1 00:01:42,690 --> 00:01:49,470 Life isn't measured by the number of breaths we take, but 2 00:01:49,470 --> 00:01:52,510 by the moments that take our breath away. 3 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,520 NPI Los Angeles, 224. 4 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:14,940 This is Agent Salvas, code 60GM. 5 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:16,900 Yeah, it's DeRitter. 6 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:21,020 31522NG. I'm going to need a cover for Lake Merrillville. 7 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:22,880 It's located in Northern California. 8 00:02:23,620 --> 00:02:26,780 I don't know how long I'm staying, but just send it to my phone. 9 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,360 10 -4, DeRitter. We'll do it. 10 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,180 Merrillville? Lake Merrillville. 11 00:02:50,950 --> 00:02:55,910 The fall she returned to Lake Merrillville, everything changed. 12 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:36,720 The fuck were you thinking? 13 00:03:38,380 --> 00:03:40,840 You almost got yourself killed, not to mention your backup. 14 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,220 Please, I have a baby! Let her go. 15 00:03:51,340 --> 00:03:53,080 Yes, she was running. 16 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:58,320 But she had no idea why she chose to come back here, of all places. 17 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:19,240 Oh my god. I'm sorry. 18 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,320 I heard a scream earlier. 19 00:04:23,540 --> 00:04:27,820 Was that you? I just wanted to go for a swim. I can't. It's the only time that I 20 00:04:27,820 --> 00:04:29,680 have. Would you mind? 21 00:04:30,580 --> 00:04:33,020 Is it a little autumn for a dip in the lake? 22 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,940 Is that any of your business? 23 00:04:40,460 --> 00:04:43,140 I'm fine. Get off me. Okay. 24 00:04:45,850 --> 00:04:49,010 Can you tell me which one of these godforsaken roads leads to Lake 25 00:04:49,230 --> 00:04:53,210 At our reunion last year, my college roommate told me about her amazing, 26 00:04:53,210 --> 00:04:54,550 cabin. Got an address? 27 00:04:55,130 --> 00:04:56,130 Yeah. 28 00:04:57,450 --> 00:04:58,590 Oh, it's in the car. 29 00:04:58,910 --> 00:04:59,910 Do you mind? 30 00:05:00,010 --> 00:05:01,850 If that isn't too much to ask. 31 00:05:04,410 --> 00:05:06,670 So, who was your college roommate? 32 00:05:07,030 --> 00:05:08,030 Heather Adams. 33 00:05:08,390 --> 00:05:09,390 Heather. 34 00:05:10,690 --> 00:05:14,670 Well, quite a character. But no one's heard from her in forever. 35 00:05:16,940 --> 00:05:18,300 What did you say your name was? 36 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,580 Mackenzie. Erin. 37 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:21,920 And you? 38 00:05:29,660 --> 00:05:35,160 She remembered her mother saying the sleepy burg was filled with rather 39 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,740 eccentric and colorful characters, right out of a novel. 40 00:05:38,980 --> 00:05:41,280 I think that has, see that has a little bit of the red. 41 00:05:41,980 --> 00:05:44,020 Yeah, this is right here. 42 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:45,640 Uh -oh. I got it. 43 00:05:49,350 --> 00:05:52,490 Hi, are you here for a cabin key? Ah, yeah, come on in. 44 00:05:53,150 --> 00:05:58,530 Oh, damn, Colin, you have really done it this time. Well, Cassandra, darling, 45 00:05:58,650 --> 00:06:00,110 you can't figure it out. Nobody can. 46 00:06:01,250 --> 00:06:03,890 And you've got a few blue ones together over there. 47 00:06:04,350 --> 00:06:08,170 This is too challenging for you. Oh, shame on you. 48 00:06:09,070 --> 00:06:10,510 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 49 00:06:10,730 --> 00:06:11,750 And you are? 50 00:06:12,330 --> 00:06:15,930 Mackenzie. Mackenzie. I'm here for the Heather Adams cabin. Property manager 51 00:06:15,930 --> 00:06:19,810 said they'd leave the key with you. Ah, yes, yes. Right. I am so sorry. We were 52 00:06:19,810 --> 00:06:24,330 just giving Paula's latest masterpiece a test run. Hold on one sec. Yeah. 53 00:06:25,770 --> 00:06:26,770 Grandpapa's famous. 54 00:06:26,950 --> 00:06:29,630 Oh, no. Not even remotely. He designs puzzles. 55 00:06:29,850 --> 00:06:33,710 Look. Wow. First glance, it just looks like part of the design. 56 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,780 But when you look closer, you can see that each and every piece has its own 57 00:06:38,780 --> 00:06:39,780 little story. 58 00:06:40,180 --> 00:06:45,720 And it isn't until you put all those pieces together that you can actually 59 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:46,720 the big picture. 60 00:06:46,940 --> 00:06:49,920 I used to do puzzles with my mom, but nothing like this. 61 00:06:50,620 --> 00:06:54,860 My mom thinks they're a waste of time. She's like, what's the point of sticking 62 00:06:54,860 --> 00:06:58,180 thousands of cardboard pieces together if you can just go to the store, buy a 63 00:06:58,180 --> 00:07:00,900 print, and frame it? That's hardly the point. Right? Here you go. 64 00:07:01,340 --> 00:07:02,800 Oh, thank you. You are welcome. 65 00:07:04,940 --> 00:07:08,980 So, if you need any help getting settled in, my granddaughter here lives to be 66 00:07:08,980 --> 00:07:11,280 settled in. No, I've got it. Thank you. 67 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:13,100 Bye. 68 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:20,460 Who am I? 69 00:07:21,020 --> 00:07:25,700 I just happen to be the sole writer slash editor and distributor of the Pine 70 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:30,820 Mountain Gazette, which serves all 929 readers in a 50 -mile radius. 71 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:38,160 Of all the stories I've watched unfold, hers is by far my personal favorite. 72 00:08:26,070 --> 00:08:28,710 Kid, are you supposed to be out here alone? Where's your mom? 73 00:08:29,070 --> 00:08:30,250 Teacher, where's yours? 74 00:08:35,610 --> 00:08:36,610 Touch it. 75 00:08:43,330 --> 00:08:46,630 Soft things melt hard things. 76 00:08:53,230 --> 00:08:54,410 Hey, I've got to be somewhere. 77 00:08:55,130 --> 00:08:57,750 I'm sorry about what I just said. 78 00:09:02,870 --> 00:09:09,570 Who is taking care of you? As long as the Fabio Ladies Book Club can see me, 79 00:09:09,650 --> 00:09:16,450 I'm okay. My mom, she makes me wear this just in case. One time I got lost. 80 00:09:16,970 --> 00:09:20,550 Yeah, yeah, I got it. Okay, I'm just going to go and make sure they know 81 00:09:20,550 --> 00:09:23,710 here. Better, because... I could be halfway to Mexico by now. 82 00:09:28,690 --> 00:09:32,690 She was only here because she had promised her mother she would return. 83 00:09:37,090 --> 00:09:42,150 While she was a little too city for these parts, she had never broken her 84 00:09:42,150 --> 00:09:43,150 to her mom. 85 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:44,810 She wouldn't start now. 86 00:09:46,570 --> 00:09:49,210 She had no tolerance for patience. 87 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,100 She thought she might go mad from boredom. 88 00:10:09,340 --> 00:10:12,760 And she was sick of this rustic cabin. 89 00:10:17,620 --> 00:10:22,740 She ventured into town, where the Pine Mountain Inn served as the general 90 00:10:23,060 --> 00:10:25,360 post office, and gossip central. 91 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:39,520 May I present boy of a million adventures, Freddy. 92 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:46,320 And this one you've met is still my mother, Adele. And that handsome devil 93 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,340 Rodney, proprietor of Rodney's Rodeo Farmground. 94 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,220 It's nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. 95 00:10:51,980 --> 00:10:56,520 Within two visits, she learned Colin had been a highly revered philosophy 96 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,520 professor until he chucked it all one night. 97 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:04,920 moved into town, and began to design his complex and intricate puzzles. 98 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:12,440 Widowed, he met the highly controversial Cassandra, an anti -feminist feminist 99 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:17,040 who believed women could be insanely powerful and still be full of grace and 100 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,040 beauty. 101 00:11:28,170 --> 00:11:33,070 She quickly came to understand why Mama Adele, founder of the Fabio Ladies Book 102 00:11:33,070 --> 00:11:37,250 Club, and daughter Kat were known to all as the Endless Bickerson. 103 00:11:39,290 --> 00:11:46,110 She heard a term called Freddyvision, but she would have no idea what that 104 00:11:46,110 --> 00:11:47,210 until much later. 105 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,340 Know what I love more than rice pudding? 106 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,440 What, my sweet daughter? 107 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,260 Star -Vent series. 108 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:22,700 When the last star in the sky disappears, we begin our star venture. 109 00:12:22,980 --> 00:12:25,340 And there is only one rule for the day. 110 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:26,720 No rules. 111 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,640 We just go wherever our whim takes us. 112 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,180 She had no use for nostalgia. 113 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:40,190 brittled at the cloying, bittersweet memories. 114 00:12:42,770 --> 00:12:46,690 If she couldn't bury herself in her work, she would run. 115 00:12:47,190 --> 00:12:51,510 In any event, grief would not best her. 116 00:13:06,750 --> 00:13:08,710 If you go in there, you're going to get her killed yourself. 117 00:13:10,710 --> 00:13:11,790 Wait for the negotiator. 118 00:13:20,030 --> 00:13:23,330 Well, I've never seen a mother and daughter any closer than the two of you. 119 00:13:25,150 --> 00:13:26,150 We all loved her. 120 00:13:27,070 --> 00:13:28,070 She was one of a kind. 121 00:13:28,930 --> 00:13:31,430 But you didn't take the time you needed back. 122 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,540 I can see the fear in your eyes. I have a baby, please! Let her go! 123 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:43,200 Do you got the balls? 