Good Witch (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 3 - Daddy's Home - full transcript

- Previously on Good Witch.
- My dad used to bring me

gifts from his trips.
- Where?

- London. That's the
last time I saw him.

The day that he left.
- She didn't say much,

but I could tell your daughter
was very happy to receive it.

- I like to see you smile.
- You do?

- Yeah.

- Who gave you that?
- Noah.

- That was nice of him.
- It was.

- I love your mother very much.

And I love you, and I
wanted to ask if it would be OK



if I married your mother.
- Yes.

I'll get it.

Dad...

What are you doing here?

- I wanted to see my daughter.

- It's been 22 years.

- I know, Abby,
and when I left...

- People call me Abigail now.

- Abigail...

of course. I've been thinking

about what I wanted to
say to you for so long...

but now, I... I don't
know where to begin.

- What's going on?
Who was at the door?

I'm going to bed.



- Everything OK?
- I don't know.

♪♪♪

- Oh, there you go.
Now you can eat here

or out in the garden.

- Hey!
- Hey. Good morning.

- Waffles?!
- Yeah.

- I've seen fruit,
I've seen yogurt,

but I rarely have seen waffles.
- I am full of surprises.

- Are they made with organic sweeteners
and filled with some kind of wheat brand.

- They are made with sugar
and filled with chocolate chips.

- It is a surprise!
- Mm-hmm.

- Hey, did you find out who
came to see Abigail last night?

- No, and I haven't
seen her yet this morning.

- Hmm. Is she OK?
- Yeah, she always seems to be,

so she should be able
to handle the appearance

- of one unexpected visitor.
- Morning!

- Hey. Chocolate-chip waffles.
- Oooh!

So, uh, I got an email about
the math competition finals.

They're this weekend.

I, uh, made it into the
regional championship.

- Hey, congratulations!
- Grace, that's great!

- Yeah. Uh, hey,
can you take me?

- This weekend?
- Yeah, it's all day Saturday.

- Actually, I have some guests
that I think are gonna need

some extra attention, but...
- I could take her.

- Are you sure?
- I got all day free. Happy to.

- OK. Uh, yeah. Great.

I will see you guys later.
- OK.

- Bye!
- Bye.

- Hey, I wanted one of those!
- These are for someone else,

but there's plenty
of fruit and yogurt.

- But they're not filled
with chocolate chips.

- Good morning. I was just
bringing this up to your room.

- Chocolate-chip waffles. I used
to love those when I was a kid.

- Did you? Uh,
well, whoever came

to see you last night left
this for you at the door.

Has your name on the card.

- It says "Abby" on the card.

- Yes.

And I'm pretty sure I know
who used to call you that.

- It's from my dad.
- I had a feeling.

I didn't know he was even alive.

- Yeah. It would probably
be easier if he wasn't.

- Where has he
been all these years?

- He didn't say
and I didn't ask.

He wants me to meet
him for dinner tonight at 7.

I don't show up, I never
have to see him again.

- What are you gonna do?

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

- Abby.

Abigail.

- Dad.

- I didn't think you
were gonna show up.

- Well, what girl can
turn down an invitation

to have dinner with her father?

- Uh, would you like
to order something?

- No, thank you.

I haven't decided
how long I'm staying.

- I thought of reaching out
so many times over the years.

- But you didn't.

- No.

- And so I'm still wondering
why you left in the first place.

- Because I decided you'd
be better off without me.

You don't know me,
Abigail. You hardly ever did.

- Whose fault is that?
- Mine.

But you wouldn't have
liked the man that I was,

and I wanted you
to have a chance.

So I took myself
out of your life.

And when your mother died,
I wanted to come back, but...

well, I couldn't.
- You chose not to.

- Because...

by then, I was in prison.

I served eight years
for business fraud,

grand larceny and tax evasion.

- They don't have
phones in jail?

- At a certain point,

I just didn't know what to say.

- So what are you
doing here now?

- Well, I've started putting
my life back in order.

I'm almost done paying
off my old business partners.

And I'm thinking
about moving back

into the old
neighbourhood in New York.

You know, the house we
used to live in is for sale.

- The red one?

On Fernside?
- And I wanted you to know

that things are
different, I am different,

and I wanted you to see that.

