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(BIRDS CHIRPING) (ALARM CLOCK BUZZING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(WATER SPLASHING)

Sarah, I'm out of here.

Your breakfast burrito's in the microwave.

Oh. Nuke it for twenty seconds.

You said you'd do my hair. -JESS: I'm late.

-You have to.

I hate my hair.

There are women who would kill for your hair.

-SARAH: They can have it. -You look great.

-I hate the way I look. -Oh...

My eyes are too small.

You look like you and you are great.

But I'd be perfect if I can just move my butt to my chest.

I got to go.

-All right. -Make your own lunch, okay?

SARAH: Okay. You working late tonight?

I don't know. I'll call you.

-Bye. -JESS: Bye.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

DINA: Hey, I'm making a discount run after school.

-Do you need anything? -Toilet paper.

Dina, can you feed Sarah again tonight if I'm late?

Sure. And if you're not late, I'll feed you.

Thanks.

DINA: Hey, listen, uh, remember I told you

about that new history teacher?

His class is next to the biology lab

they gave me this semester?

Well, he's divorced.

No thanks. I'm doing fine without a guy.

Not you, Jess. Me.

He's got a bow tie.

I'm a sucker for guys in bow ties.

Bye.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

-Good morning, Harrison. -Good morning, Jess.

Make yourself invisible. Alycia's on a rampage.

-Thanks for the warning. -Too late.

Where the hell's my update on the Gannon case?

Depositions are on your desk. I left them there last night.

Who's got time to read all those depositions?

I want an analysis, A.S.A.P.

I'm prepping witnesses for the Wolinski case.

So clone yourself.

Oh, boy.

Sarah?

Looks like I'll be working 'til midnight.

Eat at Dina's. Gotta go.

COACH: Let's go, guys. I want to see some energy...

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

I can't even get Chad to look at me, Leeza.

You're wearing the wrong clothes.

You've got to show some skin.

I wish Chad was more like Tyler.

I wish Tyler was more like Chad.

-You do? -LEEZA: Yeah.

Tyler gets boring sometimes.

(WHISTLE BLOWS) COACH: All right, that's it, boys.

-Hey. -Hey. Thank you.

Did you talk to him?

Yeah. He's not into you.

Forget about it. He's a loser.

You probably didn't say the right thing.

What should I do?

TYLER: Forget him. -Talk to him again.

No. He's a player, Leeza. You're too good for him.

Please?

Tyler?

Uh, the Gannon case, wrongful death.

I need to see precedents, Angie. Can you do it before you leave?

-ANGIE: I'm on it. -Thanks.

Oh, I'm a bit over worked.

No problem.

Where were we?

H-L-H-S.

That's Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.

Use simple words.

People who sit on juries aren't necessarily as educated as you are.

A baby is born with a congenital heart defect.

In layman's terms, it's, uh, it's a hole in the heart.

Can anything be done about this?

ALEX: Yeah. There's a technique known as the Norwood Procedure.

It requires three stages of reconstructive surgery.

Oh, that sounds complicated.

ALEX: Yeah, it is. But I've got charts

-I can bring in for it. -Thanks, Angie.

JESS: Look, what we want to do is get the jury to respond

to the loss of a real child.

An infant with a life threatening problem

and a procedure that could have saved her

if the doctor had been competent.

I have done this before.

Sorry.

Oh, me, too. Listen, it's my stomach talking.

Can we do the rest of this over dinner?

I can't.

ALEX: You got to eat.

Well, I'll order a sandwich, but I got to work.

You'll work better after a real meal.

Sorry.

All right, well, I'm going.

When do I see you tomorrow?

-2:00, okay? -2:00.

Last chance.

Come on.

-Who wants charred? -Not me.

Sarah, are you gonna stop reading long enough to eat?

Fork to mouth.

It's a complex program. -I'm not hungry.

DINA: Have a little meatloaf with your ketchup, Frankie.

Call her Spacely. She's been kidnapped by aliens.

Is something the matter, Sarah?

-It's her hormones. -Shut up.

FRANKIE: When chimpanzees are in heat, their butts turn red.

Make him shut up.

Shut up, Frankie. You're 11.

He's got a condom in his wallet.

You shut up, Tyler.

Frankie thinks a condom is something that you use

to blow your nose when you have a cold.

DINA: Hey, hey!

-FRANKIE: Where you going? -To do something constructive,

like develop my pictures.

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

Most doctors don't like to testify malpractice cases.

Yeah. Medical profession can sometimes be a closed shop.

You know, you just hope it doesn't happen to you.

-Hmm.

-I mean, I want to get rid of the bad apple in the barrel.

The doctor that operated on that infant

should never set foot in an operating room again.

Uh-hmm.

Ah, to lose a child

has to be the worst thing that could happen to anybody.

It was her first and the doctors told her that, um,

she couldn't have any more children.

That's hard for anyone to handle.

I lost an infant. Twelve years ago.

A boy.

We found him in his crib.

I'm sorry.

I don't know why I'm telling you this. I never talk about it.

-You have kids? -Ah.

All right, come on.

-Sarah's fifteen. -Oh, she is gonna be a knock-out.

Oh, thank goodness she doesn't know yet.

That's Alice, Zack. She's eight, he's six.

I took that skiing.

Do you go skiing a lot with them?

Oh, not as much as I'd like to.

They, um, they live with my wife.

