03x07 - Can We Be Honest?

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03x07 - Can We Be Honest?

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["WALKING IN THE SUNSHINE"

BY ELLA FITZGERALD PLAYING]

Walking in the sunshine ♪

Sing a little sunshine song ♪

Put a smile upon your face ♪

As if there's nothing wrong ♪

Think about a good time ♪

Oh, God.

Think about forgetting ♪

About your worries and your woes ♪

Walking in the sunshine ♪

Sing a little sunshine song ♪

La-la-la-la-la-de-oh! ♪

Whether the weather be rain or snow ♪

Pretending can make it real ♪

A snowy pasture ♪

A green and grassy field ♪

Walking in the sunshine ♪

Sing a little sunshine song ♪

Ah, put a smile ♪

[RETCHES]

[GASPS]

Aww, f*ck!

[DOCTOR] Well, congratulations.

You're four and a half months pregnant.

How is this even possible?

I am a thousand years old.

I mean, yeah, I I

felt things, but I

I just thought it was menopause.

Menopause and pregnancy

share some similar things.

- So that's understandable.

- A nightmare.

What?

Well, the great news

is everyone's healthy.

Tests and baby look good.

Would you like to know the sex?

I would like to go back in

time and not have the sex.

Jen, I understand this is a shock,

but it's also kind of a miracle.

Do you know how many women would

k*ll to get pregnant at your age?

[UNDER BREATH] Oh, f*ck!

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[JUDY] Hi, Dr. Ashmani!

Judy, hi.

Hi. I come bearing gifts.

Well, gift. I don't wanna oversell.

Oh! Is that my boat?

- Hope so.

- [LAUGHS] Oh.

It's my first seascape, and

I painted it from memory.

- Also, I've been eating a lot of pot, so

- [LAUGHS]

Well, it's beautiful and very kind.

- Thank you.

- Thank you for everything.

I just wanted you to know.

You were so right. I couldn't

have gone through all that alone.

Oh, well, I'm just

glad there was a friend

who was able to be there for you.

Me too.

I wish I could figure

a way to repay her.

Well, maybe after you're

finished with your treatment.

I thought I was finished.

Well, we still have

to go back in two weeks

and test you to see if you

responded well to the chemo.

Oh, yeah, right. I mean, I think

I probably responded pretty good

'cause I feel pretty good.

That's great, but odds are you

will still need another round.

Yeah, I'm not really an odds person.

I don't really believe in 'em.

Okay. Well, good for you.

Honestly, a lot of my patients

go in hard on Google, and

that can be very discouraging.

No, yeah.

I feel like what I don't

know can't hurt me. Right?

What am I gonna do? [SOBS]

Is there

- Do you have a partner in the picture?

- Oh, gross.

Don't say partner. I'm not

running a small business.

I have a f*cking human being in my body.

And the person that is

responsible for this is in rehab.

That's rough.

So, I think I'm gonna hold

off on any big announcements

until I'm finally showing.

- [DOCTOR] Hmm.

- [JEN] Hmm?

- [DOCTOR GRUNTS]

- Am I?

- [DOCTOR GROANS]

- No.

[DOCTOR] Mm-hmm.

[GASPS]

Do you know of a Marshalls nearby?

[SIGHS]

- Uh, hey.

- [JUDY] Hey!

Oh, somebody got a new poncho.

Yep, somebody did. [CHUCKLES]

Yeah, no, I I just saw

it, and I just thought,

"I'm gonna I'm

gonna get that poncho."

"And I'm gonna I'm

gonna wear that poncho."

Yeah, wear that poncho.

- What's, uh, this all about?

- [EXHALES]

Okay, it's just a little something

to say thank you for helping

me get through the chemo.

You don't have to thank me for

helping you get through chemo.

I can thank you if I wanna thank you.

I wanted to take you somewhere fun.

But I know you have work. So, I

figured why not bring the party to us?

[JEN GASPS]

- Ta-da!

- Oh!

It's a wine tasting!

Wine.

Yeah, these were all of your

favorites from the vineyards in Napa.

[INHALES] That's so thoughtful

of you, honey. It's, um

[CLICKS TONGUE] Uh

- What's wrong?

- I'm doing dry January.

- It's October.

- You know what I mean.

Do I?

[GASPS] Or does this have

something to do with Ben?

- What? No!

- Like you're inspired.

- It has nothing I'm not inspired.

- Yeah, like, sober in solidarity.

You know, you did say

his name a couple times.

- [JEN] Eww!

