[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
REBECCA: So, what'd you make? - Uh, what did I make? I'm glad you asked,
because I happened to make your favorite.
I made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
- Ooh. - With some fruit,
cheese, chocolate-chip cookies and, uh,
the Atlas of Human Anatomy, Third Edition.
- Sounds delicious. - Oh, it's very delicious.
Hey, you know, this is gonna be my ring's first picnic.
Yes, this is gonna be your ring's first picnic.
Rebecca!
[TIRES SCREECH AND REBECCA SCREAMS]
I just have this weird foreboding feeling, and I can't get rid of it.
Relax, honey.
Holly's throwing the engagement party. All you have to do is show up.
Oh, it's not about the party. It's something. And I can't sleep.
I wake up every two hours in a panic.
Oh, you don't have to be Freud to figure out what's going on.
Your youngest son is marrying the daughter of your arch-nemesis.
Holly is not my arch-nemesis.
What are you talking about? She slept with your husband for years
and you're gonna have grandchildren together.
That idea's terrifying,
but Rebecca and Justin are getting married.
- I'm happy for them. - So, what is it?
You worried about Mom because she's coming?
No, no. It's not Mom. I can handle Mom.
I mean, it doesn't improve my mood, but, no.
It's something. It's something about the kids.
Okay, Nora. Look at this. Little League, right?
Remember when Justin used to get up at bat, you had to close your eyes
because you were afraid that he was gonna strike out?
- What? What is your point? - My point is that nothing's changed.
The kids grow up, they lead their own lives, and you worry yourself into a state
about what may or may not happen.
Well, there is such a thing as mother's intuition.
I know and I appreciate that, but your kids are better than they've been in a while.
Tommy is getting all the help he needs, Kitty is working things out with Robert,
Kevin and Scotty are status quo, Sarah is getting out and dating again,
and Justin is going to be a doctor.
Yes, but so many things could go wrong.
You need to relax and let yourself be happy. Okay?
You're allowed to do that.
Let's get these pictures together and bring them to Holly.
Everything's gonna be fine. I will make sure of it.
All right.
ROBERT: The legislature needs to learn to live within its means,
just like the rest of Californians.
When I'm governor, they'll do it without cutting programs like this.
Kitty, so good to see your byline back on the op-ed pages and online again.
Your commentaries are always so smart and entertaining.
Thank you. I am actually enjoying getting back into it,
and I've discovered that I prefer writing to television commentary.
And why's that?
Well, I get to spend a lot of time with our son
and I get to go to work in my pajamas.
Speaking of which, you guys get the strange-bedfellows question a lot.
Well, yes, we have some pretty interesting discussions at our dinner table.
Yeah, and anything he says in his sleep is on the record.
I mean, do you see what I'm up against?
[REPORTER CHUCKLES]
[KITTY SIGHS]
So that line about you talking in your sleep,
- that was really lame. - No, it was fine.
- Did it even make sense? ROBERT: It was good.
- You guys were great. KITTY: Please.
Really. So adorable I want to pinch both your cheeks.
- You wanna see what I Twittered? - You always do give good tweet.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
- All right, I have to get back in there. - Do you, uh?
- Do you want me to go with you? - No, I'm fine.
Wow.
Eighty-five degrees, and I still feel the chill.
I know he appreciates what you're doing, so just hang in there, okay?
- He'll come around. - What else can I do?
I'm sorry. I'm just a little nervous.
I mean, I've never even bought shoes online before.
Oh, I'm so glad you said that. You're my first online date.
- Oh. - Though I have bought plenty of shoes.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
You're not what I was expecting.
- Not in a bad way. - Oh.
- Just that your picture looked different. - How?
Well, online I thought I sensed red, but you're definitely more of an orange.
- You mean my skin tone? - Your aura.
You even have a little yellow halo.
I can't tell you how nice it is to be here with someone normal.
- Thanks. - Oh, thank you.
Use these. They're sanitized.
- Wait, uh, this is your resume. - Yeah.
Uh, take a look from '97 to '02. I was in the food business.
You're here for a job?
[SLURPS]
KEVIN: Okay, just to clarify,
if we take an egg from a separate donor and use a gestational surrogate,
- neither one have any claim on the baby? - That's correct.
Okay, and how do we go about selecting the egg donor?
You give us your parameters. Eye color, hair color, ethnicity.
