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00:00:00I know my dad and I only lived with them for four years when I was little but
00:00:23Catherine and Anya were like the mother and sister I never had well here's your
00:00:29copy thank you for letting me hold on to it I'm sorry I don't have more just this
00:00:34one picture of them I guess I wasn't really expecting anything so little to
00:00:41go on well even for an experienced genealogist it was a challenge and Tina
00:00:46it may be the only photo you have but it's it's a good one a very good one and
00:00:51because you were smart enough to keep it we were able to use it to track down the
00:00:56woman whose wedding you attended when the photo was taken it turns out she and
00:01:00Catherine have kept in touch all these years wait are you saying they are you
00:01:08ready for us Sophie? Tina? Catherine? Is that you? Anya? Well done Soph.
00:01:26a
00:03:019.30?
00:03:03Come on.
00:03:03You're not 90 yet.
00:03:07Hey, um, can we talk?
00:03:09Yeah.
00:03:10Okay.
00:03:12Are you sure the leukemia is back?
00:03:14I mean, you've been in remission for so long.
00:03:17I don't...
00:03:18There's always a chance it's going to come back.
00:03:21So, I know how to do this.
00:03:23Okay?
00:03:23There's a few more tests to run, but I already have a treatment plan.
00:03:27Okay.
00:03:28Okay.
00:03:28Um, so, tell me, what's the first step?
00:03:33Step one is you put some liquor in that tea and we marathon the Golden Girls for five hours.
00:03:37Hey, I'm serious.
00:03:39So am I.
00:03:40All right.
00:03:40Well, answer's first, then hot toddy's after.
00:03:43Okay.
00:03:44So, I will eventually need a bone marrow transplant.
00:03:48We just have to find a matching donut first.
00:03:50Yeah.
00:03:50Mom and dad got tested today and Jackson's coming up tomorrow to get tested too.
00:03:54Okay.
00:03:55Stop eating my food and give me a hug.
00:03:58Come on.
00:04:00I love you.
00:04:01I love you too.
00:04:04Okay, okay, okay.
00:04:05One hot toddy, please.
00:04:08Fine.
00:04:09But, I am really happy for you that your brother's coming back.
00:04:12Yeah.
00:04:13It's just, it feels like ever since he moved to Manhattan, he just forgot we existed.
00:04:17Well, he did come back for your mom's funeral, at least.
00:04:19I know he did, but you know what I mean.
00:04:21Yeah, well, I mean, Manhattan is like a train ride away.
00:04:24You could just go visit him, like I do.
00:04:26I have lots of family trees to shake, and no one's going to shake him but me.
00:04:29Well, and Esme.
00:04:31Right.
00:04:33Have you told her yet?
00:04:34Not yet.
00:04:35Okay.
00:04:36What about Alex?
00:04:39Oh, yeah, I was going to tell you, I swear, but we broke up like two weeks ago.
00:04:43What?
00:04:44Jonathan, you didn't tell me?
00:04:46Because it's no big deal.
00:04:47I'm your best.
00:04:47And I'm fine.
00:04:48I mean, could you really imagine that conversation?
00:04:50Hey, Alex, I know we've been dating for two months, but surprise.
00:04:54My leukemia is back.
00:04:55I know, but I've told you this time and time again.
00:04:57You have to trust people.
00:04:58So if I am here right now because I wanted to tell you what's going on, not dissect my
00:05:03love life.
00:05:04Okay.
00:05:06Okay.
00:05:07So, how about that Golden Girls marathon?
00:05:10How can I possibly say no to that?
00:05:14Stop eating my food.
00:05:15I have.
00:05:18Dr. McCullough, surgery, please.
00:05:27Soph?
00:05:31Jackson?
00:05:32Hey.
00:05:33Hi.
00:05:33Hi.
00:05:34What are you doing here?
00:05:36Well, I was getting tested to see if I could be a bone marrow donor for Jonathan.
00:05:40I mean, I know the chances of a non-related match are low, literally one in a million,
00:05:44but I thought it was worth a shot.
00:05:46And I'm just the first.
00:05:48Jonathan said it was okay to share the news, so ask me and a few others are coming by later.
00:05:52Actually, you're second.
00:05:53I just did minding of the room there.
00:05:57Hey, Winston.
00:05:58Soph.
00:05:59Jackson.
00:06:00Hey, man.
00:06:01It's been a while.
00:06:01I was just about to head down to your office when I ran into Sophie.
00:06:04Well, this saves you a trip.
00:06:06Hi.
00:06:08Winston.
00:06:09I'm up.
00:06:10I'll see you both later, I hope.
00:06:12Yeah.
00:06:16A lot of people really care about Jonathan.
00:06:19Yeah.
00:06:20Yeah, he's really loved.
00:06:26So, I read that siblings have like a 25% chance of being a match?
00:06:30I mean, not that I'm the expert.
00:06:32You're the doctor.
00:06:33ER doctor.
00:06:34Not an oncologist, but yeah.
00:06:36Mom and I are the most likely.
