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ANNOUNCER: Previously on Everwood:

Colin came through very well.

We´ve done everything humanly possible to help your son.

It was what it was, an accident.

Out of all of the people I´ve known my whole life...

...you´re the only one who showed up today.

When you finish this sabbatical, come back home.

This is my home now, Brian.

IRV: One of the hardest things about being a father...

...is you never know what´s yours anymore.

There´s always someone out there

trying to take what belongs to you.

Or at least make you share.

Your car, your home...

...the food off your plate, even your own kid sometimes.

[SNIFFS]

It´s a constant battle...

...fought less with violence than with love.

Fought with the best of intentions...

...and scented with cinnamon.

-Do you think--? -Can´t be.

-You guys been cooking? -No.

DELIA: We thought you were. -Really? ´Cause it smells great.

Which is why we were suspicious.

-Nonny! -Oh, Delia. Oh, my baby.

EPHRAM: Grandpa? -Oh, hey.

Did we wake you? Jacob, I told you...

...to stop slamming the plates down so hard.

-If I slammed, they´d be broken. -Say hello.

JACOB: Delia, oh, my gorgeous girl.

Jacob, Ruth, how did you get here?

I would´ve given you a ride.

-At 5:30 in the morning? -We rented a car.

Thought we´d take a shuttle. They don´t have any.

-Did you know that? -No idea.

Well, it´s true. You don´t lock your doors either. We noticed.

-Must be very safe here. -I thought it was.

Ephram honey, how many pieces of French toast do you want?

-Uh, two? -Two?

You´re wasting away to nothing, have four.

-Andy, I´ll get you some juice. -No, I got it.

Come on, sit down, you look like hell.

ANDY: Okay, then. -But the beard, the beard.

Oh, my God, looks just like me.

I thought Ephram was kidding when he phoned.

-I can´t believe you´re here. -Me either.

Me either. This is the best surprise.

RUTH: Oh. Ha, ha. Mm!

Sure is.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

[ANDY SIGHS]

RUTH: Now, this wasn´t on sale, but I couldn´t resist.

Look at all the ribbons.

Isn´t it just to die? Hmm?

Uh-huh. Is there anything else?

[LAUGHS]

Would I come all the way from New York...

...without stopping by Zaro´s Bakery? Hmm?

-Oh! Black and white cookies. RUTH: Ha, ha.

You can save that for later, honey,

French toast is already dessert.

It´s a Bonne Bell.

That was your mother´s first lip gloss.

-Tastes like candy. -Well, it´s not for eating.

It´s to keep your lips shiny and pretty.

Come on, let´s get ready for school.

Do I have to go? I wanna show Nonny and Grandpa around.

What about school?

What´s she gonna miss in one day of third grade?

-A times table? -Fine, fine.

I wanna show Nonny and Grandpa around too.

-Forget about it. -Don´t worry...

...we´re gonna have plenty of time together.

So, uh...

...how much time we talking about, Jake, a couple of days?

There´s my son-in-law, we just got here, you´re kicking us out?

No, if you´d called, I could´ve been more prepared.

Like food and stuff.

How come you didn´t call? How many months you been here?

ANDY: It´s not like I wasn´t planning on inviting you.

I just wanted to wait until everything was in order.

And what´s not in order?

We´ll go to the market, Andy, don´t worry about anything.

Just pretend like we´re not even here.

I could never do that. I´ve gotta get to the office.

In fact, why don´t you two stop by later?

If you promise not to tell the board,

I´ll even let you look at patients, Jake.

I couldn´t do that, I´m sorry. You see, I charge.

[CHUCKLES]

They ain´t welcome.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Did you know anything about this?

About their trip? No.

They never mentioned anything.

They said they might come visit. They didn´t say when.

Do me a favor. Know how you usually behave?

-Distant and miserable? -Yeah. Do the opposite.

[DOOR CLOSES]

EDNA: That better not be for me.

Dust is our enemy today, Edna.

-Help. -Well, this is new.

The in-laws showed up.

Out of nowhere.

In my house. They´re gonna stop by the office too.

No one is safe today, the Hoffmans have hit Everwood.

