1 00:00:00,883 --> 00:00:03,001 Previously, on "This Is Us"... 2 00:00:03,246 --> 00:00:05,285 When I thought you weren't coming, I... 3 00:00:05,438 --> 00:00:06,590 I left you a voice mail. 4 00:00:06,676 --> 00:00:08,028 You mean the one where you belittled me 5 00:00:08,113 --> 00:00:09,418 and told me to grow the hell up? 6 00:00:09,504 --> 00:00:10,645 You know what, Randall, you still have 7 00:00:10,730 --> 00:00:12,066 that cot at your office? 8 00:00:12,152 --> 00:00:13,254 You should go sleep on it. 9 00:00:14,176 --> 00:00:16,394 I'm not sleeping in Philadelphia, Beth. 10 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:18,449 We can't keep simmering like this forever. 11 00:00:18,535 --> 00:00:20,191 Fine. You want to do this right now? 12 00:00:20,277 --> 00:00:22,527 Let's do this. Close the door. 13 00:00:27,809 --> 00:00:31,047 - Beth, if you think you... - No. Mm-mm. Me first. 14 00:00:32,473 --> 00:00:34,288 I am looking at you right now, 15 00:00:34,374 --> 00:00:35,985 but I don't even recognize you. 16 00:00:36,149 --> 00:00:38,594 Because my husband, the man that I married, 17 00:00:38,679 --> 00:00:40,204 would never talk to me the way 18 00:00:40,290 --> 00:00:42,402 that you did on that voice mail, ever. 19 00:00:42,488 --> 00:00:43,863 I know. 20 00:00:44,236 --> 00:00:45,590 And I'm sorry. 21 00:00:45,676 --> 00:00:47,418 That message was a gross misstep. 22 00:00:47,504 --> 00:00:49,558 A misstep? Randall, your Coogi sweater phase 23 00:00:49,644 --> 00:00:50,613 in college, that's a misstep. 24 00:00:50,699 --> 00:00:51,847 Okay? What you said... 25 00:00:51,933 --> 00:00:52,989 What-what were your exact words? 26 00:00:53,074 --> 00:00:55,957 That I teach "bored housewives how to twirl"? 27 00:00:56,043 --> 00:00:57,050 I didn't mean it. 28 00:00:57,136 --> 00:00:58,652 I was just... 29 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:01,019 I was trying to hurt your feelings. 30 00:01:01,105 --> 00:01:02,481 I thought you were standing me up, and I... 31 00:01:02,566 --> 00:01:04,050 Why would I stand you up? 32 00:01:04,542 --> 00:01:06,942 When have I ever not had your back? 33 00:01:09,330 --> 00:01:10,574 Never. 34 00:01:12,848 --> 00:01:14,630 But if we're being honest, Beth, 35 00:01:14,732 --> 00:01:17,857 our rhythm has been off. 36 00:01:18,079 --> 00:01:19,405 All right? It's been off for months. 37 00:01:19,490 --> 00:01:22,305 No, no. My rhythm is fine; your rhythm is off. 38 00:01:22,660 --> 00:01:24,800 And it's off because you're not getting what you want. 39 00:01:24,886 --> 00:01:26,843 - I'm not getting what I want? - No. Because I refuse 40 00:01:26,928 --> 00:01:29,045 to give up my own life to accommodate yours. 41 00:01:29,131 --> 00:01:31,193 I've never asked... Oh, my... 42 00:01:34,269 --> 00:01:35,880 I am killing myself 43 00:01:35,966 --> 00:01:38,692 driving to Philly and back every day. 44 00:01:39,105 --> 00:01:40,387 If I'm lucky, I get a chance 45 00:01:40,472 --> 00:01:42,206 to catch the girls before they go to bed. 46 00:01:42,473 --> 00:01:46,957 If not, then I'm stuck sleeping on a pull-out in my office. 47 00:01:47,230 --> 00:01:50,394 I'm not even sworn in yet, Beth, and I am already swamped. 48 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:53,636 But I still make it back for your dance recital. 49 00:01:53,722 --> 00:01:55,675 And I still make it home to watch the girls 50 00:01:55,761 --> 00:01:57,270 every time you have an evening class, 51 00:01:57,356 --> 00:01:59,974 because I want you to have your own life. 52 00:02:00,060 --> 00:02:01,481 No, you don't. 53 00:02:01,567 --> 00:02:03,437 You just realized I'm not gonna stop teaching, 54 00:02:03,523 --> 00:02:05,597 but you are definitely not on board. 55 00:02:05,731 --> 00:02:09,301 No, no. For the past 20 years, I have stood by your side 56 00:02:09,387 --> 00:02:12,184 through every whim, every pipe dream, 57 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:14,583 every flight of fancy that you can think of. 58 00:02:14,669 --> 00:02:17,191 And for the first time, the first time, 59 00:02:17,621 --> 00:02:19,231 I have a flight of fancy. 60 00:02:19,317 --> 00:02:20,972 Something that I want. 61 00:02:21,156 --> 00:02:24,066 And still, it becomes about you. 62 00:02:24,534 --> 00:02:25,410 Damn it, Randall, 63 00:02:25,496 --> 00:02:28,974 we have been having the same fight since we met. 64 00:02:56,168 --> 00:02:57,823 Oh, I... I-I'm sorry. 65 00:02:58,023 --> 00:02:59,667 No problem. 66 00:03:06,595 --> 00:03:08,584 *THIS IS US* Season 03 Episode 17 67 00:03:08,670 --> 00:03:11,182 *THIS IS US* Episode Title: "R and B" 68 00:03:13,168 --> 00:03:15,053 Kevin, she's not just any ol' girl. 69 00:03:15,138 --> 00:03:16,496 Yes, she is. 70 00:03:16,582 --> 00:03:18,816 That's exactly what she is, man. Ask her out. 71 00:03:18,902 --> 00:03:20,980 I can't just walk up to Beth Clarke and go, 72 00:03:21,066 --> 00:03:22,996 "Hey, Beth, I'm Randal... You know, the guy 73 00:03:23,082 --> 00:03:24,918 "who holds the door open for everyone in econ class 74 00:03:25,003 --> 00:03:26,645 "just so he can casually hold it open for you 75 00:03:26,730 --> 00:03:28,910 "without it being weird. Yeah, that guy. 76 00:03:29,035 --> 00:03:30,683 Want to go grab a pizza or something?" 77 00:03:30,769 --> 00:03:32,098 You're definitely gonna die a virgin. 78 00:03:32,183 --> 00:03:34,628 - I'm not gonna die a virgin. - You might. 79 00:03:34,714 --> 00:03:36,834 Shut up, Nathan, and stop listening to my phone calls. 80 00:03:37,082 --> 00:03:38,605 - Forget it. - No, dude. 81 00:03:38,691 --> 00:03:41,074 I'm sorry. I... Don't hang up. 82 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,277 Um, Sophie's in class all day. I lost my MetroCard. 83 00:03:45,684 --> 00:03:46,929 New York sucks. 84 00:03:47,015 --> 00:03:49,169 I want to help. Um... 85 00:03:49,949 --> 00:03:51,327 Call Beth's dorm. 86 00:03:51,413 --> 00:03:52,958 Use a different phone so I can listen, 87 00:03:53,044 --> 00:03:54,293 and I'll tell you what to say. 88 00:03:54,379 --> 00:03:55,418 Are you serious? 89 00:03:55,504 --> 00:03:57,159 Yeah. Trust me. Steve Martin did it 90 00:03:57,245 --> 00:03:59,856 in that movie where he's got the-the big nose, and I have... 91 00:04:00,330 --> 00:04:02,043 way more game than him. 92 00:04:11,278 --> 00:04:12,363 Hello. 93 00:04:12,449 --> 00:04:14,145 Kev, she picked up. She picked up, Kev. 94 00:04:14,231 --> 00:04:15,586 Great. Tell her, 95 00:04:15,799 --> 00:04:17,458 "You don't know who I am, but you're about to." 96 00:04:17,543 --> 00:04:20,168 - I'm not saying that. - Do you want my help or not? 97 00:04:21,676 --> 00:04:22,903 Hello? 98 00:04:23,090 --> 00:04:25,942 Hey. You may not know who I am, but you're about to. 99 00:04:26,098 --> 00:04:27,598 Who is this? 100 00:04:27,832 --> 00:04:31,286 Rand... Randall Pearson. 101 00:04:32,484 --> 00:04:35,911 Oh. Uh... Randall. 102 00:04:36,285 --> 00:04:38,496 What's going on? 103 00:04:38,621 --> 00:04:40,036 She asked me what's going on. 104 00:04:40,122 --> 00:04:42,108 Tell her you're taking her to dinner tomorrow night, 105 00:04:42,193 --> 00:04:44,218 and you want to know what time to pick her up. 106 00:04:45,102 --> 00:04:46,980 Hey, so... 107 00:04:47,639 --> 00:04:50,178 I'm gonna take you out to dinner tomorrow night. 108 00:04:50,725 --> 00:04:52,772 What time should I come pick you up? 109 00:04:54,898 --> 00:04:58,709 U-Um, Randall, are you... are you asking me out? 110 00:05:00,098 --> 00:05:01,273 Yes. 111 00:05:01,741 --> 00:05:03,552 I guess I am. 112 00:05:04,329 --> 00:05:07,459 Okay. Um... 113 00:05:08,969 --> 00:05:11,427 Uh, 7:00? 