Look like you got a lot to say.
I do, and this is just the beginning.
Well, just, just remember, you've got a lot of Sundays
to say everything... A lifetime, really.
I know, I can remember a couple of Sundays
when I thought what I had to say
was more important than anything else.
I am well aware.
I wish my parents had made arrangements
to be in church in time to hear your sermon.
On the other hand, once they get here...
We have to tell them about Mary and Carlos.
You have to tell them.
Yeah.
Hi.
Hey, you...
Oops.
Hi.
Is that Meredith?
Yeah, and that's her friend from school.
She invited him.
He's not a teacher, is he?
No, his name is Jack.
Hmm.
He's barely older than I am.
Are you interested in Jack?
I might be, but it's okay. Meredith knows.
How old is he?
I think he's 17, maybe 18.
He's in Martin's class.
Oh.
Hey, is your dad coming?
Uh, no, he's working.
Oh, how is the landscaping business?
It's going well.
Meredith's here.
I know.
I saw her walking in.
Is Martin interested in Meredith?
Yeah, and Meredith's interested in him.
Well, so why is she with Jack?
He was her summer boyfriend.
Believe me, it's over.
But Martin went out with Cecilia,
and Cecilia's parents took in Meredith
and her sisters and brother.
They all became a family.
I mean, Meredith is Cecilia's sister.
Meredith called Cecilia and asked her
if it would be okay if she went out with Martin,
and she doesn't care.
I didn't know Simon was coming home this weekend.
Oh, hey.
Why are you here?
You know, the Colonel and Ruth
won't be here till later.
Are you going to introduce Rose to your grandparents?
No, no, Rose just really wanted to come to church,
but we're going to drive up after. Good,
good, good 'cause there's, you know,
you know, no reason to stick around.
We'll sit with Martin.
Oh, hi!
I hoped you'd be here.
Look, I think we should talk about what happened last summer.
I just feel like we need to clear the air, you know.
I tried calling you,
but you didn't return any of my calls.
Oh, where's Savannah?
I left her in the nursery.
I was afraid she'd yell out to Lucy during her sermon.
Do you know what Lucy's sermon is about?
No.
"The Working Mother of Christ."
I hope she doesn't bring our debate
about raising Savannah into the church.
It's no one's business; it's personal.
Welcome to my world.
♪ 7th Heaven ♪
♪ When I see their happy faces ♪
♪ Smiling back at me ♪
♪ 7th Heaven ♪
♪ I know there's no greater feeling ♪
♪ Than the love of family ♪
♪ Where can you go ♪
♪ When the world don't treat you right? ♪
♪ The answer is home ♪
♪ That's the one place that you'll find ♪
♪ 7th Heaven ♪
♪ Mmm, 7th Heaven ♪
♪ 7th Heaven. ♪
So anything that offers you
a reward is a suggestion.
Anything that offers you
some punishment is a suggestion.
We are subject to suggestion 100%
of the time, unless we are aware
that what we are doing is blindly following suggestion.
As women, as mothers, we hear a lot of suggestions,
this being the big one...
Stay at home and the children will be better off,
go to work and the children will suffer.
But then there are the child experts
who say that it's better if the mother works,
especially if there are daughters involved.
It's better for the daughter
to see that women are valued in the world,
valued in jobs that serve others outside the family.
Better to see Mom as a wage earner
who makes a contribution
outside the home as well as inside the home,
just like the working father.
Look at my family,
the family I grew up in.
Each of my brothers and sisters
has responded differently to the same situation...
A father who works outside the home and a mother who works
inside the home.
As you have observed over the years,
each of us... each Camden...
Has had his or her challenges, and our achievements
and failures have been right out there for all of you to
observe, comment on, and be a part of, even.
This morning I'm just sharing with you some of the questions
that I've been faced with over the summer as my husband and I
are considering some suggestions
that we're bombarded with as we make
our decision regarding our daughter Savannah
and our plans for her and for our family's future.
I can't wait any longer; I have to go to the restroom.
It seems that Kevin and I are
discovering what a lot of you parents know already.
The books aren't always right;
the experts are often divided
on the issue of working mothers.
I can't believe you brought her here.
I had to.
No, you didn't.
Shh! So how do we know
the right thing to do,
especially in terms of our children and our families?