They´re old people. Plop them down in front of the TV...

...and toss them chips that ought to hold them.

You don´t know my father-in-law.

Not only is he one of New York´s premier transplant surgeons...

...he´s also the best dad who ever lived.

He somehow managed to perform over 150 liver transplants

a year and never missed a single birthday.

Did I mention my children worship him?

-He also walks on water? -Jogs on it, does pushups on it.

One-handed pushups.

I had this commander in Da Nang, my first week in triage...

...I watched her successfully resuscitate over 50 soldiers.

She was one of the best nurses...

...and still found time to bake cookies

for the entire platoon every Sunday without fail.

-Bitch. -Is she here right now, Edna?

Is she coming to judge your every move?

I don´t think so. I win.

Take a breath there, cowboy.

I can do that.

Attaboy. You got a patient in Room 1.

I´ll dust, you heal.

[DOOR OPENS THEN CLOSES]

Hey there, Ben.

Says here you´ve got a bad stomachache, huh?

You don´t charge people, right?

Right. Did you come here by yourself?

-Even for house calls? -Even for house calls.

But you´re here, this doesn´t qualify as a house call.

It´s not me who´s sick, it´s my dad. I lied to the lady.

-I see. -Could you come to my house?

My dad, he can´t move.

EPHRAM: Need help? AMY: I´m okay, thanks.

Feminist movement or because you don´t wanna talk to me?

I respect both.

And why wouldn´t I wanna talk with you?

I don´t know, the whole mine thing?

That was an accident. Let´s just forget about it, okay?

The bag isn´t that heavy, it´s just clothes

and stuff for the weekend.

I´m going straight to the hospital after school today.

Staying over in Denver?

I´m gonna be there every weekend till Colin comes home.

He really needs me right now.

I guess, you´re not going to that party tomorrow.

-No can do. -That´s too bad.

Should be pretty cool. I´ve never partied in a canyon.

Us New Yorkers, we´re more basement people.

Just ´cause I´m not going doesn´t mean you can´t.

-I know that. -I gotta go. See you later.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

DELIA: And this is the diner. RUTH: Mm-hm.

DELIA: We eat here a lot. -Ha, ha.

What does that mean, a lot?

Doesn´t your father cook once in a while?

-Only if he´s feeling cruel. -Edna.

[EDNA CHUCKLES]

This is Edna, she works for dad.

Ah.

She took me to the Army, then we found God.

She rides a motorcycle, isn´t that cool?

A motorcycle at your age?

Sounds a little dangerous to me, but what do I know?

You must be Delia´s great grandmother.

Nice to meet you.

This is Nonny.

She´s visiting from New York where the good bagels come from.

A pleasure.

You´re dropping by the office later.

In a little while.

We´ll have to postpone Operation Pickup, huh, private?

-Nonny could do it with us. -Do what with you, honey?

I was gonna show how to change a tire...

...see how an engine works, but I doubt you´d like that.

Why, you know me so well already?

Call it a hunch.

When were you planning on having this tire seminar?

-Tomorrow afternoon, 1300 hours. RUTH: Uh-huh.

We´ll be there. One o´clock.

WOMAN [ON TV]: Nice to see you. Every time we see you--

That´s my dad.

--another incredible invention.

-Oh, Ben, I told you not to. -He´s free, I asked.

I´m Dr. Brown. How are you feeling, Mr. O´Connell?

Uh, I´m actually feeling fine.

Ben´s a worrier, he shouldn´t have troubled you.

It´s no trouble at all.

I understand you´re having some difficulty moving.

Yeah, sciatica´s been acting up. Happens every once in a while.

If I just lie here though, for a couple of days,

it gets back to normal.

But it means we´ll miss the big father-son fly fest tomorrow.

-What´s that? MIKE: It´s a fishing...

...competition at the Larchmont River.

Ben walked off with a huge trout last year.

-Didn´t you, son? BEN: Yeah.

Mind if I look? Maybe there´s something I can do.

No, that´d be fine. I mean, since you´re here.

-Can you sit up at all? -You might need a forklift.

Is your mom around, Ben? She could take you back to school.

