This Is Us (2016–…): Season 5, Episode 16 - The Adirondacks - full transcript
The family gathers for Kevin and Madison's wedding.
Previously onThis Is Us...
Philip, hi!
Kate, there were a lot of
applicants for this job.
And you were not at
the top of my list.
TOBY: I'm having a harder time
with this whole
stay-at-home dad thing.
Much harder than I'm
letting on to Kate.
Hi, this is Toby Damon calling.
I would actually
love to be considered
for the San Francisco position.
NICKY [on TV]: Describe
Madison's dream
for your future together.
KEVIN: It's a trick question.
Madison knows that I
refuse to grow old, so
question is moot.
[exhales]
Wow.
First of all, you look
absolutely beautiful.
There are so many things I
want to say to you today.
I guess I'll just start
with the most important one.
[clears his throat]
[imitating Peter Cook in The
Princess Bride]: Ma-wage.
Ma-wage is what
brings us together today.
[normal voice]: I...
I can't do that.
Obviously.
Could get a laugh
though. [groans]
[as Peter Cook]:
Ma-wage. Ma-wage is...
[normal voice]: It's gonna kill.
It's gonna absolutely kill.
♪ ♪
Okay, Dynasty.
Let's kill some
friggin' wedding guests.
ANNOUNCER [on TV]: Next...
Sun will shine on the
happy bride after all.
ANNOUNCER: On the season
finale of Dynasty...
MAN: With this ring I thee wed.
ANNOUNCER: It's the
wedding of the century
with the most explosive...
BASEBALL ANNOUNCER:
And Holland total 1-2.
A 1.71 earned run
average with three saves.
I want Mommy to read to us.
Oh, Mommy's taking a
night for herself, bud.
And for a reason that
will forever escape me,
- she's very excited about watching this thing...
- Jack!
Yeah?
You didn't happen to tape the
game the other night, did you?
- Yeah, the Pirates game last... I couldn't keep my eyes open.
- Oh.
And you, you didn't
happen to see the words.
"Do not tape over"
written in giant
block letters on the label?
Uh... [sputters]
I'm home with triplets, Jack.
There are three of them.
Okay? Three of them. I
had to wait an entire week
to watch an episode
of television
that the entire country
is talking about.
One week of covering my
ears and humming every time
I entered the grocery store
out of this irrational fear
that I might accidentally learn
who died at the wedding and ruin
the ending of the only thing
that is keeping me
going right now.
- Bec.
- What?
Hi, guys. Hi.
Mommy and Daddy were having
a really silly conversation
- about television... aah!
- Yeah, silly.
But let's, um
let's get you back to bed, okay?
Let's get you back
to bed, sweetheart.
JACK: Yeah.
[exhales] Daddy's in trouble.
Come on, dude, come on.
WOMAN: Honey.
There's no other
way to say this.
I cannot stay with that
man for another minute.
So... Mummy is leaving, darling.
I've really tried, but...
Here.
Maybe you'll wear them on your
wedding day and think of me.
Maybe you'll land a
better man than I did.
It's a pretty low bar.
Goodbye, Madison.
KEVIN: I'm so glad we
chose Frankie Valli
for the pre-ceremony
music, although,
I was thinking of the song
order, and I'm not sure
we got it right
and... Oh, my God!
I'm turning into
Groomzilla, aren't I?
Oh, God.
Madison?
Hey.
Hi. Yeah.
- Yeah, you are. You were...
- Yeah.
Reciting the dinner menu
in your sleep last night.
- Again? Oh, God, just...
- Mm-hmm.
I'm sorry, I want everything
to be perfect, you know?
- Uh-huh.
- NICKY: Wait, wait!
Go back. Uh... just...
say that again.
- Uh...
- Yeah, I'm-I'm documenting everything for today.
You don't have to do
that. We actually hired
a videographer, so you can just,
you know, attend the ceremony.
Come on, go back, be cute.
Uh, all right, Pearson.
This is it.
For the last time, women in
my family get varicose veins
early... knees and ankles.
We look like Thomas Guides
by the time we're 50.
So this is your last chance
to make a run for it.
No, my feet are firmly planted
- right here on the ground.
- Okay.
Please, um, practice your vows.
- Mm.
- No movie quotes.
Improv Kevin was not invited
- to the ceremony.
- No, I'll-I'll let him know.
He's gonna be
absolutely devastated,
but I'll break the news. Just
think, in a couple of hours
you and I will be
under an altar...
An altar that you designed
because you're an absolute boss.
MADISON: Hmm, I like it
when you call me a boss.
It portends well for our future.
- Well, now you got me nervous.
- [Nicky laughs]
It's perfect, perfect!
It's great. Cut.
So, listen,
will you be able to get a
U-Haul there this afternoon?
My gift is being delivered
to the wedding site and, uh,
you're never gonna be able to
drive it home in a normal car.
Uh, Uncle Nicky,
I'm gonna need you
to go ahead and interact with
me as little as humanly possible
- today, okay? Thanks.
- You got it.
Okay, Jack and Hailey are
both down for their nap.
We can finish packing and then
we can transfer them to the car.
And then they're gonna sleep
all the way to the hotel.
Yeah, this is never
gonna work, but as ever,
I appreciate your optimism.
They're gonna stay down.
- Want to bet?
- Ooh!
Yeah, what ya
putting on the table?
Okay, I win, you do
that head thing I love.
- The scalp tickle?
- Mm-hmm.
For, like, 20 minutes.
High stakes. Fine.
Oh, this is great... I
didn't have a head tickle
- on my Toby bingo card today.
- [Kate laughs]
- You know what else I didn't have on my card?
- What?
- Getting a job.
- [zips bag]
What?
Yeah, they just sent the
official offer letter though.
The start-up?
- Mm-hmm.
- Babe!
See?
Oh, my... The world
comes toToby Damon.
- That's right.
- That's right.
They are gonna want me in San
Francisco three days a week
when the office re-opens, so...
Oh.
Okay...
- Well, so...
- I think we should
seriously consider it.
We're not gonna be able
to survive much longer
on your teaching
assistant salary alone.
And I haven't gotten a
serious offer in a long time.
Okay, well, we're getting by.
I mean, we're not saving,
but we're not drowning.
I want to go back to work, Kate.
I need to... emotionally,
mentally.
Staying at home is just...
All right, I love
our children, but...
Okay, got it.
Kate?
Toby.
My husband is
contemplating taking a job
that will put him in a different
city three days a week.
And he just used the sentence
"I love our children, but."
Just give me a
second to digest it.
Mm.
What are you guys doing up?
Guys?
- Jack.
- What?
They're just standing there.
- Oh.
- Like Children of the Corn or something.
What's wrong with the Big Three?
Do you still love each other?
Aw...
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
BETH: Okay, let's head
to the hotel so the ladies
can get ready together.
All right, we'll see
you there, but first,
oh, I can't stop hugging you.
Oh, God, it's
happening to me, too.
Must... hug
grandchildren.
Guys, stop!
REBECCA: Uh, we're
not gonna stop.
I-I feel like I'm owed
a year's worth of hugs.
- MIGUEL: Yeah.
- Hey, Dej, let's hurry it up over there.
Oh! Hey, Malik.
- Hey.
- Any news from Penn?
[chuckles] Uh, no, not yet.
Uh, you know, Malik applied
to the four top schools
in the Philly area.
- And he got into three, because he's a beast!
- Wow.
Hey, you know who else
is a great student?
Alex.
Yeah, Tess is dating her class
valedictorian... Isn't
that right, babe?
Uh, they're a very good student.
Yeah.
Batgirls... let's, uh,
get your stuff together
to the Batmobile, come on.
Must hug more
grandchildren.
Must... hug.
Is that creepy or charming?
