1 00:00:05,034 --> 00:00:08,931 Are you absolutely certain that that's all it is? 2 00:00:10,172 --> 00:00:13,137 Oh, thank the Lord. 3 00:00:13,241 --> 00:00:18,000 And you, Madison, for letting me know so quickly. 4 00:00:18,103 --> 00:00:20,275 Oh. And listen, 5 00:00:20,379 --> 00:00:23,689 give Chelsea my love, too. Good night. 6 00:00:25,241 --> 00:00:27,206 Oh, my. 7 00:00:27,310 --> 00:00:30,379 We Duprees are just bursting with good news lately. 8 00:00:30,482 --> 00:00:31,827 Do tell. 9 00:00:31,828 --> 00:00:32,930 -Hey. -Hi. 10 00:00:32,931 --> 00:00:34,413 [kiss] 11 00:00:34,517 --> 00:00:37,034 How was dinner with your mom? 12 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:39,068 We were overdue. 13 00:00:39,069 --> 00:00:41,447 Did you bring her up to date on the fundraiser? 14 00:00:41,448 --> 00:00:43,517 Uh, we didn't get into it. 15 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:45,862 I bet she was happy to have you to herself 16 00:00:45,965 --> 00:00:49,206 to catch up, just like I am now. 17 00:00:51,068 --> 00:00:55,344 Did she give you too much TMI about her two boyfriends? 18 00:00:55,448 --> 00:00:57,965 Is it gonna be Dr. Bones or Dr. Nip-Tuck for the win? 19 00:00:58,068 --> 00:01:00,379 [chuckles] She didn't go there. 20 00:01:00,380 --> 00:01:04,723 Well, then what did you and your mom talk about 21 00:01:04,724 --> 00:01:06,689 that has you gulping your bourbon? 22 00:01:06,793 --> 00:01:09,413 The fact that I need to run for Senate. 23 00:01:11,482 --> 00:01:12,922 You're practically purring. 24 00:01:12,931 --> 00:01:15,310 Because you settled on the perfect 25 00:01:15,413 --> 00:01:18,310 moniker for us, partner. 26 00:01:18,413 --> 00:01:19,689 Glad you like it. 27 00:01:19,793 --> 00:01:22,517 It encapsulates how deep our connection runs 28 00:01:22,620 --> 00:01:25,793 in pleasure and in business. 29 00:01:25,896 --> 00:01:30,482 I was actually thinking about sweetening our partnership. 30 00:01:31,862 --> 00:01:33,413 What do you have in mind? 31 00:01:34,379 --> 00:01:36,206 You... 32 00:01:36,310 --> 00:01:38,103 giving me a larger piece of the pie. 33 00:01:38,206 --> 00:01:39,620 I mean specifically. 34 00:01:39,724 --> 00:01:42,206 Your empire. 35 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:43,827 I want to play... 36 00:01:44,896 --> 00:01:48,034 ...a bigger role in the business. 37 00:01:49,551 --> 00:01:52,172 ? ? 38 00:02:19,620 --> 00:02:21,586 [phone ringing] 39 00:02:21,689 --> 00:02:23,172 Hi. 40 00:02:23,173 --> 00:02:25,861 Are you having a party you didn't invite your mom to? 41 00:02:25,862 --> 00:02:27,241 Uh, no. 42 00:02:27,344 --> 00:02:29,241 I am making dinner. 43 00:02:29,344 --> 00:02:31,620 -What you making? -Italian. 44 00:02:31,724 --> 00:02:35,517 I'm making dinner for Grayson for the first time. 45 00:02:38,413 --> 00:02:39,965 [grunting] 46 00:02:41,206 --> 00:02:42,256 Yeah. 47 00:02:42,344 --> 00:02:44,586 It's always better when they fight. 48 00:02:45,896 --> 00:02:48,068 [gasping] 49 00:02:58,862 --> 00:03:01,792 JAN: I've taught you half a dozen 50 00:03:01,793 --> 00:03:03,102 go-to favorites that are sure to please. 51 00:03:03,103 --> 00:03:05,827 Why are you stressing and doing something new? 52 00:03:05,931 --> 00:03:08,221 Shanice gave me this really great recipe, so... 53 00:03:08,310 --> 00:03:11,448 I have not seen you break out the pots and pans since Derek. 54 00:03:11,551 --> 00:03:14,034 [groans] Mom. 55 00:03:14,137 --> 00:03:17,137 Did you really just bring him up right now? 56 00:03:17,138 --> 00:03:19,205 I thought you two were in the friend place. 57 00:03:19,206 --> 00:03:22,206 Yeah, well, I did, too. 58 00:03:22,310 --> 00:03:24,689 But then Derek... [scoffs] You know what? 59 00:03:24,690 --> 00:03:25,792 You don't even want to know. 60 00:03:25,793 --> 00:03:26,965 Yes, I do. 61 00:03:27,068 --> 00:03:28,551 Down, Mom. 62 00:03:28,655 --> 00:03:30,448 I'll fill you in later. 63 00:03:30,551 --> 00:03:33,344 Okay, but call me if that recipe needs translating. 64 00:03:33,448 --> 00:03:35,448 I think I got it. 65 00:03:37,448 --> 00:03:40,137 Oh, no, no, no. 66 00:03:40,241 --> 00:03:41,482 What is it? 67 00:03:41,586 --> 00:03:44,379 Oh, I forgot the focaccia. 68 00:03:44,482 --> 00:03:47,965 Mm. Shanice said this recipe is nothing without it. 69 00:03:49,379 --> 00:03:51,758 Oh, and I have nothing to wear. Oh. 70 00:03:51,862 --> 00:03:56,310 The thing that would be perfect for tonight is in the hamper. 71 00:03:56,413 --> 00:03:58,896 I do love you in that. 72 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,379 Well, have no fear, Julia Child, your mother, is here. 73 00:04:03,482 --> 00:04:04,793 [laughs] 74 00:04:04,896 --> 00:04:07,068 Toss that in the wash and get dinner going. 75 00:04:07,069 --> 00:04:08,240 Tide's got your back, 76 00:04:08,241 --> 00:04:09,827 and so do I. 77 00:04:09,931 --> 00:04:11,827 Just get cooking. 78 00:04:11,931 --> 00:04:16,896 ? My thoughts, they darken in between 79 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,241 ? And I saw them all together having dinner at Murphy's 80 00:04:23,103 --> 00:04:27,689 ? And I saw them all together having dinner at Murphy's 81 00:04:28,689 --> 00:04:31,620 ? Keep trusting blindly ? 82 00:04:31,724 --> 00:04:34,620 ? I swear that you'll find me ? 83 00:04:34,724 --> 00:04:36,275 ? Better, better. ? 84 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:37,895 I thought we were done with this dance. 85 00:04:37,896 --> 00:04:41,103 We just put it to bed momentarily. 86 00:04:41,104 --> 00:04:43,412 You're like the embodiment of taking a mile 87 00:04:43,413 --> 00:04:45,275 when someone gives an inch. 88 00:04:45,379 --> 00:04:48,689 I've received much more than that from you. 89 00:04:48,793 --> 00:04:50,793 I've never given anyone 90 00:04:50,896 --> 00:04:53,827 any part of my businesses until you. 91 00:04:53,931 --> 00:04:56,103 And I've welcomed you into three. 92 00:04:56,206 --> 00:04:58,316 Real estate, Heart Attach and the clinic. 93 00:04:58,317 --> 00:05:00,343 The last one doesn't count. It was my idea 94 00:05:00,344 --> 00:05:01,378 for you to be an investor. 95 00:05:01,379 --> 00:05:02,965 Silent investor. 96 00:05:03,068 --> 00:05:05,655 And the reason I got involved was you and your kids. 97 00:05:05,758 --> 00:05:08,379 And it means the world. 