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Thank you.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. I don't get it.

Every year, people flock to his house to take pictures. Never our house.

It's not fair.

I work just as hard as he does. What does he have that I don't? Oh, I don't

know. Taste? He's bribing them with free food.

Go make some cookies.

Let it go, John. Christmas isn't about competition.

Just be grateful for what we have. No.

I have a better idea.

But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be on your own front

door. You want to see something good?

Get a load of that.

Look, it's up in the roof.

It's beginning to look alive. You looking? You looking?

Soon the bells will start.

And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing right with

Like Christmas.

911, what's your emergency?

I think Christmas killed my husband.

Sir,

can you move at all? It hurts. Okay, probably a good sign. Just stay still.

you tell me how this happened?

Snowman pushed me off the roof.

Blood pressure's 120 over 70.

Respiration's good.

All right. Can we move him over a little bit? Yeah.

Doesn't appear to be any spinal damage.

All right. Let's get him on a backboard.

Oh,

it looks like the baby Jesus broke your pole.

That's a Christmas miracle.

You guys ready? Yeah.

Oh, look, Johnny.

Finally got your wish.

Everyone's taking a picture.

Ready to go.

This is the best Christmas ever.

That knot

is the same size it was ten minutes ago. I'm beginning to think it's something

mankind wasn't meant to tamper with. Well, maybe you'll have better luck with

your next project.

Yeah. Oh, Harry saw a YouTube review. He has been talking about nothing else for

three months. He's been hiding it in the garage.

When we were kids, we got excited about lawn darts.

Lawn darts? Yeah, you know those metal spikes with the wings on them you'd toss

across your lawn?

I think they stopped making them because there were so many injuries. I loved

them. My brother was a madman. He'd throw them way up in the air and they'd

laugh at me while I freaked out running around not knowing where they were going

to come down.

I think this is a minimum two -hour assembly.

It's getting pretty late, so... Maybe you could just sleep over.

We can make a knife of it.

Hot chocolate and a little fucking coal. Well, I like the sound of that.

No, it would be even better if you didn't have to sleep over at all because

already lived here.

Wow.

You look like you're praying for a 911 call.

Oh, no, I'm not.

Well, maybe a little cat in a tree.

I just, you know, get tired of having to say goodnight to you at the door.

Tired of sleeping alone in a bed made for two. I want you in my life.

I know the idea of another family, instant family, probably rings a lot of

for you after what happened.

No, it's not that.

You just took me by surprise.

I'm not trying to give you an ultimatum.

I mean move in or else. And it's not me. It's not it.

I just wanted you to know that I was hoping to take him the next step.

Want a roomie?

Yeah, about that.

Hey, looks like you're stuck with me again.

Sorry. Okay, I have a new air mattress waiting for you.

You saw this coming?

You didn't?

Always happens.

Really? I feel pretty good about how that went down.

You know what I mean.

We say we're gonna talk and work things out, but we just keep ending up like

this.

It's a different way of working things out. Mm -hmm.

Are you getting the tree today?

Mm -hmm. With the annual tradition of convincing him that no, a 16 -foot tree

does not fit in the house.

You know, I caved one year.

That last Christmas before you got back.

You hadn't been feeling well, and... I missed you.

When Christopher looked up at that... Giant tree.

I couldn't say no.

Where'd you put it?

The backyard.

Of course.

But we didn't have enough ornaments to cover it, so we just loaded it up with

lights and ribbon.

I got the sleeping bags out, and we laid under it and just stared up at the

branches for hours.

He must have loved that. Yeah.

You know he still won't tell me what he wants for Christmas.

I tried everything.

Did you take him to see Santa?

The creepy guy at the mall with the fake beard?

No.

Oh, my God. You still haven't let that go.

Look, just because you got scared and threw up all over Santa, that doesn't

mean... First off, yeah, that was very wrong of my boy. Let me tell you that

story. And second, no, I wasn't scared.

The old guy smelled bad and I had a stomach flu. Really?

Two years in a row you had the stomach Why

is he here? I thought

you were picking him up. I'll distract him. You head up the back.

Hey, buddy.

Hey. I was just about to pick you up at Abuela's.

Oh, he was so excited about decorating that he couldn't wait to get in.

Yeah.

Did you have company?

What?

No, you know I'm not the best housekeeper. Hey, show me what you got.

We ended up with two Christmas trees.

He said, this is Daddy.

Yeah? This is me. Oh.

He loves his green one, doesn't he?

Let me help you out, buddy.

9 -1 -1, what is your emergency?

