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GABRIEL'S REDEMPTION

Dear Gabriel, if I may...

Recently, I was contacted by Michael Wasserstein, our family attorney,

telling me that you were making inquiries about our father,

Owen Davies.

My name is Kelly Davies Schultz,

GABRIEL EMERSON 18 FOSTER PLACE, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138

...and I'm your half-sister.

I'm eager to meet you and to share

what I know of our family history.

Please don't hesitate to call or write.

Kelly.

Your half-sister sounds nice.

They tried to have me disinherited.

She said in the letter she wasn't part of that

Sweetie, you wanted an opportunity to find out more about your family.

Now you have it.

When would we go to New York?

I was thinking this might be something I should do on my own.

Your trip is going to open up a lot of memories.

I'll do whatever I can to help,

but one thing we haven't talked about is forgiveness.

Forgive my parents?

That's a laugh.

Forgiveness frees you.

It's for you as much as for them.

They don't deserve it.

How can you ask Paulina for forgiveness if you aren't willing to forgive?

Don't.

Think about your reconciliation with Maia and what that meant to you.

Imagine what it would mean to your father to hear

that you forgive him.

You look just like Dad.

I'm sorry. Please.

Chardonnay, please.

Just a Coke.

Thank you for accepting my invitation.

I should have reached out to you as soon as I learned of your existence.

I should have done the right thing instead of...

worrying about upsetting my mother.

You didn't know about me before?

No.

I did know about your mother.

I'm sorry to hear that she passed away.

She died when I was nine.

The family who adopted me are...

very good.

Thank you.

Michael Wasserstein told me that Dad kept apprised of you for years.

He told me that Dad was aware of the family that adopted you

and that he knew you went to Princeton and Harvard.

Apparently, you were the topic of conversation

between them over the years.

If he was interested enough to discuss my life with his lawyer,

why wasn't he interested enough to pick up the phone?

Dad was the kind of man that made a decision and stuck to it.

I'm worried this conversation is upsetting you.

I'm here for answers.

I knew they were not going to be pleasant.

You haven't had it easy, have you?

Can you tell me anything about my mother?

She was one of the secretaries in my father's office.

She was young and pretty, full of life.

Very kind to me.

I liked her.

You know, right around the time you were born,

my parents had a series of fights.

Years later, they separated briefly reconciled...

I'm speculating, of course,

but I'm guessing that it had something to do with you.

And what can you tell me about him?

I loved Dad.

He was a pretty good father.

Even if he wasn't a very good husband.

He was handsome, charming.

Great sense of humor.

Very accomplished.

And a philanderer.

I see this is upsetting for you, too.

I'm sorry.

It was a shock when we found out we had a brother.

My sister Audrey still hasn't quite gotten over it yet.

And you?

I could stay angry at my father for cheating on my mother.

And I could be angry at my mother for being so hard-hearted

that she kept me apart from my only brother.

Or I could choose to forgive and try to make things better.

I'm sorry my mother and your father were involved.

Knowing Dad as I did,

I know that he cared for your mother and you.

I wish you'd had more time with him.

I would have shared him.

Don't the strangest sort of miracles come from the worst of circumstances?

Here we sit after all these years.

I think God brought us together.

My wife tends to think like that.

She sees...

providence in everything.

I would agree with her.

What prompted you to write to Michael?

I want to know more about my parents' medical history.

Well, Dad died of a heart attack.

As for his parents, as far as I know, they died in old age of natural causes.

Do you know about them?

Not even their names.

Dad's birth name was of Neil Spiegel.

Our grandfather was Benjamin Spiegel, a professor.

He taught Romantic Literature.

Professor Benjamin Spiegel?

You know of him?

He was the leading American expert in German Romanticism.

I admire his writing very much.

- He was my grandfather? - Yes.

He was a rabbi before he left Germany.

And when he died, our grandmother, Miriam,

founded a charitable organization in his name here in New York.

We promote literacy in the New York public schools.

We also fund a lecture series at Columbia and at his former temple.

