02x09 - I Came to Say Goodbye

[bunniefuu]

MICAH: Previously on
"Welcome to Plathville."

They're one of
the fastest-growing

agencies in the world, and
they're coming after me.

Moriah, you were planning
on calls last year, right?

Yeah.

Oh.

MORIAH: Sarah Lynn's mom
was not supportive of her

going to college either.

My mom has since then
changed her mind about it

and is really happy.

Good.

MORIAH: And now
it seems to be OK.

So that does give me
a little bit of hope

with my dreams and my mom.

It really does anger
me that my parents

do use my siblings as
a means to get someone

to do something that they want.

I really, really
wish that I could

tell them exactly how I feel.

So I made it to Miami safely.

I love it down here, guys.

This is so pretty.

Look at this.

Beautiful.

I'm meeting with Select now.

I'm excited.

How are you?
Nice to meet you.

MICAH: Nice to meet you.

Welcome to Miami.

MICAH: Thank you.

AGENT: Now you're official.

I'm so excited to
be signed with them.

There's no telling what
doors are going to open

now that I'm with a big agency.

Hot off the press.

MICAH: Wow.

Yeah.

[music playing]

Today I'm going to
record some songs that I

wrote in a recording studio.

- Hey, Moriah.
- Hey.

What's up?

I have been listening to all
this stuff that you've sent me.

It's sounding really good.

All right, good.

Did you get to play with
some of the vocal ideas?

MORIAH: I did.

I took a few notes.

I grew up doing
music with my family,

and, like, we had
a band and stuff,

but we never sang
anything but Christian.

[SINGING] If we keep on
the sunny side of love.

I am thankful for that
experience under my belt.

I knew all along at some point
I wanted something different.

So not new to recording, not
new to songwriting, but new to,

like, producing them and
putting them out there

and putting them together.

Let me get a
height on you here.

You'll be right here
facing this way.

OK.

I didn't account for
the heels, so we've

got to go up a little bit.

And then here's going
to be your headphones.

OK.

Thank you.

I found Cory, and
he really seems

to have a good understanding
for music in general,

not only recording.

You know, this isn't
just any ordinary song.

There's, like,
meaning behind it,

and we want to bring
that out in the music.

So I felt like he
understood that I

would be able to do that.

So this should
be from the top,

and we're just going to try
to get that first verse down.

OK.

[music playing]

[SINGING] Everybody's
got a little heartache.

Everybody's got a little pain.

But if you're always going
to walk in the sunshine,

you'll never learn
to dance in the rain.

CORY: Same thing.

MORIAH: What did
you think of that?

I mean, just honest
opinion, like,

do you need me to
make any changes?

CORY: So your pitch is good.

So don't-- try not to be
concerned with your pitch

as much as-- because
it's so hard to keep

energy in a low register.

So just think energy.

OK.

But that take sounded
pretty good, so I'd just keep

going with what you're doing.

I just-- I'm really aiming
to get the first part really,

like, distinct.

What-- distinct how?

Like-- I don't know.

Just like a really clear
coming into it, like very--

CORY: OK.

MORIAH: --confident, I guess.

Yeah.

I definitely just want a mix
of lots of country and lots

of pop.

But I just want to
find my own style.

Like, this was like a
different period of my life.

It was like a--

I was back at the farm at
the time when I wrote this.

The day I wrote that
song, "Dance in the Rain,"

I was miserable.

I was grounded at the time.

Like, I just didn't--

I was not in a
good place myself,

and I felt weak at the time.

But I felt like, hey,
you've got to learn

to be strong through this.

One more take on that verse.

There's really no
better feeling than,

like, being able
to really, like,

take ownership of my life.

[SINGING] If you're always
going to walk in the sunshine,

you'll never learn how
to dance in the rain.

CORY: Very nice.

One more of those.

OK.

[music playing]

OLIVIA: What are you doing?

ETHAN: Just looking
through doodles and stuff

that my siblings have drawn for
me over my birthdays and stuff.

Wow.

These are old.

Yep.

I was working on my little
projects in the attic,

and I found a little folder that
I kept all of my birthday cards

from my siblings growing up.

Whether it's justified
or unjustified,

it does bring up a lot of anger.

