"Previously on Brothers  Sisters:" "Did you know that you are our number one associate this month?" " No, I didn't." " We were very impressed at the meeting." "We're keeping our eye on you." "We should stop wasting time worrying about how it might end, because maybe..." "Maybe it won't end." "We have a $20 million loan hanging over our heads." "Cuts are gonna have to be made across the board." "I get the feeling I'm about to be fired." "You're not." "Other people will have to be." " We lost Ojai as a client." " How?" "My brother fired us." "They're in a financial bind." "They're trying to save money." " A Family in Politics by Kitty Walker." " Did she write that?" " If you publish this, you'll have to resign." " What?" "I can't have people on my staff writing books." "But it's completely up to you." "You can't actually do that." "You can't just chuck out the Ojai name." "You'll erase our entire family's history." "It's called Walker Landing." "I'd say the family stays pretty front and center." "Oh, I see." "What about brand loyalty, Tommy?" "People have been buying Ojai Foods for years." "Well, we may lose some customers in the transition, but we will more than make up for that by targeting the higher-end markets." "That's right, we relaunch Ojai Foods under our brand." "We can raise the prices." "We charge more, we make more." "It makes perfect financial sense." "For Walker Landing, not for Ojai Foods." "Why are you two so against this?" "It's like you won't consider anything that will actually get us out from under this colossal debt." " That's not true, Tommy." " Check the numbers." "Our profit margins are much higher on wine than fruit." "Okay, then let's make more wine." "Good, I'm glad that you agree, because we wanna convert 500 acres of Ojai orchards into a vineyard." " Are you kidding?" " Why would you rip out 500 acres that's turning a profit and put in a new crop that won't yield for seven years?" "That's insane." "I won't let you do that." "Well, actually, it's the board's decision, not yours." "You're unbelievable." "You just don't stop." "You just keep on encroaching on everything that belongs to this family." "Sarah, enough." "Five hundred acres isn't everything." "No, but by the time she's finished, there will be nothing left." "Not that it'll matter." "You're already calling it Walker Landing." "That's it, I've had it." " Where are you going?" "You think I'm gonna argue when you know you're gonna bring this to the board?" " Right." "Damn right, we are." "The board needs to see there's a vision that's gonna turn this company around." "All right?" "And this is mine." "And Holly's behind me." "Well, good luck with that, because you two, you're on your own." "God, I love being back in New York." "Everything is just alive." "L.A. Is alive." "Too alive." "But here, you can walk." "You know that I went to see four publishers yesterday and I never even got into a car?" " How's it going?" " Well, nothing yet." "You know what?" "They wouldn't know a good book if it bit them in the butt." " Have you seen the bestseller list lately?" " Oh, no, they are all interested." "I'm just not sure that I am." "I have, you know, a lot to give up." "Is Robert really gonna make you quit if you publish?" "Yeah, and I happen to agree with him, Mother." "I mean, I certainly can't work with people that I wrote a book about." "It's just, you know." "And I'm just here feeling everything out." "I mean, it's better than sitting around, waiting for the adoption agency to call." "I love your social worker." "She didn't think that dinner was so bad." "Of course, it didn't get bad until after she left." "Mother, please." "Are you seriously still mad at Robert?" "Kitty, you know what?" "He completely misunderstood what I was saying." "He accused me of hating your honesty and your outspokenness." " I love that about you." " You have to let it go." "You know, Robert hasn't even mentioned it." "He's too obsessed with our new neighbors and their awful hives." "Your neighbors have hives?" "Well, isn't that petty of him?" "They can't help a skin condition." "Beehives." "Mother, I'm talking about beehives." "Beehives?" "It's their hobby or something, I don't know." "They have a lot of bees." " I'm gonna have to call you back, honey." " Mom?" "Mom, it's just a uniform, okay?" "I'm not going back to war." "I'm going to work at a recruitment center in South Pass." "I don't know why they're making you do that." "You already served." "You were wounded, for God's sake." "I'm still enlisted." "At least they're not sending me back to Iraq." "No, they're making you send other kids