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How did she just skip the awkward phase

that every other kid goes through?

I don't know. She takes after her mother, I imagine.

You know, I never...

I don't, I don't think I've ever seen a bad picture of you.

I destroyed the evidence.

Well, now, you're gonna tell me

why you came over here to show me

pictures of our daughter instead of e-mailing them?

Everyone wants to text instead of call.

You know, I-I think things are getting lost in translation

in this whole technological bubble.

You text and post like a teenager.

So what am I missing here?

Or do you just need an excuse to spend more time with me?

Gran, you are the queen of subtle,

but this is the most transparent excuse to get us over here.

The color palette for the Dupree Foundation's

upcoming banquet must withstand

Fairmont Crest's most vicious critics.

Now, the Pantone Color of the Year

is this rich, velvety mocha,

but I need the ChelseaKat seal of approval between...

And there it is.

The icing on the Dupree motivational speech cake.

-What did I say? -ChelseaKat.

You mentioned ChelseaKat to remind me

that it's time to get back to normal.

We're Duprees.

Duprees get back up on their feet

the second they fall, right?

Well-well, what if we're-we're pushed

or-or taken and we don't know if we're gonna live or die?

Chelsea, honey, your well-being

comes before anything else.

Those purses will still sell like hotcakes whenever

-you decide to promote them. -Hotcakes?

Where does that phrase even come from?

Even the algorithm agrees with Gran.

Reminders everywhere that maybe it's time

for us to pick ourselves back up by the purse straps.

Hotcakes. 1830s. Interesting.

ANITA: Kat?

Sorry, Gran.

Chelsea has every reason to be on the struggle bus.

She's a real victim of a real psycho.

My mood is self-inflicted.

I think I just broke my own heart.

♪ ♪

Hey, Shanice. Hey, is, uh, Ashley around?

What? I come in peace.

I know my place in the friend zone. Trust me.

Ashley asked me to drop by, but she didn't say why, though.

You can wait. She'll be back through here in a minute.

Uh, how's Derek been? Hope he's okay.

All indications are that Derek is doing quite well.

Cool.

Hey. How's the patient?

You asking as my nurse or as my fiancée?

Ooh, I love that word.

And I love you. Now, answer.

Same. Doc brought up moving me to outpatient PT.

Already?

Well, y-you know how this works.

Once one patient's stabilized,

the hospital wants the bed for someone who isn't.

So does that mean your team, um...

doesn't think...

You can say it.

You mean, do they think I'm ever gonna walk again?

They don't think there's a real chance of me

getting worse.

There's still hope.

Well, even if they had said otherwise, I'd still have hope.

Science is evolving all the time.

I think your healing hands might be the best therapy of all.

Is that so?

Try laying them on me.

Shanice tests me daily for signs of improvement.

Maybe you can find something she didn't.

Well, in that case,

my hands are at your command.

Anything?

No.

Nothing.

Try a little higher.

Well, going back to your original question

about my role here,

I think we're about to have some very interesting results.

DEREK: Nurse Morgan, I was talking about my upper thigh.

Did my fiancée have someplace else in mind?

Well, then I stand corrected.

-Ash... -[phone chimes]

Ugh. [groans] Sorry.

It's Andre.

He's outside.

-Andre's here? -Well, I asked him to come.

I guess it was fate,

when I thought you were lying about breaking up with Dani.

ANDRE: I wouldn't go that far.

ASHLEY: I mean, if that hadn't happened...

Then I'd be feeding you breakfast in bed right now.

If we had been a couple right now,

and Derek had his accident, then he'd be all alone.

God, could you imagine what

-that would've been like for him? -Yeah.

You invited him?

He's been worried about you,

and I wanted to share our good news.

In that case, I'm totally on board with the visit.

Eh.

He can wait.

I want to finish examining you.

No, go.

Nothing's changed.

Just wishful thinking, I guess.

How is it that you think you've sabotaged things with Tomas?

No one notices that Leslie's evil mini-me

is following in her footsteps, except me.

Am I missing something?

Kat shared her feelings about Eva with Tomas.

And he found fault with that?

He's an Eva apologist.

