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(Lizzie) PREVIOUSLY ON LINCOLN HEIGHTS:

Sam Henry from the Sam Henry art gallery

wants to talk to you.

Looks like she forgot all about us little people.

I guess matchbox cars just aren't sexy enough.

It's a special thing, you know, when someone gets you.

License and registration.

You young ladies need to step out of the vehicle.

Tell them it's not mine!

I can't. I don't know that it's not.

We both know that I've never hit your mother.

We both know what you did was much worse.

(Jenn) I was attacked.

Attacked? By who?

By this patient who had a psychotic break.

We're in separate places right now,

and it's not gonna get better.

Are you breaking up with me?

Yes.

[laughs]

[alarm beeping]

[tires screeching]

Don't be scared. Breakfast won't kill ya.

If you make it, it might.

I heard that. Now don't think I didn't.

Sit down.

Now, I know my culinary skills have gone under-appreciated

by you ungrateful little urchins.

That's why you're getting

cold cereal.

Hey, I saw that look.

We weren't trying to hide it, dad.

That's cold, Lizzie. Real cold.

Good morning, everyone.

Thanks for getting breakfast ready.

That extra hour of sleep made all the difference.

If you're so tired,

why don't you just take a day off and rest?

Yeah? I will if you will.

Well, I'm not the one who's been walking

around here like a zombie all week.

Even if I could take a day off, it wouldn't be today.

There was a hepatitis a scare yesterday.

A waiter at a local coffee shop was diagnosed with it,

and the clinic is offering free vaccinations.

We're expecting a major overload.

That's scary.

It wasn't at the coffee shop where Cassie works, was it?

No, thank God.

Oh, good, my basketball team's

going there to celebrate after the game.

Cassie told us she'd give us free snacks if we win.

Where is Cassie? She still up in her room?

She hasn't been down for breakfast all week.

Ever since her and Charles broke up.

It's like she's not herself anymore.

Yeah, she cries an awful lot too.

[mocking Cassie] "oh, Charles, What happened to us?"

[Lizzie laughs] (Jenn) okay, all right.

Look, guys, we need to support Cassie.

She's going through a difficult time right now.

And you all can all stop talking about me behind my back.

What's in the box?

Sorrow, pain, misery.

I kept looking in my room, and everywhere I look

there was the necklace Charles gave me, the book I borrowed,

baseball glove he left.

Can I have his baseball glove?

No, you cannot have his glove.

I'm giving it all back.

(Eddie) Frankly, I'm surprised.

The way you and Charles were carrying on,

I thought you two would have lasted forever.

So did I.

But he couldn't handle me working

and taking art lessons from Luc.

Ever since his step-dad Mac got home from jail

and moved in with him and his mom,

Charles has just changed.

In what way?

He wouldn't talk to me about it.

Whatever it is, I guess I won't know now.

My girlfriend and I ate

at that restaurant, you know, where the waiter got sick?

Brianna feels all right,

but I feel like I'm dying, nausea, fever, stomach pain.

The hepatitis a test will tell us everything we need to know.

Oh, man. I gotta take that.

We don't allow cell phones in here.

I've been waiting six months to close

on a commercial real estate deal.

That's the seller calling.

It'll be done in a minute.

Your health is much more important

than real estate deals.

This is the worst time to get sick.

Hang on. We're almost done.

Sorry. [Jenn gasps]

ah, fantastic.

Offer's going through.

♪ The city never sleeps ♪

♪ You gotta live to your own beat ♪

♪ So easy come and easy go ♪

♪ But it's home ♪

♪ ♪

I never congratulated you on the basketball game

you orchestrated.

Shiloh street and all-stars on the same team?

I would have thought it impossible.

Just shows what can be done if we don't give up.

It shows the people of Lincoln heights listen to you.

To be fair, Lund had a hand in that game too.

You have a way with the community, Sutton.

We need someone like you.

Someone with your street smarts and experience

to train and supervise newer cops.

I'd like you to take the sergeant's exam.

I never considered it before.

Take the application, think about it, and get back to me.

I have to promote someone.

I'd like it to be you.

[bell ringing]

[hip-hop music]

Here.

What is this?

Everything that reminds me of you.

Your heart necklace, Cassie?

