Medium (2005–2011): Season 6, Episode 16 - Allison Rolen Got Married - full transcript

Where is this?

This place where you
and Mommy got married?

It's in California.

A ace called San Luis Obispo.

But you and Mommy lived
here in Phoenix, right?

Why'd you have to go all the way
out there to get married?

Uh, I don't know.

It was just... it was just
kind of a compromise.

Your mom wanted
a little wedding here.

Grandma and Grandpa Dubois
wanted big wedding

in Grosse Pointe,
overlooking the lake,



so we ended up in California,
overlooking the ocean.

You sure you really want
to put all these pictures

of you and Mommy away?

I mean, what happens
when she comes back?

Won't it hurt her feelings when
she sees that they're all gone?

Come on, Bridge.

Your mom hasn't been here
in forever.

I know you don't want
hear it,

but I don't think
she's coming back.

Yeah?

You okay?

No... no, I don't know.

I don't knowif it's t.

or not being able to drink, but
I just had the strangest dream.



Was there any sex in it?

No.

No, it was sad.

We were married
and we had this little girl.

Well, I guess I left you--
I left both of you.

You still want to be
Mrs. Joe Dubois though, right?

I mean, I'd hate to think we
brought all these people here

to California just to senf them home

without even having
a wedding.

Well that'll never happen.

It was just a dream.pen.

Medium 6x16
Allison Rolen Got Married
Original Air Date on March 12, 2010

Hi.

You okay in there?

I'm fabulous.

Your mom and dad get in alright?

Yeah. My dad's
already complained

about the plane ride,
the car rental, anhis room.

My mom's already been
down to the bakery

to make sure that our cake
is made to her specifications.

yeah, I'd say
they're fine.

Same as always.

Hey, you wanted me to remind you
to reconfirm the deejay.

Yeah, I know, I know, I know.

I got to get presents
for the groomsmen.

I have to make sure
that the welcome baskets

are ready for the rest of
the guests when they check in.

Are you sure you just don't want
to meet them now

and get it over with?

You know, if you had told me

that I actually d to meet your
parents in order to marry you,

I might not have accepted
your proposal.

Hmm? What are you
so nervous about?

They're gonna love you.

How can you be so sure?

Because I love you, so they
don't really have a choice.

Come on. What do you say?

Mm, your mouth tastes
all fresh and minty.

Hmm? Come on, let's
just go down the hall

and get it over with.

Hi. Hi, my name's Allison.

I'm going to marry your boy.

Oh, and by the way,
I'm pregnant.

Nice to meet you.

Don't be such a smartass.

I thought you decided that we
weren't going to say anything

about the baby until you hit
the three-month mark.

Yeah, I did, and I won't.

Six or seven weeks
is plenty of time

to tell people the good news.

And tonight at dinner is my time
to meet your parents.

The maid?

The maid of honor.

I'm coming, Kim.

I have the list
of what we ordered

for the rehearsal dinner
torrow night,

but do you have the receipt
for the actual ceremony?

I think so.

I'm sorry.
Who's next?

Can I help you?
Uh, I hope so.

I was wondering: would you mind
putting up one of these flyers?

That's my daughter Julie.

She hasn't been home
in two days.

She drove off in her
little blue car

and no one has
seen her since.

Would you mind if I...

if I put up
one of these?
Sure.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Can I help you?

Hi, I'm Kim Clement,
and this is Allison Rolen.

And we're here toheck
on some things

for the Dubois wedding
in two days.

There we go.

And what can I do you
for, young lady?

Red... Oh, you want white wine?

Maybe a little rosé?

I'm fine just
with water. Thank you.

Well, don't hold back
on our account.

I'm in the auto business,
young lady.

We live by the maxim

"Everything runs smoother
with a little lubrication."

Dad, Dad, Dad,

she just doesn't
feel like it.

Stop trying to pour wine
down the poor girl's throat.

All right, fine, fine.

It's how I won you, darling.

So, Allison, we were
very disappointed to hear

that your family
won't be joining us.

Oh, I know. I'm sorry, too.

My mom and I...

But it's fine.

I sure at at some point
we'll all get to meet.

This town is lovely.

And the inn--

it's so charming.

"Charming." Code
for "old," right?

I tell you, I tried to have
a shower when I got in here--

the water pressure died
in about two minutes.

