"Previously on Switched At Birth..." "We are getting married... tonight." "We're gonna get a chuppah because Lily's Jewish." "I saw Emmett last night." " How's he doing?" " A lot better." "He's taking a photography class and he wants to take photos of me giving him a tattoo." "You showed your tattoo to Travis?" "As long as I'm with Travis, you and I can't be friends." "Hey." "Ally, right?" "You know I had open heart surgery." "It was actually a heart transplant." "Two years ago, on April 14th." "The donor was a man who died in a car accident." "You have Angelo's heart." " For the 100th time, it's okay." " I still feel awful." "What's up?" "I lost the necklace that you gave her." " The one with the heart." " It's from Milan." "You will have to go to Italy to get another one." "Mm, that's perfect." "Next summer, huh?" "All of us?" " What do you say?" "Huh?" "Huh?" "Huh?" " Yeah." "Look what Angelo scored for your apartment." "I raided the restaurant kitchen." " My chef was not pleased." " Awesome!" "I mean, not that I know how to use any of this, but thankfully my roomie does." "Mm, mm!" "That is to die for." "A new dish on the menu." " Bucatini All'Regina." " Aww..." "All right, lovebirds." "Hey!" "Do you think that Carlton's awake yet?" " Oh, let's go see." " Yes!" "The baby!" "Wow, you..." "Hey, Grandpa!" "Do you know Angelo's offers senior discounts?" "Oh, is that right?" "Oh, well, you just wait, my friend, 'cause you're gonna get there soon enough." " I know." " Hey, I'm making a list of venues for the athletic department fundraiser, and I wanted to put Angelo's on the list." "I don't know, the manager is a pretty tough negotiator." "Stop it!" " Just send me the dates." " Will do." "Where is my adorable nephew?" " Uh, Lily's feeding him." " Toby, I was thinking maybe you and I could build him a swing set?" "Oh, that'd be amazing." "There he is!" " Hey!" " Hey!" "Carlton!" "Here he is." "He's so beautiful." "You're so good with him." "I can't wait to be a grandpa." "Sweetheart, are... are you okay?" "I just wish you were here." "Are you alone?" "Hm." "Like, seriously, the best sex ever." "Oh, my god!" "How could you even ask me that?" "Okay, you have got to figure this out." "It's Daphne, she needs to see me." "Something's up." "Hey, Mom, have you seen Carlton's elephant?" "Oh, yeah." "It's around here somewhere." "Um... hey, honey?" "I have a call-in to Reverend Steve to check dates for Carlton's baptism." "Oh, yeah?" "Yeah, I was thinking sometime in the next couple of weeks if that's okay with you and Lily." "Ah!" " Here it is." " Thanks." "Uh, yeah, sounds good to me." "Let me run it by the wife." "Okay." "What does she want?" "To thank us, I guess." "She was born with a congenital heart defect, and she was pretty bad off." "She said a few more days and she would have died, too." "Are you a little weirded out?" "Yeah, of course." "She seems cool though." "Just try to have an open mind." " Hey." " Hey." "Bay, this is Ally." "Ally, this is Bay." "Nice to meet you." "Uh, you too." "God, this is strange, isn't it?" "It feels kind of like a blind date." "Yeah." "A little." "Well, I just wanted to thank you in person." "I know it must have been really hard to donate your dad's organs, but you literally saved me." "Uh, we wanted something good to... come of his death." "We heard he helps 34 people with his organs." "That's incredible!" "There's this massive group of us who are still alive because of Angelo Sorrento." "Science is pretty amazing." "I wanted to do the same thing, but my mom's organs weren't healthy." "Did you say that your mom died?" "Pancreatic cancer." "She never stopped fighting." "For either of us." "Do you have any other family?" "It was just us." "Anyways, I vowed if I ever got a new heart," "I would make the most of my life." "Never take anything for granted." " You're healthy now." " I feel amazing." "I'm doing things I never thought I'd be able to do." "I literally went skydiving a few months ago." "I'm mountain biking," " salsa dancing..." " Wh..." "No way!" " Angelo loved salsa dancing." " Seriously?" "Well, it's not that coincidental." "It makes sense that someone with a new, healthy heart would have a more active lifestyle." "That's true." " But..." " But?" "I'm having all these weird cravings I never had before the surgery, like red wine." "And I like different types of music, like classical, which I never