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♪♪♪ i'm going for sexybut--but, uh, not slutty. mm-hmm. smart but not boring. it's a little... p.t.a. mom-bake sale. is it really? who--who is this guy? do you like him?is he cute?
he asked me outon a date. i-i haven't been on a datesince c-college. he could be a homeless trollfor all i care. i love him. i love him. (laughs) i love himbecause i'm going on a date. (doorbell rings) oh, he's here. will you please just--just tell him
i'll be down in a second? all right. okay. coming. hey. cooper and i are next doorat sam's playing poker and having some drinks. i thought you'd want to join us.you want to join us? you're a little bit drunk.
and you, too, could bea little bit drunk. you're drunkand you're flirty. go away. or... i could come in,and we could actually get to know one anotheroutside of work. you're attracted to me.you admitted it. yeah. well, i'm not attractedto you anymore. good night, pete. you're attracted to meright now.
oh. what'd you do with my date? that wasn't your date.it was my date. my unsuitable, flirty,drunk... oh-so-attractive date. (elevator bell dings) you have a really packed day,so i had them add an extra shot. oh, bless you. today's files.
and, um, i think 7-downis "requited." nice. thanks. so... how'd it go? not so good. i am so out of practice. all i could talk about was--was uteruses and--and spermand eggs. i think the guy thought i wastrying to get a baby out of him.
(addison) oh. he left skid marks,he drove away so fast. it's not easygetting back out there. i had a date last week.it was a complete nightmare. the guy spent the whole nightasking advice. you're dating? everybody's dating...except me. good morning, addison. (naomi) okay,i've got angie padgett
and her husband raycoming in for a follow-up. she's ovulating, so the fertility issuemay be with ray. i see that marilyn sullivan'scoming in? (cooper) it's actuallyher daughter tess. she fell downand hurt her arm. she did, again? uh, i'll drop by. i've, uh, got some samplesof this new m.s. medicine
i want marilyn to try. i can pitch inif anybody needs me today. me, too. i'm booked, but, you know,just all routine stuff. hey, you--you want to help meget angie pregnant? man, i wish that wasas dirty as it sounded. (naomi) yeah, being ableto make a couple happy, that's the good stuff. you will lovethe fertility game.
yeah, i will. okay, on the count of three.one, two... (crack) oh! i'm sorry.how'd this happen? i missed the curb when i waswalking home from the bus. i'm a klutz. she readswhile she's walking. one time, she nearly wanderedinto traffic.
you should talk. i mean,you read at the movies. only the ones you drag me to. okay. well, reading--good.walking--good. reading while walking--not so much. dr. sam,the famous writer. no, you're the one.you're the one. that thingin the "times magazine" last week was great. i sit on my ass all day.i have a lot of time to think.
(sam laughs) here.(makes whooshing sound) is everything okay at home? still just the twoof you? no, mom does a lot of dating'cause guys dig m.s. 'cause this bruiseon your arm, it looks likesomeone grabbed you, hard. you know, if somethingwasn't right at home or school,i might be able to help.
i suck at walking.that's the crisis. don't freak out on me,dr. freedman. good news, angie. your testscame back. everything is fine. (addison)you are fertile. and you still have plentyof viable eggs left. okay. that's...i was worried. great. that's great, honey,but, um, does--does that mean i'm the reasonthat we can't have a baby? let's not raceto any conclusions.
we're just gonna runsome tests on you, ray, and then we'll go from there. two doctors--that's gotta bea good sign. i'm sensing twins. (all laugh) all right. let's startwith a sperm sample. (grunts) uh, dr. bennett in?sam? yeah, but he's busywith a patient. can you call him on the,uh, the--the...
intercom? yeah.is it--is it urgent? does it not look urgent? i walked here... on foot. it isurgent hospital business. (sam) i don't knowif you can count insomnia as hospital business. i've had three hoursin three days. place wouldn't run without me,not that you care about the... the...
this iswhat i'm talking about. aphasia. yeah, that comeswith sleep deprivation. obviously i cannot do my jobif i can't m-m-make... words? words. all right. any shortnessof breath when you lie down, chest pains? no. and no. i've run all the tests--thyroid, everything.
