All language subtitles for Picket.Fences.S03E13.WebRip

[door opens]

‐What's the emergency?
‐She won't say.

She wants to tell
both of us and Kimberly.

But she just shows up
unannounced, something's up.

Well, Lydia, what a surprise.

Okay, he's here. Tell us.

Don't make me rush into it,
okay? This could be a tough
conversation, honey.

Are you dying?

Could you at least look
a little less hopeful

when asking me
something like that?

Lydia, are you okay?

[Lydia] I'm fine.

My health is fine...

with one exception.

I can't get pregnant.

[scoffs]

Do you want to get pregnant?

[Lydia] I've been trying
for three years.

And after a zillion fertility
experts...

I won't bore you with medical
diagnosis but basically,
I have this thing called

chromosomal deletion.

What are we talking about?

I am talking about,
the only way
I can get pregnant

is to find a man
with a unique gene segment

to make up for my deficiency.

I can only conceive with one
in a hundred thousand men.

And how many have you tried
so far?

‐[sighs]
‐Lydia, go on.

[Lydia] Anyway...

Obviously, Jimmy,
by some stroke of fate,

you are one
in a hundred thousand,

‐And‐‐
‐You got to be kidding.

I know, it's a completely
outrageous request.

‐Me?
‐You want Jimmy to father
your child?

Yes. And it would be my child.

I would of course assume
all responsibility.
Financial and otherwise.

Basically, I just want...

You know...

I want your sperm.

[scoffs] Well, then,
by all means, Jimmy,

go on, give her a quart.

Jill.

You come into my house

and you ask my husband
to impregnate you?

I know the absurdity of this,
I know the potential it has
to disrupt this family.

Then why do it?

Because I'm desperate.

Jimmy...

it's‐it's‐it's not as if
you have to do anything.

What do you think
that's funny?

No, really.

I mean, really, you wouldn't
have to do anything.

‐I've already got the sperm.
‐Excuse me?

When we first got married,
there was a mumps scare.
You remember?

And you had never got them‐‐

And since they can make
adult men sterile

we made a little deposit
in a sperm bank, just in case.

So, really, you don't
have to do anything.

‐Except say it's okay.
‐[sighs]

You have to think about it?

[Lydia] Jill, I want you both
to think about it.

And if the answer's no,
then the answer's no,

but at least,
show me the courtesy
of considering it.

It wasn't easy for me
to come in and ask this.

Wait a minute.
Where are you going?

Upstairs.
I want you to discuss it.

[theme music playing]

[theme music ends]

‐[Jill] Well...
‐[Jimmy sighs]

[scoffs] There's...
there's nothing really
to discuss here.

I mean, obviously, we wouldn't
consider this for a second.

Not for a second.

I can't believe that she would
have the nerve to walk in here

and ask to borrow sperm
like a cup of sugar.

‐Can you?
‐[scoffs] No, I can't.

Can you, Kimberly?

Well, I guess not.

Kimberly, you can't possibly
entertaining the notion...

You couldn't be.

I know, there's a thousand
reasons not to do it

I guess, I just can't shake
the one reason to do it.

To bring Lydia joy.

Honey, I am too old
to be a father again.

Well, from what she said,
she'd assume all the parenting.

You wouldn't have to be
the father.

I'm having a lot of trouble
with you supporting this.

I really am.

I'm not supporting it.
Really, I...

I'm not.

It's just‐‐ I'm saying I can
see it from her side, too.

It's not gonna happen.
No way.

Fine. It's your decision.

[playing piano]

[stops playing piano]

I think
they're waiting for you.

And I think I know the answer.

‐You're surprised?
‐No.

I guess I hoped I would be.

So, unanimous decision?

Actually, two to nothing
and one abstention.

Well, it's sensible,
I guess...

I guess it would have upset
Matthew and Zack anyways, so...

I expected it.

Matthew and Zack... and me.

I think
we could've handled it.

But Mom and Dad,
that's just
something different.

Look, it's not that we...
are not sympathetic.

‐It's just‐‐
‐This would bring havoc
on our family, Lydia.

Jill, you would never
hear from me.

I promise you.
We would not disrupt‐‐

You're my husband's
ex‐wife.

I'm, uh, not gonna
lie to you, this...

this would be a little
tough for me to take.

I know that.