He can't help defending her.

Then I see red and throw a couple verbal blows,

then Eva acts all poor, pitiful princess,

and I look like the mean girl.

No, you're definitely the princess.

Well, this princess is in exile because...

he won't text me back.

I think the one who makes the mistake should fix it.

Well, who said I did?

CHELSEA and ANITA: You did.

Or maybe the right guy will trust your instincts.

Well, we can't all have an Insta perfect love match like you.

So perfect that it was crashed by my kidnapper, remember?

Oh, I-I am so sorry.

Chelsea, Kat didn't mean to be insensitive.

And, Kat, are you really gonna let

your resentment of Eva come between you and Tomas?

I think both my granddaughters need a bit of a reset.

Like a spa day?

Or...

you can think about the launch again.

-Gran... -No, hear me out.

The act of planning could give you the opportunity

to focus on something good.

Absolutely not.

So now, the world doesn't just revolve around you,

it's hitting on you, too?

BILL: Well...

-You remember this? -[laughs]

Look at that. How could I forget?

You know, Chelsea had been to, what, ten bat mitzvahs?

She had to have one for herself.

Explaining to her that we're not Jewish and that a bat mitzvah

isn't just a party, but, like, a whole spiritual coming of age.

Yeah, but she definitely wanted the party part.

I think she was also attracted to the idea

of being ushered into adulthood,

which is why we settled on a dress-up dinner.

You rented out the club dining room,

so as not to step on the real mitzvahs,

-and the not mitzvah was born. -The not mitzvah.

It's just you, me, and the girls, right?

Look at them, holding those tiny champagne glasses.

Shirley Temples are essential for any girl

on the verge of womanhood.

Yeah, look at that.

Yeah, you always knew how to give them

exactly what they needed.

Then, yes.

Now, uh, I'm not so sure.

-But... -No. You have a plan.

I thought we could recreate that night for the girls.

Dress up, get a chef to reimagine the menu,

spiked Shirley Temples,

and remind Chelsea that she grew up

to be what she wanted to be.

A strong, glamorous, powerful woman.

-BILL: Yeah. -DANI: What do you think?

Chaos or genius? And be honest,

I-I know Chelsea's still raw.

No, I think it's sweet.

Yeah. The real question is, what should I wear?

Because if we're going retro,

I doubt that I can still wear that suit.

You right. You know, I'm-I'm pretty sure

our little fashionista would want us to be on trend.

-But does that mean you're in? -Absolutely.

Okay, okay, then I'll be in touch.

Well, look, I have to head out to a preliminary hearing.

-I can walk you to your car. -Great.

Are we friends enough to discuss

that hideous statue in your foyer?

What's it, like, a-a pterodactyl?

I need you here ASAP.

Isn't launching ChelseaKat into the world

something you still want?

So very much.

But, one minute, I'm punching something,

then the next, I'm jumping at my own shadow.

What am I gonna do when the press comes at me?

I mean, who cares about whip stitching and bag chains

when they're gonna be asking me about me being chained?

Or about that wedding ceremony that Allison put me through?

That's the showstopper that they're looking for.

No, we are keeping all of that quiet.

But what if she decides to do a jailhouse interview?

Then we'll sic your dad on her.

Look, if you're not ready

to launch the purse line, then we wait.

Releasing them without you just feels fake.

I mean, what's the point if you're not the face of it?

And are you gonna wait for your argument

with Tomas to miraculously work itself out, too?

Now where are you going?

To see if Tomas is still my person.

-Thanks for the inspo. -Always.

That man will see the light.

I should probably head out, too,

before I snap at my favorite grandmother again.

Hold on.

We still need to make some headway.

-Gran. -Scream at me.

Stomp your feet if you want to.

That shows signs of life, signs of fight.

But it just doesn't feel like me.

My work, my passion for the launch,

it should be exciting, and instead, it's...

it's so scary.

Then we will work on that.

But you are not alone, baby.

I am standing right here.

I am right beside you.

And I will love you through this.

It feels like I'll never get over this.

Like being held hostage by Allison will never just

be something that happened a long time ago.

With each day, it will get easier.

But you cannot let that woman steal your dream.

