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Previously
on emily owens m.D.--

My mom,
she has pancreatic cancer.

Do you bake?
I'm thinking lemon bars.

So, you're friends
with my daughter?

Emily:
Chief dupre, yes.

Don't you recognize me?

Emily:
Do I recognize you?

You were my tormentor,
my nemesis.

Cassandra kopelson
from high school.

I like you.

I just,
I don't see you that way.

I really hope
we can still be friends,

Because I really value
our friendship.

I'm going to date your friend.

Emily:
In eighth grade,

Cassandra kopelson threw
a 13th birthday party.

Hey, manuel.

Is this the famous randy?

Yeah, no school today.

Oh, cool.

Nice to meet you.

We love your dad.

(laughter)

Cassandra rented
a huge mansion, had a dj,

And passed out virgin cocktails
named after hit songs.

At least, that's what I heard.

I wasn't invited to the party.

But I didn't care.

In fact, I thought
the whole thing was silly.

(elevator bell dings)
oh, wait. Sorry.

Thank you.

That's when I realized
that there

Are two kinds of people
in the world.

Birthday people
and not birthday people.

(clears throat)

(elevator bell dings)
not birthday people

Don't make a big deal
about their birthdays--

After all, it's not exactly
an accomplishment--

But birthday people,

Birthday people
are the exact opposite.

A whole outfit.
Well, it's my birthday.

Well, I guess I know
where I'm going, hmm?

Happy birthday, cassandra.

(laughs)
uh, you, too.

(gasps)

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She's kidding, right? You guys
don't really share a birthday.

You didn't know it was
her birthday?
No, he didn't.

She refused to tell anyone.
I'm not really a
birthday person.

Understood. Say no more.
Well, now that I know,

Emily, happy birthday.

Do me a favor,
don't tell anyone.

Absolutely.
We'll respect your wishes.

But you are coming out
for drinks tonight.

I'm really tired.

Come on, really,
what's the big deal?

It's like I said,

I'm just not a birthday person.

Joyce.
Oh!

Hello, sweetheart.

How are you feeling?

Oh, I'm okay.

Not too bad.

Petechiae around the eyes.

Usually caused
by intractable vomiting.

How's the nausea?

Hard.

That part's really hard.

I can't keep anything down.

Well, that's what I was...

I was coming up
here to see...

My friend, miranda,

She says her oncologist

Gave her something,

You know, to eat.

That usually you...

Smoke?

Oh, medical marijuana.

Miranda says it helps.

Yeah, it's a very effective tool
to combat nausea,

And it helps with appetite.

I think it's a great idea.

Could you talk to micah
about this?

I spent so many
years as a mom

Telling him drugs
are gonna ruin his life.

Yeah, no problem.

You can consider me your hookup.

Stop it, you.

Dupre just called a meeting
in five; you should get changed.

I got to go.

Dupre:
No personal details,

Not your names,
not names of family members,

Certainly not your address.

Remember, prisoners can take
a normal household object,

A pen, nametag, keys,

And turn it into a weapon.

So approach him
with caution.

Our only concern
is his heart condition.

The prison's hospital
is not equipped to handle it,

So we're filling in.

Emily:
Huh. I wonder what he did.

Do not ask
about his crime.

It doesn't matter
what he did.

When you interface,
enter the room in pairs,

Never alone.

Understood?

Okay, dr. Owens

And dr. Collins, history
and physical and pre-op him.

Emily:
Stay objective.

He's just a patient.

It doesn't matter
that there's a guard

Outside his room.

With a gun.

I wonder who he'll
eat first, you or me?

(laughs)
very funny. Badges.

You will not be eaten.

Hey, I'm blake.

Nice to meet you.

I'm, uh... One of your doctors.

Nice to meet you as well.

Oh, I got you.

You can't tell prisoners
your real names.

Right?

That's okay; don't feel bad.

I'll just call you heathcliff
and catherine.

It says here that
you are having chest pains,

Palpitations, and that you've
collapsed several times.

Yeah.

They finally decided
I wasn't faking.

