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(male narrator)
There are certain
milestones in our lives

that give us the opportunity
to reflect on where we´ve been

and to look ahead
to where we´re going.

If you´re lucky,
the looking ahead

is as much fun
as the looking back.

But not everyone is lucky.

Okay, people, we´re gonna
group up alphabetically.

A to D, follow me over here.

Hey, what´s up?

Hey, man, we never finished
that game of H.O.R.S.E.

Yeah, right.

Stop by my house anytime
this summer. I´ll be there.

Can´t. Harvard beckons.

My parents bought me up one of
those mini-fridges for my room.

It´s gonna hold one thing
and one thing only

all beer,
all the time.

So...what are you doing
next year, man?

Oh, I haven´t really
figured that out yet, so..

- Yeah.
- Good luck.

[phone ringing]

- Hello?
- ´They teaching how to walk?´

(Ephram over phone)
´That´s pretty sad,
even for you.´

- Oh, man. Where are you?
- ´Turn around.´

´How much longer? Thought we´d
have a "Vice City" showdown.´

I would much rather
be stealing cars

and running over
pimps right now.

Why, is it that bad?

I´ve read books
funnier than this..

...and I´ve known these guys
my whole life, you know..

...and I have nothing
to tell them.

Like they have anything
to say to me.

For what it´s worth, I mean,
nobody talks to me either.

It´s actually a good thing.
Less names to remember.

You want me to stick around?

No. That´s...it´s probably
gonna take forever.

Go ahead, save yourself.

Alright, but remember,
it could be worse.

You could be stuck here
for another year.

Sometimes in these moments
of great promise and potential

we often wish
we could simply stop time

to relish in those
final moments of glory

and to put off the future
for just one more day.

[theme music]

- Keep pouring.
- You sure?

I´m having a tumor removed
from my brain within a week.

Now, is not the time
for temperance.

Got a date with
a Denver radiologist for

for an MRI at noon,
so we´d better get going.

- Operation´s next week, right?
- It is.

But your dad´s
gotta do some tests.

See what´s
going on up here.

Okay. Let´s go, you.
Nina´s gonna be here soon.

- Do well on your test.
- Thanks. Me too.

Permission slip. I gotta
get out of school tomorrow.

Right. Why is that again?

Audition?
Juilliard summer program?

Processing? Anything?

Dr. Douglas and I have
a lotta work before next week.

- Not sure I can go with you.
- That´s fine.

It´s a quick trip.
I don´t need you there.

I thought you two were supposed
to be on the road already.

Working on it, working on it.

Okay, coffee´s ready
and impressively unburned.

Delia´s dressed and getting her
shoes on. You´re a lifesaver.

Coffee good, daughter dressed,
me wonderful. Check. Go.

(Andy)
Alright, phone is on
if you need it.

Well, and there goes
General Brown.

So, how is everything with you?

No offense, but you look
a little all over the place.

- No. All here.
- Um-hm.

- Are you still on Madison?
- No.

Well, yeah. I mean,
it´s kind of like that

but it´s not that exactly.

It´s like two things
that have you never to do

with each other
but kinda do.

Okay. Well, let´s back it up

a little less abstract,
more names and verbs.

Come on, I´m the only female
perspective you got for miles.

Alright, so the other day
Bright told me that Amy

might be interested in me.

- Amy? Wow, how do you feel?
- I don´t know if it´s true.

Last week, Bright told me
he saw Gwyneth Paltrow at Sal´s.

I guess the first question is.
Do you want it to be true?

I don´t know.
I´m not over Madison.

I´m not ready for all that
relationship stuff again.

- Well, there´s your answer.
- Yeah, but it´s Amy.

This entire situation
is preposterous.

I´m very sorry for your
circumstances, Dr. Abbott

but we´ve reviewed your files
and we don´t feel comfortable

keeping you on
as one of our policy-holders.

You felt comfortable covering
Abbott Medical over 50 years.

You certainly felt
comfortable hiking my premiums

to $50,000 last year

which I paid in full
and on time.

