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I have a great idea.

Why don't you go to the church and finish your sermon where it's quiet and

can think?

Hey, I've got a great idea.

Why don't you tell me why you want me to go to church and finish my sermon?

You don't have to go if you don't want to.

You have to leave.

I'm cleaning the house today and you will just get in my way.

You've cleaned before and I haven't gotten in your way.

True, but today I'm cleaning from top to bottom. Spring cleaning.

It's winter. Never put off till tomorrow what you can clean today.

Yeah, I could work on my sermon later. That way I can stay and help you clean.

No. I would never want to come between you and God's work. Come on.

So are you going?

Yes, I'll go.

I don't know why, but I'll go.

For how long?

What?

You know, when are you going to be home?

Never, if you don't stop acting like a weirdo.

I'll be home for dinner.

Is that enough time for you two?

Clean?

I need to leave anyway. I have to pick up Mrs. Bink and take her out.

Out where?

With Mrs. Bink, I ask no questions.

I thought you were leaving.

Yeah, right after I call Mary.

Oh, if you call Mary all the time, she's going to feel smothered by you. I've

talked to her once in two months, and Saturday's her only day off from work. I

was going to call her later, but now I'm leaving, so I need to call her now.

May I talk with Mary? It's Eric.

Mary took off.

She's catching a plane back to Glen Oak, didn't you know?

Who was on the phone?

Eric. Did you tell him about Mary?

Yeah. Oh, you shouldn't have done that.

So did you talk to Mary?

No.

Wasn't she home?

Mary's run away.

From home?

to home.

Seven heavens When I see their happy faces Smiling back

at me Seven heavens I know there's no greater feeling Than

the love of family

Where can you go when the world don't treat you

right? The answer is home.

That's the one place that you'll find.

Seventh Heaven.

Seventh Heaven.

Seventh Heaven.

Look, if he or the Colonel Ruth were there, they'd pick up.

We can't answer it.

If it's Eric, he'll ask about Mary.

But I already told him about Mary. Yes, but he still doesn't know why Mary left.

And I am not going to be the one to tell him.

I'm sure Mary didn't run away.

You should look at the situation logically.

A plane ticket costs money and Mary doesn't have any money.

So it has to be Robbie.

I bet they've been planning this from the beginning.

Well, once again, I have to mention logic.

Mary planned to spin out of control and be sent off to Buffalo.

Robbie planned to be homeless so he could move into our house and help her

away back home. It's a perfect plan.

If it made any sense, we would have figured it out.

Where is that teenage Lothario?

means but if it means robbie he left early this morning to meet mary do you

why mary's coming home is it robbie have they've been planning to meet mary's

coming home i don't know is she i asked you what do you know about what about

mary and robbie i heard she might be coming home to see him i know it i knew

i knew it who told you mary might be coming home you

I'm going to go check on the twins.

We need to talk.

What's up?

Daddy's crazy.

Your father thinks that Mary's run away from the Colonel and Ruth.

Where did he get that idea from?

Yeah, that's it.

Blame the cute one.

George told him.

This changes nothing. You still all have your assignments.

I think the sooner you leave the house, the better.

When I need a favor, your father's supposed to take Mrs. Bink somewhere

but I think considering his mood, that maybe the two of them shouldn't spend

afternoon together.

No, based on chemistry, when two unstable elements are introduced, people

hurt. I could take care of Mrs. Bink, but I need to clean the house, make some

calls, start the dinner, dress the boys, and go to the store.

Mom, Simon and I can take care of Mrs. Bink and do our errands. Hmm?

Well, you can help me clean. You can start by picking up the living room.

Can't I start with a smaller room, like a closet?

You help me, I'll help you.

Really? Okay.

Hello, Mary?

No. George?

No, Reverend Camden, it's Mike.

Mike Pierce, Lucy's friend? Did you know Mary was coming back to Glen Oak?

Uh, no.

I'll get Lucy.

Lucy!

Hey, Lucy, it's Mike.

We need to keep this line open. You got two minutes.

Go. Dad.

Yeah. Hang up.

What's with your dad?

He thinks my sister ran away from Buffalo.

Where have you been? Who were you with?

What were you doing?

Why'd you leave?

Who, what, where, why?

These are easy questions if you're not hiding anything.

I went to meet a friend for coffee, but he didn't show.

Don't look at her. Look at me. He who?

Is he a code for Mary?

Stop looking at her and answer me. Are you okay, Reverend Camden?

I know about Mary.

George told me that she's on her way back to Glen Oak.

You know, you can drop the innocent act if it clashes with your lying, cheating

personality. If Mary's coming back to Glen Oak, this is the first I've heard

it. If this is how you want to play this, fine, but...