it's--it's all fine. i just keeping getting worse. yesterday i parked my car...somewhere. i can't find it. (chuckles) (whispers) sorry. it's not funny. if this got outat st. ambrose... uh, the chief of staff cannot bemisplacing heavy machinery.
all right, now i can prescribea sleep aid. no pills.they don't work for me. well, there aresome new options. no pills.i had a little problem. what kind of a problem? the kind i'm nottalking about anymore. can you help me or not? ow. yeah, okay. uh, well, i guess we could gowith the alternative route.
i could speak to pete. fine. send me to the quack. i don't want to date. i mean, i do, but i wantsomeone with purpose, someone real, someone who wantsa future. someone who wants kids? is that desperate?
no. no, it's not desperate.it's... focused. right? my point is,you are out there looking. i mean, even violetis out there looking. maybe i should be out therelooking for what i want. yeah, and what you wantis a husband and kids. dr. bennett, dr. montgomery. angie. ray's up, uh,at the lab still,
but good news--his tests are viable. everything's gonna be fine. yep, there should be no reason why the two of youcan't get pregnant. oh, no, no, no.i was hoping... you all right? when ray comes back, you have to tell himhe's infertile. i'm sorry?
you have to tell him it'shis fault we can't get pregnant. (addison) you've been lyingto your husband about trying to have children? not exactly. i just--i justwas on the pill for years. and then i gota cervical cap. that's lying. i have my reasons. which are? i just--i don't wantto have kids.
look, ray--he comes froma big family. he loves kids. he's good and kind,and he adores me so much. how can you tell someonewho loves you like that that you don't wantto make a baby with them? i'm sorry, but we can't lieto him about his test results. then what am i gonna do? talk to your husband. it's more complicatedthan it sounds. i think the liethat you've been telling
is far worsethan the truth. no, it's not. (knock on door) there you are.i'm all done. what now? now... now we go homeand keep trying. okay. good-bye. can i just say... whoa? right.
(sighs) i always thoughtsleep was for the weak. would youput that thing away? now i just lie there.it's torture. insomnia is not causedby how you sleep. it's caused by how you live. and this isn't helping. no e-mails. close your eyes.
try to relax. it's hard to relax when you're sticking quarterson my head. i'm stimulatingthe sleep center of the brain with magnets. so...you went to medical school, suffered through residencylike the rest of us. you could be saving livesright now. why did you ditchthe good stuff
for magnets and hoodoo? what i do is the good stuff.now shh. shh. (new age music playing) (music continues) move it, coop. there's people who actuallypay me to lie on that couch. i'm reviewingtess sullivan's film from her last doctor.
she had a humerus fracture whenshe was younger from a fall. except as i suspected,she actually had a spiral fractureof her humerus. you know how you get that?someone grabs your arm and twists it so hard,it snaps. so someone hurt heron purpose. more fun facts--these records from before tess and marilyntransferred here, she had multiple fallsand accidents.
cooper, if it's abuse, it's usually the adultin the house. marilyn? her daughter loves her.everybody loves her. sam loves her-- doesn't meanit's not happening. and now i have to callchild protective services to protect my patientfrom sam's patient. you're afraid of killing people,aren't you?
excuse me? that's why you waste your timewith the new age stuff. you're afraidof killing someone. i'm lying here wide awake. the thought occurs.that's all. okay, look...it's almost 6:00. i'm gonna send you home with a cd of musicand meditation. try it tonightand report back.
great. next you'll begiving me "baby einstein." no. no. there's no way marilyn sullivanwould--would hurt tess. she's always coming inwith scratches and bruises. maybe it's--it's a kidat school. i talked to the school.that's not it. well, it's not marilyn. why? because she's funny?because she's a writer? there's a historicallystable group.
no, because she's decent.all right? she's handling her disease,her kid. the woman is two years awayfrom a wheelchair. you can't just do thison a hunch. what aboutthe next time, sam? what, i ignore thisand the next time tess ends up in a hospital or worse? unless you areabsolutely sure, you have no business puttingthese people through this.