I wonder sometimes if I'll
still have a relationship

with some of my siblings.

Mercy.

Aw.

That's me and you.

We were buddies.

Since we came back from
California and Ethan

I have had more open
conversations about boundaries,

what those look
like, and how needed

they are to protect
us and help us grow,

he's been ruminating
quite a bit.

This is from Isaac,
and he-- like,

he made a little painting,
and he put a note in it.

What made you want to pull
these out and look at them?

It's been a year and a half or
something since I've seen them.

It's been a long time.

Even though it appears that we
made some progress last year

in seeing my siblings and my
parents trusting me and Olivia,

that really ended up
not going anywhere.

Have fun.

ETHAN: All right, thanks.

The fun part is to watch you
plug it in and get shocked.

It's like--

OLIVIA: No.

--no shock.

OLIVIA: No shock.

"Bzzz."

After we saw Isaac last
year, we still weren't

trusted to hang out with him--

with any of my siblings, for
that matter, unsupervised.

So we just decided we were tired
of all that and needed space.

Well, I know we're not
going to get to see them

much at all until
they're old enough

to make their own decisions
or drive themselves around

and stuff like that.

And we don't know exactly when
we're moving, but at some point

we're moving out of Cairo
sooner rather than later,

and I think we should
go over and say goodbye.

And I also have a thing or
two to say to my parents

about all of this, not being
able to see my siblings.

Do you want to go over there?

Seeing the cards made it
very present because, you know,

I'm kind of looking at a--

almost a time capsule in a way.

And when you look at it,
you remember what you

felt when they gave it to you.

Things come back to
you from that day,

and then you realize
maybe what you're missing

and how much you miss it.

And so that feeling kind
of like, at least for me,

lit a fire.

And the reason why I
want to go over there

is because I know that I have
let them walk over both of us,

and I don't want that
to happen anymore.

Are you crying?

That's what I'm supposed to do.

I think they should know that.

Basically there is no going
back unless they make it right.

I would do anything to
hug your little siblings.

Then we should go
over and just, you know,

tell them we love them then.

OK, let's get it over with.

Let's go.

And I can stay in the car?

Yeah, if you want to.

Ethan may seem like
he's usually easygoing,

but when he has his mind set on
something, nothing moves him,

and his mind is very set
on talking to his parents.

Good thing this one's on you.

I have said my
piece, and I'm done.

The last time me and
Olivia had a discussion

with my parents, I feel like
I failed so poorly because

of instances where I was
not standing up for my wife

or having her back.

When there's trust, it's easy
for a healthy relationship.

Where there's distrust,
there's never going

to be a healthy relationship.

Do you think that there
might be some blind spots that

you're missing, character-type
things that may be

occurring that you don't see?

The result of that I
feel like put the wedge

between me and Olivia.

Are you going to bring your
siblings back to the car?

I can't help but worry about it.

Yeah, if you park right here,
I can't see the front door.

No, no, no.

Can you back up a little bit?

I don't want to be this close.

I'd prefer it if you
backed up a little bit.

Olivia's absolutely
nervous that I wouldn't

be able to stand up
to them because she

was like the last
time that we did this,

it didn't go down so well.

That's kind of just
more fuel on the fire

than it is anything else.

I have a clear picture
in my mind of what

I want to say to my parents.

Just not really sure exactly
how it's going to take form

or how it's all
going to play out.

[music playing]

[music playing]

BARRY: Welcome.
- Hey.

It's been awhile.

How you been?

It has been a while.

KIM: Do you want to come in?

No.

No, I'm not coming in.

I just came to speak to you two.

OK.

And basically-- hey, Lydia.

KIM: You guys go in.

Let's just-- let us
talk for a minute.

BARRY: We're going to go.

KIM: He's going to talk
to us for just a minute.

BARRY: Say hi.

ETHAN: So I'm going to
keep this short and sweet.

I've come by to tell you two,
and hopefully my siblings,

that Olivia and I are going to
be moving in the near future.

And as far as I can
see it, there still

will be no contact between us.

And I'd like to say goodbye to
them and say goodbye to you.

This isn't a debate
or conversation.

This is my statement to you.

