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00:00 or alone, or whatever he felt yesterday
00:02 that had him reaching for a bottle.
00:04 - Look, Finn's grieving, okay?
00:06 And he's not just grieving the loss of your dad,
00:09 he's also grieving the time he stayed away.
00:11 He's gonna feel what he's gonna feel.
00:13 - And you think I should just let him feel it?
00:15 - There's no stopping it.
00:16 Look, you can reach out, offer your support.
00:19 I know Finn would really appreciate that.
00:21 (somber music)
00:24 (somber music)
00:26 - I'm so sorry about your dad.
00:33 - I know he meant a lot to you, too.
00:36 - I know.
00:39 - Thanks.
00:40 You just get back?
00:42 - Yeah, 10 minutes since we learned to get here
00:44 before you did, because I made some coffee,
00:47 and if you figured you'd want that while we're waiting,
00:50 I thought maybe we could talk.
00:52 - How did things go in Albany?
00:54 - I wanna talk about your dad.
00:57 I'm so sad.
01:00 I'm so sad that I missed the wedding.
01:04 - You know, it wasn't perfect, but it was close.
01:14 It was a moment where I didn't think my dad
01:19 was gonna be able to finish the wedding,
01:21 but then Tracy and Violet, they got him back on track,
01:25 and he willed himself through the rest of the ceremony,
01:29 and it was beautiful.
01:32 - I know how much that would've meant to him.
01:36 I do, and I'm so glad that his last day was beautiful.
01:40 I am.
01:41 - Hey.
01:47 - Oh, this one's for you.
01:48 - Thank you, thank you, and thank you so much
01:50 for meeting me.
01:51 As soon as Ava gets here, we can head out,
01:52 and then we can check out those apartment listings.
01:54 - Of course, but I thought you had the day off.
01:57 - Yeah, I don't know.
01:58 All I know what happened was that Ava called me.
02:01 She wanted me to open up.
02:02 She said that there was an emergency meeting at Crimson.
02:05 - These deception ads are gorgeous.
02:09 - Yeah, the camera really loves Blaze.
02:11 - I can't wait to run 'em.
02:13 - Be careful, Maxie.
02:14 Integrity isn't Nina's strong suit, not that that's news.
02:18 - Madison!
02:19 - Oh, she's not at her desk.
02:20 She couldn't have stopped me anyway.
02:22 Note to self, buy Madison a Taser.
02:24 Ava, as you can see, we are busy.
02:27 So how about you go out there, make an appointment for,
02:30 I don't know, next millennium?
02:31 I'd be happy to see you then.
02:33 - You'll see me now.
02:34 You broke our deal.
02:36 I wanna know why.
02:38 - Hi, boss.
02:44 - Come in.
02:45 - Well, I'm not here on business,
02:46 so you can just call me Mr. Kane.
02:48 - Oh, sir, yes, sir.
02:51 - Is Michael around?
02:52 There's someone I wanna run by him.
02:54 - So this isn't entirely a social call?
02:56 - Nope, not entirely.
02:58 - It was Michael's turn to run Miley to school,
03:00 but he'll be back soon if you'd like to wait.
03:02 - Happy to.
03:03 - Great.
03:04 Coffee?
03:05 - Always.
03:06 But what I really need from you is,
03:08 I need your opinion on something.
03:12 - About what?
03:13 - Well, there's something that I wanna run by you,
03:15 but you gotta promise that you're not gonna tell
03:17 the rest of the quartermates.
03:18 (dramatic music)
03:21 - For the apartments?
03:42 Location-wise, I'm thinking around PCU,
03:44 but does that work for you?
03:47 - I don't know.
03:48 I haven't decided whether or not
03:49 I'm going back after my semester off,
03:51 but if I do, I'm done with dorm life.
03:54 It just, it reminds me too much of Spencer.
03:56 - Well, I hear you there.
04:00 To be honest, I'm pretty tired of drunk people in our halls
04:03 at all hours of every day, and the cafeteria food.
04:06 - And I'm tired of smelling everybody's takeout
04:09 and it's coming through our walls.
04:11 - Yeah, and just the noise of other people in general.
04:13 - What?
04:17 - Nothing, except...