98 00:05:08,482 --> 00:05:12,068 But your grand gesture came with a Leslie-sized catch. 99 00:05:12,172 --> 00:05:16,655 Yeah, there's a root canal and a IRS audit 100 00:05:16,758 --> 00:05:18,379 wrapped in a disaster. 101 00:05:18,482 --> 00:05:19,827 I can't work with her. 102 00:05:19,828 --> 00:05:21,447 So if the clinic's gonna be viable, 103 00:05:21,448 --> 00:05:23,827 -you have to run point. -Don't digress. 104 00:05:23,931 --> 00:05:27,103 Our new status comes with new privileges. 105 00:05:27,206 --> 00:05:30,344 If we're breaking down all the barriers between us, 106 00:05:30,448 --> 00:05:32,517 my needs have to be covered. 107 00:05:32,620 --> 00:05:33,793 I demand it. 108 00:05:33,896 --> 00:05:35,793 Dem... [laughs] 109 00:05:35,794 --> 00:05:37,757 -You really are something. -[chuckles] 110 00:05:37,758 --> 00:05:40,348 So are you, which is why we're so perfectly matched. 111 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,310 I want you by my side. 112 00:05:43,344 --> 00:05:45,551 Happy, sexy... 113 00:05:46,517 --> 00:05:48,586 ...and healthy. 114 00:05:48,689 --> 00:05:50,758 I don't want walls between us. 115 00:05:51,793 --> 00:05:54,413 But some of my enterprises come with risk. 116 00:05:55,448 --> 00:05:56,896 I don't want you anywhere 117 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,689 near something that could put you in danger. 118 00:06:00,724 --> 00:06:02,586 And... 119 00:06:02,689 --> 00:06:04,896 what if I get off on the danger? 120 00:06:05,862 --> 00:06:07,275 You're upset. 121 00:06:07,276 --> 00:06:10,274 You told your mother about an earth-shattering decision 122 00:06:10,275 --> 00:06:11,325 before you told me. 123 00:06:11,379 --> 00:06:12,827 Let me explain. 124 00:06:12,931 --> 00:06:14,379 I love Nicole, 125 00:06:14,380 --> 00:06:17,481 but you and I have been working hard on rebuilding our trust. 126 00:06:17,482 --> 00:06:18,654 I thought that was going great. 127 00:06:18,655 --> 00:06:19,705 It is. 128 00:06:19,793 --> 00:06:22,344 And now, when our focus is pulled 129 00:06:22,345 --> 00:06:24,826 with Tyrell graduating and Samantha's cotillion 130 00:06:24,827 --> 00:06:26,033 and my work and your campaign, 131 00:06:26,034 --> 00:06:27,757 you're over at your mom's house saying, 132 00:06:27,758 --> 00:06:29,517 "Oh, pass the sugar. By the way, 133 00:06:29,518 --> 00:06:31,516 I'm gonna blow up our lives. Don't tell Smitty." 134 00:06:31,517 --> 00:06:32,655 It wasn't like that. 135 00:06:32,758 --> 00:06:34,827 We agreed that it was enough risk 136 00:06:34,828 --> 00:06:36,171 for you to run for Congress 137 00:06:36,172 --> 00:06:38,482 -for a second term. -Smitty. 138 00:06:38,586 --> 00:06:41,344 You know, I'm glad that a trained psychiatrist 139 00:06:41,448 --> 00:06:44,172 was there when you had such an insane idea. 140 00:06:47,586 --> 00:06:50,448 This wasn't spur of the moment, was it? 141 00:06:50,551 --> 00:06:51,601 How long? 142 00:06:52,586 --> 00:06:54,000 The party and the donors 143 00:06:54,103 --> 00:06:55,931 have been pushing me to run. 144 00:06:56,034 --> 00:06:58,689 They think I'm the best chance to hold the seat. 145 00:06:58,793 --> 00:06:59,965 So, days? 146 00:07:01,344 --> 00:07:02,655 Weeks. 147 00:07:03,054 --> 00:07:05,136 Months? 148 00:07:05,137 --> 00:07:06,187 Weeks. 149 00:07:07,241 --> 00:07:08,931 [scoffs] 150 00:07:09,034 --> 00:07:10,896 Who else knows? 151 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,448 I doubt Nicole was a one-woman focus group. 152 00:07:13,551 --> 00:07:15,000 Granddad. 153 00:07:16,827 --> 00:07:18,758 Well... 154 00:07:18,759 --> 00:07:20,826 he has been your guide ever since you decided 155 00:07:20,827 --> 00:07:22,207 to follow in his footsteps, 156 00:07:22,241 --> 00:07:25,896 so if there's anyone that knows about this aside from me, 157 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,310 it should be Vernon. 158 00:07:29,137 --> 00:07:30,344 There's someone else. 159 00:07:31,620 --> 00:07:32,670 Who? 160 00:07:32,724 --> 00:07:34,586 Bill. 161 00:07:36,862 --> 00:07:39,379 I can't convince you to go back to bed? 162 00:07:39,482 --> 00:07:42,482 I think knowing I only have one more chemo session 163 00:07:42,586 --> 00:07:43,931 has energized me. 164 00:07:44,034 --> 00:07:47,724 Yeah, that strong mind is winning out over your body 165 00:07:47,827 --> 00:07:49,379 -right now. -Do you know 166 00:07:49,482 --> 00:07:52,482 how many patients I have seen ring that bell, 167 00:07:52,586 --> 00:07:54,172 signaling the end of chemo? 168 00:07:54,275 --> 00:07:56,000 And it's almost my turn. 169 00:07:56,103 --> 00:07:59,310 I'm right there with you, counting down the days. 170 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:02,724 You have to tell me how big I can go with this celebration. 171 00:08:02,827 --> 00:08:04,241 I need to start planning. 172 00:08:04,242 --> 00:08:06,861 Well, from the sounds of that phone call earlier, 173 00:08:06,862 --> 00:08:08,689 we can make it a double celebration. 174 00:08:08,793 --> 00:08:10,551 You heard. 175 00:08:10,655 --> 00:08:12,275 I assume Madison was telling you 176 00:08:12,344 --> 00:08:15,586 that Bill and Naomi put down that nuisance of a lawsuit? 177 00:08:15,689 --> 00:08:18,310 That's still very much in play. 178 00:08:18,413 --> 00:08:22,103 Then why were you thanking Madison so profusely? 179 00:08:23,137 --> 00:08:25,551 She was giving me my lab results. 180 00:08:26,862 --> 00:08:29,620 The call was about my medical files. 181 00:08:30,620 --> 00:08:33,310 Not Madison's legal ones. 182 00:08:40,517 --> 00:08:42,172 Vernon Dupree, why didn't 183 00:08:42,275 --> 00:08:44,758 you tell me you were forgetting things? 184 00:08:44,862 --> 00:08:47,620 Your mind, your strength 185 00:08:47,724 --> 00:08:49,965 had to be otherwise engaged, 186 00:08:50,068 --> 00:08:52,620 contending with the red devil. 187 00:08:52,724 --> 00:08:54,862 So while you were holding my hand, 188 00:08:54,965 --> 00:08:56,793 all this was weighing on you? 189 00:08:56,896 --> 00:08:58,965 No need to burden you. 190 00:08:59,068 --> 00:09:02,793 You are my heart, sir, and I would have made room 191 00:09:02,794 --> 00:09:05,309 to do for you the same way that you have done for me 192 00:09:05,310 --> 00:09:06,517 since the day we met, 193 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:08,758 particularly these last few months. 