01x08 - Mistakes Were Made (Part 1)

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Previously on
Brothers and Sisters:

- Am I... crazy, or?
- You're not crazy.

Let's not jump the g*n when we managed
to find out where Dad put the money.

Finding password-protected accounts is
not the same thing as finding the money.

...when we can't cr*ck the password.

What's up?
You look like you just saw a ghost.

- Does Holly have a child?
- Yes. Holly has a daughter.

Justin is who he is.
I didn't convince him to enlist

more than you convinced him
to raid your medicine at .

He never wanted to be a soldier.

You throw your life around
like it was worthless!

Don't you understand?
I wish I'd d*ed over there, Mom!

Justin, this word has too many letters.

- Is that a "Q"?
- A "Q"? You suck at this.

No, I don't.

That... That is an "A," I know that.

- Is the word "California"?
- Nope.

- "Carpenter"?
- I'm spelling "carpenter" on your back

with my tongue because it's
such a sexy freaking word.

You are the worst "Guess the Lick-Word"
player I've played with.

No, I'm good. It's just that...
your tongue has bad penmanship.

OK, this is your last chance.
You ready?

Now, close your eyes and concentrate.

Now, it's something in the room...
right now.

- Can you eat it?
- Uh-huh.

OK, that's enough, Tommy Lee.

Cooper, come eat breakfast.
Don't make us late for school again!

I'm wailing on my skins.

- Did your dad teach him that phrase?
- No, I did. And I regret it.

How come I have to stay here?

Can't stay home when your Mom's away
and Dad's out of town.

So let's not have
that conversation again, OK?

Last time I checked, your little brother

- and your sister and I like to see you.
- Half-brother and half-sister.

- Hi!
- Hey.

There's frittata, if you want.
It's the only thing Cooper will eat.

No, I'm OK, thanks.

You guys love it when your
big brother comes to stay, don't you?

Half-brother.

I made my own plate. Paige did too.

Those are cool.

- So how are things with Scotty?
- We haven't spoken since Ojai.

- Well, call him.
- I have, Kitty. He won't call me back.

He's either still mad at me
or on an Arctic expedition.

My guess is he's mad, given the way
you told him to shut his face

- in front of the entire family.
- Don't get like that with me.

- Like what?
- As if you're some relationship genius.

- You're the lying whore.
- You're the stuck-up bitch.

- I am so not a snob.
- Yes, Kevin,

your outburst
was the tip of the iceberg.

You talked to him
like he was the help.

- I did?
- Yes, you did.

And at the hospital benefit,
you tried to pay him to be your escort.

Come on! I just wanted to see him.

So you offered to purchase him?
Oh, Kevin, you don't want a boyfriend.

- You want a blender.
- A blender?

Well, some... something that can
be bought. Well, you know what I mean.

No.

He's coming into the office today.

We won the case and the plaintiffs
are giving him a reward

for being a whistle-blower.

So?

- What do I do?
- Oh, I...

You know, I am no genius when it
comes to relationships, remember?

But if I were you, I would beg him
on bended knee to take you back.

Bended knee?

- Cool. Whore.
- Bitch.

I am sorry. Holly, thank you
for coming into the office.

Of course. What can I do for you?

Well, it's about Dad...
and the company.

- I'm listening.
- When my father d*ed,

he left this company
in a bit of a financial predicament.

OK.

A substantial amount
of money is missing.

- How much?
- Fifteen million.

We managed to track the money
to a brokerage account in Nevada,

but the account needs an access password
and nothing we've tried works.

Nothing having anything
to do with this family

as we know it has worked.

And we're at the end of our rope.

Well, I'm sorry,
but I don't know what I can do to help.

You were a big part
of my father's life, Holly.

Can I ask you...

...is this a picture
of your daughter, Rebecca?

- Yes.
- Is Rebecca Dad's daughter?

No. No.

The future of this company
depends on it.

Truly, Sarah, she's not.

I'm sorry that I can't be of more help,

but she's not.

Well, uh, just in case my father...

...misunderstood, would you mind staying
and helping our forensic accountant?

Provide him with details
pertaining to Rebecca:

Social Security numbers, pet names,
things like that. I appreciate...

