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(male narrator) Sometimes we don´t know our own strength.

It can be hard to tell just how much weight you can safely bear

or how much will crush you.

I´d like to think you can shoulder

as big a burden as you believe you can.

That it´s all a matter of will. Certainly a comforting thought.

Away not three months

the girl accumulates a lifetime´s worth of possessions.

Somebody ought to tell her there´s no room

for this much refuse.

Well, maybe not now, Harold.

Perhaps not.

Well, private, it´s been a hell of a ride.

Grandma.

Oh, if you make me cry..

None of that for me, little girl.

Oh, come on, Irv, you know you´re gonna miss me.

I´m serious about the TiVo. You can´t be a VCR man forever.

[chuckles]

Alright, I guess this is it.

(Colin) ´Dr. Abbott.´

I don´t expect you to forgive me..

..or even like me.

But I´m hoping you can at least accept a thank you.

(Tommy) ´You saved my life.´

It was my daughter who saved your life.

All I did was show up.

Make it quick.

It´s been two days. Didn´t you wanna make sure I was okay?

I called the hospital.

They said you were released yesterday.

So were you gonna leave a forwarding address

or just going for a clean getaway?

I´m just going home.

- That´s good. - Yeah.

Well, um, I´ll give you a call.

- Let you get settled in. - No, don´t.

I think we both know that we can´t keep doing this, Tommy.

Look, Amy...I screwed up.

I know that. I never should´ve taken you to that party.

We never should´ve done that crap.

This has been a serious wake-up call.

And I´m glad. I hope that you get the help that you need.

No, Amy, I don´t, I don´t need help.

I just, I just need you.

I can´t be that person for you anymore.

It was just a slip. One slip, one night. That´s not who I am.

It was three months of lies.

So what?

What, I´m not good enough for you anymore?

´What are you gonna do, you´ll go back to mommy and daddy?´

You´re gonna go back to being little miss perfect, is that it?

Well, you can´t.

You won´t be able to.

Not after us.

I gotta go. Take care of yourself, Tommy.

Other times, it´s hard to remember

you had any strength at all.

Then you can only hope to have someone to remind you

you were once fierce and able.

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

Let´s go home.

[theme music]

[music continues]

[children chattering]

This is boring.

Boring? Are you kidding? This is fun.

You gotta do it like I told you. Throw it hard.

He´s late, Andy.

Only five minutes. You doing okay?

Yeah. Well, maybe he´s not coming.

Maybe he changed his mind about the whole thing.

I mean, it´s possible.

- I gotta go to the bathroom. - Stay.

- I´ll take him. - Oh, thank you.

Hi.

Hi.

You look good, Nina.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Is that it? Is that all we´re gonna do?

- You have nothing else to say? - Nina, don´t.

- It´s hard enough. - You´ve no idea how hard it is.

Daddy´s here.

Hey, look at you. You´ve grown a whole foot.

Dr. Brown, nice to see you.

Hello, Carl.

His toothbrush is in the pouch, game starts at nine, they said--

To be there at 8:30. I know.

Come on. Let´s go play. Come on, daddy.

Bye, honey. I´ll see you tomorrow.

She hasn´t actually said the words?

´Could tell by the way she looked.´

"Go away, little man.

Come back when you´re older or taller or somebody else."

She has very expressive eyes.

This is good. So, you know, you´re still holding some cards.

What cards? I have no cards.

You could break up with her first.

Sure, you´re gonna miss out on pity sex

but sometimes your pride comes before your nads.

Not very often, but it happens.

You´re missing the point. I don´t wanna break up.

I´m trying to preserve a relationship with Madison.

If that was a possibility, you´d be there with hand on boob.

You don´t think I can fix things?

You tackled her guitarist

got kicked out of the club that gave her a paying gig.

I don´t think God could fix this.

See you later.

You can´t keep avoiding me, Bright.

Our rooms are two feet away from each other.

He was using my room as his own personal gym. You believe that?

No comment.

Yeah, sorry, not your problem. It´s been a really crappy day.

I´m sure it must be weird coming home after all this time

but everything will get back to normal soon enough.

That´s one way to look at it.

Tommy had a different take on the whole thing.

Well, I´m sure he had a good point in his own special way.

You don´t have to. We broke up this morning.

You did?

Yeah.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I think so.

I kinda saw it coming, like we were forcing things.

