06x05 - Heart and Soul

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Previously on This Is Us...

Rebecca?

I'm Matt. Matt Dickson.

Would you like to... I don't know...

grab a cup of coffee
or something some time?

Uh, I'm-I'm gonna go pay.

You fixed the fridge.

Thank you for all
you're doing to help.

You're too good to us.

RANDALL: You are still
a junior in high school,

and you will not be going
to visit your boyfriend

in Boston again

any time soon.

Well, that's gonna be a problem.

Oh, hey, you remember Elijah,
right, from book club?

Why are you calling me
in the middle of the night?

KEVIN: 'Cause I was about to
call my co-star for a booty call,

and you live across the country,

and I figured you were
the better option.

REBECCA: Okay, Bug,
are you ready? All right.

Okay, find C. Ah. Perfect.

Here. Yeah. There you go. Ready?

C, C, C.

C, B, A, B, C, D...

JACK: Ladies and gentlemen,

- we are witnessing history in the making here.
- (GIGGLES)

We've got the famous,

stunningly talented

and beautiful
mother/daughter music duo,

Kate Pearson, Rebecca Pearson,
playing their very first

song ever together.

Here, this is where it all started.

- Daddy, you're distracting me.
- JACK: You know what?

You're gonna want this for your
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

- induction ceremony, trust me.
- Okay, Bug.

- You want to try it again? All right.
- Mm-hmm.

REBECCA: C, C, C...

♪ ♪

(SIGHS)

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING ON TV)

I do that only because I'm not sure!

- (LAUGHTER)
- MIGUEL: Phone a friend!

- Phone a friend! (LAUGHS)
- What? Phone a friend?

You do not phone a friend
at the $ , level.

- MIGUEL: Really? I don't...
- REBECCA: Come on. Bug.

Bug, come, watch with us.

We just saw this teacher
from the Midwest

- win $ , .
- Yeah.

You know, sometimes, I lie in my bed,

and I think about how sad my life is,

and then I come out here,
and I see you two

glued to this couch watching Regis

and his monochromatic ties
five nights a week,

and I think to myself,
"Huh, it could be worse."

I like Regis's ties.

I'm going to Molly's, so try not
to rage too hard while I'm gone.

Okay.

Geez.

We're not that sad.

No, no.

- Are we that sad?
- No.

I went out with my
work friends last month.

- I had a margarita. And you...
- Wow.

...you're dating, right? You're
dating that woman you mentioned.

Marguerite, but it's not serious.

Oh, but still.

- (TELEPHONE RINGING ON TV)
- One margarita. One Marguerite.

- (LAUGHS)
- See? We're fun.

Yes.

(LAUGHTER ON TV)

- (TV CLICKS OFF)
- You know, um...

Rebecca, you...

you mentioned that you'd be, um,

open to getting yourself
back out there, right?

Well, a friend of mine from work

told me about this speed dating thing

going on at Petey B.'s this weekend.

guys, girls

sitting across from each other
for three minutes at a time...

dates? That is way worse than one.

Rebecca.

It's time.

You can't just sit here with me

every night for the rest of your life.

Okay, Hailey,
you want some sweet potato?

- (BABBLING)
- (GASPS) No sweet potato.

Thanks for putting the laundry away.

- You didn't have to do that.
- REBECCA: No big deal.

I know you have a lot
on your plate with Toby gone,

and I love doing laundry.

Mom, no one likes to do laundry.

I do. I love folding baby clothes.

- It reminds me of when you guys were little.
- (PHONE RINGING)

Oh.

Hi.

Hey. How's my beautiful family?

KATE (OVER PHONE):
We're good. We're just drawing,

and sweet potato-ing. Are you
headed to the airport soon?

That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.

What's going on?

So, Amir invited a bunch of us
to watch the Giants game

from his yacht on McCovey Cove

- tomorrow afternoon.
- Whoa.

Baseball with the boss.

Yeah. Apparently,
it's a very modest yacht.

But I can still fly home.

No, no, no, no, um...

No, you should do it. You know,
get that time with Amir.

- Really? You sure?
- Yeah.