If I find out like I think I'm going to find out that you knew she was running

away or you helped her run away, then you, my friend, are out of this house

permanently.

Maybe you should just get out of the house now before you say or do something

that you're going to regret.

You know, go to church, write your sermon.

I can't leave.

Well, no, I'll call you or page you if I hear anything about Mary.

No, I should call Mrs. Bink. I already asked Matt and Simon to take care of

Bink. You know, all you have to do today is just calm down and write your

sermon.

What if...

Leave.

You know, maybe I should call my mom.

I think she thought we were going to take you to the mall or something. You

don't have to call anyone.

Just leave.

We can't just leave you at the hospital.

What's the B team doing here anyway?

We volunteered.

Oh, why's that?

We want to spend more time with you.

Poo.

Nobody wants to spend time with me.

Does this have something to do with your father and tonight?

Then you both have better things to do than stay and wait for me.

We're not leaving until you tell us why you're here.

I got a date.

Are you satisfied?

You're dating someone in the hospital?

What do you think women my age meet men?

The gym?

Now get out of here, kids. You're killing my action.

Okay.

We got a lot of stuff to do. Where should we go first?

She's lying. She's not here for a date.

And we're not going to leave until we find out why she's really here.

Do we have enough time for that?

It won't take long. This is my hospital, my place, my turf.

I know everyone here, and everyone likes me.

Pass the mustard.

Hey, did you know Mary was coming back home? Have you talked to her? Do you

think she's been talking to Robbie?

No, no.

I don't know.

Sorry, this whole thing has me a little crazy.

Did you need something?

The neighbor who usually sits with Mike's mom is sick, and Mike has to work

today, which means he needs to find someone to leave his mom with.

So you want me to sit with his mother?

No. Mike asked me, and I want to, but I don't know how to act around someone

like Mrs. Pierce, someone who's so depressed that she just sits and stares

the TV. Well, you should treat her like you would anybody else. Talk to her like

you would anybody else.

But she doesn't talk back.

Yeah, but she listens, and on some level, she's there.

She's communicating, and she'll appreciate having someone treat her like

being, even if she can't express her appreciation.

Seems too simple.

It isn't. When you're dealing with people who are different, it's very hard

treat them like they're not.

I'll give it a try.

You sure you don't want me to tag along?

No. I'll be fine, but thanks.

You also sure you don't know anything about Mary?

Ruthie, are you picking up the living room?

Yes.

Are you telling the truth?

No.

Are you okay?

Eric will calm down eventually.

I'd like to check the status of a flight.

The 1214 flight out of Buffalo?

Yes, Buffalo.

I know it was delayed. I just came from the airport.

George? George?

Mom, hello?

Hola? George?

George no esta aqui.

George, is that you?

George no esta aqui. Mary no esta aqui.

El gato y el mano estan debajo de la mesa.

What did you say?

Mary isn't here.

The cat and the monkey are under the table.

Sorry, that's all I could remember from Spanish class.

It's not you. I'm just nervous about leaving a new person with my mom.

Don't worry.

We'll be fine.

I'll call you if anything happens.

Okay.

Now that we got rid of him, it's just us girls.

What are you watching?

Infomercials.

I've seen this one before, the rotisserator.

Personally, I don't think everything should be rotisserated.

I think it's more like a chicken thing.

I think the people at rotisserator have gone a little rotisser crazy.

You're what? I'm naked.

Why are you naked, and why haven't you picked up the living room?

I was cleaning in the nude, and I got cold, so I came upstairs and put some

clothes on. Look, I don't have time for games, not today. We have too many

things to get done before tonight.

I'll start cleaning as soon as I get un -naked.

That was close.

I gave Mom a call and told her what we were doing. She agrees that we need to

find Mrs. Bink. She said if we could just get to the mall, she'll take care

everything else. So did you find her?

No, no one will give any information.

What happened to my turf, my people?

Apparently, my people have the day off.

Well, Mrs. Bink is like the CIA.

If she doesn't want to be found, she's not going to be found.

Maybe we should just call Dad.

No, Dad won't ask for help. He'll just find her, and that's what we're going to

do.

Hey.

What are you guys doing here? Isn't it your day off?

Yeah, but my mom asked us to give Mrs. Binker a ride here and we lost her. I

just saw her go into radiology.

You did?

See you guys at the house later.

While I can appreciate how upset you are about Mary, there really isn't anything

I can do.

Can't you stake out the airport?

This is Glen Oak PD. We don't stake out anything.

We don't have the man...

Even if we did, you don't know for sure if Mary's flying in or what airline she

might be on.

What are you doing?

