‫PREVIOUSLY ON ‫ "SWITCHED AT BIRTH"...
‫IF MY MOM WAS DRINKING, ‫I'D KNOW ABOUT IT.
‫MOM!
‫- I'M NOT READY ‫ TO SIGN MY RIGHTS AWAY. ‫- I CAN'T RAISE THIS KID.
‫THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED ‫TO SHUT DOWN CARLTON ‫FOR GOOD.
‫I CANNOT LOSE ‫THAT SECOND CHANCE.
‫IN MY HEART, ‫I KNOW I'M THE ONE ‫WHO SHOULD RAISE HER.
‫EVERYBODY, GOOD LUCK. ‫GOOD LUCK.
‫- ( alarm blaring ) ‫ - CALMLY.
‫- THE COPS ARE HERE. ‫- ( police radio chatter )
‫HOW LONG IS THIS ‫GOING TO GO ON?
‫I DON'T KNOW, ‫BUT I DON'T LIKE ALL ‫THOSE POLICE CARS HERE.
‫- YEAH, DID YOU SEE... ‫- SIR, WE WILL HANDLE THIS.
‫- WE'LL WAIT ALL NIGHT. ‫- OH, LOOK.
‫( camera clicking )
‫WE WILL END ‫OUR OCCUPATION ‫OF CARLTON
‫WHEN THE FOLLOWING ‫DEMANDS ARE MET:
‫THE CARLTON CAMPUS ‫WILL REMAIN OPEN
‫AND THE STUDENT BODY ‫WILL BE COMPRISED
‫OF DEAF STUDENTS ONLY.
‫AND THERE WILL BE ‫NO RECRIMINATIONS
‫FOR ANY OF THE STUDENTS ‫INVOLVED IN THE OCCUPATION.
‫YOU ARE IN NO POSITION ‫TO BE MAKING DEMANDS.
‫THE ONLY QUESTION RIGHT NOW
‫IS WILL YOU BE REMOVED ‫BY FORCE
‫OR WILL YOU COME OUT ‫VOLUNTARILY?
‫I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ‫YOU TAKING A STAND.
‫( pounding on door )
‫UH, THEY'RE BANGING ‫ON THE DOOR.
‫( police radio chatter )
‫- ( gasps ) ‫- OH!
‫WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT? ‫WAS ANYBODY HURT IN THERE?
‫- UM, YOU KNOW ‫ HE'S DEAF, RIGHT? ‫- All: BAY!
‫BUT YOU'RE NOT. ‫IF YOU CAN HEAR WHAT I'M SAYING ‫WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THERE?
‫SAME THING AS ‫EVERYONE ELSE IN THERE--
‫PROTESTING THE CLOSING ‫OF THE BEST SCHOOL THAT ‫I'VE EVER BEEN TO.
‫- CAN I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? ‫- SURE. BAY KENNISH.
‫OW! ‫MY UNDERARM.
‫OKAY, I JUST DON'T ‫UNDERSTAND--
‫WHY'D YOU HAVE TO RUIN THE PLAY?
‫EVERYONE WORKED SO HARD!
‫DID YOU TWO REALLY THINK ‫THAT YOU COULD CHANGE
‫THE SCHOOL BOARD'S MIND ‫WITH THAT PROLONGED ‫TEMPER TANTRUM?
‫HAVE YOU PEOPLE NEVER HEARD ‫OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE?
‫MARTIN LUTHER KING? ‫THIS IS HOW CHANGE HAPPENS.
‫I'VE GOT THIS.
‫ALL RIGHT, ‫LET'S JUST ALL GET SOME REST. ‫WE'LL TALK IN THE MORNING.
‫- ( phone vibrates ) ‫- ( Kathryn sighs )
‫HEY! DID YOU ‫TALK TO THE PRESS?
‫YEAH. ‫WHY, AM I QUOTED?
‫WE DIDN'T ‫TAKE OVER THE SCHOOL
‫SO A HEARING PERSON ‫COULD SPEAK FOR US.
‫NO, YOU TOOK IT OVER
‫SO YOU COULD MAKE SURE ‫THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME
‫NEVER GO THERE AGAIN.
‫- HEYO. ‫- HI.
‫AHEM...
‫SO I HAVE SOME ‫KILLER NEWS.
‫- OH YEAH? ‫- UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO
‫THIS REALLY INSPIRING GUY ‫CAME TO TALK TO OUR YOUTH GROUP.
‫HE STARTED ‫HIS OWN NONPROFIT
‫THAT HELPS ‫COMMUNITIES IN PERU GET ‫ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER?
‫- YEAH, I'VE HEARD ‫ OF STUFF LIKE THAT. ‫- YEAH.
‫SO I APPLIED FOR THIS...
‫SCHOLARSHIP THING
‫AND I GOT IT!
‫- THAT'S AMAZING! ‫- YEAH.
‫I'M GONNA BE TEACHING KIDS
‫- MUSIC AND ENGLISH. ‫- OH.
‫MAN, I'D LOVE TO TEACH ‫MUSIC TO KIDS.
‫WELL, I MEAN, ‫I WOULD LOVE ‫FOR YOU TO COME,
‫BUT TECHNICALLY
‫IT IS A MISSIONS TRIP,
‫SO WE'RE GONNA BE ‫HELPING PEOPLE OUT, BUT ALSO
‫- WITNESSING TO THEM. ‫- THAT'S COOL.
