05x09 - The Wolf is Waiting

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Tells the story of two teen girls who discover that they were accidentally switched at birth. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing as a child due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a poor neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.
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05x09 - The Wolf is Waiting

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♪♪

Previously on
Switched at Birth...

-You need to leave.
-Get out of my face.

-Toby: Hey...
-Oh, I get it.

Is Helen Keller, over here,
why you're so mad?

-What is your--
-Listen here, you--

No, Toby! (gasps)

You must go to school
with Travis?

Yeah, I go to Carlton.

Oh, you talk! Great!

Turn around, put your hands
on your head, now.

You're hurting
my pitching arm!

Daphne:
Nosebleeds plus that bruise...

I think someone
on the baseball team
is using steroids.

I'm using because a cop
tried to arrest me,

and he strained
my rotator cuff.

My dad's gonna
yell and lecture,
and that's it.

Your mom ordered
a mandatory drug test

for the whole team.
My life is over!

(laughs)

What happened here?

A little bit?

When I went to bed,
this place was
a disaster zone.

Now you could
eat off the floor.

(sighs)
God, I love you.

And to prove it,

I'm gonna take you out
for dinner tonight.

With my salary, of course,

it's gonna be the food truck
of your choice.

I thought Melody
was out of town.

(sighs)

Wow, I didn't know
that you two

had been talking.

That's great.

Oh!

Travis! Are you kidding?

I would love
to meet your mom.

(phone vibrates)

The health center?

Good. Have a seat,
thank you.

-That's him, yeah.
-Hey, man.

Good. Thank you very much.

Uh, yes.

Uh, a random drug test.

So, check him in.
And just, uh, grab a seat.

We couldn't do nothing.

I'm hoping you're wrong
about all this.

Ah, hi.

Dr. Taylor,
this is my daughter Daphne.

She is a student volunteer.

She'll be checking in
all of the athletes.

-Nice to meet you.
-Likewise.

Dr. Taylor is
from True Quest Labs.

He'll be administering
the test

to all of the sports teams
in the next two days.

What I'll need from you
is pretty simple.

After you log in
the players,

just mark and
track their samples
prior to my testing.

It's a lot of athletes,
so we need to stay organized.

-Okay?
-Got it.

Are all of
the baseball players
accounted for?

-John: Uh, I...
-It looks like everyone

-except Chris Walker.
-Ooh, Chris? He called me.

He's been throwing up.

I think he's got,
you know, stomach flu.

Then he won't mind
coming to the health center.

He's got 48 hours.

-Okay?
-Okay.

Bye.

Chris.

Stomach flu? Really?

Trust me,
I feel pretty sick
to my stomach right now.

So you just
skipped the test?

What are you thinking?

What I was thinking

is that if I walked in
there this morning,

I would have failed.

You should have
thought of that

before you started
taking steroids.

Look, I stopped
taking them, okay?

I know what
I did was wrong.

The problem is...

the dr*gs won't be
out of my system for a week.

I just need time.

Well, you don't have any.

If you don't take the test
in the next 48 hours,

you're gonna be
in huge trouble.

They're gonna kick
you off the team.

Forty-eight hours?

How do you know that?

I work in the health center,
remember?

Of course.
You can help me.

Chris...

You know why I did
what I did.

It's because
of the injury,

because of what
that cop did to me.

If I fail this test,

I will never get
a look with the Royals.

My baseball career
will be over.

I can't get you out
of taking the test.

It doesn't work like that.

That's not what I'm saying.

I need you
to help me cheat.

(theme music plays)

Come in.
Shut the door.

Hey, how's
your hand? Okay?

When you hit
Aidan McManus?

Damn it, Travis!

How many times
do we got to do this?

I had to bench you
last month

for fighting with
your own teammate.

Aidan's filed a complaint
with the athletic department.

It doesn't matter.

You're aware of the UMKC
code of conduct, right?

That may be, but v*olence
is never the answer.

Now, John is your coach.

I'm gonna let him decide
what to do with you.