I gave this to you. You want me to keep this?

Do whatever you want with it.

Fine.

Where's my green t-shirt?

I couldn't find it. You lost my green t-shirt?

That was your favorite. You borrowed that all the time.

[cell phone ringing]

Hi, Luc.

What? Shut up.

Shut up!

Seriously?

Seriously?

Okay!

Mm-hmm. Bye.

Oh, my gosh, Charles.

Do you remember Sam Henry?

The gallery owner

who saw my work last week at revolution?

I guess.

He's having an opening tomorrow night for local artists,

and one of 'em dropped out, and now he wants to show my work.

[screams]

Can you believe it?

My first gallery show.

That's great, Cassie.

Don't be too happy for me.

That's not fair, Cassie.

Look, I left a bunch of my CDs and stuff at your place.

Don't worry. I'll bring it all over.

♪ It's hard to understand ♪

♪ How you can be so compassionate ♪

♪ And still don't give a damn ♪

♪ But sometimes I think about my life ♪

♪ And I wonder ♪

♪ Will I ever have my day when I be livin' in splendor ♪

♪ Right now, we're under, trying to get over ♪ ♪

(woman) I can't take this anymore! I've had enough!

Then there's a written test,

tactical scene simulation, assessment of promotability.

I don't know about this.

Oh, come on, man, you know they're gonna fast-track you.

Just let me know when I got to start looking for a new partner.

[dishes breaking]

[glass breaking]

You stupid, stupid man!

I didn't know my ex-wife lived here.

I can't take this anymore. I've had enough!

Easy, lady!

Easy!

I asked him to do one simple thing,

get me extra virgin olive oil!

And he gets me vegetable oil! That's not the same thing!

Who are you talking about?

My husband! Who do you think?

What? Are you stupid, Carlos?

Open up! The cops are here.

Sir, could you come out here, please?

Sir!

Hey, get out here! Come on!

Let's go.

Vegetable, olive! I don't know the difference!

Ma'am, we could hear you all the way in the street.

You're disturbing the peace!

I don't give a damn about the peace!

All right, lady. Let's go.

What are you doing? No, you can't arrest me!

Carlos, please don't let them take me!

Do something!

Lund, hold on a second.

Carlos, you love your wife?

Si. Esme, she's my love.

Esme, you love your husband?

That's a stupid question.

It's a yes or no question.

Yes, I--

That's what I was hoping you'd say.

Now, look, you can't be yelling and throwing stuff

at your husband just to get your point across.

Learn to talk it out.

And keep your cool.

You think you can do that?

Good, I'm gonna give you another chance.

But if I get one more call back to this address,

I'm taking you in.

No more. I promise.

I'm going to hold you to that.

And lay off the ashtrays.

[crying]

Hey.

So is it true about you and Cassie?

Is what true, sage?

Come on. That you two are splitsville?

Yeah, it's true.

So that makes both of us Cassie's ex's.

Welcome to the club.

What do you want, sage?

I know you and Cassie had a falling out,

but I'm not gonna trash her with you.

Oh, my God. No, I swear.

That's not what I was trying to do.

Then what?

I just thought that we could hang out--

As friends.

I mean, I'm still new here,

and my first friend didn't exactly work out.

I'm sorry. I can't.

♪ I need to know that you love me ♪

♪ I'm standing all alone feelin' empty ♪

♪ I don't need to hear... ♪

Lemon squares on the house.

Congratulations, guys.

Oh, uh, Cassie, can you also

bring us some cinnamon cookies?

Two croissants and a cupcake.

Oh, the pink one with sprinkles.

Is that it?

Three lemonades, one ice tea, and a Vincent vanilla blended.

Oh, that's it.

Oh, extra whipped cream.

[laughter]

Hey, Lizzie, your boyfriend's here.

That's weird.

He said he had to stay home and write a history paper.

Well, maybe he found out we won,

and he came to surprise you.

Oh, gee. That's so sweet.

[giggles]

(Jessie) Or maybe he's just doing research for his history paper.

On what? The history of two-timing?

Well.

The good news is, if your patient

does have hepatitis a, it's not transmittable--

By blood, I know, it's hepatitis b and c

I'm worried about.

