A Million Little Things (2018) s02e17 Episode Script

Jon, when you left us
Hey, it's Jon. Do me a favor.
Love each other.
our world came crashing down.
What is this?
You spoke at his funeral!
I trusted you!
- But somehow
- This is for you.
we found ways to heal
- Finally did it. I quit my job!
- to move on
It doesn't have to mean anything.
Just have some fun.
to find ourselves.
Of course I'm still
interested in the fellowship.
I would love to do it.
Your Aunt Lindsay's an alcoholic,
and I have the same problem.
Since I've been sober,
I've been thinking a lot.
Do you remember the lake house?
You ever wonder why we stopped going?
Doesn't mean we don't miss you.
You keep saying that you need
to know who you are without cancer.
Maybe I need to figure out
who I am without you.
I just wish I could've
been there for you
I didn't stay by your side
and Rutledge you through chemo
so you could piss your life away.
the way you were for us.
You're gonna beat this.
Jon, after this game,
why don't you take it easy, okay?
Here comes Kyrie.
And from way downtown
Bang! And the crowd goes wild!
Whoa, dude. Your IV.
Oh, and he steals the ball!
Would you stop moving, please?
Hey, you're running out of time.
What?
Well, if I can get this back in,
you'll have more time, alright?
Oh!
- What is this?
- Tatum sets the moving pick.
Why is this not
Phone charger?
Jon, this isn't
Mendez moves the ball down court
Oh, but he gets trapped in the corner!
- This isn't gonna work, man.
- What's he gonna do?
There's 10 seconds left.
Can he get the shot?
I need some help in here!
Somebody help me!
Eight
Seven, six,
five, four, three
- Is this really what you want?
- two, one.
Too late, Gary.
- No. No.
- It's over.
Maggie, wait!
I
Jon. Jon?!
Hey, it's Jon.
I was hoping to speak to you,
not just leave a message,
but, uh
I just need you to do me a favor.
Love each other.
Is that the voicemail again?
Eddie, you have
to stop torturing yourself.
I don't think I should go
to this dinner for Jon tonight.
Of course you should! It's been a year.
Delilah wants everyone there.
Well, Sophie doesn't.
She's barely talked to me in months.
She just
needs more time.
Yeah, I guess.
Hey, you look great.
- Oh, yeah?
- You ready for your interview?
I thought you were gonna
wear the pinstripes.
I was. But Charlie thought
this would be better.
Oh, yeah? How'd she tell you that?
- She spit up all over the other one.
- Ah.
But that's okay, Charlie,
'cause you were totally right.
All hail Pharaoh Theo!
What is happening?
It's for his biography presentation.
He picked King Tut.
He was only 9 years old when he ruled.
Back then, the laws were a lot looser.
I was clearly born at the wrong time.
Oh, that must be Darcy and Liam.
Liam, the purpose of the knock
is for them to let you in.
We're here!
- Liam, shoes.
- Hey, Darcy.
- Liam's here!
- Oh, hey. Cool hat.
- Hey, Theo.
- Thanks again for watching the kids.
- Sure. No problem.
- I got to run.
Hey.
You got this. Crush it.
Totally crush it.
Consider it crushed.
Okay, this is
gonna be a little awkward
but it's better that you're
hearing this from a friend
You're white.
You cannot pull off those shoes.
Don't worry about the parking.
Dad, I'm picking you up
and taking you there.
Dude, hurry up and get off the phone.
We're making fun of Ed's shoes.
Pops, we talked about this.
You are going.
I-I'm picking you up at noon.
- Your dad, huh?
- Yeah.
I'm taking him to his first
therapy session later.
That shrink is gonna need a shrink.
Gentlemen,
I am glad we are doing this today.
- Yeah, man.
- Yeah, me too.
And if Jon were here,
I know exactly what he'd do.
He would huddle us in a circle,
and he'd say,
"What in the hell are those?"
I told you.