As long as you explain to me

what a "modest yacht" is. (CHUCKLES)

I think it's just
a canoe with a toilet.

Thank you so much.

This means a lot. I love you.

Love you, too.

You know, I can stay
with the kids tomorrow afternoon

while you go to school.

It's not a big deal.

You know what? You haven't been
to the school since last year.

Do you want to meet us there?

Yeah. I would love that.

(CHUCKLES)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

That's it. I knocked. I'm coming in.

Listen, they're doing something
cute. Come here. Hurry.

Take a look. Come on. Hurry up,
hurry up. You're gonna miss it.

- What? What? What are they doing?
- Watch this. Look, look.

- Look at this. Watch this, watch this.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, Nicky, Nicky. Hey, hey, bud.

Can you point to your sister?

- KEVIN: There she is!
- (MADISON LAUGHS)

That's very good.

Look at that.
Oh, she's clapping for him.

- Oh, what a good sister you are. Yeah.
- KEVIN: Aw.

She's obviously such an empath, right?

- Proud of him, yeah.
- I mean,

- that's not normal how kind she is. Yes.
- No.

Such a good sister, huh?

ELIJAH: Hey, Maddy, I'm
gonna order a smoothie.

Do you want one?
I don't know. I'm just...

I'm feeling a little snacky.

Uh, no, thanks.

- ELIJAH: Hey, Kev.
- Hey.

You know what? I forgot.
You got a big weekend, huh?

Uh... It's just...

going to Pennsylvania for
hours to check on the house

that I'm building for my mother.

Wow.

That's the side of celebrities
that people don't get to see.

Eli and I were just hanging out.

You were hanging out in the bedroom?

Uh, yes, Kevin,
because I am a grown woman.

Also we were mainly
watching YouTube videos.

- Elijah, shush.
- (CHUCKLES)

But the kids are gonna miss
their daddy so much, aren't you?

Yeah.

Yes, you are.

Hey, um,

we were going to take them
to the zoo tomorrow.

Are you okay with missing first zoo?

Yeah. Yeah.
No, it-it's fine, it's fine.

You can have first zoo.

They watched their first
episode of Entourage

- this morning with me, so I am all set...
- Oh.

...as far as formative experiences go.

- Hey, Kev.
- Huh?

Should you and I exchange numbers?

- You know, just in case.
- Yeah.

- That's a great idea. What's yours?
- No, no, no.

Just AirDropped it to you. Poof!

(IMITATES WHOOSHING, CHUCKLES)

(LAUGHS) It's in your phone.

(LINE RINGING)

(PHONE RINGING)

- Hey.
- KEVIN (OVER PHONE): Hey.

What're you doing?

Well, I'm officially
at my lowest point

since the divorce
was final last month.

Matty left for five days
with Ryan, and...

currently cleaning up
his Pokémon cards

and trying not to cry.

Um, listen, I have an idea.

Why don't you

come out with me
to the cabin this weekend?

There's an extra room,
and Uncle Nicky's supervising

the construction. I'm sure he'd be...

happy to see you.

Oh, and he's bringing
his new girlfriend.

Uh... I mean, yeah, I could...

I could do that, maybe.

Wait, is this a sex thing?

Oh.

(STAMMERS) Um... No.

No? I mean,

we are both adults, right,

who have slept
with each other in the past.

Uh, we're both very single,

both very lonely.

I don't know. What's-what's
your temperature

on this being a sex thing?

I mean, I could go either way.

It'd be nice to know, though,

'cause it'll change
my packing and grooming.

Of course. Yeah.

I mean, am I open to it? Yes.

Am I expecting it? No.

Did I ask you with that in mind?

No, but then-then you said,

"Is this a sex thing," and I-I...

- I perked up.
- Oh, my God.

Send me the address. I'll be
there by tomorrow afternoon.

See you there.

RANDALL: Hey. Greetings,

wife of mine.

- How's things?
- (INHALES SHARPLY)

Hmm...

Mm... Mm.

- Whoa.
- Mm.

- Good day?
- Good day?

Not really.

I'd say it was
a borderline crappy day.