And then that whole thing happened.

I´m sure that you heard.

Yeah, I think pretty much everybody heard.

- It sounded pretty scary. - Yeah.

But it´s okay. It´s for the best.

How are things with you, the Madison thing?

Good, good, I mean, you know

she´s been real busy with the band

Other than that, it´s been really good.

Well, good.

Good to know, one of us made a relationship work this year.

- Can I.. - That´s okay.

- You sure? - Yeah.

[instrumental music]

So I take it the Fun Zone wasn´t so fun?

Nope. The Fun Zone was definitely not a fun zone.

I´ve never seen Nina so nervous.

I knew he was up to something.

I could tell from the way he was acting this morning, but I..

I´m gonna kill him, Andy.

I swear to God, I´m gonna kill him.

What happened?

He´s asking for sole custody of Sam.

What? He can´t do that.

That´s what I said. But apparently, he can.

He got a promotion. He´s making tons of cash.

I can´t compete with that.

Plus, he´s enrolled Sam in some fancy private school.

I wasn´t even gonna ask for alimony. I´m such an idiot.

- I´m gonna lose Sam, aren´t I? - No, you´re not.

There´s more to parenting than how much money you make.

One visit isn´t gonna make up for all his neglect.

(Andy) ´Kids are smart. They can see through that.´

Yeah, and the courts may be changing

but this is still a small, conservative county.

The odds of any judge giving sole custody

to a single, gay father..

I mean, it´s a long shot. You don´t need to worry.

(Andy) ´She´s right. No one´s gonna take Sam away from you.´

You´re gonna win this case.

Right.

[doorbell ringing]

- Hey. - Hi.

Come on in.

I´m still working on a little anger, give me a second.

Yeah, take your time.

Freezing my ass off outside a police station

was not as cool as getting my band signed by a manager.

It wasn´t the way I thought the night would go.

I know. I´m sorry.

´What made me mad though was, you didn´t call.´

You said you would call.

I didn´t think you wanted me to.

I thought you were saying that to be nice.

Well, you thought wrong.

I wanted you to call so that we could talk.

´That´s one of the things I like about us.´

We don´t play games. You tell me how you feel.

I know exactly where we stand.

Oh, that´s my problem. I say too much. No filter.

You should have called.

If not calling was the reason you´re gonna break up with me..

Who said I´m breaking up with you?

You did. The other day, you..

I´m just gonna stop talking now.

Look, I´m not gonna lie to you. This relationship is hard.

Maybe a little harder than most, but...so what?

That´s the way relationships get, right?

That´s how they are.

- Yeah, I guess. - ´So we work on it.´

How pathetic are we if we just bail at the first sign

of trouble? It´s not me. I know it´s not you.

- No, not at all. - Me neither.

At least, I don´t want it to be me.

Maybe...it has been me in the past.

There´s good stuff here.

There´s stuff that I think is worth saving.

What I mean is...I know that we have things to work out

but I´m willing to try, if you are.

Yeah, I mean, I think trying is the right thing to do here.

That´s much better than that other not trying thing.

I think that´s bad.

Okay. Good.

- This is good. - This is great.

We´ll back it up a couple notches

regroup, maintain hope.

Remain cautiously optimistic.

Here´s a little hint for you, though

you forget my birthday, it´s over.

- You got a birthday coming up? - Funny. Laughing.

(Page) ´Brad and Eric are coming tonight.´

We´ll fit in my car, but we might´ve to sit on laps.

I´ll take Eric´s lap.

Where you guys going?

Hey, Page.

They opened this drive-in diner where the deli used to be.

Gonna be the place to be from now on.

Yeah, I heard about that. So, you guys are all going?

- Sounds like fun. - What are you doing here?

I was thinking about joining class again.

But I don´t know if Mrs. Baxworth will..

We heard you OD´d, had to go to the emergency room

get your stomach pumped. That is so gross.

That didn´t exactly happen.

See, no track marks.

Are you really going out with Tommy Callahan?

No, we broke up...actually.

Are we supposed to be sad for you?

[bell ringing]

No, I was telling you, in case you were wondering

or curious or whatever.

We weren´t.

Oh, so it is true.

Someone wrote Amy Abbott on the class role

I thought it was a joke.

Welcome back, sweetie.

Oh!

Don´t know where you´ve been, but it´s treated you well.

You´re just skinny as a twig.