114 00:05:12,050 --> 00:05:13,320 Really? 115 00:05:13,949 --> 00:05:15,879 Yeah, I'll go out with you. 116 00:05:16,402 --> 00:05:17,658 Once. 117 00:05:18,012 --> 00:05:20,532 Okay, so I'll see you tomorrow, then. 118 00:05:26,084 --> 00:05:29,556 - Holy crap. - Holy crap. 119 00:05:43,637 --> 00:05:45,559 I was surprised you said yes. 120 00:05:45,735 --> 00:05:48,222 You probably get asked out on dates all the time. 121 00:05:49,478 --> 00:05:51,090 Not really. 122 00:05:56,910 --> 00:05:58,689 You're an architecture major. 123 00:05:58,806 --> 00:06:00,918 I thought you might want to study dance. 124 00:06:01,801 --> 00:06:04,416 No. What made you think that? 125 00:06:04,502 --> 00:06:06,315 I asked around about you. 126 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:10,713 Well, you got some bad intel. 127 00:06:11,158 --> 00:06:13,543 I used to dance, but not anymore. 128 00:06:13,815 --> 00:06:14,916 Hmm. 129 00:06:15,004 --> 00:06:17,729 Ever? Like, if someone put on 130 00:06:17,815 --> 00:06:19,721 some Miseducation of Lauryn Hill right now, 131 00:06:19,806 --> 00:06:21,229 you wouldn't cut a rug? 132 00:06:22,535 --> 00:06:25,467 Okay. Um, well, first of all, 133 00:06:25,707 --> 00:06:28,997 you don't dance to Lauryn Hill; you groove. 134 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,848 And secondly, who says "cut a rug"? 135 00:06:31,934 --> 00:06:33,691 A lot of people say "cut a rug." 136 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:35,066 White people. 137 00:06:35,152 --> 00:06:38,011 Well, I was raised by white people. 138 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:40,585 I'm adopted. 139 00:06:41,541 --> 00:06:42,925 You'd be surprised how hard that is 140 00:06:43,011 --> 00:06:44,526 to ease in the conversation. 141 00:06:44,673 --> 00:06:47,152 Mm. Yeah, I didn't know. 142 00:06:49,410 --> 00:06:51,949 Well, maybe you should have asked around about me. 143 00:06:57,317 --> 00:07:00,851 I was dropped off at a fire station the day I was born. 144 00:07:01,146 --> 00:07:03,913 And a fireman brought me to a hospital, 145 00:07:03,999 --> 00:07:06,632 and my dad convinced my mom to adopt me. 146 00:07:12,073 --> 00:07:13,975 He died earlier this year. 147 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:15,982 My dad. 148 00:07:17,705 --> 00:07:19,605 It was a heart attack, and... 149 00:07:25,721 --> 00:07:27,121 I'm sorry, Beth. 150 00:07:27,207 --> 00:07:28,608 Uh... 151 00:07:29,587 --> 00:07:34,847 I'm not used to saying that out loud yet. I'm sorry. 152 00:07:36,832 --> 00:07:38,300 Um... 153 00:07:38,636 --> 00:07:42,058 Uh, my dad passed away last year. 154 00:07:42,769 --> 00:07:44,687 He was sick for a while, 155 00:07:44,772 --> 00:07:48,142 but it still felt so sudden. 156 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,620 Yeah. 157 00:07:56,277 --> 00:07:57,957 I think we're ready to order. 158 00:07:58,480 --> 00:07:59,879 Sorry, but my manager asked 159 00:07:59,965 --> 00:08:02,074 if you could pay for your meal first. 160 00:08:05,238 --> 00:08:07,894 Um, is there something wrong? 161 00:08:08,144 --> 00:08:10,561 No, it's a restaurant policy. 162 00:08:11,699 --> 00:08:14,308 Well, did-did all these people pay for their meal in advance, 163 00:08:14,394 --> 00:08:16,597 or is that policy just for us? 164 00:08:16,683 --> 00:08:18,488 Beth, it's fine. 165 00:08:18,636 --> 00:08:19,848 You know, we probably just, you know, 166 00:08:19,933 --> 00:08:22,402 look a little young to be here, I guess. 167 00:08:22,488 --> 00:08:25,361 So I'll pay. The money's right here. 168 00:08:25,635 --> 00:08:28,191 Uh, I don't know how much the 169 00:08:28,277 --> 00:08:29,770 - check is gonna be, but... - Okay, okay. No, um... Randall, no, 170 00:08:29,855 --> 00:08:30,832 put your checkbook away. 171 00:08:30,918 --> 00:08:32,198 We're not... we're not eating here. 172 00:08:32,283 --> 00:08:34,080 Excuse me. Excuse me. 173 00:08:34,517 --> 00:08:36,090 Hey, Beth. Beth, wait up. 174 00:08:36,789 --> 00:08:37,924 Beth. 175 00:08:40,223 --> 00:08:41,474 Beth. Beth, wait up. 176 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,044 Wait up, Beth. 177 00:08:43,223 --> 00:08:45,066 You were actually gonna hand over your check 178 00:08:45,152 --> 00:08:47,418 - like that was okay. - Of course it isn't okay, 179 00:08:47,504 --> 00:08:49,744 but I-I didn't want to ruin the date. 180 00:08:50,652 --> 00:08:53,082 Okay, okay, look, Randall, you're a very nice guy, 181 00:08:53,168 --> 00:08:55,169 and everyone at school has been trying to set me up with you 182 00:08:55,254 --> 00:08:57,067 'cause we're pretty much the only two black kids there, 183 00:08:57,152 --> 00:08:59,254 but you're just... 184 00:08:59,379 --> 00:09:01,094 Y-You're-You're a lot. 185 00:09:01,332 --> 00:09:04,457 And this date was a lot. 186 00:09:04,660 --> 00:09:06,233 What do you mean? 187 00:09:07,957 --> 00:09:12,871 Um, you want to know what my idea of the perfect date is? 188 00:09:13,121 --> 00:09:14,371 It's nachos. 189 00:09:14,457 --> 00:09:16,308 It's-it's ginger beer and nachos. 190 00:09:16,394 --> 00:09:17,919 This? All this, 191 00:09:18,004 --> 00:09:20,160 this-this restaurant and-and the flowers, 192 00:09:20,246 --> 00:09:22,730 and... I mean, you're in a suit and tie. 193 00:09:22,816 --> 00:09:25,660 It is 78 degrees right now. Aren't you hot? 194 00:09:25,746 --> 00:09:27,099 I mean, it's a little hot, yeah, but... 195 00:09:27,184 --> 00:09:28,960 Then take off the stupid jacket. 196 00:09:29,046 --> 00:09:30,606 It's not a stupid jacket. 197 00:09:32,090 --> 00:09:33,536 You're trying to start a fight with me, 198 00:09:33,621 --> 00:09:35,340 but I don't want to fight with you. 199 00:09:35,619 --> 00:09:37,560 I-I grew up in a house with parents who didn't fight. 200 00:09:37,645 --> 00:09:39,784 I... I mean, 201 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:41,824 th-they-they fought once. 202 00:09:41,910 --> 00:09:43,293 It... it was actually pretty rough. 203 00:09:43,378 --> 00:09:45,363 I came home early and watched the entire thing... 204 00:09:45,449 --> 00:09:46,856 Okay, Randall, I've known you for ten minutes. 205 00:09:46,941 --> 00:09:48,918 Just... stop telling me this stuff. 206 00:09:49,004 --> 00:09:50,558 - It's-it's too much. - Beth. 207 00:09:50,644 --> 00:09:53,863 B-Beth. Stop it. 208 00:09:54,168 --> 00:09:56,598 You can't just walk off like that. 209 00:09:57,082 --> 00:09:59,222 This jacket I-is the nicest thing I own, 210 00:09:59,308 --> 00:10:01,565 and I-I wore it because I wanted to look nice for you. 211 00:10:01,769 --> 00:10:03,722 These flowers? I didn't know what you'd like, 212 00:10:03,808 --> 00:10:05,402 so I bought four bouquets. 213 00:10:05,543 --> 00:10:08,299 My dorm is literally covered in flowers. I... 214 00:10:09,689 --> 00:10:12,532 I-I just thought you deserved a great first date. 215 00:10:14,418 --> 00:10:16,122 I think you deserve everything. 216 00:10:19,399 --> 00:10:20,958 Um... 217 00:10:22,847 --> 00:10:24,688 I-I have to go, Randall. 218 00:10:25,175 --> 00:10:26,800 Again, you're-you're a very nice guy, 219 00:10:26,886 --> 00:10:29,418 but please don't call me again. 220 00:10:42,645 --> 00:10:45,012 So? How'd it go? 221 00:10:46,535 --> 00:10:47,957 Good. 222 00:10:48,808 --> 00:10:50,441 I'm gonna marry her. 223 00:11:04,713 --> 00:11:06,896 ♪ Who knew we'd make it this far? ♪ 224 00:11:07,199 --> 00:11:10,246 ♪ Then I think about where would I be ♪, 225 00:11:10,332 --> 00:11:12,699 ♪ If we were to just fall apart? 