I think I'm being shipped to Milwaukee.

I beg your pardon? I can't breathe.

Sir, where are you calling from?

I'm trapped inside a Christmas present. You know what now?

I work at West LA Distro in Sepulveda.

I was pulling a double shift in the warehouse and... Ow!

Oh, I'm bleeding.

Something about to hit me in the head.

I must have passed out in one of these boxes and then it got loaded somehow. I

think I'm on a truck.

Okay, the West LA Distro in Sepulveda.

Tell me your name.

Brandon Skinner. Okay, Brandon, you're sealed in a box and you think you're on

truck. Yeah.

I'm getting jostled pretty good in here. Is it a cardboard box?

Yeah. Can you punch or kick your way out of it? I tried. I tried.

I've been shrink -wrapped. I'm getting a little claustrophobic. Brandon, my name

is Maddie.

Listen to my voice and just breathe.

I can't. I can't. There's no air. Oh, God. Brandon, there's air. You're

to me, so there's air. Stay calm.

We're going to find you. I'll contact the warehouse.

I hope we can track down the truck.

Brandon, do you know how long you've been in there? No, I just came to.

It's difficult to breathe.

I think I'm going to pass out again. Okay, I don't want you to talk a lot,

need you to try and stay awake. We're going to have you home for Christmas.

I hope not.

Not unless this box is going to Seattle.

Seattle? Yeah, going down here for school.

My mom wanted me home for Christmas break.

She offered to pay for it, but she can't afford it.

I should probably call her in case you guys don't find me in time. We're going

to find you.

Stay with me. There are trucks leaving that facility every 20 minutes. We're

working with the warehouse to try and contact all the drivers.

Stop. I think we stopped.

Hey! I'm in here! Help!

long has he been in the air?

Plane took off from LAX 18 minutes ago. It diverted to SoCal Airport.

18 minutes. It's nearly long enough to reach altitude.

It's not good.

Cargo with depressurizer heated.

I thought coach was bad.

Hey, Jim, make sure we have O2 in the warming blanket. Copy that.

Let's go, Chimp.

Oh,

joy.

Looks like we're opening presents early this year, huh?

Clock is ticking, guys. We've got to find this kid.

Dispatch said he was having trouble breathing even before he went up in the

Wait, did you guys hear that?

Stethoscope?

That's our guy.

They can get Prince Grandpa.

What do we got?

Yeah, I got him. He's in there. He's in there.

I see him.

He doesn't look good.

Get your bear out.

Get your bear out.

All right, Buster, you ready?

Yeah. One, two, three.

Good.

Sign him up.

Yeah.

Call Taps.

All right, put some blankets on him. I'm around with a pulse. I'm shutting

compression.

How's he doing, Eddie?

Still nothing.

Buck switch.

All right, switch him.

Come on out, Chip.

Poke a pulse check.

Still nothing.

I got a pulse.

Temp's rising.

Welcome back, Brandon.

You're not dead.

Well, someone really wants to talk to you.

She told me not to answer.

Who did?

Maddie, the 911 lady. She said she would ring it for you to find me.

Maddie? Jim?

I fancy meeting you here.

How's Brandon?

He's good.

He's here. You want to talk to him?

I do.

Hi, Brandon.

Thank you.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I look like an ornament.

Better on the tree than under it, right?

Thank you.

Shannon. What are you doing here? You won't answer my texts or return my

This is not the place. Maybe it's the perfect place.

We can actually have a conversation that doesn't end up with us in bed.

Follow me?

I can't do this here. Not now.

Then where?

And when?

It's been almost two months.

And right now I feel even further away from him and from you than I ever did

when we weren't speaking.

Are you ever going to let me see Christopher?

Of course.

Eventually.

Does he know that I'm here?

I didn't want to confuse him.

Not until I was sure. Me?

Because you seemed pretty sure when we started having sex again. Is that how

see this?

Some transaction?

What, you sleep with me so I let you see Christopher?

I thought it was a reconciliation.

Right up until the moment when you hid me from our son. I didn't know what else

to do.

I didn't know what else to do. And I'm not keeping you from our son like some

kind of punishment.

Whatever I need to do to prove myself and to fix things, name it.

I am there.

But you and me and hiding it from him, that is starting to make everything feel

more broken.

You keep looking to me like I have the answers.

I don't.

No, just the power.

I'm the one who screwed up.

The one who left.

I know I don't get to have a say.

So I'm following your lead.

But where are we going?

When will you be able to forgive me? I can forgive you.