04:19 - I don't think you are in a position
04:23 to be complaining about other people's noises
04:24 when you made your fair share of noise yourself.
04:27 - I did not.
04:29 - Right, because you only made those noises
04:31 at Dex's house.
04:32 (laughing)
04:34 - Okay, okay.
04:36 You know what?
04:37 It doesn't even matter now.
04:37 - So, when was the last time you ran into Dex?
04:41 - At the wedding.
04:42 So, how was it?
04:43 It was surprisingly good.
04:47 - Hmm, yeah.
04:49 My parents told me that it was really beautiful.
04:51 - Yeah, it was.
04:51 And so was the reception.
04:54 Right up until Sunny attacked Dex.
04:57 - I am not sure what deal you are referring to,
05:01 but you are more than welcome
05:03 to forward a copy to my assistant.
05:04 - You know very well what deal.
05:06 You promised me that you would devote two pages
05:09 to the US debut of Harriet and Akiya at the gallery.
05:12 - Oh, now I recall that discussion.
05:14 - Yes, the assistant editor that you lobbied, lobbied me.
05:18 And I had every intention of including it.
05:21 - Then why isn't it in here?
05:23 - Space.
05:24 - Space?
05:26 You see the size of this magazine?
05:27 - Of course I see it, I published it.
05:28 - How is it possible there isn't any space?
05:30 - Like I said, Ava, I have every intention
05:33 of putting her in the magazine,
05:35 but in this issue, I needed to make space
05:37 for something a little bit more timely.
05:40 - Like what?
05:41 - Like an in-depth profile,
05:43 an exciting new charity initiative
05:45 that my daughter's involved in.
05:47 - Willow doesn't even talk to you.
05:50 - Since you and I aren't friends anymore,
05:54 how could you possibly know what's going on
05:56 between me and my daughter?
05:58 Or a gentleman friend that I may or may not be seeing?
06:02 - Let me guess, I wouldn't know him, right?
06:07 He lives in Canada.
06:09 (both laughing)
06:11 - Yeah, I would love to stand here and dish with my bestie,
06:13 but since you put a knife in my back, that's not you.
06:15 So how about you leave and report back to Sonny?
06:19 - You know something, Nina?
06:21 I think it's really sad that your head trip
06:23 as queen of crimson is all you have left
06:27 in your little life.
06:30 (gentle music)
06:34 - That was nuts.
06:41 Right?
06:41 I mean, she was way out of line.
06:43 - Yeah, she was definitely out of line,
06:44 but I was talking about you.
06:46 - Me?
06:48 - Nina, why would you antagonize Ava Jerome like that?
06:52 - So I happen to know that Congressman McConkie
06:57 is not gonna be running for re-election next fall.
07:00 And I met with McConkie recently,
07:03 and he's urging me to run for his seat,
07:09 which means- - Wait, wait, wait, wait.
07:10 I just wanna make sure I understand.
07:12 Larry McConkie wants you to run for his seat in Congress.
07:16 - Yeah, that's what he said.
07:18 I mean, I haven't fully wrapped my mind around this yet.
07:21 - Are you going to do it?
07:22 You would be perfect.
07:24 - Took Violet to school.
07:27 When I got home, I found my dad had passed in his sleep.
07:34 But I don't think he felt any pain.
07:39 - Well, at least that was a blessing.
07:41 - Oh.
07:42 And I called 911.
07:44 It took forever, and while I was waiting,
07:47 I looked over and I saw this bottle of bourbon,
07:52 this gift from the Cerullos that they gave
07:54 to me at the rehearsal dinner.
07:57 And I was gonna give it away.
08:00 Instead, I drank a third of it.
08:03 - Okay.
08:06 You don't seem entirely surprised.
08:09 - It's okay, Flynn.
08:10 - You know, I keep asking myself,
08:14 would I have drank yesterday
08:16 if I didn't accidentally drink that glass of champagne
08:20 the night before?
08:21 And I'm 99% sure I wouldn't have,
08:25 but then there's that 1% of me that's not so sure,
08:27 and that's the part that's winning.
08:29 - You have to try to look at it objectively.
08:31 - I'll try.