00:06:38I have a one in four chance.
00:06:40Parental match is a longer shot, but significantly more likely than a random donor match.
00:06:44But between you and me, Mom's pretty much convinced herself it's going to be me.
00:06:48What about George?
00:06:49I mean, I know he's not your bio dad, but...
00:06:51He thinks he'll be a match.
00:06:53Although it's extremely unlikely.
00:06:56You know him, though.
00:06:57Soft belly, big heart.
00:06:58You'll keep me in the loop?
00:07:00Of course.
00:07:02Hey, we didn't get much of a chance to talk at your mom's funeral.
00:07:07I just...
00:07:08I wanted to say again how sorry I am.
00:07:10She was like a second mother to us growing up.
00:07:13Still can't believe she's grown.
00:07:15Thanks, Jackson.
00:07:16Yeah.
00:07:18I should get back to work.
00:07:21Yeah.
00:07:22Yeah.
00:07:22Okay.
00:07:23Um, this is me, so...
00:07:25I'll see you around, Sophie.
00:07:26Yeah.
00:07:26Dorothy?
00:07:41Hey, what are you doing here?
00:07:43I just came from the hospital.
00:07:45Hi, Sophie.
00:07:46Um, can we talk?
00:07:47Yeah, let's talk in my office.
00:07:49Is everything okay?
00:07:50Let me buy you coffee.
00:07:53Okay.
00:07:55Jonathan told you about the relapse.
00:07:57I can't even imagine how hard this must be for you, but they're going to find a match.
00:08:02That's why I wanted to talk to you.
00:08:04If Jackson and I are of a donor match, the doctor has suggested that another member of the immediate family might be, and that's where you can help me.
00:08:16I'm not following.
00:08:18I want to hire your company to find the boy's biological father, Clark Higgins.
00:08:24I-I thought he died before the twins were born.
00:08:29The state of New York declared him dead three years after his disappearance, but they never found a body.
00:08:35Just his car after it went off the bridge.
00:08:39Um, that's us the day we tied the knot behind us so you can see Clark's sister, Jessie, and his best friend, Bill.
00:08:47Well, nine years after the disappearance, and a month before I got this postcard, my friend Anna swore she saw Clark in Boston.
00:08:58I hired a private investigator to try and find him, but no luck.
00:09:03Postmarked Bradford, Massachusetts. I think that's near Boston.
00:09:06Did Clark have any ties to the area?
00:09:08Not to my knowledge.
00:09:10What about any other family members besides his sister?
00:09:12Just Jessie. I think she got married and moved away, but I'm not sure.
00:09:16And the private investigator that you hired...
00:09:19Couldn't find a thing, but I've seen how good you are, Sophie.
00:09:24And you know what my boys mean to me. I need your help.
00:09:29Please.
00:09:30I'll-I'll pay you whatever you ask.
00:09:33No, Dorothy, I can't take your money.
00:09:35Oh, Sophie, you have to. I-
00:09:37Of course I will take the case, but I can't take your money.
00:09:40I mean, you guys are... you guys are family.
00:09:46Uh, there's just one other little small thing.
00:09:52I haven't told the boys about any of this, so...
00:09:56You'll need to be discreet.
00:09:57Dorothy, I can't lie to my friends.
00:10:01I'm happy to take the case, but you have to be straight with Jonathan and Jackson.
00:10:05Besides, they deserve to know.
00:10:07I'll call them as soon as I leave here and tell them everything.
00:10:17Then we're good.
00:10:18Thank you, Sophie.
00:10:19I know if anyone can find Clark, it's you.
00:10:22That's right.
00:10:27Ha, ha.
00:10:28Bye.
00:10:29Bye.
00:10:29Bye.
00:10:29Bye.
00:10:29Bye.
00:10:34Bye.
00:10:35Bye.
00:10:39Eartha-Sophie, hi. I got your favorite far-arm beats off from LeChev.
00:10:57Ooh, sorry. My mind was on something else. We have a new case.
00:11:00Oh, you saw the email about the love letters client.
00:11:03Yeah, I was going to give her a call later about the job, but glad you got a head start on it.
00:11:06No, actually, we have a new case. One that hits kind of close to home.
00:11:10Dorothy just hired us to find Jonathan and Jackson's biological father to see if he is a bone marrow match.
00:11:17Uh, that's new to me. How do you match a dead guy?
00:11:20Well, turns out maybe not so dead. Nine years after his disappearance, there was a sighting, and then there's this.
00:11:29Whoa, he sent this?
00:11:30Possibly. It's been handled too much for fingerprints.
00:11:33Huh.
00:11:33Uh, can you pull the death certificate for me? His name is Clark Edward Higgins.
00:11:39Yeah.
00:11:40Thanks.
00:11:47Death by drowning. And they never recovered the body, right?
00:11:50Right. I had Dorothy walk me through it. Clark's car went off the Buffalo Skyway sometime during the night.
00:11:57The reason the car went off the bridge is unknown, and a body was never recovered.
