02x04 - Games People Play

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CARTER: Previously on Eureka.

ABBY: Jack?

Abby? What are
you doing here?

Zoe?

That's my mom.

I asked you to wait.
Has she spoken to you?

What?
You told her?

ABBY: No, Jack, I didn't.
This is so like you!

You know what?
I don't want to look
like the bad guy

just because you want
to come here
and take away my kid!

What are you
talking about?

Your mom and I had
an agreement when
you came to live here.

What?
It was a year,

and then you were supposed
to come back to LA with me.

You've already
ruined your own lives.
Just leave mine alone.

Were you seeing Kim?

More during the months
leading up to her...
To the accident.

HENRY: So,
you never visited her lab?

No.

Hey, what's up?

Noise complaint
from the neighbors.

What neighbors?

The ones three miles
down the road.

Exactly what kind of noise
are they complaining
about three miles down...

(LOUD expl*si*n)

Whoa!

Never mind.

Yeah.

CARTER: Hello?

Hi! Excuse me, sir?

Yes?

Hi, I'm Sheriff Jack Carter,
and you are?

Busy.

What is it that you need?

Listen, Dr. Babajanian,
we've had a noise complaint,

and we're gonna have to
ask you to keep it down.

But I'm working on
simultaneously configuring

the position and momentum
of electrons,

so they'll no longer
be conjugate variables.

Thereby debunking Heisenberg's
uncertainty principle.

And as exciting
as that may be,

we're still gonna have
to ask you to keep it down.

Fine.

Looks like you
have an oil leak.

That ununseptium,
a highly volatile halogen,

whose effects on human skin
have yet to be tested.

Right.

So, not an oil leak.

Carter!

(GROANS)

I told you to
watch your head.

No, you didn't.

Okay, you know you
need special permission

to use transuranic elements
outside of Global, right?

Of course.

So, let me see
your permits, Doctor.

I'm sure they're
on file, Deputy.

While we go check that out,
we're gonna have to ask you
to still keep it down.

Thanks for your time.

Henry, are you
sure about this?
Allison...

I can set you up
in a brand new lab
with twice the space.

Kim's lab will
do just fine.

Okay, then at least let
me have someone clear out
all the old stuff.

No, you said you would
leave it the same way
it was the day that she...

Well, at least until
I had time to go
through it.

I did and I have.
It's just...

This has to be
hard for you.

I see it as a chance
to stay close to her, to
continue her work, you know?

We used to finish
each other's sentences,
so...

Okay.

SARAH: So, Abby,
you're heading back
to Los Angeles?

Yep, this is it.

I'm sorry to see you go.

Oh, no, you're not.

Sheriff Carter and
Zoe will miss you.

No, they won't.

Perhaps if you weren't
taking Zoe away...

SARAH, forgive me
if I don't feel the need

to justify my parental
choices to a talking bunker.

Fine. Don't let the door
hit you on the way...

You want a piece of me?

(CLEARS THROAT)

Are you threatening
the house?

She started it.

Yeah.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I got a headache.
Where's Zoe?

She's in her room.
She's okay.

She's using a virtual
therapy device that
Beverly gave her.

It's called an ATS.

I'll tell you,
the things this
town comes up with...

Oh, yeah,
it's a great
place to live.

I mean, it's sort of full
of mind-blowing opportunities

and brilliant minds
at the top of their game.

And the schools, amazing!

Jack?

Yeah?

Are you really
okay with this?

We had an agreement.

I know.

But I just don't want
you to do that thing
that you do,

you know, when you say
you're okay with something

and then six months
after that,

we're at my parents'
50th wedding anniversary

and you've had
one beer too many,

and you ask my mom if
the ball-buster gene comes
from her side of the family?

You threw out
my baseball cards.

We were having a baby.
We needed the room.

I had a 1989 Upper Deck
Ken Griffey, Jr. Rookie card.

Do you have any idea
how much that's worth now?

No, and dear God,
before you tell me,

let's just try and swing
this right around
to my original point.

Are you okay with me
taking Zoe back to LA?

Yeah.

I'm okay.

Okay.

'Cause the end of the
semester's coming up,

and I'm gonna be coming
back to get her.

So, I'll call you.

Zoe!

How many times have
I asked you not to leave
your stuff lying around?

Huh?

Zoe?

Hey, I'm talking
to you here.

Hey, I'm getting
my head shrunk here.

Yeah, well, shrink it after
you're done cleaning up
your mess, okay?