08:34 - I mean, regardless of you slipping
08:37 the night before, you woke up the next morning,
08:40 and it was tragic, it was heartbreaking.
08:45 So you have a pretty sympathetic reason
08:48 to break your sobriety.
08:49 - Doesn't excuse it.
08:54 - I'm worried about excuses because I've learned
09:02 that nothing really excuses anything.
09:05 There's just explanation and forgiveness.
09:09 And after everything you've been through,
09:13 it can certainly be explained.
09:14 - Hey, you know, I'm not the only one
09:18 that has suffered a difficult loss here.
09:20 How are you?
09:22 - You mean, do I wanna drink?
09:25 Yeah.
09:27 - Did you drink?
09:29 - No.
09:30 No.
09:31 (sighing)
09:33 And I have no intention of it.
09:35 - Yeah, well, neither did I, but here we are.
09:38 - I think maybe it's a two-a-day meeting
09:41 kind of thing for a while, huh?
09:43 - Well, yeah, do you?
09:44 - Mm-hmm.
09:45 - I was at a meeting this morning,
09:46 and that's why I didn't pick up when you called.
09:49 - Yeah, that's a damn good reason.
09:51 - I drank, but I'm never gonna drink again.
10:00 (sighing)
10:01 For now.
10:02 - Yeah, for now.
10:05 - So, you know, the thing to really remember is,
10:10 you know, you and me,
10:12 we have each other.
10:15 - Yeah.
10:18 (laughing)
10:21 - Why am I antagonizing Ava and Maxie?
10:26 Well, maybe it has something to do with, I don't know,
10:28 telling me that she was going to go to bat
10:30 for me with Sunny and help me save my marriage.
10:32 - I know that.
10:33 - Then sandbagging me because she wanted
10:35 to get her claws into Sunny herself.
10:37 - All that was obvious.
10:37 - And she implied that if I sold the MetroCourt to Jason,
10:41 that Sunny would approve of that,
10:42 knowing full well that Sunny hates Jason now.
10:45 - Okay, Nina, do you regret selling the MetroCourt?
10:49 - No.
10:50 - Do you regret signing the divorce papers?
10:52 - No, I regret having to sign them,
10:56 but Sunny and I were broken beyond repair.
10:59 - Then why take the time to make Ava your enemy?
11:02 - Becoming my enemy was her choice.
11:06 - That woman has a history of murder and mayhem,
11:09 with a touch of poisoning.
11:10 - Please, who doesn't?
11:12 Maxie, come on.
11:15 I don't think I'm in any physical danger.
11:17 - Okay, maybe not today, but if you keep this up--
11:20 - I'm telling you, though, you see that skull on her face?
11:22 Now that, that was almost worth a little arsenic.
11:27 - I'm so sorry.
11:29 - What'd I tell you about apologizing, huh?
11:31 - That this is how we're spending your dream honeymoon.
11:34 - Honeymoons are two things.
11:35 Okay, first of all, they are a vacation.
11:37 Italy's not going anywhere.
11:39 We will take that trip later
11:40 and make up for all the lost time.
11:43 - I like the way you think.
11:44 - I know.
11:46 - What about the other honeymoon?
11:47 - The other honeymoon is this, everything else.
11:52 - Oh, forever.
11:54 This is my dream.
11:56 - Coffee and scones?
11:57 - Being with you through good times and bad,
12:00 and yes, the coffee and scones are a definite bonus.
12:03 Are you sure you don't want another one?
12:05 - Yes.
12:05 - If I haven't made myself clear,
12:08 whatever I can do for you, for us, for our family,
12:11 if that's jumping in and helping
12:13 or giving you time to grieve with Finn or both,
12:17 I'll do it, okay?
12:18 Got you.
12:19 - You are amazing.
12:21 - I really am.
12:22 I love you so much.
12:24 - Ditto.
12:25 - How are you?
12:27 Not great, but I've since learned
12:30 there are greater losses than my law license.
12:32 I'm so sorry about Gregory.
12:35 I know how important he was to you.
12:37 I called him last night and Chase answered the phone.
12:42 That's how I found out.
12:44 Any word from the court of appeals?
12:50 - Well, the wheels of bureaucracy do not accelerate
12:53 to steamroll over you,
12:55 no matter how much it seems like they want to.