I'm making a snack.

Getting dressed gets you really hungry.

Baby cereal and bananas?

It's really good.

Want some?

You know, on a normal day, I have plenty of time to figure out what you're up

to. But today is a busy day.

So what do you say you just give me a break and tell me what's going on?

Where did you find this baby?

On the front porch.

Who would leave a baby at our house?

God.

That's sweet, but I think God may have had some help on this one.

Whatever. Can I keep the baby?

You took away the kitten and the monkey, remember?

Come on, I should get to keep the baby.

Was there a note?

Nope. God is a man of action, not words.

Who do we know who has a baby?

I'm gonna go grab a burger. I'll be back later.

What's that pizza lady's baby doing here?

You've seen this baby before?

At Pete's Pizza.

Frankie and Johnny.

Yeah, that's her name, Frankie. She waits tables and she sometimes brings

baby to work. Are you sure that this is the baby you saw with Frankie?

No offense, because I know all babies are beautiful.

But I'd recognize that head anywhere.

So this is Mercy.

So...

What's Murphy doing here? I don't know, but I'm going to find out. So I guess

now I have to call Dad so he can give back my baby.

No, we're not going to call your father. I can handle this situation myself.

But I'll need a little help. Are you available?

Sure.

But I have to tell you something first. Something about Mary.

I wasn't sure what you liked, so I made a little bit of everything.

Turkey and peanut butter cheap.

Not all on the same sandwich.

I like turkey, too.

I want

Mike to put me in a hospital.

What?

I want him to sell the house, take the money, get himself an apartment, and put

me in a hospital.

He's been taking care of me for too long. Let the state take care of me.

He's too good a son to even think about committing me.

So you have to talk to him. He likes you.

He trusts you. If you tell him to do it, he'll do it.

If I were strong enough, I'd leave.

But I'm not.

Whoa, just give me a second, okay?

No offense, but I thought if you talked to me today, it would be about the

weather or something.

Is it cold out?

Not really.

Tell Mike he has to put me in a hospital.

Come on, my little Spanish friend. I know you're there.

No, Reverend Camden, it's Robbie.

I lied.

Mary's on her way back to Glen Oak.

I'm really sorry.

Well, I don't think sorry's going to work this time.

What time does Mary's flight get in?

It's flight 458. It arrives in about two hours.

Let me talk to Annie.

She left.

She was going to clean all day.

She was, but she had an errand to run, and I volunteered to watch the babies.

Annie let you babysit?

I think she was desperate.

She'd have to be.

So, are you going to pick up Mary?

Yes. After you talk to Mary, if you want me to leave, I'll understand.

Nice job.

Now let's get this place spick and span.

I'll help you, then you help me.

Come on.

Come in.

Like father, like son.

I'll take that as a compliment. It's an insult. You should have left when I

asked you to. I couldn't.

Remember, like father, like son? Don't remind me.

Why'd you lie?

I don't like anyone coming with me. Every year your father pretends that he

doesn't know why I'm here, and I pretend I believe he doesn't know why I'm here.

Why are you here?

Don't you know?

Well, they wouldn't tell me.

I am here for my annual mammogram.

Listen, if you're going to be a doctor, you're going to have to work on your

reactions. I'm sorry. I thought you were having something else X -rayed. I

didn't know they did mammograms on Saturday.

Once a month on Saturday, they do them for free.

Anything that hurts that much ought to be free.

So, are you ready to leave?

I've been ready to leave for hours, but I can't.

The doctors asked me to wait. They've never asked me to wait before.

Why do you think they've asked me to wait?

You're going to have to work on your reactions.

Were you babysitting for Frankie and Johnny? No, where are they? I stopped by

the trailer. No one's there.

That doesn't make any sense.

Frankie should have been there. She's been sick for a week. She's got the flu

something. The flu?

Yeah, Johnny's still at work any minute now.

What's going on?

Somebody left Mercy at our doorstep today.

Left her?

Okay, we're closed. Everybody out. Sorry, folks. Pizza's on the house, but

everybody's going to have to leave. Family emergency.

I knew it wasn't the fluke.

She's gone.

Gone?

You lose again.

I'm not very good at card games.

I know. That's why I wanted to play for money.

Everything looks fine. You can go now.

Hold on just a sec.

Is there a problem? Yes, there is. Hi, I'm Matt, and this is Mrs. Bink, your

patient.

The patient you made wait all afternoon? The patient you scared by making her

wait all afternoon?

And I'm not sure about Mrs. Bink, but everything looks fine. You can go now.

isn't really working for me.

My hero.

That's what mammography is.

That's what they're doing in there?

Ow.

Tell me about it.

