All language subtitles for Bluff City Law 1x03 - 25 Years to Life sva

My name is George Henry Bell, and...

on the night of October 15th...

I killed Tess Androde.

I was her teacher,
but we were also friends.

We'd argued earlier that day,

but that night when I...

ran into her at the diner,
things seemed better.

She said she needed a ride home,

so I told her I'd take her.

And once we were in the car,

we started fighting again, and...

before I knew it, my hands
were around her neck, and...

I was just squeezing...

and squeezing and squeezing.

And...

when I finally let go,
she was dead in my hands.

Coming!

Oh, good morning. Linda.

Elijah.

We haven't seen you around much,

and, well, I know you're busy,

so I thought neighbors help neighbors.

It's just a little
something I whipped up.

Mac and cheese... with brisket...

and B�chamel sauce,
and andouille sausage.

Oh. Very kind of you.

You know, I would invite you in,

but I gotta get to the office.

Oh, yeah. All work and no play.

Don't be a stranger.

And...

and if there's anything I can do...

Thank you, Linda.

Ellie Tomkins.

- Linda Holland.
- Linda Holland?

Whoo!

Memphis wolves are on the prowl.

Oh, Della, come on. It's a...
It's a casserole.

Sometimes a casserole
is just a casserole.

Sometimes it's a whole
other kind of dish.

Ooh.

Hey, thanks for this.

You don't have to thank me,
but if you want to pay me back,

I can take Connie Becker's shrimp
and grits off your hands.

Not a chance.

- See you later.
- See you later.

Pimento cheese and honey?

I'm telling you, this is a Memphis...

- ... Memphis tr...
- I don't believe it.

- ... tradition.
- I don't believe it.

Sydney, can I borrow you for a minute?

No. Mm-mm.

Ugh!

When I finally let go,

she was dead in my hands.

I know that he's innocent, and
I would still vote to convict him.

Why did he confess, anyway?

Well, he'd been in prison
for a number of years.

All his appeals had failed,

his wife's life was falling apart.

So he lied...

so that she could move on.

Well, unfortunately,
he did a really good job of it.

Yes, he... he did.

Jake, you have to get him
released based on the DNA

because if you try for a retrial...

I'll lose,

and George will spend
another 25 years in prison.

Hey, I made that list of cases

where confessions given
post-conviction were thrown out.

Emerson, this is amazing.

You are amazing.

Isn't he amazing?

Yes. Great. Amazing.

I have a client, so I'm just
gonna go and talk to him.

- Oh, jeez.
- Sorry.

Nope, that's okay. Go ahead.

- What?
- Nothing.

That was a beautiful
moment you just shared.

Could you just cut me
some slack, please?

Could you just do that, maybe?

I think you should cut him some slack.

I mean, he is your brother.

He's not my brother.

Okay, I'm sorry. He's your half-brother,

but all I'm saying is, he is new,

and you're you, so why don't you just...

you know, do something nice
and prove everyone wrong.

Wow... what did... What does that mean?

That's... that's...

You know, if you just think that...

Ah, the silver tongue of Sydney Strait.

Still as eloquent as ever.

Professor Marshall.

You are 10 minutes early.

10 minutes early is on time, of course,

assuming you remember anything
from my legal theory seminar.

- Yes, sir.
- I see your classmate does.

Tell me, does that rivalry still exist

between the two of you?

- What? No, no, we...
- Good.

I'm counting on it
to bring out your best.

- Mm-hmm.
- Shall we?

Yes, you go right in,

and I will be in in just one second.

Lunch.

- Sure.
- Tomorrow?

- Great.
- Great.

Good.

So, Professor, how's your son?

He should be out of college by now.

You think I'm here to socialize.

"Varnum v. Brien.",
"Loving v. Virginia."

It's possible this case
may one day join those

in the pantheon of civil rights history.

Well, we are honored
that you thought of us.

Honored and humbled.

Oh, please.
False modesty is beneath you.

You're the best.

I know that because I taught you.

Separated in the end by, what...

3/10 of a grade point?

- 4/10.
- 2/10.

There has been an injustice,

a grievous injustice
that must be addressed,

lest the fabric of our nation
tear under the weight of it.

Are you two aware of online dating?

- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, of course.

I spent $5,000...

on a premiere site offering
the very best of matching.

I'd like to sue them,
because they insist

on listing my age as 62 instead of 42.

But you are 62.

Think for a moment.

If I'm forced to use my biological age,

I will be matched with
candidates who do not suit me.