So, we are going to stay here,

and we are going to talk it through

until we wrap our heads

around another way to launch your company.

I didn't expect I'd be getting urgent summons as part of this.

Well, that's why they call it a surprise party.

Getting something past Bill is like

tiptoeing through a lion's den.

Facts.

So, Bill had court.

I figured, while he's away,

we make a supercut of Bill's life.

Pictures of little Bill to big bad Bill Hamilton.

I'm pretty sure Bill came into this world fully formed.

Yeah, he does gloss over his pre-Dupree life.

He was a smart kid with a difficult father, but...

that's all I know.

How do we handle the first chapter of Bill

if even you aren't read in on it?

Combine our efforts.

Look, you're one of the chosen few that Bill lets in.

And the best researcher the firm has, besides me.

It's one thing to surprise Bill,

it's another to throw his past in his face

if he doesn't want to share it.

I've never seen this side of you before.

I like it.

Am I interrupting something?

-Hey. -Hey.

Uh, Shanice said that Derek's stable.

-I was glad to hear that. -Yeah, he's doing pretty well.

So why did you want to see me?

-Uh... -I'm sorry.

It's life-changing.

Okay? I'm here for you.

The suspense, not so much.

I need you to be okay with this.

Okay.

Derek and I...

Um...

We're engaged.

And I know it's a lot to ask,

but I really hope that you could be happy for me.

For us.

All right, hot stuff, you know the drill.

-Just breathe and relax and... -Don't bother.

Ashley already conducted the field test.

Nothing.

Well, no shade, but your fiancée is not a PT.

There?

Same.

Phone down.

I don't get it.

Andre stopping in...

Is the bro code just dead?

What do you mean?

I mean, you and me, we went out,

but it wasn't a real date.

And you were so transparent, Derek.

I mean, I could practically see your heart beating

for Ashley through those T-shirts you're fond of.

I'm still sorry I brought you into our break.

Got a teeny, tiny nudge to my very healthy ego.

Plus, I never wanted to be a spoiler

in someone else's love story.

We're cool. We're just flirty friends.

And Andre stopped carrying his red flags for Ashley,

so they're friends now, too.

Yeah, that's what Ash says.

-So, everybody's cool. -Yeah.

DEREK: Ah!

I knew it.

-You felt that. -What the hell, Shanice?

And that wasn't your first time, was it?

No.

Why are you hiding your medical miracle?

We just got started. The Gibbons case, remember?

Hayley generously volunteered her paralegal services.

No one digs like me.

Wait, aren't you supposed to be in court?

Judge Collier got food poisoning,

so the hearing was canceled.

And they didn't text?

No, it's the craziest thing, I must have left my phone

on the nightstand.

Oh, you know what? I-I noticed your phone.

But when I got downstairs, you were gone.

And you didn't think to message Caroline?

I got distracted.

I see.

I bet you and Hayley can wrap this up at the office.

Uh... Of course.

So...

now that we're alone, you can fill me in

on your illicit little plan.

Wow. I-I was assuming that you were gonna announce

that you two are giving it another go

at living together, but you really went for it.

We did.

So did Derek have some huge speech planned or...

Actually...

I did the asking.

So this is really what you want?

It is.

And I hope it wasn't cruel and unusual to tell you,

but I just didn't want you to find out through some post.

That's cool. I like my truths face-to-face.

That's one of the things you taught me.

This hurts, Ashley, a lot.

I really thought that you and I

could be each other's happily ever after.

-Andre... -Hey, at least I was your Paris, right?

C'est la vie.

-I'm sorry. -I mean, don't be.

I-I can see that sparkle back in your eyes, and it's for him.

You hoped that I'll be happy for you, and I am. I promise.

Hey.

Congratulations, Ashley.

I wasn't sure if maybe I imagined it.

And you weren't curious enough to push that little call button

that brings in your doctors and physical therapists?

I wanted to live in the possibility of good news

for a minute before I heard the cold, hard truth.

So, now I'm asking.

You've had other patients like me?

I have,

and this seems positive.

The more sensation leads likely to more sensation

blooming from that same point.

Or you could've plateaued.