‫I'LL HANG BACK HERE.
‫SO IS THIS LIKE
‫AN OVER-THE-SUMMER ‫KIND OF THING?
‫- OR? ‫- THE END OF SUMMER.
‫FOR SIX MONTHS.
‫AS IN 180 DAYS?
‫183.
‫I COUNTED.
‫THIS COULD BE ‫AN INCREDIBLE
‫AND HUMBLING EXPERIENCE
‫- AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE-- ‫- OF COURSE
‫I WANT YOU TO GO. ‫THAT SOUNDS AMAZING.
‫- IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW-- ‫- I KNOW.
‫WE JUST GOT BACK TOGETHER.
‫I AM GONNA HATE ‫BEING AWAY FROM YOU, TOO.
‫BUT IN THE CONTEXT ‫OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES,
‫SIX MONTHS REALLY ‫ISN'T THAT LONG.
‫THE REST OF OUR LIVES?
‫THAT SOUNDS LIKE ‫THOUSANDS OF DAYS.
‫YEARS EVEN.
‫HMM.
‫- YOU HEADING OUT? ‫- OH YEAH.
‫EARLY BIRD GETS ‫THE STATE SENATE SEAT,
‫DESPITE HIS PATHETIC ‫POLLING NUMBERS.
‫- A LOT CAN CHANGE ‫ IN THREE DAYS. ‫- ( coffee pouring )
‫OH YEAH, ‫ WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT.
‫THERE'S A LOT OF KENNISH ‫IN THE NEWS TODAY
‫AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY ‫CAMPAIGN-RELATED.
‫LOOK AT THIS.
‫PATRICIA SAWYER'S GOING ‫TO HAVE A FIELD DAY ‫WITH THAT.
‫OH HEY! ‫YOU GUYS WANT SOME LUNCH? ‫I JUST MADE SOME TUNA SALAD.
‫YEAH, SURE, ‫SOUNDS GREAT.
‫WE'RE ENGAGED.
‫TO BE MARRIED.
‫I GOT THAT. ‫AHEM.
‫THAT'S...
‫JUST...
‫WONDERFUL NEWS.
‫- ( giggles ) ‫- John: HUH...
‫YEAH.
‫I'M NOT EXPELLED.
‫- OH, THAT'S FANTASTIC! ‫- THERE'S A BIG ASSEMBLY ‫ TOMORROW
‫AND WE'RE ALL EXPECTED ‫TO BE THERE.
‫WELL, I BROKE OUT ‫THE WAFFLE MAKER.
‫I THOUGHT WE COULD ‫HAVE BREAKFAST.
‫I'M NOT HUNGRY.
‫( stomps )
‫WE STILL NEED TO TALK
‫ABOUT THAT TEXT YOU SENT ‫WHILE YOU WERE IN THERE.
‫I NEED TO CONTACT ‫EMMETT AND EVERYONE ‫AND SEE WHAT THIS MEANS.
‫I UNDERSTAND THAT, ‫BUT WE STILL NEED TO TALK.
‫( sighs )
‫YOU WERE PASSED OUT.
‫AFTER A LONG DAY ‫OF JOB-HUNTING.
‫I THINK ‫I'VE EARNED THE RIGHT ‫TO FALL ASLEEP
‫IN FRONT OF THE TV ‫WITHOUT BEING CALLED ‫A DRUNK.
‫- YOU SMELLED LIKE ALCOHOL. ‫- I KNOW BAY IS ALL WOUND UP
‫BECAUSE I AM DATING ‫A MUSICIAN, SO I AM NOT SURE ‫WHAT SHE HAS TOLD YOU,
‫BUT I'M FINE.
‫I AM NOT DRINKING.
‫YOU PROMISE?
‫PROMISE.
‫OKAY. ‫I'M SORRY.
‫LET ME KNOW ‫WHAT THEY TELL YOU.
‫THAT'S JUST INSANE.
‫WASN'T HE JUST ‫IN THE HOT TUB WITH ‫PATRICIA SAWYER'S DAUGHTER?
‫YEAH, WHICH APPARENTLY ‫DROVE HIM RIGHT BACK ‫INTO THE ARMS OF NIKKI.
‫THEY'RE BOTH 18, ‫SO THERE'S LEGALLY NOTHING ‫WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
‫- I KNOW. I KNOW. ‫- THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ‫ APARTMENTS, HONEY, AND JOBS.
‫- AND THIS IS SO UNLIKE HIM. ‫- THIS OBVIOUSLY IS NOT ‫ JUST GONNA GO AWAY.
‫I DON'T KNOW WHERE ‫THIS IS COMING FROM.
‫WELL, SINCE YOU TOOK HIM ‫TO THAT CHURCH AND HE ‫MET NIKKI--
‫- OH, SO IT'S MY FAULT? ‫- NO, I'M JUST SAYING
‫NOT SLEEPING WITH SOMEONE ‫TILL YOU'RE MARRIED IS ONE WAY ‫TO FIND YOURSELF ENGAGED.
‫I DON'T THINK ‫THIS IS ABOUT SEX.
‫WELL, NOT JUST ABOUT SEX.
‫WHY COULDN'T HE JUST ‫OCCUPY HIS HIGH SCHOOL LIKE ‫EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE FAMILY?
‫- WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. ‫- I KNOW.
‫I KNOW.
