03x16 - Dead b*at Dads

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Previously On Ghost Whisperer...
[Man Breathing]

Who Are You?

What Do You Want?

Why Didn't You Tell Me
Your Wife Was Dead?

Because I Don't Deal
With It Very Well.

Will You Forgive Me?

It's What She Needs
To Find Peace
And Cross Over.

No.

You Tell Him He Doesn't
Know What Pain Is.

None Of You Do.

Rick: Oh, Come On.
But, Dean Stokes,

In The Spirit
Of Publish Or Perish,

Out There Is A Scholarly
Journal Of Arcane Rituals

And--And Paranormal
And Admittedly Some Shinola.

Whoa, Sorry, Professor!
Oh, My God!

Gosh, Are You Ok?

Have You Seen
My Glasses? I--

Where Are They?
They're Right Here.

'Cause Without Them--

You're As Blind
As The Proverbial
Cave Fish. Yeah.

Well, To Show Off
I Was Gonna Say

Astyanax Fasciatus
Mexicanus, But...

How Did You
Know That Anyway?

Same Old Ricky.

Nina. Oh, My Gosh.

Nina! What Are
You Doing Here?

Oh, You Know,
Still Just Dealin' dr*gs.

Wow.
Well, That's Good.

You're Not Kidding.
No.

No. I'm A Pharmaceutical Rep.

Remember?
Right. Yes.

Yeah. There's A Conference
Here In Grandview.

Anyway, You--You Teach Here?

Yeah. Yes. I-I've Been
Teaching Here For, Um--

Well, Who Needs Numbers,
Right?

I Heard About Your Wife.

I Was Gonna Call...

Or Write. Just Seemed Weird.

It's Fine. I'm Fine.

It's Been Years.
I'm Fine.

Well, It Was Great
To See You.

Wa--Uh, Nina, Wait.

What?
Wait, Wait, Wait.

I Mean, You're Here.
You're In Town.

Since You're In Town,
We Should Maybe,

Uh, Go Get A Bite To Eat
For Old Times' Sake.

Old Times?
Yes.

Yeah. Well, That Might Be
A Little Easier For You After
The Way Things Worked Out.

Or Didn't.

Wh--That Was
Years Ago, Right?

Like You Said,
Who Needs Numbers?

Yeah. So Then,
It's A Date.

As Long As It's
Not Like A Da-Date Date.

Ok.

Melinda: Explain To Me
The Emergency Dinner.

Ahem. Ok, Uh, Her Name
Is Nina. We Had A Thing,

A Wild Thing,
About Years Ago,

And It Was All Just
Chemistry And Passion
And Damp Sheets.

Eww. Without
The Mind Pictures.

Ok. Sorry.
Uh, We Hit It Off,

Obviously, Because We
Were Both Academicians.

"Academicians." Points
For Pretentiousness.

Sorry. We Were Peers,
And Everything Was Going Great.

Nina And I Had To
Break It Off Because I--
I Was Marrying Kate.

Look, Nina Is Always
Going To Be The Big
"What If" In My Life,

Always Will Be
The Road Not Taken.

And Because Of An Errant
Basketball Thrown At My Head,

I May Have A Second Chance
With This Thing.

Look, I've Only--
I Don't Wanna Get Girlie Here,

But I've Only Been In Love
Twice In My Life,

And Only One Of Them
Is Still Around.

And, Granted, She's A Little
Payne-Shy Right Now,

So I Figured Why Not Just
Loosen Her Up With A Good,
Old-Fashioned Foursome.

What?
A Foursome?

Dinner! A Foursome At Dinner,
You Dirty Birds.

Hi, Guys.

You Sure Came In Handy.
Thank You.

Jim: Here,
Let Me Help You Up.

Hi. I'm Nina.

Hey. Uh, Jim.
Good To Be Handy.

Melinda. His Wife.

Oh, It's Nice
To Meet You.

Hi.
You Ok?

I--Yeah. Just,
Um, Nerves. Yeah.

Hi, Nina.
Over Here.

Oh, Hi.
Hi.

That's Nasty
Static Electricity.
Yeah.

Sorry. Here.

You Look Nice.
Thanks.

Whoa. Why'd She
Even Bother
Putting On A Dress?

Rick: Allow Me.

Is She Ok?

Sorry.
Happens All The Time.

You Weren't Kidding
About That Static Electricity.

Did Our Foursome
Just Become
A Fivesome?

His Wife Is Here. Go Away.

Oh, But A Dutiful
Wife's Place

Is At Her Husband's
Side, Isn't It?

Such Typical Rick.
You Know.

He's Only Interested
In Things,

And They're Both
Prominently
On Display.

Would You Excuse Us?
Me. Me. [Coughs]

Where Have You Been?

Oh, Still
Tediously Earthbound,
Thanks To My Husband.

You Need To Go
Into The Light.

What, And Miss
All The Fun?

You Know What?
I Don't Have Time To Deal
With You Right Now.

So Ignore Me.

Yeah. You're Making That
Kind Of Difficult.

Not Half As Difficult
As I Plan To Make
Things For Those Two.

No, Kate--

Hey. What Happened
To Your Hand?