It must be hard.

Yeah. Not as hard as a marriage that's not working, though.

Been there, done that.

So, how's the single life?

Not exactly the fast lane.

Um, gross.

That'll never come out.

Soda water, works on neck ties.

How long you been on your own?

Five years.

No guy?

Nothing serious.

Five years, that's a long time.

Uh-hmm.

You lose your faith

and you lose your trust

and you lose your nerve.

Lose your desire?

Unfortunately, not.

Oh, I don't know.

Fortunately, not.

(CHUCKLES)

Are you divorced?

Separated.

I'm not, uh--

-I don't want to...

-Hey, hey, I'm not trying to pressure you into anything. It's...

We've been dancing around this for days

and don't tell me that you haven't felt it.

Now, if we had any sense at all, we would be in bed right now.

(CHUCKLES)

SINGER: # I know you don't remember #

# How you used to tell me #

# That you'd always be around #

# Well, I think to go and get myself another dream #

# I need my time to think about the reason #

# Why I should be around #

# Now, I don't care about what you feel #

# And in what your deal is # # How you leave me #

# I don't care if...#

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

JESS: What time is it?

Uh, it's 4:00.

Oh, God.

-(SIGHS) -Felt good, huh?

I'm gonna have to be at the office

at the crack of dawn.

-Uh-uh. -Uh-hmm.

Uh-uh.

(SIGHS)

Okay.

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

Sarah?

Sarah?

Sarah?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Who took these?

I don't know.

Sit up.

What do you mean, you don't know?

I took 'em, with a timer.

For what?

For no reason.

-For some boy? -For nobody.

You just decided to take some sexy pictures of yourself

for nobody?

You expect me to believe that?

Why are you attacking me?

Where were you until 2:00 in the morning?

-Working. -Sure, working.

You're the kid, I'm the adult. I am not answerable to you.

And everything I do is not your business.

Oh, like not even calling? What if I had a problem?

You have a problem. These pictures are a problem.

Those are my pictures and they're my business.

You are 15 years old.

I'm not a baby no matter what you think.

What is happening to you, Sarah?

I don't know. Just leave me alone.

Okay? Just leave me alone.

What are we doing?

We don't do this.

It's just...

those pictures, they don't seem like you.

They're not me.

They're the me I wanna be, but I don't know how.

You don't know how it feels.

I do.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(SIGHS)

(ALARM CLOCK BUZZING)

(SIGHS)

-Whatcha doing? -Making your lunch.

It's dark outside.

I didn't finish my work last night.

So what?

So, I need Alycia's support if I want to go to law school,

so I can't complain when she piles on the work load.

That's why not.

Look, I was just trying out stuff.

The pictures, it's not that big of a deal.

Maybe I overreacted... a little.

Is that new perfume?

You like it?

I don't know. Can you do my hair?

I don't have time. Your hair looks fine.

My hair is not sexy.

I thought we declared a truce on the subject of sex.

-I'm 15. -My point exactly.

What's wrong with you? Your eyes look funny.

Nothing's wrong with me. I just didn't get enough sleep.

You have plans for Halloween?

Why? Do you have plans?

Who would I have plans with?

I don't know.

You're going out with your dad?

Right. Everybody's hooking up with somebody

and I'm going trick-or-treating with Dad.

(SIGHS)

Sex is big, Sarah. It's got big consequences.

And you're not ready for it.

Okay, mom, whatever.

Can we just not talk about this anymore?

I guess, I won't be getting that new camera for Christmas.

I'll call you from work.

-Bye. -SARAH: Bye.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(TAPPING ON KEYBOARD)

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello?

ALEX (OVER PHONE): Hi.

Hi.

Hmm.

ALEX (OVER PHONE): You okay?

(SIGHS)

ALEX (OVER PHONE): Hmm. What are you thinking?

Trying to work.

ALEX (OVER PHONE): So, when am I gonna see you again?

2:00.

ALEX (OVER PHONE): That's not what I mean.

I'm thinking about it.

ALEX (OVER PHONE): All right. I'll see you at 2:00.

2:00.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(PHONE RINGS) Hello?

Hey. Buy you a cup of coffee?

I can't leave my desk.

Full desk, huh?

It's piled up. I'm stuck here.

Okay.

Bye.

This is Jess Gradwell.

How soon can I get an appointment?

I need to get fitted for a new diaphragm.

Uh-huh.

Thursday, 4:00 works.

Bye.

You're busted.

You lie to your best friend.

You tell her you're at your desk,

when you're out shopping for lingerie.

Forget that it's written all over your face.

Who is he and how long have you been sleeping with him?

I was gonna tell you, Dina, I swear.

-Tell me. -I got to get back to work.

Oh, Dina, I never knew sex could be like this.

It is unbelievable.

It's been a long drought, Jess.

-I'm happy for you. -Oh,

it's like you don't know who you are

until somebody touches you,

the right person touches you and moves you.

And makes you know what it means to be alive.

Whoa, girl.

He's a surgeon from Atlanta.

An expert witness on one of my cases.

And I do not want Sarah to know about it, okay?

At least until I know where it's going.

-Is he available? -He's separated.

-What's his story? -I don't know.

Ask.

Jess: Hey.

You talk to Alycia about law school yet?

I'm waiting for the right moment.

The right moment is the one you grab.

I'll try and pave the way.

Must be a guy.