Remind me never to introduce you to Rose's friends again.
You won't have to.
Shh! Do we follow in the footsteps
of our own parents, or do we try
to avoid those footsteps
in hopes of not repeating their mistakes?
The questions are simple,
the answers are complex, but...
we have a guide, and life itself is our teacher.
Is she done yet?
No.
Yes, I-I am. Or, almost.
I just want to say that we'll be learning
as we go through this life
together, and once a month I will be speaking
to you... to, to all of you...
About the challenges life presents to all of us
as the students of life in the school called family.
Thank you.
May God bless you and keep you
while we are absent one from another.
Amen.
That was a little personal, wasn't it?
I've got to get to the front of the church.
We'll talk later.
Uh, we should talk.
What... about...?
It's 12:30.
I'll talk to her.
Maybe we should talk first.
I don't think the people are happy with that sermon.
Oh, I saw some happy faces.
Yeah, around noon
when the people thought she was finished.
My office tomorrow.
I think we're going to head back home.
The boys are hungry.
Okay, I'll say my good-byes as quickly as possible.
Well, that shouldn't be a problem,
since everyone's in such a hurry to get out.
The sermon was a little long.
Yeah, and I don't think everybody liked it.
You?
Did she imply that even though I chose
to stay home with my children, some of them turned out rotten?
No, I-I don't think she said that, no, and...
they're not just your children, they're...
our children, so if they're rotten,
then I'm equally responsible.
I don't think she said that.
I think she said the mom's responsible.
Yeah, I think she said that.
You don't know. You were asleep.
So were you.
I'm hungry.
I'm starving.
Yeah, we'll see you back at the house.
Come on.
Sure, Reverend,
you've got choices, but what about those of us
who don't have husbands who are loaded?
How long have you been a mother... like, five minutes?
Have you read the book your sermon's based on?
What happened?
I'm just not sure that they got your point.
W-What exactly was the point you were trying to make...
Not about you, a-about working mothers in general?
I-I'm ju... I'm not, not sure I'm quite clear on that.
Just because you've been doing this forever doesn't mean
you get to critique my sermon.
Actually, since I'm the pastor of this church
and you're the associate pastor...
Even if you're my daughter... I think I do get to comment.
Excuse me, I think you forgot something.
Oh, I'm sorry, I was waiting for my wife.
Yeah, we were all waiting for your wife.
That was a long sermon, huh?
At my church, people just start walking out the doors
at 12:15, whether it's over or not.
I'm usually home and changed by now. - Well, if you're
in a hurry to get back,
I can just get a ride with the Camdens.
Ruthie and I can just hang out
at her house or something.
Right. JACK: That's okay.
I don't think Meredith's dad would like it
if I picked her up, then didn't bring her back.
We should get going.
Well, I'd invite you guys
over to the house for lunch later,
but Simon showed up with some of his friends from school.
Maybe some other time.
Well, do you guys want to meet Martin and me
at the Promenade tonight?
We could see a movie, then get a pizza or something?
We'll see.
It's a school night.
We don't usually go out on school nights, but maybe.
We'll call you later.
Look, I just thought you would have called me.
Look, I'm really sorry, a-and I guess I should have,
but I-I was...
I don't know... embarrassed.
Really?
I just... I don't know why I let that happen.
Wait, was that your first time?
I mean, it didn't seem like it was your first time.
I only asked that because you said you were embarrassed.
Okay, um, do we, do we have to talk about this?
Especially here?
No, we don't have to talk about this here.
But I-I definitely think we should talk about this.
We can stay until they get here.
I don't have a class until 11:00 tomorrow.
No, you can meet them some other time.
Why not now?
Because now's not a good time. I...
I think my mom and dad want to tell them about Mary and Carlos.
Don't you think it would make them happy if they know
that while one Camden is getting divorced,
another one's getting married?
I don't know.
I don't think Martin's too happy to see Sandy.
I think they look cute together.
Well, cute or not, I don't think he's very interested in her.
He was interested enough to sleep with her.
What?
No, Martin doesn't do that.
Believe me, I know, we talk.
He-He comes to me for advice.
Have you talked to him recently?
No... I-I'm sure Martin hasn't slept with Sandy.
When would Martin have slept with Sandy?
