A Million Little Things (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 17 - One Year Later - full transcript

Jon, when you left us...

Hey, it's Jon.
Do me a favor.

Love each other.

Our world came crashing down.

What is this?

You spoke at his funeral!

I trusted you!

But somehow...

This is for you.

We found ways to heal...

Finally did it.
I quit my job!



To move on...

It doesn't have
to mean anything.

Just have some fun.

To find ourselves.

Of course I'm still
interested in the fellowship.

I would love to do it.

Your Aunt Lindsay's
an alcoholic,

and I have the same problem.

Since I've been sober,
I've been thinking a lot.

Do you remember the lake house?

You ever wonder
why we stopped going?

Doesn't mean we don't miss you.

You keep saying that
you need to know

who you are without cancer.



Maybe I need to figure out
who I am without you.

I just wish I could've
been there for you...

I didn't stay by your side
and Rutledge you through chemo

so you could
piss your life away.

The way you were for us.

You're gonna beat this.

Jon, after this game,

why don't you
take it easy, okay?

Here comes Kyrie.

And from way downtown...

Bang!
And the crowd goes wild!

Whoa, dude. Your IV.

Oh, and he steals the ball!

Would you stop moving, please?

Hey, you're running out of time.

What?

Well, if I can get this back in,

you'll have more time, alright?

Oh!

What is this?
Tatum sets the moving pick.

Why is this not...

Phone charger?

Jon, this isn't...

Mendez moves
the ball down court...

Oh, but he gets trapped
in the corner!

This isn't... This isn't
gonna work, man.

What's he gonna do?

There's 10 seconds left.
Can he get the shot?

I need some help in here!
Somebody help me! Ten, nine, eight...

Seven, six,

five, four, three...

Is this really what you want?

Two, one.

Too late, Gary.

No. It's over.

No.

Maggie, wait!

I...

Jon. Jon?!

Hey, it's Jon.

I was hoping to speak to
you, not just leave a message,

but, uh...

I just need you
to do me a favor.

Love each other.

Is that the voicemail again?

Eddie, you have to
stop torturing yourself.

I don't think I should go

to this dinner for Jon tonight.

Of course you
should! It's been a year.

Delilah wants everyone there.

Well, Sophie doesn't.

She's barely talked
to me in months.

She just...

needs more time.

Yeah, I guess.

Hey, you look great.

Oh, yeah?

You ready for your interview?

I thought you were
gonna wear the pinstripes.

I was. But Charlie thought
this would be better.

Oh, yeah? How'd
she tell you that?

She spit up all
over the other one.

Ah.

But that's okay, Charlie,
'cause you were totally right.

All hail Pharaoh Theo!

What is happening?

It's for his biography
presentation.

He picked King Tut.

He was only 9 years
old when he ruled.

Back then, the laws
were a lot looser.

I was clearly born
at the wrong time.

Oh, that must be Darcy and Liam.

Liam, the purpose of the knock

is for them to let you in.

We're here!

Liam, shoes. Hey, Darcy.

Liam's here! Oh, hey. Cool hat.

Hey, Theo.

Thanks
again for watching the kids.

Sure. No problem. I got to run.

Hey.

You got this. Crush it.

Totally crush it.

Consider it crushed.

Okay, this is
gonna be a little awkward...

but it's better that you're
hearing this from a friend...

You're white.

You cannot pull off those shoes.

Don't worry about the parking.

Dad, I'm picking you
up and taking you there.

Dude, hurry up and
get off the phone.

We're making fun of Ed's shoes.

Pops, we talked about this.

You are going.

I-I'm picking you up at noon.

That was your dad, huh? Yeah.

I'm taking him to his
first therapy session later.

That shrink is
gonna need a shrink.

Gentlemen, I am glad
we are doing this today.

Yeah, man. Yeah, me too.

And if Jon were here, I
know exactly what he'd do.

He would huddle us
in a circle, and he'd say,

"What in the hell are those?"

I told you.

What? They're cool!

Yeah, like, on Nick Cannon.

