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[sighs]

Don't get on me about being late.

I could have slept in this morning,

if we would've wrapped this up yesterday.

About that.

I swear, every time I try to have a conversation with you,

you're checking or answering your phone.

Look, now that I've agreed

to sign on to the concert,

instead of spending money on breakfast,

we should've jetted over to Anita's palace

and have her feed us.

There's been a glitch in Anita's reunion plans.

A glitch?

What the hell kind of glitch?

I assume you called that agent.

I was about to, but...

there's no point in Jim Price promoting a concert

that's never gonna happen.

Well, you had since yesterday to call.

Maybe there's a reason for that.

Despite everything.

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Nicole? Mona?

"Had an appointment. Feel free to settle back in."

Okay.

ALL: Surprise!

Oh, my- I thought-

I mean, I saw the note, and I...

Don't you know that we have been counting the minutes

till you came back to us?

Oh.

[laughter]

I'm glad you had time to meet.

I want to hear about your new job at the salon.

It's fine, you know?

Mm.

Sorry.

Um, it's actually more than fine.

You should see some of the people that come in.

Yeah, it seems like every client is some D.C. heavy hitter.

Did I tell you Samantha came in to have me do her hair again?

Yeah, she was blown away by the place.

You really set me up with something special.

That all sounds good.

But, Eva, I'm really asking.

I don't want you to just tell me what you think I want to hear.

Oh...

I want to know how you really feel.

And if your mother told you

that me helping you find a job was a bad move,

I want to know that, too.

What did you do with my helmet and gloves?

Calm down, Mama.

They're hidden in a much better place than your apartment,

which is the first place the police will look.

[knocking at door]

Okay.

Leslie Thomas?

Oh, Officer Sexy-Yet-Annoying.

Hi.

I have a warrant allowing me

to search the premises, unimpeded.

Well, what took you so long? Get on in here.

Let's have some fun, huh?

Oh, and I can help you. Anything you need.

I think we can manage.

I need you to stay out the way. The uniformed officer

is here to make sure you do that.

You barely walk through the door,

and you're already threatening me?

Kat the Brat finds some ratty old motorcycle jacket,

thinks it ties me to some random accident.

Next thing, I'm public enemy number one.

Listen, I haven't given you any trouble so far, right?

And I don't intend to start any.

Well, thank you for your cooperation.

LESLIE: Mmm.

I mean, you could tell me what you're looking for,

and it might go faster.

I'll tell you when I find it.

Oh, the motorcycle, right?

Oh, wow.

Now, see, that would be a slam dunk.

Swoosh.

But wait, where would I stash it?

Hmm, let me think, let me think.

Oh, of course. Silly me.

I could've broken it down

and-and shoved it into the toilet.

Or maybe put it under the bed?

They do say I'm pretty handy.

Want to check?

Thanks, but I'll check out the closet instead.

Mm.

Gotcha.

[Leslie clears throat]

Cut to the chase. I don't have all day, woman.

Well, actually, you do.

Anita's canceling.

You've got to be kidding me.

I didn't want to tell you yesterday

because I was hoping Anita would change her mind,

but it looks like she hasn't.

The reunion is off.

And she got Vernon to call you and tell you?

She didn't have the guts to tell you herself?

From the way Vernon sounded, he probably volunteered.

To drop the bomb to kick us to the curb? No.

Well, it felt like he was giving me

some kind of secret message.

He said if we want this thing to happen,

we'd have to step up

and convince Anita to change her mind.

Damn that woman to hell and back!

"Despite everything"?

You mean despite the grief I feel for Barbara?

My guilt for the way that I treated her?

Despite Tracy barely being able to tolerate me?

And the fact that Sharon has made it perfectly clear

she doesn't even want to be in my presence,

much less perform with me?

Is that the everything that I'm supposed to put aside

and push this concert forward "despite"?

-Here's my math. -No, no, baby.