My mom doesn´t live here anymore.

It´s just me and Benny, but we´re doing

pretty good for ourselves.

And you, get on your bike, get back to school.

I´ll be alright.

-You´ll help him? -I´ll help him.

[PIANO PLAYING "MY WAY"]

[SINGING "MY WAY"]

-Fabulous. Perfect. EPHRAM: Ha, ha.

-Somewhere, Sinatra is smiling. -Aha. Look who´s home.

-Eight o´clock? -I stopped to get a pizza.

-Gino´s was backed up. -We already ate.

-That sounded good, Ephram. JACOB: No, not good.

A boy who hasn´t taken lessons in months, that sounded great.

We´re still looking for the right teacher.

Ah, news to me.

If Ephram wants one, he knows he can ask me.

Some things he shouldn´t have to ask, a parent should just do.

Ah. Andy, honey, I found some sheets for the sofa bed.

Sweetheart, just tell me where you keep the extra pillows.

Nonny, you are not sleeping on the sofa.

-Why not? -Have my room, I´ll sleep here.

No, I wouldn´t dream of it. We don´t impose on you.

I insist.

Alright, if you insist.

-Delia, go pick a bedtime story. DELIA: I already have one!

Show me what they´re teaching you in that school of yours.

-Goodnight, Andy. -Goodnight.

JACOB: What kind of house is this?

It´s like an oven in here.

[SIGHS]

JACOB: The waffle iron is too hot...

...that´s why it smells like rubber cement.

Morning, Jake, sleep well?

Well, so-so, the mattress is a little soft.

Beware. It cooks.

Sit down, I´m making your favorite.

-Oh, burnt waffles. -Not that burnt, so eat up.

Gotta save your strength for the father-son fly fest.

Father-son fly fest? What is this, some rock concert?

No, it´s a fishing competition over at the Larchmont River.

You like to fish, I thought we´d check it out.

Three generations of fathers and sons. What do you think?

I think the fumes have done damage to your brain.

Hey. Don´t talk to your father like that.

EPHRAM: Sorry.

JACOB: Maybe it´ll be fun. Hey, hell, let´s do it.

That´s okay, we´ll think of something else.

JACOB: Wait a minute, Andy.

Hey, Ephram.

Will you do it for me? Huh, champ?

I mean, it´ll be great.

And if we don´t like it, we´ll leave.

Ah, okay. Only if you promise to get breakfast on the way.

Deal. Okay, we leave in 20 minutes.

WOMAN 1 [ON PA]: Dr. Carter to Pathology.

Dr. Carter to Pathology.

WOMAN 2 [ON PA]: Dr. Lansek,

please call the nurse´s station.

-Dr. Lansek-- -You´re here early.

Morning.

I slept here. It´s easier and saves me on all the bus fare.

Guess what I brought.

Remember how we talked about last year´s Christmas dinner?

-I think so. -I found it.

But I noticed that Colin´s room doesn´t have a VCR.

We could ask the nurses.

I don´t think we should bother them with that.

I don´t think it would bother. It would help.

Help what?

Help him remember his life.

Everyone.

He will remember, Amy.

In time he will.

Sweetie, I know you mean well...

...but right now the pressure you´re putting

on Colin and yourself...

...it´s too much.

What do you mean?

I mean, he´s making fantastic progress.

He´s speaking again, he can sit himself up.

The doctors are optimistic about his memory returning.

-But this takes time. -I know, but I don´t--

I don´t think we should stop pushing.

We won´t.

But you have to.

You´re making it worse, Amy.

How?

Your expectations. It´s a strain on all of us.

Especially Colin.

Go home.

Take a break. Get your life back.

We´re not going anywhere.

I´m not asking you, Amy.

[MOUTHS] Okay.

Isn´t this great? Wish I had a camera.

-You do have a camera. -Wish I knew where it was.

BEN: Dr. Brown.

I need help. The brace isn´t working.

They come to your home?

Sorry, but we´re on our way out. I´ll stop by this afternoon.

You´re going to fly fest? I can´t go. My dad can´t move.

JACOB: This kid´s good.

Dad, don´t worry about it.