00:12:01Okay, so what's our next move?
00:12:04I'm going to try to find Clark's best friend, Bill Reynolds.
00:12:07I need to get a DNA sample from Jonathan and enter it into the DNA databases.
00:12:11Maybe we can luck into a paternal match.
00:12:14There's also an aunt, uh, Clark's sister, Jessie.
00:12:17Okay. Well, we can search for her the old-fashioned way.
00:12:19Okay, social media, ancestry websites, etc.
00:12:22Assuming she's still using her maiden name.
00:12:24Right.
00:12:28So...
00:12:29I'm going to be kind of slammed with this.
00:12:32How do you feel about taking on the love letter case and by yourself?
00:12:36You serious?
00:12:37Mm-hmm.
00:12:37I got my own case?
00:12:38Yeah, I think it's time.
00:12:40You've been working with me for what?
00:12:41Six months.
00:12:42I think you're ready.
00:12:43Wow.
00:12:43From art teacher to genealogical detective.
00:12:48Oh, I'm ready.
00:12:49And I'm going to go talk to the love letters lady right now.
00:12:52Great.
00:12:53I like it.
00:12:55Wait, you forgot your lunch?
00:13:00So, Alicia, why don't you tell me about how you found these letters?
00:13:04I wanted a fixer because I'm all about DIY.
00:13:08You renovated this place yourself?
00:13:10I started with the kitchen first because I knew it was going to take the most work.
00:13:15But when I ripped out the floorboards here, I noticed one of these boards was loose.
00:13:27This was hidden under it.
00:13:29There are no last names or addresses.
00:13:33No envelopes.
00:13:34Just the letters.
00:13:36My darling Charlie.
00:13:37If only I could hold you, feel the warmth of your arms around me.
00:13:44I know fate has kept us apart, but one day we'll find our way back to each other.
00:13:51With love, are.
00:13:53So romantic, right?
00:13:55Well, just so you know, these letters may be older than we realize.
00:13:57I can't guarantee that the people involved are still alive, but if they are,
00:14:01I promise that we will do everything in our power to return them to their right floner.
00:14:06Thank you, Esme.
00:14:06Hi.
00:14:16When I set my eyes on you, all the lies that were bleeding.
00:14:23Hey.
00:14:24Hi.
00:14:25Sorry.
00:14:26Sorry to interrupt.
00:14:28It's okay.
00:14:29I could use a break.
00:14:30You want to come to the record store with me for some retail therapy?
00:14:35Ooh, yes, that sounds great.
00:14:37But first, I just need a quick DNA sample from you.
00:14:40Excuse me? Why?
00:14:44I need the sample so I can upload it to some online genetic databases.
00:14:50Look, I know those are words you're saying, but I'm completely in the dark.
00:14:56Your mom didn't call you, did she? She was supposed to tell you.
00:15:00Tell me what, that you're coming over with a very large Q-tip?
00:15:03I have no idea if she called up and listened to music all the time.
00:15:07Um, your mom wanted me to do a job for her, but it's not a big deal, and I can just come back after you guys.
00:15:11Sophie! What job?
00:15:15Hey, guys. I got chocolate glazed, coconut cream sprinkled, old-fashioned glaze, oh, and cinnamon sugar.
00:15:23I wasn't sure what you'd like, but I thought a little sugar might be a little morale booster.
00:15:29What's with the gloves? Did I interrupt something?
00:15:33No, not at all. Sophie here was just collecting a DNA sample for Mom, but she won't tell me why.
00:15:41A DNA sample? Why would you need that?
00:15:45Hmm, your mom didn't call you either.
00:15:47No?
00:15:47Um, it's not a big deal.
00:15:52Uh, I'm just gonna come back later after you guys talk to her, so...
00:15:56Sophie.
00:15:56What?
00:15:57You're doing the thing.
00:15:59I didn't do the thing.
00:15:59Yeah, you're doing the thing.
00:16:01Anytime you're not being straight with me, you do the thing.
00:16:06I can't.
00:16:07You can't what, Sophie?
00:16:09Tell us.
00:16:10Okay, um, your mom hired me to find your biological father.
00:16:20She thinks he might still be alive and that he might be a bone marrow match for Jonathan.
00:16:25And why are you just telling us now?
00:16:36We didn't have any proof.
00:16:37That's why I hired a private investigator all those years ago.
00:16:40I didn't want to say something to you and be wrong.
00:16:43Your mother and I talked about it after her friend Anna thought she saw Clark in Boston, but...
00:16:48But what?
00:16:50You should have told us.
00:16:52It was our right to know.
00:16:53He was our father.
00:16:55I don't understand how you can just be standing there acting like this isn't a huge deal.
00:16:59It is a huge deal, but we need to focus on what matters right now.
00:17:03Jonathan, you're right.
00:17:05We made a mistake.
00:17:06And I am so sorry for not sharing this with you.
00:17:10Mom, we know this was hard for you.
00:17:13That you were just doing what you thought was right.
00:17:15We do?
