"Brittany!" "Come on, Brittany." "Come on." "Come on, you guys." "I don't know what to say." "I wish we had more time to talk about this." "Look, don't worry about it." "We'll talk later." "You guys, Bright just called." "They're two blocks away." "Let's go." "Move it." "I wish I had rethought the whole whistle thing." "Come on." "Uh, I'm just gonna wait here a little bit longer." "But you go." "I can wait with you." "No, don't be crazy." "Get out there." "Be the first one he sees." "I'm good." "Places, everyone." "Well, there you are." "Cutting things a bit close, aren't we?" "Don't get me started, Harold." "We taxied around the runway for no reason." " Andy, we need to talk." " Dad, shh, get back." "You're hopeless, you know that?" "Surprise!" "Oh." "Did you?" "He had no idea." "How good am I?" "I should be an actor." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait." "So all that stuff about you getting fired?" "No, that really happened." "You did this." "Didn't you?" "I had some help." "You're amazing, you know that?" "I love you so much." "I know you do." "I know." "Hey, we were just leaving." " Whoa, what's going on?" " Guess." " What?" " Just guess." " You're sweating." " No, I'm glowing which is an entirely different form of sweat." "And yet still pungent." "Heh." "I hate this." "You make me guess and I guess wrong and you think I don't get you because I couldn't read your mind." " I got the audition." " You what?" "For Juilliard?" " Oh, my God!" "Heh, I can't believe it, no I..." " Heh." "Well, I can believe it." "Tell me everything." "Uh, well, this letter pretty much sums it up." "Basically, 10,000 kids apply, only 60 got auditions." "And you were one of them." "I have to be in New York next week." "There you are." "I thought I heard some high-pitched screaming." " Uh, actually, that was me." " Dad, you're not gonna believe this." "He got an audition for Juilliard." "He beat out 10,000 people." " Well, actually 9940." " That's amazing." "Congratulations, Ephram." "That is a tremendous accomplishment." "We should go." "We'll be late getting Hannah to the clinic." " All right." " Yeah, that's today." " I just totally forgot." " It's okay." " Wait, is she here?" "She nervous?" " Um, we're gonna go pick her up." " I'll tell her about your audition." " No big deal." "Don't tell her." "You kidding me?" "It's a huge deal." "Just tell her that I say good luck and, uh, I'm thinking about her." "I will, for sure." "I'll call you when we get back." "I'm so proud of you, Ephram." "I hate to interrupt your reading but explain why I just received a call from Human Resources about you?" " Are they raving about me again?" " In fact, no." "Some woman named Jillian is accusing you of sexual misconduct." " What?" " I don't know the specifics but apparently she's filed a complaint." "Any idea who she is?" "Well, yeah, we went on a few dates." "Didn't amount to much." "You do realize, you're not supposed to date the people you work with, right?" "I know it's frowned upon, I didn't think that frowning was such a major deal." "Well, it is." "If it was against the rules, shouldn't it have been in the orientation?" " What am I supposed to do?" " I don't know yet." "They're gonna be holding a formal meeting." "You have to be there and so do I." "Why are they making this a parent-teacher conference thing?" "In case you've forgotten, I am technically the boss there." "I know, I know." "I didn't do anything so, you know, what's there to figure out?" "Probably nothing, but just don't go dating anymore co-workers from now on, okay?" "I won't." "There's only one chick left at that place." "She's about your age." "I'm just gonna ask you a few questions, if that's okay." "And then can I take the test?" "I'm afraid it's not that simple." "Look, Hannah testing for Huntington's is an incredibly complex issue." "Now, you understand that presently there is no cure for the disease which means that if your result comes back positive there's nothing we or anyone can do." " I know." "Because of this, results can have a profound emotional impact whatever they may be." "Even if you wind up negative." "You mean like survivor's guilt?" " I see you've done some reading." " I'm a big fan of Google." "Listen, I can tell that you're serious about this." "I can." "So what we're gonna do, is we're gonna start out with a series of preliminary exams." "What kind of exams?" "There's a neurological test to make sure