Almost Family (2019) s01e05 Episode Script
Risky AF
1 MAN: Previously on Almost Family You have all your new sisters.
That must be a plus.
Yeah, except one is dating a coworker of mine, and the other one is sleeping with a woman, which is great, except she's married to a man.
- Tim wants to have kids.
- So what do you want? I don't know what I want.
JULIA: I think that you two are very different people.
- Wow, you are jealous.
- I am not.
Oh, ooh, so you're the gay one.
Wait.
[CHUCKLES.]
You're gay? - What the hell is wrong with you? - Everything.
I just wish you guys wouldn't keep secrets from me.
- You are seriously damaged.
- I'm sorry.
I'm taking the subway.
Good night.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (MARK FONSECA'S "NEW DAY NEW START") FONSECA: I've got everything I need I've got everything I need I've got everything I need now Taxi.
FONSECA: Yeah, I've got everything I need I've got everything I need I've always wanted to do that, hail a taxi in New York.
Congratulations.
Where to? West End Avenue.
I'm going to see my father.
FONSECA: New day and a new start I still look like that, right? (PHONE CHIMES) (PHONE BEEPS) Morning.
The silent treatment.
I deserve that.
(CHUCKLES) Look, I What I said about you, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, and I clearly did, and I'm so sorry, and I got you some of those yogurt drinks that you like.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
(CHUCKLES) They're gross anyway.
Rox, I'm so sorry.
(PHONE CHIMES) These people will talk to me.
(UPBEAT MUSIC) Don't you love the city this time of year? Fall is so busy for me, though, but you gotta find time for your personal life.
Am I right? It beats unwinding with a glass of wine or a bottle of wine.
A whole bottle.
(LAUGHS) Am I right? It's just me alone, which is how I spend most of my time.
Or at least that's how I feel lately because everyone I know is is mad at me.
Dating apps? Like, who does these? Desperate.
(LAUGHS) Is this a Blue Hawaiian? Aloha.
(LAUGHS) Take me to the beach.
You're, like, too good-looking.
- (LAUGHS) - It's making me uncomfortable.
It's hot in here.
But when I saw your picture, I had to swipe right.
Not left, right.
Swipe right.
Swipe right.
Swipe right.
(GULPING) Swipe right.
This testimony from Roxy's mom is so brutal.
No matter how many times I read it (SIGHS) Do you realize we haven't figured out which train we're taking to D.
C.
? For my grandmother's 80th birthday party.
I forgot.
I'm so sorry.
If you're nervous, don't be, because I told everyone, "No baby talk".
No, it's not that.
It's just that is it really smart for us to both be out of the office after Amanda just handed our asses to us? That's nothing compared to what my mother will do if we miss Nana's 80th birthday party.
You're right.
I don't wanna mess with your mom.
Right? I'm scared.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) All right, well (CLEARS THROAT) I guess there's a world where I can go all the way there by myself.
If it wouldn't be too much trouble.
When you're ready to sing "Happy Birthday", call me.
I'll sing along.
It'll be great.
It'll be just like I'm there.
Just like you're there.
Yeah.
WOMAN: Caught me, watch you work it, baby ROXY: Welcome to Round Offs.
Breathe it in.
You smell that? That is the smell of victory.
WOMAN: Put me in the right place IZZY: Did you really train here? ROXY: Yeah, I did, and you will too.
Remember, you're only ever in competition with yourself.
NINA: Roxy? (LAUGHS) Roxy Doyle? ROXY: Nina Bennett.
Wow, it's been a long time.
What are you doing here? Just signing up my little grasshopper for tryouts.
- You? - Uh, yeah.
Same.
Oh, what a coincidence.
You know, truth be told, we almost didn't sign up at all.
I mean, we weren't even sure we were gonna need this program after our big win at Montclair Classic last week.
Oh, Montclair.
Wow, you're still doing that? Well, we can't all be like you, you know, in the big leagues, shilling for energy drinks.
Oh, that's right.
They dropped you.
- Mm.
- Ouch.
Yeah, well, uh, we're really busy, but it was so good to see you.
You too.
Good luck.
I really hope you stay healthy.
Who was that? That was the enemy, and the enemy must be destroyed at all cost.
A minute ago you said I was only in competition with myself.
Yeah, well, our lives were different then.
Now it's game on.
Let's get to work.
SINGER: Whoa, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Whoa, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Oh, good.
Mrs.
Peavy's coming in at 3:00 for counseling.
Uh, actually, it's for a referral.
Uh, we found a surgeon who's confident he can resect her uterine septum.
She didn't want surgery.
She was considering other options, even surrogacy.
What changed? I talked some sense into her.
The procedure's hysteroscopic, minimally invasive, takes an hour, tops.
She saw the wisdom.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES) That's a professional ringtone.
It's just a dating app.
I thought I had it on silent.
You back on your dating app? The paint's not even dry from the brother humper scandal.
- That's brave.
- Oh, it's brave? - I'm just dating.
- No, I mean, you're right.
It's it's nothing to be embarrassed about.
Wait, now it's embarrassing? I don't know.
Look, I am a modern woman in New York City and, yes, I'm dating, but I'm dating judiciously, and don't put too much pressure on Mrs.
Peavy.
It's her choice, not ours.
Dr.
Bechley? Can I help you? I'm Brian.
Brian Madison.
You treated my parents at your clinic.
I found out that you're my biological father.
Oh? I took the train from Des Moines to meet you and and the whole way I imagined what this moment would be like.
Well, uh, as you know, there's a pending court case, so I have to limit my interactions with That's what you have to say? Some stupid legalese after everything you've done? You don't just understand my position and My parents haven't stopped fighting after they found out.
- Very sorry to hear that, but - They're splitting up now.
- Right.
- You broke my family.
Well, okay, I made some mistakes, uh, Brian.
Many of them.
Uh, I was always just trying to help.
I (BLOW LANDS) (GROANS) We should have a description from the eyewitnesses soon, but in the meantime, we need two plainclothes officers in front of Dr.
Bechley's building.
- Yeah.
- Hey.
What happened? Is he okay? Yeah.
He's a little shaken up.
Um, why is he not at a hospital? He was.
He left.
- They discharged him? - No.
He just left.
Got it.
Edie, I'm so sorry about what I did.
Why don't you get in there and make sure Roxy isn't planning any vigilante justice? I've got my hands full as it is.
LEON: No, no, no, no.
I don't want any trouble.
I mean it, Julia.
- Are you okay? - LEON: Yes.
- Who did this? - Oh, just one of my It was a lunatic Bechley baby who came all the way here from Iowa on a train.
We have to find him and school him.
Uh, no one's gonna school anyone.
He was angry.
He made his point.
You know you should be at a hospital.
No, they they took my X-rays.
My vitals were fine.
I just I need a little rest.
Thank you for being here.
It's part of my job.
But you're welcome.
I'll go top off the apple.
- When Edie told me - It's okay.
I'm fine.
You don't look okay.
You look like you got beat up.
Were you scared? Should we be scared? No, he's the one who seemed scared.
So how are things at the clinic? Dad, you know we're not supposed to talk about work.
Yeah, but I need the distraction.
Fine.
Um, well, we have an interesting case right now, actually.
A uterine septum.
She's unsure if she wants to go forward.
Obviously it's her choice but what would you advise? Well, surgery, of course.
It would be hysteroscopic, minimally invasive, take an hour, tops.
EDIE: Okay, great.
Thanks.
Roxy.
Hey.
Been meaning to ask you, uh, all that gay stuff that came out at the dinner from hell with Nate, could we just keep that between us? Edith, I would never betray your confidence.
You know, I have a lot of gay followers.
I consider myself somewhat of an icon.
No, I'm serious.
My life is not for your gymnastics groupies or your social needs or your friends.
No one.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) You and Julia are my friends.
You're pretty much it.
Okay.
I'm glad you understand.
Oh, okay.
ROXY: That looks good.
Point your toes.
That girl's overextended.
Her hip joints are gonna quit on her.
She looks good to me, and she's won competitions.
IZZY: I can't beat her.
Hey, don't ever say that again.
