1 00:00:03,700 --> 00:00:04,700 What's the emergency? 2 00:00:04,780 --> 00:00:08,480 He won't say, but he wants to tell both of us and Kimberly. But he just shows up 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:09,780 unannounced something, though. 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,000 Well, Lydia, what a surprise. 5 00:00:18,740 --> 00:00:20,280 Okay, he's here. Tell him. 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,580 Don't make me rush into it, okay? This could be a tough conversation, honey. 7 00:00:25,740 --> 00:00:26,740 Are you dying? 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:30,660 Could you at least look a little less hopeful when asking me something like 9 00:00:30,660 --> 00:00:31,940 that? Lydia. 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:33,479 Are you okay? 11 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:34,480 I'm fine. 12 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:36,540 My health is fine. 13 00:00:37,420 --> 00:00:39,020 With one exception. 14 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:42,500 I can't get pregnant. 15 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:45,920 Do you want to get pregnant? 16 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,260 I've been trying for three years. 17 00:00:48,820 --> 00:00:53,440 And after a zillion fertility experts, I won't bore you with medical diagnoses, 18 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,020 but basically I have this thing called chromosomal deletion. 19 00:00:58,100 --> 00:00:59,440 What are we talking about? 20 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:05,120 I am talking about the only way I can get pregnant is to find a man with the 21 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,760 unique gene segment to make up for my deficiency. 22 00:01:08,580 --> 00:01:12,140 I can only conceive with one in a hundred thousand men. 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,140 And how many have you tried so far? 24 00:01:15,620 --> 00:01:16,780 Lydia, go on. 25 00:01:17,660 --> 00:01:18,660 Anyway. 26 00:01:19,980 --> 00:01:25,480 Obviously, Jimmy, by some stroke of fate, you are one in a hundred thousand. 27 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:30,200 You've got to be kidding. I know it's a completely outrageous request. 28 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:33,100 Me? You want Jimmy to father your child? 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,980 Yes. And it would be my child. 30 00:01:36,220 --> 00:01:39,920 I would, of course, assume all responsibility, financial and otherwise. 31 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:46,400 Basically, I just want... You know... I want your sperm. 32 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:51,180 Well... Well, then, by all means, Jimmy, go on. Give her a quart. 33 00:01:52,020 --> 00:01:53,020 Jill. 34 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:59,320 You come into my house and you ask my husband to impregnate you? 35 00:01:59,660 --> 00:02:03,900 I know the absurdity of this. I know the potential it has to disrupt this 36 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:05,660 family. Then why do it? 37 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:08,139 Because I'm desperate. 38 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:15,160 Jimmy, it's not as if you have to do anything. 39 00:02:16,590 --> 00:02:17,870 What, you think that's funny? 40 00:02:18,410 --> 00:02:23,070 No. Really. I mean, really. You wouldn't have to do anything. I've already got 41 00:02:23,070 --> 00:02:24,070 the sperm. 42 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:27,350 Excuse me? When we first got married, there was a mump scare. 43 00:02:27,590 --> 00:02:31,210 You remember? And you had never got them. And since they can make adult men 44 00:02:31,210 --> 00:02:34,870 sterile, we made a little deposit in a sperm bank, just in case. 45 00:02:35,690 --> 00:02:38,430 So really, you don't have to do anything. 46 00:02:39,470 --> 00:02:40,570 Except say it's okay. 47 00:02:42,030 --> 00:02:45,250 You have to think about it? 48 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,880 Jill, I want you both to think about it. And if the answer's no, then the 49 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,260 answer's no, but at least show me the courtesy of considering it. 50 00:02:54,660 --> 00:02:57,060 It wasn't easy for me to come in and ask this. 51 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:00,799 Wait a minute. 52 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:01,800 Where are you going? 53 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:03,440 Upstairs. 54 00:03:03,980 --> 00:03:05,380 I want you to discuss it. 55 00:04:15,660 --> 00:04:20,120 Well, there's nothing really to discuss here. I mean, obviously, we wouldn't 56 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,160 consider this for a second. Not for a second. 57 00:04:22,380 --> 00:04:26,800 I can't believe that she would have the nerve to walk in here and ask to borrow 58 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,840 sperm like a cup of sugar. Can you? No, I can't. Can you, Kimberly? 59 00:04:32,660 --> 00:04:33,840 Well, I guess not. 60 00:04:35,820 --> 00:04:40,440 Kimberly, you can't possibly be entertaining the notion you couldn't be. 61 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,240 There's a thousand reasons not to do it. I guess I just can't shake the one 62 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,060 reason to do it. To bring Lydia joy. 63 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,880 Honey, I am too old to be a father again. 64 00:04:51,420 --> 00:04:55,380 Well, from what she said, she'd assume all the parenting. You wouldn't have to 65 00:04:55,380 --> 00:04:56,379 be the father. 66 00:04:56,380 --> 00:04:59,680 I'm having a lot of trouble with you supporting this. I really am. 67 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,060 I'm not supporting it, really. I'm not. 68 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,740 It's just I'm saying I can see it from her side, too. 69 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:08,800 It's not going to happen. No way. 70 00:05:09,700 --> 00:05:11,550 Fine. It's your decision. 71 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:43,640 I think they're ready for you. 72 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:46,460 And I think I know the answer. 73 00:05:48,020 --> 00:05:49,220 Are you surprised? 74 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:50,600 No. 75 00:05:51,060 --> 00:05:52,660 I guess I hoped I would be. 76 00:05:55,280 --> 00:05:57,680 So, unanimous decision? 77 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,760 Actually, two to nothing and one abstention. 78 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:05,740 Well, sensible. 79 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,240 I guess it would have upset Matthew and Zach anyway, so... 80 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:13,720 I expected it. 81 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:21,560 Matthew and Zach and me, I think we could have handled it. 82 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:25,940 But Mom and Dad, that's just something different. 