Which is why we're running

a complete serology panel on him.

I asked the lab to put a rush on it.

Jenn, there's something else.

You might wanna sit down.

No, I'm fine. Tell me.

I pulled this guy's records.

About three months ago,

he came in for a rapid HIV test.

The results came back inconclusive.

So we're running some more tests.

This one's gonna be more accurate

because he's already past the incubation period for HIV.

Assuming he hasn't been involved in any at-risk behaviors

during that time.

Damn that cell phone!

Jenn.

Look at me. Okay.

It's gonna be okay.

We're gonna get all the test results back within 24 hours.

You will get through this.

I promise.

♪ Have I told you how I feel about you ♪

♪ Now I've gotta.. ♪

I think he's being stood up.

Good.

♪ ♪

Wait, wait.

He's leaving. What should I do?

Well, go after him. Get up in his grill.

♪ ♪

How's the history paper?

Lizzie.

You know, the least you could do is tell me

that you wanted to see other people.

Not go behind my back

and meet-- My mom.

Your mom?

You know how I live with my aunt?

Yeah.

That's because...

My mom is a recovering drug addict.

Whoa.

She left when I was four.

I didn't know, Johnny.

See, my mom, her name's Yvonne.

She lives in a halfway house on hickory street.

Every year around her birthday I try to see her.

And every year she stands me up.

My brother tells me I'm crazy for trying.

Maybe my brother's right.

♪ ♪

Lieutenant lindo wants me to take the sergeant exam.

That's fantastic.

I know.

Then why do you seem so gloomy?

This means more money, more respect, leadership,

a safer job off the streets.

I know that, Jenn. I know all of that.

And it's all good on paper.

But?

I like working the streets.

It sounds silly, but that game gave me hope

that we can stop the violence.

I can't do that from behind the desk.

Look, I don't wanna fight,

but you can't make a decision like that

without factoring in the four other people

who live here.

Let's just talk about something else.

I had a rough day.

I'm gonna go get you a cool drink,

and we can sit down and talk about it.

All right. Sounds good.

Okay.

[cell phone ringing]

Eddie here.

Hey dad, is everything okay?

Aw, no. You're kidding me.

Yeah. Okay.

So today... You're not gonna believe this.

What?

My dad just got busted making hooch in county.

They extended his sentence two more weeks.

This is the last thing I need.

Look, I'm just back on the job. Things are gettin' even crazier.

Damn!

I can't catch a break.

[hip-hop music]

(Cassie) Too old.

Too dull.

♪ ♪

Hmm. Reject pile.

♪ ♪

Oh, these are good.

♪ ♪

Hmm. I don't know.

Right on.

This is perfect for the gallery.

It's a painting of Charles. Reject pile.

We broke up.

Too bad.

I think it'd be perfect for your series.

Why does it have to be part of a series?

Okay, teacher-student moment. Listen up.

One good painting is a work of art.

But a series of paintings is a voice.

I don't know if I have a voice.

Sure you do.

You just haven't found it yet, but you will.

I don't know, Luc.

I don't think I'm ready for this.

What's ready got to do with this?

When that brass ring comes around, you just grab on, girl.

♪ ♪

[suspenseful computer music]

[sighs]

Get up, Tay. I need the computer.

Almost on level nine. Can't stop.

Sure you can.

I'll remember that.

Why do you need it so bad anyway?

I'm looking up the halfway house where Johnny's mother lives.

Halfway house? What is that?

It's a place where recovering addicts live.

Johnny's mom's a drug addict?

Recovering. She's getting better.

New days recovery center. This must be it.

So he thinks you can get her to meet him?

Not exactly.

He doesn't know I'm doing this.

Are you okay?

I'm just getting some water.

[phone ringing]

[groans]

[phone continues ringing]

Hello?

It's Jenn. Are you awake?

Yeah. Yeah, I am now.

I think my lymph nodes are swollen.

My throat feels sore, and this could be from my ring,

but I feel a rash around my finger.

Jenn, I need you to listen to me, okay?

I'm listening.

Even if you did contract HIV

from that needle,

it would take you at least three months

before you started to exhibit a symptom.

You're absolutely right.

I don't know what came over me.

I'm so sorry to disturb you.

