1 00:00:06,862 --> 00:00:09,632 I'd like to tell Eva about our complicated friendship. 2 00:00:09,689 --> 00:00:12,793 Once the name "Joey Armstrong" is rung, 3 00:00:12,896 --> 00:00:14,448 you can't unring it. 4 00:00:14,551 --> 00:00:16,517 I'm about to be really direct. 5 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:19,000 -Oh. -I want to give you the key 6 00:00:19,103 --> 00:00:20,241 to everything. 7 00:00:20,344 --> 00:00:23,793 I can only be pushed so far. 8 00:00:23,896 --> 00:00:26,551 I have only begun to push. 9 00:00:26,655 --> 00:00:28,103 I'm glad to see you, Bill. 10 00:00:28,104 --> 00:00:29,205 BILL: You know, when I first saw you today- 11 00:00:29,206 --> 00:00:30,240 I got to be honest- 12 00:00:30,241 --> 00:00:31,655 it threw me. 13 00:00:31,758 --> 00:00:33,000 Hit me hard. 14 00:00:35,896 --> 00:00:37,862 I know I should have called first. 15 00:00:37,863 --> 00:00:40,447 If you had, I probably wouldn't have answered. 16 00:00:40,448 --> 00:00:41,896 Well... 17 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,896 that's exactly why I didn't. 18 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,793 So, what happens next? 19 00:00:45,896 --> 00:00:47,517 Dollar Store Don Juan storms in, 20 00:00:47,518 --> 00:00:48,792 squawking about boundaries, 21 00:00:48,793 --> 00:00:49,873 trying to kick me out? 22 00:00:49,965 --> 00:00:51,724 My husband is out of town. 23 00:00:51,725 --> 00:00:53,378 Great. Means I can speak freely. 24 00:00:53,379 --> 00:00:54,793 Not that freely. 25 00:00:54,896 --> 00:00:57,931 Under my roof, you come correct when referring to him. 26 00:00:58,034 --> 00:01:00,324 It's funny how selective your policies are, 27 00:01:00,325 --> 00:01:02,309 because I don't remember the same maturity 28 00:01:02,310 --> 00:01:03,792 when you stormed into my house calling Hayley every name 29 00:01:03,793 --> 00:01:04,931 but a child of God. 30 00:01:05,034 --> 00:01:06,586 At least I called her a child. 31 00:01:06,689 --> 00:01:08,724 Regardless, my place, my rules. 32 00:01:08,827 --> 00:01:10,379 Andre is the man of this house. 33 00:01:10,482 --> 00:01:12,310 Respect that, or there's the door. 34 00:01:13,103 --> 00:01:14,551 -Noted. -Great. 35 00:01:14,655 --> 00:01:17,827 So, now that we've got the ground rules established, 36 00:01:17,931 --> 00:01:19,344 what has got you so shook 37 00:01:19,448 --> 00:01:21,438 that you needed to pop by unannounced? 38 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:23,585 I just needed to talk to someone who gets it. 39 00:01:23,586 --> 00:01:25,000 Gets what? 40 00:01:26,241 --> 00:01:28,351 I stopped by your parents' place earlier. 41 00:01:29,344 --> 00:01:30,394 And I saw Anita. 42 00:01:30,395 --> 00:01:32,205 Oh. 43 00:01:32,206 --> 00:01:33,689 It's bad, isn't it? 44 00:01:34,689 --> 00:01:35,739 Yeah. 45 00:01:37,241 --> 00:01:38,448 It is. 46 00:01:38,551 --> 00:01:39,793 The saddest... 47 00:01:39,896 --> 00:01:40,946 [sniffles] 48 00:01:41,931 --> 00:01:43,241 The saddest... 49 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,655 Damn it! 50 00:01:46,758 --> 00:01:48,172 Anita? 51 00:01:48,275 --> 00:01:50,103 Baby, are you all right? 52 00:01:50,206 --> 00:01:51,827 I keep dropping it. 53 00:01:54,206 --> 00:01:55,448 Oh, no harm done. 54 00:01:55,551 --> 00:01:56,793 It didn't break. 55 00:01:56,896 --> 00:01:58,000 Don't bother. 56 00:01:58,001 --> 00:02:00,792 I thought reading some of my favorite poetry 57 00:02:00,793 --> 00:02:01,933 would lift my spirits, 58 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,137 but I can't even hold the damn thing 59 00:02:04,241 --> 00:02:05,724 for more than a few minutes. 60 00:02:06,379 --> 00:02:10,310 Well, then, we'll hold it together like we always do. 61 00:02:10,413 --> 00:02:12,034 -Mm. Here. -Uh, don't! 62 00:02:12,137 --> 00:02:13,551 I'm sorry. I-I didn't- 63 00:02:13,655 --> 00:02:15,172 No. No, it's not you. 64 00:02:15,275 --> 00:02:17,862 It's... it's this damn neuropathy. 65 00:02:17,863 --> 00:02:20,654 It used to just feel numb, but now it feels like 66 00:02:20,655 --> 00:02:23,000 somebody lit a match under my skin. 67 00:02:24,758 --> 00:02:26,482 Then tell me what I can do. 68 00:02:26,586 --> 00:02:27,846 There has to be something. 69 00:02:29,172 --> 00:02:30,310 There is. 70 00:02:31,827 --> 00:02:34,448 You can put me out of my misery. 71 00:02:36,482 --> 00:02:39,103 ? ? 72 00:03:06,551 --> 00:03:08,862 Did she phone you? 73 00:03:08,965 --> 00:03:11,551 No call, no text, not even a heart emoji. 74 00:03:12,586 --> 00:03:14,655 My baby's gone radio silent on me. 75 00:03:14,656 --> 00:03:17,792 Expensive vintage. You should save it. 76 00:03:17,793 --> 00:03:19,724 Days like this, it's wasted on me. 77 00:03:19,827 --> 00:03:21,655 I don't skimp when it comes to you. 78 00:03:21,758 --> 00:03:23,448 You get the best I have to offer. 79 00:03:23,551 --> 00:03:26,655 So, drink up, girlfriend. 80 00:03:31,482 --> 00:03:32,931 This is really good. 81 00:03:34,551 --> 00:03:36,481 And what are you whipping up in there? 82 00:03:36,793 --> 00:03:38,344 Pastina. 83 00:03:38,448 --> 00:03:39,724 From scratch. 84 00:03:40,689 --> 00:03:43,758 You know, the healing power of pastina is legendary. 85 00:03:44,793 --> 00:03:48,551 I'm afraid magic soup can't even fix this. 86 00:03:49,482 --> 00:03:50,586 Deanna and I, we... 87 00:03:52,379 --> 00:03:54,137 ...we've never been farther apart. 88 00:03:55,551 --> 00:03:58,655 Girl, you look like somebody's about to commission this 89 00:03:58,758 --> 00:04:00,758 and hang it in a museum. 90 00:04:00,862 --> 00:04:02,413 You think so? 91 00:04:02,517 --> 00:04:04,507 Naomi went with me to the dress fitting 92 00:04:04,517 --> 00:04:06,627 and I was worried it was gonna be too extra. 93 00:04:06,724 --> 00:04:08,724 Well, isn't extra the point? 94 00:04:08,827 --> 00:04:12,931 You are going to outshine every last one of those debutantes, 95 00:04:13,034 --> 00:04:16,310 especially that Little Miss Rude Francesca. 96 00:04:16,413 --> 00:04:17,517 Ugh... 97 00:04:18,482 --> 00:04:20,344 You ever wear something like this? 98 00:04:21,551 --> 00:04:24,103 I had Sunday dresses, sure, 99 00:04:24,206 --> 00:04:26,379 but gowns? Nah. 100 00:04:26,482 --> 00:04:30,103 While the social butterflies were dreaming about tiaras, 101 00:04:30,206 --> 00:04:33,758 I was the moth, hiding out 102 00:04:33,862 --> 00:04:36,000 with the Most Likely to Drop Out crew 103 00:04:36,103 --> 00:04:37,896 behind the bleachers. 104 00:04:38,689 --> 00:04:41,172 So you never had your Cinderella moment? 