This Is Us (2016–…): Season 6, Episode 1 - The Challenger - full transcript
The Big Three celebrate their 41st birthday.
Previously on This Is Us...
It appears you have
what we doctors call
mild cognitive impairment.
There is a chance that,
over time,
you'll experience
more difficulty with memory.
They are gonna want me in
San Francisco three days a week.
We can do this.
I don't want any trouble.
None of the jewelry from here
or my nightstand is missing.
My cufflinks were in here.
He was in our room.
I can't marry someone
who's not in love with me.
- Please don't do this.
- Kevin,
you know it.
Is it just me
or will this go down
as one
of the all-time great songs?
- All-time great bands.
- Mm.
REO Speedwagon
are the new Beatles.
- Remember I said that.
- ♪ What started out
as friendship ♪
- Oh.
- ♪ Has grown stronger ♪
♪ I only wish I had the strength
to let it show ♪
Oh, you're letting it show.
- I am?
- Mm-hmm.
- Mmm.
- Mmm.
Okay!
Break it up, people.
Big day.
- Big day.
- I know. Hey, guys.
See what I have for you
in honor of today?
Tang!
Tang!
- Slow. No, hold on, hold on.
- Hold on.
- Whoa! Slow down.
Slow down.
Okay, look, Dad's off.
- Mm-hmm.
- So goodbye kiss.
Kiss. Kiss.
I want all the details later.
Um... briefcase?
In the living room.
What would I do without you?
You'd lose your briefcase a lot.
I would lose my mind.
Every detail...
- I want to hear
all about it later.
- Bye, Dad.
Bye!
- Bye!
- Okay, breakfast. Breakfast.
- ♪ Started out as friendship ♪
The ice is cleared away
- and Challenger
should be going away very soon.
- ♪ Has grown stronger ♪
- ♪ I only wish I had ♪
- Let's go down to the Kennedy
Space Center and take a look
- at Challenger
sitting on the pad...
- ♪ The strength to let it show ♪
...as they continue
the countdown.
They started
the auxiliary power units
about a minute ago, and...
♪ Spirit of my silence,
I can hear you ♪
♪ But I'm afraid
to be near you ♪
- Suit's on?
- Yes, ma'am.
♪ And I don't know ♪
♪ Where to begin ♪
- ♪ And I don't know ♪
♪ Where to begin ♪
♪ Somewhere in the desert ♪
♪ There's a forest ♪
♪ And an acre before us ♪
♪ But I don't know ♪
♪ Where to begin ♪
♪ But I don't know
where to begin ♪
♪ Again, I lost my strength
completely ♪
♪ Oh, be near me ♪
♪ Tired old mare ♪
♪ With the wind in your hair ♪
♪ Amethyst and flowers
on the table ♪
- ♪ On the table ♪
- ♪ Is it real ♪
Got a sec, boss?
Yeah. What's up?
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
Yeah...
- ♪ How ♪
♪ This will end ♪
♪ Chimney swift that finds me ♪
- ♪ Be my keeper ♪
- ♪ Be my keeper ♪
- ♪ Silhouette of the cedar ♪
- ♪ Silhouette of the cedar ♪
♪ What is that song ♪
♪ You sing for the dead? ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
- ♪ I see the signal searchlight
strike me ♪
- ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
- ♪ Happy birthday... ♪
- ♪ In the window ♪
♪ Of my room ♪
♪ Well, I got nothing to prove ♪
You know, when I think it
all went wrong for me was 1986.
They were sending the Challenger
up into space.
You remember the Challenger,
right?
- Yeah. With Sandra Bullock?
- No.
- What'd you say?
You said "happy birthday"?
Well, thank you, Franny.
I'm sorry, what is that, Nicky?
You said...
Oh, you said I don't look
old enough to be a daddy?
Well, you know
exactly what to say.
- Yes, you do.
Oh, what does that mean?
We ready for the mommy drop-off?
- Here we go.
All right. I'm gonna get
a change of clothes
and we're out of here.
- Knock-knock. Coming in hot.
- Nicky is ripe.
- Oh.
- Give me that stinky boy.
- Yeah.
- That's
really something special.
- Oh, come here.
Oh!
- That is a good one!
That's a good one.
Is it weird
that I love that smell?
Rhetorical.
Aware that it's weird.
Not gonna apologize for it.
- Thank you
for letting me sleep in,
by the way.
- I needed that.
- 'Course.
Yeah, no,
that's what I'm here for.
That's what I'm here for. Right?
Oh, by the way, Nicky, uh...
Nicky's nap
got cut a little short, so you
might want to put him down early
- for the next one.
- Got it.
Franny's diaper rash?
Still looks like her butthole
got sunburned,
but we're on the upswing,
I think.
Right? On the ups...
Oh, and, um,
I brought you back your...
your air popper.
Cleaned it for you
and everything.
Uh-huh.
- What?
Voilà.
Ah.
It's even got the, you know--
the same little, uh, lid
for melting butter.
- Look at that.
- It is pretty much the Porsche
of air poppers.
- Yeah, a man could pop some
serious corn with this thing.
This is...
Thank you.
You're welcome. No.
No, I...
Happy birthday.
Oh, uh...
Thank you.
- 'Kay.
- Thanks.
- What?
- You see?
People thought it was a horrible
idea, after you jilted me
at the altar,
me moving in here to be close
- to the kids.
- I did not jilt you
at the altar.
You jilted me, for sure.
But look at us now.
We are-we are one finely tuned
co-parenting instrument.
We are pretty much the Porsche
- of slightly awkward co-parents.
- That we are.
Okay, so don't forget
to lube up Franny, all right?
And I'm gonna go, um,
to this stupid meeting,
and then I'm gonna
come back here, grab the kids.
I'll take 'em to Kate's
for the party, so...
And you're sure
you don't want to go?
It's a family birthday party,
Kevin, and...
I'm good. I'm good.
I'm, uh, hosting book club here
today anyways.
Ah. Yes, book club.
Love those nerds.
Okay,
just because we enjoy reading
and discussing
fantasy literature does not mean
- we are nerds.
- Huh.
- You know, get out of my house.
- Okay.
- Get. Go.
- All right, kids.
All right, all right.
- Bye, guys. Bye.
- Say bye-bye. Say "bye, Daddy."
Say bye-bye. Bye.
Okay.
Some strawberries.
Yum.
Here's some water for you.
Okay?
Well, think of the devil.
Okay, first,
let me say that I hate
that I'm doing this
over FaceTime and not in person
and that there happens to be
a 24-second shot clock
on the whole thing,
since a prematurely balding man
is about to walk into my office
and blow up my entire day.
So I just wanted
to call you really quick
and say happy birthday, Kate.
I love you very much,
and I miss you.
Aw. I miss you, too.
You sound stressed.
No wasting time on me.
Now, listen,
I know you have the day off,
so I have arranged for your mom
and Miguel to take the kids
to Train Park.
With Nicky, of course, since
they're all attached at the hip
since he started staying
with them.
Wait, they're taking the kids?
For the entire afternoon.