Two weekends,
campus work detail.

Okay, do you want three?

Okay.
You can go.

(sighs)

You know,
Toby saw the whole thing.

That kid,
he was walking around
calling people Ret*rded.

I probably would've
hit him myself.

(scoffs)
Yeah.

Well, at least
it's over now, right?

I'm not so sure.

Aidan McManus is
the son of Leonard McManus.

-The lawyer?
-The ambulance chaser.

I've seen that guy's
TV commercials:

That's the guy.

He called my office.
He wants to set a meeting.

So are we talking,

like, Fort Knox level
of impenetrability

or more like a glorified
nanny-cam situation?

Um, somewhere in between.

Uh, there's been a few break-ins
in the neighborhood lately.

When I started this business,

I had a big muscle-bound
partner in Eric,

but now that it's just me,

a security system would
make me feel a little safer.

What about your bad-ass
Special Forces boyfriend?

He's in Cabo right now
with his Army buddies.

That's why I asked you.

Well, I think I found
the perfect system.

I can install it tomorrow,

but it's gonna take me
the better part of the day.

Plus, it's gonna get kind of
noisy and dusty in here.

Well...
(sighs).

I've been postponing
inventory for weeks now.

So I could just close up and
k*ll two birds with one stone.

Let's do it.

I'm gonna owe you like
a lifetime of coffee.

-Hey.
-Hey.

So did you think
about what I said?

I'm not gonna
help you cheat.

(door closes)

But if you've stopped
taking the drug,

there's a chance I could
help you pass the test.

What drug
were you taking?

Colibuterol.

-In what dose?
-75 micro-grams,

-once a day.
-And you weigh?

-190.
-Time of your last dose?

Uh, three days ago,
around 9:00 a.m.

It'll be tight
and I can't guarantee
a hundred percent

that this will work,
but there's a chance.

You just have to do
exactly what I say.

Yeah, yeah, anything.

(knock on door)

-Hey!
-Hi, come in, come on in.

Oh, hi, honey.

Oh.

-And you must be Bay.
-I am!

-Hi!
-Hi!

Oh, it is so nice
to meet you.

-I made artichoke dip.
-Oh, I love artichoke dip.

Um, gosh...

I am so happy
that you made it.

I... I wanted
to meet the girl

that my son went
all the way to China for.

(laughs)
This is China.

China.

-Got it.
-That was perfect.

(both laugh)

He says
your signing's great.

Thanks.

But I am glad
that you're here.

It just makes it easier.

Hmm.

Hey! They're here!

Oh, I've got
a surprise for you.

Eddie's here.

This is my brother.
Travis's favorite uncle.

Travis.

Good to see you, pal.

Karen:
Eddie, this is Bay.

This is Travis's
girlfriend.

Eddie:
Wow! (sighs)

I always knew this kid

-had good taste.
-Mm-hmm.

Uh, I hope you
don't mind me
crashing dinner.

Oh, of course not.
The more, the merrier.

Should we open a bottle of wine?
Celebrate the reunion?

Karen:
Uh, yeah.

Come on,
I'll find one and...

you guys just make
yourselves comfortable.

Wow, your mom
is so sweet.

Are you okay?

Karen:
Hey, come on over, guys!

I made Travis's favorite.

It's honey-baked chicken.

Bay:
Just one second.

Phew!
Girl, you can run.

-(laughs)
-I'm more of a
"walk out to the mound..."

"...and do my thing"
kind of guy.

Well, this is all about
speeding up your metabolism.

Those two gallons of water
I had you drink,

we need you to sweat
all of that out,

and then we'll replenish
your vitamin levels

to normalize
your glucose readings.

Man, you really
know your stuff.

Ah, it's just basic
human physiology.

Today's about
flushing your system,

and tomorrow
we build it back up.

We need to boost
your creatine levels,

so that means
lots of red meat.

Well, that I got.

I know where to find
the best barbecue

in Kansas City.
You're gonna love it.