105 00:04:41,275 --> 00:04:44,620 No, but I've got something better now. 106 00:04:44,724 --> 00:04:46,517 I get to live it through you. 107 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:48,551 Mm. You and your brother 108 00:04:48,655 --> 00:04:51,413 are going to light up that ball. 109 00:04:51,517 --> 00:04:53,896 Homework while I make my rounds. 110 00:05:01,958 --> 00:05:04,999 JUNE: All right, well, I'll give you 111 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,067 a moment to look over the menu. 112 00:05:06,068 --> 00:05:07,930 In the meantime, what would you ladies 113 00:05:07,931 --> 00:05:09,655 like to have for beverages? 114 00:05:12,448 --> 00:05:15,206 -Rashad... -You can call me Jacob. 115 00:05:15,310 --> 00:05:17,068 Nobody's around right now. 116 00:05:17,172 --> 00:05:18,758 Mm, better safe than sorry. 117 00:05:18,759 --> 00:05:20,447 Last thing I want to do is blow your cover 118 00:05:20,448 --> 00:05:21,895 and then have to explain to the rest of the family 119 00:05:21,896 --> 00:05:23,706 why you're never coming home again. 120 00:05:23,896 --> 00:05:25,586 I wanted this, Smitty, 121 00:05:25,689 --> 00:05:28,099 from the second you told me about the red market. 122 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:30,171 It's my shot to prove myself, to be more 123 00:05:30,172 --> 00:05:31,550 -than just the chief's son. -Yeah, 124 00:05:31,551 --> 00:05:33,240 and putting these monsters behind bars is important, 125 00:05:33,241 --> 00:05:34,551 but at what cost? 126 00:05:34,552 --> 00:05:36,861 Wait, you want to walk away? 127 00:05:36,862 --> 00:05:38,931 No, I'm not getting cold feet. 128 00:05:39,034 --> 00:05:40,084 I'm just... 129 00:05:41,586 --> 00:05:44,034 I'm just in my head, okay? 130 00:05:44,035 --> 00:05:46,964 Every day that you're out here, you're risking your life. 131 00:05:46,965 --> 00:05:48,102 Max, too. And I'm the one 132 00:05:48,103 --> 00:05:49,689 who guilted him to stay. 133 00:05:49,793 --> 00:05:52,344 And then I'm keeping secrets from my family. 134 00:05:52,345 --> 00:05:54,205 And Naomi's going through all the cancer stuff 135 00:05:54,206 --> 00:05:55,586 while her husband's a ghost. 136 00:05:57,448 --> 00:05:58,758 I'm sorry, man. I didn't... 137 00:05:58,862 --> 00:06:00,862 I didn't mean to throw that at you. 138 00:06:00,965 --> 00:06:02,655 I was with her a couple nights ago. 139 00:06:03,344 --> 00:06:04,413 You were? 140 00:06:04,517 --> 00:06:07,103 Yeah. I booked a room, man. 141 00:06:07,206 --> 00:06:09,256 I just needed to feel normal for a minute. 142 00:06:10,655 --> 00:06:12,206 Believe in her again. It... 143 00:06:12,310 --> 00:06:13,620 it damn near broke me. 144 00:06:13,621 --> 00:06:15,516 Yeah, I've been trying to check in on her. 145 00:06:15,517 --> 00:06:18,724 Light touches, so she doesn't suspect anything. 146 00:06:18,725 --> 00:06:20,481 I got her wrapped up in cotillion stuff, 147 00:06:20,482 --> 00:06:22,352 so she has something else to focus on. 148 00:06:23,241 --> 00:06:24,379 I appreciate you, man. 149 00:06:24,482 --> 00:06:27,620 Yeah, well, we are in this together. 150 00:06:27,724 --> 00:06:29,379 [phone buzzing] 151 00:06:31,655 --> 00:06:33,068 Who is it? 152 00:06:33,172 --> 00:06:34,758 I don't recognize the number. 153 00:06:34,882 --> 00:06:36,964 Hello? 154 00:06:36,965 --> 00:06:38,413 WOMAN: Mr. Smith? 155 00:06:38,517 --> 00:06:40,379 This is Garland Memorial Hospital. 156 00:06:40,482 --> 00:06:43,448 You're listed as the emergency contact for Max Rodriguez. 157 00:06:44,172 --> 00:06:46,620 What happened? Is Max all right? 158 00:06:53,586 --> 00:06:54,689 What's that look? 159 00:06:54,793 --> 00:06:56,517 -What look? -"What look"? 160 00:06:56,518 --> 00:06:59,964 A minute ago, you were enjoying the wine and the music. 161 00:06:59,965 --> 00:07:01,827 Now you're stiff as a board. 162 00:07:03,034 --> 00:07:04,379 I know this pattern. 163 00:07:05,758 --> 00:07:07,379 The wine, the music, 164 00:07:07,482 --> 00:07:08,655 the pretty little box. 165 00:07:08,656 --> 00:07:10,895 -The tools of seduction. -Yeah. 166 00:07:10,896 --> 00:07:12,068 Guilty as charged. 167 00:07:12,172 --> 00:07:14,137 More like your breakup accessories. 168 00:07:14,241 --> 00:07:15,448 This is what you do. 169 00:07:15,551 --> 00:07:17,206 You make everything perfect, 170 00:07:17,310 --> 00:07:18,551 wrap it in a bow, then... 171 00:07:18,655 --> 00:07:21,241 and then drop the bomb and walk away feeling noble. 172 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:24,172 Is that how you see me? 173 00:07:25,827 --> 00:07:28,000 Some kind of emotional hit man? 174 00:07:29,137 --> 00:07:30,482 Trust me, if I wanted out, 175 00:07:30,483 --> 00:07:32,654 I wouldn't bother with the good wine and the playlist. 176 00:07:32,655 --> 00:07:34,413 I'd just... ghost you. 177 00:07:34,414 --> 00:07:36,343 Or make you one. 178 00:07:36,344 --> 00:07:37,655 Not funny. 179 00:07:37,656 --> 00:07:39,723 Thought I'd match your ridiculousness 180 00:07:39,724 --> 00:07:40,896 with some of my own. 181 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,310 Not so ridiculous. You are selfless. 182 00:07:43,413 --> 00:07:44,793 That's a new one. 183 00:07:44,896 --> 00:07:47,379 But true, when it comes to me. 184 00:07:47,380 --> 00:07:50,274 If you thought my life would run smoother without you, 185 00:07:50,275 --> 00:07:54,000 if you believed I'd be safer... 186 00:07:54,001 --> 00:07:56,447 happier, that my life would be less complicated 187 00:07:56,448 --> 00:07:58,206 without you in it, 188 00:07:58,207 --> 00:07:59,792 you'd walk away in a heartbeat. 189 00:07:59,793 --> 00:08:01,793 Like when I wanted us to go public. 190 00:08:01,896 --> 00:08:03,241 And yet, here you are. 191 00:08:03,242 --> 00:08:04,343 You came back. 192 00:08:04,344 --> 00:08:06,103 I'll always come back. 193 00:08:07,862 --> 00:08:10,000 The thought of you not being in my life 194 00:08:10,103 --> 00:08:11,620 makes me feel like... 195 00:08:11,724 --> 00:08:13,034 like I can't breathe. 196 00:08:15,862 --> 00:08:18,551 That selfless man you think I am? 197 00:08:19,655 --> 00:08:21,965 He died the day I fell for you. 198 00:08:23,241 --> 00:08:25,103 Now I'm just selfish. 199 00:08:27,655 --> 00:08:29,793 I just want to hang on to you. 200 00:08:31,034 --> 00:08:32,655 No matter the cost. 201 00:08:37,137 --> 00:08:39,620 Oh, looks like you're stuck with me. 202 00:08:42,172 --> 00:08:46,275 "Advanced Placement Statistics"? 203 00:08:46,379 --> 00:08:49,551 Yeah, if I get my college math credits out the way, 204 00:08:49,655 --> 00:08:52,586 then I don't have to worry about them later. 205 00:08:52,689 --> 00:08:54,862 Plus, AP looks good on applications, 206 00:08:54,965 --> 00:08:57,586 along with cotillion and volunteer work. 207 00:08:57,689 --> 00:09:00,758 Mm. What happened to just being smart? 