(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
Hey.
Hey.
- Went by The Side Step.
- Yeah, it's pretty early.
Not open yet?
I'm about to head over.
Uh, just been looking at vendors.
(CHUCKLES) Yes, I know.
I'm the one who said I wanted
to get back to normal,
and I know that-that running this place
is the best way to do it.
But turns out there's, like,
an art form to this whole...
running a business thing.
Look, I'm...
I'm worried about you.
(CHUCKLES) Liam...
I'm worried about you.
I'm doing better, I just...
We all need to recover
after what happened.
It was a lot to take.
- Yeah.
- And a lot to lose.
But, I mean, the kids are finally going
back to school, and you're
sitting here listening
to a police scanner or... ?
No, that-that's, uh,
just a baseball game.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Who's playing?
Okay, I get it.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Look...
I'm just saying
- you chose to turn in your badge.
- Mm-hmm.
To take a breather.
And it just feels like you're not...
really breathing.
I am breathing. I'm breathing.
I mean, this morning,
I did yoga with Stella
right there... it was
very, very cleansing.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
If you can keep your mind occupied
on something other than solving a crime
for one day, then I'll believe you.
Prove it.
(LAUGHS) Are you serious?
A-A-A Rubik's cube?
You just happened to have this on you?
No, I got my old one from Augie's room.
He doesn't think that
you can do it, by the way.
(EXHALES)
Good luck.
♪ ♪
- MICKI: Wow.
- Hey.
This is not at all what I thought
this place would look
like once you took over.
I was expecting, um...
customers.
To what do I owe the honor, Ramirez?
Some case you need help with?
A witness... you want to cr*ck?
Uh, maybe, a piece of evidence
you need to link to someone?
- Breakfast.
- Breakfast?
- Trey still out of town?
- Yep.
He's visiting family. How did you know?
Well, you're up a lot
earlier than usual.
And he and I text a lot.
His mom says hi,
- by the way.
- Yeah, I should've gone with him,
but navigating moms is
still a sore subject for me.
Oh, I thought you reached out to your...
uh, to Mercedes.
Yes, I did call
my runaway, drug addict birth mother.
But I left a message saying
we actually had met before.
You think she knew it was you that day?
No. Adriana told me
that she lied about her
being her therapist
because she saw a Ranger and got spooked
and was just trying to cover
up the whole DWI mess.
- Yeah.
- Anyways, I don't even want to talk to either of them.
- Wow, okay, uh...
- Well, what?
She's right behind you. Good morning.
Someone at the station told me
maybe I could find you here.
You know what, I'm gonna go ahead
and make us a cup of coffee.
(TAPS BAR TOP TWICE)
♪ ♪
You need to believe
how sorry I am, Nina.
Micki.
My name is Micki.
And you had years to say that.
So if you can't offer me
one good reason why it took
you so long to be sorry,
for basically selling me to your
sister and never coming back...
... I don't think this conversation
can go anywhere.
That's fair.
I was expecting you to greet
me with four stones in hand.
"Four stones in hand"?
It's an expression.
It means that you're already
prepared for att*ck,
even if you don't know that
you're gonna be threatened.
You used to say that.
I used to say that, when?
When I was three years old?
Not you. I mean, at the time,
I thought it was you.
A few years ago, I was
clean and looking for you.
I found someone who told me
that they were my daughter.
And I believed them.
Turns out I was being scammed.
Micki, that's why she wanted to see you.
To make sure it wasn't happening again.
I'm sorry, don't you have
a kitchen to clean?
Not until I hire a cook.
(SIGHS) Okay, I don't know
what you want from me,
but I am not the person
to help you get it, okay?
So good luck trying to fool whoever else
you want with this story.
Please, stay.
Now that sounds like something
three-year-old me would've said to you.
Do not get in the middle of this.
Uh...
♪ ♪
No Attenborough today?
(BRITISH ACCENT): If
they walk % slower,
the Walker siblings may be able
to skip first period as a whole.
I know.
I can't handle having to
explain to people again
why they should feel sorry for us.
Not when the last thing I want
them to actually be is sorry.
No one's gonna get it,
except you and me.
But...
if you ever want to talk...
I don't.
But, hey,
on the bright side, uh,
at least being invisible
to the entire school will
finally work to my advantage.
♪ L-O-V-E, ooh, ooh... ♪
Stella, oh, my God! Tell us everything.