Alright, everyone, up on your feet.

I want to see plies and I want to see them now.

(Mrs. Baxworth) ´And five, six, seven, eight.´

[piano music]

Turn out from your hips and not your feet.

When I finally came out, it was like this huge burden lifting.

Like everything had been cloudy

and all of a sudden, I could see.

I felt better physically.

I started connecting with people again.

I wasn´t ashamed or afraid. And...I don´t know.

I guess I got my confidence back. That´s when I got the job.

How long have you been employed at Carnahan Systems?

Just under a year.

Bought the house last month when they made me vice-president.

And your salary is $120,000 a year, correct?

Plus pension and health.

Sam´s on the policy, also on my life insurance.

I started a college fund last year.

I´ve already got a place for him at Lamplighter

which is right by my house.

Thank you. Your witness.

Mr. Feeney, what´s your son´s favorite book?

Well, there´s probably more than one. Sam loves to read.

Hmm. Can you tell me the name of his teacher?

Again, he´s got a lot of them.

So pick one.

Tell me the name of one of the teachers

who spends time educating your son.

I, uh, can´t recall.

(female #1) ´You don´t know anything about Sam´s life, do you, sir?´

´Ever since you walked out on him over a year ago.´

Look, maybe I can´t sit here right now

and tell you every detail about Sam´s day-to-day life..

...but that´s what this is all about.

I wanna be a part of it again.

I wanna be there when he wakes up

when he comes home from school

to tuck him in at night.

I´ve missed too much. I just wanna share everything with him.

Have you shared the fact that you´re gay?

This is redundant. We already know about Mr. Feeney.

We know. That wasn´t the question.

I was asking about Sam. Besides, I believe he opened the door.

I´ll ask you again, Mr. Feeney.

Does your son know that you´re gay?

- I don´t know. - Have you told him?

Not yet.

He´s only six.

´We talk about cartoons or PlayStation´

´or what he wants on his pizza.´

If I were dating a woman, I wouldn´t tell him.

He´s not ready.

There are things he´s too young to understand or care about.

And when will he be old enough?

I don´t know. Four or five years, maybe.

Is that how long it´ll take for you to get comfortable

with being a gay father?

Should your son suffer because you´re ashamed

of your lifestyle?

- Objection. - Overruled.

I´m not ashamed of anything.

Why is it when a person says they´re gay

their sexuality suddenly becomes the defining thing about them?

I´m gay.

I´m also a Republican.

I haven´t told Sam about that either.

I thought the question here is what´s best for Sam

not who´s gay and who´s not.

You don´t believe the fact that you´re gay

will have any effect on Sam´s life?

I didn´t say that.

What I´m saying is, I don´t think it´ll have any effect

on my ability to be a good parent.

´Of course, I´m gonna tell my son, Miss Shumacher..´

...when he´s ready.

Can we please get some frozen yogurt now?

You told me you´d help me get the perfect gift for Madison.

Yeah, but I didn´t think it would take this long.

Well, what about this?

It´s a pot.

I know. She cooks all the time. It´s perfect, right?

- But it´s a pot. - What, so, no?

Okay, no.

Are you guys gonna get married?

What? I don´t know. I-I mean, I..

That´s a long, long, long way off.

Please don´t ask questions like that, okay?

[phone ringing]

- Hello. - ´Is this the jailbait?´

- Who´s this? - ´Mindy, Madison´s friend.´

I stole your number from her cell.

Nothing scary.

Oh, chill out. I´m not stalking you.

I´m calling about Maddy´s 21st birthday.

Yeah, I´m working on that now.

´I heard about the schmancy dinner, she´ll love it.´

But you´ve gotta move it up for me.

Why? What´s going on?

´Tracy and I wanna throw her a party.´

You know, invite all her buds, make a mess, molest a stripper.

´I´m kidding about the stripper. Too expensive.´

We can decorate while you´re out

you bring her back, everyone yells surprise.

You know, she has a heart attack and we all get wasted.

Sounds like fun. What time should we be there?

Not sure yet but I´ll call you.

She´s clueless as a Playboy Bunny, so don´t spill the beans.

No problem. All beans shall remain unspilled.

It´s $500 but the man said it was the best.

Where´s your wallet?

So you were the one who decided not to put Sam on Ritalin?

Well, I was his treating physician

and I didn´t feel that it was indicated.

