9-1-1 (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Karma's a Bitch - full transcript

What goes around comes around for an unremorseful widower, an arrogant fitness club owner and an unsuspecting thief. Meanwhile, Bobby gets a surprising phone call from his doctor after ...

DISPATCHER: Sir, are you there?

[DANFORD WHEEZING]

Sir, can you hear me? Sir?

Sir?

- [SIRENS WAILING]
- [EMERGENCY HORNS HONKING]

We've been here before.

- When?
- Before you joined us, kid.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

HEN: Chimney,

you're almost there!

Coming. Coming. Coming.



Help me out here.

All right, watch her head.

Okay. Got it.

Why would she do something like this?

I'm sorry.

DANFORD: Whatever it was, we
could have talked about it.

I could have helped her. I loved her.

I imagine she wasn't eager
to run into your loving arms.

We had our differences.

Clearly.

Now, my wife liked to use
this tree for target practice.

- DANFORD: I'm not gonna ask you again.
- [SARAH GRUNTS]

Where were you last night?
Do not walk away from me.

Hey!



You do this to yourself.

You realize that?

What do you want to hear, honey?

Huh? That I found some guy?

That I screwed his
brains out in the car?

Will that make you feel
better for hitting me?

Why would you get a gun?

Don't take another step,
Dan. I will shoot you.

I swear I will.

Well, look at you.

All brave.

Oh, I'm not brave.

I'm just so pissed at
myself for letting you

rip me away from my life and control me!

Pull the trigger.

Go ahead, pull the trigger.

Shoot.

Shoot, shoot, shoot! Damn it...

[GUNSHOT]

[GASPING]

You want out so bad,

you're gonna have to
shoot yourself, not me.

DANFORD: Look.

- [THUNDER RUMBLING]
- It's still standing.

And she's not.

MAN: I really can't explain it.

Fungus took hold, spread like cancer.

Was she exposed to any foreign objects?

DANFORD: She got sick after
being struck by a bullet.

MAN: That's weird. Tree this size?

Come on. There's nothing you can do?

MAN: Truth be told, she should
have been leveled months ago.

It's a damn shame.

A lot of good memories with this tree.

Well, I can get you an
estimate by the end of the day.

Don't bother.

♪ ♪

[SPEED DIALS]

- [SCISSORS CUTTING]
- [FABRIC RIPPING]

The bullet she fired at him...

Did it fly out of the
tree when he blew it up?

[WHEEZING]

Karma's a bitch.

9-1-1 S01E08
"Karma's a Bitch"

♪ ♪

[LIVELY CHATTER]

So I want to thank
everybody for donating today.

I don't know if you know this or not,

but 90% of all the
blood given to patients

in the Los Angeles area
comes from volunteers.

I know that we all put
our asses on the line

in the field every day to save people,

but today, you're saving people,

and all it's taking is
a tiny prick of a needle.

So simple, even Mr.
Buckley can't mess that up.

- You still at it, huh? How'd you do?
- Incredible.

Everyone donated. Some people
even came in on their day off.

That's great. All right,
well, let's wrap it up.

- We got to start our shift.
- Uh, hold up.

Looks here like I am two pints shy

of my goal for the day.

Well, that'll give you something
to work towards next time.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're
the captain of this house,

and you're the only one
who didn't participate.

I don't like needles, end of story.

Oh, come on. Captain, come on.

You got to donate.

I don't give blood.

All right? I never give
blood. When I was a kid,

they tried to take my
blood, and I bit the doctor.

- [LAUGHS]
- It's not funny.

And the one time someone tried
to take my blood as an adult...

didn't go well.

[LAUGHTER]

Bobby? Bobby, hold...
Wait. Hold on. Hold on.

All right, listen, I get it.
I really do, okay?

But I really need you to
do this for me, all right?

Look...

I'm alive because that rebar hit
my head at just the right angle,

and because I had the best
damn fire and rescue team

to get me to the hospital

and the best surgeons in
the world once I got there.

But I got ten pints of
blood, donated blood,

given by the very generous
people of this city.

Now, I told you, I just...

I wanted to do this blood
drive 'cause I wanted to give

a little something back
of what I was given.

And expressing my gratitude like this...

It balances me out with the universe.