Since you're a professor of literature,

it only seems fitting that you give the lectures at Columbia one year.

That would be an honor.

Excellent.

I have been so rude, Gabriel.

Doing all the talking and not asking you anything about yourself.

Your wife.

I do hope I get to meet her.

I'd like that.

Her name is Julianne.

She's a graduate student at Harvard.

- Do you have a picture? - Yes.

Where did you get that train from?

I don't remember.

That train was Dad's favorite toy when he was a child.

I think his initials are scratched into the bottom of the engine...

since it meant so much to him.

You must have meant a lot to him, too.

I can't believe that.

Dad was a complicated man, but he wasn't cruel.

I want to believe that he loved you.

Julianne, I wish you wouldn't switch off your phone.

I need you to do something for me.

Can you please look at a train engine on my desk

and see if there's anything scratched at the bottom of it?

Call me when you get this message.

I wish you were here.

SIMON TALBOT ENGAGED TO APRIL HUDSON

Gabriel, are you getting my messages?

There are letters scratched into the bottom of the train,

and they say "O-S".

I'm going to work on my seminar paper in the library.

I love you.

I miss you.

So what do you think of Giuseppe Pacciani of Florence?

Not much. Why do you ask?

A graduate student has made allegations against him.

You know her.

Christa Peterson.

Yes, I know her.

I heard the rumors about what happened in Toronto.

Christa started those rumors about you and Julia.

She's one of the reasons why you're no longer there.

Julianne was admitted to Harvard and we were getting married.

It's come to my attention Christa is a troublemaker.

My faculty informed me

that no one wants to sit on her examination committee.

They're all worried about being slandered for harassment.

And they're right to be worried.

That was my thought as well.

If we put the personal issues aside,

I can tell you that Krista's work for me was mediocre.

She is a liability.

I doubt Pacciani's blameless.

I've seen him in action.

There are reports that he beds his students,

and this is why he's so eager to leave Florence.

I don't want that in my department.

Enough of my troubles.

Let me take you to lunch.

Do you mind?

Julianne will be worried.

- No. Prego. I'll wait for you outside. - Thank you.

Rachel?

What's wrong?

I'm not ovulating.

Hello, this is Julia Emerson's voicemail.

Please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Julianne, for God's sake, just answer the damn phone.

I'm sorry. That was rude.

My phone's dead.

I forgot the charge cord at home.

I'm on my way to lunch then to see my father's attorney.

I wish you were here.

I love you.

I'm so sorry.

I'm going to have to start taking hormone injections.

I don't know why my body won't cooperate.

It's the one time I want it to do something important, and it fails me.

What does Aaron say?

He keeps telling me that everything is going to work out.

I wish he would tell me he was pissed off and disappointed.

Rach, honey.

Jules, I got to go.

I love you.

Don't give up hope.

It's all I have left.

You've reached Professor Gabriel Emerson. Leave a message.

This is ridiculous!

What's the matter?

Gabriel. We haven't been able to speak since he left.

All I get is voicemail.

He forgot his charge cord, and his phone is dead.

I should have gone with him.

I'm sure he's all right.

Although, it isn't like him to forget something.

He's usually so...

fastidious.

That's a polite word for it.

Do you think I could get a flight to New York tonight?

He's only been gone two days.

Seems like forever.

These prices are a fortune.

Think of it as an early Christmas gift.

He'll be glad you bought the ticket when he sees you.

I'll help you pack.

What the hell?

Surprise.

What are you doing here?

Delivering the charger cord.

You flew to New York to give me my phone cord?

I also brought the attachment.

I really missed that cord.

Did you miss the attachment?

Absolutely. I was very, very lonely for it.

I was worried. We kept missing each other.

We need a better form of communication.

Smoke signals, perhaps.

At this point, I'd accept passenger pigeon.

So... now that you're here...

what am I going to do with you?

You're going to kiss me.

And show me just how much you missed your phone cord.

You're my family.

All this searching, all this anxiety...

when what I was looking for was right here.

