05x08 - In the Room

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Previously on This Is Us...

I just got six messages from the adoption agency.

We have a match.

- ELLIE: Kate and Toby?

- Hi.

- KATE: Hi.

- Hi.

I'm-I'm Ellie.

Thank you for the Edible Arrangement.

I wasn't sure what the appropriate gift would be for when the birth mother of your twin sister's baby is being induced.

Hey, Kev.

I was wondering if we could talk.

Randall, I'm sorry, I can't right now.

Madison's in labor, and I'm stuck here in Vancouver.

I'll call you soon, okay?

I'm sorry.

- Got you a flight.

- KEVIN: Yes!

- G-Great.

What airport?

- Seattle.

It boards in two hours.

Can you make it?

KEVIN: Listen, I can't start off by not being there for them.

I don't know how else to explain it to you, okay?

It will break me.

MADISON: I can't believe I'm maybe gonna do this alone.

- Hello?

- Hi, Madison.

We just want you to know that we're here.

And we can stay on the phone with you for a while.

- You're family.

- Okay

Yeah, that'd be really nice.

("HEAT WAVE" BY MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS PLAYING)

♪ Whenever I'm with him ♪

♪ Something inside... ♪

ESTHER: All right, in there I've found a Swede, a South African, two Thais, a Scot and a Brit.

Does a Scot count as a Brit?

Eh, doesn't matter.

What are you and do you have a light?

I don't.

I'm sorry.

I'm Nasir.

From India.

Esther.

From Argentina.

And I need a light.

(LAUGHS)

(SIGHS): Aye.

New Mexico isn't quite what I imagined.

It's dustier.

Very big food.

The first day I got here, I got a hamburger, like, the size of my head.

(LAUGHS)

You don't talk much, huh?

My advisor insisted I come.

Try and make friends, but...

I-I can't put this down.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Advanced Computer Programming.

- Anything good?

- (LAUGHS SOFTLY)

It's about Turing's development of his a-machine and how in proving the uncomputability of the Entscheidungsproblem by such a machine, he showed the fundamental limitations of mechanical computation.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

But I know I love hearing you talk.

♪ JACK: Hey, kids, grab your bags.

I want to load the car now so we can hit the road for the cabin at : a.m. sharp.

And I'm gonna go, uh, make some sandwiches for lunch, so let me know what you guys want, okay?

Guys, we don't want to go.

- Wait, what?

- Huh?

- Of course you do.

- RANDALL: Hey, sorry, Dad, but the cabin is lame.

- Very lame.

- JACK: No, no, no, no, no.

The cabin is not lame.

The cabin is... relaxation.

- REBECCA: Yeah.

- The cabin is fresh air

- and s'mores and...

- Look, we all set up sleepovers for the weekend.

Parent-approved.

You can call them.

Cancel your plans, all right?

We're going on a family vacation this weekend,

- and that's the end of...

- Uh, babe?

Could I talk to you?

Would it be the worst thing in the world to go away without the little grumps?

Think about it, come on.

You, me, romantic cabin getaway, let the kids be someone else's problem for the night?

You and me, romantic cabin getaway?

Yeah.

Hey.

Sleepover drop-off train leaves at : a.m. sharp.

(WHISPERS): Yes.

(LINE RINGING)

- KEVIN: This is Kevin.

Leave a message.

- (SIGHS) (BEEPS)

- Kev's phone still going to voice mail?

- Yeah.

So I have no idea if he made his flight or not.

Can you imagine if he misses this?

He won't.

At least Randall and Beth got in touch with her from New Orleans

- so she's not alone.

- True.

True.

I should be with them.

I'm supposed to be with them.

(REBECCA SIGHS)

- (BAG RUSTLING)

- RANDALL: Mm...

Looks like they forgot the special sauce.

- Oh, man!

- I know.

We did not just find the only place open in the middle of nowhere, Alabama,

- and they didn't give me the special sauce.

- Mm-hmm.

Are you guys sure you don't want to go?

'Cause I can hang up.

I know it's late for you, and, um, and, you know, I'm sure you need to find a motel

- for the night.

- BETH: Oh, uh-uh.

I have not done my own hair and nails and waxing for the better part of a year just to get COVID from some rank motel off I- .

Hey, Madison, for the th time, we're not hanging up.

We are with you until Kevin gets there.

If anything, you're doing us a favor, right?

