Original subtitles

♪ There's a feeling in the air now baby

♪ Can you feel it too

♪ There ain't nothing you can do now baby

♪ It's just too late for you

♪ But if you fall into my arms

♪ I will carry you away

♪ Oh

♪ Oh

♪ You've fallen for the devil now

♪ He'll take you for his bride

♪ Shaking with a fever and a feeling deep inside

♪ My love

♪ Oh

♪ Oh

♪ Yes you've fallen for the devil now

♪ He'll take you for his bride

♪ If we ever make it meet me on the other side

♪ My love

♪ Oh

♪ Oh

♪ You've fallen for the devil now

♪ He'll take you for his bride

♪ Shaking with a fever and a feeling deep inside

♪ My love

♪ Oh

♪ Oh

♪ Yes you've fallen for the devil now

♪ He'll take you for his bride

♪ If we ever make it meet me on the other side

♪ My love

(weighty music)

(sirens whirring in the distance)

(hospital machines beeping)

- How you doing, momma?

- I'm okay, sweetie.

- You're an amazing woman.

- Thank you for saying that, sweetheart.

- It's true.

You haven't left Jack's side.

This is a man who's cheated on you

and humiliated you in front of half the town.

Doesn't seem to matter to you, does it?

- Oh, it does matter, honey.

I don't know

if I can ever forgive Jack for sleeping with that woman,

but he doesn't deserve death because of it.

I can't help loving him.

- [Karen] Jack?

Honey, can you hear me?

- [Jack] Karen?

- Jack?

Oh, there you are.

Oh, hi. (laughs)

- How am I...

- How are you looking at yourself in the face

for the first time?

Well, it's about bloody time, old man.

- What's going on?

Karen, you're dead.

- So are you, baby.

- (laughs) I'm not dead.

Look at me, I'm breathing, look.

- Well technically yes, yes, you are breathing.

That machine over there, that ventilator,

is still pumping oxygen into your lungs,

giving your family a last glimpse of hope.

Boy, I remember when that was me.

Glad that's over with.

- Why are you even here?

- Because, honey,

you've crossed over to my side, sweetheart.

You're gone, kaput.

You've kicked the bucket.

Your time's expired.

- Nonsense.

I'm still here.

(Karen laughs)

To hell with you.

- No, no.

To hell with you.

See, I'm in the clear,

but you have still got some repenting to do, mister.

Did you actually think that when your time came,

you were just gonna march up to those pearly gates

and all of Heaven's angels were gonna

welcome you with open arms, hmm?

Sad to say you're mistaken, mister philanderer.

You've got to meet your demons head-on

if you want to defeat them.

- I don't understand.

I just don't understand.

Sofia.

- No, she can't hear you, Jack.

You're wasting your time.

No one can hear you but me,

and for the first time actually,

you're going to hear me.

Does this place look familiar?

- This was our home.

- Indeed it was.

And this is the night the Senator was killed.

Do you remember that night, Jack?

I was away in San Diego visiting my sick mother,

and you,

oh, you were here all alone.

- Thank you.

(elegant orchestral music)

- Can I get you a drink?

- Yeah, please.

(lofty orchestral music)

So where's your wife, Jack?

- San Diego.

She won't be home for a couple days.

I'm terribly sorry for what you're going through, Melody.

- Yeah.

I hardly know what to make of it.

There's a part of me that just feels like

curling up in a little ball and weeping for days,

and then there's another part of me

that feels like celebrating some kind of a victory.

I mean, am I cold-hearted?

- You could never be cold-hearted.

Your father put you through more

than anyone should have to endure.

- I can't go back to the estate, not tonight.

I just can't.

- I understand.

- Jack, I can't tell you how much I appreciate your

consoling me,

but you're married and I shouldn't be here.

- You and I both know why tonight,

of all nights, you should be here.

Two and a half decades.

Nothing's changed.

- But you're married.

- I was married then.

You know where this feeling of victory comes from?

Comes from your yearning,

your yearning to be with me,

and finally, that authoritarian ruler has died.

- Wait a minute, we're too grown up

to be playing this star-crossed lovers thing.

I mean that ship sailed a long time ago.

- Oh, has it?

(Melody gasps)

Then why are you here now?

- I don't know.

I shouldn't be.

- [Jack] But you are.

- Look, I'm a terrible person.

This is- My father just died.

- And he's not here to keep us apart any longer.

(soft orchestral music)

- Mm mm mm mm mm, that was so touching.

Romantic.

Although looking back now, I think I always knew.

No matter how much denial I was in,

I think I always knew you had a wandering eye

and wandering hands, wandering mouth.