you're not exhibiting early symptoms." "You'll have extensive blood work done and you'll meet with a social worker who will help assess whether or not you have the coping skills to handle your result." "And if after all this we determine that you are a good candidate for testing then you can take the test." "And I can't just do all those things right now?" "Let's just get through some of these forms now." "Then we could set up some more appointments tomorrow." "So I was thinking of throwing Ephram a surprise party for getting the audition." "Hmm." "Sounds like a lovely idea." "I've got the guest list started." "I have the usual suspects." "The Browns, us, Hannah." "I was thinking of inviting Madison." "Why would you wanna do that?" "She is, after all, his ex-girlfriend." "But she was supportive of his playing last year." "That was last year." "This year, his attempt at seeing her nearly caused you to break up, if I recall correctly, which I'm sure I do because of all the times you told me about it." "I know, which is why inviting her seems like the right thing to do." "And how's that now?" "He wanted to see her and I should be able to handle them having a friendship." "This whole jealous-Amy thing is very 2004 Amy." "2005 on the other hand, all about being a bigger person." "Plus he doesn't have that many friends." "There's like five people on the list." "I just don't know how to find her, she's not at ECC and she wasn't with her band." "It's just not meant to be." "I could track her band down." "They could tell me where she is." "Now that I'm thinking about it, Mr. Knight, one of my patients he is in charge of the registrar's office at ECC." "If Madison transferred to another college, they would certainly have that information." " I can make a call." " You would do that?" " Oh, absolutely." " Cool." "So you worry about the catering, I'll worry about finding Madison." "Thank you, Dad." "Well, so this item on line 21 B..." ""... uh, comes down petitioner, complaining of respondent. "" "I assume that I'm the petitioner?" " Where do these go?" " Uh, freezer." "I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" "Okay, so I have to get a note from John's caregiver authorizing his waiver of rights?" "All right, I can do that." "Well, I'll call you tomorrow with 20 more questions." "Bob, you have been a pleasure." "Butt munch." "Look at this." "This is the initial divorce petition and it's thicker than Moby Dick, which I did not get through." "It's all because John can't physically sign his own papers." "Why are you putting peanut butter in the fridge?" "Since you wanted the English muffins in the freezer, I figured that between refrigeration versus non-refrigeration you would choose refrigeration, which I now realize was the wrong call." "You can't put peanut butter in the fridge." "No?" "Is that like you can't, uh, go swimming after lunch kind of a thing?" "You can't put peanut butter in the fridge because it gets hard and you can't spread it and then it messes up all of the bread, so..." "I have so very much to teach you." " You wanna get that?" " Not even a little bit." "Mrs. Hayes, it's Dr. Bass ca/ing." "There's a change in your husband's condition." "You need to come to the c/inic right away." "We could rent people to go to the party." "Offer 5 bucks a head to show up?" "How bad is it?" "Well, let me see, Nina, Jake and Sam are going on a road trip." "Uh, grandma's motorcycle club is having their annual roast and Will Cleveland's dog is in a best-in-show competition so he won't come either." "Wow, it sounds like the plot of a bad indie film." "Maybe we could get Zach Braff to direct it." "Plus, my dad hasn't had any luck finding Madison yet so basically the only people coming to the party is my family, Ephram's family and, of course, you." "But you don't have to come if you're not feeling up to it." "Will you have your test results by then?" "Don't know if they're gonna let me take the test." "This whole thing is turning out to be way more intricate than I thought." "It's a good thing you're on the path." "You're happy, right?" " Yeah, definitely." " Definitely what?" "How did it go with your social worker, Hannah?" "Uh, good." "Kind of intense." "She asked a lot of tough questions." "Oh, yeah, like what?" "Uh, just basic stuff, like, you know, how do I cope in difficult situations." "What do I do in times of stress, do I have a support system." "Yes." "Me." "And I would