So you want to sue so you can say

you're younger to meet younger women?

I run 30 miles a week.

I consume all organic foods.
I treat my body like a temple.

Ask my doctor.

He'll tell you I'm as
fit as a 40-year-old.

Professor, this lawsuit
feels like a bit of...

- A reach.
- Is this a reach?

I identify as 42,

because that way of labeling
has gone the way of the dodo,

exposed as limiting and biased.

Well, socially, maybe,

but in terms of
the law, we still have...

In fact, it's still very difficult
to legally change gender.

A lawsuit claiming a
different age is gonna be...

If I knew it was gonna be easy,

I would've gone to my third
and fourth best students.

Now do you want to see these,

or shall I go to them?

Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie
www.addic7ed.com

Your Honor, the DA's office has reviewed

Mr. Reilly's request,

and after careful consideration,

we reject it entirely.

- What?
- May not be Mr. Bell's DNA,

but we still have the
unimpeached testimony

of multiple witnesses,

we have Mr. Bell's discredited
attempt at an alibi,

and we have the videotape
confession made

at Mr. Bell's request.

Therefore, his conviction should stand.

If I may?

When George Bell was convicted,

their whole case was DNA.

There was no confession then.

He hadn't... rotted in prison.

Hadn't lost his family.
Hadn't lost his hope.

And now we know that that DNA,
that DNA was flawed.

So everything, including his confession,

that can be explained by circumstance.

But the DNA, it tells all,

and it is not George Bell's.

We've taken 25 years
of his life, Your Honor.

25 years.

Let's not take another day from him.

I believe Mr. Reilly has established

that the most important piece
of the State's original case,

the DNA, is not that of his client.

I don't think that this piece
alone exonerates Mr. Bell,

but I do believe it merits a new trial.

So Ms. Cain...

you think he did,
you're gonna have to prove it.

All right.

Wait, what? A new trial?

We got a new trial.

I'll be right there, George.

- You're really gonna fight this.
- Why?

Your client murdered a 16-year-old girl.

I'm not gonna have some
hotshot waltz in here

and get him off on a technicality.

You may have some blood work,

but I have that confession.

I have the really George Bell,
and the jury's gonna see him.

You should've known that
you were never gonna

get that conviction tossed, Jake.

You're probably right.

No, I'm definitely right.

Well, in any case,

now I go to trial, criminal trial,

of which I've done exactly
zero of in the last six years,

and one in which my
client has confessed...

very convincingly.

Give me the pillars of the state's case,

without the DNA evidence.

Uh...

Eyewitness testimony
of victim's best friend.

Said that George and
the victim were close,

that they fought,
and that she was afraid of him.

And then you have the victim's mother.

Testified that George
never dropped her off

at home that night, even though
he swears that he did.

Without the DNA,

the next piece is the confession.

Okay, so our job is to
punch holes in these.

Our job?

I thought you'd let me
at least second chair.

You're the boss. You can't second chair.

I got Sydney doing the
Terennial settlement.

Anthony and Della,
they got their plates full.

Me?

I got divorcees bringing me casseroles.

Come on.

Do me a favor.

You're gonna save this man's life, Jake.

I want to be there when you do.

Finally getting back out there?

Ugh, please. This is just research.

I want to see how Marshall's
dating site works.

Didn't you say that costs $5,000?

This is the $50 version
run by the same people.

I will say this, though.

They sort by race, age,
gender, sexual orientation.

It's a veritable who's
who of protected classes,

but it's not illegal.

So if this is research,
why'd you post a picture?

Huh! Whoa. Look at the time.

I have a lunch to get to so...

You enjoy that lunch. Have fun.

- Thank you.
- Yes.

Have fun, y'all.

How you think that's gonna go?

I have no idea. See ya.

Hey, are you doing anything right now?

What's up?

I gotta go see George
Bell's original attorney,

Connor Markes, and I could use
another pair of eyes.

Oh. Oh, you know him?

Everybody knows Connor Markes.

How you doing?

Oh, hey. Briana.

Good to see you. How are you?

- How's your dad?
- Dad's fine.

Back to playing full-time.

I'll be better when you
pay me what you owe me

for the Webber investigation.

She's the best. You know that, right?

- Connor Markes.
- Jake Reilly.

Jake. Listen guys, I put the case
files on the table in the back.

You can read them here.
You can take them with you.

To be honest, I don't care.

And you gotta excuse me.

- Stella!
- Yes?

- Judge Hollis?
- He's on hold.

Don't be fooled by the bedside manner.

Connor's a good man.