There's meetings and red tape,

- lackluster lunch salad.
- I keep telling you, you have

- to have a carb at lunch, baby.
- Yes.

- I told you that.
- (CHUCKLES)

Get a potato in there somewhere.

But it is Friday night,

and I have the entire weekend
ahead of me

with my beautiful, overworked wife.

Including a romantic dinner
tomorrow night

at the Thai spot on th Street
with that branzino.

Ooh, the branzino. That's a sexy fish.

Okay, and after that,
I'm thinking maybe we

- do a little dancing. What? What?
- No. No.

I'm gonna have to burst
this fantasy bubble

before I get too depressed.

We can't do tomorrow night.

Sí, se puede.
We can, and we must. Why? Why?

Um, because Deja said that
Malik is in town for hours

and wants to have dinner
with us tomorrow night...

Correction, make dinner for us
tomorrow night.

He wants to make us dinner?

- Mm-hmm.
- What's his game?

I don't know, but it smells
a little branzino to me.

Huh.

Well, maybe it's an apology

for participating
in her secret trip to Boston

and the lying and the... stuff
I don't like to talk about.

I hope it's an apology,
but I don't know.

- Hmm.
- Kind of feel like we need to...

"worst case scenario" this bish.

You go.

Okay.

Well, obviously,

- she's pregnant. Go.
- (SCOFFS) God.

- They went to Vegas...
- Mm-hmm.

...and eloped while we were sleeping.

- Not preggo, just married. You go.
- Okay.

Malik brings out dessert
and there's an engagement ring

in Deja's soufflé,

and he proposes to her
in front of all of us.

He pulls me out onto the back porch

before he proposes to ask
for permission, and, uh...

I don't know, he chooses
the back porch because

- we've had some really good talks out there...
- Play the game, Randall.

- Um...
- (KNOCKS ON TABLE)

You go.

Deja wants to adopt Malik's daughter,

and they move in here together
and live with us forever.

- We need a new game.
- Mm-hmm.

- (SIGHS)
- All right.

What do you think?

Hat or no hat?

Uh, no hat.

Guys in hats are usually trying
to hide their hair, and you have

- great hair.
- Oh.

I really like your curls.

What about my lipstick,
is it too much?

No. (STAMMERS)
You look, um... very nice.

(GROANS) It's too much.

- Okay.
- (SIGHS)

- (SIGHS)
- All right.

- You ready for this?
- Not at all.

- (BELL DINGS)
- Okay, let's see, um...

I have three children,

all the same age,

and I currently live with my daughter.

- (BELL DINGS)
- Actually, I'm-I'm not divorced.

I'm a widow, actually.

I know, sad, sad, sad.

- (BELL DINGS)
- There was a fire,

and our whole house
b*rned down. (CHUCKLES)

We lost almost everything.

- (BELL DINGS)
- He didn't even die in the fire.

He d*ed of a heart att*ck

in the hospital after.

- (BELL DINGS)
- He saved the dog. (CHUCKLES)

- (BELL DINGS)
- They call it a widowmaker.

- (BELL DINGS)
- I wasn't even in the room.

I was eating a candy bar.

- (BELL DINGS)
- I don't think I'm doing great.

Yeah, me neither.

Oh, by the way, I'm Miguel,

and I'm divorced.

I live in a different state
from my kids, and they hate me.

Oh, hi, Miguel. I'm Rebecca.

I'm a widow who can't seem

to stop talking
about her husband's death.

- (BELL DINGS)
- Oh, um,

if this next one's a dud,
can we just get out of here?

- Deal. (CHUCKLES)
- Great.

See you soon.

- REBECCA: Hi.
- Rebecca.

Matt Dickson,

from the PTA.

It's nice to see you again.

It's good to see you, too.

How are you?

(LAUGHS)

Okay, so, today is officially

- take most of your family to work day.
- (LAUGHS)

I brought Jack

- and Hailey and my mom, Rebecca.
- Hi.

Yeah, and she's actually
a really great piano player.

- I'm okay. (CHUCKLES)
- KATE: No, she's really great.

So, I figured, for our
jam session today, we could have

a guest musician.
What do you think, Mom?