226 00:11:12,895 --> 00:11:14,403 ♪ And I can't stand the thought of losing you ♪ 227 00:11:14,488 --> 00:11:16,576 ♪ Meet me at the altar ♪ 228 00:11:16,662 --> 00:11:18,487 ♪ In your white dress ♪ 229 00:11:18,777 --> 00:11:22,777 ♪ We ain't getting no younger, we might as well do it ♪ 230 00:11:22,863 --> 00:11:27,175 ♪ Been feeling you all the while, girl, I must confess ♪ 231 00:11:27,434 --> 00:11:29,449 ♪ Girl, let's just get married ♪ 232 00:11:29,534 --> 00:11:31,952 ♪ I just want to get married... ♪ 233 00:11:32,038 --> 00:11:34,585 Beth, love of my life, 234 00:11:35,217 --> 00:11:37,069 will you marry me? 235 00:11:37,695 --> 00:11:39,510 ♪ We might as well do it... ♪ 236 00:11:39,813 --> 00:11:41,228 I need to work. 237 00:11:41,314 --> 00:11:43,918 - You need to stop proposing. - So, is that a "yes"? 238 00:11:44,020 --> 00:11:46,250 It's a "not yet." 239 00:11:47,020 --> 00:11:49,035 Ah. 240 00:11:49,528 --> 00:11:52,590 Well, at least we're getting closer. 241 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,535 When I proposed on the jumbotron at the Pirates game, 242 00:11:55,621 --> 00:11:57,051 you said, "Hell no," 243 00:11:57,137 --> 00:11:59,105 so "not yet" is a step in the right direction. 244 00:11:59,191 --> 00:12:00,506 - Baby? - I... Yeah. 245 00:12:01,168 --> 00:12:02,723 You are it for me. 246 00:12:02,817 --> 00:12:05,462 After seven unbelievable years, 247 00:12:05,547 --> 00:12:08,043 you think I want to break in another boyfriend? 248 00:12:08,398 --> 00:12:10,272 I'm just not ready to get married. 249 00:12:10,357 --> 00:12:12,648 - We don't have to rush. - I know. 250 00:12:12,734 --> 00:12:14,149 Mmm. 251 00:12:14,397 --> 00:12:16,442 ♪ I want to give you my all ♪ 252 00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:20,482 ♪ Do you think about maybe us having some babies? ♪ 253 00:12:20,567 --> 00:12:23,253 ♪ Come on, won't you be my lady forever? ♪ 254 00:12:23,340 --> 00:12:25,237 Mmm. Wait. 255 00:12:25,487 --> 00:12:26,776 Oh, we got to get out of here, 256 00:12:26,862 --> 00:12:28,980 or we're gonna be late for Sunday dinner at my mom's. 257 00:12:29,066 --> 00:12:32,519 Well, what if we don't do, uh, Sunday dinner tonight? 258 00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:34,738 You don't want to have dinner at Mom's? 259 00:12:34,831 --> 00:12:36,379 Yeah, no, that... I mean, 260 00:12:36,465 --> 00:12:39,090 we just have dinner at your mom's every Sunday. 261 00:12:40,152 --> 00:12:41,852 We could go miniature golfing. 262 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:44,192 You and I haven't been miniature golfing in a while. 263 00:12:44,277 --> 00:12:47,692 - Ooh, mini golf used to be our jam. - Yeah. 264 00:12:48,113 --> 00:12:49,738 I bet Mom's gonna love that. 265 00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:51,722 ♪ Been feeling you all the while, girl... ♪ 266 00:12:51,808 --> 00:12:54,230 I am having so much fun. 267 00:12:54,723 --> 00:12:56,848 Maybe next time we can go bowling. 268 00:12:56,934 --> 00:12:58,594 Yeah, maybe. 269 00:13:02,299 --> 00:13:03,886 So, Rebecca, you seeing anyone? 270 00:13:03,972 --> 00:13:05,787 - Me? No. - Yeah. 271 00:13:05,873 --> 00:13:07,957 You know, one of my professors is recently separated, 272 00:13:08,136 --> 00:13:10,020 - and he is totally into... - No, no, no, no. No, Beth. 273 00:13:10,105 --> 00:13:13,199 No, thank you. Sorry, but I'm-I'm fine. 274 00:13:13,566 --> 00:13:17,269 All I want is for my kids to find the right people 275 00:13:17,354 --> 00:13:19,739 and, you know, settle down, 276 00:13:19,824 --> 00:13:22,199 maybe say yes to one of their proposals 277 00:13:22,284 --> 00:13:23,739 - at some point. - Ooo! 278 00:13:23,824 --> 00:13:26,473 Okay, Randall one, farmhouse zero. 279 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:28,472 Babe, I took your turn, so, Mom, you're up. 280 00:13:28,558 --> 00:13:30,231 - Okay. - Did you tell your mom 281 00:13:30,317 --> 00:13:32,544 about all of the proposals? 282 00:13:35,942 --> 00:13:36,996 Yes? 283 00:13:37,082 --> 00:13:38,536 Including the one where we were... 284 00:13:38,622 --> 00:13:40,939 I-I told it to her very tastefully. 285 00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:43,216 I didn't give her any details. 286 00:13:43,939 --> 00:13:46,303 What? It's normal to tell your mom about proposing. 287 00:13:46,389 --> 00:13:48,334 There is nothing normal about this. 288 00:13:48,420 --> 00:13:49,948 - Honestly, Beth, it's my fault. - Rebecca. 289 00:13:50,033 --> 00:13:51,096 - I shouldn't... - Rebecca, I'm trying to have 290 00:13:51,181 --> 00:13:52,715 a private conversation with Randall right now. 291 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,556 Sorry. I'll let you two have 292 00:13:54,642 --> 00:13:57,158 - your own conversation. - No. Mom. Mom. 293 00:13:58,522 --> 00:14:00,607 Beth, if you have something to say, say it. 294 00:14:00,963 --> 00:14:03,840 Really, Randall? You want to do this right now? 295 00:14:04,780 --> 00:14:06,181 Fine. 296 00:14:06,290 --> 00:14:08,651 I love you, but I'm not ready to get married 297 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,335 because I haven't figured out my life yet, 298 00:14:10,420 --> 00:14:11,815 and I don't want... 299 00:14:12,009 --> 00:14:14,587 What? What don't you want? 300 00:14:14,673 --> 00:14:18,804 I don't want my life to be consumed by my husband's. 301 00:14:19,048 --> 00:14:21,104 And, Randall, I love you, but... 302 00:14:21,322 --> 00:14:23,509 you consume things. 303 00:14:25,697 --> 00:14:27,417 Well, let me put your mind at ease. 304 00:14:27,827 --> 00:14:29,982 You don't have to worry about me proposing again. 305 00:14:30,908 --> 00:14:32,713 - Randall, that's not even what I... - No, I need a minute. 306 00:14:32,798 --> 00:14:35,399 All right? I'll see you two by the car. 307 00:14:46,084 --> 00:14:47,650 May I? 308 00:14:57,814 --> 00:14:59,871 Rebecca, I didn't mean to say that. 309 00:14:59,957 --> 00:15:02,253 - I'm so sorry. - No, no. It's-it's fine, Beth. 310 00:15:02,510 --> 00:15:05,252 You think I want my son ending up with some wallflower? 311 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:06,682 No. 312 00:15:08,607 --> 00:15:10,807 I'm glad it's gonna be you. 313 00:15:11,941 --> 00:15:13,701 - Really? - Mm-hmm. 314 00:15:14,745 --> 00:15:16,572 Marriage is... 315 00:15:17,574 --> 00:15:19,253 complicated. 316 00:15:22,081 --> 00:15:24,814 I know my son's passions tend to overwhelm, 317 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:27,447 but you don't need to worry about losing yourself with him, 318 00:15:27,533 --> 00:15:29,502 because he'll never let that happen. 319 00:15:29,588 --> 00:15:31,142 How do you know? 320 00:15:33,822 --> 00:15:35,901 When Randall was 11, 321 00:15:36,205 --> 00:15:38,454 we stayed at the cabin for the summer. 322 00:15:38,540 --> 00:15:40,600 And I remember sitting out on the steps with him, 323 00:15:40,686 --> 00:15:41,811 looking up at the stars. 324 00:15:41,897 --> 00:15:44,053 I was trying to find the Big Dipper. 325 00:15:44,193 --> 00:15:47,193 And he started crying. 326 00:15:47,792 --> 00:15:49,100 Hyperventilating. 327 00:15:49,186 --> 00:15:51,665 Having an anxiety attack. 328 00:15:52,525 --> 00:15:56,166 And after he calmed down, he told me why he was upset. 