to Iraq." "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that." " Hey." " Hi." " Hey." " Justin, you look handsome and clean-shaven." " Hey." " Hey, I thought I was driving you." "Well, actually, the recruitment center is right by my new job." "New job?" "What, in photography?" "No, actually, I'm temping for Dana Drew Diet Center." "Well, that's good too." " You know." " Yeah, it turns out we're both working at mini malls, so..." "All right, I love you, Mom." " It sounds awful." " It doesn't matter how it sounds." "What matters is you agreed to come." "So tomorrow night, you and me, 7:00, client dinner." " I just..." " Scotty, the partners have never asked me to step up like this before." "They're bringing their spouses." "I do not wanna be the only one without a date." " A date?" " Sorry, spouse." "So I do really need you there." "If you have made plans with someone else, please reschedule." " Okay, fine." " Thank you." "Why is it so crucial for you to bring a spouse anyway?" "Because it validates us in the eyes of the client." "Lf, for some godforsaken reason, someone on this planet does wanna love, honor and cherish a lawyer, we can't be all that bad." "Wow, I'm so glad we had our commitment ceremony." "I didn't put a ring on you for nothing." "And if I do manage to bag these guys, it'll be like losing the Ojai account never even happened." "All right, fine." "Who are we wining and dining anyway?" " Core Athletics." " You realize I know nothing about sports?" "Yeah, which is why I have us both covered." "I made ESPN one of my preset buttons on the radio months ago." "Wow, it's like I don't even know you right now." "We'll be here when you decide." "Thanks." "Corporal, come here, would you?" "Sure." " Here, have a seat." " Yes, sir." "You know, this is the second time today that I've heard you talking about 9/11." "Oh, it's the reason I enlisted, sir." "Well, it's a noble reason." "But that kid was, what, 12, 13 years old when those towers came down?" "He cannot relate to it the same way that you or I can." "You need to speak to him in a language that he clearly understands." " Stick to the script." " Yeah." "Did you give him the dog tags or the NASCAR passes?" "No, sir, I thought it'd be better to hand him some literature..." "It is not your place to question the Army's tactics, son." "We went over the protocol." "Yes, sir, I just don't think he understood what he was getting into." "Then give him an idea." "Mission, honor, brotherhood." "Talk to him about that." "Make him feel like he's part of something bigger, something that matters." "Yes, sir." "It won't happen again, sir." "Corporal, I know it may feel like we're asking you to convince people to go to a place that we never wanna see again." "But our men and women need reinforcements." "Do you understand that, corporal?" "Good." "This guy called while you were busy." "He said he might be stopping by later." "I don't recognize the name." "Maybe it's a potential recruit." "Well, let's hope so." "You have another customer." "Okay." "It was unbelievable." "Tommy just unleashed his inner Donald Trump." "Five hundred acres." "Is that even legal?" "Kevin?" "I'm sorry, were you waiting for me to say something?" "Because I have this weird recollection of being fired from Ojai Foods." "I didn't fire you, Tommy fired you." "Yeah, which is exactly why I will not speak with him." "Oh, come on, I defended you." "Now I need you to help me come up with a response to this." "Okay, it takes a two-thirds majority to approve." "Mom's a board member and she'd rather jump on the table and open a vein than lose the Ojai name." "Maybe I should just come up with my own proposal." " Kill Holly." " I'd kill Tommy." "Not nearly as satisfying." "Which is why we would be the perfect firm for you and the Rose Bowl committee." " The Rose Bowl, what?" " Absolutely." " Okay, thank you, let's talk soon." " Kevin?" " Thank you." " Kevin?" " The Rose Bowl committee?" " Yeah, just trying to drum up new clients." "You must be feeling pretty confident not to be focusing on Core Athletics." "Are you ready to land us a multimillion-dollar account?" "Are you kidding me?" "Last night, I had a dream." "I had to recite their latest earnings report verbatim and I did, perfectly." "I'm a little concerned about their CEO." "Ron Robinson has a reputation for being pretty tough to win over." "Right, because he's a perfectionist." "He tries every sneaker personally before they release a new line." "He's like my mom." "I know exactly how to handle him." "I'm sure you will." "But I've been to a lot more of these dinners and it's not