I'm sorry I got lost in my head and shut you out.

You needed to find out more about your family

as part of your healing.

What I needed was you.

I needed you too, Gabriel.

And sleeping alone sucks.

When I met my sister,

I recognized her eyes.

We have our father's eyes.

I'd love to meet her.

Kelly's wonderful. She...

She views my father in a very different light.

I don't know where the truth lies.

Why didn't he want us?

I think he wanted you...

along with this other family.

He wanted to have it all, and he couldn't.

I might need you to take me shopping for something to wear.

Rebecca packed for me, so I have a carry-on full of lingerie.

Clearly, she doesn't know you very well.

Why do you say that?

Because you sleep naked.

Hello.

I'm holding a flash drive.

Let me speak to her, and I'll call you back.

Is it Dad?

Is it the baby?

Natalie had a flash drive of photos and videos, and...

she tried to FedEx it to the Washington Post.

What?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God!

Jack intercepted it.

He wants to know what he should do about it.

Destroy it!

Find all of the copies and destroy them, too.

He said he could destroy the ones involving you,

but he can send the rest.

I don't want revenge.

Why the hell not?

I've moved on.

I don't want to watch their lives implode and know that I'm responsible.

They're the ones responsible.

I don't understand why Natalie is doing this now.

Someone is marrying someone else.

I thought he would have kept her on the side.

But perhaps his father told him to cut her loose.

That wouldn't surprise me.

The election is next year.

I wish Natalie would just keep me out of this.

They don't deserve your mercy.

His fiancée does.

Whoever she is.

I wish I killed him.

You have.

How so?

You love me.

You're kind to me.

And you treat me with respect.

You've killed his memory.

Thank you.

Call your uncle.

LEBEN BENJAMIN SPEIGEL

Hey, Dad.

We're leaving New York right now. We'll come straight there.

Bye.

- They had the baby. - Is he all right?

They had to do a procedure.

He's recovering.

Diane's with him.

He's beautiful.

I'm so happy for you.

Thomas Lamar Mitchell.

Seven pounds, ten ounces.

Diane wants to call him Tommy.

For now.

Then Tommy it is.

Love you too, Dad.

Bye.

How's the baby?

He'll be able to come home in January.

That must be hard on your Dad and Diane.

Not to mention the hospital bills.

A guardian angel has taken care of what the insurance doesn't cover.

This evening would be incomplete

if we didn't acknowledge the absence of our mother.

Grace's capacity for goodness and compassion...

knew no bounds.

She taught me what it is to love someone selflessly and absolutely.

To the memory of our mother.

Grace.

- To Grace. - To Mom.

What's the matter?

Damn it!

Julianne?

I can't find my birth control pills.

I'm sure they're here somewhere.

When was the last time you saw them?

In Cambridge.

I should have started a new pack that Wednesday.

And did you?

I was on my way to see you.

I was in such a hurry to get to the airport that I forgot them.

I cannot believe

that I have missed almost an entire month of pills

and only realize now. I am such an idiot.

You're not an idiot.

You've had a lot on your mind.

I guess it's a good thing your surgery hasn't kicked in yet.

Are you sure?

Okay. Thank you.

My urologist's office called.

Was it bad news?

I don't want you to panic.

Just spit it out.

They called to give me my test results.

There was an anomaly.

An anomaly?

The results were positive.

So you're...

But that's impossible.

It hasn't been three months yet.

They repeated the test.

Apparently, the doctor would like to use my story as a...

testimonial.

I'll get a pregnancy test.

Oh, my God.

Hello, Robert.

Natalie, we have to let you go.

- Why? - We're overstaffed.

This wouldn't have anything to do with my relationship with Simon would it?

Of course not. It's business.

Go fuck yourself.

You can tell the senator and his son to do the same thing.

They want to be rid of me? Fine.

But this isn't over.

The campaign will provide you with a generous severance package.

Tell Simon he has 24 hours to call me.

If I don't hear from him, he's going to be sorry.