Actually,
I'm a vegetarian.

Seriously?

Uh, okay,
then, uh, you'll just
have to make do

with the best okra
and baked beans ever.

Sounds perfect.

-Hi.
-On me, of course.

I will have
an extra large mango

and whatever this beautiful,
young genius is having.

(Karen and Eddie laughing)

Eddie:
Do you remember

when he ate
an entire jar

of peanut butter
in one sitting?

Oh, he was like

a human garbage disposal
back then.

(Eddie sighs)

He was such a troublemaker.

Karen, you have
to see him pitch.

He's amazing.

Oh, I'd love to come
see a game.

Uh, well,
you can't though,

'cause the season's over.

Oh, this is so nice,

-just having us
all together again.
-Eddie: Yeah.

Karen:
My relationship with,
uh, Travis's dad,

it was always, um...

a little rocky.

And Eddie was
more of a father

to Travis than my ex was.

Now, let's not
insult the kid's dad.

Oh, you're right.
You're right.

But we were always so grateful
that you were there for us.

He used to come visit
every Christmas,

and he would always

bring Travis those
model-airplane kits.

And you guys would put them
together in the garage.

Do you remember that, honey?

Did you ask him
if he remembered that?

Hey, honey.

Are you okay?

Hey, you haven't
touched your food.

You know what?
If you don't--

If you don't
like the chicken,

I can make you
something else.

Um, you know what?
It's getting late, actually.

We should go.

But I made Mississippi mud
for dessert.

It's just I have to wake up

at the, uh, cr*ck of dawn

for work tomorrow, so, uh...

At a tattoo parlor?

Uh, yeah,
you'd be surprised

how many people
want to get inked

first thing in the morning.

Oh, okay.

Travis?

Stop.

It... It was
great to meet you.

You two.

Bye, honey.

(door opens)

(door closes)

Leonard, I am so glad
you came by.

I wanted to thank you
in person.

We used your last donation
to re-turf the entire
football field.

Ah, I'm so glad.

I had some of the best memories
of my life on that field.

Yes, and I wanted to tell you
how sorry we are

about what
happened to Aidan.

We are disciplining
the player in question.

We've given him
two consecutive weekends
on work detail

and a serious reprimand.

I hardly think
that's enough punishment

for a guy
who att*cked my son.

att*ck?

I think that's a bit
of an overstatement.

Do you?

This wouldn't have anything
to do with the fact

that your daughter
happens to be dating

the player in question,
would it?

Not at all.

I think
it's a fair punishment.

His jaw is broken.

Really?

His mouth is wired shut.

He won't be able
to speak for weeks.

I ought to be suing
the pants off this kid.

I understand
that you're angry,

but I tell you that
there is no money there.

And I think that we should
handle this internally

for the good of the school.

Actually,
I agree with you.

You know how much I care
about the athletic department.

I've been very loyal
with my checkbook.

You certainly have.

Bottom line:

I don't think Travis Barnes
is worthy of our fine program.

What exactly
are you saying?

Either that kid's
off the baseball team

or I'm taking
my money elsewhere.

How could he just sit there
across from you

and pretend like it
never happened?

The thought of your mom
still being there with him,

not knowing
who he really is...

Travis,
you have to tell her!

She has to know.

It's just gonna keep
coming up

every time you see him.

But you were
so excited about it.
And what?

You're just gonna
throw that all away
just to protect him?

At least then
she would know the truth.

What don't I get?

Oh, Travis.

We will make her
believe you.

Okay.

Look, I'm not gonna
make you do anything

that you do not
want to do, okay?

All right, um...

Hey.

I can stay
here tonight.

Okay.

(sighs)

(clattering)

Daphne:
This is the best fried okra
I've ever tasted.

And the corn bread,
oh my God!

I'm telling you,
if you had a little taste
of these beef ribs,

you'd give up
being vegetarian forever.

He's right
about that, honey.

(laughter)

For real,
Aunt Mae should've had
her own restaurant.