just about selling the firm." "It's about making that personal connection." "You may wanna think about flying solo on this one." " Flying solo?" " Give Robinson all your attention." "Don't make him compete with anyone else." "I'm sorry, are you asking me to leave Scotty at home?" "I'm just saying that sometimes potential clients can be unpredictable." "And you don't want the night to become an uphill battle." "We all want you to become partner, Kevin." "You land this deal, you're next in line." "Okay." "You will do something about this." "This is a public health issue." "All right?" "There are children involved." "My next phone call is gonna be to the president." "Wow, who's getting chewed out?" "A cabinet member?" "Congressman?" "My mom?" "No, it's a neighbor." "He's got some beehives that I want moved." "So you're gonna call the president?" "I'm bluffing." " Is Kitty around?" " No, she's still in New York." "What's up?" "I'll talk to her when she gets back." "No biggie." " Come in." " Nothing, it's fine, just tell her I..." "Kevin, you clearly earmarked some time to talk to Kitty, so, you know, hit me." "You know what?" "You may be the perfect person to talk to." "I mean, no one compromises their beliefs more than politicians, right?" "I'm so flattered." "Go on." "Okay, so my boss has asked me to disinvite Scotty from a client dinner." "I guess he doesn't want the client to know that I'm gay." "Did he use those exact words?" "No, he danced around it like Baryshnikov, but we knew what he was talking about." "The point is I have become fixated with becoming partner and I kind of said yes." "But this guy, Carter, he's vindictive." "He could easily block my promotion." "Sacrificing for the greater good." "Welcome to the real world." " So, what do I do?" " Sell out Peter to pay Paul?" "Yeah, I mean, you're pretty much the expert." "Hey, I resent that." "I have never sold anybody out, unless, of course, I absolutely had to." "Oh, right, like the time you were asked not to mention you had a gay brother." "I never deny that." "But I also don't feel the need to grandstand about it either." "I've always hated that about you." "Hey, Jason's lied about his sexuality for years." "It was his only way to get through seminary, much less find a parish." "Jason ended up serving God." "I'm a corporate lawyer." "Then solve it from the inside." "Once you get the corner office, nobody from that firm's ever gonna ask somebody to leave their partner at home." "That's it?" "The end justifies the means?" "Not always, but you can live a very principled life and not do a damn bit of good for anybody." "Why do I feel like either way, I'm still gonna get screwed?" "Well, there's always a price." "You just gotta figure out whether it's worth it." "First he calls this out-of-the-blue meeting and now he's late." "Yeah, well, he's probably coming up with some new reasons why our proposal is the wrong way to go." "I doubt it." "Wouldn't take this long." "Sorry, I'm late." "The printer was on the fritz." " What's this?" " It's my letter of resignation." "I don't belong here anymore." "What you talking about?" "You've been here forever." "I'm also resigning my seat from the board." "Saul, is this a negotiating tactic?" "No, Holly, it's not." "No, hold on." "Saul, we've gotta talk about this." "You can't convince me." "This company is changing and maybe I'm too old to change with it." "Or maybe I just don't want to." "Well, there's gotta be something that we can do." "Accept my resignation." " I'm sorry." "Saul." "You can't just leave." "You can't leave me alone while she dismantles everything that my father built, everything that you built." "Tommy's right." "They need to make changes." "It was a very practical decision on their part." "Come on, you don't believe that for a minute." "This was not an easy decision for me." " I'm at a time in my life when..." " When what, Saul?" "Just because you're coming out, you want out of everything?" "You got me into this mess." "Where's your loyalty?" "I've been loyal to this family for 40 years, Sarah." "I was loyal to your father, to Tommy, I'm loyal to you." "I've almost gave up my entire life out of loyalty to this family, so don't start with loyalty." "Then fight." "Stay and fight for this family." "I can't, Sarah." "I just can't." " Justin Walker?" " Yeah." " Anthony Lewis." "Nice to meet you." " How are you?" "I've been looking for you forever." "They said you'd be working here today." " I'm sorry, do I know you or?" " Sort of, I was in the 81st combat team." "We were hit by that bomb in south Baghdad last August by the elementary