Not only will you beat her, you will beat everyone who told you you weren't good enough, including the voice in your own head.
What did I tell you in the car? - 2028? - 2028.
That's right.
Olympics are in LA.
That's home turf.
You're taking the gold.
Let me hear it.
- I'm taking the gold.
- Why are you whispering? - Is it a secret? - I I'm taking the gold.
- Louder! - I'm taking the gold! (UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING) Yes, we are.
Edie Palmer for Amanda Doherty.
LORENZO: The burden of proof is on the state.
I will show that the state does not have evidence to convict my client.
Furthermore, the harm caused to my client by the state is unfair and damaging to his reputation.
Are you practicing for junior mock trial, by chance? Yeah.
Have you done it before? I have, when I was about your age.
LORENZO: Did you win? Well, it's not about who wins or loses.
It's about learning.
But if you must know, I crushed.
That's cool.
Use your client's real name.
It humanizes him.
When you're defending someone, you can't judge them.
It's not your job.
Slower.
I'm writing this down.
Oh, okay.
LORENZO: Hey, Mom.
You ready to go? (WHISPERING) This is your son? Yes.
I see you've met Lorenzo.
Enzo, baby, this is, uh this is Edie, Mom's friend.
Now she's my friend, too, because she's helping me win the mock trial.
She won when she was my age.
AMANDA: Well, that's not surprising.
Come to my house and after we practice I'll show you my owls, okay? Enzo, baby, go down to the vending machine and I'll meet you there.
What's going on here? I just came to drop off our revised witness list.
And your fancy firm doesn't have messengers for that? I may have wanted an excuse.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) Why didn't you tell me you have a son? I have an ex-wife, too, but, uh, that's all in a different compartment, remember? I didn't mean to meet him, but now that I have, he's kind of a cool kid.
He's been obsessing over mock trial for weeks so if he needs your help, I guess you'll have to help him.
No, we just met.
He's not gonna remember me.
You don't know my son.
He'll remember, and he'll pester me until the end of time, so I guess I'll be seeing plenty of you this weekend.
(EXHALES SHARPLY) Hi.
Oh.
- Are you the nurse? - Uh, no.
I'm Roxy Doyle.
And you are? Roxy, uh, she's a friend.
Let her in.
Edie told me.
Are you all right? (LAUGHS) It wasn't that bad.
Um, yeah, I'm sorry.
Uh, I'm gonna need a name.
Roxy, this is Genevieve.
She's Edie's mother.
ROXY: Oh, you're an old friend.
I didn't mean um How about I leave? - (DOOR CLOSES) - She's feisty.
(CHUCKLES) She had to be.
So that was very kind of Edie to, uh, call you, but seriously, I'm I'm good.
She isn't being kind.
She's being your daughter.
(CHUCKLES) - So I brought Doctor Coltrane.
- Hmm.
Should I put him in the service? I have a better idea.
Why don't we, uh, go to that place we like in the Village? Hear something live? Should you be going out at all? No, but, uh, when have you known me to follow orders? - ROXY: See that? - Mm.
Nina calls that a dismount? That's garbage.
Yeah, I can't really tell because your screen is just a little cracked.
Okay, the point is that if that's what she's teaching her little Mini Me, then I got this.
So you know Izzy's the one competing, right? Not you? Okay, why don't we leave the doctoring to you and the gymnastics to me? Whoa, uh ROXY: Wow, relax, dude.
It's just a little on-top-of-the-clothes stuff.
Okay, Isaac, you wanna tell me why these have my father's fresh handwriting on them? Um, you brought home patient files.
I saw him last night and he used your exact words about Mrs.
Peavy's case.
You've been working with him behind my back.
It wasn't "behind your back".
JULIA: Then why not tell me about it? Probably because of this right here.
ISAAC: I mean, I knew you would overreact.
Oh, asked and answered.
JULIA: Do you know what would happen if people found out that my dad is still handling cases? He just got attacked in the street.
Do you want them to shut us down? What did you expect me to do when you burned sage and installed hammocks? I'm a doctor.
And I'm not one, so I have no value? Ooh, gotta give her that one.
You know what? Go be a doctor.
Go be a doctor somewhere else, because you're fired.
- Whoa.
- Wait, no.
- Wait, what? - You can't you can't fire me.
I trusted you, Isaac, and because I can't trust you anymore, it's over.
Hey, what the hell is your problem? You can't just fire Isaac on some jealous power trip.
I'm not jealous of you for dating Isaac.
I meant jealous of him for being a doctor when you never got your chance.
Yeah, that's what I was saying.
'Cause, you know, if you're jealous of me I'm not.
I'm not.
Is this why you've been suddenly - on the hookup hunt again? - No, I'm not.
(PHONE CHIMES) (PHONE CHIMING) Because, you know, if you're lonely, I can see if Isaac has a friend or something, but, you know, you'd have to hire him back first.
(PHONE CHIMES) Okay, could you just get out of my kitchen and out of my face right now? I'm so sorry.
- Please, that would be great.
- Mm.
- If you could, like, go.
- Wow.
It's a issue with the sound.
It's I can't figure it out.
It's I don't know.
(GROANS) Footsie, shut up! I don't need you anymore and I'm deleting you right now, right after I just take one last look at who I would be missing out on.
Did you know that there are two kinds of owls? True owls and barn owls.
Most of the time when people think of an owl, though, they think of a true owl.
EDIE: I am gonna remember that, and when anyone asks me, I'll tell them you told me.
All right, little man.
It's time for bed.
Go brush your teeth.
LORENZO: Fine.
See you soon, Edie.
Good night.
And remember, when in doubt - Object forcefully.
- That's right.
Thank you for teaching him that, by the way, 'cause now he's gonna object to everything I say.
- Works for me in court.
- Mm, yeah.
If you're defending the indefensible.
Is that what you think? That what Leon did is indefensible? There's a case to be made that there was No, don't lawyer me.
What do you believe? I believe Diane's testimony is compelling.
And I believe that people your dad affected have every right to be pissed.
And you do too.
I don't wanna talk about work anymore.
I don't wanna talk at all.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING) I I'm sorry.
Um, it's Tim.
Okay, I gotta take it because it's his grandma's 80th birthday - and I promised I'd be available.
- It's fine.
Lorenzo's probably done brushing his teeth.
- I should go tuck him in.
- Okay.
It it'll just one second.
- Hello? - TIM: Hey, it's time.
What's going on with the video? - I can't see you.
- EDIE: It's not working, but I can hear you.
EDIE: Can you hear me? TIM: Okay, I got her on speaker.
You ready? Yep.
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday dear Nana Happy birthday to you JULIA: So it's it's been kind of a rough week, and by rough week I mean a rough month.
Sometimes I feel like that should be the title of my memoir.
It's Been a Rough Month: The Julia Bechley Story.
Uh, anyway, I I work in healthcare management.
It's kinda the family business, and now I run things.
Well, trying to.
Lately it's been one setback after the next.
Do you ever feel like that sometimes? Untethered professionally? I teach public school in Union City, New Jersey, so yes.
Right, English.
Uh, what's that like? Forcing jockey football players to read sonnets? - No bigger thrill.
- (CHUCKLES) It's cool to see a male English teacher.
Studies show that girls and women are more verbal.
Really? I hadn't noticed.
Right.
(CHUCKLES) - You're so cute.
- Thank you.
I didn't mean to talk about your looks.
I heard that women feel condescended to when men compliment their looks.
Who are these women? I don't know these women.
Should I condescend to you by saying you have mesmerizing eyes? - Yeah, I'm good with that.
- (CHUCKLES) Although, I I can offer you one thing.
You don't quite come off like you do in your profile.
You're much less cool.
And not that's not a bad thing.
If you allow me What, are you pulling up my profile right now? (LAUGHS) Okay, this guy? This guy I expect to own a motorcycle.
Wait, this picture's from when I had my students read The Outsiders and I dressed up as Dally Winston.
(LAUGHS) Really? Oh, no, my son must have gotten to my phone and changed my profile.
I'm gonna kill him.
Son? You have a you have a son? - Yeah, Luke.
- Cool.
He's 14, and his sister, Olivia, is 16.