I want both of you to know that
I love Olivia more than you'll

probably ever know, and
I really don't understand

why either of you felt
the need to say the things

you've said about Olivia.

And I don't even know if you
two know what that has put

her through and put me through.

And I'm not going to
let that happen again.

I have some of the
biggest regrets of my life

over listening to you two
tell Olivia things about her.

And I didn't say anything,
and I wish to God that I had.

I didn't say anything because
I had respect for you.

You two have made it very clear
that you do not accept Olivia.

You both know if you
can't accept her,

then you don't get me either.

That's where I'm
drawing the line.

That's where the line's going
to stay until something happens.

So I don't know what
you guys really feel.

I don't know if you really
are sad, if you are happy.

Well, I mean, you don't
want to debate, so--

I mean, I hear you, and I know
that you've been through a lot.

I know that you've both
been through a lot.

Yeah, thanks to you.

KIM: It's hard to hear that.

If we didn't love him,
it wouldn't matter.

But it's hard to take words
like that from someone

that you really love.

I just felt misunderstood.

I've always felt like Olivia
never gave me a chance.

I felt like anything that
I've done since they've

been married-- and before.

Ever since I've known Olivia,
anything that I've done

has been twisted to
mean something else.

Well, so thank
you for coming over.

Thank you for letting
us know where you're at.

Well, you know, I did
tell you this once before,

and you said have a nice
life living in bondage.

Those were your exact words.

Did I say that?

I don't know.

Oftentimes when people
say bad, nasty things,

it's not the person that
said them that remembers it.

It's the person
they were said to.

So--

Well, if I hurt
you, I'm sorry.

Well, it's very nice of
you to say that on camera

in front of everyone.

There's a
misinterpretation from what

I said at some point in the past
when we actually were talking.

The premise is if you yield
yourself to unforgiveness,

you are kind of a
servant to unforgiveness.

That's what I meant.

That's what I meant by bondage.

It can happen to anybody.

Well this is--

I mean, this is not
what any of us wanted.

This isn't what
I wanted either.

Yeah.
Yeah.

But there's nothing
I can do about it.

Well as you leave, just don't
forget we will always love you.

We do love you.

We always will love you.

Very nice.

Can I say goodbye
to my siblings?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Do you want them to come out
or do you want to come in?

- Do you want to come in?
- Yeah.

Can Olivia say
goodbye to them too?

Yeah.

She's in the car, so I'll
take the kids over there.

Can she not come up here?

With all due
respect, she doesn't

want to see either of you.

With all due respect,
I have a really hard time

with you coming over here and
saying everything you just said

and not even wanting to
hear our side of the story.

So have Olivia come
here to say goodbye,

or we can just have them come--
we'll all just be right here.

We'll just-- we
won't say a word.

Absolutely not.
Absolutely not.

I'm OK with them
being with the children,

but it has to start with
all of us being together.

It has to start--

I can't send our children off
to go be with somebody that's

talking bad about me and
has such strong resentment

and bitterness towards me.

Hey, guys.

Can I say bye to you?

ISAAC: Yeah.

ETHAN: And Olivia's in
the car if you guys would

like to say goodbye to her.

It's good to see.

ISAAC: Yeah.

Hi.

Hey, Cassia and Lydia.

I can't let you guys
come to the car.

This is my property.

I can walk on my
property if I want to.

Mommy-- mom, you're
making things worse.

Mom, look at me.

You are just
making things worse.

Look at me.

That is my wife in my car.

These are my children.

[music playing]

I can't let you
guys come to the car.

This is my property.

I can walk on my
property if I want to.

Mommy-- mom, you're
just make things worse.

- Mom, look at me.
- You are just making things--

- Look at me.
- --worse.

That is my wife in that car.

These are my children.

And these are my siblings.

Why can't we
just get together?

I won't say a word.

We can just--

What's the big deal?

We're just going to walk
over there, smile at her--

KIM: Exactly.
What's the big deal?

--say hi.

Because you don't understand
the things you've said,

how they've made her feel.

The things she has said
has made-- have hurt me too.

So I'm willing to
tolerate her presence

if she can tolerate mine.

No, I told you how
it's going to be.

I would like me and Olivia to
say goodbye to the siblings.