124 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,280 I'll wake her! 125 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:24,119 You're off the case. 126 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:25,120 Off duty. 127 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:26,600 90 days. 128 00:15:07,150 --> 00:15:08,850 You know, grief is a scraggy bitch. 129 00:15:09,970 --> 00:15:15,390 And she doesn't give a royal fuck about best intentions or whether you have the 130 00:15:15,390 --> 00:15:16,490 luxury of waiting her out. 131 00:15:17,790 --> 00:15:20,270 You've got to find a way through this pain, Max. 132 00:15:20,490 --> 00:15:21,490 Not around him. 133 00:15:28,470 --> 00:15:29,470 Hey! 134 00:15:29,870 --> 00:15:30,870 Hey! 135 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,220 Oh, glad I caught you. Actually, grandparents wanted to know if you 136 00:15:35,220 --> 00:15:37,160 come in for some full moon mud pie. 137 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:43,140 I'm not much of a dessert person. This is not just a dessert. This is a life 138 00:15:43,140 --> 00:15:44,900 -changing experience. You need to be here. 139 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:47,720 He only makes it once a month. You don't want to get FOMO. 140 00:15:48,380 --> 00:15:49,380 It's real. 141 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:51,700 Oh, and we're about to start a new puzzle. 142 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:56,420 You look like you're trying to keep yourself busy, and this is not the place 143 00:15:56,420 --> 00:15:57,420 that. 144 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,020 Well, uh, I definitely don't want to get FOMO. Great. 145 00:16:01,370 --> 00:16:02,870 We start around, like, seven. 146 00:16:05,290 --> 00:16:06,290 All right, then. 147 00:16:11,770 --> 00:16:17,490 Colin's full -moon mud pie came from the monthly celestial event, which made the 148 00:16:17,490 --> 00:16:22,830 inky night sky brilliant with stars and became the blueprint for his puzzles. 149 00:16:32,590 --> 00:16:33,590 You can start. 150 00:16:33,730 --> 00:16:35,630 You don't have to wait. Okay. Thanks. 151 00:16:37,610 --> 00:16:38,610 Like that. 152 00:16:38,770 --> 00:16:40,310 Oh, my God. That is so good. 153 00:16:40,530 --> 00:16:42,610 Right? Wow. I tell them you should be a chef. 154 00:16:42,870 --> 00:16:43,870 Mm -hmm. 155 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:46,850 My darling man. Oh, thank you, darling. 156 00:16:47,090 --> 00:16:48,470 All right. Let's see. Thank you. 157 00:16:48,730 --> 00:16:49,730 What have we got here? 158 00:16:49,950 --> 00:16:50,950 Where are we? 159 00:16:52,110 --> 00:16:53,630 Mademoiselle does borders. Yes. 160 00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:59,110 Mademoiselle does borders, and the straight -edged pieces align themselves 161 00:16:59,110 --> 00:17:00,590 earth or sky. 162 00:17:01,870 --> 00:17:05,109 God, I know this. In translation, the James Merrill poem. 163 00:17:05,390 --> 00:17:08,790 Every time they start a new puzzle, they quote it like scripture. 164 00:17:10,170 --> 00:17:13,430 Nothing is lost or all else is translation. 165 00:17:14,150 --> 00:17:19,170 And every bit of us is lost in it. 166 00:17:19,869 --> 00:17:20,869 Oh, nice. 167 00:17:21,869 --> 00:17:23,890 Puzzle as existential metaphor. 168 00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:27,710 Go get some foam. Yes, sir. 169 00:17:27,990 --> 00:17:29,370 This is Mackenzie. 170 00:17:29,610 --> 00:17:36,130 Hi. This gadfly is Gabrielle's sister, my granddaughter, who I like sometimes. 171 00:17:37,770 --> 00:17:41,050 In spite of herself, she was enjoying the company. 172 00:17:42,690 --> 00:17:47,770 And that damn pie, it was the best thing she'd eaten since she got there. 173 00:17:57,050 --> 00:18:01,860 After much urging, She finally sat in on the weekly Friday chess tournament. 174 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,039 Are you in? 175 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:04,040 Oh. 176 00:18:04,340 --> 00:18:05,820 Get in. Go. 177 00:18:06,380 --> 00:18:07,580 Okay, let's do this. 178 00:18:08,140 --> 00:18:11,080 Such a disappointment is coming your way. 179 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,540 You don't know my chess skills, okay? 180 00:18:15,180 --> 00:18:19,100 Right. But he's going to whip you like a rented mule. I'm just telling you up 181 00:18:19,100 --> 00:18:20,100 front. 182 00:18:25,660 --> 00:18:26,860 He seems harmless. 183 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,780 Like a lovely woodland creature, but no. 184 00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:38,120 This is the part where he sneaks up on you. 185 00:18:38,980 --> 00:18:39,980 No, no, no. 186 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,020 Like a monkey in the wood. 187 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:47,700 Nice, but check me. 188 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:56,740 Yeah, it's humbling, isn't it? Yes, it is. As you can see, it takes very 189 00:18:56,740 --> 00:19:01,200 little. Yeah, but forget about that. Are you ready? Does a polar bear poop in 190 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:01,759 the snow? 191 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,180 I don't know. I did not go to college. 192 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:06,040 All right, I'm getting a chili bar for the winner. 193 00:19:06,260 --> 00:19:09,940 And don't forget the whip. That's right. That's the attitude. 194 00:19:10,380 --> 00:19:15,100 They might be quaint and slightly odd, but they sure had a way of enjoying 195 00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:16,100 themselves. 196 00:19:16,620 --> 00:19:21,560 They all seemed skilled at making the simplest occurrence quite extraordinary. 197 00:19:22,140 --> 00:19:23,540 I instantly regretted it. 198 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:29,280 And that is how it's done here in Lake Merrillville. We're all about manner. We 199 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:30,280 sure are. 200 00:19:57,290 --> 00:20:04,030 She still ran, but now she felt the cold, morning mist wash over her, and 201 00:20:04,030 --> 00:20:05,030 didn't hate it. 202 00:20:10,650 --> 00:20:14,670 So, you understand this isn't a part of the original instructions. 203 00:20:15,130 --> 00:20:19,950 It's a codicil to your father's will to be acted upon given certain criteria. 204 00:20:22,510 --> 00:20:26,390 What I'm about to tell you will certainly be counter to what you've 205 00:20:26,390 --> 00:20:30,390 known all these years, but it's nonetheless the truth. 206 00:20:33,010 --> 00:20:37,670 Don't you just love the Count, even though he's a pernicious rapscallion? 207 00:20:38,490 --> 00:20:43,770 Like Rat Butler carrying Scarlet up those fancy steps. They don't make men 208 00:20:43,770 --> 00:20:44,770 that anymore. 209 00:20:44,950 --> 00:20:47,250 You think all that is progressive. 210 00:20:48,030 --> 00:20:50,970 No, why don't you take a nap? Well, afternoon, good times, people. 211 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,800 I know what you're thinking. Who invited George Clooney to this affair? 212 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:56,360 Ooh, I did. 213 00:20:56,540 --> 00:20:57,900 Oh, nice. 214 00:20:58,460 --> 00:21:02,100 No, actually, I'm just, uh, thought I'd swing by, see if you got the mixers I 215 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:04,640 ordered. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm gonna mix that up. 216 00:21:05,220 --> 00:21:07,880 I'll mix it right up for you. I wish you would. I wish you would. 217 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:09,880 So, what do you say? 218 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:13,680 You in? You in for some of the best fishing you'll ever see anywhere in 219 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:18,220 parts? Oh, I think I'll sit this one out. Maybe next time. Oh, what are you 220 00:21:18,220 --> 00:21:19,920 gonna do? Go home and cry about your life? 221 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:21,480 I'm so sad. Boo! 222 00:21:21,820 --> 00:21:22,820 You're no fun. 223 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,940 She's fun. All right, ease up. No, I will not ease up. 224 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,760 Uh, kind of reading the paper here. 225 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:39,880 What you reading about? 226 00:21:52,810 --> 00:21:53,810 Did you have something hard to beat? 227 00:21:54,210 --> 00:21:55,210 Nope. 228 00:21:55,490 --> 00:21:57,530 You know, I like cheese raviolis. 229 00:21:57,930 --> 00:21:59,550 You know what my mom always says? 230 00:22:01,550 --> 00:22:02,550 Nope. 231 00:22:02,870 --> 00:22:04,310 Because I like them a lot. 232 00:22:05,350 --> 00:22:11,890 I... Like a lot, a lot. Right. And she also wishes that she was a spy 233 00:22:11,890 --> 00:22:13,030 like you. 234 00:22:15,510 --> 00:22:17,350 Mmm, that looks interesting. 235 00:22:18,490 --> 00:22:20,990 Well, that's crazy because I'm not a spy. 236 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:27,980 Do you have somewhere to be? Nope. 237 00:22:28,220 --> 00:22:29,420 Nope. Nowhere to be. 238 00:22:29,780 --> 00:22:32,560 I could sit here with you all day. 239 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:37,760 If you were stranded in the rainforest, what's one item you'd have? You stay 240 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,120 here. I'm going to go. Hey. 241 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:46,460 She ain't coming back. 242 00:22:56,910 --> 00:22:57,910 He's good luck. 243 00:22:58,810 --> 00:23:00,290 You've got to have good luck when you're drinking. 244 00:23:00,490 --> 00:23:03,590 That's right, because I've got questionable juju, so we need all the 245 00:23:03,590 --> 00:23:04,589 get. 246 00:23:04,590 --> 00:23:05,710 All right, let's roll. 247 00:23:06,670 --> 00:23:08,490 Oh, I have to go to the bathroom already. 