All language subtitles for Council of Dads s01e09_English

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- Previously
on "Council of Dads"...

- You betrayed him
in so many ways.

You need to go now, please,

and don't you dare
contact my children.

There's no easy way
to say this.

Anthony, he's
your biological father.

- He left town rather than
look me in the eye.

[balloon pops]
- Ah, we're having a boy.

- We're having a boy.
- We're having a boy.

- You tested positive,
and there's no cure.

- What about the baby?

They won't want him
if they know.

- I have come here
to forgive you.

You will always be
one of my dads.

- My daughter--you think she
could ever possibly forgive me?

I understand the anger
that you feel toward me,

but, as your father--
- My father?

You lost that title years ago.

- You can't publish this,
especially not locally.

The kids will read it.
- Someone shared it.

"Savannah Gazette"
published it.

- They can't.

[tender acoustic music]

[James Bay's "Us"]

- Finally.

It says online that your office
is open at 6:00.

It's 6:10.

My name is Luly Perry,

and you guys
published something

from my blog
without my consent.

Perry--Luly Perry.

♪

I don't know
how you guys got it.

It was on the blog
I used for class.

Maybe someone from
the writer's groups shared it,

but I need you to take it down.

What do you mean paper?
I thought it was just online.

♪

Oh no.

- ♪ Tell me how to be
in this world ♪

No, no, no, no, no!

♪

- There are
those times in life

when adversity hits hard,

when you don't know
how you're gonna make it--

if you're gonna make it--

when you feel totally alone.

- ♪ Tell me
when the light goes down ♪

♪ That even in the dark
we will find a way out ♪

- What are you doing?

- Oh, I just needed
to check something.

I live right here.

- And my mom lives here,
and that's her paper.

- I'm sorry.

- [sighs]
It's just ruined.

How are we supposed
to read this?

- I'm so sorry.
Such a disaster.

♪

- It's not that bad.
It's just a wet paper.

I'm Denise, by the way.
I'm here to help my mom.

You know, they're saying
this could be a big storm.

- But it's in these moments
when you need to stop,

look outside yourself,
let people in,

and, together,
we can ride out the storm.

- Whew.
Morning, Sage.

- Good morning.

- [sighs]
Peter just went to go get Tess.

They'll be back tonight--
unless the storm picks up,

then they'll stay over.

- With Tess's birth mom?
- Yep, Natalie.

Oh, and the Perrys
live on the water,

so they might come by,
so I'm making chili.

- Okay.

- Or I could make
something else.

- No, chili's good.
- Okay.

If it's too spicy,
you let me know.

- It's fine.
- Okay.

Just want to make sure
you're happy.

- I'm happy.

- Good 'cause I wanna run
something by you.

Quincy--for a name.

- Quincy?
- No?

Yeah, you're right.

What'll the kids
on the playground say

about the boy named Quincy
with two gay daddies?

What's wrong?

- Nothing--I'm just having
some feelings today.

- Anything you
wanna talk about?

- No.

- Hey, um, I know
how hard this must be.

You're away from home.
It's raining.

But I assure you,
my hurricane prep game

is way better
than my taste in baby names.

I mean, we got sandbags,
storm shutters.

This place is impenetrable.

- I think I'm just tired.

I'm just gonna go
lie back down for a bit.

- Okay, that's good.
You do that.

[tender acoustic music]

♪

- Theo.

- [groans]

- There's a storm coming,

and I want to do
my go-bag prep,

but the flashlights
are down in the basement.

Will you come with me?

- No.

- But it's so dark down there.
- Just turn on the light.

- There could be monsters.

- [roars]

- [screams]

[plucky music]

No monsters down here.
No, ma'am.

♪

No monsters down here.
No ma'am.

♪

I did it.

First-aid go-bag's a go.

- Flashlights
and batteries are a go.

- Should we wake up Mom?
- Waking up Mom's a go.

♪

[rain clatters]

- Mom,
there's a tropical storm.

They named it Aidan
like this boy in my class.

- What? No, it's too early
for hurricane season.

- It's earlier every year
because of climate change, Mom.

- Yeah, okay.

Thank you
for the reminder, Char.

Oh, are we in its path?

- Nope, but our go bags
are ready in case 'cause...

