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JOAN: Parent teacher night?

That is just three words
you never want to see
next to each other.

Should be called
tyrant oligarch Nacht.

Oh, it'll be fun.

What? All of us
together, snacks.

Wait, we don't
have to work

at the design studio
that night, do we?

No, but we can ask.

Lischak asked me to do
the student science
presentation.

Do you get
extra credit?

Not really.

So it's for the love
of sucking up?

You're gonna have
to get your lips

surgically removed
from Lischak's...

Okay, I get it,
Grace.

Wow, they really make you
believe in love, don't they?

Mom!

Oh, hi, honey.

Didn't she just
see her mom, like,
30 minutes ago?

Hey, Erica Marx,
this is my daughter Joan.

Oh, hi.
And Adam Rove.

Nice to meet you.

My mom is vice-president
of the PTA.

She won in a landslide.

Oh!

And I'm her little helper.
We're doing refreshments.

Yeah. Do you want to help?

I want to help?
Yes, you do.

Uh, yes.

We'll do ice cream.

I'll do chips
and salsa.

Okay, great.

Well, got to run.

So much soda,
so little time.

Bye.
Bye.

Love you, honey.
Bye.

Can I count on you
to be guides, too?

Wait, wait, wait.

How hard is it
for parents to find
classrooms?

Okay, but I want an iPod.

Okay, we'll pretend
that'll happen.

Borrow mine.

Oh, no, no, I...

I don't know
what I'm saying.
Great.

(BELL RINGS)

Bye.

Uh, wait, Mrs. G...

Listen,
if you need me

to do the advanced art
presentation...

Uh, you know,
I already asked
Nikki Freezer to do it.

Oh. Cool.
She's great.

Yeah. Thanks. Bye.

What was that
all about?

Nothing.

I... I don't want
to do it anyway.

I'm gonna be late
for Spanish.

Hasta luego.

English.
See you later, okay?

Hey, there, Joan.

Oh, God.

The one and only.

Can we, uh,
make this snappy?

I have to get
to the library.

I'd like you
to help Stevie get
what she deserves.

What?
Like secret Santa?

Christmas was
two months ago,

and still I have not
gotten my iPod.

You got Stevie's.
Now you can return
the favor.

(GROANS)

I've only known her
for a few weeks.

H-How am I
supposed to know
what she deserves?

What about
what I deserve?

You ever thought
about that, huh?

What about me?

What about me?

♪ What if God was one of us?

♪ Just a slob like one of us

♪ Just a stranger on the bus

♪ Trying to make his way home

♪ Just trying
to make his way home

♪ Just trying
to make his way home

♪ Just trying
to make his way home ♪

I got roped
into refreshments.

You think Einstein
had to pour punch?

I'm just gonna
stare a lot and
scare the parents.

What about Freidman?

Uh, he escaped.
He's on another cruise.

Another one?

Yeah. His mother won it
selling vitamins.

So I say we get
a few tons
of toppings.

You know,
like, um, caramel,

fudge,
butterscotch.

Oh! Hey, they have
those ginormous,
um, sprinkles.

You know,
from the market...
What?

You want smoothies?

Look, we're gonna be
trapped with parents
and teachers.

You want healthy?

Jane, did you tell
your mom about us
at the concert?

You didn't notice
I was grounded for,
like, a week?

No. I mean, uh,

us.

You know,
that I wanted us
to sleep together.

Oh. That.

Oh, my God.
I knew it.

(GROANS)

What do you mean?

Jane,
she hates me now.

Okay, now you're just
being paranoid.

She asked Nikki Freezer
to do the art presentation,
okay?

She... She paints
sunsets over the ocean

with seagulls.

Hey, you're lucky
I didn't tell my dad, okay?

He's the one
with the gun.

Oh!

I'm not even going
to be able to
look at her now.

(SCOFFS)

Hey.
Hi.

Hey.

Is this a bad time
or something?

No.
Yes.

Look, I'm supposed to
get my first paycheck
from work,

but they won't pay me
until I fill out

one of those
W-4 thingies.

Oh, it's, uh...
It's not hard.

You just have to put down
your social security number.

Right, but I didn't
know it,

and then when I asked
my mom for it,

she got mad
that I was working.

She said that
I had to quit
to focus on school.

You've been working
for two weeks now.

She didn't know?

