" Hey, sorry we're late." " My support group went over." "At ease." "We don't open for another hour." "Let me go get my apron and I'm all yours." "So you picked up Zach again from his meeting." "That was nice." "Yeah, well, the bus takes twice as long and I figured while I was here, I'll hang Olivia's shelves." "Oh, you don't have to do that." "Kevin will be back any minute." " Kevin?" " Yeah, he's all handy now." " I showed him how to use a glue gun." " Right, where's the toolbox?" " Underneath the sink." " Great." "All right, I'm on the clock." "Where do you need me?" " Help Dennis with the salad greens." " You got it." "Great." "Hey, thanks a lot, Scotty, for helping him out." "I really appreciate it." "I wish all my employees had his work ethic." "If you can chauffeur him around, let him sleep on your couch, it's the least I can do." "How do you think he's doing?" "Good, I think." "Yeah, I think it's good for him to have the routine, camaraderie." "I think he misses it, you know?" "The Marines." "I think he's happy to have structure in his life again." " Where are the shelves?" " Upstairs." "Olivia's room." " Olivia's room, got it." " Thank you." "Paige, you ready for lunch?" "It's just grilled cheese, I know, but it's good." "I know, I know." "He asked me." "Are you okay?" "Yeah." "Can I borrow that dress that you have?" "The burgundy one?" "Okay." "Yeah, I'll figure something out." "Okay, I'll call you back." "Okay, so I take this as a good scream, not a bad scream." "Yeah." "I mean, the good ones are always higher pitched." "What's so exciting?" "Well, this boy I like, Cody, he asked me to a dance." " That's great." " Yeah, but it's tomorrow night." "Is that okay?" "You and I were gonna go to a movie." "You mother is out of town, Cooper is staying with your dad and we had a whole weekend of fun planned." "Now, I have to stay here alone." " I will probably cry." " Stop it." "Who is this Cody?" "Never heard of him." "Well, he hasn't really paid attention to me yet, up until now." "But I'm freaking out." " There's one more thing." " I knew." "You want me to teach you some salsa?" "Some tango?" "No." " No?" " I need $50." "What?" "This boy's making you pay?" "No." "It's free." "I just need it." "Sorry, I don't feel so comfortable giving that much money..." "Forget it, then." "Hey, what about our lunch?" "I don't eat grilled cheese anymore." "How's that look?" ""Olivia Carla Salazar, born July 11th, 2001, was placed for adoption..."" "Go on, that's right." "Wow, you're making a lot of progress with your reading, Olivia." "They got me a tutor and they quiz me, like, every five seconds." "She's exaggerating, it's more like every ten seconds." "Yeah." ""Placed in the home of..."" "Hey, look, Scotty signed where it says full name of male applicant and Kevin signed where it says full name of female applicant." "Good catch." "Yeah, our placement forms haven't quite caught up with the times." "Kevin Herbert Walker?" "That's your middle name?" "I'm gonna be calling you Herb from now on." " Are we done yet?" " Actually, I think you are." "Yeah, all it takes now is a quick appearance before the judge, which is more of a celebration than anything else." "But it's official." "No more weekends only?" "Nope, you are a family now." "So, Olivia, are you excited to start a new school on Monday and meet new friends?" "Yeah, I guess it'll be fun." "I just wish I could bring Zemulon." " Oh, is this the famous gecko?" " Oh, yeah." "It's nice to finally meet you, sir." "Well, if you need anything, you know where to reach me." "Other than that, I'd say my work here is done." " Bye, Jill." " Bye, sweetie." "Bye, Jill." "Thank you." "Congratulations." " Thanks, Jill." "Bye." " Bye." "What are you guys smiling about?" "Because we thought you might like to record our new answering machine message." " Really?" " Yes, really." "So just start talking after the beep." "Record your greeting after the tone." "Hi, you've reached the home of Kevin and Scotty and Olivia and Zemulon." " Please leave a message after the beep." " Of course." "Perfect." " Perfect." " Good work." "We didn't fly all the way to Washington, D.C." " So you can check your e-mails." " I'm not." "I'm going through her calendar." "This just all feels creepy." "Breaking in here, snooping through all of Kitty's things." "Mom, what are you talking about?" "This was your idea." "Besides, we didn't break in, there was a key under the mat." "Well, maybe I'm just