7th Heaven s06e21 Episode Script

Holy War (1)

We're here to go over the final preparations for your wedding ceremony tomorrow.
The wedding ceremony that will forever bond you to my lovely and only daughter until death.
Death.
- Any second thoughts? - Dad.
I thought you were okay with Matt and me and the wedding? Who's not okay? I just asked a question.
- I can't ask a question? - Dad.
So it looks like you two are gonna go through with this.
Alrighty then, moving on.
I wanna thank you for including me, Richard.
I mean, I know that Matt and Sarah have agreed to have you marry them in your synagog, and it would have been easy to leave me out, but instead you've graciously included me in the ceremony.
You know what? The more, the merrier.
Hey, you know what I did? I took the liberty of typing out an outline of the wedding ceremony for each of you so that we all can be on the same page, so to speak.
First, we'll start with the opening remarks.
And, hey, I'll handle that.
Then I'll bless the couple and I'll explain the huppah.
And then I perform this sort of general blessing, which is called the Shehecheyanu, and then comes the rabbi's remarks.
I'll do those because I'm the rabbi.
And then I will do the blessing over the wine.
I'll take that.
And then you two exchange vows, which will be led by me.
And then you exchange the rings, which is lovely, and that will be led by me again.
And you're almost halfway home.
Yeah, you light the candle, I'll do the seven wedding blessings, then I'll do the pronouncement and the benediction, and I'll explain the Yuhood.
And then, Matt, you break the glass.
And then God help us all, well, you two will be married.
I'm sorry, I thought this was gonna be an interfaith ceremony? - Oh, it is.
- But you just described a You know, a typical Jewish wedding ceremony.
So, what makes it interfaith? My daughter isn't marrying a Jew.
It doesn't get more interfaith than that.
What am I supposed to do? You hold the candle.
The candle that Matt and Sarah light during the ceremony.
And it's beautiful, the candle.
It's sacred.
It's handmade.
- I don't say anything.
- You hold the candle.
I don't do anything.
You hold the candle.
I'm sorry, is there a problem? No, no problem.
Good.
Ah.
Dad, you have to give Matt's father more to do than hold a candle.
You know, this isn't a good sign, you know.
Matt having you fight his father's battles for him.
This isn't a battle.
It's a wedding.
Sure you wanna go through with this? You got me.
It's all a joke.
I'm not getting married.
Matt and I are just big practical jokers, and we thought we'd have fun tormenting our families for three months.
Gotcha.
Don't tease your father.
You know I don't like that.
Then don't ask ridiculous questions.
I love Matt.
I'm marrying Matt.
And I think that unless you're trying to cause trouble by leaving Matt's dad out of the ceremony, that you'll find it in your heart, in that big, beautiful, generous heart of yours, to give Reverend Camden something else to do besides holding a candle.
Well, I know that we're short an usher.
But No, no, no.
All right, I'll see what I can do.
I have gotta get to work.
Please, just tell me what I did.
I have to have done something.
In the past week you haven't returned my calls.
I've been busy.
I've got school.
I've got work.
I'm not in training anymore.
I'm a flight attendant.
I know that.
And you're a fireman.
And maybe I didn't call because our schedules just don't match up.
Is it our schedules or us? I don't have time for this.
What about Matt's wedding? I'm gonna be there.
I'm flying in tonight.
I thought you wanted me to take you.
Are you trying to break up with me? All I'm trying to do is get to work.
I'll call you later and we'll talk, I promise.
- If you just tell me what you want - I wanna get to work.
Okay.
I'll go.
But eventually you're gonna have to tell me what's going on.
No, no, no.
I said lilies of the valley, not calla lilies.
Calla lilies equal death.
Lilies of the valley equal life.
This is a wedding.
We want life.
Give me life.
Oh, hi, Rosina, I just stopped by to see if I can help or No, thank you, Annie.
Tradition.
The bride's family takes care of the wedding.
Besides, you have the rehearsal dinner.
You know, I was just planning something sort of simple.
A pot luck in our backyard tonight.
It's sort of tradition at the church, with the savings passed onto the groom for expenses.
- That is a wonderful tradition.
- Yeah.