You're giving us a little roadside entertainment as we take turns driving and shotgunning Red Bulls for the next hours.

I know this isn't exactly how you imagined the births of these babies, but I do believe that Kevin is out there trying his damnedest to get to you and that he will be there in time for your unfairly gorgeous babies to be born.

And if, for some reason, he doesn't, then you got a couple of real live baby birthing experts right here to see you through it every step of the way.

We can handle it.

Beth had a natural birth with Tess right in our living room.

(PHONE CHIMES)

- Kevin?

- Um...

Ah, it's Kate.

Uh, family text thread.

(MADISON SIGHS)

_ Oh, no, no, no, no.

(LINE RINGING)

KATE: Hey, babe.

- How's it going?

- Mm-hmm.

Hi.

Hey, group texts?

No way, Kate.

Absolutely not.

If I can't be in the delivery room because of stupid COVID, then I demand personalized, individualized updates.

Okay.

(CHUCKLES)

Okay.

Listen, the only update is that I'm being a really great birth partner to a birth

- that is...

- So freaking slow.

How long have we been here, like, a hundred hours?

Eight.

A breezy eight.

Oh, babe, have you had any updates from the sitter?

Uh, yeah, Jack is fine.

I'm the one out here in the, uh, hospital parking lot losing my mind.

KATE: Everything is fine, I promise.

And I will update you when there is an update worth sharing.

Okay?

Hey, so, uh, how's your list coming?

Uh, my list?

Uh, you'll just...

You'll know when you know.

How about that?

- Fine, be mysterious.

Oh, hey.

- (KNOCK ON DOOR)

- The nurse is here.

Got to go.

Bye.

- Okay.

- NURSE JOAN: Hi, there.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- My name is Joan.

I'm taking over for Rachel.

ELLIE: Oh, did you hear that, Kate?

We've been here for a whole nurse shift, and my cervix is still refusing to budge.

NURSE JOAN: Things speed up eventually.

They always do.

Just hang in there, Mom.

ELLIE: Sorry, um, I just want to make sure that everyone on the delivery team remembers that Kate is the adoptive mother.

She is Mom.

I am just a temporary landlord with an eviction notice.

I am so sorry.

I should've checked your file

- before I came in.

I meant no...

- It's okay.

It's okay.

But please do remind everyone that when the baby is here, she should go directly to Kate.

Not to me.

Will do.

Page me if you need anything.

- Okay.

Thanks.

- ELLIE: Thank you.

I mean, it's as if she's never had a woman giving birth to her one-night-stand baby with the adoptive mother as the birth partner in the middle of a global pandemic.

I know.

It's, like, old-fashioned.

(CHUCKLES)

Hey.

I'm really grateful that you're here with me for this.

Well, I'm really grateful that you asked me.

Really.

So, let's have this baby.

(CHUCKLES)

(EXHALES)

I cannot wait to start a fire and just sit around in my cozy socks all weekend.

Is that all you're gonna be wearing?

- Because I can get on board with that.

- Ha-ha.

(GASPS)

You know what the best part is?

- What's that?

- Not having to hear Kate recite the plot of this week's .

Oh, yeah.

She's, uh, kind of obsessed, huh?

Honestly, I can't even tell if it's a terrible show or if she's just terrible at recapping it.

And you know what else - I'm psyched to not have to listen to?

- Okay.

Kevin and Randall bickering about everything.

I mean, here is to an entire weekend without having to hear the word "buttmunch."

Mm-hmm.

(SIGHS): Oh, babe.

Do you feel that bliss settling in?

That is the bliss of an entire weekend

- with no surly teenage interruptions.

- Yeah.

Oh, no.

- Jack, come here.

- What?

Oh, what the hell?

(REBECCA SIGHS)

(JACK SIGHS)

MIGUEL: All right, I found years' worth of dusty old board games to keep us busy.

Did you put yourself into a time-out?

No, there's better Wi-Fi over here.

I-I didn't know if the kids were trying to call or text me and maybe I just didn't have service.

Do you want to go upstairs and watch TV instead?

No, I don't want to watch TV.

I want my kids to call me with more information.

I want to teleport my body to Los Angeles.

I want...

I want a cocktail.

(CHUCKLES)

No, I'm-I'm not kidding.

I want a cocktail.

Are you sure?

The doctor said with the meds, you could...

One drink every once in a while would not k*ll me.