I understand, all underwriting
sees is the potential

for one former patient
to come forward with AIDS

and blame you for it.

Responsible or not,
we´d be looking

at the threat
of a 10-figure lawsuit.

We´re talking in circles now.

I think it´s time that I have
a word with your supervisor.

I am the supervisor.

Oh, that´s fine.

Well, I am more than happy
to take my business elsewhere.

I´m afraid you´ll find it will
be very difficult being covered

by anyone, given the
circumstances.

I don´t understand
what the problem is.

Not a problem.
It´s a dilemma.

´If I invite Josh to the party´

I´ve guaranteed lake dates at
his parents´ cabin this summer.

But if I invite Ryan,
I could scam a trip

with him and his family
to London.

- But Ryan has major backne.
- True.

Who are you bringing, Amy?

- Ephram, hey.
- Hey.

Scooch over. Sit.

- Hey, how´s it going?
- It´s going good.

Um..

So, we were talking
about Page´s party

that she´s having
tomorrow night.

´Her parents rented
this giant TV´

so we´re having
a kinda end-of-the-year

end-of-the-world double feature.

Armageddon. 28 Days Later.

Ben Affleck. Zombies.

Um..

- So do you wanna come?
- No, I can´t.

- Thank you, though.
- Gotta hot date or something?

Yeah. With three
uptight music critics

from the Juilliard
summer program.

It´s sort of an
audition thing, you know.

- Wow, that sounds kind of huge.
- Yeah, it´s pretty cool.

It´s in Boulder so
I´ll get back late.

I gotta leave
at the crack of dawn.

- Nice bonus.
- So your dad´s not taking you?

No, he can´t.
So, you know, it´s just me.

Yep.

Anyways, tick-tock,
the party isn´t planning itself.

Alright, well, I´ll let
you guys get back to it.

I´ll see you later.

- Good luck tomorrow, Ephram.
- Thank you.

- ´What´s this?´
- ´It´s your birthday present.´

(woman on TV)
´Held steady at 6.1 percent.´

(man on TV)
´That led New York to their
fourth consecutive victory--´

Busy day, I see.

I´m looking for those
DeVry commercials.

They´re always on,
except for when you need them.

You´re not going to DeVry,
Bright. Now, hop up.

Your grandparents should be here
any minute. God help us all.

What? You have to have this
pressed before your big day.

Don´t pick up your diploma
looking like a paper ball.

- Doesn´t matter. I´m not going.
- Not going where?

- To graduation.
- Come again?

I figure, I´ll get
my diploma in the mail.

It´s the same difference.

Listen to me.

I understand, things haven´t
exactly gone the way you´d hoped

but this is a milestone,
a truly momentous occasion.

You don´t wanna look back
and regret you didn´t go.

Thanks, but I got the looking
back and regretting thingdown.

I don´t need an audience for it.

And the hard work you put in?
You deserve to celebrate that.

And be celebrated
for all of your accomplishments.

What accomplishments? It took me
13 years to finish 12 grades.

- I failed. The end.
- I understand you´re upset--

I´m not upset. It´s gonna
be freaking embarrassing.

Because everybody there
has plans and I have nothing.

You will. But for now,
you´re going and that´s that.

In five years you´ll thank me.

No, I won´t,
because I´m not going.

We´re home.

This is incredibly
selfish of you, Bright.

So what?
I busted my ass for County.

I took them to state 3 years,
football and basketball.

What´d they give me? A handshake
and a piece of paper.

- ´They did nothing for me.´
- Forget them, do it for us.

Indulge us
with a few hours of your life.

Your grandparents have
traveled from Scottsdale

to see you walk that stage.
Do it for your family.

I have done plenty for this
family this year already.

I got good grades.

I shut my mouth when
you ran Amy outta here.

For once, I´m gonna do what
I wanna do, okay? So back off.

Well, it´s nice to see that
nothing has changed around here.

As you can see,
the meningioma has grown

since we last
looked at the films.

It´s impinging on the motor
strip of the parietal lobe

´which is going
to make the surgery--´

- Even riskier than before.
- I´m afraid so. I´m sorry.