I said I was
in the glee club.

Look, I'm so sorry, Ads.

I know that
you trained me
and everything.

No, it's okay.

Wait a second,
you can't quit.

I mean, you really
love your job, right?

Yeah.

Besides, you're 16.
I don't even think
it's legal

for her to stop you
from working.

Jane, do you really think
you should be...

No, no, no, no, no, no.

She deserves to work
if she wants to.

Just tell her you want
your social security number.
It's yours.

But she got really mad.

Look, Stevie,
I know you're all crazy
into your mother,

but sometimes we have
to stand up to our 'rents.

Besides, you really
deserve this.

Yeah.

Yeah, you are
totally right.

Of course I am.

The kid has
done it again!

Mmm. Ooh, let me pick
just a little bit of
that crunchy bit off.

And spoil
the presentation?

So I haven't yet
settled on a thesis

for my parent-teacher
night presentation yet,

but you know,
I'm thinking,

maybe just hit 'em
with the big one.

Super string theory.

That's terrific,
honey.

Yeah.

I... I cannot wait
to see the look
on their faces

when I tie it into
quantum field theory

and general relativity.

Yeah, they're gonna
look like this.

(LOUD SNORING)

(CHUCKLES)

So, um,

Mom, you know that thing
we were talking about
in confidence?

I didn't tell anyone.

I know, but, um...

Are you taking it out
on Adam?

Of course not.

He's a 17-year-old boy.
He can't help the wiring.

So why didn't you
let him show his art
at the presentation?

I had other reasons.

I would never take
a personal matter
out on a student.

I'm amazed you even
asked me that.

Okay.

See, string theory
provides

a unified description
of the universe.

I mean, it's... it's
the Holy Grail of physics.

Yeah, like lasagna's
the Holy Grail
of Italian food.

Not an exact analogy.

Well, maybe when
I see the strings...

This just in.

You're late.

Indeed, ma'am,

but Kevin Girardi has
just been contacted

by WPFK TV News

to return and grace
the airwaves

as the human-interest
story guy.

That is great!

All right!

Nice!
That's my boy!

Yes, I am.
And you better
believe it.

Goin' in manana
to pitch ideas.

Does anyone have one?

Something interesting
or human?

Well, I got my friend
Stevie Marx

to do battle with
her controlling monster
of a mother

for the right to work.

A little advice, Joan.

Don't stick your nose
where it doesn't belong.

Trust me, I know
what I'm doing.

I'm helping the meek,
the ditzy.

It'll be a great story.

Local teen argues
with parents. Riveting.

Not!

Thanks for
the support, Kevin.

(STUDENTS CHATTERING)

Hey.

Hi.

So, I was thinking
we'd go for that
ice cream later.

You know, sneak
a couple pounds of it,

curl up on the couch
and groan.

I don't know.
Why don't we
ask your mom?

All right, I'm sorry
you're mad that I told her,

but she is my mom,
and I was confused,

and it's a good thing
that I can trust her,
you know?

Fine. But why'd you
have to bring me
into it?

Uh, you were kind of involved
in the whole wanting
to have sex part.

Anyway, she said
she's not mad at you.

You told her
I thought she was?

No, I...I said
I...I thought she was.

It was all me, mostly,
I think.

This is a nightmare.

ERICA: I said no.

But other kids work!
I don't care about them.

My daughter
is not working!

Why not?
I don't want
to talk about it.

This is not negotiable.

Hey, are you okay?

Yeah. I guess
I'm gonna have to quit
after all.

That's okay.

No, it's not.

She deserves to work
if she wants to.

Adults are
all about kids taking
responsibility

and building
character.

It's kind of
a private thing, Jane.

I know that doesn't mean
all that much to you.

Look, we'll call
the social security place

and get your number.

I tried,
but because I'm adopted,

they couldn't find it.

Stevie,
this may seem weird,

but I am positive
you need to be able
to work, so...

Look, I have never
seen my mom freak out
like that, okay?

Just forget about it.

Look, Jane, I'm sorry
about what I said.

But this thing
with your mom and us...

I needed my mom,
so I talked to her.

This is not my problem.
It's yours.

Hi, Joan.

You're getting, uh, junk
all over your uniform.

What kind of God
would I be

if I was
afraid of gettin'
a little dirty?

