God Friended Me (2018): Season 2, Episode 2 - The Lady - full transcript

Previously on "God Friended Me"...

The God Account sent Joy

the Friend Suggestion, not you.

I have a daughter.
I gave her up for adoption.

If you're writing a
book about Simon Hayes,

we have nothing to talk about.

He ruined my life.

And because of me, she's never worked

as a journalist again.

So I'm moving to Paris, then.

Cara what I'm trying to say...



Please don't say it. I won't
be able to get on that plane.

Simon, I don't think I'm here

just to write your book.

I think the God Account wants
me here for something bigger.

"Follow the Lady. Find your Path."

I don't think the God Account
is done with you just yet.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

♪ Where do I, I belong ♪

"Follow the Lady. Find your Path."

That's right, the "Millennial
Prophet" is back

with a brand-new mystery.

New episodes dropping only on FreeVerse.

[COMPUTER RINGS]



Right on time.

Well, as a girlfriend, I am
nothing if not punctual.

- What are you up to?
- Uh, actually,

I am recording new promos for
the "Millennial Prophet."

You're never gonna believe this.

The God Account finally
reached out to me.

It left a message on my Facebook wall.

Well, that's great. What did it say?

"Follow the Lady. Find your Path."

Specific yet cryptic.
Classic God Account.

But you're actually not the
only one with God Account news.

What do you mean?

So do you remember that
Facebook message I got

from my friend Annie five years ago?

The one that said your
mother was in New York.

So it turns out, she never sent that.

Her Facebook account was hacked.

I think it was the God Account.

That would mean that the God Account

was around five years ago.

Cara, are you sure about this?

I have Simon looking
into the hacked message,

see if we can confirm it.

Let me know what you find out.

- Okay, I'll call you tonight.
- Okay.

- Here you go.
- Thank you.

How's the move coming?

Very slowly.

- Do you need any help?
- That would be great.

You want to come by
after Sunday service?

Sure.

Oh, speaking of Sunday
Service, I've been asked

to speak at First Advent
of Harlem next week.

But First Advent's an LGBTQ church.

Yeah, I was hoping to pick your brain

on issues important to
the LGBTQ community.

Dad, when it comes to the church,

I mean, you're definitely progressive.

But First Advent, it's
nondenominational.

I mean, they embrace everyone,
no questions asked.

They're beyond progressive.

As far as I'm concerned,
a church full of people

is a church full of people.

I thought you'd be more excited.

I mean, that's why I came down here.

You came down here to ask me what issues

might be important to the people

- who might attend First Advent.
- And what's wrong with that?

Don't you think someone who speaks there

should already know
what's important to them?

Look, Dad, I know you miss being
up on that pulpit on Sundays,

but I want to make sure
that's not what this is.

Uh-huh.

So I ran a deep web search
for "Find the Lady"

- and "Follow your Path"...
- Mm-hmm.

As well as the dark web, just in case.

Nothing.

Man, you know, in the year
we've been doing this,

it just never seems to
want to make things easy.

Actually, Cara thinks
that the God Account

sent her a message five years ago.

Saying what?

That her mother was in New York.

That's why Cara moved here.

Wow. If that's true, I don't know

what else the God Account's
been up to or for how long.

Um, is she sure it was the God Account

that sent the message?

Yeah, well, she has Simon
doing some digging,

seeing what he can find.

But, I mean, she seems pretty excited

to have the God Account
mystery in Paris.

Okay, uh, I am extrapolating
from this goofy smile of yours

that you guys are doing good.

Yeah.

You finally tell her you love her?

We know how we feel.

- I don't need to say anything.
- Man, but you want to.

I'm in New York, okay. She's in Paris.

Can we just concentrate on figuring out

who the Lady is, whoever she may be?

- Yeah, okay.
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]

[EDGY MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hey.

What?

♪ ♪

Wow, that's quite a story.

So what do you think the God
Account wants you to do?

No idea, but finding you
probably wasn't by chance.

And the fact that you and Simon
have the history you do,

it's the kind of thing the God Account

- would want me to help with.
- [KNOCK AT DOOR]

You were right.