Who is he?

Oh, um, a lingerie shower for a friend

who's getting married.

Hey, maybe you should keep this one.

Build it and they will come.

I'll think about that.

And your specialty is?

Pediatric cardiac surgery.

Uh-hmm. Can you describe

the Wolinski infant's medical condition?

Uh, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.

Does this require surgery?

It requires reconstruction of the infant's heart.

How many of these have you done?

Hundreds.

Can you describe this reconstruction procedure?

No.

It has gone completely out of my head.

JESS: Oh, we're supposed to be working.

Oh, I can't wait till tonight.

I can't. I can't. I can't leave Sarah for another night.

When?

I'll work something out this weekend.

Oh, no. That's too far away.

This is my office.

Uh-hmm.

-What if someone knocks? -Tell them to go away.

(MOANING)

COACH: Okay, gentlemen, I want you to stay in control

but pick up the pace.

Faster, boys. Keep moving.

So what did Chad say about Halloween?

He said maybe.

Now that's sexy.

I look like a gob.

Gobs are sexy.

What did he mean, maybe?

Well, it means he didn't say no.

But he didn't say yes.

It doesn't matter. I have to go out with my dad anyway.

-He said he'd come. -He didn't.

Tyler and me, we were gonna surprise you.

Just show up to get you and he'd be in the car.

-He said yes? -Well, not yes to you exactly.

But he said he'd be there.

-Can I keep this? -And this.

Definitely this.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-You were late this morning. -It won't happen again.

Emma says you've got something you want to talk to me about.

You've got 60 seconds.

I want to go to night school, get a law degree.

You don't have enough on your plate?

In three years, my daughter will be in college.

Oh, and by then you want to be wearing my shoes?

I want to crack at a real career.

It's three nights a week, a lot of hard work,

but I can do it.

Are you asking me to pull some strings?

And maybe help me get a tuition loan?

Let me make myself clear. I like ambition,

but I like it to be in the service of this firm.

So don't let law school interfere with your job.

(PHONE RINGS)

Hello? ALEX (OVER PHONE): I miss you.

I can't get there till 8:00.

ALEX (OVER PHONE): What should I order from room service?

- Oysters. -ALEX (OVER PHONE): Uhm.

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

Hi, Jess.

JESS: Sarah, your dad's here.

She'll be right out, Nick.

Okay.

JESS: Oh, April, I can't believe it.

Hannah gets cuter every time I see her.

Bunny, who's this trick or treat bunny?

Oh.

-Are you ready to roll, sugar? -Yeah.

Trick-or-treat, Hannah.

Where's your costume?

I'm too old for a costume, Dad.

-Oh. -Listen, Nick,

I hate to trouble you, but I've got a leak in my roof

that needs to be fixed before the rain.

You think you could send one of your crew out?

Yeah. Yeah, next week. Okay?

-Well, great.

Okay. Come on, let's get the candy wagon on the road.

I'm staying overnight at Dad's.

Okay.

My side.

All right.

-Thank you. -Pleasure.

Take your seats.

JESS: I'm on my way.

Order a couple of steaks to go with the oysters.

We've got until dawn, bye.

SINGER: # With the words that you say?

# You will feel this way #

# There's something about you #

# I know that it's true #

# Because I'm here tomorrow #

# What about you #

# Yeah, I want to get lost in your ocean #

# I wanted to dive in your smile #

# Drown in the love and devotion #

# For a while inside #

# With you #

I'm not very good at this, am I?

Oh. Oh, baby.

I love watching you.

I love looking at you.

I can't keep away from you.

I can't stop thinking about you.

Wow. This is getting to be something...

Something what?

Something special.

For me, too.

I'm not a player.

I think I figured that one out.

ALEX: And this is not just...

Lust?

Oh, I don't know. I think lust is pretty good.

Yes.

Serious is scary.

Very scary.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

Sorry, you couldn't spend the night, honey.

That's okay.

I got lots of stuff to do.

Where's your mom?

She'll be home by 10:00.

-Oh, happy Halloween, honey. -Goodnight, Dad. Happy Halloween.

Yeah.

(CAR ENGINE START)

(DOG BARKING)

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO)

Where's Chad? I thought Chad was coming.

He's coming later.

Where are we going?

LEEZA: Rita's house. Her folks are out of town.

# What you see on TV is not reality... #

(CAR ENGINE REVVING)

GIRL: Yo, you guys, let's go.

-BOY: All right, let's get going. -GIRL: (INDISTINCT)

-BOY: Let's get going. -BOY: Watch out.

GIRL: Yeah. Let's do it.

BOY: Come on, guys. Let's go.

JESS: Why didn't it work?

ALEX: We had two careers.

So having kids was kind of a late decision.

She quit her job, stayed at home with the kids.

It was about a year ago,

when our youngest went to kindergarten.

Her firm had gone through some changes.

So when she went back, she got a new boss.

And they had an affair.

I found out about it. It got messy.

Was it hard on the kids?

Oh, no. We protected the kids.

We told them we were breaking up because my work came first.

And I figured,

better a negligent father than an adulteress mother.

What happened to your marriage?

Nick and I were friends

that made a mistake of getting married.

It wasn't bad. It just was never...

like this.

-Not close? -Close, but not close.

We never fought, we just never fit.

And when we lost the baby,

there wasn't the emotional glue to hold us together

and so, we gave up being married and went back to being friends.