Dr. Montgomery and your orthopedist will run more tests,

but now you can share it with Ashley.

-No. I want to wait. -For what?

I don't want to give false hope.

Hmm.

Or maybe you're getting it twisted.

If you're back on your feet, you're not sure if Ashley

still wants to walk down that aisle.

Where are you getting that from?

Hmm. She couldn't stay away from Andre before,

and now, she just commits to you.

And even now, he's out there circling.

I thought you were my friend.

Real friends give it to you straight.

And I've had half the mind to go tell Ashley myself.

Give her and your love more credit than this.

You said you were fine with how things ended between us.

I'm starting to think maybe you want Ash and me to break up.

I'm gonna let you pass with that because,

obviously, you're hurting.

Well, you're bound by HIPAA,

so you can't share anything without my permission.

You know, the hottest thing about you was how good you were.

Same guy flat on his back as you were on your feet.

And you are allowed to be scared, Derek,

but do not be a jerk.

You know, last time I checked,

Tomas is head-over-heels with my niece,

and you're madly in love with me,

so... I don't know.

To what do I owe this bit of theater?

Oh, are you saying it doesn't feel great seeing your person

cozied up with somebody else?

Look.

Dani is trying to put our girl back together, that's all.

You know what all this proximity could stir up in Cowboy Dani?

Baby...

Dani wielding lethal weapons is over now.

Okay? We're past that. I'm past anything romantic with her.

My heart belongs to you. Just you.

How... how come you don't know that by now?

Well, there is something you can do to make it clear to me.

-Okay, name it. -Tell her again.

Draw the line, Bill.

Remind her that you are never, ever getting back together.

I was hoping you'd be here.

Is this a good time?

I'm having a weird day.

I don't know if I can take whatever this is.

An apology.

It can't be any worse than your uncle implying

I was trying to get with his wife.

What? No way.

Bill trusts you.

Hayley has been a homewrecker from the jump, but...

Um, you can like or not like whoever.

Look, I've always been Team Kat.

I just wasn't anti anyone else.

I know. I'm always asking with you, from the beginning.

Asking you to wait for me to launch my business.

To get over my parents' breakup.

To... make love for the first time.

And you've been more than patient.

And what did I do to repay you?

Have another tantrum about Eva.

You do have strong feelings.

You've always made me feel so beautiful,

but when you called me a mean girl, I felt so ugly.

Because you're right.

I can do better. I can be better.

If you let me.

Tomas, no more waiting.

I'm here.

That's the challenge of life.

You know, we're always trying to organize it into straight lines.

Good and bad. Broken and healed.

But life...

life is like jazz.

And how does that apply to my launch?

When I used to sing with my trio,

we'd create a set list.

But when we got out on that stage,

the music would take us somewhere else,

and we would just go along with it,

and it was even better.

Now, you and Kat planned to launch,

but life took you in a different direction.

Trust it.

Okay.

-Doing a big party scares me. -Okay, no party.

50 people?

Just family.

I'd like Madison there and maybe a few of my influencer friends.

But no press.

No press. Friends and family.

We used to do dinners like that during Granddaddy's campaigns.

We called them family dinners. We'd just rally the troops,

and then they'd put out the word. No press, just love.

Well, we're gonna need a lot more than love

-to give us the reach we need. -Hmm...

Well, what about an online launch?

We could gather friends and family

in the actual location and then stream it.

That way, the whole internet could watch it,

and the press doesn't have to be involved at all.

Gran, I love you,

but that idea sounds as crazy as Allison.

Kat, it wasn't all me waiting. I love being with you.

I love that you shared your first time with me.

I know what a big deal that was.

But maybe our timing was just wrong from the get-go.

I'm glad you were here through the worst times

and the best times in my life.

Because you know me.

And I'm almost to the other side of the bad part.

Can you just stick around for the good?

Where I can prop you up like you did me?

Instead of being the mean girl,

I want to be your girl.

You know, I thought we were getting close

when we finally made love,

but somehow, we just keep stalling out.

Well, maybe we're just putting too much pressure on ourselves.

When we first met, there was this...

spark.