- What?

No, I am

I just, you know, I really wanna

focus on my health right now.

Just try to make smarter choices

about what I put in my body.

Yeah, I hear you. I mean, I

shouldn't be drinking either.

But I do get two weeks, no bad news.

So, I figured I'll live

in that vacuum of joy,

and wine is helpful there.

Yeah, it is.

Hey, you know, I got a

lot going on today, so

- I know. Your showing.

- What?

- You're showing the house.

- [GASPS] Yes.

Yep, yep, yep. I'm showin' a house.

That is correctamundo.

Um, yeah, I must have blocked

it out because, you know,

the client is a pain in the a

And this is from a trip when

Jeff and I went to the Badlands,

which is a real misnomer

because it's great there.

Well, it'll be great in your new house.

- Or in this box forever.

- [HUFFS]

I just don't understand why

we have to stage this place.

It's already in great shape.

Yeah, it's just there's a

lot of personality in here

- [CHUCKLES]

- and g*ns!

g*ns are a selling point in Orange

County, and personality is good.

[UNDER BREATH] It depends

on the personality.

Okay [SIGHS]

I'll put 'em in my safe

room. You know [SCOFFS]

I just don't understand

why Jeff insists on selling.

He didn't want kids. So, this

house was kind of my baby.

But you know, here's the thing, Karen,

is that sometimes you just

have to accept the fact

that this is your life,

and you need to f*cking deal,

no matter how much you wish things

were very, very, very different.

Jesus Christ! What is that smell?

- Oh, it's my Yankee Candle collection.

- [GASPS]

Of course it is. Why wouldn't it be?

Bona fide wick-head here.

- Great.

- Wanna sniff?

- No, thanks.

- Orange dreamsicle.

Nope! [SNIFFS]

- [KAREN] But

- Oh, no. [GULPS]

Are you are you feeling okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

- Something's different about you.

- No, it isn't.

- Hey, there.

- Hey!

- [JUDY] Oh!

- I know what it is.

What?

[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS, FADES]

Your poncho.

Isn't it great?

- [CLICKS TONGUE] Yep.

- So roomy.

- What you smugglin' in there?

- Nothing.

Hey! Be careful with that.

That's from HomeGoods.

Hi. What you doing here?

Oh, I thought maybe you

guys might get hungry, so

Actually, I am hungry, so

whatcha whatcha got there?

- Oh, Gorgonzola and chorizo.

- No.

[JUDY] No?

[JEN GULPS] [EXHALES]

Okay.

[GAGS] I just need some air.

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

- [BEN] Jen!

- [GASPS]

Hey.

Jesus f*cking Christ. What the

[PEREZ] What am I looking at?

That is Jen Harding's kid

driving a banged-up Jeep

in the wrong place at the wrong time.

You mean the right

place at the right time

to be our hit-and-run suspect?

[CHUCKLES] Right and

wrong are subjective.

I mean, what's wrong for him is right

Yes, that's what I mean.

[PEREZ] All right, hold on.

You think the Harding

kid hit his own mother?

That doesn't make any sense.

Okay, at first, I didn't think so

either, but we know Charlie Harding

was driving Steve Wood's

car when he went missing.

Now he's driving this one?

Come on. What are the odds?

Pretty low, but why would

he wanna hurt his own mother?

Maybe he wanted to hurt Judy Hale.

Look, she was in the car

that k*lled his father.

So was Steve Wood. Look

what happened to him.

Steve Wood's m*rder didn't

have anything to do with this.

How how do you know?

- I don't.

- [CLATTERING]

[NICK] Charlie had the motive.

Not to mention, he was in the house

with the possible m*rder w*apon.

What m*rder w*apon?

The wooden bird.

[PEREZ] Hmm.

[CHEWING]

You never heard back from

Agent Moranis about that, huh?

Mm-mm. No, no. No word on the bird.

Yeah, yeah.

- I wonder if I should go follow up.

- No.

We should bring the kid in.

I'll track down Mrs. Harding.

- Great. Let's go.

- No, I I should go alone.

You know, try and talk

to her woman-to-woman.

Uh, you try and isolate

the plates on that footage.

What?

Nothing.

Ah! It's such a nice

surprise to see you!

Yes, big surprise. So many surprises.

I, um I thought you were in rehab.

Oh, I was. Just, uh, they

sprung me loose. [CHUCKLES]

And now I'm, uh, at that step

where I'm making my amends.

- Aww, great.

- Oh. You don't that's not necessary.

Oh.