Yeah, I can't tell yet.
Okay.
- Here we go.
- I can't believe you guys
are already leaving tomorrow.
I feel like we... haven't
had a chance to catch up.
I know, I know. Wedding
weekends always fly by so fast.
Yeah.
I was hoping to hear
- more about your trip to New Orleans.
- What?
- I told you about it.
- No, you didn't.
Not-not much anyway.
Randall, we haven't
seen each other in ages and...
I just want to know
how it was for you.
Okay.
Well, I-I'd really like
to tell you about it.
- Okay.
- [laughing]: Okay.
Okay, everyone, let's go!
Let's get Kevin married!
Need more hugs.
Yeah, uh, it's-it's
way creepy now.
Holy crap!
You rented out this whole thing?
Yeah, well, you know, it's
easier that way with COVID.
Geez, how rich are you?
[laughs] Uh, okay.
I've got to go over
the pre-ceremony music,
I've got to double-check
the playlist,
and I then I want to head out
to the garden just to make sure
everything is perfect out there.
Here's comes everybody. Hey!
- Hey!
- What's up?
Look at this place!
- Not bad, right?
- Not bad at all, brother.
- What's going on?
- Oh, you know, nothing.
- How are you? You guys look beautiful.
- Good.
- How are you doing?
- RANDALL: All right, Coach, come on, put me in the game.
- What do you need.
- No, nothing, nothing so far.
- Everything is good, smooth.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- 'Cause a week ago you were Jerry Maguire-ing out.
- But, uh, you're good?
- Yeah.
No, I know my entire
life has been an exercise
in romantic self-destruction,
but not today. Today I am good.
This is exactly
where I want to be.
I just want to make sure
everything's perfect.
- You know what I mean?
- Okay.
Well, I'm here for you, brother.
God knows I wouldn't mind
being pulled away right now.
Well, what does that mean?
Uh, nothing.
Mom wants to talk about
my trip to New Orleans.
Aha. Well...
Yeah. Hey, you keep your
eye on the ball, okay?
Text me if you need me.
Yo, Batgirls. To the Batcave.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
- I have dresses for the bridesmaids.
- Cool.
[gasps] How pretty.
Oh, that's nice.
- You good?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
All right, come on.
See you later, man.
All right.
What?
We have a small problem.
So, the altar
collapsed an hour ago.
The crossbeam is
completely shattered.
But we have a plan.
We are going to
rearrange the furniture,
And instead of the altar,
you can get married
under the statement tree.
- Now, we discussed that option earlier.
- We did.
And then we came
back to the altar.
Remember, Madison
designed the whole thing?
Traditional rustic,
her favorite flowers?
I know. And I'll talk to her.
Okay? The only thing
you need to do is relax.
KEVIN: Vanessa, listen.
Madison and I
haven't exactly had
the most romantic
beginning to this marriage,
but so help me, today
today will be one for the ages.
So I will relax
when everything's
exactly the way she wanted
it, not a moment sooner.
Do you... do you have to
do that right now, though?
Yeah. I mean, you're
gonna want this.
That speech was great.
VANESSA: Absolutely.
Women getting all gussied up.
Randy P. Feeling fine.
What's he gonna do
with his free time?
- Cooking up a batch of...
- Randall.
Um, the hair and makeup
people don't come for an hour.
Maybe now is a good time to
grab a coffee and catch up?
Yes, ma'am.
Guess Randy P. Is doing that.
Yes. So, um, this is Hai.
He's the one who contacted me.
And this here...
that's, uh, Laurel.
That's my birth mother.
Wow.
Stunning.
Uh, yeah, I...
You have her eyes.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
I thought so, too,
but I wasn't sure.
Everyone always says Annie
and I have the same eyes,
so I guess that, um...
I guess that tracks.
Oh, man, have I told you
what Annie's gotten into?
- No.
- Bowling.
She's a strangely good bowler.
The other day she bowled a 214.
I literally had to goggle
"bowling scholarships."
- Anyhow...
- Anyhow.
Randall. Best man emergency.
- Duty calls.
- Go, go, go.
I need you to rally
the troops, all right?
Find the biggest SUV you can
find and head to Home Depot.
Okay, um
what are we?
KEVIN: The altar, the
whole thing, it's just...
Okay, guys, uh, we
know you heard us
having a, uh...
conversation in loud voices.
- Because Daddy messed up.
- [Jack chuckles]
- But, uh, we want to show you something.
- Yeah.
REBECCA: This is Mommy and
Daddy on their wedding day.
And that is Daddy telling Mommy
how much he loves her.
[no audio on film]
He was very charming
that day, your father.
[Jack and Rebecca chuckle]
Go ahead and tell them
what you were saying, babe.
Oh, see, this was the
start of my vows, and...
And, you know, I was...
- I was-I was saying...
- Wait. You...
You seriously don't
remember your wedding vows?
Oh, come on, do
you remember yours?
Yes, I do, in fact,
because it was
one of the most important
days of my life, Jack.
But it's okay, because
you will probably just
tape over this with
some ball game.
Come on, are you still mad
about that stupid show?
- Stupid show?
- Yeah, stupid show.
- They had a terrorist massacre at a wedding?
- Yeah.
That ain't high art, Bec.
Plus, my secretary said they
only killed Luke and Lady Ash,
- not even any of the main characters.
- Lady Ashley?!
Did you seriously just
ruin the show for me?
- The show ruined itself a long time ago.
- Oh...
Joan can do better.
- Babe...
- Huh?
- Hey, hey!
- [Rebecca forces a laugh]
Guys, we are genuinely,
madly in love.
- Oh, married couples hate us.
- Hate us.
It's why we have no friends.
JACK: Yeah, none.
You guys need to
get married again.
Today.
TED: Almost forgot.
- You said you needed this for an outfit or something?
- A dress.
For the eighth grade dance.
But I don't need it anymore.
The boy asked someone else.
Oh. Well, I'm sure someone
else will go with you.
Don't be choosey, hon.
Doesn't have to
be the prom king.
Doesn't have to
be magical sparks.
Just find someone
willing to go with you.
KATE: Are you okay?
Sorry, I was just
thinking about my vows.
Ugh, I get so nervous
when I speak in public
- I start sounding like Alvin.
- Who?
From the Chipmunks?
- Alvin and Simon and...
- [laughs]
Who is that other Chipmunk?
Um... I don't know.
- That poor third Chipmunk.
- I know.
Madison
it's not about the words,
you know, or the delivery.
When you love someone enough to
make this kind of commitment,
I mean, it's bigger than that.
You know, when you look
into each other's eyes,
and-and you say that you care
more about what they
need than what you need
for the rest of your life...
Um.
- Thank you.
- For what?
A reminder.
I'm just gonna make
a quick phone call.
I'll be right back.
♪ We are the Chipmunks ♪
♪ Alvin, Simon. ♪
BOTH: Theodore!
- [laughs]
- Poor little Theodore.
I love you, sister-in-law.
- I love you, too.
- [door shuts]
Hey, Dej.
Do you think you're
ever gonna marry Malik?
Annie, are you crazy?
I'm not even thinking
about that nonsense.
I'm not even thinking
that, you know,
we'll get married one
day in his future.
Michelin star restaurant.
- I'm not thinking about that.
- [laughs]
Oh, Tess, you look incredible.
Thanks.
Tess, I know I've been doing
everything wrong
with you lately,
and I should tiptoe right now,
but these slippers
aren't built to tiptoe,
so... what's up?
It feels like everyone
wants a version of me
that isn't... me.
I'm not comfortable
in this dress.
But I don't want to disappoint
Uncle Kevin or you and...
Hey, stop.
You cannot disappoint me.
I need you to understand that.
You could wear shorts
to this wedding, okay?
You could root for
the Dallas Cowboys.