SKYWAY AIRLINES BOARDING PASS FROM WASHINGTON DC TO LOS ANGELES

Julianne.

This is my fault.

How is this your fault?

I know how anxious you are about getting pregnant.

I should have asked you about your pills. I'm...

I failed you.

I'm the idiot who forgot her pills.

You're not an idiot.

What are you doing?

I thought I might go for a drive.

Clear my head.

I'm going with you.

I need time to think.

We're partners, remember?

Don't shut me out.

I have no idea what to say to you.

This is my darkest nightmare come true.

Nightmare?

I don't know how to express what I'm feeling without hurting you.

I'm going to lose everything I have worked for because of this.

You have no idea how much that hurts.

I'm here with you.

Fine.

What do you think of a walk?

It's freezing.

You don't have to walk alone.

Fine.

God is punishing me.

What are you talking about?

I wanted to graduate from Harvard and become a professor. Now...

God doesn't work that way.

How do you know?

Because a young woman wise beyond her years told me so.

And you believed her?

She's never lied to me.

And when a brown-eyed angel speaks to you,

you best to listen.

I think your brown-eyed angel screwed up.

I don't mean to hurt you.

I know this isn't what you wanted.

I know the timing is terrible,

but I can't help it, I'm...

- I'm happy... - And I'm terrified.

I'll never be able to study for my exams and research my dissertation.

I'll speak to Rebecca and ask her to move in.

I can take a paternity leave.

Paternity leave?

Are you serious?

I'll do whatever it takes to guarantee you finish your program.

You've never looked after a baby.

I went to Princeton, Oxford and Harvard.

I can certainly learn how to look after a baby.

Looking after a baby isn't like conquering the Ivy League.

I'll buy all the relevant books and study before the baby arrives.

You will be up to your elbows in diapers

and trying to soothe a colicky tyrant by reading Goodnight Moon over and over.

In English. I don't think Dante completed his Italian translation of it.

Bring it on.

Why are you so determined to do this?

Because I love you and our child already.

You won't go through this by yourself, I promise. I'm...

right here.

Don't push me away.

What if something goes wrong?

You taught me to hope.

Don't despair.

You will finish your program,

and you will become a professor.

I swear to it.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Do you ever think about our first time?

That's what you think about? Our first time?

Don't you?

You broke up with me, remember?

Where are you going with this?

I just wondered if you ever thought of me...

that way.

Of course I do.

What do you... think about?

The way you smell.

The way you looked at me

when..

It's just that you don't look at me that way anymore.

And I understand why.

After you and I broke up and I started dating someone else...

You didn't date him for very long.

No.

He was nice enough, but...

he wasn't nice like you.

You made me feel really special.

Even before you told me you loved me.

You are special.

Do you think we could pick up where we left off?

No.

I still have feelings for you,

but we just... We can't just pick up where we left off.

We're both... different people.

You don't seem that different.

I am.

Trust me.

COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF ITALIAN

We are pleased to announce the list of candidates

who would be visiting the Department of Italian

over the course of the next two weeks to fill the vacant professorship.

Good riddance, Professor Pacciani.

Miss Peterson, I need to speak with you.

Thank you for taking my advice about Professor Pacciani.

I noticed he didn't make the short list.

You have run into a problem.

What kind of problem?

You're supposed to choose three professors to sit on your oral examination committee,

but no one is willing to do so.

What does that mean?

It means we will be granting you a terminal M.A.

as of May,

and you will need to apply elsewhere to pursue your studies.

You can't do that.

According to the faculty you're not performing satisfactory work.

This is outrageous.

I've completed all of my assignments.

I'm getting decent grades.

No one has given me any critical feedback.

You can't just kick me out of the program on a whim.

We don't have whims.

We have standards.

Well, I'll go to the professors and plead my case.

At this point, they have already placed a letter in your permanent file.

If you go to them after the fact, they view that as harassment.

That's ridiculous. I'm not going to harass them.

Be that as it may, I can't let you speak to them.

It's too late for me to apply to other programs.

This will ruin me.