208 00:09:02,241 --> 00:09:03,896 They want the whole package now. 209 00:09:04,827 --> 00:09:06,862 Be good at everything or... 210 00:09:06,965 --> 00:09:08,586 you're nothing. 211 00:09:08,689 --> 00:09:10,172 Look at me, Samantha. 212 00:09:12,206 --> 00:09:14,482 Now, I love your ambition 213 00:09:14,586 --> 00:09:16,758 and how hard you work, 214 00:09:16,862 --> 00:09:19,206 but don't you let this world trick you 215 00:09:19,310 --> 00:09:21,862 into thinking you have to bleed yourself dry 216 00:09:21,965 --> 00:09:23,931 just to prove you fit in. 217 00:09:24,034 --> 00:09:25,793 From the day you were born, 218 00:09:25,896 --> 00:09:28,275 you were already worth something, 219 00:09:28,379 --> 00:09:30,344 simply for being you. 220 00:09:31,655 --> 00:09:33,068 Thank you. 221 00:09:33,172 --> 00:09:34,344 Mm-hmm. 222 00:09:34,448 --> 00:09:35,586 Mwah. 223 00:09:38,586 --> 00:09:39,786 I-I couldn't believe it. 224 00:09:39,862 --> 00:09:42,137 Anita Dupree, the iron queen. 225 00:09:43,586 --> 00:09:45,456 You know, "fragile" is the last word 226 00:09:45,551 --> 00:09:48,068 that I would ever use to describe her, but... 227 00:09:48,172 --> 00:09:49,793 I mean, when I saw her, it just 228 00:09:49,794 --> 00:09:51,688 looked like if I breathed too hard, 229 00:09:51,689 --> 00:09:53,620 she would just shatter. 230 00:09:54,827 --> 00:09:56,997 -Couldn't help but think of- -Your mother. 231 00:09:57,068 --> 00:09:58,379 Yeah. 232 00:10:00,206 --> 00:10:02,275 You know, watching her waste away. 233 00:10:03,379 --> 00:10:06,749 I mean, different circumstances, but the same damn helplessness. 234 00:10:07,724 --> 00:10:10,689 I just hope Anita doesn't share the same fate, you know? 235 00:10:10,793 --> 00:10:12,310 That she's... 236 00:10:12,413 --> 00:10:14,241 still here years from now, 237 00:10:14,344 --> 00:10:15,394 giving me hell. 238 00:10:15,413 --> 00:10:17,379 -Amen to that. -Yeah. 239 00:10:18,448 --> 00:10:20,862 I got to be real with you, you know. 240 00:10:22,379 --> 00:10:24,896 My mother wasn't the only woman who came to mind. 241 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,655 -Bill... -Hey, look, 242 00:10:26,758 --> 00:10:28,413 I can't help it, okay? 243 00:10:30,241 --> 00:10:31,310 You don't just... 244 00:10:31,311 --> 00:10:34,309 You don't just move through the world. 245 00:10:34,310 --> 00:10:35,360 You move it. 246 00:10:35,379 --> 00:10:38,103 You're fire in heels. 247 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,862 But when I saw Anita in that condition, I-I just... 248 00:10:43,758 --> 00:10:45,628 All my thoughts went straight to you. 249 00:10:45,689 --> 00:10:46,793 And that damn... 250 00:10:46,794 --> 00:10:51,136 ...that damn variant that you inherited, man, it's like a... 251 00:10:51,137 --> 00:10:52,655 Ticking clock. 252 00:10:52,656 --> 00:10:54,688 Y-You know what? 253 00:10:54,689 --> 00:10:56,241 -I-I think I should go. -Hey. 254 00:10:58,241 --> 00:10:59,724 Come here. 255 00:11:02,551 --> 00:11:04,137 Maybe if Rowena heated up 256 00:11:04,138 --> 00:11:06,033 -some of those grits from Orphey Gene's... -Sweetheart, 257 00:11:06,034 --> 00:11:07,689 I-I can't. 258 00:11:07,793 --> 00:11:09,034 The sores in my mouth, 259 00:11:09,137 --> 00:11:11,307 it makes it feel like I'm swallowing glass. 260 00:11:11,308 --> 00:11:13,516 Well, how about that medicine 261 00:11:13,517 --> 00:11:15,620 that Monica McCormick recommended? 262 00:11:15,621 --> 00:11:17,343 It's been a while since you took it. 263 00:11:17,344 --> 00:11:18,394 Is it helping at all? 264 00:11:18,482 --> 00:11:20,000 I can't keep it down. 265 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,275 Whether it's food or medicine. 266 00:11:23,379 --> 00:11:26,517 Even when I force it down, it just comes right back up. 267 00:11:26,620 --> 00:11:28,551 We'll call Monica and let her know. 268 00:11:28,655 --> 00:11:30,517 No. No. So what? 269 00:11:30,620 --> 00:11:31,965 She and Dr. Bauer can insist 270 00:11:31,966 --> 00:11:33,550 I be admitted into the hospital? 271 00:11:33,551 --> 00:11:35,379 -If it'll help. -No. 272 00:11:35,482 --> 00:11:37,112 Damned if I do, damned if I don't. 273 00:11:37,137 --> 00:11:39,172 -Oh, Anita, my love... -No, 274 00:11:39,275 --> 00:11:40,551 darling, I'm done. 275 00:11:42,137 --> 00:11:43,707 -You don't mean that. -Yes, I do. 276 00:11:46,344 --> 00:11:49,103 I'm all out of strength, all out of courage, 277 00:11:49,206 --> 00:11:51,758 all out of whatever it takes to fight this thing. 278 00:11:51,759 --> 00:11:53,895 I don't want another round, another pill, 279 00:11:53,896 --> 00:11:56,310 another IV drip or doctor's promises. 280 00:11:56,413 --> 00:11:58,310 I just want peace. 281 00:11:58,413 --> 00:12:00,689 And you will have it in due time, 282 00:12:00,793 --> 00:12:02,655 if you just hold on. 283 00:12:03,172 --> 00:12:04,551 Hold on to what? 284 00:12:05,551 --> 00:12:07,620 One more dose of poison... 285 00:12:09,068 --> 00:12:10,931 ...to burn me up inside? 286 00:12:11,034 --> 00:12:12,965 Choke down more medication 287 00:12:13,068 --> 00:12:15,620 to hollow my insides out? 288 00:12:15,724 --> 00:12:17,620 You know that's not what I- 289 00:12:17,724 --> 00:12:19,034 I know. I know, sweetheart. 290 00:12:20,034 --> 00:12:23,482 I know that's not what you mean. But I'm-I'm just... 291 00:12:23,586 --> 00:12:24,827 I'm just so tired. 292 00:12:24,931 --> 00:12:27,137 It's time to admit the truth. 293 00:12:28,827 --> 00:12:31,758 I have loved you with everything I have. 294 00:12:32,655 --> 00:12:34,586 I have raised our children. 295 00:12:35,724 --> 00:12:37,827 And I have fought the good fight. 296 00:12:37,931 --> 00:12:40,793 But this is a battle that I cannot win 297 00:12:40,896 --> 00:12:43,344 and I am tired of trying. 298 00:12:47,068 --> 00:12:48,118 How dare you? 299 00:12:50,068 --> 00:12:53,379 How dare you even fix your face to say that to me? 300 00:13:01,206 --> 00:13:02,896 I'm sorry, Dani. 301 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,000 That's... I shouldn't be here unloading all this on you. 302 00:13:06,103 --> 00:13:08,068 Where else would you go? 303 00:13:08,172 --> 00:13:10,000 Who else could understand? 304 00:13:11,241 --> 00:13:13,862 Cancer has shifted the ground under our feet. 305 00:13:16,551 --> 00:13:18,137 The invincible Duprees. 306 00:13:18,931 --> 00:13:22,620 Brought down by a silent enemy none of us saw coming. 307 00:13:22,724 --> 00:13:23,862 Mm... 308 00:13:23,965 --> 00:13:25,724 I mean, I would shoulder 309 00:13:25,827 --> 00:13:28,000 the entire burden myself, if I could. 