12:57 Any new insights?
13:00 - I thought we stood a really good chance
13:02 of at least having your disbarment reexamined,
13:06 if not completely vacated.
13:08 - And now?
13:09 - Now it's clear that your disbarment was motivated
13:13 by personal animus, no vigilance toward the law,
13:16 and that animus stemmed from two conspiring sources,
13:19 Ava Jerome and Fergus Byrne.
13:22 By the way, I'm going to be filing a harassment complaint
13:25 against Counselor Byrne a little later on today,
13:27 maybe more than one, depending on my mood.
13:29 - Well, if you need any ammo.
13:31 - Please.
13:32 - We had a little run-in at a diner in Albany.
13:35 - Say more.
13:36 - I was just sitting there, minding my own business,
13:39 drowning my sorrows in a salad,
13:41 and the avenging angel strolled by.
13:44 - What did he say?
13:44 - You know, it's not what he said.
13:47 It's what I think is true.
13:49 It's not about his vengeance.
13:52 It's about his guilt, because he was estranged
13:55 from both his brothers when they died
13:57 about some inheritance issue.
13:59 - Well, interesting.
14:00 Maybe I can use that.
14:01 - Oh, go ahead.
14:02 You know, if I'm being blamed for destroying
14:03 two of the Byrne brothers,
14:05 might as well make it a trifecta.
14:06 I like the way you think.
14:10 I'm getting all the flack for this anyway.
14:12 It was Harmony who killed Neil in my bed,
14:15 and then shoved his brother Brendan off a cliff,
14:17 so why is that idiot after me?
14:19 - I'll make sure to ask him at his disciplinary hearing.
14:22 In the meantime, I am off to General Hospital.
14:25 I've got to meet with Gregory's sons
14:26 for the reading of his will.
14:27 - I'm glad that he retained you.
14:32 - After I represented the plaintiff suing his son,
14:35 even I was a little surprised.
14:37 - He knew you were just doing your job.
14:39 I mean, we both know that the justice system works best
14:45 when there's capable attorneys on each side,
14:48 and you are a capable attorney.
14:49 You're not as good as I am,
14:53 but you're a capable attorney.
14:54 - Okay.
14:55 - I'm really glad he retained you.
14:58 - Listen, you are mentioned in this will.
15:00 You want to attend?
15:01 (knocking)
15:05 - Amy said you'd be in here.
15:07 Is this okay?
15:09 (sighs)
15:11 (somber music)
15:22 - I want to...
15:25 I need to apologize.
15:30 I was wrong, and you were right,
15:33 and I never should have spoken to you that way.
15:36 I have no excuse.
15:38 I was grieving my father, and I drank to numb the pain.
15:41 Again, that's not an excuse.
15:43 It's just what happened.
15:46 But Chase, he talked me through the worst part of it,
15:51 and I'll never drink again,
15:52 ever I've been to one meeting this morning.
15:54 I just wish I had the words
15:57 to explain how sorry I am to you.
15:59 - Thank you for saying all of that.
16:04 I know you mean it.
16:06 And I'm really glad to hear
16:08 that you're doing what you need to take care of yourself.
16:11 But I hope you understand that I wasn't trying
16:18 to take charge or tell you what to do.
16:22 It was only thinking about Violet
16:23 and how she had just found out
16:26 that she had lost her grandfather forever,
16:28 and I needed to put her first.
16:32 - I understand.
16:35 I understand.
16:36 - Good.
16:38 Because you didn't seem to yesterday.
16:42 - You know what's funny?
16:46 I didn't think this was a thing,
16:48 but now that we're married, I feel different.
16:52 - In what way?
16:53 - It's kind of hard to explain.
16:55 It's like, you know when you've been away for a while,
16:58 and you finally come home and you crash in your own bed?
17:02 - Oh, yeah.
17:02 - Yeah, it's like that.
17:04 But everything is better.
17:06 Even the bed is better.
17:08 And somehow you love everything even more.
17:12 It's like your capacity to love has just leveled up
17:15 in a way that you didn't even know was possible.
17:17 And here you are.
17:20 Here we are.
17:21 We're home.
17:23 We belong.