[together]
Prep over not under

before you get thundered.

- Yes, Dad would be so proud!

Oh, you guys, I just got Hope
back down for her nap,

and now you wake me up.
It's not fair.

- Who can sleep through
all this noise?

- Are you okay?
You nervous about the storm?

- No, no, no, no,
we know how to do storms.

Dad taught us that.

- Where's Theo?
- Where do you think?

- Is he still
sulking in his room

because I won't let him
move to Vegas?

[soft dramatic music]

- Hey, Anthony.
It's Theo again.

♪

Why aren't you returning
any of my messages, man?

If I don't get
that recommendation by Monday,

my whole plan falls through,

and me and Jules
just break up I guess.

I need you, man.

♪

Please.

- Hey, hey, the weather guys

are all saying
different things.

- Oh, I don't need
the weather guys.

Your hair tells me
all I need to know.

- [chuckles]
Are we gonna die?

Is my hair saying
death by hurricane?

- No, nobody's gonna die.

We're gonna hope for the best,
prepare for the worst.

- Okay.
Should we board up the deck?

- Eh, it's better to let
the wind blow through

out there, but let's
get the plexiglass down.

- Oh, yes.
Sorry.

- Luly, you biked in this?
Are you nuts?

- I figure you guys needed help
locking things down.

- All right,
let's get everything inside.

- Larry...I messed up.

I wrote this blog,

and then the "Savannah Gazette"
reprinted it.

You're in it.
All the dads are in it.

And I didn't use
any last names,

but I wrote about Anthony--
that he was my bio dad.

- Oh, you did what?
- Oh, God, I'm gonna be sick.

My mom told me
not to publish it.

- Have you called her?
- No--I don't know what to say.

I need to tell her in-person
before she reads it

or the kids do.

- Let's get this place secured.

Once that's done,
we'll go face your mom.

[dramatic pop music]

- ♪ Oh

♪

- ♪ The glass
it looks like mirror ♪

♪ Watching passers by

♪ None of them
are you though ♪

♪ However hard I try

- Hey, Anthony.
It's Theo Again.

Why aren't you returning
any of my messages, man?

- ♪ How can I begin to

♪ Rest my weary head

♪

♪ I must confess
that I'm losing ♪

- ...following a developing
story in the Southeast.

Now, tropical storm Aidan
has changed course,

now heading directly
for the Georgia coast,

putting the city of Savannah

and its neighboring
barrier islands on high alert.

Stay with us for updates

throughout the course
of the day.

♪

- ♪ Lie down

♪ Just lie down

♪

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- All right.

All right, my kids,

we are leaving for Ollie's
in three minutes.

- It's not even coming down
that hard, Mom.

- You know what, Theo?

I understand that you
are upset with me right now,

but I don't need
any more attitude.

I have zero extra bandwidth.
- Neither do I.

You not letting me go to Vegas
is basically you

making me break up with Jules.
- I don't know.

I think
there might be a difference

between Jules
getting into college

and a tropical storm
headed right for us.

- See what you just did?

I say something, and you
instantly invalidate it.

- No, Theo, I don't.
- You just did it again!

- Theo, I will validate you
up, down, and sideways later.

- So now you're
making fun of me?

- No, I'm not.

I'm trying to get us
off Tybee Island

while we still can.
- Stop fighting.

We have to get over Highway 80
before it floods.

- Just admit it.

- Theo, I'm not making you
break up with Jules,

but you know what?

You might, and it will hurt,
and I'm sorry about that,

but you will survive,
and, right now,

this family, including you,
needs to get in this car

and get off the island
so that we can survive.

- Mom, where's Cowboy?

[soft dramatic music]

- I haven't seen him all day.

- We have to find him.
- Okay.

Let's check under the beds
because that's usually

where he hides
when he's scared, okay?

Theo, stay with the baby.

- But what if we
don't find him?

- Oh, no "ifs" right now.
We got this.

♪

- I'm just doing a final sweep.
You about done here?

- Mm-hmm, yeah,
I talked to all the vendors.

I think we're good.

- You need to get
on the road before dark.

Do you have
a safe place to go?

- Yeah, I'm going to Atlanta.