194 00:09:08,862 --> 00:09:10,517 How can you not know that by now? 195 00:09:10,620 --> 00:09:12,551 Which is precisely why 196 00:09:12,655 --> 00:09:16,379 I needed to keep this truth to myself. 197 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:20,862 Aren't you tired of hiding every hiccup 198 00:09:20,863 --> 00:09:22,826 and every success behind a code word 199 00:09:22,827 --> 00:09:25,931 when I could actually pitch in and help? 200 00:09:26,931 --> 00:09:30,482 So you want to replace Randy as my muscle? 201 00:09:30,586 --> 00:09:34,689 No, but I am one hell of a problem solver. 202 00:09:34,793 --> 00:09:37,344 Just let me in more so I can do my thing. 203 00:09:38,413 --> 00:09:41,862 Don't you want to use me in every single way you can? 204 00:09:41,965 --> 00:09:44,068 [laughs] 205 00:09:44,172 --> 00:09:45,344 [sighs] 206 00:09:45,448 --> 00:09:49,068 Even if I were in a soul-baring mood, 207 00:09:49,172 --> 00:09:53,206 my problem-solving danger junkie, 208 00:09:53,310 --> 00:09:56,137 you've blown past my very first rule. 209 00:09:56,241 --> 00:09:57,620 What's that? 210 00:09:57,724 --> 00:09:59,793 Discretion. 211 00:09:59,896 --> 00:10:01,379 Look around. 212 00:10:03,068 --> 00:10:04,827 Point taken. 213 00:10:04,931 --> 00:10:07,068 We can discuss this at your place later. 214 00:10:07,172 --> 00:10:09,862 Or we can trade the work talk for the dirty kind. 215 00:10:09,965 --> 00:10:13,379 Fortunately, you have a woman who can do both. 216 00:10:14,413 --> 00:10:17,000 Have I told you how happy it makes me to know 217 00:10:17,103 --> 00:10:20,310 that you'll be curled up next to me at the end of the night? 218 00:10:20,413 --> 00:10:22,689 You can tell me again. 219 00:10:24,862 --> 00:10:26,551 I'm a creature of habit. 220 00:10:27,655 --> 00:10:29,758 And my condo is my sanctuary. 221 00:10:30,862 --> 00:10:33,241 The ultimate refined man cave, 222 00:10:33,344 --> 00:10:35,274 complete with its own security force. 223 00:10:35,275 --> 00:10:36,619 Yeah, but when you're there, 224 00:10:36,620 --> 00:10:38,964 you bring something that I didn't know was missing. 225 00:10:38,965 --> 00:10:40,689 What's that? 226 00:10:40,793 --> 00:10:43,034 You make it a home. 227 00:10:44,758 --> 00:10:48,103 And I think it's time to show you why. 228 00:10:48,206 --> 00:10:51,310 Mm, what does that entail? 229 00:10:52,344 --> 00:10:55,896 Everything in my place has been handpicked by me. 230 00:10:57,896 --> 00:11:01,034 But I want you to feel like you belong there. 231 00:11:02,413 --> 00:11:05,063 I want you to start bringing some more of your things. 232 00:11:06,310 --> 00:11:08,241 Are you offering me another drawer? 233 00:11:08,344 --> 00:11:09,965 Oh, at the very least. 234 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,931 I want you to feel like you see yourself there. 235 00:11:15,932 --> 00:11:18,792 So bring whatever it is that makes you feel 236 00:11:18,793 --> 00:11:21,000 like it's your home, too. 237 00:11:21,103 --> 00:11:23,655 Slippers under the bed, 238 00:11:23,758 --> 00:11:27,896 lingerie in my- your drawer. 239 00:11:28,827 --> 00:11:31,137 And I want you to leave them there 240 00:11:31,241 --> 00:11:33,448 so you're not living out of a bag. 241 00:11:34,551 --> 00:11:36,103 And that way, you're there. 242 00:11:37,103 --> 00:11:38,172 Even when you're not. 243 00:11:40,344 --> 00:11:42,793 I... love that. 244 00:11:43,862 --> 00:11:45,517 And you. 245 00:11:45,620 --> 00:11:47,413 Back at you, kid. 246 00:11:50,172 --> 00:11:51,551 So you're running away? 247 00:11:51,655 --> 00:11:54,185 Well, I have to call the movers and pack up my place. 248 00:11:55,137 --> 00:11:56,275 -Kidding. -[laughs] 249 00:11:56,379 --> 00:11:58,310 I have an errand. 250 00:11:58,311 --> 00:12:00,240 I'll see you at your place later tonight. 251 00:12:00,241 --> 00:12:01,931 Can't wait. 252 00:12:02,034 --> 00:12:03,137 Well... 253 00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:08,448 ...so much for being open and honest with your husband. 254 00:12:08,449 --> 00:12:09,619 I've learned my lesson. 255 00:12:09,620 --> 00:12:11,896 No more decisions and secrets 256 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,068 without you and the kids on board. 257 00:12:14,172 --> 00:12:17,241 Or after every Dupree has weighed in? 258 00:12:18,827 --> 00:12:20,327 Have Kat and Chelsea designed 259 00:12:20,328 --> 00:12:21,481 anything for the campaign yet? 260 00:12:21,482 --> 00:12:23,620 Maybe a commemorative embossed wallet 261 00:12:23,724 --> 00:12:26,896 saying "Martin Richardson for Senate 2028"? 262 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,862 Or have you scheduled your photo shoot with Andre yet? 263 00:12:29,863 --> 00:12:31,585 Oh, maybe Anita and the Articulettes- 264 00:12:31,586 --> 00:12:32,550 they can write you a jingle. 265 00:12:32,551 --> 00:12:33,965 Smitty, stop. 266 00:12:35,172 --> 00:12:36,724 Like you said yourself, 267 00:12:36,827 --> 00:12:38,827 Granddad is the guru 268 00:12:38,931 --> 00:12:40,758 to my life's work. And my mom 269 00:12:40,862 --> 00:12:43,344 is not just my parent, she's my therapist. 270 00:12:43,448 --> 00:12:46,000 I want you to talk to them. 271 00:12:47,137 --> 00:12:51,482 I want you to have all of the support you need. 272 00:12:51,483 --> 00:12:53,102 But aren't I supposed to be first? 273 00:12:53,103 --> 00:12:56,000 You are in every way that matters. 274 00:12:56,103 --> 00:12:57,862 But now that Bill is involved, 275 00:12:57,965 --> 00:13:00,344 I am feeling a sense of d�j� vu. 276 00:13:00,345 --> 00:13:02,171 How long before the rapid response team 277 00:13:02,172 --> 00:13:04,862 is pouring gasoline on your campaign fires? 278 00:13:04,965 --> 00:13:07,015 And I will never make that mistake again. 279 00:13:07,034 --> 00:13:09,103 And I didn't fill Bill in. 280 00:13:09,104 --> 00:13:11,895 He's always got his ears to the ground, 281 00:13:11,896 --> 00:13:14,137 and he heard and he came taunting. 282 00:13:15,344 --> 00:13:18,379 Well, Bill does have to be informed and ready 283 00:13:18,482 --> 00:13:20,793 for the next round of trouble 284 00:13:20,896 --> 00:13:23,586 that your family and you get into. 285 00:13:23,689 --> 00:13:26,517 He's not our fixer anymore. 