overreacting." "Of course you're overreacting, I've been telling you that for weeks." "But..." "No, she came to D.C. For ten days and has stayed for six weeks." "I'm not overreacting." "I just don't want her to be too upset with us for showing up." "Don't worry, Mom." "Evan's birthday is a really good cover." "Anything yet there?" "Just play dates." "Though there are quite a lot of appointments with someone called Langley." "Well, I looked in the kitchen." "Nothing unusual there." "A lot of vegetables." "Celery, carrots, kale." " Kale?" " What?" "Kitty hates kale." "Is that a clue?" "I'm gonna go upstairs and check the bedroom." "Maybe she's decided to throw her hat in the Senate ring again." "Or head up the RNC." "They asked her to do that once." "Or maybe she's just sick to death of all of us and wants to start a whole new life." "Who can blame her?" "I mean, it could be a million trillion things." " We just..." " Bingo." "What?" "Mystery solved." " Cologne?" " Men's cologne." "On the nightstand." "Well, she's seeing someone." "Think about it." "Every time Kitty's gone AWOL like this, she's been under the spell of a guy." "If she were seeing someone, why wouldn't she just tell us?" "Maybe he's married." "Or famous." " Or married and famous." "Think about it." " I don't..." " It's Kitty." " Act normal." "It's Kitty." "It's Kitty, wait, wait." "Sit down." "Sit down." "Act normal." " Surprise." " Surprise." "She's not drinking wine." " Did you notice that?" " Yes." "This guy she's seeing must be a real health nut." "Oh, Sarah, You don't know that it's a guy." "The cologne could belong to anyone." "Maybe it belongs to the people she sublet this place from." "Oh, wow, he is so excited to see you guys." "Well, I'm excited." "Do you think I would miss my grandson's birthday?" "Are you enjoying being back in D. C?" "As a matter of fact, I didn't think that I would like it, but I do." "I do." "And since I don't have anything going on in L.A.," "I thought maybe I would stay a little longer." "How much longer?" "I mean, it makes sense." "D.C. Is such a sexy town." "All those men in their high-powered suits." "Well, that's funny, because I never noticed." "Oh, yeah." "I mean, a girl could get into serious trouble here if she wasn't careful." "Sarah, just stop, okay?" "Leave her alone for a while." "Me leave her alone?" "Come on, Mom." "You're practically stalking her." "What are you talking about?" "Tell her why you dragged me across the country." "Oh, I knew it couldn't be just about Evan." "Look, Kitty, I'm sorry." "It just..." "We miss you." "Do you know that Olivia moved in with Kevin and Scotty today?" "Did you know that Paige was just invited to her very first dance?" "She just got asked." "This boy Cody." "She's had the biggest crush on him all year." "It's sweet." "I just feel like you're shutting us out for some reason." "We just..." "We wanna know what's going on here." "Nothing." "Nothing is going on." "The only thing that is going on is I'm trying to get ready for my son's birthday party, which is a very big deal because he's turning 4." "Do you guys need anything?" "No, no." "Thank you." "Oh, God." "Do you believe her?" "No, I still think she's having an affair." "Oh, whatever it is, she sure as hell doesn't wanna tell us about it." "I wish we could find out more about this guy Langley." "Langley." "Oh, my God." "Why didn't I see this before?" "See what, Mom?" " Sarah, where are we right now?" " Our nation's capital." "Right, and all those men in suits you were talking about?" " Who do they work for?" " The United States government." "Right." "And what branch of the United States government demands total secrecy even from one's own family?" "National Security." "Right." "And where are their headquarters located?" "Langley." "Oh, my God, Sarah." "Kitty's working for the CIA." "Yeah, I know, Tiffany, but how can I get one when he won't give me the money?" "Yeah." "I do like him when he's acting like my friend, and right now he's acting like my dad." "Yeah." "Nobody needs two dads." "Whatever." "I'll figure something out." "I know." "Did you see Stephanie's hair today?" "I know, it looks like she dyed it with ketchup." "No way." "You tell her." "Paige." "Have you done your homework yet?" "Yeah, it's almost finished." "Then you need to hang up and finish it." "You can talk on the phone after it's done." "Tiffany, I have to go." "Yeah, I'll call you back in a little while." "Hey, guys, did you have