if you're not sure,you're meddling, not helping. (whistles) you're here early. yeah, thanks. (telephone rings) (electronic female voice) you have reached the los angeles county department of children and family services child protection hotline.
hey, she's back. who? liar-liar-pants-on-fireangie. well, what--what do we do? we throw her assout of our practice. come on. hey. thanks, dell. here you go. (exhales)
i knowi shouldn't have come back, but i looked up dr. montgomeryon the internet. you're a genetic specialist,right? yes. well, i thought aboutwhat you said, that it's betterto know the truth. so you told ray that youdon't want to have any kids? no. not that. angie, i don't thinkwe can help you here.
you have to.you have to help me. i need to know.i need to know the truth. the truth about what? i need you to tell mewhether or not i'm dying. huntington's disease? it's a genetic disorderthat causes-- a degeneration of brain cells.we know. so then you knowhow horrible it is. you lose controlof your body,
your brain atrophies,you can't talk, you can't eat. you just slowly diein this--this shell. my mom had it. my grandmother had it. and you thinkyou might have it? if her mother had it,she has a 50-50 chance of inheriting the gene. and if i have the gene,
i have a 100% chanceof dying from the disease. but you'venever been tested? i just wantedto live my life. and then i met ray. and he doesn't know thatyou could have huntington's? i wasn't lookingto get married. it was just dating. and then we were in love. and then...
i had waited too longto tell him. and he loved me so much,i didn't want to scare him. i didn't want to scare me. but now-- he wants to have children. i can't have a baby knowing i couldpass this on. i can't have a babyif i'm gonna die. last night, ray and iwere watching tv in bed.
and he was thinking upbaby names. and my heartstarted to hurt... physically hurt. i want to think upbaby names. i want to grow oldwith this man and our kidsand our grandkids. and i thought... maybe i don't havethe gene. maybe i won't get sick.maybe--
maybe knowing the truthis better than hiding from it. i want the test. i want to know. i want to live. ugh. haven't you people heardof an expiration date? no, no, no. those are--those are--noodles don't go bad. oh, she's back.what... (lowers voice)what is she doing here? throwing awaypeople's noodles.
(charlotte) i'm here because--surprise-- i can't fall asleep to pete'smedley of druid mating rituals. can you keep your handsoff my food, please? did you make the call? hey, violet, we have a patientwe may need you to see. angie? she still lyingto her husband? it's a little morecomplicated than that. she might havea terminal illness. dell's preparingan exam room,
and i'm gonna draw her bloodin a few minutes. you need to eat. i can't. can you imagine? she finds the perfect guy,she's got a great marriage, they want kids...she was living the dream. not everybodyhas that dream. violet doesn't believein children. she acknowledges they existbecause they scream
in her restaurants,but that's about it. i used to be like thatbefore i had maya. oh-- i was, and then i had her, and--i'm not sayingit's a dream-- but it's--it's pretty darn close. you reallydon't want children? look, not everybodyis cut out for it. and it is incredibly hard
for a woman to admitthat she doesn't want kids. 'cause they're basicallyadmitting they're men. oh, okay, no. just becauseyou've apparently moved in... it's not a disease,you know? a woman can be aloneand be fulfilled, very. try saying thatlike you mean it. wow. why isn't she sleeping? pete's working on it.excuse me.
uh, angie's set upin exam room two. uh, the sullivans,from yesterday, they're--they're backand they're very angry. i asked you to wait. he didthe right thing, sam. you don't know that! (sam) excuse me. there's a social workerin our home. he called a social workeron me.
once i suspect, legally, i haveto call the authorities. but you're wrong. (marilyn)what does he think, the handicapped woman beatsher daughter with a cane? i-i think he was just worrieda-about the nature of tess' injury. i know you didn't falloff a curb. i help my mom when she hasa flare, all right? she fell down, she grabbedmy arm, and it got tweaked.
i fell. i reached outand i grabbed tess' arm. it was an accident. then why didn't youjust say that? because... people like dr. freedmanget the wrong idea. has that happened before,people getting the wrong idea? you've had a lot of injuries. she has m.s.she falls. stuff happens. but my mom would never hurt meon purpose. she wouldn't.