17:24 And we'll always belong
17:26 because the person we belong with is always by our side.
17:29 And it's not like some huge, major revelation.
17:33 It's just like remembering something that we always knew,
17:37 but now we won't forget.
17:39 - Because here we are.
17:41 - Because here we are.
17:42 - So is Dex okay?
17:47 Is he gonna press charges?
17:49 How are you feeling?
17:50 - I'm pissed off.
17:52 I've been so angry at Sunny for so long.
17:55 God, it's like I'm permanently stuck like this.
17:58 - Yeah, I hear you.
17:59 So is Dex-
18:01 - Well, I took him to the ER
18:03 and we had to wait there all night
18:04 because he needed stitches.
18:06 - Dex needed stitches?
18:07 - Oh, it could have been a lot worse
18:09 had Jason not been there to pull Sunny off of him.
18:12 - Jocelyn, you more than anybody should know better
18:15 than to spread gossip.
18:17 - It's not gossip.
18:20 I was there.
18:20 - Oh, you saw Sunny hit Dex?
18:26 - No, but I saw Dex right after.
18:28 - So no, you didn't say anything.
18:31 And yet.
18:33 - And yet Christina saw everything
18:35 and she was very freaked out by it.
18:38 - And how far along is Christina?
18:40 Now what you girls wouldn't know is that
18:42 when you're pregnant,
18:43 sometimes the littlest thing can freak you out.
18:47 - This was not a little thing, I'm sorry.
18:48 - But what you do know, both of you by now,
18:51 is that when men drink, they fight.
18:54 And I'm sure this encounter between Dex and Sunny
18:57 wouldn't have escalated if Jason hadn't insinuated himself.
19:02 - Okay, you know what?
19:03 This conversation isn't going anywhere.
19:05 So maybe we should just dead it here
19:07 and we have those apartments to go see, yes?
19:09 - No, you know what, Trina?
19:10 You're so right.
19:11 And I shouldn't argue with your boss
19:13 who wasn't actually at the reception.
19:16 I can't imagine why you weren't invited
19:18 and couldn't have possibly known what actually happened.
19:22 - I'm not gonna go to the reading.
19:28 I think that's for Finn and Chase.
19:30 - Oh, honey, I'm sure they'd welcome you.
19:32 - Besides, I have to pay a visit to a certain gallery owner.
19:36 - Give Eva hell.
19:38 - Anyhow, I think I know what Gregory
19:43 would like me to do from his will.
19:47 - You can guess, but I can neither confirm nor deny
19:50 till the will is read.
19:51 - He wants me to be literary executor
19:54 and I'm proud and happy to do it.
19:56 - I had a feeling you would be.
19:59 - I really wish that I had gone to the wedding
20:02 and seen him in his proudest and finest moment.
20:06 I just really never thought that it would be his last.
20:12 - Violet has always been your first concern.
20:17 But yesterday you,
20:21 you made it seem like she was something that belonged to you
20:27 that I shouldn't take.
20:30 Instead of a little girl who had just lost her grandfather
20:34 and probably needed a lot of reassurance.
20:37 Not only have I never seen that side of you before,
20:44 I honestly didn't think you were capable of it.
20:49 - You'll never see that side of me again.
20:58 And I wanna thank you for looking out for my daughter.
21:01 I'm sorry, Chase is here.
21:14 - Is he okay?
21:15 - Yeah, he's...
21:16 Diane Miller's coming by my office to read my father's will.
21:25 - So there is a subtle but clear narrative progression.
21:28 - I mean, who does Ava think that she is telling me
21:30 that I don't have a life?
21:31 I'm literally a trendsetter.
21:33 - The question isn't whether or not we should space the-
21:34 - Anyone can hang paintings on a wall.
21:37 I dictate fashion.
21:39 - It's more like how much space do-
21:41 - I mean, the woman doesn't even have a place to live.
21:42 She's imposing on the father of her child,
21:45 a man who will never ever love her.
21:48 - Okay, since we're obviously not going to talk
21:52 about the ads, which is the actual reason for this meeting.
21:55 - What are you doing?
21:57 I'm sorry, what are you saying?
21:58 - No, no, no, it's too late for what I was saying.