school." "Oh, you probably don't remember." " It was a hectic day, so..." " No, I remember." "Well, the records, they say that..." "They say you're the one that pulled me out." "You saved my life, man." "I owe you." "No, I was just doing my job." "You medics always say that, man." "Well, anyway, look, the wife and I, we don't live too far from here." "So, you know, we thought it might be nice to maybe have you come over, you know." "Not that, you know, dinner's much of a thank-you or anything, but..." "You know, I don't know if I can..." "Oh, come on, man." "The kids, they'd really like it." "You're kind of a..." "Well, I guess you could say you're a hero in our family now." " Are you sure about this?" " Yeah, I think so." "Just going there every day, supporting people and denying myself, I..." "And then the life that I lived before I..." "Before you came out?" "Came out." "I don't know, it seems to me that coming out is something young people do." "Sarah's furious with me." "She thinks I abandoned her." "Well, that's ludicrous." "Well, to start, it was in the heat of the moment, and, actually, she has a point." "I mean, I was the one who signed off the deal on Golden Plum and I'm the reason that Ojai is in this financial trouble." "She has a right to be outraged." "Saul, listen to me." "What happened at Ojai happened." "You can't go on blaming yourself the rest of your life." "Yeah, it's true." "I think maybe I should retire, Nora." "I don't need a job." "I need a life." "You need to meet someone." " How do you know I haven't?" " Have you?" "A man can dream, can't he?" "Don't worry about Sarah, all right?" "You just keep on dreaming." "Okay." "I'm sure this is exactly what you pictured when I said I'd cook dinner." " No, it's fine." " No, it's pretty lame, actually." "I really thought I'd have time to go to the market, but the phones were ringing off the hook." "Apparently, taking the breakfast burrito off the menu, not a good idea." "But at least we get free food." "And, hey, our carbs and proteins are perfectly balanced." "Okay, say something, because I'm really sick of having a conversation with myself about diet food." "What?" "It's good." "No, I'm not talking about the food." "I wanna talk about your day." "It was all right." "All right?" "That's it?" "Yeah, I mean, it was all right." "I don't know what else to say." "Well, tell me what happened." "Nothing." "You know, I talked to some high school kids about joining up." "I felt like crap about it." "Then I bumped into some guy I was in Iraq with and he asked me to go to dinner, so I said sure." "Well, that sounds nice." "You think I could go with you?" "I don't know." "Why not?" "I've never met any of the guys you served with." "Well, he wasn't in my unit." "I just feel weird about bringing someone unannounced." "Well, could you call?" "Rebecca, why are you so obsessed?" "It's just dinner, okay?" "You don't even know the guy." "Yeah, well, if he's your friend, then I would like to get to know him." "But if this is your way of taking it slow or..." "Okay, if you wanna come, come." "All right?" "I don't see what the big deal is." "Neither do I." " Hey." " Hey, how's my overworked husband?" "Overworked." "Good news." "You're off the hook for tomorrow night." "I thought everyone was supposed to bring spouses." "Yeah, they are, but, you know, you were right." "I think it's gonna be awful." "Besides, why do we have to be so heteronormative?" " It sounds like you're chickening out." " No, not at all." "By the same token, I don't think we have anything to prove." "Kevin, you feel weird about bringing me." "Admit it." "I don't feel weird about anything at all." " What?" " Kevin." "My boss is worried that, if you were to be there with me, the client may become distracted." "Which is his code for saying offended." "Which is just, I don't know, a pleasant way of saying he's not sure whether this guy likes homos and he doesn't want anything to stand in the way of the contract." "Oh, my God." " Yeah." " I'm sorry." "I thought you'd be mad." "Well, I am, at your boss." "I can't believe he's putting you in this position." "What did you say?" "You know, Scotty, I am this close to making partner." "Look, I can do a lot more from a corner office than I can from a cubicle." " You're not in a cubicle, Kevin." " That's a meta..." "Carter all but said, if I do this right, I'm there." "Does that corner office have a big walk-in closet?" " That's not fair." "It's one dinner." " It's more than that." "So, what am I supposed to do?" "I've worked my ass off for this firm for years." " If I left now, I'd have to start