286 00:13:26,620 --> 00:13:28,517 Well, maybe that's too bad. 287 00:13:29,931 --> 00:13:32,206 Because you might need one, Martin. 288 00:13:32,310 --> 00:13:34,862 When your opposition is digging... 289 00:13:34,965 --> 00:13:38,862 how long before they uncover that trail of buried secrets? 290 00:13:46,068 --> 00:13:48,068 Hard at work, Rashad? 291 00:13:48,172 --> 00:13:49,620 I'm almost done unloading. 292 00:13:49,724 --> 00:13:52,068 I just had to walk it off a little bit. 293 00:13:52,172 --> 00:13:54,000 Look, today's haul was insane. 294 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:55,757 And them dumb broke-asses must be gassing 295 00:13:55,758 --> 00:13:57,723 after lining up to spill all their blood product 296 00:13:57,724 --> 00:13:59,517 for next to nothing. [laughs] 297 00:13:59,620 --> 00:14:01,413 Did I dismiss you? 298 00:14:01,414 --> 00:14:05,516 No, boss, I thought you was nudging me back to the truck. 299 00:14:05,517 --> 00:14:08,379 But if you got some more business for me, I'll stay open. 300 00:14:08,482 --> 00:14:10,344 Nah, I just need you to snap to it. 301 00:14:11,931 --> 00:14:13,275 Okay, so we straight? 302 00:14:13,379 --> 00:14:15,344 We straight. 303 00:14:15,448 --> 00:14:17,318 Can't say the same for somebody else. 304 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:20,275 What you mean? 305 00:14:21,551 --> 00:14:23,275 Your boy Grayson. 306 00:14:23,379 --> 00:14:26,551 See, I told you there was a price for your mess. 307 00:14:26,655 --> 00:14:28,620 Just didn't tell you who had to pay. 308 00:14:33,620 --> 00:14:35,379 [gasping] 309 00:15:00,528 --> 00:15:03,999 Your attention, your mind, your heart 310 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:08,344 all had to be directed toward fighting cancer. 311 00:15:08,448 --> 00:15:10,379 While you suffered quietly. 312 00:15:10,482 --> 00:15:12,931 Seriously, how could I not have noticed? 313 00:15:13,034 --> 00:15:14,448 My love, 314 00:15:14,551 --> 00:15:16,137 you were busy, 315 00:15:16,241 --> 00:15:19,586 and I thought my little lapses weren't a big deal. 316 00:15:19,689 --> 00:15:22,379 And yet you called on a neurologist. 317 00:15:22,482 --> 00:15:24,965 I called on family, 318 00:15:25,068 --> 00:15:28,586 which is something that Madison is about to be. 319 00:15:28,689 --> 00:15:32,413 I mixed up a few names, I... 320 00:15:32,517 --> 00:15:34,655 oh, entered a few rooms 321 00:15:34,758 --> 00:15:37,448 and forgotten what I was trying to find in there and... 322 00:15:37,551 --> 00:15:40,448 It happens to people half our age. 323 00:15:40,551 --> 00:15:42,758 I had to be sure. 324 00:15:42,862 --> 00:15:47,206 I wanted to be 100% there for you, for our family. 325 00:15:47,310 --> 00:15:51,482 So Madison was the perfect choice for your care. 326 00:15:51,586 --> 00:15:55,379 But I have to lovingly push back on your logic. 327 00:15:55,482 --> 00:15:57,379 When we began my cancer journey, 328 00:15:57,482 --> 00:16:00,862 we promised each other, no magical thinking. 329 00:16:00,863 --> 00:16:03,067 Me knowing that you were going through this 330 00:16:03,068 --> 00:16:06,034 would not have hindered my ability to heal. 331 00:16:06,137 --> 00:16:07,413 I mean... just the other day, 332 00:16:07,517 --> 00:16:08,862 you said I was your purpose. 333 00:16:08,965 --> 00:16:10,689 You are mine, Vernon, 334 00:16:10,793 --> 00:16:12,793 and knowing that you needed me 335 00:16:12,896 --> 00:16:15,931 would have given me that much more reason to fight. 336 00:16:16,931 --> 00:16:22,000 If you hadn't been so busy being a world-famous diva, 337 00:16:22,103 --> 00:16:25,172 woman, you'd have made one hell of a senator. 338 00:16:25,275 --> 00:16:26,482 [scoffs] 339 00:16:28,137 --> 00:16:30,379 I'm sorry I kept this from you. 340 00:16:31,655 --> 00:16:33,758 I thought I was protecting your peace. 341 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:38,000 You are my peace, my darling, 342 00:16:38,103 --> 00:16:40,689 and don't you ever forget it. 343 00:16:42,275 --> 00:16:44,482 Now... 344 00:16:44,586 --> 00:16:48,310 what did Madison say is going on with you? 345 00:16:49,896 --> 00:16:51,655 Look at that. 346 00:16:51,758 --> 00:16:54,137 A reminder of the danger just walked in. 347 00:16:54,241 --> 00:16:56,034 You don't have to pile on. I get it. 348 00:16:56,137 --> 00:16:58,137 I don't think that you do. 349 00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:02,536 What I don't understand is how Vernon could cosign on this. 350 00:17:03,517 --> 00:17:06,047 He was the first one to raise red flags when you had 351 00:17:06,137 --> 00:17:08,724 ideas of presidential runs in your head. 352 00:17:08,827 --> 00:17:09,965 What changed? 353 00:17:10,068 --> 00:17:12,379 The Senate isn't the Oval. 354 00:17:12,482 --> 00:17:13,689 It's a happy medium. 355 00:17:13,793 --> 00:17:15,689 It won't- It will be less scrutiny. 356 00:17:15,793 --> 00:17:19,655 Running for any new office means more oppo research 357 00:17:19,758 --> 00:17:23,172 and more eyeballs on your past and your present. 358 00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:24,758 We can't afford that, Martin. 359 00:17:24,759 --> 00:17:27,964 So whatever fantasy that you've stepped into, 360 00:17:27,965 --> 00:17:29,758 you need to snap out of it. 361 00:17:29,862 --> 00:17:32,172 This is not just about your dreams. 362 00:17:32,275 --> 00:17:36,517 This is our lives. Yours, mine, the kids. 363 00:17:37,724 --> 00:17:39,793 Look, you would make 364 00:17:39,896 --> 00:17:41,965 a magnificent senator. 365 00:17:43,103 --> 00:17:45,655 But what happens when the truth comes out? 366 00:17:45,758 --> 00:17:48,724 This is all on me and me alone. 367 00:17:48,827 --> 00:17:51,724 You had nothing to do what went down. 368 00:17:51,827 --> 00:17:53,275 And it won't come to that. 369 00:17:56,862 --> 00:18:00,689 My credibility as a journalist 370 00:18:00,793 --> 00:18:03,896 is based on truth-telling, 371 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,137 and that ends as soon as your secret comes out. 372 00:18:07,241 --> 00:18:09,034 I need this. 373 00:18:09,137 --> 00:18:12,172 I thought I was just okay with my dreams 374 00:18:12,275 --> 00:18:14,586 tapping out at congressman. 375 00:18:14,689 --> 00:18:17,379 But I know what I'm capable of. 376 00:18:17,380 --> 00:18:19,171 I know what I can do for the people, 377 00:18:19,172 --> 00:18:21,758 and I know what I can do for the country. 