Reasonable Doubt (2022) s03e07 Episode Script

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[MAMA LU] Previously
on Reasonable Doubt
Oh, my God, no. Somebody please help me!
I loved your father.
And one day, I found him with
a needle hanging from his arm
while you were on the couch
watching Sesame Street.
[LIONEL] When you
gonna tell her the truth?
I'm not ready to break her heart yet.
[LEWIS STEWART] I tracked
Eddie. I think he's relapsed.
Can you help me, please?
- I can't do this anymore, Bill.
- Kendra.
[CHRIS BRASWELL] A divorce?
Don't you wanna figure this out?
[SALLY BRASWELL] Not anymore.
It's nice to meet you, Sally
from the Valley. I'm Bill.
- You should join us.
- You and me need to talk.
- We don't have anything to talk
- About Wendy.
Maybe I'll send in that
home video to TZT.
A video? I'm sure we
can work something out.
I'm just glad now that Alex
has testified, he's out of our lives.
I know the real reason why you're here.
Please don't tell Jax
until Lu has a chance.
- Lu? What are you talking about?
- What's wrong?
It's your mom. She has cancer.
I'm sorry, what?
Listen, baby, I know it's a lot.
Okay, stop! It's not
a lot, it's just unclear.
So, I'm not asking for a hug,
I'm asking for an explanation.
What is wrong with her?
[EDDIE SIGHS]
Okay, one of y'all niggas
better say something right now,
or I swear to God
She has colon cancer.
Okay. What stage?
Stage two.
That's not great, but it's
certainly not a death sentence.
- What is she doing about it?
- Nothing.
Not nothing.
She is reading up on it,
talking to some people.
People meaning doctors?
And friends. Let her tell you, okay?
She's still trying to
process all of this.
Okay, but she can, she can
process it while starting treatment.
These things aren't mutually exclusive.
When did you find out about this?
Well, I ain't know about it 'til
after I got my gig here in LA.
Look, she loves you, she's
scared of worrying you,
and she knows how
important this case is to you.
[LABORED BREATHING]
I don't care about this case!
Right now, I couldn't
tell you what I did today,
w-w-what I ate, who I talked to.
None of that matters
anymore, because right now,
today is the day when I found
out my mother has colon cancer.
So, no matter how all of this ends,
every single thing that has happened
from the time I walked through that door
is something I will remember
for the rest of my life.
Uh, baby, what do you need?
[VOICE BREAKING]
Did you know about this?
No, I, I found out
less than an hour ago,
and I insisted Eddie tell you.
I feel like y'all not
telling me something.
I'm gonna call her myself.
Uh, listen, listen, I know you're upset,
but, one, she's resting, and,
two, she doesn't know we told you,
so, hey, how 'bout you
call her in the morning
after you've gotten some sleep, huh?
You really think I'm
gonna get some sleep?
You know what? Fine.
I will go to bed, Dad.
You should, too.
[EDDIE SIGHS]
Look, when are you
gonna tell her the truth
Hey, now's not the time,
as you just saw, alright?
Well, it seems like with you,
there's never a good time.
I ain't got time for this nonsense, man.
You just worry about
taking care of my daughter.
This is me taking care of Jax.
So, tell her, or I will.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
From La Brea to Slauson ♪
It's all us ♪
The Sun, Central
Ave Jazz, it's all us ♪
Where we at? Hit the Maverick Flats ♪
Leimert and right back to the ark ♪
It's all us ♪
We coastin' on the west
between sets and wealth ♪
We toast the sunset in the Dons ♪
Take flight into the
night under Cali stars ♪
In a world on wheels ♪
It's all us ♪
It's the world we feel ♪
It's all us ♪
From the Hills to Hollywood ♪
It's all us ♪
No doubt we all we got ♪
Hold it down Black and brown ♪
In a city of dreams ♪
It's all us ♪
["I CHOOSE YOU" BY
WILLIE HUTCH PLAYING]
[VOCALIZING]
Ooh ♪
I choose you, baby ♪
[EDDIE CHUCKLING SOFTLY]
- Ohhh ♪
- [EDDIE NICHOLAS] [SINGING ALONG] Ohhh ♪
I choose you, baby ♪
And I'll tell you why ♪
[EDDIE] Oh, no, this won't do.
I just can't dance with one of my girls.
[MAMA LU] Hmm.