And you, my beautiful wife,
get a peaceful, childless house
for the whole day.
I have a massage therapist
showing up in one hour.
And don't worry--
I know what you like.
I asked for a woman
with the hands
of an offensive lineman.
Toby...
And the shot clock is going off.
Okay, I love you very much.
Happy birthday.
Kiss the munchkins for me, okay
Oh, my God, here they come.
All right. Okay, bye.
- Love you.
- I love you...
...too.
Look at this.
Oh, my God.
He's so romantic.
I know.
No, I-I miss him so much
it hurts.
Malik sending you love letters
from Boston?
Huh? Aw, that's adorbs.
That boy is adorbs.
You know, your dad
used to send me love letters
on our summer break.
Like, full-on,
cursive, handwritten...
Y'all not listening. Okay.
That's fair. Hey!
There's
my romantic birthday boy.
You decide on your wish yet?
Can we go in the next room,
please?
Okay.
- It's all kind of one room,
but okay.
- Mm.
Um...
Got an email.
The cops got the guy
who robbed us.
- Caught him breaking into
a parked car.
Wow.
- Are they sure it's our guy?
- Mm-hmm.
He pawned all of our jewelry,
but, um...
you remember
how we couldn't find
one of our wedding photos
last year,
- thought we were losing
our minds?
- Mm-hmm.
He had it on him.
Just the picture, not the frame.
Yeah.
He's, um...
he's getting arraigned today.
I think I might go down there.
Randall,
- it's your birthday.
- I want to look him
in the eye, Beth,
tell him what he did to us.
- To our family.
- Okay. Baby,
- let's play a game, okay?
- Hmm.
- There's two doors
you can choose from today.
- Behind door number one
- is your beautiful, "top
of her game right now" wife...
- Yeah.
...who is fulfilled
in her new job
and-and has a new skincare line
- that has her
positively glowing.
- That's true.
She is clicking
on all her sexy cylinders.
- Mmm.
- And is ready to grant you
any birthday wish you want.
- Mmm.
- Like a less-problematic
Aladdin genie.
- I like that.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Behind door number two,
you have confronting the creeper
who broke into our home
and upturned
a year of our lives.
You're gonna pick
door number two, aren't you?
- I need to look him in the eye,
Beth.
- Oh, my gosh.
- You are a very unusual man.
- I know.
But you really are at the top
- of your game right...
- No, no, no.
You only get one door, baby.
You made your choice.
All right? Hey, ladies?
Mom-mobile's leaving in three.
All right?
Damn.
I would've chose
door number Beth.
Mmm. Mmm, mmm, mmm.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.
Kevin!
Class. Class!
Kevin, please.
...now underway...
- Okay.
- in minus 15 seconds.
- Here we go.
- Kevin, please settle.
T-minus ten, nine, eight,
seven, six.
We have main engines start.
Four, three, two, one...
- and liftoff, liftoff
of the 25th space
shuttle mission,
and it has cleared the tower.
So, the 25th space shuttle
mission is now on the way
after more delays
than NASA cares to count.
This morning
they looked as though
they were not going to be
able to get off.
Looks like a couple of the, uh,
solid rocket boosters,
uh, blew away
from the side of the shuttle
in an explosion.
My controller's here, looking
very carefully at the situation
- Obviously a major malfunction.
- It seems that...
I think they're having
a little problem there.
Hey, guess what, guys.
Did you know that this train
goes all the way around the park
- two whole times?
- Two whole times?
You hear that?
How is this my life?
Would you stop bitching?
Yeah, I'm sorry. It's just
this damn Facebook. I-I..
You know what, every morning
since I got here,
I Facebook stalk the girl
who got away.
I told you about her, right?
- Sally?
- Sally, yes.
- Yeah.
- Yes, you tell us about
her every day.
Every single day.
Well, every single day,
I lose my nerve,
even though she's just
a few hours from here.
Here I am
on a baby train.
Oh, Nicky, shush.
And who doesn't like trains?
- Everybody likes trains.
Yeah.
Hey, Jack.
Did I ever tell you how my dad
used to take me on trains
when I was a little girl?
- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
Any Sunday my dad
had to go into the office,
he would, uh, take me on the
train into the city with him.
Mmm. I loved those Sundays.
My dad would, uh,
sit there reading--
he was a big reader, my dad,
novels mainly--
and, uh, I'd sit across from him
just watching
the world go by
as the train rumbled beneath us
And then, when we would get
close to the city,
he would walk me to
the very front of the train,
and we'd walk back
through each and every car.
All the way.
All the way to the back,
to the...
The, um...
Oh, the-the last car.
No, no, no, no. D-Don't te...
Don't tell me.
The last...
Oh, that was amazing.
- I'm a new woman.
- I'm glad.
Your husband's very thoughtful.
I wish mine would order me
a me on my birthday.
Yeah. It's very Toby.
Actually, it isn't.
He's usually more of, like,
a giant in-person
grand gesture kind of guy.
This outsourcing is
a little new.
Not to say it's not wonderful
and much needed and...
- You know, honestly,
it's simpler.
Kevin Pearson.
Send him in.
Thank you.
Casey.
What, it's been, um...
Five years.
Five years to the day
since your national meltdown
- on my set.
- You counted.
You count, Kevin,
when somebody torpedoes
your life and career,
- you count.
- Huh.
I supposed you would, but hey,
looks like you landed
on your feet, though, right?
I mean, this is
a hell of a show.
The writing is phenomenal.
I never worked on it.
I'm a fan.
Oh.
Look, man, I...
We both know we were forced
to take this meeting
by our agents, right?
I mean, y-you don't want me
to do whatever movie this is.
I don't want to do
whatever movie this is.
They want to reboot The Manny,
Kevin.
- So...
- There is no film.
They knew you'd
never show up if...
Let me get this straight.
- They want me to play
the Manny again?
- What?
No, you're far too old.
No, you play the dad.
A dad to twins, ironically.
Huh.
Kevin, I-I saw the last film.
I actually purchased a ticket.
And after 90 minutes,
when I realized
it was only halfway over,
I started to lick
the movie theater seats in an
attempt to give myself COVID.
Okay.
I know what's out there for you
right now.
This is good.
You get to raise your family
in Los Angeles,
work one day a week
and become a zillionaire.
Or say no.
And spend the rest of your years
travelling to Vancouver
every weekend
to shoot Treat Williams indies
where you got to do
your own hair.
Over my dead body.
Thank God.
Mr. Watkins, you are
being charged with burglary
while in possession
of an offensive weapon
and criminal trespass.
- Do you understand the charges?
Yes.
Preliminary hearing will be set
for four weeks from today,
and bail has been set as noted.
Excuse me, Officer, um...
- Randall Pearson, councilman
for District...
- District 12.
Yes, sir.
My wife and I voted for you.
We plan on doing it again.
Well, that makes this
a lot easier.
Um...
Do you think I could speak
with him for a couple minutes?
Sure thing, Councilman.
I'll be right here
if you need me.
Do you know who I am?
You're the guy from my picture.
- Hey.
