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Madame, where should I set this up?

Oh, wherever.

-What about the bed? -Pardon?

Actually,

-that does sound delicious. -Mm-hmm.

You look delicious with my ring on your finger.

You know, you are the most exquisite thing I've ever seen.

You look pretty delicious yourself.

I was going to say, I wish

room service came a little earlier,

but everything about this is perfect.

Yeah, I couldn't agree more.

-Let's celebrate, husband. -Hey.

Yes, wife.

Oh.

Voilà.

One small dose for Bill.

One giant leap

toward a ten-million-dollar payout for Hayley.

Did Dad finally do you in?

♪ ♪

[coughing and wheezing]

You sound awful.

[wheezes, coughs]

At least you're not in that hideous ICU.

And now I can see you whenever I want.

Just let that doctor try.

Just let him try and kick me out again.

I will be rolled up right outside your room if I have to.

Oh, yes, I will.

Do you know I can hear you hacking

all the way down the hall?

-[coughing] -Did the doctor

at least just give you some... something for the cough?

Yeah, yeah, I heard about the oxygen,

but they claim that there's nothing more else

-they can do for your achy breaky heart. -[coughing]

Okay, but you know what? We gonna see about that, Peaches.

Uh-uh. Uh-uh.

-Don't get agitated. -[coughing]

Stop. Don't get agitated, Peaches, okay?

All right? I'm not gonna beat anybody up.

What good is my money for if...

if I can't make the woman who raised me from birth...

more comfortable?

Dana. [coughs]

I see that you're in pain, and they need to see it.

Okay, I'm gonna go get you some pancakes.

Or somebody's gonna be in pain.

-[coughing] -I tell you right now,

today, somebody's gonna be in pain.

[coughing continues]

It's too bad Bill didn't make good

on his threat to make you disappear.

Wow.

So you're actually wishing your uncle had gotten rid of me?

Actually, no.

I wish your mother had gotten rid of you,

because we'd all be living our best lives

if you'd never been born.

What the hell is going on here?

Why are you berating Eva?

Try truth-telling.

The role of Ted Richardson's daughter has already been cast.

I've been playing that part flawlessly since birth.

I should win a damn Oscar.

Now, All About Evahere wants to be my ratchet understudy.

And I've seen that movie.

Spoiler alert.

The bitch takes Bette Davis's part and her man.

And I am not about to let that happen.

Not on my watch.

MARTIN: Have a seat.

Now, if I hadn't come back for my scarf,

I couldn't imagine.

Kat, you need to get a grip.

No one's trying to replace you.

Eva is just trying to find her place in our family.

She already did when she blew this whole damn family apart.

That was her mother.

And while you're slinging blame,

none of this exists without our dad's original sin.

She's not a bystander.

She was Leslie's accomplice every malicious step of the way.

Taking the job with Mom so she could spy

and plan the "I'm your kid, fully grown" reveal party.

She wasthe big secret.

We can't begin to know what that feels like.

I mean, Eva didn't have Dad,

and she didn't have the opportunity

and privilege we did.

So she gets a pass

for infiltrating every corner of our life,

working with Dad, calling him Dad?

I have every right to get to know him.

Since you have all the answers,

how about when Eva climbed into bed with my boyfriend?

What?

She won't be satisfied

until she takes away everything that matters to me.

You think this is about you?

And you're next.

Who are you gonna believe?

The sister you've loved since the day I was born,

or the accidental spill of our dad's DNA?

Tell her

you're not gonna let her get away with this.

Tell her that you don't want anything to do with her.

-Tell her that you... -I wish she was never born?

Yeah, I heard you.

And look,

no matter what Eva did or didn't do,

saying that to someone is beyond the pale.

And it's beyond you, Kat.

Who are you right now?

The little sister who can be selfish sometimes,

but has a big heart to the core?

Now, I thought it was just a blip

that you were careless with Samantha,

but maybe this is a trend,

right on brand with who you're becoming.

-Why aren't you...? -He literally reached

for her pillows while she was trying to adjust his pillows.