Oh, my God. They're gonna k*ll you.

When are you gonna tell them?

We're thinking right before dessert.

Malik's making blueberry pie.

Smart.

You got to butter them up beforehand.

Stroke their egos a little bit.

Ask about Dad's addiction
initiative thing.

He loves talking about that.

Annie, you still got
knock-knock jokes?

I feel like I've aged out
of knock-knock jokes.

Well, if I need help,
I'll give you the signal, okay?

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

- What are you ladies conferencing about?
- Algebra.

- Knock-knock jokes.
- Nothing.

Oh, I miss your
knock-knock jokes, Annie.

- (PHONE RINGS)
- Hey, brother of mine.

(FRONT DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

KEVIN: Hey, so I'm in a car
headed to the mom house.

Uncle Nicky's there
on the ground floor,

and Cassidy's coming
this weekend, so...

RANDALL: Whoa, w*r vet Cassidy?

Like, Nicky threw a chair at her,

and then you slept with her?

Well, I mean, that's a bit reductive,

but... yeah, her.

Oh, man, I did not
see that one coming.

Huh. Coming down the home stretch,

seemingly out of nowhere,

b*ating out all the local favorites,

passing Sophie, passing Madison,

passing Zoe,
my African-American cousin.

Can she do it? Yes!

It's Cassidy
by a hundredth of a second.

It's not like that at all.

Believe it or not,
there are people out there

that are capable of having

casual, consensual, you know,

"we're both hot,
so let's just do it" sex.

And you, my brother,
are not one of them.

You try to have a one-night stand,

and you wind up with twins.

You are the world's strangest

serial monogamist.

Okay, well, I'm here, so, um,

thank you for the most
useless conversation ever.

Yeah, man. You have fun
at your couples retreat,

and do me a favor.

Try not to propose, okay?

You know how you get.

Thank you, Randall. (CHUCKLES)

(PHONE BEEPS)

NICKY: Hey!

♪ ♪

Good to see you.

EDIE: Married three
times, but they never stuck.

You know, I wasn't that great at it

because I was always
traveling for work.

Oh, thank you, sweetie.

But I do have two
beautiful children that made

- the divorces, you know, worth it.
- Hmm.

She has three marriages,
and I have none,

so, I think between the two of us,

- we almost make a normal person.
- EDIE (LAUGHS): Yes.

So, what do you think?

Ah, I think she seems

surprisingly lovely.

I mean...

Sometimes I worry, you know.

I mean, she's been
a flight attendant, you know.

She's... you know,

been around all sorts of guys.

- Oh, well...
- I just, you know, sometimes I worry

that maybe I'm just a port
in her storm, you know.

Oh, here's a curveball,

she brought an overnight bag
for tonight.

- Brought an overnight bag?
- Mm-hmm.

Wow. (CHUCKLES)

- We're going there?
- Oh, yeah.

Ah, I mean, have you guys
consummated yet, or...?

- Would you keep your voice down?
- I'm sorry.

- No.
- You know, she's not listening

- to what we're saying.
- Shh!

- Shh!
- Sorry.

No, we have not.

It's been more than a little
time since I've, you know,

made love to a real, live woman.

A real, live woman?

What do you mean by that?
That's just... Listen.

Just do it. Just do it.

- Right.
- I'm sure you'll remember, you know.

- It's not that complicated.
- Right.

Oh, so, what about, uh...

you and Cassidy, uh,

you guys gonna
sleep together this weekend?

(EXHALES) It's complicated.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, that salad looks great.

- Yeah, not bad, right?
- So, you guys met on the plane?

Yes.

He was belligerent
and very, very disruptive.

And she was unhelpful and unfriendly.

- Hmm.
- (CHUCKLES)

Got to love that initial first
spark, you know what I mean?

Yeah.

I always say my Uncle
Nicky's an acquired taste.

EDIE: Tell me about it.

Hey, tell-tell Kevin

what you think of The Manny.

- Nicky. Nick... No, that's terrible.
- Go on, tell him.

- She hates it.
- Oh, my God.

- She hates it. She thinks it's really dumb.
- I...