Oh, pfft, I don't care about that.
- Talents, education, IQ. - I care about that.
- What? What is wrong with that? - Okay, clearly we have a lot to discuss.
Do you have any, um, literature, a brochure, something we can take home?
- Yes. We have an orientation kit. - Oh, wow.
It'll explain all the legal and medical requirements.
Takes you through the whole process. We also have a price breakdown,
depending on whether you use one of our surrogates,
how many eggs we harvest,
how many implantations it takes to achieve a pregnancy.
How much would it cost for a baby without leather seats and a DVD player?
- Ha, ha. SCOTTY: Kevin.
I'm sorry. I'm just a little nervous.
Assuming the best outcome, about 137,000.
Oh, wow. Uh, well, we knew it was gonna be expensive.
Yeah, yeah. It's about what we thought.
- I think when you hear it out loud, it... - Sort of takes your breath away.
NORA: Oh, my God. SAUL: Ooh. Wow.
- What in heaven's name is this? - Oh, she really went all out.
It's awful.
- Hi. - Hi.
SAUL: Hi. - So, what do you think?
- What a transformation. - Yeah.
- Hi, Saul. - Rebecca wanted an all-white theme,
and I'm never one to go halfway, so...
Yeah. Holly, though we did decide to not spend very much money on...
- Right. On the gift. - You said that the party was your gift.
No, the way I think about it is the party is the party and the gift is the gift.
No, no. We agreed that I wouldn't spend money...
SAUL: David, I think... - Yeah, it's a perfect time.
DAVID: Ladies! Ladies!
NORA & HOLLY: What?
- Let's, uh... Let's have a seat. - I don't wanna take a seat.
SAUL: Come on. On the settee next to Holly.
We're just trying to save you from yourselves. Okay?
This is not about you. This is about your children.
- We know that. We are fine. - We're fine with it.
Nora, you understand that Holly is giving this party?
She is the hostess, she makes all the decisions.
Yes, I'm great with that.
And, Holly, you understand that Nora is the mother of the groom-to-be,
so you have to honor her position in the family as equal to yours.
Don't be silly. I mean, we are perfectly fine.
- Great. Okay. - Okay. That's all we wanna know, right?
Great.
- Oh, my God. - What?
That's beautiful. Rebecca always wanted
- a piano in the house. - You bought a piano?
- Relax. I rented it. - You rented a white piano.
- It's fine. It's beautiful. It's beautiful. HOLLY: Isn't it great?
You can't leave it there though. Uh, you have to move... It blocks your view.
You have a lovely view. You have to move it a little bit over that way.
I know, but the floor squeaks over there, so...
Well, put one of these lovely white rug things under there. It'll be, you know...
It's your party. You know, it's whatever. Your party.
Okay. Uh, you guys, could you please move the piano over just a little bit?
- Just a little bit. Go, go, go, go. Whoo! HOLLY: That's good.
- Yes, isn't that nice? HOLLY: It looks good.
We brought some photographs here, if you all wanna see them.
Um, I found some of Rebecca that I thought would be...
- That's great. NORA: Yeah, we have...
[CRACKING]
No, no, no, no, no. Wait, wait, wait!
Oh, no! My party!
My goodness. That's not good.
REBECCA: Hey. - Hey.
- You look exhausted. Are you all right? - I have so much work to do, it's insane.
- Why don't you take a break? - Oh, I wish.
Maybe you can help me. Quiz me on the bones of the hand.
There's, uh... There's 27 of them.
- Really? - Yeah. All right. Give me your hand.
- Okay. All right? - Mm-hm.
Carpus, metacarpus, uh, digitus secundus manus,
digitus medius, and digitus...
Oh, God.
Um, I always forget this one. Digitus sparkly ringumus.
Oh, my God.
Oh, Justin, it's beautiful.
I figured it was time for an upgrade from the bent nail I made you in Mexico, so...
It's perfect.
- Can we afford this? - Oh, yeah.
My, uh... My mom gave it to us. This was my great-grandmother's ring.
Oh, really?
All right. Now, how about I take you and this rock out to dinner?
- Well, what about studying? - Studying? It's my decoy.
I'm finished.
[CHUCKLES]
- I love you. - I love you.
JUSTIN: Mm.
Now, if you want an anatomy lesson...
She's got termites. They ate clear through her joists.