(SIGHS)

Is that the IRS thing
from Beverly?

ATS.

She's out of town

and she thinks it'll help me
confront my inner fears
and resolve my anger issues.

How's it working?

Well, I'm still
pretty pissed, so...

Do you wanna talk?

No, actually.
I want you to
leave me alone.

Hmm.

Okay, that's the exact
opposite of leaving
me alone.

I know you're upset.

But your mom really
misses you.

We agreed to
shared custody.

And I think that if you
don't give this a sh*t,

you will regret it.

Custody.

Meaning ownership.
Meaning I have no say.

Zoe, your mom
loves you a lot.

Well, you know,
I got to give her credit.

At least she's willing
to fight for me.

Zoe.

Zoe...

I'm gonna go
clean up my stuff.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
What are you doing?

Rearranging furniture.
What are you doing here?

Well, I said I was taking
the afternoon off,
not quitting.

Okay.

Okay, so everything
back in its place. Go.

Sure, why should I get
to be by the window?

Hey, did you pull those
permits I asked you to?

What?

The permits for
Babajanian's contraption?

What are you
talking about?

I swear, sometimes

I wonder if you
even listen to me.

I feel like I'm
talking to myself.

Jo?

Hey, Sheriff.
What can I get for you?

Nothing right now.
Have you seen Jo?

Who?

My deputy.

Oh, you got a new deputy?
That's great.

I didn't get a new deputy.
I have a deputy.

Deputy Jo Lupo.

Oh!
Yeah.

(WHISPERS) Is he cute?

Okay, now you're
just bugging me.

I really need
to talk to her.

Listen,
maybe I could help.

Has anybody here ever heard
of a, uh, Deputy Lupo?

WOMAN: Who?
MAN: Not me.

Sorry, Sheriff. I don't
think anybody here has
ever heard of her.

Henry?

HENRY: Jack.

Oh, there you are.

Here I am.

I thought you'd be
at Global today.

No.

Huh!

Jack, you need
something?

Do you know a woman
named Jo Lupo?

No, don't think so.

Okay, this is really
gonna sound strange.

I have a deputy
named Jo Lupo.

(CHUCKLES)

Small, but surprisingly
strong, bit of a g*n nut?

No.

All right, I was having
a conversation with her today,

I turn my back for
two seconds, and she's gone.

Like, vanished,
and no one in the town
even remembers her.

Okay.

(CLEARS THROAT)

I think everyone
is playing a trick
on me, right?

So I go to her
house, and,

you know, the name
on the mailbox is changed,

and there's a family with,
like, 12 kids living there,

and the house is
a different color,

which is a bit far
to go for a prank.

A bit, yeah.

You think I'm
losing it, don't you?

Um.

You think you're
losing it?

I know this woman!
You know this woman!

All right, maybe something's
affected your body chemistry

or altered your neural
pathway somehow.

Were you exposed
to anything?

Yeah, I visited a guy.
He was playing with

a new

Atlantic element.

Transuranic?

Yes! Yeah, that's it.
Would that do it?

No.

Okay. What else
have we got?

Well, uh...

Maybe, uh...

All right, maybe you fell
into some freezing water

and you went into hypothermia.

Or you suffered a trauma,
and that sent you into shock.

Well...

Yeah, I hit my head.
With what?

A heavy metal object.

How many times?

Repeatedly.

Well, see?
That would have some effect.

So if that's our problem,

get an MRI.

Henry, I've had
a concussion before.
That's not it.

Do you remember
Occam's razor?

Yeah.

"Simple things are true."

Close enough.

So, you are either
part of some

theoretical, unknown
scientific discovery

where people vanish
from our world and memories,

or you suffered
a head trauma.

Well, when you
say it like that...

Get an MRI.

Yeah.

(SIGHS)

I'm not saying that
you can't have one.

I'm just asking why
do you want one?

It's not a big deal.
It's just...

I bumped my head
this morning and
Henry thought

it'd be a good idea
if I had it looked at.

You having any dizziness,
nausea, headaches?

No, my head was
pounding earlier,
but it's fine now.

Actually,

it's totally fine now.

Problem solved.

What's he even
doing here?

He works here.

He was fired weeks ago.

Okay, brain scan it is.
Run an EEG and draw blood.

No, I just need
an MRI, thanks.

Relax, it usually only
takes me two or three
tries to hit a vein.

You're pretty talented.

Really?