Sam is a bright, curious, energetic kid.

He´s hard to control sometimes but he´s in kindergarten.

What do you mean, "hard to control?"

Well, that´s overstating it a bit.

He can be a handful, but Nina does a great job.

(male #1) ´As his physician, you see him for regular check-ups?´

Yes, and immunizations, the occasional cold.

All the routine stuff.

And the broken arm he sustained on the accident on February 7th?

He went to the emergency room.

Could you tell the court what happened that day?

I mean, from the best of your recollections, of course.

Well, in typical little boy fashion, he--

Without the commentary, doctor, thank you.

Sam tried to drive the family car. He drove it into a pole.

- ´You saw the accident happen?´ - No.

Heard a crash, I ran outside and found Sam in the car.

Sam was unsupervised and alone when you found him?

- ´No, Nina was in the house.´ - ´So he was alone?´

He had gotten out without her noticing.

That happens to the best of us.

How long after this accident did it take Mrs. Feeney

´to dash from the house? Seconds, a minute?´

Not long.

Let me help you here, doctor.

According to the insurance adjustor notes

two other neighbors witnessed the event.

You sent your son in to get Mrs. Feeney. Is that true?

Yes.

´The accident was loud enough to draw you out´

´but not Mrs. Feeney?´

Her child had crashed a car into a pole, she didn´t hear it?

- She´d fallen asleep. - Asleep?

She was exhausted from working.

´It´s a good thing that she has you for a neighbor.´

´Thank you, no more questions.´

(Judge) ´Council, it´s been a long day´

let´s hold off on redirect until morning.

You´re excused until tomorrow, sir. We´re adjourned.

[bangs gavel]

- Honey? - Hm?

If you can believe it, Irv just brought more of Amy´s things.

He swears this is the last.

Of course, he´s-he said as much before.

My goodness. How clean.

I´ve been after her for years to take down all these posters.

Now that she did, I´m kinda sorry to see it go.

- Yeah, including this? - That I won´t miss.

I´m gonna take this stuff down to the garage just in case.

- Okay. - You let her unpack that.

- She can do it later. - Yeah.

Must´ve left them when I picked you up.

That´s okay. We have plenty of time.

I´m sure there´s an opening act, right?

You know what? I thought that I left the lights on.

(all) Surprise!

We got you. Oh, my God, your face is so red right now.

- When? How did you do this? - You know, I toil.

And I get by with a little help from your friends.

- Wait, you knew about this? - All part of my master plan.

So, we´re not going to any concert?

There is no concert. It´s a good thing you look stuff up.

My God, I can´t believe you.

Mad, come here, come see what Natty got you.

Come on. I´ll hook you up with tequila shots.

Oh, that´s alright. I got my ID confiscated.

Dude, no one´s gonna card you here.

Yeah, I gotta drive later.

I´d rather just keep it between the lines.

Your call. You change your mind, the bar´s in the back room.

At headquarters.

[rock music on stereo]

[music on jukebox]

(woman on loudspeaker) ´23, order 23, pick up.´

You came.

Yeah, I thought it sounded like fun.

Do you guys have room at your table?

I could buy an extra basket of fries

or onion rings or something.

[sighs] Let me just say that I´m sorry.

(Amy) ´I know I kinda disappeared for a while´

and I wasn´t the best friend in the world.

But I wanna change that, try to work on things, you know?

You´re really desperate, aren´t you?

Maybe I shouldn´t have come.

Or maybe you shouldn´t have ditched us in the first place.

I didn´t ditch you, Page.

One day, we´re talking on the phone

and the next, Laynie´s your new best friend

you won´t even wave to me in the halls.

I didn´t see you calling me.

I didn´t see any of you do one kind thing after Colin died.

You just wanted me to keep on doing what I always did

plan the parties, go to the mall

fight for the best dance costume.

I couldn´t, Page. I thought you´d understand that.

I´m sorry. Were your druggie friends more understanding?

I´m just trying to get my life back.

Well, you can´t have it back.

[knocking]

- I am so sorry. - It´s okay.

I don´t know what happened.

´He was asking me all these questions´

and then the next thing I know, it just came out.

I feel awful. If you already hate me--

I don´t hate you.

´Look, I´m gonna fix this, Nina.´

I will do whatever it takes to make it right.

I´m not mad, Andy.

I mean, I might be someday but right now, it´s..