fun shopping?" "What is that?" "This is the Sovereign Kingdom of Zemulonia." "That's not what it's called." "It's called Gecko Town." "Right, Gecko Town." "Population:" "One extremely lucky gecko." " How long did that take to build?" " All day." " How was work?" " Fine." "I thought we were gonna go shopping for school supplies." "Well, we were." "But we kind of got carried away with Gecko Town." "It's amazing, huh?" "Well, yeah, but don't you wanna be prepared for classes on Monday?" "Scotty said we could go later." "Look, Zemulon, it's a swimming pool." "We can go together tomorrow." "I have a great idea." "Popsicles." "Before dinner?" "No, we can use the wood part for a diving board." "How about an emery board?" "I've got some in the bathroom underneath the sink." " Emery board?" " You use an emery board?" "Your middle name is Herbert?" "Better yet, there is a pink foot file, you can use that." "Perfect." "Did you even leave the apartment?" "No, but I thought it was important for her to, you know, make herself feel at home." " Yeah, well, she's definitely doing that." " Relax." "She is so happy." "That's the most important thing." "Let her make a footprint, okay?" "Well, footprint's one thing, but look at this place, she's like Sasquatch." "Got it." "So do I get a tour of Gecko Town?" "Sorry." "Zemulon's not accepting any visitors right now." " Justin?" " Yeah?" " You all right?" " Yeah, I'm fine." " You sure?" " Yeah, I said, I'm fine." "All right, because it's, like, the third time this has happened." " Am I keeping you up or something?" " No." " Never mind." " If there's a problem, you can sleepover..." "Look, it's not my problem I'm worried about, it's yours." " What the hell are you talking about?" " I was there too, remember?" "Three tours, just like you." "I know what you're going through." "The only difference between my problem and yours is you've had a place to hide." "I don't have PTSD, Zach." "Yeah, that's what I kept telling myself my first couple weeks on the street." "And now here I am, two years later and I'm still living out of a duffel bag." "Avoid it all you want, man, but eventually, it's gonna catch up with you." "That's a great speech." "Thanks." "I'm good." "Let me just finish feeding the dog and we will get out of here." "I'm in no rush." "Whose dog is it anyway?" "It's my mom's ex-high school boyfriend." "She's taking care of her until he comes back." "Seems like you're taking care of her to me." "Someone has to." " What happened?" " Nothing." "I was putting up shelves for my niece and..." "Oh, yeah, I guess she's my niece now." "And whatever, I banged it." "Where did I put the can opener?" "You okay, man?" "You seem a little out of it lately." "Yeah, yeah." "I just haven't got a lot of sleep lately." "Is that homeless dude still on your couch?" "Homeless vet, Dan." "Homeless vet." "Dude, get rid of him." "It's been like two weeks now." " Have a heart." "Where's he gonna go?" " Is he handy?" "Because they're looking for a building manager at my girlfriend's place." "Rent free, sweet gig." "I don't know." "I just got him a job with my brother-in-law and he's in a regiment now." "I don't wanna mess him up." "There you go, little girl." "I'll be back to walk you later." "All right, your call." "I'm just trying to help you out." "Seems like you've got a lot on your plate these days." "Yeah, well, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."" "Who said that?" "I don't know, some communist guy and my mother." "A lot." "And then, how cool is this?" "An eight-piece multi-purpose compass and geometry set." "Even cooler, unicorn stickers." "You want a few for Paige?" "If only stickers could solve my problem." "Paige wouldn't even talk to me this morning." "At least she spent the night in her bed." "Olivia spent the night in her fort." " A fort?" " Yeah." "We spent all this money fixing up her room and she's just not interested in it." "It's all about Gecko Town now." " You want a coffee?" " Please." "So, what are you gonna do about Paige?" "I don't know." "I think I'm gonna call Sarah." "No, absolutely not." "That's like admitting defeat." "Look, if the women of this family leave town and we fall apart, game over." "Speak of the devil." "Bad news?" ""Just give her the money." "I will explain when I get home."" "I can't believe this." "She just completely undermined my authority." "Well, don't lose your resolve." "Look, Sarah is out of town." "You're in charge now." "It's