I would like to get a
picture with them, and I'm--

Can I-- I'll take--
can I take the picture?

No.
No.

KIM: Barry?

So have Olivia come over here.

Just have her come on over here.

We don't bite.

I promise.

Mommy, you're just
making things worse.

If it's going to be a
big deal over Olivia saying

goodbye to the siblings with
me, then I guess we'll probably

see them all when they're 18.

But I feel like
that's your call.

That's his call.

You're the neck
that turns his head,

and we all know that's
how it's always been.

Say something positive
about each other.

Like, make up.

BARRY: [inaudible]
Ethan, I love you.

In spite of all the vitriol
that is coming our way--

Well, you can just
say you love him.

You don't have to
say in spite of all--

That's-- it is very nice of
you to say that you love me.

But behind my back when you talk
about my wife to other people--

it's not going to fly with me.

So unfortunate, I
guess, that Olivia

won't be seeing you guys.

BARRY: Let's go
say hi to Olivia.

Dad.

What?

You are not going to
walk over to my wife.

Hey, guys, guys, guys.

Look.

Do you understand?

Look, just-- look.

OK.

SISTER: Daddy.

No problem.

See you later.

Good bye.

ISAAC: And miss the moment.

SISTER: Bye.

Bye.

Bye, Lydia.

I love you.

I love you too.

See you all later.

[crying]

It just hurts.

It just hurts.

I'm really
devastated, you know?

I look at Ethan, and I do
feel really hurt that, you know,

I'm his adversary, and that just
really is bizarre and hurtful.

I mean, he was best
man in Ethan's wedding.

Yeah

It just was hard to
hear what he had to say.

I think in some ways he's
sacrificing the time he could

spend with me right
now for Olivia,

and it's kind of
hard for me, but--

it's kind of hard for
me, but I admire it.

KIM: I'm baffled, to be honest.

I know there's things that
they don't like about us,

but I mean, I just--
it's crazy to me

how it's gotten to this point.

Let's go back in.

I think it'll take
a miracle to bring

the two sides together.

I really do.

I don't see any way anything
short of that would do it.

ETHAN: To be completely
honest, it was something

a long time in coming.

It's taken me a
year of just, you

know, one thing after another
just kind of ticking me off

to bring me to the
point where I just said

that enough is enough, and I--

I mean, it may not change
anything in the way

that they act, but at least
they know where I stand,

and I feel like
I've finally said

something, something
I should have said

a long time ago for both of us.

Moriah, guess what this is?

MORIAH: I can't even see that.

Grease?

ETHAN: It's bug eggs.

MORIAH: Ew.

[laughs]

Olivia's out of
town on a trip,

and I have got my old Chevy over
at Micah and Moriah's, and I'm

working on it.

Oh, I was like,
this won't come off.

It's a bolt.

I'm mainly working
on the old car

tonight just to take my mind
off of some major drama issues

that have unfolded lately.

OLIVIA: What's the
thorough way to clean this?

Because there's going
to be a lot left over.

ETHAN: Your side doesn't
look as good as mine.

MICAH: Hey, Ethan.

ETHAN: Hey, Micah.

What you working on?

Oh, I don't know, little
stuff here and there.

I was there working on my car
because that kind of takes

my mind off of all
that, but I was also

like I can tell Micah and Moriah
what happened because it's

kind of interesting.

I went over there yesterday.

You went to mom and dad's?

Yeah.

Seriously?

Anyways, for the
past year I've had,

like, a lot of
frustration and anger

building up inside me just over
everything that's happened.

Yeah.

It's hard to, like,
understand or get

over not being able to
see my siblings because

of the family situation.

Yeah.

And even when I could
see them, any of the kids

I was with, mom was,
like, right there.

For some reason, she wouldn't
trust her 22-year-old son to be

with his siblings by himself.

I don't know why, but anyways.

So there was that, and then
there was, like, just the way

my parents had treated Olivia.

I mean, man, you want
to talk about something

that'll make you mad.

That's something
that makes me mad.

And it's like at some point you
just get to a breaking point.

It was some pretty
intense stuff.

Mom was jumping
around and, you know,

saying this is her
property and Olivia

couldn't be on it without
her there and all of that.

I mean, it just
went downhill fast.