Ah, don't worry about it.

Just think rational thoughts. Okay?

I'll try.

Good night.

Good night, Jenn.

[sighs]

Everything all right?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

Eddie?

Do you remember that long walk in the park we took

just before Cassie was born?

Jenn, it's two in the morning.

You dropped your wallet, bent down to pick it up

and almost split your pants.

[laughs]

They looked good on me though.

Then instead of picking up that overstuffed, old wallet,

you held up a diamond ring, and You said, "look what I found."

I swear my heart skipped a beat.

Then you said--

I said, "wouldn't it be nice

"if I could keep taking long walks

"with miss Jennifer Bradshaw

for as long As we both shall live?"

now.

Good night, Mrs. Sutton.

That was a nice walk.

[woman over radio] 6-Adam-30, seen a man...

At 330 Riverside drive.

[man over radio] Central, 6-Adam-30 responding.

Excuse us.

Powell, what happened here?

Assault with a deadly weapon.

Attempted murder... If she lives.

Apparently the wife had been verbally abusing

the husband for years.

Guy decided he had enough.

Don't tell me that's the deadly weapon.

At least she got her olive oil.

Hey. You was here yesterday.

Esme. I love her.

But I wish you had arrested her when you had the chance.

Move it.

You were here yesterday? [scoffs]

nice job, boy scout.

You couldn't have seen this coming.

What's the haps, peeps?

Johnny, guess what? I called your mom.

And she's gonna meet you at revolution after school.

What?

She promised to be there, and I really think she meant it.

Johnny, you're gonna see your mom.

I told you I was done trying!

I knew he wouldn't like it.

Johnny, I'm sorry.

I just thought if I could get her to come,

then you would want to see her.

What if we go with you?

You wanna meet my mom?

No, but if she ends up a no-show,

it'll be, like, just the three of us are chillin'.

Yeah. Let's just chill.

Hey!

Good news.

I got a job.

Well, congratulations, Mac.

What kind of job did you get?

Well, I'm gonna tell you, Charles.

I met this guy, and his truck broke down.

And he's gonna pay me some good money to fix it.

I'm gonna need a space to do that though.

Hey, maybe you could talk to Castillo.

Do you think that he would let me work on it down there?

That way, you know, if I do a really good job,

maybe he'll hire me.

And then, well, you and I'd be working together

just like we did in Germany.

Are you high?

No. I'm asking you for a favor.

Why would I do you any favors?

Well, 'cause I'm your step-dad.

You wouldn't even have that job

if it weren't for me.

I owe you nothing.

Fair enough, but you owe your mom something, don't ya?

I mean, that woman, she busts her hump around here

to give you a roof over your head.

And if you don't help me,

then I'm not going to be able to help my family.

And your mom is gonna be the one who suffers.

She'll suffer more when I tell her

what kind of man she married.

You just wanna hurt your mother, don't you?

No, I wanna hurt you.

You listen to me.

The last thing that your mother needs

when she comes through that door from Clark county,

is you whining

about something that happened two years ago.

Get out of my way, Mac.

Hey, I did my time.

And I'm gonna need you to let me off the hook, son.

I'm not your son.

Get out of my way.

Charles.

[grunts]

Oh, you're gonna regret that.

Jenn, I got some test results back.

I think you should see this.

Oh, allow me. Allow me.

Thanks, Ruben, I'm just a little bit out of it today.

Tay?

What are you doing here?

I'll be in my office.

I need refills.

Tay, we're a little bit busy right now.

You'll have to wait about 15 minutes.

But mom, I have plans.

Taylor, I'm sorry.

Don't tell me this guy belongs to you.

Ruben, this is my son Taylor Sutton.

Tay, say hello to Ruben.

Nice to meet you.

The pleasure's mine, young man.

I see you have an insulin kit there.

Yours? Yeah, but I ran out.

My mom has one just like it.

I'll get you some refills.

Come on.

I'm gonna sit down for this.

Jenn, your patient tested positive--

Please, don't say it. For hepatitis a.

And negative for b, c, and HIV.

Negative, Jenn.

You can breathe now.

Oh, my God. Thank you.

God. Thank you, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Mom, I'm going now.

Tay, um, I just got some good news about a patient.