248 00:23:08,850 --> 00:23:09,850 Oh, shut up. 249 00:23:23,550 --> 00:23:24,790 I don't bite, you know. 250 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,580 Hey, you're getting off. 251 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,540 Okay. Thank you. 252 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:08,920 Hey. 253 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:31,200 Hey, are you okay? 254 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,620 Ready? Yeah. 255 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,440 I'm just in it. 256 00:24:39,780 --> 00:24:41,580 What? Can't you feel it? 257 00:24:46,340 --> 00:24:50,600 I'm memorizing it for next time. 258 00:24:51,820 --> 00:24:52,820 Next time? 259 00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:57,140 Like when I have to go to the hospital or get my blood drawn. 260 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,400 Here's something else. 261 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:02,800 I know. 262 00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:04,760 But I didn't ask to be. 263 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,260 Hey, I didn't mean it like that. 264 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:08,559 Don't worry. 265 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:09,640 I'm used to it. 266 00:25:10,860 --> 00:25:15,100 I think I don't know what people see gawking at me. 267 00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:18,140 Their eyes are like pinballs. 268 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,500 Look anywhere but at the gork. 269 00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:25,840 That's what's in their minds. But out of their mouths were special needs. 270 00:25:27,020 --> 00:25:29,280 One must be PC after all. 271 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,040 It's okay, Max. 272 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,780 I have a really good life. I do. 273 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:40,660 And besides, I get to know things, feel things other 274 00:25:40,660 --> 00:25:42,200 people can't. 275 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:49,720 Like how your heart is so ginormous, and that's why it hurts so 276 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:50,980 deep. 277 00:26:03,519 --> 00:26:05,340 Listen, try not to worry, okay? 278 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:09,280 His lifeline's here. I can't get Rodney on his cell phone. 279 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:10,840 He's a cowboy. 280 00:26:11,140 --> 00:26:14,500 He's got about as much use for his cell phone as a damn donkey. Don't defend 281 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:18,440 him, Kat. No, I'm not defending him. I'm just stating a fact. 282 00:26:29,540 --> 00:26:30,700 What's the story here? 283 00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:38,620 I mean, he's smart as a whip, this one. 284 00:26:40,180 --> 00:26:44,580 Yeah, but what is it? 285 00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:49,100 It's called Fanconi anemia. 286 00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:51,440 It's rare as hell. 287 00:26:52,220 --> 00:26:59,160 It clobbers the genes that do DNA repair, not to mention the seizures and 288 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,060 the cancer. 289 00:27:02,030 --> 00:27:07,330 Breathing down their neck. If that's not enough of a challenge, then life 290 00:27:07,330 --> 00:27:08,330 expectancy. 291 00:27:10,370 --> 00:27:12,410 Tick -tock. His mother, Sammy. 292 00:27:13,970 --> 00:27:15,170 She's a gladiator. 293 00:27:16,110 --> 00:27:20,250 I've never seen her buckle. I don't know how she does it. I mean, she's made out 294 00:27:20,250 --> 00:27:23,450 of steel and strawberries. 295 00:27:29,770 --> 00:27:31,530 I want you to join us for dinner tonight. 296 00:27:31,910 --> 00:27:36,010 Oh, no, thank you. No, you need to be with people. 297 00:27:37,210 --> 00:27:38,970 Okay, I won't take no for an answer. 298 00:27:39,670 --> 00:27:46,470 Well, in that case... Whoa, 299 00:27:46,650 --> 00:27:48,210 whoa, whoa, you got one there, punk! 300 00:27:48,530 --> 00:27:49,530 You got one? 301 00:27:49,850 --> 00:27:53,670 There we go. Oh, there we go! Get it, get it, get it! 302 00:27:54,610 --> 00:27:55,610 The exit! 303 00:27:55,830 --> 00:27:56,890 Let's take it over there. 304 00:28:03,350 --> 00:28:04,530 Hey, we better get you home. 305 00:28:05,070 --> 00:28:06,070 Okay? 306 00:28:06,250 --> 00:28:07,250 Yep. 307 00:28:09,470 --> 00:28:11,370 That's why I didn't eat the sandals. Yeah, yeah. 308 00:28:12,250 --> 00:28:13,250 Mom, Mom, Mom! 309 00:28:13,550 --> 00:28:15,450 What could you possibly be thinking? 310 00:28:15,650 --> 00:28:18,790 And who the hell do you think you are? Do you have a kid? 311 00:28:19,390 --> 00:28:22,970 No, because if you did, you would have never taken my son without my 312 00:28:23,250 --> 00:28:27,730 Mom, I... Don't even, because I know you went to the big lake. Well, of course 313 00:28:27,730 --> 00:28:31,310 we did. There's no fish in the small one. Everyone knows no big lake unless 314 00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:33,630 along. Did you remember to take his afternoon meds? 315 00:28:35,370 --> 00:28:37,190 What if he had a seizure out there? 316 00:28:37,450 --> 00:28:39,010 I brought them in my bag. 317 00:28:39,690 --> 00:28:43,370 Oh, see, there you go. No harm, no foul. No harm, no foul. 318 00:28:43,690 --> 00:28:46,070 No. Hey, Freddy, here's your cat. 319 00:28:46,390 --> 00:28:47,390 Oh, come on. 320 00:28:47,730 --> 00:28:51,110 Sammy, you can't take the fisherman's cats away from him. That wouldn't be 321 00:28:51,110 --> 00:28:55,330 right. Hey, I'm really sorry, but I would never hurt your son. 322 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:02,800 Come, storyteller! 323 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:06,200 Imagine that. 324 00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:08,220 Let's go make some dinner. 325 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:09,820 Let's go make some dinner! 326 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:16,800 Yeah. His party's over. So, I, uh, called Heather today. 327 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:21,540 But her phone was disconnected, so I did a little digging. 328 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,340 Ended up speaking to her mother. 329 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:27,680 Heather died about five years ago. 330 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:30,300 My son always believes the best in people. 331 00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:32,480 But I don't suffer from that virtue. 332 00:29:33,300 --> 00:29:36,200 Stay the hell away from both of us. You're right. 333 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,220 And I'm sorry I lied about Heather. 334 00:29:38,660 --> 00:29:42,540 But the truth is, I'm working a special assignment for the EPA. 335 00:29:45,140 --> 00:29:49,500 We're investigating potential environmental threats in the area. And 336 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:50,680 classified, so we work undercover. 337 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:52,860 I'm sorry for any confusion. 338 00:29:56,220 --> 00:30:00,200 All right. We'll see you later, officer and whatever that is. 339 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,420 it's possible I was a little too rough on her. Oh, come on. She's a good girl. 340 00:30:08,780 --> 00:30:11,820 Right? Trust me. When have I ever led you astray? 341 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:16,020 Do not answer that. Just go make my trout almondine the way I like it. 342 00:30:16,660 --> 00:30:21,260 Well, if you would behave like a grown -up... I'm trying to, but I've got women 343 00:30:21,260 --> 00:30:23,280 coming at me like bullets. Oh, man. 344 00:30:23,860 --> 00:30:27,800 Did Mom ever get here? I have no idea. 345 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:29,440 That looks nice. 346 00:30:30,590 --> 00:30:31,590 Thank you. 347 00:30:32,150 --> 00:30:33,510 She's joining us for dinner. 348 00:30:33,730 --> 00:30:35,610 I'm so sorry. You should have started without me. 349 00:30:40,790 --> 00:30:44,130 That's against every good breeding tip you've ever crammed into our little 350 00:30:44,130 --> 00:30:46,730 pagan... Hi, this is our mom. 351 00:30:47,030 --> 00:30:48,510 Mom, this is Mackenzie Aaron. 352 00:30:48,730 --> 00:30:50,690 Lovely to meet you. How long have you been here? 353 00:30:51,390 --> 00:30:52,390 A week. 354 00:30:53,210 --> 00:30:54,210 Enjoying your stay? 355 00:30:56,270 --> 00:30:57,510 Mackenzie's a really great puzzler. 356 00:30:58,170 --> 00:31:01,630 Oh, so they've lured you into their little conclave. 357 00:31:02,790 --> 00:31:04,590 Hey, were you here a few summers ago? 358 00:31:06,750 --> 00:31:07,930 No. Hmm. 359 00:31:08,830 --> 00:31:10,050 Well, you look familiar. 360 00:31:11,570 --> 00:31:14,070 Oh, just one of those faces, I guess. 361 00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:15,350 Yeah? 362 00:31:15,610 --> 00:31:16,930 That's just so fascinating. 363 00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:19,230 Why didn't you tell us what you're doing here? 364 00:31:19,590 --> 00:31:21,790 Oh, just getting away from it all. 365 00:31:22,010 --> 00:31:24,070 And yes, pointedly unfascinating. 366 00:31:25,770 --> 00:31:26,770 Running. 367 00:31:27,420 --> 00:31:28,460 That's where I've seen you. 368 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,220 Have you run by the big lake yet? 369 00:31:32,580 --> 00:31:34,740 Yeah, I've been hiking and running everywhere. 370 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:37,800 It's, uh, it's some kind of beautiful out there. 371 00:31:38,140 --> 00:31:39,420 Some kind of beautiful. 372 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:44,360 Mom. 373 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,980 I, um, I understand you work for the government. 374 00:31:53,980 --> 00:31:56,660 Uh, yeah. Mom used to be a congresswoman. 375 00:31:57,100 --> 00:32:01,360 Now she's a consultant, though. And with the administration, you know, the 376 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:02,460 phone's ringing off the hook. 377 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,780 Yeah, not an easy gig. No. 378 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,480 Yeah, all that how -to card selling is bullshit. 379 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:09,580 I thought we had a rule here. 380 00:32:09,820 --> 00:32:15,740 Yeah, no iPhones or politics at the dinner table. We get enough of it 381 00:32:15,740 --> 00:32:20,080 else. Because it's the latest spectator sport. Reality by Stupid America, where 382 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,740 we await every day with sheer anticipation. 