Me and my dad almost
ended up in a fistfight.

Yeah, because he started
marching off down to the car

when we were arguing.

It's sad.

It's ugly.
It's messy.

It's nasty.
But--

That's messed up.

But--

In a weird way, it's
relieving in a sense

because at least for
now I can move on.

I can relate to Ethan
feeling relieved after talking

to our parents because it's kind
of the same situation as when

Moriah and I went over
there and just let it out,

told my parents-- told
our parents how we felt.

There's just a sense
of relief after

getting stuff off your chest.

Of course, they've struggled
with bigger things than Moriah

and I have, so that's
something-- another reason

for when he, like,
gets it off his chest,

it's going to blow up bigger.

I'm not going
to brag on myself,

but I feel like my personality
is I am very patient.

I am not just going
to jump off the bat

and fly off the
handle to someone.

Yeah.

But, I mean, if you push
me good and hard for a year,

it's going to come.

Yeah.

That's the thing.

You didn't blow your top,
like, as soon as you couldn't

see your younger siblings.

You, like, tried and tried, and
then eventually it got to you,

and it would to anyone.

Yeah.

I look up to you
for, like, doing

what you feel you had to do,
especially for you and Olivia.

I really look up to
how Ethan and Olivia

have handled the situation.

I would totally follow
in their footsteps

except I'm not in their shoes.

So I just really,
really, really, really

hope that even if Micah
and I choose to communicate

to whatever limited extent
we choose with my parents

that we can still
definitely have

a good, healthy relationship
with Ethan and Olivia.

I think this is where we owe
Ethan and Olivia a thank you,

a huge thank you.

It's because my parents have
seen some of the mistakes

they've made in
that relationship,

and they're changing
the way that they

handle it with Micah
and I. I'm very,

very, very thankful about that.

You guys are going to be in
contact with the little kids.

If you would just tell them
that I didn't like the way

things ended.

I don't want things to
end the way they ended.

And tell them, you know, that
I miss them and I love them

and that as soon as they
are able that I really

do want to hang out with
them and do things together,

you know?

Well, we will--

we'll definitely--

- I'll definitely--
- -- let them know.

--do that.

And here's what
I think we can do.

I think we need to make a
pinky promise that as we move

on that we'll keep in touch.

Please, please, please.

Here, we'll cross, and
then you two cross.

No, no, no.
- You got your finger backward.

I do not.

That's not crossing.

- Wait, you do this one.
- No.

And then you two cross.

We're not crossing.

OK, well that'll work.

Pinky promise that
we'll stay together.

Stay together.

Keep in contact.

You two are off
to an amazing start,

and I'm really proud
of both of you.

MORIAH: Thanks for the support.

[CRYING] And I love you.

A grudge is not good
to keep for a long time.

I wouldn't say
everything's forgiven,

but it's in the process.

[inaudible]

Do you want to go get that?

Excuse me.

BARRY: Oh, look, Moriah's here.

- Hey.
- Hi.

- Hey.
- How are you?

- Hey.
- Hey, guys.

[inaudible]
WOMAN: Good.

Good to see you.
- Hey.

How's it going?
- Good.

You don't do the--

You look pretty.

MORIAH: Thank you.

Aw.

Aw.

[laughter]

Thanks.

I like your sweater.

We came over here
to our parents' place

today because Ethan asked me
and Moriah to tell our younger

siblings that he's
doing what he needs

to do under the
current circumstances.

But he still loves
his younger siblings,

and Moriah and I told Ethan
that we would tell them.

Do you want to go
into the sunroom?

Sure.

And, honestly, it feels a lot
better than the last time we

went over there.

I feel like both of us are at
a better place in our lives

and we're ready to just
have family time again.

You making coffee?

Yeah.

It'll talk a minute.

SISTER: No, the
coffee maker is--

MICAH: Do the little--
are the little girls

allowed to have caffeine?

Yeah I mean, I let them
have coffee once a week.

Mommy wouldn't let me
have coffee till I was 13,

and Mercy is having
it when she's seven.

But only once a week.

Micah and Moriah are here
right now, and it's different.

They didn't come by to pick
up the mail or to, you know,

grab some food.