a mother's worst nightmare." "I'm losing my daughter to a covert branch of the U.S. Government." "I can't even process this." "I'm sure there are other CIA operatives with clingy codependent families like ours, so maybe you can find a support group somewhere." "I gotta take this." "Hey, babe, is everything okay?" "No, no, no." "It makes it very hard for me to be the parent" " if Paige knows she can go around me." " Sorry." " She's undermining your authority." " Yeah, you're undermining my authority." "Look, things have been crazy here." "It's Evan's birthday this afternoon, and Mom thinks Kitty's joined the CIA." "Your mom thinks Kitty's in the CIA." "Ridiculous." "I can get a secret out of Kitty with a glass of chardonnay." "Just tell me what it's for." "I can't." "I'm not trying to undermine you, I promise you I'm not." "I'm..." " Okay, listen, it's for a bra." " A bra?" "She's too embarrassed to tell you, so could you just please give her the money and don't say that I said anything?" "Oh, okay." " I'll call you later." " Love you." "It was for a bra?" "You see, you're just making mountains out of molehills." "That came out wrong." "She was too embarrassed to tell me." "Well, of course, I'm sure she wouldn't even say that to her real dad." "That came out wrong as well." "My daughter is buying her first strapless bra and I really should be there." "I mean, I'm enjoying watching them navigate the whole father-daughter thing, it's very sweet, but I really..." "Yeah, it's all sweet until she turns up with a fake passport and a Russian accent." "Okay, well, I guess that should do it." "Oh, shoot." "Shoot, I forgot the cupcakes." "I'll be right back." "And that's the thing, we'll never know if she's telling us the truth anymore." " What?" " Look." " Who's that?" " I don't know." "But he's very handsome." "Ring." "See, she's not involved with the CIA," " she's just ruining a marriage." " Very funny." "Well, whatever it is, Mom, it's Kitty's business." "She's a grownup." "My daughter is going to her first dance." "I'm missing the whole thing, I wanna go home." "Look." "Look." " What?" " Oh, my goodness." "He took her basket, she took his." "It's a bag switch." "You're having James Bond fantasies." " Okay, that was weird." " That was weird." "Do you believe me now?" "Oh, come on, Mom." "Kitty joining the CIA?" " The whole idea is preposterous." " Sarah, Sarah, listen to me." "I never told you this, but the CIA wanted Robert to become an agent." " Kitty told me that." " She did?" "It makes perfect sense that they would go after Kitty." "Think of it." "First Robert, now Kitty." " You're scaring me, Mom." " I know." "Hey, so they don't have the cupcakes that Evan likes, but there's a place on the way to daycare." "I'm gonna get a cup of tea first, okay?" "Tea my ass." "She's probably off to assassinate Castro." "Okay, listen." "You are officially cut off." "I'm gonna go and get to the bottom of this once and for all." "Sarah." "Sarah, wait." "Sarah." "And I'll take two Napoleons, please." "Okay." "All right." "Good." " Customer assistance on five." " Okay, you, listen." "Start talking because the sooner we get to the bottom of this, the sooner we can all go home." " Kitty, I know what's going on." " You do?" "Well, the kale threw me off for a minute, but I finally figured it out." "No, no, no." "Listen." "Okay, wait, you." "Sit." "Listen, would you just tell her what is going on?" "She's freaking out." "Look, you would be freaking out too if your daughter's life was in jeopardy." "My life is not in jeopardy and I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner." "I should have known that you would figure it out sooner or later." " When were you planning on telling us?" " I didn't want to alarm you." "I'm alarmed, Kitty." "I'm alarmed." "It's not as bad as it sounds." " How could it be not as bad as it sounds?" " Wait." "Are you serious?" "Are you saying Mom's right?" "You're in the CIA?" "The CIA?" "Kitty, you don't have to hide it anymore." "Why would I be in the CIA?" "They'd be lucky to have you." "Well, I'm not in the CIA." "Kitty, look, we saw that little hand signal, bag-switch thing." "That was weird." "We saw that." " Bag switch?" " Yeah, we saw it." " Kitty?" " Wha...?" "Sorry to interrupt, I think I have your basket and you've got mine." " Sales associate to the deli, please." " Bag switch." " Oh, my gosh, I'm so sorry." " Yeah, that's..." " No, that's my fault." " Yeah, that's