Like I said, I knew all of this
before coming to ask. I just...

‐Well, I don't‐‐
‐I'm sorry, the answer is no.

[Jill] What?

Why are you
looking like that?

Uh... I'm sorry, but...

Uh... the answer is not no.

‐[sighs]
‐What?

This is just too important.

And I... I do not mean
to disrupt‐‐

You can't do this, Lydia.

You can't do it without
Jimmy's consent.

Actually, I can.
The sperm is mine,

it was property of the marriage
and it goes to me, so...

I can.

Are you crazy?

Maybe.

[sighs] Look, you guys,
when I came here,

I fully excepted to go along
with whatever you decided,

but I just can't.

And Kimberly told me that she
and the boys could handle it

so why can't the two of you
handle it?

Because we can't, Lydia!

Well, that's unfortunate.

But...

I am going to have a baby.

I'm going to have a baby.

I'm the District Attorney,
I cant help you.

[sighs]
There's got to be a law.

She can't just
kidnap my sperm?

It's considered property,
she's not committing a crime.

But you could still
represent us, John,

you've done
civil cases before.

You were involved
with the cow pregnancies.

And as a matter
of public policy,

the same principle
is at stake here.

This woman is using technology
to force Jimmy into fatherhood.

No, I'm not saying
you don't have a case,

I'm saying
hire a civil lawyer.

‐I want you.
‐Why?

Because this case
is important.

I mean, there's no lawyer
Henry Bone respects
more than you.

This does affect
public policy!

You've gotten into
this ring before,
why won't you go in with me?

What are you looking for?

[Littleton]
Simply a restraining order.

Enjoining Lydia Brock
from using the sperm
to impregnate herself.

Well, I'm not sure I have any
jurisdiction over this sperm.

It's in a Milwaukee facility
subject to your state order.

Certainly keeping
with public policies‐‐

Don't tell me you started
without me.

‐[sighs]
‐My feelings are very hurt.

What do you want?

Douglas Wambaugh
representing the ultimate
ex‐wife, Your Honor.

The frozen vials
were part of the estate
that went to Mrs. Brock.

[Littleton] The law protects
an individual's right
not to procreate.

‐And my client‐‐
‐The law is not absolute.

It's very muddy.

Maybe you can make another
of your horrible rulings, Henry,

to help send John and me
back to the Supreme Court.

‐Shut up.
‐Ah. There we go.

It's official.

I happen to know the law
on this, Judge.

I looked it up on trying
to save the pregnant cows.

Now you are supposed
to balance

the competing interest
of the parents.

I know what
I'm supposed to do,
thank you.

Just trying to help.

In grammar school,
my nickname then
was "the little helper."

Would you please shut up?

‐If it will help.
‐[Henry] All right.

Mr. Wambaugh's correct
on the legal standard.

In the absence
of a written agreement...

I must balance the interest
of each potential parent

in determining
what to do with the sperm.

That means, joy of all joys

we get to have a hearing.

Jimmy, you'll take
the stand first.

And then, Mr. Wambaugh,

we'll put your client
in the chair.

Three o'clock this afternoon.

‐Until then‐‐
‐Everybody, get out.

The Little Helper
strikes again.

[Jimmy] I do not believe this!

I have to testify
in a court of law

to stop my sperm
from having a life of its own?

Yes, and do not talk about
financial hardship, all right?

She stripped you that by
assuming responsibility.

Your whole argument
lies in emotion.

[sighs] How can this
be happening?

Lydia went to Wambaugh
on her own.

I was just there
as his assistant.

Then disqualify yourself.

You want me to do that?

Yes.

Okay.

You know,
she's my biological mother
and I do happen to love her.

Let's not forget that.

Wait just a second.

Lydia wants Dad's Mr. Seed
to put in her Mrs. Eggs

so she can make a baby?

Yes, and it's probably
gonna be in the papers.

So I wanted you to hear
about it from me first.

‐And you've got to go to court
to prevent this?
‐Mmm‐hmm.

Daddy's with Mr. Littleton
right now preparing
his testimony.

What if you lose?

How does
he give her Mr. Seed?

Well, um, she already
has Mr. Seed.

She's kept it in a freezer.

How did she get it?

Well, he, um...

No, she...

[sighs]

I have a family.

I have a daughter
and I have two sons.