You could murder somebody.
I'd be surprised.
I'd probably ask a
couple questions,
but I'd assume you
had your reasons.
All right, look. This
dress isn't you, huh?
Well, let's...
let's make it you.
[Jack, Rebecca chuckling]
Thank you, thank you.
Daddy, do you promise
to love Mommy forever?
Not only do I promise
to love Mommy forever,
I promise to love this
whole family forever.
Hey, come here.
Hands in. Come on.
Come on.
Will you guys marry me forever?
Do you promise to never refer
to the best show in the
history of television
- as "stupid" ever again?
- The best show on...
- Jack.
- I do.
Well, then, I do, too.
Kids?
KIDS: I do!
- JACK and REBECCA: You do?
- Mm-hmm.
[line ringing]
- PHILIP: Hello?
- Hi, it's Kate.
Oh, hey.
I'm calling because
I need to resign.
I'm sorry?
It's just that, um...
Toby got a job offer, and we
both can't work full time,
you know, with the kids, so...
Hello?
You know, I didn't
want to hire you.
I got stuck with you.
An inexperienced aide
- with no qualifications or skill sets...
- I know.
Not finished.
No qualifications,
no skill sets.
- I... Okay.
- And yet
you ended up being great.
I mean, the students love you.
You're talented, you're useful,
and on rare occasions
your jokes are funny.
So, no, I do not
accept your resignation.
Um, Philip, I...
I'm hanging up now.
Resignation rejected.
Miguel, you sure this
thing's gonna hold up?
I mean, I love America's
Funniest Home Videos,
just like the next guy; I
don't want my wedding on it.
I promise you, Kevin, I'm
gonna get this thing standing,
and Toby's working on
that flower arrangement
to cover anything
that's not perfect.
[southern drawl]:
Why, you're no daisy.
You're no daisy at all.
It's Tombstone.
Is this thing on?
- Jesus.
- RANDALL [exhales]: All right, here we go, Kev.
This... Yeah.
What are we doing?
You're standing in the full
sun, man. I'm not gonna have
the groom looking all Tickle
Me Elmo in his wedding photos.
Miguel, you sure those
grooves are matched up, man?
- I...
- Yes. Yes.
- [quietly]: They are?
- I don't know.
I've paid people for
the last 20 years
- to do things like this for me.
- KEVIN: Oh, God.
Hey, Kev, the Avengers
have assembled.
We got this.
Why don't you go inside
and get your face on...
- Guys, guys, guys.
- What do y... whoa.
KEVIN: You got that playlist?
The one that started
- with Frankie Valli?
- Yep, got it right here.
You mind if I take a look
at it, just to make sure
- that you've got the right order?
- Kev. Kev.
- One second.
- Kevin.
- Yep?
- We got this, man.
All right? Everything
is perfect.
Are you okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay, I'm okay.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
'Cause I saw you were
sitting with Mom earlier
when I came to get
you. What happened?
She started openly crying
after the second
photo and I bailed.
- No... That's not what...
- It's-it's not worth it. - BETH: Hey, Kev.
Hey. Randall, don't look at me.
- What are you...?
- Turn around... or is that for the bride?
- I don't...
- Okay, it doesn't matter.
Hey, I'm gonna make a few
changes to Tess's dress.
Do you think that Madison's
gonna have a coronary?
- I don't know, I mean, there's no... how do I...
- Okay, great.
Perfect. Thank you. Don't even
worry about it, all right?
Getting a little
sunburned, bro. Bye.
Sorr... Listen, like, you
should be able to talk to Mom
without feeling like
she's gonna break down
- every time you bring up...
- NICKY: Hey!
- It's the wrong-sized screw.
- I literally ran
a multimillion dollar
construction company.
When we redo the Nomadland
trailer, I'll call you, Nicky.
- Okay?
- I don't even understand that reference, so bite me.
- Wow.
- KEVIN: Okay, let's... Hey, guys!
Can we focus? Miguel,
will you please be
nice to my uncle?
Uncle Nicky,
Nomadlandis-is a movie
that you would
probably make fun of.
How are the flowers coming?
Blooming and marvelous.
Um, hey, you've navigated a
long-distance relationship.
- How did you manage that?
- KEVIN: Not well, Toby.
I got divorced and then I almost
missed the birth of my children.
- Mm.
- Wait, why do you ask?
No reason. I mean, no reason
we're gonna talk about
on your wedding day.
- Wait, no, what...
- MAN: There a Kevin Pearson here?
Ah! Okay, that's my gift.
Uh, all right, well, this
is how I always imagined
a-a marriage would be,
would be two people sitting
in comfortable silence
next to each other,
in Adirondack chairs.
I-I had your, uh,
initials engraved in them.
Hey, oh, listen, Kev,
you got enough, uh, you got
any cash to tip these guys?
I need air. I
need... I need air.
- You're outside.
- I need inside air.
- KEVIN: Randall, get away from me, please.
- RANDALL: Yeah, no problem.
[sighs]
TOBY: Hey.
Okay, so I have decided
not to take the job.
It turns out that I like
all of you far too much
to be away from you
three days a week, so...
No, no. Babe, you are so
excited about that job.
You can't turn it down.
Okay, uh...
And I'm not going to
quit my job, either.
I'm really good at it, Tobe.
And it's the job that
I've been waiting for
my entire life.
- Uh, so...
- Yeah, okay, ok...
Okay, so how can we
possibly make this work?
I was thinking about
our wedding vows today.
♪ ♪
To be honest, I don't remember
a single thing that you said.
I stood there the whole
time just thinking,
"Would someone, please,
"just ask me if I will marry
him so I can just say yes
- "as quickly as humanly possible?"
- [laughs]
You know, it's four
years and two kids ago.
[chuckles]
And I'd rather spend
four days a week with you
than eight days a
week with anyone else.
That's not how weeks work.
- Well, I know. I know.
- [chuckles]
But we can do this.
Are you with me?
I'm your huckleberry.
Tombstone.
God, I love you.
I think that you just love that
I know random movie quotes.
No, Kate.
It is quite a lot
more than that.
♪ Time to time she puts
her hand in mine... ♪
Babe...
♪ Holds me like a
sharp, shiny key... ♪
Okay.
♪ I was never one... ♪
What do you think?
- I love it. Yeah.
- Yeah?
[laughs softly] Wow.
[exhales] I haven't
been nice to you.
This whole year.
It's been a big year for you.
You're in your
first relationship,
and I haven't been
getting it all right.
You've gotten a lot right.
I love you, Mom.
And I'm sorry if I forget to
say it for the next ten years.
Well, I guess this one time
will have to be enough.
[laughs softly]
♪ With only sky... ♪
- [FaceTime ringing]
- Let me give you a minute.
♪ Have to die... ♪
Hey.
Well, guess who
went four for four.
For real?
Penn? You're lying.
[chuckles] Uh, yeah, actually.
I kind of am.
I went five for five.
Don't tell anybody this,
but I applied to Harvard.
I got into Harvard, too, Dej.
[laughs]: I got into Harvard.
Um...
In Boston.
Uh, yeah.
[stapler clicks]
REBECCA: I've never really given
you an explanation, have I?
All this time...
I never really explained
why I did what I did.
And how I kept it from you.
I guess because there is
no viable explanation.
- Mom, we don't have...
- No, no, no, no.
I-I've let you let me off
the hook far too many times.
Do you remember when
you were a little boy,
and we had the, um,
the family wedding
in the living room?
Barely.
- Maybe more from the pictures.
- Mm-hmm.
I remember you
looking at us, more
than a few times.
And I wondered if you
were thinking about them.
Your parents.
And still, I didn't go there.
And I avoided it.
I... I rationalized
that I took you home when
I was still grieving,
I... they were addicts.