consider you an excellent coper." "I can write you a note if you want." "A doctor's-daughter note." " That's gotta be kind of official, right?" " Ha, ha." "They might sound like basic questions, they're quite involved." " Find yourself able to answer honestly?" " She's not gonna lie." "It's not really about lying to them." "It's more like I didn't know the answers." "Which kind of threw me." "Heh, the truth is, I don't know if I am an excellent coper." "I know I'm a good avoider." "Up until just recently, I barely told anyone about my dad." "Because you didn't want people to feel sorry for you." "Or that was an excuse so I wouldn't have to deal." "That's certainly possible." "Okay, we are gonna go upstairs now." "You don't think I should take the test." "Hannah, he has no idea what you're going through, he can't answer that." "She's right, I can't." "It's not anyone's place but yours." "Dr. Brown, Mrs. Hayes." "Glad you could get here so quickly." "Not an easy trip." " Is John okay?" " He's fine." "Uh, better than fine, actually." "I think you're gonna be astounded at the progress your husband has made here." "Although, you really have Dr. Brown to thank." "He did all the groundwork." "In fact, I hope you don't mind, but I've set up a small QA." "There are at least 50 doctors here who wanna pick your brain and shake your hand, in that order." "I don't understand, where's John?" "Well, he's, uh, working with Dr. Linville, but he should be done very soon." "So tell me." "Why are we out here?" " If you wouldn't mind waiting." " I would." "You didn't tell me anything so I flew to Oregon with no idea what to expect and now you're being coy." "Tell me what is going on with my husband." "You said there's been significant progress." "How's it manifested itself?" " I really can't say." " Why?" "Because he wanted to tell you himself." "So I finally heard back from Mr. Knight at the college." "Apparently, they don't have anything on record regarding Madison's whereabouts." " What is your problem?" " Excuse me?" "All that stuff you said to Hannah, that was so wrong." " I'm sorry you feel that..." " Do you have any idea how long it's taken her to make this decision?" "Then you confuse her." "I'm not trying to confuse her." "I'm encouraging her to take time." "Once she makes this decision, there's no going back." "It's not something anyone should push her into." " I am not pushing her." " You sure?" "Hannah made this decision, it had nothing to do with me." "I would never do anything to hurt her." "No, I know that." "No, sweetheart, listen to me." "Her father is in the final stages of this nightmare." "She had to watch him deteriorate till it got so bad, she had to walk away." "Don't you think it might be better to wait, till her family can close that chapter...?" "She doesn't wanna wait." "Her life is happening now." "How would getting a result help her?" "Dad, I know you mean well, but Hannah is my best friend." "I know what she can and can't handle." "Yes, but that doesn't mean that she has to." "And what if someone could have told you what was going to happen to Colin..." " Don't use Colin as a..." " That's not what I am trying to do." "Just leave Hannah alone." "She doesn't need you as a father figure." "If you don't wanna support her, then stay out of it." "I wanna remind everyone that this is just a preliminary meeting." "We're not saying whether the complaint is valid or invalid." "We're simply trying to find out what exactly happened here." "Nothing happened here." "Heh." "This is trash." "Like I said, we're exploring the charges." "Jillian, you're claiming that Bright created an uncomfortable work environment on account of some sexual misconduct, is that correct?" "Basically, yes." " Come on." "Bright." "As a part of your claim, you mention that Bright was sending you e-mails during work hours that were sexual in nature?" "Yes, he was." "Do you have those e-mails?" " Yes." "What about e-mails you sent?" "I bet you didn't, you probably didn't print those out and bring them with you, did you?" " You wrote all of these during work hours?" " Majority were done on my lunch break." "At 3:07 p. m?" "And cake time." "Look, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to create an uncomfortable environment for anybody." "I figured that this was normal office flirting." "This is exactly what you did at your last job." "That's why you got fired." " I'm speaking to patterns of