How could this not have
an enormous emotional impact?

Even if she assumes full
parental responsibility?

If it is my child,
it is my child.

Nothing to do with laws
or contracts.

She's talking about
my flesh and blood here.

I must have a choice.

Is choice important?

A lot of people are having kids
they didn't plan on having.

She's forcing me
into fatherhood.

[Douglas]
It's an emotional thing,
I know.

But suppose it was
okay with Zack,
Matthew and Kimberly,

would that make a difference?

Maybe I should subpoena them
and see what they think.

No. I don't care
what they think.

I have rights. I choose
not to father her child.

I choose not to.

It should be as simple as that.

I do not wish to be a father.

He will not be the father.

A father is the person
who raises the child
and it will not be him.

‐[Douglas] But it will be
his heritage, Ms. Brock.
‐Yes, I know that.

And I am sympathetic
to the fact
that this may trouble him.

You're talking about
an imposition.

An emotional imposition.

Period. And I am talking about
my right to bear a child.

And that is far, far
more fundamental.

‐[sighs]
‐Part of me agrees with her.

What?

Jimmy, fertility...

it goes right to the core
of a woman, you have no idea.

[sighs]

That doesn't mean that I...

Look, woman have the right
to get abortions.

They don't have to have children
if they don't want.

Why shouldn't men
get the same rights?

They should. I'm not arguing
with you on principle.

I'm just saying...

Right or wrong...

if I couldn't have a baby,
I'd feel...

I don't know,
like I wasn't complete.

Why?

I know it's not the feminist
thing to say but

that's how I'd feel inside.

You actually think I should
let her do it?

I don't know.

But let me ask you something,
on principle.

Okay.

You would never

donate sperm to help
an infertile couple?

You'd never consider that?

‐That's different.
‐Why?

You just don't want Lydia
to get it.

That's the real issue.

Even if that was true, Max.
So what? That's my right.

If I don't want a particular
woman inseminated by me,

I don't have to have
a reason to say no.

I'm just asking...

do you really
need to say no?

[sighs] I don't appreciate
you representing Lydia.

I wasn't going to, Jill.

But then... I had no choice.

She gave me a retainer.

I consider you my friend.

Your helping her
is a betrayal.

She wants a baby.

I know
it makes you insecure...

I understand that.

It's her only chance, Jill,
to have a baby.

Her only chance.

[Matthew] Hi, Mom.

Oh, hi. What are you guys
doing here?

We came to see if we're
gonna get a new half‐brother.

Oh, please, go home.

[Matthew] This affects us.

Mr. Wambaugh says
it could screw up ...

the new kid can have
a part of your estate.

He asked.

I was stuck for an answer.

And you know how much
I hate dead air.

Though there is no precedent
on semen,

the courts have got the rules
for frozen embryos.

Basically, if one party
chooses not to procreate

that's the end of it.

But, the veto power
is not absolute.

If no other reasonable
alternative exists

for the woman to get pregnant.

Well...

the presumption goes to her.

The medical evidence here
is uncontroverted.

She's basically infertile

with exception
of a rare genetic match

which Jimmy Brock
happens to be.

In balancing
the competing interests

of both potential parents

the law sides with Lydia Brock

getting custody
of Jimmy Brock's heritage.

But you know I don't always
follow the law.

Sometimes my rulings go
the other way.

Sometimes, I refuse to make
any ruling.

Period.

And that's what I'm going
to do here.

What are you talking about,
Judge?

[Henry] You wanna know
what I'm talking about?

Last week, a 13‐year‐old
was in here

trying to divorce his father.

Before that... we got couples
having babies with cows.

Today, a fight over sperm.

That's what I'm talking about!

I don't know what the hell
has happened
to the American family.

But I know
one thing for sure...

Everybody's running
to the courts too damn fast

to settle domestic situations

which should be resolved
in the home.

Did you people even try
to work on this?

This is a confidential matter,
for God sake!

You're talking about
your fertility.

Your sperm.

This is sacred stuff, damn it!

And this dispute
isn't even a day old

before you go running
to a court for resolution.

Well, I'm sick of it!

I'm sick of courts legislating
family lives.

I'm sick of being
forced to do it

because of parents
and children and spouses

are too damn lazy
to put in the time.

Well, guess what?