Okeydoke.
Well, sir,

I will see you on
the other side of the storm,

not the other side
because we are not gonna die

in this storm, right?
- That's right.

- Okay, be good.
- Mm.

- I wanna be
on a sunny beach somewhere.

♪

Hey, it's me, Larry.

No, I'm at the Crab Shack.
No, please, don't hang up.

♪

They're saying that these
evacuations are voluntary,

but I'm looking at this water,
and it's rising.

If you and Ivy need, you know,
a place to stay or a ride--

[dial tone]

♪

- Your daughter?
- She's on Whitemarsh Island.

She's not gonna evacuate--

at least,
not 'cause I tell her to.

- Sorry, Larry.

- Come on, let's get
the hell off Tybee.

Evan knows to meet us
at Oliver's

once he's got your house
squared away?

- He's not there.
He's driving his mom to Macon.

She still has PTSD
from Hurricane Matthew.

- Did you prep your house

before you came
in this morning?

- No, I was dealing
with the article.

- Luly, you kids put every
penny you have in that house.

You can't leave that to chance.

- But we have
to go to Oliver's.

I have to talk to my mom
before she reads--

- We need to check
on your house--

at least get
the hurricane screens up.

Come on, Cuyler-Brownsville
is on the way to Oliver's.

- So is your daughter's.

[tender acoustic music]

♪

[door bell ringing]

- One second.

Hi.

- He'll be scared
and all alone.

- But, love, animals are
so much smarter than we are.

They know how
to protect themselves

in this situation.

- Hello,
we had to leave Cowboy.

We couldn't find him,
and emotions are running high.

- Mom made us leave him.

- Well, Char, we searched
for almost an hour.

- We could've kept looking,
but Robin freaked out

over a little wind.
- Don't you call me Robin.

- Okay, Theo,
a category 1 hurricane

is more than
just a little wind.

Cowboy knows how
to get to a safe place.

That dog is smarter
than all of us combined.

- Have you heard from Luly?

I keep calling her
and not getting an answer.

- Yeah, she and Larry
got the Crab Shack secured.

They're headed
to Luly's then here.

- Oh, thank God
they're together.

- Anything else in the car?
- No.

You know what?
Let's just get dry.

We'll unpack the car later.
- Okay, great.

Come on in.

Oh, hey, guys, this is
our amazing birth mom, Sage.

- Hi.
- Sage, you know Robin.

This is Hope.
That's Theo.

- Hi.
- JJ, Charlotte.

- Guys, it's your new cousin
in there.

- How you doing, Sage?

- I'm good.
I'll get out of y'all's way.

- You're not--
- Excuse me, sorry.

- You're not in anyone's way.

- Okay, my guys,
how about you go warm up

with some chili, all right?

And then we'll go unload
the go-bags.

- Something's up with Sage.
- She say anything to you?

- No, she went straight
to bed last night,

and she's just seemed off
all day.

- You should talk to her.

- I tried, but she doesn't
want to talk to me.

[sighs]
I got a bad feeling.

I mean, what if
she's changing her mind?

- Ollie, talk to her.

- But then it'll come off
like I'm pressuring her,

and I don't want
to pressure her, you know?

It's her baby, her choice,
but, Rob, I want that baby.

Oh, God.

What if it's something I said
or Peter said--

- No, no, no, I'm sure
it's not that.

- Just talk to her
for me, will you?

[soft dramatic music]

- Sure, yeah.
- Thanks.

♪

- Sorry, sir,
the Savannah Airport

is completely shut down.
- [sighs]

What about Atlanta?
Charleston?

- Okay, you are aware there is

a category 1 hurricane
threatening--

- Hurricane--
when did it upgrade?

- We got the alert
a few minutes ago.

- How close can you get me?

- Little Rock.
- Arkansas?

- Sir, you are not getting
anywhere near Savannah

without a private jet.

- Where can I get one of those?

♪

- Whoa, what's up?

- I think I know
where Cowboy is.

When I went to grab
the flashlights,

I was scared,
so I brought Cowboy with me.

- Did he come back up with you?
- I don't know.

I closed the door behind me
when came back up.

- So he's stuck down there.

- But what if
the basement floods?

- Hey, don't worry.

- He could drown.

[ominous music]

- I'll go get him.
- Mom won't let you.