When I was in that courtroom listening to those words

I couldn´t believe it.

I couldn´t believe--

I couldn´t believe that you were talking about me.

All you did was tell the truth.

When I heard it, all I could think was

anybody who´d let that happen to her son doesn´t deserve him.

Maybe Carl´s right.

I´m not the best person to take care of Sam anymore.

What are you talking about?

It was my mistake.

If you´re gonna get mad at someone, get mad at me.

Yell at me.

What should I think? Look at me.

I´m working my ass off in three jobs. I never have time for Sam.

When I do, I´m too tired so I snap at him.

I´ve completely missed the point.

No, no, that´s exactly the point.

You are willing to do anything to make a life for him.

But what good is that if I can´t even keep him safe?

I wouldn´t give me custody either.

It was an accident, Nina.

It could´ve happened to anyone.

So, I have a cousin in Denver who owns a couple restaurants.

He´s always complaining that he can´t find a good floor manager.

So, uh, one thing I do know is the restaurant business.

Denver? What are you talking about?

Half the house is mine. Carl agreed to that.

If I get a good price and get some good work

I´d be able to afford a place in his neighborhood.

Wait a minute. Hold on a second. You´re talking about moving?

You love this town.

I know. But if Carl takes Sam, it´s..

I have to be near him, Andy.

And let´s face it, there´s nothing keeping me here anymore.

Well, you can´t just leave. I..

I mean...everybody in this town is crazy about you. You..

´Andy.´

Just promise me you won´t make a decision about it right now.

This isn´t over yet.

Feels like it is.

[door opens]

[sighs]

You guys were talking about me.

Irv brought by the remainder of your things today.

I took it upstairs and opened it for you and, uh..

Your birth control pills were there.

I hope you know I wasn´t rummaging through

your personal effects with any idea of finding something.

´I was not looking for anything.´

No, it´s okay. I don´t blame you.

In any case, since I did find them

I feel a conversation is in order.

I´m not sleeping with anybody.

And I didn´t sleep with Tommy

if that´s what you guys are wondering.

- Can I go upstairs now? - I´m not sure we´re done yet.

Honestly, dad, there´s nothing to discuss.

´I thought it was a good idea, but as it turns out´

everything that I think is a good idea is actually wrong.

Thought I could get my life back but I was wrong about that too.

Now, I have no friends and Bright hates me.

Just tell me what you want me to do.

I´ll do it. You want me to throw out the pills, I will.

Just, I´m tired. I wanna go to bed, okay?

Of course. Get some rest.

Maybe we all share some blame in this.

(Harold) ´I´m sorry that you got so desperate´

that you had to go those clinics instead of coming to us.

- I didn´t go to a clinic, dad. - What?

Amy, who gave you the pills?

[loud rock music on stereo]

(female #2) ´Hey, can I get one?´

[indistinct chattering]

Hey, so how was dinner? Did you guys have fun?

The food sucked but at least the atmosphere was bad.

Sorry. I kinda forced you to have the geriatric dinner.

Hard to get your groove on at 6 o´clock.

That was the least of our problems.

At least she´s having fun now.

I´d feel bad if her entire birthday was a bust.

I´m sure it wasn´t as bad as you think.

She really digs you. She talks about you all the time.

Yeah?

[music continues]

You kind of love her, don´t you?

´Yeah, you have that face.´

I remember when I had the face. Derek Senn.

We called him demigod because he was Godlike.

´I met him freshman year, we dated for six months.´

The most amazing six months of my life.

He decided he had to bike around South America

so he dropped out.

We said goodbye at the airport, I haven´t heard from him.

It was pretty much the worst pain I ever felt.

Why does everybody feel the need to tell me

how awful their first love was?

´I don´t know.´

I guess because they´re always awful

and amazing and usually over before they start.

We´re out of beer, people. This party is on the move.

Come on, we´re going to the Rhythm Room.

That´s okay. No ID, remember?

Don´t worry. Mindy can get you in. She´s great at that.

That´s alright.

I don´t wanna get carded in front of those people. It´s..

Alright, it´s okay.

I don´t have to go.

Are you kidding? No, go. It´s your birthday. Have fun.

I´ve got a math test tomorrow anyway.

But I wanted to spend tonight with you.

Well, so did I but..

Here we are again.

Let´s go, birthday girl. The cab is here.

Call me later, okay?

Come on.