But I never...
I never gave you the
forum to talk about it.
Not as a little boy,
not as a teenager.
Not now as a grown man.
And I knew things.
And I hid them.
And I'm... I'm very ashamed.
I know it is way too
late to say this,
but I need to say it
to you very clearly.
I am so sorry.
You are my entire world,
- and what I did to you...
- You didn't do...
You can tell me
how I've hurt you.
And if that doesn't come easy,
you can tell me
about your journey.
And if I cry,
it's 'cause I know what I
robbed from my favorite person,
it's not because I'm
jealous or hurt, okay?
[quietly]: Okay.
So tell me about her.
Tell me about your mother.
[Randall sniffles]
She's my birth mother.
[sniffles, exhales]
She was a pretty
incredible woman.
- Yeah.
- [sniffles]
She was a force of nature,
one of those people that does
everything at 100, you know?
And as I heard some
of the details,
it unlocked a part of me that
I didn't even know existed.
[exhales]
[knocking on door]
VANESSA: Hi.
They wanted to get
portraits of you
before you got all
wed-head and stuff.
Is now a good time?
DAVID: Uh, is this a good time?
Look, um...
There's no easy way to say this.
I think our
relationship has gone
as far as it's
gonna go, Madison.
Okay, no, no, no, David.
Come on, we're-we're just going
through a little rough patch...
I-I don't feel about you
the way you feel about me.
Okay. Hang on, um...
Madison,
and I say this as a friend.
I don't know why there'd
be anything more to say
after what I just said.
Um...
[sniffles]
Look, I know I don't have the
same issues as everyone here,
I recognize that.
But you guys don't know what
it's like looking like me
and carrying around that extra
seven pounds in your midsection.
VANESSA: Madison?
Excuse me.
Oh, God, I do need
to put my face on.
[knocking on door]
[sighs]
Hey.
- [quietly]: Hi.
- Am I supposed to be seeing you?
I don't think I'm
supposed to be seeing you.
You-you look incredible,
but I don't think
- I'm supposed to be seeing you.
- I know. I'm sorry. Um...
- You're not dressed, by the way.
- No, I know. It's a long story.
I'll tell you later.
[laughs softly]
Are you in love with me?
Madison, uh... [chuckles]
We're getting married
in, like, two hours.
We're-we're gonna
become a family.
A family.
Yeah, we, um, we use
that language a lot.
"We have fallen in
love with this family."
"The four of us are the
only thing that matters."
I'm not sure what-what you're...
I have fallen in
love with you, Kevin.
It's no surprise.
You are very easy to
fall in love with.
But, um...
Sorry. I, uh, I know
this timing is terrible
and, um, borderline
cliché, but, uh...
[exhales]
My mother gave me these.
And then she left.
She left me with a father
who gave me nothing.
Who literally told me
not to expect life to
have magical sparks.
I have stumbled through a
life gratefully accepting
whatever scraps of affection
anyone would give me.
And you are so wonderful.
[sighs]
Your...
Your family has given me the
first family I have ever had.
And it would be so easy for
me to tiptoe around the fact
that you may not
be in love with me.
Hey.
I think we can take
a breath here, okay?
Okay.
I love what we have.
I love what we're building.
I-I think you are incredible.
[laughs softly]
And I love watching you with
our children, and-and...
The time I spend with you,
I-I feel good and full
- and-and happy and...
- Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, come on.
You have been running
around all week
trying to make today perfect.
- Don't you see...
- We didn't come together under normal circumstances.
I know that. I know
that you know that.
But what we...
This-this, what we have
it will grow.
It can grow. It will.
Okay?
I can't marry someone
who's not in love with me.
I know it's ironic,
but I think you have
finally helped me realize
that I am worthy of that.
Are you nerv... are...
Maybe this is you
- and you're nervous, you're getting the jitters.
- No, no, no.
- No, this is a normal thing. This is what people go through.
- No. Kevin.
- I am begging you right... don't do this, okay?
- We can still do this
- I want to be with you, Madison.
- All together. We can raise a family together.
- I want to be with you and our children.
- I will commit to that with you,
- okay? But we...
- The children that we created together
- in-in a house together...
- We cannot get married this way, Kevin.
- As a family.
- That cannot be us.
You know it.
- Please don't do this.
- Kevin, you know it.
[grunts softly]
So, how was your day?
Oh, you know.
Couldn't say it to her.
Not like that.
I couldn't lie to her.
- KATE: Hey.
- How is she?
Yeah, she's with the
babies. Hanging in.
She's worried about you.
How you doing, brother?
Yeah...
I'm numb, I think.
I wonder what he
would do right now.
It's getting harder
for me, lately,
to add your father to
our family situations.
It used to come so easily,
but so much has changed.
Uh, grandchildren
and marriages and...
And I don't know if
it's this disease,
but it's, it's like my
brain won't allow me
to actually add him
to scenes sometimes, you know?
Hmm.
He wouldn't leave
Kevin's side tonight.
Yeah. That is for sure.
And he'd be worried
that you would drink.
I won't.
You need to stay busy,
'cause you're... you're best
- when you're busy.
- Yes. I will.
Hmm.
I actually have a
project for you.
I don't know how many
good years I have left.
I just know that I want to
spend as much time with you guys
as possible.
And I found, um,
a different kind of peace
at the cabin this year.
Kev.
Build me that house.
The house he was
gonna build for me.
♪ Tell me, do we get ♪
♪ What we deserve? ♪
Yeah.
♪ What we deserve... ♪
What a year, huh?
- Yeah...
- It'll get better.
It's always darkest
before the dawn,
but we hang our tragedies on
fence posts and we fight on.
What do we do?
I don't know. It sounds
better when Beth says it.
[soft laughter]
REBECCA: You're
gonna be fine, honey.
And the state would
probably look down on it,
but for the record,
I would marry you.
- [laughter]
- I would marry all of you.
♪ Whoa, we get... ♪
RANDALL: Thanks, Ma.
♪ And way down we go ♪
♪ Go, go, go, go ♪
♪ Oh, way down we go ♪
♪ Go, go, go, go ♪
♪ Say way down we go... ♪
Everything's gonna be all right.
♪ Whoa, you let... ♪
[imitating Peter Cook in The
Princess Bride]: Ma-wage.
Ma-wage is what brings
us together today.
[normal voice]:
Yep. That's the one.
People are going to love it.
Ma-wage...
♪ But for the fall, ooh, my ♪
♪ Do you dare to look
him right in the eye?
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Oh, 'cause they
will run you down ♪
♪ Down till the dark... ♪
I know, I know, I'm
getting dressed,
But the wife wanted stockings.
What the hell am
I supposed to do?
I've got him, it's all good.
Let's move Nicky, move.
Loved the article, by the
way. Hated the picture.
Oh, you know I
look good, brother.
♪ Down till you go, yeah... ♪
Coming in, coming in.
I don't know the rules,
- but I got to get something cleared for the toast.
- MADISON: No. Get out.
- What?
- No, I told you 12 times this morning,
- no boys allowed in here.
- Boys? I'm a 45-year-old grown man,
thank you kindly.
I have a question.
- Hey, you got something on your tie. Get out.
- No. Oh!
- Get out.
- Come on, hey, I just need to know
if movie quotes or
impressions are allowed.
- That's all.
- KATE: Yes.
Yes. This is the last
time I'm doing this,
so go crazy, brother.
You look beautiful.
- Okay. Get out.
- Thank you.
- Bye-bye.
- Yeah, bye-bye.
KEVIN: All right, come on. Geez.
Kill a guy for trying to deliver
a perfect wedding speech.
Hey, listen, uh,
you're okay if I do
some British jokes at
your expense, right?
Hey, if you can't
take the piss out
of your future brother-in-law,
who can you take the
piss out of, all right?