22:00 You clearly need to get this out of your system.
22:03 Who was the gentleman friend you were mentioning to Ava?
22:06 - Nixie, you know.
22:08 - Yeah, but I was hoping I was wrong.
22:11 You and Drew are still whatever?
22:15 - Well, he's no gentleman and he's certainly not a friend,
22:18 but we have a good thing going.
22:20 - Nina, he's your boss.
22:22 It doesn't hurt business.
22:24 - And you two don't like each other?
22:27 - That definitely doesn't hurt business.
22:31 - Can the sex really be that good?
22:33 - It's a huge decision.
22:36 I mean, this is going to affect everybody that I care about.
22:40 - But you want to do it, right?
22:42 You want to run from a conky seat.
22:44 - I mean, I didn't even take it seriously at first.
22:46 I thought he was kidding when he brought it up,
22:47 but the more I think about it, I mean, I do see the upside.
22:51 - You seem to think it's a good idea.
22:54 - No, I think it's a great idea.
22:56 - But it's crazy, right?
22:58 I mean, it's nuts.
22:59 Would I even have a shot?
23:01 - Absolutely.
23:02 Government needs people like you.
23:04 - Really?
23:05 People with no previous government experience?
23:07 'Cause that typically doesn't work out very good.
23:09 - Well, it does when those people are unselfish
23:11 and open-minded, when they get involved
23:14 in order to try and help make life better for people.
23:17 - Yeah, those people typically stay out of politics.
23:19 - Which is exactly why we need more of them in politics.
23:22 And if you don't mind my saying so,
23:25 I think it'd do you good.
23:27 - How so?
23:31 - We were in a very dark place for a while,
23:34 and I know you've made it out the other side,
23:36 but that darkness, it stays with you.
23:40 - And you think me running for public office
23:43 is gonna cure whatever is ailing me?
23:45 - I think being in office, making a difference,
23:50 no, it won't cure it, but it will help.
23:53 It's why I loved being a school teacher
23:54 and why I'm going to love being the spokesperson
23:57 for the New Tomorrow Institute.
23:59 Raising awareness of the need for bone marrow donors
24:01 will make a difference.
24:02 It will help make people's lives better,
24:07 or it'll help them live at all.
24:09 And I will get to help make that happen
24:14 because you offered me the chance to.
24:16 - And I'm very glad that I did.
24:17 - Okay, I promise I will not say a word to anyone else
24:23 about you possibly running for Congress,
24:25 but I really, really hope you'll do it.
24:27 - Hey. - Hey.
24:32 - Come on. - Come on in.
24:43 - How are you this morning?
24:44 - I'm okay, all things considered.
24:48 How are you?
24:49 - I didn't sleep much.
24:52 I ended up sitting in Dad's room half the night,
24:55 trying to feel close to him, I guess.
24:57 I didn't drink again.
24:59 Matter of fact, I went to an AA meeting this morning.
25:04 - Good, I'm glad you're doing what you gotta do.
25:06 Just so you know, I'm not checking up on you.
25:11 - Really, why not?
25:12 - 'Cause I trust you to take care of yourself and Violet.
25:16 - Ah, Alexis, good morning.
25:23 Are you shopping for yourself or somebody else?
25:26 - No, I just got back from Albany.
25:30 I met an old friend of yours.
25:32 - How?
25:34 - I don't know anybody in Albany.
25:35 - Oh, sure you do.
25:36 Fergus Byrne?
25:40 - Fergus Byrne.
25:42 Any relation to those other two Byrnes
25:46 whose lives you destroyed?
25:48 - Actually, it was Harmony Miller who destroyed their lives,
25:52 but yes, he's their brother.
25:55 But of course you already know that
25:57 because you hired him to get me to Spark.
26:00 - Oh, him.
26:02 Of course.
26:04 I remember him now.
26:06 How's he doing?
26:08 - I imagine he's having a very, very good day.
26:11 - You know what I'm really curious about
26:14 is why you chose to be anonymous.
26:16 'Cause I would've thought you'd be thrilled
26:19 at the thought of me knowing that you were responsible
26:21 for the implosion of my career and my life.
26:25 - No, Alexis.
26:27 You are responsible for that.