When? The only time he's ever been out with her.
When he came up to visit you this summer.
What's the big deal?
Why do you care?
Do you wanna eat?
I should probably wait for your mom.
And Kevin and Lucy and Savannah, I suppose.
Why don't you call them?
I know the number.
I can tell it to you.
No, I-I know the number.
I called, they didn't answer.
Then maybe they're eating at their house.
Yeah, maybe they're not coming.
Pass the gravy.
Yeah, maybe I should, uh, help Mommy
get the garage apartment ready for the Colonel
and Grandma Ruth. Oh... Oh, didn't
we tell you? Yeah. They're just coming for a few days.
We haven't seen them for a long time.
I can't wait to see them.
We love playing soldier with the Colonel.
Yeah, and your mother and I just love seeing the three of you
pretending to shoot each other,
but there's something that
maybe we should talk about.
Uh... see, the Colonel and Grandma Ruth
don't know about Mary and Carlos.
And your mom and I would like to be the ones to tell them,
so I'm hoping that maybe
you won't say anything about
Mary and Carlos, you know,
until we've had a chance to explain things to them.
How are you gonna
explain Mary?
That's a very good question.
And I'll just have a
bite of roast while I think about that.
Mmm...
Why don't we get Martin and go get something to eat?
Because my mom made lunch.
She said we didn't have to wait;
we can eat now, if you want.
No, then she'd think I'm impolite.
But maybe Martin would like to wait with us.
If he wanted to wait with us, I'm sure he would wait with us.
It's not like he doesn't know we're all in here.
Or maybe I could go find him and I'll wait with him. I didn't know
we drove all the way down to Glenoak
just so you could see Martin.
But that's what we did, so go and get him.
Look, he's too young for you.
He's still in high school.
So? He's very mature.
No, he's not.
Look, I know
him; he's not that mature.
Well, maybe it's time he grows up a little bit.
Hey, I tried. I got them to church.
But you blew it by talking to Rose's friend.
I know, but you could've kept them
around if you'd really tried.
Don't blame me.
After that sermon, everyone was in a hurry to leave.
Maybe she really likes that guy.
No, she doesn't. She wants to go out with you.
And she said that I could have Jack, and I'll take him.
I don't wanna waste half the year
trying to find someone, like I did last year.
You don't have to have a boyfriend.
Especially that guy... He's a senior.
So?
Meredith's younger than you.
What's the difference?
By one year.
And the difference is, I'm really attracted to her
and she's a really nice girl.
And we have a lot in common.
She lost her mom to drugs, I lost my mom to cancer.
I mean, her mom's not dead or anything,
but she's never really been there for her.
Well, Jack's a really nice guy,
and we might have a lot in common.
But you don't know that.
You don't know anything about him, and neither do I.
I know he's cute and he's popular and I can get
to know him, once I get you hooked up with Meredith.
You know, I'm not really comfortable with the fact that
you two have this deal where you trade one guy for another one.
They do it all the time in baseball.
You don't seem to mind then.
By the way, why is your dad doing landscaping on Sunday?
I don't know, it's a job. A job he really likes.
He finds it relaxing after being in the service for so long.
Don't you find it a bit strange
for a career Marine to go into gardening?
No, I don't.
If you ask me, he's in the CIA.
No, he's not.
Did he tell you that? No.
He would tell me if he was in the CIA.
Would he?
No, that's crazy.
He-He's in landscaping.
Okay, he's in landscaping.
Hey, guys, want to wait with us in the living room?
No, we don't, but thanks.
What about you?
I'm fine out here.
You know, Sandy
came all this way just to see you.
Well, she shouldn't have.
But she did.
Why?
Ask him.
If Lucy
and Kevin aren't here in ten minutes,
I think we might go somewhere else to eat and then eat again
once everyone gets their act together around here.
Sure you don't want to come in, Martin?
I'm sure.
I can't believe you and Martin...
You know?
Why not?
You and I did.
That was before I met Rose.
That's how you met Rose.
Through me, or have you forgotten that already?
No, I haven't forgotten.
We went to high school together.
Look, Rose doesn't know that-that you and I...?
No.
But she does know about Martin and me.
What's there to know? Other than you slept with him,
which by the way, I think was really wrong.