[JAX AND EDDIE CHUCKLING]
Would be in my corner ♪
[EDDIE] Mm, yeah [LAUGHS]
Girl, and it's you that
I've learned to love ♪
And to place no one above ♪
[VOCALIZING]
- Oh, how can I ever thank ya ♪
- [STRINGS STRUMMING]
Jax! Don't touch my shit!
Except take you home and make you ♪
- [JAX CRYING]
- [MAMA LU] Oh!
Baby, ease up. It's alright.
No. She needs to learn how to behave,
or else she gonna grow
up spoiled and entitled.
Yes, but I also don't want
her to be scared of her father.
Ain't nobody scared of me, Lu.
I'm just a little puppy dog.
I choose you, baby ♪
[EDDIE LAUGHS]
[MAMA LU] Mm-hmm.
I should go freshen up for tonight.
You go and do that.
- [MAMA LU] Mm-hmm. [CHUCKLES]
- [EDDIE] Mm-hmm.
- I choose you, baby ♪
- [LAUGHS]
- [INCREASES VOLUME]
- Girl, no longer do I ♪
[VOCALIZING]
Have to shop around ♪
Anymore, no, no, no, no, no ♪
I've found that once-in-a-lifetime ♪
[VOCALIZING]
Girl that I've been searching for ♪
- [EXHALES]
- [VOCALIZING CONTINUES]
- And, oh, baby, you're alright ♪
- [LAUGHS]
I'm sorry, baby.
Daddy didn't mean to yell at you.
Come give Daddy a hug.
Come here, baby.
What's that, Daddy?
That's just Daddy's good medicine.
- Kind of woman have a man bragging ♪
- [EDDIE CHUCKLING]
Everywhere he goes ♪
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
Oh-oh-whoa ♪
I ♪
[DOOR LOCK CLICKING]
I see you're not answering your phone.
Were you really not gonna tell me?
- I'm fine, Jacqueline.
- [JAX STEWART] Oh, really?
Because it sounds like you have cancer.
Look, I'm sorry, but,
Mom, this is serious.
You can't just drive yourself
to and from the doctor.
That's what I've been doing.
And Eddie's been helping too.
Look, I just didn't wanna
worry you about this.
You have a lot going on.
I will be fine.
Now, I've gotta go to the doctor.
No. No, we are going to the doctor now.
You wanna drive yourself, that's fine.
But I'll be right behind you.
And don't try to lose me either.
We would classify your
mother's cancer as Stage 2C.
[JAX] What does that mean?
It's the most aggressive
form of stage two cancer.
The tumors have
penetrated the colon wall
and have presented
in the retroperitoneum,
the membrane that
lines the abdominal cavity.
I didn't think surgery was a
requirement for stage two.
[DR. VINCENT HARLOW] Rarely is it not.
Some patients may opt to wait
somewhere between two to six weeks
to allow an underlying
condition to resolve
or to get a second opinion
or to get their life and affairs
in order prior to surgery.
But it is fair to worry about surgery
given your mother's hypertension.
During surgery, we might
see blood pressure spikes,
cardiac ischemia, and possibly
stroke, which could be fatal.
Okay, well, that sounds
like an underlying condition
worth pausing for.
Well, we can't ensure that we can
get it under control in that time frame.
And the chances of becoming stage
three or stage four is far riskier.
Okay, but [SIGHS]
I've been doing this for
quite some time, Mrs. Stewart.
This is the best course of action.
Dr. Harlow, I appreciate your confidence
and your thoughtful explanations,
but the only immediate,
responsible course of action I see
is to get a second opinion.
[DR. HARLOW] Well, that
impulse is understandable,
but this is not a
wait-and-see diagnosis.
- In your opinion.
- He's the surgeon, Jacqueline.
We're here for his opinion.
Some of the best oncological
surgeons in LA owe me favors.
We're very appreciative
of your time, Dr. Harlow.
- [DR. HARLOW] Of course.
- We'll be in touch.
Thank you.
I'm having the surgery, and
Dr. Harlow is going to perform it.
Okay, Mom, I'm coming to your house,
so that we can discuss
how we are going to proceed.
I don't know who we
is, but I'm doing this.
So, only come by to
say hi and nothing else.
[SIGHS]
[LEWIS STEWART] [ON
PHONE] Hey, how'd it go with Lu?
Ugh. She has her mind made
up on this surgery that's risky
and only made riskier by
her high blood pressure.
Shit.
I I've been looking
up stuff all morning,
seeing what our options are.
Any surgery at her age
is gonna be dangerous.