over." " I'm not asking you to start over." " What are you asking?" " I'm asking you to be careful." "Look, Kevin, you deserve to make a partner, but you also deserve to be who you are." "You've been working pretty hard at that, too, remember?" "You sure you wanna come in?" "You seem intent on waking the neighbors." "I just had dinner with Saul." "Did he tell you about his sudden retirement?" "He told me he was leaving Ojai, yes." "Do you want some tea?" "I just made it." "No." "I think you owe him an apology." "Oh, I thought you came over here to commiserate, not to reprimand me." "Did you even let him explain?" "Mom, he sprung this on me at the worst possible time." "I know this is a difficult time for you, Sarah, but would you please try to see this from Saul's perspective?" "He's finally taking this huge step forward in his life." "He needs your support." "Mom, he should be supporting Ojai." "I needed him at that meeting tomorrow." " Did he tell you what they wanna do?" " Yes, I talked to Tommy." "I know about the 500 acres." "And, honestly, given the situation, it sounds like a reasonable proposal." "Reasonable?" "What about the rebranding?" "Losing the Ojai name." "You think that's reasonable too?" "I don't wanna take sides." "Mom, you're already taking sides." "You're taking Saul's side." "Actually, it sounds like you're taking Tommy and Holly's side." "He deserted me, Mom." "You have no idea what it's like to go to work for her every day." "Not with her, for her." "Every day." "Are you angry at Saul for quitting or angry at yourself for not?" "What are you talking about?" "I told you, Sarah." "Don't martyr yourself for Ojai." "Quit." "I'm a single mother with a mortgage, tuition payments and alimony." "I can't just quit." "Then do something else." " You have an MBA, experience..." " Oh, really, Mom, in this job market?" "You think I can take that kind of risk?" "Fine, then it's your choice to stay." "And if you truly believe that Tommy is making the wrong decision for Ojai, then fight." "Convince the board." "I'll support you." "But make your own decision, Sarah." "And don't blame Saul for making his." "You know, maybe we should just go." "No, no, I'm sure they just didn't hear the bell." "Justin, it's gonna be fine, okay?" " Sorry." " Hey, you guys made it." " Great." "Hey." " How are you?" "Hi." "Great, great, great, come on in." "Come in." "Hey, everybody, Corporal Walker." "Hi." "Welcome." "You didn't tell me it was gonna be a party." " What are we celebrating?" "You're here." "Hi, I'm Maggie, Anthony's wife." "Hi, Justin." "Nice to meet you." "I know who you are." "This is Rebecca." " Hi, we brought you a little something." " Hi." " Nice to meet you." " Oh, thank you." "Let me show you guys around." "Thank you for what you did for my son." "And this is my mom, Anita." "In case you couldn't tell." " Justin." " Thank you." "Nice to meet you." " What's going on?" "And this is everybody else." " This is my grandmother." " Hello." " This is my best friend, Sam." "What's up?" "My brother, Terrence." "My two boys, right here." "Look at this." "That's a nice sign." "They've been working on it all day." "They wanted to do something for the man who saved their daddy's life." "What?" "We think reapportioning the land and converting it into a vineyard is a smart long-term move." "We've been leasing this land from other growers." "This lets us keep up with the demand without the extra cost." "I'd like to get back to the rebranding issue." "Nora, are you really okay with this name change?" "I don't know." "I can't say it doesn't make me nervous." "People trust Ojai products." "When something disappears, I don't know, I move on." "I look for something new." "Makes me nervous too." "You're already buried in debt." "And out a CFO." "I don't know how you all feel, but Saul's departure does not exactly give me confidence." "Saul felt that it was time for him to retire." "But this decision, he made for himself." "It had nothing to do with this proposal." "I think Saul would agree that these figures you've presented are reasonable, but I don't see any room for contingencies if something goes wrong." "I'm sorry, Tommy." "But this option seems rushed and far too risky for a company in such a precarious situation." "I agree." "I agree this company is in a very precarious situation." "Reallocating that much land is very ambitious." "Rebranding our Ojai products, even more so." "But come on." "Ambition is nothing new to this company." "My father built Ojai on a wing and prayer." "He didn't have contingencies." "He had a vision." "And he was prepared to