‫Bay: ‫SHE JUST, LIKE, ‫JUMPED DOWN MY THROAT,
‫SAYING NO ONE ‫ASKED ME TO SPEAK FOR ‫THE DEAF COMMUNITY.
‫ALL I DID WAS ANSWER ‫A QUESTION.
‫IT'S LIKE SHE'S GONE ‫FROM STUDENT-BODY LEADER
‫TO KIM JONG-DAPHNE.
‫WHAT?
‫DEAF PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE
‫HEARING PEOPLE ‫SPEAKING FOR THEM.
‫I WASN'T TRYING ‫TO SPEAK FOR ANYBODY.
‫I WAS JUST ANSWERING ‫A QUESTION.
‫ALL I'M SAYING ‫IS THAT I SEE WHY ‫DAPHNE WAS UPSET.
‫WE'RE AWARE ‫THAT YOU WERE THE LEADER, ‫THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE.
‫BUT AS RECKLESS ‫AS YOUR ACTIONS WERE,
‫YOUR PROTEST HAS FORCED ‫THE SCHOOL BOARD
‫TO RECONSIDER ‫CLOSING CARLTON.
‫( sighs ) YES.
‫OH! ‫( laughs )
‫BUT THERE WILL BE ‫SOME CHANGES.
‫THE STUDENT BODY ‫WILL EXPAND TO INCLUDE
‫MORE HEARING STUDENTS
‫AND WE AGREED TO 50%.
‫THE SCHOOL IS NOT ‫FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE ‫OTHERWISE.
‫NO.
‫THE STUDENTS ARE GOING ‫TO BE LOOKING UP TO YOU ‫FOR YOUR OPINION.
‫CAN WE COUNT ON YOU ‫FOR YOUR SUPPORT?
‫YOU DON'T BLAME ME, ‫DO YOU?
‫NO, I MEAN ‫TALKING TO THAT REPORTER. ‫WAS THAT WRONG?
‫THANK YOU! EVEN NOAH ‫TOOK DAPHNE'S SIDE.
‫YEAH. ‫WHY, DOESN'T IT ‫SURPRISE YOU?
‫NO. ‫HEY, TELL ME.
‫SEE WHAT?
‫YEAH, FOR THE PLAY.
‫YOU KNOW, THE ONE WHERE ‫THEY PLAY STAR-CROSSED LOVERS.
‫WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE
‫THAT YOU ARE ‫SO JEALOUS OF NOAH
‫THAT YOU WOULD ‫STOOP TO THIS.
‫NO. WHAT?
‫( jazz music playing )
‫- HEY! ‫- HI.
‫SAW YOU WERE PLAYING, ‫THOUGHT I'D STOP BY.
‫CLUB SODA, PLEASE. ‫THANKS.
‫YOU ARE A BUSY MAN. ‫DID YOU GET MY TEXTS?
‫I'M SORRY. ‫IT SOUNDED LIKE ‫YOU HAD YOUR HANDS FULL
‫WITH THAT WHOLE SCHOOL STUFF. ‫SO HOW'D IT TURN OUT?
‫THEY'RE KEEPING ‫THE SCHOOL OPEN... ‫WITH A FEW CONDITIONS.
‫- CONGRATULATIONS. ‫- I'LL PASS THAT ALONG ‫ TO THE GIRLS.
‫OR YOU CAN, ‫THE NEXT TIME ‫YOU SEE THEM.
‫AH. WHICH WON'T BE ‫FOR A FEW MONTHS...
‫ACTUALLY.
‫- WE GOT THE TOUR. ‫- ( gasps ) THAT IS GREAT.
‫OH.
‫YOU KNOW, I DO MAKE ‫A PRETTY GOOD GROUPIE.
‫MAYBE I COULD MEET YOU ‫FOR A FEW DAYS.
‫IT'D BE SO GOOD ‫TO GET OUT OF TOWN.
‫I WOULD LOVE THAT, ‫BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA ‫HAVE MUCH DOWNTIME.
‫EITHER WE'RE GONNA ‫BE DRIVING, SLEEPING ‫OR PLAYING.
‫AND I'M GUESSING YOU'RE ‫GOING TO BE PRETTY BUSY
‫BETWEEN NOW ‫ AND WHEN YOU LEAVE.
‫YEAH, BETWEEN REHEARSAL
‫- AND GETTING PLANS TOGETHER. ‫ - LOOK,
‫I KNOW I HAD A LITTLE BIT ‫TOO MUCH THE OTHER NIGHT,
‫- BUT IT'S BEEN AWHILE ‫ AND I'M JUST TRYING TO-- ‫- LOOK, REGINA, IT'S COOL.
‫OKAY? ‫I'LL CALL YOU ‫WHEN I GET BACK.
‫ABSOLUTELY.
‫- Bay: THEY SHOULD HAVE ‫ PUT YOURS IN A TUB. ‫- THIS WAS A MEDIUM.
‫AT LEAST YOU DON'T HAVE ‫TO WORRY ABOUT FITTING
‫INTO YOUR "ROMEO AND JULIET" ‫COSTUME ANYMORE.
‫THAT'S TRUE. ‫I DO FEEL BAD ‫FOR YOUR MOM, THOUGH.
‫WELL, YOU TOO.
‫ARE YOU SORRY ‫IT'S OVER?
‫WELL, I'M NOT GONNA MISS ‫ALL THE REHEARSALS.