This is very awkward.

I'm sorry, I'm...
I'm just trying to save our company.

I'll give you all
the information that I can.

- Thank you.
- Sure.

Thank you.

If you hate it, you can tell me.

No, no, no. No, I love it. Um...

I'm just not so sure I can afford it.

Turns out I don't have
as much money as I thought I did.

Is that true or is it something else?

Other than the fact that we've kissed
and I would find it wildly complicated

to go on kissing the contractor who
comes here every day and builds things.

- Are you OK?
- Yes, yes. I'm... I'm fine.

I'm just sorry. All your work...

No, no. I love designing things.
It's OK, Nora.

Seeing as how
I'm not going to build things,

maybe we could...
actually go on a date.

All right.

Good.

God, you forget how good fruit tastes
when you're loaded all the time.

This is good.

Who's that?
Are you expecting someone?

- No.
- At a. M?

God!

Thank you.

Oh, my God.

If you could just sign this,
son, I'll go.

Yeah.

Thanks.

What did you get?
Publishers Clearing House?

No, it's just some
bureaucratic government stuff.

Yeah? Put him through.

Hey, stupid, what's up?

I just got a letter from the Army.

What does it say?

Saying what?

What does it say, Justin?

They want me back.

Hola, Justin.

Sure, you got it.

...Wednesday in Baghdad
when their unit was att*cked by g*nf*re.

Since Monday, U.S. Soldiers
have been k*lled in Iraq,

mostly in and around Baghdad.

...to cover their colleagues
if necessary.

Across square miles
from the northern fringes of Baghdad,

the U.S. Army...

You're up early, kiddo.

I saw on Surfline there's
a break at Zuma. Want to come?

Actually, I've got this thing
I've got to do called work.

Dad, they're six foot swells. You could
show up to the office all windswept

and salty. It'll be great.
I mean, chicks dig it.

- Quite a picture.
- Go surfing with him, William.

You haven't been out in a long time
and chicks dig it.

- See, chicks dig it.
- Thank you very much.

Look at this! The Hollywood Bowl has
Gershwin tonight. We should all go.

- That sounds great.
- Come on, Dad,

you say, "Today's the first day of the
rest of my life. " Let's freaking surf.

Oh...

- You...
- What?

What are you looking
at me like that for?

'Cause you remind me
of me when I was... younger.

- Like all handsome and good-looking?
- Yeah, something like that.

Yeah, come on, let's do it.
Let's... go out there and do it.

Wait, wait. Look at this.

...between the eightieth
and eighty-fifth floor of the tower.

- Turn it up.
... what seemed a very ordinary

day in New York.

As you can imagine,
the Trade Center is...

- Kitty lives six blocks from there.
- Call.

...flying low, but didn't appear...
- What the hell do you think happened?

- I don't... I don't have any idea.
- The circuits are all down.

- Just a moment. Word of a second...
- Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

- ... Sunni Muslim insurgency.
- If you can sign here, Mr. Wandell.

- There you go.
- And there you go.

- Great. Thanks, Carly.
- Anytime, Mr. Walker.

- So do you have any plans for lunch?
- Lunch? Us?

I thought we could celebrate.

You could even buy, since you're
so flush. Since we're sort of equals.

- Me having money makes us equals?
- Only in terms of...

I thought what made us equals
is we're human beings.

Right, you're not a human being.

- I remember. You're a Martian.
- Come on. I was...

I don't like to admit this,
but I was completely wrong about you.

- What are you doing?
- Give the plaintiffs regards,

but tell them
I don't want their reward.

- Come on...
- It took a long time

to figure out how much I'm worth.

And how it has nothing to do with money
or anything people can point to.

It's taken you, let's see...
two months, to make me feel worthless.

Congratulations.

No luck in cracking the code?

- Nothing worked.
- Can I ask what you tried?

Everything Ms. Harper told me.

Rebecca's birthday, Social
Security number, her favorite color,

her blood type. All those things
mixed up and smashed together ,

ways using the best
password-cracking programs available.

Nothing having to do
with Rebecca seems to be the key

to opening this account. I'm sorry.

Yeah. Well, tell me,
is Ms. Harper still in the office?