- Oh, you're new, right? - Yes, ma'am.
I heard they're planning on serving pork spring rolls as appetizers.
Why don't you go and ask the guy with the yarmulke why you don't serve pork to Jews? Thanks.
You know this will be my first rehearsal dinner? How is that possible? Well, in Richard's and my family we don't have rehearsals, so the dinner the night before is just dinner.
It's a Jewish thing, you know.
Rabbis don't believe brides and grooms should rehearse.
So no rehearsal means no rehearsal dinner.
In my family, rehearsal dinner's very big and important.
You know, it's the first time that the families get together and, you know, you wanna make a good impression.
You want everyone to have a good time.
No.
I am so looking forward to this dinner tonight and meeting Eric's and your family.
And I can't wait for you to meet my parents.
Richard's parents can't be here until tomorrow.
But still, we'll have plenty of family for you to meet.
We don't need a soup bowl.
Look at you.
I mean, I don't know how you do it.
Me, I'm a mess.
And I have a day to go, but you Rehearsal dinner's a lot smaller than a reception.
Well, still, dinner in your backyard for 100 people.
Kosher dinner for 100 people.
One hundred people? Richard and I both come from pretty large families.
But we only included aunts and uncles and nieces and nephews for the dinner.
One hundred people.
That's not a problem, is it? No.
No problem.
In fact, I was expecting 200.
So this is half as much for me to do.
How do you do it? I don't know.
He has to choose me.
I'm clearly the best man to be his best man.
Matt doesn't have a best man? He's been really busy lately.
He's probably just forgotten to tell me that he wants me to be his best man.
- But it is the day before the wedding.
- I know.
- He needs to hurry up and tell me.
- But what if? I'm just saying, maybe Matt has forgotten to tell you he asked someone else.
- Maybe you should ask him.
- I don't wanna seem like I'm begging.
He should tell me.
What, you didn't think he'd ask? No, but Look, you're like family.
And we like you.
We're all glad that you're living here, but I'm the actual brother.
You know, if anyone's gonna be Matt's best man, it's gonna be me.
You see, this best-man stuff, it's a brother thing.
You know, when Matt asks me to be his best man, it'll be like he's passing the older-brother baton.
And I'm ready to run with it.
Me.
Not you.
Hello, kitty, Mommy's home.
Now that Matt is leaving, I am reclaiming what was once mine.
This room and all the kitties I can see.
You can move to the garage.
You've always wanted the garage.
Do you remember when everyone wanted the garage? I never wanted the garage.
This room feels like home to me.
Well, because it is home.
My home.
So, sorry, but I'm not leaving.
Now hold on.
I like you and I'm glad you live here, but if you think that I'm going to continue to share a crowded attic room with Mary and Lucy while you, a non-Camden, will get the luxury of enjoying a spacious room all by yourself, you've got another think coming.
You can't kick me out of my own room.
Ouch.
No matter how much I like you, I just can't pick up and move to Glenoak.
My family's in Buffalo.
My job is in Buffalo.
I wanna be with you, but I can't just give up my life.
So I should give up my life and move to Buffalo? I didn't say that.
But it would be nice if you considered it.
I already used up my one "Give up my life and move across the country for the man I love" trip on Jeremy.
I can't do it again.
Well, you can't ask me to do something that you're not willing to do yourself.
- Are you still there? - Yes.
I'm still here in Glenoak without you.
I have to go.
I have to get dressed and get to the airport to pick up my grandparents.
They're coming in for Matt's wedding.
Matt's wedding, the wedding I invited you to, but you said you were too busy to attend.
I didn't say "busy.
" I said I had to work.
I can't come out to Glenoak every weekend.
Can't or won't? Hang up before one of us says something we're gonna regret.
I agree.
Hey.
I got a message that you wanted to see me.
Yeah, yeah.
Have a seat.
By the way, you're looking at the Koufax of stickball.
Please, sit down.
Good to see you.
Um, you know, if this is about my dad, you should know he's okay with the candle-holding thing.
Oh, no, no, no.
This has nothing to do with your dad.
This is about you.
You know, you've talked a lot about converting, you know, to Judaism.