83 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,460 Look, it's not that we are not sympathetic. 84 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:34,640 It's just that it's a... This would wreak havoc on our family, Lydia. 85 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,560 Jill, you would never hear from me. I... 86 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:42,880 I promise you, we would not disrupt your... You're my husband's ex -wife. 87 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:51,000 I'm not going to lie to you. This would be a little tough for me to take. 88 00:06:51,940 --> 00:06:52,940 I know that. 89 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:58,140 Like I said, I knew all of this before coming to ask. I just... I don't know... 90 00:06:58,140 --> 00:06:59,260 I'm sorry. The answer is no. 91 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:05,100 What? 92 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:07,120 Why are you looking like that? 93 00:07:10,359 --> 00:07:16,040 Uh, I'm sorry, but... Uh, the answer is not no. 94 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:22,220 What? This is just too important, and I do not mean to disrupt you. You can't do 95 00:07:22,220 --> 00:07:24,820 this, Lydia. You can't do it without Jimmy's consent. 96 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,320 Actually, I can. 97 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:32,080 The sperm is mine. It was property of the marriage, and it goes to me, so... I 98 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:33,080 can't. 99 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:34,760 Are you crazy? 100 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:37,680 Maybe. 101 00:07:39,500 --> 00:07:42,760 Look, you guys, when I came here, I fully expected to go along with whatever 102 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,320 decided, but I just can't. 103 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,300 And Kimberly told me that she and the boys could handle it, so why can't the 104 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:50,400 of you handle it? Because we can't, Lydia. 105 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:56,960 Well, that's unfortunate, but... I am going to have a baby. 106 00:07:59,900 --> 00:08:01,320 I'm going to have a baby. 107 00:08:09,870 --> 00:08:12,390 I'm the district attorney. I can't help you. 108 00:08:13,190 --> 00:08:14,410 There's got to be a law. 109 00:08:15,290 --> 00:08:17,430 She can just kidnap my sperm? 110 00:08:17,790 --> 00:08:20,110 It's considered property. She's not committing a crime. 111 00:08:20,370 --> 00:08:23,270 But you could still represent us. John, you've done civil cases before. 112 00:08:23,570 --> 00:08:25,510 You were involved with the cow pregnancies. 113 00:08:25,910 --> 00:08:30,070 And as a matter of public policy, the same principle is at stake here. 114 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:34,890 This woman is using technology to force Jimmy into fatherhood. 115 00:08:35,230 --> 00:08:38,929 No, I'm not saying you don't have a case. I'm saying hire a civil lawyer. 116 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,440 I want you. 117 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:41,559 Why? 118 00:08:41,919 --> 00:08:45,460 Because this case is important to me, and there's no lawyer Henry Bone 119 00:08:45,460 --> 00:08:46,620 more than you. 120 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,600 This does affect public policy. 121 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,440 You've gone on this ring before. Why won't you go in with me? 122 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:56,060 What are you looking for? 123 00:08:56,420 --> 00:08:57,800 Simply a restraining order. 124 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,260 In joining Lydia Brock from using the sperm to impregnate herself. 125 00:09:01,660 --> 00:09:04,020 Well, I'm not sure I have any jurisdiction over the sperm. 126 00:09:04,380 --> 00:09:07,180 It's in a Milwaukee facility, subject to your state order. 127 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,180 Certainly, keeping with public policy... Don't tell me you started without me. 128 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:12,880 My feelings are very hurt. 129 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:14,820 What do you want? 130 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:18,760 Douglas Wambo representing the ultimate ex -wife, Your Honor. 131 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,520 The frozen vials were part of the estate that went to Mrs. Brock. 132 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:29,100 The law protects an individual's right not to procreate. The law is not 133 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:31,360 absolute. It's very muddy. 134 00:09:32,580 --> 00:09:35,420 Maybe it can make another of your horrible rulings, Henry. 135 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:38,560 To help send John and me back to the Supreme Court. 136 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:39,579 Shut up. 137 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:40,960 There we go. 138 00:09:41,220 --> 00:09:42,220 It's official. 139 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:45,060 I happen to know the law on this, Judge. 140 00:09:45,260 --> 00:09:47,760 I looked it up while trying to save the pregnant cows. 141 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,700 Now you're supposed to balance the competing interests of the parents. 142 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,500 I know what I'm supposed to do, thank you. 143 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:55,280 Just trying to help. 144 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,440 In grammar school, my nickname then was the Little Helper. 145 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:01,840 Would you please shut up? 146 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:03,060 If it will help. 147 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:04,320 All right. 148 00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:06,880 Mr. Wombau is correct on the legal standard. 149 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:11,920 In the absence of a written agreement, I must balance the interests of each 150 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,660 potential parent in determining what to do with the sperm. 151 00:10:15,820 --> 00:10:19,780 That means, joy of all joys, we get to have a hearing. 152 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,000 Jimmy, you'll take the stand first. 153 00:10:24,340 --> 00:10:27,920 And then, Mr. Wombau, we'll put your client in the chair. 154 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,000 Three o 'clock this afternoon. 155 00:10:30,860 --> 00:10:33,140 Until then, everybody get out. 156 00:10:34,570 --> 00:10:36,710 The little helper strikes again. 157 00:10:39,170 --> 00:10:42,750 I do not believe this. 158 00:10:42,990 --> 00:10:47,750 I have to testify in a court of law to stop my sperm from having a life of its 159 00:10:47,750 --> 00:10:50,750 own? Yeah, and do not talk about financial hardship. 160 00:10:51,010 --> 00:10:53,350 I actually stripped you of that by assuming responsibility. 161 00:10:53,770 --> 00:10:55,790 Your whole argument lies in emotion. 