Mr. Mendez. Texting,
or you playing?

Oh, he's playing.
Just a different game.

Last night, he went one-on-one

with the cashier from
that new laser tag place,

which we can now never go to.

Wait, you got her number

while you were
chaperoning Theo's playdate?

Look, I...

May I field this one?

Theo's friend's mom
scored the digits.

You got a mom to
do your dirty work?

I know. It's whack, right?

"Digits"?

"Whack"?

This is why you can't
wear those shoes.

You know what?

Am I doing this right?

Honestly?

Sure.

Just crank evenly.

Okay.

Evenly.

I thought I was.

Hi!

Hi. Hi!

I just dropped by
to see if I could help.

Perfect timing.

She's tagging in.

Mwah. You know
what? This is good.

I actually need to take
care of some stuff at work.

But I will be back tonight.

Thank you.

And thank you
all for being here.

It means a lot to
me and the kids.

Even though he's gone,
Jon's still bringing us together.

I'm sorry, D. Uh,
I didn't mean to...

What? No. No, no,
no, no. It's not you.

No. It's just, um...
Just the whole day.

I'm gonna go, uh,
get some dishes.

D? Yeah, let me.

You just, uh, stay here

and crank evenly.

Mm-hmm. That's right.

How'd the job interview go?

They made me an
offer in the room.

Well, don't sound so excited.

There's something that
one of the partners said

that bugged me.

He said, "You
know, it'll be good

to have someone
like you on the team."

Oh, God, and let me guess.

He had no idea how
offensive that was.

None.

I just feel like I'm going
out of the frying pan

into another frying pan.

Well, if you don't think
it's gonna make you happy,

hold out for something else.

I'm sorry.

Today's not the
day to talk about this.

Hey.

A year ago, our
friend killed himself.

I can't think of a better time
to talk about our happiness.

How are the kids doing?

Sometimes I feel
they're stronger than I am.

Oh, and if today
wasn't hard enough,

guess who texted while
we were at the cemetery?

Hm?

Miles. Okay.

Yeah, admittedly,
not the best timing.

You think?

It was supposed to
be a one-night thing.

I don't know why he's texting.

Oh, that's because Millennials
prefer texting over phone calls.

Exactly. He's way
too young for me.

Our lives are
completely different.

Yeah, 'cause his life is
texting a beautiful woman,

and your life is
ignoring a hot man.

Whatever happened
to having a little fun?

I'm not sure I'm
ready to move on.

Well, if you're not
ready, that's fine.

But if it's because
you feel guilty

or you think you
don't deserve it,

I don't accept that.

That's... That's
got to be the worst

I think I've ever seen you play.

He's gonna think...

It's the shoes!

You see what you did? Sorry.

Hey, uh...

I had that dream about
him again last night.

There were some fun
new additions this time.

Maggie was there.

Leaving me again.
It was awesome.

And the chemo machine

was plugged in with
a-a phone charger.

Come on! No jokes
about me dumping women

for leaving phone
chargers at my place?

If you recall, Jon was all
over that last time we saw him.

A year ago, I called you out

for not quitting a
job that you hated

and you for staying
in a loveless marriage.

Congratulations.
You both did it.

You... You... You both
turned your life around.

Me?

Nothing's changed.

Still pissing my life away.

Gary, don't say that. Come on.

I am incapable...
of real emotion.

Although, to be fair,
emotion can be dangerous.

Just ask the guy
who offed himself.

Oh, wait, we can't.

Whoa. Dude. Careful what you say.

Last person who
questioned my life decisions

ended up killing themself.

So bust my balls,

then find a tall building
to throw yourselves off of.

There's my angry friend.

Where's Rome?

He's driving his dad to therapy.

He should've taken me with him.

Sorry about all that.

Believe me.

I get it.

I dreamt about him last week.

That guy gets around.

Yeah, I don't remember
much, but it was weird.

We were on a boat,
and I was drinking...

Mm.

Hey, grab me
another beer, will you?

You know I can't do that.

Fine.

I'll just get it myself.

Jon?