And you've experienced irregular
heartbeat since you were a kid?

Yeah, but I haven't

Had that in a while.

Anything else we should know?

Uh, I feel short
of breath sometimes,

But that happens when you have
a lot of down time

And not much to do.

Okay, well, we're
gonna work you up.

We'll do a transthoracic
echocardiogram.

It's basically
an ultrasound,

And we'll figure out
what's going on.

Okay, sounds good. Thanks.

You guys are way nicer than the
people in the prison infirmary.

Not big on bedside manner there.

Anyway, thanks.

Will:
What do you think he did wrong?

Forgot to put a collar
on his dog?

Seriously.

I don't know.
Trying not to think about it.

Taking dr. Bandari's advice.

Hey.
Hey.

What's wrong?

Nothing.
Are you sure?

You seem a little upset.
Careful, will.

You're walking into a trap.

Fine, I might be a little.

Ooh, stepped right into it.

I just thought,
since it's my birthday,

You could've gotten me
a little something.

Even a card.

We need a chest x-ray, ekg,

And a tte on 541.

I'm sorry.
I feel terrible.

Another delivery, dr. Cassandra.

Thank you, manuel.

Mmm.

I guess some of my friends
remembered...

I hate you.

No, you don't.

No, I don't.

Exception to the no kissing
at work thing?

Do not look away.

It's like a disease.

You have to expose yourself

To acquire immunity.

(pagers beeping)

Want me to put these
in the lounge?

Thank you, that would be great.

Did you get taller?
You look taller.

(giggles)
hi.

Your daughter hear
about that job?

She got it.
Thanks for asking, manuel.

And you.

I'm buying you a
birthday shot tonight.

Can't tonight.

Why's that?

Cable guy's coming.

At night?
Yeah.

Well, it's 'cause
I can't ever be there

During the window
that they give you,

So I called,
and I made a big stink

And I talked to the manager,

And then the manager's manager.

I think it was like,
a supervising manager.

Stop talking.

So, tonight's definitely...

Scheduled.
Well...

No problem.

We'll do it at your place.

I'll order the pizza
and the beer.

You won't have to do a thing.

(chuckles)
yeah, right.

Randy:
Help!

My dad!

Help! Help!

Come, please!

Manuel?

Can you hear me?

Randy:
What's happening?

Call in a code.

Okay, you tell them.

No way. They like you.

Exactly.

Chickens.

All right, time for you to go.

Oh, dr. Barnes, we...
Now.

We've got ice cream in
the cafeteria, randy.

I want to stay with you, dad.

Go get some ice cream.

Then you can come right back.

Treat him good or you do
your own disimpactions.

You've got quite the fan club.

They're nice.

So listen, doctor, what
happened was I was tired,

But I'm feeling better now.

Do I really have to stay?

Let us check you out, okay?

The thing is,
I got to get back to work.

I don't want to miss work.

Manuel, what's going on?

I don't have insurance.

With rent
and all of the things

That randy needs...

Listen, when you're admitted
on an emergency basis,

We treat you whether or
not you have insurance.

Is there anyone that we can
call to look after randy

While we run the tests?

My cousin lina.

Do I really have to do this?

You really do.
All right.

They're gonna
work you up.

Uh, I'm gonna run down
and see my mom.

If you need me,
page me.

Hang on a second.

Sorry.

Micah, wait.

I forgot to tell you.

I heard you're having a party.

Happy birthday, by the way.

Well, no, it is, but, um, I'm
not really a birthday person,

And I'm not
having a party, no.

Your mom wants
to try medical marijuana,

But I think
she's a little embarrassed.

(chuckles)

When I was 14, my mom told me
if I ever smoked marijuana,

I wouldn't go through puberty.

Fourteen?

There-thereabouts, yeah.

I think it's a good idea.

But she's staying overnight.
I've seen her drunk

Once in my life.

She sang "downtown"
by petula clark

Very badly.

And I'm not either.

A, uh, a birthday person.

Party could be fun, though.

Oh, I assure you it will...