No!

Do you know anyone
who'd be working
on a really intense,

unknown, theoretical
scientific discovery?

You mean,
like a Class Eight project?

Yes.

Let's talk about those.

Sorry, all Class Eight
research is classified.

Mmm-hmm.

Oh, you know what else
should be classified?

A certain assistant's
American Idol audition.

What? No, no!
Zoe promised me she
was gonna delete that.

(WHISPERS)
What's it gonna be?

(WHISPERS) Fine!
Give me an hour.

All right, so put the gown
on and all metal objects
and jewelry in the tray.

All right.

Are you okay?

Uh, yeah.

Just got a lot
on my mind.

You know, you can
always talk to Beverly.

(CHUCKLES)

First of all, no.
And second of all,
she's out of town.

No, she's not.
I just saw her
at Café Diem.

Well, then why's she
having Zoe do therapy
from home today?

I don't know,
but is Zoe okay?

Uh...

Actually, not so much.

No.

Abby's taking her back
to LA at the end of
the semester

as a part of our
custody agreement.

And are you
okay with that?

Um.

Yeah.

It's complicated.

Well, what do you think
you should do about this?

I don't know.
What can I do?

I don't know, but if
someone was gonna take
Kevin away from me,

I would feel like
my world was ending.

Yeah.

Let's get this over with.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hey, how's your head?

A waste of time.
The MRI was clear.

Well, I wouldn't rule out
your injury just yet.

It might not
be me, though.

I mean, it might be
a Class Eight project?

And what do you know
about Class Eight projects?

Mainly that I'm not
supposed to know
about them.

Yeah, that's true,
and I don't think
that's your problem,

'cause most of that
research is theoretical.

I know, I know,
and I know what I'm
asking isn't probable,

but is it possible?

Yeah, well, it might have
something to do with
metamaterial technology

or vector decomposition
or cellular irradiation.

Okay.

But none of those things
could remove someone from
the world's consciousness.

Unless, it was some kind
of transdimensional travel.

Okay, let's go with that.
What's that?

Movement between
parallel universes.

Right.

So you're saying
that Jo got zapped
to another universe?

Or maybe you did.

Theoretically,
every universe is different.

But the closer they are,
the more alike they are,

with maybe just
one difference.

A green sky instead of blue,
cats chase dogs or...

Or in a town of 3,000 people,
one of them isn't where
they're supposed to be.

Exactly.

You know what,
we should go talk
to Nathan about this.

He's really good
with this kind of thing.

Great! Thanks.

You're welcome.

You know, I was really
starting to worry if it
was something to do with me.

Well, that's where
the smart money still is.

Funny.

Henry?

Henry!

(SIGHS)

You wanna run that
by me one more time?

People are disappearing
into this crazy light,

and nobody remembers
them but me.

People like...

What difference does it make?
You're not gonna know
who I'm talking about anyway.

Carter.
Stark?

I'm gonna double-check
your MRI.

There's nothing
wrong with my head.

Well, what you're describing
simply is impossible.

There's no technology that
could create such an anomaly.
Not even in Eureka.

Well, how about
many-materials technology?

Or, like, the cell phone
radiation or decomposing
vectors?

And now you're just
putting words together.

Okay, I don't know
what I'm talking about,
but Henry said that you would.

Henry?

Henry Deacon. The...

How do you not remember...

He was a friend of yours.

I have a lot of friends.

Actually, not so much.
But we'll table that.

I think it has something
to do with me, okay?

People I interact with,
people I know,
but whatever it is,

we have to figure it out
before it affects the other
3,000 people in this town.

You see, now I know
it's in your head,

because Eureka's
only half that size.

That means it's spreading.

Nathan, you got
to help me.

Okay.

Great. Where do we start?

You start by going home
and getting some rest.

And I'll start by
double-checking your MRI.

You...

(SIGHS)

Come on. Come on.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

CARTER: Zoe?
Hey, what's up?

Hey, where are you?

Home. Why?

All right, stay put.
Okay?

What's happening?
I don't know,

but if you see a big flash
of light, I need you to run,
all right?

Just get away from it,
and you call me, okay?

Seriously?

Yeah, seriously.

I'll be in touch.
Got to go.

Fargo!

Fargo.

Did you get it?

Yes, but you can't tell
anyone I showed this
to you.

If you don't show it to me,
there might not be anyone
left to tell.

I have no idea
what that means.

You don't have to.