You know, he's still in high school.
Well, it's not like I had to talk him into it.
What are you here for, anyway?
I mean, if he'd wanted to see you, he'd call you.
I have my reasons.
We better get over there.
They're waiting on us.
Yeah, I guess.
Oh, I love having our own house.
I do, too.
But really, we have to stop fighting
about work and fatherhood and motherhood and...
Who's fighting?
Well, that was a pretty good fight.
And an even better apology.
Still...
Still what? If fighting means we get to do that more often,
I say we keep fighting about who's staying home with Savannah
until she graduates from college.
But we've been fighting all summer.
I know, thanks. Really,
this sharing child-raising responsibilities isn't working.
I mean, it's one thing to say
that you'll take care of Savannah during the day
and I'll take care of her at night, but...
it's like we both have two jobs.
No, it's not, really... I love being at home with Savannah.
Well, I have to admit,
you are pretty good with her, but...
But so are you.
I think we should think about having another one.
Wait, another...
baby?
Why not? Why not?!
Are you crazy?
No!
No, no, no, no, no!
It is way too soon,
and I'm already
struggling with my job and raising one child.
I feel torn, like...
like I'm not giving my work or my family my full attention.
I'm getting plenty of attention.
More attention than I've ever gotten.
I'd be willing to quit my job and stay at home with the kids.
I would!
I love being a cop, but I love being a dad more.
You can't quit your job.
Why not?
No, you were a cop long before I was a minister.
It wouldn't be fair.
I have an idea.
Why don't you write a sermon about it,
and we'll see what the members of the congregation say?
We're not fighting again.
Please?
You take Savannah, I'm gonna go clean up
and I'll meet you over there.
Don't you want a sister or a brother?
No, she doesn't!
So, you're eating?
Not officially... It's a paper plate.
So is everyone waiting on us?
Not really.
Mmm, thanks for waiting on us.
Can I ask you something?
You know, as a
priest or whatever you call it?
I'm not a priest.
I'm an associate
pastor, but...
go ahead.
Does it work the same way if I ask you something
or tell you something,
can it be completely confidential
and you won't tell Kevin or
Reverend Camden or Mrs. Camden or my dad?
E-Especially my dad?
Yes, it works the same way.
I promise.
This is between you and me.
Now, how can I help?
That girl who came to church... Rose's friend, Sandy...
I went out with her when I went to see Simon this summer.
Okay.
And I don't want to see her again.
She keeps calling me, and today she showed up here.
So, your question is... how do you dump her?
Um... Mm-hmm.
Well, you only saw her the one time, but of course,
you still want to be polite and respectful of her feelings,
since she obviously has feelings for you.
So...
tell her that...
you enjoyed meeting her,
but she's in college and you're still in high school,
and you think it'd be best if you found someone to date
who's closer to your age and
closer to home.
That's true.
Wait a minute.
Why are you asking me this?
What don't you want my dad, your dad,
and anyone else to know?
I need to talk to Martin.
Well, I'm talking to him.
You could talk to him anytime.
I'm only here for the day,
most of which I spent listening to your very long sermon,
so if you don't mind...
Thanks for the advice.
You slept with her?
Look, no judgment, okay? Especially from you.
For the garage apartment.
For Grandma Ruth and the Colonel.
Well, everyone else is here,
we can eat. Oh, I think
everyone already ate; I know I did.
I haven't or I didn't eat that much,
and your mom hasn't eaten.
Where is she? She's down in the basement
looking for old jazz records for the Colonel.
She thinks if she makes them comfortable enough,
they won't want to leave the garage.
Ah, not
likely.
So, what's the plan?
The plan is that, uh, they'll get in here later tonight,
and we'll get them over to the apartment so they can get to bed
early and not ask any questions. Then...
tomorrow morning, I'll whisk the boys over to school before
they have a chance to spill the beans.
Then I'm going to work, and your mom's gonna give them the car
so they can roam around, while she's busy doing,
you know, what she does.
Then we'll all have an early dinner, and Kevin
and Lucy will keep them busy
showing them the new house and Savannah.
And, uh, then we'll all go to bed early.
And, you know, we'll continue playing cat and mouse like that
through the week, until we get trapped in a corner
and have to tell them about the divorce.