...Not be fun.

Look, I got carried away.

I'm sorry.

It's just, I've known this girl
for four years, right?

I find it odd, and I want
to make her squirm, you know?

She makes up this crazy story

About a cable company.

She doesn't even own a tv.

It's crazy.

I'm glad you find it funny.

Yeah, this way she can't
get out of it. You know,
the whole thing snowballs.

Uh, like I said,

I-I, I got carried away.

Oh, come on.

Remember the flower thing?

The thing that I did,
that was cute, right?

That I forgot
I had roses delivered.

You thought, "what a great guy."

You think you're so charming.

A little bit.
You started composing

The perfect thank-you card.

Hmm?

(laughs)

(pager beeps)

Catherine, heathcliff,
you got my back?

We're here.

Okay, I'm just a
little nervous.

Nothing to be nervous about.

It's just images.

Thanks.

Don't spread it around
that I'm such a wimp, okay?

No problem.

Come on, you're not
a little bit curious?

Of course I am, but...
Come on, what did he do?

Will!
You can just go inside
if you don't want to know.

He raped four women.

Choked the last one
with a plastic bag

And left her for dead.

After you.

Emily:
Plumbers have it easy.

That's what my ethics professor
told us.

They go from pipe to pipe,

Toilet to toilet,
fixing the problem.

You think they have
a favorite toilet?

Or one toilet
that makes them really mad?

No.

A toilet's a toilet.

Professor hanson told us

To truly achieve objectivity,

We'd have to think
of people like toilets.

That was impossible because
we make judgments all the time.

Small ones...

...And big ones
(clears throat)

Blake:
Oh, you heard.

We need a parasternal
long axis view.

(blake sighs)

I mean, I know I sound
like one of those...

You know, stereotypes,

But I didn't do it.

Don't pay attention.

And one of the cops, he admitted
to tampering with evidence,

And there was this guy,
this felon, who looks like me--

Be quiet while
we do this, all right?

Emily:
We need to see

The base of the mitral leaflet
on the systolic closing.

(beeper beeps)

It's the chief.

Will:
Go.

There's a tech here,
marty's here.

No broken rules.

Bye, catherine.

A toilet's a toilet.

(knock on door)

(clears throat)

Thank you for coming.

Of course.

(door closes)

Pardon me.

Steeling my

Courage, so to speak.

While we talk,

I ask that you think of me,
not as the chief of staff,

But rather as the father
of the girl you're dating.

What?
It's all right.

Tyra told me.

That we were dating?

That she's gay.

I assumed...

Right, um... Nope.

We're just friends,

So I'm probably
not the person

To come... Talk... To...

(sighs)
oh, well as a
friend, then.

Could you ask her to
at least hear me out?

How can I make things right
if she won't speak to me?

Tyra:
Stay out of it.

Absolutely.
I said I'd ask, I asked.

I have nothing
to say to my father.

He's not sorry-- he just
doesn't want me to tell my mom.

Absolutely.
I said I'd try, and I tried.

You'll never hear
about it ever again.

Okay, you know what?

Fine, you tell him
I will never forgive him

For being
a philandering asshat.

Emily:
She's definitely

A little angry.

And, um, I-I think

That it's one
of those things
where she's just

Not sure where exactly
your apology's coming from.

Like, she's not sure if you're
sorry about what happened,

Or if you're sorry
she found out,

Because you're worried
she might tell your wife.

Is she planning on telling her?

Oh, I don't know.

(breathes deep)

I made a mistake.

I love my wife.

Tell her that.

Um...

I really don't think
I should get involved.

I understand.

It's just that I'm not
sure how to rectify this,

If she won't speak to me.

You could...

Maybe write a letter.

A letter.

Yes.

That'll be all, dr. Owens.

(pager beeps)

Randy: What's happening
to my dad? Papi?

He's having trouble breathing--
he's de-satting.

All of a sudden, he got
short of breath.

Wake up, daddy,
wake up!

Emily: A tension pneumothorax--
I need a 16-gauge needle.