Are you ready? Uh, yes.
Yes, I am.
Well, I've been doing a lot of thinking, and if you really are ready to convert, I'm thinking, why not do it tomorrow before the wedding ceremony? You know, make it like a double wedding, you know.
Marrying my daughter and my religion all on the same day.
Is that even possible? Well, you know, even if my synagog was conservative, you know, or orthodox, once you make the decision to convert, it's still that simple three-part process.
You got the demilah, the Kaballah Mitzvot and, of course, the mikvah.
But now that you've been taking all your conversion courses, you know that in Reform Judaism, those things are optional.
So really, all that's required from you is basically a public pledge that you'll enter into a covenant with God, you'll establish a Jewish home, of course, and, you know, you'll stay active in the synagog.
And, hey, what's more public than a wedding? Your wedding.
I guess I just hadn't thought I could do it this quickly.
Well, you can.
I mean, the only thing that you'd have to question is whether you wanna do it or not.
So, what do you say? You need to take Robbie and Simon and the boys and go pick up their tuxedos.
I just got back from seeing Sarah's father.
Look, today at the synagog, I know I was a little upset, but I just want you to know I'll do whatever you want.
I'll be the best candle holder that synagog ever saw.
Sarah's father has worked it out so that tomorrow before Sarah and I get married, I can convert and I'm gonna do it.
What? I thought you weren't gonna address this issue until later, maybe when you and Sarah had children or after I was dead.
Well, I have my reasons and I'm ready to do this.
You can't seriously think that in less than four months, you've studied and researched Judaism, a religion that's thousands of years old, well enough to convert.
Well, I've been going to temple with Sarah and her family every Saturday since Sarah and I got engaged.
And I've been attending conversion classes, and Oh, well, I didn't know that you'd been to temple 15 times and taken some classes.
Well, why didn't you say so? Of course you're ready to convert.
Just for your information, converting just for marriage is wrong.
Ask Sarah's father, he'll agree with me.
Just tell me why you have to be the one to give up your religion? Why not her? No, why anybody? Why now? I better talk to Richard, minister to rabbi.
What? If I can get Rabbi Glass to agree with me, will you hold off on your decision until you've had some time to think about it? Dad, promise me you'll stay out of this and you will not talk to Rabbi Glass about me converting.
This is none of your business.
Dad, please.
Promise.
Stay out of this.
Fine, I won't say anything.
Except that you're wrong.
We're ready to go.
Okay, let's go.
So, Matt, have you decided on a best man yet? Oh, yeah, thanks for reminding me.
John's out of town so do you want to do it? Well, yes or no? Yeah, I guess.
All right.
Come on.
Mom told me Matt's going to convert tomorrow before the wedding.
Yeah, yeah.
Isn't that great news? Yeah.
First, leaving Matt's dad out of the wedding and now this.
What are you up to? What am I doing? Am I twisting any arms here? No.
I made a suggestion and Matt agreed.
This is Matt's decision, not mine, honey.
Okay, Dad.
If you're helping Matt to convert tomorrow purely because you think that he is totally committed to it and ready to enter into a covenant between God and Jewish people, then good.
But if, like I suspect, you're only doing this as a last-ditch effort to try to cause some sort of drama that might cause my wedding not to happen Well, if that's the case, then let me tell you, Abraham himself isn't going to be able to protect you from my wrath.
I'm dead.
You're looking at a dead woman and a stupid woman.
A stupid dead woman.
Bad day, honey? When Sarah said just immediate family for the rehearsal dinner, well, I thought that meant her, her parents and her grandparents.
It doesn't? Her immediate family has 100 people.
We can't have 100 people in our backyard.
And pot luck for 100 people? Oh, I'm sorry, kosher potluck.
Is there even such a thing as that? The stupid part is, I didn't plan on kosher.
I just I just What have I done? - It's not that big a deal.
- It's a huge deal.
Its the first time for extended family to get together.
I'm not gonna mess up.
I think we all remember dinner at Richard and Rosina's.
I think we all remember my kugel.
My salty, unkosher, made-Rosina-cry kugel.
I almost broke the family up with one dish.
Imagine what I can do with an entire meal.