I've been wanting every moment to be that perfect, but...

maybe perfect isn't hot.

What if we just go back and enjoy it? All of it?

We could be amazing.

I never stopped feeling that spark.

And...

...you're not the only one who's made mistakes.

I know I haven't made the situation easy with Eva,

but I want us to work, Kat.

This next chapter is gonna be straight heat,

no mess.

Who can't stay away from whom?

You know, a month ago, I couldn't imagine myself

in here with you without expecting incoming glassware.

-We've come a long way. -Yeah. Yeah, we have.

I hate that it took a stroke and a kidnapping to get us here.

-Me, too. -Yeah.

Yeah, but now, we can both co-parent

and not hate each other.

The hate was so big, it was like

-a whole other person inside me. -Yeah.

-And I'm glad she's gone. -Hmm. Yeah, me, too.

But you know who's here to stay?

Hayley.

And this conversation was going so well.

Hey, I love her, Dani.

-All right? That hasn't changed. -I didn't think it had.

What...

Hayley thinks us reliving our greatest hits

might lead to us hitting it?

Chelsea's back home. The initial crisis is over.

I-I just think it's time for us to re-establish some boundaries.

Cut the crap, Bill.

You confirmed Hayley had a case of the jealousies.

I told you to get her something shiny

to distract her from her deeply insecure self.

Instead, you're here humiliating yourself.

Hey, wait, wait. I don't do anything

that I don't want to do, okay?

But maybe we should, you know,

table the not mitzvah for now.

Until your wife gives you permission.

Uh, you know what?

This the way you want it? You got it.

We will work up a schedule so that no more lines are blurred.

But, Bill...

just remember that you were doubly broken up

about Chelsea because you regretted

the distance between you before she was taken.

I just hope Hayley allows you to take time out of your tower

to make up for the time you lost with your kids.

Or does her ultimatum cut your daughters out, too?

What's up?

So, Ashley liked it, and she decided to put a ring on it.

-Yeah, she did. -ANDRE: Yeah.

Wait, what? No ring?

I don't think we're quite that modern.

Well, the important thing is you're doing the deed, man.

Congratulations.

I didn't think you'd take him through every detail.

Well, Andre was our friend before...

...everything, and I want him to be again.

So...

I thought I owed it to all of us to loop him in.

That works.

I want the whole world to know that you chose me

and that we belong together.

Knowing what you want and then asking for it,

that's pretty fearless.

You know, what are we waiting for, right?

-Right. -DEREK: Andre's right.

A lot of people would hesitate before they signed onto this.

Says the man who runs into burning buildings.

I'm not running anywhere now,

and might not ever again.

You proposed to me knowing that I might be in a chair

till death do us part.

And if the situations were reversed,

you wouldn't have hesitated.

Look, I don't know anything for sure about your condition,

but I do know that "in sickness and in health,"

those are more than just words to me.

All right, now you're just trying to choke me up.

Well, maybe I'll be on my feet standing next to you

after you walk down that aisle.

You know where you two should go together, actually?

Um... Paris. Right?

Why not? Ashley's always wanted to go,

and now's the perfect time

for you to make her dreams come true at your honeymoon.

There isn't anywhere I wouldn't go for my bride.

Now that we're gonna spend our lives together,

I'll do whatever it takes to keep her happy.

I've been thinking,

and I believe my idea is very au courant.

Gran, the idea is solid.

It's just that I'm seriously questioning

if I'm even cut out to be an influencer anymore.

Even with Allison locked up, there's still a whole lineup

of trolls just waiting to take their shot.

And I used to just brush it off.

I thought that attention was attention,

but now, I know better.

Gran, you are a man whisperer.

Tomas accepted your apology?

Thanks to you.

See? Listening to your gran pays dividends.

Gran thinks that we should have an online launch without press.

I was just telling her it's crazy.

Or...

crazy good.

DANI: Seat taken?

I don't think anyone can be as alone as I am right now.

I see you,

and I raise you one lonely woman.

I just got some great news.

Your face cards are not giving celebratory vibes.

Ah. That's because I'm a selfish player after all.

Okay, now, you're not stealing the whole me, me, me thing.