-No regrets? -About my marriage?

No, about us.

You are the best thing that's ever happened to me.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Why aren't you at your dad's?

I live here.

JESS: You said you were spending the night with your dad and April.

-And you said you had no plans.

So where were you? And don't tell me you were working.

JESS: Something came up at the last minute.

What?

JESS: I went out with friends.

What friends?

From work.

SARAH: All night?

I didn't abandon you.

I thought you were at your dad's.

Who were you with?

Don't cross-examine me.

I told you I was with friends.

Now, go back to your own bed.

I wanna sleep here.

You have a boyfriend, don't you?

No.

I don't believe you.

Everybody can get a boyfriend, except me.

You will, when the time's right.

I lied to you.

I was never gonna spend the night at dad's.

I went to this party with Tyler and Leeza

and I thought this guy was gonna be there,

but he wasn't.

-Oh, Sarah. -It was awful.

Everybody was making out, except me.

Nobody even asked me.

Listen, baby,

finding a boyfriend isn't like a trip to the mall.

Your first boyfriend needs to be special,

as special as you are.

Let's go. I've got everything ready.

Where's our expert witness? Doctor Leighton, is it?

Lofton, Alex Lofton. He's meeting us at the courthouse.

Right.

Next time we go to court, Jess, wear something more conservative.

-Was that a yes? -Yes, Alycia.

Just like to make sure I'm heard.

Questions for Doctor Lofton?

-Is he prepped? -He's prepped.

LAWYER: And where do you practice pediatric surgery, Doctor Lofton?

ALEX: Atlanta.

And your field of expertise is?

ALEX: Reconstructive heart surgery in infants and newborns.

The Wolenski infant was born with a heart defect?

ALEX: Yes.

Uh, H-L-H-S, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.

It should have been diagnosed in-utero but it wasn't.

Then, Norwood Procedure was used.

In this procedure, the surgeon attempts

to reconstruct the newborn's tiny heart,

correct nature's mistake.

Can you give us a brief description of the procedure?

Sure. Um, the main pulmonary artery is used to rebuild the aorta.

And then a shunt is inserted to provide pulmonary circulation.

Doctor Lofton, have you been certified

by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery?

ALEX: Yes, of course.

Well, the jury's heard testimony

that the physician who performed the surgery

-on the Wolenski infant-- -She did it.

-She got me into law school. -ALYCIA:...failed the test...

She should. You make her look good.

Congratulations.

ALYCIA: Can you tell the jury what this means?

ALEX: It means he's incompetent.

And the hospital that allowed him to perform the surgery

was incompetent.

Is something going on between you two?

-ALYCIA: Could you elaborate... -Absolutely not.

Do you think I would be unprofessional enough

to sleep with an expert witness?

Forget law school and be canned.

You got that right.

I take it back. I see nothing.

-I think we fooled everybody. -ALEX: Yeah?

Except Emma.

And Alycia would have to stick lighted matches

under Emma's fingernails to get her to talk.

Well, thank God our professional relationship is over.

Now, the next time we see each other

we can spend all of our time making love.

It's hard leaving you.

It's hard to let you go.

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

BOTH: (MOANING)

Alycia's sending me to Chicago

to take a deposition in a custody case,

two days before Thanksgiving.

Payback for the law school.

I'll be there.

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

It's just three weeks, Jess.

(CAMERA CLICKS) SARAH: One more.

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

One more, for good luck.

(CAMERA CLICKS) Great. Thanks.

-MAN: What are you doing later? -MAN: I don't know.

Hey, Sarah.

Hey, do you still want to get together?

What?

Hook up?

With me?

That's what Leeza said you said.

I guess. Sure.

Okay, uh when?

I will call you?

Okay. Great.

He loves me. He loves me.

JESS: April take you shopping again?

It's a present for baby sitting Hannah.

You like it?

Sure, if you wanna look like a real sausage.

She bought me a naval ring, too.

And why not?

Who would wanna show their naval off to the world

without a ring in it?

-You mean it's okay? -Absolutely not.

I'm starving.

-No supper? -They eat late.

-"People eat late in Europe." -Hmm.

How's it going with your biology professor?

He teaches history.

His name is Howard and I've got his attention.

-Hi. -Hi.

Hi, Mom.

It's okay with you that they're alone upstairs?

They're gonna do it somewhere.

If they're gonna have sex, let them do it at home?

Well, where would you suggest?

Sarah's not ready for that.

Oh, you mean you're not ready for that.

You have boys. Sex isn't gonna ruin their life.

Tyler is gonna do what nature programmed him for,

no matter what I do. I'm not gonna fight biology.

I mean, the only thing I can do is try to get him to be responsible.

Look, I'd sell him abstinence.

You find a way to package it, you let me know.

So, if they wanna drink, let them drink at home

and if they wanna take drugs, let them take drugs at home.

What kind of parenting is that?

I wanna know what my kids are doing

and where they're doing it.

And I wanna make sure my kid's not doing it.

At least not until it's meaningful.

Well, I'm not trying to undermine that, Jess.

We run one household,

back and forth across the street.

You can shut your door

and you can sterilize your kitchen,

but you can't put Sarah under glass.

Put Sarah on the pill? Is that your suggestion?

I don't know what to tell you, Jess.