- Mom isn't gonna know.
I'll be quick--in and out.

Now, count to 5,000
before you tell anybody.

Promise?
- Promise.

- I'll be all right.

♪

- One Mississippi,
two Mississippi,

three Mississippi--

.

[knocks]
- Hey, Sage.

- Can we not right now?

- You are dealing
with a whole lot.

Do you have anyone?

Any friends
that you can talk to?

- My friends are all
living their lives.

I wore out my welcome
crying on their couches

when my mom died.

And then, when I found out
my birth mom died--

they're sick of me
and all my dying.

[tender music]

♪

- Have you thought any more
about telling Ollie and Peter?

♪

- I'm scared
they'll change their mind.

♪

Do you think the baby has it?

- I don't know,
but we can test him tomorrow.

Storm clears up,
I can fast track it.

We'll have an answer
in 24 hours.

- And if he has it,
what do I do?

♪

Like, literally, what do I do?

- Then we will deal with it.

- How?

Hey kid, guess what, you have
a terrible genetic disease.

- Sage--

- Even if he doesn't have it,
they're so intent

on an open adoption and me
being a part of the family,

which means...

this baby
is gonna watch me die.

♪

I wish I didn't know.

- But you do know,
and I know,

and you are still selling
Ollie and Peter short

if you think
they can't handle this.

♪

- Mom, I was just texting
with Tess

and my phone stopped working!

- Mine too, great.

- Hey, Theo,
do you have service?

Theo?

- 956 Mississippi,

957--
- JJ, where's Theo?

[soft dramatic music]

- The evacuation zone
stretches all along

the coast of Georgia
up through South Carolina.

We can expect multiple hazards

including
hurricane-force winds,

inland flooding
due to heavy rain,

and then, of course, we have
the storm surge hazard.

[siren blares]

[dramatic music]

- Did he go to Jules's?

- I said I wouldn't
tell anybody

until I counted to 5,000,
but I don't wanna be a liar.

- Well, listen, it's not a lie

if it's about someone
being in danger,

and right now
it's really dangerous outside,

so we need to know
where Theo is.

- It's all my fault.
- What is, buddy?

- I was scared to go down
to the basement,

so I brought Cowboy with me,
and I locked him down there

by mistake, and Theo
went back to save him.

- He went back--how?

- Oh, my God, Ollie,
my keys are gone.

He took my car.

- Don't freak out.
He's rescuing Cowboy.

- I'm not freaking out.
I'm just thinking.

Tell you what,
how about you go play go fish

with Charlotte, okay?

She's right in there.

- You're freaking out.

- My 16-year-old is driving
into a hurricane, Ollie.

- I'll go get him or help him,
not that he needs help

because he's fine.
I'll go.

- No, you know what?
I'll go.

Give me your keys.

- Seriously, Rob,
you stay here--

- Ollie, give me your keys!
I'm sorry.

I just--Ollie,
I really have to go please.

♪

Thank you.

♪

- Luly, she's not
gonna come with me.

- You're not the one asking.

[knocks]

- Hi, is your mom home?

Hi, Lauren, I'm Luly Perry.

- I told you on the phone.
I'm good.

- They just made
the evacuations mandatory.

- I know.
We're going to the high school.

Honey, why don't you
go get Eliza

and make sure you bring
extra food, okay?

- Come with us.

- There's no way
that I'm getting

in car with you.
- Who's Eliza?

- Her guinea pig.
- Let me guess.

she's named
after Eliza in "Hamilton"?

- Yeah.

- Okay, well,
you and your daughter

and Eliza are welcome
to join my family

at our friend Oliver's house.

There's food and beds,

and they're gonna be
playing "Hamilton" on repeat.

My little brother and sister
are obsessed, so--

- Honestly, thank you.
I don't mean to seem--

[sighs]

[tender acoustic music]

I don't think
that I can be around him

and his new, big, happy family.

- I get it.
How about my house?

It's in Cuyler-Brownsville,
and my husband's

riding out the storm in Macon.
Nobody's there.

- Please, Lauren.

The high school's gonna be
crowded and uncomfortable.

- Get Ivy and Eliza.
Let's get off this island.

♪

I'll drive.