Gossip Girl, if you don't want me

to toss that cheap phone across this room,

you are gonna want to get me some help, stat.

Doctor, I just wanted you to know

in case you leaned over with your stethoscope.

I'll send those CT results.

Can I help you with something,

or is this loitering just for my own benefit?

Peaches needs morphine.

I can't give her anything

unless there's an order from the attending.

Then what are you waiting for? Pick up the phone,

call them back and do it.

To my wife.

I love you.

I love you, too.

ANDRE: Mmm. Mmm.

You know, I'm never gonna get tired of hearing that.

And I'm never gonna get tired of saying it.

I love you. I love you. I love you.

It is so us to do everything in reverse.

-Yeah. -First, the wedding in Vegas.

Then the rings, then the "I love you's."

Yeah, but we got to exactly where we were supposed to be.

When did you know?

-Know what? -That you love me.

Some part of me loved you

ever since the first time we were together.

It just took a drunken Vegas wedding

and some well-spent time as a married man

to really get how I feel.

Crazy.

A little bit of California sunshine woke us up.

-Mm-hmm. -After everything,

a couple of days of mind-blowing sex,

of course, taking in the sights.

Yeah, and don't forget shopping.

-Never forget shopping. -Mm.

And suddenly... we are closer than ever.

Yeah.

Maybe we just needed to be alone

so we couldn't get in our own way.

We could see in this California sunshine that we are undeniable.

Can we stay in the sun forever?

In Los Angeles?

In our own little world?

When we get back, all the distractions--

work, family-- they all come crashing in.

Promise me, nothing touches our California bliss.

Our love can travel, Dani.

And if we, for any second,

even remotely get distracted,

we can recreate it in a single move.

I know that move.

Yeah.

We fit together, Dani.

Yeah, we do.

We decide, come what may.

We come first.

Our love, our connection.

We block out all the noise, and we love out loud.

Uh, loving out loud isn't our problem, Mr. Richardson.

These paper-thin walls are.

I never want to curb your enthusiasm.

It's part of what makes you the perfect woman for me.

Naomi, I didn't see you on Bill's schedule.

Just a drive-by.

Caroline said he's wrapping up in the conference room.

Told me to wait in here,

but I'm interrupting your happy dance

over ten million dollars?

Are you holding out on us?

You caught me.

Your father is bringing home eight digits in the Aikkes case.

That case will hit two million tops.

Ye of little faith in your dad's legal prowess.

Well, for Aikkes's sake and the firm, fingers crossed.

Hmm.

If Caroline had given me a heads-up you were coming,

I'd brew you a cup, just like the good old days.

In the good old days, you were just like me--

all coffee, all the time.

Or were those "almond lattes" you trying to get close to me

on the way to my dad?

My taste evolved out of necessity.

After the stroke, I had to drag your father

kicking and screaming away from coffee

until I could find a blend that was Bill-approved

and is to die for.

Well, maybe I'll have a sip and see what all the fuss is about.

-No! -[mug shatters]

The hell?!

Why did you just karate-chop my tea?

I'm protecting you.

-From what? -From...

from your dad's cold.

There's a lot of nastiness going on around this season.

I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

Isn't that a new mug?

I rinsed it,

but Bill's been sipping on it all morning.

You're right.

There has been some nastiness around.

Naomi.

What? What happened in here?

Hayley just rescued me.

From a flying teacup?

It spilled.

Huh. Well, maybe the tea is launching a protest.

If you poked me right now, herbal tea would spill out.

I'm pretty sure that I'm immune

to the slightest hint of a sniffle by now.

Your throat's all healed up?

-My throat? -HAYLEY: Remember?

You felt a tickle.

I don't know. Maybe it's just

the dust from the filters being cleaned,

but you didn't stop by to nurse me, too, did you?

I'll get a new mug.

Leave you two to catch up.

I would, um, actually like you to stay.

Look, I don't want you fighting over me.

Here you go, playing innocent,

like you didn't start this whole mess.

-You should apologize. -Stop.

Eva doesn't owe us an apology.

Her debt is infinite.