I mean, you know how hard it is to teach these kids

when they're being bombarded with sex, music, ads,

not to mention their own raging hormones.

Something that you have recently rediscovered,

I might add.

How's it going? Is he calling?

We're meeting in Chicago.

-That's great. -Uh-hmm.

Two days before Thanksgiving. Which means you cook the turkey.

Right.

I know what you're gonna be doing.

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

We've got to talk.

Talk.

You know how I feel about you.

Tell me how you feel about me.

When I looked up and saw you walk into the lobby,

my heart stopped.

It actually stopped.

Very romantic.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

I fell in love with you, Jess.

Oh, this is hard.

For you or for me?

ALEX: I'm going back.

To your wife?

To my kids.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Maybe, if...

I don't look at you ever again,

I can bear this.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(CRYING)

DINA: You want a big piece, Vic? Jess? No?

(OVERLAPPING CONVERSATIONS)

SARAH: Here, Dina. Ready, Howard?

-HOWARD: Wait. Wait. -Wait, you got the pie?

-HOWARD: Uh-hmm. -SARAH: One,

-two, three. -(INDISTINCT)

-SARAH: Thank you. -HOWARD: Uh-hmm.

Wonderful pie, Dina.

DINA: Hmm, thanks.

FRANKIE: Hey, Howard, she bought the pie.

(INDISTINCT)

SARAH: Hey, Dad. Dad and April, are you ready?

-NICK: Right. -SARAH: You and April,

one, two, three.

-DINA: Oh, aren't they cute? -SARAH: Thank you.

NICK: Any of that coffee down here?

Uh-hmm. Yes, here's some.

FRANKIE: So, can I go now?

May I be excused?

Sure.

(LAUGHTER)

APRIL: Honey, can you go wake up Hannah?

She'll probably need to be changed.

The diaper bag is in the living room.

Okay.

How long before they're toilet trained?

Oh, I wouldn't worry about it.

I've never seen a kid in college in diapers.

APRIL: They say that girls are much easier

to toilet train than boys.

Yeah, and easier to raise, I hear.

JESS: Well, you couldn't prove it by me.

Thanks a lot, Mom.

Me and Tyler got to go.

VALERIE: Tyler and I.

Whatever. We've got to go. Bye.

-Bye, honey.

Bad grammar shows a breakdown in civilization.

I mean, everybody's too lax these days, even the church.

I liked it when the mass was in Latin

and everybody didn't hug each other all the time.

(LAUGHS)

Well, your generation did it, Valerie.

All those women who marched on Washington

and danced at Woodstock,

equal rights, birth control,

changed the world we live in.

VALERIE: Oh, I wasn't one of them.

DINA: Howard teaches history, 20th Century,

civil rights, feminism.

Oh, two world wars, the cold war,

the Vietnam War, The Gulf War,

and the war between the sexes.

-Oh, since when is that history?

-HOWARD: It's not. But it gets their attention.

I'll bet it does.

Thank you.

(SIGHS)

I think it's very modern of you to have Nick here

and Hannah is as cute as a bug, even if she isn't ours,

-but April. -Nick's family, Mom.

Oh, sweet.

(LAUGHTER)

You can baby-sit any time you like.

And I do mean any time.

We have to take Hannah home now. So, really appreciate dinner, Jess.

You're welcome.

NICK: The roofer will be here on Tuesday.

Thanks, Nick.

-See you, Val. -Uh-hmm. Goodnight.

Oh, sometimes I wish I had another grandchild.

Not a chance.

Oh, Howard, could I get a ride home with you?

I can't drive until my cataract operation.

-Sure, Val. -Thanks.

-Be right back. -Goodnight, dear.

Bye, Mom.

You okay?

Hanging in there.

DINA: What a jerk.

He loves his kids.

Yeah, that's what they all say.

He's just the kind of jerk that wanted to fool around

-while he was out of town. -No, he's not.

My heart's broken, but I'm alive.

He did that.

And if you're alive, you're gonna feel pain.

Those are the rules.

I'm sorry, Jess.

Yeah, me, too.

(SNIFFS)

Should we make turkey soup?

Oh, who cares about turkey soup?

You always make turkey soup.

(SIGHS) You make the turkey soup.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Are you sick?

Stomach flu.

-Are you sure you're okay? -I told you, its stomach flu.

I'm gonna pick something up at the pharmacy on the way home.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

I can't believe you didn't use protection.

I did. I just got carried away, once.

-Once? -Look, I don't need this.

You're right, I'm sorry.

Don't you think I'm mad enough at myself?

Well, that's not gonna do any good now, is it?

Not much.

So, let's just stay calm and be kind to ourselves.

-Chamomile. -I'm calm.

Drink it.

At least he's got good genes.

What are you talking about?

You're not actually thinking of having this baby?

What if I might be?

Oh, you can't be serious, Jess.

Sarah's 15. Freedom is on the horizon.

Just slow down, okay?

What if life owes me a baby, Dina?

Oh, no. This doesn't make any sense, Jess.

I mean, you're gonna be doing this on your own.

You'll be tied down till the year 2020.

And what about your career?

-Well, I wouldn't quit working. -Right.

A career, a baby, law school.

Oh, and think about this.

In 14 years, you'll have another teenager.

I'm thirty-eight years old.

What if this is my last chance?

You've got Sarah.

Well, like you said, in two years,

she goes to college.

I'm used to being needed.