You poor thing. I can't believe
you're back in school already.
Mm.
Augie, how are you?
August!
You're so brave.
Do you need anything?
- You know my name?
- Of course I do.
(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
Maybe I'll find you after class.
(LAUGHS)
Suddenly I'm brave.
Oh, come on, it's better
than "oh, his mom d*ed"
or "it's that quiet A/V kid we
keep on referring to as 'Arlo'
- for whatever reason".
- Hey, not everybody calls you Arlo.
Look, our life has screwed us
up so many times, all right?
Why not take advantage
of just one tragic thing?
(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)
♪ L-O-V-E, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ L-O-V-E, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ L-O-V-E ♪
♪ Ooh! ♪
(EXHALES, SNIFFLES)
(EXHALES)
(QUIETLY): Don't get involved.
You know the rules, Cordell.
Do not get involved.
Okay.
Hey.
Didn't mean to scare you. I just...
- You all right in there?
- I'm-I'm fine. Thank you.
Okay.
Ma'am, just a concerned
citizen here. That's all.
Um, can you tell me anything
about the person who scammed you?
♪ Stand up out of your chair... ♪
MERCEDES: She said
her name was Nina Ruiz.
Or he said. I mean, it
could've been anyone.
"Could've been anyone"?
Uh, didn't you two meet?
All we did was write
letters to each other.
- But things were good between us.
- What was their angle?
I mean, there are easier
ways to find a pen pal.
One day, Nina or whoever they were
reached out asking for
money for a surgery.
I sent her what I had
and never heard from her again.
Eventually,
I drove down there.
But the place was empty.
Wow. That must have been painful.
It didn't last long. I numbed it.
Yeah. Years of sobriety
gone in a second.
Didn't even tell the cops.
I mean, what's the rush in helping
a low-income addict with no evidence?
Well, the letters would be evidence.
I b*rned them all.
Not my smartest move,
but you probably understand by now
that I wasn't thinking straight.
I get it. Um, you know what?
I'm gonna take your case.
Except let's not call it a "case"
since I can't officially be on a case.
It's-it's my decision.
Don't worry about it.
But let's just call it a
"personal favor... quest"
just in case your daughter asks.
Which she will.
Eventually. Um...
Tell me.
What's the mailing address?
- ♪ ♪
- _
- (GRUNTS)
- Stop! Hands where I can see them!
- Randall. Yeah.
- Walker?
Hey!
What in the hell are you doing here?
Stretching. You know?
Sightseeing. Uh... I'm in the market.
This how you greet me?
Well, we had a complaint
next door, and then I saw you
- hopping the fence.
- Yeah, j-just a...
a series of unfortunate events. Uh...
- I'll be on my way.
- Whoa...
DPS says you're not a Ranger anymore,
so technically, this is still
- trespassing.
- (CHUCKLES)
Look, I really apologize
for this, but...
- Go ahead.
- You're under arrest.
Cordell Walker,
you have the right to remain silent.
Just give it to me, and I'll do it.
Aw, what's the fun in that?
(CHUCKLES): Micki! Hey.
What did you do this time, Cordell?
Speeding? Driving while shirtless?
Or, uh, some other crime
that exemplifies
your privilege since
you're here playing a toy?
Meanwhile, if I had done the same thing,
I'd be deported even though
I was born in this country.
You practice that speech
on the way over?
I've been practicing it since I met you.
- (CHUCKLES)
- (CHUCKLES) So,
- what was it?
- WALKER: Okay.
Don't freak out. All right? I-I was
technically, uh, trespassing
- while, you know, checking out your mom's story.
- (MICKI SIGHS)
That tracks.
See, I knew you'd be angry, which...
It just goes to show how
well we know each other.
When you think about it,
it's kind of sweet, you know?
The one thing I asked you
to do was not to meddle.
And what did you do?
Okay, she was crying, Micki. She-she was
crying. What was I supposed to do?
MICKI: Not meddle!
_
Hey, August.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- (FEEDBACK SCREECHING)
- Oh!
- (MUFFLED CHATTER)
- (g*nshots)
ABELINE: No!
RUBY: Augie?
Augie?
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Seriously, Connie?
- I thought...
- (EXHALES)
Security, I'm gonna need backup.
- We have a criminal here.
- Okay,
it's not a crime if all charges
have been dropped.
- Mm.
- And I saw you dial a fake number.
But, like...