What? They're cool!
Yeah, like, on Nick Cannon.
Mr. Mendez. Texting, or you playing?
Oh, he's playing. Just a different game.
Last night, he went one-on-one
with the cashier from
that new laser tag place,
which we can now never go to.
Wait, you got her number
while you were
chaperoning Theo's playdate?
- Look, I
- May I field this one?
Theo's friend's mom scored the digits.
You got a mom to do your dirty work?
- I know.
- It's whack, right?
"Digits"?
"Whack"?
This is why you can't wear those shoes.
You know what?
Am I doing this right?
Honestly?
Sure.
Just crank evenly.
Okay.
Evenly.
I thought I was.
Hi!
- Hi.
- Hi!
I just dropped by
to see if I could help.
Perfect timing.
She's tagging in.
- Mwah.
- You know what? This is good.
I actually need to take
care of some stuff at work.
But I will be back tonight.
Thank you.
And thank you all for being here.
It means a lot to me and the kids.
Even though he's gone,
Jon's still bringing us together.
I'm sorry, D. Uh, I didn't mean to
What? No. No, no, no, no. It's not you.
No. It's just, um Just the whole day.
I'm gonna go, uh, get some dishes.
- D?
- Yeah, let me.
You just, uh, stay here
and crank evenly.
Mm-hmm. That's right.
How'd the job interview go?
They made me an offer in the room.
Well, don't sound so excited.
There's something that
one of the partners said
that bugged me.
He said, "You know, it'll be good
to have someone like you on the team."
Oh, God, and let me guess.
He had no idea how offensive that was.
None.
I just feel like I'm going
out of the frying pan
into another frying pan.
Well, if you don't think
it's gonna make you happy,
hold out for something else.
I'm sorry.
Today's not the day to talk about this.
Hey.
A year ago, our friend killed himself.
I can't think of a better time
to talk about our happiness.
How are the kids doing?
Sometimes I feel
they're stronger than I am.
Oh, and if today wasn't hard enough,
guess who texted while
we were at the cemetery?
- Miles.
- Okay.
Yeah, admittedly, not the best timing.
You think?
It was supposed to be a one-night thing.
I don't know why he's texting.
Oh, that's because Millennials
prefer texting over phone calls.
Exactly. He's way too young for me.
Our lives are completely different.
Yeah, 'cause his life is
texting a beautiful woman,
and your life is ignoring a hot man.
Whatever happened
to having a little fun?
I'm not sure I'm ready to move on.
Well, if you're not ready, that's fine.
But if it's because
you feel guilty or
you think you don't deserve it,
I don't accept that.
That's That's got to be the worst
I think I've ever seen you play.
- He's gonna think
- It's the shoes!
- You see what you did?
- Sorry.
Hey, uh
I had that dream about
him again last night.
There were some fun
new additions this time.
Maggie was there.
Leaving me again. It was awesome.
And the chemo machine was
plugged in with a-a phone charger.
Come on! No jokes about me dumping women
for leaving phone chargers at my place?
If you recall, Jon was all
over that last time we saw him.
A year ago, I called you out
for not quitting a job that you hated
and you for staying
in a loveless marriage.
Congratulations. You both did it.
You you
you both turned your life around.
Me?
Nothing's changed.
Still pissing my life away.
Gary, don't say that. Come on.
I am incapable of real emotion.
Although, to be fair,
emotion can be dangerous.
Just ask the guy who offed himself.
Oh, wait, we can't.
- Whoa.
- Dude.
Careful what you say. Last person who
questioned my life decisions
ended up killing themself.
So bust my balls,
then find a tall building
to throw yourselves off of.
There's my angry friend.
Where's Rome?
He's driving his dad to therapy.
He should've taken me with him.
Sorry about all that.
Believe me.
I get it.
I dreamt about him last week.
That guy gets around.
Yeah, I don't remember much,
but it was weird.
We were on a boat, and I was drinking
Mm.
