Being Erica (2009–2011): Season 3, Episode 3 - Two Wrongs - full transcript

Previously on "Being Erica":

He was 21 when he died.

That weekend we were up
at the farm

and things were tense.

He had dropped out
of University again,

and this time
there was nothing

that was gonna make him
go back.

I've been in this bubble
my whole life

and I'll I'm saying
is that now

is the time for me
to get out.

You don't make a decision
like this without a plan.



Why not?!

It's my life.

Dr. Tom:
That girl is my daughter.

Sarah.
Sarah.

Dr. Tom:
We had a fight this day.

No, I don't want you
to have this life!

This makes me happy!

And it was one of many,

but this day
I said some things

that I later regretted.

Stop it!
Don't touch me!

Forget it, dad!

I'm never coming home!

This was the last time
that I saw my daughter.



When I saw you back in 1998,

you were so different.

So...

Dr. Tom:
Angry.

Yeah. Angry and...
Just bitter.

It's sad.

This is the next phase
of your journey

as a patient.

So it this it?
Is this group?

Just sitting around,
you know,

talking about my feelings.

I mean,
what about the regrets?

What about my list?
What about time travel?

Is there any of that?

Yeah, sure.

Yeah, you'll still
go back in time.

Sometimes alone...

But sometimes in pairs,
or groups.

So what are you?
A thief?

I was an enforcer
for a loan shark.

An enforcer.
That means that you...?

Beat up people
or took their shit

if they couldn't pay.

What's wrong?

Norm and I broke up.

Wait, does that mean
you got the job?

I did.

Congratulations!

Thank you.
Doctor.

I didn't get your name.

Lenin.

I was looking out
for River Rock.

You were looking out
for "numero uno"

and Frank is either
too naive

or in the early stages
of Alzheimer's

not to see that.

Julianne.

We are so stoked
for our plans

for your manuscript,
"The Purple Door."

And I heart that name.

I heart it.

That's good.
Thank you.

This isn't a war,
this is business.

And if you sign
with them,

you'll be signing
your name to nothing

and turning your back
on a big opportunity.

I told Seth
to be here for two.

Well, maybe he's on tardy
writer-time.

Where two means 2:27.

Who's Seth?

He is our first author

and he's coming over
to talk strategy.

Delivery!

They say good things
come in small packages.

Do you mean Dave
or the box, barbrapapa?

Hmm... hm.

Hey, Erica,
come here!

Erica and Ivan:
Yay!

Look.
Oh...

Co-presidents.

That's us.

Fancy shmancy.
I like.

You know he's really late.
Maybe we should call him?

Oh!
Or maybe that is him.

Stop, stop.

Ivan,
what are you doing?

I temped for two weeks
once.

50/50 press?

Please hold
while I transfer.

A Lesley Kalajian?

Ooh! Good.
Thank you, Ivan.

Thank you, Dave.

Hey, Lesley.

Are you calling to wish us
"happy first day"

in our new office?

You have an office?

I'll have my assistant
call for your address.

Ooh, tell her to send
submissions.

Keeping our office means

we'll need more than
one book to publish.

Ah, speaking of....

I have very exciting news.

I signed Seth Newman.

Uh... that's, uh...
That's fantastic news, Les.

You must be so stoked.

He's a talent.
A rare find.

Yeah, and...

Hey, listen,
is he on his way over?

Because we were supposed
to talk strategy today.

Uh, let's put a pin in that.

Because the thing is...

I've received another offer
for Seth's manuscript.

What? Les, he was here
last week

and he said he was in.
We have a deal.

You had an informal
conversation

before he was represented.

Lesley...

Every publisher
in the Canada

rejected "The Purple Door,"

so where is this coming from?

I can't tell you that.

River Rock?

Can't tell you that.

Brent?

He's come back with
a substantially higher offer.

He's made it clear
he wants "The Purple Door"

at any price.

Sorry, girls, but...

On to the other projects,
right?

♪ Being Erica 3x03 ♪
Two Wrongs
Original Air Date on October 5, 2010

♪ it's clearer inside of me ♪

♪ who I will always be ♪

♪ open me up to my heart ♪

♪ feels like I'm seeing
in the dark ♪

♪ waking me up to my heart ♪

♪ to do it all over... ♪

♪ again and again ♪

♪ until the end ♪

♪ the sum of my dreams ♪

♪ and everything
I ever wanted to be ♪

Argh!