- So this is about you?

- No.
- You just dropped in to let me

know how wonderful you are
now and that you were right

to run away from my life?

- To say one more thing.

I'm sorry.

♪♪♪

- Good morning!

- Good morning. I came upstairs

to let you know that breakfast
was ready, but it seemed

like you wanted to sleep in.
- Thanks for not waking us up.

Those beds at Grey
House are amazing!

- Yeah. I haven't seen her
sleep this well in forever.

- Which is one
of the many things

we won't be able to do
once this baby comes,

which is why we wanted to do
a babymoon while we still can.

- Hm, smart. You're
having a boy or a girl?

- We've decided not to tell.

We want to keep it a
secret for as long as we can.

- Then I won't ask again. Any ideas
about what you want to do today?

- Mostly not think
about baby stuff. I mean,

I can't wait for our
child to arrive, it's just

I want to feel happy and
relaxed waiting for it to happen.

- Erica! Look at this!

"101 Lessons From
Dads Around The World."

- I'm sure that's great,

but that's not the right kind
of reading for a babymoon.

- Right.

- But this looks interesting.

- "Hiking Trails of Middleton."
- Yeah, there are a lot

of wonderful places
around here to explore.

- Before we have to
push a stroller around.

Thanks.
- Sure.

- I'll take a few croissants
- plain and chocolate -

half-dozen bagels and, uh,
just throw in an assortment

of muffins, whatever you
think the ladies would like.

- Oh! Well, I will
put in a variety.

- And you'll bring it
to city hall, all of it,

before the meeting begins?
- I will get there early.

- Excuse me. What's
happening at city hall?

- Oh, it's the quarterly meeting

of our Women's Small
Business Owners' association.

- The mayor's in charge of all of
that; I just show up with the pastries.

- No, you also run
a very successful

small business of your own.
- Oh, well...

- May I show you

my own small business owner?
- Oh, of course!

This is one of Middleton's own

right when she was starting out.
- Well, isn't she adorable!

- She begged to have
her own lemonade stand

and made $14 without any
help from me or her mother.

She just completely
did it on her own.

- That looks like Abigail.

- Yeah. She was
about 9 years old.

Oh, I'm sorry. Arthur Pershing.

You are Abigail's father!

- That's right.
- She said you were dead!

- Well, news of my dead
has been greatly exaggerated.

- Have you seen Cassie
yet? Arthur is related to Cassie.

He's her...
- Uncle by marriage.

No, I'm taking things slow.

I'm just trying to let everybody

get used to the
fact that I'm here.

- Well, I'm very glad that
you introduced yourself

because that photo

of your daughter has given me

the most wonderful idea!
Don't forget those pastries.

Tata!

- So, what does my daughter
like to order when she comes here?

- Well, um, she loves
those pecan-cinnamon rolls.

- Then, I'll take one of those.
- Coming right up.

Hahaha!

- Go. Oh!

Yes! I feel like Dolley Madison

fighting off the British
army in the White House.

- Uh, one woman fought
off the entire British army?

- Practically. She saved
Washington's portrait

while the place was set on
fire and barely made it out alive.

- Wow, you make her sound
like some sort of superhero.

- A movie about her,
now that would make

a lot of money.

Oh, hey, Sam!

You'd go see a movie
about Dolley Madison, right?

- Depends. Who's in it?
- Amazement is in it.

- Then... yeah.

What time do you want
to leave in the morning?

- I don't know. 8?

- Do you wanna go for
anything on the drive?
- Hmm, I'm good, thanks.

- I went online to see subjects
that might be covered this year.
- Not announced 'til each round.

- They haven't done polygons in a while;
maybe you should be prepared for that.

- Oh, I don't think I've ever seen
Grace not prepared for anything.

- I'm pretty sure
we studied polygons

in freshman year.
- OK.

- Thanks! Are you
done attacking me?

- Yeah. I barely
made it out alive.

- Pinkies up and pastries down,

ladies! This meeting
will now come to order.

So, do any of you recognize

this innocent, young
politician to be?

It's me!

Bursting to take on the world!

As soon as my skin clears up.

But it's photos like this
that are going to inspire

the next generation of Middleton's
women small business owners.