Call Dr. Adler down.

I´m gonna need
to see a schedule for the OR.

And I´ll also need a bipolar
stimulator standing by

so I can test speech
functions during surgery.

Cancel the stimulator.

If we go that deep
into the lobe, I´ll need--

You won´t be going
that deep. Cancel it.

Yes, sir.

What? I can´t do a complete
resection unless I have the--

Forget the resection.
It´s too late.

- No, it isn´t.
- Yes, it is.

Take out what you can,
treat the rest with radiation.

Plan for the debulking tomorrow.

Listen, if we leave
any part behind

you run the same risks as if
we´d left the thing in there.

If we take it out, the prognosis
is for a full recovery recovery.

Stop talking to me like
I have no idea what´s going on.

- Donald, I was your student.
- I´m not gonna argue with you.

- You´re rusty.
- I haven´t performed in a--

You haven´t performed in almost
a year, and look how that ended.

You´ll do as I say. That´s it.

What on Earth
is that noise?

What noise?

Oh, it´s just Harold chewing.

There he is,
my handsome grandson.

- Would you like some breakfast?
- I´m fine. Gotta get to school.

Best place ever, right, dad?

Oh, it´s such a shame.

I heard on the news that
most problems with kids today

have to do with
a poor male role model.

And on that note..

Where you going? I thought
your office was closed

because of insurance problems.

Oh, goodness, I completely
forgot to ask you

about your meeting yesterday.

How did it go?
Is it all cleared up?

It is.
They´ve reinstated my insurance.

- I´m back in business.
- Wonderful.

Good, then this trip
won´t be a complete loss anyway.

You can have a look
at Herb´s boils.

- Beg your pardon?
- I got some boils, you know?

They need taking care of.
Size of nickels.

No sense in paying a real doctor
to do something you can handle.

I am afraid,
I´m totally booked up.

I have many,
many patients today.

You can´t make time
for your own family?

I´m sure he can find
ten minutes in his schedule.

Isn´t that right, Harold?

Shall we say 11 o´clock?

- Actually, 11 is little late--
- Eleven will be just fine.

Anybody seen my..

Thanks.

Nin, you needn´t do this.

Oh, please.
It´s practically a ritual.

Alright, I´m out.

Drive safe.
Call me when you get there.

- How about, "Good luck"?
- Oh, yeah. Good luck.

- You okay?
- Not particularly, no.

Having to move up Dr. Douglas´
surgery isn´t a good thing.

- The tumor grew.
- The meningioma?

I pay attention.

I know you haven´t done this in
a while, but you´ll be great.

Well, that´s nice of you to say.

It´s too bad my arrogant
ex-mentor doesn´t think so.

´He´s gone from super mentor´

to arrogant ex-mentor
overnight? That´s impressive.

I wasn´t fond of the way
he talked to me.

He completely disregarded
my opinion and basically

dictated the way that
I was gonna perform his surgery.

How´s his way
different from yours?

One lessens the threat
of motor-function deterioration.

The other would mean
a full recovery.

Granted the second one
would be more risky.

Let me guess,
he went for the safer choice.

He doesn´t trust me.

He obviously has no confidence
in my abilities as a surgeon.

At least not anymore.

Andy, just think
about it for a second.

A man in his early ´70s
going in for major surgery

finds out that the surgery´s
more major than he thought.

If it were any patient,
you´d understand. He´s scared.

He´s not scared. Other patients
might be, but not him.

He´s too cocky to be scared.
Trust me.

Okay.

- What?
- Nothing.

You know the saying,
"Don´t drive angry"?

The same thing
applies to neurosurgery.

Well, I am angry.

I accept that there are things
in life that I can´t control.

But this surgery
is not one of them.

If I can´t make
decisions in that OR

if I´m not allowed
to use my instincts

then I´m already
playing with a handicap.

If he´s not coming back
the way he is

now, then what
the hell am I doing it for?

Maybe, he´s not
the only one who´s scared.

Hey. What are you--

I brought Chupa-Lupas,
Fruit Roll-Ups and In Touch.