310 00:13:28,103 --> 00:13:29,206 Trust me. 311 00:13:29,207 --> 00:13:31,136 If I could Dani Dupree my way out of this, 312 00:13:31,137 --> 00:13:32,413 I would. 313 00:13:32,517 --> 00:13:35,347 But my scorched-earth tactics are no good here, either. 314 00:13:35,793 --> 00:13:38,000 -So what do you do? -Show up? 315 00:13:39,379 --> 00:13:41,379 Make her laugh when her faith slips. 316 00:13:43,034 --> 00:13:44,103 I, uh... 317 00:13:45,103 --> 00:13:47,620 ...hold her hand when the side effects are too much. 318 00:13:49,413 --> 00:13:51,344 Sometimes that has to be enough. 319 00:13:51,345 --> 00:13:54,895 But I heard you managed to give her some comfort, 320 00:13:54,896 --> 00:13:55,946 in your own way. 321 00:13:56,620 --> 00:13:58,724 -Daddy texted me. -Yeah. 322 00:14:00,034 --> 00:14:01,827 Leslie Thomas's "shouse." 323 00:14:01,931 --> 00:14:03,827 [both laugh] 324 00:14:03,931 --> 00:14:07,121 Turns out that monstrosity was just one inch over the boundary. 325 00:14:07,137 --> 00:14:09,247 Just enough to shut her whole circus down. 326 00:14:09,344 --> 00:14:11,758 You sly dog. 327 00:14:11,862 --> 00:14:13,793 Thank you. That was, uh... 328 00:14:13,794 --> 00:14:15,619 Racket was driving my mother crazy. 329 00:14:15,620 --> 00:14:17,344 I'll do whatever I can to help. 330 00:14:18,689 --> 00:14:20,739 You'll remember that, won't you, Dani? 331 00:14:20,740 --> 00:14:22,861 To reach out if you or anyone else needs me? 332 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:24,758 Promise. 333 00:14:25,793 --> 00:14:27,965 Well, at least there's one bright spot 334 00:14:28,068 --> 00:14:29,862 in all this darkness. 335 00:14:29,965 --> 00:14:33,379 Our girls did not inherit that gene. 336 00:14:33,482 --> 00:14:35,965 Thank God for that. 337 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:39,137 Max is in the hospital? 338 00:14:39,241 --> 00:14:40,758 -Stabbed. -What? 339 00:14:40,759 --> 00:14:42,412 -How? -I don't know. The nurse said 340 00:14:42,413 --> 00:14:44,275 the doctor's still examining him. 341 00:14:44,379 --> 00:14:47,827 Max listed me as his emergency contact, 342 00:14:47,828 --> 00:14:49,550 and I'm the one that convinced him to stay in 343 00:14:49,551 --> 00:14:50,550 when he wanted to get out. 344 00:14:50,551 --> 00:14:52,241 This whole thing is on me. 345 00:14:52,242 --> 00:14:53,481 -Smitty, breathe. -No, no, no. 346 00:14:53,482 --> 00:14:55,758 Do not try to minimize this. 347 00:14:55,759 --> 00:14:57,999 I might have just signed this guy's death warrant. 348 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:00,378 Or maybe it has nothing to do with the red market. 349 00:15:00,379 --> 00:15:02,620 It could be anything. Jealous boyfriend, 350 00:15:02,724 --> 00:15:03,965 random beef, bad luck. 351 00:15:04,068 --> 00:15:05,931 Do you really believe that? 352 00:15:05,932 --> 00:15:08,033 We can't believe anything until we know for sure. 353 00:15:08,034 --> 00:15:10,206 Then I need to go to Garland. 354 00:15:10,310 --> 00:15:11,655 I need to see him for myself. 355 00:15:11,656 --> 00:15:14,102 All right, well, go as a friend, 356 00:15:14,103 --> 00:15:15,853 not as a reporter sniffing around. 357 00:15:15,931 --> 00:15:17,896 Keep it quiet, keep it clean. 358 00:15:17,897 --> 00:15:19,412 And then afterwards, we'll regroup. 359 00:15:19,413 --> 00:15:21,241 My main focus right now 360 00:15:21,344 --> 00:15:22,914 is to make sure Max is all right. 361 00:15:22,915 --> 00:15:25,481 And mine's making sure no one who's actually innocent 362 00:15:25,482 --> 00:15:27,206 ends up in the same place. 363 00:15:35,543 --> 00:15:38,067 What are you thinking now? 364 00:15:38,068 --> 00:15:39,172 Isn't it obvious? 365 00:15:39,275 --> 00:15:41,586 -No. -[chuckles] 366 00:15:41,689 --> 00:15:45,379 Well, after I left your parents' place, I just... 367 00:15:45,482 --> 00:15:48,310 you know, I just drove. Just drove around. 368 00:15:48,413 --> 00:15:50,103 No destination. 369 00:15:50,206 --> 00:15:52,310 No podcast, no music. 370 00:15:52,413 --> 00:15:54,172 Just me flashing back 371 00:15:54,275 --> 00:15:56,265 to the first time I ever laid eyes on you. 372 00:15:57,275 --> 00:15:59,000 I know you remember the party. 373 00:15:59,103 --> 00:16:01,551 -Like it was yesterday. -Mm-hmm. 374 00:16:01,655 --> 00:16:05,517 You in that pinstripe suit at a football party. 375 00:16:05,518 --> 00:16:07,033 Well, I-I had to work that day. 376 00:16:07,034 --> 00:16:09,137 I didn't want to miss it. 377 00:16:09,241 --> 00:16:12,137 But you were the only one who made such an impression on me. 378 00:16:12,241 --> 00:16:13,724 Nobody else did that. 379 00:16:13,827 --> 00:16:18,206 You know, shoulders back, attitude for days. 380 00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:21,482 And all the noise just cut out, 381 00:16:21,483 --> 00:16:23,619 and all I could hear was my own heartbeat. 382 00:16:23,620 --> 00:16:25,448 -You are so dramatic. -Hey, I'm just 383 00:16:25,551 --> 00:16:27,517 painting the picture, okay? 384 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:29,965 Every other woman in that room disappeared, 385 00:16:30,068 --> 00:16:33,172 and you were a vision. 386 00:16:33,275 --> 00:16:34,448 Yeah, I was a nobody. 387 00:16:34,551 --> 00:16:37,137 I was just some young assistant D.A. 388 00:16:37,138 --> 00:16:38,826 hustling to get a seat at the table. 389 00:16:38,827 --> 00:16:40,689 And somehow I found the nerve 390 00:16:40,793 --> 00:16:42,827 to walk over and say something to you. 391 00:16:42,931 --> 00:16:45,655 And to my shock, you didn't brush me off. 392 00:16:45,758 --> 00:16:48,103 Your suit didn't completely repel me. 393 00:16:48,206 --> 00:16:49,310 Hmm. 394 00:16:49,311 --> 00:16:50,999 I keep remembering you telling me 395 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,896 about all your fears. 396 00:16:52,897 --> 00:16:54,654 You know, you told me how you were worried 397 00:16:54,655 --> 00:16:56,758 that the cancer would change you. 398 00:16:56,862 --> 00:16:59,172 It would change how Andre looked at you, 399 00:16:59,275 --> 00:17:01,379 would change how anyone looked at you. 400 00:17:02,413 --> 00:17:06,034 [sighs] You know, I said all the right things then, 401 00:17:06,137 --> 00:17:09,000 but the truth is, I still didn't get it. 402 00:17:10,172 --> 00:17:12,551 Not until I saw Anita. 403 00:17:12,655 --> 00:17:15,068 And I saw what that disease could do 404 00:17:15,172 --> 00:17:17,448 to such a strong woman. 405 00:17:17,551 --> 00:17:19,241 And now I understand. 