Look, uh, I think
you should handle

this whole
Stevie thing yourself.

It's a mess.

Because she doesn't
have what she needs.

Like the person
who lost this.

Keep looking, Joan.

She doesn't want me to.

Sometimes,
when the search
gets too hard,

it seems easier
to stop.

But the search is
all that's important.

It allows people
to discover the truth
about themselves.

Help Stevie find hers.

Like, she has a dog,

but she's really
just a cat person?

(SIGHS)

What?
Her life seems fine!

There's no adoption record
for a Stevie Marx.

Yeah, but you said
without the adoption record,

we can't find
her social security number.

You're a quick study.

I had an adoption
investigator

do a 50-state search.

He didn't find
anything about her.

Even if her parents
adopted her from
out of the country,

there should be
a domestic record
somewhere.

No, then you're
missing something.

This guy is the best.

The paper uses him
all the time.

If there's one life lesson
I impart to my children,

it's that lasagna
is even better cold
the next day.

I thought it was
to pee before leaving.

Well, that, too.

Maybe her parents
changed her name.

Yeah, but her current name
would have to be

on record somewhere.

What are you doing?

Uh, I'm just showin' off
my investigative skills,

which, by the way,
are coming soon
to a TV near you.

(GROANS) This whole TV
thing is gonna turn you
into a monster, isn't it?

Oh, yeah.

Adoption records?

I'm sticking my nose
where it doesn't belong.

My friend Stevie
deserves something,

and I'm trying to help.

Uh, she told Joan
she was adopted,

but according to
my investigator's
report, she's not.

Which is wrong, right?

I mean, why would her mother
tell her she's adopted
if she's not?

I don't know.

(SIGHS)

♪ All in all I feel the same

♪ Wishing on an aeroplane

♪ As callin' stars by name

♪ A lonely song
of freedom rings

♪ In hope of someone
listening and

(SIGHS)

♪ So I send my feeble flare

(CLEARS THROAT)

Hey, how's it goin'?

Look, sorry I got mad
at you yesterday.

Oh.

Mothers and daughters
are like, uh,

dynamite and a match.

(STUDENTS CHATTERING)

Look, uh...

I found out something
when I was looking for
your social security number.

Look, I told you
to just forget about it.

No, I know.
But I...I think...

I think you should know
about this. Um...

I think it's important
to discover new things
about ourselves.

So you're searching
for stuff about me?

Yeah, but...
Not like that.

'Cause you're startin'
to creep me out over here.

Yeah, I know.
But you deserve
to know the truth

even if you think
it's easier not to.

But according to my brother,
who's a real reporter,

the reason you can't find

your social
security number is because...

Stevie, you were
not adopted.

What?

Yeah.

He had
a professional guy
investigate it.

I'm adopted.

Why would you say
that I wasn't?

I just think you deserve
to know the truth.

Yeah, that you're a freak.

I'm not.

Just leave me alone.

Stevie.

Just stay away from me.

♪ Satellite, save my life

♪ Jaded, waiting, all alone ♪

Great.

Thank you. That went...

That went great.

Fire up those lips,
whiz kid.

Uh...

Grace?

Okay, you could choose
to forget this,

or I could inflict
brain damage.

I'm sorry.
I...I just...

(STUTTERING)
Uh, listen...

(STAMMERING)
Kind of, I have
an issue that I...

Okay, lose the Hugh Grant
stuttering thing.
Who'd you kill?

When Jane and I went
to the concert,

we spent the night
in the back of my dad's
pickup truck.

Do I really
wanna hear this?

We didn't do anything.

But I wanted to.

And I tried.

Dude, there are
certain images

I don't want seared
in my brain.

Grace, she told her mom.

(LAUGHS)

Nice knowin' you, Rove.

Look, she...she said that
her mother was cool, okay,

and, you know,
and that...
that she understood.

And...

And you believe that?

No. No.

Hmm.

You had to choose
someone

who has
a good relationship
with her mother.

So what do I do?

You can invent
a time machine.

I have to sit
in Mrs. G's class
every day.

See her in the hall,
at their home.

She has to
write me a college
recommendation, Grace.

And you want me
to tell you

that she really
does understand

because she knows
underneath all of this

that you are a decent,
upstanding guy.

I am.
I know.

But to a mom,

you're just another
pimply pubescent horndog

trying to get into
her daughter's pants.