Now, you and everybody else here

asked me how they could
help with my recovery.

Well, this is how.

- I hate all of you.
- Thank you. Thank you.

- You love us.
- Here, you're gonna need this.

- Just squeeze it.
- CHIMNEY: All right, let's stick him!

All right, let's get it.

Hey. All right, get
in there. Get in there.

- There you go.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

Mwah.

[CAR DRIVING AWAY]

- Hey.
- [DOOR CLOSES]

I am proud of us.

[WHOOPS] What we're trying
to do here... I tell you.

And what is it exactly we trying to do?

Because I keep forgetting.

Well, be a family, for better or worse.

Adapt to our circumstance.

You know, everyone says that

they put their kids first,
but we are actually doing it.

I want to take the
kids out this weekend.

- Out?
- Yeah.

Please. We've already
taken them to your mother's.

Athena, I've been seeing
Glenn now for some time,

and I want the kids to meet
him. I-I want you to meet him.

Absolutely not. They say
you should wait a year

before you introduce
your kids to someone,

and that's under the
best of circumstances.

What, you think they're ready
to see you sitting at dinner

holding hands with another man?

[CHUCKLES] Well, they need
to see me for who I am.

Says who? Look, I know you're
ready to come out and change

your whole world, but
the rest of us aren't.

God, it's not like he's moving in.

You know, I just thought
that if we all go out

for ice cream and maybe
have a conversation...

And then what? Is he coming
over for Sunday dinner?

Opening presents under
the Christmas tree?

- He's a stranger to us.
- So I guess you want

to have a background check
before he's around the kids?

Couldn't hurt.

I met him on the Wilshire project.

He's a contractor.

Went to USC. He's decent.

Barely drinks.

Doesn't smoke, no drugs.

And I am hoping

that's he's not a stranger for long.

We agreed that this
family would change shape,

and that we would work together

to mold it into something
that works for all of us.

I'm trying to move forward, Athena.

Move with me.

Then stop moving so fast.

Okay, so I came in
early to turn in my keys

and-and pick up my paycheck.

He actually fired me
yesterday. It's a whole story.

Anyway, I, um... I
smelled something burning.

[SKIN SIZZLING]

We all kept trying to
tell him to get it fixed.

[MECHANICAL RATTLING, CLICK]

Oh, my God. I didn't think to do that.

- How long has he been in there?
- I don't know. He's the owner,

so sometimes he comes in before
we even open, so two hours,

- maybe three?
- What do you think, Chim? Is he dead?

Worse. I think he's alive.

Why the hell didn't he just get out?

- Might have had a stroke.
- He's 32.

- What was he on? We need to know.
- I don't know.

32, may have had a stoke, drugs
could be an underlying cause.

- What was he on?
- Everything, okay?

- He was stacking.
- Steroids?

[DEFIBRILLATOR SQUEALS, THUMPS]

He's in V-tach!

Starting compressions.

CHIMNEY: No. He's gone.

- Oh, my God.
- Whoa, whoa. Easy.

It's just too freaky. I mean,
after what happened with Mindy.

I told him. I said, "Barry,
what goes around comes around."

Who's Mindy?

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING OVER TRUCK STEREO]

[MUSIC STOPS]

- [CAR ALARM CHIRPS]
- Barry. Hey.

- You can't leave Mindy in there.
- [MINDY WHIMPERING]

No, I won't be long.
I'm just doing chest.

- She's fine. I cracked the window.
- Barry, it's not enough.

Why did you even bring her? Why
didn't you just leave her home?

'Cause you know how hyper she gets.

She barks all day. The
neighbors have complained.

- I'm not supposed to have a dog.
- Barry, she is gonna bake.

It's 70 degrees out.

PETA says on a 70 degree day,
temperatures inside a parked car

- can reach a hundred.
- Carrie, she's fine.

- She's got water.
- Barry, dogs can die from heatstroke.

And she's not your dog. You're
supposed to be behind the desk.

[SCOFFS]

[MINDY WHINING]

[BARKING]

[WHINES]

♪ I always cross the line ♪

♪ Tightened our belts ♪

♪ Abuse ourselves ♪

♪ Get in our way... ♪

Carrie.

What are you doing?

The tanning bed's fritzing again.

