Life Unexpected (2010–2011): Season 2, Episode 1 - Ocean Uncharted - full transcript

Cate and Ryan return from their honeymoon only to discover that major changes have been made at the radio station in their absence. A very confused Baze struggles with his feelings for Cate, and ends up hooking up with the hot new bartender, Paige, at his bar. Meanwhile, Lux and Bug find themselves at a major crossroads in their relationship.

Nathaniel Bazile.

Yeh! That's me.

I'm your daughter.

You and someone had a kid.

You gave up that
kid I am that kid.

And now I'm applying
for emancipation.

Cate Cassidy, that's your mom.

Cate Cassidy was
pregnant in high school?

Yes.

I am Cate Cassidy.

Ryan and I have
been up since 5:00.



And as usual, arguing since 6:00.

What are you doing?
Will you marry me?

I see you turn 16 tomorrow.

What are you doing here?

Uh, they're, um, my birth parents.

I am not granting
you emancipation.

I'm releasing you back into
their temporary joint custody.

You never even told me I've got
a kid out there! Why would I?!

You wouldn't even admit
that she existed.

What if there is a part of me
that is in love with you, too?

I'm not in love with you.

Baze is never gonna be the
guy that you want him to be.

And what you have
with Ryan is real.

And now by the
powers vested in me,



I pronounce you husband and wife.

Great news, folks.

We'll be touching down 20
minutes ahead of schedule.

Take it in! Take it in!

Come on. Take it out.

Flight attendants,
prepare for landing.

And for those of you who are
from Portland, welcome home.

Nate... Nate... You okay?

We're home!

The slot, the slot machine.

Thank you, sir.

Home! Thank you.

Not big winners. A lot of cheese.

Hi, we made it home!

Pick her up or something,
like... Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy!

Hello, hello.

Love you!

Nice shot.

So what is this, a pity game, huh?

No, I just... I'm, uh...

They get back today
from their honeymoon.

Have you talked to her?
To Cate? No.

No.

And radio silence from Lux, too,
which I don't... you know?

I mean, how sad is it that

I can't even interrupt
a wedding right?

I mean, who bursts in
after the "I do's"?

Yeah.

I just... I want to
talk to her... to Cate.

What could you say that
would make any difference?

I don't know. I don't know.

All right!

Take it up! Take it up!

Okay, what are the odds that
no two gifts here are the same?

Whatever we need the least,
I'm sure we'll get two of.

Bread machines, margaritavilles.

Well, everyone knows that you
need two margaritavilles.

Bye! I'll see you later.

Wait a second. Where are you going?
We just got home.

We're about to make
margaritas... and bread.

Well, I'm going to Bug's.

He loves free stuff,
so I got him matchbooks

from every hotel we
went to in Vegas.

That way, he has souvenirs
from New York and Paris,

Venice, the Sahara...
Yeah. Very cute.

And a lot less tacky than that
"loose slots" shirt

you bought for your mom.

I'm telling you,
she's gonna wear it.

All right, I'll call you later.

Oh, and guys... Thank you.

How did this happen?

What?

That I got everything
I ever wanted.

I promise that at some point

we are gonna have a
real honeymoon, just us.

Uh, you know, it's just
the two of us right now...

Hi. Hey.

No, I am not gonna get that.

Good.

I mean, unless you think I
should check the caller I.D.

I don't.

Come on!

Oh!

Oh, what?

I didn't want to interrupt
your honeymoon with business,

so I waited as long as I could.

For what? Um, where's Alice?

She took a leave.
Her mother relapsed.

Oh, my God!

And in her absence,

we've decided to make a
rather significant change.

Cate, Ryan, meet Kelly Campbell.

Such a pleasure to meet you.

You're Alice's replacement?

Actually... She's
your new co-host.

There aren't any
clocks or windows,

and they keep everything
bright and pump oxygen in

to make people stay up late.

Oh! We stayed in the
penthouse suite,

and there were bridges and rivers
and-and boats inside the hotel.

And everything smelled like
baby powder and cigarettes...

In a good way.

Sounds like fun.

Yeah, it was.

For the first time,
I just felt like this normal kid

with her normal parents on
this normal family vacation.

Hmm... You know, maybe we
can go sometime to Vegas.