Oh. Oh, God.

How the hell
did this happen?

Ask the little friend
in your pants.

CARLISLE: I had Reggie
run that girl.

WILL: Yeah?

Your kids were right.

Stevie Marx
wasn't adopted.

She died in a fire
14 years ago in Dallas.

She was two.

Joan's friend is 16.
It adds up.

To what?

Identity theft.

By a two-year-old?

"Mother also
died in the fire.

"Erica Marx."

Hey. How'd it go, man?

Are you a star?

Nah. I told them
I wasn't interested.

Is that
your presentation?

You're gonna make
people's heads explode.

Wait.
You turned them down?

Did they want you
to do the news naked
or something?

It doesn't matter.

Last night,
you were ecstatic.

What happened?

"Electrical
stimulation therapy

"for spinal cord
injury patients."

It's a gimp story.

And they want
a gimp reporter

so they can feel good
about themselves.

Kev, there's probably
a waiting list for treatment.

So, I mean, you know,
if...if you can jump
the line...

I'm not gonna be
anybody's trained monkey.

So let's just drop it, okay?

Hi.

Hi, Joan.

Great. I knew you wouldn't
be able to keep away.

Where'd you get that sweater,
a dumpster?

Excuse me?

It's the truth.
You like that, right?

You know,
here's something else.

Stevie hates me,
and it's all your fault.

Who's Stevie?

Oh, you met my mom.
I'm so glad.

Yes. I'm thrilled.

I...I think I need
some punch.

Oh, God.

Yes. Here I am, Joan.

Cute.

(CHUCKLES)

So, um, what is
the big lesson
supposed to be here?

Stevie deserves to hate me
or something?

You tried to share
the truth with her

and it's hard
to accept sometimes.

How is she
supposed to accept it

if she doesn't
even understand it?

Well, how can she
understand it

if she doesn't see it?

Okay, this is
very chicken-egg,

tree falling in the woods
kind of stuff.

I think you need
Luke's help on this one.

I think
you're doing fine.

Just help Stevie
understand.

But I don't
even understand.

Dad. Hey, Dad.

I thought
you were at work.

Um, Luke's doing
his geek-a-palooza
speech in Room 113,

so he'll be psyched
to see you here.

With backup.

Is something wrong?

Do you know
if Erica Marx is here?

Stevie's mom?
I think so. Why?

Will.

Dad, does this have to do
with what we talked about?

Honey.

And besides her friends,
she's... she's doing so well.

Excuse me.

Um, Alice Sokol?

Call a lawyer, Charlie.

Why?
What is this?

We don't have to do this
in front of everyone.

You're under arrest
for the kidnapping
of Bridget Verkin.

Who?

This is obviously
a mistake.

Erica?

He didn't know.
I swear.

What don't I know?

CARLISLE:
We still have
to bring him in.

As a possible accessory.

To what?

Who's Bridget Verkin?

Hey, Dad,
what's going on?

Joan, please.

He's your dad?

What are you
doing to them?

Honey, I'll take
care of this.

Stevie, it's okay.
It's okay.

Your father's gonna be
home real soon.

They have
to come with us

so we can ask them
a few questions.

This is our daughter,
and we are not leaving her

until you let us know
what the hell is going on!

WILL: We can put the cuffs
on in the car

if you both
cooperate.

We'll make sure
that, um, she's okay.

Okay.

I love you, Stevie.
You know that I love you.

It's gonna be all right.

WOMAN: Stevie. Honey,
wait right here.

STEVIE: No, I won't. Wait!

Somebody tell me
what's happening!

It's gonna be all right,
sweetheart.

I'll take care of this.

Come with me, Stevie.
We need to talk.

You did this!

Why did you do this?

(SIGHS)

MAN ON TV:
Hitchhiking.

Oh.

Well, you've given me
a very good example
of the hiking.

HELEN: Hey.
You're still up?

We wanted to know
what happened.

Are you sure there isn't
some mistake, Will?

Erica's real name
is Alice Sokol.

She kidnapped Stevie

from a woman
named Melody Verkin
14 years ago.

There was an outstanding
warrant, prints.

There's no mistake.

Erica Marx is
the perfect mom.

This is surreal.

Why did you have
to come barging into
school like that?

In front of everyone?

She was
a flight risk, honey.