Hey, grab me another beer, will you?
You know I can't do that.
Fine.
I'll just get it myself.
Jon?
Jon!
Jon!
Jon!
Aah! Jon!
Just grab my hand!
Right Grab my hand!
When I finally got ahold of him,
it wasn't him.
It was this girl's hand
reaching out to me.
All I remember
is this teal nail polish.
Weird, huh?
Is it?
You know, I don't think you need Freud
to figure this one out.
Who else you feeling guilty about?
A teenage girl maybe?
Sophie. Of course.
And the beer is because
you're an alcoholic.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
Your mom, she loved her hymns.
Yeah, I know, Pop.
But we're gonna miss your
appointment if we don't leave soon.
Good, 'cause I don't even know
what I'm supposed to talk about.
He's just gonna ask you some questions,
and you're gonna have a conversation.
And you'll see
having somebody to talk to is great.
Why can't I talk to Maggie?
At least she's not a stranger.
Not appropriate. Believe me, I've tried.
I like her.
She fought cancer.
That takes guts.
Totally. Let's talk about it in the car.
I read your script.
Found it in your mother's drawer
when I was going through her things.
The cover says "based on a true story".
So, is it true?
The part about you
taking all those pills?
Yeah.
- But I'm in a much better place
- How could you not tell me?
I tried to tell you.
Was that before or after
you decided to write a
whole movie about it?
What do you think I was trying to do
the day that we fixed my sink?
And all you ended up doing
was shaming me for
taking antidepressants.
When we lost your mother,
you said we needed to talk more.
The whole reason I
agreed to see a shrink
was because we were
trying to do things differently.
So you know what?
I'm not going.
Why should I talk to anyone
when you can't even
talk to your own father?
See?
This.
Your reaction is exactly
why I didn't tell you.
You find out that I
I tried to kill myself,
and instead of making
sure that I'm okay,
once again, you attack me.
Talking about Maggie's
brave for fighting cancer?
I'm I'm fighting a disease!
I'm brave, too!
You know what?
Do what you want. Do what you want.
I don't care if you don't go.
I'm done trying to help you.
Mom, Eddie's here.
Uh, hey, ac actually,
can we talk for a second?
I heard you haven't been playing guitar.
Look, all I know is that
during the toughest times of my life,
music was there for me.
And I just don't want you to
give up something that you love
and something that you are so good at.
Well, you're right, Eddie.
Music is an escape.
Or at least it should be.
Except now,
every time I pick up a guitar,
all I think about is you.
It was bad enough
what you did to my dad,
but during all those lessons,
during all those songs,
you were also lying to me.
Soph
Don't.
I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.
I'll talk to her.
She's upset. We
We went to the cemetery this morning.
You still haven't been, have you?
You should go, Eddie. It's time.
- You haven't been since the funeral.
- I know.
It's just
How can I ask for forgiveness from Jon
when his own daughter
won't even forgive me?
Smoothies.
Uh-oh.
To what do I owe the pleasure?
I saw my dad,
and I bought you a smoothie,
and I thought I'd talk to
you while you drank it.
Got you the largest one they had.
Great.
Well, if you don't want the job,
don't take it.
What am I supposed to do? Not work?
You've always talked about
hanging your own shingle.
- Why not now?
- Are you kidding?
We can't afford that.
The startup costs are huge.
We have savings.
And plus, the label's already talking
about pairing me with some new artists.
Eddie, I can't put it all on you.
Yes, you can.
Katherine, after all the years
of supporting my dreams,
let me finally support yours.
For the first time in a very long time,
I've got this. I have got us.
I couldn't believe it.
Well, the truth is,
your dad probably feels guilty.
But that does not
make his response okay.
You came into my life at
just the right moment.
Seriously, I-I do not know
what I would do without you.
Whoa.
Maggie, are you alright?
Oh, God, Maggie, you're not?
No, no, I'm o I'm fine.