Why do you
need it anyway?

You wouldn't believe me
if I told you.

Huh! Stark's on
this list.

Of course he is.

He's done more Class Eight
projects than anyone else
at Global.

And this guy,
I know this guy.
I saw him this morning.

Dr. Babajanian?
Yeah, he's a
quantum physicist.

Any chance what he's doing
could punch a hole
in another dimension?

Not likely, but when
you start dealing with
subatomic particles,

the typical laws of
nature no longer apply.

Okay. Thanks.

And you got a great voice.
Don't let anyone
tell you different.

Hey!

Allison.

Hey, Carter.
What's going on?

I need you to come with me.
There's this noise complaint
on the outskirts of town.

This guy, he's using
an element he doesn't
have permission to use.

So make him
get a permit.

Yeah, well, I'm not supposed
to know this, but he's one of
your Class Eight scientists.

Carter, everyone knows
who the Class Eight
scientists are.

Well, Fargo said he's
working with atoms,

and I just think this guy,
Babajanian, could be
a really serious thr*at.

Who?
Babajanian.

Weird guy, lives on
the outskirts of town.

Yeah, yeah,
I know who Babajanian is.

Who told you that
he works with atoms?

Fargo.

Oh, man.

Hey, Sheriff.

Soup?

You hired Larry,
the kiss-ass?

Okay, Carter,
I have work to do.

Allison,

whatever this guy's doing,
it's making people disappear,

and I seem to be the
only one who's noticing.

Please.

Please come with me.

Okay.

Oh, hey, and watch
your head.

He's got this big booming
machine with lots of
little things spinning...

You'll see.

Dr. Babajanian?

(SIGHS)

This can't be happening.

Can I help you?

Where'd you put it?

Sorry?
Where'd you put it?

The machine with the
lights and swirling...

Could you be
a little more vague?

The thing you built to find
out where the electrons are
and how fast they're moving.

I was right here
this morning. I saw it!

What were you
doing in my lab?

I know you're up to something.
I'm gonna figure out
what it is.

Miss Blake.

I'm sorry about the intrusion,
Dr. Babajanian. Let's go.

Allison...

Carter, there's nothing here.
Let's go.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Move!

Not again.

I can't believe
it got him, too.

What are you
talking about?

You have no idea
what just happened,
do you?

I know you dragged me
out to an empty lab.

(SIGHS)

And you're starting
to scare me.

We got to get
out of here.

Where do you think
you're gonna go?

I'm not sure.

Well, I'm glad you
thought this through.

Well, we'll get Kevin,
we'll get Zoe,

and we'll get the hell out
of Dodge while we still can.

Avoiding the issue isn't
going to help resolve it.

Well, when the issue is
that the people I care
about keep disappearing,

I'm willing to do
whatever it takes.

Carter, listen to me.
I trusted you.
I need you to trust me.

Let's just go back to
the office. I promise,
we will figure this out.

You wanna help? Here.

One of the 20 people
on that list knows
exactly what's going on.

Help me figure
out which one.

Carter, there is nothing
written on this piece
of paper.

Please.

I know that
I can help you.

ALLISON: Carter,
we need to slow down
and talk about this.

I'm telling you,
we got to leave.

It's spreading.
We can't stay.

Carter, just drink some
water and calm down.
You're dehydrated.

I'm dehydrated?
You got to be kidding.

Just drink the water,
all right?

I'm fine.
Just drink it!

Why the hell do
I wanna drink...

ALLISON: So I don't
have to do this.

I'm sorry.
It was for your own good.

How are you feeling?

(GROANS)

Like somebody stabbed
me in the back,

and then stabbed me
in the neck.

I'm sorry,
there's nothing
else I could do.

You were
practically hysterical.

I expect it from Stark.
Not so much you.

Stark?

Ex-husband, Nathan Stark.
Egomaniacal bane
of my existence.

Well, that does sound like
someone that I would marry,

(CHUCKLES)

But, no,
I've never heard of him.

The only way
to fix the problem,

is to recognize
that you have one.

What is that? AA?

Carter...
Allison, don't I...

I mean, apart from
the remembering-people-
that-don't-exist thing,

don't I seem
rational to you?

The former seems
to negate the latter.

Why are you talking
like Beverly?

I'm just trying
to help you.

Okay, then think
this through with me.

How many offices
are there at Global?

Over 1,000.

How many people
work there?

Maybe 100.

Doesn't that seem
odd to you?