‫- ( clears throat ) ‫- NO MORE KISSING DAPHNE.
‫NOPE.
‫WHICH I'M SURE ‫SHE'S RELIEVED ABOUT.
‫IT WAS JUST ‫ACTING, RIGHT? ‫YOU AND DAPHNE?
‫I DON'T KNOW.
‫WAIT, WHAT?
‫WE HAD A CONNECTION.
‫I TRIED TO IGNORE IT ‫AND I THOUGHT THAT IT ‫WOULD GO AWAY.
‫- OH MY GOD. ‫- I'M SO SORRY.
‫I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND ‫A WAY TO TELL YOU THIS.
‫I THINK YOU JUST DID.
‫( breathes deeply )
‫- HI. ‫- HI. CAN I TALK TO YOU ‫ FOR A SECOND?
‫SURE.
‫- I'LL SEE YOU GUYS LATER. ‫- OKAY.
‫I KNOW THAT THIS ‫SEEMS CRAZY,
‫BUT WE REALLY DO ‫LOVE EACH OTHER.
‫BUT, NIKKI, YOU'RE ABOUT ‫TO GO OFF TO PERU AND HAVE ‫THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE--
‫AN EXPERIENCE THAT COULD ‫CHANGE YOUR LIFE--
‫AND I REALLY THINK ‫THAT YOU SHOULD TRUST
‫THAT IF YOU'RE MEANT TO BE, ‫YOU'LL FIND YOUR WAY ‫BACK TO EACH OTHER.
‫BUT WE ALREADY DID.
‫NIKKI, TOBY IS ‫A LITTLE LOST RIGHT NOW.
‫FINDING OUT ABOUT THE SWITCH ‫IS SO RECENT FOR ALL OF US.
‫WE'RE STILL TRYING ‫TO FIGURE OUT HOW ‫WE ALL FIT IN TOGETHER.
‫I KNOW.
‫SO DON'T YOU THINK ‫IT'S EASY FOR HIM
‫TO WANT TO ATTACH HIMSELF ‫TO A FUTURE
‫WITH A STRONG ‫CONFIDENT GIRL LIKE YOU?
‫WELL, I DON'T THINK ‫THAT'S THE ONLY REASON.
‫HE IS NOT READY ‫FOR THIS KIND OF COMMITMENT.
‫JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
‫( knocking )
‫ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT! ‫I'M COMING.
‫- GINA. ‫- IN BED ALREADY?
‫YOU REALLY ARE GETTING ‫TO BE AN OLD MAN!
‫CAN I COME IN?
‫OF COURSE.
‫HAVE YOU BEEN ‫DRINKING?
‫NO.
‫MAYBE A LITTLE.
‫AND I STARTED ‫THINKING ABOUT YOU
‫AND WHAT AN IDIOT I WAS ‫TO WALK AWAY FROM YOU.
‫GINA, ‫LET ME DRIVE YOU HOME.
‫NO NO NO NO NO.
‫DAPHNE AND BAY
‫DO NOT UNDERSTAND ‫THE DIFFERENCE ‫BETWEEN A FEW DRINKS
‫AND BEING A DRUNK. ‫I CAN'T GO HOME.
‫YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME.
‫DAPHNE AND BAY KNOW ‫YOU'RE DRINKING?
‫I DON'T WANT TO TALK ‫ABOUT THAT.
‫I DON'T WANT TO TALK
‫AT ALL.
‫OKAY WELL, WHY DON'T YOU
‫SIT ON THE COUCH ‫WHILE I PUT ON SOME MUSIC?
‫SOUNDS GOOD.
‫SOMETHING ROMANTIC,
‫SO WE CAN DANCE. ‫OH.
‫OF COURSE.
‫YOU SHOULD LAY DOWN ‫AND REST
‫WHILE I FIND ‫THE RIGHT MUSIC.
‫THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
‫( sighs )
‫( door opens )
‫OH HEY. ‫DO YOU KNOW WHERE KATHRYN
‫PUT THAT CARAMEL SAUCE?
‫( bowl bangs )
‫HERE YOU GO.
‫ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT?
‫BUTTER, EGGS, ‫MY BOYFRIEND?
‫OH, THAT'S RIGHT. ‫YOU ALREADY TOOK THAT.
‫- BAY-- ‫- SO CONGRATULATIONS,
‫NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ‫IN A PLAY SO YOU TWO ‫CAN MAKE OUT.
‫- I DON'T KNOW WHAT ‫ YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. ‫- WE BROKE UP.
‫- I HAD NOTHING ‫ TO DO WITH THAT. ‫- OH, PLEASE.
‫ALL THAT TIME ‫"REHEARSING,"
‫BONDING OVER ‫HEARING AIDS ‫AND BASKETBALL.
‫DID WE BECOME FRIENDS? ‫YES.
‫BUT I DIDN'T TRY ‫TO STEAL YOUR BOYFRIEND. ‫I WOULDN'T DO THAT.
‫YOU NEVER WANTED ‫TO BE IN THE PLAY ‫IN THE FIRST PLACE,
‫AND SOMEHOW ‫YOU END UP WITH THE LEAD ‫OPPOSITE MY BOYFRIEND.
‫- KATHRYN MADE ME JULIET! ‫- AND THEN YOU THROW ‫ THAT ALL OVER
‫SO THAT YOU CAN ‫BE THE LEADER OF ‫THE DEAF REVOLUTION.