The only solution was to move the party here.
Why do I get the impression that you went over to Holly's
and put those termites under her house yourself?
Don't be ridiculous.
Come on, Mom. Admit it. You're enjoying this. Just a little.
Now, why would I enjoy having Holly's party here?
Because now it's your party.
No, no, no. It's not. I'm going to be completely magnanimous.
It is Holly's party. She is the hostess of it.
- I heard Grandma's coming. - Oh, dear.
- Let the disapproval begin. - Well, she's my mother. It's fine.
- I have accepted it. - Keep telling yourself that, Mom.
You know what? It's a proven fact there is nothing
that can irritate a daughter more than her mother.
Honey, you're not eating anything. Can I fix you something else?
Uh, no. Evan and I have been passing back and forth this virus.
I get a fever, he gets a fever. It just comes and goes.
Oh, hey. How is the couples counseling going?
Um, we've been given intimacy homework exercises, if you can believe that.
Sex homework?
We're just supposed to communicate our feelings non-verbally.
If I did that with Joe when we were going through the thick of it, he would be dead.
Though I have to say, as much of a jerk as Joe could be,
he's not half as weird as those freaks I'm meeting online.
Oh, honey, I'm sorry that didn't work out for you.
It's okay, Mom. I put it behind me.
Joe's got the kids for three more weeks, so I'm escaping to Paris,
where I shall be a free girl, unfettered and alive.
This time tomorrow night, I shall be in France.
And if the guys are jerks, I won't care, because they'll be speaking French.
Did you tell Rebecca you can't come to her party?
Of course, Mom. Oh, she said that Tommy called,
[GASPS]
Apologized, and said that he would make it up to her at her wedding.
Good. I wish he would call me.
Okay, this is what I'm gonna make. Seared sea scallops wrapped in bacon.
And I'm gonna find a little vegetarian something.
- Mom. - What?
Don't forget it's Holly's party.
I know. I'm just gonna help a little bit.
KITTY: Hmm.
I'm so sorry I'm gonna miss this.
- I'm so sorry. I feel responsible. - No, sweetie, no.
It's just, uh, a minor train wreck.
But nothing is going to spoil your party.
[SIGHS]
- I love the white too. It's beautiful. - Oh, good.
Well, I've talked to the party planner, and they're getting like 100 more yards
to decorate Nora's house, which will be even better there with those high ceilings.
- It'll be more dramatic. - Yeah.
So do you notice anything different about me?
No.
It's not your hair.
It's not your shoes. What?
[HOLLY GASPS AND REBECCA CHUCKLES]
Oh! Wow!
- When did he give you that? - Last night.
Oh.
- That's gotta be like two carats. - It's beautiful. Nora gave it to Justin.
It was her grandmother's.
- Really? - Mm-hm.
Wow, that's beautiful, honey. It's great.
You know, there's something I've gotta do.
Are you all right if you go home and relax and then meet me at the party?
- Yeah, perfect. - Okay? That'd be great. I'll see you then.
- Justin. Come on in. - Professor Gray. How's it going?
- Shut the door. - Sure.
Sit down.
Is, uh, something wrong?
These, uh, combined MD/BA programs are incredibly tough.
We have students with perfect SAT scores
and Ivy League education who can't cut it.
Your, uh, first-term reports came in
and I am sorry to say that you are in trouble.
- It's biochem, isn't it? I'm sorry, sir. - It's everything.
Biochemistry, organic chemistry, physics and calculus.
I have had to turn down a lot of qualified applicants for this program.
To be honest, you were not even in the top 20.
- Uh, then why am I here, sir? - I got the call.
- What call? - Three calls actually.
You'd be surprised how quickly the regents pick up the phone
whenever a U.S. Senator puts a word in.
Um, that didn't come from me. I didn't ask for any of that to...
Regardless,
you have been given an incredible opportunity.
But if this is the caliber of work that we can expect,
I just don't think this is going to work out.
It's not, sir. I'm gonna work much harder.
I'II, uh, study more. I'll do whatever it takes.
Good. Because you are going to have to work incredibly hard
- to turn this around, Justin. - I understand.
[SINGING]
- Sing with me. Let your hair down. - Oh, I didn't know my hair was up.
Okay, I have just been to the bank. And guess what.
[SINGING]
What? What are you talking about?
- Wait. What are you talking about? - Okay, listen to me.