She owes us for one broken marriage,

all of our mother's tears, alienation of affections.

Eva is the victim.

Imagine if you were lied to your whole life.

We were... by Dad.

Now we missed out on you, and you missed out on us,

and we could have played and fought

and laughed with our sister.

Half sister.

There are no halves.

And I don't want to waste any more time.

You can't know what that means to me.

Are you really this gullible?

All I see is a total grifter

who's just as duplicitous as her homicidal mother.

I suggest you take several seats

before I get somebody with some real authority

to come up here and escort you right on up out of my face.

You dare reprimand me when I am busy doing what you won't--

taking care of my mother.

Ladies, is there a problem?

Teddy Bear, every time

Peaches so much as winces and blinks,

she's in pain, okay?

And Miss Queen of the Meds over here

won't even open up her little pill box.

Her mother just had morphine 25 minutes ago.

I cannot dose her again unless Dr. Wilkes approves it.

And the little bit that you gave her

didn't make a damn bit of difference!

Shanice is right. Listening to the doctor is key.

Okay, so what?

Is she supposed to just bite her pillow?

I mean, that woman has been hurting enough already.

So please, can you just take it away?

Please tell Nurse Niecy here to do something right now.

Mmm. Come on.

You know I know you can eat, right?

I'm saving room. Nobu.

Mm. I like you spinning plans.

Okay, so what if we hike Runyon

to catch a glimpse of the Hollywood Sign?

I'm here for soaking up all the usness

before we descend into the Dupree family Thanksgiving.

Come on. My fam has come a long way since that first,

oh-so-awkward breakfast with newlywed Andre.

Oh, I'm gonna win over every single Dupree.

So it's not my fam you don't want to see,

it's your family you're missing?

When I lost my parents, I lost the holidays, too.

I still had Unc... Uncle Ted and Aunt Nicole, but...

Well, maybe we can make some new memories

to go alongside the old ones.

I'm sure no one would fault these newlyweds

for taking a little more time.

Okay, maybe Mother would.

There's that.

And it's my uncle's first Thanksgiving

without Aunt Nicole.

I want to be there if he's on his own.

You always see what people need.

My family used to go around our little table

saying what we're grateful for.

We could bring that back.

I know what I'm gonna say.

You.

Being loved by you.

I told you about my Thanksgiving ghosts,

but it's not lost on me

that I'm asking you to deal with one of yours.

I will never forgive Ted for what he did to my sister.

Okay, I feel you, and I hear you.

But could there be a Thanksgiving miracle

where you break bread with him?

Nope.

Not even after Aunt Nicole forgave him?

I am not my sister's keeper,

but I will keep that grudge on her behalf forever.

That big old mansion that I'm building--

I was hoping that it would house all three generations--

Peaches, me and Eva.

And the thought of her never stepping foot in it.

I can't even reconcile not having her in that house.

Then don't reconcile it.

-What? -I made a call.

A friend of mine recommended a local trial

that's accepting new patients.

It's really promising.

Save-her-life promising?

More promising than not promising.

So Peaches could live?

You did this for me, Ted.

You did this for my mother.

And for Eva.

Why didn't you lead with this, man?

Uh, you were busy.

I knew you would help us.

I don't know how I can ever thank you.

You're our hero.

Thank you.

You don't know me anymore? Well, I know you.

You think you're getting a brother,

but what you're actually getting is a political operator.

What?

There's always been a third in Martin's marriage--

his constituency.

What would they think

if he didn't embrace his bastard sister?

That's low.

Now, I love my constituents,

but my family is my center, now more than ever.

So it's okay for you to assault my character,

but not yours or hers?

I would never talk about you behind your back.

I'd say every word to your face.

What are you talking about?

Before you left, Kat was snooping.

You heard us?

Throwing me under the bus is just a small price to pay

to bond with your new sister.

You were icing me out, and I was venting to Eva.

Why do you think I'm here?

Only when I get here, I find you auditioning my replacement.

I'm glad you came to me, to us.

Well, if you already know what I'm gonna say,

then we don't need to do this at all.