The water pressure
in my room is just fine.

You guys are in separate rooms?

Well, we had to book this place
on such short notice, kiddo,

and they didn't have
any king bs left, so...

Yeah, two rooms.
It helps keep the peace.

We'll live.

So, um, my son tells me
that you're in law school.

Uh, yeah, actually I go
to the School of Justice.

It's kind of pre-law.

Oh.

Now how does that work?

I mean, if you want
to have babies someday?

I mean, to be a lawyer,
but then have babies--

does that really make sense?

Mom...
Hey, Marjori

well, I mean,
don't you think...

...it's what
good mothers do.

Excuse me. I'm going to have
to excuse myself just a moment.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I'll be right back.

What are you doing?

They love you, by the way.

When you were in the bathroom,

they pretty much told me
they love you.

The lawyer thing threw
my mother first,

but now that she met you,
she gets it.

I had to lie

and tell them that kids weren't
even on the menu for right now.

I started to worry

that maybe they
suspected something

when you didn't want a drink,
but I think we got away with it.

I could really use a drink
right about now.

Oh, I understand.
I understand.

I don't know how you did it.

I don't know how you got
through that dinner sober.

I had half a bottle of wine,

and it was all I could do
to keep my ass in the seat

and not run down
the nearest courthouse

and change my name and
put myself up for adoption.

Hey, hey, Mr. Science Guy,

how much do you know
about hormones?

Exse me?

Well, it's not just
my dreams now.

I'seeing things, hearing
things, even when I'm awake.

What? What kind of things?

Well, when I went
to the flower shop today,

this woman came in.

Her daughter was missing.

She wanted to put
her picture up.

And I saw her-- the daughter
right there, right then,

being strangled to death.

You saw her strangled
in the flower shop?

No.

It was in my head.

It happened someplace else,
but...

It was so vivid.
It was so specific.

It was like...
like a little movie.

What can that be?

Empathy?

Yeah, well, I saw her
again tonight--

at the restaurant.

Naked, dead,
in the bathroom mirror.

Okay, I had the fish.
What did you have?

I don't think
it was what I ate.

Okay, maybe i's
something in the water.

My parents are sleeping
in separate rooms.

Something in the water
would explain a lot.

That really hiyou,
didn't it?

Well, yes and no.

I meanI'm not a kid
living at home.

And I know things haven't always
been great between them,

but finding out
they're in different rooms

two nights before
I get married...

It kind of makes me sad.

Oh, baby, let's fool around.

Hi.

Are you... are you looking
for my dad?

Yeah. We're going to go
grab some dinner.

Um...
Is he not here?

Actually, no.

He-he must have forgotten.
He went out to the movies.

Do you want me
to try and call him?

No, no, no, that's okay.

I guess I'm lucky yo
came home when you did.

Otherwise I'd be sting out
on the curb all night.

It's been such a long time
since I've seen you.

You're changing so much.

Actually, I think I saw you,
like, four months ago.

Well, even so, every time
I me visit,

seems like you're even more
beautiful than the time before.

Uh, thanks.

You know, I've got
a little homework to do,

so I, uh, I bett get inside.

It was nice seeing you.

So that's it?

I drove all the way over here.

You're not gonna even offer
me a glass of water?

Actually, you know what?

Don't worry. Forget the water.

I don't need
to come inside.

Not really.

I could just take you with me.

You okay?

Is everything all right?

Yeah. No.

No, I had another dream.

A bad dream.

A really bad dream.

Did you leave me again?

No, you weren't there.

It was a girl.

The girl from town?

The one who's missing?

No, no, not her.

Another girl, a teenage girl.

A girl I've never seen before.

Well, then come on.

That was just a nightmare.

Come on.

Come on.
Let's go back to sleep.

You just made her up.

She's no one.

Mmm...

He went to play golf
with his father.

Grandma Benoit.

Stop looking so amazed.

You've been seeing the dead
since you were six.

, Grandma, when I was a little
girl, I had a very active...

"...active imagination."

I heard your mother
when she told you that,

and I bit my tongue.

You can ignore the ghosts
all you want.

You can drink yourself

You can igto the placests
where you can't see or hear,

but that doesn't change the fact

that they're reaching out
to you.