Thought of a mix tape, but then
you´d only have an eight-track.

I thought you had
an apocalypse party?

Thought it´d be kinda
false to go to a party

with a bunch of people
I didn´t talk to all year.

I´d much prefer a road trip.

So you wanna come?

Yeah.

I mean, if you want me to.

I thought you might
want some company.

What flavor
Chupa-Lupas do you have?

We have options.

Mr. Jensen, just sit.

Good. Anywhere. There.

If I´m gonna sit here all day,
pretending to be a patient

I´m gonna need
more than this.

Well, this won´t take
all day, Mr. Jensen.

I need you to pose
while I take care

of my father-in-law.
Half hour, tops.

´Yes, Thurman?´

I was just wondering,
what exactly do I have?

- It would help me prepare.
- You have the flu.

- Yes, Thurman?
- ´I had the flu this season.´

Couldn´t I have something
more exotic? Smallpox, maybe.

- Pneumonia.
- ´Okay.´

Sciatica.
Abdominal pain. Arthritis.

Incontinence.

Well, hey, just take a look
at this place, huh?

- Hasn´t changed in years.
- No, it hasn´t.

Good thing you don´t do
the decorating at home.

You should try to get one of
those homosexuals from the TV.

To come in here
and spruce the place up.

[coughing]

- Twenty-eight minutes, Abbott.
- What does that mean?

That means we are on an
extremely tight schedule

and I sincerely hate to
keep my patients waiting so if..

Are...aren´t you coming in?

I´ve seen the boils already.

I´m not missing much,
believe me.

[coughing]

[no audio]

It´s to the left here.

[piano music]

I could tell you a joke.

Bright told me this stupid joke
about a camel the other day--

- Let´s just blow this off.
- But you´re up next.

I know. You´re gonna
get bored. I´ve no chance.

We leave now, we´re on the
second fries basket for lunch.

No, no, no.
I wanna hear you play.

I don´t wanna be here. Honestly,
my track record with sorta thing

not good. Bad.

- I don´t know why I´m here?
- I do.

Shh.

Look, half of these kids
that are here today

are just good
at playing the piano.

Their parents told them so,
their grandparents told them so.

Now, they´re using that skill
to get into some fancy college

so that they don´t have to go
to science class anymore.

They´re here to impress old men
to help themselves to Juilliard.

- That´s not why you´re here.
- It´s not?

You don´t need some school
to tell you what you´ll be.

You already know.
You´re gonna play piano.

It´s your destiny, your fate,
or whatever you wanna call it.

So you don´t get to decide
when, or if, you play the piano

you just do
because it´s who you are.

That´s why we´re here today.

- So this is meant to be?
- Yeah, I think so.

(male #1)
´Ephram Brown?´

´Ephram Brown.´

Good luck.

What are you all doing here?

They´re in a doctor´s office.
They´re here to see the doctor.

Louise.

Dr. Abbott, I came by to water
Frieda. She´s our ficus.

- Our insurance get reinstated?
- Yes. Yes, it did.

So, why didn´t you
call me back in to work?

- Thought you´re in Barbados.
- Barbados?

Bermuda. Wherever it was
you chose to vacation this year.

In any case, you´ve
clearly returned early

and with a lovely tan,
I might add.

- I´m confused.
- Of course. It´s the jet lag.

Go home. Get some rest.
I will call you when I need you.

Mr. Jensen, you´re up.

Well, you know,
thanks a lot, Harold.

Look, we´ll see you
back at the house, okay?

Can´t wait, Herb.
Goodbye, Carol.

Do I really look tan to you?

(woman on TV)
´collect samples from the comets
that may provide evidence´

´that comets brought water here,
making life possible..´

I haven´t watched this
much television in a decade.

All these new channels, they
don´t make much difference.

Well, Delia likes Animal Planet.

We got a couple of hours till
surgery. Thought we´d talk.

Yeah, you can spare me the preop
pep-rally speech, Andy.

You´re gonna have
a dressing on your head.