I'm healthy. I just
What is the, uh
The rule here
when it's patient-doctor
confidentiality?
For us patients?
Strictly enforced. Why?
I haven't told anyone this yet, but
I got the Oxford Fellowship.
Maggie, that's fantastic!
Isn't it?
Why am I more excited than you are?
Oh, I'm excited.
It's everything I wanted. I just
For the first time in my life, I'm
I'm not sure I want to leave.
You're gonna set the timer?
Woman, this is not my first rodeo.
- Oh, hey!
- Hey.
Thanks for being here. Ohh.
Is that Eddie's, uh,
soccer mom van I saw driving away?
Yeah, he took Katherine
home so she could change.
But hopefully he's coming back, too.
I know I'm early.
Have a beer.
I slept with
this girl I met at laser tag.
And you came early to tell us that?
Yeah, actually.
I mean, I knew I needed to end it.
Probably shouldn't have started it.
But instead of ghosting
her or texting her
Which I've heard some other men do
I showed up like a gentleman
- Nice
- and did it properly. Yeah.
Okay, well, I'm sure
she really appreciated that.
She did. I mean, she's totally fine.
It's me.
I don't know what to do now.
- Um
- Um
You can help with the salad.
No, I mean my life.
I don't know how
I'm gonna fix my life.
So, what prompted
this existential crisis?
Your husband.
He's haunting my dreams now.
Oh.
I wish I had dreams about him.
I never do anymore.
It's almost like he
doesn't want to talk to me.
Oh, uh, pardon me.
Hey, babe. Yeah, how'd it go?
Wait, what do you mean?
What's going on?
Walter!
Walter.
Did you not hear me ring the bell?
If you're here because of what happened,
it wasn't my fault.
He didn't tell me either.
- What?
- I found his suicide note
in a drawer weeks later.
So I get it.
I was upset, too.
But then I got over it
because he needed me.
He needs you, too.
For what?
To be there for him.
I know you love him,
but you make it so
hard for him to see that.
- That's not true.
- Oh, Walter, come on!
It took him 30 years to find out
that you were the one who put
those stars above his bunk bed
when he was a kid.
The dinner we're going to tonight?
It could've just as
easily been for Rome.
Walter, I almost lost my husband.
You almost lost your son.
You know what I think?
I think you're scared to
look too closely at him
because you might end up
seeing yourself there.
I, uh
I heard about you and Eddie.
Yeah, look, I
I don't really want to talk about it.
Great.
I'll talk, then.
I'm mad, too.
What he did was terrible.
But if I let that one thing
undermine everything else
then when he said
that he cared about me,
I don't believe it.
When he said he was my friend,
I don't believe him.
When he said that, uh,
he was looking out for me
I don't believe it.
And yet, somehow, I found a
way to forgive your dad.
You see, Soph, I need to
believe that he loved me, okay?
I need to believe that.
So I will not let that
one thing that he did
undermine all the other things
that he did for me.
You can't let one
mistake define a person.
- Hey, guys. Come on in.
- Hi.
- Hey, Danny.
- Hi.
Cool hat.
Technically it's a headdress.
Yeah, it is!
You know, you get weirder
every time I see you, kid.
Thanks, Uncle Gary.
- You got it.
- Come on.
So, tell me about this headdress.
- Oh, it's a presentation at school.
- Wow.
- Is that Jon's scotch set?
- Hey.
Aww.
After dinner, I thought
we could toast Jon together.
Seems only fitting.
- I'd love that.
- Okay.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Well!
If it isn't Baroness Bloom.
Brought us some crisps, have you?
Why are you doing an English accent?
Oh,
we've been playing "Downton Abbey".
Danny's a big fan.
Oh.
When are those two
getting back together?
No time soon.
Why would you say that?
Um, what? I don't I don't know.
Why Why would you say your thing?
Rome. What do you know?
Things. What do you know?
- Ladies.
- Mm.
Oh, look at you!