- Will somebody wake me up from this nightmare?

- Oh come on, Jack, you can't take a little nightmare, huh?

You put us all through one for years.

Now you just can't take a little trip down memory lane,

stare deep into your own reflection?

- Jack, what are you doing here?

- I couldn't help it.

I had to see you.

- I wanted to see you too,

but if my father sees you here, he'll kill you.

- Oh so be it.

Let him kill me.

I love you, Melody.

- I love you too.

You know, it's my birthday in three days.

I'm gonna be 18.

- I know.

I wish we could just run away together.

- Maybe we can.

- As much as I'd like that, we can't.

- Because of Karen.

Do you really love her, Jack?

- Melody, please, let's sit down.

Every morning I wake up in that house

and I look to her,

and I know this is not the way our lives should be,

but I have a child with this woman,

so no matter how much I love you

and want to run away with you,

I have to be there for them.

- Why did you marry Karen, Jack?

Why didn't you wait for me?

- Melody, you have to understand.

Your father, he would never allow us to truly have a chance.

You know that.

And that's why I got involved with Karen.

And now she's pregnant.

It's out of my hands.

- If you wanna be with Karen so much, then

why are you here?

- Melody,

because no matter how hard I fight it,

you're the only one in my heart.

- So what do we do?

(soft music)

- I want to still be your lover, forever.

Nobody has to know.

But please, Melody, I can't live without you.

(frogs croaking) (soft piano music)

(footsteps approaching)

- [Karen] Ooo, that must've been scary,

Senator Red Garrett showing up at that very moment.

(laughs) He was quite startling.

- I'll never forget how much I loved Melody.

- And how much you never loved me.

- I loved you too.

- Then why, why didn't you just come to me

and say, "My heart is truly with another woman."

Because you wanted your cake.

- No, that's not true.

What's going on?

Why are we doing this?

- So that you can understand why it is exactly

that you are lying on a hospital bed on life support,

so that you can understand exactly what it was

that drove your son to hate you so much

that he'd want to shoot you.

- Mom, pop?

- [Karen] John?

Honey, what is it?

- Read this.

- Does this say what I think it's going to say?

- Yes.

- Oh, you passed the bar!

- [John] I passed the bar!

- [Karen] Oh, sweetheart, congratulations!

- Thank you. - I'm so proud of you.

- Thank you.

- Jack, he passed the bar!

- Oh, oh, oh, oh.

I'm happy for you, son.

I'm kind of surprised, didn't expect it.

- Well I-- Don't worry, pop,

you're still the straightest man in Bay City.

- I'm not worried.

Congratulations, son.

- I'm so proud of you.

I'm so proud of you. (laughs)

(troubled music)

Sweetheart, what's wrong?

- It's pop.

It seems like it takes everything inside of him

to be happy for me.

I don't understand what it is that I did

to make him feel so resentful towards me.

- No, he's not resentful.

He's just emotionless.

Believe me, I know he loves you.

He just has a very difficult time expressing himself.

- No kidding.

(Karen laughs)

- Did you know that his father, your grandfather,

was a lieutenant in World War II?

Hmm?

- No, I didn't know that.

- Your father had no man to look up to

pretty much for most of his childhood,

because his father was always away at war,

and when he came home he had the personality of a bull.

So whenever your father gives you a little grimace or smirk,

that's his way of telling you that he loves you.

- I love you, mom.

- I do love John.

I never wanted him to hate me, nor you.

- Jack, look at me.

I don't hate you.

I understand you now,

probably better than you understand yourself.

Just think of me as a messenger,

someone who is here to help you conquer your hate

and face your fears.

(hushed music)

- Look at him.

He's just lying there so peaceful.

The doctors say

it'll be a miracle if he ever wakes up.

I don't wanna believe that.

You hear me, Jack?

I am not going to believe that.

You silverhead devil, you.

Please wake up.

I'm not ready to let you go.

- Mom, come on.

Come on, let's just go for a walk, okay?

It'll be all right.

We'll get some fresh air.

I'll get you some coffee, okay?

Come on.

He'll be fine.

(ominous music)

- Mom. - Hi.

- I want you to meet my girlfriend, Kate.

- Girlfriend.

Well hello.

I'm Karen.

It's so lovely to meet you, Kate. (laughs)

- [Kate] It's a pleasure to meet you too.

- Oh, looks like you scored yourself a real beauty, John.

What do you do, Kate?

- I work at the same firm as your son.

- You're a lawyer.

- [Kate] Oh, no, no, I-

- She's an intern, pop.