It's my first time on the app, so Luke was particularly pushy.
You have two teenage kids? Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before I dated a divorced guy.
Better divorced than married.
Yeah, not divorced.
Oh, I can't deal with any more secret wives.
Probably no.
I already did that and No, no, no, no, no, no.
My wife, uh, died a few years ago.
Oh.
I'm I'm so sorry.
We got married right after college, so I'm kinda rusty with the whole dating thing, hence getting help from my kids.
Right.
Right, uh (STAMMERING) If you will excuse me just for a moment, I'm gonna use the ladies room.
Be right back.
Sure.
(QUIRKY MUSIC) (EXHALES SHARPLY) Come on.
Come on.
Go back in there.
This is so rude.
You're going back in there.
What is wrong with you? There's so much wrong with you.
Go back in you're not going back in there.
(JAZZY MUSIC PLAYING) LEON: The kid looked at me with such desperate eyes.
He wanted answers.
I couldn't give him anything.
You know, I remember his case.
His father had such a low probability of conceiving.
I truly wanted to help them, but, uh, you know, he didn't give me a chance to say that.
How much of all this was you helping people and how much was you playing God? Boy, you sure know how to hold my feet to the fire, don't you? - (CHUCKLES) - Somebody's got to.
(APPLAUSE) (BAND STARTS NEW SONG) And for our next song, I'm inviting a friend to join us.
MAN: Leon Bechley.
Leon, you still know this one? Yeah, no.
Well, not tonight.
Uh, you know, I'm just catching up with an old friend.
MAN: Tonight is the night, man.
Come on.
(CROWD WOOING) - Uh - Go on.
(MUTTERS AND CHUCKLES) (SHARP WHISTLE) (GRUNTS) (CHUCKLES) MAN: Hey, is that the sperm guy? (LAUGHING) (RUMBLING) MAN: Doctor Switcheroo.
(LAUGHING) MAN: Inseminate anyone on the way over here? (HOLLOW ECHOING NOISE) MAN: Come on.
What, are you leaving? I wanna hear the song.
Aww, come on, man.
Where are you going? I just wanted five minutes, just take my mind off of all of this.
Well, I couldn't even get that.
Forget about that jerk back there.
Guy has a couple of scotches, thinks he's a comedian.
It's not just him.
It's everyone.
Young man who traveled halfway across the country to attack me.
You know, everyone's angry.
Why weren't you? - Angry? - Yeah.
When you found out what I what I did.
I mean, you thought that your donor was anonymous.
Hmm.
Because there is so much to be angry about in the world and I generally don't waste my time being angry about things I can't change.
And I was thankful to have Edie, any way I could.
Yeah, well, people wanted children, and I made that happen, so on balance, didn't I do more good than harm? You're not a bad person, but you've done bad things.
Things that have hurt people.
Now, just because I'm not the vengeful type doesn't mean I'm here to make you feel better about it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) Maybe what you need to feel right now is terrible.
But you'll survive it.
I promise.
Nice.
Somebody brought her A-game today.
Podium's calling your name, girl.
Oh, my, oh, my, Oh, oh, my You start to tell me (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (HEART BEATING) Roxy.
Roxy Doyle.
- How have you been? - I've been good, Nick.
- How you been? - I'm never better.
I see you're coaching now.
Well, you know what they say, that children are our future.
Izzy, this is Nick.
He used to coach here.
So you're the reason Roxy has all those medals? Um, I'm the reason I have all those medals, and I will be the reason you have all your medals.
Go, practice.
What are you doing here, Nick? Did Nina send you to remind us all what a boyfriend-stealing skank she is? Actually, I made an offer to buy the gym.
And they accepted it.
Wow, I I didn't know that.
I'm more of a businessman than a coach these days.
Huh.
Adding Round Offs to the portfolio, though, is special.
I made a lot of good memories here.
Hmm.
I'm glad that we could be back in business together.
We're not back in anything together.
By the way, I'm happily married now.
Nina and I ended it ages ago, if you're wondering.
I wasn't.
Of course not.
It was good to see you.
I guess I'll be I'll be seeing more of you.
Mm.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) Izzy, let's go.
Why? Is practice over? This is all over.
Practice take this tryouts, everything.
I don't understand.
It was a mistake to try out for a gym team this soon.
You're not ready.
(KNOCKING) (EXHALES SHARPLY) Uh, is everything okay? - Is it my dad? - No, it's me, and I am still mad at you, but I need advice on a messy situation and you are literally the messiest person I know and I have no friends, so here I am.
I am still seeing Amanda And now it's super weird because I accidentally met her son and he is obsessed with me and now I'm only getting in deeper and I have feelings for her, and I don't know what to do.
Say something.
I'm the messiest person you know? Julia! Well, obviously I'm not thrilled that you're involved with my dad's prosecutor.
Don't think of me as Leon's lawyer.
Think of me as a sister.
What would you tell a sister? Um I would tell her that I'm I'm proud of her for taking a huge risk.
For being so bold.
But I would also tell her to be careful because I don't want to see her or anyone get hurt.
- (SIGHS) - I know.
My advice is very confusing.
I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.
It's a confusing situation.
I just don't want everything to get screwed up, and I'm already in so deep.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (SNIFFLES) I'm sorry for calling you the messiest person I know.
No, it's accurate.
I literally ran away from a date that I had last night because he's an adult human with children.
Like, ran in heels.
Not very far.
Wow, okay.
Um, I'm picturing that right now, and it looks, well, A, dangerous, B, insane.
(SNIFFLES) Tell me that I can be bold, too, before I chicken out.
I mean, I don't know.
It kinda depends on what it is.
(SIGHS) Go to New Jersey? Oh, wow, Julia.
That is bold.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) JULIA: Hey.
Um, thanks for meeting me.
Well, I'm mostly here to collect the money you owe me from the other night.
I made you an invoice.
Oh, uh, yeah.
I have some cash and I - I'm joking.
- (CHUCKLES) Sort of.
I can't tell you how sorry I am about running out.
That was weird and dramatic and not really who I am.
The one-two punch of teenage children and a dead wife was a lot to take.
I know.
Even a normal person would struggle to get out from that.
A normal person? Huh.
I think I just got a little overwhelmed by the different places we're at.
I mean, you have this full, rich life and a family, and I'm Someone who runs away from restaurants.
I was gonna say someone who is just getting started.
Late blooming is supposedly a thing with you millennials, right? You're a millenial too.
I'm 38 so actually I'm an Xennial.
Now you're just making up words.
No, no, Xennials are between generation X and millenials, born during Carter's presidency.
- You can look it up.
- (LAUGHS) Are we really that different? No, in fact I was a little intimidated by you.
- (LAUGHS) You were? - Yeah, the whole time that you were, like, blathering on and on and on, I just thought, "I wish she saw herself the way that other people must see her".
Do I do that? I blather? Other than dining and dashing, it's your least redeeming quality.
I talk a lot when I'm nervous and and when I'm doing something new, and you were and you are something new for me.
A grown-up.
I didn't know if I was ready for that and it turns out I wasn't.
So what do I owe you? I like, 20? 40? - How expensive was that? - You're asking? I literally made you an invoice.
(LAUGHING) Listen, it was new for me too.
Yeah, I guess it taught me I'm a little old for the whole dating app thing, so thank you for that.
You're not old.
You could still see the screen when your kids handed it to you.
(BOTH CHUCKLING) - Sorry.
- Uh, I don't know.
Old-fashioned, then, I guess.
I still believe in, like, all these outdated things, like romance and soul mates.
Okay, you are 100 years old.
(LAUGHS) No, you're not 100.
You're not old.
I mean, you're maybe 100 if it was on a scale of, like, one to ten and you're 100 'cause of hotness.
(GROANS) Oh, God.
Did I say that? I can't bel you know, it's funny.
I didn't think I could make this any more awkward, and then I did.
Anyway, uh, good luck with, you know, your whole online dating thing.
You know, I hope you find what you're looking for, seriously.
You deserve it.
Yeah, um Do we, like, handshake or hug? Okay.
- We can hug it out.
- Oh.
- Thanks.
- Take care.
Yeah, thanks.