Sydney, hey.

Hey.

- Usual?
- Yes, please.

You got it.

Uh, just the same, please. Thank you.

- No worries. Have it right out.
- Thanks.

So what about you?
Where did you grow up?

Um... all over, actually.

Yeah. My mom, she was in the army.

So I grew up all over.

You know, Georgia,

Kentucky, Texas,

Belgium, Germany.

Oh.

I suddenly feel very unworldly.

Tomorrow.

No.

No, as in not today,
not two days from now.

Tomorrow. Thank you.

Sometimes I fear for humanity.

So what's up, Jake?

I'm curious about the victim's diary.

You never entered it into evidence.

Ah, here we go.

No, no, I'm not second-guessing you.

- Yeah, you are.
- I just...

Yeah, you are. Literally.

- I'm not.
- Yeah, you are.

You're second-guessing me.

But that's fine.

There are passages in
the diaries that I think

could've been used to
contradict witness testimony.

Yeah, but there were also
23 references to George.

Now 23 references to
a friendship the jury

already considered sketchy.

He was her tutor. He was helping her

- get into college...
- You weren't there, Jake.

You have no idea, man.

And nobody believed George.

I mean, I was the only one who...

You know what?

You can do me a favor, Jake, and...

Why don't you just take the
files and leave my office?

Did I do something? I'm confused.

- You're confused?
- Yeah.

Let me tell you what confused is.

I fought for George
for five years, all right?

I wrecked a marriage,
I developed a ulcer,

and I didn't care
because he was innocent,

and I was all he had.

Man, this whole city hated him.

But I held the line.
I refused to give up.

So you can just imagine
just how confused I was

standing there in
Judge Powell's chambers,

begging her to hear one more appeal,

swearing on my reputation
that he was innocent,

when her clerk walks in and says...

"George confessed,

on tape,"

after everything I did

for five years.

Confused.

I've got court.

You can show yourself out.

You still think he's innocent.

Of course, he's innocent.

You be careful, Jake.

'Cause there's something
about this case.

I'd hate to see it break your heart too.

Wait, so that music
that you're listening to

in your headphones, that's your music?

Not all the time, but yeah.

I mean, I started DJing
when I was, like, 14.

And one thing everyone likes
no matter where you are...

- Yeah.
- Music.

- You know? It's like...
- Yeah.

- ... universal language.
- Mm-hmm.

You haven't touched your ribs.

Um... yeah.

Oh, shoot. You're not vegan, are you?

No, no, no, no, no. I just...

I am...

I'm weirded out by ribs.

You're weirded out by ribs?

Yeah, yeah. Um...

I don't know. It's like...

it's like with most food,
people go out of their way

to make it not look
like what it came from.

- Mm-hmm.
- But ribs just look like ribs.

Like right in your face.

Once you see it,
it's kinda hard to unsee it,

I guess.

Emerson, you just ruined ribs for me.

- Ribs!
- I'm sorry.

In Memphis. What am I supposed to eat?

Ribs!

I'm sorry.

It's true. I'm sorry.

- Everything okay?
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.

I just...

I totally forgot I have this...

meeting with my professor
that I have to get to.

No, no, no, you stay. This was...

this was great.

Is it just me, or have
the law students gotten younger?

Apparently, they look just
right to Professor Marshall.

Anthony, I am telling you.

Dating younger women is not
what this case is really about.

Ah, the prodigal children return.

Welcome.

Meet my top teaching assistant, Portia.

We are co-authoring an amicus
brief for the Supreme Court.

Portia, this is Anthony...

Anthony Little and Sydney Strait.

Competition. The elixir of youth.

Please, sit.

So...

you have good news?

Well, we looked into
suing the dating site,

and we don't think there's a case.

They don't get it.

The site sorts information

that members submit voluntarily.

The sorting itself is entirely legal.

- They just don't get it.
- Excuse me.

We're right here, and we're not done.

Since there's no case
against the website,

we think that our best
shot is to legally petition

to change your age.

Hmm. I'm listening.

We'll go at it the way other lawyers

are trying to tackle cases of
non-binary gender identity.

Those cases aren't getting very far,

as you both unnecessarily
reminded me in your office.

That's true, however,
we have one thing going for us

that the other cases don't,

a history of the court's
ruling on age discrimination.

We'll fashion an argument

based on opportunity bias
against people over 50...

- I was just saying that.
- As far back

as the Age Discrimination
and Employment Act of...

1967.

We're hoping since the court ruled

that age discrimination is real,

we can show that your
right to legally change

your age should be respected.