You're seeing me now,
but that daren't you?ge the fact

And I've been gone a long time.

But this is a dream, Grandma.

It's a nice dream...

but it's dream.

It's not a dream, and neither
was that girl you saw yesterday.

She's de, Allison,
and no one knows.

No one but you.

And you're getting ready

to have a child of your own.

You think about it.

One day you wake up
anthe child's gone.

Someone knows what's happened,

but they can't be bothered
to say anything,

pick up the phone,
tell the police what they know.

There's a reason
you see these things, Allison.

Yeah.

You ever considered
a prenuptial agreement?

What?!

No! Never.

Well, maybe you should.

Dad, I own two-thirds
of a used car.

That's really not much
to fight over.

Well, you don't have
that much now,

but you're gonna
have more someday,

and you need
to plan accordingly.

Dad, come on.

This is crazy.

Allison and I don't have
that kind of relationship.

Of course you don't.

Nobody has that kind
of relationship

when they start off.

But after you've been
together for a while

and saved up
some real scratch,

who kns what kind of
relationship you'll have?

You sure as hell can't
draw up a prenup then.

Wow, you're quite the romantic,
aren't you?

Look, I'm not saying
she's not a lovely girl,

I'm not saying

you're not gonna be
happy together,

but you need
to be prepared.

Oh, God.

And once you say, "I do," '.

Well, look at me.

If I winup
in divorce court,

your mother's gonna get half
of everything I got.

What are you talking about?!

Nobody's ending up
in divorce court:

not you, not me.

I don't like
this conversation.

I'm getting married
tomorrow.

I want you
to wish me luck.

FineI wish you luck.

And take it
from someone who knows,

you're gonna need it.

Oh, Dad, you know what?

I love you,
but you're a jackass.

Why is that?

Because I'm trying to give you
the benefit of my experience?

I have stood
where you're standing.

The view is deceptive.

It doesn't hold up.

Really? And how
would you know that?

You come tmy wedding,

and you and Mom
get separate rooms.

I mean, what is that?

Oh, for crying out loud,
Joe, wise up, will you?

We goteparate rooms
because we lead separate lives.

I've been out of the house
for about three months.

Your mom didn't want
to tell you

till after
the wedding.

And you got to promise
not to let on.

What? What happened?

Nothing happened.

Marriage happened.

Come on. Let's play.d.

You know what?
I don't...

I don't feel like playing.

Oh, wait a minute.

Oh, don't do that. Joe!

I'm sorry.

I gotta get in there.
It's my room.

I'm sorry.
There's a detective in there

conducting an interview.

An interview?

Thanks for your time,dy in there
Miss Rolen. but my fiancée.

Hi.

I called the police.

Yeah, I figured somebody did.

I didn't know they were gna
come over here.

I told them that I knew
that girl was dead.

The one from town?

e one that you said
you saw last night?

I just kept thinking
about her mother,

about her not knowing.

u don't actually
know anything.

It's not like, you know,
you-you really saw something.

I saw her being strangled.

Yeah, in your head.

That's not the same
as really seeing.

Yeah, that's what
that detective kept saying.

I-I don't understand.

Wha-what was it that
you were hoping to accomplish

by calling the police?

Grandma Benoit... told me

that I was seeing these things
for a reason.

Grandma Benoit?

But didn't you say that
she-she died years ago?

Are you having second thoughts
about this marriage?

Have you been...
have you been talking to my dad?

Your dad doesn't think
you should marry me either?

Well, my dad doesn't think
anyone should marry anyone.

Turns out he and my mom
have been separated for months.

He didn't want to tell anyone.

He didn't... he didn't want
to ruin the wedding.

Oh, smart, but he told you.

It's gotta be hard
to be Joe Dubois today, huh?

You have no idea.

Hey, don't forget.

Tonight, after
the rehearsal dinner,

you gotta move out
'cause the bride sleeps alone.

That's a barbaric
tradition.

We can do anything we want
before the rehearsal dinner.

That's five whole hours.

Now that's a very enlightened
tradition.

That's a tradition
I can get behind.

Mmm.

And in answer to yr
earlier question:

yes, I'm leaning
towards going ahead

with the wedding.

Ah, you're leaning?

Yeah, it's looking good.

Shut up and take
your clothes off.