And I'm I'm also here to say goodbye.

- What? What? Where are you going?

- Goodbye?

Uh [SIGHS]

I gotta get back to my life up north.

My practice, my son

who's in college now,

so he doesn't really, you know,

really care about Dada. [CHUCKLES]

Yeah, no, no, of course.

[BEN] Yeah.

But also to be honest, there's a reason

why I left Laguna in the first place.

A lot of bad memories here.

Yeah, I hear ya.

Yeah, and I know I can't

make my amends to Him, but I can to you.

So [CLEARS THROAT]

[INHALES]

I'm sorry for every

uncomfortable thing I

ever put you through.

- No problem. Seriously, all is forgiven.

- What? No, no, not at all.

- All right? We good.

- Please. Yeah.

Really? 'Cause I, uh

There's actually more.

- Here. I have a list.

- [JUDY] No!

- No, you're fine. You're fine. [SCOFFS]

- No need. Come on. It's us.

Wow. Okay. [CHUCKLES]

Thank you. Thanks. God,

I was nervous. [CHUCKLES]

You did great.

You did.

So we're really gonna miss you, Ben.

- Yeah.

- [JUDY] Mm-hmm.

Are you sure that you really need to go?

If I I would only be staying

out of obligation to my parents.

And so there's not really

I don't know, you know?

There's not really any other

reason to be here.

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

- [JEN] Hmm?

- [JUDY] Hmm.

- [JEN GRUNTS]

- What?

I mean, you gotta go, you gotta go.

- Might not have to go if you felt like

- He has to go.

- people wanted you to stay.

- Kids, things.

His kid isn't here. He

said he's in college.

- He's cranky as f*ck. He doesn't care.

- It's Okay.

[BEN] Right. [CHUCKLES] Uh, cool.

Well, I, um

I'm gonna go. I got, um

Listen. I love you both.

And, I mean, you guys are so sweet

and so nice to me and

so kind, and I hope that,

you know, you know how much

that's that's meant to me.

[JUDY] Aww.

- [JEN CLEARS THROAT]

- We love you. Hmm?

- [JEN] Hmm.

- [BEN] Oh.

Aww.

- [GROANS] So sweet of you.

- What?

[BEN SIGHS]

All right, well, um, yeah. See ya later.

Yeah, okay. Later gator.

- In a while cr Bye.

- [BEN SIGHS]

- I'll walk you out.

- Okay.

- Ooh! You all right?

- Bye.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

[JUDY] Why didn't you say anything?

- What are you talking about?

- [SIGHS] The pregnant pause.

- He was waiting for you to say something.

- To say what?

That you want him to stay,

that you have feelings for him.

Eww, I don't have feel No, I don't.

Ugh, please. You said his name

twice when we were tripping.

Um, I'm sorry, I was tripping.

Okay, you fell on his d*ck twice too.

- Really?

- Yeah.

How many things you do twice

before you admit that you love him?

I don't love him.

I don't believe you.

I I can't even I

can't even look at him, okay?

I k*lled his f*cking brother.

- His f*cking brother k*lled your husband.

- Yeah, well, he doesn't know that.

Well, maybe he should.

What if we just told him

the truth about everything?

Don't you think he could forgive you?

No, I absolutely do not think that.

Well, you forgave him

for the hit-and-run.

Okay, that is not the same.

You can't tit-for-tat that.

We tit-for-tatted.

I told you the truth about Ted,

then, yeah, we went

through a rough patch

where you threatened to sh**t

me and then you k*lled Steve,

but you were honest.

And look at us now.

Yeah, yeah, look at us. You have cancer,

and I'm about three seconds

away from being arrested.

Okay, you don't know that.

But I know that no matter how much

sh*t we put each other through,

somehow we're still best friends, right?

Right.

Because we tell each

other the truth, right?

No, we do.

[GASPS] I'm pregnant.

What? No.

Yeah, why do you think I've been

wearing this stupid-ass poncho?

Just there it is.

Oh, my God! With ?

Yeah. Yeah, it's really f*cked.

I'm so sorry.

No. No, that is

How far along are you?

Just too far.

Wow.

That is amazing. I mean,

I can't even believe it.

- It's, like, amazing.

- Okay

Judy, you are allowed

to say how you feel.

Yeah, no, I am. I am.

I mean, it is amazing.

Okay.

I just, um

- I just need a minute.

- [SIGHS]

- I I know. Ju Judy, can we please

- I need a minute.

Okay. Oh, sh*t.