Sheriff Brock, Dr. Brock,

Lydia Brock...

you are going
to put in the time.

I hereby sentence
the three of you
to house arrest.

We'll use your house, Sheriff.

Your Honor, I'm not sure
you can do this.

Oh, but I can.

I'm going to continue
this matter

without a finding
for 24 hours.

In the meantime,
I'm ordering you people
housebound.

And I'm ordering you
to act like a family
and work on this!

And trust me...

regardless of what
the law mandates,

you can safely assume

you don't know
what the hell I'll do!

What you can assume

is that it would be better
for you to work this out
without me!

Deputy Stewart,
take the prisoners
to their jail.

Everybody else...

get out!

[Jimmy sighs]

Can he really do this?

‐He's the judge.
‐Yeah.

[Jill] This is humiliating!

If he thinks anything's
gonna come of this,
he's too senile to be a judge.

Well, at least you have
an open mind.

That's a good sign.

Oh, I have no intention
of being mature
about this one, Lydia.

A woman comes into my house
wanting my husband's sperm?

I'm not after
the congeniality award.

‐What's for supper?
‐Supper's canceled.

‐[loud shrieking noise]
‐[Max] Oh, sorry.

Just a test.
This is a two‐way.

If any of you leave the house,
this box will ring
and I'll have to come back.

Uh, Jill, could we
go in and talk, please?

Kimberly and Lydia, would you
figure something out for dinner?
Thank you.

Now, honey...

maybe we should just let her
do what she wants.

‐What?
‐Well, the law is evidently
on her side.

‐Why put the kids through this?
‐Jimmy!

Jimmy... [sighs]

try to appreciate my resolve
in this matter.

Your sperm is going nowhere
near that woman.

Am I being too subtle?

‐No.
‐Good.

I'm gonna go in the kitchen
and see if I can rustle up
something for her to choke on.

[dishes clattering]

[Zack] Well,
let's get things started.

We got a lot of ground
to cover.

If you're finished,
you can cover
the ground in your room.

You, too, Matthew.

‐We wanna be part
of the discussion.
‐I'm sorry but you can't.

Kimberly, would you please
take them upstairs?

Wait a second.
We're all part of this family.

And a family
is not a democracy.

When you're 18,
you can have a vote.

Go.

All right, come on, up to bed.
Let's go. Move it.

It's gonna be a grown‐up
discussion here.

Kimberly,
you can come on back down
when you get them settled.

‐I'll never settle.
‐Go.

‐Go!
‐[Jill] Well, Lydia...

would you like to join us
in the living room for coffee?

‐I'd love to.
‐Good. Let's go.

We're out of coffee.
[clears throat]

All right, the judge has
ordered us to talk.
So... let's talk.

Why don't we start by
opening you up...

[scoffs]
By opening up with...

By addressing why you feel
compelled to have a baby
at the age of 50.

‐48.
‐Right.

I've already given you
the reason.

He is one in 100,000‐‐

And since I am 48,

I really don't have the time
to sample the number of men
you assume I already have.

Look, both of you,
if we are gonna
get through this...

let's drop the attitude.

Why is your name
still Brock?

I beg your pardon?

Your marriage ended
16 years ago.

That's a 120 dog years
and yet you still
use the name Brock.

Gee, Jill, my last name was
Brock when you first met Jimmy

and that didn't seem to carry
any relevance for you then.
Why now?

[Jill] Do you know why you still
use the name Brock?

So you can be connected
to Jimmy.

That's what this baby
is all about. Keeping him‐‐

I keep the name Lydia Brock
because my daughter's
last name is Brock.

If you cared anything
about Kimberly,
you wouldn't be doing this!

All right!

Don't you ever accuse me
of not loving Kimberly.

If anything, it's...

I don't have your life...
I have my life.

And if I want to enrich it
with a child,

that does not make me
a monster, damn you.

What about adopting?

I thought about that.
But I want...

I want to be pregnant.

And I can't explain
why it makes a difference.

And I know it's selfish.

The best I've ever felt
in my life is when I was
carrying you.

And next your
actual birth...

I've never known
such complete joy.

And I need to feel it again.

I'm sorry. [sighs]

These are strange times,
Henry.

How's that?

The traditional family
is becoming obsolete.

Infertility is an epidemic.

In this country, one in every
six couples are infertile.