Didn't connect
with the material?

I am just so full
of hatred

for Brent Kennedy
right now.

Julianne, this sucks,
all right?

This sucks.
What are we gonna do?

Uh, well...

Option number one:
We surrender.

No...
I mean,
Brent has more money,

he's got more power,
he's got more leverage.

So we find another book.

No, I don't wanna find
another book.

I wanna do
"The Purple Door."

Which leads us
to option number two...

Mm-hm?

We bring him down -
we beg, borrow, steal -

whatever it takes to win.

There's a third option.
We could just talk to him.

Or we could go drink
cyanide-laced kool-aid.

Big "no" to both.

No, listen, Julianne.
I'm serious.

Communication,
it solves most problems.

I have learned that
the hard way.

Erica, this is Brent.

Brent, the guy who,
who... set us up,

he got us fired,

and is now trying to steal
our first book.

We are not going
over there to beg.

Well, hey, I didn't say
anything about begging?

I'm saying
we go over there,

we have a rational
conversation,

we clear the air,

we voice our concerns,

and then...

You know, we figure out a way
to coexist professionally.

Julianne,
I know this is painful.

Oh chicken,
just you wait.

Yes, hello.
This is Erica Strange.

I would like to set up a meeting
with Brent Kennedy.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, dad,
i can't do lunch.

I'm sorry.

I've been going nonstop
since the weekend.

Mmm... sure.

I should be out of surgery
by then.

Okay. Great.

Bye.

Mr. Kennedy?

Erica Strange

and Julianne Giacomelli
are here.

Thank you, Luis.
Bring 'em in.

Thank you.

Bonjour, girls.

Hello, Brent.

Please, have a seat.

Thank you.

Something on your minds?

Well, I'm just gonna
get right to it.

We're a new business

and we're trying
to establish ourselves,

and frankly, we're feeling
some hostility from you.

So we just came
to clear the air.

I wouldn't call it
hostility.

You are River Rock's
competition now.

Yes, we realize that,
but-

Survival of the fittest.

Don't blame me,
blame Darwin.

Brent, you're sitting
in my office with my job.

I think Darwin
has made his point.

What Julianne is saying

is that we have no intention
of interfering

with River Rock's slate,

so all we ask is you pay us
the same professional courtesy.

By pulling my offer
on "The Purple Door,"

a property
I greatly desire.

You don't...
"Greatly desire" it.

But you do.

Okay, Erica,
you know what?

I can't listen to this
anymore.

Maybe you both need
to grow a thicker skin.

Business is war.

And as you made crystal clear
at the Festival of Authors,

we are not friends.

Brent...

Thanks for coming by.

And b-t-w?
From now on,

I will want any book

that you
"greatly desire."

I have told that to every
lit Agent in this country.

River Rock will pay.
Whatever it takes.

What happened to you?

Oh, it looks like someone
could do with a nap.

Oh, tell that
to the drunk driver

in my operating room.

Oh... I don't know
how you're doing it.

You're a machine.

I've never seen you sleep,
you don't eat,

you spend weekends here.

I'm making up
for lost time.

Yeah, well,

for someone who's supposed
to be saving lives...

I don't really have one?

Mm.

You should do something
about that.

Right.
I need a hobby.

You could, uh...
Join a book club?

A book club.
Yeah.

Wow, you must really think
I'm boring.

Hey, maybe I could take up
quilting while I'm at it.

Okay, okay, uh...

If you something
more adventurous,

how about...
Scuba diving?

In Lake Ontario?
No thank you.

Yeah.

Hey, I have always wanted
to try rock climbing.

My ex-husband said
I'd fall to my death.

Anyway.
I never tried it.

I love rock climbing.

No you don't.
I do!

I've done it
all over the world.

Railay Beach, Thailand.

The cliffs are limestone,
the views are incredible.

Well, I think I would need
to start somewhere

that doesn't involve
actual cliffs.

The Rock Oasis.

I'm a member.
Totally safe.

So, uh...
If you ever want to go,

just let me know.

All right.

Well,
I'll see you later.

Bye!

Yeah, I'll see you later.

- Sam?
- Hey, dad.

New job,
new life for your new office.

Thank you.

Muah.