That's 'cause she's
the best damn cook
west of the Mississippi.

-Aren't you,
Mae Mae? Hmm?
-Chris!

Well, I need
to get this recipe.

Hmm, I don't know.

I don't give that recipe
out to just anybody.

But I might make an exception
for the girl Chris is sweet on.

-Oh, we're
just friends.
-Mm-hmm.

I know a budding romance
when I see it.

I'm just helping Chris
with some training.

Daphne's dad is my coach,
Coach K.

He's the one getting us
our look with the Royals.

Is that right?

Oh, well,
thank your daddy for me.

It would be great if Chris
could play ball nearby

and be here to raise
his little brother Taylor

when I'm gone.

You're not going anywhere.

I've watched Chris
play the game since
he was little,

and I've watched him grow
into a fine young man.

He didn't have
a lot growing up,

but I did the best I could.

You did great.

And I always told him,
if he worked hard,

he could achieve
whatever he wanted.

And one day, he'll go on

and inspire a lot of kids
to do the same.

(sobs)

-(chuckles)
-Chris: Come on.

Let's get you home.

I don't want to tire you out
bragging about me all day.

But I like it.
Give me some sugar.

(chuckles)

(sighs)
Sweetheart.

No way,
I am not cutting Travis!

Leonard McManus donates
$200,000 a year

-to the athletic department.
-I don't care.

It is my team
and I decide who's
on the roster!

We are in the middle
of a budget crisis!

-We need that money!
-Well, we'll find
the money elsewhere.

No, we won't.

The days when you and I
could pitch in

to make up for a shortfall
are long gone.

Besides, Mike Chapman
didn't even skip a b*at.

He wants Travis out!

Did you at least fight back?

Of course I did,

but he knows
Travis's history.

And frankly,
I see his point.

It's not fair to the rest
of the athletes to suffer

just because one kid
can't control his temper!

I'm talking to Mike.

No, you're not and that's
not open for discussion.

Oh, really?

I know how
you feel about Travis.

He's the reason
you're coaching
in the first place, so...

if you want me to be
the one to tell him,
I will.

No, it should be me.

Well, that's about it.

Okay, I'm just about
finished up here,

but I'm short a co-a* cable.
I need to run a few errands.

You cool with me being gone
for a couple hours?

-No problem.
-Cool.

-I'll definitely
finish tonight.
-I'll be here.

All right then.
See ya.

Just sign right here.

It's gonna be okay.

I hope you're right.

I'm proud of you
for doing this the right way.

This is good.

I'm sorry for
getting you involved
in all of this,

but thank you.

I'll let you know as soon as
I hear anything. Promise.

How's it coming?

All good.

Um, we have
the girls' swim team

this afternoon
and then we're all done.

Excellent.
I'm about halfway through
the samples we've collected,

just get the rest to me
when you can.

Will do.
Um, how's it
going so far?

Anything unusual come up?

Nope, all clear. No PEDs
and nothing to suggest

anyone's trying
to game the test.

-Game the test?
-Well, you'd be surprised

at the lengths
some athletes would go
to mask their results.

-Really?
-There are methods
that can work.

You know,
like a special diet,

intense use of diuretics,

but I have ways
of finding all that.

-You do?
-Sure.

If I suspect any of
that stuff's been done,

I'll just order a blood test.

That's conclusive.
No way around it.

That's really interesting.

It's a science.
We've got it down.

(door unlocks, opens)

(door closes)

Toby, you back already?

Toby?

Toby, is that you?

(door opens)

I have a g*n!
I'm calling 9-1-1!

Since when did you get a g*n?

Oh my God, Eric.

Why didn't you tell me
you were coming?

It wouldn't have been
smart of me to contact you.

But where's Will?

Is he okay?
Are you okay?

We're fine.
Me and Will have been
bouncing around a lot

over the last year:

Portland, Salt Lake,
Boulder.

I almost broke down
and called you a million times.

I wish you had.


But why are you here now?

I'm tired of running.

I'm tired of
changing our identities,

never settling down.