Did you know that?
I'll bet you didn't.

And here's a bigger question‐‐
Do you care?

Not at the moment,
but keep talking.

If you say anything
that's interesting,
I'll let you know.

Science steps in with in vitro
and now embryo transplants.

The law has to step in
to regulate surrogacy contracts.

In the simple days,
man met woman,

they got married,
raised families.

Those simple days
are gone, Henry.

We're living in very
strange times.

Maybe I'm just old‐fashioned.

I'm not old‐fashioned.
I'm... I'm all for
single parenthood.

I'm all for you getting
pregnant, Lydia.

But just not by him.

It's him or nothing‐‐

Well, then it's nothing, Lydia.

It's perverse for you to even
want a child by him.

‐It's sick.
‐Why?

‐Why? She's asking me why?
‐[Jimmy sighs]

‐Tell her.
‐No, you tell her, Jimmy.

Please, go on. Tell her.

Well, of course, it's wrong.
But...

If that is my child
that doesn't make it perverse.

‐You want her
to have your baby?
‐Of course, not!

But I just wouldn't go so far
as to say it's perverse.

[Jill] First you say,
"Go ahead, let her do it"

so that we don't submit
the family to this ordeal‐‐
And then you say...

I think you're intrigued
by the whole thing.

Oh, that's ridiculous.

‐That's ridiculous.
‐I'm intrigued.

I'm sorry, but the idea
of a full sibling...

that makes me curious.

I mean, Matthew and Zack
are only half‐brothers
and sometimes I wonder‐‐

Zack and Matthew
are your brothers.

By blood,
they're not full brothers.

And sometimes I wonder
what it would be like.

Kimberly, I've never heard you
say anything like this before.

You've never asked.

I mean, can you imagine
what it must have been like
for me as a 9‐year old

sitting at the breakfast
table

looking at them
with their red hair
and looking at you?

Or as a five‐year‐old
watching you breastfeed Matthew?

I remember when you guys
came home from the hospital
with him.

And you would look in the crib
and hold each other and say,

"Look, we made a baby."

Did you ever think maybe
that I didn't feel like
I belonged?

I've never heard this before.
[sighs]

Uh‐‐ You've never said
anything like this before.

Mom, I was the child,
you were the parent.

And really, the truth is...

Dad, you never really liked
to talk about anything.

And, Mom, you really never
wanted to discuss this
particular subject.

You didn't even want
to acknowledge
the existence of Lydia,

let alone talk about her.

‐I don't think that's true.
‐It is true.

The idea was that
you were my mom‐‐
My only mom.

And Dad's past life was erased,
like it never happened.

I mean, we've never even
talk about what it feels like
to be adopted

which is basically what I am.

And you never wanted to talk
about it either because

you couldn't face the fact
that you gave me up.

Which is what you did.

All right, we're getting
a little off the track here.

No, we're not.

I never broached this subject.

I was afraid
to get into that.

How I could
just give you up.

Maybe... that's what's
going on here.

Maybe you're seeking
some kind of redemption

for having
given up Kimberly.

I didn't even fight for you.

And I was your mother.

Every night when
I go to bed, I...

I prayed that you weren't hurt.

But you were, weren't you?

[sighs] Yeah.

Clocks can't be turned back,
Henry, biological or otherwise.

I think you lost sight of that.

You know something, Doug?

You've been sitting here
for almost 90 minutes...

and I haven't listened
to a word you said.

In fact, when I look away,
I can almost pretend
you're not here.

That doesn't surprise me
'cause you do the same thing
when you're on the bench.

You like to pretend that
things are how they used to be.

And they're not.

Families are different
and problems are different.

The Brocks come to with
a problem of the '90's

that involves fertility
and sperm banks...

you sentenced them
to go home and be
Ozzie, Harriet and Aunt B.

The nuclear family
isn't the same‐‐
And you don't have a clue.

‐And you do?
‐I'm willing to admit,
maybe I don't.

When was the last time
we were on the inside
of a modern family conflict?

And what do we know about
how a family should work?

‐Hey, hey, where you going?
‐Kevin Quinn's house.

‐You said we could sleep over.
‐Oh, no.

It's a school night.
I don't think‐‐

We don't wanna stay here.
You think we can sleep
listening to this?

‐You been eavesdropping?
‐[Matthew] You think
we can stay and not listen?