We got information
that Erica had withdrawn
a lot of cash,

she was planning to leave
the country.

Oh, my God.

I guess when
she found out

that people were
looking for Stevie's
social security number,

well, we couldn't
take the chance
that we'd be too late.

What's gonna happen
to Stevie?

We're trying to track down
her real parents now.

She'll be in foster care
until then.

Now, if you want
to see her...

Me? No.

I already ruined
her life.

You were just
trying to help her.

Yeah, well, I won't
be doing that again.

(GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ I know
what it could've been

♪ What it should've been

♪ What it would've been

♪ If I never would have

♪ Lost control

Kidnapped and raised
by strangers.

It's Dickensian.

Yeah, I thought
I had it bad.

At least I know
who my mom is.

You did
the right thing, Joan.

I didn't mean
to do anything!

Hey!
Hi.

How come you weren't
in physics?

I tried calling you
all morning.

Oh, they heard
about what happened
to Stevie at work

and gave me some cash
to bring to her.

Oh.

She's in this foster home
on Willow Street.

How's she doing?

Freaked.

And they sent her
a shrink to make sure

that she's not gonna
hurt herself.

I forgot.

(SIGHS)

Stevie wanted my help
with this for class.

Hey.

Hey, Jane.

Hey, Jane, Jane.
Hey, Jane.

No, I'm okay.

No, you're not.

You're right.

But there's probably
not anything anyone
can do about it.

♪ The best of me

♪ And I can't move on

♪ I'm afraid to lose

I thought you were
still mad at me.

No. I don't really
matter right now.

♪ I know
what it could've been

♪ What it should've been

♪ What it would've been

♪ If I never would have

♪ Lost control ♪

Uh-huh.

Okay. Thanks.

Yeah. We'll be here.

Do you know
every hot dog
has meat

from a thousand
different cows
in it?

And I am grateful
to every one of them.

State police in Texas
couldn't find
any current DMV info

on the girl's
biological mother.

So she likes the bus.

They'll send some uniforms
out to her last address

and run her through
the system.

Stay on 'em.
I don't want to leave
this kid hanging.

Whoa.

When did
you get here?

I'm always here, Joan,
even when you can't see me.

Subtle.

Why don't you
let me fiddle
with the light bulbs

and you can do
your own dirty work.

Nah.

It's painful
what happened
to your friend.

It's very difficult to see
something like that.

Yeah, what did Stevie
do anyway to deserve

that big lightning bolt
from on high?

I don't punish people

and I'd never ask you
to harm anyone.
You know that.

What you witnessed was
the power of the truth.

Uh, but isn't that
supposed to set you free,

not kick you in the head?

(LAUGHS)

The light of
the truth can be harsh

to those who have
been in the dark.

In The Republic,
Plato writes about prisoners

who lived their whole lives
in a cave, chained in place.

A fire throws shadows against
the wall in front of them.

That's all they ever see,

so they have no reason
to believe there's
more to the world.

Stepping out into the light
after that can hurt your eyes.

But once you adjust...

Can you flip that switch?

Isn't it your job to
let there be light?

It's everyone's.

"Fix the proverb"
for 400, please.

ALEX TREBEK: "All root is
the e?

WES: What is "money is
the root of all evil"?

Correct!

I'll take
"Canadian flags"
for 400, please.

"This province's flag
depicts thn

"over wavy blue stripes
that syme
"

What is
British Columbia?

Huh-uh.
Yukon Territory.

What is Yukon
Territory, dude.

For the Bugles?

Wes?

What is
British Columbia?

Correct.

Geek.

(CLEARS THROAT)

You're home early.

Yeah, took a few days off
for that TV thing.

Thought I'd burn
them anyway,

catch up on some
quality television.

Kev, I think I know why
you bailed on the story.

You're worried
that you may have
peripheral nerve loss.

You win a bag of Bugles,
now you're a neurologist?

I did my presentation
on electric stim.

I used the materials
that you tossed.

I don't need a lecture.
I know all about it.

They strap you to
some shopping cart...

It's a walker
with braces.

Hook you up to
a car battery...

A microprocessor.

Which makes
your legs twitch.

For what?
A few baby steps.

20% of paraplegics
don't even respond to it.

Which means that
there's an 80% chance
that you will respond.