This is gonna be good.
Captioned by Media
Access Group at WGBH
Philip, hi!
Kate, there were a lot of
applicants for this job.
And you were not at
the top of my list.
TOBY: I'm having a harder time
with this whole
stay-at-home dad thing.
Much harder than I'm
letting on to Kate.
Hi, this is Toby Damon calling.
I would actually
love to be considered
for the San Francisco position.
NICKY [on TV]: Describe
Madison's dream
for your future together.
KEVIN: It's a trick question.
Madison knows that I
refuse to grow old, so
question is moot.
[exhales]
Wow.
First of all, you look
absolutely beautiful.
There are so many things I
want to say to you today.
I guess I'll just start
with the most important one.
[clears his throat]
[imitating Peter Cook in The
Princess Bride]: Ma-wage.
Ma-wage is what
brings us together today.
[normal voice]: I...
I can't do that.
Obviously.
Could get a laugh
though. [groans]
[as Peter Cook]:
Ma-wage. Ma-wage is...
[normal voice]: It's gonna kill.
It's gonna absolutely kill.
♪ ♪
Okay, Dynasty.
Let's kill some
friggin' wedding guests.
ANNOUNCER [on TV]: Next...
Sun will shine on the
happy bride after all.
ANNOUNCER: On the season
finale of Dynasty...
MAN: With this ring I thee wed.
ANNOUNCER: It's the
wedding of the century
with the most explosive...
BASEBALL ANNOUNCER:
And Holland total 1-2.
A 1.71 earned run
average with three saves.
I want Mommy to read to us.
Oh, Mommy's taking a
night for herself, bud.
And for a reason that
will forever escape me,
- she's very excited about watching this thing...
- Jack!
Yeah?
You didn't happen to tape the
game the other night, did you?
- Yeah, the Pirates game last... I couldn't keep my eyes open.
- Oh.
And you, you didn't
happen to see the words.
"Do not tape over"
written in giant
block letters on the label?
Uh... [sputters]
I'm home with triplets, Jack.
There are three of them.
Okay? Three of them. I
had to wait an entire week
to watch an episode
of television
that the entire country
is talking about.
One week of covering my
ears and humming every time
I entered the grocery store
out of this irrational fear
that I might accidentally learn
who died at the wedding and ruin
the ending of the only thing
that is keeping me
going right now.
- Bec.
- What?
Hi, guys. Hi.
Mommy and Daddy were having
a really silly conversation
- about television... aah!
- Yeah, silly.
But let's, um
let's get you back to bed, okay?
Let's get you back
to bed, sweetheart.
JACK: Yeah.
[exhales] Daddy's in trouble.
Come on, dude, come on.
WOMAN: Honey.
There's no other
way to say this.
I cannot stay with that
man for another minute.
So... Mummy is leaving, darling.
I've really tried, but...
Here.
Maybe you'll wear them on your
wedding day and think of me.
Maybe you'll land a
better man than I did.
It's a pretty low bar.
Goodbye, Madison.
KEVIN: I'm so glad we
chose Frankie Valli
for the pre-ceremony
music, although,
I was thinking of the song
order, and I'm not sure
we got it right
and... Oh, my God!
I'm turning into
Groomzilla, aren't I?
Oh, God.
Madison?
Hey.
Hi. Yeah.
- Yeah, you are. You were...
- Yeah.
Reciting the dinner menu
in your sleep last night.
- Again? Oh, God, just...
- Mm-hmm.
I'm sorry, I want everything
to be perfect, you know?
- Uh-huh.
- NICKY: Wait, wait!
Go back. Uh... just...
say that again.
- Uh...
- Yeah, I'm-I'm documenting everything for today.
You don't have to do
that. We actually hired
a videographer, so you can just,
you know, attend the ceremony.
Come on, go back, be cute.
Uh, all right, Pearson.
This is it.
For the last time, women in
my family get varicose veins
early... knees and ankles.
We look like Thomas Guides
by the time we're 50.
So this is your last chance
to make a run for it.
No, my feet are firmly planted
- right here on the ground.
- Okay.
Please, um, practice your vows.
- Mm.
- No movie quotes.
Improv Kevin was not invited
- to the ceremony.
- No, I'll-I'll let him know.
He's gonna be
absolutely devastated,
but I'll break the news. Just
think, in a couple of hours
you and I will be
under an altar...
An altar that you designed
because you're an absolute boss.
MADISON: Hmm, I like it
when you call me a boss.
It portends well for our future.
- Well, now you got me nervous.
- [Nicky laughs]
It's perfect, perfect!
It's great. Cut.
So, listen,
will you be able to get a
U-Haul there this afternoon?
My gift is being delivered
to the wedding site and, uh,
you're never gonna be able to
drive it home in a normal car.
Uh, Uncle Nicky,
I'm gonna need you
to go ahead and interact with
me as little as humanly possible
- today, okay? Thanks.
- You got it.
Okay, Jack and Hailey are
both down for their nap.
We can finish packing and then
we can transfer them to the car.
And then they're gonna sleep
all the way to the hotel.
Yeah, this is never
gonna work, but as ever,
I appreciate your optimism.
They're gonna stay down.
- Want to bet?
- Ooh!
Yeah, what ya
putting on the table?
Okay, I win, you do
that head thing I love.
- The scalp tickle?
- Mm-hmm.
For, like, 20 minutes.
High stakes. Fine.
Oh, this is great... I
didn't have a head tickle
- on my Toby bingo card today.
- [Kate laughs]
- You know what else I didn't have on my card?
- What?
- Getting a job.
- [zips bag]
What?
Yeah, they just sent the
official offer letter though.
The start-up?
- Mm-hmm.
- Babe!
See?
Oh, my... The world
comes toToby Damon.
- That's right.
- That's right.
They are gonna want me in San
Francisco three days a week
when the office re-opens, so...
Oh.
Okay...
- Well, so...
- I think we should
seriously consider it.
We're not gonna be able
to survive much longer
on your teaching
assistant salary alone.
And I haven't gotten a
serious offer in a long time.
Okay, well, we're getting by.
I mean, we're not saving,
but we're not drowning.
I want to go back to work, Kate.
I need to... emotionally,
mentally.
Staying at home is just...
All right, I love
our children, but...
Okay, got it.
Kate?
Toby.
My husband is
contemplating taking a job
that will put him in a different
city three days a week.
And he just used the sentence
"I love our children, but."
Just give me a
second to digest it.
Mm.
What are you guys doing up?
Guys?
- Jack.
- What?
They're just standing there.
- Oh.
- Like Children of the Corn or something.
What's wrong with the Big Three?
Do you still love each other?
Aw...
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
BETH: Okay, let's head
to the hotel so the ladies
can get ready together.
All right, we'll see
you there, but first,
oh, I can't stop hugging you.
Oh, God, it's
happening to me, too.
Must... hug
grandchildren.
Guys, stop!
REBECCA: Uh, we're
not gonna stop.
I-I feel like I'm owed
a year's worth of hugs.
- MIGUEL: Yeah.
- Hey, Dej, let's hurry it up over there.
Oh! Hey, Malik.
- Hey.
- Any news from Penn?
[chuckles] Uh, no, not yet.
Uh, you know, Malik applied
to the four top schools
in the Philly area.
- And he got into three, because he's a beast!
- Wow.
Hey, you know who else
is a great student?
Alex.
Yeah, Tess is dating her class
valedictorian... Isn't
that right, babe?
Uh, they're a very good student.
Yeah.
Batgirls... let's, uh,
get your stuff together
to the Batmobile, come on.
Must hug more
grandchildren.
Must... hug.
Is that creepy or charming?
Yeah, I can't tell yet.
Okay.
- Here we go.