That's why we gotta go.

And when we come back,
we hope you're not here.

‐We hate you.
‐Zachary Brock.

Every time she comes,
you fight.

I wish she'd die.

[Kimberly] Zachary...

That's my mother.

Then go live with her.

We heard what you said, too.

You don't think
we're your brothers.

‐I didn't say that.
‐[Matthew] Yes, you did.

You said you wondered
what it'd be like
to have a real brother.

‐We heard you.
‐Loud and clear.

That's not‐‐
That's not what I meant.

‐Right.
‐[Jill] All right, upstairs,
to your room now.

‐Go on. No!
‐We're going to Kevin‐‐

Matthew, you're going upstairs
to your room.

‐Now.
‐[Jimmy] Go.

And you close those doors.
I don't want you listening.

Well, I hope you're happy.

And you? I hope you're
very, very happy.

Jill, of course,
I'm not happy!

‐[door closes]
‐Can't you get that?

I've never raised a child.

‐I just want a family.
‐I don't care.

I won't have you
destroy mine.

Jill, Kimberly, would you
excuse us, please?

If you had that child...

you think I could just pretend
it didn't belong to me?

And I don't care about
legal responsibilities.

I'm talking about
moral responsibilities.

How could I possibly
have a child
and not participate?

It's done... all the time.

Not by me!

It worked for you that way,
Lydia, but not for me.

I gave you Kimberly
because I knew you could
give her the better home.

And the next child...

what if I felt I could
provide the better home again?

I'd have to try, Lydia.

The essence of being a parent
is giving a child
the best life you can.

I've changed, Jimmy.

I could be a good parent now.

I really could.

All right, we've all said
things we regret, so‐‐

‐You haven't said
anything wrong.
‐Lydia, please.

You haven't.
And neither have you.

And believe it or not,
neither have you.

Except maybe when you
called the idea perverse‐‐

And I'll concede,
it is arguable.

The only thing
said to be regretted

came out of a 10‐year‐old
who wished me dead.

[chuckles] Dead.

He... He didn't mean that.

[Lydia] Well, partly he did.

But you wanna know
what's really perverse
about all this?

You people here,
you're my family.

As ridiculous
as that may sound,
you're all I've got.

And I can't think of a better
argument for my desperation.

Can either of you?
And it's...

it's in the spirit
of that desperation

of my wanting to make
a family in my home...

that I've come to yours.

[Jimmy] Um, look, Lydia...

if we were to agree...

‐[Jill] Jimmy!
‐Things aren't always
black and white, Jill.

Truth is, we haven't even
considered her request.

We, at least, owe her that,
to consider it.

Why don't you consider it?

Excuse me.

[Jill sighs]

Why don't you just sleep
with her, Jimmy?

You wanna give her your sperm?
Give her a fresh batch.

‐That way we can all‐‐
‐Jill.

How the hell can you
consider it?

How can you ask me
to consider it?

You used to be married to her!

Why does this upset you
more than it does me?

It would be my flesh and blood,
I'm the one‐‐

Then don't do it, Jimmy.

That would solve both
of our problems.

Just say no!

What's going on here?

I mean, I understand
all the practical reasons
against this‐‐

But there's something else
going on here, what is it?

It's unnatural
for an ex‐wife to come back
and ask your spouse‐‐

Nobody's arguing that.
It's a preposterous thing
she's asking.

There's no dispute there.

But when you know you're right
you don't get loud.

And you certainly don't erratic.
Right now, you are both.

What is it?

I don't...

Jimmy, you have nothing
in common with that woman.

You don't have
any shared interests.

There was no reason
for you to marry her.

There was none whatsoever.

It was pure passion
that brought you two together.

Do you think that
I can't see that?

‐It was pure passion.
‐What are you getting at?

What I'm getting at is that
I am the sensible choice.

I'm the one who would
be a good mother,

who would provide
a stable home.

I don't doubt that you
loved me then
or that you love me now.

But I've...
I've always felt that I...

I'm the practical compromise.

But Lydia...

Oh, Lydia...
Lydia's the foolish choice.

The one made out of passion.

The one made out of lust.

The one that maybe
I wish that I...

Your sperm
going into her, Jimmy,

has brought a lot
of my insecurities
to the surface.

That's all.