329 00:15:56,252 --> 00:15:59,588 You know, he was looking up at this big, open sky, 330 00:15:59,873 --> 00:16:03,158 and he felt really small. 331 00:16:03,650 --> 00:16:05,087 He was scared 332 00:16:05,346 --> 00:16:08,963 because he didn't know where he fit in the universe. 333 00:16:11,729 --> 00:16:15,189 Well, seven years ago, after he met you, he called me. 334 00:16:16,806 --> 00:16:19,518 Told me he no longer had that fear. 335 00:16:25,236 --> 00:16:28,151 Hey. Come on, Randall. 336 00:16:28,611 --> 00:16:29,994 We're going somewhere. 337 00:16:30,096 --> 00:16:32,461 - What about my mom? - Forget about your mom. 338 00:16:32,546 --> 00:16:35,076 She told me to say that. Her words, not mine. 339 00:16:45,018 --> 00:16:46,822 Are you gonna tell me what we're doing here? 340 00:16:46,908 --> 00:16:48,150 Not yet. 341 00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:51,635 - Hi. - Hey. 342 00:16:51,721 --> 00:16:55,103 Can I get a number-two nachos with extra cheese? 343 00:16:55,189 --> 00:16:56,621 You can throw some jalapeños on there. 344 00:16:56,706 --> 00:16:58,079 And a ginger beer. 345 00:16:58,165 --> 00:17:00,057 - Ice-cold if you have it. - Coming right up. 346 00:17:00,315 --> 00:17:02,448 - Beth. - Not yet. 347 00:17:09,963 --> 00:17:12,056 Ow. Hey. 348 00:17:19,314 --> 00:17:20,829 Okay. 349 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:22,255 I'm ready. 350 00:17:22,657 --> 00:17:24,095 Ask me. 351 00:17:29,924 --> 00:17:32,055 - Right now? - Yeah. 352 00:17:32,961 --> 00:17:34,594 This is my favorite meal. 353 00:17:34,884 --> 00:17:36,415 You're my favorite person. 354 00:17:36,587 --> 00:17:38,299 This is how I want it. 355 00:17:39,205 --> 00:17:40,905 I know you don't have the ring. It's fine. 356 00:17:40,990 --> 00:17:42,190 It doesn't have... Oh, my God. 357 00:17:42,399 --> 00:17:45,017 - Really? - Our front door barely locks. 358 00:17:45,103 --> 00:17:47,035 You think I leave this in the apartment? 359 00:17:48,162 --> 00:17:50,285 All right, look, before you do this, 360 00:17:51,434 --> 00:17:53,832 we're not gonna lose ourselves in each other. 361 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,000 We're gonna be full people. 362 00:17:56,969 --> 00:17:58,300 Equals. 363 00:17:59,290 --> 00:18:00,902 We're a team. 364 00:18:07,892 --> 00:18:09,496 All right, go ahead. 365 00:18:20,557 --> 00:18:22,111 How are we crying already? 366 00:18:22,197 --> 00:18:24,033 We've done this a million times. 367 00:18:28,314 --> 00:18:31,236 ♪ She sings sweet things... ♪ 368 00:18:31,322 --> 00:18:32,955 Beth Clarke... 369 00:18:34,884 --> 00:18:36,637 you are the love of my life. 370 00:18:36,755 --> 00:18:38,940 ♪ After the laughter... ♪ 371 00:18:39,026 --> 00:18:41,041 You are my reason. 372 00:18:41,558 --> 00:18:43,393 You are my joy. 373 00:18:44,198 --> 00:18:45,980 You are my everything. 374 00:18:46,605 --> 00:18:48,020 ♪ Dust grows... ♪ 375 00:18:48,105 --> 00:18:50,441 And I don't want to do life without you, 376 00:18:50,527 --> 00:18:52,074 so... 377 00:18:52,854 --> 00:18:54,504 will you marry me? 378 00:18:54,836 --> 00:18:56,689 ♪ Can't grow ♪ 379 00:18:56,875 --> 00:18:57,994 ♪ When you've fallen... ♪ 380 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,527 I don't want to do life without you, either. 381 00:19:01,873 --> 00:19:05,259 - Yes. Yes. - ♪ Surround me ♪ 382 00:19:05,559 --> 00:19:08,239 ♪ I know I've got more to give... ♪ 383 00:19:08,645 --> 00:19:10,017 Yes! 384 00:19:11,325 --> 00:19:12,780 ♪ To leave ♪ 385 00:19:13,638 --> 00:19:16,750 ♪ But a thousand more to live. ♪ 386 00:19:18,805 --> 00:19:20,785 - Beth? - Yeah. 387 00:19:21,087 --> 00:19:22,542 Holy crap. 388 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,754 How can you guys afford this house? 389 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:26,676 I got lost finding your bedroom. 390 00:19:26,762 --> 00:19:28,466 That's why we're having the wedding in the backyard. 391 00:19:28,551 --> 00:19:31,012 - Suburbs ain't cheap. - Okay, well, 392 00:19:31,113 --> 00:19:33,055 - are you ready to get your wedding on? - Yeah, almost. 393 00:19:33,140 --> 00:19:35,082 What rhymes with "love"? 394 00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:38,457 Dove. Shove. 395 00:19:38,543 --> 00:19:40,121 Glove. Above. 396 00:19:40,230 --> 00:19:41,863 Above! That's it. Thank you. 397 00:19:41,949 --> 00:19:43,684 What rhymes with "forever"? 398 00:19:44,377 --> 00:19:46,527 Beth, you're getting married in five minutes. 399 00:19:46,613 --> 00:19:49,005 - What is happening? - I'm writing my vows. 400 00:19:49,583 --> 00:19:50,755 Right now? 401 00:19:50,841 --> 00:19:52,069 Yeah, I wanted to do them last week, 402 00:19:52,154 --> 00:19:53,897 but then all these last-minute things came up. 403 00:19:53,982 --> 00:19:55,552 And, you know, I mean, 404 00:19:55,638 --> 00:19:57,138 I just need a few more minutes, Kate. 405 00:19:57,224 --> 00:20:00,513 - Can you stall them, please? - Okay. Um, yes. 406 00:20:00,627 --> 00:20:01,912 But hurry. 407 00:20:02,052 --> 00:20:04,107 Ooh! Endeavor. 408 00:20:04,193 --> 00:20:05,935 - What? - Rhymes with "forever." 409 00:20:06,021 --> 00:20:07,082 - Oh! - Yeah. 410 00:20:07,167 --> 00:20:09,255 That's why I love you, sister-in-law. 411 00:20:12,273 --> 00:20:13,297 Hey-o. 412 00:20:13,383 --> 00:20:14,625 - Yeah. - Is it time? 413 00:20:14,711 --> 00:20:16,742 Almost. Beth needs a few minutes. 414 00:20:16,828 --> 00:20:18,351 She's just going over her vows. 415 00:20:18,453 --> 00:20:19,828 She's probably getting nervous 416 00:20:19,914 --> 00:20:21,491 'cause she knows mine are gonna be epic. 417 00:20:21,630 --> 00:20:24,247 - Nice. - Been perfecting these bad boys all week. 418 00:20:24,332 --> 00:20:25,340 Wow. 419 00:20:25,426 --> 00:20:26,911 Yeah, yeah. 420 00:20:27,477 --> 00:20:29,076 That's a lot... that's... 421 00:20:29,468 --> 00:20:30,640 that's a lot of w... 422 00:20:30,726 --> 00:20:32,015 How-how-how long is this? 423 00:20:32,101 --> 00:20:33,365 I don't know. Like, five, six minutes? 424 00:20:33,450 --> 00:20:34,888 Okay. Well, in acting, you know, 425 00:20:34,974 --> 00:20:38,062 we typically say a script is, like, uh, like, a minute a page. 426 00:20:38,148 --> 00:20:40,609 Okay? But this is, uh, 12-point, single-spaced. 427 00:20:40,695 --> 00:20:42,110 This right here, you... 428 00:20:42,306 --> 00:20:44,359 She's gonna die of old age before you finish it 429 00:20:44,445 --> 00:20:45,296 - if you read that to her. - Okay. 430 00:20:45,382 --> 00:20:46,638 I guess they could use some cuts. 431 00:20:46,723 --> 00:20:48,264 All right, no problem. Let's just, uh... 432 00:20:48,349 --> 00:20:49,857 We'll start from the beginning, okay, 433 00:20:49,943 --> 00:20:51,173 - and we'll-we'll see what we can trim. - Okay. 434 00:20:51,258 --> 00:20:52,625 - Yeah. We're fine. - All right. 435 00:20:53,958 --> 00:20:56,146 "Greek philosopher Plato defined marriage 436 00:20:56,232 --> 00:20:58,107 "as a conceptual agreement between two. 437 00:20:58,297 --> 00:21:00,161 A prominent institution regulating..." 438 00:21:00,247 --> 00:21:01,521 Don't care. Cut it. 439 00:21:01,833 --> 00:21:03,091 - Okay. - Yeah, yeah. 440 00:21:03,177 --> 00:21:05,286 - Um, how about this? Um... - Let's keep going. 441 00:21:05,533 --> 00:21:09,185 "A deconstruction of Prince's 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls 442 00:21:09,271 --> 00:21:11,114 "reveals that this will be the day 443 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:12,451 - that you..." - Oh, cut that. Cut that. 444 00:21:12,536 --> 00:21:14,264 Listen, just, here's the thing, man. 445 00:21:14,350 --> 00:21:16,266 Just go to the time where you start talking about Beth. 446 00:21:16,351 --> 00:21:17,974 - Okay. - Start from there. 