378 00:18:22,827 --> 00:18:25,551 And that's worth more than all of us? 379 00:18:25,655 --> 00:18:27,862 Nothing is. 380 00:18:27,863 --> 00:18:30,412 The loose ends- they're tied up and they're buried. 381 00:18:30,413 --> 00:18:32,793 The loosest of ends, Martin, 382 00:18:32,896 --> 00:18:35,172 is sitting over there, drinking Scotch. 383 00:18:38,620 --> 00:18:40,413 But you don't care, do you? 384 00:18:41,896 --> 00:18:42,946 You're doing this. 385 00:18:43,034 --> 00:18:45,517 I know who I am. 386 00:18:45,620 --> 00:18:48,793 And without this, I don't know who I would be. 387 00:18:48,896 --> 00:18:52,275 A present father and husband. 388 00:18:52,379 --> 00:18:54,068 Try it, you might like it. 389 00:18:54,172 --> 00:18:55,896 That's unfair. 390 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,827 You can't pull that card, Martin. 391 00:18:58,862 --> 00:19:01,344 Not when you're asking me to give up everything 392 00:19:01,448 --> 00:19:03,344 all over again. 393 00:19:04,931 --> 00:19:07,862 My only regret is not having a kit 394 00:19:07,965 --> 00:19:10,379 to scoop up Grayson's blood. 395 00:19:10,380 --> 00:19:12,930 Oh, no, you didn't even have to go through all the trouble 396 00:19:12,931 --> 00:19:15,401 of getting your hands bloody to teach me a lesson. 397 00:19:16,310 --> 00:19:17,517 I felt it. 398 00:19:17,620 --> 00:19:19,517 Nah. 399 00:19:19,620 --> 00:19:22,586 It was worth dirtying my hands to drive the message home. 400 00:19:23,405 --> 00:19:25,999 What am I gonna do with you? 401 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,482 Now... 402 00:19:28,517 --> 00:19:30,551 [phone vibrating] 403 00:19:32,068 --> 00:19:34,000 You need to pick that up? 404 00:19:35,172 --> 00:19:37,931 No, it's on silent now. 405 00:19:38,034 --> 00:19:39,241 Just like me. 406 00:19:43,241 --> 00:19:45,711 -[line ringing] -Damn it, Jacob, pick up. Pick up. 407 00:19:56,758 --> 00:19:58,931 [panting] 408 00:20:00,862 --> 00:20:02,103 [groaning] 409 00:20:10,931 --> 00:20:12,862 -Shanice, you are a goddess. -[beep] 410 00:20:12,965 --> 00:20:15,827 Ooh. Laundry is done already. 411 00:20:18,068 --> 00:20:19,310 [sighs] 412 00:20:21,275 --> 00:20:24,310 [sniffs] Ah, smells like clean. 413 00:20:26,137 --> 00:20:29,068 Yeah, but it's the good kind of nervous. 414 00:20:29,172 --> 00:20:31,241 There's just so much that Grayson and I 415 00:20:31,242 --> 00:20:33,136 don't know about each other yet, and I just think 416 00:20:33,137 --> 00:20:36,206 that this dinner- it's gonna bring us closer together. 417 00:20:37,448 --> 00:20:39,378 Hopefully something we never forget. 418 00:20:42,202 --> 00:20:46,688 A vitamin D deficiency caused all this worry? 419 00:20:46,689 --> 00:20:49,172 A far better outcome than any other 420 00:20:49,275 --> 00:20:51,379 I allowed myself to entertain. 421 00:20:51,380 --> 00:20:54,516 So, what do we need to do to get your levels up? 422 00:20:54,517 --> 00:20:56,327 Did Madison order a prescription? 423 00:20:57,413 --> 00:20:59,448 She wants to run some more tests, 424 00:20:59,551 --> 00:21:03,448 do more of a dive before I take anything. 425 00:21:03,551 --> 00:21:07,724 Patients my age run the risk in the other direction 426 00:21:07,827 --> 00:21:10,827 if too much vitamin D is administered. 427 00:21:10,828 --> 00:21:13,240 And your other doctors will be none too happy with me 428 00:21:13,241 --> 00:21:14,792 if I fatten you up with milkshakes. 429 00:21:14,793 --> 00:21:16,482 [chuckles] 430 00:21:16,586 --> 00:21:19,137 Madison says I need to build on 431 00:21:19,241 --> 00:21:23,551 the healthy lifestyle changes that I've already been making. 432 00:21:23,655 --> 00:21:27,172 You know, a little more sleep, 433 00:21:27,275 --> 00:21:29,517 exercise, sunlight. 434 00:21:29,620 --> 00:21:31,551 They're all gonna help. 435 00:21:31,655 --> 00:21:34,896 Fresh air would do us both some good. 436 00:21:34,897 --> 00:21:36,826 It seems these past few months, we've either been 437 00:21:36,827 --> 00:21:39,724 cooped up in this house or an infusion room. 438 00:21:39,725 --> 00:21:41,826 Yeah, I'm not going to let you blame yourself 439 00:21:41,827 --> 00:21:44,034 -for any part of this. -I'm not doing that. 440 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:46,344 On our way back from New Orleans, 441 00:21:46,448 --> 00:21:48,689 we swing through somewhere tropical 442 00:21:48,793 --> 00:21:50,965 and you can have all the sun you can get. 443 00:21:51,068 --> 00:21:54,689 Oh, I like the way you think. Where should we go? 444 00:21:54,793 --> 00:21:55,965 -Mallorca. -Mallorca. 445 00:21:55,966 --> 00:21:57,067 [both laughing] 446 00:21:57,068 --> 00:21:59,551 You know me too well. 447 00:21:59,655 --> 00:22:00,705 [doorbell rings] 448 00:22:00,724 --> 00:22:02,586 We aren't expecting anyone, 449 00:22:02,689 --> 00:22:03,862 -are we? -No. 450 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,275 Vanessa. 451 00:22:11,379 --> 00:22:12,448 I come bearing gifts. 452 00:22:13,482 --> 00:22:14,827 For real, though, Ren, 453 00:22:14,931 --> 00:22:17,827 I get it now. And I need this gig. 454 00:22:17,931 --> 00:22:20,241 I was just starting to get my feet up under me. 455 00:22:20,344 --> 00:22:21,551 I see how it work now. 456 00:22:21,655 --> 00:22:24,517 Whatever you say. No lip, no back talk. 457 00:22:25,896 --> 00:22:27,310 Good boy, 458 00:22:27,413 --> 00:22:29,583 'cause you're at the end of your warnings, 459 00:22:29,655 --> 00:22:32,137 and if you ever step to me again, 460 00:22:32,241 --> 00:22:33,827 you won't be stepping no more. 461 00:22:34,827 --> 00:22:36,793 And you won't see me coming. 462 00:22:36,896 --> 00:22:39,379 Grayson sure as hell didn't. 463 00:22:39,482 --> 00:22:42,132 Now get your ass back out there and finish unloading. 464 00:22:44,482 --> 00:22:46,310 -Bet. -Yeah. 465 00:22:54,586 --> 00:22:56,172 [phone vibrating] 466 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,793 Is it done? 467 00:23:00,896 --> 00:23:02,379 Yeah, it's done. 468 00:23:02,380 --> 00:23:03,895 But you might want to keep the cameras off 469 00:23:03,896 --> 00:23:05,137 for a little longer. 470 00:23:05,241 --> 00:23:06,448 Clean up on aisle three. 471 00:23:06,551 --> 00:23:09,896 I'll need more information. 