- Hey.
How are they?
Oh, they barely said a word
on the ride home.
And I started their day out
with Tang, Jack.
- With Tang.
- Yeah. We'll talk to 'em, Bec.
Just like we did
when the goldfish died.
Uh, a spaceship
filled with heroes
exploded on national television.
I don't think
the Splishy and Splashy model
- is gonna work here.
- Bec.
We can do this.
Okay? Okay.
Hey, Big Three.
Hey, guys?
Uh, Daddy and I just...
we wanted to see
if there is anything
that you wanted to talk about.
About today?
'Cause I know, for me...
I had a lot of sad feelings.
- Did any of you maybe
feel like that?
Yeah.
You know, like maybe
when Splishy and Splashy...
Don't do Splishy and Splashy.
I'm telling you,
it's a good way in.
All the teachers were crying.
Yeah.
I bet they were, Bug.
It's a good thing
they were that high up.
That means they were
closer to heaven.
Yeah.
I think that's
a really nice thought, Bug.
Maybe Splishy and Splashy will
take care of them.
Boys, how about you?
You-you guys feeling
a little sad, too?
Can I have more mac and cheese?
Yeah.
I can get it.
- No, no.
I got it, I got it. I got it.
So good.
- Look who's back.
- How was book... club?
Oh, hey. You remember Elijah,
right? From book club?
- No, I mean, yeah.
I didn't realize, uh...
I didn't realize
everyone was still here.
Oh, I'm just helping Maddy
clean up.
She always hosts
and gets stuck with it.
Well, that's nice.
I'm just gonna grab the kids
and take them to the party.
Oh, perfect timing.
They are just starting to stir
from their naps.
Good.
How was book club?
- Oh, my God.
- So good.
We read The Queen
of the Tearling.
- Everybody's mind was blown.
Yeah, n... Eli called me
a Kelsea today,
- so he is basically
my best friend for life.
- Well, I only speak the truth.
- Aw.
Oh, you haven't read it?
Not a page.
You know,
the last thing I read was, um...
was Parasite.
Subtitled movie.
- Kev, considers it reading.
- Well, it's Korean,
so you have to read it
to understand it,
unless you speak Korean, so...
Hey, I don't want to geek out
or anything...
- Oh, Eli, maybe not now.
- I'm just gonna say it once.
You said I could.
- Okay.
- Hill 400 is a freaking
masterpiece.
- Yeah?
- You are so good, man.
Thank you.
Thank y... That's very kind.
I appreciate it.
Um, so I'm-I'm gonna
grab the kids, right?
And then Elijah and I will-will
get out of your hair.
Unless you want help
with the dishes.
Oh.
Wow, that's so nice.
No, that would be huge.
Who knew fantasy nerds
could be such slobs?
Um, everyone who's ever
met a fantasy nerd.
Right.
Walked into that one.
Should we...
- Hmm? Mm-hmm. Great.
Another bottle?
Yeah, absolutely...
So, I'll just
grab the kids, then.
I, uh...
when I was, uh...
My name is Randall Pearson.
Two years ago,
you broke into my home.
You broke through a window
and stole some jewelry.
I caught you on the way out
with a knife.
I don't remember.
I have, uh, holes in my memory.
Do you have any water?
I don't.
I can try to get you some.
Thank you.
It was a terrifying moment
for my family.
My wife, my daughters.
I'm sorry...
You know what they did
with my dog?
I don't. I can
try to find out for you.
Yeah, I didn't know
where I got the picture from,
but you looked happy in it.
I thought maybe it came
from a good part of my life.
But I guess it came
from a bad part.
Do you know what they did
with my dog?
I don't.
I hear you, you're just
not saying anything.
Why? You haven't told me why.
There is no why, Jess.
I'm just not in a place...
Don't you dare use
your traumatic past
to try and get out of
this relationship, okay?
That is not fair.
I don't care if it's upsetting.
I just need to know
so that I can move on.
You bore me, Jessica.
I mean, you are a stunning,
intelligent, magnificent woman,
and yet, every time we have
a meal together,
I can't help but feel
like I'm watching paint dry.
And I-I'll spare you the whole
"It's-it's not you, it's me"
nonsense and remind you
to focus on the fact
that you are a stunning,
intelligent,
magnificent woman,
who's just wasting her time
on a pasty English chap
who just equated
eating sushi with you
to watching paint dry.
Is-is that helpful?
For moving on?
You are a condescending prick.
This would seem to be the common
refrain in my life, yes.
What the hell was that?
Oh, good. You're here, um...
Oh, that was not the emergency.
Oh, but speaking of which,
I assure you,
I had nothing to do
with what's about
to happen here.
Come on.
It's your birthday gift.
They insisted.
I think the whole thing's
completely overwrought,
but who can say no to a bunch
of well-meaning blind kids
with a soft spot
for their teacher?
All right, go ahead, superstars.
♪ Lying in my bed, I hear ♪
♪ The clock tick
and think of you ♪
♪ Caught up in circles ♪
♪ Confusion is nothing new ♪
♪ Flashback, warm nights ♪
♪ Almost left behind ♪
♪ Suitcase of memories ♪
♪ Time after ♪
♪ Sometimes you picture me ♪
♪ I'm walking too far ahead... ♪
♪
♪
It's a good one.
Don't see what
all the controversy's about.
You want to walk the train?
Yes, please.
Okay.
We'll start at the front
and walk all the way
back to the...
♪
"First came the big black
engine, puffing and chuffing,
"then came the boxcars,
"then the oil cars,
then the coal cars,
"then the flat cars.
"Sometimes, they were switched
around in different ways,
but the little red..."
Little red...
♪
Knock, knock.
You putting away your shuttle?
You've been so quiet.
I just wanted to check in
on you.
You want to come and sit here
with me for a little bit?
Okay.
Well, I'll be downstairs
if you want to talk.
She has kids.
The astronaut teacher.
I know.
Do you think someone's
making them dinner?
Um...
Yeah, I bet their...
I bet their dad's
making them dinner, hon.
Maybe you can send them
macaroni and cheese,
just in case.
And so, you bailed him out?
So he could meet me
at the shelter later.
I'm arranging a bed for him
and meeting him there tonight
It felt like a romantic
full circle kind of thing,
I don't, I don't know.
Oh, my God, Randall.
- I don't even know what to say.
- I know.
I saw his file, Beth.
For the last two years,
this man has woken me
from my dreams in a cold sweat.
This man with the knife.
But today I saw his file,
and he had a name.
It's David.
The name with the knife,
his name is David.
And he had a family.
And he's someone's son.
Could've been William.
So...
you look at this man,
and you see sweet,
gentle William,
- who would nev...
- It's not just William, Beth.
I see Kev. I see my father.
I see Laurel.
I see a young Shauna.
I see thousands of addicts
in my district
I was elected to help, who I'm
not doing nearly enough for.
I don't know.
Okay.
I'm-a give you one more shot.
At what?
This birthday genie wish thing.
Door number one.
The whole shebang thing.
Why?
Because you...
are the real thing, Randall.