162 00:10:56,450 --> 00:10:57,890 How can this be happening? 163 00:11:05,580 --> 00:11:09,460 Lydia went to Wamba on her own. I was just there as his assistant. 164 00:11:09,860 --> 00:11:11,320 Then disqualify yourself. 165 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,220 You want me to do that? 166 00:11:15,420 --> 00:11:16,420 Yes. 167 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:19,600 Okay. 168 00:11:23,660 --> 00:11:26,960 You know, she's my biological mother, and I do happen to love her. 169 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:28,960 Let's not forget that. 170 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,160 Wait just a second. 171 00:11:44,340 --> 00:11:46,100 Lydia wants Dad, Mr. 172 00:11:46,460 --> 00:11:50,220 Seed, to put in her miss' eggs so she can make a baby? 173 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,280 Yes, and it's probably going to be in the papers, so I wanted you to hear 174 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,280 it from me first. 175 00:11:55,460 --> 00:11:57,920 And you've got to go to court to prevent this? Mm -hmm. 176 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,920 Daddy's with Mr. Littleton right now, preparing his testimony. 177 00:12:01,860 --> 00:12:02,960 What if he loses? 178 00:12:03,780 --> 00:12:05,340 How does he give her Mr. 179 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:06,600 Seed? 180 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,140 Well, um, she already has Mr. Seed. 181 00:12:11,670 --> 00:12:12,970 She's kept it in a freezer. 182 00:12:13,810 --> 00:12:15,070 How did she get it? 183 00:12:17,230 --> 00:12:22,390 Well, he, um... No, she... 184 00:12:22,390 --> 00:12:28,930 I have 185 00:12:28,930 --> 00:12:32,810 a family. 186 00:12:34,150 --> 00:12:37,790 I have a daughter and I have two sons. How could this not have an enormous 187 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:38,790 emotional impact? 188 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:41,180 Even if she assumes full parental responsibility? 189 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:46,940 If it is my child, it is my child. Nothing to do with laws or contracts. 190 00:12:48,460 --> 00:12:51,820 She's talking about my flesh and blood here. I must have a choice. 191 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:53,860 Is choice important? 192 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,100 A lot of people are having kids they didn't plan on having. 193 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,840 She's forcing me into fatherhood. 194 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,420 It's an emotional thing, I know. 195 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,920 But suppose that we're okay with Zach, Matthew, and Kimberly. 196 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:08,560 Would that make a difference? 197 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:14,300 Maybe I should subpoena them and see what they think. No, I don't care what 198 00:13:14,300 --> 00:13:16,360 think. I have right. 199 00:13:16,680 --> 00:13:19,340 I choose not to father her child. 200 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:21,060 I choose not to. 201 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:23,660 It should be as simple as that. 202 00:13:26,380 --> 00:13:28,820 I do not wish to be a father. 203 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,440 He will not be the father. 204 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:36,260 The father is the person who raises the child, and it will not be him. 205 00:13:36,750 --> 00:13:38,810 But it will be his heritage, Ms. Brock. 206 00:13:39,050 --> 00:13:43,050 Yes, I know that. And I am sympathetic to the fact that this may trouble him. 207 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:45,390 You're talking about an imposition. 208 00:13:45,670 --> 00:13:47,650 An emotional imposition. 209 00:13:48,370 --> 00:13:53,990 Period. And I am talking about my right to bear a child. And that is far, far 210 00:13:53,990 --> 00:13:55,210 more fundamental. 211 00:14:07,470 --> 00:14:08,690 Part of me agrees with her. 212 00:14:09,050 --> 00:14:10,050 What? 213 00:14:10,550 --> 00:14:15,630 Jimmy, fertility, it goes right to the core of a woman. You have no idea. 214 00:14:19,970 --> 00:14:25,510 That doesn't mean that I... Look, women have the right to get abortions. They 215 00:14:25,510 --> 00:14:27,170 don't have to have children if they don't want. 216 00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:29,330 Why shouldn't men get the same rights? 217 00:14:29,670 --> 00:14:30,670 They should. 218 00:14:31,050 --> 00:14:36,750 I'm not arguing with you on principle. I'm just saying, right or wrong, 219 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:43,580 If I couldn't have a baby, I'd feel... I don't know, like I wasn't complete. 220 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:45,920 Why? 221 00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:50,680 I know it's not the feminist thing to say, but that's how I'd feel inside. 222 00:14:52,940 --> 00:14:54,740 You actually think I should let her do it? 223 00:14:55,540 --> 00:14:56,540 I don't know. 224 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,020 But let me ask you something, on principle. 225 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:02,900 Okay. 226 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:04,520 You would never... 227 00:15:05,579 --> 00:15:07,900 Donate sperm to help an infertile couple? 228 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:10,540 You'd never consider that? 229 00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:12,300 That's different. 230 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:13,760 Why? 231 00:15:15,700 --> 00:15:17,780 You just don't want Lydia to get it. 232 00:15:18,580 --> 00:15:19,780 That's the real issue. 233 00:15:20,020 --> 00:15:23,420 Even if that was true, Max, so what? That's my right. If I don't want a 234 00:15:23,420 --> 00:15:27,280 particular woman inseminated by me, I don't have to have a reason to say no. 235 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:33,160 I'm just asking, do you really need to say no? 236 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,420 I don't appreciate your representing Lydia. 237 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:49,640 I wasn't going to, Jill. But then I had no choice. 238 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:51,560 She gave me a retainer. 239 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,080 I consider you my friend. 240 00:15:54,380 --> 00:15:56,140 Your helping her is a betrayal. 241 00:15:56,580 --> 00:15:57,840 She wants a baby. 242 00:15:58,420 --> 00:16:00,240 I know it makes you insecure. 243 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,620 I understand that. 244 00:16:03,340 --> 00:16:07,700 It's her only chance, Jill, to have a baby. Her only chance. 245 00:16:08,660 --> 00:16:09,660 Hi, Mom. 246 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:11,160 Oh, hi. 247 00:16:11,260 --> 00:16:12,720 What are you guys doing here? 248 00:16:14,020 --> 00:16:17,780 We came to see if we're going to get a new half -brother. Oh, please, go home. 249 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:19,180 This affects us. 250 00:16:19,580 --> 00:16:21,700 Mr. Wambaugh says that he'll screw up probate. 