The God Account hacked Annie's Facebook

and sent you that message.

- Are you sure?
- I'll spare you the technical jargon,

but yeah, and there's more. Oh.

Oh, wow.

This is awkward. [CLEARS THROAT]

Okay, wait. Annie, please.

Please wait. Just one second.

Okay, you said there was more.

Uh, yeah. Yeah.

Um, for some reason, it was really easy

to trace the hack to Annie's
Facebook account, right?

Like the God Account wanted us to know.

[CLEARS THROAT] So I ran a traffic log

to the ISP server that it used

and it pinged three locations
all across the city.

So it sent us these
locations five years ago?

No. It pinged them yesterday.

What do you think it is?

- Could be a map.
- Or a path.

"Follow the Lady. Find your Path."

I'm sorry, are you speaking code?

Sorry, um,

the God Account, it sent this
message to Miles yesterday

- right before we got these locations.
- Hmm.

I mean, the timing can't
be a coincidence.

- So you think this is about Miles?
- Yeah.

Look, I'm gonna need your help, Annie.

- [SCOFFS]
- You're the best

investigative journalist that I know.

Come on, we've never
worked a story together.

- Please?
- [EXHALES]

Where's the first location?

[SOFT MUSIC]

Let me get this straight.

You think I might be the Lady?

I don't know. It's possible.

That's what we're gonna find out.

I mean, it makes sense.

Like, the God Account waited
until you two were together

before sending Joy her first
Friend Suggestion, right?

Mm-hmm.

And once you set aside

your differences and learned
how to work together,

Miles got a new message.

So, what, am I just
supposed to let Miles

follow me around like a
lost puppy or something?

I'm guessing we'll get another clue

- once we help our next Friend Suggestion.
- [CELL PHONE DINGS AND BUZZES]

Which would be now.

Teddy Preston.

He's some sort of self-help guy.

You know, it's sad that people

actually buy into this stuff.

- Desperate.
- Says two people

taking orders from an Internet deity.

So how are we gonna talk to him?

Looks like we're in luck.

Teddy's giving a seminar today.

"Hack Your Life:
Reprogramming Who You Are

To Get What You Want."
That's kind of cool.

- Shall we?
- Oh.

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

♪ You ready? ♪

♪ I said you ready? ♪

Hey, do you really
think helping this guy

is going to lead us to
finding out my path?

I don't know, but helping
a self-help guy,

that's...

How can you not appreciate
the irony, right?

Okay, registration packet,
life check questionnaire,

- seminar badges.
- All right.

And I enrolled us in their e-raffle.

- Ooh.
- So fingers crossed.

Oh, and you each owe me 75 bucks.

Who?

Please welcome to the
stage Teddy Preston.

- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
- Yeah! Whoo!

Yes! I can feel the energy.

Thank you guys for coming. Thank you.

Thank you so much. You can have a seat.

Thank you. I like that energy.

Now, 15 years ago, I had nothing.

I knew what I wanted out of life,

but like so many people, I let
fear and insecurity control me.

Our brains, they're just
like any other hard drive.

But instead of wires, we
have neural pathways.

I needed to reprogram my pathways.

I needed to hack my life.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

That's why you're here today.

You're ready to break through.

We're gonna have a great day today.

I promise you, if you follow me,

at the end of the day,

you will find your path!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

This includes the morning session.

Ted will return after lunch.

Dude, did you hear what he just said?

We're gonna figure out your message.

Yeah. Yeah, man. I think you're right.

Excuse me, we're here to help
Teddy Preston, remember?

- Yes.
- Yeah, yeah. I mean,

after. After we help Teddy,

we can look into the message.

So how do we talk to him?

- I don't know.
- Wait here.

She's gonna steal the
VIP badges, isn't she?

Yeah.

Okay.

- Really?
- What?

The seminar doesn't start
until after lunch.

We'll talk to Teddy, find
out what his problem is,

and then return the badges
before they're missed.

That's not the point, okay?

I think we should look into Teddy,

figure out what his problem might be

before we go charging
backstage to talk to him.