(CHUCKLES): And in this case, I feel like it might actually save my life.

Well, I mean, how would a cocktail really compare to Girl Talk: A Game of Truth or Dare?

Or your life.

Me having a cocktail might save your life.

One cocktail coming right up.

(WHISPERS): Thank you.

(SIGHS)

Oh, come on.

RANDALL: So, yeah.

Apparently, we own a farmhouse in New Orleans now.

Randall, that-that story is insane.

(CHUCKLES)

You're not wrong.

(GROANING)

Okay.

Those last few have been pretty intense.

Maybe we should call the nurse.

You okay to keep driving for a while?

Mm, yeah.

It's your time to shine, baby.

MADISON: Okay.

(EXHALES)

♪ ARLO: Hey.

You're in my spot.

I can see, like, ten empty spots just in my line of vision.

- I'm not even looking over there.

- Great.

Just move into one of those, then.

Um...

I...

(LAUGHING)

I'm sorry, sir.

Do you not see my elaborate setup?

I'm loving it.

This-this elaborate setup kind of makes me wish I had gone to a football school where I could've tailgated every weekend for four years.

- And I hate football.

- You know, I don't give a rat's ass.

Just move it.

Buddy, I'm just waiting for my daughter to be born, okay?

And I'm waiting to find out if my wife is gonna live or die.

Oh.

years attached at the hip.

Now I'm down here, and she's up there, attached to a ventilator.

This freakin' virus.

And I've been coming here every night, and I always park in that spot.

Number .

It's her favorite number.

It's the first house we ever lived in.

Overhill Road.

(CHUCKLES): She's always been superstitious about that kind of stuff.

Like a special number had some sort of a...

a magical power.

Am I really gonna have to ask you to move your car again?

No, sir, you are not.

I'm moving right now.

I'm moving.

He's perfect.

He looks just like me.

This baby is a mathematical anomaly.

He's a product greater than the constants multiplied to make him.

I hate to break it to you, my son, but your father is a giant geek.

(CHUCKLES)

All right, these should be drinkable.

- (SIGHS)

- There you go.

Thank you.

- Salud.

- Cheers.

(CHUCKLES)

- Whew!

(LAUGHS)

- Ah.

I didn't have much to work with.

That liquor cabinet hasn't been updated - in -plus years, so I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.

I know you love anisette, but this...

this tastes like car fuel.

- Car fuel?

Wow.

- (LAUGHS): Yeah, it does.

Now, I seem to remember you had more than one sh*t of chichaítos in Puerto Rico after our wedding.

Excuse me.

I was in Puerto Rico.

I was married.

I was happy.

Will you please give an old lady a break.

- Just this once.

Just this once.

- (BOTH LAUGH)

(FOOTSTEPS DESCENDING STAIRS)

JACK: Pipe in the upstairs bathroom burst.

Yeah, the whole room is just...

it's flooded.

- Oh.

- I'm gonna go to the hardware store, get some stuff to stop all that.

What was in the boxes?

Um, well, that's some of the kids' old art we brought from home.

We were gonna frame it and put it up, but we just never got around to it.

JACK: Oh, man.

Everything's ruined.

Come on.

It's not like our kids' crappy art was gonna make it in The Met or anything.

(SIGHS)

Right.

That was a good one, Bec.

- What?

- Nothing.

It's just, you've...

You've been ripping on the kids all day.

No, I haven't.

Look, forget it.

Doesn't matter.

You're right, the box is ruined.

- Let's just toss it and move on.

- Jack.

I'm gonna go to the hardware store, get something to fix that.

I'll be back soon.

(DOOR CLOSES)

What's with you?

(SIGHS)

Baby's on the way.

Uh, I'd be pacing back and forth in the waiting room if I could, but don't worry, I'll-I'll stay over here in my-my zone.

I won't get too close.

Uh, are those... are those pigs on your...

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Pigs are a thing with Rose, my wife.

We went to Austria on our honeymoon because The Sound of Music came out that year and... she wanted to see Salzburg.

I get it.

I made Kate move to Pasadena just for the Back to the Future house.

We were there over New Year's.

Turns out the Austrians go all out for pigs over New Year's.

Pigs on platters and marzipan pigs, little pig tchotchkes in all the markets.

They say they bring good luck.

So...

to start our marriage off right, we bought this little sucker.

And over the years, whenever we needed a little luck...