And if I don't, it means
my nerves are fried,

which means
I'll never walk again

no matter what sci-fi crap
they invent some day.

Yeah, but don't
you want to know
if you can do it?

You're a journalist.
Isn't it your job
to find the truth?

Spend a day in this chair
and then we'll talk
about the truth.

Actually,
you'd be okay with that,
wouldn't you?

You wish you were
Stephen Hawking.

Just a big brain
in a chair.

Too bad this isn't you!

TREBEK: "Attached by a stalk
ton

"is this master gland
which conts
?

ANN: What is
the pituitary gland?

That's it.

"Brain tease" for 2,000.

"These brain cells
that transmit

"nerve impulses number
in the bi"

Amy?
What are axons?

What are neurons,
idiot.

Wes.
WES: What are neurons?

Neurons, yes.

What are you
doing here?

Uh...

I wanted to see
how you were doing.

Great.

I share a room with Janey
who cries all the time

because her parents
just died.

I'm sorry.

I mean,
you probably hate me.

Hey,

you're the only person
that's been honest with me.

Have you talked
to your mother?

Don't know who she is,
remember?

WOMAN: Bridget, more visitors.

Hi, sweetheart.

What's going on?
What are you doing here?

This is an ongoing
investigation, honey.

I think you should
come back later.

We need to talk
to Stevie.

Stay.

I've dealt
with enough secrets.

Just tell me.

Your biological mother,
Melody Verkin,

she passed away
12 years ago.

(SIGHS)

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Who was she?

When she had you,
she was addicted
to heroin.

You were in a very
dangerous environment.

Social services was
called quite frequently
when you were little.

The social worker
on the case was Erica,

the woman you always
believed was your mother.

She found you hungry,

with bruises,

and once, almost dead.

And my real father?

Melody never knew
who he was.

Erica tried to get you
into a foster home,

but the court ruled
in favor of Melody.

A week later,
a neighbor called.

You'd been crying
for hours.

Melody was passed out.

Erica knew that
you were in danger,

and she didn't want to
risk that the court would
leave you in the house,

so she took you.

WILL: After you left,
Melody had a baby boy.

He drowned in the bathtub.

He was
four months old.

Melody went to prison
for killing him

and died while
serving her time.

The DA is making a deal
for a light sentence.

You'll be able to see her.

What if they could've
helped my real mother?

CHARLIE: Honey, she tried.

She loves you.

Yeah? Is that why
she was leaving?

What could she do?
Take you?

Make you live
like a criminal?

She sacrificed
herself

so that you could
have a life.

Yeah.

And that's
working out great.

Stevie, we can get
through this.

And they're sure
that a judge is going
to grant me custody

so that you can
come home.

I don't have a home.

Stevie, wait.
You do!

Listen.

I know it's hard to see,

but your eyes will adjust.

(SIGHS)

Sunrise ice cream.
What's the occasion?

(SIGHS)

I nuked
a whole family.

With your help.

The Stevie thing.
I heard.

Yeah. I was supposed
to help her.

Instead, I just ended up
stealing her iPod.

You gonna keep it?

No.

I already feel
bad enough.

I hear you.

Ooh.

So, uh,
what about you?

Ice cream for breakfast
usually comes with
a dark underbelly.

TV thing
didn't happen.

Sorry. That sucks.

Yeah. I took
it out on Luke.

Hmm.

Told him he should've
been the one to get
paralyzed, not me.

Ouch!

(CHUCKLES)

Yeah.

Well, that calls
for some more whipped cream.

Open your mouth.

Mmm.

That's good.

Didn't we used to be
good people?

I think so.
What happened?

Huh.

Maybe it was just easier

to dump on other people

than deal with
our own garbage.

But have to face it
eventually.

Why?

Well,

you can't live
in a cave.

Hey.
Hi.

What's up?

This is Stevie's. I was
just dropping it off.

(SIGHS)

It's still so hard
to believe, isn't it?

Yeah.

Joan said Stevie's
pretty destroyed.

Yeah.

Are you okay?

Sure.

Uh, you know,

if it's okay, I wanted
to take this home.

Oh, yeah. Go ahead.
I already graded it.

I gave you an A.

It's great work.

Why didn't you use it
for the presentation?

It's not what
you think, Adam.

No?

That's between
you and Joan.

So you're saying
you don't care?