Jon!

Jon!!

Jon!

Aah! Jon!

Just grab my hand!

Right... Grab my hand!

When I finally got ahold
of him, it wasn't him.

Aah!

It was this girl's hand
reaching out to me.

All I remember

is this teal nail polish.

Weird, huh?

Is it?

You know, I don't
think you need Freud

to figure this one out.

Who else you
feeling guilty about?

A teenage girl maybe?

Sophie.

Of course.

And the beer is because
you're an alcoholic.

Yeah. Yeah.

Thanks.

Your mom, she loved her hymns.

Yeah, I know, Pop.

But we're gonna miss your
appointment if we don't leave soon.

Good, 'cause I don't even know

what I'm supposed to talk about.

He's just gonna ask
you some questions,

and you're gonna
have a conversation.

And you'll see... having
somebody to talk to is great.

Why can't I talk to Maggie?

At least she's not a stranger.

Not appropriate.
Believe me, I've tried.

I like her.

She fought cancer.

That takes guts.

Totally. Let's talk
about it in the car.

I read your script.

Found it in your mother's drawer

when I was going
through her things.

The cover says,
"Based on a true story."

So, is it true?

The part about you
taking all those pills?

Yeah.

But I'm in a much
better place...

How could you not tell me?

I tried to tell you.

Was that before or after

you decided to write a
whole movie about it?

What do you think
I was trying to do

the day that we fixed my sink?

And all you ended up doing

was shaming me for
taking anti-depressants.

When we lost your mother,

you said we needed to talk more.

The whole reason I
agreed to see a shrink

was because we were
trying to do things differently.

So you know what?

I'm not going.

Why should I talk to anyone

when you can't even
talk to your own father?

See?

This.

Your reaction is exactly
why I didn't tell you.

You find out that I...
I tried to kill myself,

and instead of making
sure that I'm okay,

once again, you attack me.

Talking about Maggie's
brave for fighting cancer?

I'm... I'm fighting a disease!

I'm brave, too!

You know what?

Do what you want.
Do what you want.

I don't care if you don't go.

I'm done trying to help you.

Mom, Eddie's here.

Uh, hey, ac... actually,
can we talk for a second?

I heard you haven't
been playing guitar.

Look, all I know

is that... during the
toughest times of my life,

music was there for me.

And I just don't want you to
give up something that you love

and something that
you are so good at.

Well, you're right, Eddie.

Music is an escape.

Or at least it should be.

Except now, every
time I pick up a guitar,

all I think about is you.

It was bad enough
what you did to my dad,

but during all those lessons,
during all those songs,

you were also lying to me.

Soph...

Don't.

I'm sorry.

No, it's okay.

I'll talk to her.

She's upset.

We... We went to the
cemetery this morning.

You still haven't
been, have you?

You should go, Eddie. It's time.

You haven't been
since the funeral.

I know.

It's just...

How can I ask for
forgiveness from Jon

when his own daughter
won't even forgive me?

Smoothies.

Uh-oh.

To what do I owe the pleasure?

I saw my dad,

and I bought you a smoothie,

and I thought I'd talk to
you while you drank it.

Got you the largest
one they had.

Great.

Well, if you don't want
the job, don't take it.

What am I supposed
to do? Not work?

You've always talked about
hanging your own shingle.

Why not now?

Are you kidding?

We can't afford that. The
startup costs are huge.

We have savings.

And plus, the
label's already talking

about pairing me
with some new artists.

Eddie, I can't
put it all on you.

Yes, you can.

Katherine, after all the years
of supporting my dreams,

let me finally support yours.

For the first time
in a very long time,

I've got this.

I have got us.

I couldn't believe it.

Well, the truth is, your
dad probably feels guilty.

But that does not
make his response okay.

You came into my life
at just the right moment.

Seriously, I-I do not know

what I would do without you.

Whoa.

Maggie, are you alright?

Oh, God, Maggie, you're not...?

No, no, I'm o... I'm fine.

I'm
healthy. I just...

What is the,
uh... The rule here

when it's patient-doctor
confidentiality?