They just came by to visit and
just share what's going on,

and that just feels really
good, especially after seeing

what happened with
Ethan the other day

when he was in the driveway.

So what have you
guys been up to?

MICAH: A lot, to be honest.

MORIAH: Yeah, a lot.

That's good, right?

I signed with a large
agency for modeling.

For modeling?
Good.

Was this recent?

Yeah, very recently.

So I'm super excited.

Oh, cool.

They're going to take you
here and there and everywhere?

Depending on COVID, I guess.

I don't know--
KIM: OK.

--what that's going to--

- Well, somebody's got to--
- --affect this.

--model masks.

[laughter]

So when do you start?

With modeling and
hopefully acting--

I'm not sure exactly where
that's going to take me.

So we're both
planning on moving.

I want to move
near large airports

that I can also travel because
in the recording studio,

just finished working on
some songs that I've written.

I would love to hear one
of your songs sometime.

I haven't heard
anything since we--

from you since we sang
together as a band.

You'll hear it on
the radio sometime.

Wow.
It's going to be a big change.

You might be like, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la.

I know that Moriah thinks
that we're a bunch of prudes,

but we're really not like that.

If you're in concert somewhere,
I would come here you.

- Even if it was at a bar?
- Even in a bar?

Even if it was at a bar.

Now, I wouldn't go to a
bar just to go to a bar.

I mean, there's nothing there
that I would want to do.

But if she were playing at
a bar, I would go hear her.

That's cool.

I never thought I'd
hear you say that.

Yeah.

That kind of just shows how
far of a way everybody's come.

KIM: Yeah.

Just like there
is some compromising

on hopefully both ends.

I have this thing that I've
just always had in my head,

like a picture of you on stage.

And you've got a guitar, and
you're singing on the mic,

and it's like a big arena.

And fans everywhere and
lights, and I'm there,

and I'm in the back
somewhere, like,

watching and cheering you on.

That would be pretty sweet.

My mom saying for,
like, the first time

that I can remember really
just even mentioning success

and that she could see
that in me was like--

I don't know.

It was a really, really good
feeling just knowing that maybe

my mom does believe in me.

Moriah and I are at
a bunch of crossroads.

We could--
- Yeah.

MORIAH: I like to just--

--choose whatever
we want and go

wherever we want,
and I'm glad it feels

like we have your support.
- Yes.

You absolutely do.

Yeah.

We're behind you.

A grudge is not good
to keep for a long time.

I wouldn't say
everything's forgiven,

but it's in the process.

You two are off
to an amazing start,

and I'm really proud
of both of you.

Thanks for the support.

And I love you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I think it was a really
good discussion that we

had with Micah and Moriah.

I see us as four
adults sitting together

talking about our lives
and what's going on.

And I love that the
little ones were there

hearing two of their siblings
join in adult conversation

with their parents, and I
feel like that's a really good

model for the younger children.

Now personally I'm
feeling like, yeah, I mean,

we're building back
things that we might

have lost over the last
year, but that was just--

that's temporary.

And our hope is, like,
as we're mending here,

you know, our same
desire is like that

with Ethan and Olivia.

At some point in the future--

Yeah.

BARRY: --that things will turn.

MORIAH: I want to
address that too

because I have all the
respect for Ethan and Olivia.

I love them so, so, so, much.

So I want to somehow
find, you know,

the middle of the two
paths because y'all are

my family and I love y'all.

I don't want to come
in between my parents

and Ethan and Olivia.

They're working things
out on their own,

and I don't want to pick sides
or get feelings hurt or--

Or especially make
somebody else feel like we're

going behind their back.

Hey, little girls, you
know Ethan and Olivia

still love you, right?

Yeah.

They love you lots.

Not on the little
girls, everybody.

Yeah.

You too, surprisingly.

Do you want me to give
you a hug from Ethan?

Yeah.

This hug is from Ethan.

She's like, that
really feels like Ethan.

[laughter]

Want a hug?

Amber, do you want a hug?
AMBER: Yeah.

OK.

These hugs are from
Ethan and Olivia.

[inaudible]

MICAH: A handshake from Ethan.

KIM: Oh, [inaudible]

That's from Ethan and Olivia.

But I give hugs for Ethan.

