"Previously on Life Unexpected..." "You and someone had a kid." "You gave up that kid." "I am that kid." "And now I'm applying for emancipation." "Cate Cassidy..." "That's your mom." "I am Cate Cassidy." "Ryan and I have been up since 5:00." "And as usual, arguing since 6:00." "I am not granting you emancipation." "I'm releasing you back into their temporary joint custody." "I needed this." "I see you've met Mr. Daniels." " You're a..." " Teacher." "Eric?" "I'm your new tutor." "I love you." "I do," "I want kids..." "I just..." "It's taking me a little while to come around, and I don't even know if I can." "Cate, I just want to try." "Let's try." "Good morning, Portland." "Welcome to a Morning of All-Music Madness on K-100." "Ryan and Kelly'll be back on Monday." "But today we're giving away tickets to the K-100 Sugar Magnolia Music Festival, happening this weekend, emceed by your favorite host," "Ryan Thomas, who's hard at work getting ready for the big event." "Wow." "Yeah, wow." "I could get used to this trying-for-a-baby thing." "You want to try it again?" "Yeah, I may be physically unable." "Yo, Cate, you home?" "Oh!" "Now I'm physically unable." "He's just here for the tickets." "Meet me in the shower." "Cate?" "Good morning, good morning," " good morning!" " Sorry." "I should have sent these over with Lux last night." "I've just been so busy organizing the concerts." " No biggie." " Okay, we have tickets, VIP passes that will get you in the front area." "And thank you for chaperoning." " You are welcome." " And, you know, inherent in that thank you is that you actually chaperone." "Cate it's a concert..." "I don't think they're gonna get into any trouble." "Yoo-hoo!" "I can't believe I'm gonna be a grandma!" "Mom..." "Mom?" "Wh... what," " you're pregnant?" " No." "No." "I just assumed it was post-wedding weight gain." "Well, they're still just trying at this point." "But just a little something to help the process along." "So..." "You're trying?" "Um, you know, you guys have the tickets, so you should probably just, um," " you should go." "Where you going?" "Fun!" " Mm-hmm." " Hey, do you want me to chaperone?" "Baze is gonna do it." "Is this edible underwear?" "Bye." "Baby..." "Hey, uh, Cate gave us a few extra tickets." "Should we invite boys?" "I don't know who to bring, but maybe you could ask Jones." "Come on, man, you got to move on and get over Bug." "Otherwise, you'll end up like Baze..." "Old, alone," " permanently single." " What?" "First, I am not permanently single, and second, Tasha's right..." "You can't... you can't be hung up on someone who's not an option." "Me?" "What about you?" "Well..." "Who, Cate?" "I'm not hung up on Cate." "I mean, I've dated lots of other women." "Oh, who, like Abby, Cate's sister?" "Or trina, Cate's boss." "Or... or Paige, Cate's sister-in-law." "Yeah, I'm not seeing a pattern here at all." " That's messed up, man." " Hey," "I'm a single dad..." "It's hard to meet someone who's not Cate-related." "But I could have a date with a non-Cate person anytime I want." "Prove it." "Yeah, bring somebody to the concert." "I will." "You know what?" "Let's all bring dates." "I mean, there's a whole sea of guys out there." "You just find one you like." "See?" "This is us moving forward." "He took that baby thing hard, huh?" "You okay with it?" "Yeah." "Okay, so, chapter nine, when Johnny says," ""Stay gold, ponyboy," what does that mean?" "There's a boy who's gold and half pony?" "Reference to the Robert Frost poem, chapter 2..." ""All good things must end"?" "Sure." "Okay, what's wrong?" "You hate this book that much?" "No." "No, no, no." "It's... it's not that." "I just..." "I just found out that Cate's trying to have a... baby." "Wow, that sucks." "I mean, you just found Cate." "You know, you're probably not ready to share h in the attic, even if that someone's the size of a burrito." "When my parents brought my baby brother home," "I found this box in the attic, and I wanted to ship him to China in it." " How'd that work out?" " Fantastic..." "He lives in Shanghai." "He owns a very successful noodle shop." "Worked out great for everyone." "You see, "All good things must end."" "Hey, um..." "You know that K-100 concert this weekend?" "Well, I have these amazing tickets, and I was thinking about inviting someone..." "Like, on a date." "Not that I'm asking you out on