You know what? Let's
sit down later today
and make a list of the
top clinics in the country,
set up a consultation for
a second opinion, okay?
[LEWIS] Yeah, yeah, that's a good idea.
And we should make
sure that she's eating and
[JAX] Oh, fuck.
I'm forgot I'm hosting Autumn's baby
shower at the house this weekend.
- And my case is just
- [LEWIS] Hey, Jax, Jax. Jax, listen.
There's nothing more important
than what's happening right now.
Maybe you should take
a few days off of work
while we figure this shit out.
Okay, I probably should.
Alright, I'm getting ready
to head into work, baby.
I'll call you later, okay? I love you.
Yeah, I love you too.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
I need you to take the lead on
Dr. Wilder's testimony later today.
[BILL STERLING] Everything okay?
- My mother has cancer, and I need to
- Wait, what?
Oh, Jax, I'm so sorry.
Thank you.
But now that Mike has taken over,
we have to nail this next witness.
So, here's a list of
questions for Dr. Wilder.
On this next page is a list
of questions Mike might ask.
Oh, hey, Jax, hang on. We can
file a motion for a continuance.
I thought about that, but I
don't wanna lose the momentum
we have coming off
of Monica's testimony.
Plus, I don't have the capacity to st
Then let me handle it.
Fuck momentum.
That's not how we win this case anyway.
We win because you're Jax Stewart.
And you're still gonna be Jax Stewart
after spending some time with your mom.
[JAX GASPS]
And if, uh, you and your
family need anything else,
like a casserole
[SCOFFS]
You make casserole?
No, but Uber Eats does.
[JAX LAUGHS]
So stupid.
Thank you.
How's the new dream team doing?
Uh, great. Just going over
strategy for our next witness.
- I'll call you later. Okay.
- Absolutely.
- Am I missing something here?
- [DOOR CLOSES]
Um
Jax's mom has cancer.
I'm going to file a continuance to see
if we can get her some time to spend
- That's awful.
- Yeah.
Truly. But
we're not looking for delays, Bill.
The faster this trial ends,
the faster we can get
this acquisition closed.
Which is better for all of us.
It's not better for Jax.
Okay.
We can't walk back the continuance with,
without Jax being all Jax, so
keep the request short,
a one- or a two-day
extension, and maybe,
maybe don't push
for it so hard in court.
[SOFT, PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
- [STAFF MEMBER] There you go.
- Oh. Thanks.
[DANIEL KIM] Has Jax made it in yet?
Uh, no.
She is, uh, uh, taking a few days off.
- Huh?
- Uh, her mom has cancer.
- Wait, what?
- Yeah.
- Oh, that's terrible.
- I know.
Well, no, then I'll just
check back in later.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
Oh, uh, tell Kristin I said hi.
- Excuse me?
- Yeah.
I saw y'all sloppy hugging
after her meltdown on the stand.
- Okay, no, that was a professional hug.
- What?
And, you know, I am just
using her to get info on the case.
Daniel, c Okay, come
on, be for real, for real.
I mean, between that hug and
your Black girl effect glow up,
clearly it is something more than that.
And what kinda information
could you be getting,
snuggling with your
hand on her low back?
For your information,
I followed her to a meeting
with a man at a café.
But turns out that man
was a book publisher
who was in talks with Alex Hill
to write a tell-all about
the Edwards family.
But when the book deal was killed,
I saw that Kristin
was texting with Alex,
so I swiped that number from
her phone and I called Alex,
pretending to be a
competing book publisher,
to learn what he has on
the Edwards, so huh!
- Well, what did Alex say?
- Well, he
His voicemail said he's
gonna call me back, so
So you have nothing right now. Daniel.
The first publisher was
willing to pay $1.25 million,
so Alex will have something.
He has to.
Okay, so even if it's a bombshell,
how are you gonna explain to
Jax how you got that information?
"Uh, so, uh, boss, hey, I, I
cracked the case wide open,
"so don't worry about how
I followed the client's sister,
"who I'm secretly fucking,
- and stole information from her phone!"
- [QUIETLY] Shh.
I hadn't thought that far ahead.
[KRYSTAL WALTERS] Well,
clearly, because if you did,
you would've remembered
how Jax feels about secrets,
so I would, uh, confess my Kristin sins
to her sooner rather than later, Usher,
before someone else does.
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- [SIGHS]
- See? Nope, it's him. I told you.
- Answer the
- Answer the phone.
- I told you.
Hey, Alex Hill.