You you too.
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (SIGHS) EDIE: My investigators found him at a youth hostel by Port Authority.
He could hop on a bus at any moment, so if you want to press charges, you should probably do it before he leaves.
I don't.
He's suffered enough.
Okay, well (INHALES DEEPLY) Do I smell oil of oregano? W why why do you ask? (SNIFFS) Has my mother been here? (CHUCKLES) We're friends.
Have been for many years.
So you guys are you guys are, like, hanging out? I wouldn't call it that, per se.
Well as your attorney, I don't advise it.
In case the prosecution gets to her, it could be seen as witness tampering and it could open up a whole other can of worms Edie, I appreciate you looking out for me in that regard, but it's Sunday.
Take the day off from being my lawyer and try being my daughter.
LEON: Okay? I just want you to know that I admire you.
This case must be taking its toll, but I know that I'm in good hands.
You're brilliant.
Always have been.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) Well, just let me know if you change your mind about pressing charges.
Yeah.
(SIGHS) Thank you very much, counselor.
WOMAN: Prosecutor, your witness for cross-examination.
What time did you arrive home? 10:00 p.
m.
sharp.
So it wasn't 11:30? That's what you said earlier.
Objection.
Asked and answered.
WOMAN: Sustained.
Move on, counselor.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) GIRL: Going back to the timeline, you swore in your deposition that when you got home, you saw the defendant.
I know you've been working with Isaac behind my back.
LEON: Well, we're doctors and we have a duty to our patients.
JULIA: Not anymore.
I fired Isaac.
Please tell me you didn't do that.
I did.
You can't undermine me.
You can't fire Isaac.
He is a superb physician.
He is one of the finest talents I've ever seen.
Because he learned from the best.
And he needs the job to stay in the country.
His visa situation's precarious, to say the least.
Precarious? Like like deported, precarious? Yes.
Why didn't either of you two tell me that? All you do is keep things from me.
To protect you.
Then why put me in the bylaws? Why give me the clinic if you don't even trust me? - I trust you.
- Then prove it.
I'm your daughter.
I'm the special one.
No more meddling.
No more back-channeling.
You have to let me run things my way.
Julia, I love you, but don't ask me for the one thing I can't give you.
I'm a doctor.
It's who I am, so unless they lock me up forever, I am returning to the clinic that I built from nothing.
I built it too.
Every baby picture on that wall, every video testimonial.
I may not have a bunch of letters after my name, but that clinic is just as much mine as it is yours.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) What's this really about? From now on, you have to be honest with me.
So I'm hiring back Isaac.
It was too quick for me to fire him in the first place.
You listened to me.
That really means a lot.
Well, actually it was Yes, I did.
I listened to you.
You know, I'm really happy I don't have to scowl at you anymore, 'cause I could really use your help finding a new job.
I was thinking I could teach strength training at the clinic.
JULIA: It's not a gym.
Isaac said there's yoga.
Aren't you already working at your old gym? I can't.
Going there day after day just to have my past thrown in my face, it's a sewer fire.
You mean dumpster fire.
I'm being vulnerable and you're correcting my slang? Who's throwing your past in your face? When I was competing, I had this frenemy, Nina Bennett.
She one-upped me every chance she got.
She even stole my old boyfriend who now owns the place.
But seeing them there with their tight-lip grins, I just I can't take it.
I had to get out of there and take Izzy with me.
Okay, Roxy, down that mimosa because Julia and I are gonna break it down.
- Go on.
- JULIA: Mm-hmm.
EDIE: First of all, you pulled Izzy out of tryouts? JULIA: Just because you couldn't handle seeing an old teenage boyfriend? EDIE: That little girl is counting on you.
You filled her head with dreams.
You can't abandon her.
And who is this Nina person, anyway? EDIE: Yeah.
We don't know her.
We don't care to know her.
Take it from me.
Running away is not the answer.
You're Roxy Doyle.
Floor exercise bronze medalist.
It was balance beam and silver.
But I get your point.
ROXY: Okay, I'm gonna text Izzy to be ready in 20.
Let's pound some water, sober up, and ruin some lives.
(TIRES SQUEALING) (HORN HONKING) Izzy! (UPBEAT MUSIC) You don't need to get ready.
Why? - Because we were born ready.
- That's right! WOMAN: Take a little, take a lot There's nothing I ain't got I bet you never thought that you could have it all It's here for you Get ready, break through Come and get it (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - That one was not so good.
- Oh, what are you talking about? - It was perfect.
- It was great.
Civilians.
WOMAN: You can have it all You can have everything Set your spirit free (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Nice job.
That was great.
Okay, we really need to work on your form, though.
I am so proud of you.
Don't forget.
You are a legend.
(POP MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY) Do you think that's the ex? Yeah, she said he owns the place.
Didn't she make it seem like they were both teenagers? EDIE: Yeah.
There's no way Roxy was the same age as that guy.
Izzy, congratulations.
Welcome to the Round Offs team.
- Seriously? - NICK: Seriously.
- Oh, my God! - (BOTH GIGGLING) - Thank you, thank you, thank you! - Oh, good job.
Good job.
- IZZY: Thank you! - Go meet your team.
Hi.
Can I ISAAC: Yeah.
Come in.
This isn't what I imagined your apartment would look like.
I pictured some slick Wall Street bachelor pad.
Well, sorry to disappoint.
I, uh, send most of what I make back home to my family.
Goes further there than it does here.
Why didn't you tell me about your citizenship? It's nobody's business but mine.
I obviously want you to stay here, but you betrayed me.
I thought we were a team.
So why were you so willing to fire me? Because I was upset.
Did this have anything to do with Roxy and me? Don't flatter yourself, okay? I need to be able to trust you.
Your dad, as tough as he is, he made me into the doctor I am today.
It's time to take the training wheels off.
Look, I know how hard that feels.
Believe me.
You're ready.
Ah.
So does that mean The job is yours again if you still want it.
Yeah, I'll, uh I'll think about it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) - All right.
- Mm.
Took you long enough.
(CHUCKLES) (PHONE CHIMING) Oh, God.
Oh, God! Ah, you're still, uh, dating judiciously? I can't turn the sound off.
Ah! It's for Lorenzo, for killing it at mock trial.
Thank you.
He'll love it.
That's all? I know that you are living this heavy-ass double life, and I'm sympathetic, but I can't keep doing this.
I'm falling in love with you.
I had a life I could manage, and then you came along and and you You rearranged my molecules.
You and I I can't go back.
I I can't go back, either.
I'm falling in love with you too.
(SIGHS HEAVILY) WOMAN: And I throw it all, throw it all away If you told me what to say Keep the demons far away What do we do now? WOMAN: Throw it all away (PHONE CHIMING) (LOW TONE) (THE CURTAIN CALLS' "HERE'S TO THE FUTURE") MAN: Take your time, there's no rush (LINE TRILLING) Do your best MAN: Hello? So I looked it up, and Xennials are apparently a thing.
(LAUGHS) It sounds like you learned something.
Unsurprising, since I'm a teacher.
MAN: Here's to the future I don't wanna run anymore.
Not from people.
Not you.
So don't run.
Walk, crawl, whatever, as long as it's in my direction.
MAN: And the lessons we learned Here's to our future I can't tell.
Are you I'm smiling.
(CHUCKLES) I'm smiling.
MAN: Life can be short, yes, it's true But don't let that get to you Hey.
I thought you were taking the later train.
TIM: I was so anxious to get home.
You scared me.
(CHUCKLES) Ooh, what is this? It's from my mother.
(SCOFFS) I'm not even pregnant and she already knows it's a boy.
But wait.
There's actually one from Spelman in there too.
Okay, then.
Issues.
(LAUGHS) Your family always does the most.
I know you weren't in the office all weekend.
Where were you when I called you? Okay, I'll I'll be honest.
Please.
(INHALES AND EXHALES DEEPLY) The baby pressure's a lot, and I didn't know how to tell you, so I you know, I went to blow off some steam with some friends from law school.
Which friends? (CHUCKLES) What, are you cross-examining me now? Do I have to? MAN: Sweet love Here's to our future Here's to our future
That must be a plus.
