05x08 - Where or When?

[bunniefuu]

Previously on Chesapeake Shores...

Well, Sarah, Mike Herrmann's
gonna be the new captain,

and you're gonna be the new
lieutenant, if you want.

I don't think that I'm feeling for
you what you're feeling for me.

You don't have to say another word.

Is there anything I can do to
get switched to another P.O.?

Do you have that agreement about
dissolving our partnership?

[RIPPING]

I had time to think.

The car is packed and
the plane is ready, sir.

Cancel the plane. We're
staying in Chesapeake Shores.

How far along are you? Judging
from your blank expressions,

I'm the first to tell you...
you're pregnant.

[♪♪♪]

- Wow.
- Wow...

We're gonna have a baby.

We are.

You're gonna be a mom.

And you're gonna be a dad.

But we shouldn't tell
anyone for the first...

what do they say?

Oh, the book says the first trimester.

It's gonna be so hard to
keep it from everyone.

But it's best.

Until we know for sure
that everything's okay.

Also... I know that you talked to
the chief about the lieutenancy,

and I know that you're not ready
to stop going on runs, but...

I didn't turn it down.

I accepted it.

You did?

Yeah, I think it's time I moved up.

I could teach those
recruits a thing or two.

[♪♪♪]

♪ Plane ticket already paid ♪

♪ I'm gone, but it don't mean nothing ♪

♪ I'm close even though I'm far away ♪

[♪♪♪]

♪ That's how I remember you ♪

♪ Stuck here on the red-eye special ♪

♪ I can't wait to see you again ♪

[♪♪♪]

♪ So don't think of me
not being around ♪

[♪♪♪]

♪ Just listen for the
sweet, sweet sound ♪

♪ Of the taxi pulling up the driveway ♪

♪ I'm coming home soon... ♪

[♪♪♪]

♪ I'm coming home soon... ♪

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

He sh**t... he scores!

Well, here we are.

Dad's crew did such an
amazing job on this place.

- Your very own law office.
- [PHONE RINGS]

[GASPS] Your very first phone call!

Who has this number?

[RINGING]

That's a very good question.

[ABBY CHUCKLES]

Connor O'Brien, Attorney-at-Law.

[LAUGHS]

Uh, yes, Gran,

- you are my first call.
- [SIBLINGS CHUCKLE]

Uh, I don't know, I'll ask.

Abby, is Jay coming
over for dinner again?

Uh, yes, I think so.

- Again?
- Yes, "again."

Thank you.

Uh, we are having Jay's favorite...

- pot roast.
- All right.

Let's get out of here,
"attorney-at-law."

- [♪♪♪]
- Oh...

just one finishing touch.

All right.

- Voilà.
- _

- Ah. That's an impressive sign.
- Right?

- Let me take a picture.
- All right.

All right...

[TURNING BOLTS]

- All right.
- There he is.

- Oh!
- Oh!

Hey, remember, I told you...
starting your own business was risky.

- The mail's here.
- Okay.

Uh, hey, are you sure you want
me to take that Cleveland trip?

Yeah, I think it's time.

You can put 'em in line.

Use your New York City "big
business" scary-face on 'em.

Okay. You mean, uh, this face?

[GASPS PLAYFULLY]
Giddy-up. That was scary.

Good. I still got it.

Actually, Evan Kincaid wants me to speak

with his board in Pennsylvania.
I guess it's on the way.

Sounds like one of my
old business trips.

Yeah, actually, you know what?
You take the next one,

because I do not want to
become an absentee parent.

- No. You do not.
- This package is for you.

Would you open it, honey?
I've gotta finish these plans.

Yep.

- Okay.
- What?

Uh, someone's "cremains."

- Someone's what?
- Ashes!

Somebody's ashes.

[LETTER RUSTLES]

"Mick, you were a great friend of mine.

We got each other through the
toughest times of our lives.

For old time's sake, would
you scatter my poor ashes

over the Chesapeake Bay islands?

That's where I spent the
happiest times of my life."

That's sweet but sad.

Yes, it is. But who is it?

Doesn't say.

[♪♪♪]

Oh, that is great.