We don't owe much on this loft, okay?
The bank said we can take a line of credit.
We'll have enough for the surrogacy. We'll probably have enough left over
to buy a couple of those cute little Marc Jacobs suits.
If it's a boy.
What's wrong? I just solved the money problem.
You're talking about going into debt before the baby's even born.
I mean, we haven't bought one diaper yet, let alone...
I mean, childcare, there's doctors' appointments, school.
I'm sorry. I'm a little confused,
because I thought you wanted this baby too.
I do. I just don't move as fast as you do. I need some time to sort things out.
I mean, Kevin, we went to the agency for information,
- they gave us a hundred pages of things... - I was there.
I just need to process things before we go talking to a banker.
All right. Fine. The last thing I want to do is put pressure on you.
Good. You know, because a baby isn't like a Marc Jacobs suit.
You can't return it if it doesn't fit.
Who said anything about it not fitting?
- Are you having second thoughts? - No.
- Maybe. Kevin, l... - Why don't I just stop talking for a while?
That's a good idea.
- Honey. - I'm sorry. It's a bad habit. Here we go.
- Did you just roll your eyes? - No, no. I'm right here.
- I'm doing this. - Okay, well then, let's just do it.
- My eyes are watering. - So blink.
Blink, Robert. This is not a staring contest. You are allowed to blink.
I said I'd go to therapy. I didn't say I'd do these stupid exercises.
- What is this? - Wait.
I leave Evan four nights a week,
and I go to one rubber-chicken-dinner fundraiser after another, and...
- But I never asked you to do that. - Well, I never said you did.
But I go because you're running for governor,
and I am trying to make an effort, and I think that you can try too.
And there's a little guilt from last spring.
When are you gonna stop punishing me?
I mean, I'm not punishing you for lying to me.
I'm not punishing you.
You know, Robert, I want to make our marriage work. I really do.
- But if you don't... - No,
I am just looking for something, for some spark
to tell me that we have a chance.
And?
So far I'm not seeing it.
[EVAN CRYING]
- I got him. - No, he probably has a fever.
I got him.
Hard to believe there's two white baby grand pianos in Los Angeles.
- Lovely, right? - Yes.
Uh, Holly, I don't want to say anything,
but your party planner person is in my stairway.
He seems to be taking down all my family photos. He could just hide them...
You don't have to worry about photographs.
They're gonna take care of them. Excuse me,
could you please move this table into the garage?
You can't move my dining room table out into the garage.
We need the room so we can mingle.
People have been successfully mingling in this room for hundreds of parties.
- Trust me. - Trust you?
Isn't that hilarious, seeing that you walked all over our agreement?
What do you mean? I've been nothing but gracious...
Nora, there's a strange man out there rearranging furniture.
- Mother, what are you doing here? - I thought I was invited.
Well, yes, you are invited. No. Welcome.
Mother, welcome. I'm so glad to see you. You look lovely.
Yes. I thought Saul was picking you up at the airport to take you to his place,
- so you could have a nap or a shower... - I'm not infirm.
I am perfectly capable of taking a taxi, and I don't wanna nap.
- Who is this? - Holly Harper.
Mother of the bride.
- Va-va-voom. - Ha, ha.
- Ida Holden, grandmother of the groom. - Hi. Nice to meet you.
I can't wait for you to meet Rebecca, the bride.
- She's so tall, she's beautiful. - Oh, I'm sure she is.
- She has such a lovely mother. - Thank you.
Nora, you've never told me. How did Justin and Rebecca meet?
- Holly, I smell your cake burning. - So do I.
- In the kitchen. - Yes. In the kitchen.
- I don't smell anything. - You will, Mother. You will.
You never told her?
I told my mother William had a mistress.
I neglected to tell her the mistress's name.
Much less the fact that we thought Rebecca was Justin's sister for a while.
I can't conceive of how I will explain Ryan to her.
So please, please, Holly, don't say anything.
Why would I say anything?
It's not like I could lead with, "Hey. Hi, I'm the mistress."
All right, so Rebecca and Justin met at a bar.
No, no. Wait, wait, wait, no, no. That makes her sound too slutty.
- How about mutual friends? - Mutual friends.
Nobody offered me anything to eat on the airplane.
Apparently, I'm getting the same service here.
You must be exhausted. Come on. Why don't you sit down?