Oh. Uh, Halfway
Through Dinner Last Night,

I Realized I Was Still
Wearing My Wedding Ring.

And The Silliest Thing,
I Kept Tryin' To Yank It Off,

And It Wouldn't Come Off.
My Finger Just Kept Getting
More And More Swollen.

So How Was The Rest
Of Your Date?

Fantastic,

Except For The Fact
That You Forgot

To Tell Me, Your Friend, "Hey,
Professor Payne, Guess What.

Your Superhot Ex-Girlfriend
Has An Evil, Mischievous
Ghost Attached To Her."

She Doesn't. You Do.
It's Kate.

Your Wife.

Kate. I Guess
I Should Have Seen
That One Coming.

This Is
A Very Strange Question.

How Is Kate?

Not So Good.

She's Still Earthbound
Because You Won't Forgive Her,

And Now That You're
Obviously Interested In Nina--

Wait A Minute.
She's Jealous?

Is That What You're
Gonna Tell Me,
She's Jealous?

I'm Not The One
That Had An Affair
When She Was Alive,

So Why Can't I
Go On A Date Now?

Look, If You Want Things
To Work Out With Nina,

You Need To Let Me
Help You Talk To Kate.

No, Kate Knows That
This Relationship
Might Go Somewhere.

That's Why She's
Getting Involved.

She's Stuck Here, Ok,

Because You Won't
Help Her Cross Over.
It Isn't Healthy.

Healthy? She's Dead.
What Are You Talking
About, Healthy?

Look, Do Me A Favor,
Melinda. This Time,

Just Stay Out Of It, Ok?

She Could Hurt You
Or Nina.

More Than She
Already Has?

You Know What?
I'll Take My Chances.

Hi.

Hi. Wow.

Good Morning, Indeed.

You Just Missed A Fascinating
Hour On Megalithomania.

Oh. That's My Favorite.
Um, Actually,

Could I Talk To You
For A Minute?

Well, Yeah. For You,
I Have More Than A Minute.

Well, I Don't Know
How To Say This,

Except...

Being With You
Last Night

Reminded Me
Of How Much It Hurt

When You Dumped Me.

Oh, I--I Prefer To Say,
"Broke Up With."

See, And I Can't
Get My Heart Broken
Again, Ricky.

So It Was Fun.

Nina.
Hey.

You Take Care
Of Yourself.

Ok?

Nina. Come On.

Nina, Come On.

Are You Happy Now,
Darling?

As If That's Possible.

Honey, You Want
A Glass Of Wine?

No, Thanks.
Makes Me Sleepy.

Melinda, You Can't
Stay Awake Forever.

And Lookin' At These Masks

Is Not Doin' You
Any Good Right Now.

I'm Just Trying To
Figure Out Which Mask
The Guy's Wearing

In One Of
My Dreams Or Memories,
Whatever They Are.

I Know, But Maybe
You Should Take A Break.

I Don't Know. Uh,
Maybe Help Kate Cross Over.

[Sighs] Staying Away
From That One.

Really?

Yeah.

Payne Doesn't
Want My Help.

He Seems To Think
This Is His Chance
To Get Back At Her,

And She Doesn't
Wanna Go Anywhere
Near A Light, So...

Yeah. I Get It.

Mel, I'm Worried
About You.

You Hardly Get
Any Sleep These Days.
And When You Do,

Your Nightmares
Are Getting Worse.

The Only Way
It's Gonna Stop

Is If I Can Figure Out
Who This Mask Guy Is

And What He's Trying
To Tell Me.

I'm Pretty Sure
It Has Something To Do
With My Father.

Well, Do You Think You Should
Talk To A Professional?

I Don't Need Therapy.

Heh. No, I Mean, Do You
Think You Should Talk To
A Private Investigator?

Remember My Cop Friend,
Carl Neely?

It's What He Does.
He Moonlights.

I Mean, He Could Tell You
How Your Dad d*ed, When,

Where He's Buried, Even.

You Want Me To Call Him?

Ricky.

Hi.
Hi.

What Are You Doin' Here?

Uh, I'm Sorry About
The Hour, But, Uh,

It's Just--
Can I Come In?

Uh, No.

No.
No.
No.

Um, I'll Come Out.

Oh, Good. Look, Uh, I--
I Don't, Uh, Blame You.

I Wouldn't Really
Trust Me Either.

But You Need To Know
This. I Had--Well,
I Had My Heart Broken,

Twice, As A Matter
Of Fact. I Mean,
Once When Kate d*ed,

And Then Another Time
After She Was
Already Dead,

I Found Out That She
Had An Affair.

I'm Sorry.
I--I Didn't Know.

I'm Much More Sensitive
To People's Hearts

Since My Heart
Has Been Ripped Out

And Kicked Around
Like A Hacky Sack.

And The Fact Of
The Matter Is

We Really Had
A Good Time Last Night.

Yeah, We Did. I Know--

'Cause If You're In Town
For A Week, We Should
Make A Go Of This Thing,

I Mean, Go Have Lunch.
What's Lunch?

Nobody Ever Got Hurt
By A Lunch,

Unless Of Course
There Was A Food-Borne
Illness, And--

Why Are We Whispering,
Exactly?