251 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,740 The new kid can inherit part of your estate. 252 00:16:25,220 --> 00:16:26,220 He asked. 253 00:16:26,540 --> 00:16:28,040 I was stuck for an answer. 254 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:30,520 And you know how much I hate dead air. 255 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:37,780 Though there is no precedent on semen, the courts have carved out the rules. 256 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:39,700 for frozen embryos. 257 00:16:40,180 --> 00:16:45,120 Basically, if one party chooses not to procreate, that's the end of it. 258 00:16:45,780 --> 00:16:49,280 But the veto power is not absolute. 259 00:16:50,260 --> 00:16:57,060 If no other reasonable alternative exists for the woman to get pregnant, 260 00:16:57,260 --> 00:17:00,480 the presumption goes to her. 261 00:17:00,940 --> 00:17:03,960 The medical evidence here is uncontroverted. 262 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,140 She's basically infertile. 263 00:17:07,819 --> 00:17:14,140 with exception of a rare genetic match, which Jimmy Brock happens to be. 264 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:21,280 In balancing the competing interests of both potential parents, 265 00:17:21,579 --> 00:17:28,520 the law sides with Lydia Brock getting custody of 266 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:29,520 Jimmy Brock's heritage. 267 00:17:30,140 --> 00:17:33,400 But you know, I don't always follow the law. 268 00:17:34,540 --> 00:17:36,960 Sometimes my rulings go the other way. 269 00:17:39,650 --> 00:17:42,190 Sometimes, I refuse to make any ruling. 270 00:17:43,410 --> 00:17:44,410 Period. 271 00:17:46,570 --> 00:17:48,970 And that's what I'm going to do here. 272 00:17:49,290 --> 00:17:50,910 What are you talking about, Judge? 273 00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:53,130 You want to know what I'm talking about? 274 00:17:54,270 --> 00:17:59,250 Last week, a 13 -year -old was in here trying to divorce his father. 275 00:18:00,130 --> 00:18:04,750 Before that, we got couples having babies with cows. 276 00:18:05,930 --> 00:18:08,250 Today... A fight over sperm. 277 00:18:09,710 --> 00:18:11,330 That's what I'm talking about. 278 00:18:12,310 --> 00:18:15,010 I don't know what the hell has happened to the American family. 279 00:18:16,790 --> 00:18:18,770 But I know one thing for sure. 280 00:18:20,330 --> 00:18:25,690 Everybody's running to the courts too damn fast to settle domestic situations 281 00:18:25,690 --> 00:18:28,370 which should be resolved in the home. 282 00:18:30,010 --> 00:18:33,030 Did you people even try to work on this? 283 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:36,980 This is a confidential matter, for God's sake. 284 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,180 You're talking about your fertility. 285 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:42,360 Your sperm. 286 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,640 This is sacred stuff, damn it. 287 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:53,300 And this dispute isn't even a day old before you go running to a court for 288 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:54,300 resolution. 289 00:18:55,020 --> 00:18:56,220 Well, I'm sick of it. 290 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,820 I'm sick of courts legislating family life. 291 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:09,000 I'm sick of being forced to do it Because parents and children and spouses 292 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,920 too damn lazy to put in the time. 293 00:19:14,540 --> 00:19:15,780 Well, guess what? 294 00:19:17,380 --> 00:19:18,380 Sheriff Brock, 295 00:19:19,180 --> 00:19:25,980 Dr. Brock, Lydia Brock, you are going to put in the time. 296 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:31,140 I hereby sentence the three of you to house arrest. 297 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:33,660 We'll use your house, Sheriff. 298 00:19:34,250 --> 00:19:37,210 Your Honor, I'm not sure you can do this. 299 00:19:37,430 --> 00:19:38,590 Oh, but I can. 300 00:19:40,350 --> 00:19:46,010 I'm going to continue this matter without a finding for 24 hours. 301 00:19:46,990 --> 00:19:49,710 In the meantime, I'm ordering you people housebound. 302 00:19:50,470 --> 00:19:55,210 And I'm ordering you to act like a family and work on this. 303 00:19:56,290 --> 00:20:01,490 And trust me, regardless of what the law mandates... 304 00:20:02,030 --> 00:20:06,430 You can safely assume you don't know what the hell I'll do. 305 00:20:07,610 --> 00:20:13,010 What you can assume is that it would be better for you to work this out without 306 00:20:13,010 --> 00:20:14,010 me. 307 00:20:15,370 --> 00:20:20,450 Deputy Stewart, take the prisoners to their jail. 308 00:20:23,870 --> 00:20:26,950 Everybody else, get out. 309 00:20:38,540 --> 00:20:39,540 really do this? 310 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,060 He's the judge. 311 00:20:41,780 --> 00:20:42,780 Yeah. 312 00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:50,520 This is humiliating. If he thinks anything's going to come of this, he's 313 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:51,660 senile to be a judge. 314 00:20:51,980 --> 00:20:53,620 Well, at least you have an open mind. 315 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,040 That's a good sign. 316 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:59,620 Oh, I have no intention of being mature about this one, Lydia. A woman comes 317 00:20:59,620 --> 00:21:01,840 into my house wanting my husband's sperm. 318 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,540 I'm not after the congeniality award. 319 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:06,800 What's for supper? Supper's canceled. 320 00:21:08,650 --> 00:21:09,609 Oh, sorry. 321 00:21:09,610 --> 00:21:13,070 Just a test. This is a two -way. If any of you leave the house, this box will 322 00:21:13,070 --> 00:21:14,070 ring and I'll have to come back. 323 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:20,310 Jill, could we go in and talk to... Kimberly and Lydia, will you figure 324 00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:21,490 something out for dinner? Thank you. 325 00:21:23,510 --> 00:21:29,770 Now, honey... Maybe we should just let her do what she wants. What? Well, the 326 00:21:29,770 --> 00:21:31,230 law is evidently on her side. 327 00:21:31,550 --> 00:21:33,190 Why put the kids through this? Jimmy! 328 00:21:33,590 --> 00:21:34,590 Jimmy. 329 00:21:35,590 --> 00:21:38,090 Try to appreciate my resolve in this matter. 330 00:21:39,390 --> 00:21:43,510 Your sperm is going nowhere near that woman. 331 00:21:44,250 --> 00:21:45,570 Am I being too subtle? 332 00:21:46,890 --> 00:21:48,330 No. Good. 333 00:21:49,330 --> 00:21:52,210 I'm going to go in the kitchen and see if I can wrestle up something for her to 334 00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:53,210 choke on. 335 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:20,640 We got a lot of ground to cover. If you're finished, you can cover the 336 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:21,780 your room. You too, Matthew. 