Private Practice s03e21 Episode Script

Please state your name for the record.
Violet Maryann Turner.
Why are we here today, Dr.
Turner? I'm here for my son, Lucas.
I want to share custody of him.
- Your son is almost a year old, yes? In two weeks.
In two weeks, he'll be 1.
So why now? After virtually no contact for almost a year, why are you now ready to be a mother to Lucas? I'm here for the job interview.
Dr.
Sicher is waiting for you.
Right this way.
Dr.
Turner is here.
Dr.
Turner.
Hi there.
I'm Dr.
Ellen Sicher.
Come on in.
Well, your resume looks great.
You have no idea.
Oh, I have been looking and looking for someone who shares my philosophy to take over for me while I'm on maternity leave.
So can I ask what brings you to New York? - Excuse me? - Can I ask why you're leaving L.
A.
And your current practice? Oh, well, I was on vacation in Costa Rica and, um I'm sorry, I didn't I didn't know you were You're having a baby.
Which is, um - Violet? - Yes? Uh - You're crying.
- I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
- I will go.
- No, no.
Violet.
Do you wanna talk? So, what do you want me to say? Just do what the lawyer said.
Be respectful and emphasize the fact that I've been the constant caregiver in Lucas' life.
So you want me to be nice.
Be honest.
Okay, honest isn't nice.
I mean, this is a custody battle.
It's not nice.
- You're just nervous.
- No, I'm not, Pete.
I mean, you're trying to keep Lucas out of Violet's hands and I wanna help.
But, you know, I work with Violet, you know? I mean, she's a friend of mine, sort of.
So, you know, you gotta tell me what you want, Pete.
Honest or nice? Be honest.
Do you believe that Violet Turner is a fit mother? Please answer the question.
No.
I do not believe Violet Turner is a fit mother.
Miss Broome? Mr.
Parker.
- You have an 8-year-old daughter? Yes.
Your wife died in a fire caused by her drug abuse.
A fire that your daughter almost died in, too, correct? Uh, I thought my wife was clean.
- I didn't I didn't know.
Mr.
Parker, I'm sorry, but isn't it true that you didn't allow your daughter to say goodbye to her dying mother? Mr.
Parker? - Yeah, uh Heather's My wife's face was badly burned and I didn't want I wanted to spare my daughter seeing her that way.
Is that the reason? Or did you feel your wife was unstable and undeserving of seeing your daughter? No further questions, Your Honor.
She looks upset.
I'm gonna go in there.
No, leave her alone.
She got beat up in court today.
Char.
Hey.
Can I get you some food? Or a martini? You don't give someone liquor who's upset - Liquor is what you offer someone - I'm fine.
I'm fine.
I'll be fine.
I just need to Hey, uh, this is the third message I'm leaving.
Please, come back.
I need someone who's on my side.
I'm on her side.
You sure about that? So when Violet found out she was pregnant, - you moved in with her? - Yes, I wanted to lend her my support.
You're a very good friend, Dr.
Freedman.
It's easy to be a good friend to Violet.
She's a good friend to me.
Dr.
Freedman, did you meet your girlfriend on an Internet sex site? I met my ex-girlfriend on a site where adults go to meet other adults.
- Do l? Is this? Miss Broome, - unless you can get there real fast - Different area then.
You have a reputation as a pediatrician who'd go to any length to protect his patients, do you not? I believe in keeping my patients safe.
In fact, didn't you recently spend some time in jail protecting a child you believed was being abused? Yes.
I'm proud of that.
Are you really prepared to turn a baby over to a woman with obvious mental health issues? Objection.
Argumentative.
- Sustained.
If Lucas were your patient and not the child of your closest friend, would you think that shared custody would be in his best interest? Given everything she's been through, you really think Violet Turner is a fit mother? I'm just saying that maybe the two of you should talk, Pete.
You know, there's a way to be decent about this.
Do you have e-mails from Violet where she mentions Lucas? We work next door to each other.
We don't e-mail.
- Just asking.
- I'm telling you.
What do you want me to do, lose this? You want me to hand over my kid to her for half of every week? - Shared custody is not the worst thing.
No.
- Pete.
- No.
Shh.
Shh.
Okay.
Shh.
- It's okay.
It's okay.
- Give him to me, give him to me.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Oh, sweetie, it's okay.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Where is she? She said she'll be here.
She'll be here.
Your Honor, our next witness is traveling from quite a distance.
She's just moments away.
I'm afraid if your witness is not here, then I call Dr.