472 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,470 The dude wouldn't go down, so I had to put him down. 473 00:23:12,551 --> 00:23:15,379 That wasn't the plan. 474 00:23:15,380 --> 00:23:16,447 If you don't like 475 00:23:16,448 --> 00:23:17,931 my ways, 476 00:23:18,034 --> 00:23:20,517 you can do the punishing yourself. 477 00:23:20,518 --> 00:23:22,964 Our lab tech met the business end of your little scalpels 478 00:23:22,965 --> 00:23:24,482 I like collecting. 479 00:23:24,586 --> 00:23:26,827 Always with the violence. 480 00:23:26,931 --> 00:23:27,981 Relax. 481 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,482 He was still breathing when I left, 482 00:23:30,586 --> 00:23:33,416 but you might want to hurry and bring an extra white coat. 483 00:23:33,517 --> 00:23:35,447 There's probably a lot of blood by now. 484 00:23:35,517 --> 00:23:37,758 I know I failed you in the past on this score. 485 00:23:37,862 --> 00:23:39,206 I own it. 486 00:23:39,207 --> 00:23:41,481 But you have nothing but my full-throated support 487 00:23:41,482 --> 00:23:42,862 on your career. 488 00:23:42,965 --> 00:23:46,448 What I need is for my husband to treat me like a partner 489 00:23:46,551 --> 00:23:47,751 and not an afterthought. 490 00:23:48,758 --> 00:23:50,034 I do think of you. 491 00:23:50,137 --> 00:23:52,907 Remember when I tried to give you the security detail? 492 00:23:53,689 --> 00:23:56,758 I don't need that. I already told you... 493 00:23:56,862 --> 00:23:58,310 [phone chimes] 494 00:24:09,206 --> 00:24:10,448 I have to go. 495 00:24:10,551 --> 00:24:13,413 Someone calling about your top secret story? 496 00:24:13,414 --> 00:24:15,654 It's okay for you to keep things to yourself 497 00:24:15,655 --> 00:24:16,975 because it's work, right? 498 00:24:21,068 --> 00:24:22,938 We should pick this up when I get home. 499 00:24:32,379 --> 00:24:33,827 [pounding on door] 500 00:24:33,931 --> 00:24:36,000 Mom, just use your key. 501 00:24:42,344 --> 00:24:43,551 Oh, my God. 502 00:24:43,655 --> 00:24:45,413 Grayson, I got you. 503 00:24:46,586 --> 00:24:48,620 There. Okay, I got you, I got you. 504 00:24:48,724 --> 00:24:50,620 What happened? What happened? 505 00:24:55,551 --> 00:24:57,000 You hate it? 506 00:24:57,103 --> 00:24:58,655 Are you kidding? 507 00:24:59,620 --> 00:25:02,655 This paper is exquisite. 508 00:25:02,758 --> 00:25:03,896 Like butter. 509 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:05,482 [all chuckle] 510 00:25:05,483 --> 00:25:07,964 I know you've gone almost completely digital, 511 00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:12,103 but a new planner for a fresh chapter. 512 00:25:12,206 --> 00:25:16,137 And your social calendar is about to be booked solid. 513 00:25:16,241 --> 00:25:18,172 You two have so much to look forward to. 514 00:25:18,275 --> 00:25:19,862 Yes, we do. 515 00:25:19,965 --> 00:25:22,206 You've earned that. 516 00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:24,862 Nicole and Dani have kept me in the loop, 517 00:25:24,965 --> 00:25:28,068 but I'm just so glad to see that you're doing well. 518 00:25:28,172 --> 00:25:29,827 Thank you. 519 00:25:29,931 --> 00:25:32,344 And this is a lovely gesture. 520 00:25:32,448 --> 00:25:33,551 Where did you find it? 521 00:25:33,552 --> 00:25:35,274 That little boutique on Chesapeake and Meadow. 522 00:25:35,275 --> 00:25:37,862 I should have known. The Harbor Hideaway 523 00:25:37,965 --> 00:25:41,551 is the best stationery store on the East Coast. 524 00:25:41,655 --> 00:25:44,758 They've done invitations for many a Dupree party. 525 00:25:44,862 --> 00:25:48,793 Well, I cannot wait to be invited to the next one. 526 00:25:48,896 --> 00:25:50,241 I should get going. 527 00:25:50,344 --> 00:25:51,914 I need to grab a few of my things. 528 00:25:51,965 --> 00:25:55,655 Joey wants me to add my Vanessa touch to his condo. 529 00:25:55,758 --> 00:26:00,931 Oh, so you're gonna help him stage it for a quick sale 530 00:26:01,034 --> 00:26:04,724 while he bids adieu to the DMV? 531 00:26:04,827 --> 00:26:07,931 No, we are actually taking the next step 532 00:26:08,034 --> 00:26:10,034 in our relationship. 533 00:26:10,137 --> 00:26:12,689 We've gotten so much closer these last few months. 534 00:26:15,689 --> 00:26:20,034 Well, why don't you stay and finish your tea with Anita, huh, 535 00:26:20,137 --> 00:26:22,172 while I, uh, sit a spell 536 00:26:22,275 --> 00:26:27,379 with that new S.A. Cosby novel in my study. [chuckles] 537 00:26:27,482 --> 00:26:29,379 -Enjoy. -Mm. 538 00:26:29,482 --> 00:26:32,862 Vanessa, we're so glad you came by. 539 00:26:35,172 --> 00:26:37,241 That man is as subtle as me. 540 00:26:37,242 --> 00:26:40,067 Do you want to dish about Nicole? 541 00:26:40,068 --> 00:26:42,067 If you want to know which man I think she should choose, 542 00:26:42,068 --> 00:26:44,118 I'm a little bit partial to Kial because... 543 00:26:44,172 --> 00:26:48,344 I think her love life 544 00:26:49,344 --> 00:26:50,586 Pardon? 545 00:26:50,689 --> 00:26:53,206 Please tell me you are not moving in 546 00:26:53,310 --> 00:26:54,793 with Joey Armstrong. 547 00:26:57,344 --> 00:27:00,137 Would it be that objectionable if I was? 548 00:27:02,896 --> 00:27:05,724 You know those truly modern couples 549 00:27:05,827 --> 00:27:08,537 who don't get married but are completely committed? 550 00:27:10,172 --> 00:27:11,241 That's Joey and me. 551 00:27:11,344 --> 00:27:14,793 I'm not moving out of Fairmont Crest, 552 00:27:14,896 --> 00:27:18,896 but we're intermingling our lives as true partners. 553 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,172 Partners? 554 00:27:21,275 --> 00:27:22,655 In business. 555 00:27:22,758 --> 00:27:23,931 And in life. 556 00:27:24,931 --> 00:27:26,034 I see. 557 00:27:28,413 --> 00:27:30,655 That's where Nicole gets that look. 558 00:27:30,758 --> 00:27:32,655 The one that says she doesn't judge 559 00:27:32,758 --> 00:27:34,517 while she does that very thing. 560 00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:36,482 Vanessa, 561 00:27:36,586 --> 00:27:40,172 this is coming from decades of affection. 562 00:27:40,275 --> 00:27:42,448 You, too, have had quite the year. 563 00:27:42,551 --> 00:27:45,206 I have. 564 00:27:45,310 --> 00:27:47,360 But my choice is independent of my grief. 565 00:27:47,448 --> 00:27:49,965 Does Nicole agree? 