You found yourself a pig.

Figured I'd bring the whole bacon army out for this one.

They say they might be able to take her off the ventilator soon, but...

Hey, that's...

you know, that's not... that's not nothing, right?

So you, uh...

you haven't been able to go inside at all, huh?

No.

She made me promise not to visit.

She didn't want me getting sick, too.

(CHUCKLES)

If you think I'm stubborn, you ought to meet my Rose.

(LAUGHS)

Yeah.

Kate can be kind of stubborn, too.

Is that why you're out here?

She kick you out of the delivery room?

Oh, uh, no.

We're actually adopting.

Yeah, she's in there with the birth mom, and there's only one visitor allowed.

But we made a deal... since she gets to be in there, I get to pick the middle name.

Anything I want.

She has no veto rights.

- That's a lot of pressure.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I have quite the list going on.

I'm having a hard time whittling it down.

I don't want to pick it out just yet.

You know?

I want to wait till she's here, until she's officially ours.

Just don't want to jinx it.

Here.

One of Rose's favorites.

DR.

MOLANI: Once the anesthetic is in, you'll start to feel relief in about minutes.

So, can you lean forward and round your shoulders, please?

MADISON: Oh, no, no.

No way.

Hell no.

I am...

- I am all the way out.

No.

- RANDALL: Hey, Madison, Madison, Madison.

Don't look at the needle.

Look at me.

Okay?

Just focus on these calming baby browns.

MADISON: Oh, God.

Oh, God, I just looked at it again, Randall.

(SIGHS)

Distract me.

Please tell me a story that has - nothing to do with this.

- Yeah.

Okay, uh, when I decided to become a city councilman, I had to...

- Come on, give her something interesting.

- (GROANS)

Okay.

Okay.

(LAUGHS)

His junior prom, Kev comes home wasted.

Uh, reminder that I'm having this recovering alcoholic's babies right now.

Yeah, but this was back when he was just a charming rascal teen having one too many, so just go with me here, okay?

Uh, I intercept him before our parents know he's home.

I take him down to his room, tell him to take off his shoes so he can get into bed.

Go to get him a glass of water, I come back, and he is completely naked,

- belting "MMMBop" at the top of his lungs.

- (BETH LAUGHING)

I mean, my man is going for it.

He's shaking his little pasty ass, literally jumping up and down on his bed doing air drums.

- (SCOFFS)

God, Kevin.

- I keep telling him to shut the hell up before he wakes up our parents.

Then, suddenly, he stops... right?

and he stares at me, just dead serious.

I think he's about to hurl everywhere, and then he just says, "Dude, how come we never started a brother band?

- "Like Hanson.

- (CHUCKLES)

"We could be Pearson.

We could be rock stars, man."

- DR.

MOLANI: A little pinch.

- (MADISON WHIMPERS)

Hey, Madison, look at me.

Can you imagine it?

Me and Kev on a world tour?

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Mmm bop, ba duba dop ♪

♪ Ba du bop, ba duba dop♪

Come on.

Join in in our band.

Come on.

MADISON (UNENTHUSIASTICALLY): ♪ Dooby da ba doo-wop ♪

There she is!

RANDALL and BETH: ♪ Mmm bop, ba duba dop ♪

♪ Ba du bop, ba duba dop ♪

- ♪ Ba du bop, ba duba dop ♪

- (DOOR OPENS)

♪ Ba du ♪

♪ Mmm bop, ba duba dop ♪

♪ Ba du bop ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah. ♪

KEVIN: Randall?

RANDALL: Kev?

MADISON: I want to hit you, but I also want to kiss you.

(KEVIN CHUCKLES)

- KEVIN: Yeah, that's...

- (SETS BAG DOWN)

I get it.

Sounds like you had some company, though, right?

MADISON: Yeah, he, um... he called to check in on me.

He was on the phone for hours.

KEVIN: Really?

Wow.

Randall, I don't know what to say, man.

Nothing required, man.

I knew you'd make it.

I'm gonna pass the torch.

We'll catch up soon.

MADISON: Thanks, guys.

Hey.

You got this, M-Cat.

(CLICKS TONGUE)

(CLOSES LAPTOP)

(MADISON SIGHS)

MADISON: I can't believe you actually made it.

KEVIN: Yeah, no, it's...

You wouldn't believe the insane night that I had.