take risks, because he believed in it." "I'd like you to consider:" "What if William Walker was sitting here?" "Would you be so skeptical?" "With all due respect, William's not the one here guiding us." "True." "Tommy is." "My father taught him everything he knew." "Now doubt me all you want." "I got us into the deal that put the company in this precarious position in the first place." "And to get out of it, we're gonna need vision." "The kind of vision that my father had." "Tommy has it." "I think we should trust him." "I do." "And I believe my father would have too." "Excellent choice of wine, Carter." "Actually, Kevin suggested it." "His family is in the business." "Really?" "That's so glamorous." "That's what I keep telling Ron." "Give your gym some glamour." "Let people sweat in luxury." "She thinks smoothie bars add luxury." "The last time I was at one of your gyms, I drank two of your Banana Bliss in a row." "I'm actually afraid to go back." "I think I put weight on that day." "I told her guys don't wanna sit on their asses and drink milkshakes, because that's what they are, milkshakes at a gym." "How did your family get into wine?" "By drinking it, mainly." "I think my brother actually uses us as quality control." "Wise man." "You know, I personally test every athletic shoe before it hits the market." "Really?" "I didn't know that." "But that's how we are at the firm." "I mean, if you were to sign with us, you'd be guaranteed personal attention at all times." "Hm." "I hope you save some attention for your wife." "Yeah, of course I do." "Sorry she couldn't join us." "How long have you two been married?" "Um..." "Since last May." "Well, you're still in the honeymoon phase." "Give it a year or two, she'll be ruling the roost." "I wouldn't worry about Kevin." "I can't see anybody pushing him around." "He's a bulldog when he wants to be." "Isn't that right?" "That's me." "Pretty good save in there tonight." "You know, the board voted 5 to 1 in favor of our proposal." "You're welcome." "Did you mean what you said in there?" "It's what you wanted, Tommy, and I owe you that support." "Especially since I won't be working here after today." "What?" "I'm quitting." "You're kidding, right?" "Right, I see." "I overrule you and now, what?" "Now you're punishing me?" "Oh, Tommy, that vision that I was talking about," "I don't have it." "All I see is Holly and what she's doing." " You mean trying to save our company?" " It doesn't feel like our company anymore." "Ojai always used to feel like home and now, for many reasons, some of which are my fault, it just..." "It feels like a job." " You can't." "I won't let you do this." " I've made up my mind." "Well, your timing sucks." "I'm sorry." "I can't believe you went to Altadena High School." "That's crazy." "That's like our rivals." "Is...?" "Oh, God, what's his name?" "Is Coach Paysinger still there?" "Yeah, yeah." "He coaches baseball now too." "They're finally asleep." "I think." "Where did everybody go?" "Oh, it was getting late, baby." " Yeah, I think we should..." " Well, no, no, no, wait." "I wanted you to finish that story." "Where were we?" " Did you finally find the convoy?" " Rebecca, I don't..." "No, Justin, Anthony promised he'd at least tell me how you saved his life." "Look, I don't think anybody wants to talk about it." "No, no, no, it's cool, it's cool." "I mean, you probably know the story better than I do." " You were conscious the whole time." " Yeah, tell me." " It was nothing, all right?" " It was a hell of a lot more than nothing." "Justin, come on, I just..." " Rebecca, can you just stop, all right?" "Look, I'm sorry, I gotta go." "Sorry." "Hey, maybe you should give him some space." "You know what?" "I'll go talk to him." "I just don't know what I did." "It's not you." "It's just that some guys, they just have a harder time talking about what happened over there." "Yeah, Justin has a hard time talking about everything, so..." "I'm sorry." "Justin left." "What can I get you?" "Whatever you got on tap." " I did it." " What?" "I am officially unemployed." "I quit." "I quit Ojai." "Sweetheart, wha...?" "Come in, I'll make you something to eat." "No, no, no, I couldn't eat." "I could drink." "Well, how did Tommy take it?" "Not good." "God." "Hoo." "I feel like I just got divorced again." "It's not that bad." "And I have no idea what I'm gonna do." " It's gonna be okay." " How do you know?" "Because I saw you in the boardroom today." "You were incredible." " I was?" " Yes." "I felt that I needed to shore up the board's confidence in Tommy." " Right." " Which is ironic, because I don't