Naomi Bennett as our next witness.
It's easy for everyone else just to talk about how Violet should just get on with her life and just move on.
But when life throws you a curve ball, it's not easy.
So you can empathize - with Violet's inability to move on? - I do.
Because of your relationship with your own daughter? You are estranged, correct? Much the same way that Violet is estranged from her son.
We were for a brief time, but things are better now.
So you support your 15-year-old's pregnancy and marriage? No.
Are you talking with her? We just need a little space.
Do you believe that your need for space from your own child allows you to accept Violet's behavior toward her child? No, no, no.
That is not it.
No, I was I was with Pete.
I was there when he found her, just minutes after the attack.
Dying in a pool of her own blood.
I mean, and her baby just gone.
There are no words to adequately convey the horror of what she went through.
What I witnessed.
The image of her like that, it still haunts my dreams.
And so does the guilt of being powerless to help her or help her find Lucas.
If that still terrorizes me, I can't even imagine how it's affected Violet.
And I have compassion for her.
For my friend.
Thank you.
What happened when you opened the door - and Katie was on the other side of it? - I told you.
I was attacked.
Yeah, but what happened? What did Katie do? How did you react? - What were you feeling during the attack? - I can't talk about the attack anymore.
You've discussed it? With whom? I've worked through the attack and now I wanna focus on getting back to my life.
- We have talked about this.
- No, just - No.
- Violet, you cannot shrink yourself.
I know that you wanna have control over this situation.
Most likely because you didn't have control over the attack.
I get it.
But it's not gonna help you get through this.
Now, you've been seeing me for some time now and I assume that you came to me because you want my help.
So let me help you.
Okay? Okay.
So, what happened when you opened the door? - Katie jabbed a needle into my arm.
- And then? Sometimes PTSD causes flashbacks or intense fear, hypervigilance, numbness or avoidance.
Have you treated Violet Turner for PTSD? Counseled her? Well, I'm her friend.
Her ex-boyfriend.
It's a funny story, actually.
Heh, heh.
I was almost Lucas' father.
Excuse me, how exactly is that possible? Well, Violet and I were dating when she started sleeping with Pete.
Which is to say, uh Not that she's promiscuous.
She's not.
It's just that she Well, it was a confusing time for all of us, I think.
And my point was that none of us knew who the father was until a few weeks after Lucas was born, so I naturally became very attached to him.
Dr.
Turner didn't know Dr.
Wilder was the father when she turned the child over to him? Not definitively, no.
Back to the question.
- Have you ever treated Violet Turner? - No.
Given our history, being her therapist would be a breach of ethics.
So given her behavior, her inability to connect with her son after the attack, do you believe that Violet Turner suffers from PTSD? Objection.
Dr.
Wallace was not called as an expert witness, nor as Dr.
Turner's psychiatrist.
You don't have to answer that.
I suspect Violet suffers from PTSD.
Hey.
Thank you so much for coming.
Oh, God, I wouldn't have missed this for the world.
I'm just so sorry.
I'm so sorry that you have to go through all this.
And I hope this isn't my fault.
When you were gone and you couldn't be there for Lucas, I encouraged Addison to be there.
Thank you.
Thank you.
We're gonna fight this.
We're gonna fight.
- You're gonna get your son.
- Absolutely.
- All right? - All right.
We call Dr.
Amelia Shepherd to the stand.
PTSD causes identifiable neural correlates.
And we can see them clearly in an MEG scan.
Here, we see that Violet has high abnormal activity in the temporal lobes, as well as atrophy in the hippocampus.
Both are consistent with PTSD.
Can you interpret these findings? There's evidence that PTSD is a physical disease.
- Which means? - It's treatable.
Talk therapy? Anti-anxiety drugs? Both are traditional routes.
Personally, I would treat it with beta-blockers.
PTSD manifests with a host of physical symptoms.
Rapid heart rate, shortness of breath.
Take away the physical response from the memories and you've taken away the condition.
So, what you're saying is Dr.
Turner could be treated as easily as prescribing a heart medication.
That's what I'm saying.
This is a physical ailment.
War vets, victims of abuse, people who have been in accidents, they all get it.
We're not trying to take their kids away from them.
Give the woman back her child.
Pete.
Okay, you are not welcome here anymore.
Whoa, first, screw you.
And second, this is not your house.
- This is Addison's house.
Come on.
- Amelia.
- We have to go pick up Lucas anyway.
- No.
Pack and leave.
I was called to testify.
I got on the stand and I told the truth.