Why look into Teddy when we can just

find him and talk to him?

Okay, I have been doing this
for a very long time...

Yes, and now it's my turn.

Look, I don't mind your help, Miles.

But if I'm gonna do this,
I need to do it my way.

Okay?

- Okay.
- Good.

Thanks for meeting with me.

I wanted to talk with you to make sure

that I'm the right person to
address your parishioners.

You mind if I ask where this
hesitation's coming from?

Well, from a conversation

with my daughter, Ali, actually.

- That surprises me.
- I'm sorry?

I don't know Ali all that well,

but she seems like an
amazing young woman.

Uh, I'm confused. How do
you know my daughter?

She's been taking our
new membership classes

for the last few weeks.

I thought you knew.

- _
- [EXHALES]

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

So, uh, how are we
supposed to find Teddy?

Well, there's got to be a greenroom

or a VIP area around here.

- Welcome, VIPs.
- I'll just ask someone.

Kathy McDonald.

Are you here for your
five-minute coaching session

- with Teddy?
- Absolutely.

Sorry if things seem a
little bit chaotic in here.

Today's seminar is being filmed.

What's the special occasion?

Some of the biggest names
in media and publishing

are here to see Teddy.

It is a once-in-a-career opportunity.

And how long have you worked for him?

I took his seminar three years ago

and never looked back.

Thank you so much.
I really appreciate it.

I can't wait for you to get the book.

Really appreciate you coming out.

- Thank you.
- That was great.

These guests are here for their
five-minute Speed Hacks.

Oh, Teddy Preston.

Have a seat. Let's talk.

All right, this is the first location.

So that's all the message said was,

"Follow the Lady. Find your Path"?

- That's it.
- And you think this could be

why the God Account wants you in Paris,

to help Miles figure it out?

It's possible, yeah.

Well, I certainly think it's
a better use of your time

than writing fiction about Simon Hayes

wanting to change the world.

Technically, it's nonfiction.

- More like science fiction.
- Okay, guys.

Can we just focus, please?

We need to figure out why we're here.

Well, I certainly hope
it's not to buy art.

I mean, I got to say,
the God Account's taste

is a little pedestrian, don't you think?

I mean, seashells? Really?

Wait.

Seashells, sunflowers,
and spiral galaxies.

These are all forms of the golden ratio.

Fibonacci.

Let me find out who the photographer is.

Okay, so Fibonacci was
this mathematician

from, like, 700 years ago
that the God Account

sort of has a thing for.

- Last year, it led Miles and I to...
- Fliss and Beaker.

I read a few of your articles
last night. They're good.

- Thank you.
- Can I ask you a question?

- Hmm?
- Why would you give all that up

and move to Paris to write a book

about the creation of an algorithm?

Look, I know you don't like Simon,

but what he's trying to
do is an amazing story.

Maybe, but it's not your story.

Paul Grenelle.

That's the name of the photographer.

But he passed away a few years ago.

Grenelle. At the gallery that I work at,

we displayed his photos a few times.

- Really?
- Yeah, he was sort of a local fixture.

He used to photograph one
of my favorite parks,

Le Champ-de-Mars.

Hmm, well, that's interesting,

because the Champ-de-Mars is
the next location on the map.

Kathy told us that this was a
pretty important day for you.

Are you nervous about
anything going wrong?

"Nervous" is just another word for fear.

So think of our deepest fears
like a virus in our software.

Hmm, which is why we have to run

a full diagnostic of our life patterns

to find out where they're hiding?

Somebody gets it.

It's all about reprogramming ourselves

so we stop making the same
mistakes over and over.

Teddy?

Oh.

Unfortunately, our time is up.

But you guys have a great
afternoon, all right?

Uh, Mr. Preston. One more question.

- It's pretty important.
- Yeah, what is it?

Onstage, you said, "Find your path."

What did you mean?

Uh, that's just an expression.

A way to talk about our
individual journeys.

Young man, you can't be in here.

Mr. Preston, um, my
name is Jacob Abbott.