Sorry, um... No, I-I didn't mean
to actually dial this extens...
What?
Layla from the mayor's
office for Walker?
- The mayor's office? What else did you do?
- Oh, I'll take it.
Just trust me.
Layla! Hey-hey-hey!
How are those crazy kiddos?
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, I'm-I'm aware that
I'm, uh, not currently
an active Ranger...
I just needed to tie up
some loose ends and...
Yeah.
Okay.
Thanks, Layla.
So, nobody has lived at that address
for the past years.
Meaning nobody could
have gotten her letters.
Ah. Surprise, surprise.
Who would've thought
the woman who sold her daughter
would turn out to be a liar?
You know... Micki, something
doesn't add up, though.
I mean, why, uh, uh, make up
the story, then, you know?
I mean, why give me an address?
Whatever it is, clearly
there's an angle with her.
But that is not my
job, to figure it out.
Okay, but if I'm right, if
she's telling the truth...
I mean, imagine if you thought
you were finally reconnecting
with the daughter you gave up.
You think you're having, uh, closure
or-or progress or whatever it is,
and it's a lie.
And then, when you
actually get the chance
to meet the real person,
she ditches you before
the coffee gets cold.
Well, maybe this'll help.
Few years ago,
someone requested
that the post office forward any letters
addressed to Nina Ruiz to a P.O. box.
Ha-ha! See? See?
(WHISPERS): Facts.
So...
are you ready to join my quest?
Fine. Let's go talk to Mercedes.
Depending on what treatment
works out for you,
this might only take a year.
That's a pamphlet.
What? A pamphlet?
Silly me,
thinking I was reading from the
Oxford Book of Modern Medicine.
I just don't want any of
this getting to the kids.
I know, love.
Thank you for coming in today.
(SCOFFS) I think we should
leave... I don't need advice
from a doctor that's
younger than my boots.
(CHUCKLES): Then I'm gonna need
the name of whoever sold you those.
He's dead.
(EXHALES)
Okay.
So, I'm happy to give you a referral,
but my more weathered colleagues
would likely give you
the same diagnosis.
Which is?
You waited a year to begin treatment.
The timeline to approach this casually
doesn't exist anymore.
We're looking at a mix of... (SIGHS)
radio and hormonal therapies for...
- six months.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Six months?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay.
Are there any side effects?
We can talk alone, if you want, sir.
No, we're fine.
I'm sure she's read all
the pamphlets, anyway.
Impotence. Loss of sexual appetite.
Severe bladder and rectal pain.
(SIGHS)
MERCEDES: We wrote for
about four or five years.
I remember towards the end,
because it was around
my one-year anniversary
of when I got clean.
- No precise date?
- Late , maybe.
- It's all a blur.
- Well,
you know, one year clean...
how did you celebrate?
I don't think that's relevant, Walker.
I got together
with a few of the NA guys and watched
the Astros game... it
was the World Series.
The first time I actually
followed a full game.
You remember the score?
What the hell does that
have to do with anything?
It was a high score.
- - ?
- I think so, yeah.
That was .
October .
You know this address?
A P.O. box? No.
- Okay.
- WALKER: What about this?
Just to make sure. It's
supposed to be near the...
West Lake Hills area.
I think that might be next door
to the old community center
where we used to hold
our NA meetings at.
Did the person who wrote you
know details about your life?
Like, intimate details you
would have shared at NA.
We share everything, so, yeah.
Well, are you still in touch
with anyone from this group?
Most of us still go to
a meeting every day.
I'm headed to one soon.
Great. I'll go with you.
- Uh, my car or yours?
- Mine.
And you are not joining.
Look, you are a civilian.
Or at least you're supposed
to be trying to be one.
Okay?
Don't worry, I'll get her justice.
- Maybe even her money back.
- I don't need money.
I just want them to know
that I'm a real person.
Forgiveness from my daughter
was basically all I had left.
When that was a lie...
We can talk about justice all we want,
but there's no justice in the
world that could make me...
un-feel that.
Yeah.
(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)
Is it true that your brother did surgery
- with a g*n to his head?
- What?
- That's what everyone's saying.
- (CHUCKLES): Well...
if that's what they're saying...
Come on, don't be lame.
I want your cool w*r stories.
Cool?
- Mm-hmm.
- (EXHALES)
Have you guys ever
heard that parents say
that they get this supernatural force
when they need to save their kids?