♪

- Guys,
everything's gonna be fine.

Theo got to Cowboy.

Your mom got to Theo,
and they'll be back in no time.

I feel it.
- Yeah, me too.

- Not me.
It's all my fault.

- No, it's not.

JJ, it could have happened
to anyone.

- No, it's Theo's fault

for not going into
the basement with you.

- Okay, guys,
it's no one's fault,

and everything's
gonna be fine.

What is that noise?

[suitcase clunking]

- What are you doing?
Sage?

- I'm sorry.
I'm leaving.

- You can't leave.
- You guys are great, I just--

I don't think
you're the right fit.

♪

Please don't be mad.

- Sage, I'm not mad.
- I'll go to a hotel.

I don't want to be here
when Peter and Tess come.

It'll just be weird.
- They're not coming.

They're staying
at Natalie's, okay?

And there is
a hurricane outside,

and you're 37 weeks pregnant.

Sage, you're
not going anywhere.

♪

Talk to me, okay?
What is going on?

Is it something
that we said or did?

- It's not you.

♪

It's me.

♪

[lights click]

- Oliver?
- What's going on?

[ominous music]

♪

[wind howling]

♪

- Cowboy!
Come here!

♪

Cowboy?

- [barking]
- Hey, buddy, I'm coming!

♪

- [whines]

[barking]

- [grunts]

- [groaning]
- Cowboy, hey.

It's okay, buddy.
Come here.

Whoa, Cowboy.
Cowboy!

Cowboy, wait!
Wait!

♪

[stairs crack]

- [screams]

♪

[gasps]

♪

.

- To repeat,
mandatory evacuations

are now in effect
for all of zone A,

which includes Tybee...

[dramatic music]

♪

- Highway 80 is closed, ma'am.

- No, no, no, my 16-year-old
is on Tybee Island,

and I gotta go get him.

- We've got evacuations
and a curfew in effect.

♪

- Do you know
Officer Sam Baldwin?

- Yeah, I know Sam.

- Great, then you
can tell him yourself

that my son died in a hurricane

because you wouldn't
let me go get him.

♪

- All right, let me radio over
to our units on Tybee.

- Great, thank you.
- All right.

- Can you hurry please?

- Copy that.

Ma'am, we just got orders

to pull emergency units
out of here.

Now, if you're determined
to go back,

you're gonna be on your own,
and I'm not gonna stop you.

- Great, that's fine.
Thank you so much.

- All right.

♪

- We found some more candles.

- Good. Charlotte,
can you help JJ light 'em?

Matches are in the kitchen,
drawer by the sink.

Okay, Sage, I have a secret.
Hurricanes scare me.

I know I act like I have it
all under control,

but I'm a nervous wreck.

I wish Peter and Tess
were here,

and I am terrified
that I did something

to offend you, and now you
don't wanna give us your baby,

and--my point is

let's just get
through the storm, okay?

We can do that together, right?

And when this is done,
we can sit down,

and you can tell me and Peter
what's going on,

and we will abide
by your decision.

We will wish you well
and be happy for you--

- Oliver, I think I'm in labor.

♪

- You think or you know?

- Well, I've been having
little contractions

for months know, so I thought
it was just more of that,

but...
[sighs]

these hurt...

a lot.

- How far apart?

- I don't know.
- Okay, let's time one.

♪

Let me know when one starts.
- It's starting.

Okay.

Keep breathing.

- [whimpers]

- [groans]

[screams]

[ominous music]

Come on!
[screams]

Damn it!

[dog whimpers]

[gasping]

Oh no.
No!

No, no, no, no, no!

[lights click]

- Ooh.
- Let there be light.

Thank God Evan insisted
on getting a generator.

- Yeah, and repairing
your foundation.

No water's
gonna get in here.

- Yeah.

Gosh, it's killing me
I can't text him a photo

of our successful
little fortress.

- Can I do anything?

- No, it's all set.

You and Ivy help yourself
to anything you need.

What's mine is yours.

- Thank you for having us.

- Of course.

- Luly, I know you must
be itching to get to your mom.

Why don't I drive you?
- No, not with them here.

- It's okay.

- No, really, I'm fine.

You can go, Larry.

- I don't wanna go.