Well, not talking is how we got in trouble in the first place.

Okay.

Something happened at dinner that maybe got, um, twisted.

It seemed clear-cut to me.

You snooped on Hayley's phone.

Snooped?

"Snoop" is inaccurate.

You were showing me pictures of your new place,

and the text just popped up.

The text from the pharmacy.

About your birth control.

And instead of asking me,

you ran to Daddy to tell him

I was pretending to try for another kid

while secretly taking the pill?

Naomi didn't say a word to me.

All right, wait.

I don't understand.

Jacob did.

Sweetheart, I don't fault you for talking to your husband.

That's what Hayley and I do all the time.

We're building our house on trust and honesty.

But maybe all of this confusion has nothing

to do with me and my wife,

but rather to do with what's brewing

in your house between you and Jacob.

That's a jump.

Did Jacob say something about the state of our marriage?

No. No, but I've never seen tension like that

between you and Jacob, well, ever.

Never seen that.

And your outsized reaction to the mere suggestion

that there might be trouble makes me think I've hit a nerve.

The only tension was the eternal awkwardness

of breaking bread with my former bestie turned stepmother.

I'm not here to dissect my happy,

fulfilling, problem-free marriage.

I'm here to apologize for interfering with yours.

You're going to apologize?

I should have asked you about the text

and saved us this drama.

But for the record, I told Jacob I was steering clear.

Mm. Because you were hoping

I'd somehow crash and burn on my own.

What matters is Naomi apologized, okay?

We should graciously accept.

I know it wasn't easy for you to humble yourself

and admit how wrong you really were.

Well, if I'm gonna catch up to my dad's

ten-million-dollar paydays, I've got to get after it, hmm?

Ten million?

The ten million you'll be getting in the Aikkes case.

Ten? We settled for two.

That's more than wifely pride. That's a damn long shot.

Oh, you are my long shot, baby.

Speaking of improbabilities,

I got my invite for WinterFest.

You're emceeing the Duprees' charity event of the season?

I am.

-Well, you and Mom have come a long way. -Yeah. Yeah.

She actually asked me weeks ago,

but I haven't heard anything since.

And now she's on her honeymoon.

Is it possible that you hating Uncle Ted has something to do

with what Bill did to you?

Maybe.

Or maybe what Ted did registers as a greater sin

because we never saw it coming.

Yeah, but you're also the person who knows something about...

Making mistakes?

I was gonna say, about being hurt

and reaching out for the wrong things

before you reached out for the right one?

You found a way to make peace with Bill.

So maybe Uncle Ted will get that same grace.

-Andre. -On your timeline.

I'm not pushing you to forgive him.

I'm not expecting you to do it overnight.

But I do want you to do it eventually.

Because I love my wife, and I love my uncle.

And I can't imagine a life without both of you in it.

[laughs]

-[coughing] -This is Ted, Eva's father.

Tried to buy you a drink.

-You did. You took pity on me. -[coughing]

Ever win that pretty wife back?

No, I'm afraid not.

Well, perhaps her loss is someone else's opportunity.

Actually, Ted does want to make you feel better.

He found out about a clinical trial,

and it will put some more time on your ticker

so you don't have to leave us until you are very, very old.

All thanks to Ted.

Well, all I did was make the call.

Since when do you know about trials, Dana?

Since I realized it could save my mama's life.

You're a perfect candidate.

I'm-I'm in?

You're in.

You are so in.

Now, I don't want to step on the moment,

but there are no guarantees.

I already know that.

So does my girl.

Yeah, but you did give us something

that we didn't have a few hours ago-- hope.

And a chance for more time as a family.

Thank you.

The only reason I came is because

you texted me saying you wanted to talk.

-And you didn't text me back. -Sue me.

I thought I could show up.

-I'll go, okay? -No.

I have a meeting, so I can't talk now.

-Well, what about later? -Sorry.

Got to go. Text me.

Kat? Kat!

That went well.

-[coughing] -Listen, I want you to go to sleep.

And have sweet dreams.

-Look at you. -I'm a mess.

I am a mess.