- I can't believe you guys
are already leaving tomorrow.
I feel like we... haven't
had a chance to catch up.
I know, I know. Wedding
weekends always fly by so fast.
Yeah.
I was hoping to hear
- more about your trip to New Orleans.
- What?
- I told you about it.
- No, you didn't.
Not-not much anyway.
Randall, we haven't
seen each other in ages and...
I just want to know
how it was for you.
Okay.
Well, I-I'd really like
to tell you about it.
- Okay.
- [laughing]: Okay.
Okay, everyone, let's go!
Let's get Kevin married!
Need more hugs.
Yeah, uh, it's-it's
way creepy now.
Holy crap!
You rented out this whole thing?
Yeah, well, you know, it's
easier that way with COVID.
Geez, how rich are you?
[laughs] Uh, okay.
I've got to go over
the pre-ceremony music,
I've got to double-check
the playlist,
and I then I want to head out
to the garden just to make sure
everything is perfect out there.
Here's comes everybody. Hey!
- Hey!
- What's up?
Look at this place!
- Not bad, right?
- Not bad at all, brother.
- What's going on?
- Oh, you know, nothing.
- How are you? You guys look beautiful.
- Good.
- How are you doing?
- RANDALL: All right, Coach, come on, put me in the game.
- What do you need.
- No, nothing, nothing so far.
- Everything is good, smooth.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- 'Cause a week ago you were Jerry Maguire-ing out.
- But, uh, you're good?
- Yeah.
No, I know my entire
life has been an exercise
in romantic self-destruction,
but not today. Today I am good.
This is exactly
where I want to be.
I just want to make sure
everything's perfect.
- You know what I mean?
- Okay.
Well, I'm here for you, brother.
God knows I wouldn't mind
being pulled away right now.
Well, what does that mean?
Uh, nothing.
Mom wants to talk about
my trip to New Orleans.
Aha. Well...
Yeah. Hey, you keep your
eye on the ball, okay?
Text me if you need me.
Yo, Batgirls. To the Batcave.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
- I have dresses for the bridesmaids.
- Cool.
[gasps] How pretty.
Oh, that's nice.
- You good?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
All right, come on.
See you later, man.
All right.
What?
We have a small problem.
So, the altar
collapsed an hour ago.
The crossbeam is
completely shattered.
But we have a plan.
We are going to
rearrange the furniture,
And instead of the altar,
you can get married
under the statement tree.
- Now, we discussed that option earlier.
- We did.
And then we came
back to the altar.
Remember, Madison
designed the whole thing?
Traditional rustic,
her favorite flowers?
I know. And I'll talk to her.
Okay? The only thing
you need to do is relax.
KEVIN: Vanessa, listen.
Madison and I
haven't exactly had
the most romantic
beginning to this marriage,
but so help me, today
today will be one for the ages.
So I will relax
when everything's
exactly the way she wanted
it, not a moment sooner.
Do you... do you have to
do that right now, though?
Yeah. I mean, you're
gonna want this.
That speech was great.
VANESSA: Absolutely.
Women getting all gussied up.
Randy P. Feeling fine.
What's he gonna do
with his free time?
- Cooking up a batch of...
- Randall.
Um, the hair and makeup
people don't come for an hour.
Maybe now is a good time to
grab a coffee and catch up?
Yes, ma'am.
Guess Randy P. Is doing that.
Yes. So, um, this is Hai.
He's the one who contacted me.
And this here...
that's, uh, Laurel.
That's my birth mother.
Wow.
Stunning.
Uh, yeah, I...
You have her eyes.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
I thought so, too,
but I wasn't sure.
Everyone always says Annie
and I have the same eyes,
so I guess that, um...
I guess that tracks.
Oh, man, have I told you
what Annie's gotten into?
- No.
- Bowling.
She's a strangely good bowler.
The other day she bowled a 214.
I literally had to goggle
"bowling scholarships."
- Anyhow...
- Anyhow.
Randall. Best man emergency.
- Duty calls.
- Go, go, go.
I need you to rally
the troops, all right?
Find the biggest SUV you can
find and head to Home Depot.
Okay, um
what are we?
KEVIN: The altar, the
whole thing, it's just...
Okay, guys, uh, we
know you heard us
having a, uh...
conversation in loud voices.
- Because Daddy messed up.
- [Jack chuckles]
- But, uh, we want to show you something.
- Yeah.
REBECCA: This is Mommy and
Daddy on their wedding day.
And that is Daddy telling Mommy
how much he loves her.
[no audio on film]
He was very charming
that day, your father.
[Jack and Rebecca chuckle]
Go ahead and tell them
what you were saying, babe.
Oh, see, this was the
start of my vows, and...
And, you know, I was...
- I was-I was saying...
- Wait. You...
You seriously don't
remember your wedding vows?
Oh, come on, do
you remember yours?
Yes, I do, in fact,
because it was
one of the most important
days of my life, Jack.
But it's okay, because
you will probably just
tape over this with
some ball game.
Come on, are you still mad
about that stupid show?
- Stupid show?
- Yeah, stupid show.
- They had a terrorist massacre at a wedding?
- Yeah.
That ain't high art, Bec.
Plus, my secretary said they
only killed Luke and Lady Ash,
- not even any of the main characters.
- Lady Ashley?!
Did you seriously just
ruin the show for me?
- The show ruined itself a long time ago.
- Oh...
Joan can do better.
- Babe...
- Huh?
- Hey, hey!
- [Rebecca forces a laugh]
Guys, we are genuinely,
madly in love.
- Oh, married couples hate us.
- Hate us.
It's why we have no friends.
JACK: Yeah, none.
You guys need to
get married again.
Today.
TED: Almost forgot.
- You said you needed this for an outfit or something?
- A dress.
For the eighth grade dance.
But I don't need it anymore.
The boy asked someone else.
Oh. Well, I'm sure someone
else will go with you.
Don't be choosey, hon.
Doesn't have to
be the prom king.
Doesn't have to
be magical sparks.
Just find someone
willing to go with you.
KATE: Are you okay?
Sorry, I was just
thinking about my vows.
Ugh, I get so nervous
when I speak in public
- I start sounding like Alvin.
- Who?
From the Chipmunks?
- Alvin and Simon and...
- [laughs]
Who is that other Chipmunk?
Um... I don't know.
- That poor third Chipmunk.
- I know.
Madison
it's not about the words,
you know, or the delivery.
When you love someone enough to
make this kind of commitment,
I mean, it's bigger than that.
You know, when you look
into each other's eyes,
and-and you say that you care
more about what they
need than what you need
for the rest of your life...
Um.
- Thank you.
- For what?
A reminder.
I'm just gonna make
a quick phone call.
I'll be right back.
♪ We are the Chipmunks ♪
♪ Alvin, Simon. ♪
BOTH: Theodore!
- [laughs]
- Poor little Theodore.
I love you, sister-in-law.
- I love you, too.
- [door shuts]
Hey, Dej.
Do you think you're
ever gonna marry Malik?
Annie, are you crazy?
I'm not even thinking
about that nonsense.
I'm not even thinking
that, you know,
we'll get married one
day in his future.
Michelin star restaurant.
- I'm not thinking about that.
- [laughs]
Oh, Tess, you look incredible.
Thanks.
Tess, I know I've been doing
everything wrong
with you lately,
and I should tiptoe right now,
but these slippers
aren't built to tiptoe,
so... what's up?
It feels like everyone
wants a version of me
that isn't... me.
I'm not comfortable
in this dress.
But I don't want to disappoint
Uncle Kevin or you and...
Hey, stop.
You cannot disappoint me.
I need you to understand that.
You could wear shorts
to this wedding, okay?
You could root for
the Dallas Cowboys.
You could murder somebody.
I'd be surprised.