a date..." "Lux, I wish I could;" "I can't." "No, I know you can't with me, but it's not just me, okay?" "There's, like, a thousand other people and me." "That's... not the..." "Well, yeah, it is." "But..." "I'm already going." "Well, then we can go together." "Lux." "I've got a date." "Oh." "So, um..." " Ryan told you?" " Yeah, well, he let it slip, you know?" "'Cause he's so excited." "Yeah, well, that makes one of us." "What are you talking about?" "Nothing." "Um..." "All right..." "Start talking, Cate, or I'm gonna get the wine and day-drink it out of you." "You know, Ryan wants to have a kid, and..." "I just, I don't." "But you're trying." "Yeah." "You know, Ryan is." "I'm-I'm still..." "Kind of on the pill." "Cate!" " Mom, don't yell at me." " He's gonna notice, don't you think, when you're not getting pregnant?" "Well, you know, lots of women, they" " don't get pregnant." " Not in this family." "Okay?" "Just the sight of a man and a bottle of Two-Buck Chuck" " and I start ovulating." " Mom, you know what?" "Never mind." "I... it's a long story." "It's too long to get into right now." "Um..." "Look, Ryan, he just needs to think that I am trying." " Why?" " Well, because if I am not trying, mom..." "You know, he's gonna leave me." "If Ryan finds out you're lying to him about something this important, take my word for it, he's gone." "Suzie, right?" "Copy girl?" " Nate, right?" "Boss's son?" " Yeah, right." "Yeah, it was kind of a blatant nepotism thing." "I made copies of your resume." "I know." "Ouch." "So, um, I have an extra VIP ticket to that K-100 Sugar Magnolia thing tomorrow, and I wanted to bring a date." "Are you interested?" "Seriously?" "Yeah." "Nate, a word?" "Sorry, I should have asked." "Um, is there an office dating policy?" "I'm going with you to that concert." " So I guess not." " It's... not a date." "We're trying to broaden our clientele, and we've been going after recording artists and athletes." "Mia Catalano will be performing there." "Her producer is Haley Scott, she's a singer as well, and she has a husband" " in the NBA." " Nathan Scott... he's a point guard for the Bobcats." "Was." "He just retired..." "He and his wife have a ton of money just waiting to be invested" " and I want to meet her." " Well, I'll get right on that." "I'm sure that Cate can scrounge up an extra ticket." "No, I don't need an extra ticket, I need access." "You have access, and I have you." "So get me backstage, introduce me to Haley, and then you go on your stupid date." "What up," "Portland...?" "!" "I'm Ryan Thomas, and I'm happy to be your host for K-100's annual Sugar Magnolia Fest!" "We got a great line-up of bands for you this afternoon." "The Radioactive Armadillos are here!" "And we got Ben Lee in the house!" "Let's hear it for our next performer." "She is here all the way from North Carolina." "Put your hands together for the one and only..." "Mia Catalano." "I..." "I don't like this." "I don't like this new look." "Paige gave me a makeover." "What?" "She asked me to." "She looks hot, right?" "Well, little dude, you better keep your hands off of her." "I told you I didn't want a date." "Uh, really?" "'Cause your outfit says you do." "If you didn't get dressed up for Jones, then who the hell did you slut it up for?" "I'm gonna call you Slux." "Is that cool?" "Slux." "I think it has a good ring to it." "Hey, Verne, thank you for looking after the kiddos." " I got to go check on my boss." " Yeah, yeah, no problem." "What should we do first, seats or cocktails?" "Cocktails." "Oh, PS, meeting your boss does not count as a non-Cate-related date." "Oh, actually, I have a date." "And she's meeting me here." "So, see?" "Success..." "Dates for everybody." "Lux, me, Paige even." "Hell, yeah." "I'm not wearing no underwear for nothing." "All right, so now all we got to do is find someone great for you, too." "She's incredible." "How long have you been her producer?" " Uh, three years." " Wow." "Yeah, she was just a..." "She was a shy little kid with a hoodie playing keyboard when I found her." "I had to really convince her that she could go solo, you know?" "Do you miss it?" "You know, now that you're producing and not the one out there?" "Yeah." "Sometimes I do." "But there's something really amazing about nurturing someone else's talent, you know?" "Call it maternal pride." "I don't know," "I have a