name?

Or how he dropped everything just to make sure you were okay?

You weren't just a part of his life.

You are his life.

And that's not a kind of love you can fake.

I need you to stop defending him.

You know why that is?

Because you know every word I'm saying is true.

[sighs]

What's in the box?

Oh, let me guess. Nicole fired you.

I knew she wouldn't want me there anymore.

Even after you tried to save her from finding out the truth?

Mama...

"Mama" what? Why'd you do it?

Did you really think that Ted and Nicole

were going to be so grateful

that they would just welcome you into the family?

Oh, maybe Nicole would've adopted you.

I just couldn't attack them in front of everyone

on their wedding anniversary.

[babbling mockingly]

And ruined a little party that celebrated the love

that was stolen from us?!

I gave birth to you. I raised you!

And you put that no good,

lying, cheating man...

ahead of me?

How? How could you even stand him?!

How could you even think about running interference for him?

He hasn't even thought about you

since you were born.

And he couldn't care less that you are in this world!

He didn't care

because he never even knew I existed!

And that is because of you!

You made me think Ted wanted nothing to do with me.

That the reason he never called me or wrote me

or showed up for me was because he didn't want me!

But all this time, it was you.

He didn't even know I existed because you lied to him.

You told him you had an abortion.

I was trying to protect you.

-Like always. -How?

I didn't want you to know that your father

wanted me to end my pregnancy,

end you!

So, hey, I'm sorry, I was just trying to spare you.

Shame on me.

Do you think this hurts any less?

My father can barely stand to look at me

because of what you made me do to him.

Why didn't you just tell the truth?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Tell him that I kept you?

What would that have changed?

Do you think Ted would have dumped Nicole,

Martin and Kat just for us?

Ooh, or maybe he would've called

that, uh, lawyer thug of his, huh?

Gotten him to finish the job.

What's that?

[mockingly]: What's that? T-This is your stuff.

I packed your things

because I can't live with somebody I cannot trust.

Y-You can't just kick me out.

Mama, I slept in my car last night.

Well, I guess you better call your father.

Maybe you need to go stay with him

and he'll take care of you.

Yeah.

Why don't you do that?

Because, see, he needs some family right now.

I mean, considering that he just

lost the love of his life.

Ooh, you could be the consolation prize.

Yeah.

Like mother, like daughter.

[sniffling]

[sobbing softly]

[crying]

[whimpers]

I'm sorry I disturbed your morning.

I guess I should go.

Why don't you stay for brunch?

Well, actually, I'd rather not

sit down to a meal with you right now.

Look, Hayley, baby, let's not pile on.

You're my first loyalty, Bill.

And I don't remember you standing up for Bill

even when Dani was literally gunning for us.

-Hayley... -Look, she's right.

I'm the hypocrite. I don't deserve your sympathy.

But I'm here for Nicole.

And what I put her through last night,

if there's any way that I can spare her from more pain

from my selfish, thoughtless actions...

then I'll walk through hell for that.

Let me know if you need anything.

All right, man.

Baby, he was already down.

Okay. When someone comes after you, they come after me.

I couldn't help myself.

I could see that.

Look, you're your own man and a major player in this town.

Why do you let them keep dragging you back in?

Oh, baby, what am I supposed to do

when the Duprees and their plus-ones

keep knocking at my door?

You don't let them in.

You miss it.

You miss being the power broker for the almighty Duprees

and that big, fat retainer they paid you for the privilege.

And you have a problem with that?

-[chuckles] -Hmm?

Not as long as the only person that you need is me.

Look, I love who you are

and what you're willing to do for those you care about,

but I'm your family now.

Your forever person.

Mm-hmm. Yes, you are.

Hmm.

How about we go make some little persons?

-Mmm. Ooh. -[chuckles]

Mm, mm, mm.

I do think that Bill Hamilton is capable

of making that kind of terrifying and vicious threat

to get that woman to leave town.

-Really, Granddad? -But nothing I've witnessed

would make me think...

that he would put that threat into action.

Your father is more bully than brute.

[chuckles softly]

Well, that's what Naomi said, too.

He's proven that he's ruthless in court,

and in his love life.

I just needed to hear from you that that's where it stops.

One of the hardest things about growing up

is realizing that your parents are fallible.

But I don't think he's crossed this line.

Well, at least we have you and Gran.

Y'all are damn near perfect.

-Thanks for making me so chill. -Of course.

-Bye. -Bye-bye, baby.

[sighs]

And I just made this all about me.

Have you heard from Aunt Nicole?

Just to hear her voice and get that she would like some space.

And to let her know that we're here when she needs us.

I am not saying the bastard deserves forgiveness.

Then what?

That the mistake was a lifetime ago.

A minute ago, that mistake was standing in my house.

But he didn't know about it.

And I'm not saying that that erases the affair

or any of the questionable choices thereafter,

but is he the same man that he was then?

Are you the same woman?

Of course not. I was struggling back then.

So was he.

I didn't sleep with another man.

And with all of that, and what it's cost you,

is there a universe where you forgive Ted

and you move forward together,

bruised but not broken?

No. I can't shrink me,

but I feel like I'm at the stage of grief

where I can't take a step back and take my own advice,

or allow myself to take yours.