Do you know who I am?

[CHUCKLES] Should I?

My mother was Karen Abbott.

You dated her 15 years ago.

I'm your son.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I'm sorry, I've never
heard of Karen Abbott,

and I certainly don't have a son.

♪ ♪

Wait, Joy! Joy, wait.

Jacob, hey. Excuse me.

What? You guys are with Teddy?

We are. We just want to talk to you.

We want to see if you're okay.

My father just told me I don't exist.

So no, I'm not okay.

Is there anything that we can do?

- No.
- Do you mind if I ask you?

How do you know Teddy's your father?

My mom told me a few weeks ago.

Right before she died.

She and Teddy used to date.

They broke up before my mom
knew she was pregnant.

She decided to raise me on her own,

not tell him about me.

When she finally told me,
I thought maybe something good

might come from losing her.

I guess I was wrong.

[SNIFFLES]

You can tell him from me,
I won't ever contact him again.

♪ ♪

Yo, where's Teddy?

Oh, he cleared backstage
and went to the bar.

Makes sense. The man just
found out that he had a son.

I'm guessing he could use
a drink right about now.

Bar's this way.

See what you can find out
about Teddy and Karen Abbott.

Yeah.

Okay, let's just ease into this, okay?

Yeah, absolutely.

He's your son, isn't he?

[LAUGHS] Excuse me, how is
this any of your business?

Look, we spoke to Jacob after he left,

and, believe it or not,
we just want to help.

I don't need any help.

And I don't know who that kid was,

but he was obviously lied to.

No, he wasn't.

And from the looks of your double vodka,

you already know that.

You knew Jacob's mother,
Karen, didn't you?

[SCOFFS]

Did you know that she passed away?

[SOMBER MUSIC]

- She's dead?
- Yeah.

And before she died,
she told Jacob about you.

She wanted her son...

your son... to know about his father.

Now, look, I know this
is a lot to take in,

but your son needs you right now.

It's not that simple.

He's your child.

He just wants to know you.
It is that simple.

You don't understand.

Then explain it to me.

Jacob's grandfather
would never allow it.

Why not?

Look, it doesn't matter.

It's better this way. I have to go.

♪ ♪

We need to talk to the grandfather,

figure out what his problem is.

Hey, we don't get extra
credit for speed, Joy.

This is not a race.

What's the harm in talking
to the grandfather?

The harm is, we could end
up making things worse.

Right now, Teddy has no intention

of having a relationship with his son.

How can we make that worse?

♪ ♪

What?

You told me

about when you gave your
daughter up for adoption,

about you moving to New York.
I just want to make sure

that everything that we're
doing is about Teddy.

It is.

♪ ♪

I mean, we've walked
almost the entire park.

What do you think the God
Account wants us to see here?

I have no idea.

This park is one of my
favorite places in Paris.

I used to come here a lot
after you went home.

Yeah, you never did tell me

why you decided to stay in Paris.

Well, after I realized the full extent

that Simon inflicted on my reputation,

I didn't really want to
go home and face the fact

that I was never gonna
be a journalist again.

[SIGHS]

Hey, Annie, um...

for what it's worth, I am sorry.

That's not worth much, unfortunately.

After you destroyed my career,

I used to come here and
sit on these benches

and wonder what I would say to
you if I ever got the chance.

Mm-hmm.

It all boiled down to
one simple question.

Okay.

[SOFT MUSIC]

What do you got?

Let's have it.

♪ ♪

- [SIGHS]
- Guys, look.

What is it?

Uh, "The Little Red Lighthouse."

It was my favorite book growing up.

Miles actually got me a
first edition last year.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Oh, uh... [SPEAKING FRENCH]

Merci.

♪ ♪

I don't get it. Why does the God Account

want to show me "The
Little Red Lighthouse"?

Well, you said it was important to you.

Yeah, but what does it have
to do with helping Miles?

Maybe it doesn't.

Maybe it's not about Miles.

Maybe this is about you.

♪ ♪

My doorman said that
you're friends of Teddy's.

Yes, I'm Miles Finer. This is Joy Chen.