The head of TSA at the Seattle airport is definitely going on our Christmas card list.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Doesn't matter.

None of that matters.

The only thing that matters is that I made it.

Before I left, you asked me how this family was gonna fit into my life.

MADISON: Yeah.

KEVIN: This family is my life.

Uh, I quit the movie.

Yeah, no, I don't want to take jobs that are gonna take me away from you.

And this... these beautiful babies that we're about ready to meet.

(CHUCKLES)

This is all I'll ever need.

I made it.

MADISON: You made it.

♪ I saw you there ♪

♪ That's when I knew... ♪

KEVIN: These masks are really pulling my ears forward.

I feel like Dumbo.

You're about ready to have twins with Dumbo.

♪ When good love shines, I feel it, too ♪

♪ Take me with you, take me with you ♪

♪ So I build a boat to sail ♪

♪ I swear I'll never fail you ♪

♪ Oh, we'll sail into the sun ♪

♪ Take my hand and run into ♪

♪ The sea of love ♪

♪ The sea of love ♪

♪ And we will swim without our clothes ♪

♪ And watch the waves, see where they'll go ♪

♪ When waters rise, they sometimes do ♪

♪ I'll be with you, I'll be with you ♪

♪ So I build a boat to sail ♪

♪ I swear I'll never fail you ♪

♪ Oh, we'll sail into the sun ♪

♪ Take my hand and run into ♪

♪ The sea of love ♪

♪ The sea of love ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

(BABY CRYING)

ELLIE: Kate.

I want to hold her.

I know that I said that I didn't, but I changed my mind.

KATE: Uh, of course.

Yeah.

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ The sea of love ♪

♪ So I build a boat to sail ♪

- ♪ I swear I'll never fail you ♪

- ♪ The sea of love ♪

♪ The sea of love ♪

♪ The sea of love... ♪

NURSE JOAN: All right, Mom.

- Here's your daughter.

- Oh, um, she's gonna hold her.

(ELLIE'S BREATH TREMBLING)

ELLIE: Hi.

So that's what you look like.

Kate, do you... do you mind if..

I would just like to be alone with her.

KATE: Oh, um...

yeah.

Of course.

♪ I feel it, too ♪

♪ Take me with you, take me with you. ♪

G- ?

(SIGHS)

The twins are good.

Still just the one picture, and no new update from Kate.

Well, I'm sure we'll hear something

- when there's something to hear.

- Yeah.

What is that?

- Hmm?

- The blobs.

The-the painting.

You've been staring at that all night.

What is that?

JACK: What's all this?

REBECCA: This is the best possible solution I could find to try and save them.

I'm gonna go get my hair dryer.

No, Bec.

It's fine.

They-they're ruined.

Really, I'm-I'm over it.

Jack...

making fun of our kids together is our thing.

It's our one coping mechanism against three sets of teenage hormones.

Yeah, I know.

You're right.

So, what is the deal?

They don't want to hang out with us anymore.

(SIGHS)

It's-it's... it's moving really fast.

You know, they-they like us one moment, and then the next...

They're teenagers.

It's perfectly normal that they want to hang out with other teenagers over us.

I know, but we only have a few more years together under the same roof.

Okay, a few more years where we get to be a part of their daily lives.

And then what?

They're gonna move out.

And forget vacations to the cabin.

Babe, w-we're gonna be lucky if they call us once a week just to let us know what's going on in their lives.

Babe, it is not gonna be like that.

It was like that for us.

We moved out of our parents' houses, and we never looked back.

Okay.

You being moody I can handle, but comparing us to our parents, that is a bridge too far, mister.

(JACK CHUCKLES)

Jack, our family is not ending anytime soon.

Come here.

Come here.

Look at this picture.

Do you see how the colors from their little handprints have... have soaked all the way down to ours?

We're all still there together.

We are, even if it doesn't look the way that it used to.

And even when we are old fogeys living out here in the woods one day like witches from some children's fairy tale, we're still gonna be close to them.

Didn't realize we were gonna be witches.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I'm gonna let myself really go.

Oh, okay.

We will never miss a thing.

Not the little stuff, and especially not the big stuff.

Mm.

(JACK CHUCKLES)

REBECCA: So we framed it, as a... reminder to always be close, never miss a thing.

I know it's silly, but I feel like...

like I'm letting down Jack by not being there for them today.

Like I'm-I'm not holding up my end of the promise.