So? I'm leavin', okay?

Did Ruben give you what you need?

Yeah. Mom, I really gotta go.

I love you, Tay. I love you so much.

All right. I love you too.

Bye.

[sighs]

Thank you, doctor.

It was nothing. It's what I do.

I gotta get back to it.

Okay.

Cassie? What are you still doing here?

I thought you wanted to get to the gallery early.

I'm going.

Your feet aren't going to walk themselves.

Mom, why does it feel all wrong?

What feels wrong?

Doing this without Charles for one thing.

I thought he'd be here for this.

I can't believe he's missing it.

Oh, Cassie.

On top of that, I didn't expect

to be in a gallery opening this soon,

not until I was way older.

I'm not ready for this. I'm not going.

All right. Stay home.

We wouldn't miss it for the world.

Cool. Tell me how it goes.

[doorbell rings]

Can I help you?

Yes, is Cassie here?

Luc? What are you doing here?

I couldn't let the princess go

to the ball without an escort.

Oh, mom, Luc. Luc, mom.

Mrs. Sutton.

It's a pleasure meeting you.

Maybe you can convince her to go

to her own gallery opening.

Let me guess. It's all happening too fast.

You're convinced it must be a big mistake?

How did you know?

'cause I know a true artist when I see one.

Come on now.

[romantic music]

♪ ♪

♪ Baby, where you goin' ♪

♪ You didn't leave me room ♪

♪ To tell you how this started ♪

♪ Now I'm missin' you ♪

♪ It's too much I'm missin' you ♪

♪ And feeling... ♪ ♪

She's pretty...

Has this great big smile

and she wears sun dresses.

That's her signature look.

You remember that?

My aunt shows me pictures.

But I do have one memory of my mom.

Whenever I would have a nightmare,

she would give me a sugar cube,

said it would make my dream sweeter.

[chuckles]

First you dump my daughter,

and now you're stalking her?

Cassie asked me to drop off some of her stuff.

For the record, I didn't wanna break up with Cassie.

I did it because I had to.

I don't follow.

Her art.

She's getting noticed. She's meeting new people.

I don't fit into that world

but I didn't wanna stand in her way.

You're a good guy, Charles.

Sorry I didn't get to know you better.

You know, Cassie mentioned

your step-dad moved back in with you and your mom.

It's good to have him back.

So that's your story, and you're sticking to it?

Or are you gonna tell me why

your step-dad gave you a black eye?

Listen, Charles, if you got something going on at home,

you can talk to me.

I hit him first.

But he deserved it.

He's a bad guy, Mr. Sutton.

Boy, don't you know violence is never the answer?

All due respect, sir, sometimes it's the only answer.

This is stupid.

She's not coming.

Wait, Johnny.

Johnny, don't leave, I mean, she's only 20 minutes late.

She might have gotten lost.

Yeah. Just wait a little longer.

It's 2007.

I think I've waited long enough.

Nice try, Lizzie. Let's go.

We can't.

If Johnny's mom shows up,

she'll think he stood her up.

We have to come up with a reason he left.

Think fast.

That could be her.

What are you gonna say?

I don't know. I'll figure something out.

Uh, miss nightingale?

Yvonne?

Um, I'm Lizzie, Johnny's friend who called you.

This is--

You don't say?

Stand up and let me look at you, boy.

You turned out all right.

Where your brother at?

Um, I'm not--

It don't matter. I only got a minute.

Your friend here hollered at me for not coming to see you.

I just wanted to come down and tell you...

I'm trying to get my life back on track.

I really ain't got time for you boys right now.

But you in good hands with my sista.

I bet she treats you boys like her own, don't she?

Am I right?

That's good.

Now do your momma a favor...

Give me some bus fare.

That's good.

Here's five.

Let me see your hand.

You be a good boy now, okay?

Uh, delivery boys go around back.

Do I look like I'm holding a pizza?

What the hell is this, man?

I'm a friend of Charles.

He came by my house today with a black eye.

Oh, you're Cassie's dad.

That's right.

Yeah, Charles has good taste.

She is one cute little boogie-down Barbie.

What'd you call her?

No, it was a compliment,

really, chocolate kisses, they are the sweetest.

[grunts]

Don't talk about my daughter.