We´ll go. They probably don´t want three people on a team.

It´s true, they don´t.

Well, uh, maybe I´ll meet you guys later.

By the time you get there, the whole thing will be finished.

Go to your patient. He and I´ll go fishing, we´ll see you later.

Now, you´ll have a good time.

We will.

So then when you finish tightening up the lug nuts...

...then you put the hubcap back on, and Bob´s your uncle.

-Can I go under it? -Sure.

No. What does she have to see underneath?

You were changing the tire.

She wants an overview of how the machinery works.

-What´s wrong with that? -It could fall on her head.

I´ll be careful.

Why does my granddaughter need to know how to change a tire?

In case she gets a flat so she´s not stranded on the highway.

That´s why God invented Triple A.

Why should she depend on others for what she can do herself?

What´s wrong with asking for help?

EDNA: Well, maybe...

...you enjoy having people wait on you hand and foot,

but Delia is a strong little girl.

Don´t you tell me what my granddaughter is,

I know what she is.

DELIA: I think I´m stuck. -Oh. I got her.

[RUTH GRUNTS]

Oh, look at you.

Oh, you are a mess. Hmm. Come here. Come here.

Between dirt on my face and spit on my face, I´d take the dirt.

Sweetheart, look at this.

Your favorite diner´s having a poetry reading tonight.

-Doesn´t that sound like fun? -I guess so.

A little culture.

So it´s not the Met, but we make do, right?

Wanna have culture with us, Edna?

No, thanks, I´m not big on poetry.

Really? What a surprise.

Oh, what the heck, I´m always up for new things.

I´d love to tag along, if it´s alright with your Nonny.

Heh. Whatever you want, Delia.

This place is amazing.

I can´t imagine why your father never brought you here.

Yeah, well, fishing´s not really our thing.

Not even the new Andy, the furry, PTA, waffle-making Andy?

[EPHRAM CHUCKLES]

Hey, freakazoid. You know, I didn´t know you did sunlight.

Didn´t know you moonlighted as a condom.

Oh, you´re headed to the fly fest?

Your father doesn´t seem the type.

Well, this is my grandpa. Uh, Grandpa, this is Dr. Abbott.

-The other doctor in town. -He means the sane one.

-It´s a pleasure. And this? -My son, Bright.

JACOB: How are you? -Oh, good, thanks.

Nice to meet you.

-We´ll take our places there. JACOB: Alright.

All the best, gentlemen. Time to go kick some serious fish butt.

-Do fish actually have--? -Oh, leave it alone.

-He´s a funny guy. -Ah, he seems to think so.

The whole family´s not that bad though.

Really?

-There´s a daughter. -Ha-ha-ha.

I knew it. I was waiting for you to tell me.

-What´s her name? -Amy.

But things are a bit awkward right now.

How come?

I kinda kissed her the other day.

-Good for you. -She has a boyfriend.

Who do you think you are, Russell Crowe?

-Ha, ha. -Come on, show me how you cast.

Go ahead.

That´s beautiful. You´re a natural.

Heh.

So how big is the boyfriend?

I´m not sure.

He´s still recovering from a car wreck.

My dad operated on him.

No kidding, I read about that. So that´s the guy.

-Yeah. -You sure can pick them.

[EPHRAM CHUCKLES]

What does your father say about all of this?

Uh, we don´t really talk about girl stuff.

-Not even the new Andy, huh? -Yeah.

Two and 10. Two and 10.

This brace is gonna be uncomfortable for a while.

It´ll strengthen the muscles in your back

by forcing you to use better posture.

That sounds good.

You do realize that these problems

are symptomatic of a much larger issue.

MIKE: No pun intended, right?

I´m not gonna lie to you, Mike. I´m worried about your weight.

If we don´t do something to bring it down...

...these problems with your back will only get worse.

I´ve tried every diet in the book.

Fact is, it´s in my genes.

My granddaddy was fat, my daddy was fat.

Genetics play a part,

but beyond diets there are surgical procedures--

My insurance would never cover those.

Falls under cosmetics or something. No, I´m fine.

Nothing to worry about. Right, Ben?