Hello? Hi, Robbie. How's it going?

Well, Ruthie and I and the twins already went to the store and ran all your

errands. The house is clean and looks great. I finished the laundry.

The table is set with the good linens, and I ironed everyone's clothes for

tonight, including the twin suit and your dress.

Your roast is slow cooking in the oven.

Smells great.

Sam and David are helping Ruthie with her special project. Then we're going to

do the boys' special project.

Oh, and Matt called. They found Mrs. Bink, but they can't leave.

Ruthie also called. She's stuck at Mike's house. I told them both that I

take care of their stuff at the house for tonight so that they could take care

of Mrs. Bink and Mike's mom.

Wow.

Wow good or wow bad?

Oh, wow good.

Uh... I'll be home as soon as possible.

Bye.

Now that's a cake and a half.

Excuse me, what time is 458 from Buffalo supposed to arrive?

Supposed to land two hours ago, but the plane was delayed coming out of Denver.

It's not due for another hour.

Mary should be in Glen Oaks soon.

Do you think he'll call us? When Eric finds out why Mary came home, he'll

Your mother spoke to me.

What?

That's great. She spoke? That's unbelievable.

She told me she wants you to put her in an institution. It's not great.

Why would my mom want that?

I think the reason she hasn't been talking is because she thought that not

talking to you would drive you away or make you put her away.

I don't understand.

I think your mom blames herself for your suicide attempt and your father's

death. She said that?

She didn't have to.

A couple years ago, a friend of mine died in a car accident.

She was on her way to pick me up, and the next thing I knew, she was dead and

her sister was in the hospital.

I was convinced that the accident was all my fault.

I was so sure that the accident was all my fault, I couldn't even bring myself

to go to her funeral.

I kept thinking that if she hadn't been on her way to pick me up, she'd still be

alive. I felt so guilty.

To be honest, even today, I still feel a little guilty.

What are you getting at?

If my friend were alive, the one thing I would want to hear from her is

forgiveness.

I would want her to tell me that it was not my fault.

Maybe that's selfish, I don't know.

And I know that my experience is nothing compared to what you and your mother

have been through.

But guilt is guilt, and guilt is a very powerful thing.

Mary's coming back?

What's the story with you two?

There is no story. We're just friends.

Because you're living here?

No.

Maybe. You know, I don't want to talk about this.

Why?

Because it's none of your business.

You're new here, so maybe you haven't heard.

Everything that happens in this house is my business.

I'll try to remember that.

Things will go much easier for you if you do.

You didn't answer my question.

No, I didn't.

You think Dad's going to be surprised?

Big time.

Oh,

you've got some explaining to do.

You know, while I was sitting here with your uncle waiting for you to show up, I

kept thinking, I don't have time for this. For you.

For your irresponsibility. For your lack of respect.

for the empty promises you made to your wife and to my husband and me.

Just tell me, what did you do to Frankie that made her leave Mercy on our

doorsteps? Did you hit her? Did you try to hit the baby? Were you drunk? High?

What? And where is Frankie?

Mrs. Camden says she went by the trailer and no one was home.

You told me Frankie was sick.

Is she sick or is she just hiding out until the bruises heal? What's the use?

You're never going to believe me anyway.

Does he have parents?

Do they know about their son?

They know their son.

They know his wife.

They don't know this baby because they refuse to see her.

I need

to

talk to you.

And I need for you to really hear me.

I'm not putting you in a hospital.

Not now.

Not ever.

If you don't talk to me for the rest of my life, I still won't ever do that.

I love you.

Unconditionally. Forever.

And nothing you do will ever change that.

Dad did what Dad did.

He killed himself.

He did it.

Not me.

Not you.

He made the decision and just did it.

It wasn't your fault.

He had problems.

And he chose death as the solution.

It was a bad solution.

Actually, it's no solution.

Death solves nothing.

It only leaves pain and torment for everyone you leave behind.

Dad was selfish, and it was wrong.

I know this because I was selfish.

I was wrong.

I tried death myself.

I tried it.

I tried to end my life. Me, not you. Me.

I took the pills.

I drank the vodka.

I locked the door, and I waited to die.

I gave up on life. Me, not you.

I failed.

I... I... I...

Not Dad, not you, not anyone.

I thought giving up would be easier than getting over Dad.

I was wrong.

And it was not in your power to stop me. I'm sorry, but that's the truth.

I have free will.

I just exercised it in the wrong direction.

I want to see you embrace life.

And stop feeling badly.

You've done nothing but be a great mom.

I'm so lucky to have you in my life.

So, you forgive me?

There's nothing to forgive.

You didn't do anything but love me, Dad.