You know how many vices
men can have these days?
Hmm? Gambling. Booze. Porn.
Freaking fantasy football.
And my guy...
just wants to help people.
It's compulsive
and over the top.
And if that son of a bitch
doesn't show up tonight,
I'm gonna lose it.
But you...
are an incredibly decent man,
Randall Pearson.
And it's your birthday.
So... make a wish.
I got my wish when I met you.
Don't be cheesy now,
just get it done.
♪
You walked with Dad
from the front to the back.
It's not the boxcar.
It's not the engine.
It was the name of the book.
You read it every night.
Think, Rebecca.
It's the red one.
The car at the end.
The red car.
The car at the end.
The red one, damn it!
Mom, are you okay?
Um...
I-I didn't want to tell you guys
until after
your birthday, but...
I...
I got the results
of the PET scan back,
and...
the scan is positive for
plaques building in my brain.
It's still very early, guys.
And the doctors are
extremely optimistic
- about the medications coming
to market.
Yeah, um,
I think I have the next
PET scan in two...
♪
96%.
That means we could
breathe the air...
- Hey, Bud.
- Hey.
You know, when I was a boy,
I really didn't like to
talk much.
You know,
if-if something happened,
and it made me feel happy
or made me feel sad,
you know, we-we wouldn't
really analyze it.
Do you want to talk, Kev?
About today?
It was just a story on TV.
It wasn't real.
Okay.
- Oh, yes.
It has been a day.
I could use a veg-out session
on the world's
most comfortable...
...comfortable couch.
I di...
I'm s...
I didn't realize, uh...
No, no, no.
It's fine.
- Twins are out cold, huh?
- Yeah.
- How'd they do?
- They were good.
- Aw.
- Yeah, they had a good time.
You know, they're cracked out
on cake right now, but, um...
You skipped ahead
to the next episode?
Yeah.
- We got sucked in.
- Huh.
- Sorry.
- It's my fault.
Maddy started me
at the beginning,
but I got hooked,
and I made her keep going.
Ah, it's, you know what,
it's fine, obviously.
Not a big deal.
God, it's super late.
- Mm.
- I should go.
Again, I really love that film.
- It was so good.
- Thanks, man.
Maddy.
This was a lot of fun.
It was.
I had a great time.
Okay. Well, um...
- Yeah. Night.
- Good night.
Sorry, again. I didn't realize,
you know, that you were...
No, no. We were just...
Yeah, not to harp on this,
but I feel like,
should we establish
which shows are gonna be ones
that we watch together
and which ones are sort of
go at your own pace?
- Because I...
- Kevin.
Was a rough day.
I got bad news about my mom.
There's this scan and...
plaque and...
It's bad.
God, I am, I am so sorry.
Thank you. It's-it's...
I don't like
that he calls you Maddy.
You know, people said
I was crazy--
me living in your garage
just to stay close to the twins.
Yeah.
It's possible they had a point.
Did we do that
even remotely right?
I don't know.
My first time.
Mine, too.
I knew I should've married
someone how already had kids.
- Jack.
- Hmm?
I'm worried about Kevin.
Will you please
tell me something
to make me feel better?
Well, he... he gets it.
His brain's just...
protecting itself.
Yeah, that kid, he's gonna grow
up faster than we can handle.
One day...
he's gonna have it
all figured out.
I mean, hell, it's not like
he's gonna wind up
some 40-year-old man
who can't stop talking about
the Challenger explosion.
- Right?
- Right.
Okay.
♪
- Randall.
Randall is too good.
Too good how?
I don't know, for the world.
Did you ever read
Catcher in the Rye?
Yeah, of course.
No.
Okay, so it's about this kid,
this-this teenager named Holden.
And he's depressed.
- Well, his name is Holden.
- Stop.
And he...
wants to protect
all of the innocent people,
all of the children, and...
he has to accept the fact
that he can't.
♪
And I think that Randall might
be the Catcher in the Rye, Jack.
I think he might...
he might spend his whole life
trying to save everyone,
and he won't be able to.
I just worry that his life
will be this beautiful but...
perpetually disappointing ride.
What a thing.
Being a parent.
What a thing being a kid.
Yeah.
- Hey.
Hey.
- I know you like extra.
- Thanks.
You know, when we were
growing up,
if we needed something,
Mom and Dad--
they were just...
they were a bedroom away.
Yeah, and, uh...
My kids aren't gonna have that.
They'll have
something different.
Okay? And it will be normal
to them,
and it will be wonderful.
I'm taking the Manny reboot.
Stay here in L.A.,
give the kids some stability.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, it's...
it's TV, right?
I mean, none of that stuff
is real. It's...
Mom's really sick, Kate.
This is really happening.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Just feels like the...
...like the world should
just stop for Mom, you know?
Just...
Yeah, the world
should stop for Mom.
And, uh...
I find it so infuriating
that this is happening to us
while the rest of the world,
they just-they just continue
to go round and round
like it's...
Kev, do you remember
where we were five years ago?
Five years ago to the day,
we were sitting
on my bathroom floor
because I'd just face-planted
off a scale.
And you were about to implode
your life and career
on national television
And it was such a low moment.
You know, it just felt like
every door was shutting on us
and shutting out
all of the light,
just like after dad.
But...
look at us now.
We-we each have two healthy,
beautiful kids.
Careers we never imagined.
If the world stopped
for the bad stuff,
then-then everything
would be dark.
But the world keeps going, so
we can find that crack of light
on the other side of the door.
You know?
We have found the light before,
big brother.
And we'll find it again.
♪
Well, looks like another
sad night for old Nicky.
Just staring at Facebook,
looking for someone
who doesn't even know I exist.
- Just...
- Stop, Nicky!
Life is too short.
It is far shorter
than it has any right to be,
and you are giving me
a frigging headache.
You want to go see Sally?
Let's go see Sally.
Pack a bag.
We'll leave in the morning.
- Bec...
- Honey, life is too short,
and the man is giving me
a frigging headache.
♪
♪ Watch me when you
look my way ♪
He didn't show up.
- ♪ Feel me smiling ♪
- I'm sorry.
Mm-hmm.
♪ Be my night and day... ♪
It's official, Beth.
I'm old.
I have three parents gone.
One's sick.
It's not even
unusual at my age.
I am not a young man anymore.
You have a young wife.
Now, that, I do.
What?
You didn't have to.
I know.
I need to do more for the people
who are hurting in this city.
♪ I love you ♪
- ♪ Make you a rhyme ♪
- I know.
♪ I love you ♪
♪ Say it ♪
♪ In mine ♪
Happy birthday.
♪ Watch me when I'm on my own ♪
What?!
♪ See me falling ♪
Uh, are you aware that Kevin
is in our guest room?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Yeah. It's-it's been a day.
♪ The things you are... ♪
Happy birthday.
It is now.
Mom and Dad are gonna die
one day.
Yeah.
♪
And last but not least...
the very last car.
My personal favorite car,
if I'm being honest.
♪
What?
"Sometimes,
"they were switched around
in different ways,
but the little red..."