We're in a
transitional period.

Or your mind is reaching
to justify what's happening.

I could say
the same for you.

(SIGHS)

Okay.

But you got to
let me go get Zoe.

I can't deal
with losing her.

I won't.

(SIGHS)

Okay.

Thank you.

Allison, come here.
Don't let it touch you.

Allison, move!

Everything's gonna
be all right.

SARAH, door.
SARAH: Is everything okay?

Not even close. Zoe!

Zoe!

What's going on?
Hey, sweetie.

Get your shoes on,
we got to go, okay?

What's happening?
No questions, just go.

All right?

Okay.
Okay, great.

SARAH, how many people
live in Eureka right now?

My current calculations
say two: You and Zoe.

Okay, think.

Think back
to the beginning.

Zoe!

Zoe.
I'm coming.

What do you remember
about this morning?

What do you mean?

Okay, your mom was here
and you and I got in a fight,

you threw the thing at me
and you left, right?

Okay, Mom has never been
to Eureka, I don't remember
getting in a fight with you,

and I don't know what
thing you're talking about.

The thing!

The therapy thingy.
The ATS.

What?

For the love of...

I was sitting here.

And I had it in my hands.

Then I stood up.

Dad?

I never put it down.

So?

So, then I go back
downstairs and I see you
on the couch, right?

And I say that I'm
going off to the office?

Okay, that I remember.

But nothing before that?

Well, nothing that
you've mentioned.

So that's our first
shared memory.

Dad, I have no idea...

What I'm talking about.
I know.
That's the problem.

And the only way to solve
a problem is to recognize
that you have one.

Okay, you sound
like my therapist.

Or a therapy device.

Right? Like the same
one that you had,

the one that I have no
recollection of putting down.

I mean, I must've
tried it on, right?

That's why everybody
sounded like Beverly.

Except you.

This is gonna be
hard to swallow.

I don't think
any of this is real.

Okay.

I think that I'm...

We are

in a program.

And, uh,

I don't know how
to find my way out.

Dad, you're
freaking me out.

Dad?

Dad, can you hear me?

Please wake up.

I'm so scared.

Please.

(MONITOR BEEPING)

Oh, sweetie.
Mom.

I drove back as
fast as I could.

What happened?

I was doing my
therapy on the ATS.

And Dad walked in,
and we got in a fight,
and I threw it at him,

and for some reason,
he put it on,

and when I walked back in,
he was shaking and he
wouldn't wake up and...

I shouldn't have
thrown it at him.

Honey,
it's nobody's fault.

Well, can't you
just take this off?

We're afraid that simply
disconnecting him could send
him into paralytic shock.

So what is
happening to him?

Actually,
we're not sure.

The ATS was developed
in collaboration
with Beverly Barlowe,

but we've never had
this happen before.

It's a virtual
version of Eureka,

down to the
very last detail.

The user's subconscious
issues come to life
in the game.

Normally, they're aware
of what they're experiencing

and they can leave
the program at any time.

We think the concussion
may have caused a glitch
in the mainframe,

that Carter is
unaware that he's
in an altered reality.

Is his life in danger?

Someone answer me.

Yes, it is.

So let's get Beverly
down here and fix it.

Well, we can't
reach her.

So we sent Henry to her house
to find any information
that can help us.

Beverly, this is Henry.
I'm in your house now.
We really need your help.

So when you get
this message, call!

ZOE: Dad,
where are we going?

Okay, if this isn't real,
there has to be a way out,
right?

Like an exit sign?

Yeah, I'm not that lucky.

You said this therapy thing
is for confronting your fears,
working out anger issues.

Okay, I don't
remember that.

Yeah, well,
you said it.

And I'm not angry.

So maybe confronting
fears is the way out.

Yours or mine?

Well, I'm wearing the thing,
so I'm guessing mine.

Okay, so what
are you afraid of?

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Right now, that.

What is that?

That's what's been
taking people.

Dad, what are
you doing?

Confronting my fear.

Abby.

I am so sorry.
Are you okay?

I'm...

Yeah. I'm just, uh,

looking for a
cup of coffee.

Allow me.

I cook when I'm upset.

Thanks.
You're welcome.

What are you
all doing here?

We're here for
Carter and Zoe.

All of you?

Yeah, I mean,
he's our sheriff,
and she's our girl.

Henry, did you
find anything else?

Just another ATS device.

Now I can take it apart,
and we can see what
the mechanics are.