Tyra: What's going on?
Emily: His lung's collapsing.

Papi?!

Let's get you up; come on.
Papi! Papi!

(air hissing)

He's gonna need a chest x-ray
and a chest tube setup.

You got it.
Great work.

Your lung collapsed.

We have to figure out why.

So, it's serious?

Could be, yeah.

I need to tell you...

(clears throat)

Is it safe for me
to go somewhere else?

A clinic...
Somewhere cheaper?

No, you're in no condition
to leave the hospital.

We have to find out what's
wrong so we can treat you.

Okay.

Just the x-rays, then.

(breathing with difficulty)

Hey, you.

How was the delivery?

Very cute baby--
objectively cute.

Cute's not objective.
Aw,

Trust me, I've seen hundreds.

So, I, uh, heard
your mom was admitted.

Yeah, yeah, don't worry,
she's okay, but nauseous.

So, she wants to try
medical marijuana.
(elevator bell dings)

Should I,
I don't know, say hi?

Uh, no, maybe not this time.

You know, just because
she's not feeling so good.

Yeah, no, got it....
It's no problem.

(elevator bell dings,
door opens)

Oh, by the way,

You look cute today.

Objectively.

Will:
Hey!

Turns out our inmate has
tricuspid regurgitation.

Needs a new valve.

Yeah, he's gonna get one
from a pig-- kind of fitting.

A toilet's a
toilet, remember?

And the party...
Canceled.

What? This way you don't have
to move your cable guy.

Tell me who you told.
Well, I...

Tweeted to everyone "party
at dr. Owens' house tonight."

But don't worry, I didn't tell
anyone it was your birthday.

You tweeted? Everyone?

Nice work with manuel.

Oh, thank you.
Sunny:
Most interns

Freak their first
needle thoracostomy.

It's funny, I-I didn't
even think about it.

I just went for it.

Delivery man:
For dr. Emily owens.

Birthday flowers.

Sunny:
It's your birthday?

No.

Yes, it...

I'm gonna kill my mom.

No, they're from us guys
down at the flower shop.

For saving manuel.

That's why you're
having a party.

Thank you.
I'm not having a party.

Oh, you don't want
nurses to come?

No, of course I do...
Great.

We're there.

Just double down
on the pizza.

You'll pay for this.

You'll pay.
Uh, dr. Owens?

(both laugh)

Manuel's results.

Thank you.

(sighs deeply)

Yeah.

The chest x-ray showed
a mass on your lung,

And by the looks of it,
it could be malignant.

The good news is that
we can remove it.

It's an invasive surgery,
but it's the best option

And we have
wonderful doctors...
No.

I'm going to check out

And find a less-expensive place.

Connie:
One perfect gentleman coming up.

Hola, mijo.

Papi, can we go home now?

Soon, mijo, soon.

Can we have a moment, please?

Of course.

Hey, who does
pro bono work around here?

My dad has a
discretionary fund.

Do you think
manuel has a shot?

It's worth a try.

Blake:
Uh, hello? Please?

Please! It hurts.

(blake groans)

Has he been doing
that for awhile?

I can't...
It hurts.

(blake groans)

(monitor whirring, beeping)

What's, uh, what's wrong?

Ah, feeling
a little dizzy...

Nauseous.

My heart's like
skipping beats again.

(whirring, beeping stop)

(breathing deeply)

It's beating a little fast.

I'll just get an ekg
to confirm the rhythm.

(grunts)

(groans)

You're scared of me.

No, I'm not.

Yes, you are.

You have one of those faces--
you can see everything.

(quiet laugh)
emily.

My name--
how does he know my name?

Happy birthday.

I wish that I could
give you a present.

Trust me, emily,
you'd really like it.

Will: What are you
doing in here alone?

Um, I...

Get out of here.

He needs an ekg...
I got it.

(sighs)

(breathing deeply)

You're fine.

You're totally fine.

Will:
That's your warning,
I'm coming in.

What were you thinking
going in there alone?

(clears throat)

I'm fine.

Emily!

Hey.