Well, you didn't go into that scheming, cheating mode.

You worked within the rules of the system.

You know, if I could scheme up a new heart, I'd go there.

Mm.

But it doesn't work that way, does it?

It does not.

Well, however long she has,

I just want her to see me as the Dana

that I should have been all along.

Mm.

Do you believe I can do that?

I want to.

I like this new Dana very much.

She did apologize,

which would have been unimaginable a few months ago,

so let's take the win.

I'm not going to cry over spilled tea.

Where you going?

To make you more tea.

Uh, baby, I don't need it.

The second you feel better,

you don't quit the thing that made you feel better.

♪ ♪

Mmm. Mmm. Remember Nobu!

Oh, we can survive on love and strawberries.

The chef is preparing a special, egg-free tasting menu.

We can accomplish a tasting menu here.

I still have a few things to say

that are better expressed in chocolate.

-[phone buzzing] -Ooh. Okay.

Ugh! There is no way

I am letting Bill Hamilton get in the way of my dessert.

But the kids...

Hey, take it.

What's going on?

Well, Naomi said that you were on your honeymoon

in Los Angeles?

So then, it must be something major for you to call.

Is she okay? Is Chelsea?

Yeah, everyone's fine. They're fine.

Naomi was just here talking about WinterFest, and I realized

that you and I have some timely stuff to coordinate.

You know, order of speakers, special mentions.

Bill, we have all kinds of time

to deal with that after Thanksgiving.

I will call you tomorrow when we're back.

Dani, wait. I, um...

I have something I need to say.

I don't know where to begin to even apologize

for the things that came out of my sister's...

Our sister's mouth.

And all I'm hearing is you calling me your sister.

Look, don't apologize for Kat.

She thinks the world's gonna bow down

and give her what she wants, but not this time,

because Dad belongs to all of us.

True. And I want to get to know my new sister,

but a part of that means understanding each other.

Now, Kat might be hyperbolic, but she doesn't usually invent.

Do you and Kat share more than just a dad?

You share a boyfriend, too?

Gran?

Oh. Chelsea, what are you doing here?

Answering WinterFest questions for Gran,

but she had to go to an appointment.

What's with you forgetting

I said I'd drop off that folder this morning?

I may have been a little distracted.

Okay, you look like you just lost your bestie,

which is impossible, 'cause you just found me.

I was with Martin and Eva, and now I need Gran.

Okay, if it's Gran level,

it must be serious. Spill.

Short story?

I need to know if I'm a total bitch.

Gran had me all primed to work things out with Martin,

but when I got there, he was already

laughing it up with Eva about me.

Things got way out of hand really fast.

He took her side, and I bowed out

before I blurted things to my brother

that I can't take back.

But let me guess.

You had no problem blurting them out to Eva?

I may have said something along the lines of,

the world would be a better place

if she had never been born.

Katherine!

Technically, it's true.

-Oh. -Ugh.

Isn't my brother supposed to protect me at all costs?

Look, I'm your ride-or-die,

but even I wouldn't back you in saying that about anyone.

And deep down, you wouldn't want me to.

She pushed my parents into a divorce.

They're his parents, too,

but sometimes he doesn't even act like it.

He just goes all politician,

which I may have also mentioned.

Okay, this sounds like it got way, way out of hand,

but I'm sure this sibling smackdown will end in a truce,

like they always do.

Maybe, but Martin's trying to get me to share him,

and I can't cede any more ground to her.

She's already trying to take a piece of my dad.

She is in my old office.

She slept with my boyfriend.

It's like some twisted Goldilocks,

but my family's all, "Oh, make yourself at home.

Stay forever."

She may have fooled them, but I'm not making her my sister.

Not now, not ever.

Okay, well, how did you leave things with Martin?

He wanted me to stay, but I couldn't.

You know, I don't agree with how he handled things

with you and Samantha, but you're over the line here, too.

I can't just make nice after what she's done to us.

Oh, my God. When I look at her,

it's like I feel this tsunami of anger.

And it comes in waves with my dad,

but with her, it's nonstop rage.