- I've got some quiche in the oven. - I thought we were having cake.
I never liked these stools. They're just too high for me.
You know, I prefer to sit at a proper table,
but two men just picked up your dining room table
and walked away with it, Nora.
JUSTIN: You should've told me. - You asked for a recommendation.
No, I asked for a letter of recommendation.
- I didn't ask you to call three regents. - Okay, the distinction is lost on me.
The distinction is I'm in this program, not because I belong there,
but because my brother-in-law is a U.S. Senator.
Calls are made all the time.
They wouldn't let you in if you weren't qualified.
You should've seen my advisor.
Practically told me I'm too dumb to be in this program.
- Now, why would he say that? - Because I'm in way over my head.
I think this guy wants me to flunk so he can give my seat to someone who deserves it.
Okay, now hold on.
I wouldn't have written the letter or made calls if I didn't think you deserved it.
Okay, you've been a medic in two wars.
You've dealt with everything on the battlefield from sucking chest wounds
to amputations, and I don't think most science geeks can say that.
If it's the academics, then, you know, you gotta man up and work harder.
Man up? How am I supposed to man up
when all my professors resent my even being there?
Justin, you're not gonna solve whatever's wrong here
by continuing to blame me for helping you.
Well, maybe the problem is, whatever I have to "solve," isn't solvable.
[KITTY SINGING]
Hmm. His ears look fine.
- I think he's just teething. - That's really good,
because I thought maybe I had given him something.
I've been having this sort of...
- I don't know, this low-grade fever thing. - You do look a little pale.
- How's your energy? - Oh, well, it's not as good as his.
- Any other symptoms? - My glands have been a little swollen,
but that's just because I have allergies.
When did this start?
Oh, I don't know. How long has this been going on?
Maybe a month, maybe six weeks.
- That's a long time to feel sick. - Yeah, it's weird.
You know, I, um... I had mono once when I was 16,
and it kind of feels like that.
I doubt that's it, but you should have a blood test just to be sure.
Really?
Do you think maybe you could save me some time and do it here?
Sure. I'll send Lois in. I'll have her bring you both a lollipop.
A lollipop.
A lollipop for you.
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
Well, don't you two look nice.
[SCALES PLAYING ON PIANO]
- Mother, you changed your hair. - Holly did it.
Ida has been telling me all about your husband, William.
I am so sorry he's not still with us.
- You didn't miss much. - Mother, please.
No, Holly's family. She might as well know.
William was a cheater.
He had this bottle-blonde tramp he kept across town to fornicate with.
- Mother. Mother. - Piece of trash floozy
he picked up God knows where.
You know, Nora, you're lucky he didn't pick up some disease while he was at it.
You know what, Holly? It must be my oven.
I smell that cake of yours burning again. I just... It's burning.
I don't smell anything.
Mother, you're wearing so much perfume, all you can do is smell yourself.
[SOFT MELODY PLAYING ON PIANO]
- Wow, it's so white. - Yeah, it's like Cristo's bar mitzvah.
Let's get a drink before I have to introduce you to Grandma.
Promise me you won't say anything to your family
- about the whole surrogacy thing. - Absolutely.
I'm terrified once Mom finds out she'll wanna choose a surrogate for us.
I'm terrified she's gonna wanna be the surrogate for us.
Justin, where are you? Everyone's arriving.
You were supposed to be here an hour ago.
This is our engagement party. Can you get here as fast as you can?
Oh, look, look, Grandma. That's his tooth.
He has one little tiny tooth, and you can really see it when he laughs.
ROBERT: Yeah, which he does quite a bit.
Yeah, he does.
He does. Sometimes when I go into his room in the morning,
I swear to you he's just sitting there and he's laughing.
He's adorable. Say what you want, but they do make cute babies.
Your mother promised to bring me a piece of cake, and she never did.
Yeah, go get some cake, crazy lady.
[SIGHS]
- Are you okay? - Yeah, I just don't feel very good.
Well, let's go. I don't think Justin's very happy with me today anyway.
Yeah, well, I'll go see if I can even find him.
IDA: Oh, I'm sorry I missed your wedding.
I want you to know I am 100 percent in favor of gay marriage.
You are?
You know those "Defense of Family" kooks?
I mean, what is all that about? I mean, gays can't have families.
Grandma, gay people can have children.
Well, apparently, you know something about plumbing I don't.