- [DOOR CLOSES]

- [GASPS]

- [HENRY] Mom?

- What?

[HENRY] Charlie threw the iPad at me.

Oh, for f*ck's sake!

f*ck!

Come here. Are you okay?

- [HENRY] Yeah.

- [JEN] Do you need a hug?

[HENRY] Okay.

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUFFLED SCREAMING]

[STEVE] I love you.

[JUDY] I love you.

And you too.

- [ENGINE REVVING]

- [SCREAMS]

- [TIRES SCREECHING]

- [STEVE] What happened?

[JUDY] I really thought that I was

gonna have a baby and a family.

- [JEN] What were you thinking?

- I was throwing it to him.

It's not my fault that

he has no reflexes.

You guys are too old for this sh*t.

- I am too old for this sh*t.

- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]

[SIGHS]

sh*t.

Who is it?

You're telling me that's not Charlie?

No, it is, but I am telling you

that he wasn't driving the

car when it hit us, okay?

No, I've never been

more confused in my life.

The point is he didn't hit

us. You just have to trust me.

Why would I do that?

Because

Because I know who did.

- Who did?

- I'm not telling.

Jesus Christ, woman!

Do you know how many hours we've

put into trying to solve this thing?

Yes, a lot, and now you can stop.

Oh, and you can stop telling

me what I can and can't do.

I'm not pressing charges,

so it doesn't matter anyway.

I need to know who did it.

- And I said I can't tell you!

- [HUFFS]

Then maybe Charlie

won't mind opening up.

Ben. It was Ben Wood.

- What?

- [EXHALES] It was an accident.

- It was a hit-and-run.

- Yeah, and he's sorry.

- Oh, he's sorry. Hmm?

- Yes, yes. He just made amends.

Oh, so he'd been drinking.

No.

I I don't know, okay?

Just please, just promise me

that you won't do anything to him.

I can't do that. I'm not your

g*dd*mn sorority sister. I'm a cop.

- Please. He's been through enough already.

- [SCOFFS]

I just wanna let him go.

And so what? You don't wanna

press charges out of guilt?

No.

- Maybe, but mostly, I don't

- Because you are thinking

he's gonna take it easy on you

once he finds out what you did?

No.

- You just don't understand.

- Then explain it to me.

[SIGHS]

I'm pregnant.

I'm pregnant, okay?

So, what's that got

to do with Oh, sh*t.

[JEN SIGHS] Hey.

You chilly?

- Can I have your poncho?

- [LAUGHS]

You can have anything you want.

- There.

- Thanks.

I'm so sorry, Judy.

Don't be sorry. You're

not having a baby at me.

Yeah, well, I shouldn't

be having one at all.

[SCOFFS] Just

- I don't know what the f*ck I'm doing.

- Yes, you do.

No, barely.

I mean, Ted. Ted did

everything. And, um

I mean, he was a sh*t

husband, but he was

he was a he was a good mom.

So are you.

You're a better mother than I

am. I mean, everybody knows it.

- Stop.

- [CHUCKLES]

I can't do this alone, Jude.

If you wanna repay me for

helping you through chemo,

please help me through this.

What about Ben?

W-what about him?

You have to tell him.

No, I can't.

That would be, like, entrapment.

- Hmm. No.

- Maybe not entrapment. I wait.

- I don't feel that is the real meaning.

- Is it entrapment?

Anyway, it's it

just wouldn't be fair.

He deserves to know.

- All of it.

- [SIGHS]

And then maybe he can process it,

and, I mean, that'll

take a minute, but

maybe you guys can have a life together.

I already have a life.

And a partner.

Ooh, I hate that word.

- Yeah, it's gross.

- Yeah.

But it applies here.

[EMOTIONAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[TED ON TABLET] Hey, Charlie

Brown, what do you think?

What's Mommy got in her belly?

[CHARLIE] Is it a bagel?

[JEN] I think he just thinks I'm fat.

[TED] No. What do you

think, Char? Is it a baby?

[JEN] Do you wanna be a big brother?

[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]

[SHUDDERS]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

- Hi.

- [JUDY] Hi.

Can we talk?

- [NICK] Hey, can I ask you a question?

- [SIGHS] Sure.

- You think I'm stupid?

- [PEREZ] Uh, what?

I followed up with Agent Moranis.

I know you never sent him the bird.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

Nick, look. I can I can explain

No, no, you don't have to.

I know what's going on here.

You do?

[TENSE MUSIC BUILDS]

You think I'm a bad

cop. You think I'm crazy.