Maybe we can have
our honeymoon there.

I got you something, too.

You getting adopted,
the wedding...

It's like everything's changing.

And that's great,
but I-I just want you to know

not everything has to...
That I'm not going anywhere.

Bug... What is this?

Will you marry me?

The diamond's real.

They tried to sell
me some cubic crap.

Here, take it.

Here, take it!

I've been picking up
extra shifts at the bar,

and they have this payment plan thing,
so... I... Bug, this is...

I don't even know what to say.

I know, I know we're young,
and we can wait

until you're done
with high school,

but it just means nothing
can mess us up...

...That we know we want
to be together forever.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, I mean, yes.
Yes, of course.

Yes!

I know this is awkward,

and I don't want to blame
Alice since she's not here

to defend herself,
but a lot of what

went wrong was
completely her fault.

We want to revamp the show.

The audience we have,
they're not going anywhere.

We need to reach out to the
audience we don't have.

Okay, what does that even mean?
It's a nice way of saying

they think the show sucks and
they want more people to listen.

Exactly. We don't want a
show about boring people.

And marriage is boring.

Kelly offers a new perspective.

She's just written her third book.

She can sex up the show while
solving your marriage problems.

What problems? We've been
married less than two weeks.

You can't be a marriage
expert and not be married.

That is like being a sex expert
and still being a virgin!

I am.

A sex expert?

A virgin.

I'm saving myself for marriage...

Like Jessica Simpson.

And Jesus.

Technically,
I'm a born-again virgin.

Jane Goodall didn't have
to be a chimp to write about them.

Which reminds me.

My new book... About the
plight of the married woman.

Oh, you can't have it all?

Never heard of it.

You know who has heard of it?

Oprah, Ellen.

Sandra Bullock.

She may option the movie rights.

Fingers crossed.

Okay, I am sorry.
This is a two-person show.

We cannot have three co-hosts.

"Co" means "two."

Doesn't it?

Actually, it means "with."

"Co" means "with."

Come on. It could be worse.

Our show's being taken
over by a fake, smug virgin

whose job it is to pick
apart our marriage on-air.

I mean, how can it
be worse than that?

If we've proven anything to
ourselves these last few months...

Hey, guys!

...It's that we can
handle third wheels.

So, welcome home.
How was the 'moon?

That's short for "honeymoon," it's... Yeah.

Thought we might see you there,
given your track record.

That's... You here
to see Lux? Yes.

She's at Bug's. We can
tell her that you came by.

What? We been here three hours.
He's already on our doorstep.

Okay, I know, I know.

Baze, you're gonna have to go.

Yeah, listen, I didn't,
I didn't come just to see Lux.

I really need to talk to you.

No!

Okay? This is not a good time.

The last thing that
Ryan needs right now is

to see me out here talking to you.

Okay, I get that. You've moved on.

And I am trying to, too.

But in order for me to do that,
I really need to talk.

Fine. Um...

Meet me at Wallace
Park in an hour.

Hey! Hey!

Look who's here!

Hey, Jamie.

Hey, we missed your
little face around here.

And your little hats. Oh, yeah.

I think Bug did, too.
He was extra broody.

Yeah. Um, is-is Baze around?

He just left.

Uh, try his cell.
You might catch him.

Oh, that's okay.

I was just gonna say hi.

Baze is gonna be really
happy to see you.

He's been pretty bummed
since the wedding.

What you did, it was...
it meant a lot to him.

I-I didn't do anything.

You were on his side.

And it made Cate choosing Ryan
a little easier, you know?

Knowing that you wanted
Cate to choose him.

All right, anyway, uh,
I'll be upstairs.

Make yourself useful, all right?

Wow. This place is popular.

We're closed.

Come on, look, I just moved into town,
and my friend said

that you guys have sheepdog ale.

Well, I guess your friend forgot
to mention our business hours.

Or the cute but kind
of bitchy locals.

Okay, wait.

Wait, wait, wait, I'm-I'm sorry, I just...
Um... Let me see your I.D.

Hmm.

Minnesota!

Mm-hmm. Hm.

Clearly a fake.

Five-nine?

Sure.

All right, just one, and then you
got to get out of here, Eric...