406 00:17:21,655 --> 00:17:23,275 I understand, and I'm terrified 407 00:17:23,344 --> 00:17:26,413 of what that illness might take away from you. 408 00:17:29,379 --> 00:17:31,413 Here I am again, 409 00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:34,103 weighing you down with all my baggage. 410 00:17:34,206 --> 00:17:35,517 No, Bill. 411 00:17:38,275 --> 00:17:40,000 When it comes to you and me... 412 00:17:41,413 --> 00:17:44,000 ...the truth never needs an apology. 413 00:17:45,689 --> 00:17:47,586 I didn't mean to blow up like that. 414 00:17:47,689 --> 00:17:52,689 I... I just can't listen to any more of this defeatist talk. 415 00:17:52,793 --> 00:17:54,689 -Vernon, I... -No. 416 00:17:54,793 --> 00:17:56,000 No, you think I don't see 417 00:17:56,103 --> 00:17:57,896 what this is doing to you? 418 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,275 I'm living every ache, every wince, 419 00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:03,241 every gasp of pain right alongside you. 420 00:18:03,344 --> 00:18:05,620 But it's happening to me, Vernon. 421 00:18:05,724 --> 00:18:07,551 To me. 422 00:18:07,655 --> 00:18:11,068 Watching what's left of my hair slide down the drain. 423 00:18:11,069 --> 00:18:12,412 Standing in front of the mirror, 424 00:18:12,413 --> 00:18:15,137 looking for the woman who used to be there. 425 00:18:15,241 --> 00:18:18,482 This treatment, as cruel as it is, 426 00:18:18,586 --> 00:18:20,827 is a necessary evil. 427 00:18:20,931 --> 00:18:23,965 It buys you time with your loved ones. 428 00:18:24,068 --> 00:18:27,655 Time to watch you all tiptoe around me? 429 00:18:27,758 --> 00:18:30,103 For our daughters to play nursemaid 430 00:18:30,104 --> 00:18:31,999 when they should be living their lives? 431 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,137 For our grandchildren to look at me with pity? 432 00:18:35,241 --> 00:18:36,896 I can't do it, Vernon. 433 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,586 I thought I was strong enough, but I was wrong. 434 00:18:41,689 --> 00:18:43,241 We'll figure this out. 435 00:18:43,344 --> 00:18:45,310 What's your pain level right now? 436 00:18:45,413 --> 00:18:48,172 This is not the pain talking. 437 00:18:48,275 --> 00:18:49,689 This is me. 438 00:18:50,965 --> 00:18:53,931 We didn't raise our family to fear death. 439 00:18:55,034 --> 00:18:56,137 I can't hear this. 440 00:18:56,241 --> 00:18:58,965 Vernon, please try to understand. I... 441 00:18:59,862 --> 00:19:02,275 I'm not choosing... 442 00:19:02,379 --> 00:19:03,724 to surrender. 443 00:19:03,827 --> 00:19:06,862 Then what are we talking about here? Hmm? 444 00:19:06,965 --> 00:19:10,827 If you need more meds, I'll go get 'em. 445 00:19:10,828 --> 00:19:12,550 If you need to be in the hospital 446 00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:14,413 on a constant morphine drip, 447 00:19:14,414 --> 00:19:15,550 I'll take you. 448 00:19:15,551 --> 00:19:17,655 Just tell me what you need. 449 00:19:17,758 --> 00:19:20,724 I need to know our family will survive. 450 00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:22,172 Of course they will. 451 00:19:22,275 --> 00:19:24,172 Not without you. 452 00:19:26,068 --> 00:19:28,310 If this disease takes me, 453 00:19:28,413 --> 00:19:31,310 you can't let it take you, too. 454 00:19:34,517 --> 00:19:35,827 It won't. 455 00:19:37,655 --> 00:19:39,413 But you... 456 00:19:39,517 --> 00:19:42,896 you always say you can't imagine a world without me in it. 457 00:19:44,758 --> 00:19:49,103 Thank God I'll never have to experience that situation. 458 00:19:50,275 --> 00:19:51,758 It's because... 459 00:19:52,793 --> 00:19:55,068 ...one day the world may have to go on 460 00:19:55,172 --> 00:19:57,137 without Anita Dupree. 461 00:19:59,655 --> 00:20:04,586 But you will live inside of me forever. 462 00:20:08,689 --> 00:20:11,000 That was... 463 00:20:11,103 --> 00:20:14,000 well... heaven. 464 00:20:14,965 --> 00:20:17,379 Pastina magic. 465 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:18,827 You're lighter now. 466 00:20:20,241 --> 00:20:22,137 I'd love to take a bowl to Deanna. 467 00:20:23,482 --> 00:20:26,413 While she's eating, I could tell her about us. 468 00:20:26,414 --> 00:20:28,619 Why I've earned the right to my own happiness. 469 00:20:28,620 --> 00:20:30,240 That I don't have to choose between 470 00:20:30,241 --> 00:20:32,655 loving you and her and Donnell. 471 00:20:32,758 --> 00:20:34,724 Make her see that... 472 00:20:34,827 --> 00:20:36,586 I can have it all. 473 00:20:38,068 --> 00:20:41,482 What would you say to Deanna right now? 474 00:20:42,827 --> 00:20:44,827 I'd explain... 475 00:20:44,931 --> 00:20:47,137 how Doug and I went from 476 00:20:47,241 --> 00:20:50,206 teenagers to newlyweds 477 00:20:50,310 --> 00:20:53,034 to the parents of twins. 478 00:20:53,137 --> 00:20:56,275 One baby is a storm, but two is a hurricane. 479 00:20:56,379 --> 00:20:58,172 [chuckles] 480 00:20:58,275 --> 00:20:59,896 I was Mom 24-7, 481 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,827 and I loved it, but... 482 00:21:03,275 --> 00:21:06,655 ...somewhere in the shuffle of diapers and scraped knees... 483 00:21:07,620 --> 00:21:09,000 ...I lost myself. 484 00:21:09,103 --> 00:21:11,931 And when they went to college? 485 00:21:13,482 --> 00:21:16,206 My personal life floundered even more. 486 00:21:16,310 --> 00:21:19,896 I did have my business to occupy my time. 487 00:21:20,931 --> 00:21:24,000 Yes, but success can't hold you at night. 488 00:21:24,103 --> 00:21:26,482 It doesn't ask you how your day was either. 489 00:21:27,551 --> 00:21:30,137 I went home to an empty nest and... 490 00:21:31,137 --> 00:21:33,896 ...a husband who felt more like a roommate. 491 00:21:36,068 --> 00:21:38,241 I was like, um... 492 00:21:38,344 --> 00:21:41,275 I don't know, a jigsaw puzzle? 493 00:21:42,379 --> 00:21:44,344 With missing pieces. 494 00:21:45,793 --> 00:21:48,000 Fractured and incomplete. 495 00:21:50,103 --> 00:21:51,310 And then? 496 00:21:52,551 --> 00:21:53,862 [sniffles] 497 00:21:55,344 --> 00:21:57,379 You came along. 498 00:21:57,482 --> 00:21:58,965 Like... 499 00:22:00,241 --> 00:22:02,551 ...the final piece sliding into place. 500 00:22:04,034 --> 00:22:07,172 Someone who asked my opinion and actually listened. 501 00:22:07,275 --> 00:22:08,482 Someone... 502 00:22:08,586 --> 00:22:10,275 who lit me up. 503 00:22:11,413 --> 00:22:13,379 Made me feel like a woman again. 504 00:22:14,344 --> 00:22:16,689 So, um... 505 00:22:17,896 --> 00:22:20,137 Sometimes I wonder if... 506 00:22:21,172 --> 00:22:24,034 ...I'm really lucky to have found this or if it, um... 507 00:22:25,379 --> 00:22:27,344 ...this is... 508 00:22:27,448 --> 00:22:29,482 a dream that you wake up from 509 00:22:29,586 --> 00:22:31,137 right when it gets good. 510 00:22:32,172 --> 00:22:34,827 ? But you're right here with me 511 00:22:34,931 --> 00:22:36,206 Let's find out. 512 00:22:36,310 --> 00:22:37,620 ? Baby. ? 