I have to go get
manuel's surgery approved.

Dupre:
Dr. Owens...

How can I help you?

I in no way want this

To seem like a quid pro quo.

I want to be very clear on that,

But I-I think that

If a truly objectively
bad person can have access

To free health care,
then a truly objectively

Good person should have access
as well, and manuel...

You want me to use
my discretionary fund

For his surgery.

Yes, I do.

All right.

It's just like that?

Manuel brought me flowers
the day my mother died.

I'm not made of stone.

But you're in charge
of all the paperwork.

I want every "I" dotted,

Every "t" crossed.

Thank you.

(dance music playing)

(laughing):
Look, I'm dancing!
I know, mom.

I thought it was funny, too,
when it came out...

Five years ago.

All right,
take it easy, cheech.

Yeah.

To get a birthday present--
do you have any suggestions?

Wine.

It's not personal enough.
Mm.

You want something personal.

Is this
birthday person perhaps

The mystery woman
you've been seeing?

No, she's not.

Why won't you introduce me?

Telling her how badly
you need grandchildren.

I do need them.

Mom.
All my friends
have them.

Right, okay, show me
the dancing thing.

(dance music playing)

(both laughing)

Oh, my god!

I am happy to see

You're enjoying
your medication.

You have no idea.

Joyce:
Emily, you have
to see this.

(all laughing)

So, help micah with his
birthday present dilemma.

I don't want a birthday present.

It wasn't...
It's your birthday?

Yeah.

Okay, just tell me
already.

What?

That you two are dating.

Enough with the secrets.
I just want to celebrate.

Mom, (laughs) um, so, the woman
I'm dating is named kelly.

And this is exactly why
I didn't bring her here

Because I knew
you'd be out of your mind.

She didn't traumatize
you, did she?

Momentarily.

I've recovered.

I'll see you soon.

Enjoy.

(knocking)

You dr. Owens?

Mm-hmm.

I'm didi from records.

Found one more
on manuel cuestas.

What is it?

I just carry it,
I don't read it.

You ran his social,
that came up.

Happy birthday.
See you tonight.

Manuel:
He just conked out.

Is he a sound sleeper?

Like a log.
Since he was a baby.

So, manuel...

This is the photocopy
of your license

From when you
were admitted.

And this is a copy
of the license of the

Real manuel cuestas;
the same social
security number.

He died six years ago

In this hospital
after a car accident.

I thought this might happen.

That's why I wanted to go
someplace else,

You know?

Me and manuel,

We both grew up in esquintla.

After the accident, his wife,

She gave to me
his driver's license.

Randy was born here,
so he is a citizen.

And after his mom died,

I just didn't want
to risk being deported.

I understand. I do.

But I have to...

Hospital protocol.

I have to report
any illegal activity. And I...

No, no, stop.

You have to. You have no choice.

But... There's nothing that says
I can't wait

Till after the
surgery to report it.

Really.

I have mounds of paperwork.

I maybe haven't seen it yet.

Randy needs you healthy.

I know.

But I will be deported

And I don't want to take him
back with me to guatemala.

Here, he will have
a good education.

He will have opportunities
that I never had.

My cousin lina will take him.

About ready?

Okay, good. Now advance.

All right. That's the left
mainstem bronchus there.

Okay, good.
Now you're gonna have to turn

Your tip a little anterior.

There's the mass.

Yeah, that's a lot of blood.

Try saline lavage.
We need to get

A better field
of vision.

(intermittent suction sounds)

I don't like it.
That's too much blood.

This thing's eroding
the bronchus.

Get bandari in here.

Dr. Collins,
as you can see,

The pledgited horizontal
mattress sutures

Are placed circumferential

Around the tricuspid annulus
proceeding in clockwise fashion,

Starting at the nine o'clock
position.

Ready for the valve,
dr. Collins.

Nurse:
Dr. Bandari?

Dr. Barnes says he needs you
in the or.

They have an eroded bronchus,
and he's only

Well, he's about
to take the lead.

I'm in the middle
of a procedure.