You're Not Alone
In There, Are You?

No.

No.

But It's Not What
You're Thinking.

Boy: Mom,
Who You Talkin' To?

Just A Friend, Baby.
You Go Back To Sleep, Ok?

"Mom"?

I Usually Detonate That b*mb
On The Third Or Fourth Date,

But Yes.

I Have A Son.

His Name Is Elliot.

And Since I Would Have To
Bring Him To Lunch Tomorrow,

You Can Flee Now.

No. No,
I'm Not Fleeing.

Oh, No. You--
You Should Bring Him
To Lunch With Us.

I Love Kids.

What Kind Of A Guy
Doesn't Like Kids?

I Hate Kids!

Maybe "Hate" Is
A Strong Word,

But I Have A Profound
Lack Of Understanding

For The Need To Breed.

Plus, All Kids Are
Just Filled With Snot.

So It's A Nonstarter
For You.

I Just Think Single Moms
Are Dicey.

None Taken.

What?

I Was Just Hopin'
You'd Throw

A "No Offense" My Way,
But Guess I Gave You
Too Much Credit.

Oh, No, No, No, No, No.

But Your Son Ned,
He's Different. He's A--

He's A Teen Or Tween Or
Whatever They're Called.

Teen'll Do.
He's A Teen.

And Look, He's Interacting.
Cyclical Conversation.

He's Fine.
He's Self-Sufficient.

Nina's Son Isn't Going
To Be Self-Sufficient,

And He's Gonna Be
A Complete Germ Bag,
For Crying Out Loud.

Hey. You Are A Mom.
You Could Help Me.

You--You Can Watch This Kid
While I Go To Lunch.

Oh, Sorry, But I Am
Taking My Son

On A Dicey
Single-Mom Lunch.

Let's Go, Ned.

Ned: So What's The Deal
With That Guy?

Don't Even Look At Me.

Delia: You Don't Want To Know.

Oh, Hey, Come On In.
Thank You.

Hi, Guys.

This Is Elliot.

El, It's
Professor Payne.

Hello, Young Man.
How Are You?

Hello,
Professor Payne.

Please, Call Me, Uh--

Actually, Call Me Professor.
That's Good.

Hi. Elliot, I'm Melinda.

Some People Think Dust
Is Mostly Flakes
From Human Skin.

Elliot.

A-Actually Dust
Is A Lot Of Things.

Could Be Pet Dander, Pollen.
It Could Be Soot.

Yeah, But Its
Overall Makeup Depends
On Where You Live.

I Think The Human Skin
Thing Was Started
To Sell Dust Spray.

Are You
An Academician?

Oh, Spare Me.

Nobody But Rick's
That Pretentious.

As A Matter Of Fact, I Am.

Why Would You Ask Me That?

So's My Dad.

You See, His, Um,

Dad's Not Really
In The Picture. He's--

He's On An Extended
Sabbatical In India.

They Can't Get
Text Messages There.

Mind If I
Take A Look
At Your Victrola?

No. Go Right Ahead.

Uh, Elliot, How Old
Are You Exactly?

Almost , Sir.
That's A Decade.

When's Your Birthday?

August .
I'm A Virgo.

And We Broke Up In...

This Isn't
Happening.

Maybe It's Not
What It Seems.

Can I Talk To You Alone?

I Just Remembered
We've Got A,

Uh, Thing We're
Gonna Be Late For.

El, Baby, Come On.
We Gotta Go.
Come On.

Nice To Meet You All.
Bye, Guys.

There's No Way I'm
That Kid's Father, Right?

Well, Ignoring
What She's Already
Told Him About His Dad,

The Fact That He Seems
To Have Your Dna, Math--

You're Not Helping.

You Asked.
I Know I Asked.

You Could Always Take
A Paternity Test.

And Confirm Something
That I Don't Want To Be True?

She Hasn't Exactly
Demanded One.

It's My Own Darn Fault
For Chasing After Her.

I--I Didn't Want Kids
When I Was Married,
Let Alone Now.

Oh, Neither Do I,
Not Yet Anyway.

Why Don't You Want Kids?
Do You Mind Me Asking?

I Do Mind, Actually,

But I Will Answer.
It's Your Porch.

Kids Are A Huge Responsibility,
And, Uh, I'm Selfish.

What's Your Excuse?

I'm Afraid Of Juggling,
You Know, The--

The Feeding
And The Diapers While
Dead People Harass Me.

You Win.

I Can't Be A Dad.

Look At Me.
I'm Not Father Material.

I'm A Miscreant
Of Epic Proportions.

Well, That's True.
All Right.

Besides, We Don't
Even Know If This
Is What Nina Wants.

Who Knows What Nina Wants?

There's One Way
To Find Out.

I--You Know What?
I Hate Talking To You.

I Promote To A Knight.

Dang It.

I Found Out I Was Pregnant
After You Left,

And I Was So Scared, Ricky.

And I Was Gonna Tell You,
But You Were...

Already With Kate,

Happy.

From The Sounds Of It,

You've All But Told Him
I'm His Dad.

No. I Just
Kind Of, You Know,
Dress It Up A Little.

That Way, If He Ever
Does Find Out, It Won't Be
Such A Shock To Him.