Well, if he can
hold on that long.

Yeah.

Hey, honey.

There's a whole lot of people
out there who are worried
about you.

You wanna
come say hi?

Not right now.

Zoe, you need...

He wouldn't leave me.

I'm not gonna
leave him.

Dad.
Zoe, come on.

What are you doing?

Come on.

Why aren't
we running?

We don't have to.

You're gonna go.
It's gonna take you.

I can stay with you.

(GROANING)

Dad!
What's happening?

(MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY)

We're losing him.

Wait!

He's fighting.

Jack?

Dad!

Jack,
you're all right?

I thought I lost you.

Oh, no. No, no, no.

ZOE: I knew you
wouldn't leave.

I'm here.

(MONITOR BEEPING)

Looks good.
Looks very good.

Well, great.

Hey, Henry said
you could have visitors?

Yeah, yeah,
that'd be great.

Okay, guys,
come on in!

You look great.

Zoe, hi.
Hi, Abby!

(LAUGHING)

Hey, good to see you.

Ah!

Awesome! Thank you, guys.
Thanks for coming.
Really appreciate it.

(ALL CHATTERING)

CARTER: Thanks, man.

Hey, thank you so much.

How many of you are there?

Hi.

HENRY: Hey.

Hey, how you feeling?

A little strange.

You know, I have all these
memories and feelings about
things that never happened.

Well, that's got to
be pretty surreal.

You have no idea.

Anyway, I just stopped by
to see if you were okay.

To see if I'm okay?

Yeah, this is your first
day back in Kim's lab.
I know that's a big deal.

Jack, it's fine. Really.
I mean, you're the one
we should be worrying about.

They told me the therapy
thing was forcing me

to deal with my feelings
about losing Zoe.

Apparently I have abandonment,
entitlement and intimacy
issues.

Congratulations.
Thank you.

Even though that
wasn't actually you,

you helped me
a lot in there.

I don't know what
I'd do without you.

Me, too.

I should get going.

Abby's taking off,
and I've got to talk to her
before she goes, so...

All right, well,
good luck and thanks.

Yeah.

Jack.

Abby.

You wanted me
to stop by.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah,
I think we should talk.

Yeah, I know.

Uh...

I'm happy here.

Yeah, I know I complain
about it, and it definitely
has its quirks.

Yeah, that's one
way of putting it.

Yeah.

But I belong here.

And I'm doing some good.

You do, and you are.

And I think this place
has been good for Zoe.

You know, I think she
fits in here, somehow.

Well, maybe it's 'cause
she doesn't fit in
anywhere else.

(SNIFFLES)

She has some
good friends.

Yeah, I've noticed that.

And I would never ask you
to, you know, not take her.

That wouldn't be fair
to you or Zoe.

Jack, listen, I...

That being said,

I can't go months
without seeing my kid.

Can't even go
days, really.

So, I'm gonna ask
for my job back in LA.

Really?

Yep.

That's funny. You remind me
of a man I once married.

(SIGHS)

So what do you think?

I think this place needs you.

And it wasn't until today
that I realized just how
much Zoe needs you.

And I can't take you
away from here.

I can't take her
away from you.

But...

This is where
she needs to be.

Abby?

Thank you.

I love you,
Jack Carter.

(DOOR CLOSING)

SARAH, door.

Zoe?
SARAH: Good evening,
Sheriff Carter.

Will the former Mrs. Carter
be joining you for dinner?

Oh, relax, SARAH, she's gone.

What a shame.

Sarcasm doesn't
become you.

Is...

Zoe?

What are you doing?

Oh, I'm sorry, I meant to have
all this cleaned up
before you got home.

Oh, it's okay.
It doesn't matter.
Leave it.

Your mom and I had a talk.

I told her how much
you love it here and
that you wanna stay.

(CLEARS THROAT)

And I told her that I would
respect our agreement.

Oh.

What did she say?

She seems to think that
I need adult supervision.

So, if you're up
for the task...

I think I can
handle it.

Yeah.

I never wanted
you to leave.

I never wanted to go.

Dad, um,

thank you for
fighting for me.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

SARAH,
what are you doing?

That was such
a beautiful moment,

I thought musical
accompaniment
seemed appropriate.

Yeah, on second thought,
LA's not looking so bad.

Well, you're stuck with us
now, so, what do you say,
burgers, Café Diem?

Sounds good.

(SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

Oh, SARAH,
knock it off.