I´ll tell you what. I´ll make some calls

and see what I can do, okay?

We´ll be in touch.

BEN: Are you really gonna call them? I just wanna know.

ANDY: You don´t have to worry so much about your dad.

He´s a grownup, he´s taking care of himself.

I´ll call them. Okay, Ben?

I promise.

Hey, I gotta talk to you.

You got the results back from your IQ test? You failed?

It´s about Amy. You gotta come to Sean´s party at the canyon.

Forget about it. I know she´s not gonna be there.

You don´t know anything. She´s on her way back now.

Colin´s folks don´t want her hanging out there...

...and she´s, like, depressed.

What do you mean? Why don´t they want her there?

She´s stressing everybody out.

Colin doesn´t even remember who anyone is anyways.

-He doesn´t remember? -You my echo or something?

Look, I´m telling you it´s bad...

...so I´m taking her to the party tonight,

you´re gonna be there to cheer her up.

Ah. Why would me being there cheer her up?

Believe me, I don´t get it any more than you do.

For some reason, seems like you´re the only one

that can make my sister smile.

How do you even know she´ll come?

Don´t worry. I´ll get her there. You just show up on time.

Bright!

Bright, I think I got something!

Oh, Lord.

Bright!

I assure you that Mr. O´Connell needs this procedure...

...it´s not so he can look better in a bathing suit.

Well, thank you very much.

You´ve been absolutely no help at all.

Hey, how was the fishing? You guys catch anything?

-You see any fish? -Well, that´s okay.

I´m gonna take us to Gino Chang´s

for a dinner that you will never forget.

-You´re gonna love this place. -Great.

I can´t go. I´ve got a party.

Your grandfather´s only in town for a little while,

you can miss one party, Ephram.

-Well, actually I can´t. JACOB: Andy.

I´ll handle this. I´m gonna make this very simple.

You´re not going. So you can either sit in your room...

...or come with us to dinner. It´s your choice.

[STOMPING ON STAIRS]

You can stomp all you want, it´s not gonna change anything.

[DOOR SLAMS]

[ANDY SIGHS]

Sometimes I have to be tougher with him than I wanna be.

You don´t know what the hell you´re doing, do you?

Excuse me?

You ground him for wanting to go to a party on Saturday night...

...but you let him quit the piano. That´s not right.

I´m not gonna force him to play.

Why not?

He´s not doing anything around here.

He has no friends, he has no life,

you sit back and watch because you don´t wanna force him?

What the hell kind of parenting is that?

I didn´t ask for your criticism.

I happen to be doing the best I can.

It´s not good enough.

That´s a hell of an assumption after 24 hours.

Hey. Don´t play offended with me.

You never took an interest in that boy and it´s catching up.

Thank God my daughter´s not alive--

No, she´s not alive.

It hasn´t been particularly easy in her absence.

So I´d appreciate just a little bit of understanding from you.

Particularly, since you are a guest in my house.

JACOB: You know, you´re right.

This hasn´t been easy on any of us.

But I´ll be damned if I´m gonna let you undo

everything my daughter did for those children.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]

[INCREASES VOLUME]

I can´t believe I´m gonna kill myself for a kegger.

[SIGHS]

Alrighty then.

MARTHA: We´ll take a 10-minute intermission, everybody.

Um, uh, don´t-- Don´t go nowhere. Heh.

Okay.

This is, uh, Everwood´s cultural epicenter?

The local video store carries Run, Lola, Run.

Sweetheart, stop fussing with them. You´ll get a run.

-They keep on falling down. -Why don´t you take them off?

Because she´s from New York,

where women gladly suffer for beauty.

My legs are really sweaty.

Hey, hey, let´s see who´s up next, hmm?

DELIA: How many more are there? -What´s the matter?

-You don´t like the show? -It might be over her head.

My granddaughter enjoyed the Nutcracker at Radio City.

And Carmen at the Met.

She can stay awake while the town´s

best spellers recite atop a deep fryer.

That may be, but it´s not gonna get better. I say we amscray.

It´s impolite to leave the theater

before the performance is over.

It´s not a theater. I´m sitting on an onion ring.