I know you're busy,
so I won't stay...

Actually, dad,

there's something
I need to talk to you about.

Um...

This morning I was going
to make a cup of coffee

and I found lorazepam
in the cupboard,

prescribed to mom.

Lorazepam's an anti-anxiety
medication.

You should talk
to your mother.

Dad, do you know
about this?

Really, Sam,
talk to her.

Well...

Is she okay?

Does this have to do
with Norm?

What is it?

Dammit!

I gotta go.

I'm sorry.
Thank you.

I'll talk to her
right after work.

Perfect, honey.

Maybe we could offer Seth
a three book deal?

Erica,
one book at River Rock

is probably worth
three of ours.

I need ice cream.

I think better
with ice cream.

Do Dave and Ivan
have ice cream?

Julianne, we have been going
in circles over this

for hours.

I really don't think
that ice cream is gonna help.

Oh...

You know what would?

Murder?
That's the answer?

Well, we wouldn't
have to kill him.

We could just scare him.

Uh, can I have that back,
please?

Oh, we need ice cream.
Can you set us up?

Uh, vanilla or rocky road?

Both.

U-u-ugh!

We should have never gone
to River Rock today.

That was...
So humiliating.

Oh, hang on,
this is kind of fun for me.

I told you so.

It wasn't supposed
to go that way.

I mean, I thought that we could
at least reason with Brent.

He rode your coattails.

You'd think
that he'd remember.

I remember.
What?

Julianne?

Here we go.
Ice cream for two.

Or one.

One will do.

No.

Um...

When I got promoted

as River Rock's editorial
director of non-fiction...

Brent threw a little
"yay j" shindig

my first day on the job.

Wait, wasn't your first day
my first day?

You didn't invite me?

Well...
I didn't heart you then

like I heart you now,
chicken.

But that's not important.

Watch this.

Is he hammered?

Mm-hm.

To Julianne.

Not only my friend,

my mentor,

and my hero...

"Hero."

But also,
the lady to my gaga.

Wow.

Keep watching.

And finally,
our fearless leader,

Frank Galvin, would like
to say a few words, okay?

Oh, he's not.

Julianne.

I remember when I started
this company

back in 1813.

Oh my God.

Napoleon...

Had just lost in Leipzig

and I had just suffered
my third stroke.

And so I raise a glass to...

Who the hell are you?

Oh, Julianne...

And there it is.

Oh.

Wow.

What are we supposed to do
with that?

Oh, I don't know,
maybe send it.

To Galvin?

To the entire
River Rock family.

Galvin's fired people
for less.

Oh, Julianne,
I don't know.

What did you say before?

You said
"diplomacy before war."

Well, we,
we tried diplomacy.

Now it's an eye
for an eye.

Come on,
would Brent hesitate?

Yeah, then why are you?

So what's it gonna be?

Okay.

Okay?

Okay, well,
it has to be a joint effort.

Two fingers,
one "return" button.

"An eye for an eye
makes the whole world blind."

Ghandi.

I disagree.

You disagree with Ghandi?

Well, look.
We went to River Rock,

we sat in front of Brent
and I tried to reason with him,

and he made it perfectly clear
that he wants to destroy us.

So you feel you need
to destroy him first.

Well, show me a better option.

You know what?

Show me any option
and I'll take it.

Because he just didn't leave us
with a choice.

I agree with Erica.

When your enemy's motto is
"kill the competition,"

yours has to be
"kill or be killed."

Hell yeah.
It's self-defense.

Or maybe you need a plan B.

Do you have
to publish books?

Yes, Darryl,
we have to publish books.

Adam, let's hear
from you.

I wouldn't do it.

You would just let him
bankrupt your business?

You wouldn't do anything
to stop him?

No, I'd do something,
yeah,

just not that.

The guy wants blood,
Erica.

He's out for war.

That kind of thing
never ends well.

Oh, and where is this
coming from?

What do you know about
running a company?

Not much.
But I know a lot about wars

and you don't.

Erica, why don't you tell us
about "the frat house."

Why?

Dr. Tom:
Please.

Okay...

My, um...

My brother, Leo,

he had just left
for University

and all his friends,
they stayed in Toronto,

but he went to school in London,
in Ontario,

and I was gonna visit
for the weekend.

Only...

On the bus ride down,
I met someone...