447 00:21:18,526 --> 00:21:19,982 Um... 448 00:21:21,341 --> 00:21:23,114 - Okay. - Okay. 449 00:21:25,553 --> 00:21:26,968 Okay. 450 00:21:27,053 --> 00:21:28,677 Okay, Kev, I... 451 00:21:28,893 --> 00:21:30,575 I don't think I wrote vows. 452 00:21:31,161 --> 00:21:33,646 I think I wrote a deeply boring dissertation on marriage. 453 00:21:33,732 --> 00:21:36,130 Will you... will you go tell Beth I need more time? 454 00:21:36,913 --> 00:21:39,247 Okay. Okay. 455 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:45,218 Okay. Bride is ready. 456 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:47,614 Bad news: the groom is not. He's rewriting his vows. 457 00:21:48,002 --> 00:21:49,147 - What? - Yeah. 458 00:21:49,233 --> 00:21:50,263 He's rewriting his vows? 459 00:21:50,349 --> 00:21:51,614 Wow. So pretty. 460 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:53,114 Are you freaking kidding me? 461 00:21:55,005 --> 00:21:56,864 Beth, I don't think we need to overreact. 462 00:21:56,950 --> 00:21:58,335 Randall Pearson. 463 00:21:58,723 --> 00:22:01,283 Close your eyes, 'cause I'm coming in. 464 00:22:05,010 --> 00:22:06,384 Kev? 465 00:22:06,744 --> 00:22:08,501 You got something, like, right here. 466 00:22:08,587 --> 00:22:10,742 - Sort of... - Oh, you're very funny. 467 00:22:10,828 --> 00:22:13,765 What are you doing in here? It's bad luck to see each other 468 00:22:13,851 --> 00:22:15,673 - before the wedding. - Well, that's why I'm not looking. 469 00:22:15,758 --> 00:22:17,759 How the hell are you still writing your vows? 470 00:22:17,845 --> 00:22:20,230 No, I'm not writing them. I'm-I'm revising them. 471 00:22:20,316 --> 00:22:21,827 Okay? And you're one to talk. 472 00:22:21,913 --> 00:22:23,439 Kevin said you were still working on yours. 473 00:22:23,524 --> 00:22:25,471 Well, the reason mine aren't written is because I've 474 00:22:25,556 --> 00:22:28,056 been working on getting this wedding ready all week. 475 00:22:28,178 --> 00:22:30,744 Which I did on my own, mind you, because you were too busy 476 00:22:30,830 --> 00:22:32,915 writing the wedding vows of the century. 477 00:22:33,259 --> 00:22:36,089 I was just trying to make them perfect. 478 00:22:36,938 --> 00:22:39,993 Wait. You really feel like you planned this wedding 479 00:22:40,079 --> 00:22:41,399 all by yourself? 480 00:22:45,264 --> 00:22:47,764 No, I'm just stressed. 481 00:22:50,674 --> 00:22:52,157 Um... 482 00:22:53,333 --> 00:22:56,180 what do you want to do about the vows? 483 00:22:57,666 --> 00:22:59,220 Let's just write them together. 484 00:22:59,571 --> 00:23:01,290 You know? Right now. 485 00:23:01,383 --> 00:23:03,071 You want to cowrite the wedding vows? 486 00:23:03,157 --> 00:23:04,871 Yeah. Randall, we're better together. 487 00:23:04,957 --> 00:23:07,017 That's why we're doing this whole thing. 488 00:23:07,263 --> 00:23:08,408 Come on. 489 00:23:08,509 --> 00:23:11,603 Right now, let's just take turns and speak from the heart. 490 00:23:12,470 --> 00:23:14,167 Okay? Come here. 491 00:23:15,733 --> 00:23:18,048 But we shouldn't look at each other. 492 00:23:18,133 --> 00:23:19,133 Just... 493 00:23:19,326 --> 00:23:20,926 Okay. 494 00:23:21,954 --> 00:23:23,694 What? 495 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:32,109 Beth... 496 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,031 I'm sorry I spent too much time working on my vows. 497 00:23:36,762 --> 00:23:39,817 As you well know, sometimes I overthink things. 498 00:23:39,903 --> 00:23:41,418 Overthink everything. 499 00:23:41,504 --> 00:23:42,562 All right, you're right. 500 00:23:42,648 --> 00:23:45,258 As you know, sometimes I overthink everything. 501 00:23:47,545 --> 00:23:49,172 But not with you. 502 00:23:49,903 --> 00:23:53,086 Every part of me belongs to you. 503 00:23:53,187 --> 00:23:55,140 - What about Janet? - Right again. 504 00:23:55,226 --> 00:23:56,610 Except for that very small part of me 505 00:23:56,695 --> 00:23:59,164 that I promised to Janet Jackson when I was 16. 506 00:24:01,312 --> 00:24:04,547 Your heart is unlike anything I've ever known. 507 00:24:05,183 --> 00:24:07,430 You're my steady place, Beth. 508 00:24:07,883 --> 00:24:11,961 I'm the best version of me when I'm with you. 509 00:24:12,127 --> 00:24:14,609 And that's not just because you stepped my fashion game up. 510 00:24:14,695 --> 00:24:16,445 Which I did, for the record. 511 00:24:16,531 --> 00:24:19,501 Well, let the record reflect your contribution. 512 00:24:21,049 --> 00:24:22,594 Beth... 513 00:24:23,593 --> 00:24:25,976 I want to be the man that you deserve. 514 00:24:27,713 --> 00:24:29,228 And... 515 00:24:29,314 --> 00:24:32,199 I promise to spend the rest of my life earning your love, 516 00:24:32,285 --> 00:24:34,328 because you are the only thing... 517 00:24:35,783 --> 00:24:39,617 ...the only thing I'm ever going to need. 518 00:24:45,632 --> 00:24:48,392 Randall, I wasn't expecting you. 519 00:24:50,047 --> 00:24:52,864 I didn't think that we would end up together. 520 00:24:53,952 --> 00:24:55,537 The single most... 521 00:24:55,701 --> 00:24:58,726 extraordinary thing I've ever done with my life 522 00:24:58,812 --> 00:25:00,649 is falling in love with you. 523 00:25:02,483 --> 00:25:05,207 I've never been seen so completely... 524 00:25:06,427 --> 00:25:09,778 loved so passionately... 525 00:25:10,663 --> 00:25:11,998 protected so fiercely. 526 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:13,584 Is that off the dome? 527 00:25:13,670 --> 00:25:14,720 'Cause damn, baby, 528 00:25:14,806 --> 00:25:15,857 - that was nice. - Right? 529 00:25:15,943 --> 00:25:17,313 Yeah, yeah. 530 00:25:18,430 --> 00:25:20,216 Honestly, Randall, when I look in your eyes, 531 00:25:20,302 --> 00:25:22,325 I see my home. 532 00:25:23,281 --> 00:25:24,934 I see eternity. 533 00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:29,395 And no matter what may come our way... 534 00:25:30,071 --> 00:25:33,067 I promise that I'll always choose you. 535 00:25:34,445 --> 00:25:35,760 I love you. 536 00:25:36,286 --> 00:25:37,887 I love you, too. 537 00:25:40,748 --> 00:25:42,746 Let's go get married. 538 00:25:44,812 --> 00:25:45,914 Okay. 539 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,476 ♪ We were living in the shadows ♪ 540 00:25:48,562 --> 00:25:50,692 ♪ On the wall ♪ 541 00:25:52,930 --> 00:25:56,740 ♪ They were left there by the sun ♪ 542 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:01,555 ♪ We were living ♪ 543 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,929 ♪ In the shadows on the wall ♪ 544 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,235 ♪ They were left there ♪ 545 00:26:09,398 --> 00:26:11,698 ♪ By the sun ♪ 546 00:26:13,814 --> 00:26:15,022 ♪ We were looking ♪ 547 00:26:15,257 --> 00:26:18,789 ♪ At the past for oh, so long... ♪ 548 00:26:23,825 --> 00:26:25,203 Sorry, baby. 549 00:26:25,451 --> 00:26:29,419 It's 3:00 a.m., and Daddy does not know where he is. 550 00:26:29,775 --> 00:26:32,342 - Oh, you're using the wrong wipes. - Oh, geez. 551 00:26:32,428 --> 00:26:35,743 - You're using the wrong wipes. - Then why are they here? 552 00:26:35,829 --> 00:26:38,029 - She likes the smell. - What, you buy the wrong wipes 553 00:26:38,115 --> 00:26:39,400 just so that she can smell them? 554 00:26:39,485 --> 00:26:41,748 Am I tired, or does that make no sense at all? 555 00:26:41,834 --> 00:26:44,076 I don't know, honestly. Move. I'll do it. 556 00:26:44,162 --> 00:26:46,307 Uh-uh. You asked me to do it. 557 00:26:46,419 --> 00:26:48,076 I have to be at work in four hours, 558 00:26:48,162 --> 00:26:50,178 and you woke me up anyway, so just let me do it. 559 00:26:50,264 --> 00:26:52,562 - Did you put the butt paste first? - Can you back up, please? 