‫AND GOD FORBID THAT ‫I SHOULD EVEN ATTEMPT
‫- TO ANSWER ‫ A REPORTER'S QUESTION! ‫- GOD, ENOUGH!
‫DON'T YOU GET TIRED ‫OF SEEING YOURSELF AS ‫THE VICTIM ALL THE TIME?
‫I DIDN'T USED ‫TO FEEL LIKE THAT ‫UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP.
‫( door slams )
‫- ( knocks ) ‫ - YEAH?
‫JOHN? ‫THERE'S SOMEBODY ‫HERE TO SEE YOU.
‫OKAY, CAN YOU--
‫OH NO.
‫WHAT NOW?
‫I'LL MAKE IT QUICK. ‫I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
‫THAT TOMORROW MORNING ‫MY OFFICE WILL RELEASE ‫A STATEMENT
‫ANNOUNCING MY WITHDRAWAL ‫FROM THE RACE.
‫WAIT A SECOND, ‫I DON'T UNDERSTAND--
‫THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATION ‫WILL BE "A FAMILY MATTER."
‫IS EVERYONE OKAY? ‫IS THIS ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER?
‫- DON'T WORRY, YOUR SON ‫ ISN'T IN THE LINE OF FIRE. ‫- I WASN'T--
‫I'M-- I'M SORRY.
‫I APPRECIATE ‫YOUR CONCERN.
‫ELISA'S BIPOLAR. ‫( sighs )
‫WE'VE BEEN MANAGING IT,
‫BUT SHE'S GOING THROUGH ‫A REALLY ROUGH TIME AND...
‫- SHE NEEDS ME. ‫- YEAH, OF COURSE.
‫PATRICIA, I--
‫I UNDERSTAND ‫AND I KNOW HOW MUCH ‫THIS MEANT TO YOU.
‫ANYWAY,
‫YOU'RE GETTING OFF EASY ‫FOR ROUND ONE.
‫I'M SURE WE'LL SEE ‫EACH OTHER DOWN THE LINE.
‫WE WILL.
‫THANKS FOR KEEPING ‫MY SEAT WARM.
‫( chuckles )
‫( door opens )
‫( closes )
‫( exhales )
‫( crickets chirping )
‫- HI. ‫- HELLO... FIANCEE.
‫SO I FOUND THIS ‫REALLY SWEET ONE BEDROOM. ‫IT'S DOWNTOWN.
‫IT'S AFFORDABLY PRICED ‫AND THEY THROW IN ‫A FREE FLAT SCREEN.
‫DO YOU THINK THAT ‫WE'RE RUSHING THIS?
‫I DON'T WANT US TO BE ‫DOING THIS JUST BECAUSE ‫I'M GOING AWAY.
‫I THOUGHT WE WERE ‫DOING THIS 'CAUSE ‫WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
‫BUT WHAT IF, ‫WITHOUT EVEN MEANING TO,
‫I'M, LIKE,
‫THROWING YOUR LIFE ‫OFF COURSE?
‫ACTUALLY, YOU'RE ‫GIVING IT A COURSE.
‫THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
‫I DON'T WANT YOU ‫TO MARRY ME JUST BECAUSE ‫I GIVE YOU PURPOSE.
‫MAYBE YOU SHOULD ‫GO TO COLLEGE
‫AND FIND YOUR PATH.
‫THAT SOUNDS ‫ODDLY PARENTAL. ‫( chuckles )
‫YOUR MOM CAME ‫AND TALKED TO ME.
‫NIKKI, MY WHOLE LIFE, ‫I HAVE PRETTY MUCH DONE
‫WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. ‫YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PERFECT,
‫BUT FOR THE MOST PART ‫I MAKE GOOD GRADES,
‫I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ‫CRAZY TO MY HAIR...
‫LATELY. ‫NEVER BEEN ARRESTED.
‫( chuckles )
‫AND EVER SINCE ‫THE WHOLE SWITCH THING,
‫MY PARENTS HAVE ‫RELIED ON ME,
‫MORE THAN EVER, ‫TO BE THAT GUY.
‫BUT YOU...
‫ARE SO BRAVE, ‫GOING AFTER WHAT YOU WANT
‫EVEN IF OTHER PEOPLE ‫DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
‫AND IT'S MADE ME WANT ‫TO DO THAT TOO.
‫AND WHAT I WANT...
‫IS YOU.
‫♪ I WANT TO LOVE ♪
‫♪ WITH NO FEAR. ♪
‫NOW WHAT?
‫( sighs ) ‫I'M NOT HERE ‫TO YELL AT YOU.
‫ANGELO HAS BEEN ‫TRYING TO REACH YOU.
‫HE WANTED ME TO TELL YOU ‫THAT REGINA'S OKAY.
‫WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
‫I GUESS SHE SPENT ‫THE NIGHT THERE.
‫AT ANGELO'S?
‫WHY?
‫I JUST ASSUMED ‫SHE WAS AT ZANE'S.
‫HE SAID THAT ‫SHE SHOWED UP LATE AND...
‫HAD HAD A FEW.
‫SHE TOLD ME THAT ‫SHE WAS DEALING WITH IT.
‫SHE PROBABLY BELIEVED IT ‫WHEN SHE SAID IT.
‫I GUESS ONE OF US ‫SHOULD GO GET HER.