383 00:32:23,679 --> 00:32:25,080 Aren't you clever, Sasha? 384 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,600 I seem to recall you didn't show up to vote. 385 00:32:27,940 --> 00:32:31,760 If people want to know why millennials have checked out, it's because you made 386 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,900 us check out. With all your lies, BS, spins, spins, spins. All right, tell us 387 00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:40,300 how you really feel. Okay, here we go. I think the millennials checked out 388 00:32:40,300 --> 00:32:43,420 because we coddled you so spectacularly. Coddled? 389 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:48,020 Jesus, you were still drinking back then for days at a time. And when I needed a 390 00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:51,280 mother, it wasn't you. Stop screaming at her about what she hasn't done right. 391 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,020 Look at you. What have you done right? 392 00:32:54,580 --> 00:32:56,080 I'm sorry, Mackenzie. 393 00:32:56,380 --> 00:32:59,860 My girls are usually a little more civilized. What? Oh, God. 394 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,720 Honey, Gabrielle. Don't look at me. I'm such a rebel. Enough. 395 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:04,280 Gabrielle. Enough. 396 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,100 I forgot. 397 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:09,840 Gabrielle, come with me. 398 00:33:10,060 --> 00:33:11,420 Gabrielle. Gabrielle. 399 00:33:12,020 --> 00:33:13,020 Don't. Katie. 400 00:33:13,180 --> 00:33:14,180 Have fun. 401 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:18,380 This happens every single time you let her get away. I'm going to go help him. 402 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:19,520 Oh, my God. 403 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:56,800 Mackenzie knew from her years of FBI training that there were far deeper 404 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,740 buried here than her own. 405 00:34:32,139 --> 00:34:33,560 On the back. Okay. 406 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,000 See? 407 00:34:59,820 --> 00:35:00,820 Isn't it nice? 408 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:02,820 You don't always have to talk, you know. 409 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,820 You know what my mom's favorite word is? 410 00:35:12,540 --> 00:35:15,140 No, but I bet money you're about to tell me. 411 00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:18,740 Kintsukurai. Know what that means? 412 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:20,640 Not even remotely. 413 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:26,580 More beautiful for heaven than broken. 414 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:28,280 It's a joke. 415 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:55,680 I know you didn't see any reason to meet your birth mother, and I assume that's 416 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,840 in large part because you were told she left you. 417 00:35:59,860 --> 00:36:02,100 But in fact, that's not what happened. 418 00:36:12,740 --> 00:36:17,100 Does a one -legged duck swim in a circle? 419 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:18,720 Are you feeding me? 420 00:36:19,020 --> 00:36:20,020 Yes. 421 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:25,180 I love when you babysit me, Gabrielle. Oh, feelings mutual, little man. 422 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,260 Don't listen to them, okay? They're jerks. 423 00:36:36,220 --> 00:36:38,300 Hey, what happened to you? 424 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:41,640 Yeah, I stick your hand in some meat grinders. 425 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:43,940 You guys don't stop. I'm going to get mom. 426 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,720 Yeah, let's keep playing, okay? Yeah, lobster boy. 427 00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:47,980 Get a little too close to the lawnmower. 428 00:37:11,379 --> 00:37:12,660 Hey! What do you want? 429 00:37:13,540 --> 00:37:14,540 What did you just say? 430 00:37:14,820 --> 00:37:15,820 What do you care? 431 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:17,940 A hell of a lot is what I care. 432 00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:19,500 Now listen up. 433 00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:23,400 If you speak to anyone like that ever again, I'm going to find you. I'll make 434 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,860 your sorry little lives f***ing miserable. 435 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:27,240 You got that? 436 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:28,760 F*** you! 437 00:37:31,420 --> 00:37:35,900 I'm sorry. He told me to. I really didn't mean it. It was his fault. Are 438 00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:39,320 okay? I didn't want to. Then don't say it. 439 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:46,240 Are you okay? 440 00:37:46,940 --> 00:37:49,340 Hey, that was cool, what you did over there. 441 00:37:50,410 --> 00:37:52,410 Well, they won't be bothering Freddy anymore. 442 00:37:52,910 --> 00:37:54,350 No, they certainly won't. 443 00:37:55,450 --> 00:37:57,390 Honey, were those the same kids from last year? 444 00:38:00,310 --> 00:38:07,190 I know that it probably doesn't feel like it, but it isn't 445 00:38:07,190 --> 00:38:09,010 you they don't like. It's themselves. 446 00:38:10,470 --> 00:38:11,470 Okay? 447 00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:17,730 What do you say we go get you two those chili bars? Yeah. 448 00:38:18,370 --> 00:38:19,288 Yeah? 449 00:38:19,290 --> 00:38:20,290 Can Max come? 450 00:38:21,250 --> 00:38:24,710 Um, I'm sure she has some things she has to do. 451 00:38:27,630 --> 00:38:33,470 Thank you for that. 452 00:38:33,810 --> 00:38:36,210 You'd think in this day and age people would be a little more sensitive. 453 00:38:37,110 --> 00:38:39,730 I don't know how you deal with the bullshit. 454 00:38:40,150 --> 00:38:42,110 Well, they certainly don't hand out a manual. 455 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:48,140 I don't know. You just learn to muddle through and hope like hell that people 456 00:38:48,140 --> 00:38:50,400 become less ignorant and less angry. 457 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:56,320 You know, less fearful of those who look different or love different. 458 00:39:00,140 --> 00:39:02,920 Freddy, don't let them get to you. 459 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,840 Okay? They just... See the special needs show. 460 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:09,100 Hey, don't say that. 461 00:39:09,860 --> 00:39:10,860 Come on. 462 00:39:12,010 --> 00:39:13,910 You know why I think they call you special needs? 463 00:39:14,490 --> 00:39:15,490 Because I'm all that? 464 00:39:16,290 --> 00:39:17,290 No. 465 00:39:17,750 --> 00:39:19,130 It's not you who need us. 466 00:39:19,870 --> 00:39:21,550 It's all of us who need you. 467 00:39:24,490 --> 00:39:25,490 Okay. 468 00:39:26,390 --> 00:39:27,390 True. 469 00:39:28,170 --> 00:39:29,510 Don't know what I'd do without you. 470 00:39:36,410 --> 00:39:37,410 Look, 471 00:39:38,450 --> 00:39:41,230 I promised them I would take them for chili bars, so... 472 00:42:07,820 --> 00:42:11,900 In other news, the Sister Wives just took home a Grammy for Song of the Year, 473 00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:12,578 Don't Play. 474 00:42:12,580 --> 00:42:16,100 Lead singer Lisa Jane remarked upon hearing the news that she hoped women 475 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:18,420 everywhere would find inspiration from their journey. 476 00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:25,080 Hey, little man. 477 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:37,280 What's wrong? 478 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,100 Why don't you like Max? 479 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:45,540 I know what you need. 480 00:45:58,550 --> 00:45:59,550 Hello? Hi. 481 00:46:01,250 --> 00:46:02,250 Hi. 482 00:46:03,730 --> 00:46:07,890 Thanks for your help the other day, but you're just here for a visit. 483 00:46:08,170 --> 00:46:10,870 But Freddy's full -time, not a roadside attraction. 484 00:46:11,350 --> 00:46:15,330 So please, whatever you do, don't play him. 485 00:46:15,690 --> 00:46:18,290 Hey, the last thing I'm doing is playing your son. 486 00:46:19,130 --> 00:46:20,130 Oh, shit. 487 00:46:20,570 --> 00:46:22,550 Look, I shouldn't have said that. 488 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:27,460 He's pretty damn insistent that I give you a second chance. 489 00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:36,340 He's got a heart that will overlook anything, and I just don't want to see 490 00:46:36,340 --> 00:46:37,340 hurt. 491 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:39,480 So? 492 00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:43,280 How about Saturday afternoon? 493 00:46:45,380 --> 00:46:46,380 Sure. 494 00:46:58,600 --> 00:46:59,820 So why puzzling? 495 00:47:01,740 --> 00:47:08,540 I guess it's shown me a whole new way to see things. It's 496 00:47:08,540 --> 00:47:13,500 taken me way beyond what I thought I could comprehend. 497 00:47:14,900 --> 00:47:15,900 How so? 498 00:47:17,540 --> 00:47:24,440 Well, none of us are remotely capable of experiencing the world we live in. You 499 00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:25,480 know, we've created... 500 00:47:25,950 --> 00:47:30,010 two - and three -dimensional boundaries just to try to make sense of things. But 501 00:47:30,010 --> 00:47:33,630 what lives inside the spaces of those boundaries? 502 00:47:34,590 --> 00:47:37,710 And you're able to see that when you're puzzling? 503 00:47:38,630 --> 00:47:44,750 I've had some brief glimpses when I'm deep into a puzzle where 504 00:47:44,750 --> 00:47:47,910 possibilities are limitless. 505 00:47:48,290 --> 00:47:53,750 It's like looking at a cloud and seeing the face of God. 506 00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:02,660 Well, too puzzling. Oh, too puzzling. To going where no man has gone before. 