Well, why don't you just tell Rosina you weren't expecting 100 people? Maybe she can lighten the list for you.
You want me to ask her to pick people from her family? This is a rehearsal dinner.
It's not a lottery.
- So, what are you gonna do? - The only thing I can do.
Change the party.
I'm gonna call the pool hall, find a kosher chef.
I'm gonna do whatever I have to do, because I am not gonna ruin this dinner with the Glasses.
So how did things go at the synagog today? All I get to do is hold a stinking candle.
Oh, and Matt's gonna convert tomorrow before the ceremony.
Okay.
Well, I'm gonna go change, and then I have phone calls to make.
I probably don't need to say this, but remember you said you were gonna let Matt be an adult and live his own life.
So let him live his own life.
If he wants to convert, let him do it.
It's wrong.
Well, so is trying to stop him.
What are you doing? Robbie's moving to the garage so I can have my room back.
Oh, that's nice.
Yeah, isn't it? - Hello? - Hi, Lucy, it's Ben.
Hi.
I'm surprised to hear from you.
I need to talk to you about Mary.
Okay.
Ever since she finished her training, she's been pushing me away.
I think she wants to break up with me.
Has she said anything to you? No, she hasn't.
Do you have any idea what could be going through her mind? Maybe she's waiting for you to take some action that will prove to her that you're willing to be with her no matter what.
Maybe she's waiting for you to make the relationship more serious.
Maybe she's waiting for you to give up something to be with her instead of always having to be the one to give up something to be with the man she loves.
Maybe I'm talking about me and Kevin and not you and Mary.
Do you think your brother loves me? It's a pretty big question.
You're right.
I shouldn't have asked.
I know he really cares for you.
I just don't know if he's willing to move across the country for you.
Do you think he wants to break up with me? You know, because of the long-distance thing? Kevin hasn't said anything to me about breaking up with you.
This isn't fair.
You called me for help.
Maybe Mary's like you.
Maybe she wants a commitment, but she doesn't wanna ask for it.
So, what are you gonna do? Make a commitment.
Bye, Lucy.
Bye.
Matt.
I can take the guys home.
See you at the house.
I don't need anything from you, thank you very much.
I'll take the bus.
It's okay.
- Here you go.
- Come on, guys.
- What's wrong? - I talked to my dad.
I know what you're planning on doing tomorrow.
You don't have to do it.
You should take more time and think about it.
It's your religion we're talking about.
I don't need any more time.
I'm ready now.
I've just been waiting for my dad to get used to the idea, but I don't think that's gonna happen.
Matt, I love you, but I can't ask you to give up your religion for me when I know I could never give up my religion for you.
No, you never asked me to.
This has always been my idea from the beginning.
And maybe in some crazy way, even though my dad's not ready for it and your dad only asked me to cause some kind of problem, it's right.
Yes, I'm smarter than I look.
Now, maybe converting will actually bring our families together.
Because we'll be together.
You and me, one life, one religion.
- Isn't our wedding enough to deal with? - Gonna have to deal with it sometime, and like they say, there's no time like the present, right? You don't think that this is going to affect our wedding? Stop talking about the wedding and me converting and start focusing on the important things, like our second honeymoon.
I thought we can't solve all of our problems with sex.
I'm willing to try.
Look, everything will be fine.
- Promise.
- Promise.
Rosina let me in.
Oh, hey.
Oh, well, I expected you.
Now, I told Matt I'd stay out of it, but I can't.
Let me guess.
It's the holding of the candle or Matt converting? Smart money's on conversion.
Matt is only changing religions to please you, and your wife and Sarah.
And we both know if that's true, then he shouldn't convert, right? Conversion is supposed to be a matter of personal conviction.
You don't do it to please someone.
It shouldn't be the result of undue pressures from another person or persons.
Pressure? Ahem.
Pressure? With all due respect, we would not be in this situation if your son did not pressure my daughter into an engagement before she had any time to figure out the impact that this would have on her life, my family's life.
Oh, if I remember correctly, it was your daughter who asked my son out for coffee.
So if anybody's pressuring anybody, she pressured him.
Yeah, but she's not the type to just run off and get engaged, okay? That was all Matt.