Well, for the first time,
I actually understood that.
Felt something weird.
I was like, ah, I'm just
gonna go shake it off...
I seriously can't handle
how he's talking about what happened.
I don't get it. It's the last thing
that I ever would want to talk about.
Doesn't mean I don't
want to talk at all.
Is everything okay?
Do you want to talk, or
do you not want to talk?
Not... I guess.
Okay.
I've got to study, anyway.
AUGUST: It was like this...
this-this force
that came over me, you know?
It just made me take action.
Hey. I just came by to check in on you.
I saw you in the A/V room,
- and I wanted to make sure...
- I'm good.
Yeah, um,
I'm still not %, obviously,
but, um...
thank you.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
Remember, we don't want to raise
any suspicions that I'm your...
that... that I'm me.
So just act like we
don't know each other.
Act normal, then?
Yeah, and, um, don't call any
attention to me or yourself.
The last thing I want is for them
to know what I'm up to.
♪ ♪
Hi. Uh...
my name is Michelle.
OTHERS: Hi, Michelle.
Um...
and I, uh...
guess I have issues. (NERVOUS CHUCKLE)
Uh...
I never knew my father, and...
my mother, I...
lost when I was three.
But all I had left was, uh, my sister,
Flor.
But as I grew older
(LAUGHS): and, well, wilder, um,
I began to push her away.
A few months ago,
our uncle d*ed, and...
and he left us a lot of money.
grand.
And, you know, I've tried
to reach out to Flora, but, um...
I don't even know if I have her
right number or address,
because... I haven't
heard back from her yet.
But I get it.
It's hard to trust an
addict who's hurt you.
Uh, thanks.
I'd, um,
also like to share.
(WHINNIES)
They were already fed today, you know.
Well, I'm glad you're keeping track.
They're gonna need you when I'm gone.
Don't you ever talk like that.
I don't get it.
You took the first step, Bon,
and then, right away,
you refuse treatment.
That is not the easy solution.
That is the easy way out.
No, the easy solution
is not to defy nature.
We're born.
We live and then we don't.
That's just the way it goes.
♪ ♪
MERCEDES: And that's when I used to...
call my sister's home at night...
and stay silent,
just so...
I can hear my daughter's
voice in the background.
So strong, you know?
It still fills me with pride.
Even if I know that...
she's only the person that she is
because I left.
That's it.
JOY: Thank you, Mercedes.
(SNIFFLES)
Okay, that's all we have time for.
JOY: I'm really glad
you shared earlier... very brave.
You know, usually people come in here
with four stones in hand.
- I know I did.
- Four stones in hand?
Yeah. It means that you're on
the att*ck before you even know
if you're being threatened.
Anyway,
keep coming back... I promise
it'll be worth it.
And who knows, maybe we can help you
get in touch with your sister.
You know?
Anyway...
If you ever want to talk, I'm here.
Okay.
WALKER (OVER PHONE): Micki, hey.
She wants to grab coffee.
Okay. Well, that's how
those programs work.
And she said, "Four stones in hand".
Well, uh,
she could've picked that up
from Mercedes in the meetings.
I mean, that's not enough for a warrant.
Okay, I know.
But can we move on now?
I'm about to meet Joy.
Meaning her place is gonna be empty?
And...
that if a certain civilian would like
to go on a quest
to break into Joy Caldwell's place
to see if he can tie
her to any of this...
now seems like it would be a good time.
Maybe just don't get caught again.
¿Entiendes?
(CHUCKLES) Understood.
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(KNOCKING)
Delivery!
(LOCK CLICKS)
♪ ♪
(FANS WHIRRING)
Four fans going, but you cut your AC.
(LAUGHING)
(SIGHS)
Still got it.
- (MICKI SIGHS)
- _
I wouldn't forgive myself
if I was my sister.
I didn't fight for her.
I-I didn't even try
tracking her down sooner.
I just...
Well, I'm glad you didn't.
I mean, we can't fully
commit to another person
until we commit to ourselves.
And that is why I wanted
to sit down with you.
I would love to step in as
your temporary sponsor.
I will help you heal.
And then I will personally
help you track her down.
Joy, th-that's amazing!
(CHUCKLES)
You know what, I'm gonna
order another cup.
Ooh, no.
I'm gonna cut myself off
after all that espresso.
Um, just think about it.
Think about what I said.
You know, I just feel like
we could really benefit from each other.