566 00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:52,838 I know the two of you have clashed on the subject of Joey. 567 00:27:52,931 --> 00:27:55,586 We, thankfully, have since made our peace. 568 00:27:55,689 --> 00:27:57,310 To agree to disagree? 569 00:27:58,517 --> 00:28:00,689 To live and let love. 570 00:28:02,448 --> 00:28:05,655 Just because you two have reached detente, 571 00:28:05,758 --> 00:28:09,448 let's not pretend you're being courted by the boy next door. 572 00:28:09,551 --> 00:28:14,241 You know you can find a man who is both charming... 573 00:28:14,344 --> 00:28:17,655 and presents no danger to life and limb. 574 00:28:17,758 --> 00:28:21,206 But Vernon Dupree is already taken. 575 00:28:22,241 --> 00:28:24,344 Before you get any deeper... 576 00:28:25,586 --> 00:28:29,413 ...are you sure these treacherous waters are worth it? 577 00:28:29,517 --> 00:28:30,724 I love him. 578 00:28:32,137 --> 00:28:35,241 And my eyes are wide open. 579 00:28:36,275 --> 00:28:37,482 All right. 580 00:28:39,068 --> 00:28:42,034 But could you do something for the people who love you? 581 00:28:43,137 --> 00:28:44,241 What's that? 582 00:28:44,344 --> 00:28:46,413 Watch your back. 583 00:28:46,517 --> 00:28:47,862 And your front. 584 00:28:49,965 --> 00:28:51,172 I promise. 585 00:28:53,689 --> 00:28:56,068 Trouble in paradise, Congressman? 586 00:28:58,103 --> 00:28:59,243 [elevator bell dings] 587 00:29:01,689 --> 00:29:04,068 [indistinct announcement over P.A.] 588 00:29:09,103 --> 00:29:11,206 I'm here. What's the 911? 589 00:29:11,310 --> 00:29:14,103 I need you to find Grayson. He's hurt. 590 00:29:15,413 --> 00:29:16,724 What happened? 591 00:29:16,827 --> 00:29:19,241 Ren was boasting about dirtying his hands. 592 00:29:19,344 --> 00:29:20,931 You don't think he... 593 00:29:21,034 --> 00:29:22,084 He would... 594 00:29:23,344 --> 00:29:25,275 How bad? 595 00:29:25,379 --> 00:29:26,655 Bloody for sure. 596 00:29:26,758 --> 00:29:28,758 But Grayson was alive when Ren left him. 597 00:29:28,862 --> 00:29:30,655 Ren said that? 598 00:29:30,656 --> 00:29:33,136 Grayson tried to call me, but Ren was breathing down my neck, 599 00:29:33,137 --> 00:29:34,187 so I couldn't answer. 600 00:29:34,188 --> 00:29:35,516 And then I tried to call him back, 601 00:29:35,517 --> 00:29:36,896 and he didn't answer. 602 00:29:38,068 --> 00:29:40,838 Look, I don't want to pull you further into this thing, 603 00:29:40,839 --> 00:29:42,136 but Ren is still on high alert 604 00:29:42,137 --> 00:29:43,826 and he doubled down on threatening me. 605 00:29:43,827 --> 00:29:45,379 Let's skip the disclaimers 606 00:29:45,482 --> 00:29:47,068 and tell me where to look. 607 00:29:47,172 --> 00:29:49,758 See if he's been admitted. 608 00:29:52,862 --> 00:29:55,586 What the hell? 609 00:29:55,587 --> 00:29:57,171 -I ruined our dinner. -Hey, that doesn't matter. 610 00:29:57,172 --> 00:29:59,551 You do. Did you see who did this to you? 611 00:29:59,655 --> 00:30:01,000 No, no. It happened so fast. 612 00:30:01,001 --> 00:30:02,930 Okay, let me see. I got to, I got to get a look 613 00:30:02,931 --> 00:30:04,378 at what we're working with here. 614 00:30:04,379 --> 00:30:05,793 Okay? 615 00:30:06,123 --> 00:30:08,205 [Grayson gasping] 616 00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:10,016 Okay, I got to staunch the bleeding. 617 00:30:11,206 --> 00:30:12,862 It's not, it's not so bad. 618 00:30:12,965 --> 00:30:14,655 This is gonna sting, okay? 619 00:30:14,758 --> 00:30:16,344 [groans] 620 00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:19,068 There. Hold it right there. Two hands. Apply pressure. 621 00:30:19,069 --> 00:30:21,205 -Okay? I'll be right back. -Where are you going? 622 00:30:21,206 --> 00:30:22,343 I have to call an ambulance. 623 00:30:22,344 --> 00:30:23,664 No. No hospital. No hospital. 624 00:30:23,665 --> 00:30:24,930 -I have you. I have you. -Grayson. 625 00:30:24,931 --> 00:30:26,067 -You're an amazing nurse. -Grayson. 626 00:30:26,068 --> 00:30:27,619 -What? -This isn't a paper cut. 627 00:30:27,620 --> 00:30:29,171 This could be- this is a stab wound. 628 00:30:29,172 --> 00:30:30,240 You might go into shock. 629 00:30:30,241 --> 00:30:31,481 No, no. It'll be worse over there. 630 00:30:31,482 --> 00:30:33,758 They'll know. They'll know. 631 00:30:33,862 --> 00:30:37,241 Who? Why don't you want me to call? 632 00:30:37,242 --> 00:30:38,447 Gr-Grayson, I don't get it. 633 00:30:38,448 --> 00:30:39,688 I thought you were mugged or something. 634 00:30:39,689 --> 00:30:41,412 -Wh-What's going on? -I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 635 00:30:41,413 --> 00:30:43,205 I'm sorry. I never meant this to touch you. 636 00:30:43,206 --> 00:30:45,619 I swear, I can't, I can't tell you any more, Ashley, 637 00:30:45,620 --> 00:30:46,964 without involving you further, okay? 638 00:30:46,965 --> 00:30:48,225 I'm not gonna see you hurt. 639 00:30:49,275 --> 00:30:52,275 You know who did this to you and you can't say? 640 00:30:52,379 --> 00:30:54,724 Who are you right now? 641 00:30:54,827 --> 00:30:57,551 I found myself in a bind, okay? 642 00:30:57,655 --> 00:30:59,241 I tried to make it better. 643 00:30:59,344 --> 00:31:02,344 I did something I shouldn't have done. 644 00:31:02,448 --> 00:31:04,379 I needed the cash and I got caught up. 645 00:31:04,380 --> 00:31:05,516 Okay, just hold it. 646 00:31:05,517 --> 00:31:06,724 All right. 647 00:31:06,725 --> 00:31:09,895 I can't excuse it. I know that, all right? 648 00:31:09,896 --> 00:31:12,343 I-I tried to take every hour of overtime I could, 649 00:31:12,344 --> 00:31:14,965 but, but I just came up short every time. 650 00:31:15,965 --> 00:31:17,310 I told myself if I just- 651 00:31:17,311 --> 00:31:19,033 if I could just have another minute for- 652 00:31:19,034 --> 00:31:21,516 to get enough cash, I-I would be fine, but I-I was just- 653 00:31:21,517 --> 00:31:24,896 I-I was wrong. I was wrong. Okay? I'm sorry. 654 00:31:24,897 --> 00:31:27,378 I'm sorry. I... I'm trying to climb out from under it, 655 00:31:27,379 --> 00:31:29,171 but-but there's just- there's-there's-there's 656 00:31:29,172 --> 00:31:30,551 no getting out clean. 