Many programs accept applications until March.

My assistant can help you locate those programs.

Perhaps consider returning to Canada.

But I want to stay here.

- Professor Martin... - Professor Martin is not the chair here.

I am.

Well, there must be something I can do.

You can appeal it to the Dean.

But university regulations prevent her from demanding faculty serve

on specific examination committees.

I wish you good luck.

Be careful, Christina.

You don't want Professor Picton as an enemy.

Look, Gabriel, they still fit.

That's great.

We should start shopping for maternity clothes.

I don't want to spend our first wedding anniversary shopping.

Why don't you start with a slice of dry toast?

You must love me.

I seem to recall you looking after me once when I was sick.

And that was before you loved me.

I always loved you.

We made this little one together.

You aren't going to scare me off with bodily fluids.

I'll remember that when my water breaks.

What's the matter?

I'm behind in the reading for all of my classes.

I should have started the revisions on my lecture, but I haven't had time.

And I'm so tired.

You cannot do anything more tonight.

Come to bed.

I can come with you to the library and help you with the research.

- You'd do that? - Of course.

You looked after me when I came home from the hospital.

That's probably why you fell behind.

Let me help you.

But first...

come to bed.

You're pregnant.

I'd estimate the due date will be September 6th.

And my fibroids?

We'll monitor them.

You'll need to modify your diet

and take prenatal supplements.

Oh, and it's best to avoid oral sex.

Come again?

No male on female oral sex during pregnancy.

That's ridiculous.

I advise all of my patients not to engage in that kind of oral sex.

No caffeine, no raw milk products,

no brie or Camembert, no alcohol,

no shellfish, no sushi, and certainly no oral sex.

One might as well say no pleasure.

But what the hell is left?

What the hell is left?

It says right here that cunnilingus during pregnancy is fine

so long as air doesn't enter...

the vagina.

Happy anniversary, Mrs. Emerson.

Happy anniversary, Mr. Emerson.

Thank you for putting up with me.

I wouldn't say it's a hardship.

We have our ups and downs, like any couple.

Let's try to make sure that our ups are greater than our downs.

- Are you scared? - Terrified.

Then why are you smiling?

Because a part of me is growing inside you.

In a few months, we'll have a family.

We're already a family.

I nearly fell asleep at one of my seminars this week.

There's no time for naps before, so I'm going to have to start

to go to bed early.

Which means we need to have sex right after dinner.

So it begins.

Don't start with me.

I hope it's a girl.

A little brown-eyed angel like you.

I don't want to call the baby "it".

I know some people do that because they don't know the gender,

but I don't like calling a baby "it".

I love it when you talk about grammar.

It's sexy.

We can call her "her" or "the baby".

I think we're having a boy.

So for now, we'll just have to call him...

Ralph.

Ralph?

Why Ralph?

It's a good all-purpose nickname.

I really need to have sex.

Right now.

Do with me as you will.

Invite me inside.

Do you need an invitation?

I could spend the rest of my life inside you

and die happy.

You're my home.

I think it's high time

you two bury the hatchet.

For what it's worth, I'm sorry.

We owe you a debt.

I won't forget it.

This isn't the time or the place.

Perhaps we can talk in the hall.

Come on, Jeremy, we were friends for years.

I'm trying to apologize.

All right.

Please excuse me.

That went well.

If the two return without having spilled any blood,

I'll agree with you.

Shall we watch through the door?

Can we put this behind us?

You stabbed me and the entire department in the back.

That wasn't my intention.

I fell in love.

I will admit, your marriage to Julia has improved my opinion of you.

Bygones?

Coffee, Catherine?

I'll make it, darling. You rest.

Cream, no sugar, correct? Sweetheart?

None for me.

You're expecting.

What?

Well, you aren't drinking, you declined coffee,

your husband's hovering over you as if you made of china.

You can't fool me.

We aren't telling anyone until I'm in my second trimester.

Well, might be good for you to postpone telling your department

till the last possible moment.

I'm afraid Cecilia will drop me as a student.