♪♪♪♪

It's Complicated.
Check.

What Again? Oh, Nice.

Man: Hmm. Nice.

And He's Mine.

He's Brilliant.

He Didn't Get It From Me.

Don't Underestimate
Yourself.

Nah. I, Uh--
I Tried To Enroll Him

At Archfield Academy.

That's Good.
That's A Good School

For Pint-Sized
Mensas.

Eh, It's Not
Gonna Happen, So...

Wait A Minute.
This Kid Could
Get Into Yale.

There's No Way
He Didn't Get
Accepted There.

Eh, He Did.

It's Just They--
They Only Have

Financial Aid Slots Open.

He Seems To Be Doin' Ok
At Public School.

Public School?
Nina, No.

No, This Kid's
A Genius.

You Put Him
In Public School,

It's Like
Putting Raw Meat
In A Piranha t*nk.

They'll
Eat Him Alive.

You Can't
Do That To Him.

I Don't Sell
Enough Antidepressants
To Pay For It.

When Kate d*ed,
I Got A Call From My
Life Insurance Company.

Here's My Wife
Of Years Dies
In A Freak Accident.

Now They Just Wanna
Cut Me A Check.

I Felt Pretty Awkward
About It. I Didn't
Know What To Do.

I Never
Invested The Money.

I Just Kept It
In My Savings Account.

Bottom Line Is I'd Like
To Use That Money To Pay
For Elliot's School.

No.

Ricky,
That's Too Generous.

Now, I Didn't Come Here
To Ask You For Money.

I Didn't Come Here
To Ask You For Anything.

I Know That.

I'm Pretty Sure
That's What Kate
Would Have Wanted.

Elliot: You Should
Move Your Pawn.

Heh. Don't
Count On It.

Man: I Don't Need
You To Teach Me
How To Play Chess, Kid.

I'm Just Saying,
If I Were You--

I'd Sacrifice My Pawn.

Ah, He Really Is A Chip
Off The Old Payne,
Isn't He?

Alexander,
You Mind If I Cut In?

This Kid's
Too Smart For Me.

Well, Don't Blame It
On Him. It's Just
His Dna, I Guess.

[Laughs] Unbelievable.

Do You Mind
If I Finish His Game?

Sure, Professor,
But You'll Lose.

How 'Bout You And I
Start From Scratch?

Honey, I'm Home.

Oh, How Many Times
Have I Told You

About Leavin' Your Shoes
In The Foyer, Kate?

You Know, Kate,

The Scientist In Me
Is Very Intrigued,

But The Human Being In Me
Has Hair Standing Up

In Places That I Didn't
Even Know That I Had Hair.

Come On, Kate!
Is That The Best You Got?!

Ohh! All Right.

Getting Better.

Oh, Honey, That Is Such
A Textbook Haunting.

A Screw.

Are You Tryin'
To Tell Me Something?

Ok, Fine!
You Wanna Have This Out!

Let's Have It Out Right Now!

You Cheated On Me
With One Of My Colleagues!

So What Right Do You Have
To Be Mad At Me?!

You Think This Is
About Infidelity?

What Was That, Honey?
I Didn't Quite Hear You.

Payne,where are you?

Here's something I never thought
I'd say-- I'm in here under the piano.

Oh,my.god
Well,not to be captain obvious,but not really.
There's an -pound baby grand on my back.

Can you feel anything?

Yes,jim,I can feel everything.
Thank you.

I'm gonna get the car jack.

I'm so sorry.

How's that?
Ahh.It only hurts when it hurts.

We're Gonna Have To
Get This X-Rayed

And Get You To
The Emergency Room.

So You Gonna Tell Me
What Happened?

Well, I Was Drunk.
I Came Home.

I Decided
To Plow Through
My Own Bookcase,

Swing From
The Chandelier,

And Then Me
And The Piano Rolled
Around On The Floor--

All Right.
I Got In A Fight
With Kate.

Yeah. She's Obviously
Trying To Tell You Something.

Right. It's Like Ghost
Charades With Props.

You Know, She Seemed
Pretty Upset The Day
That You Met Elliot.

Is There Something
You're Not Telling Me?

Well, Kate Wanted Kids,

And So Did I
For A Brief, Brief
Moment Of Insanity,

And We Tried Everything,
All The Fertility dr*gs.

It Was k*lling Kate That
Nothing Was Working,
And I Told Her,

"Don't Worry About It.
I Don't Even Want Kids,"

But You Know The Way I
Have That Great Talent

For Saying Things
The Wrong Way.
It Just--It Got Ugly.

Now You Have One, A Kid.

And She Doesn't. [Groaning]
That Hurt?

Ah, Compared To Being
Under A Piano, It's Ok.

Do You Think That's
Why She's Upset,
Because Of Elliot?

Well, I Think
It's Only Gonna Get Worse
Until She Crosses Over.

Well, Look,
I Don't Speak Ghost,

And I Don't Do
Humility Very Well.

Would You
Please Talk To Her,
Mediate, Whatever?

Yes.
Hey. Please?

Ok. Just Stop
Baiting Her.

I Will Not Bait Her
Anymore.

What's That Look?

Nothing.

Hey.