Interesting.

Inventive.

So if I were to follow this ingenious...

legal gambit of yours,

I'd have to first petition
the county clerk to change my age.

Yes, and then when they refuse,

we take them to court.

Petitioning the county is
as simple as filling out

- a form...
- 17B5?

I had Portia prepare one for you.

She is a whiz with forms.

So Portia is...

Annoying. Insufferable.

Among other things.

Are you sure this case is
about more than a genius

having a mid-life crisis?

It better be.

So I'll file the form,

and as soon as it's turned down,
set a court date.

Okay.

Sydney.

What's up?

I... I heard you had lunch with Emerson.

Yeah.

- How'd it go?
- It was good.

He's a really interesting guy, so...

Did he tell you that I had
to leave because I was...

'Cause of Marshall. Yeah, he did.

But still,

I just wanted to say that it...

it meant a lot to me that
you reached out to him like that.

Kind of thing your mother would do.

And, uh...

- I wanted to thank you.
- Okay.

That's really all I wanted to say.

Okay.

Dad?

Good luck on the George Bell case.

Okay.

Okay, trial starts tomorrow.

Our goal is to make the
state's case look so weak

that by the time that confession plays,

we've already got reasonable doubt.

Then it's gonna be up to
George to explain to the jury

why he confessed to
something that he didn't do.

We're really good on
these ancillary witnesses.

Let's hit these keys one more time.

Okay, so...

Olivia Scott: victim's best friend.

Now, the crux of her testimony is...

I spoke to Tess just a
few hours before she died.

Did she any anything
about the defendant?

She said they'd had a fight,

and that she was scared
of what he might do.

You know how you want to go at her?

Ms. Scott...

this conversation, you said that, uh...

that took place in the locker room?

That's right.

Would you be surprised to
know that those lockers,

they were closed that week
due to an asbestos problem?

Uh...

maybe it was somewhere else.

It was 25 years ago.

But you first told the story
to the police less than a week

after Tess was killed, didn't you?

Um...

What about her classmate, Thomas Engle?

ADA is relying on
this guy for the motive.

And what did she say about
the afterschool tutoring

she was getting from Mr. Bell?

That she wanted to quit,

but he wouldn't let her.

How do you counter that?

Uh, we don't.

Tess does.

This is from Tess's diary.

And this was written just
a week before she died.

"I don't know what's worse.

"Thomas wants me to quit...

"or he thinks that if I do,

I'll use that free time
to go out with him."

With their two best
witnesses on the ropes,

that leaves Deborah Androde,
victim's mother.

She's gonna hurt us.

The night of Tess's murder,

did she work at the diner that night?

Yes.

Did she say how she was getting home?

She not only puts them together...

She said Mr. Bell was giving her a ride.

She destroys George's alibi.

But she never came home.

Thank you, Ms. Androde.

Nothing further, Your Honor.

Mr. Reilly.

As painful as it is to just sit there,

without anything to
impeach her testimony,

you'll gain nothing from
crossing this woman the jury loves.

No questions, Your Honor.

The good news is,

if you knock out the first two legs

and survive the mom,
that's all they got.

All rise!

- Professor?
- Yeah.

Having her here doesn't
exactly help our chances.

So I shouldn't have my best student here

to learn from my former best
students because of... why?

Be seated.

Anthony, it just occurred to me

this might just be
about him getting laid.

Okay, well, just when
you think you've seen it all.

I've read Mr. Marshall's
complaint and the city's reply.

Ms. Strait, why on Earth should I grant

this...

change of age?

In 1967, the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act

was passed for a reason.

That reason was that we
sometimes discriminate

without even knowing it.

We create categories like race,
gender, sexual orientation,

and we think we know
what those words mean,

because we think their
definitions are fixed.

But those definitions evolve.

Sexual orientation started
with the assumption

that it couldn't be fluid.

Gender started as a
biological classification,

not an identity.

This is why so many young people

are coming forward and saying,

"Your definitions are out of date.

"I may have been labeled
a man when I was born,

"but I am a woman.

"Or maybe I was told to
be attracted to one sex,

but I'm actually attracted to them all."

We all have the right to privacy.

And that includes the right
to have our true identities

recognized by the court.

Especially when people are already being

discriminated against for
having those identities.

We're not asking the court
to erase age restrictions,

we're saying that this man,
who identifies himself

by who he likes, the hobbies he has,

and the health he maintains,
identifies as 42.

So who are we to say he's wrong?

You want some?