Hey, it's Ronald McBooker
of McBooker Book Publishing.
Thanks for calling me back.
So, Refuge Coffee. Tuesday, 2:00 p.m.
Got him.
Don't be cocky. [SCOFFING]
Don't be cocky.
Mom, open the door. I forgot my keys.
Mom?
[GUITAR STRUMMING FAINTLY]
Hi, baby.
Is Mom here?
No. She went to Quench. Said
she wanted to go try a green juice.
Now she want to be healthy.
Alright, I'll wait.
I need her signature to take
over as her power of attorney.
Uh
Lu gave me that responsibility.
What? Why?
Um I think she was nervous
that you'd be too emotional
to carry out her wishes.
But, uh, I promised
I'd take care of things
and, uh, I intend to keep my promise.
What's your angle here?
Don't you think it's a little
convenient that when Mom is sick,
suddenly you're here
to pick up the pieces?
Wait a minute now.
I called to tell your mother I
was coming to town for a gig
and her response was, "I have cancer."
I've got no agenda and I'm certainly
not trying to take advantage of her.
- Mm-hmm.
- All I'm doing is what Lu asked of me.
Don't you think we should
respect what she wants?
She doesn't know what
she wants. She's sick!
She has a DNR.
I know. Okay?
She and I walked
through all this together.
And you would honor it?
Look, you might not think so,
but I know how to take care of her.
I was doing it before you were born.
I am the one who has been
here from the beginning,
day in and day out.
So you wanna sit here and
play husband and father figure
when after all these years,
you still can't do what's right.
But you best believe if you don't,
I will take you to court
to make sure you do.
[SCOFFS] Yeah.
Dad.
[KID LAUGHING]
Hi, Addy and Koko.
- Oh, hi.
- Hi.
- You guys wanna see something cool?
- Sure.
Koko, hand me some Happy Dippy candy.
Addy, hand me your library card.
Wow, that's cool.
Now that's the good medicine.
Woop.
What are you girls doing?
- Jacqueline!
- Ow!
Where did you see this?
I was just trying to pretend to be
Daddy when he takes his medicine.
Eddie.
Jacqueline, honey, why
don't you go play, okay?
What the fuck is this, Eddie?
Okay, I never intended
Oh, you didn't intend
for your only daughter
to see you doing cocaine
and then show her friends
how to snort it off a mirror?
You wanna screw up your life? Fine.
But I will be damned if I let
you drag my baby down with you.
Keep snorting that shit up your nose
and you're gonna end up
with your ass up in the streets.
Jacqueline?
[EDDIE] Hey, baby. [LAUGHING]
- Lu, come on.
- [MAMA LU] Mm-mm.
[EDDIE] Jackie baby.
Jackie. Come on, Lu.
[VEHICLE APPROACHING]
Naima?
Naima?
[NAIMA STEWART] Yeah, Mom?
[JAX] Come sit with me, baby.
- [NAIMA] Why?
- [JAX] Okay?
Oh, hey, Spense. I didn't
know you were coming home.
Hey, me neither.
I've been asking Dad
since he picked me up.
Better not be another baby, man.
Come on, man.
Hey, dark humor is how I cope.
[JAX] Hey, baby. Come over
here and have a seat, okay?
Um
Well, so we are trying to be better
at being honest with you two kids.
Okay, you both are getting
older now, and as we've learned,
it's best that you hear
things from us first.
Yesterday, we found
out that Mama Lu has
She's sick.
Wait, what's wrong with her?
Your grandmother has
stage two colon cancer,
which means they caught it early.
But she's having
surgery in a couple days.
It's a simple procedure done by
some of the best doctors in the world.
- [JAX] Mm-hmm.
- But, uh
Is she gonna die like Grandpa Paul?
Hey.
Hey, there's nothing to worry about.
Hey, listen to me.
Your dad and I
we just thought it best that
we all be together, okay?
So that she will know
that we're all here for her.
Okay? Is that okay?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, that's fine.
Alright. It's gonna be okay.
[BILL] Oh. [LAUGHS, SIGHS]
You know, you're
actually my first white boy.
Oh. Well thanks?
- What, is that weird to say?
- Hmm
I mean, I know I'm
not your first Black girl.
You are not.
And you certainly won't be my last.
Oh, wow!
- [BILL] Okay, you might be my last.
- [SALLY] Oh, wow. Oh, okay.
- [SALLY LAUGHS]
- [BILL] Mm.