Allister Daniels.

You're a goddess.

Yeah.

I, uh, I told Ryan that I went out

for triple sec and limes,
so... So... How are things?

You know what, I'm not...

I cannot keep doing this,
no... Wait, Cate.

Doing what? I can't keep
showing up places thinking that

you're gonna say something
substantial and meaningful

and honest and then being
surprised when you don't.

I love you.

And I should've said it
that night on my deck

when you said you loved me,
but I was just trying to...

I was just trying
to let you be happy.

And so I lied, and it wasn't fair.

It's not fair to you
or to Ryan or to me.

Screw you.

Cate, wait. You know something?

First of all,
I didn't say I loved you.

I said what if a part of me

was in love with you,
which is a totally different thing.

Not really.
Okay, well, second of all,

you know what's not fair? This.

Begging for me to hear you out,

you tearing me away
from my husband

to tell me something
I already know.

What do you think I thought, Baze?

That you stormed into the church

to tell me that I had
a parking ticket?

Cate, listen, listen to me,
I am not trying

to make you hate me more.

I just want to fix things

with you. Okay, well,
you can't fix things

with me, Baze,
because we are broken.

We're always gonna be broken.

The real person that you
should fix things with is Lux.

Wh-what is that supposed to mean?

I am not getting into this with you.
No, wait, Cate,

Cate, wait... What does that mean?

Because Lux is the one person
that actually has faith in me...

that believes in me, in us...
So why do I have to fix things?

Because she doesn't
believe in us, Baze.

Okay? She told me to marry Ryan.

Do you not get it?

I did not choose you.

Neither did she.

Okay, Rocco's...
Best pizza in Portland.

Voodoo donuts. Let me guess.

Best donuts?
No, it's okay.

But I had a friend who
worked there, so... Ooh.

So I kind of O.D.'d.

Oh.

I'm just gonna try
with the left hand.

Wait.

Are you married?

Um... no.

Uh, engaged.

I know, I'm young, it's weird.

No, no, it's not weird.

As long as you
finish college first.

Yeah, well, I don't think
it's gonna be anytime soon.

There's just... There's a lot
of stuff that I haven't... done.

Mm. Yeah, that's usually code

for "I haven't dated
enough people."

I... I haven't even
seen the ocean.

Okay, you're saying that you feel

like if you had seen
more of what's out there

that you'd be ready
to marry this guy?

I don't... I don't know, maybe.

Okay, look, I can't tell you
anything about marriage,

but I just got out of a relationship
that I never should have

been in in the first place.

So before you end up in something
that's hard to get out of,

make sure you want to be there.

You know? And if you think
going to see the ocean's

gonna help you, go see the ocean.

You make it sound so easy.

It is. You could go tonight,
if you want.

I mean... we could go.

If you want.

Right, because getting in a
car with a complete stranger

isn't the dumbest move ever.

Well...

Not as dumb as
marrying the wrong guy.

Where have you been?

Ah, the usual.

I was getting my
soul crushed by Cate.

Here. From Lux.

She was here earlier. Oh. Cool.

"Baze, went back to Cate's.

Sorry I missed you. Lux."

This... this day, it just keeps
getting better and better.

Okay, you know what's
gonna cheer you up?

Our new bartender.

Come on.

Paige, Baze.

Baze... Paige. Hi.

- Hey. - Paige has been
everywhere and can make anything.

She just got back from Tuscany.

I'm drinking a Tuscan Sun.

Ooh, wow.

Drown your sorrows.

You're good.

We are going to the
Pacific, right?

Well, you said it was

two hours away... I didn't
know it'd take all night.

You want to turn around, we can.

That's okay.

What was... what was that?

What-what was that?

Damn it. "Damn it"?

Why-why-why "damn it"?

Seriously, who runs out of gas?

I know. It's my truck.

I swear I just got
the gas gauge fixed

before I drove across country.

Okay, well,
I still have no signal,

and I'm sorry,
but my phone is almost dead.

Don't worry, I got a good
feeling about this one.

No, no, no, no,
I'm not getting in a car

with some random freak, again.

Don't worry.

I'm gonna give them
money to go get us gas.

Oh, 'cause I'm sure
he'll come back.

Buck up, Eeyore.