mine." "Sorry." " This is..." " Dale." " This is my sister and this is my mother." " Hi." " Hi." "Nice to meet you." " Hello." "Dale and I are taking a sign language class with Evan and Dale's son, Sam." "Isn't that right, Dale?" "Thattagirl." "That's right." " Getting there." " Yeah." "And your wife, does she sign too?" "Actually, she's much better than I am." "I'm trying to catch up in class." "Well, you can meet her at the party, Sarah, because you're gonna bring her to the party." " We'll be there." " Good." "I'm so sorry about the mix-up." " Nice to meet you." " Nice to meet you." "See you later." "Bye." "So how embarrassed are you on a scale from one to ten?" "Ten being the worst." "Kitty, what do you expect?" " I mean, you vanish for weeks on end." " You go completely incommunicado." " You don't return our phone calls." " Your voicemail gets full." "It's my bone marrow." " What?" " What's wrong with your bone marrow?" "It's a complication from the transplant." "Apparently, it's very common." "Oh, my God, Kitty." "Oh, it's not, "Oh, my God," Mom." "It's fine." "I'm seeing a specialist." "His name is Brian Langley, if you wanna Google him." "Brian Langley." "Dr. Brian Langley." "Yes, Dr. Brian Langley." "He's very good at this sort of thing." "I've been through a round of steroid treatments and he put me on a very healthy organic diet and everything seems to be back on track." "And now?" "Cupcakes." "Now I need to go buy cupcakes." "Look, you can't lay this on us and then go buy cupcakes." "Really?" "Well, you can't fly across the country and expect me to talk about something that I'm not ready to talk about." "I'm gonna go buy cupcakes." "Let's buy cupcakes." " It's bigger." " A little." "A little?" "Come on, Scotty." "It's an architectural monstrosity." "I'm surprised she hasn't had plumbing and electric installed." "She...?" "Is she downstairs with the tutor?" "Yes." "Maybe she'll become a contractor when she grows up." "Really?" "That's your response?" "You're just gonna roll with it?" "Okay, it has gotten a little out of hand, but we want her to feel at home, right?" "Yes." "Feel at home, not build one." "This thing is dangerous." "If Zemulon's heat lamp scorched one of those sheets, we'd have a fire on our hands." "Okay, we will be careful." "I think it's out of control." "I mean, I know we wanna be the cool parents and she's having a good time, but something's going on." " She's overcompensating." " What do you mean?" "She has a new home, a new family, she's starting a new school on Monday, which you've conveniently let her ignore, and now she has a slew of Walkers about to descend on her." "I think she's scared out of her mind." "Okay." "What do you think we should do?" "Tear it down?" "No, I think we should talk to her." "Whatever it is, she needs to tell us." "But this fort isn't the answer." "Okay." "When she's done with her tutor, we will talk to her." " Agreed." " Agreed." "You got it?" "Easy, boys." "You're a day late and a dollar short." "The guy's dead." " How do you know?" " He's dead." "I already called the coroner." " What, are you a doctor?" " No, but the lady at the next table is." "Oh, so you must have seen her degree, then?" "Justin." "We're fine, officer, just a little on edge today." " Jerk." " Get it under control, dude." "You're freaking people out, you're kind of freaking me out, all right?" "You okay?" "Sorry, folks." "Bad day." "Paige." "Paige, what time do you need to be at that dance tonight?" " You look beautiful." " Yeah." "You'd better take a picture, then, because I'm not going." "What are you doing?" "Cody called." "He's taking Stephanie instead." " What?" " He asked Stephanie first." "And she said no, but now she changed her mind." "Paige, I'm so sorry." "I didn't even want to go to the stupid dance anyway, but he probably just asked me as a joke." "No, Paige." "Paige, wait." "Paige." "Oh, I can't believe it." "They're completely booked." "They're completely booked." "Yeah." "There's not gonna be a birthday party." "I can't believe it." "We come here all the time." "I didn't even think to make a reservation." " We'll figure something out." " How are we gonna figure something out?" "I have 15 people coming here in 20 minutes." " What are we gonna...?" " Calm down." "There'll be another place nearby." "You know what?" "There isn't another place." "There isn't another place." "Besides, this is what I promised Evan." "This is Evan's favorite place." "I cannot