That is okay, right?

- Oh.

- Well of course it's okay.

(John laughs)

It's wonderful, come.

- Just look at me.

Boy (laughs) I looked good.

Oh, Katherine though.

Wasn't she lovely at first glance?

Then of course you took many, many glances,

didn't you, Jack?

Especially that one cold winter weekend

when John (laughs) suddenly decided to take the boys

on a spur-of-the-moment camping trip. (laughs)

You remember that night, huh?

You and I had a big fight,

and you took off.

Unfortunately for you though, you found company.

- Oh come on, one more shot.

- Okay, just one more, because I think you've had enough.

- Oh, whatever, old man.

Okay.

You have to answer any question I ask you.

Deal?

- Any question?

- Any question.

- All right, go for it.

- Well.

Why are you still married to Karen?

- I beg your pardon?

- I know you always say

I'm not the sharpest tool in the box,

but I'm smart enough to know

that you guys are completely stale.

- Oh we're stale, are we, huh?

- Oh yeah.

- Okay.

Truth.

I don't know why I'm still married to Karen.

Maybe it's because I feel sorry for her.

- Why do you feel sorry for her?

She's super gorgeous,

cool, smart, funny.

What is there to feel sorry about?

- Yeah, it's just

I guess because she's the mother of my children,

I'm in love with her,

but not really in love with her.

- Oh.

Poor woman.

- You really enjoy throwing those back, don't you?

- Oh, I'm so sorry.

It's not very ladylike of me, is it?

But you know what? Being a lady isn't always fun.

Sometimes you gotta let your hair down. (laughs)

- You remind me of an ex I had once.

- Hope she was stunning.

- Oh she was.

She still is, in fact.

(upbeat music)

- One more.

To living life to the fullest,

with no regrets.

- Here here.

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- [Katherine] That's embarrassing.

- Totally. (Katherine laughs)

Oh, why you giggling?

- I have no...

(sexual moaning)

Mmph, no, we shouldn't do this.

We shouldn't do this.

- [Karen] Mm-hmm.

Unfortunately for everyone,

baby Damian had the stomach flu,

and so their little camping trip ended early.

- Come on, let's go.

Just watch this, come here.

Come on, buddy.

Okay, so we're gonna go in there,

we're gonna go and we're gonna knock on the door,

we're not even gonna knock,

we're just gonna open the door and we're gonna scare mommy.

Let's do it.

(kid mumbles)

All right, want me to do it?

I'm gonna do it.

I'll do it.

I'll do it without you.

Let's leave him here.

Ready?

One, two...

(sexual moaning)

(Katherine screams)

- Son, I'm sorry, son, I'm sorry!

I'm so sorry!

- John, no!

John, no, stop it!

Please stop it!

John!

- [ER Worker] Get a crash cart in here stat.

- [ER Worker] A board under there, please.

Come on.

- Let's go.

- Doctor, he's not responding.

(urgent beeping) - Charge it to 200.

- [ER Worker] Charging to 200!

- [ER Worker] Clear!

- [ER Worker] We need another 200.

- [ER Worker] Not working, doctor.

- Still not working. - Clear!

- [ER Worker] Charge to 300.

(several machines beeping)

- [ER Worker] Charging to 300.

(machine flat-line beeps)

- [Narrator] Next on The Bay.

- You don't have to keep secrets

from your baby boy any longer.

You might as well tell him.

Why don't you tell him what grandpa really did?

- This trip for redemption you're taking me on

is what's gonna kill me, Karen.

- I've already made the plans with Vivian.

It's already happening.

- Riley, this is Mr. John Blackwell, Jack's son.

- Why are they leaving me alone with him?

He's gonna kill me.

♪ There's a feeling in the air now baby

♪ Can you feel it too

♪ There ain't nothing you can do now baby

♪ It's just too late for you

♪ But if you fall into my arms

♪ I will carry you away

♪ Oh

♪ Oh

♪ You've fallen for the devil now

♪ He'll take you for his bride

♪ Shaking with a fever and a feeling deep inside

♪ My love

♪ Oh

♪ Oh

♪ Yes you've fallen for the devil now

♪ He'll take you for his bride

♪ If we ever make it meet me on the other side

♪ My love

♪ Oh

♪ Oh

♪ You've fallen for the devil now

♪ He'll take you for his bride

♪ Shaking with a fever and a feeling deep inside

♪ My love

♪ Oh

♪ Oh

♪ Yes you've fallen for the devil now

♪ He'll take you for his bride

♪ If we ever make it meet me on the other side

♪ My love