paid attention to before." "But tell me more about you guys!" "Daphne's pre-med." "What about you?" " Well, I'm a tattoo artist." " No way!" "I've been thinking about getting one to cover my chest scar." "I just haven't landed on the right one yet." "I work at Bombshell Betty's on Lynwood." "Come by." "We'll figure it out." "That would be awesome." "Well, I gotta go." "But I am so glad we got a chance to connect." "Next time, I'd love to meet Regina." "Definitely." "Uh, we should talk to her first." "Totally get it." "I will wait for the green light." "See you both soon, I hope?" "Bye." "You were right." "She's awesome." "Baptized?" "What do you mean?" "Like dunking him in water?" "No, there's no dunking." "It's just a few drops." "It's symbolic." "Of turning him into a Christian?" "Yeah, I guess." "I thought we agreed not to raise him as anything." "We'll just do the fun stuff, like holidays." "My mom brought it up." "I think it would mean a lot to her." " I'm Jewish, Toby." " I know." "But we had a blended wedding ceremony, and that worked." "So, Carlton can be both religions," " Jewish and Christian." " You can't be both when you're baptized." "Look, we'll put him in a little white suit, we'll take some pictures, then we all go out and have a great meal." "That's it." "Look, I can decorate a Christmas tree," "I can dye some Easter eggs, but baptism is a bridge too far." "Well, what's that ceremony where they chop off the foreskin of the kid's Johnson?" "A bris." "Yeah, that one." "Um, we didn't do that one." "And I just figured if" " religion was that important to you..." " No, of course my parents bugged me about having a bris." "I just didn't want to impose my religion on you." "Like I'm doing to you right now." "Hey, Mom?" " Yeah?" " So, I'm doing this project for school on something called cellular memory..." " Yeah?" " It's the theory that every cell contains a full set of genetic material." "So that means that organ transplant patients would inherit their donor's DNA." "Sounds like an interesting assignment." "Have you ever wondered about any of the people who got Angelo's organs?" "What?" "No." "So, you've never thought about meeting any of them?" "Absolutely not." "How come?" "Because I... don't like to think about that day." "That decision." "That whole time." "Last person I want to dredge all that up with is a complete stranger." "But those people have a piece of him inside of them." "I'm not interested." "Boo." "Hey, you!" " Rad place." " Yeah, I lucked out." "Are those for me?" "Uh, yeah." "I wasn't sure what you were looking for, but, um..." "Super cool." "I..." "I also didn't know how long the scar was, so..." "It's pretty gnarly." "Like, from here to here." " You wanna see?" " Sure." "You wanna feel it?" "Yeah." "That's your dad's heart." "That is so crazy." "Yeah." "Either of these are great." "Cool!" "Um... the thing is, is I've heard that, uh, scar tissue is tricky." "It's less porous, so it holds the ink differently." "It may require repeat sessions." "I've got the time, but if it's pricey, I may have to postpone." "I'm not exactly flush with cash right now." "Oh, no, god." "It's on the house." "Okay." "Uh, I have a couple more ideas." "Why don't I just come by your place later?" "Where do you live?" "I'm actually kind of inbetween places at the moment." "The landlord at my last apartment" " wouldn't stop hitting on me." " What?" "I had to threaten to call the cops just to get my security deposit back." "That is awful." "Where are you staying now?" "My car." " Ally!" " It's fine!" "I know all the good spots to park so I don't get busted or bothered." "You could stay with me and Daphne." "No." "No, no, no, no, no." " That's really cool of you, but..." " I mean, we have so much extra space and plus, we have a couch that is way more comfortable than bucket seats." "And it would give us a chance to get to know each other better." "Please?" "I would really, really like that." "Okay." "Thanks." " No way!" " I swear to God." "And I went to prom with him, and I had that van for two years." " That is awesome!" " Best decision I ever made." " Hey!" " Oh, you're home!" "What's so funny?" "Well, she was just telling me this hilarious story about this one time this high school kid, he tried to sell her his VW van." "But I was broke, so I offered to go to prom with him instead." "And he agreed." " Cool." " I actually had