I'd probably ask a
couple questions,
but I'd assume you
had your reasons.
All right, look. This
dress isn't you, huh?
Well, let's...
let's make it you.
[Jack, Rebecca chuckling]
Thank you, thank you.
Daddy, do you promise
to love Mommy forever?
Not only do I promise
to love Mommy forever,
I promise to love this
whole family forever.
Hey, come here.
Hands in. Come on.
Come on.
Will you guys marry me forever?
Do you promise to never refer
to the best show in the
history of television
- as "stupid" ever again?
- The best show on...
- Jack.
- I do.
Well, then, I do, too.
Kids?
KIDS: I do!
- JACK and REBECCA: You do?
- Mm-hmm.
[line ringing]
- PHILIP: Hello?
- Hi, it's Kate.
Oh, hey.
I'm calling because
I need to resign.
I'm sorry?
It's just that, um...
Toby got a job offer, and we
both can't work full time,
you know, with the kids, so...
Hello?
You know, I didn't
want to hire you.
I got stuck with you.
An inexperienced aide
- with no qualifications or skill sets...
- I know.
Not finished.
No qualifications,
no skill sets.
- I... Okay.
- And yet
you ended up being great.
I mean, the students love you.
You're talented, you're useful,
and on rare occasions
your jokes are funny.
So, no, I do not
accept your resignation.
Um, Philip, I...
I'm hanging up now.
Resignation rejected.
Miguel, you sure this
thing's gonna hold up?
I mean, I love America's
Funniest Home Videos,
just like the next guy; I
don't want my wedding on it.
I promise you, Kevin, I'm
gonna get this thing standing,
and Toby's working on
that flower arrangement
to cover anything
that's not perfect.
[southern drawl]:
Why, you're no daisy.
You're no daisy at all.
It's Tombstone.
Is this thing on?
- Jesus.
- RANDALL [exhales]: All right, here we go, Kev.
This... Yeah.
What are we doing?
You're standing in the full
sun, man. I'm not gonna have
the groom looking all Tickle
Me Elmo in his wedding photos.
Miguel, you sure those
grooves are matched up, man?
- I...
- Yes. Yes.
- [quietly]: They are?
- I don't know.
I've paid people for
the last 20 years
- to do things like this for me.
- KEVIN: Oh, God.
Hey, Kev, the Avengers
have assembled.
We got this.
Why don't you go inside
and get your face on...
- Guys, guys, guys.
- What do y... whoa.
KEVIN: You got that playlist?
The one that started
- with Frankie Valli?
- Yep, got it right here.
You mind if I take a look
at it, just to make sure
- that you've got the right order?
- Kev. Kev.
- One second.
- Kevin.
- Yep?
- We got this, man.
All right? Everything
is perfect.
Are you okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay, I'm okay.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah.
'Cause I saw you were
sitting with Mom earlier
when I came to get
you. What happened?
She started openly crying
after the second
photo and I bailed.
- No... That's not what...
- It's-it's not worth it. - BETH: Hey, Kev.
Hey. Randall, don't look at me.
- What are you...?
- Turn around... or is that for the bride?
- I don't...
- Okay, it doesn't matter.
Hey, I'm gonna make a few
changes to Tess's dress.
Do you think that Madison's
gonna have a coronary?
- I don't know, I mean, there's no... how do I...
- Okay, great.
Perfect. Thank you. Don't even
worry about it, all right?
Getting a little
sunburned, bro. Bye.
Sorr... Listen, like, you
should be able to talk to Mom
without feeling like
she's gonna break down
- every time you bring up...
- NICKY: Hey!
- It's the wrong-sized screw.
- I literally ran
a multimillion dollar
construction company.
When we redo the Nomadland
trailer, I'll call you, Nicky.
- Okay?
- I don't even understand that reference, so bite me.
- Wow.
- KEVIN: Okay, let's... Hey, guys!
Can we focus? Miguel,
will you please be
nice to my uncle?
Uncle Nicky,
Nomadlandis-is a movie
that you would
probably make fun of.
How are the flowers coming?
Blooming and marvelous.
Um, hey, you've navigated a
long-distance relationship.
- How did you manage that?
- KEVIN: Not well, Toby.
I got divorced and then I almost
missed the birth of my children.
- Mm.
- Wait, why do you ask?
No reason. I mean, no reason
we're gonna talk about
on your wedding day.
- Wait, no, what...
- MAN: There a Kevin Pearson here?
Ah! Okay, that's my gift.
Uh, all right, well, this
is how I always imagined
a-a marriage would be,
would be two people sitting
in comfortable silence
next to each other,
in Adirondack chairs.
I-I had your, uh,
initials engraved in them.
Hey, oh, listen, Kev,
you got enough, uh, you got
any cash to tip these guys?
I need air. I
need... I need air.
- You're outside.
- I need inside air.
- KEVIN: Randall, get away from me, please.
- RANDALL: Yeah, no problem.
[sighs]
TOBY: Hey.
Okay, so I have decided
not to take the job.
It turns out that I like
all of you far too much
to be away from you
three days a week, so...
No, no. Babe, you are so
excited about that job.
You can't turn it down.
Okay, uh...
And I'm not going to
quit my job, either.
I'm really good at it, Tobe.
And it's the job that
I've been waiting for
my entire life.
- Uh, so...
- Yeah, okay, ok...
Okay, so how can we
possibly make this work?
I was thinking about
our wedding vows today.
♪ ♪
To be honest, I don't remember
a single thing that you said.
I stood there the whole
time just thinking,
"Would someone, please,
"just ask me if I will marry
him so I can just say yes
- "as quickly as humanly possible?"
- [laughs]
You know, it's four
years and two kids ago.
[chuckles]
And I'd rather spend
four days a week with you
than eight days a
week with anyone else.
That's not how weeks work.
- Well, I know. I know.
- [chuckles]
But we can do this.
Are you with me?
I'm your huckleberry.
Tombstone.
God, I love you.
I think that you just love that
I know random movie quotes.
No, Kate.
It is quite a lot
more than that.
♪ Time to time she puts
her hand in mine... ♪
Babe...
♪ Holds me like a
sharp, shiny key... ♪
Okay.
♪ I was never one... ♪
What do you think?
- I love it. Yeah.
- Yeah?
[laughs softly] Wow.
[exhales] I haven't
been nice to you.
This whole year.
It's been a big year for you.
You're in your
first relationship,
and I haven't been
getting it all right.
You've gotten a lot right.
I love you, Mom.
And I'm sorry if I forget to
say it for the next ten years.
Well, I guess this one time
will have to be enough.
[laughs softly]
♪ With only sky... ♪
- [FaceTime ringing]
- Let me give you a minute.
♪ Have to die... ♪
Hey.
Well, guess who
went four for four.
For real?
Penn? You're lying.
[chuckles] Uh, yeah, actually.
I kind of am.
I went five for five.
Don't tell anybody this,
but I applied to Harvard.
I got into Harvard, too, Dej.
[laughs]: I got into Harvard.
Um...
In Boston.
Uh, yeah.
[stapler clicks]
REBECCA: I've never really given
you an explanation, have I?
All this time...
I never really explained
why I did what I did.
And how I kept it from you.
I guess because there is
no viable explanation.
- Mom, we don't have...
- No, no, no, no.
I-I've let you let me off
the hook far too many times.
Do you remember when
you were a little boy,
and we had the, um,
the family wedding
in the living room?
Barely.
- Maybe more from the pictures.
- Mm-hmm.
I remember you
looking at us, more
than a few times.
And I wondered if you
were thinking about them.
Your parents.
And still, I didn't go there.
And I avoided it.
I... I rationalized
that I took you home when
I was still grieving,
I... they were addicts.
But I never...
I never gave you the
forum to talk about it.