337 00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:25,660 We want to be part of the discussion. I'm sorry, but you can't be. Kimberly, 338 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:26,980 would you please take them upstairs? 339 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:28,880 Wait a second. 340 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:30,640 We're all part of this family. 341 00:22:30,980 --> 00:22:32,640 And a family is not a democracy. 342 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,520 When you're 18, you can have a vote. 343 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,540 Go. All right, come on, up to bed. Let's go. Move it. 344 00:22:37,940 --> 00:22:39,720 Got to be a grown -up discussion here. 345 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,640 Kimberly, you can come on back down and get them settled. 346 00:22:44,020 --> 00:22:45,020 I'll never settle. 347 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:46,800 Go. 348 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:47,880 Go. 349 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:53,440 Well, Lydia, would you like to join us in the living room for coffee? 350 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,660 I'd love to. Good. Let's go. 351 00:22:56,620 --> 00:22:57,700 We're out of coffee. 352 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:07,440 All right. The judge has ordered us to talk, so let's talk. 353 00:23:08,140 --> 00:23:14,460 Why don't we start by opening you up... by opening up with... 354 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:20,220 By addressing why you feel compelled to have a baby at the age of 50. 48. 355 00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:23,040 Right. I've already given you the reason. 356 00:23:23,420 --> 00:23:28,760 He is one in a hundred thousand, and since I am 48, I really don't have the 357 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,540 to sample the number of men you assume I already have. 358 00:23:32,020 --> 00:23:37,540 Look, both of you, if we are going to get through this, let's drop the 359 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:39,800 Why is your name still Brock? 360 00:23:41,740 --> 00:23:45,480 I beg your pardon? Your marriage ended six... 16 years ago. 361 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,860 That's 120 dog years, and yet you still use the name Brock. 362 00:23:50,420 --> 00:23:55,040 Gee, Jill, my last name was Brock when you first met Jimmy, and that didn't 363 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,460 to carry any relevance for you then. Why now? 364 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,020 Do you know why you still use the name Brock? So you can be connected to Jimmy. 365 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:06,040 That's what this baby is all about, keeping him... I keep the name Lydia 366 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,600 because my daughter's last name is Brock. If you cared anything about 367 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:10,980 you wouldn't be doing this. 368 00:24:11,220 --> 00:24:12,220 All right. 369 00:24:12,780 --> 00:24:13,780 Don't you? 370 00:24:13,950 --> 00:24:16,690 ever accuse me of not loving Kimberly. 371 00:24:21,530 --> 00:24:23,190 If anything, it's... 372 00:24:23,190 --> 00:24:30,070 I 373 00:24:30,070 --> 00:24:38,770 don't 374 00:24:38,770 --> 00:24:39,770 have your life. 375 00:24:40,470 --> 00:24:41,830 I have my life. 376 00:24:43,500 --> 00:24:48,120 And if I want to enrich it with a child, that does not make me a monster, damn 377 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:49,120 you. 378 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,080 What about adopting? 379 00:24:54,020 --> 00:24:59,340 I've thought about that, but I want... I want to be pregnant. 380 00:25:00,180 --> 00:25:02,880 And I can't explain why it makes a difference. 381 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:04,880 And I know it's selfish. 382 00:25:10,540 --> 00:25:13,540 The best I've ever felt in my life is when I was carrying you. 383 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:18,180 And next to your actual birth. 384 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,460 I've never known such a complete joy. 385 00:25:26,300 --> 00:25:27,860 And I need to feel it again. 386 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:32,240 I'm sorry. 387 00:25:34,540 --> 00:25:36,220 These are strange times, Henry. 388 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,080 How's that? 389 00:25:39,050 --> 00:25:42,890 The traditional family is becoming obsolete. 390 00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:46,110 Infertility is an epidemic. 391 00:25:46,750 --> 00:25:51,990 In this country, one in every six couples are infertile. Did you know 392 00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:53,550 I'll bet you didn't. 393 00:25:54,050 --> 00:25:56,250 And here's a bigger question. Do you care? 394 00:25:56,730 --> 00:25:58,950 Not at the moment. But keep talking. 395 00:25:59,850 --> 00:26:02,250 If you say anything that's interesting, I'll let you know. 396 00:26:02,930 --> 00:26:07,170 Science stepped in with in vitro and now embryo transplants. 397 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,220 The law has to step in to regulate surrogacy contracts. 398 00:26:12,060 --> 00:26:14,620 In the simple days, man met woman. 399 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:17,320 They got married, raised families. 400 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,920 Those simple days are gone, Henry. 401 00:26:21,740 --> 00:26:24,060 We're living in very strange times. 402 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,380 Maybe I'm just old -fashioned. 403 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:34,700 I'm not old -fashioned. I'm all for single parenthood. I'm all for you 404 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:37,040 pregnant, Lydia, but just not by him. 405 00:26:37,630 --> 00:26:40,370 It's him or nothing. Then it's nothing, Lydia. 406 00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:44,750 It's perverse for you to even want a child by him. It's sick. 407 00:26:45,650 --> 00:26:48,290 Why? Why? She's asking me why. 408 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:50,469 Tell her. 409 00:26:50,470 --> 00:26:53,050 No, you tell her, Jimmy, please. Go on, tell her. 410 00:26:54,330 --> 00:26:56,990 Well, of course it's wrong, but... 411 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,720 That it is my child, that doesn't make it perverse. 412 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:04,960 You want her to have your baby? Of course not, but I just wouldn't go so 413 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:06,280 to say it's perverse. 414 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,880 First you say, go ahead, let her do it so that we don't submit the family to 415 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:15,980 this ordeal, and then you say... I think you're intrigued by the whole thing. 416 00:27:16,020 --> 00:27:17,020 Oh, that's ridiculous. 417 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,000 That's ridiculous. 418 00:27:19,260 --> 00:27:20,260 I'm intrigued. 419 00:27:23,380 --> 00:27:25,860 I'm sorry, but the idea of a full sibling... 420 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:27,960 That makes me curious. 