- Rebecca, you...

- No, it-it's okay.

You don't have to make me feel better.

We never talk about this.

How you...

have to bear Jack's death differently.

For yourself...

and for me.

And our marriage.

Thank you.

I know it's a lot.

I know I'm a lot.

(SIGHS)

Hey.

You're just the right amount.

Hi, little one.

So you're the reason I've been skipping cold cuts for the last nine months, huh?

You should know that I live and die by pastrami on rye, so...

this hasn't been easy for me.

But...

from the minute that I knew that you were real and I was really having you...

...I knew that I needed to take care of you.

Even if you were never meant to be mine.

Giving you to Toby and Kate is the hardest thing I have ever done.

But it might just be the best thing I'll ever do.

So I have to say goodbye to you now, because there is someone really special waiting to say hello.

(SOFT KNOCKING)

KATE: Hi.

Hi.

Thank you.

Hi, sweet girl.

Hi.

It's so nice to meet you.

Oh, my goodness.

Hi.

I'm your mom.

(CHUCKLES, SIGHS)

I feel like I have waited my whole life to meet you.

I can't wait to watch you grow up.

To French-braid your hair.

And to make Play-Doh castles together.

And I got to be honest with you.

The world is... it's a little nutty out there right now, but...

no matter what, no matter what, I can promise you this: You will never, ever...

doubt your place in it.

And I'm really excited for you to meet your dad.

Do you want to meet your dad?

(SNIFFLES)

(LINE RINGING)

(PHONE CHIMES)

Hey.

Do we have a baby?

KATE: We do.

Meet your daughter Hailey.

(TOBY SIGHS)

Hi there, Hailey Rose.

Hailey Rose Damon.

I love it.

Aw.

Wait, after Rose Tico from Star Wars, right?

TOBY: Uh...

yeah, something like that.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Oh, my goodness, look at all that hair.

What I wouldn't give.

She's like Fabio in his prime.

(CHUCKLING): I know.

(PHONE RINGING)

(RANDALL GRUNTS)

Oh, it's Kev.

Well, how does it feel to be the Pearson family's newest dad?

(LAUGHS)

Yeah.

Man, I can't believe I'm a dad, dude.

(CHUCKLES)

Congrats, Papa Bear.

- Beth says...

- I heard. Yeah, no, I heard.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Uh, you got names?

Names?

Yes.

Uh, Nicholas and Frances.

Nicholas.

Oh, man, Uncle Nicky will be through the roof.

And, uh, Frances?

- Frances?

- That's...

unique.

I know, I know.

Um, named after Madison's grandmother.

Um, she gave me Nicky, so we'll-we'll call her Franny.

Right on.

Franny's cute.

Franny is definitely cute.

- Yeah, yeah.

- (CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS)

Man, eight hours ago, I was dragging some guy out of his totaled SUV, and now here I am a dad.

(CHUCKLES): To twins.

Damn. Yesterday, I was in New Orleans communing with the spirit of my birth mom.

Now I own her house.

Damn.

Yeah.

We got a lot to catch up on.

Yeah.

Randall, I was terrified when I was on that plane.

I was terrified that I wouldn't make it in time, and I was terrified that she would be alone, and when I walked in that room, man, I heard your voice, and I, um... Thank you.

Thank you.

After everything that we've been through recently, you're still...

You're my brother.

Yeah.

I did say some... some pretty horrible things to you, Randall, and the truth is you are...

(SIGHS)

You're the best person I know.

And on my finest day, I am simply doing a poor man's imitation of you.

Hey, man.

We both said things.

Tensions were high.

We got a lot of ground to cover.

Lot of things I didn't...

(SIGHS)

see growing up.

Hey, man.

If you really want to have that conversation with me, then I cannot wait to have it with you.

And one day, when you don't have two brand-spanking-new babies and just went through a whole Planes, Trains and Automobiles adventure to get to, we will have it.

I promise you that.

But now is not the time.

Now is the time to celebrate your new family.

Yes.

(SIGHS)

I can't believe you told her the "MMMBop" story.

(LAUGHING)

(DOOR OPENS)

- (DOOR CLOSES)

- (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Hi.

Hi.

What time does your watch say?

Um...

- : .

- Mm.

: .

That's good.

I was worried maybe all the clocks in the house were fast.

I didn't want to accuse you of being three hours and minutes late for no reason.