I'm just not sure I can trust you.

Hey, so do you need help with Christmas dinner?

Is Bobby working that day? I don't know. I mean...

I did a thing the other night.

It was stupid.

Foolish. Hell, maybe it was right, but either way, it was thoughtless.

Okay. Well, what happened?

I asked Bobby to move in.

Move in here?

So how did he take that? Kind of like you right now.

Listen, I'm just standing here wrapping these packages. How do you know how I'm

taking it? I know that face.

You love him.

You're moving forward.

So am I. I mean, it's good.

But it ain't easy.

You know, things have been going so well lately that I kind of let myself forget

how complicated all this is.

Yeah.

When he's here, I'm joyful. When he's not, I'm lonely. I thought maybe he felt

the same.

Now, Bobby lived a long time with a secret, and so did I.

Who you are on the other side of that, I mean, it takes time to figure out.

Home isn't a place.

It's people.

And he loves you, and he loves our children.

So if this is meant to be, he will find his way home.

Have a good night, Cap.

Bobby, you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Now you have a good night.

Usually I finish my shift, check in with Athena, ask her if she wants takeout or

she wants me to cook.

Are you going to get into a fight or something?

She asked me to move in.

I feel like if I show up, she's going to want an answer, and if I don't, then...

Then it'll feel like an answer.

And I know how much it took for her to put that out there, and the last thing I

want to do is hurt her.

Bobby.

You guys deserve to be happy.

It'd be great if that was together, but if it's not, if you don't see a future

with her, you can't pretend that you do.

She's had enough of that.

You have to just tell her the truth. The truth is that I felt panic.

Well, maybe that's your answer.

Eddie's weeping with her, but he's lying about it. It's like he's having an

affair with his own wife. You don't think that's weird? I think it's none of

business. Now, can we please focus on the trees? Now, exactly how pissed off

Maddie? Should I be shopping for a six -foot apology or 12?

Pissed off you for what?

For kicking you off of my couch and onto hers.

It's an air mattress, and she is fine. If anything, I should be the one holding

the grudge, which I will.

You don't hurry up and pick a tree already.

Wait, are you seriously Googling Christmas trees?

I want to buy Maddie a gift, and I want it to be perfect.

I'm going to go find someone to help us.

You stop overthinking and just pick one.

I need

your

help here, big man.

Real cute.

Big man like God?

Or big man in a red suit?

Blue suit, actually.

Sent to Harabaji. It's Korean.

I haven't really given him a shout -out since I was nine, but I had no idea

there were so many different varieties of Christmas trees.

So it's an important purchase.

It's for a friend.

But she really loves Christmas, and I want to surprise her. A gift for the

girlfriend. Nice.

No, it's not like that.

She had a rough year.

A couple of rough years, I guess.

This is our first Christmas together as friends.

And I really, really want it to be special.

I'd go with the noble fur.

It's a classic for a reason.

All right. Thank you for your guidance. Jason. Jason Bailey.

All right.

Noble fur it is, Jason Bailey.

A Christmas tree. Yeah.

Buck said you didn't have one yet.

Uh, is this okay?

Is this the wrong kind of surprise? No, no, no. No, it's so sweet.

Really, I love that you did this.

You just didn't want it. That's okay. I mean, we shouldn't have assumed. I just

really wasn't going to do much Christmas this year because all of my decorations

and stuff are back in Pennsylvania.

And that is why we bought everything you need. We have lights. We have

ornaments. We even have...

An angel heifer on top of a tree. No, angels are creepy.

You know what? I think we might have overstepped. Maddie should be able to

out her own decorations. We'll just bring this back to the store.

What are you talking about? You can't return a tree.

Come on, you always loved Christmas, right?

Ornaments, stockings, cookies. You made your own bows. Yeah, I'm not really

feeling the holiday this year, okay?

Well, no.

No, it's not. Okay, come on. What's going on with you? I don't want to talk

about it.

Guys, it's fine. You know what?

I'm just going to take away the evidence before it starts into a crime scene,

okay? So you hate Christmas now.

Something else I can thank Doug for, huh? No, I don't hate Christmas, but I'm

starting not to like you very much, okay?

Just let it go.

You can't come into my house and fucking act this way.

Happy holidays.

Have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas.

And all

you

can eat sticky ginger chicken wing night at Terry's Tiki Room. I hate it when

they think someone wanted to do that.

I'm not phobic.

I'm not afraid.

Don't you mean the same thing?

What the hell are you afraid of?

This.

911, what's your emergency?

It's about my girlfriend's nose.