[music continues]

(Miss Shumacher) ´So Mrs. Feeney is trustworthy?´

The best way to answer that is I leave my kids

with her all the time.

I wouldn´t do that if I didn´t trust her completely.

So, Mrs. Feeney has provided care

for your children in her home?

I worry my daughter is more comfortable at her house

than she is in her own room.

And the incident you described yesterday

didn´t make you feel less inclined to do so?

No, not at all.

(Miss Shumacher) ´Thank you.´

Could I...can I say one more thing, please?

Your Honor--

Relax, counsel. There´s no jury here.

As I said, I live next door to Nina

and I´ve seen her go through...a lot this year.

She was in an impossible situation.

She was left alone without resources and without help.

Yet in spite of that, she didn´t just survive, she flourished

and continued to be there for all of her friends

myself included and-and Nina is my best friend.

(Andy) ´And believe me, I haven´t had many best friends.´

´She loves this place.´

She doesn´t wanna leave here.

But she´s already made plans to move to Denver

in case she loses today. To be near her son.

(Andy) ´And I hope she doesn´t have to do that.´

Your Honor...I know you´re here to determine

the best interests of this child.

And I know it falls outside of my jurisdiction as a doctor

but I have to tell you

that it is in the best interests of anyone..

...to live in Nina´s company and be a part of her life.

Please.

Please don´t take her and Sam away from us.

We need her here. I need her here.

(male #1) ´We´re going to object to that.´

It´s nonresponsive to the question

if there even was a question.

Overruled.

[bell rings]

- ´Yeah?´ - ´Is that cool with you?´

[indistinct chattering]

- I thought you had dance class. - I´m not going.

Bright, I´m tired and I just wanna go home.

No, you don´t. You want to go to class but you´re scared.

I´m not scared.

- I´m not. - Look, it´s your life.

You get to decide what to do with it, not them.

I can´t go in there.

Yeah, you can.

Come on. You´re the best dancer in the school.

You shouldn´t give up what you love

because some asshats made you feel bad.

Screw them, they´ll come around.

How do you know? You haven´t.

You were there, you saw what they did.

You didn´t do anything about it.

That´s because I was still mad.

If you wanna know the truth, I´m still pissed off.

You seriously messed up my senior year

which only happens once or...like, twice.

If you´re still mad, then why do you even care?

Because...it was messed up, what Page did to you.

You know...I don´t like seeing you..

...being treated that way, you know?

I mean, I can treat you like that

but if everyone else starts doing it

where´s the fun in that?

- Hmm. - They´ll get over it, Amy.

You just, you gotta stay in their face about it, okay?

You gotta be you.

Hmm. Go.

Be yourself.

Annoying, self-righteous

pain-in-the-ass you.

Keep talking, brother. Keep talking.

(female #3) ´Four, five, six, seven, eight.´

I didn´t wanna open it without you.

I´m sorry. I just had to go.

You´re not the one who should be sorry. It´s me.

I shouldn´t have gotten so drunk. I..

I didn´t realize I was..

Are you kidding me?

It was your 21st birthday.

I think it´s allowed. In fact, I think it´s mandatory.

You wanna go first or should I?

No, I will.

I can´t.

[piano music]

Well, at least we tried.

I mean, at the end of the day, we really...tried.

I know.

[sighs] I just wish that there was something I could change

or that...we could change.

If there was anything that we could do to save this thing

I´d do that...in a heartbeat. You know that, right?

If only my parents would have had sex four years earlier.

Damn them.

You´re the most amazing guy, Ephram.

Please don´t do that. Please.

- I have to. - Don´t.

There´s a part of me that did..

...fall, really, truly fall.

And I know you didn´t feel it

and I´m sorry...that you didn´t

but...it was there

and...I need you to know that and believe it.

- Here. - No.

This is for you.

I can´t.

I know that if I open this, it´s gonna be perfect.

It´s just gonna make me sadder

´cause...you´re so perfect. So..

I can´t, Ephram.

You wanna tell Delia or should I?

Delia.

It´s alright. I can tell her if you want me to.

- It doesn´t matter. - No, I´ll do it.

I´ll, um, I´ll come by later or tomorrow, maybe.

I´ll figure out what to say.

I gotta go.

See you.

[piano music]

[door opens]

All rise.

Please be seated.

In the matter of Feeney vs. Feeney

the court has made its decision.