- Look, Es, I...

- One night.

I asked you for one night to come home at : to have dinner with your son.

He was so excited for you to eat the pizza he made you.

I wanted to make it home.

What could you be doing in that office that is so much more important than us?

(SIGHS)

I'm so close to something huge, Es.

No one has created an efficient algorithm to compute the Karhunen-Loève transform.

So I had the idea to approach the problem by studying a cosine transform,

- and then...

- No, stop.

If I am going to forgive you, then I need to understand why what you are doing matters so much to you.

So explain it to me so I will understand.

Explain it to me like I'm...

like I'm our four-year-old son.

- (REBECCA SIGHS)

- MIGUEL: All right, well, you want to move on to something else?

No, it's-it's late.

I think I'm all gamed out.

- Okay.

- (PHONE RINGING)

(GASPS)

Oh, God, it's Kate.

When your mother wants a picture of Mike, what do we do?

We mail it to her.

Right.

We mail it to Argentina.

She gets it a few weeks later.

What if, instead of waiting for the mail, she could see the photo on a computer almost instantly?

What do you mean?

The m*llitary has created a network of computers around the world that are all connected.

Soon, common people will have them, and if my team can optimize a form of data compression, they'll be able to share images.

So, you put a picture on a computer, and my mother across the world sees the same picture?

Yes, and imagine if one day it wasn't just a picture.

Imagine it was a movie.

Imagine you could talk to someone on a screen, like a phone call but with video.

(CHUCKLES)

- Hi.

Hi, sweetheart.

- Hi, Kate.

- KATE: Hi, Mom.

- Hi.

I'm sorry I couldn't call during the labor.

It got really intense in there.

- It's okay.

- But, um, she's here.

She's here.

Do you want to meet your granddaughter?

Yes, I do.

We do.

(GASPS)

Oh...

my goodness.

- That's Hailey.

- MIGUEL: Wow.

See her?

- She's gorgeous.

- (REBECCA SOBS)

Oh.

(CHUCKLES)

She's so beautiful, Kate.

Oh, my goodness.

I don't even know what to say.

Oh, my.

("DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT" BY JOHN MARTYN PLAYS)

♪ It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe ♪

♪ If you don't know by now... ♪

KEVIN: All right, you ready?

Look at this.

Look what we did.

So, here is perfect baby number one.

And then...

proud mommy.

- REBECCA: Hi.

- And... professional tennis player.

- Hi.

- MADISON: Hi, Grandma.

Hi, Nick and Franny.

(LAUGHING): Look at those little faces.

♪ At the break of dawn.. ♪

REBECCA: You missed a spot, right there!

(JACK GROWLS PLAYFULLY)

♪ I'll be gone... ♪

(LAUGHS): Oh.

Is Toby jealous of all that hair?

- (RANDALL LAUGHS)

- KATE: Of course.

I feel like I'm gonna have to shave her head just to, like, level the playing field.

(ALL LAUGHING)

♪ It ain't no use you callin' out my name... ♪

This handsome young man right here...

this is Nick.

Wait, Nick?

- You named him after me?

- Yeah.

M-Mostly Nic Cage, but yeah, also you.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

How about that?

ARLO (CRYING): Hi, Rose.

Badass Rose is coming home.

MADISON: Nick, Franny...

- KEVIN: Yeah.

- This is your cousin Hailey.

KEVIN: Oh, beautiful.

MADISON: Aw, look at her.

KATE: My goodness.

(WHISPERS): The new Big Three.

(CHUCKLES)

♪ It ain't no use you turnin' on your light, babe ♪

♪ The light that I never knowed... ♪

Just squeeze those babies' cheeks for us and tell them how much we love them, okay?

We will.

Okay.

KEVIN: Okay, Mom.

Say goodbye, everybody.

Bye, fam.

Love you.

- Love you, too.

- Yeah, we love you.

We miss you.

♪ Goodbye's too good a word, baby ♪

♪ So I'll just say fare thee well ♪

♪ I'm thinkin' and I'm wonderin' ♪

♪ All the way down the road ♪ _

♪ I once loved a woman ♪ _

♪ A child, I'm told ♪ _

♪ I gave her my heart ♪ _

♪ But she wanted my soul ♪ _

♪ Don't think twice ♪ _

♪ Don't think twice ♪ _

♪ Don't think twice, it's all right. ♪ _