(marilyn)she's my whole world. i would never hurt her,not on purpose. please believe me, sam. she's my girl. if theytake her away from me... i believe you. if theytake me away from her, i won't forgive you,not ever. i like the name margaretfor a girl. we could call her maggie
or meg. or henry for a boy. angie, if the testscome back positive, you'll need to tell ray. do you have children? no. but you want them. i do. have you thoughtof baby names?
carson... it works for a boyor a girl. don't piss dell off. he was weighing inon a case. i call thatoverstepping his bounds. i need him hereto keep this place running. is that allyou need him for? what, you heardi went on a date, and now you're gonnatake it out on dell?
no, but you guys gotsome kind of a thing going. there's no "thing." do i like that a cute boythinks i'm pretty? yes. could i evertake it seriously? no. he's a child, sam. just... leave it alone. shouldn't you be in there, administeringyour healing touch? shush.it might be asleep.
it? (laughs) oh. you're enjoying this,aren't you, seeing me tortured? mm, it is satisfying. (clears throat) hey, why did you cometo my house the other night? really? i thoughtwe could have fun.
i'm not looking for fun.i'm looking for... sam told me that you'rethe marrying kind of woman. i am. i've been married. i don't plan on evergoing down that road again. so if you want fun,i'm here. if you want more-- i should... look elsewhere. addison--
(charlotte) it's not working!i'm not sleeping! (lowered voice)and still satisfying. go. make it sleep. obviously you'll be expectedto testify, dr. freedman. now tomorrow is the hearing. that's fast. we move fast. we have to. now if the judge decides it'san unsafe home environment,
the girl would be takenimmediately into foster care. what about the mother? what about her? well, if tess gets taken away,marilyn shouldn't be left alone. she has m.s. that's notour department's concern. our concern is the child. i should say, um, tess is pretty insistentthat there's no abuse.
well, that's not unusual.the child protects the parent, even rationalizesthe behavior. and what if tessis telling the truth? that's why there's a judge. but the medical testimonycarries a lot of weight, and i'm sure dr. freedmandid not make this call lightly. angie, this is, uh,dr. violet turner. she's our psychiatrist. i thought you were justgonna tell me my test results.
ohh. i have it. i really have it. but as of now,you have no symptoms. you could go years before you showany sign of illness. illness? you mean dementia,violent rages, wetting myself?
a lot of research they're doingwith repression proteins is very promising. hopefully, in time-- oh, i don't have time,dr. bennett. time is the one thingi don't have. i've got a great life,an amazing husband, but no time. damn it.i am so out of time. i know this is a lotto process.
but you're not alone. you have ray. no, i knewwhat i was getting into when i took that test-- that stupid, stupid test. (naomi) angie-- why don't you stay? we can talk. i can't,but thank you,
all of you,for trying to help. well, what about ray?what do you-- don't worry.i know what i have to do. i'm begging you. oh, no. i have tried acupuncture,massage, pressure points, melatonin supplements,aromatherapy, sound therapy. and i can tellit's not working because she's stillbitching at me.
charlotte needs a shrink. yeah, agreed,in more ways than one, but-- squeeze her in. i-- this is co-op medicine,and i'm referring. you need to co-op.now. 90% of sleep issuesare psychological. fine. shrink away. when you sleep,do you toss and turn,
thrash around a lot? how would i know?i'm asleep. yeah, i realize that. well, that--that's wherea partner could be helpful. uh, the last timeyou slept with someone else-- was years ago. so you haven't had sex in-- i have sex.they just don't sleep over. ever?
are you asking because you'reinterested in my well-being, or because you're secretlythrilled to find someone who's as alone as you are? just because i don't wanta child? i'm fine. i am better than fine,in fact. i... let's just stay on you. dr. montgomery. hey, ray. how are you?how's angie? gone. she's gone.angie left me.