♪
Caboose.
Caboose.
Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH
It appears you have
what we doctors call
mild cognitive impairment.
There is a chance that,
over time,
you'll experience
more difficulty with memory.
They are gonna want me in
San Francisco three days a week.
We can do this.
I don't want any trouble.
None of the jewelry from here
or my nightstand is missing.
My cufflinks were in here.
He was in our room.
I can't marry someone
who's not in love with me.
- Please don't do this.
- Kevin,
you know it.
Is it just me
or will this go down
as one
of the all-time great songs?
- All-time great bands.
- Mm.
REO Speedwagon
are the new Beatles.
- Remember I said that.
- ♪ What started out
as friendship ♪
- Oh.
- ♪ Has grown stronger ♪
♪ I only wish I had the strength
to let it show ♪
Oh, you're letting it show.
- I am?
- Mm-hmm.
- Mmm.
- Mmm.
Okay!
Break it up, people.
Big day.
- Big day.
- I know. Hey, guys.
See what I have for you
in honor of today?
Tang!
Tang!
- Slow. No, hold on, hold on.
- Hold on.
- Whoa! Slow down.
Slow down.
Okay, look, Dad's off.
- Mm-hmm.
- So goodbye kiss.
Kiss. Kiss.
I want all the details later.
Um... briefcase?
In the living room.
What would I do without you?
You'd lose your briefcase a lot.
I would lose my mind.
Every detail...
- I want to hear
all about it later.
- Bye, Dad.
Bye!
- Bye!
- Okay, breakfast. Breakfast.
- ♪ Started out as friendship ♪
The ice is cleared away
- and Challenger
should be going away very soon.
- ♪ Has grown stronger ♪
- ♪ I only wish I had ♪
- Let's go down to the Kennedy
Space Center and take a look
- at Challenger
sitting on the pad...
- ♪ The strength to let it show ♪
...as they continue
the countdown.
They started
the auxiliary power units
about a minute ago, and...
♪ Spirit of my silence,
I can hear you ♪
♪ But I'm afraid
to be near you ♪
- Suit's on?
- Yes, ma'am.
♪ And I don't know ♪
♪ Where to begin ♪
- ♪ And I don't know ♪
♪ Where to begin ♪
♪ Somewhere in the desert ♪
♪ There's a forest ♪
♪ And an acre before us ♪
♪ But I don't know ♪
♪ Where to begin ♪
♪ But I don't know
where to begin ♪
♪ Again, I lost my strength
completely ♪
♪ Oh, be near me ♪
♪ Tired old mare ♪
♪ With the wind in your hair ♪
♪ Amethyst and flowers
on the table ♪
- ♪ On the table ♪
- ♪ Is it real ♪
Got a sec, boss?
Yeah. What's up?
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
Yeah...
- ♪ How ♪
♪ This will end ♪
♪ Chimney swift that finds me ♪
- ♪ Be my keeper ♪
- ♪ Be my keeper ♪
- ♪ Silhouette of the cedar ♪
- ♪ Silhouette of the cedar ♪
♪ What is that song ♪
♪ You sing for the dead? ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
- ♪ I see the signal searchlight
strike me ♪
- ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
- ♪ Happy birthday... ♪
- ♪ In the window ♪
♪ Of my room ♪
♪ Well, I got nothing to prove ♪
You know, when I think it
all went wrong for me was 1986.
They were sending the Challenger
up into space.
You remember the Challenger,
right?
- Yeah. With Sandra Bullock?
- No.
- What'd you say?
You said "happy birthday"?
Well, thank you, Franny.
I'm sorry, what is that, Nicky?
You said...
Oh, you said I don't look
old enough to be a daddy?
Well, you know
exactly what to say.
- Yes, you do.
Oh, what does that mean?
We ready for the mommy drop-off?
- Here we go.
All right. I'm gonna get
a change of clothes
and we're out of here.
- Knock-knock. Coming in hot.
- Nicky is ripe.
- Oh.
- Give me that stinky boy.
- Yeah.
- That's
really something special.
- Oh, come here.
Oh!
- That is a good one!
That's a good one.
Is it weird
that I love that smell?
Rhetorical.
Aware that it's weird.
Not gonna apologize for it.
- Thank you
for letting me sleep in,
by the way.
- I needed that.
- 'Course.
Yeah, no,
that's what I'm here for.
That's what I'm here for. Right?
Oh, by the way, Nicky, uh...
Nicky's nap
got cut a little short, so you
might want to put him down early
- for the next one.
- Got it.
Franny's diaper rash?
Still looks like her butthole
got sunburned,
but we're on the upswing,
I think.
Right? On the ups...
Oh, and, um,
I brought you back your...
your air popper.
Cleaned it for you
and everything.
Uh-huh.
- What?
Voilà.
Ah.
It's even got the, you know--
the same little, uh, lid
for melting butter.
- Look at that.
- It is pretty much the Porsche
of air poppers.
- Yeah, a man could pop some
serious corn with this thing.
This is...
Thank you.
You're welcome. No.
No, I...
Happy birthday.
Oh, uh...
Thank you.
- 'Kay.
- Thanks.
- What?
- You see?
People thought it was a horrible
idea, after you jilted me
at the altar,
me moving in here to be close
- to the kids.
- I did not jilt you
at the altar.
You jilted me, for sure.
But look at us now.
We are-we are one finely tuned
co-parenting instrument.
We are pretty much the Porsche
- of slightly awkward co-parents.
- That we are.
Okay, so don't forget
to lube up Franny, all right?
And I'm gonna go, um,
to this stupid meeting,
and then I'm gonna
come back here, grab the kids.
I'll take 'em to Kate's
for the party, so...
And you're sure
you don't want to go?
It's a family birthday party,
Kevin, and...
I'm good. I'm good.
I'm, uh, hosting book club here
today anyways.
Ah. Yes, book club.
Love those nerds.
Okay,
just because we enjoy reading
and discussing
fantasy literature does not mean
- we are nerds.
- Huh.
- You know, get out of my house.
- Okay.
- Get. Go.
- All right, kids.
All right, all right.
- Bye, guys. Bye.
- Say bye-bye. Say "bye, Daddy."
Say bye-bye. Bye.
Okay.
Some strawberries.
Yum.
Here's some water for you.
Okay?
Well, think of the devil.
Okay, first,
let me say that I hate
that I'm doing this
over FaceTime and not in person
and that there happens to be
a 24-second shot clock
on the whole thing,
since a prematurely balding man
is about to walk into my office
and blow up my entire day.
So I just wanted
to call you really quick
and say happy birthday, Kate.
I love you very much,
and I miss you.
Aw. I miss you, too.
You sound stressed.
No wasting time on me.
Now, listen,
I know you have the day off,
so I have arranged for your mom
and Miguel to take the kids
to Train Park.
With Nicky, of course, since
they're all attached at the hip
since he started staying
with them.
Wait, they're taking the kids?
For the entire afternoon.
And you, my beautiful wife,
get a peaceful, childless house
for the whole day.
I have a massage therapist
showing up in one hour.