People... they might surprise you.

I hate this woman!

All right, look, if you're

gonna just yell at
that book all night...

here... I'm just
gonna ask Lux to open

the rest of the gifts with me
tonight when she gets home.

Oh, she's staying
at Baze's tonight.

She called while I was
getting the triple sec.

I wondered what took you so long.

Okay, you know what? So,
this Kelly woman,

I mean, do you or do you not care

that she is a total Stepford wife?

I mean, who's not even a wife.

You know, she thinks that
the feminist movement,

Madonna and having it all are just
bad ideas that should go away.

Oh, look. From Alice.

Our first wedding photo...
It's nice.

No. Untag.

I look drunk.

Oh, I mean,
what is Trina thinking?

And what is Sandra
Bullock thinking?

This would make a horrible movie.

Oh, my God.

No, that is way too nice

to be from anyone on
my side of the family.

Who's Julia?

No, I don't know a Julia.

Um, hmm, I don't know.

A friend of my parents, I think.

I'll, uh, I'll handle this one.

See? That's how it
works in our marriage.

We both write the thank-you notes,
and we both wear the pants.

Usually. Well... Yeah.

Okay.

Last ones.

Oh, good, because...
I think that my taste buds

stopped functioning
about two hours ago.

At least my vision did.

Hey, Math,
ever had a bloody smurf?

He'll be all right.

I'll drag him up when I go to bed.

It's the perk of living upstairs.

Oh, yeah? Whoa.

Uh-uh, no, no, no.

You can't...
You can't smoke inside.

It's bar rules.

That's... What I miss about Bali.

There, you can smoke at a gas
station while holding three babies.

You're a little crazy, aren't you?

You tell me.

I mean... Unless you're
too drunk to find out.

Can you admit it now?

That guy's not coming back.

Finally!

All right.

We're walking.

I would have come back,
or I wouldn't have taken the money.

Yes, but you are a good person.

You were willing to
drive to the beach

in the middle of the night just
to help me make a decision.

And look how well that turned out.

Maybe it's a sign.

I mean, if it's this
hard to get to the ocean,

maybe I'm not supposed to see it.

Maybe that's the point.

Whatever else is out there
doesn't really matter.

What matters is
what I already know.

And that's-that's my boyfriend.

Or fiancé? Or whatever.

Wha... Are... Or maybe you're
looking at the wrong signs.

Come on.

I'm-I'm sorry, wh-what
are you doing? Come on.

What are you doing?

The water's fine! Come on!

All right.

Okay.

So... What do you think?

Wow!

I think you're kind of crazy.

Yeah.

And how great is the ocean?

It's a little smaller than
I thought it would be,

and it kind of smells like paste,
but I love the view.

So does it help?

I mean, seeing it?

You know, you don't know me at all,
and I don't even care

that this isn't really the ocean,
but I just... I needed this.

Thank you for bringing me here.

Eric, I... I shouldn't,
I... I shouldn't do this.

Oh, my God... They came back!

Come on!

What?!

Come on. Careful.

Hey, call me when you can.

I'm in town for a bit.

I'm totally serious about
sticking around this time.

I, uh, scored this awesome job,

but I'm gonna need a
place to crash for a bit.

So call me.

Here.

Oh. My number.

In case you wanna go see
something else sometime.

All right.

Well, um, thank you... For
showing me the ocean, Minnesota.

Anytime, Eeyore.

Good morning, Portland!

Cate and I are back
from our honeymoon.

Ah, yes, and we did not
return empty-handed.

We'd like to introduce the latest
addition to Morning Madness:

Best-selling author,
social commentator

and marriage expert,
Kelly Campbell.

Kelly, welcome.

Nice to meet you, Portland.

And it's great to be
here with you, Ryan.

And Cate.

Hey... Hey!

Jamie, Math!

Wake up!

Hey, Jamie!

Hey, do you smell that?

Is that... is that smoke?

Is it the bar?!

Whoa! God!

Do we have a fire extinguisher?

No! Go, go, go!

Go!

Okay, we're back
at Morning Madness.

I'm Ryan Thomas here with Cate
Cassidy and Kelly Campbell

duking it out over the
question of the morning:

"Can women have it all?"