And we decided to split a cab
to campus.

♪ Oh my life ♪

♪ is changing everyday... ♪

Trent.

He was all lips
and cinnamon bubble gum.

So, by the time I saw Leo...

♪ Though my dreams... ♪

Leo spent the weekend
with my bags

and I spent the weekend
with Trent.

♪ Never quite as it seems ♪

♪

and two weeks later
Leo...

Dropped out
and came home.

It he was obvious that
he was having a rough time,

but I was just so clueless
I didn't even notice.

And this time?

I'll spend every second
with Leo.

No Trent,
no distractions.

I wouldn't count on that.

What do mean?

Sorry, this cab is taken.

Yeah. By me.

Look, man,

whatever you thought
was gonna happen, isn't.

So get out. Now.

Sorry.

♪ In every possible way ♪

Was that really necessary?

I kind of enjoyed it.

Okay, so, here I am,
in '94,

and I'm here
to see my brother,

but I just... I don't...

I don't see the connection.

To what's going on
with you guys and Brent?

Ah, don't worry,
I'll help you figure it out.

♪ Oh my life... ♪

Thank you.

There he is.

This is the brother
you told me about,

the one who died?

Yeah.

You okay?

Yeah.
You know, I mean...

It's always hard,
but wonderful to see him.

Leo!

Erica.
Hey!

Oh, look at you.

You're all sweaty
and you're bony.

Who goes to University
and gets thinner?

Huh? Huh?

Easy. Easy.

What are you wearing?

Clothes.

What does it look like
I'm wearing?

So, who's here like she said
she was gonna be? Hm?

I'm all yours, 24-7.

24-7? What?

You know,
like 24 hours a day,

seven days a...
Doesn't matter.

Anyways, not a big deal

the point is,
is that I'm here.

And we are gonna have
a great weekend together,

just you and me.

Who's that?

Leo. Hi. I'm Adam.

Hi.
Nice to meet you.

Yeah.

Adam...
Is my driving instructor.

Huh...

So, Adam,
you mind giving me

and my 17-year-old sister
some space?

No problem, boss.

Driving instructor?
You think I'm stupid?

Look, I know that this must seem
a little bit weird.

Erica, you show up here
with some random Irish dude.

How old is he?

He's like thirty.

Thirty? He's thirty?
He's thirty something.

Leo, please,
don't tell mom and dad.

Lips!

Beer me!

Sorry, Jordan,

my sister just arrived here,
so I'm...

And I just finished my beer,
Lips.

Why am I waiting?

Why does he keep
calling you "Lips"?

It's a nickname.

Oh...

Let's go!
I'm thirsty.

Rush 1:
I can get it for you, sir,
if you want.

Oh, "I could get it for you,
sir, if you want."

No, I don't want.

What I want is for Lips
to get me a beer.

When Lips gets it,
it's colder,

it tastes better.

I'm on it.

Frat member:
Let's go, rush.

We want beer, now!

Hey.

You forgot to open it.

Frat member:
Aww... Lips.

What, is he retarded?

Or am I the retard
for letting him rush?

Now go set up the speakers
for the Toga Party.

Okay.

Leo...
It's fine. I'm rushing.
It's how it goes.

Why don't you grab
a burger,

and I'll catch up
with you

as soon as I can,
all right?

Okay.

Let's eat.

You sure you have
enough to eat there?

Mmm!

Hello?
Metabolism of a teenager.

So listen, Adam,
I just have to say it.

I mean... I am lost.

I have no idea why Dr. Tom
sent me back to this regret.

Or why he brought you
with me.

Look, I don't know
your brother,

but he doesn't really seem
like the "frat boy" type.

No.
No, he's not at all.

But...
I mean, he's eighteen.

At this point in life,
he's, you know,

he's still finding himself.

Yeah, but those guys are
treating him

like shit, Erica.

Yeah, that's what happens
when you rush a frat;

it's normal.

Do you know
what a goat is?

What, like the animal?

No. I mean...

The loser of the group.

The one the guys all pick on
for laughs?

Okay...

We only spent a few minutes
with him, but...

I think Leo's the goat.

No. No, look,
there's no way.

Leo, he's the coolest guy
I know;

everyone that meets him,
they love him.

He's your brother.

I'm just...
Telling you what I'm seeing.

Did he say the second
or the third floor?