- There's adoption. - Well, I didn't know they let you do that.
- They do, and there's surrogacy. - Kevin.
- And what's that? - Well, uh, we find an egg donor
and then we hire a surrogate to carry the baby to term.
Oh.
And which one of you gets to sleep with the egg lady?
[DOOR OPENS]
- Oh, I'm sorry. I know I'm late. - What happened?
- Are you okay? - Yeah. I'm, uh, great. Never better.
- Where were you? - I was at the library,
- and I lost track of time. - I'm sorry.
You lose track of time on a Sunday when you're hanging out,
not on the day of your engagement party.
There are rules for when I can lose track of time now?
- What is going on with you? - Nothing. Just nothing.
- Justin, what is going on? - You have to cut me some slack.
Because you have no idea how much pressure I'm under right now.
- Holly, what are you doing? - Justin arrived.
JUSTIN: I'm disappointing everybody.
Yes, so I hear.
REBECCA: It's the first time I've heard about this.
How do you expect me to understand
- if you don't talk about it? - You wanna know?
- Yes, I want to know. - I have three tests on Monday.
If I don't get at least a B in all of them, I can kiss being a doctor goodbye.
If I'm lucky I'll get to clean the doctors' pools. And you know what?
I know how important this wedding and engagement extravaganza is to you,
but if you want me to be that little plastic guy on top of the cake,
- this isn't gonna work for me. - What? Wait, wait, wait.
So now this wedding is my idea? Are you serious? That is so unfair, Justin.
If you don't think this is gonna work, don't blame me.
I don't know what I was thinking.
- What were you thinking? - I could handle medical school,
get married, and be married to you without my life going into flames.
But you know what? I was wrong.
What are they yelling about? The party can hear.
Okay, okay, okay. Change of plans.
Nora, you go inside, you tell them to kiss and make up and get their butts outside.
- Outside? - Yeah. Gifts outside, everybody.
Come on, everybody. Gifts outside. Let's go. Come on, come on, come on.
Gifts outside?
Scotty! Saul! Grandma!
Do you want me to go out there and say, "I'm sorry. My fianc� had a little freak-out.
- Be sure to try the salmon"? - I heard the salmon's great.
Excuse me. I don't know what you're arguing about, but...
- Not now, Mom. - Yes, now.
Everyone is outside waiting for you, so you have to pull it together
- and we have to go out there. - Can you just give us one minute?
Sorry, no.
- What's the holdup? - They're coming. They're coming.
What's that?
It's this really cute little picture frame I got them. I had it engraved.
Oh, I'd hide that if I were you.
HOLLY: Oh, there they are.
Rebecca and Justin, happy engagement from me and David.
[ALL CHEERING]
DAVID: Congratulations.
Oh, yeah. I love you both.
- Mom, check this... She got us a car. - Wow.
Wow, you got them a car.
Holly, that's so generous of you. Too generous.
- Well, they deserve it. - Yes, they deserve it.
I thought the party was your gift. I thought we decided not to give them anything else.
- Holly, don't. Don't... - You broke the agreement.
I got them a picture frame.
Well, I find it interesting that you have completely forgotten
- that you broke the rules first. - How did I break the rules?
- You got them a diamond ring. - The ring was my grandmother's.
- I gave it to Justin, he gave it to Rebecca. - You know, it's amazing
how you always find the loophole that you can crawl through, Nora.
I'd like to talk to you about loopholes.
Mom, I won't drive the car. It'll be Rebecca's.
Nora, it's a lovely car, and clearly Holly has the money to pay for it.
Yes, Holly has the money to pay for it. Holly, do you want to tell my mother
how you happen to have the money to pay for it?
She earned it, Nora. She's the president of Ojai Foods.
Yes, she is the president of Ojai Foods.
Tell my mother how you happen to become the president of Ojai Foods.
- How'd that happen, Holly? - Okay.
I am the tramp that William was fornicating with. I am the floozy.
And I was so good at it that he gave me an endowment.
Okay, that's it. Justin, you were right. I'm going home. Thank you all very much.
- Fine with me, Rebecca. - Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
She...? Wait a minute.
- Is the party over? - Yeah.
Yeah, it's over.
It's a good thing you're calling this off. That girl could be your sister.
They are not brother and sister.
Mother, do you think I would approve of this wedding if they were?