Good morning.

You probably have
a bit of a headache.

And I'm sure
your throat is pretty sore

from all the screaming
you did last night.

Where am I?

You've turned into

a really beautiful
young woman.

And watching you grow up
has been one

of the great joys
in my life.

Can we talk
about this neck?

I mean, how long
and slender it is?

What are you doing?!

Relax.

You're gonna enjoy this.

Uh!
Whoa!

What the hell's
ing on?

You okay, huh?

Babe, you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

We're fine.

Just a bad dam.

Just another bad dream.

This man I'd never seen before
was doing this horrible thing

to this girl
I'd never seen before.

I don't know
what's wrong with me.

Oh, God, it's okay.

We gotta get up.

The rehearsal dinner starts
in, li, an hour.

Is this thing on?

I'd like to start off

by welcoming all the out-of-town
guests tonight.

And I guess that's everybody,
right?

Well, truthfully, I don't know
my future daughter-in-law

very well... yet,

but I'd like to think
I know my boy,

and I can tell you ts:

he is absolutely crazy
about the girl.

Whoo!
Whoo!

Yeah!
Whoo!

My Joey loves you, young lady.

Which means that even though

we haven't spent much time
together yet,

we're family.

So, can somebody
get this microphone

out of my hands?

Who wants to say something?

All right, I guess
I'll keep him.
You, yeah, you.

Come on up. You say something.
Here we go.

Yeah, Andy.

Okay, wow.

I hadn't really planned
on saying anything.

So, Joe, Allison...

I guess your first question
is probly...

who am I?

Joe, the last time you saw me,

I think we were playing
Chewbacca and Han Solo

in my folks' basement.

I'm your second cousin,
Andy Seward.

I mean, second cousin
by marriage.

And really, what's
a rehearsal dinner

without some remarks
from a second cousin

by marriage, right?

So wait a second.

You're telling me
my cousin Andy is a murderer?

He's the man I've been
seeing in my dreams, yes.

I'm trying to tell you.

I'm sorry. That is what
I'm trying to tell you.

He's the man I've been
seeing in my dreams, yes.

He's the manYou'e been
rey medelir?So wait a second.

You're telling me
my cousin Andy is a murderer?

He's the man I've been
seeing in my dreams, yes.

I'm sorry. That is what
I'm trying to tell you.

What I wouldn't do
for a cigarette or a drink

or a d'rmakes no sense.

I can't do anything about that.

That's him.

I mean, in my dreams
he looks older,

soaybe he's not
a murderer yet.

But it's definitely him.

This is defitely something
he's going to do.

What do you want me
to do about it?

I mean call the future police

or hop in a time machine
or something

and stop this murder that you
dreamed about from happening?

How about I just go in there
and punch him in the nose?

That wouldn't cast
too big a pall

on the proceedings,
would it?

Oh, that's right,
I almost forgot:

we're supposed to get married.

And instead, we both just walked
out of our rehearsal dinner,

stand out here
by the garbage

and have a chat about
my second cousin by marriage,

the high school
chemistry teacher

who you think might be
Jack the Ripper

in the 21st century.

Are you mocking me?

No, t I think
you're mocking us.

Or at least you're doing
your damndest to kill this thing

before it even
gets started.

I don't know
what's going on with you

the past couple days, Allison.

This is nuts.

I want to rry you.

Do you still want
to marry me?

Of course I do.

Okay.

Then that is the here and now.

All this other stuff, this dream
stuff, this fure stuff,

I am not dealing with it,
not now, not tonight.

And you shouldn't be eithe

Come on. Let's
go back inside.

Are you sure?

No matter what else I say,

no matter what else I do,

you are my here and now, Joe.

You are my always
and forever.

Please.

Joe...

Any luck reaching Allison?

Yeah, she just called
me back finally.

In the car on the way over here.

She's, uh, she's flying in.

She's going to be here tonight.

There's not that many flights
from Dallas.

HI don't think she believes it.

It's not like she said
she was giving up.

Not like she said
that she was moving back.

She's going to want
to see it for herself.

I never understood it.

We must have gotten
300, 400ips.

Why that one?
Why Texas?

Well, you
know Allison.

When she heard somebody
saw our little daughter...

getting into a car in Plano,

she just knew, and there was
no convincing her otherwise.