Jacob told me what happened.

I warned him what kind of man Teddy is.

He's better off without him.

That's not your decision.

If Mr. Preston wants to file
a petition for custody,

that's within his rights.

- So you're his lawyer.
- That's right.

Look, we just want to understand.

If Teddy wants to know his son,

shouldn't he have that opportunity?

He did.

Teddy didn't even
acknowledge who he was.

Karen told him she was pregnant.

It's the reason he ran away,
and that's the reason

he'll never have a
relationship with Jacob

as long as I'm alive.

Whoa, twice in one day.

You want some lunch?

No, um...

I wanted to talk to you
about First Advent.

I was a little thrown that
you didn't want me to speak.

Um, it's not that I didn't. I just...

I wanted to make sure you were
doing it for the right reasons.

For the right reasons?
You sure about that?

After we spoke, I decided
to talk to Pastor Olivia,

and she said you're taking
membership classes.

♪ ♪

After you stepped down at
Harlem Episcopal, I...

I wanted to explore my options.

What are you talking about?

Harlem Episcopal is our home.

It's where you were baptized,

where you took your first communion,

- were confirmed.
- I know that.

I don't understand you turning your back

on a community that helped raise you.

That is not my community, Dad!

[SOFT MUSIC]

Then that's it, then, hmm?

♪ ♪

You are becoming a
member of First Advent.

Yes.

♪ ♪

You two again?

You need to leave right now,

or I'm gonna have security
escort you out of here.

You knew.

You knew you were gonna be a
father, and you walked away.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Look, I don't... I don't
know who you think you are,

but this is none of your business.

You have the chance to make this right.

How can you walk away from
your child a second time?

You don't understand.

The hell I don't!

♪ ♪

No matter what happened 15 years ago,

all that matters now is
that he wants to know you.

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

There you are.

I just talked to the hotel.

We're being shut down.

What are you talking about?

Something about a fire
marshal inspection

and needing a capacity waiver.

It took us a year to get
the big publishing houses

- to agree to come today.
- Okay,

I just... I need two minutes.

Can you give me two minutes, please?

- I'll meet you outside.
- Yeah.

- Thank you.
- Okay.

[SIGHS]

♪ ♪

How did you find out
that I knew about Jacob?

Um, we spoke to James Abbott.

And said what, exactly?

That he couldn't restrict
Jacob from seeing you.

[EXHALES]

I told you he would never allow that.

Wait.

Do you think he's the reason
why you're being shut down?

[SCOFFS]

He warned me that if I ever tried

to have a relationship with Jacob,

he would do everything
in his power to ruin me.

Which, thanks to you,

is exactly what he's about to do.

♪ ♪

[UPBEAT MUSIC]

I know we've hit a bit of a setback,

but I'm not sure day
drinking's the answer.

I told you this could happen.

This exact scenario?

I think I would remember that.

Not only are Teddy and
Jacob still estranged,

but because of us, James
Abbott torpedoed his career.

That's your problem, Miles.

You are so worried about
not making things worse

that you can't see what it
takes to make them better.

Whatever is going on between

Teddy and James Abbott, it runs deep,

which means there isn't
going to be an easy fix.

- Hey.
- Hi.

Joy, this is my sister, Ali.
Ali, this is Joy.

Please don't let the name fool you.

Okay, hi. It's nice to meet you.

- I've heard a lot about you.
- Same.

Can I talk to you for a second?

Yeah.

Can you give us a minute?

Something happened between me and Dad,

and I don't know how to fix it.

I am sure that whatever you
guys are going through,

you'll be able to work it out.

I'm leaving Harlem Episcopal

and joining First Advent of Harlem.

He thinks it's about

First Advent being an LGBTQ church.

- It's not?
- No.

When I came out, there were
people at Harlem Episcopal,

I mean, people who I
thought were my friends

who left the church because of me.

I know.

You do?

Dad told me a year ago,

but he said that you didn't know.

How could I not?

And then from that moment on, it just...

it never felt like home.

Then you have to tell him.