behavior." " What patterns?" "When we checked with your son's former employer to determine if Jillian's claim had any merit we learned that Bright was terminated because he was caught half-naked with a co-worker in a broom closet." "You never told me that." "You just said you were let go." "Well, you know, there were a lot of reasons that I..." "You know, that it didn't work out." "The whole thing was different because I wasn't dating her." "It was a restaurant." "Rules at a restaurant, completely different." "You don't follow the rules here either." "Look, I take full responsibility for accepting the date but for the record I never would have if I didn't think he was at least a little bit serious about me." "I would never jeopardize my entire career over a mindless..." "Fine." "Then I think the thing to do now is to transfer Bright to another department." "Hopefully, we won't hear about this kind of thing happening again." " I don't understand." "He looks the same." " Just give him a moment to find you." "John, there are people here to see you." "John, look who's here." "Honey, it's me." " He's smiling." " That's right." "Oh, my God." "Hello, John." "I'm Dr. Brown, we've been working together for a while." "He knows." "What do you mean he knows?" "Thank you Dr. Brown." "Flight 703 lands when?" "Okay." " Okay." " There you are, I couldn't find you." "Um, right." "Well, then I'll see you first thing in the morning." "I know it's happening fast." "I don't know what it all means." "Well, you can ask the doctors when you get here." "Fly safe, Mom." "John's mom." "She's bringing Charlie first thing in the morning." "Oh, good." "That's great." "She must be very..." "She's flipping out all over the place." "I told her not to say anything to Charlie, just in case." "I don't wanna confuse him more than he already is." "Good, I think that's the best way to go." " How are you doing?" " I'm fine." "I'm just..." "Weird, right?" "I mean, that was John in there." "I know." "Did you think that something like this could happen?" "Were you expecting this?" "I really didn't know what could, or would happen." "That's the beauty of the brain." "Every case is different." "Sometimes progress is slow and methodical and sometimes, it's like a light switch turning on." "And click, everything changes." " Listen..." " I have to extend the reservation on the hotel too." " Oh, right, I forgot about that." "Listen, uh, since Charlie's probably coming early tomorrow morning, uh maybe it'd be best if I moved to another room." "I don't wanna add to the confusion." "That's a good idea." "I can move my stuff out as soon as I'm finished." "No, I can move, it doesn't matter either way." " You sure you're okay?" " I'm fine." "I'm just..." " Overwhelmed." " No, I'm not, I'm just overwhelmed." "Heh." "That's the onion Miss Fat Booty, in other words, onion" "Don't you know And you see it from the front" "And it's okay Keep shaking your onion" "Junk in the trunk You know that's the onion" "Hey, Mom." "I am so sorry that you had to hear all of that today, that..." "How many girls have there been like that?" " What?" " How many?" " You want my number?" " I want to know how many women you've treated that way." "But, Mom, you have the wrong idea about this." "Okay, this chick is out of her head." "All right, she's pissed because I didn't, like, propose to her or whatever and so she pulls this crap." "I think it's kind of a bitch move if you ask..." "Who are you?" "What have you become?" "Did you see that girl's face in there?" "You hurt her." "You don't even feel bad." " I do feel bad about it." " No, you feel badly for yourself." "You don't know what you've done." " I don't know what I've done." " You don't treat people that way, Bright." "You don't treat women as interchangeable objects." "You don't sleep with someone you have no intention of calling." " My dating life is none of your business." " This is not dating." "This is morally bankrupt behavior." "How can you not see the difference?" "You took Jillian out, what, three times?" "Tell me something about her." "What does she like?" "Does she have any brothers or sisters?" " Hobbies?" " Give me a break." "You don't know anything about her." "But you had sex with her." " So I'm not a romantic." " You don't have to be romantic." "But at least be honorable." "Be a good man." " This is my fault, I failed." " Mom, no." "You didn't fail." "I've always been taken with your charm, your