For us patients?

Strictly enforced. Why?

I haven't told
anyone this yet, but...

I got the Oxford Fellowship.

Maggie, that's fantastic!

Isn't it?

Why am I more
excited than you are?

Oh, I'm excited.

It's everything I
wanted. I just...

For the first time
in my life, I'm...

I'm not sure I want to leave.

You're gonna set the timer?

Woman, this is
not my first rodeo.

Oh, hey! Gary: Hey.

Thanks for being here. Ohh.

Is that Eddie's, uh, soccer
mom van I saw driving away?

Yeah, he took Katherine
home so she could change.

But hopefully he's
coming back, too.

I know I'm early.

Have a beer.

I slept
with this girl I met at laser tag.

And you came
early to tell us that?

Yeah, actually.

I mean, I knew I
needed to end it.

Probably shouldn't
have started it.

But instead of ghosting
her or texting her...

Which I've heard
some other men do...

I showed up like a gentleman...

Nice. and did it properly. Yeah.

Okay, well, I'm sure she
really appreciated that.

She did. I mean,
she's totally fine.

It's me.

I don't know what to do now.

Um... Um...

You can help with the salad.

No, I mean my life.

I don't know
how I'm gonna fix my life.

So, what prompted
this existential crisis?

Your husband.

He's haunting my dreams now.

Oh.

I wish I had dreams about him.

I never do anymore.

It's almost like he
doesn't want to talk to me.

Oh, uh, pardon me.

Hey, babe. Yeah, how'd it go?

Wait, what do you mean?

What's going on?

Walter!

Walter.

Did you not hear
me ring the bell?

If you're here because
of what happened,

it wasn't my fault.

He didn't tell me either.

What?

I found his suicide note
in a drawer weeks later.

So I get it.

I was upset, too.

But then I got over it
because he needed me.

He needs you, too.

For what?

To be there for him.

I know you love him,

but you make it so
hard for him to see that.

That's not true.

Oh, Walter, come on!

It took him 30 years to find out

that you were the one who put
those stars above his bunk bed

when he was a kid.

The dinner we're
going to tonight?

It could've just as
easily been for Rome.

Walter, I almost
lost my husband.

You almost lost your son.

You know what I think?

I think you're scared to
look too closely at him

because you might end
up seeing yourself there.

I, uh...

I heard about you and Eddie.

Yeah, look, I...

I don't really want
to talk about it.

Great.

I'll talk, then.

I'm mad, too.

What he did was terrible.

But if I let that one thing

undermine everything else...

then when he said
that he cared about me,

I don't believe it.

When he said he was my
friend, I don't believe him.

When he said that, uh,
he was looking out for me...

I don't believe it.

And yet somehow I found
a way to forgive your dad.

You see, Soph, I need to
believe that he loved me, okay?

I need to believe that.

So I will not let that
one thing that he did

undermine all the other
things that he did for me.

You can't let one
mistake define a person.

- Hey, guys. Come on in.
- Hi.

- Hey, Danny.
- Hi.

Cool hat.

Technically it's a headdress.

Yeah, it is!

You know, you get weirder
every time I see you, kid.

Thanks, Uncle Gary.

You got it. Come on.

So, tell me about
this headdress.

Oh, it's a presentation
at school. Wow.

Is that Jon's
scotch set? Hey.

Aww.

After dinner, I thought we
could toast Jon together.

Seems only fitting.

I'd love that. Okay.

Hey.

Hey.

Well!

If it isn't Baroness Bloom.

Brought us some
crisps, have you?

Why are you doing
an English accent?

Oh, we've
been playing "Downton Abbey."

Danny's a big fan.

Oh.

When are those two
getting back together?

No time soon.

Why would you say that?

Um, what? I
don't... I don't know.

Why... Why would
you say your thing?

Rome.
What do you know?

Things.

What do you know?

Ladies. Mm.

Oh, look at you!

Bringing cheese dip, even
though you're lactose intol.

Now, that's a friend.