-That's mine. Lay it on me. -Come on.

'Cause I'm in the glass house

about pretty much everything right now.

How about Ashley proposed to Derek?

Yeah, and-and I have no right, I know,

but it feels like someone has punched me in my heart.

How's that for selfish?

Well, that was big of Andre.

You don't have to pretend that wasn't awkward.

But now, he knows that I'm right where I'm supposed to be.

No secrets.

Just you and me headed towards our happily ever after.

No secrets, huh?

Why? Is there something you want to tell me?

I just want to skip ahead to that honeymoon Andre mentioned.

Okay, but we don't have to go to Paris.

As long as you're with me.

I'm not sure if I'll ever feel

the sand between my toes again...

...but I want to float on my back somewhere with you.

Feel the sun on my skin with your hand in mine.

I just want to get out of these fluorescent lights

and be alone with you.

I want that, too.

I want you for all of you.

The question is-is,

can you put up with all the parts of me

that annoyed you so much the last time I moved in?

Because this...

This is a lot bigger than scratches on the fridge.

That's a brilliant idea.

It's not exclusive, but

we can have a QR code

so people can buy while they watch.

I'm not opening that door again for millions of Allisons.

Well, we can have someone man the chat.

Samantha. She's a whiz. She could moderate.

Naomi told me that shutting down my socials

would be letting Allison win.

I don't want to give her that power.

This could be my chance to get it back.

My work, my following,

everything I've built.

That's my girl.

So... is that a yes?

[Anita clears throat]

Thank you, Gran, for your brilliant advice.

No one puts Chelsea in a corner.

I can explain. Well, I can't, exactly,

but trust me, you'd approve.

You know, when specificity is lacking,

I assume someone is stupid.

Or hiding something,

and I know you're not the former.

I meant no disrespect.

Come on, man, relax. Relax, Tomas.

Man, I know Hayley put you in an impossible position,

and I know exactly what the missus is up to.

-You do? -Mm-hmm. Yeah.

She's trying to prove a point, and she used you to do it.

-What point? -Oh, nothing to worry about.

This is above the scope of your work.

-It won't happen again. -I know it won't.

'Cause that problem's in my rear view.

I hate to see you hurt,

but I think you and Nurse Sunshine and Rainbows

dodged a bullet, and that's coming from someone

far more selfish than you.

Yeah. So you want me all to yourself?

I enjoy you very much, Andre.

But more importantly, she's just not right for you.

Maybe fate played a hand and stepped in.

Maybe you missed connecting with Ashley

so that she could be there for Derek.

Yeah, Ashley said the same thing.

It took everything in me not to grab her hand

-and just whisk her away. -But you sucked it up.

Probably offered to photograph the wedding.

Practically.

You're not alone.

I'm the bad girl, even when I'm trying to be good.

Hayley got it in her head

that I was trying to reconnect with Bill

when I was recreating one of Chelsea's childhood parties.

What does she think I'm gonna do,

seduce him in front of my daughters?

-You're a great mom, Dani. -Right.

But...

...if I'm keeping it a buck,

the chemistry you and Bill have

can be seen across any room.

Hell, it can be seen at 50,000 feet.

But you would never tell me not to see him.

I don't know what kind of twisted fairy tale

Hayley thinks she's living in.

Well, we've established that we're both selfish

and misunderstood. Now what?

-\We have a drink.

Okay.

But we're not commiserating having no one waiting on us.

We're celebrating our freedom,

whether we want it or not.

It's a given.

You don't even have to ask.

You're moving in.

Hold that thought.

You okay?

[door opens]

How's the patient?

I've made a decision, thanks to your advice.

Narrow it down.

I lay down advice constantly.

What you said about trusting Ashley to handle the truth.

Oh, good.

She's gonna take me home as soon as the doctors sign off.

Well, and once I get my place ready.

Oh, that's not what I was expecting you to say.

Well, I can consult with home care

about how to adapt my place for Derek,

and I can bring him in to see you for PT.

DEREK: This is what's best for us.

We just got engaged.

We deserve our time.

So how about it, Shanice?

Can you help a patient out?

For the sake of true love?

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