Nonsense.

You're entitled to a maternity leave like everyone else.

- I'm not asking for one. - Are you mad?

You won't be able to do justice to your department or your newborn

if you don't take maternity leave.

Won't the department frown on it?

Some old fossils might.

You mustn't let misogynists drive you into an impossible situation.

I have half a mind to accept Greg Matthews' offer

to join his department just to ensure that they don't.

You'd consider that?

I'm ready to leave Toronto.

All Souls is eager to have me join them in Oxford on a permanent basis.

But the truth is, there are very few fellows there I can tolerate.

It'd be wonderful to have you at Harvard.

But this is where everything's happening.

Greg Matthews has promised me that he will pack my library personally.

And I'd like to accept his offer just so I can watch him unpack my books.

I hope that you'd let me be the eccentric godmother

who feeds your child everything he shouldn't have.

I'd like nothing more.

What's going on?

I've just accepted the distinguished appointment

to be your child's godmother.

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

So what can I do for you?

CECILIA MARINELLI DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

I'm going to have a baby.

Congratulations! That's wonderful.

This is good news, right?

Yes, very good news.

I'm due in September right at the beginning of the semester.

Then you're taking your maternity leave and return next year.

I don't want to fall behind on my program, so I'm not taking a maternity leave.

In your third year, you would be teaching in the fall,

take your linguistics course plus another class.

Then you would write your exams in the winter.

This is too much.

I didn't realize that.

Take maternity leave.

You will be behind a year,

but you will catch up when you're writing your dissertation.

Gabriel was going to take leave so I wouldn't have to.

Gabriel?

With a baby?

It is not realistic for you to think

you can have a baby and return to class the next day.

If you want,

I can give you a reading list for your dissertation prospectus

and you can work on that while you're on leave.

There's one more thing.

Professor Picton has decided to come to Harvard.

I can't speak for her, but I think she would be a reader on your thesis.

This is excellent news for your project.

You're what?

I'm pregnant.

I thought you were going to wait.

The news was unexpected,

but not unwelcome.

That is great news.

When are you due?

September.

This calls for cigars!

I'm very proud of both of you.

Congratulations, bro.

Rach?

I'm so happy for you.

We should give them a minute.

Was it an accident?

Gabriel doesn't want us using the word "accident".

He doesn't want the baby growing up thinking he wasn't wanted.

Of course not, I...

I didn't even think of it that way.

I'm sorry.

We were planning on waiting.

Well, it must be a shock for you.

Are you all right?

I was upset in the beginning.

But Gabriel's been great.

He's really excited and his enthusiasm's infectious.

We're even talking about moving here for part of the year

after the baby's born.

Dad would love that.

And you and Diane will be able to commiserate about motherhood.

I know that you and Aaron have been trying,

- and I feel so... - Don't.

I'm happy for you.

I'm going to be the best damn aunt I can be.

It's so unfair.

You don't want this to come between you and Julia.

No, it won't. But...

I'm not okay.

Maybe...

we should just relax for a while.

You know, take a break.

Take a break?

Stop the fertility treatments just for a little while.

No. We're supposed to be on the treatments for a year.

- We can't stop now. - Yes, we can.

We can talk to the doctor when we get back to Philadelphia.

What... what if this is it?

What if we can't?

Then we'll start looking at other options.

We need to take care of each other.

I'm not taking care of you if I let you continue like this.

I thought this was important to you.

You come first.

Okay.

Your father was proud of us for having a baby.

I don't think anyone's ever told me they're proud of me for having sex.

Do you think they make T-shirts

for grandfathers who express those sentiments?

Where do you come up with this stuff?

Uncle Jack seemed happy when I told him.

He was acting weird.

Do you think there's something up with Simon and Natalie?

I doubt it.

If something were in the works, he would have told us about it.

You're right.

It's over now.

Simon is getting married and Jack said Natalie moved to California.

The further away...

the better.

Come in.

Have you seen these?

- No. - These are just the copies.

You know how I got them?

Senator Hudson.