- Been out of med school for minutes.
- Okay - Come to my custody hearing for my son, - Who do you think you're? - Spout this pseudo-scientific crap.
- I'm board-certified You know what? I'll be at my house if you need me.
Addie, what are you doing? - I mean, you are letting him - It's his child.
Yeah, well, the way he's acting, maybe he's the one with PTSD.
When you say abandonment That's what it was.
Violet abandoned our child.
It's a strong word, abandonment.
Another strong word is hate.
- You ever hate anyone, Dr.
Wilder? - Not that I know of.
- You were married, correct? - Yes.
- What happened to your wife? - Ahem.
She died.
How did you feel about her death? Did you ever say that you hated your wife and you felt nothing about her death? Yes.
I don't care who she's been to you in the past.
Today, Violet is your enemy and we're fighting for Lucas' life.
Now, do you wanna win this or not? Violet Turner's a great mother.
It doesn't give you pause that Violet gave her baby away to Pete? Violet knew her limits and asked for help.
She did more for her child than most mothers do.
She could have kept her child, hired a nanny, spent her days locked in her room with the vapors, but she didn't.
- Do you think? - I'm not finished.
She handed Lucas over to his father out of love for her child.
She's spending all her time apologizing for taking care of herself.
As far as I'm concerned, she doesn't have to apologize for anything.
She's getting on with her life the best way she can.
She's ready to spend time with her son.
I don't see why we aren't supporting her.
So, Violet talks to you about wanting to be with Lucas.
Shows you photos of him, talks about milestones.
Milestones? God, no.
Violet and I are friends because she isn't that kind of mother.
I hate babies.
So does she.
I mean, we don't like other people's babies.
But she likes Lucas.
She does.
She loves him.
Violet hates babies.
That's a nice one.
Really? After what you said, you're coming to discuss my testimony.
- She was counting on us.
- At least I tried to be loyal.
I know I messed it up, but you didn't even try.
So don't you try to push your guilt onto me.
I'm not taking any of it.
Why don't you stuff it where the sun don't shine? Do you think Addison Montgomery is a good influence in Lucas's life? - I need a verbal answer, Dr.
Bennett.
- I don't know.
- Have you seen her with Lucas? - Yes.
Have you seen her feeding him and bathing him, - playing with him? - Yes.
- Does she seem comfortable? - Enough.
Dr.
Bennett, can you think of any reasons why Addison Montgomery might not be a good influence on Lucas? Or reasons why Violet Turner would be? Dr.
Bennett, she asks, you respond.
All right.
You know what, Your Honor? We're done here.
Sam.
Sam.
What was that? - They asked me questions, I answered.
- That was it? That was all you had? - This was important to me.
- I couldn't.
I wanted to.
- Well, why not? - I couldn't.
- Because of me? Because you? - I'm in love with Addison.
I love her and at the same time, I hate her.
Seeing her with Pete is killing me.
Last night, I was out on my deck and I could hear all three of them next door and Lucas was laughing.
And if I had gotten up on the stand and said what I wanted to say I wanna tear them apart.
I wanna take that baby away from them.
But it's for the wrong reasons.
So, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, but I need to be able to look myself in the mirror and know that I'm a good man.
I'm trying to be a good man.
So I said nothing.
Because if I had said what I wanted to say, I wouldn't have been testifying for you.
I would have been testifying for me.
Dr.
Turner, if you win, if partial custody is granted to you, what do you look forward to with Lucas? What are you looking forward to? L I can't wait to watch him sleep again.
After he was born, before I gave him to Pete, I used to watch him sleep and he just looked so peaceful.
And, well, now he's trying to walk and form words and I wanna be a part of all that.
I don't want to miss anything else.
Do you wanna take a minute, get some water? No, I'm okay.
So you're glad you had Lucas? Because you did think about aborting him, didn't you? Just like you aborted a number of other babies, right? Me.
That's me, here.
Me.
What if I lose? We're not gonna lose.
- What if I lose? - We.
We.
What if we lose? - What if we lose? - It's not losing, anyway, all right? Violet is Lucas' mom.
It's not like she's gonna hurt him.
It's not like I said she was gonna drown him.
You know what? It's past his bedtime.
He should have been asleep a half hour ago.
I'm gonna put him down.
It's just we don't need her.
This.
We don't need this.
- Can you get the door, please? - Yeah.
All right.
Ready? Say good night.
- Say night-night.
- Good night, big man.
Night-night, Daddy.
I went to your house first, but you weren't there, so I figured I mean, Addison's.