513 00:22:41,965 --> 00:22:44,448 Sorry my work call lasted so long. 514 00:22:44,551 --> 00:22:48,034 Some of my clients think 24-7 access comes with my retainer. 515 00:22:48,137 --> 00:22:49,187 It's cool. 516 00:22:49,188 --> 00:22:50,861 While you were fighting the good fight, 517 00:22:50,862 --> 00:22:54,620 I gave June a digital fashion show with my pictures 518 00:22:54,724 --> 00:22:56,896 and I knocked out half my homework. 519 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,379 Wow, talk about being productive. 520 00:22:59,482 --> 00:23:00,532 Mm-hmm. 521 00:23:00,620 --> 00:23:02,620 Quick question for you, Naomi. 522 00:23:02,724 --> 00:23:04,068 Mm-hmm. Shoot. 523 00:23:04,172 --> 00:23:06,413 In your line of work, do you use 524 00:23:06,517 --> 00:23:10,275 binomial or geometric distribution more? 525 00:23:10,379 --> 00:23:11,862 Oh, my gosh, can we not? 526 00:23:11,965 --> 00:23:15,068 I am wiped. Let's talk about literally anything else. 527 00:23:15,172 --> 00:23:17,448 Like boys, perhaps? 528 00:23:17,551 --> 00:23:19,586 Mm! Now we're talking. 529 00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:22,551 -[laughing]: Okay. -No, we not. 530 00:23:23,551 --> 00:23:25,034 My main man Rashad. 531 00:23:28,448 --> 00:23:30,137 You seem scared. 532 00:23:32,724 --> 00:23:34,206 What's got you spooked? 533 00:23:38,831 --> 00:23:42,205 Early tomorrow, partnership breakfast, 534 00:23:42,206 --> 00:23:45,310 -then a meeting with the mayor. -Mm-hmm. 535 00:23:45,413 --> 00:23:48,034 The day after, you're meeting with Batman 536 00:23:48,035 --> 00:23:49,792 about his issues with Commissioner Gordon. 537 00:23:49,793 --> 00:23:52,413 Mm. Yeah. That should be fun. 538 00:23:52,517 --> 00:23:54,896 I also squeezed you in with Wonder Woman 539 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,724 to discuss representing her in the divorce. 540 00:23:57,827 --> 00:24:00,310 Okay. Whatever works. 541 00:24:01,586 --> 00:24:03,482 All right, what's on your mind? 542 00:24:03,586 --> 00:24:05,931 Since it's clearly not your calendar. 543 00:24:06,034 --> 00:24:08,344 I'm paying attention. 544 00:24:08,448 --> 00:24:11,896 That's why you just agreed to represent Batman? 545 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,724 Batman? I... 546 00:24:13,827 --> 00:24:16,448 I thought you said Bartmans. It's just... 547 00:24:18,896 --> 00:24:20,275 It's the Duprees. 548 00:24:20,379 --> 00:24:23,000 The Duprees or one in particular? 549 00:24:25,068 --> 00:24:27,689 Dani is a part of it, yeah. 550 00:24:27,690 --> 00:24:30,550 Her whole family's in the fight for their lives right now. 551 00:24:30,551 --> 00:24:32,344 Yeah, I saw Anita's interview. 552 00:24:32,345 --> 00:24:33,654 Is that what's eating at you? 553 00:24:33,655 --> 00:24:34,827 Yeah. 554 00:24:34,828 --> 00:24:37,136 You know, I went by their place to let them know 555 00:24:37,137 --> 00:24:39,033 that I stopped the construction on Leslie's house, 556 00:24:39,034 --> 00:24:41,379 and I thought I was bringing them some peace 557 00:24:41,380 --> 00:24:43,481 while Anita's going through her treatment. 558 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:45,448 -That's kind. -Yeah. 559 00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:46,601 But... 560 00:24:47,551 --> 00:24:49,103 Man, when I saw her... 561 00:24:50,931 --> 00:24:53,172 I'm-I'm so used to her firing barbs at me, 562 00:24:53,275 --> 00:24:56,448 but this time she could barely muster the aim. 563 00:24:56,551 --> 00:24:59,931 Well, if she needs a stand-in, I've got a few zingers ready. 564 00:25:00,034 --> 00:25:01,551 Years of material. 565 00:25:02,551 --> 00:25:05,379 I solve problems, Caroline. 566 00:25:05,482 --> 00:25:06,965 You know? That's what I do. 567 00:25:07,068 --> 00:25:10,586 You know, I bend the world until it breaks my way. 568 00:25:10,689 --> 00:25:11,827 But this? 569 00:25:11,931 --> 00:25:15,103 I can't negotiate with cancer. 570 00:25:15,206 --> 00:25:18,000 I can't intimidate it. I can't charm it. 571 00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:21,344 If I can't fix this, 572 00:25:21,448 --> 00:25:23,724 and if she can't fight it... 573 00:25:28,586 --> 00:25:30,931 Enough about the future. 574 00:25:31,034 --> 00:25:34,000 Let's make each moment the best that it can be. 575 00:25:34,103 --> 00:25:35,965 Hmm? 576 00:25:36,068 --> 00:25:37,482 Why don't we do something 577 00:25:37,586 --> 00:25:40,793 that we rarely experienced before? 578 00:25:40,896 --> 00:25:44,000 No energy for that, my love. 579 00:25:44,103 --> 00:25:46,172 I'm talking about you telling me 580 00:25:46,275 --> 00:25:49,689 what you feel will make this moment better. 581 00:25:51,275 --> 00:25:53,068 Can I help you upstairs? 582 00:25:55,482 --> 00:25:57,896 I'm looking for a clue, my love. 583 00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:59,965 Oh, here is fine. 584 00:26:00,068 --> 00:26:02,413 The less I move, the bet... [sighs] 585 00:26:02,414 --> 00:26:03,757 I was going to say "the better," 586 00:26:03,758 --> 00:26:06,620 but there is no better, it's just less bad. 587 00:26:07,267 --> 00:26:09,895 Then how about some of that 588 00:26:09,896 --> 00:26:13,931 prescription lotion for your hands, hmm? 589 00:26:18,275 --> 00:26:20,275 [phone buzzing] 590 00:26:23,448 --> 00:26:24,498 Dani. 591 00:26:24,586 --> 00:26:25,862 Hey, Daddy. 592 00:26:25,863 --> 00:26:27,274 I'm just calling to check in. 593 00:26:27,275 --> 00:26:30,413 I didn't want to call Mom's cell in case she was resting. 594 00:26:30,517 --> 00:26:32,344 Yeah, she's, uh... 595 00:26:33,586 --> 00:26:37,310 She's having a rough day, but we're managing. 596 00:26:37,413 --> 00:26:39,862 I'm optimistic things will get better. 597 00:26:39,863 --> 00:26:41,240 You know, you don't always have to be 598 00:26:41,241 --> 00:26:43,137 the pillar holding everyone else up. 599 00:26:43,241 --> 00:26:45,931 You can lean sometimes. 600 00:26:46,034 --> 00:26:47,206 You want me to stop by? 601 00:26:47,310 --> 00:26:48,689 No need. No need. 602 00:26:48,793 --> 00:26:50,689 We've got Kat and Rowena. 603 00:26:50,793 --> 00:26:52,655 We have more than enough hands. 604 00:26:52,758 --> 00:26:53,896 Okay. 605 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,413 That's great. Um, then just... 606 00:26:56,517 --> 00:26:58,862 tell Mom I called and that I love her. 607 00:26:58,965 --> 00:27:00,862 I'll pass it along. 