It's... a little stronger than
what the can might indicate.

- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.

I see we're both having good days.

Yeah, I just made a really
impassioned civil rights

argument to impress a professor

who wants to sleep with
women his son's age.

Well, tomorrow...

I get to play your
favorite confession video

to a jury who already
wants to convict my client.

It hurts, you know?

Letting George down

hurts.

Emerson's not my brother.

Not biologically, at least.

My dad met my mom when I was a baby,

and he adopted me when they got married.

I never thought that
it mattered. I mean...

he's always been my dad.

Just...

dad.

But now, I don't know.

You think like him.

You...

fight like him.

Care like him.

You're stubborn like him.

And don't get wrong,

you're all kinds of a pain
in the ass, but...

Oh, my God.

You're your father's daughter.

Hey, good morning, Connor.

Ah.

How are you?

I'm good, Anthony. Is Briana in?

This is the basis of the appeal I filed

the night George confessed,
and Judge Powell shot it down.

Wait, you think that wasn't the mother's

original statement at
the police department.

A neighbor said he saw Deborah Androde

talking to police the night
of the murder but,

I could never corroborate that because

that neighbor died a year after Tess,

and I never found an
officer who would admit

that he talked to her the night before,

nor was there any record
of a conversation, but I...

Man.

Connor.

You know, ever since you came by,

I've been thinking about that
case over and over in my mind.

I just refuse to believe

that all those years were for nothing.

Well, if only we knew someone

who had connections at
the police department.

Hi.

Before I knew it,
my hands were around her neck.

I was just squeezing and
squeezing and squeezing.

When I finally let go,
she was dead in my hands.

Why did you make that tape?

If you didn't kill Tess...

Why'd you make the tape?

You know, when I was first arrested...

it was surreal.

But I knew I'd be released.

Because I didn't do it.

And then I saw how they were
making their case against me,

but I wasn't worried
because I didn't do it.

And even when I was first convicted,

I woke up every day thinking

this is gonna be the
day that they find out

they made a terrible mistake.

Because...

I didn't do it.

And things in prison aren't so great

when you're convicted of what I was.

But...

the worst part was what
was happening to my wife.

She tried to hide it from me,

but I knew she'd been fired.

I knew that she couldn't go to the mall

without being harassed.

I knew she had to
drive to other towns...

just to buy food for our son.

And I'd been in prison
almost three years

when my last appeal failed,

and I realized finally...

it didn't matter that I didn't do it.

I was never gonna get out of there.

So...

the next time my wife came to visit,

I looked her in the eyes and I lied.

I told her...

I told her I did do it.

She never would've moved on otherwise.

She would've stayed
just as locked up as me.

13 times I had to tell her
before she believed me.

I remember the look on her face,

just before she ran out.

So...

Yeah, telling the cops...

was easy after that.

No further questions.

Mr. Bell, if you're innocent,

then why didn't you
drop Tess off at home?

I did.

I swear.

So the mother's lying,
but you're telling the truth?

Jake.

We need to talk.

Maybe if we knew what it
was you were looking for.

If what Connor said is true,

someone either made an innocent mistake

or someone made a deliberate omission.

Now every time a car goes out,
dispatch files a run report.

That way, the officers get in distress,

we know where they are.

Now, I'm sure...

they'd have destroyed the
mother's original statement,

but if I can find the run sheet,

we'll know she talked to someone.

Despite the absurd
circumstances of this case,

I find merit in
what Ms. Strait has said.

The world is changing,

and there are people
with legitimate claims

who are finding that neither
our courts nor our legislature

seem to care when their
rights are infringed upon.

Rather than debate issues of identity,

the courts are choosing
to turn a deaf ear.

That is not how our legal
system is meant to behave.

- Oh, my God.
- Are we about to win?

Ms. Strait, Mr. Little,

I hope your argument
will serve as a catalyst

to help with real cases
about sexual orientation

and gender identity,

for these are people who
should have their day in court.

Off the record.

As for you, Mr. Marshall...

I find your claim ridiculous.

You are 62 years old.

If you want to date younger women,
lie like everyone else does.

Well, don't look so blue.
You heard that judge.

I lost.

But in trying to win my
absurd theoretical case,

you gave people with legitimate claims

another argument to
use to fight in court,

as I knew you would.

In fact...

that argument will fit in nicely

with that amicus brief I'm writing

for the U.S. Supreme Court.

The one on the subject of
their needing to rule in favor

of protecting gender
identity under Title VII.

It's funny.