And by the way, I think that was the period - when Matt was hunting for wives.
- Hunting? Hunting, shopping, looking.
I don't know.
Whatever you call it.
All I know is that my daughter is just an innocent bystander.
Innocent.
I don't think so.
Your daughter is as much to blame for this engagement as Matt.
Now, I think not, my friend.
Matt is not ready to convert.
Well, my daughter is not ready to get married.
- Neither is Matt.
- Then why are they getting married? I'll tell you why.
Because your son forced my daughter into it, that's why.
- Take that back.
- I don't think so.
This wedding should not go forward.
Oh, mazeltov.
- We finally agree on something.
- Fine.
- Fine.
- The wedding's cancelled.
- I agree.
- Thank God.
The next time I talk to him, I will.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, boy.
Was the bus running slow today? I told you you should have ridden with us.
You and I should talk.
I have nothing to say to you or Matt.
Fine.
Then I'm gonna take the boys upstairs and get them cleaned up.
No, I'm gonna take my brothers upstairs and get them cleaned up.
My brothers.
Mine.
No, no, no.
We want Robbie.
Robbie, Robbie.
Robbie, Robbie.
I didn't do anything.
Come on.
It's not my fault.
I didn't ask Matt, Matt asked me.
But you said yes.
You knew how I felt and you still said yes.
You should have said no.
It doesn't matter what Matt did.
What matters is what you did.
Let's face it, you wanna be his best man.
That's why you didn't say no.
You only wanted to after I told you I wanted to because you realised the significance of it.
You're not really part of this family, and being best man won't change that.
Why are you acting this way? Because you're trying to steal my role, and I'm not gonna let you do it.
I'm not trying to steal anything or take anyone's place.
I've had that argument with Matt for two years, I'm not gonna continue it with you.
I just want to live here.
I'm sorry Matt asked me and not you, but he did and it doesn't mean anything, okay? I'm just gonna be best man.
You're his brother.
Okay.
Then good luck with the speech.
What speech? The speech you have to make at the reception in front of 200 people.
Oh, and did you confirm Matt and Sarah's honeymoon plans? Did you purchase a gift for the groom? Who's taking the gifts to the reception? Do you know if Matt has the paperwork for the ceremony? Arranged for transportation for you and Matt? Because those are some of the things that the best man is responsible for.
Now, I could help you with the speech, since I've already got a speech written.
But you know what? I don't think so.
You wanna be best man? Go ahead, be best man.
Write your own speech, because you're no longer my My whatever you were.
You're no longer it.
Flight 217 I'm sorry, but can you tell me when the flight from Phoenix is due in? In about two hours.
It got delayed.
I'm waiting for that flight too.
You can wait with me.
If you're waiting for your husband, fiancé or boyfriend, I'm gonna be very unhappy.
I'm waiting for my grandparents.
I'm Doug.
I'm Lucy.
Who stole my room? I told you, I wanted my room back, so I took my room back.
Where's all my stuff? I moved it to your new home.
The garage apartment.
Of course, if you feel more comfortable, I took the liberty of saving the rental section of the paper.
Why are you doing this? I want things to be like they were.
And some things will never be like they were.
But I can turn my room back into how it was.
And what it was, was a room that didn't have you in it.
- You can't be serious.
- I am.
So if you don't mind Hello? - Annie? - Julie.
I'm sorry, I won't be able to make your rehearsal dinner tonight.
Oh, but I rented the pool hall, and I've hired a kosher caterer and someone to decorate.
Annie, I'm having the baby.
Great.
Congratulations.
Do you need me or Eric to come to the hospital? No, no, no.
You have the rehearsal dinner and the wedding.
We'll call you later.
We have to go.
I'm not delivering this baby at home.
I wanna deliver it at the hospital like a normal doctor.
Sure you don't need me to do anything? Hank says everything will be fine.
Everything is gonna be fine.
Now say goodbye, Julie.
Goodbye, Julie.
Hello? - Annie? Ginger.
Oh, Lucy already left for the airport.
Uh, your father and I might be a little late.
I don't want you to worry.
Worry about what? Now airport security is out looking for him.
