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She's smart.

Well-educated.

And very attractive.

Attractive? She's fat.

You're crazy, Gary.

No, Danny. You're crazy.

Can't believe you're doing this.

Please support LGBT equality!

Hi Auntie Chang, so sorry I'm late.

So sorry I'm late.

Welcome to my grandson's banquet.

He's so cute.

Let's make a toast to their healthy beautiful baby.

Congratulations

People say there are three major joys in life.

First is getting married.

Second is giving birth.

And third is holding a grandchild in your arms.

Of all our classmates you're number one.

You have the most grandchildren.

Where's the photographer?

My cute grandson needs more pictures.

My cute grandson needs more pictures.

When you were one month old,

we were all invited to your banquet.

Your mom was so happy.

How time flies.

When are you inviting us to your wedding banquet?

Well, I already have a boy --

He's got tons of girlfriends but he's too picky.

Finds faults in every girl he dates.

Danny

Hurry up and get married.

If not for yourself, for your mom.

She's been waiting a long time for a grandchild.

Enough about him.

Let's make another toast to Wei Wei and Hua Hua.

You're born with intelligence and excellent genes.

Have a good education --

Ma --

No one from her family went to college.

She failed her college entrance exam.

It would be horrible

if my grandchildren inherited their genes.

I want my --

Ma! I understand, okay?

But you have to respect my choice.

You're not the one marrying Cindy --

What? You're thinking of marrying her?

Danny...

Mickey!

My boss's son.

Remember Uncle Wang?

His son has a girlfriend now.

So I told him she doesn't need to be beautiful.

It's more important she's smart.

Comes from a good background.

Knows how to take care of children.

A happy family starts there.

I also told him,

it's better to marry a plain-looking girl.

Preferably chubbier with bigger buttocks.

That way she'll bear more children.

Chubbier with bigger buttocks?

A girlfriend is not a pig, okay?

Excuse me, I have an errand to run.

Ma, look what you've done!

How old are you now? Already 30.

Why do you keep wasting time?

Wasting time?

Look at her attitude.

So rude and disrespectful!

She's not at all suitable for our family.

You need to think about your future child.

What makes you think we want kids?

A lot of people choose not to have kids.

Why have a girlfriend if you don't plan to have kids?

You young people are so weird.

You're perfectly healthy,

why won't you have kids?

Danny can't.

No.

...he won't have kids.

You're our only hope.

You're our only hope.

Otherwise that's the end of the Lee family.

Ma! Let me live my own life, okay?

This is why Danny doesn't want you to know

he's having a baby.

Yo, Mrs. Lee! I've heard so much about you!

Mrs. Lee it's so nice to finally meet you!

How come you came alone?

Where's your honey?

What are you talking about?

So good to be home!

That's a weird painting.

This corner is a hazard!

What if your baby bumps into it?

Are you trying to kill me?

This is much better.

Get rid of that couch.

What's in here?

Ma, would you like to take a bath before dinner?

Relax a little.

Okay.

When do I get to meet her?

How did you meet?

I bet she's gorgeous.

She's American-born Chinese.

27, 5'5.

Has one child.

Graduated from Fullerton College.

Or this one? She's from Shanghai.

Speaks Mandarin, 23, has one boy.

The surrogate would also be the egg donor.

They would impregnate her with my sperm.

They would impregnate her with my sperm.

Don't worry.

The company is highly reputable.

They walk you through the entire process.

It's quite expensive.

But no worries.

I'm going to sell some stock

and use part of my 401(k).

I was joking with Gary.

If I charged the expenses on my card,

I'd earn enough points for

five round-trip tickets to Taiwan.

In first class.

How about this one?

Ma

I know it's non-traditional.

But I don't have a choice.

I'm not gonna pretend,

or be with a woman just to have a baby.

You're right.

You're absolutely right.

I don't have a choice either.

At least you need to find someone healthy and

well-educated with a good family.

So I'll have smart healthy grandchildren.

How can you be so flippant about the whole thing?

Okay, of all the ones we've seen,

she's the best.

Perfect age, good family,

went to a great school.

She's healthy, no genetic disorders.

She has three children.

And she's helped a gay couple with their baby daughter.

You don't know her.

How do you know she's not lying?

What if she's a wacko?

Her genes are going to pass down to our family.

Ma, they screen all of their surrogates very carefully.

How do you know?

Because the company's highly reputable.

I've read all of their reviews.

I've spoken with their former clients.

You think it's that easy?

You have no idea what you're doing.

What an awful neighborhood.

Ma

I'm in San Diego.

I'm Danny's friend.

Don't worry.

Mrs. Lee it's so great to finally meet you.

Wow, your Chinese is excellent.

Thank you.

This is my house...

Ma, what happened?

Are you okay?

What happened?

I was grocery shopping.

Grocery shopping? In East LA?

You could have walked to Trader Joe's.

What were you doing in East LA?

"Spotless" means very clean.

Their kitchen is very clean.

Ma, where are you going?

I've had enough of her crap.

If you want to stay and listen to this nonsense, go right ahead.

Ma, please sit down.