And it's not right for Will.
I mean, he's getting older,

and he's asking me questions
that I can't answer.

Look, I have to put
a stop to this.

But if Hope finds you...

Hope's in jail,
parole violation.

The police are
still looking for me,
but I found a guy.

He can help me and Will
get out of the country.

It's not cheap,
but he can give me
everything that we need:

uh, new identities, citizenship,
a business, everything...

a whole new life.

So, why did you come back?

I left something here.

Yeah, I'm afraid so.

Travis, I'm sorry,
but my hands are tied,

and getting angry about it
is not gonna help anything.

Uh, Travis, can I give
you a little advice?

Whatever this is that
is making you so angry,

you have got to get
to the bottom of that.

Otherwise,
it is just gonna keep
messing up your life.

Oh no.

Yeah, I led him to believe
that he's gonna pass,

and now he's gonna
get caught for sure.

Everyone involved
in the protest

has moved on
with their lives,

but Chris made
the biggest sacrifice
of them all

and now it's gonna
cost him everything.

It does sound
pretty unfair.

There is one thing
I could do.

I'm in charge of
all the drug test samples.

But it's wrong helping
someone cheat, right?

Is it cheating
to help someone

who doesn't ever get
a fair shake to begin with?

-What do you mean?
-You didn't see

when they pinned him down

for trying to steal
his own bike.

I know that,
but am I crazy

for thinking about crossing
the line for him.

Maybe I'm the wrong
person to ask.

When you're medical career
was on the line,

I took the b*llet for you.

I didn't even hesitate,
and I would do it again
in a second.

-Hi.
-Hi, I hope
I'm not intruding.

Hey, um, I'm Daphne.

I remember.
Nice to see you again.

Um, I have to get back
to the health center.

I'll see you.

It was nice
to see you again.

You too.

Sorry to drop in
like this, but I just...

I just don't know
what happened last night.

I was so excited to finally
reconnect with Travis,

and we were having
such a good time,

and he just...
shut down.

I don't know if it was
something that I said

or something that I did.

I'm sorry.
I--I--I can't.

There is something going on.

It's just, it's really
not my place.

Look, I know
that he has Melody,

and I'm... (sobs)

I'm happy,

but I'm his mom.

I'm his real mom,

and I missed
all that time with him,

and I'm... I'm trying
to make up for it.

I know my signing
wasn't very good last night.

-I was just so nervous.
-Oh no, no.

It was not that at all.

Then will you...

talk to him
and ask him to tell me?

please, whatever it is...

I just want to know.

That's been in
my daughter's apartment
this whole time?

Why didn't you tell me?

I didn't want to get
you in trouble.

That is a lot of money.

This buys me and Will
a new life.

I want it to include you.

Look, I've got a little cafe
picked out in Belize.

I can't.

We could live the life
we've always wanted.

Come with me.

(sighs)
I can't.

Come... with me.

Wait.

Wait.

I can't do this.

I can't do this.

Your mom came to see me
at the tattoo parlor.

Because.
(sighs)

She knows
that something's wrong,

but she
doesn't know what.

You said that she will
be devastated

if you tell her...

but she is devastated right now.

Travis, you have
to face this.

All this other stuff
that you've been doing,

it's not working anymore.

(sighs)

I'll come.
I'll interpret.

I will be with you
the whole time.

(sighs)

Thanks.

(indistinct conversation)

Dr. Taylor.
You're gonna k*ll me.

I made a big mistake.

I dropped
one of the samples.

-I'm so sorry.
-It's okay.

Accidents happen.

It's Friday,
so have the nurse

call the student
whose sample was ruined

and let them know
they need to get in here

first thing Monday
for a re-screen.

Give Will a kiss for me.

Yeah.

Look, I wasn't just
coming back for the money.

I had to try.

I know.

And once I'm gone,
I can't come back.

I understand.

I hope you do too.

(slow ballad plays)

♪ k*ll the darlings ♪

♪ Nothing grows... ♪

It's gonna take 48 hours

for us to get
our new passports.