- I'm sure JJ
and Charlotte and Theo--

the one that you taught
to tie a tie and drive a car--

will be worried
if you don't show up...

'Cause you're the dad
that shows up

according to today's paper.

- You read my article?

[soft dramatic music]

- It was beautifully written,
although kind of a fiction.

♪

- I think I'm gonna go check
on some of your neighbors.

[thunder rumbles]

♪

- Okay, guys, guess what.
Sage is in labor.

I'm gonna need you
to take care of Hope

so I can take care of Sage.

- But this is her first baby.

First babys usually
take a while.

- Is she dilated?

- God bless
the children of OBs.

Char, you're right, and I
haven't checked her yet, JJ.

I'm gonna let
your mom get back,

let her do her thing.

- But what if she
doesn't come back?

♪

- She'll be back.

♪

[thunder crackling]

[dramatic music]

♪

[wind howling]

♪

- Theo!

♪

Theo!

♪

Theo!
Theo?

♪

Answer me!
- Mom!

Down here!

♪

Mom!
- Theo!

- I'm down here!
- Oh, my God.

Okay, oh, thank God.
Okay, come on.

We gotta get out of here.
- I can't, Mom.

I can't.
- Why, what happened?

What happened?
- My ankle--it's stuck.

I think it's broken.

- Okay, okay, I'm right here.
I'm right here, all right?

Let's take a look at it.
Right or left?

- Right.

- Can you feel this?
- Yes.

- Okay, okay.

God, Theo,
what were you thinking?

- Cowboy was in trouble.

- So you steal my car,

and you drive
through a hurricane?

- If I hadn't gotten stuck,
I'd be back at Ollie's by now.

- Well, yeah,
but you did get stuck.

- [groaning]

[window clatters]

[water rushing]

Mom.

♪

All right,
we gotta get out of here.

♪

Okay.

I think I can get your leg free
with this bat.

All right, we got this,
no problem.

I gotta tell you something.

This is gonna hurt
like hell, okay?

Hold my shoulder.
Okay?

♪

I got you.

Brace your other foot
right here.

We're gonna be okay.

I'm gonna count
to three, all right?

One, two, three.

- [screams]

.

- Come on, Cowboy.
Come on.

All right, good boy, good boy.
You stay put, okay?

All right, you put
your arm around me,

I can get you into the car.

- Can't we just stay
in the house

and wait for it to be over?

- No, no, no,
'cause it's already flooding

and the water's still rising.

- The house will be fine.

- Theo, please don't argue.
I'm the grown-up.

- I'm not a kid!
- I know.

I know you're not.
- I saved Cowboy.

You should be thanking me.
Why aren't you thanking me?

- Because there's a storm,

and I'm worried
about my other kids.

- I'm your kid too.
What about worrying about me?

- I am worried about you.
- I know I'm not special.

I'm just average and dumb.

I'm not trans or adopted or
whatever's going on with Luly.

You won't tell any of us.

I get that I'm
not special to you,

but I am special to Jules,
and I want to go live

with Anthony in Vegas,
and I'm going to.

- You listen to me.
You are my son.

You are more special
to me than anything

in the entire world,
which is why I have to get you

into that car right now.
Theo, please.

[wind howls]

- Hey, some of the neighbors
are coming over

to wait out the storm.

They're bringing food

from their refrigerators
and freezers.

There's ice cream.
- Can I have some?

- Sure.

[distant sirens]

- I know you like
ice cream too.

- I'm good.

- It'll be there
if you change your mind.

- [sighs]

- How's it going?
- It's going.

- You want me to talk
or you want me to be quiet?

- Mm-hmm, talk.
- Okay, talk.

Let's see.

Oh, I can tell you
about the time Tess

fell down the stairs.
- Mm-hmm.

- Yeah, she said she wanted
to fly like a bird,

but she had a crash landing,
and she chipped her tooth,

and--Oh, my God, I sound
like a bad parent.

[chuckles]

I promise you
I was watching her.

It just happened so fast--
- Here it comes.

- Okay, here we go.
- [sighs]

- All right, come here.
You got this.

You got this, okay?
Deep breaths, deep breaths.

- [groans]

[breathes deeply]

- Breathe, breathe.

Deep breaths.