26:29 But I was more than happy to help.
26:31 Will that be all?
26:37 I, Gregory Chase, being of sound mind and unsound body,
26:42 et cetera, et cetera, and just so you know,
26:45 in addition to the regular legalese,
26:47 he actually wrote out, et cetera, et cetera.
26:50 The first order of business, I suppose,
26:53 is to name my executor,
26:55 and that would be my son, Harrison Chase.
26:58 - Wait, what?
27:00 - Yes, sir, you are responsible for saying to it
27:02 that your father's wishes are followed.
27:06 - Okay, what are his wishes?
27:08 - Brief and clear.
27:11 Just take a breath.
27:12 Don't worry, if you need any advice,
27:15 I'm always here to help.
27:17 - Thank you, I will take you up on that.
27:19 - While Harrison will be the executor of my estate,
27:21 such as it is, I also name Alexis Davis
27:24 as my literary executor.
27:26 As for my rather modest estate,
27:29 it is to be divided evenly
27:31 between my two sons, Harrison and Hamilton,
27:34 with the exception of my library,
27:36 which I leave to my brilliant,
27:37 imaginative granddaughter, Violet,
27:39 to enjoy when she is ready.
27:42 - She's gonna love that.
27:43 - Yeah.
27:44 - Finally, I request that my body be cremated.
27:46 Rather than a church ceremony and a burial,
27:49 I want an open-air memorial
27:51 with my family and closest friends,
27:53 gathered to witness the scattering of my ashes
27:56 near my favorite tree in the park.
27:57 Violet knows which one.
27:59 I want my family to focus on life, not death.
28:03 The sky and the world around you,
28:05 not a hole in the ground.
28:06 In setting my body and spirit free into the air,
28:10 I can happily return to the earth,
28:13 which has been so generous to me.
28:14 - Well, that's what Dad wanted.
28:19 - That's what we'll do.
28:20 - I'm not talking about sex.
28:23 That's really not part of it anymore.
28:25 - Oh no.
28:26 Nina, are you developing feelings for Drew?
28:29 - What?
28:30 God, no!
28:32 - You know that saying about protesting too much?
28:34 You are like the literal illustration right now.
28:36 - No, it's just that...
28:38 Somehow the frenemies with benefits
28:41 really did have benefits.
28:43 Because of Drew, I'm back on the same
28:45 wide speaking terms with Willow.
28:47 - Okay, what's he getting out of it?
28:49 What else is he getting out of it?
28:51 - I got in my meeting with Congressman McConkie
28:54 on this big urban renewal project
28:56 Aurora's working on with the city.
28:58 - Okay.
28:59 - Yeah, I know.
29:00 We're actually like business partners, sort of.
29:03 - I still have to ask, what are you gonna do
29:05 if temptation arises again?
29:09 - Maxie, don't worry.
29:12 For me, Drew Cain is the opposite of irresistible.
29:17 - Nina, if that were the case,
29:20 why do you keep not resisting him?
29:22 - Why would you go out of your way to destroy my career?
29:28 - Oh, Alexis, I wasn't out of my way at all.
29:32 And as to why, you knew my brother loved you very much.
29:37 And you used that against him over and over again,
29:42 leading him on, drawing him in, only to cast him aside.
29:47 Didn't matter that he saved your life more than once.
29:51 Or that he dried you out after you ran him over
29:54 with your car while out on a bender.
29:58 Actually, I was on a bender after being manipulated
30:01 by Julian to defend Carlos Rivera, who he then murdered.
30:06 Which your bestie, Fergus, described
30:09 in glorious detail to the court.
30:11 - Well, I wish I could have seen that.
30:14 - So you're still blaming Julian for all your failings?
30:17 - No, Ava, I'm blaming you for getting me disbarred.
30:22 - I see.
30:23 So here you are, standing in my gallery, blaming me.
30:28 Even though you committed perjury.
30:30 And did I call the bar and make a statement?
30:33 Yeah.
30:34 Did I tell them you committed perjury?
30:36 Yep.
30:38 Which you did.
30:39 So don't blame me.
30:41 Blame yourself.
30:43 - The more I consider the idea of public service,
30:48 the more I like it.
30:51 But the campaign could get nasty.