Il treno e arrivato.

Is that Leo?

Alessandro ha mangiato
la pizza.

Is that Italian?

Arriveranno stasera alle Otto,
vero?

No, you guys are just jealous

'cause I can speak
the language of love.

Frat brother:
Yeah, gay love.

Okay, all right,
very funny.

Come on.
That's for an assignment.

Would you stop?!

Woo!

Really?

You guys gonna keep
playing catch

or is someone gonna crank
the tunes?

Sure. Hey, Leo,
grampa here wants some music.

Just none of your weird-ass
radiomouth bullshit.

It's Radiohead.

Whatever.
Give us some Hootie.

♪

Hey.
Hey.

Um... do you tie this
in a knot,

or do you use
a safety pin?

I just used a knot.

Mmm...

Hey, come on,
let me.

Hey, sis.

Hey.

Uh, you mind trading
with me?

The... the guys
got this one.

Yeah. Of course.

Um...

Leo, um, do you know
if there's kegs set up?

Yeah, we've got ten.

Great, I'll, uh...
Awesome.

I'll see you downstairs.

So...

How're we gonna do
the ol' toga switcheroo?

Right. You know what?
We will in a second.

But first, I just...

I really wanna talk to you,
okay?

And no, Jordan isn't calling you
to set up a keg,

or a stereo, okay?

So just sit down.

Blech...

Here you go.

So, I'm sorry to ask,
but...

Since when do you like
this kind of stuff?

Since when do I like
hanging out?

Frats and rushing
and being a preppie?

What's this all about?

I don't think
you're happy here.

Why?

What, 'cause the guys
are riding me?

They do that
to all the rushes.

As much as they do it
to you?

You know, I just...

I don't think this is
the right place for you.

Those guys,

they're laughing at you,
at your expense.

Leo...

You're their goat.

No.

No I'm not.

Look, they don't want you
in their frat,

and honestly,
you don't need them.

I'm just worried
that things,

they're gonna get worse
for you until...

You show up here
with a guy dad's age

and I don't judge you.

No, I know-
you're in high school.

You don't know what
you're talking about.

Hey.

Leo.

You didn't have to call him
a goat, Erica.

And you didn't have
to abandon me

for an open keg.

It's your regret.

I'm here to help,
not hold your hand,

and definitely not to do
your heavy-lifting.

♪ In walked a girl who looked
like a movie star ♪

♪ she stared at me
and it was turning me on ♪

♪ she said she worked
in a beauty salon ♪

♪ I heard a voice
inside me say ♪

♪ she ain't pretty... ♪

Alec, meet Jenna.

Shawn, this is Stacey.

And Ian,

the lovely Talvinder.

And... oh, shit,
Lips.

No more Gamma girls
for ya.

Damn.

It's okay,

I got a whole lot of beer
to keep me company.

Oh! No, wait, wait...

What about Lucy?

Here you go, Lips.

A special friend for you
to get busy with tonight.

Frat brothers:

Don't leave her hanging,
Lips.

No.

Somebody's got sand
in his vagina.

Go calm her down.
You really need to lay off my brother.

Oh yeah?

Well, you really
need to lay off my balls.

Frat brothers:

Frat brother:
You said "balls."

Frat brother 2:
Lay off the balls, ladies.

♪ Party people! ♪

♪

♪ yeeeaaaahhh... ♪

♪ tag team music ♪

♪ in full effect ♪

♪ that's me dc ♪

♪ that reigns supreme ♪

and my man Steve rollin

♪ we're getting the flow
♪

♪ and it goes a little
somethin' like this ♪

♪ tag team back again ♪

Hey.

Hey.

Look, Leo,
I'm so sorry about before.

That, you know,
must've really hurt,

hearing what I said,
the way that I said it.

Strange!

I'm outta beer.

I need my bestest,
fastest beer getter.

I have to go.
Leo, hey...

And I need it
in my lucky mug.

Hey!

You catch like a chick,
Lips.

Sweep it up
with your special friend.

Laugh.
It's a joke.

Come on.
Laugh!

Jordan and frat brothers:
Come on! Laugh! Come on!
Yeah!

Oh my God.
Leo...

So it wasn't just Jordan?

The other guys,
they helped

and they went along?

They must have.

What is this, a cult?

They they do whatever
that psycho says?