The porcine valve,
dr. Collins?

They're working
on manuel.

This guy's a rapist;
he doesn't deserve you.

I'm gonna need you
to leave my or, dr. Collins.

Why?

Now.

Nurse, the valve, please.

Dr. Bandari can't leave
the or.

Prep his chest.
We're cutting this thing out.

(tv playing indistinctly
in background)

Micah:
Incision is made over
the fifth rib.

Finochietto retract.

Sutures have all been placed
in the tricuspid annulus.

Retractor in place.
Can you locate the mass?

Yep, got it.

Bringing sutures up
through the valve.

Micah:
Ligamentous attachments
are dissected.

Gina:
Sliding valve into place.

Micah:
Transecting left,
upper lobe bronchus.

The mass is out.

(sighs)
ready to close.

We're closing.

Emily:
Good work, dr. Barnes.

Really good work.

(sighs)

(talking excitedly)

It's going
to be okay, mijo.

Dr. Owens?

I wasn't asleep

When you were talking
to my dad.

Oh.

What's gonna happen now?

I don't know.

But I do know that your dad
wants what's best for you.

What's best for me
is to be with him.

¿quieres ver, tu papa?

My dad left a letter
in my locker.

There's no way I'm reading it.

Emily:
Okay, just stay out of this.

You should.

Read it.

Are you taking his side?

No, I'm not taking it.

You should be on my side.

I am definitely on your side,

As a friend.

But I just had to tell
a little boy

That he might be separated
from his father.

And he would do anything
to change that.

You don't get
to just cure good people.

I'm sorry.
You're right.

I don't care about
your objectivity.

Because surgery, successful
surgery, happens in moments.

So whatever the hell goes on
in your head,

You keep it out of mine.

(door opens)

Why?

You know, I've been...
Thinking all day

About how I'd answer
that question.

Because I knew you'd ask it.

But the fact is, that's
between your mother and me.

I'm truly sorry that
I did what I did.

I'm truly sorry
that I hurt you.

I want my marriage
to survive this,

But I'm going to have
to wait to see

What your mother wants
to do once I tell her.

I don't want you in the middle.

And now I'm going to pose
the same question to you:

Why?

Why did you feel you couldn't
tell me that you're a lesbian?

I'm not a close-minded person.

I know.

But I couldn't be 100% sure
what you'd think,

So I couldn't risk it.

'cause if you didn't

Accept it,
it would be...

Awful.

'cause it's you.

You've never been one
to seek my approval.

What do you mean?

I am a doctor... Like you.

I work in
your hospital.

Of course I want your approval.

All I want is your approval.

Well, you have it.

(sighs)
you wanted to see me?

Um, manuel's medical records--
since you're my attending,

I have to give you
some information

That I don't want to give you,
but it's protocol.

Big hospital--
we lose records all the time.

There's protocol, and then
there are judgment calls.

You took an oath
to heal the sick.

We're doctors, not policemen.

So, I pissed dr. Bandari off
pretty royally today.

Mm, her bark's worse
than her bite.

Look at you.
All upbeat.

You seem like a girl
that's ready to party.

After the cable guy comes,
of course.

Okay, there is
no cable guy.

But you have to
cancel that party.

I can't.
Yes, you can.

Tweet it, twitter it,
or move it to a bar.

Can't.
It's like in a half an hour.

People are probably
already on their way.

To my apartment?
Yeah.

Everything's out!

What's out?
Your meth lab?

No...

I just, I don't
know why...

I know you're tired.
Who cares?

We're always tired.
It'll be fun.

I guess I... Want
to talk to you,

But I hate how
it makes me feel.

How does it make you feel?

Irrational... I feel jealous,
and I hope it's irrational,

And at the risk of seeming
desperate and clingy,

Both of which I--
as a feminist-- despise,

I need to ask if you have
a thing for emily owens.

Have a...

Yeah, I said... Thing.
(laughs)

I...
I mean, no, don't...
Don't answer right now.

Because you're just gonna say
no because that's what we do

In these situations, we say no,

And I... Really need you
to think about it.