- The contractions
are three minutes apart.

[soft dramatic music]

- This is when Mom
always goes to the hospital.

- Where is she?

- I bet she and Theo decided
to wait it out at the house.

- Do you really think that

or do you think
something bad happened?

♪

- Our dad died
less than a year ago.

Okay, I really think
that's the worst thing

that's gonna happen
to us this year.

♪

- [sighs loudly]

- I'm gonna
stabilize your ankle

because every time it moves,
it hurts,

and this is gonna be
a bumpy ride.

So I've been spread
kind of thin lately.

Between Charlotte's heart
and JJ's transition

and sleep training Hope,
and you know,

everything Luly's
going through, and--

I've been rushing around
from fire to fire

trying to put everything out,
and, meanwhile,

you've been quietly burning.
Is that right?

I'm so sorry.

- I wish you believed in me
like you do everybody else.

- I'm gonna tell you something,
and I want you to listen hard

'cause I'm not
just saying this.

I am in awe of you.

You hurl yourself
into everything you do,

and that passion
has always made me so proud

and so excited
to see the man

that you are gonna become
because there is no doubt

in my mind that you
are gonna do great things.

- Then let me try.
Give me three months in Vegas.

- Theo, I'm just
not gonna let you

drop out of high school
for a girl.

- It's not just about her, Mom.
I mean, I'll admit it, okay.

It was at first,
but then I got excited.

Cooking is in my blood.

Anthony can teach me
everything he knows,

everything Dad knew.

- If you want to learn to cook,

there are
great restaurants here--

- I have Anthony.
- No, you don't.

- Why not?

You want me to tell you things,
but you won't tell me anything.

What's going on with Anthony?

[tender acoustic music]

- He's been lying to us,
all of us,

and he lied to Dad.
- Why?

- Because he's a coward.

People in your life are gonna
disappoint you, and I'm sorry.

I wanted to protect you
from that,

but I don't think
I can protect you

the way I do the other kids.

♪

- What did he lie about?

♪

Mom, tell me.

♪

.

[Josiah and the Bonnevilles'
"Swing"]

- ♪ I step into my corner

♪ I gather up my mind

♪ She's standing
over my shoulder ♪

- Hey there.
What can I get you?

- Hey, I'll take a little bit
of everything.

[chuckles]

Thank you.

Gosh, I feel so bad.

I bit that girl's head off
this morning,

and now here she is
inviting me into her home.

- Who, Luly?
- Yeah.

- Oh, my mom says
the whole neighborhood

couldn't wait to get in here

and see all the work
they've done.

It's nice.

What do you call this,
like, an open floor plan?

This neighborhood
must be the next big thing

all the hipsters are coming in.
[chuckles]

- I'm not a hipster,
and I'm coming in.

♪

Me and Evan, Luly's husband,

we're trying to develop
the neighborhood

without ruining it.
You know, keep the integrity.

- Could make a lot more money
tearing stuff down,

building strip malls.
- It's true.

But we're not trying
to make money.

I mean, well, we're not trying
not to make money.

We're just not only trying
to make money.

- [laughs]

Hey, this nice guy
your grandpa?

♪

- Yeah.

♪

- You see the way
Ivy's looking at him?

♪

God, I recognize that look--

like he's the greatest man
on Earth.

♪

- Lauren, I realize that this
is none of my business,

but what happened?

♪

- It's a long and boring story.

- I'm the world's
most captive audience.

♪

- ♪ Oh

♪ Take your swing

- Let's get some privacy.

- ♪ Baby, take your swing

♪

- Where's JJ?
- He's with Hope.

We're gonna read her
the funnies before bed.

We forgot her books.

- You and JJ should probably
go to bed soon too, okay?

- But that's not gonna happen
until my mom and Theo get here.

- She probably won't be here
until after the storm passes.

- Yeah, I know.

[wind howls]

- I think I'm delivering
a baby tonight.

- Are you scared?

- Oh, no.

No, I delivered lots of babies
as a med student.

- You've never delivered
your own, though.

- She may have
changed her mind.

He might not be my baby.

I'm sorry, Char.
I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have said that--
- No.

[tender acoustic music]

♪

My mom told me once
that all you need

for a home birth
is lots of towels,

two pieces
of sterilized string,

and sterilized scissors
to cut the cord.