believe I did this." "How stupid am I?" "It's not like you didn't have a lot going on." "Mom, please don't try to make this all rosy." " This is not a rosy situation." " I won't make it a rosy situation." "God, I'm sorry." "I've got to make a call." "My God, what am I gonna do?" "What am I gonna do?" "Do you have a guest list?" "I could start making calls..." "There is no guest list, Mom." "I don't know who's coming to this thing." "Courtney, the kids, some people from my stupid sign language class." "Honey, I wanna help you." "I'm your mother." "I wanna help you." "I'll make some calls, we'll find another place." "A museum, perhaps." "A big playground." "There must be another place." "A park." "You know what you could do if you really wanna help?" "You could stand here and when everyone comes in, you can just tell them that she screwed up and there isn't gonna be a party." "Good, all right." "And where are you going?" "I don't know." "I don't know." "I'm not gonna let Evan's birthday fall apart." "Okay?" "Okay." "Where are they going?" "I have no idea." "We're to wait here and tell everybody the party's canceled." "God, this day is contagious." "The bad news just keeps on spreading." " Paige got stood up." " Oh, no." "She's apparently inconsolable, sobbing in her room with the door locked." " Oh, no, no, Sarah, I'm so sorry." " I know." "I feel bad." "I should never have forced you to fly out here with me." "It's..." "This is my fault, I've made everything so much worse." "Mom, you thought your daughter was in trouble." "She was." "I get it." "Sarah, I love you." "Now, let's find these people and tell them to go home." " Beginning to feel the clock's working against them," "Los Angeles is..." "Hey, man." "Dan called." "Yeah, he called my cell too." "You okay?" "No, not really." "We lost a guy today." "Yeah, Dan said." "Do you wanna talk about it?" "Yeah." "Actually, I do." "I think you're right, Zach." "I think I do have a problem." "But it's not what you think." "You see, that dream I had... or nightmare, I guess I should call it," "I've been having it ever since I was a kid." "It's not PTSD." "Okay." "You see, it's..." "It's like an end-of-the-world dream." "There's an earthquake and..." "You know, people are running around screaming and hurt... and I can't find my family." "And I'm just in the middle trying to save everyone." "I mean, I'm trying to save everyone." "And do you?" "No." "And that's why I wake up screaming." "I guess that's what you heard." "And I haven't had that dream in a long time." "You mean until I showed up." "Yeah." "So you've been trying to save me." "I'm the straw that broke the paramedic's back?" " Listen, Zach, I think that..." " Justin." "It's cool." "Dan told me about this building manager gig." "I gotta go meet the owner, but he said the job is mine if I want it." "So consider me saved, okay?" "There's one down." "What about you?" "What are you gonna do?" "I don't know." "You know, I'll figure something out." "So how about this game?" "Game?" "Trust me, not even you can save the Clippers at this point." " That bad, huh?" " Yeah, it's pretty bad." " Who pushes it, blowing past Robinson and takes it all the way for the easy lay-up." "Hi." "Hey." "I was just making us an omelet." "I thought you might be hungry." "It smells good." "Paige, do you wanna call your dad?" "Might be good talking to him." "No." "He'll just..." "He'll just tell me that everything is gonna be okay." "Yeah, it's hard to hear that when you know it's not true." "What do you mean?" "Well, it's never easy to get your heart broken." "A little piece of it always stays broken." "So, what do you do?" "You just bear it as best as you can." "And one day, you realize only a little piece of it is broken." "You still have more." "And, Paige, you wanna know a secret?" "I think you have more heart than anyone I ever met." "The boutonniere." "Guess I won't be needing this anymore." "Go on." "Get us some plates." "And then after dinner, I have an idea that might make you feel much better." "And what's that?" "Well, we still have 14 eggs left." "Do you know this boy Cody's address?" " Wait, what?" " Yeah." "Oh, yeah." "Knock, knock." "What are you doing?" "Wow, this is so much bigger than my first apartment." "Yeah." "And if we move the TV there, we'll have so much more room for the microwave." " Microwave?" " Yeah." "Look, Olivia, the whole point of us adopting you was that we could all live together." "Now, if