00:17:16Look, I'm just trying to see things from her point of view.
00:17:18We were just trying to protect you both.
00:17:20And this is how you protect us?
00:17:22Yeah.
00:17:23By lying to us.
00:17:24And then hiring Sophie behind her backs to find the guy who dumped us and took off.
00:17:29Your biological dad could be a bone marrow match.
00:17:31We have to at least try.
00:17:33Jackson is going to be the match.
00:17:34So I don't understand why we're having this conversation.
00:17:37Jonathan, please.
00:17:38Okay, say you find him.
00:17:39And say he's a match.
00:17:41How do you know he's going to go through with it?
00:17:44He wasn't there for us growing up.
00:17:45So why would he be there for me now?
00:17:48It's worth a shot.
00:17:48I want to do whatever it takes to keep you alive.
00:17:50Yeah, we all do.
00:17:51Okay, if you want to waste your time looking for a man who abandoned us, abandoned Mom,
00:17:58go ahead.
00:18:00Even if he is alive.
00:18:03He has done a real good job of hiding himself our entire lives.
00:18:07Good luck finding him.
00:18:26Jonathan was right to be upset with us.
00:18:28You know, if my parents hadn't told me I was adopted when I was seven and Dad sprung it on me as an adult,
00:18:33I'd be hurt.
00:18:34How are you doing about it all?
00:18:38I don't know.
00:18:40It's kind of weird to think about Clark being alive out there somewhere.
00:18:46Living a whole other life.
00:18:47Maybe even having a whole other family.
00:18:50I think that's one of the reasons why I even became a doctor, you know?
00:18:53No, I get that.
00:18:54You couldn't help your dad, but you could help other people.
00:18:59Yep.
00:19:00Pop psychology for the win.
00:19:01You know, for what it's worth, I've always admired the way you followed your heart.
00:19:06You're doing what's important to you.
00:19:08You're helping people.
00:19:10And all the while living in one of the most amazing cities in the world.
00:19:13But you didn't have to stay back here in Buffalo.
00:19:18I couldn't leave my mom.
00:19:20And it was a joy to be there for her when she needed me.
00:19:23I wouldn't change it for the world.
00:19:24You know, we've never talked about any of this stuff before.
00:19:28You never asked.
00:19:30Yeah, well, that's my bad.
00:19:32I should have.
00:19:36Oh.
00:19:36I didn't have lunch, and since we're standing in front of Big Tony's...
00:19:42I got first dibs on pinball.
00:19:52Did you and Jonathan ever spend time with your Aunt Jessie?
00:19:55I don't think we ever met her.
00:19:57I was just wondering if maybe Clark reached out to her.
00:20:00Maybe she knows where he is.
00:20:01Assuming he did fake his own death, he would need some help, right?
00:20:05I just want to know why he did it.
00:20:07Why fake his own death?
00:20:08No money, no job, no place to live.
00:20:11What was he running away from?
00:20:12Finding out the answer to that could mean he looked.
00:20:15Mom said Anna saw Clark.
00:20:16We should talk to Anna ourselves.
00:20:22We?
00:20:22She knows me.
00:20:24You know, maybe I'll be able to get her to open up.
00:20:26Talk more openly.
00:20:27Oh, I like this.
00:20:28Jackson Ford is my Watson extraordinaire.
00:20:30Nah, it's Dr. Watson extraordinaire.
00:20:33Right.
00:20:40Hi, Anna Malone?
00:20:42Yes.
00:20:42Can I help you?
00:20:44Hi, Anna.
00:20:45Oh, Jackson.
00:20:47This is my friend, Sophie McLaren.
00:20:48She's Harry's daughter.
00:20:49We were hoping to ask you about something.
00:20:51Sure.
00:20:51Come in.
00:20:54So what did you want to talk about, honey?
00:20:56Clark Higgins, my biological father.
00:20:59My mother said that you saw him in Boston.
00:21:03If she already told you...
00:21:04It's really better to get the information from the source.
00:21:07It was a long time ago.
00:21:08I don't really remember much.
00:21:09Can you tell us what you do remember?
00:21:11I'm not even sure it was him.
00:21:12Like I said, it was a long time ago.
00:21:14And even back then, I almost didn't tell your mom.
00:21:16Because if I was wrong, then it would only hurt her.
00:21:19But something compelled you to tell her.
00:21:22What was it?
00:21:23I just thought if it were me, I'd want to know.
00:21:25I was in Boston for my niece's wedding at the rehearsal dinner.
00:21:34I just remember looking out the window of the restaurant and there he was walking by.
00:21:39So I ran outside, called his name, no response.
00:21:43Watched him hop into a car and leave.
00:21:45I know this was a really long time ago, but is there anything else you can remember?
00:21:50Maybe the car?
00:21:53Well, wait a minute.
00:21:55The car is one of those boxy Volvos.
00:21:58It was gray or blue.
00:22:02Powder blue.
00:22:03Okay.
00:22:04A powder blue Volvo.
00:22:06That's something.