a blast that night." "Oh!" "And, we just came up with the most amazing idea." "Next summer, the three of us, Italy." " O... okay." " To meet Angelo's family!" "I have this friend who can hook us up with cheap flights." " Anywhere we want to go." " Sounds great." "I will text my friend." "Oh, hey, there's better reception in the bedroom." "Oh." "What are those?" "Ah, Ally's inbetween apartments right now, uh, so I told her that she could stay with us." " Everything okay?" " Mm-hmm, definitely." "Actually, I talked to Regina, and she's not ready to meet you yet." "Oh." "Okay." "It's just hard for her." "It's fine." "I can't really blame her." "Hey, at least the three of us are getting to know each other, right?" "Yeah." "Ooh!" "More snacks!" "Oh, thank you, honey." "So, uh, since it's kind of a foreign thing to her," "I don't think Lily's totally down with the whole... baptism thing." "He has to be baptized." " Why?" " 'Cause that's what you do." " Well, it's what Christians do." " Isn't Carlton Christian?" "I... don't know." "I mean, typically, that's a conversation you have before you have kids and get married, except we obviously didn't have that conversation, so..." "Here's the thing." "You were baptized." "Bay was baptized." "I missed out with Daphne." "I really just..." "I wanna have that moment with my first grandchild." "Yeah, I totally get it." "Look, as long as you're okay with it, then I'll talk to her." "Don't worry." "I'll take care of it." "It's gonna be fine." "You get such amazing light in here." "It's one of the things I love most about it." "Hey, sweetie." "What are you doing here?" "I..." "I was just getting a coffee." "I told you, she doesn't want to meet you." " What's going on?" " I wasn't gonna tell her." "I swear." "Tell me what?" " It's... it's nothing." " Don't lie to me." "Mom, this is Ally." "She has Angelo's heart." "I'm sorry, I just wanted to see you." "You need to go." "Mom." "I am so sorry." " How long have you known her?" " Just a few days." "I told her you didn't want to meet her." " I don't know why she did that." " It's not your fault." "I just hope from now on she respects our wishes." "I'll talk to her." "Thank you." "This is all happening way too fast." "I mean, for all we know, she doesn't even have Angelo's heart." " Daphne!" " What?" "That's a horrible thing to say!" " Plus, I've seen her scar." " Maybe it's someone else's or some other surgery altogether, and she read about us and saw we were from Mission Hills" " and decided to play us." " Where is all of this coming from?" "She is a complete stranger," " and now she is living with us." " She has our dad's heart." " And I like having her around." " Why?" "Because when I'm around her," "I feel connected to Angelo." "The question is, why don't you?" "So I heard Carlton's big day is coming up." "How do you feel about all that?" "What?" "Baptism?" "Everything." "God, angels, Heaven, Hell." "I mean, I don't necessarily see myself playing a harp on a little white cloud, but..." "I do believe you get to see your loved ones." "I'm gonna see my mom." "You really think she's up there?" " Watching over you?" " Yeah." "Actually, I do." "I even talk to her sometimes." "Really?" "Yeah, I mean, don't you ever think about your dad or Angelo?" "I'd like to believe that we go on after we die, that there's life after this one, but..." "I don't." "I think when we're done, we're done." "Okay." "There's no reason to feel guilty about that." "It's not guilt." "I just think... you're lucky." "To get comfort from that." "The Internet has made it far too easy to identify donors." "In fact, we've stopped telling recipients their age and sex for that very reason." "I'm not here to blame anyone." "I just want to make sure that Ally actually got my father's heart." "I'm sorry." "I can't reveal the recipient's identity without their consent." "Ally claims she has Angelo's heart." "Her identity's out there." "She approached my family." "Our identity's out there." "Now, I'm just trying to confirm that she was, in fact, the actual recipient." " "Sorrento" with two 'R's?" " Yes." "Let's see..." "Alexandra Morel." "Yeah, that's her." " So, she does have Angelo's heart?" " Yes." "What is it?" "I remember her case." "It presented the hospital with a very complicated situation." "What do you mean?" "I can't share the details, but you might want to do some digging into her