energy." "It never occurred to me that all these social graces were covering up something tragic." " Oh, come on." "It's not tragic." "You read those magazines and you measure real women against those images." "You don't look any further than what's right in front of your eyes." "That's the tragedy." "That you can't see the difference between reality and this garbage." "And I never took the time to teach you otherwise." "Hey, Mom, look." "Mom." "Mom, I can change, okay." "You know, I..." "Maybe this happened for the best." "I can go into a different department with a new attitude." "I can figure it out." "No, you are not going into any new department." " What?" " This incident proves I never should've helped you get this job." "I am certainly not going to let you continue dishonoring your father's name while you figure it out." " What does that mean?" " It means you're fired." "Is this a bad time?" "Your nurse said I could just..." "No, no, no, not at all." "Come in, come in, come in." "Everything all right?" "Had my final doctor's appointment at the clinic today." "I passed, all the exams and everything." "They're gonna let me take the test." "If I still want to." "Big decision." "I know." "Heh." "So, um, I called my mom." "You know, it's the first time we ever spoke about it." "About the fact that I could have it." "We spent so much energy on my dad when I was at home that we never really talked about the possibility of, you know, me." "I never knew how guilty she felt." "She never knew any of what I was feeling because I never told her." "Well, that sounds like a conversation that needed to be had." "Yeah." "It was kind of amazing." "Made me realize that I wanna take the test." "Because your mother wants you to?" "No." "No, because..." "Because for the first time in a really long time I felt connected to my life and my future and my family." "I wanna take this test not because I need to know the result but because I wanna feel my life again." "I wanna care about me." "Whether I have it or not." " Are you upset with me?" " No." "No." "No, of course not, Hannah." "You never had to convince me of your decision, I hope you know that." "No, I do." "I do, I just..." "I'd also never ask you to do something that you felt was, like, spiritually against your beliefs, so..." "Ask me to do what?" "Um, heh." "The, uh, head of the clinic said I needed to have an adult accompany me to the test." "I was kind of hoping that adult would be you." "I mean, Nina offered to cancel her trip but..." "I know Amy told you to butt out of my life." "But the fact that you cared enough to butt in at all just really reminds me of how my dad used to be." "He's really pushy too." "In a nice kind of way." "I'll take you to get your test done, Hannah." "Whenever you'd like." "Thanks, Dr. Abbott." "I don't think this was a miraculous awakening at all." "Mr. Hayes had an active internal life he couldn't express." "He was locked in after his ischemic event." "And I was just trying to reconnect him with the world and the people he loved." " Dr. Liu." " Even the best family physician doesn't have a neurosurgeon background, and he doesn't do 800 hours of research on cutting-edge stroke therapies to make himself an expert." "Well, I think we all did our jobs." "Success and rehabilitation are a combination of a thousand decisions." "We all just try to make the good ones." "Can you point out one decision you made that made a difference in Hayes' life?" "You mean, was it one treatment, or one therapy, one article that I read?" "I don't think so." "I think it's just that my practice isn't big and, uh, I've got a free time on my hands." "My wife would've just said that I'm stubborn." "So you had hope?" "Well, I never would have put it that way, but, uh, maybe." "Yes, I guess I did." "You know, I'm just not ready to accept a world that doesn't have the possibility of a better future." "That's what amazes me about the human spirit." "No matter how devastating yesterday may have been we always manage to move forward." "The truth is, all I did for John Hayes was start him on a path." "He has you to thank for all the rest." "Thank you." "I was really glad you came around with Hannah." "Now, I'm happy that I was able to be there for her but that does not mean I agree with the choice she made." "Why can't you say, "You were right, I was wrong"?" "Why does it have to be right and wrong?" "Why can't I maintain my opinions, my