[CELL PHONE CHIMES]
- Okay.
- [SIGHS]
I'll be right back. One second.
Okay.
Oh, damn.
Even Jax takes a break from work
after she's got some of that good, good.
Well, Jax's leave from work
is why I have to be on top of my emails.
Jax is taking a leave?
For her mom.
Oh, no.
You didn't know?
I assumed that she
would have told you
Bill, what is wrong with Mama Lu?
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
[RINGING CONTINUES]
I don't argue after 8:00 p.m.,
but I'll make an exception
if you start talkin' crazy.
Mom, I don't wanna argue.
[MAMA LU] Well
that's good.
[JAX] Okay, but I gotta know.
Why you won't entertain
taking a, a brief pause here
to get a second opinion?
I mean, another doctor
could think that chemo alone
is a viable option or know
of a experimental clinical trial
that could be effective.
Is that what's best for me, or for you?
Well, what's best for me
is keeping you here
on this earth longer,
which is also what's best for you.
Not a high-risk surgery.
That's why I hid it from you.
You don't know the terror that it's been
since I was diagnosed.
I I mostly feel fine,
but it's not a life.
Not one that I want, at least.
This surgery would give me my life back.
And I want that more than anything.
Wouldn't you want that if you were me?
If you're really going
through with this surgery
against my wishes
[VOICE BREAKING] and keeping
Eddie as your health care proxy
against my wishes
then the least you could
do is stay here with me,
with us, after the surgery,
right here in Spenser's room.
Because if something happens to you,
I want you to be
surrounded by the people
who've actually been
there for you all these years,
not the person who just showed up.
[EXHALES]
Please, Mommy.
Plus, your ex-husband is old.
He can't lift you up out
the bathtub or out the bed.
He can't even pick you up.
[CHUCKLING]
Alright, Jacqueline.
You've made your
point. I'll stay with you.
[EXHALES, INHALES]
Thank you.
Thank you, Mom. I love you so much.
I love you too, baby.
Okay.
Bye.
[INHALES]
[KRISTIN MOANS]
[DANIEL] Why would you
delete your texts with Alex?
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[CHATTER CONTINUES]
- [JAX] Hey.
- Ooh. [LAUGHS]
- Hey.
- Y'all good? You need anything?
- Oh, not a thing.
- No.
This is so beautiful, Jax.
- Yeah.
- Thank you for putting this together.
- I do not know how you pulled this off.
- [JAX SIGHS]
I'm just glad you like everything.
Because if anyone
deserves it, it's you two.
- And this sweet baby.
- [AUTUMN OWENS] Mm.
Which is now the Ladera Ladies' baby.
- I'm sorry, Kendall.
- Ugh. No, I know. I know.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, we're gonna have to
invite you over for dinner,
although I can't promise you
that we won't be badgering you
for some much-needed
first-time mom advice.
- [AUTUMN] Oh, my gosh. Yes.
- [KENDALL] Yes.
- Absolutely. 'Cause I know I need it.
- [AUTUMN] Yeah.
- [KENDALL] Yes, hello.
- [AUTUMN] Yes.
I'm happy to do it.
But I need y'all to eat this food, okay?
Especially you, Autumn, eating for two.
I don't need to have
any leftovers, okay?
- [AUTUMN] Alright. Yeah, we got that.
- [KENDALL] We got that. We got that.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY OVER SPEAKERS]
[GUEST] Congratulations!
[SALLY] Ah, Jax.
- [JAX] Hmm?
- Mama Lu is sick?
- Oh, yeah, but
- My goodness.
[SALLY] Listen, do you need to leave?
- No. No, I'm fine. I'm fine.
- [SALLY] You need to
- We're fine, okay?
- Okay.
But I I don't wanna talk
about it right now, okay?
[SALLY] Okay.
But how did you find out?
Uh, uh Lewis, he, he told me.
Okay, Bill told me.
Bill?
Bill Sterling, my coworker,
the one we ran into at the
Yeah, we fuckin'.
But we're, uh, we're both
adults and we're both single.
Actually, we're both still married
but he's separated like
me, and he is not a bad guy.
Sally, thank you for checking in, okay?
Really, but I need to go find
some paper plates, alright?
I can help you find them.
- No, I'm fine. Sally, stay here, okay?
- Okay. Okay.
- I'm fine.
- Okay.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]
[SNIFFLES]
Cracker Jax, you got a
extra serving tray for
Oh, no.
Not the cigarettes.
This must be some
My mom has cancer.