Don't think about my daughter.

And if you lay a hand on Charles,

you're going back to that prison you just got out of.

Got it?

I can't hear you.

[whispers] I got it.

Yeah.

You do.

Two months ago, I was a high school kid

who lost her art program.

Now I'm in the Sam Henry gallery.

This is just the beginning.

Cassie.

I'm so proud of you. Oh!

Your art looks good on these walls. It's amazing.

My sister's gonna be famous.

This is something else. Dad.

Dad, can you believe this?

Baby, I'm thrilled for you.

Oh!

There's Sam Henry, the gallery owner.

Luc, let's go talk to him. Excuse us.

Hi Sam, the show looks great.

Boy, don't even think about it.

Ruben says a glass of red wine

a day is good for the heart.

Ruben from the clinic?

Yeah, he got me my insulin refills

while mom was getting some good news from doctor Mario.

Kids, why don't you run along

and take a look at the paintings, okay?

So. What's the good news?

The good news is that I am going

to live a long and healthy life.

I had a little scare at work, but I'm fine.

What kind of little scare?

It's nothing to be worried about.

What kind of little scare?

While I was drawing blood I got stuck by a needle,

but we tested the patient for HIV and hepatitis.

He's clean.

Why didn't you tell me? We had gotten into that fight.

And then you were having a bad day.

Compared to right now, yesterday was Christmas.

On top of that, I told you to take the day off to rest.

But you went in anyway.

Mistakes like that could cost you your life.

Mistake?

You're blaming this on me?

I follow protocol on my job every day, and dangers exist.

Just like they do for beat cops.

HIV, Jenn.

Do you realize your job could endanger our entire family?

You think my job endangers our family?

Have you forgotten about that little kidnapping incident

that involved our daughter?

That had nothing to do with you.

This is about you and that clinic.

Since day one, you're on call 24/7.

There are safety issues at that place,

mental patients ready to snap at a moment's notice.

You never even asked me my opinion

if you should take the job.

At least I told you about the sergeant's exam.

You told me.

But it sure seemed like your mind was already made up.

I haven't even made a decision yet.

And not that it matters anymore,

but if you had asked me should you take the job

at that clinic, I would have said no.

Tay, that's--that's your fifth mushroom puff.

And you don't even like mushrooms.

Tastes better when it's free.

There's some very cool art here,

but who let the cartoonist in?

Sutton's definitely the weak link.

Did he just say--

Okay. We can't tell Cassie.

Can't tell Cassie what?

Did you see the spectacular pink painting?

Just another Cassie Sutton "monsterpiece."

(woman) Exactly.

Ignore them. They're idiots.

Your paintings are some of the best ones here.

Yeah, just because they said that doesn't mean they're right.

Her work is immature.

What was Sam Henry thinking?

You gotta figure out your priorities, Jenn.

Cassie, where are you going?

I told you I wasn't ready for this.

Cassie, wait!

Come on, it's not that bad!

What happened?

They hate her work.

[knocking on door]

When you were a little girl,

and something didn't go your way,

you'd hide under the covers.

I'd tickle you silly just to get you out.

Don't tickle me, dad.

Look, I know last night was rough,

but what you don't realize

is that it's not the opportunities that matter.

It's the doing that counts.

And you know something else?

I respect what you did.

You do?

You took a risk.

You put yourself out there.

That takes guts.

How, dad?

I don't think you ever told me that before.

You really respect me?

Since the day you were born.

Now.

You ready for my new breakfast specialty?

Cornflakes?

[laughter]

Uh, by the way, I, uh, saw Charles yesterday

when he came by to drop off your stuff.

There is something going on at home.

Take it easy on him, okay?

Dad, we just had a really good pep talk.

Don't ruin it.

[knocking on door]

(lt. Lindo) Yeah?

Lieutenant, you got a minute?

For you, I got two.

I've been, uh, thinking about the sergeant's exam.

If I left the streets now, I'd be leaving behind

unfinished business.

Gang violence may never be finished business, Eddie.

It could be true, but I can't afford to believe that,

or I might as well give up.

See, that's the kind of attitude

that would serve our newer cops well.

You know, the other day I misjudged

a domestic disturbance because of that attitude?