These guys, they're supposed
to be civilized and educated.

It's gang mentality.

It brings out the worst
in people.

We need to call
the police.

We need to tell mom
and dad.

- No.
- Leo...

I'm serious, Erica.
Do not call anyone.

Hey, Leo...

Hey, listen...

They assaulted you
and it's a crime.

You tell anyone...
And I'll deny it.

Hey, how about you and me
give him some space.

Okay?

Come on.

Leo, lock the door,
okay?

- I want that psycho dead.
- Erica.

I mean, he's drunk enough.

If I keep feeding him beers,
maybe I'll get lucky

and he'll choke
on his own vomit.

What you should do
is get some air.

Let Leo have some rest
and then get him outta here.

Grab the first bus
back to Toronto.

Where are you going?
Just stay here.

No.
Get your hands off me.

Erica!
Look, you said it
yourself.

This is my past,
my regret,

you're here for me.

♪ And I word it in
to look like that ♪

Hello? Busy here.

Get out.

Get out!

I'm in trouble,
huh?

Give us five minutes.

Oh, no,
she looks really angry.

Better make it 10.

What did you do
to my brother, hm?

It's this whole
"honor in the house" thing.

You wouldn't understand.

What did you do
to my brother?

There's a hierarchy here.

Without order,
there is chaos.

You can't even say it,
can you?

Hm?

What?

Do you want me
to describe it to you?

Why?

So you can tell mommy
and daddy?

Get away from me.

Okay, fine.

I'm so sorry.

Are you happy?

You having fun
at the party?

What you did,
it was sick.

Are you done?

You're welcome to stick around
if you want,

but the whole tears thing's
really killing it for me.

Ow!

Shit!

My face!

You broke my goddamn nose!

We need to find Leo,
we need to find him now,

and we need to pull him
out of here.

Erica,
what did you do?

Erica, I got our bags.

Just come on,
I wanna leave.

You see this blood?

This is nothing compared
to what's gonna happen to you,

you little bitch!

Agh!

Agh!

Go! Now!

Come on.

Ungh!

You next?

I broke
that asshole's nose

and I enjoyed it.

You'd think that
I'd feel guilty,

but... not at all.

You know,
I feel pretty good actually.

What,
you don't believe me?

Oh, I believe you.

I just don't think you've got
anything to feel great about.

You lost control

and now you're getting off
on it.

You know what?
So what?!

It's a hell of a lot better
than standing around crying.

You know,
I should go back there.

I should go back there
and trash the place.

Smash that bastard's RX7.

Look, Leo, you can't.

You think I don't know that?

But Adam can.

Right. I go back
and I do what, exactly?

You smash his head in.

Break his legs.
I don't care what you do.

You just make sure
that you hurt him.

Is that really what you want?

Oh yeah.

You folks need a cab?

Yeah, Leo, get in the car.

I'm serious, Leo.
Get in there.

We need to let Leo cool off
for a bit.

If the point of this trip
was to teach me perspective,

then... lesson learned.

I thought I hated Brent
for stealing Seth's book,

but... wow,
can things get darker.

Yeah. It can.

But "darkness is only driven out
with light.

Not more darkness."

Martin Luther King.

Oh no, the fact is that good
can come out of darkness.

Jordan will get
what's coming to him.

Julianne and I could
get Brent fired,

and save our company.

I'm not denying
that there can be a gain,

I'm only asking you to consider
what will be lost.

If you're talking
about Jordan?

Absolutely nothing.

Hm. Well, I think Adam
has something

that he wants to show you

about perspective.

I don't recognize
any of this.

We're in my past.

Come on.

Hold him up!

Stay back
and stay quiet.

Adam,
what is going on?

Get up!

It's me...

Enjoying myself.

The guy owed me money.

He owed a lot of people money.

Where ya going?
Where ya...

Come on, come on, come on.

Do you stop soon?

I haven't broken
his hands yet.

Just stop, please!

Stop what?

I guess Dr. Tom thought
this might give you

some more ideas
for Jordan.

What?!

I can't watch this.

You know,
a history of violence,

it's something that Adam
and I have in common.

You know, I remember
the first time

that I beat someone up.

It was in a bar,

and, uh, it was about a week
after Sarah had disappeared.

I picked a fight
with the bartender,

as a matter of fact.

And, uh...