657 00:31:32,241 --> 00:31:33,862 You needed the mom for your- 658 00:31:33,965 --> 00:31:36,195 the money for your mom, for her Parkinson's. 659 00:31:37,655 --> 00:31:39,551 Okay. Okay. 660 00:31:39,655 --> 00:31:43,103 Look, I know you would do anything for her, 661 00:31:43,206 --> 00:31:45,827 but I need you to do something for me right now. 662 00:31:45,931 --> 00:31:48,821 Start from the beginning and tell me how you ended up here. 663 00:31:49,517 --> 00:31:50,724 [knocking on door] 664 00:32:00,620 --> 00:32:02,586 Now, where were we? 665 00:32:02,689 --> 00:32:05,620 I am enjoying the singular sensation 666 00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:08,103 of writing down my last chemo date. 667 00:32:08,206 --> 00:32:09,482 Amen to that. 668 00:32:09,586 --> 00:32:11,103 [both laugh] 669 00:32:11,206 --> 00:32:14,655 And now, uh... 670 00:32:14,758 --> 00:32:17,448 time for recovery. 671 00:32:17,551 --> 00:32:20,724 Mm-hmm, and probably a checkup. 672 00:32:21,758 --> 00:32:23,241 And then... 673 00:32:25,379 --> 00:32:29,620 ...this should be right here. 674 00:32:32,310 --> 00:32:34,931 What's the big red heart for? 675 00:32:35,965 --> 00:32:37,862 You know what it's for. 676 00:32:39,034 --> 00:32:41,172 I miss you, my husband. 677 00:32:41,275 --> 00:32:44,206 Mm. When we've been spending nearly 678 00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:46,172 every waking moment together? 679 00:32:46,275 --> 00:32:48,551 In every way but one. 680 00:32:50,517 --> 00:32:54,551 I spoke to Dr. Bauer and asked when I... 681 00:32:54,655 --> 00:32:56,586 when we... 682 00:32:56,689 --> 00:32:59,206 could resume all the activities 683 00:32:59,310 --> 00:33:01,517 that make life whole. 684 00:33:01,620 --> 00:33:05,689 Oh, at long last. [chuckles] 685 00:33:31,551 --> 00:33:33,481 That shouldn't freak him out too much. 686 00:33:34,413 --> 00:33:37,103 What happens between my husband and me 687 00:33:37,206 --> 00:33:39,137 is none of your concern. 688 00:33:39,241 --> 00:33:42,586 I'm just a constituent and a big fan of love. 689 00:33:43,620 --> 00:33:45,068 I couldn't help but overhear. 690 00:33:45,172 --> 00:33:48,655 Not everything, but the word "security" caught my ear. 691 00:33:49,758 --> 00:33:52,206 I take it your man doesn't want protection? 692 00:33:52,310 --> 00:33:53,965 [chuckles] 693 00:33:54,068 --> 00:33:56,758 You ever meet Anastasia Bellaclaire? 694 00:33:56,862 --> 00:33:59,344 [laughs] 695 00:33:59,448 --> 00:34:01,586 She's a threat to your husband? 696 00:34:01,587 --> 00:34:03,516 She's usually the one running around here 697 00:34:03,517 --> 00:34:05,927 in everyone's business, but you're giving her 698 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,689 a run for her money. 699 00:34:07,793 --> 00:34:09,000 Which is odd because 700 00:34:09,103 --> 00:34:10,793 I would think the casino's drama 701 00:34:10,896 --> 00:34:12,379 is more your speed. 702 00:34:13,517 --> 00:34:15,482 I get around. 703 00:34:15,586 --> 00:34:18,862 And I know a bit about wanting to protect a loved one 704 00:34:18,965 --> 00:34:21,689 even though they're too stubborn to understand that. 705 00:34:23,655 --> 00:34:25,827 Listen, if, uh, if your hubby 706 00:34:25,931 --> 00:34:28,620 doesn't want official protection, 707 00:34:28,724 --> 00:34:30,474 you might consider going private. 708 00:34:30,551 --> 00:34:33,758 That way he can flex his independence, 709 00:34:33,862 --> 00:34:35,552 and you'll sleep better at night. 710 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,620 I can do that, and he'll never know. 711 00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:42,517 If that's something you'd like. 712 00:34:42,620 --> 00:34:45,517 I appreciate your offer, 713 00:34:45,518 --> 00:34:47,205 but I don't think it's a good idea 714 00:34:47,206 --> 00:34:50,793 that I'd be more indebted to you than I already am. 715 00:34:52,379 --> 00:34:53,793 Suit yourself. 716 00:34:55,172 --> 00:34:56,689 [sighs] 717 00:34:56,793 --> 00:34:58,172 No sign of Grayson. 718 00:34:58,275 --> 00:35:00,724 He's not in the lab, he hasn't been admitted. 719 00:35:00,725 --> 00:35:02,654 I'm gonna stop by employee parking to see 720 00:35:02,655 --> 00:35:05,545 if his car's there, and then I'm gonna go to his apartment. 721 00:35:05,546 --> 00:35:07,723 Yeah, I don't really love that plan. 722 00:35:07,724 --> 00:35:10,034 Remember how Ren had guys waiting for Max? 723 00:35:10,035 --> 00:35:11,723 You're not gonna talk me out of this, 724 00:35:11,724 --> 00:35:13,413 but I will stay in touch. 725 00:35:13,517 --> 00:35:16,068 Oh, and I did get a hit back on Rachel Lewis. 726 00:35:17,517 --> 00:35:19,103 The woman who works in the lab? 727 00:35:19,104 --> 00:35:20,240 And? 728 00:35:20,241 --> 00:35:22,068 She's got a lot of debt, 729 00:35:22,069 --> 00:35:24,378 so if she is Grayson's contact in the plasma ring, 730 00:35:24,379 --> 00:35:25,429 maybe that's why. 731 00:35:25,482 --> 00:35:27,000 WOMAN [over P.A.]: Code Blue. 732 00:35:32,620 --> 00:35:33,931 [sighs] 733 00:35:34,034 --> 00:35:36,564 -I know, I know, you're almost there. -[groaning] 734 00:35:41,448 --> 00:35:43,413 Oh. There you are. 735 00:35:43,517 --> 00:35:45,275 You didn't hear me knocking? 736 00:35:45,379 --> 00:35:46,724 Uh, I was in the bathroom. 737 00:35:46,827 --> 00:35:49,103 Oh, good thing I always have my key. 738 00:35:49,206 --> 00:35:51,241 You are a lifesaver, Mom. 739 00:35:51,344 --> 00:35:54,413 I know. So, when's your hottie getting here? 740 00:35:54,517 --> 00:35:56,507 [laughs] Any minute, so, um, you know, 741 00:35:56,517 --> 00:35:57,758 I got to go take a shower. 742 00:35:57,862 --> 00:36:02,103 Oh, baby, you do look a little harried. 743 00:36:02,206 --> 00:36:03,931 [sighs] Try to relax. 744 00:36:04,034 --> 00:36:06,034 [sighs deeply] It's just dinner. 745 00:36:06,137 --> 00:36:07,655 It is not life or death. 746 00:36:07,758 --> 00:36:09,310 Okay, um, I'll try to do that. 747 00:36:09,413 --> 00:36:11,517 Yeah, but, uh, I will- 748 00:36:11,518 --> 00:36:13,550 -Thank you so much for everything. -Wait. 749 00:36:13,551 --> 00:36:14,757 -I'll see you tomorrow. -W-W-W-W-Wait. 750 00:36:14,758 --> 00:36:17,137 Is that, is that blood? 751 00:36:17,241 --> 00:36:20,172 Captioning sponsored by CBS 752 00:36:25,310 --> 00:36:29,172 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 753 00:36:29,222 --> 00:36:33,772 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0