No, she left as soon as we
were finished. She wasn't happy.

Excuse me. Hello?

No, it's his step-mom. Who is this?

Uh, yeah, I'll come and pick him up.
Thank you.

- Look, tell me what to do.
- OK, drink some water and breathe.

- Breathe? Get me out of this.
- I'm not sure I can, Justin.

It's called a "stop-loss. "
It's a back-door draft.

- Get me out.
- You signed a clause when you enlisted

saying they could do this.
You agreed to it.

- I'll say I never got the orders.
- You've signed for the letter.

You can't do anything?
There's nothing you can do?

That's not the case at all.
We can apply for exemption, but...

...they're giving them to people
in school or supporting families.

I'm a bellboy, I go to Baghdad? No.

I'd rather take my chances
in Mexico or Canada!

No! First of all, the Canadians
will turn you around at the border.

Second, Mexico?
You're looking at years in jail.

If they come after!
If they find me.

They will. They're going after people.

- I'll take my chances.
- Please don't...

Don't what? Don't what?
I can't watch any more people die!

- I'm not going back!
- I un... I totally understand,

but I'm saying this as your lawyer:
Not going back is a felony.

I don't care. I'm going to Mexico.

Justin!

- This is so healthy!
- What exactly is in there?

Wheatgrass, psyllium,
flaxseed oil, protein powder.

I asked for a banana smoothie
and you're brewing some swamp creature.

- It's chunky.
- You're gonna thank me

when you're my age
and you have all your faculties intact!

Why are you so peppy this morning?

Can I ask you something?

- It's a dating question.
- Aha. Aha.

I see. I see the light.
OK, go for it, Yogini.

All right.

I have a date tonight with David Morton.
Yes, he is a date.

And I was wondering
if you thought it was too soon.

- Too soon for what, exactly?
- I don't know. Lf... If...

If we were to become attached
or a regular... thing.

I know the recent revelations
have not left much

of your father's memory
to be careful about,

but there might be a few husks around.

Well, if there were, I'm sure
that they're in the smoothie.

Don't have sex with him
the first time out. Just my advice.

Kitty, I do not require
a lesson in sexual propriety

from someone who conducts her personal
life as if she were a French game show.

I... I just don't want
to shock my children too much.

Mother, if you were
to meet someone, anyone...

If you, um... met someone,

you know, anyone,
even a street person, even,

upon whom you could regularly,
uh, unleash your enthusiasm

and your poopy-emerald smoothies,

I think there is nobody in this family
who's going to complain.

Here, drink this.
It might make you nice.

- Just leave me alone.
- Gabe, what did he say?

- None of your business!
- It is.

I had to leave work
to get you out of school.

Tell me what set you off. People don't
just punch each other in the face

- in the middle of a soccer game.
- Nothing! It was stupid!

OK, fine, so it's stupid.
Tell me what he said.

- Why do you even want to know?
- Because you're part of this family.

I'm not part of anyone's family.
There, see? That was easy.

Busy schedule just opened up.

Damn it!

I don't think you get it!

I don't want to ever see you again!
You or any member of William's family!

- It's not what you think!
- You don't know what I think.

How could you? You're so focused
on your family and your precious money.

Well, I don't know
where your money is!

- I know!
- Why did I have to sit through

all that humiliation?
God, I feel like an idiot.

- Why?
- Because here you are, sniffing around,

looking for clues.

And I was actually beginning
to fall for you.

- I've already fallen for you.
- No. No, see, no more lies!

This is not a lie, Holly.
Please, listen.

It started way before the money
went missing, before William d*ed.

And believe me when I say this:

I'm on your side.

- No, I...
- Holly.

I am.

- Does Mom know yet?
- No. I haven't told her yet because...

- There might be a way to get him out?
- No, no.

Because I don't know
how to tell her yet.

I don't want to tell anyone yet.
Kitty, you have to talk to him.

Tell him what?
Tell him to go away and fight in a w*r

where he'll probably die
or come back in pieces?

If he goes through
with this Mexico idea of his,

- he'll go to jail!
- I'm not sure that wouldn't be better.

- Safer, at least.
- Five minutes!