And don't worry--
I know what you like.
I asked for a woman
with the hands
of an offensive lineman.
Toby...
And the shot clock is going off.
Okay, I love you very much.
Happy birthday.
Kiss the munchkins for me, okay
Oh, my God, here they come.
All right. Okay, bye.
- Love you.
- I love you...
...too.
Look at this.
Oh, my God.
He's so romantic.
I know.
No, I-I miss him so much
it hurts.
Malik sending you love letters
from Boston?
Huh? Aw, that's adorbs.
That boy is adorbs.
You know, your dad
used to send me love letters
on our summer break.
Like, full-on,
cursive, handwritten...
Y'all not listening. Okay.
That's fair. Hey!
There's
my romantic birthday boy.
You decide on your wish yet?
Can we go in the next room,
please?
Okay.
- It's all kind of one room,
but okay.
- Mm.
Um...
Got an email.
The cops got the guy
who robbed us.
- Caught him breaking into
a parked car.
Wow.
- Are they sure it's our guy?
- Mm-hmm.
He pawned all of our jewelry,
but, um...
you remember
how we couldn't find
one of our wedding photos
last year,
- thought we were losing
our minds?
- Mm-hmm.
He had it on him.
Just the picture, not the frame.
Yeah.
He's, um...
he's getting arraigned today.
I think I might go down there.
Randall,
- it's your birthday.
- I want to look him
in the eye, Beth,
tell him what he did to us.
- To our family.
- Okay. Baby,
- let's play a game, okay?
- Hmm.
- There's two doors
you can choose from today.
- Behind door number one
- is your beautiful, "top
of her game right now" wife...
- Yeah.
...who is fulfilled
in her new job
and-and has a new skincare line
- that has her
positively glowing.
- That's true.
She is clicking
on all her sexy cylinders.
- Mmm.
- And is ready to grant you
any birthday wish you want.
- Mmm.
- Like a less-problematic
Aladdin genie.
- I like that.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Behind door number two,
you have confronting the creeper
who broke into our home
and upturned
a year of our lives.
You're gonna pick
door number two, aren't you?
- I need to look him in the eye,
Beth.
- Oh, my gosh.
- You are a very unusual man.
- I know.
But you really are at the top
- of your game right...
- No, no, no.
You only get one door, baby.
You made your choice.
All right? Hey, ladies?
Mom-mobile's leaving in three.
All right?
Damn.
I would've chose
door number Beth.
Mmm. Mmm, mmm, mmm.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.
Kevin!
Class. Class!
Kevin, please.
...now underway...
- Okay.
- in minus 15 seconds.
- Here we go.
- Kevin, please settle.
T-minus ten, nine, eight,
seven, six.
We have main engines start.
Four, three, two, one...
- and liftoff, liftoff
of the 25th space
shuttle mission,
and it has cleared the tower.
So, the 25th space shuttle
mission is now on the way
after more delays
than NASA cares to count.
This morning
they looked as though
they were not going to be
able to get off.
Looks like a couple of the, uh,
solid rocket boosters,
uh, blew away
from the side of the shuttle
in an explosion.
My controller's here, looking
very carefully at the situation
- Obviously a major malfunction.
- It seems that...
I think they're having
a little problem there.
Hey, guess what, guys.
Did you know that this train
goes all the way around the park
- two whole times?
- Two whole times?
You hear that?
How is this my life?
Would you stop bitching?
Yeah, I'm sorry. It's just
this damn Facebook. I-I..
You know what, every morning
since I got here,
I Facebook stalk the girl
who got away.
I told you about her, right?
- Sally?
- Sally, yes.
- Yeah.
- Yes, you tell us about
her every day.
Every single day.
Well, every single day,
I lose my nerve,
even though she's just
a few hours from here.
Here I am
on a baby train.
Oh, Nicky, shush.
And who doesn't like trains?
- Everybody likes trains.
Yeah.
Hey, Jack.
Did I ever tell you how my dad
used to take me on trains
when I was a little girl?
- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
Any Sunday my dad
had to go into the office,
he would, uh, take me on the
train into the city with him.
Mmm. I loved those Sundays.
My dad would, uh,
sit there reading--
he was a big reader, my dad,
novels mainly--
and, uh, I'd sit across from him
just watching
the world go by
as the train rumbled beneath us
And then, when we would get
close to the city,
he would walk me to
the very front of the train,
and we'd walk back
through each and every car.
All the way.
All the way to the back,
to the...
The, um...
Oh, the-the last car.
No, no, no, no. D-Don't te...
Don't tell me.
The last...
Oh, that was amazing.
- I'm a new woman.
- I'm glad.
Your husband's very thoughtful.
I wish mine would order me
a me on my birthday.
Yeah. It's very Toby.
Actually, it isn't.
He's usually more of, like,
a giant in-person
grand gesture kind of guy.
This outsourcing is
a little new.
Not to say it's not wonderful
and much needed and...
- You know, honestly,
it's simpler.
Kevin Pearson.
Send him in.
Thank you.
Casey.
What, it's been, um...
Five years.
Five years to the day
since your national meltdown
- on my set.
- You counted.
You count, Kevin,
when somebody torpedoes
your life and career,
- you count.
- Huh.
I supposed you would, but hey,
looks like you landed
on your feet, though, right?
I mean, this is
a hell of a show.
The writing is phenomenal.
I never worked on it.
I'm a fan.
Oh.
Look, man, I...
We both know we were forced
to take this meeting
by our agents, right?
I mean, y-you don't want me
to do whatever movie this is.
I don't want to do
whatever movie this is.
They want to reboot The Manny,
Kevin.
- So...
- There is no film.
They knew you'd
never show up if...
Let me get this straight.
- They want me to play
the Manny again?
- What?
No, you're far too old.
No, you play the dad.
A dad to twins, ironically.
Huh.
Kevin, I-I saw the last film.
I actually purchased a ticket.
And after 90 minutes,
when I realized
it was only halfway over,
I started to lick
the movie theater seats in an
attempt to give myself COVID.
Okay.
I know what's out there for you
right now.
This is good.
You get to raise your family
in Los Angeles,
work one day a week
and become a zillionaire.
Or say no.
And spend the rest of your years
travelling to Vancouver
every weekend
to shoot Treat Williams indies
where you got to do
your own hair.
Over my dead body.
Thank God.
Mr. Watkins, you are
being charged with burglary
while in possession
of an offensive weapon
and criminal trespass.
- Do you understand the charges?
Yes.
Preliminary hearing will be set
for four weeks from today,
and bail has been set as noted.
Excuse me, Officer, um...
- Randall Pearson, councilman
for District...
- District 12.
Yes, sir.
My wife and I voted for you.
We plan on doing it again.
Well, that makes this
a lot easier.
Um...
Do you think I could speak
with him for a couple minutes?
Sure thing, Councilman.
I'll be right here
if you need me.
Do you know who I am?
You're the guy from my picture.
- Hey.
- Hey.
How are they?
Oh, they barely said a word
on the ride home.
And I started their day out
with Tang, Jack.