Yes. This weekend.

[CHUCKLES]

Thanks, Carter.

It means the world.

Mm.

[EXHALES CONTENTEDLY] Mm!

That was Carter Milburn,

one of the most influential
art critics on the East Coast.

When he shows up this weekend,
Erin Kinley's jaw will hit the floor.

She's gonna see that I still
have some connections myself.

You must, if you can get someone
to come all that way to help you.

Oh, Carter would do anything for me.

He owes me... big time.

That sounds like an interesting story.

One you're probably
better off not knowing.

[CHUCKLES AS THE PHONE RINGS]

Hello?

Oh, yeah, hey, Donna.

Okay. Are you sure?

Okay, thanks very much. Bye-bye.

That was the post office.

I called them to see
if they could find out

where that package came from.

- The urn?
- Mm.

Did they?

Yeah. Came from a nursing
home in Culpeper, Virginia.

Turns out they're the ashes
of a "Eugene Segar."

Eugene Segar?

Oh, I sure don't recall that name.

Neither do I.

- Well...
- [MICK LAUGHS]

[♪♪♪]

Have I told you how hot you look

with that wedding ring on?

Oh, I was just thinking
the same thing about you.

Mm.

[BING-BING-BING-BING-BING]

- I'll go.
- No, it's my turn.

Let's go together, husband.

All right, wife.

[BING-BING-BING]

[FOOTSTEPS]

[JESS] Hello, Mr. McNear.

Oh, so at least the bell works.

Sorry. How can we help you?

You know that your birds
have made a mess

all over my new Lexus?

Oh. They're not really "our birds."

But we'll be sure to alert the
"bird board" immediately, sir.

- Are you being sarcastic?
- Sorry. No.

We're... We will clean your car.

Also, the Wi-Fi here is very spotty.

Took me forever to sign in this morning.

I apologize for that, too, sir.
I'll check the modem immediately.

I hope your breakfast was satisfactory.

It was... fine.

Although the butter
patties were too cold.

It ripped a hole in my toast
when I was spreading it.

Won't happen again.

I'll be sure to warm them myself.

See that you do.

If he's so miserable, why
does he keep staying here?

I don't know.

Maybe he's one of those
guys that loves to complain.

So then we are giving him what he wants.

Oh, precisely.

[KNOCKS]

Can I help you?

Yes, I was hoping to
see Lieutenant O'Brien.

Well, she's very busy studying
the building codes and can't...

- Ooh, is that a gift?
- Maybe.

Is it for me?

Not exactly, but open it.

Ohh...

I know, they're so cute.
I just couldn't pass them up.

Now all we need is a tiny
horse and little tiny cows.

That can be arranged.

- [KNOCKING]
- Oh.

Hey, Lieutenant, the building code
meeting got moved up an hour.

Okay, great. I'll be up in five.

[GROANS WEARILY] When
can we start telling people?

Keeping this a secret is
starting to get to me.

Yeah, you and me both.

Maybe we should just
tell them this weekend.

Why not?

- Just the families.
- Yeah, they deserve to know.

So I'm only gonna be gone for four days,

and the girls say that
they're fine with it.

Obviously, Gran and Dad can
take care of them, but...

They want a little extra aunt attention?

Yes!

We'll be there.

- With bells on.
- Great.

Where are you going, anyway?

Uh, I have to go to Ohio
to put out a fire for Dad,

and then, uh, Evan wants
me to speak with his board.

- "Evan"?
- Evan?

Yeah, he's flying me to Pennsylvania,

so it's on the way.

- He's flying you?
- To Pennsylvania?

Yes. Is there an echo?

Oh, my gosh, you guys!

There's nothing going on
with me and Evan Kincaid.

- Oh, of course not.
- No,

but this is a classic move, though.

The whisk away.

The whisk away? Is that a thing?

A thing?

Have you never heard of the whisk away?

He whisks you away to
some romantic spot...

In Pennsylvania?

She's obviously never been whisked away.

- Oh, it's so sad.
- Have you really never heard

of a simply working relationship
between a man and woman?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, I've seen it millions of times.

[JESS] But we've seen you two together.