DINA: What you need is to think about this, Jess.

Really think about it.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

How can this be possible? She doesn't go out.

She doesn't have a boyfriend.

Maybe, it was my mom. She's got Howard.

Then how'd it end up in our bathroom trash can?

Easy. My mom took the test at your house.

Okay. Well, if you think it's your mom who's pregnant,

then why aren't you freaked?

I guess I really don't think it's my mom.

Besides, maybe the test was negative.

Okay. But if it was your mom and the test was positive,

you'd be freaked, right?

Yeah, I guess.

How freaked?

-Pretty freaked. -Well, I'm pretty freaked.

You're jumping to some large conclusions, you know?

Besides, like you said, your mom,

she doesn't have a boyfriend, right?

Maybe she does.

But you said she didn't.

Well, she thinks I don't have a boyfriend either.

You don't.

I might get Chad some time.

(SCOFFS) Chad is a loser.

You're a guy. You don't get it.

Oh.

You look terrible.

-I've got the stomach flu. -You think I'm stupid?

You've had the stomach flu for days.

You're pregnant, aren't you?

-Sarah-- -Well, are you?

I don't know.

Liar. You do know.

I think I might be.

-Liar. -JESS: Okay. I'm pregnant.

You're pregnant?

Yes.

Who is he?

SARAH: Do you know how creepy this is?

Your mom having sex with somebody

nobody has ever even heard of!

He's a heart surgeon.

SARAH: Right. Where is he? -Atlanta.

How convenient.

-Talk about a trip to the mall. -Sarah!

SARAH: I don't wanna talk about this, okay?

I don't wanna talk about this ever again.

I'm out of here.

JESS: No breakfast?

Tyler's taking me to the mall.

(WATER FLOWING)

JESS: I don't know what happened.

The dishwasher died.

I hate to bother you, Nick,

but if you could get me a new one

and send someone to install it?

Thanks. I appreciate it. -(KNOCKS ON DOOR)

JESS: I've gotta go. Bye.

My wife's having a little dinner party.

She's got somebody she wants to introduce you to.

Sorry. I can't, but thanks.

It might be good for you to meet a nice guy.

He's not bad looking but very solvent.

I'm pregnant, Harrison.

Oh.

Uh-hmm.

I'll be damned. This is news.

Who's the lucky guy?

There isn't one.

Well, then what do I say?

Uh, congratulations. Uh, I mean, best wishes.

Uh, listen,

you can still come to the dinner party, anyways.

No, but thanks.

How do you think they're gonna react to this around here?

They're lawyers.

Anything without a six figure fee

doesn't register on their radar screens.

But if you mean Alycia,

I don't wanna be around when you tell her.

What do you expect me to say?

Hey, you're a great piece of manpower and I'm behind you?

Do you think this firm is Never-Never Land?

I've got to give you what the law requires,

a couple of months off for maternity leave.

And I have to take you back, whatever shape you're in.

But I am not gonna be shortchanged.

I built this firm from scratch. I chose not to have kids.

I chose not to sacrifice my career.

You think you can do it all?

Well, you damn well better be able to do it all,

because I'm not gonna cut you any slack. Have you got that?

-Yes. -ALYCIA: Good.

One more thing,

don't you think law school is a bit much for you right now?

No, I don't.

You're pale. You look like you haven't had any sleep.

I'm coming down with a flu.

-Go home. -It's only 4:00.

If I catch it, you're fired. Go home.

Get yourself well over the weekend.

But take your laptop.

I need that brief first thing Monday morning.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

JESS: Is this Chad?

Hi.

You know how much time you can get for statutory rape?

Mom.

You can't get me for that. I'm not 18.

You never told me you had a warden.

Look lady, no weapons, no drugs, I just came to hook up.

CHAD: What's the big deal?

-Hit the road, Jack. -His name is Chad.

SARAH: Chad.

Whatever.

Wait.

Chad.

(DOOR OPEN) (DOOR CLOSES)

I hate you.

He just happens to carry this sign with him.

I borrowed it from Tyler.

He puts them on his door when he's got Leeza in his room,

so Dina knows not to come in.

Why can't you be cool like Dina?

I am not Dina.

And Dina wouldn't be so cool

if she had daughters instead of sons.

Without a boyfriend, I'm nobody.

How could a boyfriend who is a nobody

make you a somebody?

SARAH: I am sick of being a prude.

You're grounded.

What kind of a hypocrite are you? You're pregnant.

SARAH: You're pregnant

and you think you can tell me -what to do?

-I am 38.

Oh, so that makes it okay?

JESS: No. It doesn't make it okay, but it makes me an adult.

Well, I'm just a kid, but at least I'd know enough to use condoms.

You are way out of line, Sarah.

SARAH: You don't like the truth, do you?

How could you be so dumb?

You're pregnant, pregnant, pregnant.

JESS: Ow.

-Sarah, Sarah. -Get away from me.

JESS: I am so sorry.

JESS: I don't believe you anymore.

I don't believe anything you say.

JESS: What are you doing? -Going to live with dad.

And I'm gonna have sex with whoever I want.

No, you're not. I am still the mother around here.

SARAH: Do you know how humiliating this is?

It--It's embarrassing, and it's a mess,

and it's stupid.

What are you gonna do?

Are you actually gonna have this kid?

Yes, I am.

That's great. That's just great.