421 00:27:28,460 --> 00:27:32,100 I mean, Matthew and Zach are only half -brothers, and sometimes I wonder... 422 00:27:32,100 --> 00:27:33,660 and Matthew are your brothers. 423 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:36,080 By blood, they're not full brothers. 424 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:41,720 And sometimes I wonder what it would be like... Kimberly, I've never heard you 425 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:42,840 say anything like this before. 426 00:27:43,380 --> 00:27:44,380 You've never asked. 427 00:27:45,940 --> 00:27:49,300 I mean, can you imagine what it must have been like for me as a nine -year 428 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:53,020 sitting at the breakfast table, looking at them with their red hair, looking at 429 00:27:53,020 --> 00:27:54,020 you? 430 00:27:55,020 --> 00:27:57,720 Or the five -year -old watching you breastfeed Matthew. 431 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,680 I remember when you guys came home from the hospital with him. 432 00:28:04,740 --> 00:28:08,200 And you would look in the crib and hold each other and say, look, we made a 433 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:09,200 baby. 434 00:28:11,340 --> 00:28:13,980 Did you ever think maybe that I didn't feel like I belonged? 435 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,340 I've never heard this before. 436 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,400 You've never said anything like this before. 437 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,240 Mom, I was the child. You were the parent. 438 00:28:25,020 --> 00:28:29,820 And really, the truth is, Dad, you never really liked to talk about anything. 439 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,560 And, Mom, you really never wanted to discuss this particular subject. 440 00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:39,580 You didn't even want to acknowledge the existence of Lydia, let alone talk about 441 00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:40,580 her. 442 00:28:40,860 --> 00:28:42,300 I don't think that's true. 443 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:43,660 It is true. 444 00:28:44,260 --> 00:28:47,660 The idea was that you were my mom, my only mom. 445 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,040 And Dad's past life was erased like it never happened. 446 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,080 I mean, we've never even talked about what it feels like to be adopted, which 447 00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,080 basically what I am. 448 00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:05,760 And you never wanted to talk about it either because you couldn't face the 449 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:06,760 that you gave me up. 450 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:10,300 Which is why you did. 451 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,960 I think we're getting a little off the track here. 452 00:29:15,540 --> 00:29:16,540 No, we're not. 453 00:29:18,260 --> 00:29:19,800 I never broached the subject. 454 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:28,000 I was afraid to get into... how I could just give you up. 455 00:29:29,740 --> 00:29:36,120 Maybe that's what's going on here. Maybe you're seeking some kind of redemption 456 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,620 for having given up Kimberly. 457 00:29:40,260 --> 00:29:41,960 I didn't even fight for you. 458 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:44,500 And I was your mother. 459 00:29:47,340 --> 00:29:50,800 Every night when I go to bed, I pray that you weren't hurt. 460 00:29:53,870 --> 00:29:54,990 You were, weren't you? 461 00:29:58,510 --> 00:29:59,510 Yeah. 462 00:30:06,130 --> 00:30:09,330 Clocks can't be turned back, Henry, biological or otherwise. 463 00:30:09,850 --> 00:30:11,550 I think you lost sight of that. 464 00:30:12,170 --> 00:30:13,290 You know something, Doug? 465 00:30:14,050 --> 00:30:18,170 You've been sitting here for almost 90 minutes, and I haven't listened to a 466 00:30:18,170 --> 00:30:18,949 you've said. 467 00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:21,810 In fact, when I look away, I can almost pretend you're not here. 468 00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:25,390 That doesn't surprise me, because you do the same thing when you're on the 469 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:29,670 bench. You like to pretend that things are how they used to be. 470 00:30:30,170 --> 00:30:31,170 And they're not. 471 00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:34,570 Families are different, and problems are different. 472 00:30:35,250 --> 00:30:39,770 The Brucks come to you with a problem of the 90s that involves fertility and 473 00:30:39,770 --> 00:30:40,770 sperm banks. 474 00:30:40,810 --> 00:30:44,970 You sentence them to go home and be Ozzie, Harriet, and Aunt Bea. 475 00:30:45,710 --> 00:30:49,750 The nuclear family isn't the same, and you don't have a clue. And you do. 476 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,100 I'm willing to admit maybe I don't. 477 00:30:52,460 --> 00:30:55,980 When was the last time we were on the inside of a modern family conflict? 478 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,400 And what do we know about how a family should work? 479 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,340 Hey, hey, where are you going? 480 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,520 Kevin Quinn's house. He said we could sleep over. Oh, no, it's a school night. 481 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:13,800 don't think that you should... We don't want to stay here. 482 00:31:14,460 --> 00:31:16,640 You think we can sleep listening to this? 483 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,040 You've been eavesdropping. 484 00:31:19,550 --> 00:31:21,050 You think we could stay and not listen? 485 00:31:21,710 --> 00:31:22,770 That's why we gotta go. 486 00:31:23,370 --> 00:31:25,970 And when we come back, we hope you're not here. 487 00:31:26,410 --> 00:31:27,430 We hate you. 488 00:31:27,730 --> 00:31:28,730 Zachary Brock. 489 00:31:29,110 --> 00:31:30,690 Every time she comes, you fight. 490 00:31:31,210 --> 00:31:32,470 I wish you'd die. 491 00:31:33,210 --> 00:31:35,690 Zachary, that's my mother. 492 00:31:36,130 --> 00:31:37,150 Then go live with her. 493 00:31:37,710 --> 00:31:39,030 We heard what you said, too. 494 00:31:39,570 --> 00:31:41,010 You don't think we're your brothers. 495 00:31:42,650 --> 00:31:43,770 I didn't say that. 496 00:31:44,110 --> 00:31:45,110 Yes, you did. 497 00:31:45,130 --> 00:31:48,250 You said you wondered what it'd be like to have a real brother. 498 00:31:48,730 --> 00:31:49,730 We heard you. 499 00:31:50,070 --> 00:31:51,290 Loud and clear. 500 00:31:51,790 --> 00:31:53,550 That's not what I meant. 501 00:31:53,970 --> 00:31:57,870 Right. All right, upstairs to your room now. Go on. We're going to come... No, 502 00:31:57,870 --> 00:32:01,070 Matthew, you're going upstairs to your room now. 503 00:32:01,350 --> 00:32:04,410 Go. When you close those doors, I don't want you listening. 504 00:32:04,930 --> 00:32:06,590 Well, I hope you're happy. 505 00:32:06,950 --> 00:32:11,690 And you, I hope you're very, very happy. Jill, of course I'm not happy. 