(SIGHS)

Of course I care.

She's my daughter.

I don't want to see her
get hurt or used,

but I choose to believe
that you wouldn't do that.

Uh...

I didn't want to mess
things up with you.

I mean,

it's complicated
with me and Joan, but...

But I...I don't have
anyone else like you
in my life, either.

(LAUGHS)

I...I knew how hard it was

for you to finally
paint your mom.

I didn't think
you'd feel comfortable

sharing it in front
of so many strangers.

I should've asked
you first. I'm sorry.

Thanks.

Stevie!

It's Bridget.

Bridget, right.

Um, I'm just returning
your iPod.
Oh.

So, where
are you going?

They gave me
my social security
number,

so I have a couple
job interviews.

Well, you could still
work with Adam at
the design studio.

I don't think so.

What about school?

I can't go back there.

And legally,
I don't have to.

I can get a job,
get emancipated
and be on my own.

But you're a kid.

And you do
have a family.

Not anymore.

Look, Charlie's been
your dad for years.

He didn't have anything
to do with this.

Look, it's horrible
what you've been through,

but you still have
your mom.

Call it
what you want to.

She gave her life up
for you.

A lot of real moms
wouldn't even do that.

I didn't ask her to.

You're right, you didn't,
but she did it anyway!

You really think
she's a criminal?

All she ever did
was love you.

That's what matters,
isn't it?

Look, if you're
still gonna run away

and not see
what's been given to you,

then I guess
you're getting exactly
what you deserve.

The microprocessor
fires electrodes

on the quadriceps,

the gluteal muscles

and the perineal nerve,
causing muscle contractions.

So basically it's like
my battery is dead

and I'm getting a jump
from another car.

Basically.

We'll send a signal
to your perineal nerve.

If it still functions,
your quadriceps will twitch.

Are you ready?

RANDY: Don't worry.

We can take a break
if you're not.

No. Let's just do it.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Randy, make sure
you get this.
It's the money.

RANDY: Got it, Kev.

Okay.

(GRUNTS)

Light me up, Igor.

(BEEPING)

Uh,

20% of paraplegics
don't respond to
this type of therapy.

Guess your humble reporter
falls into that group.

Sometimes you just
have to adjust
the electrodes.

Okay.

Hey, brainy doctor
copping a feel.

(LAUGHS)

Guess this hasn't
been a total loss
for the viewers.

(LAUGHS)

We're gonna try
this again.

(INHALES) Okay.

I'm increasing
the voltage, Kevin.

(BEEPING)

Whoa!

(PANTING)

Does this mean...

Congratulations.
Want to take a stroll?

Are you kidding?

(LAUGHS)

(KEVIN GASPING)

It's alive!

It's alive!

♪ Good intentions
are not enough

♪ To get me through today

(EXCLAIMS)

Just, uh...

For WPFK,
this is Kevin Girardi.

I'm running the marathon
at Hogan County Hospital.

Back to you,
Chuck and Maria.

♪ You're in the basement
watching the TV

♪ I'm on the second floor
watching the ceiling

Hi, baby.

♪ We sleep underneath
the same big sky at night

(SNIFFLES)

They told me
why you did it.

♪ I dream the same dream
we can fly

♪ You can run from me

I had you in my arms.

You were so small.

And you looked at me
and I couldn't let
anything happen to you.

♪ Let me tell you
who you really are

So, what's gonna
happen now?

The DA cut a deal.

She'll get three years,
minimum security.

That doesn't seem right.

Going to jail
for saving someone's life.

I know.

♪ And give you
everything you dream about

♪ You can run from me

I'll be back in a sec.

♪ You can hide from me

♪ But I am right beside you

You're not actually
gonna let her go
to jail, are you?

It's all working out
the way it has to.

So Stevie has to lose
her mom for three years
because of me?

They would've been fine
if I'd just stayed out of it.

Their relationship
was built on a lie,

and a lie,

even if it's motivated by
the best of intentions,

blinds people
from the light.

Love can't survive
in the dark, Joan.

But look at them.

How are they gonna
get through this?

Uh, you made them see
what they have,

what they were
going to lose.

You let them see
the truth.

That's the light
they need to find
their way.

♪ You can run from me

♪ You can hide from me

♪ But I am right beside you

♪ In this life

♪ Let me show you
what I'm made of ♪