If you don't,

then he's not gonna understand
why you're leaving.

It won't change anything.

All it would do is hurt his feelings.

There is a ceremony today

at First Advent for new members.

Could you come down
and be there with me?

Of course.

Thank you.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Hey, hey, Rakesh. What's up?

- Miles, I've got some news.
- Okay, hold on.

After you told me about James Abbott

shutting down Teddy's
seminar, I did some digging,

and I found something that
might explain what's going on.

Okay, we're listening.

15 years ago,

James Abbott wrote Teddy
a check for $50,000.

He paid Teddy to walk away
from his pregnant daughter.

And Teddy took the money.

- Yep.
- Okay.

- Thanks, Rakesh.
- You got it.

All right, we have to talk to Teddy.

- What?
- Teddy would rather

give up his relationship with his son

than have him find out
the truth, trust me.

I think we can change his mind together.

I understand, but is there somebody

from the city's permit office
that I can speak to, please?

Thank you! You've been so unhelpful.

[SIGHS]

Well, whatever James
did to shut me down,

I can't fight it.

- He's won.
- No, no, no, no. He hasn't.

Not yet.

But he will unless you
tell Jacob the truth.

Look, we know about the money

that James paid you to walk away.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SCOFFS]

♪ ♪

It was actually never about the money.

Telling myself I could be bought

was just easier to live with
than admitting the truth.

Which was what?

That he was scared.

Scared of being a father,

scared of giving up his life,

his future to raise a child,

scared that even if he had stayed,

he would end up resenting his life

no matter how much he loved his son.

♪ ♪

Well, it's not too late.

You can still make this right.

♪ ♪

What the hell do you
think you're doing here?

I'm here to talk to Jacob.

No, that's never gonna happen.

He has every right to speak to his son.

And if Jacob wants a relationship,

it's gonna happen at some point.

That's right. Can't stop him.

I don't need to.
You haven't changed, Teddy.

A man who is willing to walk away

from the woman he loves
and his unborn child

for money doesn't change.

Go ahead,

Jacob is in his room
right down the hall.

Tell him.

Look your son straight in the eyes

and tell him who you really are,

what you did.

But just to make sure we're
clear moving forward,

you leave here right now and
promise not to come back,

and your little event at
the hotel is back on.

I shut it down with a phone call.

Another call can fix it.

Don't listen to him.

Walk away, and I'll give you
back the life you really want

and everyone can go back

to believing the lie
that's Teddy Preston.

You can tell Jacob the truth.

You can have a relationship
with your son.

♪ ♪

No, he's right.

Jacob's better off without me.

♪ ♪

Okay, okay, I'm sure Teddy's
heading back to his seminar.

It is not too late.
We just need to figure out

a way to convince him to
tell Jacob the truth.

You don't get it. No one
is going to be able

to convince him of that,
least of all you.

Well, we have to do something.

Yeah, we do.

Hey, wait. Where are you going?

Only way to fix this is to take a risk.

I need you to trust me, Miles.

♪ ♪

This is the last location.

If we're supposed to find something,

it's got to be here.

Pardon, we're not open yet.

Uh, do you mind if we just look around?

- Of course.
- Merci.

[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

- So how's your day?
- Ha.

I'll be happy when this is over

and we can go our separate ways.

I still owe you an
answer to your question

you wanted to ask me if you ever

came face-to-face with me again.

Yeah, I wanted to know
what it feels like

not to care about anything
or anyone but yourself.

I want to know what it's like to
go through your life like that.

It's lonely.

I'd imagine.

- Well, there's nothing here.
- Well, let's keep looking.

Maybe you'll recognize something.

Like what?

[ROMANTIC MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ When the moon hits your eye ♪

♪ Like a big pizza pie, that's amore ♪

- This song.
- "That's Amore."

What about it?

It was the song that was playing

when Miles and I had our first kiss.

It was the whole reason
we had a first kiss

in an Italian restaurant.

Well, I know you thought this
was about helping Miles,

but maybe it is about both of you,

about your relationship.

No, no, I mean, Miles and I are good.

I never said you weren't.