608 00:27:02,275 --> 00:27:04,275 [monitor beeping steadily] 609 00:27:06,931 --> 00:27:08,241 [door opens] 610 00:27:20,896 --> 00:27:22,137 Max... 611 00:27:23,172 --> 00:27:24,517 [groaning] 612 00:27:24,620 --> 00:27:25,896 Easy. 613 00:27:27,413 --> 00:27:29,206 I-It's just me. 614 00:27:30,551 --> 00:27:32,931 I thought Ren sent someone to finish the job. 615 00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:36,000 Ren did this? 616 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:38,413 Nah. 617 00:27:38,414 --> 00:27:39,895 He's too slick to get his hands dirty 618 00:27:39,896 --> 00:27:41,620 on a low-level like me. 619 00:27:41,621 --> 00:27:45,240 But the guy he sent made sure I knew exactly who it was from. 620 00:27:45,241 --> 00:27:47,931 Why would Ren need to send you a message? 621 00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:50,034 I tried to get out. 622 00:27:52,862 --> 00:27:54,206 Nah, I'm straight. 623 00:27:54,310 --> 00:27:56,000 I just heard about Max. 624 00:27:57,034 --> 00:27:58,275 And how'd you do that? 625 00:27:58,379 --> 00:27:59,429 DeShawn hit me up. 626 00:27:59,430 --> 00:28:01,274 Said there might be some extra shifts 627 00:28:01,275 --> 00:28:02,835 since Max was out of commission. 628 00:28:02,836 --> 00:28:05,171 What else he run his mouth about? 629 00:28:05,172 --> 00:28:06,689 That's it. 630 00:28:09,241 --> 00:28:11,231 I'm-a have a talk with that motormouth. 631 00:28:12,379 --> 00:28:14,724 At least he knows when to shut up. 632 00:28:15,793 --> 00:28:18,275 Max got himself into a little situation. 633 00:28:18,379 --> 00:28:20,310 Why you ain't call me? 634 00:28:20,311 --> 00:28:23,067 I could have motivated him, same way I did the other fool. 635 00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:25,206 Nah, this was more of an exit interview. 636 00:28:25,310 --> 00:28:27,060 And I got specific people for that. 637 00:28:27,965 --> 00:28:29,015 Max wanted out? 638 00:28:29,103 --> 00:28:30,620 Can you believe that? 639 00:28:30,724 --> 00:28:32,534 After all the food I put on his table. 640 00:28:34,068 --> 00:28:35,310 He give you a reason? 641 00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:37,206 Maybe he's found religion. 642 00:28:38,413 --> 00:28:40,137 Maybe he's gone soft. 643 00:28:40,241 --> 00:28:42,517 The why doesn't matter. 644 00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:45,034 Ain't nobody leaving this business. 645 00:28:45,137 --> 00:28:47,793 Only way out is in a body bag. 646 00:28:50,241 --> 00:28:51,551 So he's dead. 647 00:28:52,758 --> 00:28:54,655 Not yet. 648 00:29:00,664 --> 00:29:03,240 I drove by the clinic earlier. 649 00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:04,619 I hate that I missed the grand opening, 650 00:29:04,620 --> 00:29:06,550 but I saw the line was around the block. 651 00:29:06,551 --> 00:29:09,172 It was incredible, Naomi. 652 00:29:09,173 --> 00:29:11,585 Even Leslie's speech had me low-key tearing up. 653 00:29:11,586 --> 00:29:14,344 And that is saying something. 654 00:29:14,345 --> 00:29:16,792 The clinic's been buzzing all week. 655 00:29:16,793 --> 00:29:18,724 Folks been calling it a blessing. 656 00:29:19,793 --> 00:29:22,310 And seeing how serious you are about it, I... 657 00:29:22,311 --> 00:29:24,102 I don't know, I just want to do more 658 00:29:24,103 --> 00:29:26,103 than just clap from the sidelines. 659 00:29:26,206 --> 00:29:28,379 You want to volunteer? 660 00:29:28,482 --> 00:29:30,586 I think I'd be good at outreach, 661 00:29:30,689 --> 00:29:34,379 talking to folks, making 'em feel seen. 662 00:29:34,482 --> 00:29:37,793 I could be proof that there is light on the other side. 663 00:29:37,896 --> 00:29:40,827 And they would be lucky to have you. 664 00:29:40,931 --> 00:29:44,068 Mm. If I could help just even one person, 665 00:29:44,172 --> 00:29:45,931 it would be worth it. 666 00:29:46,034 --> 00:29:48,000 That's what you and Jacob did for me. 667 00:29:49,689 --> 00:29:51,689 We should volunteer together. 668 00:29:51,793 --> 00:29:56,448 Change the world while spending quality time. 669 00:29:57,896 --> 00:30:00,103 I would like that... 670 00:30:00,206 --> 00:30:01,413 a lot. 671 00:30:01,517 --> 00:30:02,620 [laughs] 672 00:30:02,724 --> 00:30:04,551 ? Give me that sweet ? 673 00:30:05,551 --> 00:30:08,275 ? Summer love ? 674 00:30:08,379 --> 00:30:13,275 ? Give me that sweet summer love 675 00:30:13,379 --> 00:30:14,724 ? Give me that sweet... ? 676 00:30:14,827 --> 00:30:17,862 Dishes done, and I didn't even break 677 00:30:17,965 --> 00:30:19,413 your favorite wine glass. 678 00:30:19,517 --> 00:30:22,172 Your favorite. I've never claimed ownership 679 00:30:22,275 --> 00:30:25,724 over any glassware in this place. 680 00:30:25,725 --> 00:30:27,585 Everything in here becomes your favorite 681 00:30:27,586 --> 00:30:29,344 as soon as you touch it. 682 00:30:29,448 --> 00:30:32,206 That's how it works. 683 00:30:33,689 --> 00:30:35,241 ? Summer love ? 684 00:30:36,586 --> 00:30:38,310 ? Give me that sweet ? 685 00:30:38,413 --> 00:30:41,896 -? Sweet ? 686 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,896 Oh, Joey, this-this is too much. 687 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,655 I told you, I don't skimp when it comes to you. 688 00:30:48,656 --> 00:30:49,792 Give me your wrist. 689 00:30:49,793 --> 00:30:52,689 ? Summer is back again ? 690 00:30:55,103 --> 00:30:58,206 ? Take your coat off, let it warm your skin... 691 00:30:58,310 --> 00:30:59,413 It's perfect. 692 00:30:59,517 --> 00:31:02,310 -Yeah. -Fits perfectly. 693 00:31:02,413 --> 00:31:03,827 As I knew it would. 694 00:31:06,931 --> 00:31:10,586 Vanessa, when my wife cheated... 695 00:31:12,206 --> 00:31:15,000 ...I swore I'd never open my heart again. 696 00:31:16,448 --> 00:31:18,310 Never put it on the line. 697 00:31:19,655 --> 00:31:21,620 I shut down. 698 00:31:21,724 --> 00:31:23,551 I built... 699 00:31:23,655 --> 00:31:25,793 impenetrable walls. 700 00:31:28,241 --> 00:31:31,482 And then you blew into my life like a tornado. 701 00:31:31,586 --> 00:31:33,620 [laughs] 702 00:31:35,655 --> 00:31:38,551 You never have to worry that I'll walk away. 703 00:31:38,655 --> 00:31:41,103 -? Give me that sweet ? 704 00:31:41,206 --> 00:31:44,206 ? Summer love ? 705 00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:45,655 ? Give me that sweet. ? 706 00:31:45,758 --> 00:31:47,344 You can't fix every problem 707 00:31:47,448 --> 00:31:48,948 or heal the world's suffering. 708 00:31:48,965 --> 00:31:50,206 I mean... 709 00:31:50,310 --> 00:31:52,620 I mean, I have done the impossible 710 00:31:52,724 --> 00:31:54,344 once or twice in the courtroom. 