Thank you, Joy.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
(DIALING)
(LINE RINGING)
(SIGHS): Come on.
Pick up.
(PHONE BUZZING)
Crap.
(DIALING)
(LINE RINGS)
Where the hell are you?
I am... viewing a house?
Okay, well, get the
hell out of there now.
She's on her way back.
But did you find anything?
Uh, I... found everything.
Get this. So, uh,
your mom is not the only
person that Joy scammed.
There have to be ten,
other people here.
And-and she keeps it all to herself,
like it's some sort of trophy.
Uh, or... No, no, no. Uh,
like it's some sort of, like...
Okay, we do not have time
for you to get to the point.
Okay? Just make sure the place is intact
and leave as fast as you can.
Okay, well, I-I feel like we should keep
some of the evidence.
And make it inadmissible in court? No!
Now that we have confirmation,
maybe we can get Mercedes
to call an anonymous tip.
Okay, well...
I got a better idea.
Give me a day.
Fine, you can have a
day, just get the hell
- out of there now!
- Yeah, all right.
(SIGHS)
(CAR ALARM CHIRPS)
(KEYS JANGLE)
(DOOR OPENS)
Hey.
You left without me this morning.
- Is everything okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
No, I just needed to,
uh, adjust some things
before morning announcements.
What's wrong?
Everything is just... It's weird.
And I feel like Bel is mad at me
'cause I didn't really
want to talk about
what happened at the ranch.
Yeah, or maybe she's just wondering
why you didn't tell her about that
or, like, anything else.
I mean, seriously,
when was the last time
you two talked about anything real?
Whoa.
Anything real? That's all we do.
I mean, not really.
I mean, you-you basically
disappeared after Trevor.
Like you were only friends with
Bel because you were waiting
for someone else to show up.
And whenever he did, you
didn't have to wait anymore.
In fact, y-you actually ran off.
- It's not that simple.
- Yeah, I-I know it wasn't.
But don't you think it's a little weird
that she told me about her parents
before she even told you?
Because you weren't
there for her, Stella,
and you haven't been.
So, now something happens,
and you expect everything
to go back to normal?
Something? Look.
I get that everyone is
treating you like a hero,
but you're laying it on a little
thick, don't you think?
Yeah, because honestly, Stella,
I hate the reality, all right?
Mom is dead.
Dad left us for, like, a year.
Your boyfriend held a freakin'
g*n to us, all right?
People and family d*ed
right in front of my eyes.
I can't get that out of my head.
And now I fall apart whenever
I hear a loud noise, Stella.
That's who I am.
All right? No, thank you.
It's better people think I'm
a jerk than feel sorry for me.
Quick question.
Does that light mean that we aired
this whole thing to the entire school?
♪ Seventeen ♪
♪ I just wanted to be in love ♪
♪ My very own whale song ♪
♪ My one true hum... ♪
I guess things weren't as
okay as you said they were.
(SCOFFS) Yep.
Understatement of the century.
Hey, don't be overdramatic.
I think...
it's important that we see you
the way you really are.
Yeah, I don't know. I just...
I guess I just wanted to be the guy
people thought they were seeing.
- (SIGHS)
- I see you.
♪ hours till I see you ♪
♪ See you. ♪
JOY: Okay.
This meeting is open for sharing.
- Anybody?
- I-I-I... I'd like to share.
Yeah? Uh...
- I'm-I'm Cordell.
- OTHERS: Hi, Cordell.
Hi. Uh...
I have been, uh, I have
been told I'm an addict.
Uh, my addiction is...
breaking the rules.
You know, pushing the limits of-of...
of what I promised.
It's only when I saw what
that could do to people
that I realized that I-I need to change.
That's why I'm here.
I-I can't keep breaking the rules.
And, by the same token,
I-I can't let someone else do the same.
Someone here
has taken advantage of a few members
who are just trying to
get past their struggles.
Um, I was able to track
down a few of them.
Bill. Debtors Anonymous.
Oh, Bill, I think you're
in the wrong meeting.
- This is NA.
- I don't think so.
I was told this was the
right meeting to share
that I was scammed by someone
who pretended to be my son.
Alice. Alcoholic.
Scammed by someone who
said they were an ex.
Casey. Gambler. Uh...
Scammed by a woman who
pretended to be my mom.
Okay, uh, uh, I see what's happening,
but it's really inappropriate
to interrupt
- this meeting.