‫MAYBE WE SHOULD BOTH GO.
‫- WHERE IS SHE? ‫- SHE'S SLEEPING.
‫- CAN WE SEE HER? ‫- NO NO,
‫I DON'T THINK SHE WANTS ‫TO SEE ANYBODY RIGHT NOW.
‫SHE NEEDS TO BE HOME. ‫I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF HER.
‫NO, YOU DON'T, ‫NEITHER OF YOU. ‫I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
‫- ANGELO-- ‫- I'LL MAKE SOME CALLS, ‫ FIGURE THINGS OUT.
‫AND WHEN SHE'S BETTER, ‫I'LL TAKE HER BACK HOME.
‫THEN WE CAN ALL COME UP ‫WITH A PLAN.
‫- OKAY. ‫- IF YOU WANT ‫ TO DO SOMETHING,
‫GET HER CAR BACK ‫FROM THE CLUB.
‫HER PURSE ‫IS IN THE KITCHEN.
‫IS THERE ANYTHING ‫I CAN DO?
‫ACTUALLY THERE ‫IS ONE THING...
‫FOR ME.
‫- OH. ‫- ( car approaches )
‫- SHOULD I HELP YOU? ‫- NOPE, I'M FINE.
‫GONNA BE FINE.
‫SO WHERE IS THIS ‫DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT?
‫SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS: ‫WE ARE MEETING MY DOCTOR ‫AT THE HOSPITAL.
‫ARE YOU HAVING THE BABY?
‫I'VE BEEN HAVING CONTRACTIONS ‫FOR THE PAST THREE HOURS--
‫10 MINUTES IN-BETWEEN, ‫SO IT'S NOT DIRE.
‫BAY, DON'T PANIC.
‫DON'T RUN ANY RED LIGHTS. ‫JUST GET ME TO THE HOSPITAL.
‫- OKAY? ‫- OKAY.
‫THIS DAY JUST ‫KEEPS ON COMING.
‫( moans softly )
‫MOM?
‫WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
‫AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED ‫TO BE IN PUERTO RICO?
‫ANGELO CALLED ME.
‫HE SAID ‫YOU WERE IN TROUBLE,
‫- I CAME HOME. ‫- ( sighs )
‫HE SHOULDN'T DONE THAT. ‫I'M FINE.
‫( snuffles )
‫WHERE IS HE?
‫HE WENT TO GET US ‫ SOME LUNCH.
‫( groans ) FOOD.
‫AND YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY ‫NOT FINE.
‫IT'S A HANGOVER, ‫I'LL SURVIVE.
‫YOU SHOULD GO BACK ‫TO PUERTO RICO.
‫OH.
‫I WISH YOU WOULD ‫HAVE TALKED TO ME.
‫WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?
‫WAVED YOUR MAGIC WAND
‫- AND GIVEN ME MY LIFE BACK? ‫- NO.
‫YOU WENT THROUGH THIS ‫ONCE BEFORE ALONE.
‫YOU DON'T HAVE TO THIS TIME. ‫WE'RE ALL HERE FOR YOU.
‫GREAT, THAT'S ‫JUST WHAT I NEED, ‫AN AUDIENCE--
‫MY MOM, MY EX, MY DAUGHTERS ‫AND MY FLAWLESS CO-PARENTS.
‫WELCOME, EVERYBODY, ‫TO REGINA'S FAILURE THEATER!
‫( whispers ) ‫ MI AMOR.
‫NO ONE THINKS ‫YOU'RE A FAILURE.
‫( crying ) I DO.
‫ANGELO HAS ARRANGED ‫FOR YOU TO GO TO A CLINIC ‫IN MINNESOTA.
‫YOU'LL GET ALL ‫THE HELP YOU NEED,
‫AND WE'LL BE THERE ‫WHENEVER YOU WANT US.
‫- REHAB? ‫- YES.
‫- ( door opens ) ‫ - WOW.
‫( door closes )
‫IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
‫UM, I'M GONNA GO ‫TAKE A SHOWER.
‫THANK YOU. ‫I'M GLAD YOU CALLED ME.
‫I KNEW YOU WERE ‫THE ONE SHE NEEDED.
‫( phone vibrates )
‫UM, I NEED TO GO. ‫CAN YOU STAY WITH HER?
‫OF COURSE.
‫I'LL BE BACK.
‫I KNOW YOU WILL.
‫( sighs )
‫- ( pops ) ‫- ( cheering )
‫♪ The time is now ♪
‫♪ Oh oh oh, we're gonna ‫ figure it out ♪
‫- ♪ It's you and me... ♪ ‫ - WHERE'S JOHN?
‫IN THERE.
‫♪ Oh, this'll be ‫ the best year yet ♪
‫♪ The best year yet. ♪
‫- HEY. ‫- HEY.
‫UH,
‫YOUR STAFF IS KINDA WONDERING ‫WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN HERE.
‫( groans ) ‫YEAH WELL,
‫I AM TRYING TO WRITE ‫AN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
‫- YOU NEED SOME HELP? ‫- YEAH.
‫COULD YOU WRITE IT, ‫DELIVER IT
‫- AND TAKE MY PLACE? ‫- COME ON.
‫OKAY, JOHN, ‫WHAT'S GOING ON?
‫YOU KNOW, ‫WHEN THE POLL NUMBERS ‫STARTED TO DROP,
‫I WAS ACTUALLY RELIEVED.