Yeah, except one is dating a coworker of mine, and the other one is sleeping with a woman, which is great, except she's married to a man.
- Tim wants to have kids.
- So what do you want? I don't know what I want.
JULIA: I think that you two are very different people.
- Wow, you are jealous.
- I am not.
Oh, ooh, so you're the gay one.
Wait.
[CHUCKLES.]
You're gay? - What the hell is wrong with you? - Everything.
I just wish you guys wouldn't keep secrets from me.
- You are seriously damaged.
- I'm sorry.
I'm taking the subway.
Good night.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (MARK FONSECA'S "NEW DAY NEW START") FONSECA: I've got everything I need I've got everything I need I've got everything I need now Taxi.
FONSECA: Yeah, I've got everything I need I've got everything I need I've always wanted to do that, hail a taxi in New York.
Congratulations.
Where to? West End Avenue.
I'm going to see my father.
FONSECA: New day and a new start I still look like that, right? (PHONE CHIMES) (PHONE BEEPS) Morning.
The silent treatment.
I deserve that.
(CHUCKLES) Look, I What I said about you, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, and I clearly did, and I'm so sorry, and I got you some of those yogurt drinks that you like.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
(CHUCKLES) They're gross anyway.
Rox, I'm so sorry.
(PHONE CHIMES) These people will talk to me.
(UPBEAT MUSIC) Don't you love the city this time of year? Fall is so busy for me, though, but you gotta find time for your personal life.
Am I right? It beats unwinding with a glass of wine or a bottle of wine.
A whole bottle.
(LAUGHS) Am I right? It's just me alone, which is how I spend most of my time.
Or at least that's how I feel lately because everyone I know is is mad at me.
Dating apps? Like, who does these? Desperate.
(LAUGHS) Is this a Blue Hawaiian? Aloha.
(LAUGHS) Take me to the beach.
You're, like, too good-looking.
- (LAUGHS) - It's making me uncomfortable.
It's hot in here.
But when I saw your picture, I had to swipe right.
Not left, right.
Swipe right.
Swipe right.
Swipe right.
(GULPING) Swipe right.
This testimony from Roxy's mom is so brutal.
No matter how many times I read it (SIGHS) Do you realize we haven't figured out which train we're taking to D.
C.
? For my grandmother's 80th birthday party.
I forgot.
I'm so sorry.
If you're nervous, don't be, because I told everyone, "No baby talk".
No, it's not that.
It's just that is it really smart for us to both be out of the office after Amanda just handed our asses to us? That's nothing compared to what my mother will do if we miss Nana's 80th birthday party.
You're right.
I don't wanna mess with your mom.
Right? I'm scared.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) All right, well (CLEARS THROAT) I guess there's a world where I can go all the way there by myself.
If it wouldn't be too much trouble.
When you're ready to sing "Happy Birthday", call me.
I'll sing along.
It'll be great.
It'll be just like I'm there.
Just like you're there.
Yeah.
WOMAN: Caught me, watch you work it, baby ROXY: Welcome to Round Offs.
Breathe it in.
You smell that? That is the smell of victory.
WOMAN: Put me in the right place IZZY: Did you really train here? ROXY: Yeah, I did, and you will too.
Remember, you're only ever in competition with yourself.
NINA: Roxy? (LAUGHS) Roxy Doyle? ROXY: Nina Bennett.
Wow, it's been a long time.
What are you doing here? Just signing up my little grasshopper for tryouts.
- You? - Uh, yeah.
Same.
Oh, what a coincidence.
You know, truth be told, we almost didn't sign up at all.
I mean, we weren't even sure we were gonna need this program after our big win at Montclair Classic last week.
Oh, Montclair.
Wow, you're still doing that? Well, we can't all be like you, you know, in the big leagues, shilling for energy drinks.
Oh, that's right.
They dropped you.
- Mm.
- Ouch.
Yeah, well, uh, we're really busy, but it was so good to see you.
You too.
Good luck.
I really hope you stay healthy.
Who was that? That was the enemy, and the enemy must be destroyed at all cost.
A minute ago you said I was only in competition with myself.
Yeah, well, our lives were different then.
Now it's game on.
Let's get to work.
SINGER: Whoa, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Whoa, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Oh, good.
Mrs.
Peavy's coming in at 3:00 for counseling.
Uh, actually, it's for a referral.
Uh, we found a surgeon who's confident he can resect her uterine septum.
She didn't want surgery.
She was considering other options, even surrogacy.
What changed? I talked some sense into her.
The procedure's hysteroscopic, minimally invasive, takes an hour, tops.
She saw the wisdom.
(CELL PHONE CHIMES) That's a professional ringtone.
It's just a dating app.
I thought I had it on silent.
You back on your dating app? The paint's not even dry from the brother humper scandal.
- That's brave.
- Oh, it's brave? - I'm just dating.
- No, I mean, you're right.
It's it's nothing to be embarrassed about.
Wait, now it's embarrassing? I don't know.
Look, I am a modern woman in New York City and, yes, I'm dating, but I'm dating judiciously, and don't put too much pressure on Mrs.
Peavy.
It's her choice, not ours.
Dr.
Bechley? Can I help you? I'm Brian.
Brian Madison.
You treated my parents at your clinic.
I found out that you're my biological father.
Oh? I took the train from Des Moines to meet you and and the whole way I imagined what this moment would be like.
Well, uh, as you know, there's a pending court case, so I have to limit my interactions with That's what you have to say? Some stupid legalese after everything you've done? You don't just understand my position and My parents haven't stopped fighting after they found out.
- Very sorry to hear that, but - They're splitting up now.
- Right.
- You broke my family.
Well, okay, I made some mistakes, uh, Brian.
Many of them.
Uh, I was always just trying to help.
I (BLOW LANDS) (GROANS) We should have a description from the eyewitnesses soon, but in the meantime, we need two plainclothes officers in front of Dr.
Bechley's building.
- Yeah.
- Hey.
What happened? Is he okay? Yeah.
He's a little shaken up.
Um, why is he not at a hospital? He was.
He left.
- They discharged him? - No.
He just left.
Got it.
Edie, I'm so sorry about what I did.
Why don't you get in there and make sure Roxy isn't planning any vigilante justice? I've got my hands full as it is.
LEON: No, no, no, no.
I don't want any trouble.
I mean it, Julia.
- Are you okay? - LEON: Yes.
- Who did this? - Oh, just one of my It was a lunatic Bechley baby who came all the way here from Iowa on a train.
We have to find him and school him.
Uh, no one's gonna school anyone.
He was angry.
He made his point.
You know you should be at a hospital.
No, they they took my X-rays.
My vitals were fine.
I just I need a little rest.
Thank you for being here.
It's part of my job.
But you're welcome.
I'll go top off the apple.
- When Edie told me - It's okay.
I'm fine.
You don't look okay.
You look like you got beat up.
Were you scared? Should we be scared? No, he's the one who seemed scared.
So how are things at the clinic? Dad, you know we're not supposed to talk about work.
Yeah, but I need the distraction.
Fine.
Um, well, we have an interesting case right now, actually.
A uterine septum.
She's unsure if she wants to go forward.
Obviously it's her choice but what would you advise? Well, surgery, of course.
It would be hysteroscopic, minimally invasive, take an hour, tops.
EDIE: Okay, great.
Thanks.
Roxy.
Hey.
Been meaning to ask you, uh, all that gay stuff that came out at the dinner from hell with Nate, could we just keep that between us? Edith, I would never betray your confidence.
You know, I have a lot of gay followers.
I consider myself somewhat of an icon.
No, I'm serious.
My life is not for your gymnastics groupies or your social needs or your friends.
No one.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) You and Julia are my friends.
You're pretty much it.
Okay.
I'm glad you understand.
Oh, okay.
ROXY: That looks good.
Point your toes.
That girl's overextended.
Her hip joints are gonna quit on her.
She looks good to me, and she's won competitions.
IZZY: I can't beat her.
Hey, don't ever say that again.
Not only will you beat her, you will beat everyone who told you you weren't good enough, including the voice in your own head.
What did I tell you in the car? - 2028? - 2028.