At which point, I'm sure they'll head straight to the airport,
angry that we didn't tell them sooner
and blaming me for what happened
with an order from the Colonel to, uh, do something about it.
So, it really doesn't matter
if I stick around tonight?
Like, I can go out if I want?
Whoa, whoa, with that guy sitting
across the aisle from you in church?
Maybe.
Uh, doesn't
he have a girlfriend already?
Meredith?
No, she's interested in Martin,
and Martin's interested in her, and I'm interested in Jack.
So, now all we have to do is get Jack interested in me,
and everything should work out fine.
How do you plan to get him interested in you?
By being there when Meredith dumps him.
Well, that sounds like a complicated
and dishonest plan of action.
No disrespect intended, Dad, but kind of like your plan?
Yeah, but mine involves family
and yours involves innocent outsiders.
And how old is that guy,
Jack? He's a senior.
Yeah, and you're a sophomore, and I don't know
that you should be going out with an older guy.
Meredith's younger than Martin,
and she's going out with him,
or at least she wants to go out with him.
Isn't she just a year younger?
So, I'm a couple of years younger.
Lots of girls in my class are dating seniors.
Yeah, but I can't do anything about them.
Dad,
I've been dating for almost a year now.
I think I can handle going out with a senior.
Not a senior I haven't met and know nothing about,
other than he looks more like a 21-year-old adult.
You investigated everyone
Mary ever went out with in high school,
and her life and her relationships
haven't turned out all that well.
I did the same with Lucy, and her husband's a gem.
True, but if there is a Kevin
out there for me, I have to be the one to find him;
you can't do that for me.
I think I'm responsible enough
to choose my own dates and my own boyfriends.
Don't you trust me?
I trust you. I-I just...
I don't trust an 18-year-old senior I never met. Just...
ask him to come over,
let me get a sense of what kind of guy he is,
and your mother and I'll talk it over.
Well, what if I don't want to?
What if I don't want to look like
some big baby who has to ask her parents' approval
if she wants to go out for a pizza or to a movie?
What if I just want to be a normal teenager
with normal parents, not the daughter of some minister
who thinks he has the God-given right to ruin my life?
What's going on?
What's going on is that Ruthie suddenly thinks
she should be allowed to do anything she wants,
and I'm going to go talk to her. W-well...
I think we have enough going on
with your parents coming to visit,
so let's not get into an argument with Ruthie
that can wait. I...
don't think it can wait. She wants to go out tonight.
Well, she can't go out with him tonight.
Well, she can't go out with Jack anytime,
if I don't think she should.
We don't think she should.
We... don't think she should, do we?
We don't know him; he's a senior.
He's too old for her. Well, we don't even know
if he wants to go out with her, and neither does she.
Why don't we just, you know, wait
and see what happens, okay? Slow down.
Take one guy at a time, one day at a time.
Maybe. Or maybe the problem
isn't whether or not Jack wants to go out with her.
Maybe the problem is that we are once again
on the road to teenage daughter hell.
And I say
we turn and head in the other direction
before we find ourselves down at the city jail paying bail money.
She's not Mary.
No, and she's not gonna become Mary.
Eh...
Because I-I...
I wasn't planning to do anything.
Well, then you shouldn't have done anything.
It just...
just happened.
Come on, man, what if...
what if...
I don't know. I just...
I have a bad feeling that she wants to see you
for some other reason than she just wants to see you.
Sure you don't want some dessert?
And get fat before the wedding?
I think there's enough time before the wedding
for you to get fat.
Then you can get thin again.
Then maybe you can get fat again and you can get thin again.
That's if we wait until we graduate.
We agreed to wait until we graduate,
a year from next May.
I don't want to wait.
I know.
But we agreed to.
Then can we please get engaged sooner?
We agreed to wait until May,
and then we're gonna spend
our whole last year of school engaged,
and then we're gonna be married.
Okay?
So, just stick to the plan.
Plans are good, but I also like to be spontaneous.
You're not
looking at rings again, are you?
I love this one.
Yeah, it's a nice ring, all right.
I just don't make that kind of money,
I make minimum wage.
You could make payments.
Making payments on a ring is like paying for it
several times over.
You might understand money, but you don't understand me.
I don't think I can wait until May to get a ring.
Oh, yes, you can.