- So rude. Would you stop...
- (LAUGHS)

...eating my chicken.

Can my Uncle Nicky
be a closet lady k*ller?

They're very cute.

- Can you pass the salad?
- Yeah.

(INDISTINCT WHISPERING)

- Thank you.
- New love.

It's quite nice.

Yeah.

Oh, gosh. Okay, so that's
Randall, that's Kate...

Oh, um, and my son, Kevin,

is in Los Angeles
trying to be an actor.

- An actor?
- Mm-hmm.

Wow, and how do you feel about that?

It seems impossible to me, but, um...

part of me is just proud that he

has the guts to do it,

- you know?
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.

I wanted to be a detective.

- Really?
- Yeah. That was always my big dream.

Well, you-you could
still be a detective.

- You think so?
- Yeah.

I mean, I don't want to brag,
but I am really good at guessing

- who did it on Law & Order.
- (CHUCKLES)

See, I never know who did it.

I always just assume
it's the first person.

No, you... That's your first problem.

It's never the first person,

and also, it's never the person

that works at the pizzeria.

Ah.

I am learning so much right now.

- (MATT AND REBECCA LAUGH)
- (BELL DINGS)

MATT: Ah...

- I-I have to...
- This was really fun.

It was nice to catch up
with you, Matt.

- This was nice.
- Yeah.

Hi. I'm Ren. I like your vibe.

- Hi. I'm...
- MATT: Rebecca?

I'm-I'm so sorry to interrupt. Uh...

I don't know if the, you know,
speed dating police

are gonna arrest me
for speeding or something,

but I was wondering...

do you want to get coffee with me

- after this?
- Um...

Yeah.

I'd love that.

- Me, too.
- REBECCA: Okay. (LAUGHS)

(CHUCKLES)

I have a ferret.

Oh...

WOMAN (ON TV): Seriously?

- It's like you're Photoshopped.
- (LAUGHING)

(GROANS)

You know what?
Makes me nervous just to imagine

what might be going on
under that blanket.

(CHUCKLES) I'm proud of the old man.

Listen, um...

Would you want to help

Nicky oversee the construction here

on the days you
don't have Matty? I mean,

- I could pay you for it.
- I don't need your charity.

It's not a charity thing. It's a...

It's a "the contractor
told me that Uncle Nicky

- threw a stapler at him" thing.
- (LAUGHS)

And since you,

since you managed classified
operations in Afghanistan,

I figure maybe you could handle
a contractor and my uncle.

I'll think about it.

You'll think about it?
Very good. Well, you think away.

Thinking. Still thinking.

(LAUGHS)

Thank you.

What?

Nothing.

Hey, do you want to go get
ice cream or something?

- Yeah, sure. Yeah.
- Yeah?

Let's go.

(SIGHS)

(WATER CONTINUES POURING)

MALIK: There you go.

BETH: Gnocchi looks...

excellent, Malik.

Thank you. Everybody,

please, dig in.

(BETH CLEARS THROAT)

MALIK: Um...

We had wanted to apologize

for the weekend
that Deja came to Boston.

We should've handled that
differently for sure.

I know that you guys have
already spoken with Deja, but...

I wanted to get a chance
to look you both in the eyes

and apologize myself as well.

It was definitely a mutual decision.

Thank you for saying that, Malik.

And may I just say

that, um... this is

the best butter sauce
I've ever tasted, so...

Thank you. Brown butter.

Um, Mom, how's it going
at the dance studio?

I'd love to hear about it.

- What?
- That's very nice, Tess.

It's unusually nice, Tess.
Yeah, work is fine.

Busy, finding my way, but...

You know... it's good.
Thanks for asking,

for the very first time ever.

Does anyone want to hear
a knock-knock joke?

- Okay, what's going on?
- RANDALL: Hmm...

- DEJA: What? What?
- MALIK: What?

You two are making eyes at each other,

and not the normal lovey-dovey eyes,

okay, it's the
"we're up to something" eyes.

And Tess is showing unusual
interest in things she is

off-the-charts uninterested in,
and I ain't heard

a knock-knock joke in this house
for a clean seven years,

so what's going...
You're tugging your ear.