Hey. So, he
bought her a bottle of wine

so that she wouldn't feel
bad about being stood up?

What are you doing?
What's in the bag?

Yeah, and she had no idea.

And I promised I
wouldn't tell... her.

Which was fine, until she
told me she wished it was Gary.

What does that mean?

It means she's
still in love with him,

he's still in love with her,
and neither will admit it.

What are you two
whispering about?

Nothing. Lasagna.

And lasagna.

What's up? You
know when you said

you wished there was
something we could do

to help honor Jon?

Yeah.

I think I have an idea.

Coming!

Sophie.

What are you doing here?

I need you to come with me.

I heard my mom say
that you hadn't visited yet.

Look, I'm just so
tired of being mad.

I just want to move on.

You should visit him.

Oh,
God! Sorry, sorry. Whoa!

It's okay.

But, hey, it's
not the first time

we've met up in a bathroom.

Yeah.

Right back where we started.

Been feeling that all day.

Mm.

Hey, uh...

When I first met you
you were dying.

And I think maybe
I was dying, too.

I just didn't know it.

But I was broken.

And you were right.

Instead of dealing with
that, I tried to save you.

The way that I
couldn't save Jon.

And I know now that I
put way too much pressure

on our relationship.

And I screwed it up.

And I just didn't want today
to go by without saying that.

Thank you.

But it's not all on you, Gary.

Um, cancer wasn't
the only problem

I brought to our relationship.

I was broken, too.

Well...

I'm gonna let you pee now.

After all, you
have a tiny bladder.

For so long,

I wondered whether
or not you knew.

But the thing is,
it doesn't matter.

I knew.

I knew what we did.

And I'm sorry, Jon.

I am so sorry.

I love you, man.

Thank you for this.

He would've been
so proud of you.

There's something I think
you might want to hear.

Hey, it's Jon.

I was hoping to speak to
you, not just leave a message,

but, uh...

I just need you
to do me a favor.

Love each other.

Well, you know...

If that's what he wanted,

then I think he'd
be pretty happy.

'Cause that's exactly
what we're doing.

Little vino for you,
Katie? - Yes.

Vino?

Some for me? No, sir.

Theo, I got you.

What? We got cookies.

Hey.

It's awesome.

Ooh!

What is he doing?

Is he making a toast?

I'd like to make a toast.

The Egyptians believed
that you die twice...

Once when you
take your final breath

and then again the last time
someone says your name.

They believed
your spirit lived on

as long as people
kept remembering you.

So as long as we always
keep remembering Uncle Jon,

he'll never really be gone.

Was that okay?

That was more than okay, Theo.

That is a tough act
to follow, young man.

That was great.

But I-I would like
to add something.

So much has happened
since he passed.

We were lost.

And... And now, it feels

like we're all finally
in a better place.

All of us.

Not because he died.

It's because he
convinced us to live.

Let's all raise a glass.

To Jon.

To Jon. To Jon. To Jon.

- To Jon.
- Jon.

- Jon.
- Jon.

So good.

Oh!

Hey.

Hey.

You okay?

Yeah.

No.

You know, before things
got bad between Jon and me,

there was this one Saturday.

The kids were at camp,

and he had just come up for air

from this big deal
that he had closed,

and we were supposed to go out

to a fancy
restaurant for dinner.

We ended up staying in.

We just spent the
whole night in bed

laughing and talking
and just being together.

I miss who we were.

Oh, D.

It's just that with
everything that's happened...

The shock of his death
and my guilt over the affair,

almost losing the house...

The one thing I never got to
do was grieve my husband.

And I know...

I know it probably
doesn't make any sense.

Trust me, it makes
perfect sense.

I'd give anything to go back

and have a second
chance with him.

D, you still want
to do this now?

Yes, let's do it!

Come. What are we
doing? Okay, let's go.

Uh...

Everybody, come on.

Grab your coats. We're
taking a little road trip.

Mm-hmm.

Where are we going?

It's a surprise.

Can I open them yet?

Come on, you guys.

This woman doesn't
need any more surprises.

Okay.