It'll give us a chance to get to know each other better.
We know each other.
Yeah, but we'll know each other better next May,
and even better the next May
when we get married.
Come on, everything seemed to be going along fine. What happened?
I just don't want Martin and Sandy to get married before us.
Married?
She doesn't think she's pregnant, does she?
All I know is that I'm late.
Late?
Yes, you do know what that means, don't you?
Well, yeah, but couldn't it mean other things?
Couldn't there be other reasons?
No.
Sweetie, I don't think so.
You visited the campus in June.
I don't want anything
to do with this.
Yeah, well, except you had everything to do with this.
Look, I don't even know you.
Well, I think we're gonna get to know each other pretty well
over the next few weeks and months and years.
No, no, no, no, we're-we're not.
Look, you do whatever you want to do.
Hey, you better talk to me,
or I'm gonna talk to somebody else.
Hello?
Oh, yeah, I think she's here, Jack.
Uh, do you mind if I ask what this is regarding?
Huh.
Hi.
I can't wait to meet your mom and dad.
Are you and Simon gonna wait around for them?
'Cause you know, it might be 8:00, maybe 9:00,
even later before they get here.
Of course, we're gonna wait.
Simon wants to tell them we're getting married.
You haven't already told them, have you?
Uh, no...
You know, uh, maybe you should wait until it's all official.
It's official.
Yeah, but, I mean there's not...
really a date yet.
Yes, there is.
This May we're getting engaged,
and the following May we're getting married,
unless of course, our plans change
and we decide to do it all sooner.
Of course.
Is, uh, Simon in the living room?
Mm-hmm. Excuse me.
Sorry.
You know, you and Rose don't have to wait around.
I'm sure your grandparents would understand.
I know. And I-I don't
like the idea of you driving so far late at night,
so... I know.
And, to tell you the truth,
this might not be the best time,
considering while they're here,
we're planning to tell them about Mary.
Well, maybe you can give them
that bad news,
and then I could give them my good news.
Well, but you know,
it's a long time till May and, uh, you're young,
and plans can change between
now and then.
But if you wait
until you're... certain about your plans with Rose...
Absolutely certain... It might be better.
'Cause, then, if you decide for...
some unknown reason... Hey, any reason...
That you're not getting married,
well, then, you don't have to go back
and tell people, like my parents...
who might then feel disappointed
and, uh, want to ask you a lot of questions
about what's happened,
uh, which, you know, they tend to do.
I don't mind if we don't tell them.
Rose wants everyone to know... Everyone.
Family, friends,
acquaintances, strangers.
Yeah.
You're... you're buying a... a ring?
She wants me to buy her a ring.
Th... th... that ring?
Don't worry... it'll only take me
until May to come up with the money.
What are you, uh, planning to do, rob a bank?
She seems to think that we can
pay for it together if we both picked up extra jobs.
Oh. As... as what?
Astronauts?
I don't think they make that kind of money.
Simon...
Dad...
I know what you're going to say.
Oh, what am I going to say?
You're going to say that I'm young
and that marriage is a very big deal
and I should be absolutely sure
that I am spending it with the woman
I want to spend the rest of my life with.
Something like that.
I love her.
I can't help it.
I really do.
She's... um, she's demanding,
and... she's selfish
and controlling.
And that's what you love about her?
I love what her being selfish and demanding
and controlling does to me.
You know, I mean, she really...
she really pushes me to, like...
to take risks...
to take on challenges I wouldn't normally take on.
Like...?
Like changing my major.
You changed majors?
Yeah.
I mean, I'm-I'm still interested in film, but...
now I'm going for my degree in business law.
You know, maybe I'll get into to law school and...
and become an...
uh, an attorney for the industry or...
I can get a job as a... as an agent or...
studio executive or... uh, work at a network.
I don't know.
I had no idea.
Yeah, well, it... it combines my interest in money
with my interest in... in-in-in film.
I mean, that's what the film industry
is all about: making deals
and-and money.
I-I think I'd be good at that.
Yeah. That sounds good.
I... I do, too.
So, she's not all bad.
I mean, I know you and Mom don't like her, but...
you don't really know her.
It's not that we don't like her.
We never said we don't like her.
Just give us time, okay?
And, give your grandparents time, too.