Nora, I am still trying to digest the fact that you are hosting a party
- with your husband's mistress. - Mother, shut up.
- Excuse me? - You heard me, Mother. I said shut up.
SCOTTY: It is a pretty night.
I was thinking about taking a walk around the pool.
- Do you wanna come with me? - Why, yes. That would be lovely.
Nora, I don't appreciate being talked to like this.
- All right. Let's all get back to Justin. - Or not.
Justin, listen to me. If your grades are as bad as you say they are,
then you have to change something.
You have to do whatever you need to do to stay focused.
If you have too much going on in your life right now,
then you have to choose what's most important.
Yes, Justin. Maybe you should postpone the wedding for a few months.
Rebecca, won't go for that, all right? She'd break up with me.
- I think she already did that. - No, she didn't.
Justin, I know you love Rebecca. I love Rebecca.
But she's not going anywhere. And right now you're in med school.
Who cares if Robert pulled strings to get you in? You're in!
And this is a chance that won't come around again.
I know. And every person here is taking their opportunity to tell me not to blow it.
So thanks for bringing that up. I appreciate it.
- Maybe I shouldn't have bought the car. - Mom, this is not about the car.
- This is about Justin. - Well, if he made you this upset,
why don't we go over there and pick up your things and bring them back here?
REBECCA: Oh, my God. - David, it's not helping.
Sweetie, maybe it's not the end of the world
that Justin wants to postpone the wedding.
- What are you saying? - He's studying night and day,
he's commuting so that he can see you, he's overwhelmed.
- And maybe you're overwhelmed too. - So now you're on Justin's side?
No, all I'm saying is maybe this is not the perfect time to plan a wedding.
Well, when is the perfect time? In four years when he graduates?
- When he's done his residency? - Well, maybe it won't be that long.
Justin had a big setback.
Maybe he just needs some time to regain faith in himself.
Well, what about having faith in me? I've always been there for him.
- Yeah, but has he been there for you? - Okay, I've gotta go home.
- What are you gonna say? - I don't know.
Why don't you just spend the night and then we can talk about it in the morning?
I feel like I need to figure this out on my own. Okay?
[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]
[PLAYS PIANO]
Justin?
- You know what I'm doing right now? - What?
I'm plucking out random notes because I don't know how to play the piano.
Because I never finished the piano lessons you bought when I was 9.
You weren't into music, you were into baseball.
I quit piano. And eventually I quit the baseball team.
I was gonna quit that summer job at Ojai, but Dad fired me first.
And I, uh, quit college. That's what I do, Mom. I, uh, quit.
So you of all people are entitled to doubt
whether I'm gonna be able to finish medical school or not.
I don't doubt you.
What, you don't?
I'm just worried that you're gonna somehow sabotage yourself
- by trying to do so much. - Mom, I hate when you say that.
I need you to believe in me. Especially now.
I'm so scared of disappointing you.
No matter how old I get, I feel like I'm this kid sitting here
at the piano messing up with my mom frowning at me in the doorway.
Justin.
When you were that little boy, you were bored or distracted or rebellious,
but that was then and this is now.
And you are working so hard on so many things,
and you're trying not to disappoint Rebecca.
And not to let me down. And what about you?
What do you really want?
And if what you want is to be a doctor,
then I don't think there's anyone or anything that can stop you.
Really?
Really.
I guess it's a good thing they don't send you my med school grades.
No more frowning.
Oh, God, was I really like that? I'm just like my mother.
I never wanted to be like my mother.
I never wanted to make you feel like you were a disappointment to me.
No, Mom. You're not. You're not like Grandma.
Not even close.
- Really? - Really.
[DOOR OPENS]
[SOMBER POP MUSIC PLAYING]
- Hey. - Hey.
I wasn't sure you were gonna be here.
Yeah, neither was I.
We're, uh...
We're both here. That's a good sign, right?
Yeah.
Justin, I wanna help you.
And I don't like seeing you under all of this pressure,
and I certainly don't wanna add to it, so...
Do what you need to do.
If you need to move out, if you need to call off the wedding...
No, no, no. Rebecca, I don't wanna call off the wedding.
I don't. Okay?
Everybody keeps telling me in order to get through this
I need to believe in myself.
And you know what? They're right.
What I need from you is, um,
sometime in the middle of the night,
I'm gonna wake up with doubts and freak out.