Palpable tension.

[WORDS CATCH] There is tension
because he makes me tense.

- Not in a good way.
- And has it ever occurred to you

that Evan might have feelings for you?

[JESS] And what about
your feelings for Evan?

[GASPS, THEN STAMMERS]

[GROANS IRATELY]

[GRUMBLES IN GIBBERISH]

♪ She's gettin' whisked away ♪

[GIGGLES] So whisked.

[GULLS CRYING]

Do you really have to carry
that thing around with you

everywhere you go?

Well, I can't just
leave it at the office.

I don't understand. You read the letter.

How could I mean so much to this guy

when I can't even remember who he is?

Megan? There's someone here to see ya.

- Ha! Carter!
- [LAUGHS, GUSHING] Megan!

Oh, it's so good to
see you! Look at you!

This is just exactly how I pictured
you... down by the shore,

with the sun glistening
off the water, it's...

oh, it's idyllic.

Aww.

Carter Milburn, this is Mick O'Brien.

[UNIMPRESSED] Of course. The ex-husband.

- And you are?
- Nell O'Brien,

the mother-in-law.

- "Ex"?
- Son, there's no such thing

as an "ex" mother-in-law.

Ah. [CHUCKLES DRYLY]

Touché!

So... how was your flight?

It was abysmal.

I'm telling you, what they pass
off as first-class nowadays

is just a joke.

[MEGAN CHUCKLES POLITELY]

Well, we should run. Uh,
we will be back for dinner.

Erin Kinley should be
there just about now.

With her claws out, no doubt.

I can't wait to clip them!

Mick? You're sure you
don't want to come along?

Oh, I'm sure he'd be bored
with all our art talk.

Yes, you know us country
folk... we bore easily.

- [CARTER CHUCKLES DROLLY]
- Well...

- we'll be back soon.
- [GRAN] Uh-huh.

[♪♪♪]

I don't think I like him.

[GRAN] I don't like him either.

So, what are you going to do with this?

I haven't the foggiest.

I can't very well spread his ashes
if I don't know who he is.

Surely, there has to be an obituary

- on this man.
- Nope.

Oh...

You know, that's really sad.

I'll light a candle for him.

Light one for me while
you're at it, will you?

Darling, I'm always
lighting one for you.

[♪♪♪]

Luke.

- Hey, Connor.
- Hey.

Can I get you something?

- You know what? I could go for a beer.
- Oh.

Hey, I wanted to talk to you

about that issue with
your parole officer.

- Yeah?
- I contacted my friend

at the parole commission.

Look, I can't pay for this,
just so you know.

Nah. It's my first job as
an independent attorney.

- It's pro bono.
- Thanks. I really appreciate that.

- [SNEEZES]
- Oh.

- Bless you.
- Sorry. Ugh, allergies.

I was cleaning out the,
uh, the storage room,

and, uh, there was tons of dust.

So? What'd you find out?

Well, the usual complaints

about how under-funded they
are and how hard his job is.

Uh, but I'm really sorry
to tell you this, Luke,

but it's really hard to
change parole officers.

You have to file a formal complaint,

with cause, and if it's not upheld,

you're stuck with the same P.O.

Yeah, then Sullivan would
really have it out for me.

Afraid so.

However, my friend, Barry...

the guy at the parole commission...

he's gonna keep looking into it for you,

- see if he can pull some strings.
- Thanks.

- Oh! Your beer.
- Thank you.

No prob.

So, I'm gonna be meeting
Bree here tonight.

Nice.

Tell her yet?

No. No. Not yet.

I'm trying to get up the nerve.

It's surprising how seldom
it comes up in conversations.

You know, "What's your favorite music?"

"What's your favorite color?"

- "Hey, have you been to prison?"
- [LAUGHS]

But... I'm gonna tell her tonight.

- Yeah?
- Yep.

All right. Good man.

[♪♪♪]

Oh, Bree. Hey!

Hi, Jerry.

Um...

could I see you this afternoon?

I wanted to talk in my office.

- Yeah, sure.
- Okay.

Am I in trouble before
I even get started?

Oh. No, no. Nothing like that.