seven-year-old, I think in mommy terms." " You have a seven-year-old?" " Yeah." "Wow." "Eh, I was pregnant the senior year of high school." "Actually went into labor during my valedictorian speech." "I was, uh, pregnant, too." "Mm-hmm, valedictorian." "Yeah, knocked up by the quarterback." "Forward." "Nathan." "Nate." "If you tell me you're pregnant with your second right now, we're officially in The Twilight Zone." "Wait..." "Are you pregnant?" " Yes." " Congratulations." "Thank you." "What about you, you gonna have any more?" "We're trying." "Ah." "Well, that's the fun part, right?" "Slow down." "My heels are sinking into the grass." "Your date can wait." " My date is waiting, outside the gate." " What?" "Hey, man, uh, my name is Nate Bazel." "We have a meeting backstage with Haley Scott..." "That's Mia's producer." "You're not on the list." "You said Cate put us on it." "Uh, she was supposed to." " Are you sure that we're..." " You're not on the list." "You're not coming in." "You know what, our mistake was asking permission." "We don't ask, we take." "Isn't that a little Rambo?" "Rambo?" "That really dates you, and not in a good way." "Come on, trust me, there's got to be another way in." "Thank you so much." "And now, for this next song, I would like to bring a very special someone to the stage." "She's one of my favorite artists of all time..." "Haley James Scott, everybody!" " Surprise!" " What?" "No." " Yes." " No, I'm not." "It was Mia's idea." "Go, go, go, go, go, go." "Hey." "Yay!" "You made it!" "Uh, Lux, uh, you've met Eric, right?" "Oh." "Mr. Daniels." "I met him at your basketball game." "Yeah." "Yeah, we know each other." "Wha...?" "You guys know each other?" "Uh, yeah." "Totally." "Paige is my aunt." "Okay, search all of the bathrooms and trailers..." "You know, and anywhere else that there are groupies of Guadalajara." "Groupies and booze?" "You looking for your mom?" "No." "The Radioactive Armadillos are missing an armadillo." "Apparently, his girlfriend just called him and told him that she became a lesbian at lilith fair, and he went on a bender." "I have to start calling around looking for a replacement band." "I'll get your phone." "We should call the Decemberists' manager." "You know, he might be able to help us." "Right, yeah, he still owes you, right, Ryan?" "Ryan..." "Come on, you love this song." "Ben Lee's great, huh?" "Oh, he's awesome." "This whole thing is awesome." "It was awesome of you and Lux to bring me." "I should probably stop saying "awesome"." "Yeah, she and Bug were together for, like, over two years, so it's just gonna take some time." " You know?" " Right." "Um, hey, I'm gonna go grab a drink." " You want a soda?" " Uh, if you can find a way to make that soda a beer, then yes, two." "Oh, make it three!" "I invited Jones 'cause I thought you liked him." "You've barely said two words to the guy." "Well, you're the one who asked him." "I didn't even want him to come." "Yeah, you're making that really clear." "Come on, did you see him walk off?" "Even his hair looked sad." "Well, where'd he go?" "Uh, hopefully, getting us beer." "Hey, go help him before he gets thrown into concert jail." "Come on." "Concert jail!" "You got us thrown in concert jail!" "Man, you know what, you are straight out of a scoobveng for you." "You know what, it's not my fault you don't have the upper body strength to get over a measly little fence." "Don't you work out?" "A few little bicep curls neveng for you." "We're supposed to be signing Haley right now." "God, everyone in here smells like ham." "Hey, hey, you know what?" "I don't want to be here, either." "You're the one that railroaded my weekend, okay?" "I was supposed to be on a date right now, not in some carny jail stuck with you." "Excuse me, how long are we stuck in here?" " Till my supervisor comes." " Yeah?" "When's that gonna be?" "Whenever he feels like it." "He loves Ben Lee." "Lux!" "Lux." "Hey, I was looking for you." "Listen, I was just trying to move on." "I was trying to date someone my age, and..." "I had... no idea that she was your aunt." "So, you and Jones?" "You two would be cute together, you know, if you'd give him the time of day." "It's not that I don't like him, just..." "He doesn't... he doesn't get me... like you do." "You know, the whole Cate-baby thing," "I didn't even say anything, and you got it." "Yeah." "'Cause