Because you're mad or sad or both?

I'm stuck.

I feel like my entire world stopped at that club.

And now I'm unable to feel, I'm unable to move,

I'm unable to rage.

[sighs]

My mistake was the exact opposite.

All I did was react.

Every emotion unfiltered.

When they come...

...maybe...

maybe you can just sit with the feelings.

Not repress them, but...

Don't act until you're ready.

Remind me again, who's the psychiatrist?

-Thank you, Sissy. -All right.

Let me draw you a bath,

and get dressed, feel more like yourself.

Watch a movie.

I think I need a minute, Dani.

Please.

I understand.

But I am a text away.

And I am here for you.

Like you were here to pick up the pieces of me

after Bill left.

And now I'm the one that's fallen and can't get up.

Mm-mm.

We didn't fall.

We were pushed.

[chuckles]

-I love you. -I love you.

[knocking at door]

I had nowhere else to go.

Come in.

What about your mom?

She can't forgive me for siding with you and Nicole.

Huh. Too much, too little, too late.

I kept trying to convince Mama not to go through with...

...what we did.

What did you want?

Mama kept saying how much you owed me.

And how I deserved to take my place as your daughter.

That's not what I asked.

I wanted to meet my dad.

And then after that...

...I wanted to know you.

Now what?

I'm hoping that it matters that I tried to stop it.

Matters enough that you'll forgive me?

And now that we know each other...

...maybe we can mean something to each other.

I always try to catch the moment

the groom sees the bride.

That look of love.

It's either there or it's not.

I can visualize a whole marriage based on that look.

Ted had it. Bill didn't.

I've never been so wrong, until now.

Hmm.

[door opens]

There she is.

Hi, baby.

Come on in. Sit down.

I feel like I let you down.

I know, as a therapist, that that is ridiculous.

What is it you think you've done?

We are the Duprees.

This beautiful family dynasty of excellence

that you built from nothing.

You gave us every advantage.

Dani and I were your golden daughters,

building perfect families of our own.

We defied every stereotype.

We were untouchable.

And now look at us.

There is no happily ever after in this fairy tale.

Oh, Nicole.

I saw how much it hurt you to watch Dani's pain

and to watch it become so public.

And now, because of me, you're facing that all over again.

And you having to piece me back together

when you don't even know where to start.

I don't know where to start.

I'm sorry.

Dad was all broken up, but he didn't deny it.

And Mom is a mess, and she's never a mess.

Hey, I didn't mean to push.

I am not forgiving my father.

I-I cannot even begin to process it.

I-I can't, not yet.

But that doesn't give Eva the right to destroy my family.

I know she keeps trying to be your friend,

but you've got to shut that down.

Please, just promise me

you won't spend another moment with her again.

[phone vibrating]

[groans]

I'm sorry, Kat. I have to put this fire out.

Bill's trusting me with this client and...

-I understand. -Can we pick this up later?

[chuckles] Sure.

I kind of hijacked your morning.

I can get away for lunch.

Okay. Uptown?

It's a date.

-Let's take this upstairs. -Mm-hmm.

HAYLEY: Yeah.

The door was open.

From the last unwanted guest...

Hayley, honey, excuse me,

but the adults have to discuss something.

You, adulting? [scoffs]

That's a reach.

Thank you for your input.

I'll let you know when it's needed.

You know where I'll be waiting.

It wasn't enough to break my heart,

you had to help break my sister's, too?

Okay, first of all, you're talking to the wrong man, okay?

That's all on Ted.

[closes cabinet]

I thought you knew I was out there

growing up without you.

I never knew.

I wish you would've come to me when you first came to town.

I see why you want revenge.

But why Nicole? Why hurt her?

Mama convinced me that hurting her

was the best way to hurt you.

And I realized how wrong that was.

And that's why I tried to stop it.

That doesn't make up for every lie.

I'm sorry.

I'm the last one that needs to say that to you.

Maybe if I had been a better man,

then Nicole and I would still be together.

Then I wouldn't even exist.

That's not what I mean.

Look, we both kept secrets.

We don't know how things would have played out

if we both told our truths in the beginning.

Look, we're here now, so I'm gonna get you

a hotel room here tonight.

And later on down the line,

I'm gonna rent you an apartment somewhere in town.

If you want to stay in town.

I do.

I half expected you to write a check

and send me packing, too.

I will never leave my daughter again.

You mean that?

I don't want you to take this as forgiveness,

because it's not.

It's me righting all of the wrongs

that I've done over the years.

Let's hit the reset button and...

let's just see where things go.

Deal?

That is more than I deserve.

I keep thinking that there's something I could have said

or done somewhere along the way

that would have prevented all of this.

Spared you and the whole family this awful pain.

If I was smarter or more aware, or-

You stop that right now.

This is not your fault.

Do you hear me, Nicole Dupree?

That man promised to love,

honor and cherish you.

And we believed him.

This came as a shock to all of us.

But, sweetheart, you're not to blame for any of it.

Baby, there is no purchase in what might've been.

Hang on to that.

I'll go get us some coffee.

Maybe with a side of bourbon.

You and Daddy are as subtle as a billboard.

We speak the same language.

I used to do that with Ted.

Oh, my sweet baby.

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