00:22:07Is there anything else you can remember?
00:22:09I...
00:22:10No.
00:22:12No.
00:22:13Hannah, if you saw something, we really need to know.
00:22:16Please.
00:22:18Jonathan's had a relapse and he needs a bone mineral transplant.
00:22:21If I'm not a match, Clark might be.
00:22:24We need to find him, just in case.
00:22:25There was a woman holding onto his arm.
00:22:31It was very intimate.
00:22:33I didn't see her face, but she had long red hair.
00:22:37I felt terrible for Dorothy.
00:22:40If it was Clark, then he wasn't dead.
00:22:43He left her for another woman.
00:22:52I'm so sorry, Jackson.
00:22:53Yeah, well, it's better to know the truth.
00:22:56Well, at least now I really do have reason to believe that Clark was alive back then,
00:23:00and that maybe he had a powder blue Volvo.
00:23:04Doesn't seem like much to go on.
00:23:05I mean, I guess we know he had bad taste in karma.
00:23:09Hey, believe me, I have found people using far less.
00:23:12Look, I want to help, so what can I do?
00:23:15Actually, there is one thing, but I promised my dad I'd have dinner with him tonight,
00:23:19so if you don't mind...
00:23:20I'd be happy to swing by Harry's house.
00:23:23All right, that's it.
00:23:26That wasn't so bad, was it?
00:23:28I just didn't want to bother Jonathan with this, you know?
00:23:31Mm-hmm.
00:23:33Now what?
00:23:34Now I send your genetic profile into online ancestry databases,
00:23:38see if we get any matches.
00:23:40Maybe Clark had other kids or distant relatives who may know his whereabouts.
00:23:45And in the meantime?
00:23:46In the meantime, I use other tools at my disposal and focus on the Boston area.
00:23:52Do you really think you can find him?
00:23:55If he's alive, I think I can find him.
00:23:59I just hope I can do it in time.
00:24:01I'm also on the hunt for Clark's best friend, Bill Reynolds.
00:24:04Your mom said he was a witness at their wedding.
00:24:06He and Clark taught at the same school, but your mom and him lost touch.
00:24:10Hey, hey.
00:24:12Hey, Dad, look who came to say hi.
00:24:14Harry.
00:24:15Good to see you.
00:24:16Jackson.
00:24:17My favorite Ford kid.
00:24:19Dad.
00:24:20You know what?
00:24:21Don't listen to anything this man says,
00:24:22because he tells Jonathan the same thing every time he comes over.
00:24:25You never give your old man's secret away, kiddo.
00:24:28Harry.
00:24:29You?
00:24:29Old?
00:24:30No way.
00:24:31Hmm?
00:24:31You see why he's my favorite?
00:24:33Yeah.
00:24:34Sophie told me what was going on.
00:24:36I'm glad you're here.
00:24:37Jonathan and your parents need all the support they can get right now.
00:24:40I'll do my best, sir.
00:24:42I know.
00:24:44Staying for dinner?
00:24:45Hmm?
00:24:45I'm making chicken a la Harry.
00:24:46There's more than enough for three.
00:24:48Oof.
00:24:48As good as that sounds, I better get back to my parents' house.
00:24:52Jonathan's coming by for dinner tonight,
00:24:54and I was told to be home at 7 sharp.
00:24:56I'll walk you out.
00:24:57Well, maybe next time.
00:24:58Just you and me, kiddo.
00:24:59Hmm?
00:25:00Don't be a stranger, huh?
00:25:02Good to see you again here.
00:25:03Same here.
00:25:04Bye.
00:25:07Thanks for letting me take along today.
00:25:10Yeah.
00:25:10I need to be doing something, or I'm going to go stir crazy.
00:25:13Yeah, same old Jackson.
00:25:15Can't abide boredom.
00:25:17Don't know too many guys who were football captain
00:25:19and salutatorian of their class.
00:25:22And I would have been valedictorian
00:25:23if there wasn't some brainiac girl
00:25:25who remembered everything in my class.
00:25:27Oops.
00:25:28Okay.
00:25:31Um, so I'll call you tomorrow,
00:25:33and we'll make a plan.
00:25:35Great.
00:25:35Okay.
00:25:36Okay.
00:25:36Good night.
00:25:37Good night.
00:25:38Good night.
00:25:42Mmm.
00:25:44Mm-hmm.
00:25:44That smells good, Dad.
00:25:46Mm-hmm.
00:25:54What?
00:25:56Oh, nothing.
00:25:58Dad, Jackson's just a friend.
00:26:01Mm-hmm.
00:26:01I mean, sometimes friends can become more than friends, huh?
00:26:05Your mother and I were friends once upon a time.
00:26:08Okay, okay.
00:26:08I'm not 15 anymore.
00:26:10No dating advice.
00:26:13Hey, I wanted to ask you something, though, Dad.
00:26:15Um, you and Mom were friends with Dorothy
00:26:18when she was married to Clark Higgins, right?
00:26:21Well, your mother and Dorothy were friends.