And I just need to be able to turn to you and know that you believe in me.
I do believe in you.
I've always believed you could do this.
You're right. I know that.
- Do you? - I do. I really do.
Good.
- So? - So how about this?
How about tomorrow we have a picnic at Zuma Beach?
- You don't have to take me on a picnic. - I wanna take you on a picnic.
I mean, come on. We'll pack some food, and if I have to study,
I might as well study in a beautiful place with a beautiful girl.
- I'm gonna quiz you relentlessly. - I hope you do.
I need all the help I can get.
- I love you. - I love you too.
[SIGHS]
[MACHINE BEEPS]
GIBSON [ON MACHINE]: Kitty, hi, this is Dr. Gibson.
Give me a call as soon as you get this, okay?
Just tell my answering service I'm expecting your call.
[MACHINE BEEPS]
That sounded important.
Um, no. No, no, no. She's just anal about following up.
Well, you know that. Evan had a fever, so...
Okay. All right. I've got some work I gotta catch up on.
- Good night. - Good night.
[PHONE DIALING]
[LINE RINGING]
Uh, hi. Yes. I'm, um, calling for Dr. Gibson.
It's Kitty McCallister.
Uh, yes. Yes, she's expecting my call.
How's Assembling a Child by Tolstoy?
[SCOTTY SIGHS]
Okay, listen to this egg-donor contract.
"Except as set forth in section 13.3 below
intended parents' payment to o-site donor..."
- I can't understand a word of this. - You don't have to.
That's the advantage of being married to a lawyer.
Well, it's not just the fine print I'm worried about.
[SIGHS]
Sometimes in contract negotiations, it doesn't matter what you do,
one party will always find something wrong.
And those deals never get done.
But it has nothing to do with the fine print.
Usually, someone has cold feet, so you have to tell me
if that's what you're feeling.
Okay.
The more real this gets, the more scared I become.
That's how I'm feeling.
You'd... Ugh. You'd be crazy not to be a little scared.
I'm not a little scared, Kevin.
I don't wanna move forward with this until I'm sure.
I understand.
- Do you? - Yeah.
I spent two years
being scared of committing to us, to you, so,
it's my turn to wait.
Okay. I'm setting our new navigation to take us to the beach.
I already know how to get to the beach, Justin.
Look at you, all manly, refusing to take directions.
And I made the sandwiches. It's like a complete role reversal.
Let's just hope I'm a better driver than you are a sandwich maker.
[MELLOWALTERNATIVE ROCK PLAYING]
How have you been feeling lately? Any colds, flu?
No. No, just a low-grade fever on and off.
- And a little fatigue. - Mm-hm.
You've got some enlarged nodes here and there,
but this one is big enough I'd like to take a closer look.
It's not bad. I just use a needle to take out a few cells.
I can do it here in the office. I'd like to do it right away if you've got the time.
Sure. What exactly are you looking for?
You know what? Let's not jump ahead. See you in a few minutes.
I have a, uh...
- I have a baby boy at home. - I understand.
I'll send Gina in to get you ready.
Goodbye, Nora. It's been enlightening as always.
Mother, please, can't I talk to you?
- No, the taxi will be here in a minute. - Look, I would like to apologize.
I came to your room last night, but all the lights were out.
I took a pill.
I have trouble sleeping when things are calm, so you can imagine.
Well, I have trouble sleeping too. Maybe I inherited that from you.
- Something else that's my fault. - That's not what I meant. Honestly.
Mother, I've been so out of it.
I've been anxious and worried about my kids.
I don't know why.
Maybe I just took that out on you.
Oh.
From the minute my kids were born, all I did was worry about them.
Hey, you know, this is gonna be my ring's first picnic.
NORA: I thought, "Surely this will stop when they get older."But, no.
What I worry about has changed, but I'm still worrying.
- I'm gonna need you to stay very still. - Okay.
NORA: And what good has all this worrying done?
[SINGS INDISTINCTLY]
None.
With or without it, my kids are doing just fine.
- What did you make? - What did I make?
- I happened to make your favorite. - They're happy and they're fine.
AVADON: You're gonna feel a little stick.
I just need to learn to relax.
Rebecca!
[TIRES SCREECH]
I deserve to be happy.
[DOOR OPENS]
Well, I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
I just wanted to talk to the pathologist.
Kitty, it's, um, not good news.