- Why's she tugging her ear? What's tugging that ear?
- RANDALL: What's she doing?

- I'm getting a C in Algebra.
- RANDALL: What?

But you've been working
with a tutor. What the...

It's a tactic. It's all tactics.

- They're tactics. Spill it.
- Yeah, you right.

Now.

I'm finishing out
this school semester next month,

and I'm moving to Boston with Malik.

Knock, knock!

(ENGINE TURNS OFF)

- Thank you for the coffee.
- Oh, you're welcome.

And I would've sprung for the muffin.

Oh, the muffin would've been moving

- a little too fast for me, but...
- (CHUCKLES)

I had a lot of fun.

- Me, too.
- Mm.

A-And next time we go out,

I promise I won't make you date
seven guys beforehand.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Deal.

I'll call you.

I'd like that.

(ENGINE STARTS)

STUDENTS: ♪ But everybody's
like, Cristal, Maybach, diamonds ♪

♪ On your timepiece,
jet planes, islands ♪

♪ Tigers on a gold leash,
we don't care ♪

♪ We aren't caught up
in your love affair ♪

♪ And we'll never be royals ♪

♪ Royals ♪

♪ It don't run in our blood ♪

♪ That kind of luxe
just ain't for us ♪

♪ We crave a different kind of buzz ♪

♪ Let me be your... ♪

- Hey!
- KATE: Are you still on the boat?

No. I'm actually walking back
to the car, and for the record,

it was not a canoe. Legit yacht.

- Everything okay?
- Yeah.

No.

We're at the school
with my mom, and she's...

so happy.

W-We're happy.

Finally in a good place and...

(SIGHS) It just took
a long time to get here, Tobe.

How many bumps in the road?
Like years of bumps.

We just lost so much time.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You still have time.

Kate, you-you still have
a lot of time.

- (APPLAUSE)
- REBECCA: Nice. Sounds so good.

But, Tobe, I've got to
tell her tonight.

I understand, I'm sorry.

I love you so much.

Love you.

Okay. Bye.

Bye.

(REBECCA PLAYING PIANO)

You're joking, right?

I took on three extra A.P. classes

this semester,

so, technically, that gives me

enough credits to graduate.

And I can take the G.E.D. in December,

- with your permission.
- Permission not granted.

- Take a breath, babe.
- Uh...

You two, go upstairs, please.

Harvard does offer classes
for current high school students

and students that are looking
to take a year off.

It would essentially be
like a gap year,

and then I'd apply
to college in the fall.

Enough. You don't have to show us

the whole PowerPoint presentation.

BETH: You know what,
Deja, you're years old.

You're a junior in high school.

You're not dropping out to move in

with your boyfriend in another state.

It wouldn't be dropping out.
It would be graduating early.

MALIK: I promise, we would be doing

a lot of studying.

I-I mean, we hold each other
accountable.

- We encourage each other.
- (LAUGHS) I bet you do.

- That's rude.
- I'm rude?

I'm sorry, this whole thing is rude.

Y'all are rude.

You are not old enough
to make this kind of decision.

- Oh, now I'm not old enough?
- RANDALL: What are you talking about, man?

All those times you told me
I'm "wise beyond my years"?

(CHUCKLES) It's because I am, Randall.

I've lived a lot

more life in my years

than a lot of people twice my age,

and you, out of anyone in this world,

knows that best.

(CHAIR SCRAPES)

- Randall.
- Hmm?

Can you take a breath
and have a conversation?

- Can we do that?
- No, we can't, Beth.

'Cause I have nothing
to say about any of this.

(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)

Hi.

I thought you were at Molly's.

Aunt Molly was tired.
Whose car was that?

Uh, believe it or not,

I was on a date.

You went on a date?

Well, eh, kind of. (CHUCKLES)

Miguel and I went and did this
silly speed dating thing,

and I ended up running into a man

that I actually knew there,

and we went and had some coffee.

You went and got
coffee until, like, : ?

You were the one
telling me to get a life.

No, no, I told you to stop
watching that stupid show

with stupid Miguel.

So, what, what, you're,
like, dating now?

Uh, I don't know.