background." "It's such a pleasure, meeting you and Carlton." " He's a wonderful child." " Thank you." "So, Lily wasn't raised in our faith, and so I'm helping her navigate all of this." "Could you just tell her a little bit about the ceremony?" "Well, it's very simple." "We'll sprinkle a bit of holy water over Carlton's head, and speak the Rite of Baptism." "Can I just ask, what does the ceremony mean exactly?" "Well, infant baptism is a way of removing the stain of sin from a child's soul." "I..." "I don't understand." "How can a one-year-old have sinned?" "We believe every child is born with original sin passed on to us through our parents." "Not a single one of us is blameless, and, God forbid anything should happen to Carlton, that way, he would die in the light of God's mercy." "So, Carlton has to be baptized and saved from the fires of Hell because of the terrible things that Toby and I have done?" "Kathryn, is that what you think?" "I see it as more symbolic." "Right, Reverend?" "It is that as well, and a reminder that we are immersed in the Father's love for us through Jesus Christ." ""Father"." "Of course." " All men." " Don't worry, Lily." "Our church is very inclusive of women." "Um, now, I have some exciting news." "The bishop himself will be at our church next Sunday." "He would be more than happy to perform the ceremony." "Amazing!" "This is a really big deal, Lily." "What do you think?" "Will next Sunday work?" "No." "It won't." "You see, I'm Jewish." "And I'm gonna be raising my child Jewish." "Thank you for stopping by, Reverend." "It was very... illuminating." "If you have anything else in mind, now is your chance." "I think it's cool." "All right." " Can I ask you a question?" " Mm-hmm." "How'd the accident happen?" "Um... doctor said that he had an aneurysm while driving." "He lost control of the car, and... hit a tree." " Where was it?" " Not far from here." "Just, uh, on Brixton Road." "It's past the power station." "I know that spot." "I used to see flowers there." "I can't even bring myself to drive past it." "I go miles out of the way just to avoid it." " Hey!" " She's been lying to us." "You weren't born with a congenital defect." "You ruined your heart from cocaine abuse, and your mom didn't die from cancer." "She's in prison." " What are you talking about?" " She's been arrested, too." " Twice, for DUls." " First of all," "I was barely stoned." "I had, like, two bumps." "You're defending driving high?" "The cop asked me out after he booked me." "He was just looking for a reason to pull me over." "And my mom may be in jail, but she's still dead to me." "Sounds to me like you didn't deserve" " to be on the transplant list." " Who are you to judge me?" "You don't know anything about me!" "A Mission Hills girl telling me what I did wrong?" "You do not get a pass because you had a hard life." "I had a hard life, too." "Hold on a second." "Just tell us the truth, okay?" "Did you lie about... everything?" "The connection that you felt with Angelo... were you making all of that up?" "What do you want me to say?" "I lost my biological dad the day that I got switched and then I lost him again the day that he died." "And thanks to you," "I just lost him for a third time." "I said what you wanted to hear." "Hey, what happened?" "I shouldn't have said anything without talking it through with you first." "By the way, I had no idea my mom was gonna ambush you like that." "I knew it was coming from a good place, but..." "I just sat there growing more and more uncomfortable." "But hearing that reverend say "Christ" a million times," "I have never felt more Jewish in my life." "And then I realized," "I don't want my child to be nothing, or both." "I want him to have an identity." "A Jewish identity." "Jews are defined by being other than, not Christian." "For me, you're either Jewish, different from the rest of the world and proud of it, or you're not." "And I'm Jewish." "Wow." "So... does this mean I have to be Jewish?" "I would never put that on you." "I know I'm asking a lot, to hope that you'll agree to bring up our child solely in my faith." "Is any of this..." "Do you think... why you're looking for another connection with him..." "Because he has Down syndrome?" "I mean, are you looking for more ties with him because..." " he's so different from us in other ways?" " I don't know." "Maybe." "I just know that when I think