That's right.
Olympics are in LA.
That's home turf.
You're taking the gold.
Let me hear it.
- I'm taking the gold.
- Why are you whispering? - Is it a secret? - I I'm taking the gold.
- Louder! - I'm taking the gold! (UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING) Yes, we are.
Edie Palmer for Amanda Doherty.
LORENZO: The burden of proof is on the state.
I will show that the state does not have evidence to convict my client.
Furthermore, the harm caused to my client by the state is unfair and damaging to his reputation.
Are you practicing for junior mock trial, by chance? Yeah.
Have you done it before? I have, when I was about your age.
LORENZO: Did you win? Well, it's not about who wins or loses.
It's about learning.
But if you must know, I crushed.
That's cool.
Use your client's real name.
It humanizes him.
When you're defending someone, you can't judge them.
It's not your job.
Slower.
I'm writing this down.
Oh, okay.
LORENZO: Hey, Mom.
You ready to go? (WHISPERING) This is your son? Yes.
I see you've met Lorenzo.
Enzo, baby, this is, uh this is Edie, Mom's friend.
Now she's my friend, too, because she's helping me win the mock trial.
She won when she was my age.
AMANDA: Well, that's not surprising.
Come to my house and after we practice I'll show you my owls, okay? Enzo, baby, go down to the vending machine and I'll meet you there.
What's going on here? I just came to drop off our revised witness list.
And your fancy firm doesn't have messengers for that? I may have wanted an excuse.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) Why didn't you tell me you have a son? I have an ex-wife, too, but, uh, that's all in a different compartment, remember? I didn't mean to meet him, but now that I have, he's kind of a cool kid.
He's been obsessing over mock trial for weeks so if he needs your help, I guess you'll have to help him.
No, we just met.
He's not gonna remember me.
You don't know my son.
He'll remember, and he'll pester me until the end of time, so I guess I'll be seeing plenty of you this weekend.
(EXHALES SHARPLY) Hi.
Oh.
- Are you the nurse? - Uh, no.
I'm Roxy Doyle.
And you are? Roxy, uh, she's a friend.
Let her in.
Edie told me.
Are you all right? (LAUGHS) It wasn't that bad.
Um, yeah, I'm sorry.
Uh, I'm gonna need a name.
Roxy, this is Genevieve.
She's Edie's mother.
ROXY: Oh, you're an old friend.
I didn't mean um How about I leave? - (DOOR CLOSES) - She's feisty.
(CHUCKLES) She had to be.
So that was very kind of Edie to, uh, call you, but seriously, I'm I'm good.
She isn't being kind.
She's being your daughter.
(CHUCKLES) - So I brought Doctor Coltrane.
- Hmm.
Should I put him in the service? I have a better idea.
Why don't we, uh, go to that place we like in the Village? Hear something live? Should you be going out at all? No, but, uh, when have you known me to follow orders? - ROXY: See that? - Mm.
Nina calls that a dismount? That's garbage.
Yeah, I can't really tell because your screen is just a little cracked.
Okay, the point is that if that's what she's teaching her little Mini Me, then I got this.
So you know Izzy's the one competing, right? Not you? Okay, why don't we leave the doctoring to you and the gymnastics to me? Whoa, uh ROXY: Wow, relax, dude.
It's just a little on-top-of-the-clothes stuff.
Okay, Isaac, you wanna tell me why these have my father's fresh handwriting on them? Um, you brought home patient files.
I saw him last night and he used your exact words about Mrs.
Peavy's case.
You've been working with him behind my back.
It wasn't "behind your back".
JULIA: Then why not tell me about it? Probably because of this right here.
ISAAC: I mean, I knew you would overreact.
Oh, asked and answered.
JULIA: Do you know what would happen if people found out that my dad is still handling cases? He just got attacked in the street.
Do you want them to shut us down? What did you expect me to do when you burned sage and installed hammocks? I'm a doctor.
And I'm not one, so I have no value? Ooh, gotta give her that one.
You know what? Go be a doctor.
Go be a doctor somewhere else, because you're fired.
- Whoa.
- Wait, no.
- Wait, what? - You can't you can't fire me.
I trusted you, Isaac, and because I can't trust you anymore, it's over.
Hey, what the hell is your problem? You can't just fire Isaac on some jealous power trip.
I'm not jealous of you for dating Isaac.
I meant jealous of him for being a doctor when you never got your chance.
Yeah, that's what I was saying.
'Cause, you know, if you're jealous of me I'm not.
I'm not.
Is this why you've been suddenly - on the hookup hunt again? - No, I'm not.
(PHONE CHIMES) (PHONE CHIMING) Because, you know, if you're lonely, I can see if Isaac has a friend or something, but, you know, you'd have to hire him back first.
(PHONE CHIMES) Okay, could you just get out of my kitchen and out of my face right now? I'm so sorry.
- Please, that would be great.
- Mm.
- If you could, like, go.
- Wow.
It's a issue with the sound.
It's I can't figure it out.
It's I don't know.
(GROANS) Footsie, shut up! I don't need you anymore and I'm deleting you right now, right after I just take one last look at who I would be missing out on.
Did you know that there are two kinds of owls? True owls and barn owls.
Most of the time when people think of an owl, though, they think of a true owl.
EDIE: I am gonna remember that, and when anyone asks me, I'll tell them you told me.
All right, little man.
It's time for bed.
Go brush your teeth.
LORENZO: Fine.
See you soon, Edie.
Good night.
And remember, when in doubt - Object forcefully.
- That's right.
Thank you for teaching him that, by the way, 'cause now he's gonna object to everything I say.
- Works for me in court.
- Mm, yeah.
If you're defending the indefensible.
Is that what you think? That what Leon did is indefensible? There's a case to be made that there was No, don't lawyer me.
What do you believe? I believe Diane's testimony is compelling.
And I believe that people your dad affected have every right to be pissed.
And you do too.
I don't wanna talk about work anymore.
I don't wanna talk at all.
(CELL PHONE BUZZING) I I'm sorry.
Um, it's Tim.
Okay, I gotta take it because it's his grandma's 80th birthday - and I promised I'd be available.
- It's fine.
Lorenzo's probably done brushing his teeth.
- I should go tuck him in.
- Okay.
It it'll just one second.
- Hello? - TIM: Hey, it's time.
What's going on with the video? - I can't see you.
- EDIE: It's not working, but I can hear you.
EDIE: Can you hear me? TIM: Okay, I got her on speaker.
You ready? Yep.
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday dear Nana Happy birthday to you JULIA: So it's it's been kind of a rough week, and by rough week I mean a rough month.
Sometimes I feel like that should be the title of my memoir.
It's Been a Rough Month: The Julia Bechley Story.
Uh, anyway, I I work in healthcare management.
It's kinda the family business, and now I run things.
Well, trying to.
Lately it's been one setback after the next.
Do you ever feel like that sometimes? Untethered professionally? I teach public school in Union City, New Jersey, so yes.
Right, English.
Uh, what's that like? Forcing jockey football players to read sonnets? - No bigger thrill.
- (CHUCKLES) It's cool to see a male English teacher.
Studies show that girls and women are more verbal.
Really? I hadn't noticed.
Right.
(CHUCKLES) - You're so cute.
- Thank you.
I didn't mean to talk about your looks.
I heard that women feel condescended to when men compliment their looks.
Who are these women? I don't know these women.
Should I condescend to you by saying you have mesmerizing eyes? - Yeah, I'm good with that.
- (CHUCKLES) Although, I I can offer you one thing.
You don't quite come off like you do in your profile.
You're much less cool.
And not that's not a bad thing.
If you allow me What, are you pulling up my profile right now? (LAUGHS) Okay, this guy? This guy I expect to own a motorcycle.
Wait, this picture's from when I had my students read The Outsiders and I dressed up as Dally Winston.
(LAUGHS) Really? Oh, no, my son must have gotten to my phone and changed my profile.
I'm gonna kill him.
Son? You have a you have a son? - Yeah, Luke.
- Cool.
He's 14, and his sister, Olivia, is 16.
It's my first time on the app, so Luke was particularly pushy.