(CELL PHONE DIALING)

-JESS: Sarah.

-Tyler, can you take me to my dad's house right now?

Sarah.

(DOOR OPENS) (DOOR CLOSES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Back it.

One dishwasher coming up.

Oh, thanks, Nick.

Is there anything else I can do?

I could use a hug.

(SIGHS)

I guess I'm all cried out.

-How's Sarah? -Oh, she's mad.

Apart from that, she's not a hell of a lot of fun to be with.

I've lost all credibility.

She feels she now has the right

to defy everything I've ever taught her.

-No. I told her, just because you make a mistake,

it doesn't mean you give up

the right to try to keep her from making one.

Thanks for the support.

Sarah's just gonna have to get used to the way things are.

That's what I like about you.

You're solid, down to earth.

(CHUCKLES) You didn't like it much when we were married.

I've grown to appreciate it.

(CHUCKLES)

-See you. -Bye.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

VALERIE: I don't need help. It's a cataract,

it's not brain surgery.

Why don't we sit on the front porch, Mom?

Come on. It's beautiful out today.

All right.

(EXHALES)

(SIGHS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

I'm pregnant.

I already know. Sarah told me.

You could've mentioned it.

VALERIE: Well,

I didn't feel I was ready to congratulate you yet.

JESS: I don't want you to judge me, Mom.

Try and understand.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

I'm thinking...

that this could be the child I lost,

the one that's been missing from my life all these years.

What about Sarah?

(SIGHS)

She'll get used to it.

I need your help.

I don't know how to help you, Jess.

Just accept that I'm doing the right thing for me.

Well, that may be, Jess.

But I'm gonna have to get used to this too.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(SIGHS)

The Parisin case, can you get this organized by this afternoon?

-Sure.

Are you okay?

I guess, if you don't count waking up

at 4:00 in the morning, worrying about diapers and day care.

-The Harper file ready?

-Ms. Harrison wants it. -This afternoon. This afternoon.

Where the hell are the depositions for the Simmons case?

They'll be ready this afternoon.

I'll see you later.

(PHONE RINGS) -Hello?

-DR. FERN: Hi, it's Doctor Fern. -Doctor Fern.

DR. FERN: Got a sec? I have your amnio results.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(FOOTSTEPS)

-JESS: Hi. -Hi.

I got my amnio results.

No Down's Syndrome, no Spina Bifida,

no Hemophilia.

Clean bill.

It's a boy.

Congratulations.

Oh, this is a lot harder than I thought it was gonna be.

Maybe you should reconsider law school.

And give Alycia that victory? No way.

JESS: Peanut butter oatmeal.

Howard's favorite.

Howard's moving in.

Well, be happy for me.

That's wonderful.

Well, it's not all wonderful.

Why?

He comes with a Great Dane.

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# As we sing our yuletide carol #

# Fa la la la la la la la # -MAN: Merry Christmas.

APRIL: Your mom's boyfriend, whoever he is,

-he should marry her. -When I got pregnant with Hannah,

your dad married me.

More than I wanna know.

Just my opinion.

NICK: Hannah's gonna go nuts when she sees all this stuff.

She's six months old.

Don't pout, Sarah. Santa brought you something.

Yeah, here it is, sweetheart. April picked it out.

Something sexy.

-Food?

-Oh, no. I know I bought it, I don't know where I left it.

-APRIL: It isn't in the truck? -NICK: No. Hell.

I'm starving. -Double cheeseburger.

-I'm sick of cheeseburgers.

I'll get you a bacon burger.

At Christmastime, mom always bakes a glazed ham.

Well, every family has its own traditions.

I'll go with you. You stay with Hannah.

I can't. I've got a Christmas party. Tyler's picking me up.

(CAR HORNING)

Bye.

Okay?

Come on.

(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERS)

(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)

Hi. Have you seen Chad?

No, I'm looking for Leeza.

Have you seen Chad?

No.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERS)

SARAH: You guys seen Chad? -Uh-uh.

(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)

SARAH: Leeza?

(GASPS)

-Hey, what's wrong? -Just get me out of here.

(SIGHS)

They deserve each other.

(DOOR OPENS) (DOOR CLOSES)

Hi.

Oh.

We were at this party.

Leeza went off with Chad and they were...

Tyler and I had to get out of there.

I'm sorry he broke your heart.

He didn't.

JESS: It's not fatal. I promise.

I hate Leeza.

JESS: Feel sorry for Leeza. Chad used her.

Is that a glazed ham?

I was taking it to Dina's. You hungry?

SARAH: April's a slob. -Nobody's perfect.

Just my opinion,

you have to have a brain to have an opinion.

"Every family has its own traditions."

Double cheeseburgers? Give me a break.

You want to open your Christmas present early?

Did you know I'd come back?

I hoped.

But you weren't sure?

No.

Good.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

The new camera.

We have stuff to work out, you and me.

Can we not talk about anything tonight?

Merry Christmas. -Yeah.

(KEYBOARD TYPING)

I liked being an only child.

You're not your dad's only child.

I liked being your only child.

You're my only daughter.

You're gonna have a baby and I'm never gonna have a boyfriend.

Sex changes things. It can change you.

It can change your life.

It changed yours.

Hmm. Listen...

Leeza didn't just betray you and Tyler.

(SIGHS) She betrayed herself too, Sarah.