- With Tang.
- Yeah. We'll talk to 'em, Bec.
Just like we did
when the goldfish died.
Uh, a spaceship
filled with heroes
exploded on national television.
I don't think
the Splishy and Splashy model
- is gonna work here.
- Bec.
We can do this.
Okay? Okay.
Hey, Big Three.
Hey, guys?
Uh, Daddy and I just...
we wanted to see
if there is anything
that you wanted to talk about.
About today?
'Cause I know, for me...
I had a lot of sad feelings.
- Did any of you maybe
feel like that?
Yeah.
You know, like maybe
when Splishy and Splashy...
Don't do Splishy and Splashy.
I'm telling you,
it's a good way in.
All the teachers were crying.
Yeah.
I bet they were, Bug.
It's a good thing
they were that high up.
That means they were
closer to heaven.
Yeah.
I think that's
a really nice thought, Bug.
Maybe Splishy and Splashy will
take care of them.
Boys, how about you?
You-you guys feeling
a little sad, too?
Can I have more mac and cheese?
Yeah.
I can get it.
- No, no.
I got it, I got it. I got it.
So good.
- Look who's back.
- How was book... club?
Oh, hey. You remember Elijah,
right? From book club?
- No, I mean, yeah.
I didn't realize, uh...
I didn't realize
everyone was still here.
Oh, I'm just helping Maddy
clean up.
She always hosts
and gets stuck with it.
Well, that's nice.
I'm just gonna grab the kids
and take them to the party.
Oh, perfect timing.
They are just starting to stir
from their naps.
Good.
How was book club?
- Oh, my God.
- So good.
We read The Queen
of the Tearling.
- Everybody's mind was blown.
Yeah, n... Eli called me
a Kelsea today,
- so he is basically
my best friend for life.
- Well, I only speak the truth.
- Aw.
Oh, you haven't read it?
Not a page.
You know,
the last thing I read was, um...
was Parasite.
Subtitled movie.
- Kev, considers it reading.
- Well, it's Korean,
so you have to read it
to understand it,
unless you speak Korean, so...
Hey, I don't want to geek out
or anything...
- Oh, Eli, maybe not now.
- I'm just gonna say it once.
You said I could.
- Okay.
- Hill 400 is a freaking
masterpiece.
- Yeah?
- You are so good, man.
Thank you.
Thank y... That's very kind.
I appreciate it.
Um, so I'm-I'm gonna
grab the kids, right?
And then Elijah and I will-will
get out of your hair.
Unless you want help
with the dishes.
Oh.
Wow, that's so nice.
No, that would be huge.
Who knew fantasy nerds
could be such slobs?
Um, everyone who's ever
met a fantasy nerd.
Right.
Walked into that one.
Should we...
- Hmm? Mm-hmm. Great.
Another bottle?
Yeah, absolutely...
So, I'll just
grab the kids, then.
I, uh...
when I was, uh...
My name is Randall Pearson.
Two years ago,
you broke into my home.
You broke through a window
and stole some jewelry.
I caught you on the way out
with a knife.
I don't remember.
I have, uh, holes in my memory.
Do you have any water?
I don't.
I can try to get you some.
Thank you.
It was a terrifying moment
for my family.
My wife, my daughters.
I'm sorry...
You know what they did
with my dog?
I don't. I can
try to find out for you.
Yeah, I didn't know
where I got the picture from,
but you looked happy in it.
I thought maybe it came
from a good part of my life.
But I guess it came
from a bad part.
Do you know what they did
with my dog?
I don't.
I hear you, you're just
not saying anything.
Why? You haven't told me why.
There is no why, Jess.
I'm just not in a place...
Don't you dare use
your traumatic past
to try and get out of
this relationship, okay?
That is not fair.
I don't care if it's upsetting.
I just need to know
so that I can move on.
You bore me, Jessica.
I mean, you are a stunning,
intelligent, magnificent woman,
and yet, every time we have
a meal together,
I can't help but feel
like I'm watching paint dry.
And I-I'll spare you the whole
"It's-it's not you, it's me"
nonsense and remind you
to focus on the fact
that you are a stunning,
intelligent,
magnificent woman,
who's just wasting her time
on a pasty English chap
who just equated
eating sushi with you
to watching paint dry.
Is-is that helpful?
For moving on?
You are a condescending prick.
This would seem to be the common
refrain in my life, yes.
What the hell was that?
Oh, good. You're here, um...
Oh, that was not the emergency.
Oh, but speaking of which,
I assure you,
I had nothing to do
with what's about
to happen here.
Come on.
It's your birthday gift.
They insisted.
I think the whole thing's
completely overwrought,
but who can say no to a bunch
of well-meaning blind kids
with a soft spot
for their teacher?
All right, go ahead, superstars.
♪ Lying in my bed, I hear ♪
♪ The clock tick
and think of you ♪
♪ Caught up in circles ♪
♪ Confusion is nothing new ♪
♪ Flashback, warm nights ♪
♪ Almost left behind ♪
♪ Suitcase of memories ♪
♪ Time after ♪
♪ Sometimes you picture me ♪
♪ I'm walking too far ahead... ♪
♪
♪
It's a good one.
Don't see what
all the controversy's about.
You want to walk the train?
Yes, please.
Okay.
We'll start at the front
and walk all the way
back to the...
♪
"First came the big black
engine, puffing and chuffing,
"then came the boxcars,
"then the oil cars,
then the coal cars,
"then the flat cars.
"Sometimes, they were switched
around in different ways,
but the little red..."
Little red...
♪
Knock, knock.
You putting away your shuttle?
You've been so quiet.
I just wanted to check in
on you.
You want to come and sit here
with me for a little bit?
Okay.
Well, I'll be downstairs
if you want to talk.
She has kids.
The astronaut teacher.
I know.
Do you think someone's
making them dinner?
Um...
Yeah, I bet their...
I bet their dad's
making them dinner, hon.
Maybe you can send them
macaroni and cheese,
just in case.
And so, you bailed him out?
So he could meet me
at the shelter later.
I'm arranging a bed for him
and meeting him there tonight
It felt like a romantic
full circle kind of thing,
I don't, I don't know.
Oh, my God, Randall.
- I don't even know what to say.
- I know.
I saw his file, Beth.
For the last two years,
this man has woken me
from my dreams in a cold sweat.
This man with the knife.
But today I saw his file,
and he had a name.
It's David.
The name with the knife,
his name is David.
And he had a family.
And he's someone's son.
Could've been William.
So...
you look at this man,
and you see sweet,
gentle William,
- who would nev...
- It's not just William, Beth.
I see Kev. I see my father.
I see Laurel.
I see a young Shauna.
I see thousands of addicts
in my district
I was elected to help, who I'm
not doing nearly enough for.
I don't know.
Okay.
I'm-a give you one more shot.
At what?
This birthday genie wish thing.
Door number one.
The whole shebang thing.
Why?
Because you...
are the real thing, Randall.
You know how many vices
men can have these days?
Hmm? Gambling. Booze. Porn.
Freaking fantasy football.