30:53 I was in prison not too long ago for insider trading.
30:56 - Which you've owned up to.
30:58 And now you've seen firsthand what prisons are like
31:00 so you can campaign on reform.
31:03 You've paid your debt to society,
31:04 which appeals to those who value accountability.
31:08 You're an ex-Navy SEAL,
31:09 which appeals to the military-minded.
31:12 You've already shown a commitment to the public good,
31:14 which appeals to McConkie's base.
31:16 - Wow.
31:16 Will you be my campaign manager?
31:19 - Thanks, but I'm busy.
31:20 - Oh, yeah?
31:21 Really?
31:22 Well, you're fired.
31:23 - Oh, okay.
31:25 Oh, I love the sound of that Congressman cane.
31:29 - Yeah, yeah.
31:31 McConkie had something to say about that too.
31:33 Hey, thank you.
31:36 Really, this is way more than I could've hoped for.
31:41 - You can thank me by agreeing to run.
31:44 (knocking)
31:48 Thought you'd still be here,
31:50 even though you're not working today.
31:52 - Yeah, I figured since I was here anyway,
31:55 I might as well catch up on some paperwork.
31:58 Maybe it would help keep my mind off things.
32:03 - Is it working?
32:04 - Yeah.
32:05 What do you got there?
32:07 Dropping off x-rays seems like it's
32:10 beneath the head nurse's pay grade.
32:12 - I'm never too busy to help the people I love.
32:14 - Thank you for that.
32:18 - How'd it go?
32:21 The reading of your dad's will?
32:23 - He left all his books to Violet.
32:25 - Sounds like him.
32:27 - Instead of a funeral, he wants his ashes scattered
32:31 in an open air memorial.
32:32 - That sounds beautiful.
32:34 - Yeah.
32:36 - And if you don't mind my asking.
32:39 - Ask me anything.
32:40 - When's your next meeting?
32:42 - About an hour.
32:43 - Do you want me to pick up Violet from school?
32:46 Is she even at school?
32:47 - Yeah, I didn't want to disrupt her schedule
32:50 and she insisted it's what her grandpa would want.
32:54 She's probably right.
32:57 - Then consider it done.
32:59 - Thank you.
33:02 I'm sure Violet will love that.
33:05 - I should get back to work.
33:09 - Yeah, me too.
33:19 - How'd the reading go?
33:20 - Good.
33:23 My dad made me executor.
33:26 - Really?
33:27 What an honor.
33:29 - Yeah.
33:30 I always thought it would go to Finn
33:31 because he's the oldest,
33:33 but it's almost like my dad knew that he'd be struggling
33:36 and shouldn't be burdened.
33:38 - Or maybe your dad just trusted
33:40 that you could take care of things.
33:42 - Yeah, I guess that's a possibility.
33:46 - So how are you feeling with everything?
33:49 - Better.
33:50 I'm glad that I have one more thing
33:52 that I can do for my dad.
33:54 I just have to not let him down or anybody.
33:57 - Stop putting so much pressure on yourself, Chase.
33:59 - Not only do I have to carry out my father's wishes,
34:01 but I have to worry about Finn and Violet.
34:04 I have to get them through this.
34:05 - Wow, yeah, it's just so awful
34:07 that you don't have anyone by your side
34:09 to help you through any of this.
34:11 Oh, wait.
34:13 - There you are.
34:14 - Here I am.
34:16 Don't you forget it.
34:17 (gentle music)
34:19 - Did you even see the affidavit I signed?
34:25 - Yes.
34:27 - Was there anything in there that wasn't true?
34:30 - Nope.
34:31 - Then what in God's name are you objecting to?
34:35 - I'm objecting to your cruelty, Ava.
34:39 You have only two ways of dealing with adversity.
34:45 Just two.
34:47 You either deflect blame or you inflict harm.
34:51 - My brother would be alive today
34:55 if he hadn't been on the receiving end
34:57 of what you call love.
34:59 I got nothing to apologize for.
35:03 - You mean nothing that you've been caught
35:04 and prosecuted for yet,
35:08 which makes me miss being able to practice law
35:12 that much more.
35:14 But license or not,
35:16 you're going to regret making that complaint.
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