- By showing them
what not to wear?

- By revealing from
whence we came.

So, I need all of you ladies

to go home and pull out
your high-school portraits

and display them in front
of your places of business

alongside current photos,
which we'll take this week.

Then today's youth can
see where you came from

and who you are now.

- It can be inspiring to know
what each of us overcame

to become who we are today.
- Isn't this a wonderful idea?

And it all came from something
that Abigail's father showed me:

a picture of her with
her very first business.

- You met my father?
- Yes. He came into the Bistro.

- He was very proud.

Bragging to Martha and me
about your lemonade stand.

- I'm shocked he
even remembered that.

- So, I need

a framed high-school
portrait from each of you.

I suppose I could

dig that out of wherever it is.

- Me too.
- What if we don't have one?

- Don't be silly. Everyone
has a yearbook photo at least.

- All I wanted to do when I turned 18
was move out of my foster parents' house.

♪♪♪- I didn't realise

it was so bad for you.
- It was OK.

I just was ready to
get started with life,

so all I took with me was
a suitcase full of clothes.

I don't have anything from
when I was a teenager.

Other than the memories
of all the boys' hearts I broke.

- Oh, now, you have some good
memories in Middleton to look back on.

- Yeah, I guess so.
- Well, I still want

a current photo of
you, so don't let those

frown lines set in
permanently before I can

set you up with a
photographer. And sit up straight!

"A sloping shoulder
makes ladies look older."

- Thank you for taking Grace to
her math competition tomorrow.

- Looking forward to it. I
just hope she's ready for it.

- Oh, yeah, she usually does OK.

- Offered to help her
brush up on her geometry,

but she said she didn't need to.
- Oh. No.

Don't take it too personally;
Grace has her own way

of doing things.
- Haha! I guess I just come

from the overprepare-
and-then-do-a-little-bit-more

school of thought.
- Oh, really?

I hadn't noticed.
- Wait...

Now, you're just
making fun of me.

- And at least,
you noticed that.

So what is all that stuff?

- This box got
delivered to the shop

as I was locking up.
Somebody moved

into the last foster
home I lived in

and found all this in
the back of the attic.

- And they sent it to
you? That was nice.

- Yeah, I never thought
I'd see any of this again.

- Well, this must have gone
with some spiffy looking bike.

- It was purple and
it had a banana seat.

And I outgrew it pretty quick,
but I kept that to remember.

- Mm-hmm.
- Dad kept saying

he was gonna get me a
10-speed, but he left before he did.

- Did you take ballet?

- No. Dad sent those

from Paris. Was always sending
me stuff wherever he went.

- Hmm, well, that was sweet.

At least, you knew he was
always thinking about you.

- And that's how I knew
he was never coming back.

I mean, my mom told me,

but it didn't seem real until
the gifts stopped coming.

- Hmm. It must have
been hard on you.

- Yeah. I made it through.

- Are you ready to see

what passed as fashionable
in the early 2000s?

- Ohhh... All I remember

are peasant tops
and shiny pants.

- Well, brace yourself
for disco halter tops.

- Hmm...
- Wow!

When was this?

- Uh, homecoming.
- Now, which one's you?

- Oh, I couldn't afford
to go to the dance.

But the flowers are mine.

I made corsages and sold them

so I could afford a dress
for prom later that year.

- Ah. Already the
businessperson.

- I'll have you know I
previously made a killing

selling lemonade.
- Right.

And just think, if you had
been able to go to that dance,

you might not be as
successful as you are today.

So, it seems like you
learned how to make lemonade

out of lemons a lot.

- Yeah, I guess I did.

♪♪♪

- I want to get that
bridge in the background.

- Oh! No, no, no, no! Let's
do it up there somewhere.

I don't want to be
upstaged by the scenery.

- Why do we have to
have our pictures taken?

Because Martha wants us
to inspire the next generation.

- Can't I just write a cheque?
- Cassie!

- Hello! Erica, Clay, you
know my cousin Abigail?

- Yes, we met at breakfast.
- And what did you get?

- Some serving dishes. We went

into this great pottery
place, which was right next

to a kids' store I had to
steer my husband away from.