You can open your eyes now.

Ta-da!

Where are we?

We're right above Someday.

It's part of the old
Griffin Street Bakery.

And we've been using it
as storage for the restaurant.

Sure, it needs some TLC,

but because it's part of
the lease Jon negotiated...

The rent's already
being paid by Someday.

So the space is
yours, i-if you want it...

For your new office.

You can't be serious.

Jon would have
wanted you to have this.

You gave me my house.

The least I can do is...
Is give you an office.

With your name on the door.

Wow. Mm-hmm.

I don't know what to say.

To be honest, I wasn't sure

I'd ever feel like part
of the group again

after Jon was gone.

He was the one that always
made me feel like I belonged.

Not anymore.

You really are
like family to me.

So, thank you.

You're welcome.

You had nothing to do with this.

That's not true. I
helped with the, uh...

No... No. You didn't.

No, I didn't. Right.

To new beginnings!

Hear, hear!

- To new beginnings!
- New beginnings!

- New beginnings.
- Yay!

New beginnings.

That was a nice toast at dinner.

Oh, yeah.

I've been thinking
a lot about that day.

Like what could've
happened if things had gone

maybe just a
little bit differently.

Like if... if you hadn't
called me seven times.

Dude, I'd have
swallowed those pills.

Nah, I just hit redial.

No, come on, man,
I'm being serious.

You never stopped
trying to reach me.

You didn't give up.

And I realized, like, "Wow."

No matter how bad you feel,

no matter how hopeless it seems,

it's never too
late to start over.

Yeah.

I am not supposed
to tell you this.

But Maggie's going to Oxford.

She leaves in a week.

Hey. Maggie.

You're not seriously
sneaking out, are you?

Yeah, I just didn't want
to ruin the moment.

Uh-huh.

What's up?

Nothing.

When we were at Delilah's,

Gary said all of this stuff
to me about our relationship,

and I can't help but feel like

if he had said that
when we broke up,

maybe we would
still be together.

Well, then why aren't you?

Gina.

We've moved on.

We're in completely
different places.

No, you're not.

At the restaurant
that day, you know,

you said you kind of wished
that wine was from Gary?

Well, it was.

What? Yeah.

Maggie, he's still
in love with you.

I can't... I can't even
process that right now.

I'm going to Oxford.

You look happy.

Very.

You know, earlier,
when Rome talked about

how we're all in a better place?

Yeah.

I was thinking about us, too.

Our anniversary is coming up.

I know.

12 years.

I was thinking...

what if we renewed our vows?

Eddie Saville,

will you marry me?

Again?

You have no idea how
badly I want to do that.

Dad, what are you doing here?

Brought something
over for the baby.

Okay.

And...

I wanted to say...

I'm glad you're here.

Thanks.

Hi.

Yeah.

Uh, look, I know this is
probably the last thing

you were expecting, but...

any chance you want
to meet for a drink?

Need a second just to
get this out of the way.

You ready, Pop?

Ready when you are.

Oh. The stars...

Just like the ones you
had when you were a kid.

Hmm.

Thank you.

There you are.

I, uh, wasn't sure
you'd be up for this.

Well, if we're being honest,

I'm a little surprised
you reached out.

But I'm glad you did.

So am I.

What happened with Becky?

I realized she was
just another rebound.

So, what does that make me?

A fresh start.

Hey. So, I was thinking maybe...
we do our vows here at home.

I love that idea.

Eddie! There you are.

I'll, uh, be right back.

I got to call my sister.

Okay. Make sure you
invite her to the vows.

Hey, Lindsay, it's me. Um...

Look, I need to talk.

I had a dream about Alex, and...

I-I need to know what
happened the night she died.

You should answer it, Delilah.

I mean, give the
guy a break already.

I don't want to answer it.

He's not you.

Yeah.

But I wasn't me, either.

Not at the end.

We both know that
I broke my vows

long before you broke yours.

I stopped being there for you.

You have to let me go.

If you want to
know what I want...

it's for you to be happy.

I miss you so much.

Mom?