506 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:16,830 Can't you get that? I've never raised a child. I just want a family. 507 00:32:17,150 --> 00:32:18,150 I don't care. 508 00:32:19,180 --> 00:32:20,860 I won't have you destroy mine. 509 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:24,380 Jill, Kimberly, would you excuse us, please? 510 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:37,560 If you had that child, you think I could just pretend it didn't belong to me? I 511 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,700 don't care about legal responsibilities. I'm talking about moral 512 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:44,680 responsibilities. How could I possibly have a child and not participate? 513 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:47,800 It's done. 514 00:32:49,130 --> 00:32:50,730 All the time. Not by me. 515 00:32:51,190 --> 00:32:53,710 It worked for you that way, Lydia, but not for me. 516 00:32:54,250 --> 00:32:58,390 I gave you Kimberly because I knew you could give her the better home. 517 00:32:58,650 --> 00:32:59,790 And the next child. 518 00:33:00,570 --> 00:33:03,810 What if I felt I could provide the better home again? 519 00:33:04,090 --> 00:33:05,310 I'd have to try, Lydia. 520 00:33:06,270 --> 00:33:10,050 The essence of being a parent is giving a child the best life you can. 521 00:33:11,050 --> 00:33:12,330 I've changed, Jimmy. 522 00:33:13,950 --> 00:33:15,690 I could be a good parent now. 523 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:18,640 I really could. 524 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:27,640 All right. 525 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:29,740 We've all said things we regret. 526 00:33:29,940 --> 00:33:34,200 You haven't said anything wrong. You haven't. And neither have you. And 527 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:35,620 it or not, neither have you. 528 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,940 Except maybe when you call the idea perverse. And I'll concede it is 529 00:33:40,940 --> 00:33:44,020 The only thing said to be regretted came out of a ten -year -old who wished me 530 00:33:44,020 --> 00:33:44,999 dead. 531 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:46,000 Dead. 532 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,020 He didn't mean that. 533 00:33:48,540 --> 00:33:52,440 Well, partly he did. But you want to know what's really perverse about all 534 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,720 You people here, you're my family. 535 00:33:57,820 --> 00:34:01,000 As ridiculous as that may sound, you're all I've got. 536 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,060 And I can't think of a better argument for my desperation. 537 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:06,480 Can either of you? 538 00:34:07,380 --> 00:34:13,840 And it's in the spirit of that desperation of my wanting to make a 539 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:14,840 home. 540 00:34:15,310 --> 00:34:17,010 That I've come to yours. 541 00:34:18,270 --> 00:34:23,929 Look, Lydia, if we were to agree... Jimmy! Things aren't always black and 542 00:34:24,090 --> 00:34:27,690 Jill. Truth is, we haven't even considered her request. 543 00:34:28,150 --> 00:34:30,449 We at least owe her that, to consider it. 544 00:34:30,810 --> 00:34:32,710 Why don't you consider it? 545 00:34:37,330 --> 00:34:38,330 Excuse me? 546 00:34:54,190 --> 00:34:56,850 Why don't you just sleep with her, Jimmy? You want to give her your sperm? 547 00:34:56,850 --> 00:35:00,970 her a fresh batch. That way we can all be happy. How the hell can you consider 548 00:35:00,970 --> 00:35:05,250 it? How can you ask me to consider it? You used to be married to her. 549 00:35:05,490 --> 00:35:07,750 Why does this upset you more than it does me? 550 00:35:08,390 --> 00:35:11,190 It would be my flesh and blood. I'm the one that's gonna... Then don't do it, 551 00:35:11,250 --> 00:35:15,650 Jimmy. That would solve both of our problems. Just say no! 552 00:35:22,370 --> 00:35:23,370 What's going on here? 553 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:28,220 I mean, I understand all the practical reasons against this, but there's 554 00:35:28,220 --> 00:35:29,780 something else going on here. What is it? 555 00:35:30,980 --> 00:35:35,000 It's unnatural for an ex -wife to come back and ask her spouse... Nobody's 556 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,420 arguing that. It's a preposterous thing she's asking. 557 00:35:37,860 --> 00:35:39,600 There's no dispute there. 558 00:35:40,860 --> 00:35:46,200 But when you know you're right, you don't get loud, and you certainly don't 559 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:47,820 erratic. Right now, you are both. 560 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:50,960 What is it? 561 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,900 Jimmy, you have nothing in common with that woman. 562 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,160 You don't have any shared interests. 563 00:36:01,700 --> 00:36:04,520 There was no reason for you to marry her. There was none whatsoever. 564 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,000 It was pure passion that brought you two together. 565 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:09,920 Do you think that I can't see that? 566 00:36:10,220 --> 00:36:11,900 It was pure passion. 567 00:36:12,580 --> 00:36:16,940 What are you getting at? What I'm getting at is that I'm the sensible 568 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:21,700 I'm the one who would be a good mother, who would provide a stable home. 569 00:36:22,570 --> 00:36:26,790 I don't doubt that you loved me then or that you love me now, but I've always 570 00:36:26,790 --> 00:36:31,850 felt that I... I'm the practical compromise. 571 00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:35,930 But Lydia... Oh, Lydia. 572 00:36:36,430 --> 00:36:40,910 Lydia's the foolish choice. The one made out of passion. 573 00:36:42,070 --> 00:36:43,770 The one made out of lust. 574 00:36:44,890 --> 00:36:47,450 The one that maybe I wish that I... 575 00:36:52,750 --> 00:36:57,110 Your sperm going into her, Jimmy, it's brought a lot of my insecurities to the 576 00:36:57,110 --> 00:36:58,110 surface, that's all. 577 00:37:02,090 --> 00:37:08,670 You think I don't have passion for you? 578 00:37:14,010 --> 00:37:18,850 I fell in love the first five minutes of saying hello to you. 579 00:37:19,660 --> 00:37:24,180 I risked my marriage, losing custody of my daughter because of that passion. 580 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:29,080 You made me the most crazy I have ever been. 581 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:35,800 It's only in hindsight that marrying you proved to be the most sensible thing I 582 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,740 have ever, ever done. 583 00:37:39,260 --> 00:37:43,700 We've been a husband and wife for 16 years. 584 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:47,880 When are you going to be sure it's going to last? 585 00:37:54,730 --> 00:37:56,110 It's going to last, Jill. 586 00:37:59,430 --> 00:38:05,670 I can't imagine life or love 587 00:38:05,670 --> 00:38:06,810 without you. 588 00:38:13,350 --> 00:38:14,350 What's going on? 589 00:38:14,510 --> 00:38:18,690 Well, he challenged me to see the inside of a family fight. I thought it was a 590 00:38:18,690 --> 00:38:19,689 good idea. 591 00:38:19,690 --> 00:38:20,950 Anybody been killed? 