‫AND THIS WIN? ‫THIS-- I DIDN'T WIN THIS.
‫IT'S LIKE A FORFEIT.
‫NOPE, IT'S STILL ‫IN THE "W" COLUMN.
‫LOOK, I HAVE TO BELIEVE, ‫AFTER EVERYTHING WE'VE ‫BEEN THROUGH,
‫THAT THINGS ‫WORK OUT THE WAY ‫THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
‫I SHOULD HAVE ‫PUSHED FOR YOU.
‫- THE PARTY WASN'T BUYING ME. ‫- WE SHOULD'VE DONE IT ANYWAY.
‫( sighs )
‫SECOND-GUESSING ISN'T ‫HELPFUL RIGHT NOW, HONEY.
‫ANYWAY, THIS ISN'T ‫ABOUT YOU OR ME.
‫IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE ‫YOU REPRESENT.
‫YOU GET TO HELP MAKE ‫DECISIONS THAT COULD
‫CHANGE PEOPLE'S ‫LIVES FOR THE GOOD.
‫AND THAT'S REALLY COOL.
‫- YEAH, IT'S PRETTY COOL. ‫- YEAH, SO COME ON.
‫LET'S DO THIS LATER ‫AND GO OUT AND CELEBRATE ‫WITH YOUR STAFF.
‫( sighs )
‫HEY! YOU HAVE ‫TO LISTEN TO ME.
‫I'M ONE OF YOUR ‫CONSTITUENTS NOW.
‫( chuckles ) ‫YES, I DO. ‫GET OVER HERE.
‫THANK YOU.
‫SENATOR.
‫SENATOR? ‫YOU LIKE THAT?
‫- YOU READY? ‫- I'M READY.
‫- ( music playing ) ‫ - John: HEY HEY HEY, WHOO!
‫- ( cheering ) ‫- ♪ This'll be ‫ the best year yet ♪
‫♪ The best year yet. ♪
‫( moans )
‫I THINK THIS ONE'S ‫ALMOST OVER.
‫( exhales )
‫THANKS FOR STAYING.
‫I KNOW ‫IT'S PRETTY INTENSE.
‫HEY, IT'S EASIER FOR ME THAN
‫IT IS FOR YOU. ‫ANGELO SHOULD BE HERE ‫ANY MINUTE.
‫UH, I'M GONNA GET YOU ‫MORE ICE.
‫- IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ‫ THAT YOU NEED? ‫- HUH-UH.
‫BAY?
‫HE'S BEEN A GOOD DAD ‫TO YOU, HASN'T HE?
‫I MEAN ‫ SINCE HE FOUND YOU?
‫DO YOU THINK ‫THAT HE WOULD BE ‫A GOOD FATHER?
‫TO HER?
‫ARE YOU GONNA KEEP THE BABY?
‫I CAN'T GIVE HER UP
‫UNLESS HE SIGNS AWAY ‫HIS RIGHTS,
‫WHICH HE WON'T DO.
‫I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
‫BUT I NEED TO KNOW ‫THAT HE IS RELIABLE
‫BECAUSE I CAN'T ‫DO THIS ON MY OWN.
‫HE'S BEEN TRYING ‫REALLY HARD.
‫HE'S ACTUALLY COME THROUGH ‫A LOT LATELY.
‫THE ONLY REASON ‫HE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW IS ‫BECAUSE HE'S WITH REGINA.
‫SHE STARTED DRINKING AGAIN
‫AND HE TOOK CARE ‫OF EVERYTHING.
‫OKAY, SO...
‫THEY'RE, LIKE, STILL ‫IN EACH OTHER'S LIVES?
‫YEAH, UH,
‫I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY, ‫BUT I GUESS...
‫- ( footsteps ) ‫ - ...EVEN AFTER ALL OF THIS,
‫- THOSE TWO ARE-- ‫- SORRY I'M LATE.
‫HOW ARE YOU DOING?
‫I'M HANGING IN THERE.
‫WELL, I'M GONNA LET YOU TWO ‫SHARE IN ALL OF THIS.
‫UH...
‫I'M GONNA BE IN THE LOBBY ‫IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.
‫YOU GOT EVERYTHING?
‫I THINK SO.
‫THE TRAIN LEAVES ‫AT 4:00, RIGHT?
‫YEAH, GRANDMA'S ALREADY ‫IN THE CAR.
‫♪ I LOOK TO YOU... ♪
‫THANKS.
‫♪ WHEN I SEE NOTHING... ♪
‫WELL...
‫I'M GOING TO SEE YOU?
‫YEAH. ‫THEY HAVE ASSIGNED ‫FAMILY DAYS.
‫AND UNTIL THEN...
‫WE CAN'T TEXT OR EMAIL?
‫NO.
‫♪ AND I LOOK TO YOU... ♪
‫- I'M SO SORRY. ‫- FOR WHAT?
‫I KNOW YOU HAD ‫TO STOP SIGNING,
‫IT WASN'T A CHOICE, ‫BUT I KEPT MY DISTANCE.
‫I LET THINGS CHANGE ‫BETWEEN US.
‫AND YOU THINK MY DRINKING ‫WAS YOUR FAULT?