You know, I chose to see the good in people,

and it ended up--

I heard how it ended up. Powell told me all about it.

Powell told everyone about it.

Sit down.

Okay, people who make great mistakes

make great teachers.

Now, I've made mistakes,

bad ones, but it didn't stop me

from moving up the ranks.

The application's still on the table.

I'm not gonna rush you with this decision, okay?

You can take a couple of months.

Thanks, lieutenant.

All right.

But bear in mind, if it's not you,

it'll be someone else.

Excuse me.

Officer Sutton, a doctor Mario called for you.

Thank you.

Look, I don't have time for coffee,

so why don't you cut to the chase?

Jenn told me this morning

that she was considering leaving the clinic.

I gave her the day off to go home and think about it.

What, you didn't know about this?

No. What exactly did she tell you?

Well, she said that you disapprove

of her working environment.

Eddie, do you have any idea how important this clinic is to her?

Excuse me?

She loves helping this community.

It's who she is.

I didn't come here so some goober

in a lab coat can tell me about my own wife.

I know my wife loves her job.

But I don't think the toll it takes on her

and her family is worth it.

You're wife is a brilliant healer, Mr. Sutton.

This is her calling.

Now, if you believe that,

you would know that for Jenn, the sacrifices

that she makes to work here are worth it.

I can't believe I fell for it again.

It's my fault.

I shouldn't have called your mom without asking.

Actually, Lizzie, it meant a lot to me.

But see, I have this picture of my mom in my head

where she's kind and happy

and wishing me sweet dreams each night before I go to bed.

I guess I just wasn't ready for that to change.

Something tells me that if your mom were in your life,

she'd still be wishing you sweet dreams.

So are we cool?

Well, you are.

[chuckles] Come on.

Johnny, I need to borrow five bucks.

Thanks.

He ain't getting this back.

[laughs]

I called doctor Mario a goober.

What?

Baby, I don't want you to quit your job.

But you don't want me to have that job either.

That's because I can't let you go to work

without worrying you'll get stuck by a needle,

or that some sick guy in the waiting room

is not gonna get violent on you.

So I need your help.

I need you to tell me how you get through the day

knowing the dangers I come across.

Tell me, so I can do it for you.

Well...

In the morning, I say a little prayer

for my husband's safety.

And in the evening,

I tell him I love him before he goes to bed.

And then every chance I get, I look for his smile

in my children's faces,

so...I always know he's around me.

That's all I can do.

I like that.

Eddie, I'm so sorry I didn't ask your opinion

about working in the clinic.

From now on, we make the big decisions as a couple.

And as a couple, I think we both agree

you should go back to work.

I love you, baby.

And I know you won't be happy behind that desk,

so if you don't want to take that sergeant's exam--

That's all I needed to hear.

And the offer's still open.

So we have plenty of time to make a decision together.

Did you really call doctor Mario a goober?

[laughs]

♪ I'm so confused ♪

♪ I don't know why I let you treat me like you do ♪

♪ We've had issues ♪

♪ I let you walk in ♪

♪ And that's not right ♪

♪ So much hurt, so much pain ♪

♪ I never thought that I could feel like this ♪

♪ But I do ♪

♪ Being in a relationship with you ♪

♪ Is like a rollercoaster ♪

[chuckles]

Shouldn't you be listening to the audition?

It's a little hard to hear

over the deafening silent treatment you've been giving me.

It's not a silent treatment.

I've just been thinking, that's all.

Well, for what it's worth, Sam Henry called.

Someone bought one of your paintings.

Get out! Really?

Yeah.

Yeah. It's your first sale.

Cassie, I still feel bad for putting you

in a situation that hurt you.

But that was the point, wasn't it?

I mean, if I wanna be an artist and get myself out there,

I need to know what it feels like to be rejected.

So the princess learned a valuable lesson.

Dealing with rejection.

But the bigger lesson's dealing with acceptance.

What are you talking about?

Some fools blow up so big,

they don't know what to do with all the love.

I'm pretty sure I can handle people wanting me.

Oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah.

How would you handle this?

♪ ♪

♪ I know that you love me like you say you do, oh ♪

Like this.

♪ I have to tell myself to just let go of you ♪

♪ ♪