I remember my hands shook,

I felt like I wanted to vomit.

And the second time,
it was uh...

Easier.

And after that,

Well, it just stopped
registering really.

It became normal.

So, I mean, what?

You think I'm gonna
become like you,

like Adam,

because I wanna protect
my brother from a monster

and I wanna save my business
from being destroyed?

You take one step
in that direction,

it's still a step;

it opens the door
to more.

And violence is violence,
whether it's physical or not.

Dr. Tom:
You know, you do violence
to Jordan,

to Brent,

and it might solve one problem,

but it creates a far more
serious one.

An acting counter
to your own values

will do more than just change
your circumstances,

it will change you,

and you may not like
what you become.

Um, hello?
What're you doing.

Uh, just hang on a second,
Julianne.

Don't be a chicken,
chicken.

No, I'm not being
a chicken. I...

It's just...

Is this the right thing
to do?

Of course it's
the right thing to do;

Brent is trying
to destroy us.

So... we destroy him?

Yes, we destroy him!

And then we go after
Friedken

and we expose him for the fraud
that he really is!

If you knew what I know
about that guy...

Julianne-
and we don't stop there!

We do not stop

until we take down
Frank Galvin himself.

Until we turn all
of River Rock Publishing

into a giant...
Rubble heap.

Is that why we opened
this business?

They started it.

Yes, they did.

But I want to publish books

and what you're
talking about here is...

Is something else
entirely.

Erica...

It's gross...
What we're doing

and it's beneath us.

Hey, mom.

Hey, honey,
how was your day?

Ehn... long.

Tiring.

Well, it's a shock
to the body

to start working.

Sit.

I'll make some tea.

Mom,
I don't want tea.

I found your pills.

Oh.

Is this about Norm?

No.

What's going on?

Tell me.

Or I'll ask dad,
'cause he knows, right?

When did you speak
to your father?

He came to visit me.

He wouldn't tell me
what's going on.

He just said
I should talk to you, so...

What is it?

I have breast cancer.

There's a possibility
it's localized,

that we caught it
really early.

I'm waiting for the tests.

Sam, I didn't wanna
tell you

till I had
all the information.

You have cancer?

Yes.

Okay.

Well, if it has been
caught early,

then that's good.

Really good.

I'm a doctor,
I know what I'm talking about.

I know you do.

Your Oncologist,
I wanna know his or her name

and which hospital
you'll be going to.

Okay.

Does Erica know?

Not yet.

One step at a time,
okay?

Sweetheart.

Coming!

Hey.

So, um...
Did you send the email?

No.

Thank you.

Now, you know, we just need
to come up with a plan B.

I'm two steps
ahead of you.

I am calling Lesley Kalajian
in the morning to tell her...

We will be outbidding Brent
on "The Purple Door."

Okay, but we...

I mean, don't have the money
to do that

and we don't even
really have a way

to come up
with the money to-

I have RRSP's.

I don't.
I...

I mean, I could...

I don't know I could...
I could get a job.

I mean, a different job
than this.

Maybe Ivan and David,

they need a barrista
or something.

Okay, you're panicking,
Erica,

and when you panic,
I start to panic,

and then I seriously question
that going after this book,

instead of screwing
Brent over

the way he screwed us
over,

well, I question
if it's worth it.

Is it worth it?

Yes. It is.

Okay.

And this whole
"second job" thing?

Fine,
but please, not at Goblins.

Yeah, that would...
That would be weird.

No, because your lattes,
chicken,

they suck.

Sorry.

Thank you.

Bye.

Some things are true,

whether we want them to be
or not.

Thoughts become words,

words become actions,

actions become habits,

habits become character.

And character?

Well,
character becomes destiny.

♪ And I know that this night
won't last forever ♪

It's a hard thing

to look deep down
and examine our character.

Will we do the right thing,
even when no one's looking?

When it's not convenient?

When it's ally hard?

Will we do the right things
simply because we have to?

Because it's who we are?

Because it's right?

♪ If suddenly
I can take to the sky ♪

Jude, you are talking to a woman
with two jobs.

Oh, I got a freelance gig.

Editing Blu-Ray manuals
on the side.

Mm-hmm. It's...

It's very glamorous.

Can you hang on a second?
There's someone at the door.

♪ When our two worlds collide ♪

I need to talk,
right now.