- I can't help it.
- We're looking
for a place to eat.

- The Bistro's always
perfect for that.

- We'll check it out. Thanks.

- So, I spoke with
the photographer

and she's pretty sure
that she can make the bags

under your eyes disappear.
- I have bags under my eyes?

- Of course you
do, dear, we all do.

Actually, you don't.

And neither do you.
Honestly, why do I continue

to live in a town where all
the women are so pretty?

- I'd like to congratulate

all the competitors who've
made it into the final round

of today's competition.

On the left is Grace Russell.

Next to her is Melissa Coombs.

And finally, Jacob Walker.

Go get 'em, Jacob!

- The topic of our
final round will be...

polygons. First question.

"A dodecagon is a polygon
with how many sides?"

Grace Russell.

- 12.
- That's correct.

- Yeah!

- I'll remind parents
to please refrain

from showing any
outbursts of support.

Next question.

"The sum of the interior
angles of a decagon

is how many deg...?"
- 1440.

- That's right!

"If any angle is greater
than 180 degrees,

then the polygon is called...?"

- Concave.
- That's correct!

♪♪♪

When did you move to Middleton?

- Oh, a long time ago.

Grey House has been
in my family forever.

- I remember your
mother talking about it.

- I wanted to put
some life back into it.

- I think all the Merriwicks
would be very proud.

It's a nice town, I can see why
my daughter chose to live here.

- How are things going with her?

Have you been able to
see each other again?

- Not since we met for dinner.

I told her I'd give her
some time, which turned out

to be a lot harder for me
than I thought it would.

But she didn't say that she
never wanted to see me again,

so I'm just waiting to find
out if she ever does want

to see me again. These
are very interesting.

- Oh, yeah. A local
artist makes them.

Now, all the birthstones
are represented.

This one is your
daughter's sign.

- Ohhh...

I remember so many great
birthdays when Abby was a little girl.

Haha!

I took her out
when she turned 5,

and I told her she could
order whatever she wants,

which usually meant
macaroni and cheese,

but she wanted a
whole, entire crab,

and she was determined
to eat every bite.

It took her about two
hours, but she did it.

- Abigail does tend to
finish what she starts.

- She was a
tenacious little girl.

I'll take it.

- Oh, alright! I'll
wrap it up for you.

- Great! ♪♪♪

Taking a walk down
memory lane, huh?

- That's Abigail's.

I am taking her senior
photo and having it scanned

and framed for something
our mayor wants us to do.

Would you like to take a look?
- Oh, I'd love to.

You know, I've never
seen her senior photo.

Aaah... one of many
things I've missed out on.

My little girl.

- Yeah. She grew into
the woman she is today.

- Hmm...
- Here you go.

- Thanks.

Could you maybe

make me a copy
of Abigail's photo?

I'd love to have something
to put on the mantle.

- I'd be happy to.

In fact, why don't you
stop by Grey House

later tonight? You
can pick it up there.

- Cassie, you're as kind
as your mother was to me.

- I've always believed
in the goodness of family.

♪♪♪

- Uh, I have been craving
strawberry cheesecake

all morning. Do you
have any of that?

- Well, I think I could
find a piece or two.
- Then make it two.

One for each of us.

- I'll bring it right over.
- But that's not what I wanted!

- Kaitlyn, if you want
to tell me why you're

sad, then we can try to
get you what you want.

- I don't like these with
ketchup; I want white sauce!

- You want ranch dressing?
- Yes, please.

- Excuse me.

I hear that someone might
like some ranch dressing.

- If you could.
- Coming right up.

- Thank you.

- So I guess that's us

in a few years, huh?
- Yeah, might be.

- Do you think we all would
have been friends in high school?

- Probably. What were
you into back then?

- Mostly music theatre and boys.

But I got stuck playing
Aunt Eller in Oklahoma

while all the boys pined
after Dream Laurey.

- Hm. Well, it seems
like you were happy there.

- Does it? All I remember

about that day
was that I flunked

a project in art class
and I just stopped crying

long enough for them
to snap this picture.

I was trying to make a vase,

but it turned out
more like a kidney.

- So I shouldn't hire you to be
a supplier for my store. Got it.