It's just a song. This is ridiculous.

Maybe this is the God Account's way

of telling you that you
shouldn't have left

or that you should go back.

- No, no, I can't.
- Why?

[SCOFFS]

Before I left...

Miles was gonna tell
me that he loved me.

But I told him not to, that if he did,

I would say it back
and I wouldn't leave.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

But I lied.

Because I couldn't tell him the truth.

You don't love Miles?

[SNIFFLES]

I've never felt this way
about anyone before.

Not even close.

But for some reason, I...

I can't tell him that,
and I don't know why.

So I got on a plane,

and I gave myself six
months to figure it out.

Hey, it's okay not to be ready.

You just have to tell
Miles how you feel.

I don't need to say anything.

Maybe that's what the God
Account's trying to tell you.

Okay, well, if it is, then it's wrong.

Because Miles is in New
York and I'm here,

so I don't need to face anything.

All right, look, I'm sorry.

♪ ♪

Dude, the seminar's
gonna start any minute.

- Where's Joy?
- I have no idea.

She said that she was
gonna come and fix this,

but she didn't say how.

Please take your seats.

The seminar's about to begin.

Where have you been?

Teddy doesn't think he
deserves a relationship

with his son because of what he did.

There's only one person

that could ever convince him otherwise.

Jacob.

In order for that to happen,
he had to know the truth.

That was Teddy's choice, not yours.

I'm sorry, you told Jacob

that his own father took money
to leave before he was born?

Yes, he's on his way over here
right now to confront him about it.

To confront him? What is that gonna do?

How is that gonna make things better?

What if he never talks to him again?

He will, but this needs to come first.

It's the only way. I told you, Miles.

You just need to trust me.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Jacob.

Oh...

Excuse me, can I have
everyone's attention, please?

No, no, no, Joy, what is he doing?

My name is Jacob Abbott,

and I'm Teddy Preston's son.

What the hell's going on?
What is he doing up there?

He told me that he wanted
to come and talk to you.

I assumed it would be in private,

but I guess he has other plans.

I came here today to share with you

the kind of man he really is.

He talks about how he
started out with nothing,

a self-made man who overcame the odds.

But the truth is, he
started out with $50,000,

a check that my grandfather wrote to him

to walk away from my mother
and me before I was born.

This is the man who you've
come to listen to today

who you think has the answers
to life's tough questions.

He doesn't!

He's a man you should
want nothing to do with!

I know I sure as hell don't.

[CROWD MURMURING]

It's gonna be fine.

You can still fix this.

You just need to get up there,

tell them that you invited Jacob here,

that this is all part of your program

of helping people face their fears.

♪ ♪

You can fix this!

♪ ♪

I hope so.

♪ ♪

Hey, Jacob.

Hey, Jacob. Please,
just give me a minute.

Jacob, one minute, please,

and I promise I'll never
bother you again.

Jacob, please. You're right, okay?

Everything you said onstage,
you're right about all of it.

Except one thing.

Not a day goes by where I don't
think about that moment.

I shouldn't have taken
the money, but I did.

♪ ♪

You left.

I know. I know.

Look, if you want nothing to do with me,

I don't blame you.

We don't know each other.

We don't have anything in common.

But, Jacob, if you
just give me a chance,

I will spend the next
15 years of my life

proving to you that it was worth it,

that this moment right now

is the best one of my life.

Because this is the day where
I finally got to meet my son

and tell him how sorry
I was for everything

and that I was never leaving again.

♪ ♪

Did you love her?

♪ ♪

My mom?

♪ ♪

More than anything.

♪ ♪

Well, I guess we have that in common.

Yeah?

♪ ♪

I need some time.

- Is that okay?
- Yeah.

I'll wait.

However long it takes,
Jacob, I will wait.

♪ ♪

Are you okay?

I don't know.

I think, for the first time
in a long time, I might be.

Jacob said that he needs more time.

Which, after what just happened,

I should have plenty of.

- Hmm.
- Sorry about that.

Well, I guess it's a small price to pay

to be able to have a
relationship with my son.