i came home, and i found herpacking a suitcase, and... she saidthat her appointment here was likesome kind of wake-up call, and then she just left. and that's all she said? (cries) here, uh, ray,why--why don't you-- i don't understand.
she spends two minuteswith the two of you, and then throws inthe towel on our marriage? ray, please calm down. no, i want to know. what the helldid you say to my wife? it smells like christmasin here. it's an ayurvedicsleep remedy that mightknock charlotte out. what did you get?
intimacy issues,severe. she tries to alienateanybody who might get close, even peopleshe asks for help. sleep's triggered when you comfort yourselfinto a self-sedated state. and people like charlotte-- chances are nobody everreally nurtured her, taught herhow to self-soothe. nurture her, pete.
be kind. i... (sighs) people have babiesin this bed? we change the sheets.promise. go ahead and close your eyes.relax. you're smilinglike an idiot. i'm staying positive. (sighs) oh, brother. people need connectionto stay healthy,
positive connectionwith another human-- look, i don't... i don't needyour pity positivity. i don't knowwhat violet told you, but i connect, okay? yeah, when? none of your bus-- business, right.you know what? maybe... i--i'm notthe guy to help you.
maybe you need someone-- who i can't irritate. find that man for me,and i'll marry him. my family didn't believein displays. of affection? my mother... there was the occasionalsloppy kind that followed cocktails. and since then?
who has timefor that kind of thing? i'm sorry, charlotte. do you want to try again? why not? my hair's already shot. can you drop theseat the lab for me? (cooper) thanks. um, ahem, marilyn sullivancalled for you again. i'm not allowed to speak to heruntil after the hearing.
don't start, man. there's nothing vagueabout the law. i suspect and-- tess wears long sleevesa lot. what? well, even when it's,like, 95 degrees outside, down over her hands. and does she ever look at you,i mean, like, really look you in the eye?
not really, no. right. when she hasappointments without her mom, she shows up early,she hangs out after, like she doesn't wantto go home. i've seen that. how do you knowall this? uh, because i didthe same thing when i wasin her situation. it's what you do.
all right, i'll get the labright on this. thanks. fascinating. she's been here all night? she snores? god, asleep,she looks almost harmless. mm, like a sleeping tiger. shh.don't wake the tiger. i have to go, um,and put my tie on
for tess' hearing. he needs you. he put her to sleep. he actually did it. (laughs) yep. angie's here. she finally respondedto our phone messages. well, we got her to come back.that's something. any ideason what we say to her?
you said the baby making gamewould be fun. i am not having fun. oh, god. me neither.not with this one. mm, it's not--it's not fair. good people should getto have what they want. i was heading to the airport. you said there wassomething with ray? ray came by to see usyesterday. he was worried sickabout you,
not to mention confusedand hurt. you didn't tell him, did you?you cannot tell him. angie, he is your husband.he deserves to know the truth. (sighs) let him thinki left him. let him hate me. then he can move on, find someone, be happy. he's happy with you. but... he's gonna...
i'm gonna get so sick. i'm gonna die. i don't want to die. angie... you have a disease. and you will die.that's the truth. hiding it from rayis not gonna change that. but the bigger truth--the better truth-- is thatyou are alive now.
you're living, and you should get... you should get everythingthat life has to offer. you should getwhat you want. you should get to have a childand a family and ray. just because you're sick doesn't mean you don't getto live your life. go home. tell ray the truth,tell him what the future is,
and let him decide. a person... should get to havea whole life. didn't allanwear yellow ti-- did you bring me one ofallan's old ties? i bought this tiefor you. today you become a man. what are you gonna say? you shouldn't really be--
i'll tell you if youroll up your sleeves. so whatever. she hits me a little. but she's sorry. afterward, i mean. she's really sorry. and it's not likei couldn't hit her back. i mean, look at her. oh, tess.
but i don't needto hit her. she needs to hit someone.her life sucks-- tess, everyone has pain. so why can't thisjust be mine? (yawns) oh, um...what time is it? it's about 12:15. tomorrow? today.