Someone sent the originals to your fiancée.

April saw them?

Do you have any idea what this means to my campaign?

We're lucky the Hudsons have no interest in blackmail.

The wedding's off.

They're making an announcement tomorrow.

Look, Dad, I can explain.

Let me talk to April.

- It isn't what she thinks. - Don't!

Robert recognized the girl in the picture.

She was a high school student who interned in my office.

Do you understand the damage you've done?

I mean, how could you be so stupid?

I wasn't fucking around on April.

- I love her. - You love her?

You had a red-headed whore on the side.

I broke things off with Natalie.

I'm telling you, April's different.

Well, she doesn't want anything to do with you.

I mean, who could blame her?

I can fix it.

Do as you're told for once.

You never listen!

You give orders, you talk, but you never fucking listen!

So fuck you...

and fuck your campaign!

The only thing I've ever cared about is her.

And I'm not going to lose her.

Please, April, it's not what you think.

April!

Talk to me!

Thank you.

My favorite.

I think 75% of your body mass and the baby's

is composed of spring rolls.

Spring Roll will hear you.

No more Ralph?

Spring Roll is a boy.

No.

Trust me, I know women.

Baby's developing well.

Everything looks good.

Congrats.

You're having a girl.

I told you.

Is that all right?

It's perfect.

Let me know if you need anything.

Thank you.

I don't think I can do this.

It's just us.

I feel like a cow.

You're not a cow.

You're pregnant.

And beautiful.

Pick something you think that's pretty and try it on.

It's a little tight.

It's supposed to be tight.

Come out where I can see you.

You look perfect.

It fits you like a glove.

Just think how I'll make you feel when I remove it.

It's getting hot in here.

Hi, Professor Norris.

I'm only an assistant professor.

I wondered if you might need some help.

There's not much to do. I'm just arranging my books.

Okay. Well, I didn't mean to bother you.

I'll let you get back to work.

Wait, wait, wait.

It's good to see you.

It's good to be seen.

You were gone for, like... two weeks.

My sister needed help with her kids.

I missed you.

I missed you, too.

A lot.

Roses.

What?

Our first time together, your skin...

smelled of roses.

I didn't think you'd remember.

How could I forget?

Every time I smell roses, I think of you.

Would you wear roses again?

For me?

Only if you're serious.

I am.

Then yes.

PAUL NORRIS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Honey? Are you all right?

Call the hospital.

I'm in labor.

Yes, yes. Hello.

My wife's in labor.

- Has your water broken? - No. Your hardwood floors are safe.

Very funny. They want to know if you're in active labor.

I think so.

The contractions are painful and regular.

- How far apart are they? - Six minutes.

Six minutes.

Okay.

The nurse said to bring you in.

Are you ready? Let's go.

You can't go like that.

I don't have time to shave. Let's go.

Look at yourself.

What?

MEDIEVALISTS DO IT IN THE DARK [AGES]

Give me a second.

Scott will be pleased

that his Christmas present's coming with us to the hospital.

If there is a power outage, we'll be able to find you.

You just have to drop your pants.

You're the soul of comedy, Mrs. Emerson.

This is my favorite room in the whole world.

It's waiting for our little spring roll.

The baby's head is in a transverse position.

What does that mean?

The baby's sideways, but I'm sure she'll decide to turn in time.

Sideways?

Get a pen and illustrate what that is exactly.

Here, Mr. Emerson. Why not help out with your wife's contractions?

I'll show you how to work the monitor.

Julianne...

Spring Roll is almost here.

I didn't think anything would be more demanding

than a program at Harvard.

I was wrong.

I'll do whatever it takes to make it up to you.

Having a child with you isn't a hardship.

Except for the pain.

Yeah, let's get that antibiotic into her right away.

What's wrong?

Julia has a bit of a fever, but nothing to worry about.

Julia, your water has yet to break, so I'm going to do it for you.

You may feel a little discomfort.

I feel that.

Okay, Julia, time to push.

You can do this, darling.

You're doing great.

One more.