How Is He?

Lucky. His Foot's
Pretty Banged Up,

But, Uh,
Hairline Fracture
Of The Tibia,

And He Broke
His Little Toe.

He'll Be Fine.

Look, Uh...

I Heard You Two
Talking About

How Much Payne's Wife
Wanted A Kid.

And I Hate To Bring
This Up Again, But--

I'm So Sorry. Could You
Just Hold That Thought?

I Always Do.

You Could Have
k*lled Him.

I Lost My Temper.

He Has That Effect On Me.

And Anyway, I Thought He Could
Stand To Suffer A Little.

Hasn't He Done That
Already?

I Mean, It's Been
Years, Kate.

It's Time For You
To Let Him Move On.

The Way He's Let Me
Move On?

He Told Me
You Wanted A Baby.

Oh, I Know What He Told You.
I'm A Ghost, Darling.

I Can Go Places,
Hear Things.

It's The Only Upside
To An Otherwise Lousy State.

I'm Sorry. I Really
Need Your Help.

I Was Here First.

Sorry. That Happens
All The Time.

Look, Obviously
You're Upset That
He Has A Child.

Ok, It Doesn't Seem
Fair, And I Get That.

Do You?

[Scoffs] She Shows Up Here
With This Boy

And Plays Her Sad Little Violin
About Needing Money

To Get Him Into
Some Special School,

And He's All Too Ready
To Just Write Her A Check

For My Life Insurance Money,
No Less.

[Sighs] Seems
A Bit Sketchy To Me.

So You Think
She's Playing Him.

You're A Clever Girl.

Figure It Out.

Hey, You.

What Happened?

Broke My Vestigial Appendage.

Oh Ho Ho Ho!
I'm Fine, Though.

Can I Talk To You?

Yeah. Yeah, But Just
Let Me Go First, Ok?

Ok.
All Right. Um...

I Thought About
Your Offer To Pay
For Elliot's School,

And...

I Accept.

And Then I--I Swear We'll
Go Back To The City,

And You'll Never Hear
From Us Again.

I've Been Thinkin' A Lot
About It, Too,

And I Don't Wanna Be
A Checkbook Dad, Nina.

So The Offer's
No Good Anymore?

No, The--The Offer
Still Stands.

I Just Wanna
Sw-Sweeten The Pot.

I-I've Thought
A Lot About It,

And That Is, I-If I'm--

Ok, If I'm Going To Be
Elliot's Dad,

Then I Wanna Be
Elliot's Dad.

How Would That Work Exactly?

Well, We Could
Take It Slow.

You Don't Have To
Tell Him Right Away.

You Guys Can
Move In With Me.

Oh, R-Ricky, Wait.
Slow Down.

No, Uh, It's Not--
You Know.

I Have Lots Of Space,
Lots Of Space,

And You And I, We Don't
Have To Be This Instant
Couple Right Away.

We Don't Even Have To Be
A Couple At All,
Even, You Know,

But, Um, There's
A Great Satellite School

That The College Offers
For Gifted Children.

We Could Enroll Elliot
There And--

I Just--I Don't Know.
I Think I'm Ready.

I'm Really Ready
To Be A Dad.

At Least, I'm Ready
To Give It A Try.

So, Uh, How Is This All
Goin' Over At Home?

Well, You Can
Tell That Jim Wants
To Talk About It.

I Keep Sidestepping.

I Mean, What's
The Big Rush, Right?

There's Gotta Be
Some Huge Compromise

Somewhere Between
Forever And Right Now.

Yeah, Except For Men
Pretty Much Have Forever,
And Women Don't.

I'm Still Young...

Ish.

Ok? There's
Plenty Of Time.

Besides, I Have To
Cross Kate Over,

And I Can't Do That
Until I Find Out

If Nina's
Telling The Truth,

Which Means You
Should Stop Changing
The Subject.

You Know, You Could Always
Get That P.I. You Hired
To Help You Out.

And Distract Him
From Getting Me More
Information On My Dad?

I Don't Think So.

You Know What
I Really Need To Do

Is Just Yank
A Hair Right Out
Of Payne's Head

And Then Do My Own
Paternity Test.

You Know, As Much Fun
As That Sounds,

I Have A Simpler Idea.

Delia: Ready?

Hello. Yes, Is Principal
Stickley Available
For Dean Julia Marlowe

From The Archfield
Academy?

It's Regarding
Elliot Haley.

Mm-Hmm. I'll Hold.

This Sleuthing Stuff
Is Kinda Fun.

You're Oddly Good At It.

Yes. One Moment, Please,
For Dean Marlow.

Hello. Principal Stickley.

Yes, We Did Receive
Elliot's Application,

But The Birth Certificate,
Though, I-It Was
A Fax Of A Fax,

And So You Know How That Goes.
We Really Need To Get
The Father's Name.

Pen.

Yes.

Thank You So Much
For Your Trouble.

Damn.

I Think You're Just
b*ating Yourself Up

Over An Accident.

Your Time Here Earthbound,

It's About Your Redemption.

You Did That.
You Made That Sacrifice.

But Is It That Simple?

It Is If You Can
See The Light.

Yeah.

Yeah, It's--

It's On The Other Side
Of That Car.