I mean, I know it's late and my lawyer would be upset if she knew that I was here, but What? How did we get here, Pete? I mean, here, in court.
- You sued me.
- I know that.
But isn't there a more civil way of doing this? Your lawyer knows all these personal things about everyone.
- So does yours.
- That's why I'm asking.
- How did we get here? - Violet, you put Lucas in my arms.
You made me solely responsible for his well-being.
- I have to do what I think is right for him.
- Really? Because it feels like The way you look at me, it feels like punishment.
- You are punishing me.
- That's not my intention.
Well, Sam said a thing.
He said that he loves Addison, but that he hates Addison.
So it makes it hard for him to Look, clearly, you hate me.
But are you doing all this because? Are you still in love with me? - Violet.
- Leave me alone.
Hey, come on.
Come here.
- Hey, what the hell was that? - What? - Fellas, keep it together.
- Good advice.
- You have any idea what you did? - You don't understand.
It's crap.
I have a daughter, okay? It's crap.
- Where is she? Inside.
Hey, maybe we should give her a minute.
You okay? You want me to fire Cooper? Because I can.
I'll fire Charlotte.
I've been looking for a reason to fire Charlotte.
Say the word and I will.
Who knew? Who knew that everyone thought I was such a horrible person? What will happen if I lose? I can't go through this again.
What would you tell a patient if she were going through this? - I don't know.
- Come on, yeah, you do.
Yeah, you do.
I'm still in love with Pete.
Don't tell anyone, okay? Okay.
Okay, let's go back.
Let's go back.
At what point during the attack did your mind drift to Lucas? - Why is this significant? - We've recounted this and at no point have you mentioned your baby.
Not once.
And I wanna talk about him.
Okay, so let's go back.
You're on the floor.
Blood was pouring out of my body, ruining the rug.
I don't know.
Stick with me, Violet.
Just stay with me.
Do you know how much I begged her not to do it? Do what? To cut him out of me.
Nai, do you mind if I sit? What am I gonna say, no? How did we get here? How did we let it get this bad? I don't know.
You like playing house with my son, Addison? - Violet.
- There are two people who knew about my abortions.
And I am sure Naomi was not the one who told.
- L - Wanna fight dirty? Let's fight dirty.
But you started it.
Remember that when you're on the stand.
Do you believe that Violet Turner is a fit mother? Please answer the question.
No.
I do not believe that Violet Turner is a fit mother.
She has made no contact with the baby.
I've tried to fill that void.
I know I'm not his mother.
It was not my intention to, but it just sort of happened and I'm glad that it did.
He's a very special little boy.
Well, I commend you, Dr.
Montgomery.
Not many would take on the responsibility of raising another woman's child.
No further questions.
Would you call yourself an honest person, Dr.
Montgomery? - Yes, I would.
- You were married, right? - Yes, I was.
I'm divorced now.
- Why did your marriage dissolve? Objection.
Why is Dr.
Montgomery's marriage relevant? - Well? - It goes to her credibility, Your Honor.
Answer, Dr.
Montgomery.
I had an affair and my husband left me.
Who did you have an affair with? He was my husband's best friend.
Didn't you also have an affair with your patient's husband? A, uh, - Dr.
Noah Barnes, I believe is - We never slept together.
Okay, so you've been dishonest, broken vows when it's served you, haven't you? Which begs the question, how much trust can we put in your credibility here today? Objection.
Seriously, this is abusive.
All right, moving on.
Why don't you have children, Dr.
Montgomery? I can't.
- Did you ever want to have children? - Yes.
I tried, but I was not able to.
So would you lie on the stand to keep Lucas? To protect your one last chance at motherhood? Objection.
- No, I wanna answer.
You're right.
I'm a cheater and a husband-stealer, and on top of all that, I'm barren.
So good times.
I never wanted any of this to happen.
I never wanted to hurt Violet.
Yes, she's a mess.
I'm a mess too.
I'm here for Lucas.
He's a baby, so he can't speak for himself, but I'm pretty sure if he could, he'd say that he wanted to feel loved and safe and have cereal for dinner.
I just want Lucas to be happy.
So if that means you tearing me apart and making me look like the most horrible person on earth, then, please, go ahead and do it, because Lucas is worth it to me.
So next question, Ms.
Gibson? Are you still in love with me? I'm sorry everything's that's happening has hurt you, but I can't let you hurt Lucas the way you hurt me.
- I have to protect him.
- You didn't answer the question.
- Well, what do you expect from me? - I don't know.