Um...

It's just, I, uh...

You know what?

- Never mind. I'm sorry.
- No, no. What... What is it?

It's just... well...

I saw you at the wedding

dancing with Luke Tatum.

Oh. Okay.

And... I recognized
him from high school...

- Jerry? Jerry.
- And...

[CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY] What I said
to you has nothing to do with Luke.

No, no, no. I... I know. I'm not...

I'm not jealous.
That's not what this is.

I just...

[SIGHS] I remembered
hearing something about him.

- Oh...
- And...

- I couldn't remember what it was.
- That's not... that's...

- That doesn't... Let's not do that.
- Look, Bree,

how well do you know Luke?

I know him well enough.

Did you know he just got out of prison?

I have a friend in the legal department,

and he did some research,

and it turns out that Luke Tatum
did time for as*ault and battery.

Three years, Bree,

at North Branch
Correctional Institution.

He didn't tell you, did he?

Bree? Bree, wait! I...

- [FOOTSTEPS]
- What's up, Jess?

You know how we have so many
five-star reviews on Yelp?

Yes, I do, 'cause you
tell me all the time.

We just got our first terrible one.

Our first bad review!

That means we're officially in business.

- That's not funny.
- To be honest,

I thought it was your sisters
writing those five-star reviews.

You know they're not doing that.

We get good reviews
because we deserve them.

We definitely didn't deserve this. Look.

Ooh... one-star? That is pretty brutal.

I don't recognize the name.
I think it could be a fake.

Do you think it could be Mr. McNear?

Ooh, does it mention
cold butter patties?

No, but it covers everything else.

Jess, we can't please all
the people all the time.

Bad reviews are just
part of the territory.

Well... I am going to be professional

and respond to this reviewer very nicely

and offer to make it up to
them if they should return.

"Sub-par roasted salmon"?

Are they insane?

My roasted salmon is nothing
short of magnificent.

[VOICE RISES] What... an idiot!

See what I mean?

[♪♪♪]

Hey. How are ya?

Were you in prison?

Who told you?

Doesn't matter.

[SIGHS] What matters is you didn't.

[♪♪♪]

Look, I was gonna tell you.

Okay.

I'll never really know
that, though, will I?

No, you won't.

You were convicted of
as*ault and battery?

Yeah.

And you probably want to
know if I did it, right,

- or if I was wrongfully convicted?
- Yeah.

Did you do it?

I did it.

I wound up with three years in prison,

a year off for good behavior.

Why?

Why as*ault and battery,

- or why good behavior?
- No.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because I didn't want you to look at me

the way you're looking at me right now.

[♪♪♪]

And Erin, three lawyers have looked
at that so-called agreement

that you have with Driscoll,

and they found major holes.

[GRAN] Ah-hah.

Son.

- Good day to ya.
- Hey, Mom.

- Good shopping.
- Thanks!

Megan and Carter make a
good team, don't they?

Indeed. They do.

Do you think they have a history?

A history?

You know what I mean.

Well... she was in New York
on her own for years.

I imagine she had a
history with someone.

Didn't you?

Probably.

Did you tell her about Martha?

- That's ancient...
- History.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay, maybe there's a little
tiny bit of something...

I mean, he is right here. Now.

Yeah, well...

why don't you talk to her about it?

I don't know if I have that right.

I don't even know where
we stand right now.

We've just been, both
of us, sort of drifting.

No declarations have been made.

Maybe it's time you did.

I love you.

I love you more.

Bree?

Bree!

- Hey.
- Hi.

Look.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to tell you that way.

You did exactly what you meant to do.

Okay, maybe I shouldn't have butted in,

but I care about you.

And I just... I think you should
know what you're getting into.

Okay, but, Jerry, what I'm getting
into is my own business.

And I don't think you have a
right to judge Luke that way.

You don't know what he's been through.

- Do you?
- I...

[WORDS CATCH]

I suppose he gave you some sob story.

No, he didn't.

He did not do that.

Because I didn't give him the chan...

You know what? Never mind.

So, between the Maryland Art Foundation

and the lawyers finding holes
in the agreement with Arthur,

- it looks like...
- Megan O'Brien has done it again.