507 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:04,080 Oh, yeah. 508 00:48:04,300 --> 00:48:05,480 Live long and prosper. 509 00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:44,700 Let me help you can't help Take 510 00:49:44,700 --> 00:49:58,360 me 511 00:49:58,360 --> 00:49:59,360 to the nearest bar 512 00:50:56,350 --> 00:50:57,590 Hey. Can I help? 513 00:50:58,670 --> 00:51:00,450 No, I just need to wait for it to cool down. 514 00:51:01,470 --> 00:51:04,070 Actually, I'm pretty handy with cars. What's the problem? 515 00:51:05,970 --> 00:51:09,590 Well, it needs a new, uh... Well, everything. 516 00:51:11,030 --> 00:51:15,790 It's just not a priority on the list next to all the bills and... I mean, 517 00:51:15,910 --> 00:51:19,350 how I thought I could make a living being a dance teacher out here is beyond 518 00:51:20,270 --> 00:51:21,690 You got a lot on your plate. 519 00:51:22,670 --> 00:51:24,470 Look, I'm not a martyr. 520 00:51:24,790 --> 00:51:26,370 Oh, that's not what I heard. 521 00:51:27,430 --> 00:51:29,710 I heard that you never crumble. 522 00:51:30,570 --> 00:51:33,130 Oh, trust me. I have my days. 523 00:51:40,890 --> 00:51:44,970 While we're waiting, what do you tell me about him? 524 00:51:49,750 --> 00:51:53,970 And then when he was five, And we had gone through one of his surgeries. 525 00:51:54,450 --> 00:51:58,730 One of my old dance friends came by, and she proceeded to tell me how everyone 526 00:51:58,730 --> 00:52:03,710 felt so sorry that I didn't have a normal child, and how it must be such a 527 00:52:03,710 --> 00:52:05,130 burden. Oh, my God. 528 00:52:05,990 --> 00:52:11,450 Yeah, and then I asked her why she thought I wanted a normal kid, because I 529 00:52:11,450 --> 00:52:13,690 didn't want Freddy to be anything other than who he is. 530 00:52:14,250 --> 00:52:17,850 And then she pulled me aside, and she said, Don't ever say that again. It 531 00:52:17,850 --> 00:52:18,850 you sound crazy. 532 00:52:19,050 --> 00:52:20,050 What? 533 00:52:20,740 --> 00:52:21,760 Maybe I am crazy. 534 00:52:22,220 --> 00:52:23,220 No. 535 00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:26,520 No. Every day Freddie teaches me something new. 536 00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:33,640 I mean, sure, the everyday challenges can be annoying, but, you 537 00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:37,500 know, we really are just very happy how we are. 538 00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:42,260 You know, I always say when you hug Freddie, it's like hugging God. 539 00:52:43,940 --> 00:52:47,040 I mean, how does it get any better than that? 540 00:52:48,420 --> 00:52:49,420 It doesn't. 541 00:52:57,770 --> 00:52:59,830 Oh, well, she's not going to vanish into thin air. 542 00:53:01,050 --> 00:53:03,990 Gosh, this is crazy awesome that you're here. 543 00:53:04,290 --> 00:53:05,290 Care for a surprise? 544 00:53:05,470 --> 00:53:07,370 Does heaven taste like cotton candy? 545 00:53:08,170 --> 00:53:11,430 Mom's made the most awesome cheese raviolis ever. 546 00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:34,540 in life and how things stay part of you forever. 547 00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:40,880 Max got her first one from her mom when she was four and always got a new one at 548 00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:46,940 Christmas and birthdays and she has like hundreds of them at home. Hey, I'm not 549 00:53:46,940 --> 00:53:47,940 that old. 550 00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:54,900 Okay, it's time for dinner and early bedtime for you. 551 00:53:55,180 --> 00:53:56,700 Can Max stay? 552 00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:05,840 I'd love to. 553 00:54:08,340 --> 00:54:09,340 Yay! 554 00:54:27,580 --> 00:54:30,480 Okay, little man, time for bed. 555 00:55:35,080 --> 00:55:39,780 It was only then that Max began to fully grasp their daily challenges. 556 00:55:48,300 --> 00:55:51,140 Wow. You weren't fooling around. 557 00:55:51,580 --> 00:55:53,320 The monkeys. 558 00:55:53,860 --> 00:55:56,720 Yeah, he collects them like you do nesting dolls. 559 00:55:57,620 --> 00:55:58,700 Why monkeys? 560 00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:01,100 Well, he used to... 561 00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:05,300 Love how curious George was always busting out and doing things he 562 00:56:05,300 --> 00:56:08,740 until that man with that silly yellow hat. 563 00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:14,360 I say, don't mock me. 564 00:56:15,120 --> 00:56:16,120 That's right. 565 00:56:18,260 --> 00:56:25,060 I love you the biggest, the mostest, and 566 00:56:25,060 --> 00:56:26,300 the furthest. 567 00:56:27,080 --> 00:56:30,660 Mama, I love you the mostest. 568 00:58:19,470 --> 00:58:21,010 You had one, didn't you? 569 00:58:21,950 --> 00:58:27,450 No. No, I, I, um... Okay. 570 00:58:28,430 --> 00:58:29,530 But I'm fine. 571 00:58:30,910 --> 00:58:32,690 Like, more importantly, how are you? 572 00:58:33,030 --> 00:58:35,110 Because I know those kids were back at the lake. 573 00:58:35,990 --> 00:58:38,250 No, no. I brought a camera. 574 00:58:40,430 --> 00:58:42,530 You've been very quiet all night long. 575 00:58:44,170 --> 00:58:45,170 It's all right. 576 00:58:45,830 --> 00:58:48,690 Why don't you have to go to my place at the hospital? 577 00:58:51,170 --> 00:58:54,550 And you know I have to be there until it's okay. 578 00:58:58,350 --> 00:58:59,350 Yeah, sweetie. 579 00:59:00,510 --> 00:59:01,690 Is that where you've been? 580 00:59:05,670 --> 00:59:08,590 Well, Mackenzie does the same thing. 581 00:59:09,670 --> 00:59:12,330 She has to go to her place a lot. 582 00:59:13,910 --> 00:59:14,910 A lot, a lot. 583 00:59:15,690 --> 00:59:18,550 Because she hurts crazy often. 584 00:59:20,200 --> 00:59:23,360 And she doesn't have someone helping her. 585 01:00:07,839 --> 01:00:09,540 It looks like someone's been busy. 586 01:00:10,460 --> 01:00:13,320 I kind of want to be rude, but... Well, you were the other night. 587 01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:16,360 Left without saying goodbye. Yeah, I wasn't feeling well. Sorry. 588 01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:18,600 Look, I'm not sure I buy that. 589 01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:22,580 I'm not sure what to think, actually. 590 01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:30,840 Freddie says you were just sad, and I will bet on Freddie every single time. 591 01:00:39,160 --> 01:00:40,260 It's a monkey man. 592 01:00:58,540 --> 01:00:59,540 If Freddy's right. 593 01:01:00,740 --> 01:01:02,200 What are you so sad about? 594 01:01:03,020 --> 01:01:04,600 I'm not sad. I'm just tired. 595 01:01:06,360 --> 01:01:09,940 Okay, look, I'm not trying to intrude. I just wanted to say thank you. 596 01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:11,440 Thank you. 597 01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:16,780 Yeah, for making my son so happy. 598 01:01:18,540 --> 01:01:22,780 I don't think I have ever seen him light up the way he does when you're around. 599 01:01:26,460 --> 01:01:27,460 Please. 600 01:01:30,330 --> 01:01:32,970 Maddening at times, but... 601 01:02:04,460 --> 01:02:06,380 I'm a pretty great listener. 602 01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:08,940 Like you. 603 01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:11,360 I hate you. 604 01:02:12,620 --> 01:02:13,620 Thank you. 605 01:02:13,720 --> 01:02:16,120 We've got some for all you lovers out there. 606 01:02:16,320 --> 01:02:17,320 No, 607 01:02:18,420 --> 01:02:19,420 no, no. I've got a car. 608 01:02:19,860 --> 01:02:21,620 Oh, you don't. 609 01:02:28,120 --> 01:02:30,280 What? Keep the traction one. 610 01:02:31,020 --> 01:02:34,700 How'd I get so much? Come on. Let's go kick the shit out of some dancing, 611 01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:35,840 Have you seen this one dance? 612 01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:37,178 Uh -oh. 613 01:02:37,180 --> 01:02:38,380 You were in for a treat. 614 01:03:16,630 --> 01:03:18,670 All right, dance by yourself. 615 01:04:15,180 --> 01:04:17,300 Hey, have you decided yet? 616 01:04:19,380 --> 01:04:21,080 Look, you gotta order something. 617 01:04:22,980 --> 01:04:25,220 Okay, you know what? A scotch. Double. 618 01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:27,120 You sure you wanna go that way? 619 01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:29,440 Alright. 620 01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:19,280 Your mother didn't choose to cut you out of her life. 621 01:05:20,140 --> 01:05:21,760 That was your father's decision. 622 01:05:22,660 --> 01:05:24,240 Your father was a dear friend. 623 01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:27,400 I watched him agonize over this decision. 624 01:05:34,580 --> 01:05:36,580 Thanks, Mamo. I love it. 625 01:05:37,480 --> 01:05:38,860 Oh, my baby bobo. 626 01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:40,880 You're getting so big. 627 01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:42,260 Not big enough. 628 01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:46,380 I can't wait to grow up and become a policeman, just like Daddy. 629 01:05:46,980 --> 01:05:49,200 You don't want to grow up too fast, sweetie. 630 01:05:49,840 --> 01:05:52,400 Once you've done it, there's no going back. 631 01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:13,840 It's long gone, I'm gonna recover, right? 632 01:06:16,660 --> 01:06:17,860 You have to work tomorrow? 633 01:06:18,640 --> 01:06:19,700 Yeah, those kids. 634 01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:21,480 Getting so big. 635 01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:32,320 Samantha! 636 01:06:42,030 --> 01:06:44,930 Do you always cut out on people without any explanation? 637 01:06:45,430 --> 01:06:47,850 No, of course not. Really, Mackenzie? 638 01:06:48,350 --> 01:06:49,890 I don't know what to think. 639 01:06:50,770 --> 01:06:55,430 Something about you is just not right. Something is off. I don't know what... 640 01:06:55,430 --> 01:06:56,430 mother died. 641 01:06:56,630 --> 01:06:58,890 What? Last night a year ago. 642 01:06:59,170 --> 01:07:01,170 And I just... I lost it. 643 01:07:01,870 --> 01:07:06,570 And no, I'm not one to cut out on people. So I want to apologize. 