I'm sure he just wandered away, but, well, I don't know if we're gonna make our flight today.
What are you talking about? I lost your father.
Mary.
Ben, what are you doing here? I wanted to give you something.
What is this? It's my high-school ring.
I didn't have time to get you a engagement ring.
Did you say engagement ring? I love you and I know you love me.
And I want you to be my wife.
Mary Camden, will you marry me? Way to go.
My God.
I think this is the part where you say, "Yes, Ben, I love you too.
I will marry you.
" I'm sorry, Ben.
I don't wanna get married.
Then what do you want? I want you to go home.
Isn't that bad luck for me to see you before the wedding? I've been looking for you.
I was in my final fitting when Mom called to tell me that - What? Tell you what? - Your father cancelled our wedding.
And my dad said he agreed.
So it's cancelled.
They can't cancel our wedding.
Yet they did.
Where's Mom? She left for the pool hall.
You can't call off my wedding, and you can't stop me from converting.
Dad, you have to let me live my life.
Okay, live your life.
Get married.
Just don't convert.
I know this is not about religion.
This is about you not wanting to let me grow up, but Oh, no, no, no.
This is about religion.
I don't want you to convert.
And just so you know, it's not because you want to convert to Judaism.
Any other religion, I would have the same reaction.
And not because I think our religion is better.
But because you can't make a decision as big as changing your faith this quickly.
If you weren't getting married, you wouldn't think about it.
Dad, you can't stop me.
Are you really gonna do this tomorrow? - Convert? - Yes.
Then it'll have to be without me.
You know, I'm sorry, but I think I just heard you tell me you weren't coming to my wedding.
Maybe if I don't go it'll give you some pause and you'll rethink your decision.
I can't believe you'd do this to me.
Someday, you'll thank me.
You're assuming that someday I'll be talking to you again.
Oh, you know, tell Mom I'm sorry, but I think under the circumstances, Sarah and I will skip the rehearsal dinner.
I don't think I wanna be around you right now.
Listen, Sarah, I have tried to make peace with you marrying Matt since the day you brought him home.
But I have to tell you, in my heart of hearts, regardless of how in love that the both of you are, I do not think that you can rise above your differences and get through medical school and make this marriage work.
And that's why I agree with Eric that the wedding should be cancelled.
And not for me.
No, no, no.
For you and for Matt.
Because you both deserve a future without these big, huge roadblocks in front of it.
Sarah, you're a Jew, Matt's a Christian.
Big, huge roadblocks.
Dad, I'm not cancelling my wedding.
- I am marrying Matt tomorrow.
- Then do it without me.
- What? - I never should've told you that I could.
Really, quite frankly, you know, I never thought that you and Matt would make it this far.
Dad, you are not doing this.
You are not refusing to marry me the day before my wedding.
I'm sorry.
I don't believe in the marriage.
And it would be wrong of me as a rabbi and as a father to marry a couple that I truly believe shouldn't be together.
Dad.
Start calling everybody.
The wedding is cancelled.
What about Annie? What about the rehearsal dinner? Forget about it.
The wedding is cancelled.
Period.
Oh, please do something.
If Dad doesn't marry us tomorrow, then he's asking me to choose between him and Matt.
And if I have to choose Oh, just do something, Mom.
Your attention, please.
All passengers holding boarding passes for flight to New York City I'm guessing the answer was no.
I told you not to give her that stupid class ring.
I don't understand.
I thought this is what Mary wanted.
For me to make a commitment to her.
What are you gonna do now? What are you gonna do about Lucy? If I give in and move to Glenoak, won't I be starting a pattern of always being the one in the relationship who gives things up? All I know is, if you love her don't give her up.
Do you love Mary? I just humiliated myself in front of a bunch of strangers.
Yep, you're in love.
So, what are we gonna do about these women we're in love with? Well, I don't know about you, but I'm gonna get on a plane tonight and fly back to Glenoak.
I'm gonna crash her brother's wedding and figure out what's going on, because God help me, I do love her, and I will not let her go.
Why don't you buy two tickets? I'll call the station, see if they can get a replacement for me.
You're coming with me? We're brothers, aren't we? We're brothers in love with a couple of nuts.