Oh, no.

No, no, no, I don't.

Then what other explanation is there?

Every time I have a

theory about anything,

you just make this face, like

- No, I don't.

- You just did.

- You can't stop it. [SPLUTTERS]

- I'm not. I did not.

- What? What do you no.

- You just did it.

That's what you do. Look

I was f*cked up after I lost my partner,

and you took a chance on me when

when no one else

would, and I'm grateful.

Because you know this

job, it's [SIGHS]

it's all I really care about.

- [PEREZ] Me too.

- But I'm tired of being sidelined.

[INHALES] I know you're

a good cop, but I am too.

And I deserve to be treated like it.

You owe me that.

You're right.

I do.

[CHARLIE AND HENRY LAUGHING]

[CHARLIE] He dropped his ice cream.

I don't know what was going on here.

- [SHOUTING ON TABLET]

- [LAUGHING]

[LAUGHING] Okay, that was good.

[HENRY LAUGHING] Oh, my gosh.

What are you guys What

are you guys watching?

Can I see?

- You wanna see?

- Yeah!

- Think fast.

- [SHOUTS, GASPS]

Oh, you wanna

[CHUCKLES] Reflexes?

Think fast! [LAUGHS]

- You think fast too. You think fast too.

- [LAUGHING]

[JEN] I'll get you so bad.

- Oh, I'm gonna get you.

- [CHARLIE] Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo-hoo!

- [LAUGHING]

- [JEN] Stop!

- [CHARLIE] Wait.

- Right behind the ear!

- [CHARLIE] Stop that. Stop! Stop!

- You did! Stop hitting me. You stop it!

- [DOOR OPENS]

- [JEN LAUGHS]

[CHARLIE AND HENRY LAUGHING, CHATTERING]

Hey, where have you been?

Finding the best way to repay you.

- Judy, I thought we discussed our terms.

- I know.

[INHALES] But odds are that I might not

always be able to be here for you

in the way that I wish that I could.

What are you talking about? Odds?

You know what I'm talking about.

Oh. [SCOFFS]

Come on. I got pregnant

at 47, okay? f*ck the odds.

- They don't apply to us.

- [DOORBELL RINGS]

Oh, my God. Remind me to rip that

g*dd*mn doorbell out. [EXHALES]

It's for you.

Hey.

- Hi.

- [BEN] Uh, I know I said goodbye already.

But Judy came by

and told me some things that I yeah.

[JEN HUFFS]

[BEN] Um,

and it all makes sense.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

Now I know why you can barely

look at me most of the time.

You do?

Mm-hmm. Because every

time you look at me

[SIGHS] you see the

face of the man that

that k*lled your husband. [GASPS]

Oh.

[BEN] And I know Steve

isn't here to make amends.

- [JEN GRUNTS]

- So let me say I'm sorry for us both.

You don't have to apologize. [CHUCKLES]

You had nothing to do with it.

But I did.

Oh, hey!

Congrats again, Steverino.

Drunk again. Surprise, surprise.

Now you think you're gonna

drive, you f*cking loser?

- Steve, don't.

- No!

- Hey, don't push her, you f*cking bully.

- Stop, you guys.

Fine. Go k*ll somebody, you

piece of sh*t. See if I care.

I know you don't.

I feel sorry for you.

You know who I feel sorry for?

That kid.

It has to grow up with you as a

father, 'cause I'd rather k*ll myself!

- [TIRES SCREECH]

- [CRASHING]

[JUDY] We have to go back!

[STEVE] Drive the f*cking car, stupid!

[HEARTBEAT THUMPING]

- What happened?

- [GASPING] We we hit a

We hit a deer.

They were driving me home.

Oh, my God.

I would have told you, but I

thought Ben should know first.

I just think it's fair that

everybody know everything.

Yeah.

I don't want any secrets between us.

Me neither. Me neither.

Ben

- [SIREN CHIRPS]

- [GASPS]

- [CHARLIE] What's going on?

- What are you doing here?

My job.

- [BEN] Hey, Nick.

- [PEREZ HUFFS]

Is everything okay?

You're under arrest for the hit-and-run

of Jen Harding and Judy Hale.

- [EXHALES] What?

- [HANDCUFFS RATCHETING]

I'm sorry.

[NICK] You have the right to

remain silent. Anything you say can

and will be used against

you in a court of law.

- You have the right to an attorney.

- [CAR DOORS CLOSE]

Oh, f*ck.

[SIGHS]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[CAT MEOWS]
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