What?
[VOICE BREAKING] Yeah.
[SHANELLE TUCKER] Oh, my God, Jax.
- I'm so sorry. Come here.
- Yeah.
[SHANELLE] Oh, I'm so sorry.
And the worst part
is she didn't tell me.
And the worst, worst
part is she told my dad.
And now she's gonna have
this surgery and I'm just
Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.
I'm just overwhelmed.
No, I'm sure. Girl, that is a lot.
It's too much.
- It's too much.
- Come here.
Hey.
I am not taking your mama's side.
Not at all.
But I can imagine telling your child
that you're sick can't be easy.
I mean, wouldn't it be hard
to tell Spense and Naima if,
God forbid, this was happening to you?
I mean, yes, but I would tell them.
Girl, you say that now
but we don't know what we're
gonna do when reality is reality yet.
Oh. [EXHALES]
I did not think that I would
have done what I did for Natasha.
I probably would have just
said that I'd call the police,
that it was self-defense,
that she'll be fine,
but on that day, something else happened
and I went into full protector mode.
Now, whether that leads
to a good or a bad decision,
I think our instinct as parents
is to protect our children
from hurt and pain.
I mean, it's true.
And honestly, your mama not telling you
might be the most selfless
thing she's done since I met you.
- I got you. Alright?
- Okay.
- Thank you.
- I love you.
I love you, too.
And you better not smoke that cigarette.
I'm gonna smell you when you come out.
- [FAINT LAUGHTER]
- [POP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
- [EDDIE] Lu.
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
Lu.
- [POUNDING ON DOOR]
- Let me in.
Mommy, it's too loud. I can't
[MAMA LU] Shh. Be quiet.
- Just
- [KNOCKING CONTINUES]
- [EDDIE] Lu. Lu.
- Get down. Quick.
Lu, let me in.
- Come here, baby.
- [EDDIE] Lu!
Come here. Come here.
- [POUNDING ON DOOR]
- [EDDIE] Come on. Open up.
- Come here.
- [EDDIE] Lu.
Baby, come on.
Come on, Lu.
- Mommy, why can't we let Daddy in?
- [EDDIE] When no one is ♪
- Um
- [EDDIE] When no one else ♪
Would be in my corner ♪
Mommy and Daddy
are playing a little game.
Yeah, kinda like hide and seek.
- And
- [EDDIE] Got you ♪
if I let Daddy in, then I lose, so
- [POUNDING ON DOOR]
- [EDDIE] Baby, I know better now, baby.
Just go back to your bedroom
and keep the lights off for me, okay?
- [EDDIE] I know better now.
- Yeah.
[POUNDING ON DOOR]
[EDDIE] Come on, Lu.
- No, baby.
- [EDDIE] Lu, I hear you.
- Go, baby. Go, baby.
- [EDDIE] Jax. Jax, baby.
- [MAMA LU] Go. Get up. Get on.
- [EDDIE] It's me. It's me.
Open the door for Daddy.
- [MAMA LU] Keep going. Keep going. Go.
- [EDDIE] Jackie.
Please.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Go hide in your room, baby. Go.
- Go, go, go.
- [EDDIE] Jax.
Jax, baby.
[MAMA LU SIGHS]
If you come back here, Eddie,
I'm calling the fuckin' police
and getting a restraining order.
[EDDIE] Fuck you, Lu!
- Fuck you!
- [POUNDS ON DOOR]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
Oh, Bill.
So beautiful. You
did not have to do this.
[BILL] It wasn't just me.
It's from all of us at the firm.
- Uh-huh.
- I had to say that.
How's your mom doing?
[SIGHS] She's being
prepped for surgery now.
[BILL] I'm praying for you.
For your whole family, for that matter.
Thank you. Great job
on that continuance.
But you do know that when we
question Dr. Wilder, I'm gonna have
I got it.
Just be here.
[ALEX] [ON VOICEMAIL]
Hey, you've reached Alex.
Looks like I missed your call.
Oh well, should have been a text.
[DANIEL] Kristin's at the hospital?
[INAUDIBLE]
["ALWAYS AND FOREVER"
BY HEATWAVE PLAYING]
[INAUDIBLE]
They're ready for you, Mom.
Always and forever ♪
Each moment with you ♪
Is just like a dream to me ♪
That somehow came true ♪
We'll be right here waiting for
you when you get out, alright?
- Okay.
- I love you, Mama.
I love you, baby.