Look, Kate, I know it's weird,

but I have to start to try to move on.

Oh, right. Move on from Dad,
because he's dead. I'm aware.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, yeah. I, I'm...

I should have been a little bit
more sensitive with you

when I brought it up,
but I really believe

that I deserve happiness.

I think it's what
your father would want.

In fact, I know it's what
your father would want.

Oh, by making out with some
random dude you just met?

Okay, you know what?

You are on some thin ice
with me right now, young lady.

That is not what happened, and
maybe one day you'll understand.

No, Mom. No, I won't.
And neither would Dad.

And he wouldn't be happy for you
running around town like a slut!

You don't know what
you're talking about.

(DOOR SLAMS)

- Mom.
- Hmm?

Thank you so much for
all of your help today.

Oh, my pleasure.

I had a blast.

And I learned who Doja Cat is.

Not a cat, but a rapper.

(CHUCKLES)

When does Toby get in?

Ah, in an hour.

You know, you both have been
working so hard.

If you ever want to go
have a date night,

or, you know,
go out for the afternoon,

I am so happy to come over
and watch the kids for you.

Actually, that's what I wanted
to talk to you about.

Toby and I talked, and...

What? What's wrong?

Well, given your last PET scan,

we just don't feel comfortable
with you taking care

of the kids alone anymore.

We know that you would never
do anything intentionally.

It's just without
another adult around,

we just can't...
Mom, I'm really sorry.

Oh, so that's why you wanted me
to go to school with you today

instead of watching the kids here.

Not 'cause you actually
wanted me to go with you.

No, I did want you to come.

Okay, um...

I think I'm gonna go home, Kate.

(CRACKS KNUCKLES)

Apologies for walking out.

Didn't expect that conversation.

(SCOFFS) I get it.

You know, you and I have spent
a lot of time together, Malik.

And, uh, I feel like

I've tried to impart
some wisdom to you.

No, you-you've been great to me.

And you're on a path, man.

You are on a great path.

Deja needs to find
her own path now, Malik.

She's got two big years ahead of her.

Two years that could determine
the rest of her life.

You need to end it, Malik.

- You need to do it for her.
- What?

I'm not gonna... I love her.

If you really love her, man,
then you will do

what is best for her.

But leaving school,
leaving her home...

Moving six hours away.

Moving in with an -year-old
and his daughter.

That is not what's best for her, man.

You are a very smart young man.
You know that.

I'm gonna go ahead and not tell Deja

about this conversation.

Because I really do love her.

And I care about you all's
relationship.

And I can promise you she would
not feel good about this.

I'm just saying, Bubble Gum is...

I've just never seen anyone
over the age of nine

order that before.

It's the universal worst
flavor of ice cream.

Well, maybe I like an underdog.

What are you doing?

I'm sorry, I thought we said
that was on the table.

I said I might want
to have sex with you.

I didn't say I wanted
to hold your hand.

O-Okay.

Wait, hold... Why?

Yes, we did, we came together
in a time of loneliness

and-and addiction.

But what if...

What if that inner darkness
actually turned out to be

something kind of wonderful?

You've watched too many
rom-coms, Kevin.

I think you're scared.

I... (INHALES SHARPLY)

There's no reality to
a relationship working with us.

Your kids are in L.A.
My kid is in Pennsylvania.

I know that, but look,
you and I obviously

have a connection.

It's a false equivalency, Kevin.

Your inner darkness... (CLEARS THROAT)

is not the same as mine.

Have you noticed that when
you text at : in the morning,

I'm always awake?

Our darknesses are not the same.

You are chasing the wrong blonde
in the wrong city.

And if you want

that rom-com love story,

you should go make things
right with her.

I'm not even sure I know which
blonde you're talking about,

to be honest with you.

You see how that's a problem?

- Yeah.
- Aw, Kevin,

you've been blowing up women's lives

for the better part of two decades.

- I know you mean... Oh, come on.
- Ah!

I know you mean well, I do.

But, you know, you are, like,
a big handsome wrecking ball.

I'm not blowing people's lives up, no.

Okay. All right, you married one,

and then cheated,

and then nearly married her again.