- Mercedes.
Drug addict.
Joy Caldwell fooled me
into thinking I had found my daughter.
(JOY CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
Oh, okay, well,
clearly we've all been through a lot
in our lives.
And I have, too. You know that.
You know my story.
This was never about the
money for me. It was...
I just wanted to give you
all some-some hope.
- That's what this was about.
- No, it wasn't.
You're under arrest, Joy Caldwell,
for aggravated identity theft,
- wire fraud and being a plain scumbag.
- (SCOFF)
Let's go.
Hey. I'm honestly curious.
Did you have any remorse about the fact
you took advantage of people
in need at their lowest?
They're humans with
feelings and emotions.
And you just treated them
like disposable income.
You don't know my life.
Take her out.
Let's go.
(EXHALE)
(CHUCKLES)
Well...
(CHUCKLES): This has been a lot.
Um...
I think maybe there's some stuff
we could talk through.
And I-I want that.
I really do.
But after all this,
I still have to go to a meeting.
I mean, a real meeting.
Really? Right now?
If I want to have a
relationship with you,
I can't risk relapsing.
Not now, not when I just...
When I finally got to meet you.
And when I finally also
fixed your problem.
I'm my own problem, Micki.
I'm just trying to do my
best not to let you down.
Even if you don't understand it.
Yeah, I can...
I can try to.
♪ ♪
It's time for the meeting, everyone.
You know what, some might
say that this is even harder
than doing it the other
way. Right? And that's...
- that's what I would say. Thank you. Yeah.
- All right.
- Now, isn't that...
- Voilà.
... just the perfect metaphor for today?
What?
I believed you in there,
when you said you were
addicted to breaking the rules.
But then, as soon as you
said it, there you go again.
Okay. Micki, it's-it's
a... it's a friggin' toy,
not-not a homicide case.
Yeah, I didn't say it was a case.
I said it was a metaphor.
For you, trying to live
your life as a civilian
with the privileges of a Ranger.
Look, I get it, Walker. But...
you need to find that balance.
'Cause I'm not gonna let
Connie bail you out again.
Fair enough. I agree.
Thank you.
I-I probably should
go ahead and tell you
that I-I did break one more rule.
Just one.
You know, maybe there's
a thing or two in there that'll
help you understand your mom
a little bit better.
I only picked out the best ones.
You know, I-I don't want to
tamper with all of the evidence.
♪ ♪
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Hey.
August was right.
I didn't even realize
I was shutting you out.
I lost my head over a boy.
Turns out I'm a terrible
judge of character
and a bad feminist.
I am so sorry.
I still care.
What happened to you was...
traumatizing.
I kept checking in with Augie to
make sure you guys were okay.
I should have figured
you two were talking.
It makes sense.
You like him.
It's okay. You do.
But... we don't have to talk about it
until you want to talk about it.
Until then, let's talk
about everything else.
I didn't think you'd still be here.
Me neither. I, um,
was actually gonna leave, and then...
And then I saw something
I needed to ask you.
Mm.
Why are some of the
letters postmarked after
you sent Joy the money?
I mean, she already fooled you.
Why did you keep writing?
Writing to you was like
a... sliver of hope.
And if I stopped, it was
like giving up on us.
Even if it was all based
on a lie. (SNIFFLES)
I just... wanted to talk to you, Micki.
I still do.
Um...
Maybe...
(PAPER CRINKLING)
... you should have my address.
I haven't opened them yet, but...
I thought maybe you could...
go through them and see if any
of them are worth mailing again.
On your own time.
To your real daughter.
♪ ♪
Why do I get the feeling
you're meddling?
Ah, because I am.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Dad,
I know your brand is Tough Guy,
but there comes a time...
Oh, this ain't about being tough.
It ain't even about me.
It's about your mother.
You know, she gave
up a whole other life.
And you think that that life
would have been better?
Well...
I think this family would disagree.
So if this is about her,
then you do this for her.
ABELINE: Hi. Uh, that
last name's Walker.
(SIGHS)
Thank you.
(CHUCKLING)
What is this, an ambush?
Enough talking around it, Bonham.
I want you to tell me to my face.
That I'm refusing treatment? Is that it?
"Is that it?"
It is your life.
And I want to know why.
Truly. Give me one good reason.
♪ You radiate... ♪
Fine.
The best reason.
You, Abeline Stewart Walker.
You're a maker.