592 00:38:21,230 --> 00:38:22,230 That's not funny. 593 00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:23,810 Where are the prisoners? 594 00:38:24,750 --> 00:38:28,190 My mother and father are in their bedroom, and I'm not sure where Lydia 595 00:38:28,570 --> 00:38:29,970 Any progress been made? 596 00:38:31,290 --> 00:38:32,610 Oh, yeah. Big progress. 597 00:38:36,630 --> 00:38:38,050 Do you really want me dead? 598 00:38:47,070 --> 00:38:48,070 Zachary? 599 00:38:51,670 --> 00:38:53,910 If you have a baby with my father... 600 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:55,480 It'll wreck things. 601 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,020 What will it wreck, honey? 602 00:38:58,960 --> 00:38:59,960 Things. 603 00:39:01,420 --> 00:39:02,960 Kim won't love us as much. 604 00:39:03,820 --> 00:39:05,080 Why would you say that? 605 00:39:06,980 --> 00:39:09,780 Because then she'd have a real brother or sister. 606 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,060 Matthew and I are just halves. 607 00:39:14,140 --> 00:39:16,560 She wouldn't love us as much if she had a real one. 608 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,140 That isn't true. 609 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,280 I was talking about genetics, Zach. That's all. 610 00:39:23,310 --> 00:39:24,930 You two are my real brothers. 611 00:39:26,590 --> 00:39:29,370 And nothing she could do could make me love you less. 612 00:39:30,430 --> 00:39:32,950 We're not your full brothers, genetics -wise. 613 00:39:34,050 --> 00:39:35,890 Well, genes don't matter that much. 614 00:39:36,630 --> 00:39:40,270 See, Lydia gave birth to me, but she's not my mother. 615 00:39:42,110 --> 00:39:44,190 At least she hasn't been since I was two. 616 00:39:45,610 --> 00:39:50,050 And that's what she's looking for here, the chance to be a real full mother for 617 00:39:50,050 --> 00:39:51,050 the first time. 618 00:39:53,279 --> 00:39:54,279 Right? 619 00:39:56,300 --> 00:39:57,300 Right. 620 00:40:03,220 --> 00:40:06,940 What I don't get, though, is why it has to be my father's sperm. 621 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:10,620 Why do you need to get pregnant, even? 622 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,440 You want to raise a child, right? That's fine. 623 00:40:18,180 --> 00:40:20,480 But giving birth doesn't make you a mother. 624 00:40:22,730 --> 00:40:24,970 You should know that better than anyone. 625 00:40:31,530 --> 00:40:32,630 I don't hear anything. 626 00:40:33,270 --> 00:40:36,430 You say everybody's fighting. How come I don't hear anything? Maybe you're not 627 00:40:36,430 --> 00:40:37,750 listening again. Shut up. 628 00:40:39,070 --> 00:40:41,750 Anybody pregnant? 629 00:40:42,250 --> 00:40:43,570 What are you doing here? 630 00:40:43,990 --> 00:40:48,210 Henry wanted to see how real people live. Boy, did he pick the wrong house. 631 00:40:48,590 --> 00:40:51,450 Will you please shut up? I break up at night. 632 00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:53,160 What's going on? 633 00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:56,280 Do I keep you under house arrest, or did you work it out? 634 00:40:56,500 --> 00:40:58,660 Well, we didn't work anything out. 635 00:40:59,180 --> 00:41:00,640 She still wants his sperm. 636 00:41:00,940 --> 00:41:02,340 No, I don't. 637 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:04,700 I've changed my mind. 638 00:41:05,660 --> 00:41:06,660 Why? 639 00:41:06,860 --> 00:41:07,860 Reasons. 640 00:41:08,220 --> 00:41:13,440 Two of them are upstairs, getting ready for bed. It, uh... It would be 641 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:14,440 disruptive to them. 642 00:41:24,620 --> 00:41:25,760 Am I free to go? 643 00:41:26,020 --> 00:41:27,080 The case is over. 644 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:28,760 You're free. 645 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:34,320 What do I... How do I get this thing off? Just go by the station. Maxine will 646 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,460 take it out for you. I'll call, let her know you're coming. 647 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:37,920 Okay. 648 00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:45,220 Well, I'll be going. 649 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:48,040 Bye, 650 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:50,120 everyone. 651 00:41:51,780 --> 00:41:52,840 I'll lock you to your car. 652 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,060 Is there anything to eat? 653 00:42:06,660 --> 00:42:07,660 You okay? 654 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:12,740 Yeah. I'm sorry if that hurt, but my brothers really needed to hear it. I 655 00:42:12,860 --> 00:42:14,840 I did too, I guess. 656 00:42:16,940 --> 00:42:20,160 Lydia, why do you need to get pregnant? 657 00:42:22,780 --> 00:42:23,780 I'm not sure. 658 00:42:25,930 --> 00:42:26,930 Keep a secret? 659 00:42:28,930 --> 00:42:29,930 Always. 660 00:42:31,330 --> 00:42:32,530 You're going to college. 661 00:42:33,130 --> 00:42:34,130 What? 662 00:42:35,130 --> 00:42:36,550 Next fall, you'll leave the house. 663 00:42:38,250 --> 00:42:39,490 What are you talking about? 664 00:42:39,950 --> 00:42:42,810 You're my daughter, but you're becoming an adult. 665 00:42:44,510 --> 00:42:45,810 And you'll leave the house. 666 00:42:47,790 --> 00:42:53,510 And when you go, so goes my right to barge into your father's life. 667 00:42:55,500 --> 00:42:56,500 Can you believe it? 668 00:42:58,220 --> 00:43:00,640 Sixteen years later, and I still can't shake him. 669 00:43:03,020 --> 00:43:04,340 I'm still in love with him. 670 00:43:11,240 --> 00:43:12,580 That's what this is about? 671 00:43:13,460 --> 00:43:14,460 Yeah. 672 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:16,940 On some level. 673 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:22,800 I do want a baby, and I would love to get pregnant, but part of me still... 674 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:23,800 Yeah. 675 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:29,680 Yeah, I think that's what's going on here. 676 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:37,120 I'm sorry, Kimmy, giving you up. That was partly because I loved you so much. 677 00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:40,100 I know. 678 00:43:41,660 --> 00:43:45,560 Yeah, well, I guess this is what happens when you skip therapy to try to get 679 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:46,600 your Christmas shopping done. 680 00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:53,760 Uh, Lydia? 681 00:43:55,400 --> 00:44:02,240 Do you think it would be okay if sometimes I call you mom? 682 00:44:03,620 --> 00:44:04,700 Oh, yeah. 683 00:44:08,260 --> 00:44:10,140 Yeah, I think I could handle that. 684 00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:15,140 I do love you. 685 00:44:15,700 --> 00:44:19,400 Yeah, I know. I thank God for that. I love you, too. 686 00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:30,350 Okay, well, you better get back or you'll catch a cold and Phil will blame 687 00:44:36,130 --> 00:44:37,130 Kimberly. 688 00:44:40,270 --> 00:44:41,270 You take care. 689 00:44:42,510 --> 00:44:43,510 Okay, you too.