560 00:26:52,647 --> 00:26:55,014 I'm perfectly capable of changing my daughter's diaper 561 00:26:55,100 --> 00:26:56,209 without any supervision. 562 00:26:56,295 --> 00:26:57,967 Just let me do it so I can go back to bed. 563 00:26:58,053 --> 00:27:00,397 - I'm freaking exhausted. - I work 72 hours a week. 564 00:27:00,483 --> 00:27:01,499 You don't think I'm exhausted? 565 00:27:01,584 --> 00:27:02,769 - Oh, pfft. - Oh, pfft. 566 00:27:02,873 --> 00:27:04,850 - You pfft! Pfft you! - You pfft, pfft! 567 00:27:04,936 --> 00:27:08,121 Pfft! 568 00:27:09,458 --> 00:27:10,629 I don't even 569 00:27:10,715 --> 00:27:12,959 know what the hell we're fighting about. 570 00:27:13,243 --> 00:27:14,561 It's baby wipes, I think. 571 00:27:14,647 --> 00:27:15,982 Oh, I feel drunk. 572 00:27:16,068 --> 00:27:17,920 You better not be drunk. 573 00:27:20,403 --> 00:27:22,528 - You hungry? - I could eat. 574 00:27:22,895 --> 00:27:25,709 - Nachos? - Oh, God, that sounds good. 575 00:27:25,923 --> 00:27:28,669 Extra cheesy, extra greasy nachos for the lady 576 00:27:28,755 --> 00:27:31,279 - coming right up. - Oh, yes. 577 00:27:32,535 --> 00:27:33,951 Make sure you wash your hands first. 578 00:27:34,037 --> 00:27:35,561 You leave me alone. 579 00:27:37,551 --> 00:27:39,811 Yeah, she's strapped into her stroller, 580 00:27:39,897 --> 00:27:43,076 and I'm not even near the edge of the pond or anything, 581 00:27:43,162 --> 00:27:45,701 but I just keep seeing her falling in. 582 00:27:45,885 --> 00:27:48,700 - Jesus, Beth. - I know, right? 583 00:27:49,397 --> 00:27:52,115 Okay, let's play a game. 584 00:27:52,825 --> 00:27:54,303 Barring death, 585 00:27:54,795 --> 00:27:57,010 what's the worst-case scenario for our baby? 586 00:27:57,095 --> 00:27:58,695 Anything goes? 587 00:27:59,089 --> 00:28:00,529 Lay it on me, Mama. 588 00:28:01,526 --> 00:28:03,115 That she can't dance. 589 00:28:04,025 --> 00:28:05,678 That she don't have no rhythm. 590 00:28:06,647 --> 00:28:07,620 Don't look at me like that. 591 00:28:07,705 --> 00:28:09,928 - That's a real fear. - Okay. 592 00:28:10,273 --> 00:28:12,803 - Your turn. - Mm... 593 00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:16,190 That she's covered in tattoos. 594 00:28:16,318 --> 00:28:17,592 You know, call me old-fashioned, 595 00:28:17,678 --> 00:28:20,493 but I don't want T-Pain making a song about my daughter. 596 00:28:20,915 --> 00:28:23,530 That she forgets me when my maternity leave ends 597 00:28:23,615 --> 00:28:24,975 and I go back to work. 598 00:28:25,354 --> 00:28:27,592 That is worst-case for me. 599 00:28:28,753 --> 00:28:31,886 That these past three months with her just weren't enough. 600 00:28:32,537 --> 00:28:35,010 I thought you were looking forward to going back to work. 601 00:28:35,095 --> 00:28:38,428 I was. I still am. 602 00:28:39,477 --> 00:28:40,928 Hey. 603 00:28:42,084 --> 00:28:44,107 Beth, we'll figure out a way to make it work. 604 00:28:44,295 --> 00:28:46,880 Yeah, sounds good, but, you know, 605 00:28:47,145 --> 00:28:50,576 "making it work" usually means I adjust, I make it work. 606 00:28:50,662 --> 00:28:52,670 - What does that mean? - Nothing. 607 00:28:52,756 --> 00:28:54,327 No! You can't "nothing" that. 608 00:28:54,413 --> 00:28:56,498 - Say it. - Oh, come on, Randall, 609 00:28:56,584 --> 00:28:58,829 let's be rea... You're not gonna quit your job, 610 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,647 so if somebody has to make it work, it's gonna be me. 611 00:29:02,733 --> 00:29:04,522 I have to lose something. 612 00:29:04,608 --> 00:29:06,342 That's not true. 613 00:29:14,425 --> 00:29:17,623 You know what? I have this theory. Hear me out. 614 00:29:17,709 --> 00:29:19,264 - Okay. - So, 615 00:29:19,745 --> 00:29:23,459 there are three different kinds of nachos, right? 616 00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:25,225 - Uh-huh. - There are the crumbs, 617 00:29:25,311 --> 00:29:28,373 the little scraps with all the salt at the bottom. 618 00:29:28,459 --> 00:29:31,787 They stick to your fingers. They mess up your clothes. 619 00:29:31,897 --> 00:29:34,000 - They're nasty. Nobody likes them, right? - Okay. 620 00:29:34,085 --> 00:29:37,459 Then there are the chipped nachos, okay? 621 00:29:37,682 --> 00:29:39,397 There's no smooth edges. 622 00:29:39,825 --> 00:29:41,412 Sometimes they catch cheese. 623 00:29:41,498 --> 00:29:43,458 Sometimes they're just a plain chip. They're fine. 624 00:29:43,826 --> 00:29:46,250 And then there's the cream of the crop. 625 00:29:46,490 --> 00:29:49,553 The whole nacho with lots of cheese 626 00:29:49,639 --> 00:29:51,631 and the perfect amount of toppings. 627 00:29:51,775 --> 00:29:54,998 Unbroken, fully coated 628 00:29:55,084 --> 00:29:57,162 - triangles of goodness. - Wait. 629 00:29:57,365 --> 00:29:58,834 It's 4:00 in the morning, 630 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,700 and you're giving me a dissertation on nachos? 631 00:30:00,785 --> 00:30:01,991 No, you know I be philosophizing. 632 00:30:02,076 --> 00:30:03,826 - Yeah, well... - Now, 633 00:30:04,185 --> 00:30:07,443 I was thinking, you know what's great about us, Randall, 634 00:30:07,529 --> 00:30:11,428 is that when I need nachos, you make them for me. 635 00:30:11,514 --> 00:30:12,978 And I love that. 636 00:30:13,064 --> 00:30:18,349 But you're the kind of person who goes for the whole chip 637 00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:20,425 with lots of cheese. 638 00:30:20,705 --> 00:30:21,834 You don't do it on purpose. 639 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,904 You're just a whole chip with a lot of cheese kind of person. 640 00:30:25,305 --> 00:30:29,373 And so am I, yet... 641 00:30:32,015 --> 00:30:35,139 Wait, no. I don't leave you with the crumbs. 642 00:30:35,654 --> 00:30:37,382 What, do you feel like I leave you with the crumbs? 643 00:30:37,467 --> 00:30:38,929 No, don't spiral. I don't... I don't even know 644 00:30:39,014 --> 00:30:40,340 what I'm saying, okay? I'm exhausted. 645 00:30:40,425 --> 00:30:42,084 Yeah, well, I'll never eat nachos again, 646 00:30:42,170 --> 00:30:43,452 - so there you go. - No. Oh, come on. 647 00:30:43,537 --> 00:30:45,592 All right, come on. Let's just go to bed, all right? 648 00:30:45,854 --> 00:30:48,732 Before our little screamer wakes us up again. 649 00:30:49,407 --> 00:30:52,420 We'll just clean that up in the morning. 650 00:31:00,334 --> 00:31:02,692 So I told this cat, "I'm never playing dominoes 651 00:31:02,778 --> 00:31:04,372 in this joint gain." 652 00:31:05,778 --> 00:31:08,093 - Oh, there she is. - Hey, guys. 653 00:31:08,179 --> 00:31:09,301 Hey, you hungry? 654 00:31:09,387 --> 00:31:11,442 - Kev made pancakes. - I see that. 655 00:31:11,554 --> 00:31:13,379 Yeah, Beth, I was talking to Randall earlier, 656 00:31:13,465 --> 00:31:15,804 and the Wi-Fi in the basement, it's subpar. 657 00:31:15,889 --> 00:31:17,804 - It's very spotty. - Uh, 'cause it's a basement. 658 00:31:17,889 --> 00:31:19,910 Well, why am I in the basement? 