644 01:07:25,540 --> 01:07:27,700 My gum was in my pocket the whole time. 645 01:07:28,380 --> 01:07:30,060 I don't know how you put up with it. 646 01:07:30,320 --> 01:07:31,320 Yeah, I don't know. 647 01:07:43,780 --> 01:07:45,120 Is that what I do? 648 01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:50,460 What you do to forget or in general? 649 01:07:56,620 --> 01:07:57,620 Beckett, it's me. 650 01:07:58,140 --> 01:07:59,140 Listen, 651 01:07:59,860 --> 01:08:01,560 I need you to do something for me. 652 01:08:39,660 --> 01:08:40,700 So tell me about her. 653 01:08:43,020 --> 01:08:47,800 She was... She was the only person I ever trusted. 654 01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:50,120 With everything. 655 01:08:52,240 --> 01:08:57,140 You know, I used to get teased a lot about being adopted, but... I couldn't 656 01:08:57,140 --> 01:08:58,460 been loved more by anyone else. 657 01:09:01,620 --> 01:09:02,920 She was, um... 658 01:09:12,140 --> 01:09:13,899 Hey, Dad used to bring me up here. 659 01:09:15,740 --> 01:09:20,420 So if I ever need to clear my head, this is where I come. 660 01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:24,200 You never mentioned him. 661 01:09:24,700 --> 01:09:25,720 Does he live here? 662 01:09:27,740 --> 01:09:30,439 He died when I was 23. 663 01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:35,319 So I know what it's like to lose a parent that shaped you. 664 01:09:36,060 --> 01:09:37,600 And he's still so fresh for you. 665 01:09:38,140 --> 01:09:39,140 Yeah. 666 01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:41,420 Hey, I'm sorry about your dad. 667 01:09:42,569 --> 01:09:45,470 No, don't be. He was amazing. 668 01:09:46,990 --> 01:09:50,870 But when he passed, I sort of bottomed out. 669 01:09:51,850 --> 01:09:58,650 I stopped dancing and ended up with Derek and got pregnant within a 670 01:09:58,650 --> 01:09:59,650 month. 671 01:10:00,850 --> 01:10:02,850 Something was wrong with the pregnancy. 672 01:10:03,270 --> 01:10:04,730 You just didn't know what. 673 01:10:05,510 --> 01:10:10,970 The moment that he was born, everyone pushed for a DNR. 674 01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:17,760 So they administered the morphine and took him off the vent. 675 01:10:21,060 --> 01:10:26,880 And when they put him on my chest, my heart broke into a million pieces. 676 01:10:29,700 --> 01:10:31,280 He was so fragile. 677 01:10:31,940 --> 01:10:37,340 If there's a hell on this earth, it's trying to help your baby die. 678 01:10:43,340 --> 01:10:45,840 I just held him, and I prayed. 679 01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:48,500 And I told him it was okay to go. 680 01:10:49,620 --> 01:10:51,040 Whatever he needed. 681 01:10:52,040 --> 01:10:56,100 Derek, when he left the hospital, said he couldn't be there. 682 01:10:59,420 --> 01:11:03,360 And I felt like I was in a horror movie. 683 01:11:04,700 --> 01:11:10,020 So surreal, just waiting and waiting for him to pass. 684 01:11:14,250 --> 01:11:16,710 I need you. I can't do this alone. 685 01:11:17,070 --> 01:11:20,790 But he just kept breathing and living. 686 01:11:24,770 --> 01:11:31,670 Derek, the doctors, my friends, everyone, they'd already given 687 01:11:31,670 --> 01:11:32,670 up on him. 688 01:11:33,190 --> 01:11:37,190 What are you saying? It's too hard for you to watch him die? 689 01:11:37,690 --> 01:11:42,230 I spent 135 days in the NICU. We will never. 690 01:11:43,320 --> 01:11:45,460 ever come back from this. 691 01:11:46,760 --> 01:11:47,760 I'm done. 692 01:11:50,240 --> 01:11:56,500 135 days of strong babies dying and weak babies living. 693 01:11:58,520 --> 01:12:00,340 And it was all so arbitrary. 694 01:12:04,540 --> 01:12:11,480 You know, it made me realize motherhood is not an entitlement. 695 01:12:12,010 --> 01:12:13,470 It's a sacred privilege. 696 01:12:14,370 --> 01:12:16,630 So you damn well better bring it and don't complain. 697 01:12:20,470 --> 01:12:26,550 My God, I'm sorry. We came up here to help you, and off I go on this rant. 698 01:12:26,850 --> 01:12:27,850 Are you kidding me? 699 01:12:28,790 --> 01:12:29,790 Thank you. 700 01:12:30,750 --> 01:12:32,410 Thank you for sharing that with me. 701 01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:11,620 You don't have to be sad anymore because you have us now. 702 01:13:12,780 --> 01:13:13,880 We're merged. 703 01:13:17,080 --> 01:13:18,080 Is he okay? 704 01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:20,220 What is merged? 705 01:13:22,620 --> 01:13:25,380 He merges the people he loves into his soul. 706 01:13:27,240 --> 01:13:28,840 Very few get that honor. 707 01:13:30,700 --> 01:13:31,980 I am honored. 708 01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:40,460 Please excuse my ignorance, but when does he need the wheelchair? 709 01:13:41,740 --> 01:13:45,080 Well, when he's completely well. He doesn't need it at all. 710 01:13:46,060 --> 01:13:50,000 But when he's really sick, we use it to conserve his energy. 711 01:13:57,400 --> 01:14:00,480 So, um, does he have any contact with his dad? 712 01:14:01,640 --> 01:14:02,640 No. 713 01:14:04,200 --> 01:14:05,500 Anyone else? Since? 714 01:14:08,620 --> 01:14:10,820 It's one thing to date a single mom. 715 01:14:11,980 --> 01:14:14,320 Quite another when you add a wheelchair to the mix. 716 01:14:14,920 --> 01:14:15,920 How's that? 717 01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:20,180 Well, imagine every night you come home, the first thing we talk about is 718 01:14:20,180 --> 01:14:21,180 Freddy's Day. 719 01:14:21,580 --> 01:14:24,460 Doctors visit, test results, therapy. 720 01:14:25,140 --> 01:14:31,720 Or maybe you finally fit in that tennis game, and I'm blowing up your phone. 721 01:14:32,220 --> 01:14:34,060 all day with texts from the ER. 722 01:14:36,120 --> 01:14:40,960 You know, forget anyone else's needs getting met because my priority is the 723 01:14:40,960 --> 01:14:42,240 Freddy Channel 24 -7. 724 01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:46,960 Don't I sound like a perfect catch? 725 01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:51,360 I don't play tennis. 726 01:15:07,880 --> 01:15:08,920 Wow, that went fast. 727 01:15:09,300 --> 01:15:11,720 I've got to get him home. Oh, sure. 728 01:15:12,020 --> 01:15:13,020 Food? 729 01:15:13,180 --> 01:15:14,180 Okay. 730 01:15:18,600 --> 01:15:22,220 Hey, would you like to join us for dinner? 731 01:15:24,700 --> 01:15:25,700 Yeah. 732 01:15:26,020 --> 01:15:29,640 Yeah. I just have to drop by my cabin, but then I'll be there. 733 01:15:29,960 --> 01:15:30,960 Say seven? 734 01:15:32,040 --> 01:15:33,040 Yeah. 735 01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:46,340 Hey, Becca, were you able to match it? 736 01:15:47,440 --> 01:15:48,358 Oh, good. 737 01:15:48,360 --> 01:15:50,020 Yes, yes. Send it to me right away. 738 01:16:03,820 --> 01:16:04,820 Oh. 739 01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:12,560 How can I help you? 740 01:16:13,740 --> 01:16:16,580 What is your best bottle of red? 741 01:16:17,060 --> 01:16:18,160 You don't want to know. 742 01:16:18,940 --> 01:16:24,660 But I happen to have some of my private reserve for folks with discriminating 743 01:16:24,660 --> 01:16:26,580 tastes. Be right back. 744 01:16:38,200 --> 01:16:40,700 Of all the gin joints... Vivian. 745 01:16:42,120 --> 01:16:43,320 It's kind of a shocker, huh? 746 01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:51,420 Um, Buck, can I get two shots of your best scotch? 747 01:16:51,860 --> 01:16:55,620 Oh, no, I don't want... No, no. It's okay, Buck. Yeah. 748 01:16:59,120 --> 01:17:01,300 Pretty remarkable coincidence, if you ask me. 749 01:17:02,500 --> 01:17:06,800 My mother used to bring me here as a kid, so... Coincidence dispelled. 750 01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:08,640 I know who you are, Mackenzie. 751 01:17:09,880 --> 01:17:10,880 Okay. 752 01:17:11,500 --> 01:17:12,500 Who am I? 753 01:17:12,600 --> 01:17:14,640 You're a Quantico rock star. 754 01:17:15,820 --> 01:17:19,720 Although you're off at present for disciplinary action. 755 01:17:20,420 --> 01:17:22,560 And I'm sorry about your mother. 756 01:17:23,880 --> 01:17:28,200 But I have to ask myself, why is it that we are both vacationing in this little 757 01:17:28,200 --> 01:17:30,460 town that I've made my second home? 758 01:17:30,780 --> 01:17:33,840 So who are you working for? And what is it that you want? 759 01:17:34,200 --> 01:17:36,060 You solve it yourself. I'm on leave. 760 01:17:36,660 --> 01:17:39,700 And what happened ten years ago is nobody's business, okay? 761 01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:44,260 So if you'll excuse me, I'm running late. I want you to stay away from my 762 01:17:44,260 --> 01:17:45,260 family. 763 01:17:45,600 --> 01:17:48,540 I still have some sway with your director, and I can make things very 764 01:17:48,540 --> 01:17:49,640 uncomfortable for you. 765 01:17:51,960 --> 01:17:53,360 I'll do whatever the hell I please. 766 01:18:24,330 --> 01:18:26,130 I was afraid he was coming down with something. 767 01:18:27,130 --> 01:18:28,470 I'm going to go get some Tylenol. 768 01:19:35,430 --> 01:19:36,590 Do we need to take him in? 769 01:19:38,490 --> 01:19:41,210 Unfortunately, his immune system is shot. 770 01:19:41,910 --> 01:19:44,890 Every time he goes in the hospital, he catches something even worse. 771 01:19:46,070 --> 01:19:48,830 And I've had plenty of practice breaking these fevers. 772 01:19:49,490 --> 01:19:52,650 Look, I'm sure you have other things you need to get to. 773 01:19:53,690 --> 01:19:54,690 Not a chance. 774 01:19:57,450 --> 01:19:58,450 Mom? 775 01:19:58,690 --> 01:19:59,690 Mom! 776 01:20:00,970 --> 01:20:04,350 Where... What are you doing? Get over here quick and shut the door. 777 01:20:09,820 --> 01:20:10,820 FBI. 778 01:20:11,540 --> 01:20:12,540 Forget that. 779 01:20:12,680 --> 01:20:15,200 How do they know each other and what the f*** is she doing here? 780 01:20:15,500 --> 01:20:17,180 They probably just know each other through work. 781 01:20:17,640 --> 01:20:20,440 Mom was on the intelligence committee. Couldn't they have just met there? 782 01:20:25,360 --> 01:20:28,280 Gabrielle, look at this photo and try not to be a f***ing Disney princess. 783 01:20:28,940 --> 01:20:29,940 What do you see? 784 01:20:30,300 --> 01:20:31,760 It's like she just can't help herself. 785 01:20:32,240 --> 01:20:34,220 I wonder what else she hasn't told us. 786 01:20:44,780 --> 01:20:47,060 These are the nights that I'm haunted. 787 01:20:47,900 --> 01:20:51,020 I can't stand to think of him suffering. 788 01:20:51,240 --> 01:20:52,240 Hey, hey. 789 01:20:52,540 --> 01:20:54,100 He wants to be here. 790 01:20:55,020 --> 01:20:56,580 He's made that very clear. 