The timer's stuck.

No. I told you there's
nothing wrong with it.

You just got to jiggle it.

- [GLASS SHATTERS]
- [CAR ALARM WAILING]

[MINDY BARKING]

Oh.

♪ What comes around goes around. ♪

- [CAR ALARM WAILING]
- [MINDY BARKING]

No, no, no. What the hell did you do?!

I saved your dog.

Here. You're welcome.

You know what?

You come pick up your final
paycheck tomorrow morning.

You're fired!

- Yep. Karma's a bi...
- Please, don't.

[RINGTONE PLAYING]

This is Bobby.

I-I don't understand why
you can't just tell...

- Okay, thanks.
- What's up, Cap?

That was Cedars.

Is someone sick?

The blood I donated...

They sent it to a lab
and had it tested, so...

Well, it's the first time you
donated, they have to do that

before they release
it to the blood supply.

They found something in it.

What do you mean, "found something"?

They wouldn't tell me over the phone.

They said they'd rather do it in person.

BOBBY: I got to show
you something, Father.

I haven't shared this with anyone else.

[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]

Your prayer book?

I guess it is my prayer book in a way.

A list of names.

62, so far.

62 of 148.

One hundred and forty-eight.

The number of people
who died because of me.

These 62 names, these are
people whose lives you've saved.

Yeah.

This job, it's the only way I
know how to balance the ledger.

Not that I can ever really do that.

But 148 lives, I owe at least that much.

And then I can go.

Bobby, you're aware of the
Church's position on suicide.

- You're against it.
- It would cost you your eternal soul.

- Do you believe in karma?
- I believe in God's justice.

How about his sense of humor?

There's something in my blood.

Something unusual.

The doctor wouldn't
tell me over the phone.

- He wants to break it to me in person.
- I'm sorry.

So I guess the irony is,

I may not live long
enough to make it to 148,

and that scares the hell out of me.

Because that is your penance.

And I don't know if my soul will
ever be able to rest in peace

if it goes unpaid.

["INSTANT KARMA" BY JOHN LENNON PLAYING]

♪ Instant karma's gonna get you ♪

♪ Gonna knock you right in the head ♪

♪ You better get yourself together ♪

♪ Pretty soon you're gonna be dead ♪

♪ What in the world you thinking of? ♪

♪ Laughing in the face of love ♪

♪ What on earth you trying to do? ♪

♪ It's up to you ♪

♪ Yeah, you ♪

♪ Instant karma's gonna get you ♪

♪ Gonna look you right in the face ♪

♪ Better get yourself together, darlin' ♪

♪ Join the human race ♪

♪ How in the world you gonna see? ♪

♪ Laughing at fools like me ♪

♪ Who in the hell do you think you are? ♪

♪ A superstar? ♪

♪ Well, right, you are ♪

♪ Well, we all shine on ♪

♪ Like the moon and
the stars and the sun. ♪

Ow!

[GROANING]

I hope nothing was
breakable in your package.

I don't know. I'm sure it's fine.

Not that you couldn't return
it, but the hassle, you know.

Just get me to the hospital.
Why aren't we leaving?

We're just not sure if you
have a spinal cord injury,

- and so we're trying to stabilize you.
- I told you,

I can feel my legs.

I can feel it too much. It hurts!

- [SIREN WHOOPS]
- Who called the cops?

The cops don't need
to be here. I'm fine.

I-I don't want to go to
the hospital. [SCREAMS]

You guys find I.D. on her?

Uh...

This must have fallen out of
her pocket. Who called you?

One of the neighbors.

- You the Porch Pirate?
- The hell?

Are you trying to suggest that I'm...

There are days when I'd
actually enjoy whatever tall tale

you're on the cusp of spitting my way.

Where I'd be entertained
letting you think

that you're smarter than me,
even if only for a minute.

But today is nowhere
close to being one of them.

I'm the victim here.

- I have to get to the hospital.
- Oh, you'll get there.

- They'll fix your busted hip.
- Femur, actually.

And then you'll be
charged with grand theft.

- What?
- Trespassing, too.

Oh.

Your car is still running.

Your driver's license
says you live in Van Nuys.

Now, I know you're in agony.

You want them to fix that
femur in a timely fashion?