You give hugs for Olivia.

OK.

SISTER: Moriah.

To me, when Micah and
Moriah gave the children

hugs from Ethan and Olivia,
the thing that I felt

was just that it was sad that
Ethan and Olivia couldn't

be there to do it themselves.

Ethan and Olivia wanted to
say goodbye to the children,

and I do wish I could go back
and do that moment differently

because that's one of those
instances where, you know,

I probably made a mistake.

You know, thinking
about it, yeah.

What harm would it have
done just to say goodbye?

I feel like if Ethan had
approached it differently,

if he had come over
and said, you know,

we've had our disagreements.

Things are really
tough right now.

You know, but respectfully
said, you know,

this is what we want to do,
it might have been different.

What's it going to take to
fix all this between Ethan

and Olivia and us?

A miracle.

Sure.

Yeah, I believe in miracles.

KIM: Group hug.

Group hug.

Group hug.

SISTER: Do you know
what I'd like to do?

I'd like to eat.
- Come on.

Move in.

[interposing voices]

Group hug.

Move in.

A group hug.

[interposing voices]

MICAH: Don't know me over.

I'm a little top heavy

[interposing voices]

Put on the fanciest
dress you can find.

Tonight, I have something
very special and very unique

planned.

Find your name and sit where
you're supposed to sit.

And I'm the only one
that knows about it.

You know what this is?

OK, so this-- watch.

I'll fold one,
and you can watch.

Or here, everybody take one.

OK, like this.

SISTER: [inaudible]

And then flip it over.

I have something very
special and very unique

planned for this evening,
and I'm the only one

that knows about it.

I've had so much
fun planning it,

how to arrange the tables
so that I can pull it off.

Next thing is put on the
fanciest dress you can find.

Fancy like can I do old--

The sky's the limit.

OK, so whatever I want.

Let's go.

It's something I've wanted
to do for a long time,

but everything has to
just line up perfectly,

including the weather.

LYDIA: I think I'll do this one.

Guess I'll wear this one.

KIM: Find your name and sit
where you're supposed to sit.

Tonight's menu is shrimp,
spanakopita, and pie.

LYDIA: Everyone thankful?

BARRY: I'm thankful.

LYDIA: Good.

This is great.

It's not often we just decide
to do it up fancy, do we?

Plathville's
five-star restaurant.

[laughter]

LYDIA: I'm getting full.

Yeah, this is a lot.

And there's still a
little bit of dessert.

She's crazy.

It's a snap.

Do you know what this is?

[laughter]

[interposing voices]

[music playing]

[inaudible]

You wouldn't have seen
me pull a fun prank,

you know, in the last year just
because of all of the drama

going on and how heavy
that's been on me.

[interposing voices]

But with the move and with
just moving on with our lives,

you know, we've been able to
kind of set a lot of that aside

and just go, you know what?

We still have five
children at home.

We're still going to enjoy them.

This pie's [inaudible].

[laughter]

We're going to wake up
every morning and rejoice

with whatever the day
brings, and we're just

going to, you know, have fun.

I feel like I'm in
a Three Stooges movie.

[shouting]

I'm going-- you got
me right in the face.

I'm going to put
it all over you.

[laughter]

There you go.

Here.

Here's some more.

I can't remember
the last time I

saw my mom laughing this hard.

Of course, it would have
been a million times better

if the whole family
would have been there

and I could have gotten a pie
thrown in my face from Ethan,

but it's still really nice to
see everyone having a good time

and just laughing our heads off.

The life of the
Plath family, you know?

I asked you, do you
want to know a secret

when we were getting ready?

And you said, no,
just surprise me.

SISTER: Yeah.

[laughter]

What was I thinking?

I never even threw
anything at anybody.

[laughter]

[interposing voices]

KIM: I'm ecstatic.

It was perfect.

I love that I caught
everybody by surprise.

I have never in

seen this side of my wife.

I had no idea
anything like this would

ever come up in my lifetime.

I think I need someone to
spray me down with a hose now.

SISTER: That's why you wanted
me to wear the orange dress.

LYDIA: No, it's actually
a good tradition.

We should do it, like, every--

KIM: You said it's a tradition.

LYDIA: --23 years.