Now you're going to try to reason with me,

and this is not the moment for it.

Hear me out.

First, Dante Green convinced all of you

that the price of stardom was leaving Barbara behind.

That was harsh.

Second, she was lost to you by her own hand.

That was horribly tragic, as suicide always is.

And third...

the letter that Barbara wrote before she took her own life,

it was brutal for you.

But these are all things that you knew

when you first started thinking about this reunion.

Proving you can have an idea

without realizing the impact of it.

I am so sorry I kept this from you.

My only regret about not knowing sooner

is that the guilt you kept inside for so long

caused you enormous pain.

Pain you couldn't even acknowledge.

But you finally did.

You stopped running away from something hard

-and met it head on. -[scoffs]

Meeting things head on can give you a concussion.

You make excellent points, sweetheart,

but I still don't see how all this adds up

to moving forward with the concert.

If deep down, you know that doing the concert

won't bring you any closer to the peace

that you've been searching for,

then maybe it istime to let it go.

But if even a small part of you believes

that standing in that spotlight,

just for one night,

could ease the weight of what was...

so tragic,

then I say let's do it.

What if it makes it worse?

I don't want you, my beautiful wife...

...to carry around any more regrets,

especially when it comes to your work sisters.

You carved out space in each other's hearts

all those years ago, made marks...

that time and distance couldn't erase.

This is your chance to honor that bond,

to breathe life back into something that really mattered.

And you can reignite the magic,

not just for yourselves, not just for Barbara,

but for everyone who was lucky enough

to witness what you created together.

And as for the rest of us, well,

it won't be just a concert.

It'll be joy. And healing.

A reminder that even after loss,

something beautiful can still rise.

You know exactly what to say.

Even when I don't know what to think.

I was so happy to reconnect with Tracy.

I knew there would be underlying tension, and there was,

but we really enjoyed each other.

To put it in your words, despite everything.

We laughed and recounted stories about the old days.

Pushed through some dark moments.

But being with Tracy, I-I really started to believe

that this concert could be something special.

I was already hearing the old songs in my head and...

hearing the applause,

feeling the energy being on stage.

Then enter Sharon.

Exactly.

Sharon reminded me how much water

has flown under that bridge.

And how bad it was when Dante made us leave Barbara behind.

And how we crushed and shattered her to where...

she couldn't handle it anymore.

We all make our choices, Anita.

But here's the thing...

When I stepped out on my own,

Tracy and Sharon felt rejected.

And my timing?

Was right after Barbara's suicide.

So, that could've been better.

We were supposed to be taking a break

to grieve Barbara,

but I never came back.

And that break turned into a permanent separation.

And the end of the Articulettes.

I never knew.

I was too ashamed to tell you.

Well, you told me when you were ready.

If that's not until now, so be it.

Oh, stop being so kind to me.

I can't help it.

Besides, why should I flog on you

when you're doing such a good job of it yourself?

[laughs] And don't make me laugh.

Laughter is great for clarity.

It's great for the soul.

-You know what else is? -What?

Music.

And while only you can know

if this concert can heal you three or not,

I know it starts right there.

I love you so much, Vernon Dupree.

People say marriage is about telling the truth.

But it's also about being able to hear it

when it's told to you.

And you are the only person in the world...

...who can make me hear

what I need to hear when I need it the most.

Something on your mind, Detective?

It's just odd.

This place isn't that big.

Sue me. I'm on a budget.

But you give up valuable closet space

to store empty boxes?

It isn't empty.

It's where I store my hopes and dreams.

You know, to love and be loved,

to find happiness.

And most of all, to know...

and also accept

that I deserve that as much as anybody

beyond those gates.

Careful, or all my dreams will spill out.

And we don't want that.

And I thought I couldn't be surprised anymore.

You have no idea how much we've missed you.

We wish you were never forced to leave in the first place.

We all know how wrong that was.

Just like we all hope the police

are going to get the evidence they need

to charge Leslie for what she did to you.