I do." "You know?" "I get you." "You know?" "And I get what you're doing, even if you don't." "What do you mean, even if I don't?" "What... what am I doing?" "You're picking the wrong guy." "You did it with Bug, and you're doing it with me." "All right, Oprah." "Whatever." "Now, listen..." "You're afraid of people not wanting you, afraid of people leaving you, so you pick people who it'll never work with so that that's the outcome." "They walk away;" "That's the cycle." "You play out the very thing that you don't want to happen just to prove yourself right." " You know what?" " Hm?" "I was wrong." "You don't get me." "Nobody wants to be rejected or left behind." "I'm not exactly a special case." "Yeah, you are." "Look, choosing a guy like Jones is breaking the cycle." "And if you're not choosing him, that means for some reason you're not ready to break it." "But if you are, don't pick someone who doesn't have to reject you." "Give Jones a chance." "Ryan, I am so sorry." "Does the truth ever occur to you, ever?" "I..." "I don't know why I don't want to have a kid, okay?" "I don't know, I mean, maybe..." "You know, maybe it's because" "I feel like a crappy mom already, or... or maybe it's because I had a crappy mom who-who did not offer me one ounce of support during the hardest time of my life, when I was pregnant with Lux." "You know, or... or maybe it's because I just got Lux back, or... or because my career is not where I though you ultimatum or... you know, because we've been married for, like, two seconds." "Maybe I just need some time to figure it out without you rushing me or hounding me or..." "All right, all right." " Like, pressuring me." " All right, Cate!" "You take all the time you need." "Figure out whatever it is you need to figure out." "I'm not..." "I'm not pressuring you," "I'm not giving you ultimatums or any of that crap." "I am just trying to be honest with you." "And the truth is, if you don't have a hell of a good reason for lying about so can't do it." "Then I don't have a reason to stay in this marriage." "'Cause I cannot be married to you if I can't trust you." "Just, I can't..." "I can't do it." "This is fun, hanging out with you." "Well, I'm no Lux." "Tasha..." "I..." "I didn't come for Lux." "I came because you asked me." "What?" "Look, I've been waiting around for Lux for, like, ever." "I said yes to you, because..." "I'm tired of waiting." "And because you're cool." "And pretty." "And it's hot that you could probably beat me up in a fight." "I could." "Hey, do you know where Eric is, honey, with..." "Tasha?" "Lux, I'm sorry, it's not what you think." "I think it's what it looked like." "I invited Jones here for you, but you said you didn't even want him here." " you're not even interested." " You don't know what I am, Tash, you haven't been here." "You don't know what's going on with me." "You-you come back and-and swoop in, and just because I'm not all over him," " you take him for yourself?" " I didn't take him!" "Okay?" "He came here for me." "He said that?" "Yeah, what, is it so hard to believe that he'd be interested in me?" "No, I just didn't expect to see you sucking on his face." "You can't have it all ways." "You can't have everything and everyone." " What is that supposed to mean?" " Look around you," "Lux." "You've got Cate, you've got Baze, you've got Ryan, you've got Paige giving you makeovers, you've got Bug proposing to you," "Jones pining for you, taking whatever scraps you bother to throw his way..." "Oh, where is this coming from?" "We were the same, Lux." "Until your mom, who never even knew you, took you back." "My mom, who knew me my whole life, still didn't want me." "So yeah, maybe I like Cate taking care of me or Baze coaching me or Jones looking at me the way he looks at you." "And now what?" "What?" "You're jealous 'cause Cate's having another baby?" "It's a problem I'd kill to have." "Thanks a lot." "Look, it's Suzie." "She texted me... she's "lvng"." " Loving?" " Leaving." "She didn't even bother using vowels." "My condolences." "I know how serious you were about Suzie, considering you go all the way back to yesterday." "Well, I was serious." "Maybe not about Suzie, but about, you know, about moving on." "From what?" "Random hook-ups?" "One-night stands?" "From someone I was in love with." " From Cate." " I take it her getting married wasn't