really have a lot in myself right now." "Oh, Sarah, only you could have convinced the board to change their minds like that." " Not Tommy, certainly not Holly." " I know." "You have a gift." " I know you feel your life is a disaster." " Oh, God." "But it's not, trust me." "Honestly, it's gonna be okay." "I hope you're right." "Otherwise, me and the kids are moving in." " Oh, well, that would be all right." " Don't even joke about it." "All right, all right, all right." "The "no" vote." "That was you, wasn't it?" "No way in hell I was voting to lose the Ojai name." "The degree of difficulty is 3.2." " Hey." " Hey." "How was the dinner?" "Well, I've been putting a dent in our TiVo backlog and I'm all the way up to the Summer Olympics." "Did it not go well?" "Oh, no, it was the kind of evening every young associate dreams of." "I was the perfect sommelier." "I walked them through the advantages of Carter, Wright and Dupress, so much so, by the end of the night, good old Ron practically insisted that I take over the account personally." " So you got it." " Yeah, I got it." "But in a moment of Faustian proportions, I pretended to be straight." "Wasn't that kind of the plan?" "I think it's one thing to leave you at home, but it's certainly another to take advice on how to deal with your new bride." "They thought you were married to a woman." "Yeah, because I let them." "And right now, I practically feel sick to my stomach." "You know, for the first time in my life," "I went back into the closet after coming out." "And you were absolutely right." "It's a very dark place." "Then don't do it again." "Or do, but you can't play the game and second-guess yourself at the same time." "Either accept what you did, because it'll get you what you want, or go in there tomorrow and tell them you're drawing a line in the sand." "Make a decision." "I don't care which one." "You're absolutely right." "And I'm gonna go in tomorrow morning and tell Carter exactly what I think." "Good, because I actually did care which one you chose." "I feel a whole lot better already." "You wanna watch the rest with me?" "You know what?" "I'm kind of exhausted." "Oh, it's the diving competition." "Ooh..." "Well, I did wanna get into some more sports." "Where have you been?" " What you doing here?" " Waiting for you." "It's 1 in the morning." "Where the hell have you been?" " Justin." " A bar, okay?" "And I don't feel like talking about it." "Did you drink?" " Justin, did you drink?" " No, okay?" "You want a play-by-play of everything I've done?" "I have every right to be upset and worried about you right now." "I spent the night wandering around the city with Anthony looking for you." "Look, I'm sorry, okay?" "I don't know what to tell you." "I'm sorry." "And why is it so awful that I wanna know how it was for you out there?" "You will not talk to me about Iraq." "Because I don't wanna tell you about it, okay?" "Because there's the war, there's you." "They don't mix." "As far as I'm concerned, there's you, me, and everything in between." "That's a real relationship." "I guess we don't have a real relationship." "Why, because I wanna get to know the guy that I'm dating?" "Here's a tip." "The guy you're dating is a nobody." "That guy, Anthony, his family thinks I'm some hero, because I saved his life?" "You know whose life I didn't save that night?" "My friend, Charlie." "He died 20 feet away from me, Rebecca, 20 feet away from me." "So how am I supposed to look these kids in the eye that come into the center and convince them that this is where they need to go?" "But, Justin, it's not your fault." "You're not responsible for the choices other people make in their lives." "You're right, because I can't control my own life." " Because I'm a loser and I'm an addict..." " No, Justin." "No, you're not." "I still wake up here and I live with my mother, okay?" "Because I'm too messed up to worry about my freaking f..." "Great." "I'm gonna go upstairs and go to sleep." "Unless you wanna talk about that too." "Rebecca?" "You don't have to leave." "I think I should." "I'm sorry." "Well, you're up." "I couldn't hide up there forever." "Besides, I miss my mother." "Oh, yeah, right." "So I called my sponsor." "I have a meeting today." " You wanna talk about it?" " No." "I guess that's part of the problem." " Sweetheart, can I say something?" " What, that living with my mom is okay?" "Yes, that too." "Justin, you're a good person." "You're honest and brave and kind." "Look, I feel like Rebecca's only seen this one side of me and I'm terrified that if she sees this other side, that she's gonna..." " She'll