Spotless?

She's a liar.

What are you talking about?

Ma, you're being so rude.

Rude?

You should have seen her house. Horrifying.

Oh my god! Ma, that's terrible!

Exactly. This is your best choice? Pathetic!

I'm talking about you! How could you --

I did this for you.

You want to have children with someone like her?

You should've at least discussed this with me.

Who has the energy to argue with you.

Too exhausting.

What a friggin' mess!

You are intentionally sabotaging my plans.

How can you say that?

Having a baby is serious.

Once it's here, it can't be returned.

I want to do it right.

Please stay out of it.

Please stay out of it, okay?

Stay out of it?

You can't do this all by yourself.

I'm not a kid, okay?

Why do you treat me like I don't know what I'm doing?

Because you don't.

Otherwise you wouldn't have excluded me

from something this important.

I have not excluded you.

You've never expressed interest in my life.

You constantly obsess over Gary and his girlfriend.

But you've never once asked me about my boyfriend.

Ma, I have not excluded you.

You've never cared about me.

That is not true.

Ma, what time's your flight tomorrow?

I'll cancel my appointments and take you to the airport.

Mr. Chang? Sorry to bother you.

I'm going back to Taiwan tomorrow.

Could you take me to the airport?

My son? He has no time for me.

Two o'clock. Thank you.

See you tomorrow.

Ma, have a safe flight.

Never underestimate the power of Taiwanese mothers.

Ma, happy birthday.

Ma, I'm sorry.

You were right.

It's not what you're thinking, okay?

Then what are you talking about?

I plan to find an egg donor in California.

Create an embryo with my sperm and her egg.

Whose egg?

I'm still looking.

Then transfer the embryo to a surrogate here in India.

Kind of like... renting her womb for nine months.

It's much cheaper here.

Cheaper?

Yes. It'll cost ten times more in the U.S.

Then the quality must be lousy.

You get what you pay for.

It's the most important decision of your life.

You wanna save a few bucks?

You have a job. You have money.

Why are we here in India?

What if something goes wrong?

Nothing's gonna go wrong.

Why are you so negative?

We haven't even visited the clinic?

Why couldn't you hire a surrogate in L.A.?

You could keep an eye on her.

I could fly over to take care of her --

It doesn't work like that in the U.S.

We can't tell them what to do.

What if she goes out drinking and partying

while carrying my baby?

Here, the surrogates live in the clinic.

They take very good care of them.

It's perfect.

A lot could go wrong during pregnancy --

Ma, they are professionals here.

Let them do their job, okay?

You're intentionally trying to keep me out of it.

If you weren't gay,

it wouldn't be this complicated.

You would have a normal family.

I would be grandmother by now.

What is a normal family?

A normal family means a man and a woman.

Get married and have kids.

I am gay, okay?

This is my normal, okay?

This is the way I am and nothing's going to change it.

I know you are gay.

I know.

I know you are gay.

What kind of family would you have?

What would people think?

What would your child's friends say?

You're being incredibly selfish.

I don't care what others think.

What matters is that I love my child.

Give them the best family.

Prepare them for the world.

That's what's important.

Don't answer it.

No more heavy lifting.

You need to rest your arm.

Leave all the house chores to Mickey.

Okay, okay.

You found them.

Thank you, Mrs. Lee.

Mickey

The box on the desk has presents for Daisy and Lily.

After the post office take the afternoon off.

Two-day weekend.

Thank you, Mrs. Lee.

Cherries? Are they expensive?

She likes them.

They are for her?

You spoil her.

Why are you so lenient? Let her take Saturday off.

You have to keep an eye on "them."

She's a foreign worker, not a criminal.

No. She'll get lazy.

Work quality'll go down.

She'll start giving you attitude. Bad, bad idea.

Okay, okay.

Mrs. Lee

Are you okay?

I'm okay.

Thank you.

Did your twins receive the presents?

Thank you, Mrs. Lee.

So sorry to take you away from your daughters.

I'm sure you miss them very much.

They both want to be doctors when they grow up.

Really?

They grow up so quickly.

But they never become what you expect.

You should call Danny.

He called again today.

He misses you.

I'm sure you miss him too.

You should've seen the picture of the girl he wants to adopt.

What?

Adopt what?

No problem.

I'll take care of it.

She freaked out when you mentioned adoption?

Of course. She wants her own grandchild.

It was so funny!

Thank you, Mickey.

You're welcome.

Can I ask you a personal question?

Sure.

Why did you decide to become a single mom?

I got pregnant but my boyfriend didn't want the baby.

He wanted me to get rid of it. I couldn't.

When he found out I had twins,

he left.

It must be difficult raising kids alone.

You're working in Taipei.

So far away from your daughters.

Who's taking care of them?

My mom in Bali.

Keeping my babies was the best decision I ever made.

At first I wasn't sure.

But one day, I felt a kick.

When they arrived,

it was the happiest moment of my life.

She's 25.

The twin girls are five.

That's the perfect age for a surrogate.

And she's given birth before.

Right!

We wouldn't have to hire a complete stranger.