Not as a little boy,
not as a teenager.
Not now as a grown man.
And I knew things.
And I hid them.
And I'm... I'm very ashamed.
I know it is way too
late to say this,
but I need to say it
to you very clearly.
I am so sorry.
You are my entire world,
- and what I did to you...
- You didn't do...
You can tell me
how I've hurt you.
And if that doesn't come easy,
you can tell me
about your journey.
And if I cry,
it's 'cause I know what I
robbed from my favorite person,
it's not because I'm
jealous or hurt, okay?
[quietly]: Okay.
So tell me about her.
Tell me about your mother.
[Randall sniffles]
She's my birth mother.
[sniffles, exhales]
She was a pretty
incredible woman.
- Yeah.
- [sniffles]
She was a force of nature,
one of those people that does
everything at 100, you know?
And as I heard some
of the details,
it unlocked a part of me that
I didn't even know existed.
[exhales]
[knocking on door]
VANESSA: Hi.
They wanted to get
portraits of you
before you got all
wed-head and stuff.
Is now a good time?
DAVID: Uh, is this a good time?
Look, um...
There's no easy way to say this.
I think our
relationship has gone
as far as it's
gonna go, Madison.
Okay, no, no, no, David.
Come on, we're-we're just going
through a little rough patch...
I-I don't feel about you
the way you feel about me.
Okay. Hang on, um...
Madison,
and I say this as a friend.
I don't know why there'd
be anything more to say
after what I just said.
Um...
[sniffles]
Look, I know I don't have the
same issues as everyone here,
I recognize that.
But you guys don't know what
it's like looking like me
and carrying around that extra
seven pounds in your midsection.
VANESSA: Madison?
Excuse me.
Oh, God, I do need
to put my face on.
[knocking on door]
[sighs]
Hey.
- [quietly]: Hi.
- Am I supposed to be seeing you?
I don't think I'm
supposed to be seeing you.
You-you look incredible,
but I don't think
- I'm supposed to be seeing you.
- I know. I'm sorry. Um...
- You're not dressed, by the way.
- No, I know. It's a long story.
I'll tell you later.
[laughs softly]
Are you in love with me?
Madison, uh... [chuckles]
We're getting married
in, like, two hours.
We're-we're gonna
become a family.
A family.
Yeah, we, um, we use
that language a lot.
"We have fallen in
love with this family."
"The four of us are the
only thing that matters."
I'm not sure what-what you're...
I have fallen in
love with you, Kevin.
It's no surprise.
You are very easy to
fall in love with.
But, um...
Sorry. I, uh, I know
this timing is terrible
and, um, borderline
cliché, but, uh...
[exhales]
My mother gave me these.
And then she left.
She left me with a father
who gave me nothing.
Who literally told me
not to expect life to
have magical sparks.
I have stumbled through a
life gratefully accepting
whatever scraps of affection
anyone would give me.
And you are so wonderful.
[sighs]
Your...
Your family has given me the
first family I have ever had.
And it would be so easy for
me to tiptoe around the fact
that you may not
be in love with me.
Hey.
I think we can take
a breath here, okay?
Okay.
I love what we have.
I love what we're building.
I-I think you are incredible.
[laughs softly]
And I love watching you with
our children, and-and...
The time I spend with you,
I-I feel good and full
- and-and happy and...
- Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, come on.
You have been running
around all week
trying to make today perfect.
- Don't you see...
- We didn't come together under normal circumstances.
I know that. I know
that you know that.
But what we...
This-this, what we have
it will grow.
It can grow. It will.
Okay?
I can't marry someone
who's not in love with me.
I know it's ironic,
but I think you have
finally helped me realize
that I am worthy of that.
Are you nerv... are...
Maybe this is you
- and you're nervous, you're getting the jitters.
- No, no, no.
- No, this is a normal thing. This is what people go through.
- No. Kevin.
- I am begging you right... don't do this, okay?
- We can still do this
- I want to be with you, Madison.
- All together. We can raise a family together.
- I want to be with you and our children.
- I will commit to that with you,
- okay? But we...
- The children that we created together
- in-in a house together...
- We cannot get married this way, Kevin.
- As a family.
- That cannot be us.
You know it.
- Please don't do this.
- Kevin, you know it.
[grunts softly]
So, how was your day?
Oh, you know.
Couldn't say it to her.
Not like that.
I couldn't lie to her.
- KATE: Hey.
- How is she?
Yeah, she's with the
babies. Hanging in.
She's worried about you.
How you doing, brother?
Yeah...
I'm numb, I think.
I wonder what he
would do right now.
It's getting harder
for me, lately,
to add your father to
our family situations.
It used to come so easily,
but so much has changed.
Uh, grandchildren
and marriages and...
And I don't know if
it's this disease,
but it's, it's like my
brain won't allow me
to actually add him
to scenes sometimes, you know?
Hmm.
He wouldn't leave
Kevin's side tonight.
Yeah. That is for sure.
And he'd be worried
that you would drink.
I won't.
You need to stay busy,
'cause you're... you're best
- when you're busy.
- Yes. I will.
Hmm.
I actually have a
project for you.
I don't know how many
good years I have left.
I just know that I want to
spend as much time with you guys
as possible.
And I found, um,
a different kind of peace
at the cabin this year.
Kev.
Build me that house.
The house he was
gonna build for me.
♪ Tell me, do we get ♪
♪ What we deserve? ♪
Yeah.
♪ What we deserve... ♪
What a year, huh?
- Yeah...
- It'll get better.
It's always darkest
before the dawn,
but we hang our tragedies on
fence posts and we fight on.
What do we do?
I don't know. It sounds
better when Beth says it.
[soft laughter]
REBECCA: You're
gonna be fine, honey.
And the state would
probably look down on it,
but for the record,
I would marry you.
- [laughter]
- I would marry all of you.
♪ Whoa, we get... ♪
RANDALL: Thanks, Ma.
♪ And way down we go ♪
♪ Go, go, go, go ♪
♪ Oh, way down we go ♪
♪ Go, go, go, go ♪
♪ Say way down we go... ♪
Everything's gonna be all right.
♪ Whoa, you let... ♪
[imitating Peter Cook in The
Princess Bride]: Ma-wage.
Ma-wage is what brings
us together today.
[normal voice]:
Yep. That's the one.
People are going to love it.
Ma-wage...
♪ But for the fall, ooh, my ♪
♪ Do you dare to look
him right in the eye?
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Oh, 'cause they
will run you down ♪
♪ Down till the dark... ♪
I know, I know, I'm
getting dressed,
But the wife wanted stockings.
What the hell am
I supposed to do?
I've got him, it's all good.
Let's move Nicky, move.
Loved the article, by the
way. Hated the picture.
Oh, you know I
look good, brother.
♪ Down till you go, yeah... ♪
Coming in, coming in.
I don't know the rules,
- but I got to get something cleared for the toast.
- MADISON: No. Get out.
- What?
- No, I told you 12 times this morning,
- no boys allowed in here.
- Boys? I'm a 45-year-old grown man,
thank you kindly.
I have a question.
- Hey, you got something on your tie. Get out.
- No. Oh!
- Get out.
- Come on, hey, I just need to know
if movie quotes or
impressions are allowed.
- That's all.
- KATE: Yes.
Yes. This is the last
time I'm doing this,
so go crazy, brother.
You look beautiful.
- Okay. Get out.
- Thank you.
- Bye-bye.
- Yeah, bye-bye.
KEVIN: All right, come on. Geez.
Kill a guy for trying to deliver
a perfect wedding speech.
Hey, listen, uh,
you're okay if I do
some British jokes at
your expense, right?
Hey, if you can't
take the piss out
of your future brother-in-law,
who can you take the
piss out of, all right?
This is gonna be good.
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