Flight 55 air shuttle to Rochester Flight number 72 to Seattle is now boarding at Gate That was my dad.
They found my grandfather at the Phoenix airport, but he couldn't get a flight in tonight.
So are you gonna have to leave now? I could stay and keep you company.
I mean, you kept me company.
How is it that you don't have a boyfriend? I do have a boyfriend, kind of.
He's in Buffalo and I'm in Glenoak.
Long distance.
Relationship killer.
He wants me to move to Buffalo.
So you can enjoy those balmy, gentle winters, huh? Well, I'm a local guy.
That's one in my favour, right? And I'm single.
So that's two in my favour.
I like Kevin.
That's the guy in Buffalo.
You didn't say love.
You said like.
Now that's three in my favour.
When I get to five, I'm asking you out.
I'm gonna go get us two coffees, and hopefully when I get back, you'll give me a chance to get to five.
I'll give you a chance.
Would you like to go to a wedding with me? Isn't that a bit sudden? No, not our wedding.
My brother's wedding.
- I don't have a date.
- What about the guy in Buffalo? He's in Buffalo, right? Come on, just tell me why, when I know you love Ben, you said no when he asked you to marry him? I'm sorry, did you want apple juice or orange juice? I wanna know why you said no.
Was it his parents? Look, I don't know why I said no, okay? I don't.
Were you scared? Stay out of it.
I'm not scared.
Maybe I am.
Maybe I finally got my life together, and the last thing I need is a guy that I love so much that I'd be willing to give anything up to be with him.
Now, maybe I don't wanna give anything up.
Maybe I wanna keep everything I have.
Ben never asked you to give up anything.
See, but first they ask you to get married, or get more serious with them.
And then they ask you to give up things.
And then you're so in love with them, you just do it.
And I already did that.
I don't wanna do it anymore.
So are you saying you're gonna break up with him? I don't know.
You know, that's true.
Sometimes when you love a man, you have to give up something to keep him.
What did you ever give up for me? Who said I was talking about you? Hey.
Boy, I am so glad that Matt asked me to be in the wedding party.
And, Annie, this party is great.
Just great.
The food, excellent.
The borscht? Well, the borscht is just like what I used to eat when I lived in a kibbutz right outside of Tel Aviv.
I lived in Israel for a couple of years.
It was a long time ago.
I was young and in love, and Did you guys know that Tel Aviv is considered the San Francisco of the Middle East? Okay, guess not.
Well, you know, I don't know if Matt told you, but you really have me to thank for him marrying Sarah.
Matt told me that he wanted to get married.
And I told him, "Hey, marry her.
She's cute.
" Next thing you know, he does it.
Kid is nuts.
I love him.
Where is Matt and Sarah and? Everyone else? You didn't throw this party for me, did you? I mean, if you did, very touched.
Is there something wrong? If you don't mind my saying so, the family looks a little off tonight.
Robbie is not family and he's not taking Matt's place.
You're not taking Matt's place.
For the last time, I'm not trying to take anyone's place.
Why don't you just move out? I think that would be best for everyone.
You can't kick me out of the place I've called home the past two years.
I'd like to introduce you to a little friend of mine I like to call reality.
Hello? I've already kicked you out.
I'm just waiting for you to leave.
He's leaving and I'm taking my room back.
I guess it's just me.
Because everything here looks right as rain.
Yikes.
And let's dance.
Okay.
I know why Mary and Lucy and Hank and Julie aren't here.
I know why the Colonel and Ruth aren't here.
I know why Ginger and my dad aren't here.
What I don't know is where Matt and Sarah are.
Or where Rabbi Glass and Rosina are.
And where the rest of Sarah's family is.
What did you do? And will I be able to forgive you when I find out what you did? I had a fight with Rabbi Glass and we kind of cancelled the wedding.
And then I had a fight with Matt where I kind of told him that even if there was a wedding, I couldn't be there.
Because I know in my heart that Matt and Sarah getting married is wrong because the wedding is the reason Matt wants to convert.
- You didn't.
- I did.
And I'm right.
And no matter what you say, I will not change my mind.
I will not attend Matt's wedding.

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