I mean, we made a baby together.
I mean, the least we could offer each other is honesty.
Honest? Fine.
I'm done.
I have moved on.
I'm over you.
I wish you well, best of luck in all your future endeavors.
You ripped my heart out and you walked away from our child.
I have moved on.
I don't love you.
You want me to be honest? Honesty isn't nice.
You were fantastic on the stand today.
If that doesn't win it for us, I don't know.
Is the baby asleep? - What? - Is Lucas asleep? Yeah.
He went down fine.
How did your lawyers know about Violet's abortions? Answer me.
I had to do something to help us win.
I don't even know what to say to you.
Addison, why don't you start? It's like you have done some horrible things during this trial.
But I told myself it's because you're worried and you're scared, but now it's like you've shut down Pete and become this cold, hard, mean You know what? Mind your own business.
- Mind my own business? - Stay out of it.
This is my business.
You made it my business when you put your son in my arms.
If I didn't love that kid, I'd sit back and I'd watch you and Violet tear each other to shreds.
But I do love him.
And that is who I am concerned about here.
- And I'm not? - You better think about what you're gonna say to him when he asks you one day: "Why did you do this to my mother?" And what are you gonna say? I hope you have something good to say.
- Otherwise - He's gonna hate me? No, he's gonna be ashamed of you.
Like I am right now.
Pete, why are we here? I mean, all we ever wanted since Lucas was born was for Violet to be a part of his life.
How many times did she walk out of a room he was in, walk around him or by him, pretend Lucas didn't exist? Every time, you and I, we'd run into a corner, have a hushed conversation, hoping and praying that she would just look at him.
- Exactly.
- Okay, but she did.
She looked at him.
You know, Violet did what we all asked of her and instead of supporting her or breathing a sigh of relief, because, yeah, it's about time, we're in court, you know, telling her, "No, Violet, you can't be a mother to your son.
" - It's a little hypocritical, don't you think? - Cooper, she's not ready.
Deep down, I think you know that.
Do you believe that Violet Turner is a fit mother? Dr.
Freedman? Answer the question, Dr.
Freedman.
No, I don't.
Violet.
Violet, I should have I should have told you how I was feeling.
I didn't, because I wanted to be there for you.
I was going to be there.
I got up there and I realized that this is about Lucas.
But I should have talked to you first.
I'm sorry.
All right, I'm gonna give you five minutes.
You've got five minutes to sulk about what everybody said about you in there.
You got five minutes to cry and to scream and to call them every single bad name in the book.
And then when those five minutes are up, you're gonna walk back into that courtroom and fight for your son.
- I can't.
I can't.
- I'm sorry, but the clock is ticking.
Damn it, Naomi.
You know, maybe he's better off without me, okay? Maybe I am a terrible mother.
Well, wait, that does not mean that you quit.
Yes, there will be times when you let your child down.
There'll be times when you do the wrong thing.
There will be times when you are a horrible mother.
But that does not mean that you quit.
It means that you fight harder.
I mean, that's what I should have done.
So go back in there and fight.
Fight for the both of us.
Stick with me, Violet.
You know how much I begged her not to do it? Do what? To cut him out of me.
I begged and I begged and I begged.
And when I knew she was gonna do it, I told my baby I told Lucas that Mommy was very sorry for letting this happen.
And, um And then l And then I let her.
Let her what? I told Katie how to cut him out of me.
Where to cut, how deep the incision should be, how to see through the blood.
I helped her.
I helped her take my baby away from me.
Violet, listen to me.
What could have happened to Lucas had Katie made the incision incorrectly? She could have cut him.
And what could have happened to Lucas if she cut too deep? - She could have cut him.
- That's right.
What could have happened to Lucas had you not helped Katie see through the blood? - She could have cut him.
- Yes.
You helped Katie to cut Lucas out, because you were trying to protect him.
You brought Lucas into this world, safe and unharmed.
You did that.
Even as you almost bled to death.
Do you understand what that means? - That I chose Lucas.
- Yes.
- Over me, I chose Lucas.
- Yes.
And you chose him again when you gave him to Pete.
Do you hear me? You saved your little boy.
- I saved him? - Yes.
Please answer the question, Dr.
Turner.
How many abortions have you had? Two.
And you considered aborting Lucas? I hadn't planned on becoming a mother, so, yes, I considered it, but then l Did you have any doubts about being a mother before the attack? Every woman has doubts about becoming a mother.
- Answer the question.
- I had a normal amount of uncertainty.