The baby is situated too high for the forceps to reach

What's happening?

It means we have to do an emergency C-section.

- We have to do it right away. - Okay.

It's fine with me.

Are you sure?

There aren't any other options, Mr. Emerson.

I can't deliver this baby in the position she's in.

It's Professor Emerson.

Relax, sweetie. I'm gonna be fine.

We need to get you into scrubs.

I'm not leaving my wife's side.

You can't be in the operating room without them.

I don't regret this.

- What don't you regret, honey? - Getting pregnant.

After this is over, we'll be a family forever.

I'll see you in a few minutes.

You stay strong.

This way.

It's all going to be all right.

I can feel you pinching the skin.

- We have to put her out. - Give her something else.

I can't give her any more. She's an epidural and a top-up.

I do this all the time. Try to relax.

It's all going to be all right. I'll be right here.

- Dammit. - What's wrong?

Get the husband out of here.

- What's happening? - Get the surgeon on call down here, STAT.

What's going on? Tell me.

Will she be all right?

Someone will be right out to speak to you soon, Mr. Emerson.

Just stay calm.

Come back!

I have to go get her.

I've lost her.

You haven't lost her.

I have to go and get her.

No!

Two emergency C-sections.

I can't believe you lost one.

Hi. I'm Angie.

Would you like to meet your daughter?

Sorry you were sitting there so long.

Someone should have brought you to her,

but things have been busy and we just had a shift change.

Mr. Emerson.

CHILDBIRTH CENTER

She has hair.

Yeah, she is nine pounds and 19 inches long.

Hello, Spring Roll. I'm your daddy.

I waited a long time to meet you.

I love you so much.

My wife?

Why don't you sit down, and I'll go find the doctor.

I don't regret this.

After this is over, we'll be a family forever.

I'm sorry, Julianne, I failed you.

Professor Emerson...

I am so sorry about what happened.

We had several emergencies all at once, and I couldn't get away.

Can I see her?

- I just need to explain... - Can I see her?

Of course.

Are you all right?

Please sit.

We had to give her a transfusion.

I encountered a fibroid during surgery and it bled quite a bit.

We had to do a surgical repair, which is why it took so long.

Fibroids?

It was attached to the uterus

right at the place where we made the incision.

We stopped the bleeding. Your wife's going to be fine.

There doesn't appear to be any permanent damage.

Congratulations.

I thought she was dead.

What?

No one told me.

She looked like she was dead. I thought...

I'm so sorry.

Someone should have explained what was happening.

Julianne.

Sweetheart, can you hear me?

It'll take a while for her to come around.

I'll check on her tomorrow during my rounds.

Darling.

Meet your daughter.

She's beautiful.

She has hair.

She's beautiful.

Pretty like her mama.

She has your face.

I'm not sure she looks like either one of us.

Except that she seems to have my eye color.

We should talk about what we want to call her.

Her grandfathers won't be impressed with the name Spring Roll.

We talked about Claire.

I like Claire.

But since we prayed at Saint Francis' crypt...

perhaps we should call her Francis.

Saint Claire was Francis' friend.

We could call her Claire...

and make Grace her middle name.

Grace?

How about...

Claire... Grace

Hope?

Claire Grace Hope Emerson.

It's perfect.

She's perfect.

My sweet, sweet girls.

I didn't know it was possible to love someone other than you so much.

I didn't know that either.

I was just about to disagree with Saint Paul.

And what was his response?

I told him that...

charity isn't the greatest virtue.

It's hope.

I discovered charity with Richard and Grace and...

and you.

I also discovered faith when I went to Assisi, but...

without hope I wouldn't be here.

I would have taken my life.

Without divine intervention in the form of a...

a teenage girl in a Pennsylvania orchard,

I'd be in hell...

and not sitting at your side, holding our daughter.

Gabriel.

Charity is a great virtue.

And so is faith.

But hope...

means the most to me.

This is hope.

This is the culmination of all my hopes, Gabriel.

This is my happy ending.

Now my blessedness appears.