What Do I Do?

Go Into It.

Sort Things Out
On The Other Side.

Another One.

Yep. Just A Random Ghost.

Sometimes I Wish
They'd Just Leave Me Alone.

Yeah, You And Me Both.

So What Am I Gonna Do?

I Mean, Am I Gonna Talk To Rick,
Am I Gonna Confront Nina,

Or Am I Gonna
Just Move To Canada?

You'll Figure It Out.
You Always Do.

That Was Really Helpful.
Thanks.

You Want
My Real Opinion?

I Feel Like You Should
Tell Rick First. Why?

'Cause You Guys Have
So Much In Common,

I Think
He'll Be Relieved That
The Kid Is Not His.

So That's Why
You're Being Distant.

We've Talked About This.

Yeah, I Know.
We've Talked,
And We've Talked,

And, Melinda,
I Gotta Say
Sometimes I Feel Like

You Use Your Gift
As An Excuse

And That You Care More
About The Dead Than--

That Is Not Fair, Ok?

I'm Just Not Ready
To Have A Baby.

I'm Beginning To Wonder
If You Ever Will.

I Mean, We've Been
Married Years.

Yeah, And We're Still Young.

Yeah.
So Were Payne And Kate.

Look What Happened
To Them.

I Gotta Go To Work.

Yep.

Let Me Know How It Goes
With Carl.

Have To Tell You
Up Front, Melinda,

Your Father Left
A Pretty Cold Trail.

Since ?

Uh, ' ,

Years After
You Said He Left You And
Your Mother For Good.

Drained His Bank Account.
Cashed Out His Ira.

Went Back To The Woman
In Colorado He Had A Son With.

Gabriel,
My Half-Brother.

Other Than That,
The Only Record

I Have Of Him Is Workin'
As A Short-Order Cook
At A Debby's In Arizona.

What? I Mean,
My Dad Was A Lawyer.

That Doesn't
Make Any Sense.

It Does If He Was
On The Run From Somethin'.

The Run From What?

Melinda, When You First
Asked Me To Look Into This,

You Told Me
Your Father Was Dead.

You Were Pretty Certain
Of That.

Yeah. I Guess I...

Have Been Telling Myself
That For So Long

That I Started
To Believe It.

There's No Record
Of His Death?

Not That I Could Find.

No Burial. No Cremation.

The List Of John Does
In This Country's Huge,

And Without Dental Records
Or Dna,

It's A Needle
In A Haystack.

Look, I Have
Some Other Leads,

But--Heh. I'm Startin' To Feel
Guilty Takin' Your Money.

You Found Out More
Than I Ever Could.

Well, It's Your Call.

Just Don't Give Up,
Please.

I Really Need To Know.

So I Guess
The Final Question Is

Just Do I Make The Check Out
To Archfield Academy,

Or, I Mean, I Could Make
The Check Out To The School
That's Here In Grandview.

I'm Not Tryin'
To Force A Decision.

I Know. I'm Just Gonna
Need To Take Some Time
To Think About It, So...

Maybe If You Just
Make The Check Out
To Me,

I Can Put It Into
Elliot's School Fund.

That Way, I Can Prove
I Can Afford Whichever
School He Applies To.

What Are These, Professor?

Those Are My Fetishes.

Ricky?

He's .

I Know He's .
That's Actually
What They're Called.

They're Called Fetishes.

They're Carvings From
An Ancient Zuni Tribe
From New Mexico.

They Carve Each Animal,
And They Think

That There's
A Spirit Inside Them,

Giving Each One
A Very Specific Power.

Why Don't You Pick One
Up And Give It A Try?

Ah. The Wily Fox.

He Keeps His Owner Safe.

What You Do Is You
Put His Nostrils
In Your Mouth--[Inhales]

And You Inhale.
Go Ahead. Give It A Try.

No, Thanks.
It's Still Flu Season.

Hi, Everyone.

Hey.

Actually,
I'm Here
To See Nina.

You Are?
Yeah.

Who's Brian Dobbs?
Who?

He Was On
The Birth Certificate
As The Father.

How Did You F--

I Made A Phone Call.

And I Can
Make Some More.
Do I Need To?

It's Not What You Think.

It's Exactly
What I Think.

The Question Is
Are You Gonna Tell
Payne, Or Am I?

Hey.
Sorry I'm Late.

No. Right On Time.

Technically
I Should Have Them
Stored In Cornmeal.

That's What They Eat,
And The More They Eat,

The Better They Are,
And The More Power
They Have.

Uh, Nina Said That
Is Was Ok For Delia

To Take Elliot
For Some Ice Cream.

Ok. What's Going On?

Come On.

We'll Be
In The Cafeteria.

Brian Dobbs? The Guy
That Used To Hang Out

In The Laundry Room
Of Our Building, Brian Dobbs?

Anyway,
He Was Nice To Me.

After You Started
Hangin' Out
With Kate,

I Saw The Writing
On The Wall.

So He Took Advantage
Of You.

After You Left,
I Found Out I Was
Months Pregnant.

When I Told Brian,

He Demanded I Take
A Paternity Test.

Kind Of
Backfired On Him.

He Hung Around
For About A Year.