Oh, how is that coming along?

Well, it's going a lot slower than I'd like,

but Jacob's working on it.

Jacob's a good man. He won't forget about you.

And it won't hurt

that I'm constantly in his face about it.

[laughter]

NICOLE: Ted and I were the targets, Laura.

But unfortunately, you paid the price

for being in Leslie's way.

And I don't just mean on that road.

Well, on the road to Eva infiltrating our lives...

I thought it was just Leslie behind everything.

You know, she scared the life out of me

when she paid me a friendly visit in my hospital room.

Wish I'd been there to boot her out.

Eva played her part.

I know she had a huge part of that awful scene

that happened at your anniversary party.

But Eva hasn't come after me personally.

At least not that I know of.

She's sneaky.

It's complicated trying to figure Eva out.

Yes, she did try to come to our rescue at the party,

but she wouldn't have had to

if she didn't sign on to her mother's plan

and lie to all of us.

Mom, it's not that complicated.

Eva was mad at Dad

for apparently abandoning her when she was a baby.

Then she used Laura's job

to get back at Dad.

Laura and the rest of us were just collateral damage.

Ted is trying to work out a relationship with Eva.

He sees the good in her.

There might be something to that, I don't know.

Well, I have no doubts that Eva is almost always up to no good.

Kat...

I get that you have your opinion about Eva.

And I have mine.

But mine happens to be right.

[laughs]

I don't care what my mom thinks about Serenity Beauty & Hair,

or what she thinks about you helping me get that spot.

It was a really nice thing for you to do,

and it helped me out.

All right. But something's going on.

I can hear it in your voice.

Is there a problem at the shop?

A tiff with one of the other hair techs?

No. No.

The people are honestly incredible.

And the energy's just my vibe.

It's chill and fun.

I seriously couldn't be more grateful.

But...?

You spoiled me.

Well, Nicole and you both.

How so?

Being Nicole's assistant?

Like, every day was different.

And I was responsible for so many moving parts.

Mm-hmm.

Scheduling and planning events.

And keeping Nicole on track

through this crazy mix of work

and social and philanthropic engagements.

It was demanding and challenging,

and I didn't know I'd be so into it, but...

I was.

I can see that.

I like discovering how things work in your world.

I hate that I betrayed your trust,

but I love that you trusted me in the first place.

Does that make sense?

Yep.

And being trusted with things that matter to Nicole's patients

and all the other people that she helps

made me feel...

maybe for the first time in my life...

...important.

[voice breaking]: Wanted?

The three of us became very close

in a relatively short amount of time.

That's hard to move on from.

Yeah.

And I'm sorry I'm not the only one who had to.

I'm still trying to find my way, Eva.

Trying to be a parent to you.

After all the mistakes, I just want to get that part right.

Is this why you dissed my mom?

I can't blame Dana for everything.

You know, when we had our affair,

I was the one that was married.

If I'm missing Nicole, that's my fault.

I've never seen anybody do that.

What?

Own up like that.

So here's me trying it out.

I can't blame my mother for everything,

even if I want to.

Say more.

I get that it probably makes zero sense

why I still deal with her, but she is my mom.

Eva, you're probably gonna hear this soon enough.

Laura is out of the hospital.

Taking back my temp job?

You know, part of me wants to be at the house

to tell her she's back where she belongs...

...but, uh, I'm not welcome there anymore,

not by Nicole or Laura.

Her loyalties lie with my wife,

where they should be.

I don't really know Laura,

but I don't think she'll blame me for what happened.

You don't know how close Nicole and Laura are.

I doubt she'd be sympathetic to my, um...

situation.

I know one person who must be ecstatic to have Laura back.

Oh, my. Things are a little different on here.

-Everything okay? -Yeah, it's fine.

I guess Eva just had her own system for things.

She had a system, all right.

Kat, that is not helping.