I'll be at
the Platte City Motel
out by the airport...

if you change your mind.

I won't.

♪ Oh, the ache in my bones ♪

♪ Will leave me someday ♪

Eddie isn't gay.

He was married.

It's true.

Maybe you're
remembering it wrong.

It was the Christmas
during that big snow storm,

and the power went out.

You went
to the grocery store

because all the food
in the fridge went bad.

-And he took me
into the garage.
-No!

Stop.

Really, I don't want
to hear anymore of this.

He's not making this up.

Then why didn't you
tell me this years ago?

I couldn't tell you.
You never saw it.

And how could you not notice
how things changed between us

whenever he was around?

I just thought
you were being a...
a teenager.

You never talked to me!

You were angry
all of the time!

That's why I was angry.

Because you never
learned my language.

(gasps)
I've been trying.

It's too late.

I don't need it now.

I needed it
when I was 12.

I was scared.

I thought it
was all my fault.

I couldn't tell you...

and Eddie knew that.

And that's why
he took advantage of me,

because I was the deaf kid
who couldn't talk to his mom.

(Karen cries)
I'm sorry!

(crying)
I-- I'm so sorry.

That's not good enough.

Please help me.
Please.

(sniffles)

I think
what he needs to hear

is that you believe him.

(sniffles)

I believe you.

I believe you.

I believe you!

(Travis cries)

I have to take
the test again? Why?

Your test was compromised.

They need you back in
on Monday morning.

By compromised you mean...

I dropped it, accidentally.

But what about the cleanse?

I mean, everything we did?

-I thought--
-They have a test
for that too.

You would've been flagged.

I couldn't let
that happen to you.

And Monday will be
seven days since I stopped.

I'll test clean!

Thank you! Thank you!

Whoa, whoa.

That's not why
I did this.

Do you have any idea
how I feel right now,

how hard that
was for me to do?

Yeah, I do, and I really,
really appreciate it.

Do you?

Because I don't feel very good
about myself right now.

I cheated in a hospital.

I want to be a doctor,
that's my dream,

and right now, I don't feel
like I deserve to be one.

Hey.

Hey, you helped somebody
who desperately needed it,

even though it could have
cost you everything.

That kind of doctor...

That's the kind
of doctor I want.

(whispers)
Thank you.

Just make sure you end up
being the guy

your Aunt Mae sees
when she looks at you.

I promise...
I will.

-Hey.
-Hey.

Well, you're all set.

James Bond
couldn't break in here

without everyone knowing it.
Let me show you.

This is so cool.

So, it automatically
takes a screen grab
every five seconds

and saves it
to your hard drive.

Now if you want
to go full screen,

click on the cam
that you want to see

and scroll through
the images like this.

(computer beeps)

Wait, wait, wait!

Oh.

Can I ask you a question?

Sure.

If nothing happened
between us,

and there's no chance
it ever will,

do I need to tell
Luca he was here?

You know, when Lily
told me about Julian...

it almost ruined us.

And in the end,
there was nothing there.

Honestly,
I kind of wish that...

she had never told me.

I think some things in life
are just better left unsaid.

Thanks.
(sighs)

Now, can you show me
how to delete this?

(chuckles)

I am so proud of you.

So do you think that
things will be easier

between you and your mom?

Yeah, I know.

But, hey,
Regina missed

the first
16 years of my life,

and look at us now.

You can rebuild.

(door opens, closes)

Hey.

Uh, you know what?
Have a seat.

So I, uh...
I called a friend of mine
from the Royals days.

He's a... he's a scout
for a professional team.

Well,
they need a relief pitcher
with a really good curve.

So, I sent them
a video of you.

And it turns out...

they're interested.

(chuckles)
Yeah.

Yeah, but no, there's
just one thing, okay?

The team is in Tokyo.

It's the Japanese league.

Yeah.

And, uh,
they need you pitching...

in a week.

(instrumental music playing)
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