- You know, I have
some old vases

I was gonna put in storage.
I've wrapped them up,

but if you want to stop by my
shop and take 'em to yours...

- I never say no to
free merchandise.

- Yoohoo!

I have some wonderful news

that can only be shared
really via the visual,

so... voilà!

And I wanted Abigail to
be one of the first to see it,

since the announcement
was partly due to her.

- What did I do?
- No, your father did this.

He's donating 10
bikes just like that one

to Middleton's girls in need

all in the name of
Abigail Pershing.

- Well, isn't that nice of him.
- Oh, you say that as if

it's not nice at all.
- He's just trying to buy
his way into people liking him,

which is what he always
used to do with me.

- Well, he is here now,
and we have the 10-speeds

to prove it. Hahaha!
- Yeah. I mean, it couldn't

have been easy for him to
come back the way he did.

- You know what would have
been easier? If he never left.

- Oh, he does seem
regretful about that.

- I haven't seen much of that.

- I would hope
if I ever had a rift

with either of my
children that they would be

open to letting me
try to make up for it.

- Yeah. Perhaps then,
you could have a future

you never even imagined.

♪♪♪

- You're texting your mom?
- Noah.

- Oh, make sure to tell him
how his girlfriend got first place.

- Yeah.

- Oh, you should send a
picture of the trophy to your mom.

- She's seen me
with trophies before.
- Come on, send her a picture.

Like, where is it?
- I left it there.

- Oh! We can go back.
- Sam, we're almost home.

- It's not far.
- It's just another trophy, OK?

And who even cares about that?

♪♪♪

- Dad.

- I've walked past
this place five times

trying to get up the
nerve to come inside.

- It's OK, you can come in.

- This is a beautiful store.

- Thank you.

- I've been wanting to stop
by to see it... Well, to see you

since dinner, but I thought

you'd want some time
to get used to things.

- Because it's not every day your
father comes back from the dead.

- Did you really
tell people I died?

- I got a couple of nice
condolence cards out of it too.

- Well, I got you something
and not because of my debt,

but because I was
thinking about you.

♪♪♪

- It's my sign

and my birthstone.

It's beautiful.

I guess I should thank you
for all the 10-speed bikes

you donated in my name.

- I wasn't there to give you
one when I should have, so...

- I guess we can call
it the next best thing.

Look what I've just found.

It had been so long since
I saw one of my old ads.

- Your work was in the papers?
- My work was in a lot
of places,

but that's the one that
got me the most attention.

I spent so much time
living in different places,

dreaming about
the perfect family,

that idea came to
me pretty quickly.

- I wish I could have
given you a family like this.

The kind that you deserved.

So, uh, I don't
know if you're free,

but if you want to,

maybe we could
have dinner tonight.

Catch up on more of what
you've been doing since I...

Just sort of catch up.

- Actually, I was gonna
see a movie tonight.

- I understand.
You've got other plans.

- Do you want to come?

- Oh, I'd love to.

- They're playing His
Girl Friday at the theatre.

- Cary Grant and
Rosalind Russell?

It's one of my favourites.
- Mine too.

- I don't understand
why you want to go home.

I thought we were
having a really good time.

- I've been trying
to, but the more I try

not to think about this
baby, the more I realise

how terrified I am
about becoming a father.

- You are going
to be a great dad.

- But I don't know
how to actually be one.

When that little girl started
whining at the Bistro...

I started wondering about
what I would have done

if I were her dad, and I
realised that I have no idea.

Because my dad would have
never talked to me like that,

because my dad hardly
ever said anything at all.

- I just want to stay
for one more night.

Cassie set out tea,

and she said that there's
everything here we could want.

And...

I really like this bed.

- Well, since we're probably not

gonna get much sleep
over the next 18 years...

- Thanks.

- Thank you.

Just give me a minute.
There's a few things

I meant to water before
we left for the movie.

- Take your time. No problem.

You know I hadn't
seen His Girl Friday

for a long time.
- Really? I watch it

two or three times a year.
That and The Philadelphia Story.

I love the way Cary
Grant and Jimmy Stewart

fight over Katharine Hepburn.

- Hahaha!
- Probably gave me a few ideas

about how to get
men to fight over me.