- Why didn't you do a paternity test? - Until I understood what motherhood meant to me, I couldn't consider the feelings of a partner.
Not knowing seemed to be the best option.
- After he was born? - Let's get this straight.
Lucas was not born.
He was ripped from my body.
And afterwards, I was fighting for my life and my sanity, so I couldn't quite focus on who the father was.
We all understand the amount of stress that you were under, but in that situation, in any situation, don't you think putting your own needs first is the antithesis of being a good mother? I've spent a lot of time thinking like that, Miss Broome.
A lot of time thinking that I was poison for my child.
But now I know that that is not true.
I have gone to therapy.
I have done the work.
And I know with every fiber of my being that I am ready to be Lucas' mother.
And when I wasn't ready, I gave him to the one person I knew that would put Lucas' life before his own.
And that was Pete.
And my friends stepped in and helped.
And they are protective of Lucas.
And as hard as it is to hear their concern for me, I'm glad that they're protective.
But I'm back.
And I am not gonna apologize or be made to feel bad for doing what was best for my child and for me.
I am here today because I'm healed.
And I wanna share custody of my son.
I'm ready to share in the burden of parenting.
And I deserve that chance, because I did the work.
Because I got better.
And because I am Lucas' mother.
I am Lucas' mother.
And no one else can say that.
Last question, Dr.
Wilder.
Given everything that's been said, given your personal experience, would you say that Violet Turner is a fit mother? Dr.
Wilder? May I please? I'd like to say something.
Of course.
He's just like you.
You know that? He's stubborn already.
And sensitive.
He observes people.
Laughs all the time for no reason whatsoever.
He's just like you.
And I want him to know you, Violet.
I do.
It's just he doesn't know pain yet.
And I know it's coming one day, it's inevitable, he'll get his heart broken.
But I wanna hold that off as long as I possibly can.
And I think that if you're ready to be part of Lucas' life I know what you're like when you love someone.
I know what that feels like.
And it's the best feeling in the world.
And I want Lucas to know that love, because you're his mother.
And I think that if you can love him, and I think you will be able to soon, I think we have a chance to raise the happiest, most loved little boy in the world.
But, please, Violet, be ready.
That's all I ask.
Dr.
Turner, you suffered a great tragedy and I sympathize with everything you've been through.
I commend you for going to therapy and getting yourself ready to have a relationship with your child.
It's a testament to your strength.
Over the course of this trial, many people who know you best and care for you most expressed that they don't believe you're ready to be a mother right now.
And as much as I appreciate how far you've come and the intensity of your desire to be with Lucas, I cannot simply substitute my judgment for theirs.
Therefore, I grant full custody to Dr.
Wilder with supervised visitation to Dr.
Turner.
Dr.
Turner is free to file a petition to revisit this arrangement in the future.
- Hey.
- Hey.
How's William? - He's really sick.
- I'm sorry.
All right, well, I should get going.
It's good to see you.
Maya's eight months pregnant and I've never even felt the baby kick.
I haven't helped with the nursery.
I haven't bought one stitch of baby clothing.
Nothing.
Well, she needs more baby clothes.
All I got was this tiny little This baseball cap.
Nothing is in the nursery except a bassinet, so you could go crazy in there.
And the baby kicks on cue when there's music playing, so if you wanted to spend time singing to Maya's belly, you could do that.
- It's not too late? - You're her mother.
It's never too late.
This is something, isn't it? Yeah.
It's something.
That was you.
Pete's testimony.
It's okay, it's okay.
You don't have to.
It's just Well, we've been through a war this week.
And I lost, so I'm trying to appreciate the small things.
So if you helped Pete and if he hates me a little bit less because of you, then that's something I can appreciate.
I'm sorry, Violet, I didn't expect - I thought the judge would - No, don't.
It's not the end of the world.
It's a step.
It's a small step, but it's a step.
I'm going to see Lucas and I'm going to be happy.
Are you? I don't know.
Pete doesn't hate you.
- Violet's not here.
- Look, ahem, I don't know where I'm headed.
Now I look like a GPS to you? Would you just shut up, let me finish? Let me talk? Figuratively speaking, I don't know where I'm headed.
I know I haven't been myself lately.
Even though I'm trying to get back there, I don't know how long that's gonna take.
Where was I going with that? I had this memorized - You were saying you don't know squat.
- Right, okay.
What I do know, what I realized from this whole ordeal is what's important.
Like the people that you love.
And you are important to me, Charlotte.
You're important to me too.
Have dinner with me?