a big deterrent?" "Yeah, I thought it was." "Yesterday I found out that Cate and Ryan are trying to have a kid together." "And that's kind of like..." "It's, like, our thing." "Mine and Cate's." "Am I crazy for thinking that Cate and I were meant to be?" "I once got involved with a guy who wasn't really available, and I thought if I hung in there long enough he'd choose me, that we were meant to be together." "And then one year turned into two..." "Two turned into four..." "And where's the guy now?" "Moving on is really the best thing you can do." "Because otherwise, you will end up..." "Stuck in concert jail with your assistant?" "Something like that, mm." "Yes, we have moved up every band on the line-up." "We just need a closer, okay?" "How did you get back here?" "Hey!" "I know that guard." "One night, eight shots." "Long story." "Lux isn't back here, is she?" "Did you lose Lux?" "No, I didn't lose Lux." "I just can't find her." "You know, I texted Baze, so she's probably with hiars too late." "I have asked you to do one thing for me, and you can'ars too late." "Excuse me, I've spent the entire afternoon playing baby-sitter to your kid." "Yeah, it's called being a grandparent!" "You know that thing that you were so excited about that you couldn't help yourself and you brought over an entire gift basket of sex toys?" "You know, I can really do without the tone, Cate." "I mean, I was just trying to be nice." "Yeah, well, you know something?" "It's about 16 years too late." "I'm sorry, but acting excited about a baby now does not change the fact that you..." "I mean, you told me to give up Lux." "What?" "Oh, that's great." " Mm-hmm." " That's great, Cate." "You got yourself knocked up in high school." "You didn't want a baby to ruin your life, and suddenly it's my fault?" " Yeah, it is your fault!" " You didn't want Lux any more than I wanted you when I got pregnant!" "It's nice to finally hear you admit it." "What is so surprising?" "What am I admitting that is so surprising, Cate?" "The truth?" "That I didn't want to be a mom at 18?" "I didn't want to skip college, Cate, and never have a career." "And maybe you're forgetting," "I am not the one who left, Cate." "I stayed." "I didn't walk out when you were six;" "I was there!" "Do you even know why I agreed to give up Lux?" "'Cause I actually wanted to make something of myself and be somebody." "I just, I couldn't stand the thought of being anything like you." "You know, and that's probably the reason that I don't even want to have kids now." "Because I don't want to look at them and blame them for not being where I want to be in my life, the way that you have always blamed me." "Say what you want, Cate." "Go ahead." "But I kept you, and I tried my best." "Which is a hell of a lot more than you did for Lux." "Cate." "Hey, are you okay?" "My husband hates me, uh, security is looking for my kid, and I just had a blow-out fight with my mom, which..." "You know, makes needing a closing band sort of pale in comparison." "Sorry." "I mean, no chance you've got a booze-hound mom who blames you for ruining her entire life, too, huh?" " No." " Oh." "Yeah, my mom passed away last year." "I hate myself." "No." "No, I'm sorry." "What I'm... trying to say is that, uh," "I understand that moms can be tricky, even under the best of circumstances." "I adored my mom, but, uh, never quite felt like I could live up to who she was." "All I really wanted was to be better than my mom was." "You think maybe that's all she ever wanted for you, too?" "I don't know, I can't, uh..." "I can't help you solve your mom problem." "But..." "I think I can help you with your band one." "Thank you for coming," "Portland!" "We have a last-minute surprise guest for you tonight." "Thanks to Haley Scott's amazing connections and some, um, well, some convenient travel plans, our last artist this evening is the queen of the music festival, and it's a true honor to have her with us tonight." "So please give a proper" "Stumptown welcome for the one... the only..." "Sarah McLachlan." "I can top that." "I once when on a blind date, and the guy's hairpiece fell into the soup, and then he just kept on eating like it never happened." "What are you doing dating guys with hairpieces?" "Shut up..." "You said you dated a girl who scrapbooked and made her own pickles, so..." "Although, I once dated a guy who had his own ant farm, so..." "Please tell me you did not spend the night." "Oh!" "Oh!" "All right, I've just lost all respect for you." "Oh, right, like you had so much before." "I did, actually." "Sure, you are a scary, micromanaging control freak..." "No, that's it, you're a micromanaging control freak." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Say you could conjure up your ideal woman from scratch." "Who would she be?" "But you know what?" "Pint-sized, big eyes, looks like that chick from Roswell." "Huh." "All right, you first." "What's your type?" "Sucker for the classics, you know?" "Tall, dark and handsome." "Has to have a really good business sense." "Snore..." "And be crazy in bed." "So now... now I'm listening." "Hey, lovebirds, we're on the last act." "You're free to go... unless you want to stay the night." "All right, so, define "crazy in bed"." " No." " Come on, seriously... because" "I think you and I, the two of us," " we'd be highly compatible." " Oh, yeah." "You so wish." "They found her." "We'll bring her here." " She's fine." " Oh, thank you." "Lux is okay." "Thank you for finding her." "I remember the day you told me you were pregnant." "I remember where I was standing in the kitchen." "I wanted better for you, Cate." "Better than I had." "Better than I was." "And you have it." "Look at you." "You've got a career, you have a husband who loves you, you have a daughter... who doesn't blame you nearly as much" " as you blame yourself." " Yes, she does." "She blames me." "And why shouldn't she blame me?" "I wasn't there." "You know, she had to go through all those years and all of those milestones alone." "I mean, and what am I gonna do now?" "I'm gonna go and have some other kid?" "Is that what's stopping you, you don't want to have a baby in front of Lux?" "Cate, you can't keep beating yourself up for not being there." "All you can do is take the second chance to be there now." "She'll be okay... as long as she knows that you'll still be there when she needs you." "As long as you'll just..." "be her mom now." "Cate?" "Lux." "Me and Tash got in a fight." "Lux asleep?" "I don't know what to do, Cate." "This isn't... this isn't how I wanted us to be." "Well, I figured out why I didn't want to have a baby." "I just..." "I felt too guilty doing it in front of Lux." "You know, and I've just been feeling really caught, like, I am gonna be this bad mom, or I'm gonna be this bad wife, and..." "You know, I've just been feeling like I'm gonna let one of you down and I have had to choose, and I..." "I guess" "I've been choosing her, which..." "I know is not fair to you." "I'm gonna talk to her." "Don't do it for me." "Not... not just for you." "I'll do it for us." " Hi." " Hi!" "Pancakes?" "Mm-hmm." "Who are you, and what have you done with Cate?" "Yeah, well, you know," "I... never got to do it when you were little, and I figured it's never too late to start now." "I'm sensing some baby guilt." "I'm really sorry about the way you found out." "Mm, your mom's X-rated gift basket?" "You know, the last thing I would ever want is for you to feel replaced." "No." "I..." "I don't." "Not by you, at least." "Mm." "By who, Jones and Tasha?" "She was right." "I was being selfish..." "With her, with Jones..." "Probably you, too." "Look, I know the whole world doesn't revolve around me and not everyone is always gonna be there..." "Okay, wait." "I'm not Jones, okay?" "I'm always gonna be there, always, no matter how many babies come into the picture... and trust me, I am not anticipating that many." "No one will ever replace you to me." "You know that, right?" "I do now." "But..." "There is someone who doesn't." " Hey." " Hey!" "That was a great concert." "Lux survived it." "Yeah, there were just, you know, a few issues, but... no one ruffied her soda, so..." "You know, all is good." " You want?" " Ah." "I, uh..." "I..." "I just wanted to talk to you about this whole baby thing." "I just want you to know that nothing is gonna change between you and me." "Or with Lux." "I think that it already has." "But maybe that is a good thing." "I, um..." "I felt something yesterday." "That spark that I haven't felt since..." "You know, just hearing that you and" "Ryan are trying Mr. Daniels." "And knowing that you've already moved on, just..." "I think it helped me out a lot, too." "To moving on." "To moving on."