And my guy...
just wants to help people.
It's compulsive
and over the top.
And if that son of a bitch
doesn't show up tonight,
I'm gonna lose it.
But you...
are an incredibly decent man,
Randall Pearson.
And it's your birthday.
So... make a wish.
I got my wish when I met you.
Don't be cheesy now,
just get it done.
♪
You walked with Dad
from the front to the back.
It's not the boxcar.
It's not the engine.
It was the name of the book.
You read it every night.
Think, Rebecca.
It's the red one.
The car at the end.
The red car.
The car at the end.
The red one, damn it!
Mom, are you okay?
Um...
I-I didn't want to tell you guys
until after
your birthday, but...
I...
I got the results
of the PET scan back,
and...
the scan is positive for
plaques building in my brain.
It's still very early, guys.
And the doctors are
extremely optimistic
- about the medications coming
to market.
Yeah, um,
I think I have the next
PET scan in two...
♪
96%.
That means we could
breathe the air...
- Hey, Bud.
- Hey.
You know, when I was a boy,
I really didn't like to
talk much.
You know,
if-if something happened,
and it made me feel happy
or made me feel sad,
you know, we-we wouldn't
really analyze it.
Do you want to talk, Kev?
About today?
It was just a story on TV.
It wasn't real.
Okay.
- Oh, yes.
It has been a day.
I could use a veg-out session
on the world's
most comfortable...
...comfortable couch.
I di...
I'm s...
I didn't realize, uh...
No, no, no.
It's fine.
- Twins are out cold, huh?
- Yeah.
- How'd they do?
- They were good.
- Aw.
- Yeah, they had a good time.
You know, they're cracked out
on cake right now, but, um...
You skipped ahead
to the next episode?
Yeah.
- We got sucked in.
- Huh.
- Sorry.
- It's my fault.
Maddy started me
at the beginning,
but I got hooked,
and I made her keep going.
Ah, it's, you know what,
it's fine, obviously.
Not a big deal.
God, it's super late.
- Mm.
- I should go.
Again, I really love that film.
- It was so good.
- Thanks, man.
Maddy.
This was a lot of fun.
It was.
I had a great time.
Okay. Well, um...
- Yeah. Night.
- Good night.
Sorry, again. I didn't realize,
you know, that you were...
No, no. We were just...
Yeah, not to harp on this,
but I feel like,
should we establish
which shows are gonna be ones
that we watch together
and which ones are sort of
go at your own pace?
- Because I...
- Kevin.
Was a rough day.
I got bad news about my mom.
There's this scan and...
plaque and...
It's bad.
God, I am, I am so sorry.
Thank you. It's-it's...
I don't like
that he calls you Maddy.
You know, people said
I was crazy--
me living in your garage
just to stay close to the twins.
Yeah.
It's possible they had a point.
Did we do that
even remotely right?
I don't know.
My first time.
Mine, too.
I knew I should've married
someone how already had kids.
- Jack.
- Hmm?
I'm worried about Kevin.
Will you please
tell me something
to make me feel better?
Well, he... he gets it.
His brain's just...
protecting itself.
Yeah, that kid, he's gonna grow
up faster than we can handle.
One day...
he's gonna have it
all figured out.
I mean, hell, it's not like
he's gonna wind up
some 40-year-old man
who can't stop talking about
the Challenger explosion.
- Right?
- Right.
Okay.
♪
- Randall.
Randall is too good.
Too good how?
I don't know, for the world.
Did you ever read
Catcher in the Rye?
Yeah, of course.
No.
Okay, so it's about this kid,
this-this teenager named Holden.
And he's depressed.
- Well, his name is Holden.
- Stop.
And he...
wants to protect
all of the innocent people,
all of the children, and...
he has to accept the fact
that he can't.
♪
And I think that Randall might
be the Catcher in the Rye, Jack.
I think he might...
he might spend his whole life
trying to save everyone,
and he won't be able to.
I just worry that his life
will be this beautiful but...
perpetually disappointing ride.
What a thing.
Being a parent.
What a thing being a kid.
Yeah.
- Hey.
Hey.
- I know you like extra.
- Thanks.
You know, when we were
growing up,
if we needed something,
Mom and Dad--
they were just...
they were a bedroom away.
Yeah, and, uh...
My kids aren't gonna have that.
They'll have
something different.
Okay? And it will be normal
to them,
and it will be wonderful.
I'm taking the Manny reboot.
Stay here in L.A.,
give the kids some stability.
- Really?
- Yeah.
Yeah, I mean, it's...
it's TV, right?
I mean, none of that stuff
is real. It's...
Mom's really sick, Kate.
This is really happening.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Just feels like the...
...like the world should
just stop for Mom, you know?
Just...
Yeah, the world
should stop for Mom.
And, uh...
I find it so infuriating
that this is happening to us
while the rest of the world,
they just-they just continue
to go round and round
like it's...
Kev, do you remember
where we were five years ago?
Five years ago to the day,
we were sitting
on my bathroom floor
because I'd just face-planted
off a scale.
And you were about to implode
your life and career
on national television
And it was such a low moment.
You know, it just felt like
every door was shutting on us
and shutting out
all of the light,
just like after dad.
But...
look at us now.
We-we each have two healthy,
beautiful kids.
Careers we never imagined.
If the world stopped
for the bad stuff,
then-then everything
would be dark.
But the world keeps going, so
we can find that crack of light
on the other side of the door.
You know?
We have found the light before,
big brother.
And we'll find it again.
♪
Well, looks like another
sad night for old Nicky.
Just staring at Facebook,
looking for someone
who doesn't even know I exist.
- Just...
- Stop, Nicky!
Life is too short.
It is far shorter
than it has any right to be,
and you are giving me
a frigging headache.
You want to go see Sally?
Let's go see Sally.
Pack a bag.
We'll leave in the morning.
- Bec...
- Honey, life is too short,
and the man is giving me
a frigging headache.
♪
♪ Watch me when you
look my way ♪
He didn't show up.
- ♪ Feel me smiling ♪
- I'm sorry.
Mm-hmm.
♪ Be my night and day... ♪
It's official, Beth.
I'm old.
I have three parents gone.
One's sick.
It's not even
unusual at my age.
I am not a young man anymore.
You have a young wife.
Now, that, I do.
What?
You didn't have to.
I know.
I need to do more for the people
who are hurting in this city.
♪ I love you ♪
- ♪ Make you a rhyme ♪
- I know.
♪ I love you ♪
♪ Say it ♪
♪ In mine ♪
Happy birthday.
♪ Watch me when I'm on my own ♪
What?!
♪ See me falling ♪
Uh, are you aware that Kevin
is in our guest room?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Yeah. It's-it's been a day.
♪ The things you are... ♪
Happy birthday.
It is now.
Mom and Dad are gonna die
one day.
Yeah.
♪
And last but not least...
the very last car.
My personal favorite car,
if I'm being honest.
♪
What?
"Sometimes,
"they were switched around
in different ways,
but the little red..."
♪
Caboose.
Caboose.
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Media Access Group at WGBH