Bringing cheese dip,
even though you're lactose intol.
Now, that's a friend.
- Hey.
- So, he bought her a bottle of wine
so that she wouldn't feel
bad about being stood up?
- What's in the bag?
- Yeah, and she had no idea.
And I promised I wouldn't tell her.
Which was fine, until she
told me she wished it was Gary.
What does that mean?
It means she's still in love with him,
he's still in love with her,
and neither will admit it.
What are you two whispering about?
- Nothing. And lasagna.
- Lasagna.
- What's up?
- You know when you said
you wished there was
something we could do
- to help honor Jon?
- Yeah.
I think I have an idea.
Coming!
Sophie.
What are you doing here?
I need you to come with me.
I heard my mom say that
you hadn't visited yet.
Look, I'm just so tired of being mad.
I just want to move on.
You should visit him.
- Oh, God! Sorry, sorry.
- Whoa!
It's okay.
But, hey, it's not the first time
we've met up in a bathroom.
Yeah.
Right back where we started.
Been feeling that all day.
Mm.
Hey, uh
When I first met you,
you were dying.
And I think maybe I was dying, too.
I just didn't know it.
But I was broken.
And you were right.
Instead of dealing with that,
I tried to save you.
The way that I couldn't save Jon.
And I know now that I
put way too much pressure
on our relationship.
And I screwed it up.
And I just didn't want today
to go by without saying that.
Thank you.
But it's not all on you, Gary.
Um, cancer wasn't the only problem
I brought to our relationship.
I was broken, too.
Well
I'm gonna let you pee now.
After all, you have a tiny bladder.
For so long,
I wondered whether or not you knew.
But the thing is, it doesn't matter.
I knew.
I knew what we did.
And I'm sorry, Jon.
I am so sorry.
I love you, man.
Thank you for this.
He would've been so proud of you.
There's something I think
you might want to hear.
Hey, it's Jon.
I was hoping to speak to you,
not just leave a message,
but, uh
I just need you to do me a favor.
Love each other.
Well, you know
If that's what he wanted,
then I think he'd be pretty happy.
'Cause that's exactly what we're doing.
Vino? Vino, sir?
Theo, I got you.
- What is he doing?
- Is he making a toast?
I'd like to make a toast.
The Egyptians believed
that you die twice
Once when you take your final breath
and then again the last
time someone says your name.
They believed your spirit lived on
as long as people kept remembering you.
So as long as we always
keep remembering Uncle Jon,
he'll never really be gone.
Was that okay?
That was more than okay, Theo.
That is a tough act to follow,
young man.
But I-I would like to add something.
So much has happened since he passed.
We were lost.
And And now, it feels
like we're all finally
in a better place.
All of us.
Not because he died.
It's because he convinced us to live.
Let's all raise a glass.
To Jon.
- To Jon.
- To Jon.
- To Jon.
- Jon.
So good.
Oh!
- Hey.
- Hey.
You okay?
Yeah.
No.
You know, before things
got bad between Jon and me,
there was this one Saturday.
The kids were at camp, and
he had just come up for air
from this big deal that he had closed,
and we were supposed to go out
to a fancy restaurant for dinner.
We ended up staying in.
We just spent the whole night in bed
laughing and talking
and just being together.
I miss who we were.
Oh, D.
It's just that with
everything that's happened
The shock of his death and
my guilt over the affair,
almost losing the house
The one thing I never got
to do was grieve my husband.
And I know
I know it probably
doesn't make any sense.
Trust me, it makes perfect sense.
I'd give anything to go back
and have a second chance with him.
D, you still want to do this now?
Yes, let's do it!
- Come.
- Okay, let's go.
Uh
Everybody, come on.
Grab your coats.
We're taking a little road trip.
- Mm-hmm.
- Where are we going?
It's a surprise.
Can I open them yet?
Come on, you guys.
This woman doesn't
need any more surprises.
Okay.