‫IF I HAD NOTICED,
‫BEEN PAYING ‫CLOSER ATTENTION--
‫- I MEAN, BAY NOTICED. ‫- HONEY,
‫NO ONE IS RESPONSIBLE ‫FOR MY DRINKING EXCEPT FOR ME.
‫DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
‫I KNOW I LIED TO YOU
‫AND I AM SO SORRY.
‫I FORGOT
‫SOBRIETY IS SOMETHING ‫THAT I HAVE TO FIGHT FOR ‫EVERY SINGLE DAY.
‫♪ SO TELL ME ♪
‫♪ WHERE TO FIND YOU... ♪
‫I LOVE YOU TOO.
‫OKAY.
‫♪ AND TELL ME WHERE ♪
‫♪ TO GO. ♪
‫♪ THROUGH THE WINDING ROADS ♪
‫- ♪ FURTHER THAN ‫ WE'VE GONE BEFORE... ♪ ‫ - ( phone ringing )
‫- Hi, honey. ‫ - HEY, MOM, WHAT'S UP?
‫HEY, IT'S YOUR DAD TOO. ‫LISTEN, WE'VE GOT SOME ‫GREAT NEWS FOR YOU.
‫LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT ‫INTO WASH U!
‫It's thick. ‫It's gotta be ‫an acceptance.
‫( hesitantly ) ‫THAT'S GREAT.
‫UM, CAN I GIVE YOU GUYS ‫A CALL BACK?
‫UH, YEAH.
‫- Thanks. ‫ - OKAY.
‫♪ JUST CAN'T WAIT ‫ FOR ALL WE'RE GONNA DO... ♪
‫- WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT? ‫- OH, NOTHING.
‫SO SEE ANYTHING ‫YOU LIKE?
‫I THINK THIS ONE ‫IS REALLY PRETTY.
‫( baby crying )
‫SHH SHH SHH.
‫SHHH.
‫♪ THROUGH THE WINDING ROADS ♪
‫♪ FURTHER THAN ‫ WE'VE GONE BEFORE ♪
‫♪ PAST THE "TURN BACK NOW" ‫ SIGN POST ♪
‫♪ AND SEE JUST HOW FAR ‫ THIS ROAD GOES ♪
‫♪ AND SEE JUST ‫ HOW FAR THIS ROAD GOES ♪
‫♪ AND SEE JUST HOW FAR ‫ THIS ROAD GOES ♪
‫- ♪ AND SEE JUST HOW FAR... ♪ ‫ - Kathryn: HEY, HONEY, I...
‫WHAT'S WRONG?
‫NOTHING, I'M FINE.
‫( sighs )
‫OKAY.
‫WHAT IS IT?
‫I DO NOT WANT TO MAKE ‫THIS ALL ABOUT ME
‫AND...
‫I FEEL TERRIBLE SAYING ‫THIS TO YOU, BUT...
‫I SAW ANGELO ‫HOLDING THE BABY,
‫AND SINGING TO HER.
‫AND YOU AND DAD WERE ‫THE GREATEST PARENTS ‫IN THE WORLD,
‫BUT SOMETIMES...
‫IT HURTS
‫TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ‫YOU MISSED OUT ON.
‫YEAH.
‫AND I DON'T WANT YOU ‫TO JUDGE HER, BUT REGINA'S ‫DRINKING AGAIN.
‫- SHE'S GOING TO REHAB. ‫- WHAT?
‫- SHE IS? ‫- AND NOAH AND I BROKE UP.
‫IT HAS BEEN ‫AN AWFUL AWFUL WEEK.
‫YEAH.
‫WOW, I'M SORRY ‫TO HEAR ABOUT REGINA.
‫I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE ‫WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
‫AND I'M-- ‫I'M SORRY ABOUT NOAH,
‫WHATEVER HAPPENED.
‫( sniffles )
‫BUT I DO KNOW ‫SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING ‫HAPPENED TODAY.
‫- YOU GOT A BABY SISTER. ‫- ( chuckling softly )
‫YEAH.
‫WANNA GO MEET HER?
‫WILL YOU GO WITH ME?
‫YEAH.
‫( high-heeled footsteps )
‫- HI. ‫- WHERE'S LANA?
‫SHE TOOK THE BABY AND LEFT.
‫- WHAT DO YOU MEAN, LEFT? ‫- HOW COULD SHE JUST GO?
‫THE NURSE JUST TOLD ME ‫SHE CHECKED OUT.
‫SHE TOLD HER SHE HAD ‫A PLANE TO CATCH.
‫- SO THEY'RE JUST GONE? ‫- YEAH.
‫DID-- DID YOU SAY ‫ANYTHING TO HER?
‫- DID SHE SAY ‫ ANYTHING TO YOU? ‫- NO.
‫( gasps )
‫♪ IF I STOP TOO LONG ‫ TO THINK ♪
‫♪ NOTHING GOOD ‫ CAN COME FROM THAT ♪
‫♪ AND IF I WAIT TOO LONG ‫ TO MAKE ♪
‫♪ THIS MOVE ♪
‫♪ THE ONE I CAN'T TAKE BACK ♪
‫♪ THOUGH I WOULDN'T ‫ CHANGE A THING ♪
‫♪ YOU KNOW I-- ‫ I NEVER COULD PRETEND ♪
‫♪ NOTHING'S GONNA BREAK ♪
‫♪ US DOWN ♪
‫♪ NOTHING'S GONNA BREAK ♪
‫♪ US DOWN. ♪