You have two teenage kids? Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before I dated a divorced guy.
Better divorced than married.
Yeah, not divorced.
Oh, I can't deal with any more secret wives.
Probably no.
I already did that and No, no, no, no, no, no.
My wife, uh, died a few years ago.
Oh.
I'm I'm so sorry.
We got married right after college, so I'm kinda rusty with the whole dating thing, hence getting help from my kids.
Right.
Right, uh (STAMMERING) If you will excuse me just for a moment, I'm gonna use the ladies room.
Be right back.
Sure.
(QUIRKY MUSIC) (EXHALES SHARPLY) Come on.
Come on.
Go back in there.
This is so rude.
You're going back in there.
What is wrong with you? There's so much wrong with you.
Go back in you're not going back in there.
(JAZZY MUSIC PLAYING) LEON: The kid looked at me with such desperate eyes.
He wanted answers.
I couldn't give him anything.
You know, I remember his case.
His father had such a low probability of conceiving.
I truly wanted to help them, but, uh, you know, he didn't give me a chance to say that.
How much of all this was you helping people and how much was you playing God? Boy, you sure know how to hold my feet to the fire, don't you? - (CHUCKLES) - Somebody's got to.
(APPLAUSE) (BAND STARTS NEW SONG) And for our next song, I'm inviting a friend to join us.
MAN: Leon Bechley.
Leon, you still know this one? Yeah, no.
Well, not tonight.
Uh, you know, I'm just catching up with an old friend.
MAN: Tonight is the night, man.
Come on.
(CROWD WOOING) - Uh - Go on.
(MUTTERS AND CHUCKLES) (SHARP WHISTLE) (GRUNTS) (CHUCKLES) MAN: Hey, is that the sperm guy? (LAUGHING) (RUMBLING) MAN: Doctor Switcheroo.
(LAUGHING) MAN: Inseminate anyone on the way over here? (HOLLOW ECHOING NOISE) MAN: Come on.
What, are you leaving? I wanna hear the song.
Aww, come on, man.
Where are you going? I just wanted five minutes, just take my mind off of all of this.
Well, I couldn't even get that.
Forget about that jerk back there.
Guy has a couple of scotches, thinks he's a comedian.
It's not just him.
It's everyone.
Young man who traveled halfway across the country to attack me.
You know, everyone's angry.
Why weren't you? - Angry? - Yeah.
When you found out what I what I did.
I mean, you thought that your donor was anonymous.
Hmm.
Because there is so much to be angry about in the world and I generally don't waste my time being angry about things I can't change.
And I was thankful to have Edie, any way I could.
Yeah, well, people wanted children, and I made that happen, so on balance, didn't I do more good than harm? You're not a bad person, but you've done bad things.
Things that have hurt people.
Now, just because I'm not the vengeful type doesn't mean I'm here to make you feel better about it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) Maybe what you need to feel right now is terrible.
But you'll survive it.
I promise.
Nice.
Somebody brought her A-game today.
Podium's calling your name, girl.
Oh, my, oh, my, Oh, oh, my You start to tell me (DRAMATIC MUSIC) (HEART BEATING) Roxy.
Roxy Doyle.
- How have you been? - I've been good, Nick.
- How you been? - I'm never better.
I see you're coaching now.
Well, you know what they say, that children are our future.
Izzy, this is Nick.
He used to coach here.
So you're the reason Roxy has all those medals? Um, I'm the reason I have all those medals, and I will be the reason you have all your medals.
Go, practice.
What are you doing here, Nick? Did Nina send you to remind us all what a boyfriend-stealing skank she is? Actually, I made an offer to buy the gym.
And they accepted it.
Wow, I I didn't know that.
I'm more of a businessman than a coach these days.
Huh.
Adding Round Offs to the portfolio, though, is special.
I made a lot of good memories here.
Hmm.
I'm glad that we could be back in business together.
We're not back in anything together.
By the way, I'm happily married now.
Nina and I ended it ages ago, if you're wondering.
I wasn't.
Of course not.
It was good to see you.
I guess I'll be I'll be seeing more of you.
Mm.
(BREATHING HEAVILY) Izzy, let's go.
Why? Is practice over? This is all over.
Practice take this tryouts, everything.
I don't understand.
It was a mistake to try out for a gym team this soon.
You're not ready.
(KNOCKING) (EXHALES SHARPLY) Uh, is everything okay? - Is it my dad? - No, it's me, and I am still mad at you, but I need advice on a messy situation and you are literally the messiest person I know and I have no friends, so here I am.
I am still seeing Amanda And now it's super weird because I accidentally met her son and he is obsessed with me and now I'm only getting in deeper and I have feelings for her, and I don't know what to do.
Say something.
I'm the messiest person you know? Julia! Well, obviously I'm not thrilled that you're involved with my dad's prosecutor.
Don't think of me as Leon's lawyer.
Think of me as a sister.
What would you tell a sister? Um I would tell her that I'm I'm proud of her for taking a huge risk.
For being so bold.
But I would also tell her to be careful because I don't want to see her or anyone get hurt.
- (SIGHS) - I know.
My advice is very confusing.
I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.
It's a confusing situation.
I just don't want everything to get screwed up, and I'm already in so deep.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) (SNIFFLES) I'm sorry for calling you the messiest person I know.
No, it's accurate.
I literally ran away from a date that I had last night because he's an adult human with children.
Like, ran in heels.
Not very far.
Wow, okay.
Um, I'm picturing that right now, and it looks, well, A, dangerous, B, insane.
(SNIFFLES) Tell me that I can be bold, too, before I chicken out.
I mean, I don't know.
It kinda depends on what it is.
(SIGHS) Go to New Jersey? Oh, wow, Julia.
That is bold.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) JULIA: Hey.
Um, thanks for meeting me.
Well, I'm mostly here to collect the money you owe me from the other night.
I made you an invoice.
Oh, uh, yeah.
I have some cash and I - I'm joking.
- (CHUCKLES) Sort of.
I can't tell you how sorry I am about running out.
That was weird and dramatic and not really who I am.
The one-two punch of teenage children and a dead wife was a lot to take.
I know.
Even a normal person would struggle to get out from that.
A normal person? Huh.
I think I just got a little overwhelmed by the different places we're at.
I mean, you have this full, rich life and a family, and I'm Someone who runs away from restaurants.
I was gonna say someone who is just getting started.
Late blooming is supposedly a thing with you millennials, right? You're a millenial too.
I'm 38 so actually I'm an Xennial.
Now you're just making up words.
No, no, Xennials are between generation X and millenials, born during Carter's presidency.
- You can look it up.
- (LAUGHS) Are we really that different? No, in fact I was a little intimidated by you.
- (LAUGHS) You were? - Yeah, the whole time that you were, like, blathering on and on and on, I just thought, "I wish she saw herself the way that other people must see her".
Do I do that? I blather? Other than dining and dashing, it's your least redeeming quality.
I talk a lot when I'm nervous and and when I'm doing something new, and you were and you are something new for me.
A grown-up.
I didn't know if I was ready for that and it turns out I wasn't.
So what do I owe you? I like, 20? 40? - How expensive was that? - You're asking? I literally made you an invoice.
(LAUGHING) Listen, it was new for me too.
Yeah, I guess it taught me I'm a little old for the whole dating app thing, so thank you for that.
You're not old.
You could still see the screen when your kids handed it to you.
(BOTH CHUCKLING) - Sorry.
- Uh, I don't know.
Old-fashioned, then, I guess.
I still believe in, like, all these outdated things, like romance and soul mates.
Okay, you are 100 years old.
(LAUGHS) No, you're not 100.
You're not old.
I mean, you're maybe 100 if it was on a scale of, like, one to ten and you're 100 'cause of hotness.
(GROANS) Oh, God.
Did I say that? I can't bel you know, it's funny.
I didn't think I could make this any more awkward, and then I did.
Anyway, uh, good luck with, you know, your whole online dating thing.
You know, I hope you find what you're looking for, seriously.
You deserve it.
Yeah, um Do we, like, handshake or hug? Okay.
- We can hug it out.
- Oh.
- Thanks.
- Take care.
Yeah, thanks.