I'm not your girlfriend.

Seriously. What about her nose, sir? We can't find it.

Anything? Not yet.

It's not like it can roll.

Maybe a bounce.

Not that bad, right?

No. And they can reattach it, right?

Yeah, the cut looks pretty clean.

We'll find the tissue, pack it in ice.

There's an excellent chance you're going to be good as new.

And even if they couldn't, I wouldn't care.

Might need to up your comfort game a little there, Romeo. Look, I didn't mean

move too fast, but I just figured when you know something, you double down. But

then you backed off. You ran away.

You pushed me away. I told you I got scared.

Because you didn't want to be with me.

Doesn't that mean I'm supposed to let you go? Look, maybe she didn't want you

move on.

She just probably needed a minute.

Well, how was he supposed to know that? All right, okay, all right. Listen,

look. People aren't afraid of what they know. They're afraid of what they don't.

It's a hard thing to hand someone out the key into your heart and your

happiness. And then you realize that losing them would mean losing a part of

yourself.

Hey!

Found it.

Oh, sorry.

That's your idea of a Christmas movie?

Holy crap. Jason, uh, Bailey.

Yeah. What are you talking about? Die Hard is a holiday classic.

Really? I don't know. I guess I always thought it was a movie about a guy

to keep his marriage together.

With Tara.

At Christmas.

So what are you doing here? I thought you'd be up to your eyeballs in pine

needles. I'm just trying to find a gift for my special someone.

What about you? How did that tree go over?

Badly.

I'm not sure what to do. I think I've really screwed things up.

Well, your boy McClane screwed things up with Holly, right?

More than once, if I recall.

But he won her back in the end, didn't he?

You know what?

You're right.

I'm going to try again.

Not just this.

What's up, man? You lose something?

Yeah, my wallet.

Oh, no.

Here, I got it. No, it's okay. Look, I'll just... Take that so you can get it

out of the parking structure.

It's probably in my car. In case it's not.

I can't ask you to do that. You didn't ask, I offered.

Thanks. You know, I'll come to the lot and pay you back. Don't worry about it.

It's kind of a miracle that I ran into you.

It's Christmas, Theo.

It's a time of miracles.

I offered to wait in line with him, but he said it was private.

Christopher!

I really admire that kid.

I love the way he always wants to do everything on his own.

Yeah.

So?

Not gonna say anything?

About what? You know what about.

I figured it was none of my business. It's not.

That's what I'm saying.

It kind of happened, okay?

Now I got to plan it. I never said you did.

I only even reached out to her because I needed her help getting Christopher

into his new school. Totally understand. It's kind of... Ended up in bed. Well,

these things happen.

Not like you're breaking any commandments. You guys are still

Yeah.

I'm sneaking around behind my kid's back with his mother.

Christopher doesn't know?

I don't know what he knows.

These kids sense things, right?

The other day I made her sneak out so he wouldn't see her there. Trying to

protect your kid.

And she ran out on him, right?

I ran out first.

I ran out on both of them.

See, when Christopher was first diagnosed, I was in Afghanistan right at

of my tour.

Instead of going back home, I reenlisted.

I told myself I could pay the bills.

But you were running away too.

Yeah. But I got to pretend like it was for a noble cause. I'm serving my

country. When Shannon broke?

Nobody thought she was a hero.

She just got called evil.

And now she wants back in his life.

Yeah. Why don't you let her?

Seems like she's already back in years.

That's what's got me confused.

Would I be doing it for Christopher?

Or me?

Sex, cop, case, everything.

You said it, brother.

Is that right?

How'd it go, pal?

It went great.

So what'd you ask for? I can't tell. Santa said he would come in.

Let's go.

You two have an adorable son.

Is Santa real?

Why? Did someone say he wasn't?

What do you think? Do you think he's real?

When you were gone, I sent for you to come back and you didn't.

When I was in Afghanistan?

You know, buddy, Christmas wishes aren't like birthday wishes.

Yeah.

You can say them out loud and they'll still come true.

You

sure

gonna try?

So I asked Miss Ringley and she said it was okay to FaceTime during the

performance so you can see it.

Um, what time will it be over there in a half an hour?

I don't care what time it is. I'm not missing my little girl's first solo with

the... quiet.

I miss you, Daddy.

It's been so long.

I know. But you just go get ready. And I promise we'll be hugging real soon.

Yeah.

In a month.

Break a leg.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Surprise dinner? I've been traveling for 30 hours straight.

Every form of transport you can imagine.