And I gotta say, I-I tend to
side with Cate on this one.

Sure. You're still in your
second week of marriage.

Just wait.

I'm sorry.

Uh, first of all,
you barely know us.

Second of all... and stop
me if this was covered

in your fourth chapter, uh,
"Barefoot and Pregnant:

Who needs Manolos anyways?

Why would a grown woman actual...

Her point being, in what way
does Cate not have it all?

She has a husband,
she has a kid, a career...

But there's no way she
can do it all well.

That's why I believe that a woman
should pursue her career first.

Then when she's ready, she should

give it up for marriage and kids.

That's my plan.

So you should have
called your book,

"You can't have it all
at the same time".

Ryan, don't be so literal.

The color purple
isn't about crayons.

Face it. Cate probably has
no idea what her kid is up to

most of the time.

Her career has been
in a holding pattern.

And with her focus spread
so thin, your marriage

is completely open and
vulnerable to the next crisis.

Oh, wow. Okay, what do you say we,

uh... what do you say
we take some calls?

Great.

Oh!

We're fine. We're fine.

The bar, on the other hand,
is not.

Hey! Hey, take my calls next time!

Okay, it's not like I knew
that the bar was on fire!

I'm glad that you're okay.
Can I talk to Lux?

What?

Can I talk to Lux?!

Lux isn't here.
That's why I'm calling.

No, no, she-she said that she
stayed at the bar last night.

She stayed at the bar last night.

No, no, she left me a note.
She's staying at your place.

I swear to God,
she never came home.

She said that she was with you!

I didn't see her.

Are you 100% sure that
she is not in there?

No, no, I didn't see her.
I didn't see her.

No, Baze, no! I gotta get Lux!

No, Baze! Dude! Baze! Dude!

No, he's, um,

he's still with the doctors...
We haven't heard anything yet.

Uh-huh, yeah, I've left
about 800 messages for Lux.

Okay, Ryan, she's here.
I'm gonna go. Bye.

Cate, I'm so sorry.

I, I got your messages.
My phone was dead.

Is Baze okay?

Uh, we don't really know.

We're still waiting to hear.

Are you okay? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine.

Okay, well, then where
have you been all night?

Um... I was at-at Bug's.

And by the time I got home
this morning, you were already

gone for work, so... So, what,
you lied to me and Baze

about sleeping at the
other person's house,

and then you snuck back in
after you knew that I was gone?

Do you have any idea
what you put us through?

We were out-of-our-minds
worried about you!

Okay, Cate, I screwed up!

I'm sorry. I just...
Is he gonna be okay?

Lux, he ran into a
burning building

because I told him
that you were in there.

So, no, he's not
really gonna be okay.

I'm looking for Nathaniel
Bazile's relatives.

How's my son?

He suffered from severe
smoke inhalation,

so we still have him on oxygen.

And he's groggy.
We'll keep him on painkillers

for a couple of days to treat
the second-degree burns.

But he's gonna be fine.

It could've been a lot worse.

Can we see him? Uh, maybe just
one of you for a few minutes.

You go ahead.

Hi. Hi.

Word on the street is
you're gonna be okay.

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Lux is here.

Huh. She's fine.

Huh.

You know, when I heard that you
ran back into that building,

I never want what I
said to you in that park

to be the last thing
that I ever said to you.

Lux... she loves you.

Whether or not she thinks
that we should be together

has nothing to do with
how much she loves you.

You should know that.

I lost everything.

Okay, well, they said that the
damage was mostly inside the bar.

The loft, it's still livable...
Not just the bar... You.

I just want to know
that you don't hate me.

What I said in the park,
it wasn't fair. It was selfish.

And I don't want to
be selfish anymore.

I don't hate you.

I could never hate you.

I'm gonna let you get some rest.

Hey, Cate? Huh?

It, it wouldn't have mattered.

What?

If I'd gotten to
the church earlier.

It wouldn't have mattered, right?

Get some rest.

How's Baze?

Well, they're only letting Cate

see him right now.
How did you know?

Jamie called me.
He told me what happened.

Where were you? I've been
trying to call you all night.

I-I don't know.

I mean, I-I do know.
It's-it's stupid.

I... I went to see the ocean.