Don't worry, Laura. You will sort everything out.

I just wanted to hit the ground running, you know?

Make things seamless for you.

And that attitude is why I am not worried.

You were the best before the accident,

and you will be best

now that you are back where you belong.

Eva had her pluses,

but you are the right person for this job.

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

I'm still kicking myself for recommending Eva.

Don't do that.

How could you have known any of this would've happened?

Instinct, maybe?

How about psychic abilities?

Because that is what it would have taken

to suspect that anything was wrong

when it came to Eva, or even Leslie.

That one is a master manipulator,

complete with disguises.

She even had me fooled.

She didn't fool me.

And I said so from the start.

A lot of good that did.

I wish I'd listened to you.

I do not want to rehash any of that.

Laura is back where she belongs, and everything is normalizing.

In the meantime, I have some errands to run.

I hate to leave you flying solo on your first day back,

but I know that you will soar.

Thanks, Nicole.

Kat, you coming?

Uh, I think I'm gonna stay.

Maybe help Laura get back on her feet.

Oh, that is sweet. Bye, you two.

-Bye-bye. -LAURA: Bye.

Thanks for the cake and everything.

Eva really messed things up for you, didn't she?

Uh, not exactly. It's just different.

It looks like she downloaded a new notes program,

but it's linked to the calendar, so she used it for everything.

And I have to learn it in order to undo it.

Well, I wish I could undo Eva.

I just don't want to make a mistake

and let your mom down.

Well, here's my advice.

If you make a mistake, just blame Eva and move on.

-[laughter] -[phone chimes]

Oh, I better go.

There's a lot going on.

Sorry I wasn't more help.

It's okay. I'll figure it out.

-Good luck. -Thanks.

These will be returned to you.

Oh, well, hope you got what you came for.

Now, how about that restraining order

that I've been asking you for

from that lunatic Kat Richardson, hmm?

In my job, I've learned to read people pretty well.

And it's easy to see you're the kind of person

who enjoys feeling like they've got

something over on the rest of us.

Who, moi?

You'll make a mistake eventually, Leslie.

And for your sake,

pray you're not in my jurisdiction when you do.

Mm.

Bonsoir.

[sighs]

[chuckles softly]

Ooh, scary.

Baby, when I'm done with you,

I'm gonna own you and your whole damn jurisdiction.

I want it, but wanting it is not enough.

Even if I did say, "Okay, let's do this thing,"

there's Sharon, who's made her resistance abundantly clear.

Yeah.

We were successful as a three-woman group.

To do it right, we'd have to be that again, so...

...it's settled.

I'm gonna call Jim Price and tell him the concert is off.

-Hmm. -[doorbell ringing]

I'll get it.

Vernon.

Leave it to Anita to be the surprise in the punch bowl.

There is no excuse for you, Anita.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

This is not happening. Not here and not today.

I am done doing this dance with you, Sharon.

So you can just take all that negative energy somewhere else.

How about same time, same place tomorrow?

Will that work for you?

Since you were always the one who wanted to be in charge,

why don't you tell me where and when?

Because this is definitely happening.

I'm gonna give you some space.

Holler if there's bloodshed.

Chicken.

A word of caution.

I recognize the energy,

and you two are five seconds away

from a knock-down, drag-out.

So, why don't we not try to go there

and choose your words?

Fine. But know this:

This is not gonna be a replay of our last conversation.

You had your moment to dump

all your pent-up anger and bitterness on me,

and I took it.

And yes, I did some things

that I wish to God I could take back.

But you're not gonna march into my home

and tell me that I'm the only one to blame.

You either, missy.

For the record, the moral high ground

is something that none of us can take

from way down here.

[phone vibrating]

Dr. Richardson's office.

Yes, I can confirm that meeting for you. Hold on.

I'm so sorry, I'll have to call you right back.

Can I get- Hello?

Hello?

[sighs]

Not the beach ball of death, okay.