791 01:20:58,540 --> 01:20:59,980 What can I do? What do you need? 792 01:21:02,200 --> 01:21:03,600 Get me out of my head. 793 01:21:04,480 --> 01:21:08,960 Tell me more about your mother the way that you do, Freddie. 794 01:21:14,830 --> 01:21:16,850 We would go on these star ventures. 795 01:21:17,870 --> 01:21:19,170 Star ventures? Yeah. 796 01:21:19,450 --> 01:21:25,950 We would get up in the morning with the stars and get in the car and then go on 797 01:21:25,950 --> 01:21:26,950 an adventure. 798 01:21:27,770 --> 01:21:29,910 No rules, no shoulds. 799 01:21:30,530 --> 01:21:34,190 And we would have the best time you could ever imagine. 800 01:21:37,750 --> 01:21:42,850 When I was like six or seven, she started this tradition where... 801 01:21:44,040 --> 01:21:49,720 We would go around the table, and Mama would ask, what was the best thing that 802 01:21:49,720 --> 01:21:53,080 happened to you today, and the worst? 803 01:21:54,060 --> 01:21:59,940 Or, if this was your last day on Earth, what would you do? 804 01:22:01,640 --> 01:22:07,420 And she would wrap it up with, what did you learn about yourself today? 805 01:22:10,060 --> 01:22:11,060 So... 806 01:22:11,850 --> 01:22:14,410 What did you learn about yourself today? 807 01:22:17,310 --> 01:22:21,290 That my greatest mom on earth may have to share her title? 808 01:22:49,100 --> 01:22:50,100 I'm not going anywhere. 809 01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:53,060 Love you, monkey man. 810 01:23:01,940 --> 01:23:03,000 Wait a minute. What's this? 811 01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:11,820 You know what? Maybe we found enough dirt on her for one day. Do we really 812 01:23:11,820 --> 01:23:14,200 to... Don't buckle now. Open it. 813 01:23:36,520 --> 01:23:37,520 God, how'd he do it? 814 01:23:38,880 --> 01:23:40,920 Keeping him well, the constant stress. 815 01:23:43,920 --> 01:23:44,920 Dancing. 816 01:23:45,460 --> 01:23:47,800 I mean, isn't that the definition of irony? 817 01:23:49,200 --> 01:23:56,040 How absolute freedom of movement saves me from the way that 818 01:23:56,040 --> 01:23:57,500 he's trapped inside his body. 819 01:23:58,860 --> 01:24:05,360 If I didn't have dance, I don't... You could... 820 01:24:07,080 --> 01:24:11,880 I mean, like, the couch is comfortable. It's so late. Oh, no. I'm fine. Thank 821 01:24:11,880 --> 01:24:12,880 you. 822 01:24:13,300 --> 01:24:16,160 And thank you for sharing your son with me. 823 01:24:18,220 --> 01:24:19,220 Yeah. 824 01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:20,880 Hey. 825 01:24:21,800 --> 01:24:22,880 Are you okay? 826 01:24:24,340 --> 01:24:28,700 Lame. I... I don't know why I'm crying. No, it's been a hell of a stressful day. 827 01:24:28,700 --> 01:24:29,840 No, it's not that. 828 01:24:32,160 --> 01:24:35,300 It's just... Well, no one... 829 01:24:36,650 --> 01:24:39,290 Has ever been like you are with Freddie and 830 01:25:32,920 --> 01:25:34,480 Oh my God, I don't know. 831 01:25:34,740 --> 01:25:37,840 I'm sorry. I don't know why I just... 832 01:29:08,010 --> 01:29:09,010 Oh, my God. 833 01:29:09,550 --> 01:29:14,930 It goes so long without... Forget that passion ever existed. 834 01:29:17,630 --> 01:29:19,490 Did you and Mom have a sleepover? 835 01:29:19,850 --> 01:29:21,890 Uh, hi. 836 01:29:22,190 --> 01:29:24,810 Hi. We did, like you and Kyle do sometimes. 837 01:29:25,510 --> 01:29:28,670 How about some orange juice, and I'll make my special pancake? 838 01:29:28,970 --> 01:29:31,710 Can we have another one tonight, and we can all watch a movie? 839 01:29:32,330 --> 01:29:37,150 You know what? I would love that, but right now I gotta run. 840 01:29:37,350 --> 01:29:38,350 Bye. 841 01:29:44,560 --> 01:29:46,440 So, what's the deal with Rodney? 842 01:29:47,360 --> 01:29:48,360 Are you jealous? 843 01:29:50,960 --> 01:29:52,940 He's my uncle. My dad's brother. 844 01:29:53,620 --> 01:29:55,780 That's how we ended up here. Are you kidding me? 845 01:29:58,320 --> 01:29:59,320 Okay, 846 01:29:59,820 --> 01:30:02,220 okay. Yeah, yeah. 847 01:30:03,960 --> 01:30:06,820 Hey, I need to tell you something. 848 01:30:14,830 --> 01:30:16,310 Oh, my God. We're going to be late. 849 01:30:17,710 --> 01:30:19,210 I'm sorry. I interrupted you. 850 01:30:19,850 --> 01:30:21,070 You know what? Never mind. 851 01:30:21,310 --> 01:30:22,310 I can wait. 852 01:30:22,470 --> 01:30:23,470 You sure? Yeah. 853 01:30:26,150 --> 01:30:29,050 Have you ever tried these little pig navels? 854 01:30:29,490 --> 01:30:31,530 Unbelievable. Yeah. I want to try one. 855 01:30:33,190 --> 01:30:34,190 Hi, 856 01:30:36,190 --> 01:30:37,330 everyone. Sorry, we're late. 857 01:30:37,830 --> 01:30:39,670 Better late than never. Never late is better. 858 01:30:40,070 --> 01:30:41,430 Max, these are the pinches. 859 01:30:41,850 --> 01:30:43,990 Yeah, we've all met. 860 01:30:44,740 --> 01:30:47,180 Apparently. Yeah, we're all practically family now. 861 01:30:47,420 --> 01:30:51,780 Oh, that's right. Your cabins are only a few down from Colin. Yeah, um, maybe we 862 01:30:51,780 --> 01:30:53,640 should go. This looks like a family, don't we? 863 01:30:53,960 --> 01:30:55,520 Oh, no, no, no. Max, Max. 864 01:30:56,120 --> 01:30:57,120 Hey, Max. 865 01:30:57,480 --> 01:30:58,480 Don't be shy now. 866 01:30:59,100 --> 01:31:00,940 Come, Max, come on. Okay. 867 01:31:01,200 --> 01:31:02,200 I need to be here a minute. 868 01:31:02,760 --> 01:31:03,760 I need to be here a minute. 869 01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:05,480 In the chair. Okay. 870 01:31:06,040 --> 01:31:08,000 I'd like to make a toast. Oh, yeah. 871 01:31:08,340 --> 01:31:11,580 To my beautiful daughter. 872 01:31:12,660 --> 01:31:17,640 My loving, lovable, tightly wound, complex daughter. 873 01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:21,880 You're not as young as you used to be, but you're not as old as you're going to 874 01:31:21,880 --> 01:31:24,340 be. Happy birthday. We love you. 875 01:31:24,560 --> 01:31:25,560 Happy birthday. 876 01:31:27,640 --> 01:31:28,040 So 877 01:31:28,040 --> 01:31:38,980 how 878 01:31:38,980 --> 01:31:40,680 do you all know each other? 879 01:31:43,280 --> 01:31:45,300 with us, and she's pretty good at chess, too. 880 01:31:45,580 --> 01:31:50,480 And she tells crazy awesome stories. 881 01:31:51,640 --> 01:31:53,260 That is fascinating. 882 01:31:54,740 --> 01:31:56,760 You just make friends all over the place. 883 01:31:57,640 --> 01:32:02,020 Max is more than just a friend, Miss Vivian. Max and Mom are like Rodney and 884 01:32:02,020 --> 01:32:04,960 Kat. You know, friends with Benedict. 885 01:32:05,740 --> 01:32:06,740 Okay. 886 01:32:06,960 --> 01:32:08,380 I beg your pardon? 887 01:32:10,380 --> 01:32:11,520 That's not exactly... 888 01:32:12,060 --> 01:32:15,000 He made me feel pretty. Well, cat's out of the bag. 889 01:32:15,840 --> 01:32:20,100 Well, who can blame me? Here to the young couple. I'm getting in on that. 890 01:32:21,260 --> 01:32:28,220 And when Max stays over tonight, we're all going to watch a 891 01:32:28,220 --> 01:32:29,540 movie, right, Mom? 892 01:32:30,700 --> 01:32:33,740 Yeah. Well, happy frickin' birthday, Mom. 893 01:32:34,220 --> 01:32:39,420 I am not going to let this happen. I suggest that you leave Agent DeRidder. 894 01:32:39,720 --> 01:32:41,520 Agent what? What are you talking about? 895 01:32:41,950 --> 01:32:43,250 Your friend here, she's FBI. 896 01:32:43,790 --> 01:32:47,510 She's been here spying on me because of the upcoming hearings. I've read her 897 01:32:47,510 --> 01:32:52,530 file. She's dangerous. That's what she's doing. That's not, that's not. Vivian, 898 01:32:52,530 --> 01:32:54,130 calm down. I'm not going to calm down. 899 01:32:54,370 --> 01:32:55,510 She's been suspended. 900 01:32:55,750 --> 01:32:57,390 She uses people, Sam. 901 01:32:58,010 --> 01:33:00,630 Mom. She's always on the make. You have to leave now. 902 01:33:01,150 --> 01:33:04,390 Vivian. Vivian, calm down now. 903 01:33:11,370 --> 01:33:12,370 here with you. You're safe. 904 01:33:12,550 --> 01:33:13,550 Give me my bag. 905 01:33:14,730 --> 01:33:15,730 I'm right here, baby. 906 01:33:18,750 --> 01:33:19,750 Ready? 907 01:33:43,920 --> 01:33:44,920 Hey, monkey man. 908 01:33:45,160 --> 01:33:49,200 Max. Hey, monkey man. I need to get him. Okay, yeah. Let's get him out of here. 909 01:33:49,800 --> 01:33:51,880 Just do it. She can handle this. It's okay. 910 01:33:52,980 --> 01:33:53,980 Let's get him out of here. 911 01:33:54,400 --> 01:33:57,720 Okay. I'm coming. Leave him alone. I'm going to get going as well. No. 912 01:33:58,120 --> 01:33:59,120 No. 913 01:33:59,400 --> 01:34:02,700 You couldn't just leave, could you? I told you. 914 01:34:02,920 --> 01:34:03,920 Come on. 915 01:34:06,300 --> 01:34:09,380 Hey, hey, hey. Please. Just call me and let me know how he is. No. 916 01:34:13,800 --> 01:34:15,140 happened. She just couldn't listen. 917 01:34:15,920 --> 01:34:17,140 Who are you? 918 01:34:17,800 --> 01:34:21,900 And all this time I was protecting you, thinking Sasha was too hard on you. I 919 01:34:21,900 --> 01:34:25,920 don't have time for whatever Sasha has fed you. The truth! The truth, Mom! 920 01:34:26,200 --> 01:34:29,640 Look, before we become judge and jury, maybe you ought to listen to some facts 921 01:34:29,640 --> 01:34:33,200 here. Or a more tedious excuse. Okay, both of you, enough. 922 01:34:33,440 --> 01:34:34,440 Sit down. 923 01:34:35,940 --> 01:34:38,300 Go on, Viv. I'll take care of this. Go on. 924 01:35:25,320 --> 01:35:27,760 Your mother didn't choose to cut you out of her life. 925 01:35:28,800 --> 01:35:30,280 That was your father's decision. 926 01:35:30,600 --> 01:35:34,720 He gave your mother chance after chance, but she just couldn't pull it together. 927 01:35:35,780 --> 01:35:39,940 And then when you were two, she passed out while you were in her care. She 928 01:35:39,940 --> 01:35:41,900 literally lost you. 929 01:35:46,340 --> 01:35:49,740 And then a neighbor spotted you wandering down a busy street. 930 01:35:50,920 --> 01:35:52,860 That was the last your mother ever saw of you. 931 01:35:53,120 --> 01:35:54,620 So why are you telling me all this now? 932 01:35:55,310 --> 01:36:00,470 Because of this console to your father's will I Was directed to share this 933 01:36:00,470 --> 01:36:06,630 information with you when you turned 25 or when you got pregnant He wanted you 934 01:36:06,630 --> 01:36:07,890 to meet your mother 935 01:36:27,050 --> 01:36:28,090 I don't understand. 936 01:36:35,930 --> 01:36:39,290 So, does that make her our sister? 937 01:36:40,050 --> 01:36:41,070 Half -sister. 