It´s a question of manners,

which I am trying to teach my granddaughter.

The kid is full of manners.

She says "please" and "thank you" and doesn´t burp in public.

You may not see the need to close your mouth...

...while you chew but the Hoffmans have higher standards.

There. Can I have a sundae now?

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Come on in, it´s open.

Hey, Mike, Andy Brown.

Dr. Brown, it´s a Saturday night,

don´t you have better places to be?

Ah, if only I did, Mike. I´ve got great news. Is Ben around?

Yeah, he´s in his room. Why, what´s going on?

I spent the afternoon on the phone with insurance people

and they´re awful.

So I started thinking outside of the box.

I wish you hadn´t wasted that kinda time.

Lucky for you, I have no life.

Talked to some friends in New York.

On Saturday.

Once upon a time, I was a famous person. People take my calls.

They said they would be happy to perform your gastric bypass...

...for the price of one plane ticket,

what do you think about that?

It´s sweet, but I´m not having any kind of surgery, Dr. Brown.

I´m not all that anxious to get under the knife. You understand.

I don´t. I thought it was the money that was preventing--

Well, money was a part of it.

The truth is, I am very happy the way I am.

I mean, I have an occasional backache, but it´s no big deal.

No, Mike, it is a big deal.

Your back problems are the least of your concerns.

Your weight makes you more susceptible to heart disease...

...gastric disorders, not to mention type 2 diabetes.

Throw all the scary words you like, I´m not changing my mind.

Mike, listen to me.

I am telling you that you could die.

When my time comes, it comes.

My dad passed at 55, but he died a very happy man.

-That´s really all we can ask. ANDY: No, it´s not.

No, it´s not.

We´re all entitled now to live much longer and happier lives.

And this surgery I´m talking about is much less invasive now.

We can keep the post-operative pain to a minimum--

MIKE: Goodnight, Dr. Brown.

MAN 1 [ON TV]: --for somebody to pass it to.

MAN 2: Oh, there´s Jamal Wilson at the basket.

Alley-oop shot. Up two points.

MAN 1: Nowhere, two points.

[CROWD CHATTERING]

-This hood taken? AMY: Hey.

I swear I saw an actual coyote waiting in line for the keg.

-Thought you couldn´t make it. -Was gonna say the same to you.

Yeah, well, my brother forced me into the car...

...so I didn´t have much choice.

Well, you look nice...

...for someone who was forcibly removed.

Ha, ha. Thank you.

Tequila anyone?

I can show you how to do a body shot, Amy.

I´ll pass.

JOCK: You, dude? -I´m cool.

Can´t believe you didn´t let him lick lemon off your neck.

You must be seriously depressed.

[AMY SIGHS]

-So how are you? Really? -I´m great.

Good, because you know, I heard, Colin--

You know, he´s not doing that well.

Actually, he´s doing amazing.

Well, because, you know, I mean, it can take

a long time to fully recuperate...

...especially from a head trauma like this.

And how would you know?

Have you ever known anybody in a coma before?

No, I asked my dad. You know, I know progress can be slow.

Sometimes it´s even harder on the person waiting--

Why are you telling me this, Ephram?

No, I see you so stressed out all the time.

-I just, I just wanna help. -You can´t.

Look, I´m sure you´re fine, Amy, okay?

But I just think maybe you should take a break.

You know, wait till he´s back to school,

try to move on a little bit.

You know what, Ephram?

Maybe you should move on.

-Hey. JOCK: Yeah.

[CROWD APPLAUDING]

Thank you. And thanks, everybody, for coming.

Um, don´t forget, Thursday night is interpretive dance.

Please wear deodorant.

[CROWD APPLAUDING]

When did we lose her?

I think somewhere around that nervous woman´s fifth haiku.

-Isn´t she an angel? -That she is.

She looks so much like my Julia.

Such soft features.

Your daughter was a beautiful woman.

Dr. Brown keeps a photograph of her on his desk.

Oh.

She´ll forget her. She´s too young, her memories will fade.

Ephram´s won´t, but Delia?

Not right.

How will she ever know how lucky she was?

What a wonderful mother she had.