- Abigail, please, you're
talking to your father.

- Right, sorry. Just
give me one minute.

I have to water these
guys in the back.

- No problem.

♪♪♪

- All done! You ready?

- Yeah. May I walk you home?

- Uh, sure.

After you.

♪♪♪

- OK, we got it. Now, can we go?

- Just a minute.

Didn't seem like you were
having very much fun today.

- It was a competition.
- Why do you do it?

- Because my teacher says

that this kind of stuff looks
good on college applications.

That's it?

- Isn't that enough?

- You know, I had a
scholarship for molecular biology

when I went to college.

I figured I'd end up
getting paid a lot of money

to do research
in a lab every day.

And then one day, in the
middle of class, I realised...

I don't want to do that.

What I wanted to do
was help sick people.

Get to know them, let
them get to know me.

It's why I just gave
up the scholarship,

changed my major.

And it turned out to be one
of the best decisions of my life

because I love
doing what I'm doing.

So...

what about you, Grace?

- What about me?
- What is it you love?

♪♪♪

- It looks perfect here!

And it's gonna be so inspiring

to all the future
women of tomorrow.

- I think those
are called girls.

Potayto, potahto.

- Oh! Hey there! Can I help you?

- I'm here to pick up an
order of chicken fingers to go.

- With ranch dressing?

- You should probably put
some of that in there, yeah.

I have them right here for you.

There you go.

- I think I know what I
wanna be when I grow up.

- Would you like to own
a business someday?

Maybe a restaurant like this?

- No. I wanna run a flower shop.
- Oh!

- Or maybe she'd like to
be something even better,

like the mayor.
- What do mayors do?

- Well, mayors run the city

and they get to cut
ribbons and make speeches.

- Eek.
- "Eek"?

- I wanna run a flower
shop. Can I do that, Daddy?

- You can do anything you want.

Thank you. Come anytime.

- Thanks.
- We will.

- Well, would you look at that.

Your idea is already inspiring
the women of tomorrow.

- So it's a success.
And you never know

what kind of woman this
little girl might turn out to be.

- Plenty of different paths.
- Mm-hmm.

♪♪♪

- Hmm... hello.
Where have you been?

- At the movies with my dad.
- Well, that sounds nice.

- It really was.

I never imagined it
could be, but it was.

- It was good of you to
let him back into your life.

- Well, he came all this way.

Hello?

This is Abigail.

Why would they be
checking my credit score?

No, that wasn't
authorized at all.

OK, thanks.

Is everything OK?

- No, that was the
fraud department

at my bank. Someone
asked for a credit check,

so they could put
my name on a loan.

- Why would anybody do that?

- I know why my
father would do that.

So he could clean me out

and steal the rest of
my life from me too.

Welcome back, Dad.

- I like writing.

And history.

And I really liked

working at your office
with your patients.

And photography,
I like that a lot.

- Well, then do more of that.
All of it, and just figure out

what you like the best.

- I kind of want
to go skydiving.

- You want to jump out of
a perfectly good airplane?

- Yeah. With a
parachute of course.

- Yeah. I've always
wanted to do that too.

But we both have to
convince your mother.

- And she's never
letting that happen.

- Not in a million years.
- Mm-hmm.

- Clay! Can I get you something?

- Is there an ice-cream
shop around here?

- There are some nearby,

but if you wanted to stay in,

I have some ice cream in my
freezer. You can help yourself.

- Aw, thanks, but Erica's
craving raspberry ripple.

I can't imagine
you'd stay stocked up

on something like that.
- Uh, hmm...

- Yeah. Looks mostly
like chocolate.
- Are you sure?

- Raspberry ripple?! No way!
- Yep.

There are bowls and
spoons right over there.

- George told me I
could find you here.

- Were you able to get that
photo of my daughter done?

- I did. And I found

the perfect frame
for it in my store.

- Is there anything
else I need to do?

OK, thank you so
much for your help.

Did you try to put
my name on a loan?

- I did, yes.

- Well, I cancelled
my credit cards

and blocked all my accounts.

You can't get to them
now, so don't even try.

- What?!

I wasn't trying to
get to anything.

I wanted to give you
something, as a gift.

- Is that what they teach
you to say in prison?