'Cause, you know, 659 00:31:19,996 --> 00:31:21,700 William over here, he's upstairs, he's in Annie's room. 660 00:31:21,785 --> 00:31:24,215 'Cause that's how we do it over here at Hotel Pearson. 661 00:31:24,301 --> 00:31:26,186 You know? Estranged fathers go upstairs, 662 00:31:26,272 --> 00:31:28,157 television star brothers go downstairs. 663 00:31:28,366 --> 00:31:31,137 - Mm. All right. - All right, well, I'm headed out. 664 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:33,613 - Where to? - I'm going to this Urban Development. 665 00:31:33,707 --> 00:31:35,466 Leadership Conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania. 666 00:31:35,551 --> 00:31:36,669 - Sounds cool. - Just for a night. 667 00:31:36,754 --> 00:31:38,012 - Great. - So, uh, 668 00:31:38,098 --> 00:31:40,145 Cindy's parents can't drop off Annie, 669 00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:41,624 so can you pick her up from her sleepover? 670 00:31:41,709 --> 00:31:43,684 Yes, ma'am. Will Hill and I are on the job. 671 00:31:43,817 --> 00:31:45,734 - All right, love you. - Love you, too. 672 00:31:45,819 --> 00:31:47,504 - Mm. - Bye, guys. -Bye. 673 00:31:47,590 --> 00:31:48,856 You know what we should do? 674 00:31:48,942 --> 00:31:51,574 - What do you want to do? - Right now? Dominoes, for money. 675 00:31:51,660 --> 00:31:54,606 - Oh, no, no. I'm not... - I'm not gonna take your guys' money. 676 00:31:54,692 --> 00:31:56,098 You're scared. You look scared to me. 677 00:31:56,183 --> 00:31:57,121 Oh, boy. 678 00:31:57,207 --> 00:31:58,801 - I'll take your money. - Go get him. 679 00:31:59,759 --> 00:32:01,723 How far away does Annie's friend live? 680 00:32:01,808 --> 00:32:03,887 - We're almost there. - Hmm. 681 00:32:05,313 --> 00:32:06,848 Oh, you know how to text? 682 00:32:08,409 --> 00:32:10,694 I'm dying. I'm not a hundred. 683 00:32:11,504 --> 00:32:12,988 Jesse's trying to get me to go 684 00:32:13,074 --> 00:32:14,746 to this Charles Lloyd concert tonight, 685 00:32:14,949 --> 00:32:16,824 but the show doesn't start till 9:00. 686 00:32:17,231 --> 00:32:18,833 Well, I know we run a tight ship, William, 687 00:32:18,918 --> 00:32:20,646 but it's okay for you to stay out past curfew. 688 00:32:20,731 --> 00:32:21,512 Well, thank you, 689 00:32:21,598 --> 00:32:23,348 but these things end late, and I don't want 690 00:32:23,434 --> 00:32:25,574 to have to spend the night at his place. 691 00:32:26,745 --> 00:32:28,859 The man's apartment is freezing. 692 00:32:29,459 --> 00:32:30,824 Why don't you just ask him, 693 00:32:30,910 --> 00:32:32,841 "Hey, Jesse, mind if we turn on the heat?" 694 00:32:32,927 --> 00:32:33,998 Nah, I don't want him to have to 695 00:32:34,083 --> 00:32:35,800 change his routine on account of me. 696 00:32:36,073 --> 00:32:38,584 It's easier if I just make an excuse not to stay over. 697 00:32:38,856 --> 00:32:41,035 No, man, it's easier to talk to him. 698 00:32:41,215 --> 00:32:43,777 You know, me and Beth, we don't sit on stuff. 699 00:32:43,863 --> 00:32:45,106 We talk to each other. 700 00:32:45,192 --> 00:32:47,469 Nothing beats honest, open communication. 701 00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:49,715 Okay, Uncle Phil. I'll think on it. 702 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:51,599 Oh, we making Fresh Prince references now, huh? 703 00:32:51,684 --> 00:32:54,109 How old do you actually think I am? 704 00:32:55,165 --> 00:32:56,734 Hey, pull over. 705 00:32:56,819 --> 00:32:58,955 I want to get some more syrup for them leftover pancakes. 706 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:00,390 Might have it for dinner. 707 00:33:00,484 --> 00:33:02,009 Right on. 708 00:33:03,285 --> 00:33:04,704 Maybe down here, son. 709 00:33:04,790 --> 00:33:06,344 Yeah. 710 00:33:09,819 --> 00:33:11,350 Beth? 711 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,100 Why aren't you in Hershey? 712 00:33:18,725 --> 00:33:20,327 I, uh... 713 00:33:21,412 --> 00:33:24,006 I'm gonna go find that syrup. 714 00:33:24,339 --> 00:33:26,819 Give you a chance to do some of that great communicating 715 00:33:26,905 --> 00:33:28,358 you're so proud of. 716 00:33:31,170 --> 00:33:32,295 What are you doing here? 717 00:33:32,381 --> 00:33:33,966 Buying syrup. 718 00:33:34,231 --> 00:33:35,976 What are you doing here? 719 00:33:36,335 --> 00:33:37,803 Don't jump to conclusions. 720 00:33:37,889 --> 00:33:39,296 - It's not what you think. - Swedish Fish. 721 00:33:39,381 --> 00:33:41,581 What, you stopping at the movies on your way to Hershey? 722 00:33:41,683 --> 00:33:43,608 That doesn't explain that bottle of wine. 723 00:33:43,709 --> 00:33:46,389 - Randall, I... - Or did you make up a conference 724 00:33:46,475 --> 00:33:48,523 so you could secretly check into a hotel for the night 725 00:33:48,608 --> 00:33:50,117 to watch movies and drink that bottle of wine 726 00:33:50,202 --> 00:33:52,389 - and eat Swedish Fish? - Damn, that's impressive. 727 00:33:52,475 --> 00:33:53,897 What the hell, Beth? 728 00:33:53,983 --> 00:33:57,163 I just needed 24 hours to myself. 729 00:33:58,233 --> 00:34:01,178 Away from biological fathers and white brothers. 730 00:34:01,264 --> 00:34:03,577 And don't get me wrong, I adore them. 731 00:34:03,722 --> 00:34:05,267 I adore William. 732 00:34:05,561 --> 00:34:06,795 I tolerate Kevin. 733 00:34:06,881 --> 00:34:08,827 But it's a lot. 734 00:34:09,559 --> 00:34:11,053 So I lied. 735 00:34:11,299 --> 00:34:14,788 I just needed 24 hours. 736 00:34:14,890 --> 00:34:16,991 Not to be a wife and a mother 737 00:34:17,077 --> 00:34:19,209 and a caretaker and a housekeeper. 738 00:34:19,295 --> 00:34:21,764 I just... I just want to be a woman 739 00:34:21,850 --> 00:34:24,530 who sleeps in a big-ass hotel bed and watches movies 740 00:34:24,616 --> 00:34:28,163 and-and reruns of Living Single from my iPad 741 00:34:28,288 --> 00:34:30,733 in my big-ass Jacuzzi tub, and I... 742 00:34:30,819 --> 00:34:33,030 Okay, I get it. 743 00:34:33,391 --> 00:34:36,209 - There's a lot going on in our house. - Yes. 744 00:34:36,552 --> 00:34:38,807 But if you needed space, why not just ask for it... 745 00:34:38,893 --> 00:34:40,405 I have asked! 746 00:34:41,527 --> 00:34:43,112 I have asked. 747 00:34:43,284 --> 00:34:46,311 And the last time I asked, it became a one-act play 748 00:34:46,397 --> 00:34:47,612 about "what's wrong" 749 00:34:47,698 --> 00:34:50,153 and-and "why do I need a day alone?" 750 00:34:50,269 --> 00:34:52,254 By the time I convinced you it was nothing bigger, 751 00:34:52,339 --> 00:34:55,524 the day was over, and it was... I was exhausted. 752 00:34:55,616 --> 00:34:58,520 I wouldn't have been awake to watch a single Living Single. 753 00:35:02,463 --> 00:35:05,027 I-I'm sorry. I love you. 754 00:35:05,113 --> 00:35:07,535 - I feel terrible that I lied. - I don't want you to feel 755 00:35:07,621 --> 00:35:08,675 like you have to run away from us. 756 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,705 I don't. I swear. There's just a lot of men living in my house. 757 00:35:12,954 --> 00:35:14,554 And I broke. 758 00:35:23,866 --> 00:35:24,895 Okay. 759 00:35:25,293 --> 00:35:29,301 All right, go enjoy your 24 hours. 760 00:35:33,534 --> 00:35:36,249 Uh, will you just answer me one thing? 761 00:35:37,856 --> 00:35:40,090 What episode of Living Single are you gonna start with? 762 00:35:41,670 --> 00:35:43,926 The one where Max and Kyle sleep together 763 00:35:44,012 --> 00:35:46,301 and wake up in the La-Z-Boy all freaked out. 764 00:35:46,387 --> 00:35:48,059 I love that episode. 