After the surgery, we´re gonna
do a baseline postop scan.

I expect to see you
on your feet within eight hours

to prevent any DVT--

[coughing]

It´s alright.
It´s alright. I´ve got it.

So, what do you need?

Wanna talk about testing
around the motor cortex?

- No, I´ve got it.
- Then you should get some rest.

Adler says you´ll be out in
nine hours but Adler is a putz.

You know I´m ready
for this, Donald.

Yeah, I know you are.
Been over it a dozen times.

You´re as ready as you can be.
Just stick to what I told you.

Yeah? What´s so funny?

You´re talking
the way I talk to Ephram.

- No wonder he slams doors.
- Yeah, well, I´m sorry.

I know what we´re up against,
and I´m past courtesy here.

I mean, I have a tumor
the size of an olive

up there where my motor
functions are.

I mean, I can recite every
damn base pair in the DNA.

I can tell you every vessel
that leads to the blood supply

but I can´t. I..

I can´t do
a damn thing to stop it.

Yes, you can, Donald. You have.

You´ve had 20 years to make me
into exactly the kind of doctor

you want working on you
in that room.

I know you don´t think
I´m capable anymore

and you have every reason.

I am out of practice.

My last surgery failed
and we lost Colin Hart.

It´s not you, Andy.
It´s the odds.

"Odds are something
that the ordinary use

as incentive or excuse."

Does that sound familiar?

I have forgotten
nothing you taught me.

Every adage

every insightful example

everything.

It is all going
to be in that room.

- You wanna go for it.
- I do.

Get the scans. We´ll go
over the resection together.

Just don´t screw
the damn thing up.

Quite the busy little office
down there today, Harold.

- Lots of crazies.
- Well, it takes one to know.

Good eye, Carol.

´You are a revelation
to diagnostic medicine.´

It´s true.

Some of my patients
do have mental health problems

as well as physical ailments.
It´s par for the course.

- More Scotch, Herb?
- Don´t mind if I do. Thanks.

(grandma)
´There was quite a bit of
unusual activity there today.´

Not only patients, but the nurse
returning early from Barbados.

- Oh, that--
- Simply to water a ficus.

- It´s a little strange.
- ´Louise in Barbados.´

There´s any image. Where would
you get an idea like that?

Harold?

Oh, it´s not what you think.

Why would you tell my mother
that Louise was in Barbados?

Because..

Because it was the first thing
that came into my mind.

I don´t understand.

Louise never went to Barbados.
And my patients were fictitious.

I paid them to sit there
so you´d think my office

was still running,
when in fact, it is not.

Why not?

Regency Fidelity refused
to reinstate my insurance.

So you lied to me?

There was simply no reason
to discuss it further.

Not with Bright´s graduation
turning everyone upside down.

Don´t even try to
pin this on me.

I mean, I saw no reason to add
to the tension in the house.

You can´t practice
without insurance.

I´m well aware of that.

It´s a simple matter of finding
another insurance company.

Before you jump down my throat,
I´m already making calls.

So far, several seem promising.

Surely, one of them will be
more than willing to take me on.

And what if they won´t?
What then?

I swear to God,
I thought I was gonna throw up.

I´m serious. I looked past those
curtains and saw those judges.

- I thought I was gonna puke.
- That´s sweet.

I´ve never had a girl
vomit for me before. Romantic.

You forget your keys
in there or something?

Why are we going home right now?

- Is this a trick question?
- We´re in an actual city.

So many things to do and we´re
driving to Everwood? For what?

Go to Page´s party.
It´s probably still going on.

By the time we get there,
Armageddon will be half over

the world would´ve exploded,
and there won´t be any pizza.

- This is true.
- Well, why don´t we hang out?

We can celebrate my impending
rejection with a fancy dinner.

Check out the Boulder scene.

We haven´t spent much time
together, just the two of us.

- Ah, never mind, just--
- No, I would. I just..

I don´t have very much money,
so we should just..

Well, that´s what emergency
credit cards are for, right?

Shall we?

- Have you found a good plane?
- I´m not ready for dissection.