You cut the crap and
confirm what I already know.

I don't keep anything.

I just like taking 'em.

I'm supposed to go
to a rehab in Arizona,

but they won't take
my insurance. [GROANS]

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

Let me guess, if that bee
in your bonnet had a name,

it'd be Michael.

The guy he's seeing, he wants
to start bringing him around,

to get to know the kids, and I guess me.

Well, maybe that might be
worth giving him a chance.

- Hell no.
- It might take away a little of the pressure.

Athena, look, I'm just saying this.

Maybe this guy is not all bad.

Michael has a okay
track record picking 'em.

I wouldn't care if he's
dating the Dalai Lama.

I know.

Michael being with somebody
else is a hard thing.

What's hard is that
somehow we done decided

that's what's best for the
kids is that we stay together

and try to play happy, modern family.

All that means to me is
that Michael gets to keep

having the cake of living in
my house and eating it, too,

coming and going as he pleases.

As far as I can see, the only one doing

any heavy emotional lifting here is me.

I'm the one who has to
keep pushing my feelings

to the side every day.

You got bigger problems
than Glenn, Athena.

Kids love their daddies,

but they follow their mother's lead.

No matter how good
Michael is with those kids,

if you hate him... they're
gonna hate their daddy.

I know, relationship problems
is going around, trust me.

- You don't even want to know.
- [DOOR OPENS]

Guys, you think we can
hit the road, please?

She's second-guessing
everything I'm doing in here.

It's kind of hurting my feelings.

I'll call you later.

All right.

BOBBY: You don't have to
be here with me, you know.

[SIGHS] Yeah, well, this
is all only happening

because I'm the one who made
you get your blood drawn.

I feel obligated.

Listen, I'm here for you,

- no matter what that doctor has to say, right?
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]

- Mr. Nash.
- Yeah.

Thank you for coming in so quickly.

There are some findings
in your blood work

that are time sensitive.

He's good.

You can speak freely and directly.

No need to sugarcoat.

Please.

Have you ever heard of rhesus disease?

Uh, no. How bad is it?

It's terrible. Fatal in most cases.

But you don't have it.

It only effects pregnant
women and their fetuses.

I'm-I'm sorry. I don't understand.

There are some 4,000 cases of rhesus

in newborns each year.

You are almost an identical match

to a man in Australia
named James Harrison.

For decades, his donated
blood saved the lives

of more than two million children.

They call him the man
with the golden arm.

Now, it seems you have one, too.

If you would fill this out.

We would love to get you

into our rare donor's
program as soon as possible.

We could set up regular donations.

There are babies at this
very moment who need you.

Thank you.

Congratulations.

Yeah.

[DOOR CLOSES]

Well, dude, I guess you're
gonna have to get over

your fear of needles, huh? [LAUGHING]

[PHONE CLICKING]

- [TIGER GROWLS]
- SEAN: What are you doing?

We can't see the tigers, Uncle Sean.

They're hiding behind the tree.

All right, all right,
all right. Hang on.

Okay.

- SEAN: There we go.
- ADAM: Direct hit.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

Hang on. I'll get him moving.

[TIGER GROWLING]

[CAMERA CLICKING]

- [GROWLS]
- WOMAN: What?

- Did-did you just throw something?
- [ADAM LAUGHS]

- You're not supposed to taunt the animals.
- We're not.

My-my nephew's just trying
to get a picture, that's all.

- All right. Did you get it?
- Oh, uh...

Yeah. Yeah, that's the one I want.

SEAN: Uh, come on.

I got to take a leak. Let's go. Go.

[TIGER GROWLING]

[URINE SPLASHING]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING NEARBY]

[FOOTSTEPS RUNNING]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

Hey! Hey, what happened?

Hey!

What happened?!

Boys?!

[TIGER GROWLING]

[TIGER SNARLING]

[SPEED DIALS]

[LINE RINGING]

ABBY: 911. What's your emergency?

- [GROWLING]
- He's, uh... he's just staring at me.

He won't take his eyes off me.
It's-it's like he's...

It's like he's studying me.
Th-This isn't good.

Zoo security's been alerted.
They're on their way to you now.

Now's not gonna be soon enough, okay?

I've been on safari. I know
how fast these things can move.