You... look, you don't have
to tell them that you're getting married
the first time they meet your girlfriend.
I think I already lost that battle, but, uh,
I'll talk to her, okay?
Thanks. Thanks.
That couldn't be them already.
"What's this in regard to?" Did you say that?
Uh, uh, just a second.
Hi.
We're here.
It was Mary's idea.
She gave me the flight passes, and I thought, "Why not?"
Ah, Mary's idea.
She wants you and Annie and the rest of the family
to stay in contact with your grandson.
And I agree.
Uh, I... I think I should bring him more.
That's okay, right?
'Cause if... if this is too hard for you or...
Mary was supposed to call you
and let you know that we were coming.
I guess I should have called first
to make sure you knew. No.
You and Charlie are welcome here anytime.
I mean, Annie and I are just... so happy that you're here.
Are you sure? Of course, yeah.
There's just this... one little problem.
Uh, not a problem, really.
Uh... a challenge.
My mom and dad are flying in tonight.
And this is the first time
we've seen them face-to-face in a while,
and we're using this opportunity to tell them about the...
you know, about you and Mary.
Oh.
I didn't know that.
I guess I was right, and I should have called.
No. Really, you never have to call first.
But, uh...
since you didn't and...
you're here, maybe...
No.
No, no, no. Uh, I met them
a couple of times, and I don't think, uh...
I should be the one to break the news to them.
I'll just go check in a hotel.
No, you can't do that.
I mean, I-I-I really am looking forward to
spending time with Charlie... and you, so...
we'll just spend time
with my parents, as well.
It'll all work out.
Is Ruthie home?
Sure. Come in.
Oh, you... you two haven't met.
Uh, Meredith,
this is Carlos, Mary's...
well, this is our...
I'm Carlos.
Oh.
Uh, Ruthie's upstairs... All the way upstairs
in her bedroom... third floor.
Okay, thank you.
I'm so sorry.
I... I just... I got caught off guard.
It's not something I've thought about...
Who you are now.
So, you just call me Carlos, and I'll call you Eric.
I still can't believe this happened.
I mean, I still don't... know what happened.
Well, there were two us in this marriage, and I...
I have to take equal responsibility
for things not going right.
So...
That's very generous of you, but...
Hi, Carlos.
Hey, Ruthie.
Nice to see you.
It's nice to see you, too.
I apologized to Jack for you, even though
he thought you were just trying to be funny.
Apologized for...?
He's a really nice guy... Jack.
Not as nice as Martin.
Where is Martin, anyways?
Uh...
Okay, so I got the test.
Where's the restroom?
Uh, it's over by the movie theater.
Okay.
Here goes nothing.
Should I come with you?
No. I'll be fine.
You should just wait right here, okay?
I told Simon we'd find you here.
Where's Sandy?
Uh, she's around.
Look, why don't we just catch up with you guys later
at the house or something?
Yeah, okay. Not okay.
So, how are things going?
Sandy's great, isn't she?
What's wrong?
Maybe we should just catch up with them later.
Is something wrong?
Not yet.
No.
How's my daughter?
You just left ten minutes ago.
Let me talk to her.
Are you at your desk, or are you in the car?
I'm at my desk. I'm getting ready to go.
I want to talk to her before I go out.
It's Daddy.
Hi, Savannah.
It's Daddy.
How's my little girl, huh?
It's Savannah.
Give Daddy a kiss.
She doesn't know how to do that.
I love you. I have to go.
I love you, too.
I'll see you later.
Hope I'm not interrupting.
No, not really. I can always call them back.
You really love being a dad, don't you?
Yeah, I really do.
Well, I hope you still love being a cop,
'cause I have an assignment for you.
Love being a cop.
We located the suspect in that freeway shooting.
I want an arrest.
You and Slotkin are backup.
We're on our way.
Kinkirk.
Focus, son.
I don't want anyone hurt out there.
Got it, Captain. And don't worry...
No one's going to get hurt.
I have my daughter waiting for me.
I feel responsible for this.
I never should have let him go out with her.
Are you kidding?
You have nothing to do with this.
You didn't know he was going to sleep with her.
It happens.
It doesn't have to happen.
But it did.
And it has nothing to do with us.
Other than, again,
they're not getting married before we get married.
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