You you too.
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (SIGHS) EDIE: My investigators found him at a youth hostel by Port Authority.
He could hop on a bus at any moment, so if you want to press charges, you should probably do it before he leaves.
I don't.
He's suffered enough.
Okay, well (INHALES DEEPLY) Do I smell oil of oregano? W why why do you ask? (SNIFFS) Has my mother been here? (CHUCKLES) We're friends.
Have been for many years.
So you guys are you guys are, like, hanging out? I wouldn't call it that, per se.
Well as your attorney, I don't advise it.
In case the prosecution gets to her, it could be seen as witness tampering and it could open up a whole other can of worms Edie, I appreciate you looking out for me in that regard, but it's Sunday.
Take the day off from being my lawyer and try being my daughter.
LEON: Okay? I just want you to know that I admire you.
This case must be taking its toll, but I know that I'm in good hands.
You're brilliant.
Always have been.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) Well, just let me know if you change your mind about pressing charges.
Yeah.
(SIGHS) Thank you very much, counselor.
WOMAN: Prosecutor, your witness for cross-examination.
What time did you arrive home? 10:00 p.
m.
sharp.
So it wasn't 11:30? That's what you said earlier.
Objection.
Asked and answered.
WOMAN: Sustained.
Move on, counselor.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) GIRL: Going back to the timeline, you swore in your deposition that when you got home, you saw the defendant.
I know you've been working with Isaac behind my back.
LEON: Well, we're doctors and we have a duty to our patients.
JULIA: Not anymore.
I fired Isaac.
Please tell me you didn't do that.
I did.
You can't undermine me.
You can't fire Isaac.
He is a superb physician.
He is one of the finest talents I've ever seen.
Because he learned from the best.
And he needs the job to stay in the country.
His visa situation's precarious, to say the least.
Precarious? Like like deported, precarious? Yes.
Why didn't either of you two tell me that? All you do is keep things from me.
To protect you.
Then why put me in the bylaws? Why give me the clinic if you don't even trust me? - I trust you.
- Then prove it.
I'm your daughter.
I'm the special one.
No more meddling.
No more back-channeling.
You have to let me run things my way.
Julia, I love you, but don't ask me for the one thing I can't give you.
I'm a doctor.
It's who I am, so unless they lock me up forever, I am returning to the clinic that I built from nothing.
I built it too.
Every baby picture on that wall, every video testimonial.
I may not have a bunch of letters after my name, but that clinic is just as much mine as it is yours.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) What's this really about? From now on, you have to be honest with me.
So I'm hiring back Isaac.
It was too quick for me to fire him in the first place.
You listened to me.
That really means a lot.
Well, actually it was Yes, I did.
I listened to you.
You know, I'm really happy I don't have to scowl at you anymore, 'cause I could really use your help finding a new job.
I was thinking I could teach strength training at the clinic.
JULIA: It's not a gym.
Isaac said there's yoga.
Aren't you already working at your old gym? I can't.
Going there day after day just to have my past thrown in my face, it's a sewer fire.
You mean dumpster fire.
I'm being vulnerable and you're correcting my slang? Who's throwing your past in your face? When I was competing, I had this frenemy, Nina Bennett.
She one-upped me every chance she got.
She even stole my old boyfriend who now owns the place.
But seeing them there with their tight-lip grins, I just I can't take it.
I had to get out of there and take Izzy with me.
Okay, Roxy, down that mimosa because Julia and I are gonna break it down.
- Go on.
- JULIA: Mm-hmm.
EDIE: First of all, you pulled Izzy out of tryouts? JULIA: Just because you couldn't handle seeing an old teenage boyfriend? EDIE: That little girl is counting on you.
You filled her head with dreams.
You can't abandon her.
And who is this Nina person, anyway? EDIE: Yeah.
We don't know her.
We don't care to know her.
Take it from me.
Running away is not the answer.
You're Roxy Doyle.
Floor exercise bronze medalist.
It was balance beam and silver.
But I get your point.
ROXY: Okay, I'm gonna text Izzy to be ready in 20.
Let's pound some water, sober up, and ruin some lives.
(TIRES SQUEALING) (HORN HONKING) Izzy! (UPBEAT MUSIC) You don't need to get ready.
Why? - Because we were born ready.
- That's right! WOMAN: Take a little, take a lot There's nothing I ain't got I bet you never thought that you could have it all It's here for you Get ready, break through Come and get it (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) - That one was not so good.
- Oh, what are you talking about? - It was perfect.
- It was great.
Civilians.
WOMAN: You can have it all You can have everything Set your spirit free (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) Nice job.
That was great.
Okay, we really need to work on your form, though.
I am so proud of you.
Don't forget.
You are a legend.
(POP MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY) Do you think that's the ex? Yeah, she said he owns the place.
Didn't she make it seem like they were both teenagers? EDIE: Yeah.
There's no way Roxy was the same age as that guy.
Izzy, congratulations.
Welcome to the Round Offs team.
- Seriously? - NICK: Seriously.
- Oh, my God! - (BOTH GIGGLING) - Thank you, thank you, thank you! - Oh, good job.
Good job.
- IZZY: Thank you! - Go meet your team.
Hi.
Can I ISAAC: Yeah.
Come in.
This isn't what I imagined your apartment would look like.
I pictured some slick Wall Street bachelor pad.
Well, sorry to disappoint.
I, uh, send most of what I make back home to my family.
Goes further there than it does here.
Why didn't you tell me about your citizenship? It's nobody's business but mine.
I obviously want you to stay here, but you betrayed me.
I thought we were a team.
So why were you so willing to fire me? Because I was upset.
Did this have anything to do with Roxy and me? Don't flatter yourself, okay? I need to be able to trust you.
Your dad, as tough as he is, he made me into the doctor I am today.
It's time to take the training wheels off.
Look, I know how hard that feels.
Believe me.
You're ready.
Ah.
So does that mean The job is yours again if you still want it.
Yeah, I'll, uh I'll think about it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC) - All right.
- Mm.
Took you long enough.
(CHUCKLES) (PHONE CHIMING) Oh, God.
Oh, God! Ah, you're still, uh, dating judiciously? I can't turn the sound off.
Ah! It's for Lorenzo, for killing it at mock trial.
Thank you.
He'll love it.
That's all? I know that you are living this heavy-ass double life, and I'm sympathetic, but I can't keep doing this.
I'm falling in love with you.
I had a life I could manage, and then you came along and and you You rearranged my molecules.
You and I I can't go back.
I I can't go back, either.
I'm falling in love with you too.
(SIGHS HEAVILY) WOMAN: And I throw it all, throw it all away If you told me what to say Keep the demons far away What do we do now? WOMAN: Throw it all away (PHONE CHIMING) (LOW TONE) (THE CURTAIN CALLS' "HERE'S TO THE FUTURE") MAN: Take your time, there's no rush (LINE TRILLING) Do your best MAN: Hello? So I looked it up, and Xennials are apparently a thing.
(LAUGHS) It sounds like you learned something.
Unsurprising, since I'm a teacher.
MAN: Here's to the future I don't wanna run anymore.
Not from people.
Not you.
So don't run.
Walk, crawl, whatever, as long as it's in my direction.
MAN: And the lessons we learned Here's to our future I can't tell.
Are you I'm smiling.
(CHUCKLES) I'm smiling.
MAN: Life can be short, yes, it's true But don't let that get to you Hey.
I thought you were taking the later train.
TIM: I was so anxious to get home.
You scared me.
(CHUCKLES) Ooh, what is this? It's from my mother.
(SCOFFS) I'm not even pregnant and she already knows it's a boy.
But wait.
There's actually one from Spelman in there too.
Okay, then.
Issues.
(LAUGHS) Your family always does the most.
I know you weren't in the office all weekend.
Where were you when I called you? Okay, I'll I'll be honest.
Please.
(INHALES AND EXHALES DEEPLY) The baby pressure's a lot, and I didn't know how to tell you, so I you know, I went to blow off some steam with some friends from law school.
Which friends? (CHUCKLES) What, are you cross-examining me now? Do I have to? MAN: Sweet love Here's to our future Here's to our future