I know tomorrow ♪
Will still be the same ♪
'Cause we've got a life of love ♪
That won't ever change ♪
And every day ♪
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Love me your own special way ♪
Melt all my heart away ♪
With a smile ♪
- Hey, Jackie.
- [JAX] Daddy!
[LAUGHING]
- Is your mama here?
- She went to the store.
Okay. [LAUGHS]
I'm gonna, I'm gonna make you a snack.
And Daddy has a surprise for you.
- [LAUGHS]
- Yeah.
- [JAX SQUEALS]
- [EDDIE] You wanna see?
- Yeah.
- [EDDIE] Yeah?
Give Daddy a sec, okay? Okay.
- Always forever love you ♪
- Forever ♪
There'll always be sunshine ♪
When I look at you ♪
It's something I can't explain ♪
Just the things that you do ♪
[JAX] Daddy, where is it?
You gotta be patient, baby.
Daddy's gotta take his medicine.
Phone me and take ♪
A second to give to me ♪
- That magic you make and ♪
- [LAUGHS]
[EXHALES]
Loving you ♪
Is the thing that I've planned ♪
For a very long time ♪
Always forever love you ♪
Me with you, you with me ♪
- We as one ♪
- [HEART MONITOR BEEPING]
Love together ♪
Always forever love you ♪
For a very long time ♪
- Loving you ♪
- [INHALES, EXHALES]
Always forever love you ♪
[VOCALIZING]
[YOUNG JAX CHUCKLES]
Always forever love you ♪
[MAMA LU] Hey, Jacqueline.
I brought you some snacks, baby.
It's okay. Daddy's already
making me a snack in the kitchen.
[CHUCKLING]
Forever ♪
Forever ♪
Eddie, wake up.
Eddie, wake up.
[GRUNTS] Get up! Ah!
Forever ♪
Go to your room.
I love you ♪
Go to your room now.
Always forever love you ♪
You ♪
You ♪
Are you okay?
Forever ♪
No.
You?
No.
Ever ♪
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
[MAMA LU SOBBING]
- [JAX] Mama.
- [GASPS]
[MAMA LU] Hey, baby.
Um you're up early.
[JAX] Mama, why are
all these boxes here?
[MAMA LU SIGHS, SNIFFLES]
We can't stay here anymore, so
we're gonna put our stuff
in these boxes and leave.
No. Do we have to?
I'm gonna ask Daddy if we can stay.
No, you can't ask Daddy.
Why not?
Daddy hasn't been feeling well,
so he's gonna go somewhere he can rest.
And that's where we're
going, too? To rest?
No.
It's better if he goes by himself, baby.
When is he coming back?
[MAMA LU] When he's better!
When is that and will he find
Jacqueline, stop asking
so many fucking questions!
[JAX CRYING]
I'm Hey.
Daddy loves you very much.
And he wants you to be
happy while he's gone.
So, we're gonna go stay with
Aunt Shirley for a bit, and then
And then see Daddy?
And then go see Daddy.
Yay!
Did Daddy leave me anything?
He said he had a surprise for me.
[SNIFFLES] Ah! Hmm. Hmm.
Ah! [SIGHS]
Is that what he left me?
His guitar thing?
Yes. It's called a pick.
Let me just wash it.
Shit. [SOBBING]
Aw, don't cry. Daddy's coming back.
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]
Lord, I don't know what to pray for.
For her life. For her quality of life.
For her stubborn behind to finally
realize she doesn't
have all the answers.
Hmm. Well, I'm from around the way.
I'm gonna pray for
something, though. I know that.
[EDDIE] You never did
take no for an answer.
Even as a kid
the word "no" just meant it was
time for you to start negotiating.
She should have been
out of surgery by now.
You might not wanna hear this.
Then why say it?
I'm sorry.
What?
You're still your mother's baby girl.
No matter how grown you are.
That's why she refuses to put the
weight of her life on your shoulders.
She'd rather give that burden to me.
Because to her, you're still the
one she's meant to be protecting.
She always said I got
my negotiating skills
from your side of the family.
Oh, shit. She ain't wrong.
I can be convincing as
hell when I wanna be.
Shit, I even convinced your mother
to start going to church with me
when we first got together.
What, you thought she
was the one dragging me
to church every Sunday?
[LAUGHS] Oh, no.
Other way around. Pfft.
That woman damn near
caught fire the first time
I dragged her in to get sanctified.
Didn't even recite a Bible
verse before she met me.
Wow.