What are you talking about?

Well, I had never seen it.

And, I don't know.
I-I was confused.

I thought it might help
me make up my mind.

About what?

Bug... I messed up.

I said yes because
I couldn't say no.

I don't know how to
deal with all this.

No. No, Bug, wait.

I love you.

I do.

But there is so much in this
world that we haven't seen.

And people that we haven't met.

I don't need to meet
any other people.

Who took you to the ocean?

That-that's not the point.

Who took you?

Bug, you've been my whole life.

I want to be with you now,
but I can't promise you forever.

I don't want to change
things between us, but...

You just did.

Wait, that's not fair.

I was happy how we were,

and then you went and
asked me a question

that no normal 16-year-old
should have to answer.

Do you think now that you have
Cate and Baze you're different?

What makes you think you
could ever be normal?

Hey.

I'm just going to get my stuff.

We need to talk.

Yeah, I-I'm so sorry that,
you know, I just ran off.

There was a fire at Baze's bar.

But everyone is fine.
I just... We're letting you go.

Go where?

Cate, they're,
uh... we're firing you.

What, because I left for an emergency,
you're firing us?

Not us.

You.

And it's not because you left.

It's no secret.
I've never been a fan.

I find you grating, abrasive...
Trina, enough.

You both knew ratings were down.

We wanted to make a
change for a while now.

And you leaving today

gave us a chance to hear Ryan
on the air with someone else.

You said it yourself, Cate,
it's a two-person show.

Ryan and Kelly debut tomorrow.

Come here. Look, I'm so sorry.

It's going to be all right.

Yeah, well,
I guess Kelly was right.

I can't have it all.

Oh.

The structure's intact, at least.

When I spoke to the fire chief
he said that he found remains

of a cigarette at the source.

Paige. Huh?

Paige, our new bartender.

The... our ex-new bartender.

Yeah, but they said the
fire started in the morning.

Yeah, well... Aw, Nate, come on.

What-what-what kind of a...?

I'm sorry.

I want to be the one to fix this.

I want to be the one
to make this right.

I'm going to rebuild this
bar from the ground up...

And fix everything else
in my life that's broken.

Are you sure you're going to be
all right at home all day, alone?

'Cause I could skip school.

Well, that way I could
keep an eye on you.

You know, make sure
you don't go to Bug's.

I don't think that's going
to be a problem anymore.

Lux, it's okay.

It's okay. You can't
avoid him forever, okay?

So go and talk to him.

You can do it.

Ow. Easy.

Oh, sorry. I'm sorry that...
you got hurt.

That I-I hurt you.

It's okay, kiddo.

No, it's not.

Everything... it's my fault.
Hey, I am done

beating myself up for things I
should have done differently.

Don't you start.

I want to move forward.

And it's all going to
be better than ever.

Even if it doesn't
seem like it right now.

I saw Bug.

He came by the bar.

He's gone.

Hey, I'm at work. I can't... Yes,
yeah, we got the vase.

You didn't... you
didn't need to do that.

Julia, you don't
need to apologize.

The wedding happened.

She never knew anything was wrong.

It's over, it's done.

Yeah.

Yeah, you, too.

Okay, bye.

Welcome back, Portland.

If you're just tuning in,

more mad changes here
at Morning Madness.

My wife, Cate Cassidy...

Has opted to spend more
time with her family.

I'm proud to say our family.

And even though that may
just mean she's-she's home

online shopping and-and day drinking,
I want her to know that...

I want her to know
that I've been lucky.

I've really been lucky to
have her as my partner on-air

for the last three years.

And I'm even luckier to have
her as my partner off the air.

Stay tuned for more
Morning Madness.

Right here on Portland's own...

Paige.

Hey, Cate.

Is Ryan here?

No. Your brother's
still at the station.

Oh... why don't you come...

...in?

Oh, dude.

You guys scored on
the gifts. Nice.

Wha...?

No way.

You go here?

I'm such a sucker.

I knew that I.D. was fake.

Hey. Ah, I see you've
met Mr. Daniels.

What?

Our newest addition to
the English department.

He's filling in while Mrs.
Copeland's on maternity leave.

You're a... teacher.

I'm guessing from the backpack, you're a...
Yep.