well, y-yes.today is your tomorrow. oh, my god. oh, my god. this is--oh, god. it'll wash out. i mixed you a tonicto take home with you. it should help you fall asleepmore easily tonight. i don't need your potions. really? it kinda seemedlike you did. don't throw yourselfa party.
you don't have mefigured out. i said some thingswhen i was loopy. probably just hit a wall. i hit a wall and...it happened to be here. dr. freedman, would youplease explain to the court the injuries you've noticedon tess over the last year? sorry. that's all right.(grunts) in the last year, um,two lacerations,
multiple contusionsand abrasions... plus the recentwrist fracture. and in your opinion, is there any way that the injurycould have occurred other than bythe intentional twisting of the child's arm? no, there's not. thank you very much,dr. freedman.
wait, can i... can i just sayone more thing? sure. okay? okay, um...(clears throat) i've known tessfor a little while now, and she is a great kid,so tough. she doesn't let anybodysee her cry. i don't even knowif she does cry. but it doesn't matterhow strong she is.
some things, a kidshould never have to take. being hurt, being hit by someone who is supposedto love and protect you-- you don'thave to take that, tess. you can't take it. because once you let yourselfshut down like that, you're not a kid anymore. uh, i'm--okay, i'm done talking. you can return to the gallery.thank you, dr. freedman.
they're taking heraway from me. i can't.not now, marilyn. it's not right.i'm her mother. i'm her mother. sam-- right.you're her mother. don't tell meyou believe them. i'm not evil.i made a mistake. i love my daughter. that kid...
all she wantsis her mom. i didn't want to see it... and i should have. i should've. excuse me. we know we don't havean appointment but, uh-- no, please... come in. so, um, the fertility tests,
they came back finefor both of us. so we can make a baby? we want to sharewhat life i have left with a child. and we were wondering if therewas something you could do to make me pregnantsooner rather than later. because angie doesn't havea lot of time. i just want to make surethat you understand-- oh, i...i understand.
angie will die...sooner than we want. angie will, uh... but that's the future. and i don't carewhat happens tomorrow or in a few years. we have this now.we have us now. (naomi)there is still the risk that the childwill have the gene. we know. we're willingto take that chance.
i mean, if everyone who hadthe gene was never born, i never...i never would've met angie. but i really-- naomi, they want usto help them make a baby. a person gets to haveher whole life? a person gets to haveher whole life. so you're a convert now? (chuckles)just covering my bases. well, i am sure
pete appreciatesyour gratitude. pete doesn't need it. he congratulates himselfenough for all of us. but damn... the man has good hands,doesn't he? what would you be doingright now if you were angie? you mean i-if i knew-- knew how limitedyour time was.
if you knew... pretty muchwhat i'm doing right now. check you out--all zen. (laughs) also knownas margarita number two. i'd be on a plane to somewhere spectacularwith maya. mm. what about you? i don't know.
i'm going for more serenity. baby girl. (singsongy voice) thank you. (whispers) liar. ahh. where's your power tie? oh, i took it off. i didn't wantto throw up on it. i plan onthrowing up tonight.
cooper... because of you... tess knowsthat an adult saw her and cared enoughto protect her. how many times have we metmarilyn sullivan? did you ever think that-- i--yeah. that's why peoplewho shouldn't have children shouldn't have children. and you count yourselfamong those people.
you're crazy.you would never-- well, who knows? i don't think anybodywho had a child ever thought, oh, boy, now i havesomething i can hit. violet, you arethe most caring, generous person i know. yeah, and the most neurotic,the most self-involved-- look, you're telling methat if you met the right man and fell in love...and he wanted to,
you wouldn't evenconsider it? oh! you would. you would. um, sam told me abouthow you helped with tess. if you ever want to talkor need some help-- i'm okay. you do a lotfor the practice. you are the practice.you keep it running-- the way you dealwith the patients,
the way you care. your dream is what started itin the first place. and sam's. but i do it for you. charlotte king says... you have good hands. oh, uh... i-i... w--okay.
it's okay. i was just-- no, no, no, no. just, um... having some fun? i don't want fun, and a person should getwhat she wants. what does that mean? what does that mean? you can'tjust kiss a person and-- you're in it now, man.