Sometimes if you have sex with the wrong person,

the tears don't just last a night.

They can last forever.

How do you know when it's the right person?

Sometimes your heart...

doesn't talk as loud as your hormones.

But that's what you have to listen to, your heart.

(ALARM RINGING)

(SIGHS)

Oh.

(SIGHS)

SARAH: You okay?

Yeah.

SARAH: Do my hair?

Sure.

(SIGHS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAMERA SNAPPING)

COACH: Let's go, guys. I want to see some energy.

Come on.

COACH: Okay, much better. Very nice.

COACH: Come on.

Hey.

What happened between me and Leeza was nothing.

Really? Nothing?

It made you not like me anymore and I feel bad about that.

You do?

CHAD: Sure.

You know, I still think about you.

You do?

CHAD: You know, I was thinking maybe we could go out sometime.

I mean, I was thinking maybe you could give me another chance.

You know, some time when your mom's not around.

Hit the road, Jack.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAMERA SNAPS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

So how was that?

Okay.

It's just okay?

First I have to know.

Are you trying to get back at Leeza?

Leeza who?

Leeza, the night she hooked up with Chad?

No.

Did she freak you out by what she did?

Hmm, no. I was--I was trying to break up with her anyway,

so I don't.

That's not true.

I know, but it's my story.

Okay.

Just so you know, I didn't do it with Chad.

But you would have?

I was stupid.

What's wrong?

Who am I?

Um, what do you mean? You're Sarah.

What else?

There is no what else. Can you--

can you tell me what I'm doing wrong, so I can do it right?

I don't know what you're doing wrong.

I just know that this doesn't feel right.

Okay, but you can't--

you can't get me all worked up and then not deliver.

That's just what Chad said.

I'm not Chad. I'm your best friend.

You know, the one you used to fool around with?

Remember when we played doctor?

We were in second grade.

-So? -So, that was curiosity.

And what's this?

This is serious.

Okay, I don't get it.

Look, you asked me to help you do it

and then you turn it into a federal case.

Look, if we do this,

then afterwards you'll be just the same as before.

But I'll be different. I'll be a different person.

This was your idea.

I made a mistake, okay? I thought--

I thought I was ready.

And I thought I should probably do it

with somebody I already love.

Like you.

You love me?

SARAH: See, you're not ready for that.

And I'm not either.

Maybe by your senior prom or something.

Or maybe by mine.

I'll hold you to that.

Oh.

Come on.

-You ready? -TYLER: Come on.

JESS: Crib bumpers, breast pump, night light.

DEENA: You know, the hardest thing is gonna be finding good daycare.

JESS: Not the first year.

All the babies do is swap germs.

DEENA: Nannies cost a fortune.

What's going on?

Nothing.

Nothing?

I'm covered this summer. I have maternity leave.

I won't be teaching.

And Sarah doesn't go back to school until September.

Don't count on me.

I'm counting on you.

Just kidding.

So, we're okay until I go back to work in October.

Then, what?

Well, there's always your mother.

SARAH: Oh, not that.

JESS: You're not suggesting she should move in with me?

You know how long I'd last?

Do you know how long I'd last?

Hello, April, I'm back.

JESS: Give Val a break.

You can't imagine what it was like for her

when she was growing up.

She's a prisoner of history.

You're sticking up for your mother?

Yeah. I am.

I'm gonna have to adjust to that.

DEENA: How about for your baby present,

I buy your mother a crib?

What?

We buy two of everything.

Crib, playpen, high chair.

One for her, one for you.

Then, when you decide to go back to work...

I take the baby to my mother's.

DEENA: And you pick him up on your way home.

Think she'd go for it?

Uh-hmm.

-You okay? -Oh.

-DOCTOR: Vital signs? -NURSE: Pulse, one-oh-nine.

Temp, one-oh-three. B.P., one-sixty-four over one-ten.

Abdominal tenderness, right upper quadrant.

Medic said she vomited in the ambulance.

I want liver enzyme test and an ultrasound.

Oh.

Honey.

So, do you know anything?

Not yet.

-Is it terrible? -I don't know.

What is it? Do they know?

Well, if they do, they haven't told me.

It's going to be fine.

How is she?

We had to do a C-section.

Is my mom okay?

Absolutely.

-The baby? -Oh, he's fine.

And he's just gonna have a rough beginning, that's all.

I named him Jake, after Dad.

Oh.

JESS: Four pounds, twelve ounces.

He'll be on a respirator for a couple of days,

but he's fine.

We saw him.

VALERIE: He's beautiful.

Yes. But not as beautiful as Sarah was.

You know why I did this, don't you?

Because the person who has brought me the most happiness in my life

has been you, Sarah.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

JESS: And I need you to know that for all of my life,

I will carry you as I did before you were born,

directly under my heart.

I love you.

You, too.

You're my life. And now Jake is my life, too.

We'll do this together. We'll all do this together.

(BIRD CHIRPING)

(ALARM BEEPING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Good morning. Oh, come here, you.

Oh, look at you. Yes, you big baby boy.

Come here. Oh. I've got you. Look at you.

Oh.

Pack the diaper bag for me, okay?

I've gotta get dressed.

-Bye. -Bye, Mom.

VALERIE: (CHUCKLES)

There you are. I'm too old for this.

-So am I. -(CHUCKLES)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Bye.

Get this back to me by 2:00.

(SIGHS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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