765 00:35:48,152 --> 00:35:51,711 Hey, you remember when Obie brought Kyle Max's suede pump, 766 00:35:51,797 --> 00:35:55,476 and Kyle was like, "And to think I actually drank out of this." 767 00:35:57,469 --> 00:35:59,336 That was so nasty. 768 00:35:59,484 --> 00:36:01,633 Oh, man. 769 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,374 Well, now I don't want to watch it without you. 770 00:36:04,809 --> 00:36:06,854 Go. What are you talking about? 771 00:36:06,939 --> 00:36:08,234 No. 772 00:36:08,891 --> 00:36:12,304 I'm coming home. Go get William's syrup. 773 00:36:12,390 --> 00:36:14,259 Tell him the one that he likes is in aisle four. 774 00:36:14,344 --> 00:36:15,529 Are you sure? 775 00:36:15,632 --> 00:36:17,277 'Cause I don't mind you having your day. 776 00:36:17,463 --> 00:36:18,859 I'm sure. 777 00:36:20,236 --> 00:36:21,969 And Kevin's out of toilet paper. 778 00:36:22,055 --> 00:36:23,773 He likes the lavender-scented one. 779 00:36:23,859 --> 00:36:25,126 Pick up the lavender-scented one. 780 00:36:25,211 --> 00:36:26,851 I'm on it. 781 00:36:34,286 --> 00:36:37,176 I am tired of having this fight. 782 00:36:37,262 --> 00:36:40,855 We have been having the same fight ever since we met. 783 00:36:40,971 --> 00:36:42,556 I don't want to be swallowed up by you, 784 00:36:42,641 --> 00:36:45,316 and then you sweet-talk me and do whatever the hell you want. 785 00:36:45,736 --> 00:36:47,840 You have turned me into your mother. 786 00:36:47,926 --> 00:36:49,122 Beth, don't bring my mother into this. 787 00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:50,692 Well, she's already in it. 788 00:36:51,077 --> 00:36:53,574 You don't even realize it, but they're both in it. 789 00:36:55,844 --> 00:36:57,478 Admit that you think 790 00:36:57,564 --> 00:36:59,679 that your job is more important than mine. 791 00:37:00,076 --> 00:37:01,918 - That's absurd. - Admit it. 792 00:37:02,254 --> 00:37:04,801 Admit to me that you hated the fact 793 00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:06,855 that I had something happening for myself. 794 00:37:06,941 --> 00:37:08,949 - I hated that you lied. - No. 795 00:37:09,035 --> 00:37:11,368 - About working with your ex-boyfriend. - No, that's total BS, Jack. 796 00:37:11,453 --> 00:37:13,066 Come on, Randall, admit it. 797 00:37:13,152 --> 00:37:14,207 No. 798 00:37:14,293 --> 00:37:16,041 I will not be bullied into saying something 799 00:37:16,127 --> 00:37:17,812 even more awful to you. 800 00:37:18,363 --> 00:37:21,644 I will not speak that way to you. I won't do it. 801 00:37:21,730 --> 00:37:23,192 - No. You didn't want me to have a career. - Career? 802 00:37:23,277 --> 00:37:24,864 - Yes, career. - You are a 40-year-old woman 803 00:37:24,949 --> 00:37:28,035 singing covers in pubs. That is not a career, Rebecca. 804 00:37:28,121 --> 00:37:29,582 That is ridiculous. 805 00:37:29,763 --> 00:37:32,008 We made a promise to one another 806 00:37:32,656 --> 00:37:35,613 that we would never get lost in each other, 807 00:37:35,699 --> 00:37:37,329 and I broke that promise. 808 00:37:39,221 --> 00:37:40,629 And you let me. 809 00:37:40,894 --> 00:37:46,480 You have let me bend to your every need time and time again. 810 00:37:46,566 --> 00:37:49,191 Oh, we have kids, I have to step back from my job. 811 00:37:49,277 --> 00:37:51,652 You quit your job, I work overtime. 812 00:37:51,738 --> 00:37:54,725 You have a dream of buying your father's building, 813 00:37:54,811 --> 00:37:56,207 it becomes my dream, too. 814 00:37:56,293 --> 00:37:58,738 You run for city councilman, I stand by your side. 815 00:37:58,824 --> 00:38:01,509 You win city councilman, now what? 816 00:38:01,595 --> 00:38:03,580 I'm supposed to give up what I love 817 00:38:03,666 --> 00:38:05,251 to become a politician's wife? 818 00:38:05,337 --> 00:38:08,176 How many dinners am I supposed to go to, Randall? And how long? 819 00:38:09,113 --> 00:38:11,276 And what if city council isn't enough? 820 00:38:11,361 --> 00:38:13,206 - What then? - That's not what I want. 821 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:15,261 No, I finally have something; I have something 822 00:38:15,347 --> 00:38:19,285 that I have been looking for longer than I knew, 823 00:38:19,371 --> 00:38:22,324 and I am not going to give that up. 824 00:38:23,426 --> 00:38:25,527 I am not going to bend. 825 00:38:28,630 --> 00:38:30,426 And that's the problem. 826 00:38:31,311 --> 00:38:35,511 Our lives don't work unless I'm doing the bending. 827 00:38:36,152 --> 00:38:37,752 It doesn't. 828 00:38:38,708 --> 00:38:40,340 And we both know it. 829 00:38:57,396 --> 00:38:59,251 No, please. I... 830 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:01,207 I can see your mind working 831 00:39:01,293 --> 00:39:04,019 and-and you looking for the perfect words 832 00:39:04,105 --> 00:39:05,825 to make this better, and I don't want that. 833 00:39:05,911 --> 00:39:07,466 I don't want it. 834 00:39:07,551 --> 00:39:09,621 Because you're too good at it. 835 00:39:09,841 --> 00:39:12,097 You're unbelievable at it, in fact. 836 00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:13,847 And you say the right speech 837 00:39:13,933 --> 00:39:15,957 and have the whole world eating out of your palm. 838 00:39:16,116 --> 00:39:17,715 Me, especially. 839 00:39:26,850 --> 00:39:30,055 No. No, I don't accept that, Beth. 840 00:39:30,141 --> 00:39:32,526 I'm not... I'm not going along with this revisionist history. 841 00:39:32,611 --> 00:39:34,526 Revisionist history? Okay... 842 00:39:34,611 --> 00:39:37,866 Okay, in what universe have I been steamrolling you 843 00:39:37,951 --> 00:39:39,911 for the past 20 years? 844 00:39:40,515 --> 00:39:41,970 I mean, your whole persona 845 00:39:42,056 --> 00:39:45,035 is driven by you being the head of this family. 846 00:39:45,121 --> 00:39:48,306 So I'm-a ask you again: in what ridiculous universe 847 00:39:48,391 --> 00:39:51,846 are you this wallflower that's just been steamrolled by me? 848 00:39:51,931 --> 00:39:53,576 And these are not my words, Beth. 849 00:39:53,661 --> 00:39:54,902 This is your M.O. 850 00:39:54,988 --> 00:39:57,676 So, please, please do not self-protect 851 00:39:57,793 --> 00:39:59,646 - by putting this on me. - That is not what I'm doing. 852 00:39:59,731 --> 00:40:01,316 The hell it's not. 853 00:40:01,667 --> 00:40:03,316 I refuse to be blamed for the fact 854 00:40:03,402 --> 00:40:06,340 that you had your awakening 20 years too late. 855 00:40:06,471 --> 00:40:08,355 At any other point in our marriage, 856 00:40:08,441 --> 00:40:10,396 if you had decided you wanted to go back to dance, 857 00:40:10,481 --> 00:40:12,196 I would have been nothing but supportive. 858 00:40:12,281 --> 00:40:13,825 Oh, so when would I have done that, huh? 859 00:40:13,910 --> 00:40:16,113 Between which of your anxiety attacks? 860 00:40:26,130 --> 00:40:28,155 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 861 00:40:28,241 --> 00:40:29,918 I shouldn't have s... I... 862 00:40:30,059 --> 00:40:31,644 I did not mean... 863 00:40:42,610 --> 00:40:44,210 Where are you going? 864 00:40:48,086 --> 00:40:49,236 To Philly. 865 00:40:49,798 --> 00:40:52,657 'Cause I don't want to be in this house with you right now. 866 00:40:54,273 --> 00:40:56,774 Well, it's good news for you, I guess. 867 00:40:57,286 --> 00:40:59,145 I'm all out of speeches. 868 00:42:19,366 --> 00:42:22,678 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH 869 00:42:22,951 --> 00:42:25,546 Sync corrections by srjanapala