Then He Split.

Melinda: Then What Happened?

Bastard Stole
My Social
Security Number.

All Of A Sudden,
I've Got All These--

These Credit Card
Bills Piling Up.

I Find Out
He's Drained
My Savings Account,

And I Haven't Heard
From Him Since.

He Left Me
With A One-Year-Old

And Buried Under
A Mountain Of Debt,

And I've Been
Killin' Myself,

Tryin' To Pay It
Off For Years,

And Now It's
Gonna Cost My Son
His School.

I've Never
Done Anything
Like This Before.

Why Me?
Why'd You Start With Me?

I Just Thought
The Rick Payne
I Remembered Would...

Give Me Money To Make
The Problem Go Away.

I Never
In A Million Years

Thought You'd Want
To Be In Elliot's Life.

So I'm Sorry
For What I Did.

Mostly I'm Sorry
I Underestimated You.

Well, You're Not Half
As Sorry As I Am.

I Think You Should Go.

Yeah. I Think You Should Go.

Melinda: Kate.

Are You Here? 'Cause He
Really Wants To Talk To You.

Ooh. Spooky.
Is That It?

I Bet You Feel
Really Stupid Now

That It Turns Out
The Kid Isn't Even
Mine, Don't You, Honey?

Ask Him How He Thinks
It Makes Me Feel

To Watch Him,
A Man Who Told Me

Flat Out He Didn't Want
To Have Children With Me,

Become Completely
And Utterly Destroyed

Over Some Kid Who Wasn't
Even His To Begin With.

She's A Little Angry
At How Upset You Were

When You Found Out
That Elliot Wasn't Yours.

What's That
Got To Do With Us?

I'll Tell You Exactly
What That's Got To Do

With Us,
You Miserable Little...

I Will Not Repeat That,
And, You, Calm Down.

Why? What Happened?
What Did She Say?

She's Angry...

Because She Thinks You Didn't
Want A Baby With Her.

Wow. She Thinks
I Didn't Wanna Have
Kids With Her?

Kate, I--That's Not
What I Said At All.

Yes, You Did, Repeatedly.

And I Never Once
Made This About You
Or About Me,

And You Wanna Think
That I'm Selfish.

"One More Year.
We Have So Much Time,

And Look What That Got--"

...Child, Elliot,
And You Wanna Think
That You're Suffering.

You Have No Idea
How Much...

I'm The One
That's Suffering.

You Don't Even Know
The Damn Truth!

All Right, Enough!

She Started It.

I Didn't Get Any Of That,
Nor Did I Want To,

But I Did Hear You
Say Something About Him
Not Knowing The Truth.

[Sighs] When We
Were Trying To--

When I Thought
He Wanted Children
As Much As I Did...

We Were Doing In Vitro,

Fertility Injections,
And...

Were You Gonna
Tell Me, Rick?

I Need
A Little More Here.

The Dean Called.

Your Grant's Been Approved.

Years In Peru When
We're Trying To Get Pregnant,

And You Didn't Tell Me.

Move Over.

Come On.

Look, I Am Nowhere
Near Ready To Have
A Child Now, Ok?

But We've Very Young.
We Have Lots Of Time.

We Have All The Time
In The World, So...

It's Ok.

Professor Payne.

Sure.

It's The Fertility
Clinic.

I Know All This.
They Called.

They Said Her Eggs
Were Not Viable,

And She Accused Me
Of Being Relieved.

We Fought.
Blah, Blah, Blah.

Kate: I Lied.

The Doctor
Said We Were
Good To Go.

That Was
My One Chance
To Get Pregnant,

But Because I Knew
He Didn't Want It...

I Lied.

Few Weeks Later,
I Was Dead.

What Is It?

She Lied.

She Lied To You
Because She Thought
You Didn't Want Children.

The Doctor Said
It Was A Good Time.

She Thought It Was
Her Only Chance.

I Didn't Know.

If She Lied,
Why Is She Mad At Me?

I'm Angry
Because You Knew
I Wanted Children...

And You Said You
Wanted That, Too.

Then Every Time
I Brought It Up,

You Just
Pushed Me Away.

But That Didn't
Make It Stop.

Even Now, It...

I Know
It's Not Possible,

So Why Does The Ache
Only Get Worse?

It Hurts So Much.

How Can You
Make That Go Away?

I Can't.

But You Have To Move On Now.
I Mean, You Know That.

You Know I Can't.

Kate, Please Don't Go.

Oh, My God.

Delia:
What Is It?

Well, Kate Told Me
About Her Death,

But Listen
To This Old Article.

"A Construction Crane
Plummeted Stories

"At A Brookside
Office Complex Late
Yesterday Morning,

"Crushing To Death
A Motorist Who Was
Making A U-Turn,

"The Victim
Later Identified
As Katherine Payne.

Payne d*ed
Moments Before
Her Body Was Freed."

That Is Awful.

How Random.
Just Making A U-Turn. Wow.

Hi.

I'm Sorry Just To
Show Up Like This.

No. No.
No.

What's Goin' On?

Go On.

I Took This
From Professor Payne.

My Mom Wants You
To Give It Back
To Him For Me And...

Tell Him I'm Sorry.