You bring life to wherever
you decide to go.
And, by God, you're relentless.
Objection.
Evading the question.
All right.
You can go now, son.
♪ Babe, won't you please forgive me? ♪
It does seem like you're
turning this on me in a way
- I don't care for.
- If I do this treatment,
I know that I will be
your focus day in, day out.
I don't want that on you.
And if the treatment doesn't work,
I don't want you to
think that you failed.
♪ For you ♪
♪ Said, babe, won't you please ♪
- ♪ Forgive me? ♪
- ♪ Forgive me ♪
Do you remember this is where we met?
Of course.
And I'd just gotten engaged.
And you were sitting right there,
drinking champagne.
By yourself.
Which you commented on.
So... we celebrated.
Which is a funny way to celebrate
my engagement to another man.
But, um...
♪ Are in time ♪
♪ When life may try ♪
... here we are.
♪ To separate us ♪
♪ Save me a place next to you ♪
♪ Babe, won't you please forgive me? ♪
The outcome of your treatment
and my involvement in it...
... that could never be a failure.
It would be our lives.
And you don't get to tell me to quit
in the name of sparing me.
Giving up on you would
be the death of me.
- Abby, I just...
- Just let me say this.
I got you to that doctor's office,
and God knows why I
thought... (CHUCKLES)
... that it would be easy after that.
But I didn't ask for easy.
I mean, look how we met.
On the brink of a life decision.
And I have no regrets.
♪ And the sight of you ♪
♪ You're the perfect view ♪
♪ Just the thought of you ♪
♪ Makes me feel... ♪
I want to renew our vows.
A fresh start.
♪ ♪
♪ And the sight of you ♪
♪ You're the perfect view ♪
♪ You're a love with no end ♪
♪ Long live me and you... ♪
I know a place we can go.
If you're thinking of Room ,
- it's not free tonight.
- (CHUCKLES)
Well, I was thinking...
... we'd go to the hospital.
Rustle up Dr. Wunderkind.
Let him throw everything he's got at me.
♪ Stronger than my feelings ♪
- ♪ For you ♪
- ♪ For you ♪
We can call him tomorrow.
I was thinking...
(CHUCKLES)
... why don't we give...
Room a try?
♪ Energy ♪
♪ Inside of me ♪
♪ Stronger than my feelings for you ♪
♪ You, you, you, you. ♪
(HORSE WHINNIES IN DISTANCE)
MICKI: Checked in on you
at The Side Step first.
- Hey.
- Thought you might be there
burning the midnight oil.
Well, I mean, isn't part of this process
giving in to a higher power?
I thought I'd, uh, read through
these and finally hire a cook.
- Oh. Look at you.
- Look at me.
Telling dad jokes as a civilian.
- (CHUCKLES)
- Hey. Um...
I was a bit hard on you earlier.
So, despite my best
judgment as a Ranger,
as a friend...
I want to thank you.
For today.
For everything.
(SCOFFS)
Even for meddling.
- Meddling?
- Mm-hmm.
(CHUCKLING SOFTLY)
Hey, Micki.
- Hey. (GRUNTS)
- Hey.
Wow.
You solved it.
Yeah.
I'm impressed.
It took me a week
- to solve my first Rubik's Cube.
- Mm.
And you did it in a day.
Yeah.
Hmm. I guess we just
have different skill sets.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
♪ Thought I knew who I was... ♪
We're all pretty good
at sussing out liars, right?
And, uh, uh, you're right.
Both of you are right.
I need to accept that my life
shouldn't be what it was.
It can't be what it was.
And, um, before Emily d*ed,
she was always the one that
kept me in check with work.
And now she's gone,
and I have you two.
But I need to start
keeping myself in line.
It's not just about following rules.
It's about figuring out who I'm-I'm...
supposed to be on this side of it.
On that note,
uh...
got to be honest. Um...
I do have a small...
confession to make.
Liam, listen,
about that cube...
You cheated?
- (LAUGHS)
- Yeah, I know. I mean,
this is a vintage Rubik's Cube.
White and blue are never
next to each other. Fun fact.
- Aw!
- All right. Fair.
- Aw. Chin up, Cordell.
- (CHUCKLING)
There's always tomorrow to try again.
Yeah.
- To moving on.
- Yeah.
- (GRUNTS)
- To moving on.
♪ Yeah... ♪
01x15 - Four Stones in Hand
Moderator: MHS