The current one,
you couldn't say "I love you,"

but now you're obsessed with
hating the new boyfriend.

Be careful, or you're gonna
blow that up, too.

I'm too messed up already.

Leave me in peace.

(LINE RINGING)

- MIGUEL: Hello?
- Hi.

Hey, Rebecca, how was the coffee?

Oh, Miguel...

Kate and I just got in
this horrible fight.

She said some really
terrible things to me,

and I lost it.

I mean, I really, really,
really lost my temper.

God, Miguel... I slapped her.

Hey, it's okay. I'm-I'm here,
and there's no judgment.

Every once in a while
a parent loses it. Okay?

Yeah, I know, but it was just
so hard to go out tonight

in the first place, you know.

This grief, it's just so...

It's so deep.

And, I don't know, it's just,

it's-it's unbearable, you know?

It's like I don't know how to do this.

I don't know how to do any of this.

(SOBBING)

Worst Case Scenario game
needs to be retired.

And where'd you go?

To the stoop.

Next time you want to
leave me with Romeo and Juliet,

give me a little heads-up, huh?

Sorry.

I ran into Malik on his way out.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. I talked to him.
Didn't go great.

What did you say?

I said that he should
think about Deja here,

and that he should take a step back.

(LAUGHS) Oh, babe.

That didn't turn out well
for Romeo and Juliet's parents.

It's not gonna turn out well for us.

What happened with the parents?
I don't remember.

The kids k*lled themselves.

That's what happened to the
parents; the children d*ed.

Because they tried to keep them apart.

I won't let her life go off
track when she's come this far.

- I think we need to be firm about that.
- Mm-mm.

I don't think you understand
how dangerous

the position we're in is right now.

Imagine that you were that age,

and somebody told you
that you could not date me.

You're making a mistake, Randall,

and we'll lose our daughter.

♪

(PHONE RINGING)

No, you're not supposed to
respond to a text with a call.

Yeah, sorry, man, I thought
it might be an emergency.

Everything okay?

Yeah. Yeah, everything's fine.

Everything okay with my kids?

Yeah, I just left.

Franny did that thing where
she scoots over to Nicky,

you know, and kind of leans
into him, like a hug.

That's the, uh, the hug tackle,
I call it.

It's the... it's the best.

Oh, it's the best.

Uh, listen, I want to
tell you something.

Um...

When you're buying food,
or ordering food,

like a smoothie or something,

don't ask Madison if she wants one.

Just get it for her.

You know, she's-she's got her
eating issues and all that,

and, um, sometimes she says
she doesn't want something,

but she really does want something,

and it's just easier that way

if you just, you just get it.

You called just to tell me that?

I texted you, but yeah.

♪

(DOORBELL RINGS)

- Hi.
- Hey.

Can I come in?

Of course. Yeah.

(REBECCA SIGHS)

Mom, I'm really sorry.

No, I overreacted.

I'm very sensitive about
all of this and...

what can I say?

But I shouldn't have snapped at you.

Snap at me all you want.

I did it to you for years.

I took everything out on you.

And I'm really deeply sorry.

I feel like I wasted
so much time with you

that could have been really great.

And now that we are finally great,

it's just the timing sucks.

Yeah.

Timing is everything, isn't it?

KATE (WHISPERS): Yeah.

Your father walked into a bar
when I happened to be singing.

I mean, if not for that timing,
then none of any of this.

And then four gazillion
other things had to happen

in order for this to happen right now.

For me to be sitting here
with you... with my daughter.

My girl.

My best friend.

Wondering what the hell she has
in that mystery folder.

I was wondering if
you would be willing

to teach Jack piano.

It's braille sheet music.

I know that music is good
for memory function, too.

(PLAYS SINGLE NOTE)

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I won't date anymore.

No.

No, you should.

(PLAYS SINGLE NOTE)

(REPEATS SAME NOTE)

(PLAYING "HEART AND SOUL")

REBECCA: See if I can
remember the other part.

Um...

(PLAYING "HEART AND SOUL")

♪ ♪

♪

♪

- Ready to try it, Bug? Ok.
- Yeah.