Sean, I'm being told your best course

is to remain very still.

[SNARLING]

[ROARING]

- [PANTING]
- Sean?

- [SHOUTING]
- Sean? Sean, tell me what's happening.

- [SNARLS]
- Oh, God!

I made it! I'm in the,
uh... the-the flamingo thing.

Tell the zoo security I'm in
the flamingo thing, all right?

[GASPS]

- Oh, crap.
- [ROARS]

- Where's the tiger now?
- East side of the park.

Nowhere near where we're going.
He's got a visitor pinned.

Shoot team's en route now.

You're gonna shoot him?
That's just not right.

Protocol is to tranquilize
first, if at all possible.

How did the tiger escape
in the first place?

CARL: Apparently, he was able
to jump to the top of the wall

and gain enough leverage
to pull himself out.

Tiger's trainer tried to
wrangle him after he got loose.

This ain't pretty.

It's, uh... it's called degloving.

The-the cat actually peels
the skin back with his claws.

- [HISSES, GROANS]
- Hen, saline.

Sir, we have to disinfect this wound.

- How come it didn't just kill you?
- [GROANS]

I've known Kobe since he was a cub.

He didn't want to
hurt me. He was just...

[GROANS] He was just confused. [SHOUTS]

Okay, if we're real careful,
we can preserve the skin.

A little plastic surgery,
you're gonna be good as new.

ABBY [OVER WALKIE]: All units
responding to Barnsdale Zoo.

I have an adult male in
distress, east side of the park.

He identified himself
as Sean Coopertino, 47,

of Riverside.

Says he's hiding near
the giraffe enclosure.

Show 727-L-30 responding.

Can't be the same guy, can
it? That'll just be too weird.

Same guy as what?

Sean Coopertino. The
dentist from Riverside.

[CROWD CLAMORING]

Dr. Coopertino, how much did
you pay the illegal poachers?

You knew the area was
a protected reserve.

Were you aware that
Ellie was being tracked

and studied by the University of Oxford?

I had no idea it was
a protected reserve.

It was a legal hunting trip.
Now leave me alone.

[CLAMORING CONTINUES]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Cancel all my appointments.

Get my lawyer on the phone.

["YOU OUGHTA KNOW" BY
ALANIS MORISSETTE PLAYING]

[SIGHS]

Oh.

♪ ♪

♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪

ABBY: Sean.

Sean, are you still with me?

Oh, God. Sean.

SEAN: Yeah. Yeah, I'm here.

Stay where you are. Security
has your GPS location.

- They're on their way to you now.
- Yeah, okay.

I, uh... I don't see it anymore.

I-I think I outsmarted it.

[GROWLING]

- [SEAN SCREAMING]
- Sean?

- Sean, are you there?
- [CRUNCHING]

♪ ♪

[TIGER GROWLING IN DISTANCE]

SHARPSHOOTER: I got the tiger.

I don't see him. Do you?

I think I see him hiding back there.

ATHENA: I'm not so sure he's hiding.

Tranq him.

[DART FIRES]

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

- CARL: Is he down?
- SHARPSHOOTER: Yeah, he's down.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

HEN: That's a beautiful animal.

Chances are he's gonna have
to be put down after this.

Maybe not.

Guess who he had for lunch.

Hmm?

That's that idiot that
killed Ellie the Lion.

- ATHENA: Dentist from Riverside?
- Mm-hmm.

I think public sentiment
is gonna be with the kitty.

You know what karma is.

- A bitch.
- No.

She's a wild animal,
and she won't be caged.

- [KNOCKS]
- Hey. It's too quiet up in here.

- What are you two up to?
- [VIDEO GAMES CHIMING]

Your dad's waiting on you
downstairs with the Pictionary.

Are you on your way out to work?

Yeah, in a little while.

Are you guys having a hard
time being with your dad?

No. That's your problem.

Uh, you know, what's going
on with your dad and me

is complicated.

What he's doing is...

is brave,

and all of us need to support him.

Your dad and I are trying
to keep this family together.

Why?

How is all of us being
here, living with you and Dad

mad at each other, helping our family?

Dad being gay was hard
at first, but we love Dad.

That's not the problem.

So what is?

Making us fake it every day.

And for what?

So you two can pretend
that you didn't mess up

by marrying each other?