938 01:36:43,550 --> 01:36:45,210 And Freddy's our nephew. 939 01:36:46,250 --> 01:36:47,850 Forgive me for staring. 940 01:36:51,550 --> 01:36:54,550 I'm just trying to take you in. 941 01:36:56,080 --> 01:36:57,440 That makes two of us. 942 01:36:58,220 --> 01:36:59,280 Samantha, it's Mackenzie. 943 01:36:59,500 --> 01:37:00,500 Can you just call me? 944 01:37:04,480 --> 01:37:05,880 It's me again. I'm sorry. 945 01:37:06,140 --> 01:37:08,340 Please, just call me. I'm going crazy. 946 01:37:09,620 --> 01:37:15,220 Your mother tried to do everything she could to mend fences during Samantha's 947 01:37:15,220 --> 01:37:16,220 pregnancy. 948 01:37:16,600 --> 01:37:19,960 They even began to forge a really nice relationship. 949 01:37:20,440 --> 01:37:21,440 What happened? 950 01:37:22,680 --> 01:37:24,620 Well, things blew apart when... 951 01:37:26,000 --> 01:37:28,900 I need you. I can't do this alone. 952 01:37:29,480 --> 01:37:30,940 I want to, honey. 953 01:37:31,300 --> 01:37:33,600 I'm just not strong like you are. 954 01:37:34,560 --> 01:37:38,900 We will never, ever come back from this. 955 01:37:41,420 --> 01:37:42,420 I'm done. 956 01:37:43,140 --> 01:37:44,640 Take me to the nearest bar. 957 01:37:49,020 --> 01:37:51,600 She didn't hear from Samantha for seven years. 958 01:37:52,940 --> 01:37:53,940 That's Freddie. 959 01:37:54,600 --> 01:37:57,760 Grew older, he began to ask if he had any family. 960 01:37:58,160 --> 01:38:00,420 Is that why we feel so close to him? 961 01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:02,000 Maybe. 962 01:38:02,760 --> 01:38:05,200 Maybe you just can't help but feel close to him. 963 01:38:10,760 --> 01:38:11,760 Why, Mom? 964 01:38:11,860 --> 01:38:13,160 Why didn't you tell us? 965 01:38:14,160 --> 01:38:18,460 This really was up to Samantha to share with you. After all, she didn't have to 966 01:38:18,460 --> 01:38:20,700 make contact with me. 967 01:38:22,260 --> 01:38:23,260 Whatever. 968 01:38:23,570 --> 01:38:27,750 Sasha, I know that you want to be angry with me to cover up your hurt. 969 01:38:29,190 --> 01:38:32,790 And yes, I have made such a mess of so many things. 970 01:38:33,490 --> 01:38:34,730 I am trying. 971 01:38:34,950 --> 01:38:36,210 I really am. 972 01:38:36,490 --> 01:38:41,330 And I can't even ask you to meet me halfway because I know that I have to 973 01:38:41,330 --> 01:38:43,850 your trust back again over time. 974 01:38:45,050 --> 01:38:51,410 But right now, I need to go and make sure that Freddie and Samantha are okay. 975 01:38:57,160 --> 01:38:58,920 Samantha, please just let me know that Freddy's okay. 976 01:38:59,780 --> 01:39:02,560 I know you're upset, but I can explain. 977 01:39:03,880 --> 01:39:08,220 And there's something I need to tell you, but I can't do this over the phone. 978 01:39:41,340 --> 01:39:42,900 Can you watch him? What? 979 01:39:43,580 --> 01:39:46,440 I need to run to the pharmacy to pick up a seizure medication. 980 01:39:46,900 --> 01:39:47,900 Oh, sure. 981 01:39:48,060 --> 01:39:49,460 Okay, I'll be right back. 982 01:39:54,860 --> 01:39:56,140 Miss Vivian? 983 01:39:56,760 --> 01:39:57,760 Yes, honey? 984 01:39:58,540 --> 01:40:00,660 You and I have a lot in common. 985 01:40:01,140 --> 01:40:02,140 How's that, honey? 986 01:40:03,620 --> 01:40:05,940 We only get one day at a time. 987 01:40:11,180 --> 01:40:12,360 make each one count. 988 01:40:20,260 --> 01:40:22,640 Your mother must have forgotten her memory back. 989 01:40:30,440 --> 01:40:36,400 What are you doing here? 990 01:40:36,600 --> 01:40:40,760 I thought I made myself... perfectly clear. What are you doing here? I am 991 01:40:40,760 --> 01:40:44,380 to help my daughter, and so help me God, you stay away from her. 992 01:40:46,080 --> 01:40:47,080 What? 993 01:40:47,460 --> 01:40:52,380 What are you talking about? My daughter, Samantha, I have just gotten her back 994 01:40:52,380 --> 01:40:55,440 into my life, and the last thing I am going to let you do is hurt her. 995 01:40:56,340 --> 01:40:57,340 No. 996 01:40:57,740 --> 01:41:00,220 No, no way. I am just... 997 01:41:00,440 --> 01:41:04,760 building a relationship with her, and it would be destroyed if she finds out 998 01:41:04,760 --> 01:41:06,700 what happened. She has to know, Vivian. I'm not going to lie to her anymore. 999 01:41:06,700 --> 01:41:08,160 What the hell is going on here? 1000 01:41:08,580 --> 01:41:09,580 It's nothing. 1001 01:41:09,660 --> 01:41:13,640 We knew each other from years ago. No, no. Someone is going to tell me what's 1002 01:41:13,640 --> 01:41:15,540 going on. Oh, it shouldn't have happened. 1003 01:41:15,780 --> 01:41:19,180 Mackenzie. I was drunk, honey. No, that's enough, Mom! 1004 01:41:24,780 --> 01:41:25,780 Mackenzie. 1005 01:41:28,140 --> 01:41:29,140 We were lovers. 1006 01:41:40,650 --> 01:41:41,830 I want you both out. 1007 01:41:43,170 --> 01:41:44,170 Now. 1008 01:41:44,390 --> 01:41:45,430 I said now! 1009 01:41:49,250 --> 01:41:55,950 Sam, I am so sorry, but I can't take this back. It was ten years ago. 1010 01:41:56,290 --> 01:41:57,049 Why her? 1011 01:41:57,050 --> 01:42:00,970 Why her of all people? Why didn't you say something? It only lasted a week, 1012 01:42:00,970 --> 01:42:02,850 how could I know that she was your mother? 1013 01:42:03,650 --> 01:42:08,100 I was in D .C. for the Fallen Heroes Memorial, and... We were both wasted and 1014 01:42:08,100 --> 01:42:12,680 so much pain and... Spare me. Spare me. I know pain. That's what this life is. 1015 01:42:12,860 --> 01:42:14,000 It's filled with pain. 1016 01:42:14,360 --> 01:42:18,760 It doesn't play fair. It kicks you in the gut. But you don't have the luxury 1017 01:42:18,760 --> 01:42:22,640 self -pity or to go out and get wasted because you have a sick child to take 1018 01:42:22,640 --> 01:42:26,460 care of. And every minute has to count because it can all go away in a 1019 01:42:26,460 --> 01:42:28,040 heartbeat. Hey, look at me. 1020 01:42:28,400 --> 01:42:29,400 Look at me, please. 1021 01:42:30,160 --> 01:42:34,060 You don't have to be a rock every single day and you don't have to do this 1022 01:42:34,060 --> 01:42:35,060 alone. 1023 01:42:35,580 --> 01:42:37,360 Okay, you don't. Oh, God. 1024 01:42:38,020 --> 01:42:42,380 I don't know who I'm more in love with, you or your son, but I swear to you. 1025 01:42:42,420 --> 01:42:43,420 What? 1026 01:42:43,660 --> 01:42:45,500 Swear to me what? That I'm in this. 1027 01:42:45,780 --> 01:42:46,780 I'm in. 1028 01:42:47,180 --> 01:42:48,620 A thousand percent. 1029 01:42:49,220 --> 01:42:50,220 Not yet today. 1030 01:42:51,140 --> 01:42:52,180 Maybe tomorrow. 1031 01:42:54,380 --> 01:42:59,680 You have no idea what it's like to live with an expiration date. 1032 01:43:07,759 --> 01:43:14,140 Watching the days go by and the more days you get, 1033 01:43:14,320 --> 01:43:17,340 it will all expire. 1034 01:43:19,040 --> 01:43:22,540 And you will simply expire along with it. 1035 01:43:26,600 --> 01:43:27,600 Oh no. 1036 01:43:28,740 --> 01:43:32,320 We can't afford the time to leave you telling the truth. 1037 01:43:33,380 --> 01:43:35,360 Especially with your track record. 1038 01:44:19,150 --> 01:44:23,190 It was a year later when Mackenzie got the call. 1039 01:44:32,210 --> 01:44:33,210 Vivian? 1040 01:44:35,010 --> 01:44:36,690 Thanks for agreeing to meet me. 1041 01:44:40,490 --> 01:44:43,370 I guess things didn't turn out the way either one of us wanted. 1042 01:44:45,230 --> 01:44:46,230 Why am I here? 1043 01:44:49,260 --> 01:44:55,980 Because I needed to see your face when I tell you how deeply sorry I am for all 1044 01:44:55,980 --> 01:44:56,980 the trouble I caused. 1045 01:44:58,380 --> 01:45:01,680 I just got my ears chipped. Hopefully this time it'll take. 1046 01:45:03,580 --> 01:45:04,580 Good for you. 1047 01:45:05,480 --> 01:45:09,920 I moved us all permanently up to Lake Merrillville so that we could be near 1048 01:45:09,920 --> 01:45:10,920 Samantha and Freddie. 1049 01:45:12,320 --> 01:45:13,400 That little boy. 1050 01:45:16,110 --> 01:45:18,250 We all had one tenth the courage we have. 1051 01:45:22,890 --> 01:45:24,750 Sounds like one big happy family. 1052 01:45:36,850 --> 01:45:38,330 They need you, Mackenzie. 1053 01:46:02,350 --> 01:46:06,370 Dear Max, gosh, I've missed you crazy awful. 1054 01:46:07,070 --> 01:46:08,150 So does Mom. 1055 01:46:08,890 --> 01:46:14,990 She may not say it out loud, but like I told you, I can feel things. 1056 01:46:16,970 --> 01:46:22,490 I know things got a little messed up last fall, and everyone made mistakes, 1057 01:46:22,490 --> 01:46:25,190 I kind of think mistakes are like first date candles. 1058 01:46:25,530 --> 01:46:29,430 The more you have to blow out just means the wiser you've become. 1059 01:46:33,419 --> 01:46:36,440 Kind of like my mom's favorite word, can do cry. 1060 01:46:37,440 --> 01:46:39,740 We all got a little broken last year. 1061 01:46:40,260 --> 01:46:44,840 But from the broken, we can become beautiful. 1062 01:46:47,540 --> 01:46:52,980 My mom said she's sorry she can't be here, but have a great trip. And you 1063 01:46:52,980 --> 01:46:55,180 go without some home run fun. 1064 01:47:20,209 --> 01:47:22,390 You ready for your first StarVenture? 1065 01:47:39,310 --> 01:47:44,570 Incredible years passed, and I watched their love grow stronger and more 1066 01:47:44,570 --> 01:47:46,070 intimate each day. 1067 01:47:47,010 --> 01:47:52,250 Not that there weren't challenging times, but they weathered them with 1068 01:47:52,250 --> 01:47:53,250 dignity. 1069 01:47:53,790 --> 01:47:59,290 In between the illnesses, we all made sure we lived each day like it might be 1070 01:47:59,290 --> 01:48:00,290 our last. 1071 01:48:00,490 --> 01:48:06,730 Max now fully understood that making the simplest things become special was the 1072 01:48:06,730 --> 01:48:08,510 secret to being inside of life. 1073 01:48:09,120 --> 01:48:10,840 Not just a bystander. 1074 01:48:11,180 --> 01:48:12,580 I love you, monkey man. 1075 01:48:13,560 --> 01:48:15,000 I loved her. 1076 01:48:15,400 --> 01:48:17,040 With everything in me. 1077 01:48:18,400 --> 01:48:19,500 We had a plan. 1078 01:48:19,780 --> 01:48:22,140 To convince mom to have another child. 1079 01:48:23,640 --> 01:48:25,480 Because I knew she would want that. 1080 01:48:27,300 --> 01:48:28,780 Because I know things. 1081 01:48:31,340 --> 01:48:37,500 If you could tell me that I could stay a nesting doll forever. 1082 01:48:38,860 --> 01:48:45,380 Bundled in my shell of handmade fairytale flesh, I might consider 1083 01:48:49,020 --> 01:48:54,360 But I have grown very tired. 1084 01:48:57,960 --> 01:49:00,400 I am full of peace. 1085 01:49:02,660 --> 01:49:04,940 And it's their time now.