711 00:31:54,448 --> 00:31:57,827 Ah, and you did it with such confidence and swagger, 712 00:31:57,931 --> 00:31:59,862 which seems to be missing today. 713 00:31:59,965 --> 00:32:02,275 Yeah, well... 714 00:32:02,379 --> 00:32:04,655 this thing has me facing my limits, 715 00:32:04,758 --> 00:32:06,862 and I must admit, I am not a fan. 716 00:32:06,965 --> 00:32:08,068 [sighs] 717 00:32:08,172 --> 00:32:10,758 And you're also a lot of other things. 718 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:15,241 Gentle, bullish, bombastic. 719 00:32:16,931 --> 00:32:19,103 And you're also human. 720 00:32:20,068 --> 00:32:23,931 So maybe cut yourself some slack. 721 00:32:24,034 --> 00:32:27,068 No one's expecting you to perform miracles. 722 00:32:29,206 --> 00:32:33,551 Now, this isn't an instant cure, but... 723 00:32:35,137 --> 00:32:39,517 ...maybe it'll ease the pain for a little bit. Hmm? 724 00:32:41,068 --> 00:32:42,137 Ah! 725 00:32:42,241 --> 00:32:43,896 Uh-uh. Uh-uh. 726 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,965 -That painful? -Mm-hmm. 727 00:32:47,620 --> 00:32:49,137 Let me take you to the hospital. 728 00:32:49,241 --> 00:32:51,896 No. No hospital. 729 00:32:53,448 --> 00:32:55,965 It might avail you of the care you need. 730 00:32:56,068 --> 00:32:59,413 Oh, just the thought of them taking even more tests. 731 00:32:59,517 --> 00:33:01,517 That will be able to heal you. 732 00:33:01,620 --> 00:33:03,655 I feel like a guinea pig. 733 00:33:03,758 --> 00:33:07,206 At least here I'm not some kind of human pincushion. 734 00:33:08,275 --> 00:33:12,896 So you think hiding out is gonna make it better? 735 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:17,206 You're hiding out from less pain. 736 00:33:17,310 --> 00:33:20,379 You're hiding out from a, a miracle cure 737 00:33:20,482 --> 00:33:22,724 that could zap all of this away. 738 00:33:22,827 --> 00:33:26,448 [sighs] You won't know until you can ask. 739 00:33:26,551 --> 00:33:29,758 And, Anita, if you die because I let you talk me 740 00:33:29,862 --> 00:33:32,448 into keeping you home, it'll destroy me. 741 00:33:32,551 --> 00:33:35,068 -That's not fair. -None of this is. 742 00:33:35,069 --> 00:33:36,171 [huffs] 743 00:33:36,172 --> 00:33:38,172 I hate watching you hurt 744 00:33:38,275 --> 00:33:40,896 and knowing I can't fix it. 745 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,758 But that shouldn't be on you. 746 00:33:45,137 --> 00:33:48,034 And you are the only one who can choose to stay. 747 00:33:49,793 --> 00:33:51,827 Please tell me you'll try. 748 00:33:55,012 --> 00:33:59,378 -JACOB: How's Max? -Stabbed in the abdomen. 749 00:33:59,379 --> 00:34:00,517 It could be worse. 750 00:34:00,518 --> 00:34:02,550 The blade missed his organs by millimeters. 751 00:34:02,551 --> 00:34:04,103 -Damn. -Yeah. 752 00:34:04,206 --> 00:34:05,965 And Ren ordered the hit. 753 00:34:06,068 --> 00:34:07,118 I know. 754 00:34:07,119 --> 00:34:08,826 The bastard practically bragged about 755 00:34:08,827 --> 00:34:10,310 making an example out of him. 756 00:34:10,413 --> 00:34:12,551 He said the only way out was in a body bag. 757 00:34:12,655 --> 00:34:14,068 So what do we do? 758 00:34:14,172 --> 00:34:16,172 -Stay the course. -Are you serious? 759 00:34:16,275 --> 00:34:18,413 -Smitty, listen. -No, you listen. 760 00:34:18,517 --> 00:34:20,862 We said if this got out of hand, 761 00:34:20,863 --> 00:34:22,964 if this got dangerous, we would pull the plug. 762 00:34:22,965 --> 00:34:24,551 Well, Jacob, it's dangerous. 763 00:34:24,655 --> 00:34:26,689 Yeah. That's why I want you out. 764 00:34:26,793 --> 00:34:28,551 You think I'd bail on you? 765 00:34:28,655 --> 00:34:31,034 The only way I go is if you go, too. 766 00:34:31,137 --> 00:34:32,448 I'm so close. 767 00:34:32,449 --> 00:34:34,757 I need time to map out who the real players are. 768 00:34:34,758 --> 00:34:36,068 The job isn't done. 769 00:34:36,172 --> 00:34:39,002 Well, how many more Maxes are you willing to sacrifice? 770 00:34:39,103 --> 00:34:41,689 The longer this goes, the more people get hurt. 771 00:34:41,793 --> 00:34:44,586 And if we move too soon, the heavy hitters slip away 772 00:34:44,689 --> 00:34:46,862 and rebuild somewhere else. 773 00:34:46,863 --> 00:34:48,826 The number of victims goes even higher. 774 00:34:48,827 --> 00:34:50,481 And the people they've already hurt, like Max? 775 00:34:50,482 --> 00:34:51,689 Collateral damage. 776 00:34:51,793 --> 00:34:53,482 Listen. 777 00:34:53,586 --> 00:34:56,034 We take more precautions to protect Max. 778 00:34:56,137 --> 00:34:59,137 But I can't stop now, not when we're this close. 779 00:34:59,138 --> 00:35:01,723 But I understand we're coming at this from different angles. 780 00:35:01,724 --> 00:35:03,586 So you should pull out. 781 00:35:03,689 --> 00:35:05,724 I already told you no. 782 00:35:06,689 --> 00:35:08,310 [sighs] 783 00:35:08,413 --> 00:35:09,758 Be careful. 784 00:35:09,759 --> 00:35:11,067 These people will not hesitate 785 00:35:11,068 --> 00:35:13,724 to kill anyone who gets in their way. 786 00:35:13,725 --> 00:35:15,516 If they find out we're trying to cross them... 787 00:35:15,517 --> 00:35:16,965 They won't. 788 00:35:21,551 --> 00:35:23,551 VERNON: "The saddest day 789 00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:25,413 "will have an eve. 790 00:35:25,517 --> 00:35:28,689 The darkest night, a morn..." 791 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:30,413 Oh, wow. 792 00:35:30,414 --> 00:35:32,136 Oh, you can sit wherever you like. 793 00:35:32,137 --> 00:35:33,551 Thank you. 794 00:35:33,552 --> 00:35:35,826 VERNON: "Think not, when clouds are thick and dark, 795 00:35:35,827 --> 00:35:37,586 thy way is too forlorn." 796 00:35:37,689 --> 00:35:40,103 JUNE: Oh... Okay, okay. 797 00:35:42,655 --> 00:35:45,172 VERNON: "For ev'ry cloud that e'er did rise..." 798 00:35:45,275 --> 00:35:47,551 [sniffles] 799 00:35:47,655 --> 00:35:50,551 "...to shade thy life's bright way..." 800 00:35:53,689 --> 00:35:56,896 "...and every restless night of pain 801 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,000 "and every weary day, 802 00:35:59,103 --> 00:36:02,793 "will bring thee gifts thou'lt value more 803 00:36:02,896 --> 00:36:04,896 "because they cost so dear. 804 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:08,551 "The soul that faints not in the storm 805 00:36:08,655 --> 00:36:13,000 emerges bright and clear." 806 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,310 Captioning sponsored by CBS 807 00:36:17,413 --> 00:36:20,827 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 808 00:36:20,877 --> 00:36:25,427 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0