I love you so much. I know.

I love you, too.

Is Mrs. Vink okay?

Yeah, she's fine. She's still in there giving the doctor a hard time.

No, it's okay. The doctor deserves it.

Look, Mrs.

Bink isn't up to coming over to the house tonight, so we'll drop her off, go

the mall, and then get home and help Mom.

Dad does this stuff every day, doesn't he?

Yeah. They don't pay him enough.

I don't think he does it for the money.

You didn't get very far, did you?

Where am I going to go?

You can't run away from this. This is your life, your daughter's life.

Frankie didn't leave Mercy at your house.

I did.

She took off with her pot dealer. She's in Vegas, and she wants a divorce.

So Frankie leaves, and you just dump Mercy?

No. You don't understand.

Make me understand.

I've never been this angry before.

I've never felt this out of control.

I don't know where it comes from. No one in my family has ever hit me, and I've

never hit anyone, except for your husband that one time.

But I did hit him, and if I can do that, what else am I capable of when I'm

angry? I thought I was really making progress in my anger management class.

What happened?

Frankie called last night, and I got really angry.

And when I woke up, I was still angry.

The baby was crying, the rent was due.

I've never hurt Mercy, but I didn't trust myself.

So I thought the best thing to do was to get Mercy out of the house.

I still don't understand why you left Mercy on our doorstep.

It's so embarrassing.

Oh, I get it.

Your parents don't know about any of this, do they?

They know about the drugs and the drinking, but they don't know about

Anger and the hitting. If I left Mercy with them, I'd have to explain.

But you and the Reverend already know about my problems.

So basically this is about your pride.

Pride is a luxury you can't afford if you want to keep your baby.

You need help, family help.

You're going to have to tell your parents.

I can't.

You can't leave Mercy on our doorstep every time you have a problem.

My parents would never understand.

They understand.

I spoke with them and told them what was going on. They want to speak with you.

They want to help.

So now all you have to do is swallow your pride.

Get off this bench and go and talk to them.

We can go back to Pete's and call them Not gonna be easy Being a parent never

You're not supposed to be here.

Neither are you.

What? You're expecting Robbie.

Why'd you do it?

I just had to.

You were doing so well.

Well, I still am doing well.

I'm really glad to see you, but you're in a lot of trouble.

Trouble? Running away from the Colonel and Ruth so you could be with Robbie.

Yeah, that's trouble.

What? Dad, I didn't come here to see Robbie.

I came here to see you.

It was supposed to be a surprise.

Mom thought that Robbie could get out of the house to pick me up without anyone

suspecting anything.

Your mother knew about this?

Everyone knew.

The colonel and Ruth split the ticket with me.

Why would everyone do that and not tell me? That doesn't make any sense.

You're kidding, right?

Happy birthday, Dad.

What? Happy birthday.

My birthday.

Which is today.

Which I completely forgot about.

Apparently so.

How do you forget your birthday?

Oh, it's easy.

I was insane today.

You know, completely insane.

I wish I didn't have to leave so soon.

I only have an hour before my return flight leaves.

You can't go. You just got here. You have to see the family.

My flight was supposed to get in last night, and then it got snowed in and

delayed and rerouted, and I just...

I have to get back from my class and work.

Now I have commitments, and these days I'm keeping my commitments.

I love you, Dad.

You came all this way just to tell me that.

What a great present.

Your mom is something else.

Coming home was my present.

Mom has something else for you at the house.

Oh.

What could top this?

I'm guessing your birthday present to me is that you didn't punch me?

I owe you an apology. I was out of line. I'm sorry.

Apology accepted.

Where's Mary?

Unfortunately, Mary's plane was so late, she only had time to go from one gate

to the next.

But Mary promises that she'll come back home when she has more time off.

Well, I'm glad you got to see her. After all, it is your birthday.

I still can't believe I forgot my birthday.

You're old.

Old people forget stuff.

Yes, they do.

Well, there's presents from everyone and cake and dinner in the living room.

But I want to talk to you alone first.

Oh.

Happy birthday, Dad.

I know what I want to be.

I'm going to study theology and become a minister.

Just like you.

Well, I hope I'll be as good as you.

I'm going to try.

I found out a while ago, but I wanted to save it and give it to you for your

birthday.

It was either that or a tie.

There are ties I have, but this... You want to be a minister?

Come here, you.

Why a minister? What made you decide?

Close your eyes and give me your hand.

And no peeking.

You ready?

Go look.

Okay.

Now, open your eyes.

This is why I want to be a minister.

With love from me, from your family, and your friends, and all

the people whom you have helped in the community, happy birthday.

I know there's no greater feeling in the love