of teaching him about Shabbat or imagine him getting married under a chuppah someday..." "I get happy." "Okay." "I'm sorry you're disappointed with her." "Aren't you?" "Feels good having saved a young girl's life." "I just wish she was more deserving." "After I died, you went through some rough time." "You did some things you were not proud of." "Yes?" " It's true." " Remember how angry you were at me for leaving you and Regina when you were three?" "Everyone deserves a second chance." "I'm grateful I got one with you." "Ally." "What are you doing here?" "I wanted to see it." "And we both ended up here at the same time?" "I've been here a while." "It's just a regular old tree." "You'd never know that someone died here." "And someone was reborn." "I really do have his heart." "I don't like to think about him." "He's dead and I'm alive." "I wanted this, like, mystical connection to you." "I just wanted to feel him again." "It wasn't fair to put that on you." "I started to want that, too." "Look, your sister was right." "I did use." "I do have a record." "I just..." "I just thought announcing that wouldn't have been what you guys wanted to hear." " If you had changed, or you were at least trying..." " I am trying." "I don't use any more." "And I really have been living in my car because my landlord was stalking me." "I would have loved to go to Italy with you guys." "I wasn't lying about everything." "And I am really sorry for making you lose him all over again." "Ally..." "I still want to do the tattoo." "Uh... maybe not the feather." "Something to honor him." "I'd like that." "Angelo's tree." "I love it." " Um... can you just hold on one second?" " Yeah." "What's going on?" "You're sure?" "I love you." "Love you too." "Uh," " is it cool if he..." " Takes pictures?" "Yeah." " Sure." "Why not?" " Great." "Okay." "Okay." "Ready?" "I'm so proud of you." "Ready." "I told you, I am not interested." " She has Angelo's DNA." " That doesn't mean anything." "He gave her a second chance at life." " I think that's worth celebrating." " Then let her family celebrate." "I lost my husband and I don't really want to think about that every time I see her." "She doesn't have any family." "She's going through a hard time." "What if I see her and I don't feel anything?" "Oh, Mom..." "Honestly, I don't know what I believe either." "But maybe we should give her a second chance, too." "Jewish?" " Wow." " Yeah." "It's just religion means more to her than it does to me." " That's not true." "You're very spiritual." " Mom, come on." " I haven't been to church in years." " That's not your fault." "I should have done a better job making sure it was a bigger part of your life." "You exposed it to me plenty." "Organized religion is just not for me." " Okay, but can't we just raise him both ways?" " Mom, this is my family now." "I have to put them first." " Hi." " Hi." "Are you mad at me?" " No, sweetie..." " I'm sure this isn't easy for you." " I know it wouldn't be for me." " It's just that my faith has given me such comfort." "When my father died, when" " Angelo passed..." " I know, and I respect that." "And for me, it's all that, plus it's cultural." "We have our own history." "Our own language." "Our own food." "Our own sense of humor." "And everyone who's Jewish is bonded by that, and I want my son to be in that little circle with me." "Can you understand that?" "Yes." "I can." " So sorry I pushed..." " No, no, you meant well." "I..." "I have a question." "Can we still celebrate Christmas and Easter?" "At your house, we can." "At our house, we're going to be celebrating Hanukkah, and..." "What's the other big one?" "Passover." "That one." "I'm going to be taking some classes very soon." "And so will I." "Thank you." "Hey, Mom." "This is Ally." "Hi." "Ally, this is Regina." "I am so sorry for the way I went about this." "For all the pain you've been through." "I promise I will try to live my life to be worthy of him." "Your necklace." "What is that?" "It's a prism." "I like to be surrounded by light." "This is the key... to the house that Angelo and I were building." "Our first apartment together had terrible light." "We spent half the time in darkness." "He gave me this." "And he said we would never live in the dark again." "You never told us that." "I know." "Would it be okay if I hugged you?" "I feel him." "I feel his heart." "It's nice to meet you, Ally."