You know, maybe this isn't about her at all.

Maybe it's about you.

Your dad didn't just put you on a pedestal.

He put you on one of those private rocket ships into space.

And now that you're being asked to share a sliver of attention,

it's like you've crash-landed, and suddenly it's,

"You'll have to pry my family from my cold, dead hands."

-Am I really that petty? -Oh, yeah.

Ouch. So you do think I'm a bitch?

Well, me, personally, I think

that there's more than one bitch in every situation.

But you do kind of win the title in this particular exchange.

Okay, you're human, Kat.

And maybe things would be different

if Eva's entry into your life had been clean.

But she came in hot, and she broke things,

so you have every right to be suspicious.

Thank you.

-But... -Mm. No room for buts.

But she's your sister.

Half sister.

And you're more of a sister than she could ever be.

I don't want her, and I certainly don't need her.

Okay, just step into reality with me.

She still exists,

whether you like it or not,

whether you want anything to do with her or not.

The same blood flows through both of you.

What we have, you'll probably never have with her.

But you could have something that doesn't end in claws out.

You could try.

And why would I do that?

Because you hate to lose.

Start making your dad and your brother choose

between the two of you, and that's a possibility.

No way.

You just walked away from Martin.

How many family gatherings are you prepared

to miss out on because she's there?

How much more of your precious time

and energy are you gonna waste hating her?

Or you could find a way to be in the same room as her.

And maybe, in time, you'll find something

that you don't hate about her.

-For instance? -I'm thinking.

Mm-hmm.

Her... hair... maybe.

Even if I tried, I don't know if I can do it.

Says the girl who believes there is no try, only winning.

So, I get it. From Tomas' point of view,

"We were on a break."

And I get that you and Tomas were friends with a spark.

But what I'm not buying is

that none of this has anything to do with Kat.

Maybe subconsciously.

Maybe consciously, too.

Okay. She made me feel so less-than.

You are equal.

And let's start from there, okay?

Okay.

But what happened between you and Tomas...

My mom always says that feelings are all valid,

but not all actions are.

Mom taught us to reason our behaviors

and settle our disputes.

So, I guess that stuck with me.

Well, I didn't have Nicole's kind of parenting.

Dr. Leslie's take had a lot more bite.

I am tired of dancing around you.

You are gonna stay away from my man, or it won't be pretty.

I'm sorry. Who now?

My... man.

Ted is spoken for by me.

Now, I'm sure you may be lost in some fantasy

about how the hot doctor falls

for the basic nurse behind the desk.

Keep your eyes in your head

and your hands in the pockets of those tacky scrubs of yours.

[chuckles] Or what?

You know, I knew I'd see the real Leslie

walk on through here sooner than later.

But you, sweetheart, are the one who should be on notice.

How's that, Niecy?

Because you are about this close

from seeing the real Shanice, and she does not play.

You put that little finger in my face again,

and you will see why Shanice's bite

is way worse than her bedside manner.

Mm. Feisty.

This is gonna be fun. [chuckles]

Bill, I appreciate your... dedication.

And you can thank me again

after I feed my very hungry new husband on our honeymoon.

Unless there's some crisis I'm unaware of?

No, no, no crisis.

It'll keep.

Uh, I guess we'll just talk when you get back.

Enjoy your honeymoon.

I am so sorry. I did not expect Bill to interrupt our last day.

Real life is already encroaching

and trying to kill our honeymoon glow.

Our glow is forever.

And I'm gonna make sure that our honeymoon never ends.

-Mmm. -[laughs]

♪ ♪

Okay.

Baby. Hey.

Stop stewing over what's gone and done, okay?

No good can come of it.

I just thought I was making progress.

Well, you're always making progress with me.

Yeah. You know what?

This town needs to take notice and see what I see.

My baby is all heart, and you're there for me,

mind, body and soul.

And body.

And more body.

[both chuckle]

You wanting that for me and believing in me,

that's enough.

Let them be jealous.

No one has it like we have it.

They'll see.

Now, drink your tea.

Hmm.

♪ ♪

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