Look, I May Not
Be The World's
Best Role Model,

But I'm Trying To Raise
An Honest Kid Here.

No. You Know What?
Um...

Maybe You Should
Do This Yourself

In Person.

Heh. Pretty Sure Ricky
Never Wants To See Me Again.

I Think You
Might Be Surprised.

Are You Crazy? I Told You
I Never Wanna See Her Again.

That's Why I Put You
In A Moving Car
Before I Told You.

Why Don't You Just
Waterboard Me Instead?

Wait A Minute.

This Is Where Kate d*ed.

I Hate This Place.
Why Would You Bring Me Here?

Trying To k*ll Birds
With One Ghost. Come On.

Well, Thanks.

What Is It?

The Fox Fetish
Is In There.

I Took Good Care
Of Him Just Like
You Said.

You Took It From Me
Without Asking?

Yeah. I'm--

I'm Sorry.

I Just Thought It'd
Keep My Mom And Me Safe.

Ok.

I Thought
You'd Be Here.

Seems Like
I'm Always Here.

There's This
Constant Pull. I--

It's Because This
Is Where Your Time
Was Cut Short.

You Know, I Don't Normally
Reward Thievery, Young Man,

But I'm Gonna Make
An Exception.

I Want You To Do Me
A Favor, Elliot.

I Want You
To Take This Box,

And I Want You
To Keep It,

Because That Way,
You'll Always Know

That Somebody's Lookin' Out
For You And Your Mommy, Ok?

Damn Him.

All Right. Ok.

Listen, Go, Uh--

Why Don't You Go Wait
In The Car Or Somethin'.

I Have To Talk
To Your Mom, Ok?

Thank You,
Professor.

Well, If I Felt
Stupid Before,

I Really
Feel Stupid Now.

He Really Got Accepted
To Archfield Academy?

Yeah.

Yeah. That Much Is True.

That's Good.
Hmm.

That's Good.
I'm Proud Of Him,

And I'm Still
Paying For It.

You Don't Have To
Do That, Ricky.

I Know.
That's Why I'm Doing It.

And For The Record,
After That First Night,

I Wasn't Gonna
Go Through With It,

But Then You
Just Surprised Me.

And I Started
Wishing It Was True.

My Grandma Used To Say,
"Wish Again,

'Cause You Got Bad Luck
On That Last One."

There's Another Reason Why
You Keep Getting Drawn Here.

I Think It's What
You're Really Mad About.

You Wanted More Time,

And You Were Mad At Him,
Because He Always Promised
That There Would Be More.

It's Not His Fault.

Well, I Don't Have
To Guess Who You're
Talking To, Do I?

Hello, Kate.

Hi.

She Says Hi.

I Don't Want You
To Be Mad At Me,

But I--I Can't Stand
The Thought

Of That Little Boy
Not Getting What He Needs,

Whether He's My Son Or Not.

She Doesn't
Seem Angry.

I'm Sorry The Guy I Was
Didn't Wanna Have Kids.

It's 'Cause
I Was Selfish.

I Just Wanted You
All For Myself.

Think I Needed To Believe
That Elliot Was
My Son, Because...

I Don't Have You Anymore.

I'm Sorry
I Didn't Forgive You.

I Forgive You.

But I Couldn't Before,

Because I Wasn't Ready
To Let You Go.

Oh, Crap.

You See It, Don't You?

Yeah.

It's Magnificent.

Tell Him I Said
I Still Love Him...

And I Think He'll
Make A Wonderful
Father Someday.

I Promise.

Good-Bye, Rick.

Tell Him He
Should Put His Ring
In The Sock Drawer.

That Way,
When He Opens It,

He'll Think Of Me
Every Now And Again.

Hey, Mel. I'm Home.

Wow. You've Got The...

Wedding China Out.
What's, Uh--

What's The Occasion?

Just Celebrating Life.
That's All.

Look, I'm Sorry
About Today. I--

I'm Not Mad If That's
What This Is About.

No. It's Not,
Not At All. I...

Was Just Thinking
About What You Said,

And You're Right.
I Mean...

We Never Know
What's Gonna Happen.

Wait A Minute.
Are You Saying
What I Think You're Saying?

Let's Have A Baby.

Uh, Look, Don't Do This
Just For Me. I'm--

No. It's For Us.

Life Is Too Short.
You Know?

What The Hell
Are We Waiting For?

Oh, God, I Love You.

I Love You.

Oh. Don't Answer It.

Oh, No. It's Carl.

I Told Him To Come By.
He Wanted To--

Ok. All Right.
I'm--All Right.

Look, I'm Gonna Go
In The Shower.

Hold This Whole...

Hey.
Hi.

Uh, Look, I'm Sorry.
This Is It,

Everything I Could
Find On Your Father,
Which Isn't Much.

Sorry I Couldn't Find More.

Are You Ok?

Um, Sorry.
It's Chilly Tonight.

Here.

What Are These Numbers?

I Don't Know. Must Have
Pulled An Old File Folder.

It's Not My Handwriting.

Carl, I Just Saw You
Write Them Down.

I'm Sorry, Mel.
I Have No Idea
What You're Talkin' About.

Good Night.

Good Night.