You´ll remind her.

I can´t, I´m not here.

She´s only been here a few months and already--

She´s growing up so fast.

I don´t know what she likes anymore, what to buy her.

[CHUCKLES]

Not that I ever knew what to buy this one.

Fiercely independent.

Tell me about it.

You´ll tell me about it.

She likes you.

You have a lot in common.

It´s good.

You know, something tells me...

...she´s not gonna forget you, Nonny.

She has your chin, you know.

RUTH: Look at that.

I never noticed that before.

She does.

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]

Excuse me.

Do you see a Porta-Potty?

Never mind.

Back to work. Oh.

Dude, I gotta go pee.

-Dude, use the bushes. -Bushes.

Okay.

Excuse me.

Well, Mr. Bush, you´re so nice and green.

I am your sprinkler.

Ha, ha. Sprinkler, that´s funny.

More people should like me.

[POLICE RADIO CHATTERING]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

ANDY: Coming, coming, coming.

OFFICER: Is this your son?

Can´t be. My son is safely tucked into his bed upstairs.

-He´s not Ephram Brown? ANDY: Depends.

-What did he do? OFFICER: Public intoxication...

...and underage drinking. He´s never been a problem,

so we didn´t take him in. But if we catch him--

You catch him again, you better keep him.

Thank you, officer.

-You gotta be kidding me. -Ha, ha.

-Really wanna do this right now? -Oh, yeah, I think so.

What´s going on with you, are you drunk?

Not enough, but you know, we can fix that. Toss me a Heineken.

Oh, you think this is funny?

It´s bad enough that you drank, we´re gonna talk about that...

...but you had to pick this weekend to turn into a teenager?

You haven´t been to a party since we got here.

All of a sudden you´re getting plastered and arrested?

If you wanted to embarrass me, you´ve done one hell of a job.

Yeah, that´s exactly right.

That´s what this is about. This is all about you.

I got arrested just so you could feel bad about yourself.

You know that´s not what I meant.

Hey, look at me, I´m Superdad. Let´s fish and make waffles.

[CHUCKLES]

I got news for you. They´re not buying it.

But don´t worry, you promise to raise my allowance,

I promise I´ll give you a hug.

-Right in front of Grandpa. -Alright. Listen.

I´m not gonna talk when you´re like this.

You go to bed and I´ll talk to you in the morning.

Maybe I should drink more often because not talking to me...

...that´s the best idea you´ve ever had. Ever.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Alright!

Hold your horses.

[KNOCKING CONTINUES]

[ANDY SIGHS]

Ben.

You said you were gonna help him. You promised me.

Maybe if I pay you.

It´s not about that, Ben, your father´s not interested.

-We have to make him interested. -Well, it´s not that simple.

Look, he´s my dad.

Can´t you just try one more time? For me.

What else is there?

Is it possible she really wants four cartons of eggs?

We don´t question this, we just do its bidding.

I think we´d better get you some aspirin. Come on.

Or a new head, that´d be good.

What you did last night was pretty stupid,

you know that, don´t you?

He was being unreasonable, you saw.

Yeah, yeah. I´m not arguing that.

But sneaking out of the house?

Getting drunk? That´s childish. You´re not a child.

-He treats me like one. -Well, don´t let him.

When I was a kid, we had no money, my family.

I had to work every day after school to put food on the table.

That makes you grow up pretty fast.

By 16, I was considered a man by my mother and father.

And that was one of the greatest gifts they ever gave me.

Know what I found out?

-What? -Getting what you want is easy.

Knowing what you want, that´s the challenge.

That´s what separates the men from the boys.

-You understand? -No. Not really.

Well, let me try it this way.

What do you want, Ephram?

I don´t mean just permission to go to a party.

I mean for your life.

Right now. What do you want? What do you wish for?

I-- I don´t know.

Well, figure it out. Then make it happen.

-Ooh, I´m sorry. -I´m sorry.

Oh, I´m sorry, I apologize.

Ephram.

Is this your grandfather?

Uh, yeah. Uh, Grandpa, this is Amy Abbott.

Amy Abbott.

-Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.