The tumor´s all over
the middle cerebral artery.

I´m gonna keep teasing
and see where that gets us.

We´re at the 11-hour mark,
Dr. Brown,

and Dr. Koehler
is waiting to take over.

We´re almost there.
Tell the doctor he can go home.

That´s a mistake.

- Excuse me?
- We´re not almost there.

We have at least three hours
to go, maybe four.

´You should step out.´

I´ve performed 16-hour
surgeries on tougher cases.

Fourteen hours isn´t easy,
but it´s doable.

Doable when the hard part comes
at the beginning of the surgery

not at the end.

- Ask Dr. Koehler to step in.
- Thank God.

(Andy)
He´s to relieve Dr. Adler.

- What?
- Goodnight, doctor. Go home.

Get some sleep.
You could use it.

- ´Mom--´
- ´Premium is guaranteed--´

- ´Signed a promissory note--´
- ´Remember that--´

Little advice from a pro,
you wanna go slower.

Give it a two-second pause.
Flip, pause. Flip, pause.

Maximize your time without
skipping any of the good stuff.

You want me to
go kill Grandma with you?

We can go to prison together.

[Harold sighing]

There´s been an Abbott
Medical Office in Everwood

for over 50 years.

Always thought that
when it closed down

it would be because I retired
not because I had no choice.

You´re not getting
shut down, dad.

The fact is, right now I am not
allowed to distribute Band-Aids

´let alone write prescriptions.´

If I can´t find someone to
insure me, then no practice.

The truth is, no one I spoke to
today is willing to take me.

´I´m waiting on one more phone
call, if that doesn´t come..´

...that´s that.

But you´re a good doctor, dad.
You can´t give up like that.

I haven´t given up,
I´ve simply run out of options.

- There´s a difference.
- Okay.

Worst-case scenario,
the office gets shut down.

You´re not gonna sit and watch
cable the rest of your life.

You´ll figure something
else out to do.

I´m a doctor.
Doctors practice medicine.

I know that,
but they also do other stuff.

They teach,
they help firefighters.

Be a firefighter?

I appreciate what
you´re trying to do

but, Bright,
this situation is beyond

good advice
and a sunny outlook.

Oh, why, because you´re scared?
Yeah, I get that, okay?

I´m mastering in
scary right now.

But maybe this is the point,
to have a chance to be scared.

That´s why I didn´t
wanna go to graduation.

Didn´t wanna be freaking out,
not knowing what I´d do next.

But I don´t know,
now that I think about it.

I´ll also be the only one
who´s psyched to figure it out.

Almost makes me wanna go.

- ´Go?´
- To graduation.

- What is this about?
- No, I...what? I don´t know.

I mean, maybe I am clueless
and don´t have a plan.

But so are a lot of people.

And someone´s gotta represent.

Thank you. Alright,
this looks nothing like me.

You look great, but I look like
one of the kids on Hi and Lois.

That´s not true. You look cute,
for a cartoon character.

- Yeah, exactly.
- Shut up. Don´t be fishing.

No. I had a good one of these
done on Coney Island one time.

My mom liked it so much,
she had it framed.

Don´t know where it is, but
it´s better than this, I swear.

You can´t wait
to get back to New York, right?

Yeah, a little. I miss it. It´d
be cool to spend summer there.

- What do you miss about it?
- ´Just about being there.´

The unpredictableness of it all.

You never know what can happen
to you when you´re in New York.

Yeah, but that´s true
in Everwood too.

What was the last thing
that shocked you in Everwood?

Well, you.

When you came to Everwood
with your purple hair last year

that was pretty shocking.

So, my hair
is the most shocking thing

that´s happened
in the last 16 years?

That´s pretty sad, Amy.

I have to tell you the truth.
Meeting you wasn´t shocking.

- Thanks, that´s sweet.
- I mean, it´s pretty standard.

That I´d move
to a town like Everwood

and meet a girl like you.
It´s even more standard

that I´d totally
fall for that girl

and she wouldn´t
like me back.

I didn´t always
not like you back.

No? When did you like me?