Whenever you're so close to an issue,

you can never see all the
ways you can win an argument.

You need someone or someones

to think outside the box.

Oh. For the record, my girlfriend is 59.

And my son...

who you both keep asking me about,

she's 25 and brilliant.

And her father is very
excited to tell her

what you both did today.

I told you it wasn't
about him getting laid.

- I knew it.
- Yeah,

but then you freaked out
when you thought you were wrong.

No, I didn't freak out.
Would you say I freaked out?

You weren't the one
looking at your face.

Your face.

- It's beautiful. So beautiful.
- Stupid just now.

You don't even know what it looked like.

Jake?

Back in a second, okay?

Robbie?

I didn't find the run report.

Found her original statement.

I'll tell Judge Jacobs

that you are going to
recall Deborah Androde.

I'll do my best to keep this quiet.

I won't.

Thank you.

Ms. Androde, you spoke to the police

around noon the day
after Tess was killed,

and the state said that this
was your initial statement.

But didn't you in fact
speak to the police

- the night Tess went missing?
- Objection!

- Foundation.
- Your Honor, I have here the copy

of an interview conducted
by the police at 11:45 p.m.

- the night before.
- Your Honor!

We would like this marked in evidence.

Everyone, in my chambers now.

How do we even know it's real?

It was given to us by
the current Chief of Detectives,

who is as appalled as we are.

Your Honor,
if you want me to go out there

and tear that woman apart, I'll do so.

I'll expose the fact
that she was inebriated

the night her daughter died.

I will expose the fact that even though

she was slurring drunk,

she told the police that
her daughter had come home,

which makes George innocent,
just like the DNA proves.

Why punish her?

Why punish her when it's
clear that the next day,

detectives came by and told
her that she said otherwise?

Why punish her when the police
waited until she was sober

and they gave her a man to blame?

I don't want her to feel
guilty for what the state

have done to my client, Your Honor,

and I don't want her to
feel guilty for the fact

that that means her daughter's
killer is still out there.

Ms. Cain,

do you need to talk to your boss?

'Cause if you do, I suggest
you tell him to cover his ass.

This right here is a storm
that could easily blow his way.

No, Your Honor.

Okay, we are back on record.

Ms. Androde, you may step down.

Jake, what's going on?

In accordance with the agreement

just reached with the
District Attorney's office,

I am vacating
the conviction of Mr. Bell,

effectively immediately.

Remember when you asked me
what it was like outside in the world?

I'm entering a finding of
factual innocence on his behalf,

and order him to be
released immediately.

Let's go find out.

You know...

Everything's so beautiful.

Darling, thank you so much.

Thank you all very much.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Those clothes are gonna
help a lot of women.

That's your mother, all right.
She's still giving back.

And you, again,
thank you so much for doing all this.

Oh, stop it, already.

- I love you, kiddo.
- Love you.

- Bye.
- Bye.

You, uh, you got plans?

Uh... no.

Thinking maybe you might want
to stick around for dinner.

I got a lot of food in there.

I didn't walk out of lunch
with Emerson because of a case.

I, um...

I walked out because,

he has your smile.

He has your smile, Dad.

And I was looking at him and...

and just thinking I don't
have anything of yours,

so what if some day
you think that he's...

You know...

Happiest day of my life was
when I married your mother,

'cause that's the same
day I signed that paper

that made you my daughter.

And I've just been living
my whole life trying to

prove myself worthy of you, Sydney.

So there would be...

There's nothing that
would ever change that.

No one, nothing, ever, ever, ever.

Okay.

Thanks, Dad.

- Ah.
- Okay.

What's that look?

What's that look? I know that look.

What?

I was just wondering,

how much food we talking?

Like, a lot?

I'm gonna show you right now.

All right, I don't know what's in this,

but it smells so...
Oh, this is the lobster loaf.

- Whoa, whoa.
- What?

I thought I said you could
each pick one casserole.

How are we supposed to
choose one without, like,

trying all of them?

That's honestly a really good argument.

Hey, there's some ribs in
the fridge if you're interested.

- Very funny.
- Is that funny?

- That's very, very funny.
- You ruined them forever.

I will trade you for the mac and cheese.

Okay. Same time?

- Want some of this?
- Yeah.

Ooh.

Barbarians.

You two barbarians are
gonna clean that up.

It's fine.
Will you just sit while it's hot?

We went through all the trouble

of heating up all of these dishes.

Where are the shrimp and grits?

Oh, Della left with that hours ago.

Synced & corrected by QueenMaddie
www.addic7ed.com