Her faith has always
been a big part of who I am.
I didn't know it came from
from you.
I'm happy you kept your belief strong.
Thankful I was able to
pass something down to you.
That's not the only thing
you passed down to me.
The guitar pick you
gave me when I was six
before you got sick and went away.
Whenever I have feelings I
didn't know what to do with
or I was so overwhelmed
I wanted to scream,
I would hold onto that guitar pick
twirl it between my
fingers, squeeze it so tight.
Somehow it made me feel closer to you
the one person who understood me.
I'm glad you had something
that made you feel closer to me.
But, uh, I never gave
you my guitar pick.
That sounds like the work of your mama.
Protecting you from who I was back then.
[DOOR OPENS]
Jax, Eddie.
The doctor wants to talk to us.
["OTHERSIDE" BY BEYONCÉ PLAYING]
[MAMA LU] I just wanted to bring you
a little something to make you smile.
My famous and your favorite
[IN UNISON] Pineapple upside-down cake.
Sometimes you act like
I'm not a good mother.
Mom, you know I don't think that.
If the storm comes ♪
I'm proud of you, Jacqueline.
Oh, thank you, Mom.
- I love you.
- [MAMA LU] I love you, too.
If the wells run dry ♪
One day, I won't be around
to be the punching bag
for your grown-ass choices.
Who you gonna blame then?
Another life ♪
If we wake up ♪
Lose our patience ♪
Or even lose our lives ♪
Oh ♪
I'll feel lucky ♪
To say that you've been ♪
A friend of mine ♪
[JAX] Um
Her hypertension caused the surgery
[VOICE BREAKING] to run
a little longer than expected,
but it was still successful.
- [SPENSER SIGHS DEEPLY]
- She's recovering now.
- [SPENSER STEWART] Thank God.
- She's gonna be okay.
- She's gonna be okay.
- She said she would be, Mom.
So what happens now?
Well, the doctor's gonna
monitor her recovery
over the next few weeks before deciding
between oral or IV chemotherapy.
When do we get to see her?
- Soon.
- [JAX] Yeah.
She's resting now, baby, okay?
Okay.
Come here. Come here.
[LEWIS SIGHS DEEPLY]
I'm just glad she's okay.
- Me, too.
- Yeah. Hmm.
I love you, Dad.
I love you too, baby.
[LINE RINGS]
[AUTOMATED RESPONSE]
Your call has been forwarded
to an automatic voice system.
Kristin? Hey.
- [DANIEL] What are you doing here?
- Hi. Um, my-my friend is here.
- Why are you sweating?
- [DANIEL] Oh, uh
Empathy sweats.
- Empathy?
- [DANIEL] Yeah.
Uh, Mama Lu, uh, Jax's mom,
she's here, and, uh,
she's having surgery today.
- Oh, God.
- [DANIEL] Yeah.
You didn't tell me.
Oh, uh, Jax is a pretty private person,
so I try my best to respect that.
Were you, were you leaving?
Yeah, I, uh I've been here a while.
Wh-wh-what happened to your friend?
Is he she, or they okay?
She had a biking accident, um
But she'll be fine though,
just a few scrapes, really.
Okay, well
I'm here for you. Uh
I'll check in with you later, okay?
Alright.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
So, remember how you told
me to keep an eye on Kristin?
Well, I did, and I followed her here
to the hospital where Alex is.
He's in the ICU.
What?
I spoke with my contacts
at the sheriff's office.
- No suspects, no witnesses.
- [NURSES CLAMORING]
- It's not looking good.
- [HEART MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]
- Let's go, let's go.
- [DANIEL] Oh, shit. That's his room.
- [DOCTORS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
- [NURSE] Code blue.
I need help.
- Right, this way, let's go.
- [NURSE] Bring in the crash cart.
- [BEEPING CONTINUES]
- Give him a two-by-two.
[DOCTOR] How are we
doing on the pressure bag?
- Coming through.
- [NURSE] Don't feel a pulse.
Starting chest compressions.
[DOCTOR] One milligram
morphine. 2-1-5 saline bolus.
Charge to 120.
Clear.
[NURSE] Still in V-fib.
[DOCTOR] Again. Charge to 200. Clear.
- [BEEPING RAPIDLY]
- [FLATLINE]
[KRISTIN EDWARDS] You
don't have to worry about Alex.
He's beat up pretty bad.
I doubt he'll even make it
through the night, which means
he won't be talking anytime soon.
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[FANFARE PLAYING]