Now. I like you now.

What do you mean?

I mean, I like you, Ephram.
I like you more than a friend.

I have for a while now. I just
didn´t know how to tell you

or if I should tell you

because of everything
that´s happened lately.

I like you, Ephram.

Wow!

Wait.

What?

Nothing. Never mind.

It´s just,
you didn´t seem surprised.

What are you talking about?

Well, I just told you
that I like you

which is pretty
big news, I think.

I mean, not in a full-of-myself
kind of way.

Just, generally speaking,
big stuff, you know?

You smiled and tried to kiss me.
Didn´t do your mumbling thing.

Yeah, I mean, I...you...I knew.
I said, "Wow."

I know, but it was a weird wow.

- Did you know? That obvious?
- No, you weren´t. No, I mean--

I kind of had an idea, but...
you weren´t obvious at all.

You did not do anything
embarrassing, don´t worry.

- I´m not worried.
- Okay.

Well, how did you know?

Well, why does it matter?

Because something´s going on
right now, and I can tell.

And...now I feel all weird,
which is exactly the opposite

of how I wanna feel
at this particular moment.

So if you could just
be honest with me.

Well, Bright told me, okay?

God, talk about
ruining a moment.

- Bright told you?
- He told me the whole thing.

He told me, you were
gonna tell me at prom

but then you didn´t..

- You know, it´s no big deal.
- I can´t believe this.

Wait, where are you going?

What...what´s the problem?
What are you--

- Go away, Ephram, I´m serious.
- Wait, are you crying?

- Ephram, go away.
- I´m not. I don´t understand.

- Why are you crying?
- Do you know hard that was?

- To open up like that?
- I think I do.

Maybe, it´s easy for you,
but it´s not for me.

I don´t like feeling vulnerable,
I told you ´cause I trusted you.

This whole night
you´ve been lying to me.

I wasn´t.
I wasn´t sure it was true.

If you cared whether it was
true, you could´ve asked.

Instead you created this
false moment, this whole night.

How much of it was
manipulation? Dinner? After
dinner?

Were you faking being
nervous at the audition?

That´s not how it happened.

Maybe you don´t see it, that´s
what happened. I am humiliated.

I wasn´t humiliating you. I was
trying to get you to tell me.

- I´ve said it a thousand times.
- That´s because you wanted to.

Not because I tricked you
into it by being calculated.

How many times have you lied to
me? With my dad? With Colin?

You knew I´d do anything
for you, you didn´t have to ask.

So you didn´t.
You´d bat your eyelashes

and cry on my shoulder.
You played me.

Well, tonight, I played you.

Ephram, I thought we were
ready, but we´re so not.

What? Ready for what?

Every time we´re close to being
more than friends, this happens.

Play mind games. It is horrible
how we hurt each other, Ephram.

Alright, we can
start over, alright?

We can treat each other
better this time.

- What? Why? Why not?
- I don´t want to anymore.

I don´t wanna do this with you.
I just wanna go home.

- Dr. Brown?
- What is it? What happened?

You have a call at the nurse´s
station. It´s your son.

Thank you.

His vital signs are stable. He´s
able to move his extremities.

And the postop MRI looked clean.
It looks good.

- ´I got great news.´
- ´You were to call yesterday.´

Yesterday was not so good.

Oh, I´m sorry, Ephram.

You can always audition
again next year.

- No, the audition was awesome.
- Oh, but you just said that--

Yeah. It was other stuff.

I got in.
I´m going to Juilliard.

Not for four years,
just for the summer program.

Oh, well, that´s great.
That´s fantastic.

Said I was the best, at least
in Colorado, Will´s gonna freak.

- Have you talked to him yet?
- No, wanted to tell you first.

I thought when you got home,
we could book a ticket online.

Do we have to do it
this soon? I mean..

...when do you have
to be in New York?

Don´t know. Next week sometime.
We´ll figure it out.

- Anyway, I should go call Will.
- Yeah, go ahead.

And congratulations, Ephram.
I´m very proud of you.

Hey, I almost forgot to ask,
how was the surgery?