Seven months.

Seven months living
in a hotel room.

Just knocking on doors

and showing her picture
to strangers.

I don't know how she does it.

So let's get this over with,
okay?

I got to warn you, Joe,

she was in that hole
for an awfully long time.

That bracelet...

Allison and I gave her that
for her 16th birthday.

That's her.

That's our daughter.

Come on, tell me
you're happy for me.

I am.

I'm extremely happy for you.

I'm just maybe a little
sad for myself.

But it's a good sadness.

It's the same sadness
that I felt

when you went off
to college,

and when you moved
to Phoenix.

Just beten us,
I think I might be

just a tiny bit jeous
of your wife-to-be.

But I'll get over it.

Hey, kid, I just got a message
from the maid of honor.

Your fncée would like
a rd with you.

ck at the inn.

What do you mean,
back at the inn?

Allison's not here?

You're not even dresd yet.

Everyone's waiting.

Joe, the girl
I've been dreaming about--

e one your cousin strangles--

she's r daughter, Joe.

We don't have a daughter.
I mean, not yet.

But we will.

And your cousin is going
to murder her.

Okay. And you know this
because...?

Because I saw it.

I saw it in my dreams.

When is this going to happen?

I mean, in your dreams.

A year from now,
two years, three years?

No, she's a teenager.

She's a young woman.

So we're talking like 16, 17, 18
years from now maybe?

'Cause I keep thinking
about the 85 people

who are sitting there
on that golf course

waiting for us right now.

I don't know what to tell you.

I don't know
what to say to them.

I can't go through with this.

Because of these dreams--

that take place
a couple decades from now?

Look, I know it sounds
ridiculous,

but all these horrible
things that I'm seeing

take place in a world
whe we're married.

I can't help but think,
maybe if we don't get married.

Maybe if I just raise
this baby on my own.

Tell me you love me.

I love you.

This isn't about that?

Honey, it's not about that.

Okay, then mar me.

'Cause none of the rest
of it matters.

How can you say that?

Because I know it to be true.

As a scientist, as a physicist,

as a person who studies
the physical facts of the world,

I'm telling you, Allison,

these things that you dream
arjust that: dreams.

No.

Yes.

Don't you see your fear
is based on your certainty

at these things are going
to happen?

Whereas the one thing
that centuries of science

have taught us, is that
the only thing that's certain

is that nothing is for certain.

You don't believe me.

I completely believe you.

You say you see these things,
I believe you see these things.

I just know that
none of it matters... yet.

The things that you're seeing,
Allison, they could happen,

but they don't have to happen.

Life is not like that.

Life is much more complicated
than that.

We're not hurtling down
a predetermined path

towards a foregone conclusion.

We people, all of us, we make...

we make thousands
of decisions a day--

little ones, tiny ones--
turn left, turn right.

I will have that drink.
I won't lie to that girl.

I will take my child's hand.

I don't have to save
for a rainy day.

You take all those choices times
all the people in the rld,

including the ones not yet born,

and you have to conclude
the future is not set.

It can't be.

And that's the best part
about being alive.

It's always new.
It's always surprising.

Now, I'm willing
to take my chances

that our future is going
to be a great one--

for you, for me, for that
little child inside of you.

So come on. Put on your dress.

Our future's waiting.

I can't.

I can't.
I know that you're right.

I know these things that
I'm seeing might not happen,

but they might.

And that "might" is too much
for me to live with.

I can't even put into words
how sorry I am, Joe,

but I can't may you..

not today...

not ever.

GRANDMA BENOIT:
Just wanted
to stop back,

tell you how much
I like your intended.

I think he's terrific.

I like the way he thinks.

I-I like what he stands for.

What are you tking about,
Grandma?

I'm not getting married.

The wedding is off.

I don't understand.

You told me to believe
in the things I see...

that I see the things I do
for a reason.

Just a second!

I came for Joe's things.

Marjorie, I feel awful
about this whole thing.

Maybe when you get a moment,

you could pull
his things together

and pack them in his bag.

I'll-I'll send a bellman.

My husband is on the phone
right now calling the airlines

trying to see
if we can all get out of here

a day early, but it's hard

to get sometng done
on a Sunday.

I love him.

You need to know I love him.

I know you broke his heart.