We can pull that off.

♪

- You're not a little kid
anymore, are you?

When did that happen?

- I've always been sort of
a 40-year-old lady,

though, haven't I?

- [chuckles]
Yeah, you have.

♪

- That guy in your piece--
that stand-up guy--

when he wasn't drinking,
he was great.

He was the guy you described,

and it was the memory of him,

the belief that he was
in there somewhere

if I could just stand by him
and pour out one more bottle.

I clung to that for years.

- When did you stop?

- Oh, should have been
when he drove into a tree

with the whole family
in the car.

Yeah, that's when my mom
and my brother bailed.

[soft dramatic music]

But not me.

I kept at it.

Kept believing
that the man

who taught me to tie my shoes
would come back to life.

♪

But then I had Ivy,
and this instinct took over.

♪

I wanted to protect her.

♪

Couldn't do it for myself,
but I could do it for her,

so I cut off contact with him.

♪

Irony is that's when
he finally got sober.

♪

But it was too late.

I'm finally happy now.

I divorced my ex who was
basically a version of my dad,

and I have a job that I love.

Now I even have
a stupid guinea pig.

- [chuckles]

♪

- And I see Larry's pain...

♪

His need for forgiveness,

and I admire his sobriety,
I do...

♪

And I get
that your family's life

is better with Larry in it...

♪

but mine and Ivy's...

♪

it's better without him.

♪

- Well, I'm glad you're here.
- Thanks for having us.

♪

- How's it going back there?

- Oliver, will you
take a deep breath?

- Now I'm the one breathing?
- Please?

- [breathes deeply]

Felt good, actually.
- Keep breathing.

I want you to have the baby.

I didn't change my mind.
I just...

I'm scared you won't want him.

- Sage--
- Keep breathing.

Are you breathing?

- [breathes deeply]

- I have a disease called GSS.
I just found out.

It's a disease
that affects the part--

- I know what GSS is.
- I know you know.

♪

But I need to say it out loud.

♪

It affects
the part of your brain

that controls coordination.

♪

It debilitates you
until it kills you.

♪

There's no cure.

♪

[sighs]

Here comes another contraction.

♪

[groans]
- I'm right here.

[Lola Marsh's
"In Your Eyes"]

♪

I'm not going anywhere.
- [groans]

♪

- I'm never gonna forgive him.
He betrayed Dad.

- I know,
but it's complicated for Luly.

You should talk
to her about it.

- I can?

- Just do me a favor and don't
tell the other kids, okay?

Because they don't know.

We need to get out of here.

- Read me my horoscope.
- What are you?

- Ares.

♪

- ♪ You saved our lives
since I was four ♪

♪ Whispered words
in the sunlight ♪

- Luly's in the paper.
- What do you mean?

- ♪ Across your hand

- "Dear Dad, all your life,
you wrote letters

to people you love."

- "A letter was how you
proposed to your wife

"and now a letter will be
how I tell you

that you were, are,
and always will be my dad."

♪

"But you're not my father."

- ♪ Eyes

♪ In your eyes

- All right, let's get you
to the hospital.

Huh?

[engine starts]

[wind howling]

- What the hell?
- Oh, my God.

Are you okay?
- Yeah.

♪

- Stay here.

♪

[wind howling]

- ♪ My childhood
in your eyes ♪

♪ So climb with me
back to the roof ♪

♪ And show me
different stars ♪

♪ All the songs you have
forgotten ♪

- [grunts]

- ♪ When the old
becomes the new ♪

♪ I save them
deep within my heart ♪

- Can we get around it?
- No.

- What the hell do we do now?
- I don't know.

- Do we stay in the car
or do we go back inside, Mom?

What do we do?
- I don't know, Theo.

- ♪ Still I need you
by my side ♪

- It's okay, Cowboy.
It's okay.

♪

[engine revs]

- Mom?

[horn blares]

Who's that?
[horn blares]

- Stay here.

♪

- In these moments
when all seems lost,

look around you.

I know it seems dark,
but there's always a light.

- Hey!
- Find it.

♪

- Who is it?
You might be surprised.

- Need a ride?

- ♪ In your eyes

♪ In your eyes