Jeep, Humvee, APB, helicopter, 737, and now city bus.

All to make it home in time to hear my little girl sing in the choir.

This bus usually on time.

I got to make the crosstown connector and I don't want to miss it.

Relax. The good Lord wouldn't let you miss such an important event after all

you've done to get there.

Hey.

Hey, you took that man's wallet.

That's the Navy, son.

I'm a Marine.

Now give that man back his wallet, and I won't call the cops.

911, what's your emergency?

A truck just ran a red light and smashed into the side of a bus.

Where is this, sir?

A little shoot near MacArthur Park.

I'll take the driver.

So, I don't know how, but we have mostly minor injuries, some cuts and bruises,

except for this guy, and I don't know if he's going to make it.

Surgeon.

That truck came out of nowhere, man.

Piece of glass put him in the neck.

Feels like he hit a major artery.

Carotid. You got your finger in the hole?

That's what we're trained to do.

I've seen it before, unfortunately.

Me too.

Who are you?

Leatherneck. Yeah.

How was that back room? Army?

Uh -huh. Yeah, nobody's broke.

Let's run the fluids wide open.

You mind keeping your finger there for a moment? You don't have anywhere to be,

right? Right.

I'm good.

Okay.

On three.

One, two, three.

All right, let's move him out of here, guys.

All right, keep the pressure.

All right, he's stabilizing.

You gonna make it?

Thanks to you, Marine.

How you feeling?

I'm fine.

Anything else I can do?

We're good.

Thank you for your service. Literally.

All right, we'll take him.

I hear you have a show to get to, Marine.

Yeah, but I'm never going to make it.

Oh, yes, you are.

Let's go.

Better hurry up and get dressed. You're going to be there before you know it.

I'm going to cry.

I know I'm going to cry. Those soldier union videos on YouTube always get me.

Hi. Glad you came.

I wasn't sure.

I thought I scared you off.

I really shouldn't have sprung that on you like that.

I just, I wasn't thinking.

Well, you were feeling.

You were speaking from your heart, which is something that I love about you.

Which brings me to this.

Merry Christmas.

You don't want to wait till morning?

I don't want to wait another minute.

Bobby.

You'd offered me a key, so... I don't want to take

the next step. I want to take every step with you for the rest of our lives.

Marry me, Athena.

Bobby. I know it might feel sudden and fast, but we both know how life works.

Yeah. Life is fleeting and it's precious. And when you find happiness

find somebody who fills your heart, gives you hope for the future and faith

yourself, you have... Bobby, yes!

Yes? Yes.

You really said yes. It's a Christmas miracle. Just put the damn ring on.

And so I'm offering... Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

To kids from 1 to 92.

Although it's been said.

Dad! Dad! Wake up!

It's Christmas!

So I'm awfully different to pray to

kids from one to ninety -two.

Although it's been so many times, many

ways, Merry Christmas to you.

We've got turkey, ham, and six different sides.

Forget about the food. What you have here is taste. I mean, I know they call

diamonds rocks, but this is a rock star. I mean, is your hand tired?

Because I can help you carry that.

For a while, we need a little help. It is a promise to Athena and her family

a lifetime of happiness, love, and all the home -cooked meals you can eat.

Oh, that's sweet. But let's not forget it's also a big damn dance.

Thanks for inviting me. I brought Christmas and I brought congratulations.

Thank you.

Well, you are always welcome.

Maddie, did you want to join us? I think this year she needed a different kind

of Christmas.

All right, well, come on in. I'm excited.

Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, Chinese food, and Die Hard,

greatest Christmas movie ever made. I'm sorry.

About the tree, I should... Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Look, Christmas is supposed to be about feeling safe and warm with the people

you care about. That's the gift.

What it's wrapped in, it doesn't matter.

Who needs a tree?

Well, I decided I do.

I didn't steal it.

Someone left it on the sidewalk, and I didn't have a lot of time, so it's not

perfect, but... Well, who needs perfect?

It's, uh...

That's beautiful.

So what made you change your mind?

The holidays with Doug, they weren't a celebration.

It was a performance.

You know, pretending to be a happy couple that had it all. I just didn't

pretend this year.

But then I realized that he'd taken enough from me.

I'm not going to let him take one more thing. And I sure as hell, I'm not going

to let him take Christmas.

Last year was my worst Christmas ever.

But maybe also my best.

Because that's the day I decided to leave.

Now that is a good reason to deck the halls.

I know you tried so hard.

It just wasn't right.

It wasn't perfect.

You'll get it right.

Someday you'll get it right.