Fine, but you'll go up there
and say it's a good w*r, right?

I have never...
I have never once in my entire life

said that this w*r is good!
Kevin, no w*r is good,

but some wars are necessary.
And when this one started, it was.

I believe that. And whether it's
necessary now or even moral,

I don't know. But at this point,
it's world history and it's happening.

Mom already blames me for sending him
away to die once before and...

...that fight nearly cost me my
entire family, and I won't do it again.

Not to me...

...and I won't do it to him.

- I have to go.
- OK, Kitty, I understand,

- but will you please just talk to him?
- Well, yeah. Yeah, I'll talk to him.

But I'm not gonna tell him what to do.

It's been a while, Mr. Walker.

Yeah. Yeah.

- How's Fawn?
- Uh, we, uh... we actually broke up.

Oh...

That sucks. What do you need?

Uh, the usual.

Thank you.

- Yeah. Shawn?
- Yeah.

If I wanted to get, like, a, uh...

- If I wanted to get a passport...
- You go to the Post Office.

No, I mean, like, a... a fake one.

All I got to do is get
into Mexico and not be me.

I can get you one.

The money's gonna be, uh... money.

I'm not worried.
Get me a freaking passport.

- OK.
- All right? Thanks.

I'll be in touch.

I really like this place.

Yeah.

It's a little stuffy, but, uh, the
people are nice and they can cook.

- That's what matters.
- Yep.

- You're missing your husband.
- Yes.

- Do you ever miss, um?
- Cheryl.

- Cheryl.
- Yeah, sometimes.

- What happened?
- Tell you the truth,

I'm not really sure. I waited
a long time to get married because...

- I'm not sure of that.
- You were playing the field.

Not much, actually.
I just never met the right person.

That person who makes you
feel like you'd better hurry up.

Like there's never
gonna be enough time.

William made me feel like that.

It's been its own perfect hell
finding out about all his betrayals,

but when it was good...

...he made me feel
like this whole world,

like this whole big beautiful world
was lucky to have me.

Little me.

- Some trick, huh?
- Not at all.

Sometimes it...
hurts so much to remember.

I think... it would hurt
even worse to forget.

Oh, it's been
the longest four days of my life.

Mom, hi! I'm home. Hi!

- You're all home. Thank God. Thank God.
- It's OK. It's OK. It's OK.

- Hi, Daddy!
- Hello.

- Thank God you're home.
- Oh. Yeah.

Do you know
how much I love you? Oh, babe!

- Do you know?
- I do, I do. I love you too.

- Hi, honey.
- Hi. I'm good.

How was it. The flight?

Nobody got up, nobody said anything,

not a word for six hours.
Silence across America.

- That's hard to imagine.
- Hey!

Yeah, the plane
was really very empty and the...

I don't know, maybe there were,
like, six of us or...

And somebody said to the flight
attendant, "We're here for you,"

and she started crying.
It was weird. Just all...

It flew right over my building.
I was having coffee.

A roar.

I look up, a shadow passes.

And not even two seconds later,
the sound...

...when it hit.

You want a drink?

I don't even remember much...

...when it actually happened.

A few hours after, I...

I was trying to get off the phone
with Mom and Dad and I kept saying,

"Oh, please. Please just let me go. "

They wouldn't let me
and they kept saying,

"You're safer inside," and I kept
saying, "Please, just let me go.

People are jumping. "

Because I could see them,
you know, from my window.

And Mom, Mom said, "No.

It's paper...

...not people. "

You know, 'cause,
of course, she couldn't see it.

You know, because they
weren't showing that on TV.

It'll be OK.

There's these three hours,
these three hours that I just...

I've just... I've lost... I...

And to walk uptown,
to walk up Hudson Street.

And... Oh. Oh. Everybody is covered
in ash, and I'm thinking to myself,

"My God, what is that? Why...
Why are they all covered in white?"

I just... I didn't... I couldn't get it.

And then, you know,
you see these people,

they're crying like kids,

and... and they're all...

The people just...

They're going downtown.
They're going against the crowd.

They're going downtown because,
you know, they're going downtown

because someone they know
is missing. And...

And I... I'm thinking to myself,
"My God. My God, I'm so lucky.