00:26:23I mean, uh, we, uh, we double-dated a couple of times,
00:26:25caught a ballgame or two, but that's it.
00:26:27Hmm.
00:26:28Why?
00:26:30Well, we have reason to believe that Clark may still be alive.
00:26:36Wow.
00:26:37Yeah.
00:26:37All this time?
00:26:38Yeah.
00:26:39It seems Dorothy knew about it, but Jackson and Jonathan didn't know.
00:26:43Huh.
00:26:43Now that you mention it...
00:26:46What?
00:26:47Do you know something about Clark's disappearance?
00:26:51George and I took in a Bills game once.
00:26:53I think you and the kids were maybe nine or ten.
00:26:56And I remember he was really stressed, nervous.
00:26:58Not George-like at all.
00:27:00What was he nervous about?
00:27:01When I asked him, he said that there was something
00:27:03that was going to make Dorothy leave him.
00:27:06No.
00:27:07Not something.
00:27:08Someone.
00:27:08Someone.
00:27:10I offered the help.
00:27:11He said he'd taken care of it.
00:27:14I guess he did because he never spoke about it again.
00:27:17Are you sure about when?
00:27:19Definitely.
00:27:19Ninety-six playoffs.
00:27:21Why?
00:27:21It was right after Clark was seen in Boston.
00:27:33Hi, George.
00:27:34It's Sophie.
00:27:35I've left you a few messages.
00:27:37Um, if you could call me back, it's very important.
00:27:40Thanks.
00:27:41Just had a great meeting with the Love Letters client, Alicia.
00:27:45Great.
00:27:46So I've already started working on chain of ownership for the house.
00:27:49But I learned it was built in 1954.
00:27:51And the kitchen where Alicia originally discovered the letters was an addition.
00:27:55So it wasn't built until 1981.
00:27:57Great work.
00:27:58That should narrow it down some.
00:27:59I'm excited.
00:28:00How goes the hunt for Jonathan and Jackson's dad?
00:28:05Well...
00:28:05No.
00:28:07Whatever this is, I want no part of it.
00:28:10Well, you don't even know what I'm going to ask you.
00:28:12I don't need to.
00:28:12I can see from the look on your face I'm not going to like it.
00:28:14How about this?
00:28:16Dinner on me at the new French restaurant downtown if you'll swing by the hospital and ask Winston
00:28:25to put a rush on a DNA profile?
00:28:27I knew it.
00:28:28Sophie, he's so cute.
00:28:30But he can't even look me in the eye.
00:28:31It is beyond awkward.
00:28:33Like, he takes it to a whole new level.
00:28:34I...
00:28:34Can we just do it through the proper channels?
00:28:37No, because it will take weeks.
00:28:38And if you ask Winston, I'm pretty sure we'll get the raw DNA profile in days.
00:28:44This is a much bigger ask than steak fruits and chocolate mousse.
00:28:47Oh, did I mention a bottle of their best wine to share?
00:28:50Huh?
00:28:51Plus, you'd be doing it for Jonathan.
00:28:53Okay, well, that's not fair because now I can't say no.
00:28:55I know.
00:28:58Might as well get it done now.
00:28:59But you do know that Winston is never going to ask me out, right?
00:29:03No matter how many times you try to throw us together, it's just...
00:29:05It's hopeless.
00:29:07Who, me?
00:29:08Never say never.
00:29:09Mm-hmm.
00:29:10Mm-hmm.
00:29:10Mm-hmm.
00:29:41Hi, I'm trying to reach Bill Reynolds. He owns aircraft NN741P, and he just won our drawing for a year's supply of airplane polish.
00:29:55I know, you never think people actually win those things, right?
00:29:58Yes, yes, a phone number would be great.
00:30:05Hi, is this Bill Reynolds?
00:30:07Yes, my name is Sophie McLaren. I'm a forensic genealogist, and I'm looking for Clark Higgins.
00:30:13Uh, I understand that, but I would actually still love to talk to you. It's very important.
00:30:23Esme!
00:30:24Okay. To what do I owe this unexpected pleasure?
00:30:28Well?
00:30:29Wait, don't tell me. Let me guess. Is that a sample you'd like me to genotype for you?
00:30:35If you have the time and it's not too much trouble.
00:30:38I'll put a rush on it.
00:30:40That's great. Thank you, Winston.
00:30:42Well, I guess I should get going.
00:30:46Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure you're very beautiful.
00:30:50Busy. Busy. Beautifully busy. You are beautiful. Yeah.
00:30:56All right, well, I just, I guess, give the office a call when it's done.
00:31:00Yeah. Thank you.
00:31:03Uh, no, no, thank you.
00:31:07No. Thank you.
00:31:09Bye, Winston.
00:31:17No, thank you. Come on, Winston. Use your words.
00:31:29I know I said I'd call, but I was in the neighborhood.
00:31:31Actually, I was going to call you.
00:31:34I found Clark's friend, Bill Reynolds, and I was going to head to the airfield now.