you wanna live in here, that's cool." "But Scotty and I are gonna join you." "There's not enough room." " Oh, there's enough room." " Yeah." "You guys really wanna live in here with me?" " Yeah." " If that's what you want." "Would I still have to go to school?" "Yes, but we would be here when you got back." "Are you...?" "Are you nervous about going to school?" "A little." "I hated school." "I used to put a thermometer up against the light bulb so I could fake a fever and stay home all day." " Don't tell her how to do that." " The point is, it's okay to be scared." "You can tell us that because that's why we're here." "To make you feel safe." "I'm kind of nervous about meeting your brothers and sisters too." "I can totally relate." "I was terrified." "But now I'm one of the family." "And guess what?" "You're one of the family too." "So do you guys want me to read you a story before we go to sleep?" "Yes." "What are we having?" "Good Night Grasshopper." "Classic." ""Once upon a time, in a big field near the city,"" "a grasshopper family lived in their grasshopper house," ""doing grasshopper things all the day long."" "He's asleep." "So you both had a good time." "Yeah, we did." "We went to a movie and then we ate spaghetti and then we played laser tag." "Okay, here we are." "I made a nice pot of tea." " I miss coffee and I hate kale." " Told you so." "No, you know, it really sucks being on a healthy diet." "I promise you, I'm dreaming about cheeseburgers and bacon." " Well, so am I." " Who isn't?" "What is this doing here?" "That would be me." "I thought..." "You know what?" "It's a long story." "It's Robert's." "Okay, now I feel like a real idiot." "Well, that's because you are a real idiot." "Well, I guess I deserve that." "And I know it's crazy, but it's comforting somehow." "Courtney had a box of stuff from our old apartment in D.C." "And this is all I took." "It's beautiful." "It's completely understandable." "Especially given you've just had a really big scare." "Yeah, I think that I am traumatized." "Like the time at the beach that one summer when I got caught in that really big riptide and I didn't go back into the ocean for 16 years." "Oh, Kitty, there will always be riptides in life." "But you can't let that keep you from going back in the water." "And you can't hide out here waiting for something bad to happen to you." "Sorry, what are you talking about?" "I'm not hiding out." " You are." "You are." " You are." "Yes, you are." "You're hiding out." "And, Kitty, what if something did happen?" "What about Evan?" "Before when you were ill, you knew you had Robert and he would be there for him." "But God forbid something should happen again, it will be me." "I will be there for him." " Kitty, you're not alone." " Okay." "Okay, but I just want us to all be aware that we are having the conversation that I never really wanted to have." "The one about me dying." "So?" "I mean, so what?" "None of us are supposed to write a will?" "We prepare for the worst, we hope for the best." "You know, I've never been in your shoes, Kitty, but you've gotta know that if the worst were to happen... that your boy would be loved." "And that he would have a home." "You've gotta know that." "Now I know." " Good." " I do." "I know, I know, I know." "And this is ridiculous." "This is ridiculous." "We all just need to go home." "All of us just need to go home." " Really?" " Yeah, really." "Okay, then does that mean that we can have a proper birthday party for Evan?" " What are you talking about "proper?"" " Because it was tragic." "That birthday party was pathetic." " You are making me feel really bad." " Yeah." "Store-bought cupcakes?" "That will kill you deader than a doornail." " It was lame." " They were organic." "Absolutely." "Organic my foot." "You can't make frosting that color with anything organic." "Remember being exhausted from just drinking all night?" "Oh, and dancing." " Remember dancing?" " No, but I wasn't good at it anyway." "How long do you think we're gonna have to sleep in there?" "The fort?" "I don't know." "I'll tell you one thing, I would not have done well in the Civil War." "Good morning." "How's it going?" "Morning." "Well, aren't you bright eyed and bushy tailed?" "Why wouldn't I be?" "Scotty, can you help me iron my outfit for the party?" " Sure." " Great." "Well, wait a minute." "Aren't you using the ironing board as one of the major support beams in Gecko Town?" " It's okay, I took it