- I'm so... I'm fine. "
- Well, you are. You're home now.

- I don't know if I can go back.
- To New York?

To anywhere. To all of it.

To life. I just don't think
that I could live in a world

where that could happen
again every day, Justin.

I'm so scared! I... I'm so scared!

I thought I was never
gonna see you guys again.

- I really thought that I was never...
- Shh.

Shh.

You're home now.

- Justin.
- Hang on a second.

- Justin!
- Hang on a second!

Hey! I'm fine. I'm fine.

I didn't ask how you were.

Uh...

How was work? You look b*at.

I thought you weren't gonna do this.

Everybody who stops thinks that.
It's just what you say.

I'm all good.

Hey.

Uh, that's Fawn. Um...

She was just having a bad day.

Yeah. It's been going around.

- Look, Tyler.
- I never want to see you again.

- Well, I guess that means I'm fired.
- Yeah, that means you're fired.

Who's that?

Just some girl.

You guys were a thing?

Get out.

- What did I do?
- You didn't do anything.

- What about Acapulco?
- Are you deaf? I said get out!

Look, please just get out.

OK.

Gabe?

- Can I have a word?
- Sure. It's your house.

Listen, I've been thinking a lot
about what you said

about not feeling like you're part of
anyone's family, especially this one.

- Yeah?
- We haven't done a good job lately

of including you in stuff.
For that I am really sorry.

- It's all right.
- No, it's not.

But the point is,

and I mean this with all my heart,

I might not be your mom, Gabe,
but you are my son.

When I look back,
at the end of my life,

at all the things I've done,
all the good and all the bad,

I know I will be able to say,
"At least I had three great kids. "

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

That kid called me a f*g.

I think he just wanted me
to get tossed out, but I don't know.

- I guess I shouldn't have hit him.
- No. He wasn't worth it.

But I'm glad you told me.

- Hey, Sarah?
- Hmm?

Um...

What's the deal with those, uh,
plates that Cooper and Paige have?

- The ones with their initials on them?
- Oh. That was my dad's thing.

When we were little,
my brothers and sisters and I,

Dad got tired of he and Mom having
to do so many dishes after every meal,

not that he was
ever home to do the dishes.

So he wanted our plates
to be our responsibility.

So he had us make some
and write our initials on them.

He did Paige and Cooper's
with them last year.

Oh.

Damn.

You lying bitch.

Oh, my God.

Ow. Ow! Ow. Ow.

What the hell?

Ouch.

- Hello.
- Hi.

- Just getting in from your date?
- Oh, no, no, no.

I was out doing
some early morning shopping.

- Really?
- Yes, I... We needed eggs and rice

- and stuff like that.
- Staples. That's nice. Where are they?

I really don't feel
like being interrogated right now.

Just back from your date.

The one that wasn't supposed to shock
your children? Ugh, I'm shocked.

All right, it happened.

I slept with him.
You want me to feel ashamed?

Is that my only choice?

- What's wrong with your foot?
- Ouch. I don't know.

I stepped on some
little piece of glass, I guess.

Did somebody
break something last night?

I've always told you kids,
glass jumps.

It could be from years ago
or all the way across the house.

- Ouch.
- It's impossible stuff.

And what are you doing up so early?
It's barely dawn.

Justin got a notice from the Army.
Yesterday.

He has to go back into active duty.
They want him to report in two weeks.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.
Is he all right? Where is he?

I'm assuming he's at his place.
I'm going there.

To tell him to go
get himself k*lled in this w*r?

No! I'm just gonna
tell him I'm here for him,

and I'm just gonna tell him that
we're all... here for him. Don't...

He's got some crazy idea.

He told Kevin if he goes to Mexico...
I don't know.

- He'll go to jail.
- If they catch him, he will go to jail.

- I'm going with you.
- Good, I wish you would.

- I want to know what you're hiding.
- I am not hiding anything.

And you cannot come in here
to my house and talk like that.

But you can condemn my family
to bankruptcy and worse

to stop the truth about your life,
but I can't call you names?

- Are you kidding me?
- What do you know or think you know...

I know that Rebecca
is my father's daughter.

She's not.