00:31:37Sounds great. I'll drive.
00:31:38Thanks.
00:31:40So chivalrous.
00:31:42If the guys you're dating aren't opening doors for, you're dating the wrong guys.
00:31:45I'll take that under advisement.
00:31:52So, are you dating?
00:31:55It's been a while since we called it.
00:31:57Uh, you sound like Esme and my dad.
00:31:59How so?
00:31:59Well, Esme says I'm too picky, but I'm sorry.
00:32:03A guy wearing square-toed dress shoes?
00:32:05That is a deal-breaker for me.
00:32:08Good to know that women don't like men in square-toed dress shoes.
00:32:12Yeah, I'm mentally going through my closet right now.
00:32:14I think I'm good.
00:32:15And my dad, he just wants me to be happy, but that means finding somebody I actually like.
00:32:21And since dating now consists of swiping left and right, finding a good match seems impossible.
00:32:26How about you?
00:32:27I guess everyone just swipes left when they get to me.
00:32:30Stop.
00:32:30Now, I've had a few serious relationships, but no one's ever lived up to my first love.
00:32:35She set the bar pretty high.
00:32:37Hey, well, whoever she is, I'm sure she's ruining the day she let you get away.
00:32:40Yeah, I don't think she is.
00:32:42Okay, so we're looking for Bill Reynolds or a gold-striped Cessna.
00:33:03Hello?
00:33:14Anyone here?
00:33:15NN7241P.
00:33:35Mr. Reynolds?
00:33:40Look, you can't be in here.
00:33:42There's a lot of sensitive equipment.
00:33:44Mr. Reynolds?
00:33:45Yeah.
00:33:46Oh, we were just looking for you.
00:33:47Wait, you're the girl on the phone asking about Clark.
00:33:50Yeah.
00:33:51Did you know him?
00:33:52I told her.
00:33:55Oh, my goodness.
00:33:57You look just like your father.
00:33:59Uh, I wouldn't know.
00:34:02Of course not.
00:34:03He died before you were born.
00:34:06Mr. Reynolds, I know you said you didn't want to talk to me, but...
00:34:09Yeah, so you thought you'd come down here and maybe I'd just change my mind.
00:34:12Yes, I was hoping.
00:34:13I just thought if we could explain the situation.
00:34:16I already told you on the phone.
00:34:17I'm not interested in dredging up the past.
00:34:20Now, I have work to do.
00:34:23Look, my brother's life is on the line, and I think my father would have wanted you to help us.
00:34:27Please.
00:34:31For your best friend.
00:34:33Like I said, I have work to do.
00:34:37So, you want to talk?
00:34:40You got to work.
00:34:45Okay.
00:34:45We have reason to believe that Clark may still be alive.
00:34:55That he may have possibly faked his own death.
00:34:58I'll believe that for a second.
00:35:00Bill, you knew him best.
00:35:01Maybe you could tell us a little bit about him?
00:35:04Clark was a good guy.
00:35:06Always had your back.
00:35:07Clark, champion dirt player, legendary at the Iron Hound, our local pub.
00:35:14He loved your mother.
00:35:16He never would have done something like faking his own death.
00:35:19Even if he'd gotten involved with another woman?
00:35:23Didn't happen.
00:35:24Clark was a responsible type.
00:35:26There's no way he would have left her in a lurch like that.
00:35:30Not unless he had a very good reason.
00:35:36Was there a reason?
00:35:39He was upset that night, sure, but not enough to do what you're saying.
00:35:45Why was he upset?
00:35:49Clark called me that night, asked me to meet him at the Iron Hound pub.
00:35:53It was raining.
00:35:54It was a real mess out, but Clark sounded bad, so I went.
00:35:58You and your mom had had a fight.
00:36:00It was bad.
00:36:02Was the marriage in trouble?
00:36:03I don't know.
00:36:04They were newlyweds.
00:36:05They had plans, and getting unexpectedly pregnant with twins, that wasn't one of them.
00:36:10So, I freaked Clark out.
00:36:12Will lots of people get nervous about having kids?
00:36:16You need to understand.
00:36:17Your grandparents, they were alcoholics, not nice ones.
00:36:22After they passed, Clark was left with his younger sister, Jessie, to raise by himself.
00:36:28She had emotional problems.
00:36:29He was in and out of school with trouble all the time.
00:36:32Clark did his best, but I think he felt like he really failed her.
00:36:36And now, here he is, two babies on the way, two kids he was afraid he might fail.
00:36:42So, you think if he ran, maybe that was why?
00:36:46If he ran?
00:36:48Yeah, could be.
00:36:49All right, thank you very much.
00:37:01Hi, George.
00:37:02Sophie, uh, what are you doing here?
00:37:05Well, I left you a few messages, but I know how busy you get, so I thought I'd just swing by your office.
00:37:09Yeah, I've been very busy, and in fact, I have a meeting right now, so, sorry.
00:37:15Okay, well, this will just take a second.
00:37:17How about I do the talking and you tell me if I'm close?