'cause I don't want
to be a fool.

(laughs)

(laughing, talking)

It was actually, like, the best
talk we've had in forever.

I'm so glad.

Happy birthday, emily!

Oh. Thanks, bobby.

I told him
not to tell my mom.

He feels bad.

He wants to stay
in the marriage,

So what good would it
do her to know?

Yeah.

But it does suck,
knowing something

That someone else doesn't.

And that must have really
sucked for you, too.

So... I'm... You know,

Sorry I was so hard on you.

It's-it's okay.

Cool. Grab me a beer?

I'll get it.
Yeah.

(laughing)

(clears throat)

Sorry, the, uh...

Party is actually
in the living room,

And not, uh, in my bed.

Man:
No problem.

Happy birthday.

Thanks, matt.

(sighs)

(knocking on door, door opens)

What you doing?

Oh, just havin' a good time.

You know, I'm starting
to think you were serious

About this whole hating
your birthday thing.

Yeah. You think?

What's the deal, anyway?

And don't just say it's 'cause
you're not a birthday person,

'cause quite frankly, I don't
really know what that means.

It means I don't like being
the center of attention.

That's not true.
You were plenty happy

Being the center of attention

You lapped that up
like a puppy.
I didn't lap it up...

It's... That's medical,
that's a skill.

There's no skill
in birthdays.

Well, since when are birthdays
about celebrating skills?

It's about celebrating you.

Yeah... Sorry, just...

I'm not comfortable with that.

(laughs)

(thumps, strings twang)

What's...
Nothing.

(sighs)

Oh, you play the, uh...
Cello.

Yeah.

This is great.

You any good?
Oh...

In the world of the west wilton
county orchestra,

Yeah, I was pretty good.

Yeah? How good?

I don't want to boast, but...

When I was in ninth grade
my teacher asked me

To audition for first chair.

No kidding.
You get it?

I didn't.

Audition... I didn't audition.

You had to do a solo,

In front of everybody,
judging you...

I know it's totally lame
and I really regret it.

Owens, I'm going
to say something here,

And I want you to take this
with a grain of alcohol,

'cause I am a little drunk.

No one's judging your flaws
except you.

You are so critical of yourself,
emily, all the time.

You know, sometimes I wish
you could just see yourself...

The way I see you.

How do you see me?

I see, um...

A girl that would kick ass

In a cello recital.

(will whistles sharply)

Hey, there.

Hey, uh, sorry to interrupt.

We are actually
going to have

A musical interlude
this evening.

Connie, can you bring that-that
chair over here, please?

Okay.

That's perfect.

Okay, ladies
and gentlemen, uh...

That sounded a little formal,
but anyway:

Emily owens.

(cheering)

(giggles)

Oh...

So this is cello suite no. 1
in g major.

It's a piece I was supposed
to play a long time ago, so...

There might be a few bobbles.

Okay.

(clears throat)

(plays out of tune)

Sorry. It was a long time ago.

(guests laugh)

(playing lyrically)

♪

(guests cheering)

(laughing)

Thanks.

That was...
Yeah.

Stupid, silly... Well.

Something I needed to do.

Just like now I need
a drink. Badly.

Hey, I'm sorry if
that was awkward...

Uh, what my mom said?

Oh, my gosh, no.

I knew she was
out of her mind.

I didn't take her seriously.

Hey, I should probably...
I'm gonna skip the drink.

Um, it's getting late.
I'm just gonna head out.

What? What's wrong?
Nothing.

Why are you leaving?
Not a birthday person.

I just stopped by
to say hi, so...

But have fun, okay?

Okay.

That cello thing was amazing!

♪

Emily:
It's hard

Trying not to judge yourself.

Because we are aware
of every mistake.

We know our inner doubts,
our hidden motivations,

Our failings.

So my wish for next year...

Happy birthday!
Happy birthday.

...Is to be easier on myself.

Focus less on the bad
and more on the good.

Really,
just give myself a break.

Make a wish!

I hope I get my wish.