Oh, it went well. Really well.

Then I guess it´s a great day
in the history of the Browns.

Yes. I guess it is.

Just in from Scottsdale,
Grammy and Pop-Pop.

Always so delightful.

Oh, here´s Mama Rose,
looking just radiant.

And behind?
It´s the graduate himself.

´Looking quite dashing
in his County colors.´

- Hear that? I´m dashing.
- I showed you to put the hat.

Had it sideways,
looked like a trucker hat.

It´s called style.
Maybe you should try it.

Alright, little sister,
go with your mother.

I wanna practice
my two-shot here.

Heaven´s sake, at this rate

we´ll be there
in time for Amy´s graduation.

(Harold)
´Erase that.´

- Oh, it´s you.
- Hello, Carol.

- You remember my husband?
- How could I forget?

- How are you, Merv?
- Just fine, Carol.

Lovely. Everyone´s here.
Shall we go?

Oh, here.

[phone ringing]

Abbott residence.

Yes, this is he.

Ah-ah.

I see.

I´m sure you noted
prior to this incident

my record was impeccable.

Yeah. Well, I understand.

Yeah, I´m sorry to hear that.

Thank you.

Sweetheart, if we
don´t leave now

my mother´s
gonna drive herself.

Harold?

Come on.
Let´s go watch our boy graduate.

So tell me everything. I wanna
hear all the gory details.

Not much to tell.
14 hours from open to close.

35.2 millimeters
of tumor fully resected

and everybody
calls me a genius.

- You saved his life.
- I saved his quality of life.

Why do you look like a guy
who got gum stuck in his hair?

Ephram got into
the Juilliard program.

That´s great.

That´s not great?
That´s horrible?

No, no, of course
it´s great. It´s wonderful.

He´s gonna be spending

eight weeks in New York,
living on his own

learning from the best musicians
in the world.

Far away from Everwood,
away from his family, from me.

I´m the most selfish father
in American history.

No, you´re not.

Then what´s wrong with me?
Why aren´t I happy for him?

You want my official diagnosis?

You´re exhibiting early signs
of empty-nest syndrome.

- He´s only gone for the summer.
- Last one before senior year.

After which,
he leaves for four years

then for good,
you´re starting to see it.

- You think so?
- Oh, yeah. It´s textbook.

Everybody worries their children
growing past their need for ´em.

You´ve got more of a reason,
because your son is gifted.

His talent could take him
even further than most kids go.

- Like it did with you.
- Oh, great.

These are the genes he inherits.

He couldn´t have just
gotten my eyebrows?

Well, he´s gonna go away
eventually, Andy.

All you can do is enjoy
your time with him.

And make sure there´s a place
he´ll always wanna come home to.

- Thank you, Dr. Feeney.
- You´re welcome, Dr. Brown.

Hey.

- Can I talk to you a second?
- It´s about to start, Ephram.

I´ll just be a second. I swear.

Look, we don´t need to do this.

I think we said everything
we needed to say last night.

At least I did. And whatever you
need to say, you don´t have to.

I´m sorry.
I know you´re sorry, so..

Well, I didn´t
come here to apologize.

- I came here to thank you.
- For what?

For helping me with my
audition. I got in.

Really?
That´s awesome

- When did you find out?
- This morning. They called.

I´m off to New York next week.

Next week?
That´s...that´s really..

That´s fantastic, Ephram.

Thanks.

But seriously, I couldn´t
have done it without you, so..

You´re welcome.

- Alright. So, I´ll see you?
- Yeah.

Alright.

And now without further ado

I welcome you all
to Peak County High´s

graduation ceremonies, 2004.

Please join me in congratulating

the first graduate
in his class

´Harold Brighton Abbott.´

[crowd cheering]

´Harold Brighton Abbott.´

We´re taught to remember
only the significant moments

the rites of passage.

In truth, the smaller steps

that get us to these
momentous occasions

are just as significant.

Looking back, we see
it´s not just the high points..

...but the low points,
that also define who we are.

And who we will become.

[theme music]