Oh, I know- the help file.

All right.

"Stacked notes cannot be disassociated

"from a new event if tags are enabled.

"If linked notes share a tag across platforms,

consult global settings for conflicts."

Blah, blah, blah.

"Warning, all data could be lost."

What does that even mean?

I'm sorry Kat has been so negative towards you.

When she makes up her mind about something...

Yeah, good for business,

not necessarily for personal relationships.

I mean, all I did was enter her life under false pretenses

and try to upend her parents' marriage.

Like, get over it already.

[chuckles softly]

It hasn't been easy for Kat.

Even if it was Leslie who was running the show.

This right here, you and me talking...

I can't ask for more.

Are you sure about that?

Okay, so maybe it'll be nice

to spend even more time with Martin and his family.

-Mm-hmm. -To do fish fries

and Sunday dinners with my father, and my brother

and brother-in-law and niece and nephew.

I never thought I'd have anything like that.

Keep going.

Okay, now this is reaching, but...

...having a relationship with Nicole again.

And maybe Kat one day.

That'd be great.

But I know I don't deserve it.

I think you deserve more than you give yourself credit for.

[phone chimes]

Everything okay?

Um... Yeah.

Um, I have to go do something, but...

Sure, go. We're done.

-Go do your thing. -Okay.

Thank you.

[Nicole sighs]

You know, I can ask operations to get you an office.

Pardon my interest. I want to see justice served.

Those two lunatics went after my parents.

We've been over this, Kat.

I don't mind you being interested.

What I do mind is you sitting at my desk. Come on.

Picky.

Oh, is that from Leslie's place?

Did you serve the search warrant on her?

Come on, Kat.

Yes, I did.

And she seemed to be expecting us.

But you won't be surprised to learn

that we didn't find anything.

Then what's all that?

Just stuff to make her nervous, make her sweat a little.

Let her know we're serious.

But Leslie's smart.

As she likes to let everyone know

every chance she gets.

Okay, so that apartment is really small.

So, if you didn't find the motorcycle helmet in there-

-If she kept it. -Oh, she kept it.

Leslie's smart, but she's arrogant.

If she doesn't still have the evidence,

Eva helped her get rid of it.

Wait a minute. That's a big leap.

Or her loyal and shady daughter

is hiding evidence for Leslie

that she didn't want to risk keeping.

You know I love you, fam.

But sometimes you're like a brick.

You got to listen to me, Kat.

Back off.

I don't need to do a ton of work on this case,

only for a judge to throw it out because you butted your nose in.

Okay, so a judge never needs to know.

Problem solved.

You remember when I arrested your Aunt Dani?

Yeah. Traitor.

Nah, it's just a reminder.

I take my job very seriously.

You arrested Aunt Dani because she was waving a gun around.

If you arrest me,

family friend of a victim

of a deliberate road rage incident,

the same victim who was nearly a hospital fatality,

how you think that's gonna look?

To who? You want to take this public?

My brother-in-law's a reporter. Did you forget?

Listen, my bad.

I have no reason to throw threats at you.

I'm just... I'm just frustrated, all right?

Me, too.

Sorry.

Same.

But there is a way we can stop

going back and forth with each other about this.

Stay in your lane, and I'll stay in mine.

You want justice for your parents?

Let the police do our work.

We happen to be very good at it.

I haven't seen you since...

That day at the hospital.

Believe me, I-I got your message.

You're not ready to talk, but know, I'm still available.

So you said in your card.

You got the flowers.

They're lovely.

Reminded me of a very different time.

A time that meant a lot to me.

To me, too.

I meant every word, Nicole.

I love you as much now as the day we took our vows.

I thought we weren't talking yet.

Yet, here we are, doing exactly that.

You're doing all the talking.

Sure.

But I haven't heard you tell me to shut up.

You both could have walked away when Dante fired Barbara.

If my behavior was so reprehensible,

you could've started a new group with her and shut me out.