Thank you. All of you.

♪ ♪

So how did you know telling Jacob

was the thing that would
bring them together?

When I gave up my daughter,

the one stipulation I had was
that it was a closed adoption.

Why?

To make sure she could never find me,

never be able to ask why I gave her up,

why I didn't love her
enough to keep her.

I knew I didn't have an
answer that was good enough

for either of us.

♪ ♪

Teddy thought that he
deserved his guilt,

and I knew there was only one person

who could tell him that he doesn't.

♪ ♪

That's good advice.

♪ ♪

Well, I have to be at
work in a few hours,

so I will see you guys later?

And, Joy, um...

you were right.

Maybe sometimes you have to take a risk.

♪ ♪

- Still think she's the Lady?
- I don't know.

Hmm. What's our next move?

Honestly, I thought you were right.

That after helping Teddy,

we would figure out the message.

Hmm.

[CELL PHONE DINGS AND BUZZES]

God Account?

No, it's an alert from
Teddy Preston's seminar

informing me that I just won two tickets

to visit the Statue of Liberty

courtesy of Lady Liberty Cruises.

- Lady Liberty!
- Yeah.

Lady.

Follow the Lady.

Let's go.

Wait, I have to make a call to my dad.

There's something he needs to know.

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- Excuse me.
- No problem.

What are you doing here? Where's Miles?

Your brother called me and told me

I needed to come down here
for your welcoming ceremony

for new members.

And what else did he tell you?

That you know what happened
at Harlem Episcopal

when you came out.

I'm sorry.

I told Miles not to tell you.

Well, he said telling me was a risk,

but that it was one he needed to take

to make sure that we were okay.

♪ ♪

You wanted to leave Harlem
Episcopal all this time?

Yes.

But you stayed because of me.

Harlem Episcopal has changed.
I made sure of it.

Did you come down here to tell me that?

No.

No, I came down here because
I was so wrapped up

in what Harlem Episcopal means to me,

I never once asked what it means to you.

♪ ♪

- I know this is tough.
- Mm-hmm.

But me leaving Harlem Episcopal

does not mean that I'm leaving you.

[LAUGHS]

I know.

Um, you mind if I stay and get
to know your new community?

I'd love that.

[BOTH LAUGH]

♪ ♪

Man, I can't believe this.

Hey, what do you think we're gonna find?

No idea.

You don't sound very excited.

It's just... I wish
Cara was here for this.

That's why you wish Cara was here?

To help us solve the next
God Account clue, really?

How romantic.

Look, man, it's not just that. It's...

Look, even if I did figure
it out, I can't imagine

going on this new journey

without her by my side.

Hey, Cara.

You always walk this fast?

It's Paris, you know?

Take in the sights a little bit.

Yeah, sorry I took off.

It's all right.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

So what are you doing here, Simon?

You know, you said to me the God Account

doesn't do anything
for no reason, right?

Yeah, but the God Account knows

that I'm not ready to tell
Miles that I love him.

Nothing's changed,

so why point to all this stuff today?

I mean, how does this
help Miles find his path?

I don't know.

But hey,

you... you do realize we're standing on

the Pont de Grenelle, right?

And Grenelle was the last
name of the photographer

at the Fibonacci exhibition
this afternoon at the gallery.

I don't know, maybe your answers

are waiting for you here on the bridge.

- What do you think?
- It's doubtful.

But thanks.

- Okay.
- I'll see you tomorrow.

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[LINE RINGS]

Hey.

- I was just thinking about you.
- You too.

It's Cara.

Any luck on figuring
out who the Lady is?

[SIGHS] I thought that the God Account

was pointing me to the
Statue of Liberty,

but it's a dead end.

It's weird.

It felt right, you know?

Just wish I knew what I was missing.

Wait, Miles, I think you were right

about the Lady being
the Statue of Liberty.

You're just at the wrong one.

Wait, what are you talking about?

There's a Statue of Liberty here.

That's what the God Account
was trying to tell me.

Miles, you need to come to Paris.

Cara, that has to be it.

I'm coming to Paris.