Having considered the pleadings, evidence

and arguments of counsel

´the court is of the opinion that it´s in the best interests´

of the minor child, Samuel David Feeney

that respondent Margaret Nina Feeney

be designated primary care parent

´subject to a reasonable and standard parenting time´

awarded to petitioner

and determined at a future date.

Your son is staying with you.

Thank you, counsel.

[laughing]

Andy, thank you so much.

It was all you. It was all you.

- See you outside. - Okay.

[instrumental music]

Well...congratulations. You win.

I never wanted this fight to begin with.

We don´t have to argue anymore.

We don´t have to talk if you don´t want to.

That´s not what I want, Nina. I never meant to be your enemy.

I just wanted to be with Sam again.

I offered you that and you wanted more.

I know. And I´m sorry.

I thought I was doing the right thing, I really did.

Then yesterday, when Andy was talking about the accident

I was so happy. I thought I could win.

I didn´t even think about what you went through that night

or what Sam went through.

I was just happy you made a mistake.

That´s when I realized I wasn´t thinking about

who the better parent was.

This whole time I... I just missed him.

Yeah, he missed you too.

Anyway, tell Sam I´m happy for him.

Tell him yourself. You have him this weekend.

[knocking]

Harold.

Did you hear about Nina?

I was going next door to celebrate. You wanna come?

You really think I´ve become such a bad father

that I wouldn´t find out?

Find out what?

You gave Amy birth control pills.

I´d like you to tell me what the hell you were thinking?

Well, she came to me.

We discussed it. I couldn´t just send her away.

That´s what you should´ve done.

´If I had done that, she would´ve gone to someone else.´

I thought you´d rather she have someone

who would look after her, talk to her.

You have no idea what I would rather.

How could you not come to me?

She asked me not to tell you.

She wouldn´t have come to you if she didn´t think

she was doing something wrong.

´She wasn´t doing anything wrong.´

She made a responsible decision, the right one for her.

She thought it through carefully.

She considered her reasons and her options.

You raised a very smart young woman.

- She´s not a woman. - ´To you, she´s not.´

She´s 16. 16!

You know the law as well as I do. She merits confidentiality.

As a doctor, I had no choice.

I have no interest in your thoughts.

You should´ve come to me as your friend. I know the laws.

As surely as I know I would break them without hesitation

if your son came to me.

´I stood behind you when this town blamed you´

´for Colin´s death. I believed in your judgment.´

´I told my sister you were a decent man´

´worthy of her heart.´

´I may not have liked you..´

...but I always respected what you were.

I admired the doctor enough that I could forgive the man.

Well, not anymore. I am through with you.

From this day forth, stay away from my family.

Keep out of their lives. And you best keep your distance from me.

And if I don´t make myself clear

I encourage you to test me.

[door opens]

- Hey, you. - Hey.

I was picking up a little food. You going for a walk?

Yeah. I was at the bookstore, looking at books.

Pretty much the same stuff there was last week.

Tell me about it.

"Seabiscuit" has been in the window since I moved here.

Thinking about buying it just to see what they put up next.

You want a ride home? I got my car.

Actually, you wanna walk? Feel like walking for a little bit.

Where we going?

Nowhere.

Sounds good.

So, how are things at home? Getting any better?

A little.

School´s gonna be a torture zone until I graduate.

In fact, I´ll give you a dollar to sit with me at lunch.

Deal.

You´re supposed to say it´s free.

I know an opportunity when I see one.

You´re sad.

- A little. - Did something happen?

Madison and I broke up.

What? When?

About an hour ago.

The other day, you said that everything was fine. I thought--

Yeah. Yeah, I know. I-I lied a little bit. Don´t ask me why.

- Why? - I don´t know.

I thought that if I pretended everything was great

it would actually be great.

- Projecting hope? - It worked for "Seabiscuit."

I´m sorry.

Yeah, me too.

I know how much you liked her, she seemed really great but..

But what?

But if she was dumb enough to let you go

she mustn´t have been that perfect.

She´s gonna be upset when she realizes what she gave up.

Trust me.

We´ll keep walking until we run out of fries.

We can always buy more fries.

[instrumental music]

♫ So today the road has sung for you ♫

♫ ´Cause the day can get so long ♫

♫ And I know it´s hard to make it through ♫

♫ When you say is something wrong ♫

[theme music]

[music continues]