We prefer honesty.

Isn't that what you always taught us?

Hey, Bobby!

So, that guy in Australia,

you know the one with
the same blood makeup as you,

says here, in 1999, he was awarded

the Medal of the Order of Australia

for saving those kids.

And what would be our equivalent?

It's got to be the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, right?

We should, like, totally put you
up for one of those, you know?

- I mean, like, at some point.
- I gave some blood, Chim.

It doesn't merit a medal. All right?

- Let's just drop it.
- Drop it?

It's the Presidential Medal of...

[SIGHS]

All right.

You want to tell me what's chafing you?

[CHUCKLES] Look, I get it.

You don't like needles.

But you're a lifesaver,
that's what you do.

You're a hero, man.

And somebody just told you you have

the opportunity to save thousands,

maybe millions of kids.

They're the wrong kids!

I want my kids!

Yeah, I'm some lifesaver, aren't I?

That's what I was put
on this Earth to do,

but I couldn't save my family.

Couldn't protect them from me.

A hundred and forty-eight.

That's the number of lives that I owe

for the mistakes that I made.

And once I pay that debt,
I get to be with them again.

And I was halfway there,
Chim. I was halfway there.

I was going to see my kids
again. That was the deal.

Deal with who, Bobby?

The deal I made with God.

[SIGHS]

[INHALES DEEPLY]

I don't think it's God you
made a deal with, Cap...

And I got that phone call

about my blood test, and I thought,

"Here we go. Here it is.
Here's my punishment: cancer."

And for all the prayers I sent up there,

so I could live long enough...

You're not talking about
killing yourself, are you?

Yeah.

I want out.

I want to see my kids again.

And I want this pain to
end, but it's not gonna end.

It's never gonna end.

'Cause God's not
punishing me by killing me.

He's punishing me by
forcing me to stay alive.

Wait, wait, Bobby. Bobby.

[EXHALES]

ATHENA: Mm.

Something wrong with that cola?

Hey. Nah.

I keep a cooler in the
truck for washing blood

away from the scenes
once we're done with them.

Cola is the only thing
that really works.

It's not in the job description,

but I feel like it's
the right thing to do.

Victim was D.O.A., by the way.

Victim and suspect.

Guy robs the joint, and
then gets hit by a dump truck

a few feet from the store.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Hey, what was that thing

you wanted to talk to me about?

[SIGHS]

Athena...

I messed up big-time.

Work or personal?

- Personal.
- Hmm.

Money or sex?

[WHISPERS]: Sex.

[HEN SIGHS]

I slept with Eva.

The hell?

I thought your ex was still in prison.

Paroled, a few weeks ago.

I don't know what came over me.

It was, it was the
night of that full moon.

I haven't been able to look
Karen in the eye since then.

- Well, you got to tell her.
- Why?

I'm never gonna do it
again. It was a mistake.

If anything, it just reminded me
that I want to be with my wife.

I told you, I don't want to
screw this relationship up.

Your relationship is screwed up already.

You don't cheat on a
healthy relationship.

What you did is just
evidence of how bad it is.

Now, your telling Karen is
your chance at fixing it.

It's only when secrets
are revealed that we know

how good or bad a marriage is.

Now, trust me...

I know.

Sometimes you got to...

wreck it in order to save it.

There's a lot of love
between the two of you.

- Thanks, Athena.
- Mmm.

And let me know how it goes.

Thanks for the cola.

[LOCK CLICKS]

[MICHAEL SNORING]

[SIGHS]

- [KEYS CLINK]
- Michael?

Huh?

Oh. Hi, baby. What time is it?

Half past 11:00.

- Mm.
- We need to talk.

This is the hardest thing I've...

I've ever done, but I need to...

do it now while I still love you.

Okay. What is this?

The name and number
of my divorce attorney.

Oh, no, Athena. No.

Whoever you get should call him.

- Athena.
- I love you.

[VOICE BREAKING]: You're my man,

the father of my
children, my best friend.

This family... is changing.

It is what it is.

But us staying together like
this, living in this house,

holding on to some
picture of what was...

[CRYING]: it's making me hate you.

If we don't really move on,

that hate is gonna be
the only thing I feel

when I think about you.

Well, what about the kids?