You can open your eyes now.
Ta-da!
- Where are we?
- We're right above Someday.
It's part of the old
Griffin Street Bakery.
And we've been using it as
storage for the restaurant.
Sure, it needs some TLC,
but because it's part of
the lease Jon negotiated
The rent's already
being paid by Someday.
So the space is yours,
i-if you want it
For your new office.
You can't be serious.
Jon would have wanted you to have this.
You gave me my house.
The least I can do is
is give you an office.
With your name on the door.
- Wow.
- Mmhmm.
I don't know what to say.
To be honest, I wasn't sure
I'd ever feel like part
of the group again
after Jon was gone.
He was the one that always
made me feel like I belonged.
Not anymore.
You really are like family to me.
So, thank you.
You're welcome.
You had nothing to do with this.
That's not true.
I helped with the, uh
No No. You didn't.
- No, I didn't.
- Right.
To new beginnings!
Hear, hear!
- To new beginnings!
- New beginnings!
new beginnings!
That was
a nice toast at dinner.
Oh, yeah.
I've been thinking a lot about that day.
Like what could've
happened if things had gone
maybe just a little bit differently.
Like if if you hadn't
called me seven times.
Dude, I'd have swallowed those pills.
Nah, I just hit redial.
No, come on, man, I'm being serious.
You never stopped trying to reach me.
You didn't give up.
And I realized, like, "Wow."
No matter how bad you feel,
no matter how hopeless it seems,
it's never too late to start over.
Yeah.
I am not supposed to tell you this.
But Maggie's going to Oxford.
She leaves in a week.
Hey. Maggie.
You're not seriously
sneaking out, are you?
Yeah, I just didn't want
to ruin the moment.
Uh-huh.
What's up?
Nothing.
When we were at Delilah's,
Gary said all of this stuff
to me about our relationship,
and I can't help but feel like
if he had said that when we broke up,
maybe we would still be together.
Well, then why aren't you?
Gina.
We've moved on.
We're in completely different places.
No, you're not.
At the restaurant that day, you know,
you said you kind of wished
that wine was from Gary?
Well, it was.
- What?
- Yeah.
Maggie, he's still in love with you.
I can't I can't even
process that right now.
I'm going to Oxford.
You look happy.
Very.
You know, earlier,
when Rome talked about
how we're all in a better place?
Yeah.
I was thinking about us, too.
Our anniversary is coming up.
I know.
12 years.
I was thinking
what if we renewed our vows?
Eddie Saville,
will you marry me? Again?
You have no idea how
badly I want to do that.
Dad, what are you doing here?
Brought something over for the baby.
Okay.
And
I wanted to say
I'm glad you're here.
Thanks.
Hi.
Yeah.
Uh, look, I know
this is probably the last thing
you were expecting, but
any chance you want to meet for a drink?
Need a second just to
get this out of the way.
You ready, Pop?
Ready when you are.
Oh. The stars
Just like the ones you
had when you were a kid.
Hmm.
Thank you.
There you are.
I, uh, wasn't sure you'd be up for this.
Well, if we're being honest,
I'm a little surprised you reached out.
But I'm glad you did.
So am I.
What happened with Becky?
I realized she was just another rebound.
So, what does that make me?
A fresh start.
Hey. So, I was thinking maybe
we do our vows here at home.
I love that idea.
Eddie! There you are.
I'll, uh, be right back.
I got to call my sister.
Okay. Make sure you
invite her to the vows.
Hey, Lindsay, it's me. Um
Look, I need to talk.
I had a dream about Alex, and
I-I need to know what
happened the night she died.
You should answer it, Delilah.
I mean, give the guy a break already.
I don't want to answer it.
He's not you.
Yeah.
But I wasn't me, either.
Not at the end.
We both know that I broke my vows
long before you broke yours.
I stopped being there for you.
You have to let me go.
If you want to know what I want
it's for you to be happy.
I miss you so much.
Mom?