Driscoll exhibit can open here
on Chesapeake Shores.

[MEGAN] Well, nothing's definite
yet, but it looks like it.

[BOTH CHUCKLING]

- I'll be right back.
- Mm-hmm.

[CELLPHONE RINGS]

[CARTER] Hey, Findley.

Mick? Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm just getting more wine.

- You want some?
- Mm. I'm fine.

You don't like Carter, do you?

Hey, he saved your art show.
I think that's great.

Mm-hmm.

But you don't like him?

Not particularly. Is that a problem?

- No. I just...
- We can't like all the same people.

No. I guess not.

Was there ever anything between you two?

You mean, did I ever date him?

Yes.

But that was a long time ago.

I'm just asking. I'm not jealous.

I didn't say you were.

Wow. I guess we haven't
had that talk yet, have we?

What talk?

About what happened during
the time that we were apart.

[♪♪♪]

[ABBY] Hey, Dad. Do you have a second?

Sure, what's up?

Well, I contacted the nursing home

where Eugene Segar d*ed,

and I think I found something.

- Yeah?
- Well, I printed off a photo

from the obituary in the local paper.
They gave you the wrong name.

It's Eugene David Seigal.

[QUIETLY] I'll be a son of a g*n.

That's Buzz!

[♪♪♪]

Hi! Uh...

two Mango Mambos,
please, with everything.

Dad, why are we here?

What, you don't like Mango Mambos?

No, I do. I just... I thought you
were gonna tell me about Buzz.

Oh.

Buzz.

Yeah.

Do you remember this place?

I spent some of my happiest hours here.

Juicy Juice has only
been here for a year.

That's true.

But do you remember what
was here before that?

The Crab Shack?

And before that?

I have no idea.

The Windjammer.

Best bar in town.

Best people. The best bartender.

Was Buzz a bartender?

He was the best bartender
on the East Coast.

He could make a perfect Margarita.

Great tequila,
fresh-squeezed lime juice,

not too sweet, and just
the right amount of salt.

And... he could listen to
your problems for hours.

Mm! Just like a therapist.

No. Better than a therapist.

How many therapists do you
know that serve fried peanuts?

[LAUGHING] Well, I could ask around.

[CHUCKLING]

That was the summer that
your mom left. That was...

pretty rough on all of us, I think, huh?

[ABBY SIGHING DEEPLY]

Yeah, I remember.

You never talked about it.

Well... it... it was just
such a tough year. I...

I was working -hour days

and, uh, wasn't home hardly at all.

She had you guys alone...

and-and then one day, I got this...

[SHAKY BREATH]

[TEARFULLY] ... I got
this three-paged letter.

Seems she didn't want me
to come home anymore

if I was gonna...

[SNIFFLES AND SIGHS]

I thought I had to be strong for you
and your brothers and sisters.

I was brought up that way, you know?

I know.

[MICK BREATHES DEEPLY]

But here, you know, with Buzz,

I could talk about
anything and everything.

I'd unload on him and he'd unload on me.

We'd argue about politics,
baseball, football...

but mostly... [SNIFFLES]

... he just let me talk and talk and...

when I was all talked out, he'd say...

"Yeah... that must be tough."

And you never knew his name?

I didn't think he knew my name either.

I was always "Margarita, rocks, salt?"

[LAUGHING]

I used to come here every
Wednesday after work.

That was a crazy summer. You remember?

Jess almost flunked first grade.

Connor broke his arm.

Bree locked herself in her
room with her notebook.

You acted out like crazy,

and Kevin got mono.

And Mom left.

Yes. There was that, too.

Hence the, uh, flunking
and the arm-breaking

and notebook and the mono.

I tried to be there for
you. For all of you.

I just... I just did not know how.

[ABBY SIGHS DEEPLY]

You did okay.

You didn't think so at the time.

[CHUCKLES]

Well, I was young.

I was young, too.

Thank you.

Well, I'm glad Buzz was there for you.

Yeah. I didn't...

I didn't realize how
important he was to me

until I came by one day

and this place was all closed up.

Out of business.