And that's really all
I need to know.

Allison, marriage isn't just
an act of love.

It's an act of will.

And you can't even muster
up the will

to make it to the ceremony,

then this is probably best
for all of us.

You want some?

'Cause there's about 79 more
where it came from, huh?

Come on.

Have a bite.

Are you serious?

Look, kiddo, you just got left
at the altar.

You have the rt of your life
to-to stew about that.

Right now there's...
there's od food,

there's good drink,

and it cost me
an arm and a leg,

so I say come on,
let's try and enjoy it.

Hmm?

Uh, sir, I'm gonna pack up
my stuff, so...

Pack up?

I paid you to work
for five hours.

You want your tip?

Of course, sir.
Good.

Get over there
and play sething.

What do you
want to hear?

Uh, I don't want
to hear anything.

So, my son is sad.

Why don't you play
something happy?

Any luck with the airline?

Uh. None at all.

I'm afraid we're all here
for the duration.

Nobody goes anywhere
until Monday afternoon.

Oh, boy, just the three of us.

♪ ♪

Fantastic.

What the hell's the matter
with that kid?

I asked for
something happy.

You went to see her,
didn't you?

You just couldn't
help yourself?

How is she?

Does it matter?

Upset.

She told me she loves you.

♪ ♪

This? Really?

What? He's not gonna hear
his wedding song today.

We might as well
hear ours.

Come on, Marjie.

I'll let you lead, huh?

No, I-I don't really think
this is a very good idea.
Aw...

If the's not
gonna be a wedding,

I-I have to change
my shoes.

♪ ♪

Well, I gave it
the old college try.

She's hurting, Dad.

I think she's had all the pain
she can handle for today.

It's sad.

You two really did
love each other.

Oh, I think we still do.

I love her anyway.

Then what happened?

Well, the problem, I suppose,
is the way I love her.

It's, uh, I don't know.

It's more the big picture way,
not...

you know, the day-to-day way.

And 27 years of marriage...

That's a lot of days.

Sure is.

It's my own damn fault.

REPORTER
Democratic presidential nominee
Bill Clinton

promised that an announcement

on his list of
vice presidential candidates

would be coming
within the week.

Campaign manager James Carville
said that among....

"She drove off
in her little blue car,

and no one's seen her since."

Space Q7...

San Luis Obispo Airport.

Hello. Is this
the San Luis Obispo police?

I have some informion

about the missing girl
Julie Pinsley,

some very specific information.

Hello?

Who is it?

Hello?!

You know what?
You were right.

We're not hurtling down
a predetermined path

towards a foregone conclusion.

That's the best part
about being alive.

Okay.

The police found
that missing girl.

She was dead...

in the trunk of her own car.

And that...
and that changes things?

Well, it does for me.

It means that everything that
you were telling me yesterday,

I should have listened.

Joe, I think you're the smartest
man I've ever met in my life.

Okay, wait a second.
Wait a second.

What about our child?

What about my cousin?

That's what I'm trying
to tell you.

I think after tonight,

we don't have to worry
about that anymore.

Don't ask me how I know that...

but I do.

Okay, if you say so.

No, no, wait.

Listen...

I really don't want
to leave here

without doing
what we came here to do.

I know it's been

a crazy few days.

I know everybody's heading home.

I know tomorrow's a Monday.

I know that there's
a thousand reasons to say no.

But please...

Joe Dubois...

is there any chance

that Ian convince you
to marry me?

♪ ♪

to be my lawfuy
wedded husbandke you, Joe,

for better or for worse,

for richer or for poorer,
as long as we both shall live.

♪ ♪

I, Joe, take you, Allison,

to be my lawfully wedded wife

Andrew Seward?

Uh, can I help you?

...for better or for worse,

for richer or for poorer,

as long as we both shall live.

♪ ♪

By the pers granted to me
by the state of California,

I now pronounce you
man and wife.

♪ ♪

Oh, hell, Joey,
go ahead and kiss her.

♪ ♪

Where is this? This place

where you and Mommy
got married?

Uh, California,
a place call San Luis Obispo.

You and Mommy both lived here
in Phoenix, right?

Why'd you have to go
all the way out there

to get married?

You know, I can't
remember why,

but it turned out
to be the perfect spot.

Yeah...

It sure did.