down." " The fort?" "Yeah, Zemulon thought it was too crowded." "Well, how do you feel about that?" "It's fine." "Let it go." "Right." " Okay, I'll be up in a minute." " Thanks." " Yes." " It worked." "Goodbye, Gecko Town." "And then we made croque-monsieurs." " You know what those are?" " I got it." " Ham and cheese thingies?" " Yeah, only better." "And we were gonna make croque-madames, but we ran out of eggs." "Yeah, Paige, we don't have to tell your mom everything." "That can be our little secret." "Oh, chicken." "You sure you're not too upset about this dance?" "I was, but I'm over it." "And Cody's not that cute." "You're right." "No one's that cute." "Oh, wait, wait." "Do you think that if we freeze this it'll keep till next month?" "No, I don't think so." "Why?" "Well, there's a father-daughter dance at school and Dad's gonna be out of town so I was hoping that Luc would go with me." "I would be honored." "Maybe we could buy him a new one." "Okay." "Can I see your dress?" "Oh, my God, it's gorgeous." "And Tiffany's gonna let me wear it again." "I'll go get it." "Sounds like you two had quite the weekend." "Well, it was a bumpy start, but turns out to be okay." "I was so frustrated not being here for all of this." "Kind of turns out I didn't need to be." "I love you." "Not as much as I love you." " How many of those are you making?" " I am making two dozen." "Why don't you go ask Kitty and Evan if they're about ready to go?" "I have to change my clothes too." "Sure." "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I'm fine." "Just..." "I'm just a little tired." "Why didn't you say something?" "I wouldn't have asked you to pick us up." "Here to serve." "What does that mean?" "All right, Mom." "How do you do it?" "How do you do it?" "How do you do take care of all of us and feed other people's dogs and...?" "You were the one who took care of Lily." "Okay, right." "So we're both here to serve." "How do you not have a nervous breakdown?" "Where is this coming from?" "It's a long story." "Justin, it's a great thing to wanna try to help people." "But you can't always blame yourself when you're not able to succeed and you know who taught me that?" "You." " I did?" " Yes." "During your intervention, when drugs came back into your life and you and I were sitting down by the pool and you turned to me and said I had to let you go." "That I couldn't feel responsible for you anymore." "That you had to do it yourself." "Yeah, I remember that, Mom." "Thank you for remembering." " I love you." " I love you too." "All right, I'm going to go get the birthday boy." " Wow, lots of presents." " Right?" " Well, you just wait until your birthday." " Yeah." "Are you ready for your first Walker party, Olivia?" " I remember my first Walker party." " Oh, my God." "I drank a lot of wine." " You did." " Does that mean I get to drink wine?" " No." " Are you crazy?" "Let's show Olivia what we do with presents in this family." "Go." "Oh, okay." " Oh, robot." " Stuffed monkey." "Socks." "Very boring." "An Olivia?" " Shoes?" " Yeah." " I think I hear a birthday boy." " Hi, Uncle Noodles." "Buddy." "How you doing, buddy?" "Hi, Uncle Noodles." "How are you?" "Listen, I need someone to help me F-R-O-S-T the..." " Okay, that's me." "I got it." "I got it, Mom." " I got this." "Hey, Evan, let's go see that piñata I've heard so much about." "So you wanna tell me what the hell's going on?" "You all right?" "Yeah." "Yeah, we'll go for a walk later and I'll tell you everything." "Okay." "Come meet Olivia." "Wow, Olivia is just so adorable, Kevin." "I know." "I just..." "I wanna squeeze those cheeks." "Would you please leave my daughter's cheeks alone?" " Oh, your daughter." " Oh, your daughter." "Don't worry." "You're gonna have a kid one day." " We should start him slow." "Like, a fish." " Oh, maybe a plant." " Plastic one." " Nice." "So Olivia, I heard you're starting at my old school." " Are you nervous?" " Kind of." "It's not that scary." "But you have to get Mrs. Earls for math." "She looks pretty mean, but she's actually the nicest teacher in the whole school." " Look at them." " I can tell you where to get lunch." "It's the next generation of Walkers." " Hey." " Yes." "These are for later." "We're gonna have fun now." " Hey, baby." " He'll do it." "Get him a stick." "Lower." "Evan, Evan, Evan." "All right, buddy." "Right on." "Here we go." " Ready?" "One, two, three." " Go get the stick and hit it." "Wait." "Pictures."