what?" " She's gonna walk." "She's gonna realize that I'm not good enough for her." "You can't pick and choose the parts of yourself you want Rebecca to see and know." "Shutting her out won't help the relationship." " What will?" " Letting her in." "No, no, the guy needs permits to keep animals on his property, even if they're bees." "And he didn't apply for one before moving, so there's your angle." "Yeah, or you could call the president." "I'm sure that would work too." "Senator, I have to go." "Bye." "I'm not used to being summoned to an associate's office." " What's so important?" " I just wanted to talk about last night." "I got off the phone with Ron Robinson." "He's faxing over the retainer right now." "Yeah, yeah." "He called earlier to tell me that." "Then what's the problem?" "I want to make partner here." "More than you know." "But a few things happened last night I don't think I handled well." "Are you kidding me?" "You handled it perfectly." "You did exactly what you were supposed to do." "You landed the deal." "You should be proud." "Look, I have a partners' meeting in five minutes and I was planning on raving about your performance." "So if that's all there is..." "Yes, sir, that's all." "Good." "Keep up the good work." "Yeah, all right." "Hey, listen, I gotta go." "Bye." "I talked to the project manager who says we can start converting the land in a few weeks." "Great." "Listen, about what happened with Saul and Sarah," "I'm really sorry." " Are you?" " Yeah." "I'm not happy about this." "But, Tommy, we did not drive them away." "They chose to go." "Yeah, well, I've been turning a lot of things over since then." "However we go about rebranding, whatever logo or angle we use," "Ojai Foods will remain Ojai Foods." "But I thought the point was that you wanted to reposition their products in the market?" "It is." "And we will." "But under the same name." "Sarah and Saul were right." "This company has history." "It needs to be respected." "I hope you don't have a problem with that." "I'll let the board know what you decided." "Hey." " Hi." " You're back." " Yeah." "Let me grab this." "I need food." "I'm starving." "I promise you I am ready to eat my arm." "Hey." "Did you get any offers?" "Just..." "Just four." "You're kidding." "There's gonna be a bidding war." "That's incredible." "It is kind of incredible, if I do say so myself." "I don't know what I'm gonna do yet, but I do know that you and I need to celebrate." "Yeah." "I have some champagne that I have chilled." "You do?" "Hey, I have my own triumphs that I want to celebrate." "Really?" " What are they?" " The bees." " They're gone." " You're kidding." "No." "Kevin made a call." "Wow." "Yeah, it turns out that they needed a permit or they didn't have it..." "Whatever." "It's over." "Oh." "Well, okay, then." "Here's to Kevin." "To Kevin." "To jobs we hate." "Hey, you're the only one with a job." "Oh, I'm not worried about you, kiddo." "You're a survivor." "So are you." " I'm sorry about all those things I said." " No, it's okay." "Either of you gonna apologize for firing me?" "I know it was Tommy." "It's gonna be so weird not going into Ojai." "Tell me about it." "Forty years." "Okay." "To Ojai." "To Ojai." "To Ojai." " Hey." " Hey." " Look, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have..." " No, don't." "Please." "No, I know you don't like to think about it." "Rebecca, I think about it all the time." "Can I...?" "Can I come in for a second?" "Yeah, of course." "No Dana Drew, huh?" "I wanted comfort food." "I'm sorry." "You don't have to apologize." "No, I do have to apologize." "Gonna call Anthony and apologize to him too." "I just wanted to talk to you first." "But I'm just afraid that you're not gonna like what you hear." "Try me." "All right." "So..." "Last night when we were at Anthony's house and his family is being so nice and treating me like I just saved their son's life..." "But you did." "The entire time I'm looking at Anthony," "I just wish I could snap my fingers and trade his life for Charlie's." "How ugly is that?" "Of course you wanted to save him." "He's your friend." "But that's not the type of guy Charlie was." "He would've taken a bullet for anyone." "Well, where was he from?" "He was from Boston." "What was he like?" "He was a big dude." " He was like an offensive lineman." " No way." "There was this group of Iraqi kids that used to use him like a ride, like Disneyland, you know?" "They would be all over him." "There was this one kid, I mean, we used to call him Stretch, and, you know, he used to try with all his might to take down Charlie."