[Jimmy inhales through teeth]

You think I don't have
passion for you?

I fell in love
in the first five minutes
of saying hello to you.

I risked my marriage,
losing custody of my daughter
because of that passion.

You made me the most crazy
I have ever been.

It's only in hindsight
that marrying you

proved to be the most
sensible thing
I have ever, ever done.

We've been husband
and wife for 16 years.

When are you gonna be sure
it's gonna last?

‐I don't know
‐[chuckles]

It's gonna last, Jill.

[Jill chuckles, sniffles]

I can't imagine a life...

or love without you.

[knock on door]

[Kimberly] What's going on?

Well, he challenged me to see
the inside of a family fight.

I, uh... I thought it was
a good idea.

‐[Kimberly chuckles]
‐Anybody been killed?

‐That's not funny.
‐Where are the prisoners?

[sighs] My mother and father
are in their bedroom
and I'm not sure where Lydia is.

Any progress been made?

Oh, yeah, big progress,

Do you really want me dead?

Zachary?

If you have a baby
with my father...

it'll wreck things.

What will that wreck, honey?

Things.

Kim won't love us as much.

Why would you say that?

'Cause then she'll have
a real brother. Or sister.

Matthew and I are just halves.

She won't love us as much
if she had a real one.

That isn't true.

I was talking about genetics,
Zack, that's all.

You two are my real brothers.

And nothing she could do
could make me love you less.

We're not your full brothers,
genetics‐wise.

[sighs] Well, genes don't matter
that much.

See, Lydia gave birth to me
but she's not my mother.

At least, she hasn't been
since I was two.

And that's what
she's looking for here,

the chance to be
a real full mother
for the first time.

Right?

Right.

What I don't get though is
why it has to be
my father's sperm?

Why do you need to get
pregnant even?

You wanna raise a child, right?
That's... that's fine.

But giving birth doesn't
make you a mother.

You should know that
better than anyone.

I don't hear anything.

You say everybody's fighting,
how come I don't hear anything?

‐Maybe you're not
listening again.
‐Shut up.

Ah‐huh... anybody pregnant?

‐What are you doing here?
‐Henry wanted to see
how real people live.

Boy, did he pick
the wrong house.

‐Will you please shut up?
‐I prick up at night.

What's going on?

Do I keep you under house arrest
or did you work it out?

Well, we didn't work
anything out?

‐She still wants his sperm.
‐[Lydia] No, I don't.

I've changed my mind.

‐Why?
‐[Lydia] Reasons.

Two of them are upstairs
getting ready for bed.

It, uh... it would be
disruptive to them.

Sorry.

So, am I free to go?
The case is over.

You're free.

I... Uh‐‐
How do I get this thing off?

Just go by the station,
Maxine will take it off for you.

I'll call, let her know
you're coming.

Okay.

Well, I'll be going.

Um...

Bye, everyone.

I'll walk you to your car.

Is there anything to eat?

‐You okay?
‐Yeah.

I'm sorry if that hurt
but my brothers
really needed to hear it.

I know.
I did, too, I guess.

Lydia, why do you need
to get pregnant?

I'm not sure. I...

Keep a secret?

Always.

‐You're going to college.
‐What?

Next fall, you'll leave
the house.

What are you talking about?

You're my daughter
but you're becoming an adult.

And you'll leave this house.

And when you go...

so goes my right to barge in
to your father's life.

Can you believe it?

Sixteen years later
and I still can't shake him.

I'm still in love with him.

[sighs] That...

‐That's what this is about?
‐Yeah.

On some level, I do want a baby
and I would love to get pregnant

but a part of me still wants‐‐

Yeah. Yeah, I think that's...

that's what's going on here.

I'm sorry.

Kimmy, giving you up,
that was partly because
I loved you so much.

‐[shudders]
‐I know.

Yeah, well, I guess
this is what happens

when you skip therapy
to try to get your
Christmas shopping done.

Well, Lydia...

do you think it would be
okay if...

sometimes I call you mom?

[gasps] Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I think I could
handle that.

[sighs]

I do love you.

Yeah, I know that.
I thank God for that.

I love you, too. [sobs]

Okay. Well, you better get back
or you'll catch a cold
and Jill will blame me.

Kimberly...

you take care.

Yeah. You, too.

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[sighs]

[exhales sharply]

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