Never got a chance to thank him.

Well, now you can.

Yes.

Thanks, Buzz.

- To Buzz.
- To Buzz.

[♪♪♪]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Hi, Evan.

You ready to go to that board meeting?

Uh, yes. Where should I meet you?

Open your office door.

Your chariot awaits.

Uh, you don't have an
actual chariot, do you?

No. That'd be so cool.

I'll get my bag.

May I, Abby?

- Thank you.
- [PHONE RINGING]

Hey, Bill.

How are you?

How does Thursday sound?

Sounds good. We'll make it happen.

Mandrake, make a note...
Bill on Thursday. Get him a gift.

My discretion, sir?

You always know best.

Sorry, Abby. Business never stops.

Now, Mandrake... [TAPS TRUNK TWICE]

- ... to the helipad!
- Yes, sir.

Heli-what, now?

They haven't even responded!

Who hasn't?

The person who left the horrible review.

I wrote them a nice reply,
offering another stay here,

and nothing.

Zilch!

Nada. Do you know what that means?

- Mm-mm.
- Means it wasn't even a real customer.

Because a real customer
would've taken me up on that.

Are you sure about that?

I bet it was Ben Fogerty.

Who's that?

You know! The guy that runs
Shoreline Motel on Route .

He hates competition.

I bet he's trying to run
us out of business.

I gotta call him and give
him a piece of my mind.

No... Jess! Just... Just let it go.

Okay, then I'll write a
bad review for his motel.

[GIGGLES]

How do you spell "abysmal"?

Jess, come on! Just
be the bigger person.

Okay. Where's the fun in that?

It's fun because...

Okay, it's not fun, but
it's the right thing to do.

Why is doing the right
thing so unrewarding?

I don't know, honey.

Okay.

"Abysmal."

A-B-Y... [LAUGHING]

[CLAPS LID SHUT]

[CHUCKLES]

- _
- [♪♪♪]

Here we are.

Sorry about the turbulence
over Harrisburg.

It's okay, you can't
control the weather.

Please tell me you can't
control the weather.

[CHUCKLES] No, not yet.

- That'd be a heck of an app.
- Mm.

This is a beautiful place.

Thanks. It's one of my getaways.

Your what-aways?

Getaway.

- [DOOR OPENS]
- Hello, Evan.

- Tea is on the deck.
- Henrietta, you are a lifesaver!

I'm gonna change. Mandrake
will show you to the deck.

I want to talk to you
before the board meeting.

Okay. About what?

A private matter.

Uh, where's the deck?

Some distance. I'll get
the golf cart, Abby.

[CHUCKLES]

[MANDRAKE] Can I get you anything else?

I think I have every
sandwich known to man.

Wonderful.

Tell me there is Nutella and
banana on whole wheat.

Just as you like, sir. Text
if you need anything else.

Thank you.

That Mandrake is a marvel.

A magician.

- Very good!
- Mm.

- You have everything you need?
- And then some.

Good.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Abby... I really wanted talk to you.

It's important.

It's the real reason I asked you here.

It's obvious we have connected
in a very profound way,

and I realize this might
sound kind of sudden,

but... [CHUCKLES] hear me out.

- [PHONE RINGS]
- [EVAN SIGHS]

Darn phones.

Never a moment's peace.

Let me silence this.

Okay.

[CHUCKLES] Where was I?
Um... important...

we connected, might
sound sudden... okay.

I think we both know what I'm gonna say,

- so why don't I just say it?
- Excuse me, sir,

but it's Warren in Bali,

- and he says it's urgent.
- Warren always says it's urgent.

Um, I'm sorry, Abby.

Please excuse me. I'll be right back.

Hold that thought.

[♪♪♪]

[VIDEO CALL RINGING]

Uh, Jess? I'm patching in Bree.

I'm having a predicament.

[GASPS] A two-sister predicament?

Bree? You're on with Jess.

I need some help.

Where are you?

Uh, at some castle in Pennsylvania!

I want to go to a
castle in Pennsylvania!

Stop. Listen. Focus.

Okay. I'm here with Evan,

and I think you're right...
I think this a whisk away.