Give me this, I´ll go get you some aspirin, okay?

So, um, heard the cops busted up the party last night.

Yeah.

How long were you there?

Long enough to move on.

What are you making?

Well, if you want the good French toast...

...I´m gonna have to make the challah from scratch.

Your grandfather can´t seem to find

a Jewish bakery anywhere. Go figure.

Can I help?

I thought you were gonna finish doing the tires with Edna today.

I can do that any time. I´d rather stay home with you.

[RUTH CHUCKLES]

Did your mother ever tell you her famous Shabbat story?

I don´t remember.

Well, she was right around your age...

...and going to the yeshiva a few blocks down from our house.

And every Friday, they would do a little Shabbat service.

You know, light the candles, say the motze.

Anyway, every week a different child

would get to lead the prayer.

Well, it was a big honor.

And the week it was your mother´s turn?

That´s all she could talk about.

I spent an hour French braiding her hair

that morning, I will never forget it.

[RUTH CHUCKLES]

So the big moment finally comes.

She walks up to the head of the table...

...and as soon as they pinned the big doily on her head...

...she´s starts screaming.

She wanted everyone to see her pretty French braid.

So, what happened?

Dossie Pearl did the motze.

And your mother sat back down in her chair...

...and at the end of the prayer, smiled...

...and said "amen" with the rest of the children.

Heh.

No one could tell your mother what to do.

She was a-- She was a tough cookie.

Am I doing it right?

You´re doing it perfect, Tattelah.

Just perfect.

Ha. You just don´t know when to stop, do you?

Your son came to my house this morning.

I´m sorry, he shouldn´t have done that.

He´s worried about you, Mike.

Let me tell you something.

I would give anything to have with my son

what you have with yours.

You have no idea how lucky you are.

Yeah, he´s a good kid.

Then help him.

Help him by taking care of yourself.

Look, forget everything I said the other day...

...that´s not what it´s about.

You need to have this surgery because your son needs you.

It´s as simple as that.

[MIKE SCOFFS]

I´m scared.

I know, it´s natural.

Not just about going under the knife.

What if this doesn´t work?

What if I go through the whole thing, and nothing changes?

What if I keep eating the same way?

I don´t think I could disappoint Ben like that. I don´t--

I don´t wanna fail in front of him that way.

If you don´t try, you´re still gonna let him down.

And as for failing in front of your son,

you´re looking at the master.

The good news is, it gets easier the more you do it.

Why don´t you give yourself a chance, Mike?

Give Ben a chance.

So...

...what´s a plane ticket cost these days?

[ANDY CHUCKLES]

Hey, what´s going on?

We´re just talking.

What about?

About New York.

About Ephram coming to live there with us.

Who brought this up?

I did.

I see.

JACOB: Ephram...

...give us a minute alone, will you? It´ll be alright.

What are you doing?

-This isn´t me. ANDY: Like hell it isn´t.

You think you decided something here?

You think you´re gonna take my son away from me?

Hold it, hold it, hold it.

We haven´t made any decision, we´re just talking.

-There´s nothing to talk about. -He´s not doing well, Andy.

Not here, and not with you, and you know it too.

You think he´ll do better away from his family?

JACOB: Hey, I´m his family.

He´s spent more time with me in 15 years than he has with you.

You think a few months in the mountains makes up

for missing most of his life?

It doesn´t.

You and I are surgeons, Andy, right?

We know how it´s done.

You locate the problem...

...you go in, you excise it...

...you move on.

What you don´t do is ignore it and pretend that it´ll go away.

I´m not ignoring it.

Look, we are doing better now.

We are working things out.

You have no idea how hard this kid has been.

JACOB: I know, I know, I know.

I´ve been watching you.

I see you trying.

And I appreciate it more than you´ll ever believe,

but it´s too big.

Even for you, Andy.

Now, it´s an easy fix.

What´s more, it´s what he wants.

You know, the other day...

...he was talking to me about the girl that he likes.

It wasn´t much, we talked for about an hour.

But he was laughing.

He was laughing, I haven´t seen him laugh since we got here.

Andy, I-- I get him.

And he gets me.

Just think about it. Hmm?