I spoke to them.

This is what they want and need.

Ah.

[CRYING]

I'm sorry, Athena.

I'm so sorry for hurting you.

I am.

I will never regret marrying you.

I would do it all
over again, everything.

And to have those children
and you as a friend,

I would suffer all
of it a million times.

[SNIFFLES]

♪ ♪

[CRYING]

[DOOR CREAKS]

You're late.

I'm sorry. I was, I was...

just driving around.

I needed to, um... to get my mind right.

About Eva?

She's suing for custody.

That's impossible. Our-our
lawyers said that...

According to her,

we have an unstable home that's
unsuitable to raise a child.

And she's saying the
proof of this unstable home

is that you slept with her.

[SCOFFS]

[SIGHS]

Listen, baby, I-I'm sorry.

Let me just, let me, let
me just, let me explain.

I'm gonna go pack some things.

- I'm taking Denny to my parents'.
- Let me just ex...

You put our family at risk.

I don't know what it is that
you went there looking for,

but I hope you got it.

And I hope it was worth it.

[SNIFFLES]

[DOOR SLAMS]

Oh, no, I didn't order this.

From the gentleman.

Oh.

Um...

Oh, God.

♪ ♪

- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- I'm Aaron.

Um, Athena.

I hope you don't mind
me sending that over.

Oh, well, no. I just...

[CHUCKLES]: I just didn't realize

that people still did this.

Sending drinks over to break the ice?

I'm pretty sure they
haven't stopped doing that.

[BOTH LAUGH]

So how long have you
been out of all of this?

Um... it's-it's been a while.

- Recently separated.
- Mm-hmm.

- How recent?
- Two days.

We've been working our way
towards it for a while now.

I mean, no hard feelings.

He's, um... he's at home with our kids,

so I-I decided to, you
know, just get out the house.

Went to a movie...
and then I got thirsty.

[BOTH LAUGH]

- I just didn't feel like drinking alone.
- Mm.

I highly doubt that you being alone

is anything you ever
have a problem with.

Ooh. Well, aren't you Mr. Smooth?

- How'd you know my last name?
- Yeah, see?

I would've guessed that
was your middle name.

No, no. It's, uh, Chester.

For real?

Oh, your parents hated you right away.

[BOTH LAUGH]

What's your full name?

Aaron Chester Brooks.

Mm. Date of birth?

April 18, 1980.

What are you typing?

Well, I'm a cop.

Sending it to one of my
friends at the station,

run a check on you.

- Are you serious?
- Mm-hmm.

If we're gonna spend the
night talking and drinking,

I want to know I'm not
wasting my time with a bad egg.

[BOTH LAUGH]

- We can toast to that.
- [GLASSES CLINK]

Hey, Chimney?

What's going on? You all right?

Uh... come on. I want
to show you something.

Come on.

[BABY FUSSING]

[MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY]

MAN: Her name's Asha.

- She's our first.
- Uh, this is Steven.

I told him I was bringing you by,

- and he begged me to let him talk to you.
- Bobby.

We never thought we
would get to meet her.

Instead, she's starting out life healthy

- and disease-free.
- [FUSSING]

That's because of you.

That's your blood they rushed over here.

Thank you.

♪ A wild bird... ♪

Take care.

CHIMNEY: Now you tell
me that's the wrong kid.

Look, you're gonna see
your own kids again.

I do believe that.

But right now,

Asha and a thousand
others just like her...

They're your kids, too.

That's your blood in their veins.

So you look at her, you look
at her and those young parents,

and you tell me if that
feels like a punishment.

No, Chim. It's a blessing.

Exactly.

I think you better either
throw that book of yours away

or get yourself a bigger
one, 'cause it seems to me

like you're here to stay.

Looks that way.

And just think, you'll only
have to give blood once.

- Every eight weeks.
- [LAUGHS]

- For the rest of your life.
- Oh, God.

Could you explain to me again
how God's not punishing me?

- Oh, he's just teasing you.
- Yeah.

♪ You got some kind... ♪

Considering who I work with, he
must figure I can take a joke.

♪ You got some kind ♪

[CHIMNEY LAUGHS]

♪ You got some kind of love ♪

♪ You got some kind ♪

♪ You got some kind ♪