- What did we tell you?
- We told you.

- Okay, that is not helpful.
- What did he say?

So, he said, "I need to talk to you.

We've made a connection."

And "this might seem sudden."

- He said that?
- What did he say next?

Nothing. He got called
away. What do I do?

- What do you want to do?
- Take his helicopter and fly away?

[ANNOYED] He has a helicopter?

Jess. Focus.

- I gotta go.
- [BREE] Okay.

- Call us back!
- [JESS] Call us back

or we'll never forgive you...

Apologies. A tropical storm is
playing havoc with a project in Bali,

but I'm back.

Told them to hold my
calls so we can focus.

Okay. Focus on what?

I was saying that we
have a real connection

- and though it may seem sudden...
- Evan, I have to stop you.

- Pardon?
- I can't let you go on. I...

I am flattered, really,

but... my feelings for
you are entirely...

Oh...

- ... boy.
- Wait a minute.

Did... Did you think... ?

I didn't think... my sisters thought,
and they got in my head.

[LAUGHS] You thought I
was gonna ask you out?

- Well...
- No!

No. Nothing like that.

I was gonna offer you
a job at my company.

Because we have a connection?

Exactly.

I think you're one of the smartest,
sharpest people I've ever met,

and I want you to join
The Kincaid Group.

Wow. Well, firstly,
I'm... I'm flattered.

I already said that, but
for different reasons.

Um, secondly...

No.

- No?
- No.

I'm not leaving O'Brien
Construction and Development.

It's the family business.

Means everything to me and my dad.

Okay. I like that.

Loyalty.

Loyalty's good.

Loyalty's admirable.

I know...

- what if I bought O'Brien Construction?
- [LAUGHING]

Then, technically, you'd
still be working for...

Evan, you can't keep buying things.

But I can, Abby.
That's the beauty of it.

Well, I appreciate the offer, but, um...

I'm perfectly happy where I am.

All right.

I respect that.

Here is what I was
prepared to offer you.

[STUNNED CHUCKLE] Oh.

Will you reconsider?

Uh...

Evan, there are more important
things than money.

A lot of people say that.

Not many mean it.

Well, look at it this way...

would you rather have a
Nutella-and-banana sandwich,

or truffles and caviar?

Well, why don't we go
to that board meeting?

[BREE] You can't teach creativity.

So...

- what am I doing here?
- [STUDENTS LAUGH]

I'm here to show you that...

you already know how to be creative.

Every time you tell a story or a joke,

every time you sing a
song or make a sketch,

or make an excuse to
get out of something...

- [LAUGHTER]
- ... you're being creative.

So, here is what I want you to do.

I want you to write me something
that tells me who you are.

Not who you used to be, um,

and not who you want to be...
who you are, right now.

Your best day, your worst day...

, words.

And don't use your laptops.
Use pen and paper, okay?

Go ahead.

[♪♪♪]

All right, I think that's
all the time we have.

Um, now, I don't want you
to hand those papers in.

I want you to hang onto
them till next week, okay?

See you then.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I didn't realize you
were auditing this class.

Yeah, I just wanted to check it out.

Oh, and, uh, here is my assignment.

I'll just be outside,

if you want to talk
about it after, or, um...

if you don't, I'll understand.

Okay.

[♪♪♪]

[CLEARS HER THROAT]

This is well-written.

It's a good thing
you're not in my class,

or you'd blow the curve.

[LUKE CHUCKLES]

Well, I'm more interested in
the content than the style.

The content was very moving.

Look, Bree, I don't...

I don't want to make any
excuses for what I did.

I'm just glad you gave me the chance

to explain why I did it.

I can understand.

Yeah, well, the jury couldn't.

Bree, I... I understand.

You know, if you want
to go, I... I get it.

I'm sitting right here.

[CHUCKLES IN RELIEF]

- Well, what now?
- I don't know!

[LAUGHS]

This is very new territory for me.

- [PHONE RINGS]
- Yeah, I should get this.

Sorry. Ahem.

Oh. It's, um, it's my P.O.

- Parole officer. I...
- No. Take it.

Hi, Mr. Sullivan.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I'm
on my way right now.