- Abigail...

I wanted this to be a surprise,

but I'm buying our old house.

And I want to put your name

on the loan so you'll
be the co-owner.

- You want to give me a house?

- Yes, the house you grew up in.
- The one you walked out of?!

Stop trying to buy
your way into my life,

pretending to be my dad.
You gave up on being a father

when you walked out the
door and never came back.

- I thought I was
doing the right thing,

so you'd turn out better
than someone like me.

- You know what the right thing
would have been? If you actually

tried to be a father. This guy
doesn't even think he's ready

to be a dad, but he's
already put more effort in

before his kid's born
than you did my entire life!

- I know.

And you're right.

But I'm here now, and I'm trying

the best that I can.
- Well, it's too late.

I thought I needed you,

but I turned out
just fine on my own.

I started businesses,
and I used every bad thing

that ever happened
to me to my advantage.

And when I think about
the person that I am today,

maybe you were right:

I was better off without you.

♪♪♪

- She made a good point.

She never needed me.

And that's one of
the many reasons

why I should never
have come back.

- Oh, wait. Before you leave,

this is for you.

- Thanks.

♪♪♪

- I hope you'll come back
after your baby is born

so I can know the whole family.
- We will.

- And I'm gonna want
that exact same bed.

- I will keep it open
just for you. Are you glad

you stayed the extra night?
- Glad you had the ice cream

she wanted too.
- Hmm... It's nice

to know a man who
realises he may not be

a perfect father, but
knows he needs to try.

It's the first thing
every little boy needs.

How did you know

we were having a boy?
- We didn't tell anybody.

- Didn't you? Hmmm...

Oh, and I pulled this
book off the shelves.

Made me think of you.
- Clay's already read
every parenting book there is.

- I think he might
like this one the best.

- "One Otter and
Twenty One Rabbits."

- It was one of my
daughter's favourites.

We used to read it together
and laugh and laugh and not think

about anything else.
- What's it about?

- It's about an
otter and 21 rabbits.

What are you doing here?

- I just wanted to tell
you that I'm leaving.

- Because you're good at that?
- Because I didn't want

to just disappear
from your life again.

I printed up

a copy of the paperwork

that shows you're not
on the loan for the house,

so you're free and clear of me.
- Are you really gonna go live

in the exact same house
you walked out on me from?

- I am,

because it's the house
we brought you home to

when you were born...

and it's where I watched
you learn to walk,

where you set up
your lemonade stand.

So it will give me a chance
to remember the good things

instead of all the
mistakes that I made.

- Well, thanks
for this at least.

- Thanks for coming to dinner.

And what you said at
Grey House was right.

You didn't need me then,

and you don't need me now.

- Yeah, I turned out OK.

- Any man would be proud

to call you his daughter.

- When are you moving in?

- I don't know.

A couple of months.

- Maybe I'll come
see you sometime.

I'm not saying I'm
not still mad at you...

I'm just saying that
people get older,

they grow up and they change.

And I'm not sure I
want to get any older

without having a
father in my life.

You're the only one I've got.

- You really are a better person
than I ever could have raised.

- Well, you had
something to do with it.

- If you ever want to
come back to the house,

let me know...

and I'll make sure your room
is exactly how you want it.

- Thanks, Dad.

- It was good
seeing you, Abigail.

- You can call me Abby.

♪♪♪

- I found a couple of
ripe ones out there.

- Ooh, those look good!

- Do you want me to
cut 'em into dodecagons?

You're not the only one who
knows what a 12-sided figure is.

- Maybe they should
have given you the trophy.

Nah. You deserved it.

- Hey.
- Hey! Dinner's ready

in 30 minutes.
- Great, thanks.

- Nick's on his way.
- Did you ride a bike here?

- It was a present.
Something I always wanted.

What are you making?

- Ooh, mac and cheese!
- Yum!

- When I was little, my mommy
let me crush up the breadcrumbs

and sprinkle them on the
top before it went in the oven.

- That's a good thing
we saved that job for you!

Crush away.
- I won't be needing that.

We did things differently
in the Pershing house.

Ooh!

- That's how you do it to
make sure they're the right size.

OK.

- Yeah, that used
to happen a lot.

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