But you didn't, did you?

You rode the gravy train that was me

all the way to the end of the line.

We were all on that stage together,

night after night, song after song.

And you took your bows and cashed your check.

So let's not pretend I was the only one

who was ambitious and selfish.

And I am not going to stand here

and be your emotional punching bag.

The version of this story where I'm the villain

and you're completely innocent,

you can take that and stick it where the sun don't shine.

Ooh, I guess you told me, huh?

EVA: You are the last person I expected to hear from.

Well, you're the last person I expected to reach out to.

Wasn't easy.

I bet.

But I don't get why.

Except maybe that you want to yell at me

about how what happened to you was awful and unfair.

It was.

I know the jury's still out about you,

but I do know that your mother is a... a...

You know, I don't even have the word

to describe what your mother is, but I didn't-

I didn't call you about any of that, actually.

You didn't?

No, I...

I'm in trouble.

I don't understand this new notes program you installed,

and I don't have time to figure it out right now.

I need to keep everything on track for Nicole, so...

You want a crash course?

Is that asking too much?

I mean, some people think

I should just pretend you never existed,

while others think it's more complicated.

I'll tell you what.

I'm here today for whatever.

And if you want to pretend

that you don't know me from Adam after this...

we're good.

Thanks.

There is more.

One is, I am so sorry what happened to you.

I didn't do it, but I'm sorry.

And the other?

How to uninstall that dumb notes program

I put on your computer.

Now, we can surmise...

That's a detective word, right?

"Surmise"?

Either way, I have a theory.

Eva helped Leslie get incriminating stuff

out of the apartment before you could get to her.

So what's stopping you from getting a search warrant

for Eva's hotel room?

Circumstantial evidence that granted us access

into Leslie's apartment won't get us into Eva's place.

I just have to think of another way.

An illegal way?

Not necessarily.

All right, let's hypothesize

that you go snooping on your own.

-I never said that. -But you were thinking it.

I'm the detective, remember?

And let's further say that you happen to find some...

incriminating evidence amongst Eva's possessions.

Then you'd have enough evidence to lock Eva and Leslie up.

No, Kat.

I'd have enough to arrest you for stealing.

Listen, I know you're invested in this, and so am I,

but we have to be careful and follow the law.

You're right.

It's just better to let Eva and Leslie go free.

Tell you what.

I'll keep talking until you tell me not to.

We'll see how far we get.

Ted...

That wasn't exactly "shut up."

Oh, look at this. The gang's all here.

We're in the middle of something, Dana.

Yeah, the floor where I was walking.

But now maybe I'll just stand here and watch.

Let's just go somewhere else.

No reason.

We've said all there is to say.

Ciao, Nicky.

Impeccable timing, as usual.

I'm glad I ran into you.

Call off those police lackeys that you've bought and paid off.

Get them off my back, or I'll be forced

to have to take matters in my own hands.

Firstly, I don't own the PD.

Nobody does. Not in this town.

But can't you entertain the possibility

that the cops are investigating you

for their own good reasons?

Secondly? What's the secondly?

I know there's a secondly.

When have you not taken matters into your own hands?

That's what you used to like about me, yeah.

I mean, when I think about it,

we completed each other, Ted.

The woman who completes me just walked out that door.

Mm.

[sighs]

I do not want to fight with you, Sharon.

That was not my goal when I asked Tracy

to try to convince you to come.

And I've admitted my mistakes

and tried to make up for them

in ways that you two will never know,

and that is all I can do.

You never change, do you?

Here you go again, jumping to conclusions.

Not letting anyone get a word in edgewise.

If you would just zip it up for one sec,

I could tell you I came here to let you know

I changed my mind.

Well, I haven't changed mine.

When you barged in here,

I was about to call that agent and cancel.

The sad fact is,

the Articulettes are as dead as Barbara,

and nothing can resurrect them.

You know the way out by now.

We're done here.

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