Then why did adding her initials
to ours unlock the accounts

I have been trying
to open for months?

- Your father was mistaken.
- No, he wasn't. You know why?

I figured it out. The only reason
that you would work so hard

at keeping this from coming out
when the stakes are so high

is that you haven't told her either.

Sarah?

- Oh.
- Sarah.

Don't say a word.

I got pregnant.

We had always been really careful.
I still don't even know how it happened.

I knew your father
well enough to know

that if he knew
I was having his child,

he... he would be compelled

to leave you all
and I couldn't have that.

I told him it was someone else's.

A director on a movie.
A one-night stand.

But I never asked him for anything.

Not a cent, not a favor.

And Rebecca had to live her whole life
thinking her father was a nobody,

a mistake.
But it kept you from losing him.

And it kept me with a man
who still thought, in his own way,

that he was a hero.

Because he never would've
forgiven himself for leaving you.

Or deserting his daughter.

And I don't know
how I'm going to tell her

that I've been lying
all these years. I can't.

I don't care what you do.

Just stay the hell away from my family.

You've got a decision to make, old man.

Hi, uh, Scotty. It's, um... It's Kevin,

your... your least favorite Martian.

Look, I've been
on your planet for years,

and I still get a lot of things wrong.

Like about, um, money and work

and people and life and love...

Everything.

Anyway, I just wanted you to know

I think you're amazing
and funny and cute as hell,

and I just hope that someday, maybe,

I don't know,
three Martian years from now...

Our years are longer than yours.
Maybe I could be worthy

of your human love and respect,

whether we're together or not.

That's all.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Please tell me this is the part
where you let me off the hook.

It's not.

OK.

This is the part where I say thank you.

And, um...

...could you please send me the check?

I already did.

OK, then.

Bye.

- Jus?
- Justin?

- Justin?
- Hey.

He's sleeping.

Hey. Hey, Jus, wake up.

Come on. Justin.

- Justin, wake up!
- Justin?

- Kitty, call .
- I'm doing it.

- Justin, wake up!
- This is all my fault.

- It's his own fault, Mom.
- No, it's my fault.

- What does that mean?
- Tommy, I just know it.

- We need an ambulance right away.
- Justin? Justin! Oh!

Justin, please! Wake up, wake up,
wake up, Justin! Oh, Justin!

Just like that, we b*mb them.
Now. Back to the Stone Age.

- It's not that simple.
- Stop!

No, Tommy's making his point.

Millions in Afghanistan are not
t*rrorists. They're innocent people.

Every human in the towers was innocent.

Carl Letteier's son is in one
of those buildings. We know people.

Yes, I know, William. I know.

I don't think we should
launch an out-and-out w*r.

We're at w*r!
We just haven't started fighting back.

You know, I would like some wine.
Please?

Sure.

Thanks. You know, it's just that...

And, you know, to eat...

Just five minutes without...

Yeah, yeah, she's right.
Let's just, uh, stop.

The world outside this house,
we can't control.

Not with bombs, not with diplomacy,

and not even with love.
We know that now.

Best thing we can possibly do now
is just appreciate one another.

Right here, right now.

Together, like this.

Family is the only sure thing in life.

Always was, always will be.

Could we maybe pray?

Yes, we should. Certainly
is the circumstances for it.

Thank you.

Thank you, God,

for bringing us together tonight...

...in very difficult circumstances.

Please don't die.

Thank you for the blessings we have,
our family, our friends.

And Lord, if you're up there,

please look after and comfort the souls

that perished in those planes
and in those buildings

and their families tonight.

We're in your hands, Lord.

- Help us. Amen.
- Amen.

- Eat something.
- OK.

Guys?

What?

You want to say something?

I do, um...

Look, I love you guys more
than anything in the whole world.

And I've been doing a lot of thinking
over the past few days.

I can't just sit here and let these
people tear apart my family like this.

I mean, God, Kitty,
they almost k*lled you.

No. Justin, I'm fine.
I'm here now. It's OK.

I know. OK? But the same thing
could happen tomorrow,

or they could do something
even worse. It's just not right.

Justin, what's the matter?

Nothing's the matter.

I enlisted today.