I just gotta... I'm just a bit late.

I know. It won't happen again.

I'm aware of that.

I'll see you soon, sir.

You're aware of what?

[SIGHS]

If I mess up in any way,
I go back to prison.

That's the reality.

Um...

and you're late because... ?

I came to see you.

Oh.

[♪♪♪]

You should go.

Yeah.

- Go!
- Okay.

- Yes. I do. Bye.
- Yeah.

Okay. Bye. Okay.

[♪♪♪]

Okay, Buzz.

We're going for a little airplane ride.

But I warn you,

I've got some stuff to talk about,

so I hope you're still a good listener.

[♪♪♪]

[ENGINE STARTS]

Mandrake will take you to the airfield.

You'll make it to Cleveland
with plenty of time to spare.

Great.

And about earlier...

Oh, please, it's already forgotten.

Is it? Because you brought
it up quite a few times.

Well, you have to admit, it's funny.

Well, look at how you phrased it.

"This might seem sudden."

[EVAN LAUGHS]

- Okay, maybe I did phrase it a little weird.
- Mm-hmm.

But I was just trying to steal
you away from your father

in a business sense.

- This wasn't some whisk away.
- So that is a thing?

Well, I've never tried one.

On purpose, anyway.

Tell me, if this had been

- a whisk away...
- Which it wasn't.

Okay, but if it had been...
hypothetically...

What do you think? Any pointers?

[LAUGHS]

Well, uh...

if I had been in the mood to be
whisked away by someone...

I suppose I would have been whisked.

Hypothetically.

Hypothetically, of course.

[PHONE BUZZING]

Must take this.

Have a great time in the Buckeye State.

[EVAN, IN SPANISH] Hola, ¿qué tal?

Sí, estamos dispuestos a comenzar
la construcción en un mes.

- I cannot figure him out.
- Many have tried, Abby.

[EVAN] Sí, ¡¿en serio?!

Okay. Que le vaya bien.

[ALL LAUGHING]

I hope your father gets back.

It's gonna be dark soon.

Yeah, I'm sure he's fine.

Mom, he's been flying for years.

I know. But I worry.

Silly. Anybody need anything?

Mm. I could use another coffee, please.

You got it.

So, Sarah, how is it, being lieutenant?

Oh, it's great.

It's a lot of paperwork...

going over the town map,
restructuring fire codes...

much more exciting than fighting fires.

Meanwhile, my husband delivered a baby

in the freezer section
of the supermarket.

To be fair, the mother
did most of the work.

Besides, you love this
new responsibility.

I have to get used to it.

Why? What... What do you mean?

Oh, hey! Bree, how was your
first day as a college professor?

Oh, uh, I'm just a visiting lecturer.

And, um, it was intimidating.

Yeah, just...

so many eyeballs staring at you,

expecting you to teach them
something, you know?

But I realized that I could
learn a lot from them.

Well, the students teach the teacher

just as much as the teacher
teaches the student.

Yeah.

- This is decaf, right?
- Mm-hmm.

Always is after : .

Yeah. Then why am I so jittery?

Maybe because you sunk
all of your life's savings

into a new business, and you're
not sure if it's gonna work?

[ALL LAUGHING AND JEERING]

Oh, right. Thank you for reminding me.

- [CHUCKLING]
- Oh, it is getting dark.

Your dad knows I hate it
when he flies at night.

Mom, I'm sure he's fine.

Yeah, he's probably already landed.

Ah. You're right.

You know, I'm just gonna
go call the airfield.

He's probably gabbing again
with the ground crew.

I hope he gets here soon.

What's the hurry?

Nothing. It'll keep.

So, uh, Connor, how's the
new law practice going?

Slow but sure. I have
a couple of clients.

I have a zoning dispute

and two neighbors fighting
over their property line.

Sounds about as exciting as my work.

- Sarah.
- You know what you should do?

You should look into those
Internet review apps

and sue them for libel.

Let it go, Jess.

[LAUGHTER]

They said that Mick
hasn't come back yet.

The last radio contact they
had with him was at : .

They tried him just now.

They got nothing.

[♪♪♪]