beliefs without you feeling the need to change my mind?" "Because I'm you." "Touché." "If it were me, though, I would definitely have taken that test." "Really?" "Well, I've been thinking about what you asked me the other day about Colin." "I mean, everything that happened with him changed the way that I live my life now." "It's like I experience everything more fully, I appreciate more." " I didn't do that before." " Most of us never do." " And that's all I wanted for Hannah." " Now, I'm not sure I follow." "I felt like I was watching her not live her life." "And it was driving me crazy." "So maybe you were right." "I was?" "Yeah, maybe I did push Hannah too hard to get the test done or, you know, put too much pressure on her." "I feel like there's a difference between truths out there that are knowable versus the complete unknown." "Like, take Ephram and I for example." "I don't know what's gonna happen." "Maybe we'll get married, maybe we won't." "Who knows." "But if there was something that he knew that was preventing me from making an informed decision about us wouldn't be the same." " The same as what?" "Well, like, there are things you can't control, obviously." "And then there's just plain ignorance." "I would rather know all the horrible truths out there and deal with them now, than be blindsided." "That's why I was ultimately happy that he told me about Madison." "About?" "Going to see her band play." "Because then I got to decide how I wanted to handle it." "If he was worth it or not." "Ha." "And he was." "But if he hadn't told me..." "If it's something you can know, I wanna know it, that's all I'm saying." "Everything else, I'm cool with letting God decide." "Ha, ha, what?" " Dad?" " I have to tell you something." "Okay." "Um..." "I never tried to find Madison for your party." "I never had any intention of looking for her." "I told you I would, I lied." "Okay." "Wow." "Why?" "I mean, I know that you thought that it was a bad idea, but..." "Well, I did think it was a bad idea, but not for the reasons that I told to you." "I didn't want Madison to attend Ephram's party because..." "Because?" "Last year I learned something that I should have told you then." "But I didn't." "In my mind, you were still my innocent little girl but you lost that innocence with Colin." "What you've gained is much more valuable." "I should have realized that, I'm sorry." "Honey, Madison left Everwood when she found out that she was pregnant with Ephram's child." "I have no idea where she is, I have no idea even if she had the baby." "All I know for certain is that Ephram, he has no idea about any of it." " What are you doing here?" " Hey." "I'm not filing an official claim, so there's not much more to talk about." "Yeah, there is." "Everything went down so quick, I never had a chance to think about it and then I did and then I felt sorry." "I felt sorry." "I'm sorry, Jillian." " Really?" " Yes." "I should've called you back after we..." "I, ahem, probably should have never asked you out in the first place." "I..." "It's just, I guess I just never really thought about what, you know, you might be feeling, and that's not cool, so..." "Anyhow, that's it." "I suck and I'm sorry." "I'm really not sure what to say." "You don't have to." "Uh, you don't have to say anything." "This is mine, so..." "Anyhow, uh, good luck with, well, everything, so, ahem..." "Yeah, you too." "Had this coffee for 20 minutes, it's still scalding." "I've burned my mouth, like, three times." "Well, I guess I could stop drinking it." "That would seem to be the smart thing to do." "Then what would I have to complain about." "And then what would we talk about?" "I'm sorry, I'm just..." " Ugh, I'm not very good in waiting rooms." " Oh, that's okay, nobody is." "Now you get to see how the other half lives." "Well I better go if I'm gonna make that flight." "Amy planned this party for Ephram before I, uh..." "Oh, go, absolutely." "I mean, I have a lot more to say about coffee but you don't wanna miss your son's big bash." "How long you gonna stay here?" "I can pick you up at the airport when you come home." "I'm not coming home, Andy." "I still don't know how you did it, but you brought John back." "Maybe just to a degree, but enough for him to recognize his son." "And when I saw Charlie see that, I got it." "This isn't a choice I get to make anymore." "This is my family." "At least that's what I promised once upon a time." "I understand." "You know from the time John spoke to you, which I still can't believe happened I have been wishing that I could say goodbye to you as eloquently." "As simply." "You brought my family back." "Whether you meant to or not." "But even before that, you brought me back." "And you, me." "All of it." "Things I didn't think I could get back." "And not just us." " But..." " That." "I know, I told you." "You're the best doctor I've ever met and don't you forget it or I'm gonna have to come after you and find you again." "Thank you." "From the bottom of my very sad heart, thank you." "I can't believe Mrs. Abbott had it in her to can your ass." "Can you stop saying that?" "She'd be proud of you if you peed on the floor." "Kind of proud of her." "Okay, yeah." "All right, I already feel like an idiot." "The thing that sucks is once you got past the shirt and tie, I liked that job." " And I was good at it." " It could have been worse." "She could have sued you." "You'd be the sexual-harassment guy." "Instead of just unemployed guy?" "I don't even know what I'm gonna do now." "I mean, like, to fill my time." "Well, you can be a gigolo." "You're forgetting I'm like twice your size." "No seriously, go pro man-whore." "Combine your natural talents." "Plus no tie, flexible hours." " Maybe I should just join a convent." " That's nuns." " I know." " You're hopeless, you know that?" "Surprise!" "Oh, my God." " Oh." " Did you?" "He had no idea." "How good am I?" "I should be an actor." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait." "So all that stuff about you getting fired?" "No, that really happened." "You did this." "Didn't you?" "I had some help." "You're amazing." "You know that?" "I love you so much." "I know you do." "What's wrong?" "Nothing." "It's just party planning, surprisingly stressful." "You do realize I haven't actually gotten into the school yet." "But..." "You will." "So am I allowed to ask who all these people are?" "It was a tough guest list." " Andy." " Yeah?" "How did it go with John?" "Good." "He spoke." " I'm sorry." "He spoke?" " Yup." "The man who hasn't breathed unassisted in five years verbalized cogent thought." "You're saying, he actually spoke?" " Yup." "He said, "Thank you. "" " Well, that must have been incredible." "Yeah, it was." "And then again it wasn't." "Amanda?" "She's staying in Oregon." "Well..." "Oh, Andy." "Oh, go for it, Harold." "This is a perfect time for "I told you so. "" "No, I was just going to say I'm sorry." "Thank you." "And, ahem, I realize this may not be the best time." "I'm starting to believe there is no such thing with you but, uh, we really need to have a conversation." "Okay." "But I really need a drink." "And then I wanna help celebrate my son, so could this wait till tomorrow?" "I'll pour." "What's up, loner?" "Are you one of those private eaters?" "You know that's actually a real thing, by the way." "You okay?" "Getting there." "Wait, did you hear anything?" "Did you find out?" "Yeah." "I got the results." "Oh, my God." "They're a negative." "I don't have the gene, I'm fine." " Ugh." " Bright." "Air supply." "Larynx." "Okay, so we're good then?" "Uh..." "Dude, we gotta celebrate." "I think there's champagne over here." "It's for my buddy, but I could snake it." "It's okay." "I just kind of think I wanna be by myself a bit longer." " Is that weird?" " No." "No." "I totally get it." "So, uh, yeah, I'm walking away." "I'm not even here." "Yeah!" "You're not allowed to clean up at your party." "I wasn't gonna." "I never would have made it without you helping." "What are you talking about?" "All I did was sit on your couch." "Trust me." "You were with me 24/7." "You let me obsess and bitch and moan and complain." "You pushed me whenever I got lazy and you never for a second made me think that if I didn't try, I wouldn't get here eventually." "And you know what, you were right." "That's not true, you are so talented, it's disgusting." "Talent is nothing without strength to back it." "I had you." "Come with me to New York." "What?" "Ha, ha." "Seriously." "This is as much yours as it is mine." "You've been with me this whole time." "Just come." "Ephram, that's crazy." "I know it's crazy, but we're crazy." "It works on that crazy level." "Don't you think?" "Yeah." "Yes, but..." "Can you think of one good reason why not to come?" "Hmm?" "What?" "Well, it just looked like you were gonna say something." "No." "Nope, I wasn't."