00:37:20I think that Clark came back.
00:37:23Maybe a year or two after you and Dorothy got married, and I think that instead of finding Dorothy and the kids, he found you.
00:37:29And I think you know that he's been alive this entire time.
00:37:32Sophie, I have nothing to do with Clark.
00:37:36Do you understand me?
00:37:39Okay, listen, if he's out there, I'm sure you will do your best to find him, but I can't help you.
00:37:52Esme, what's up?
00:37:53I may have a lead on Clark's sister.
00:37:55I found the guy she was married to.
00:37:56How?
00:37:57Marriage records?
00:37:58Divorce records.
00:37:59I'm sending you his address now.
00:38:00Great.
00:38:05Look at the two of you.
00:38:06Boy, did I have my hands full.
00:38:10Yeah.
00:38:14Sophie and I, we talked to Bill Reynolds today.
00:38:17You found Bill?
00:38:18Mm-hmm.
00:38:19You know, I always felt bad about losing touch with him.
00:38:22Between you and me, I think he blamed himself for Clark's death,
00:38:25sending him out driving into the middle of a rainstorm, which is absurd.
00:38:30If anyone's to blame, it's me.
00:38:35Why?
00:38:37Because of the fight you two had?
00:38:40He told you about that.
00:38:41He did?
00:38:42Yeah.
00:38:44The night that, uh, he died, I was angry.
00:38:54We had a big fight and I said some harsh words.
00:38:58I even threatened to leave him if he didn't get his act together.
00:39:01I didn't mean it.
00:39:04It's not your fault.
00:39:05I pushed him over the edge.
00:39:07You didn't do anything wrong, Mom.
00:39:17Hi, my name is Sophie McLaren and I'm looking for your ex-wife, Jessie.
00:39:21You mean the woman that left me six months into our marriage for some old boyfriend.
00:39:25Uh...
00:39:26I don't know where she is.
00:39:27I don't want to know.
00:39:33You feeling all right?
00:39:35You were looking a little flushed.
00:39:37And I have never known you to leave a slice behind before.
00:39:40Is this my doctor or my brother, I ask?
00:39:43I'm fine.
00:39:45I'm just a little tired.
00:39:47And Jackson, never comment on a gay man's eating habits.
00:39:51All right, that's fair.
00:39:51This is nice, though, isn't it?
00:39:54I mean, like I said, I feel like I haven't even seen you since I've come home.
00:39:58Yeah, this...
00:39:59This whole Clark thing has been really upsetting.
00:40:02They lied to us, and then you didn't even have my back.
00:40:05That's not fair.
00:40:06I think if we just sit down with Mom and talk...
00:40:08I'm not interested in hearing their excuses.
00:40:11Can we just let it go?
00:40:12Yeah.
00:40:14Fine.
00:40:14Esme.
00:40:19Hey.
00:40:20Oh, fancy seeing you two here.
00:40:22We were just starving, so we thought we'd grab a bite after work.
00:40:24Why don't you join us?
00:40:25What happened to just us?
00:40:27You can't refuse a sick man, can you, Esme?
00:40:31Sophie, come on.
00:40:32Sit.
00:40:33Help me, please.
00:40:34Yeah, sure.
00:40:35Hey.
00:40:36Hey.
00:40:36Hi.
00:40:38I ordered us a medium mushroom and cheese to share.
00:40:40Nice.
00:40:42So, how's the search for our dead dad coming along?
00:40:46I have some leads I'm working on, but nothing solid yet.
00:40:50Yeah, exactly.
00:40:53Esme, please, just tell me something exciting in your life.
00:40:56Well, I'm working on my first solo case.
00:40:58Really?
00:40:59Yeah.
00:40:59That's great.
00:41:00And then hopefully she can help us find Clark after that, right?
00:41:03Absolutely.
00:41:04You're helping, too?
00:41:08Yeah.
00:41:10Jonathan, it's okay to have some help.
00:41:12Stop telling me how to feel, Sophie.
00:41:14Well, okay, you need to bring it down.
00:41:16You're not inside my head, Jackson.
00:41:18He's just acting like it.
00:41:21I'm sorry to...
00:41:22Jonathan?
00:41:24Hey, Jonathan?
00:41:26Okay, okay, I got you.
00:41:27I got you.
00:41:27It's okay.
00:41:27Take it easy.
00:41:28Are you okay?
00:41:29Is he okay?
00:41:30I need some water.
00:41:31Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:41:33Hey, stay with me.
00:41:33Hi.
00:41:38That was so scary.
00:41:40I'm glad you were there.
00:41:42Yeah, me, too.
00:41:44Yeah, I've had a few is-there-a-doctor-in-the-house moments,
00:41:46but it's an entirely different feeling when the patient's your own brother.
00:41:51I really appreciate your being here.
00:41:53Hey, of course I'm here.
00:41:55He's my best friend.
00:41:55I mean, you are, too.
00:41:58We're, I don't know.
00:42:00I mean, we're still friends, right?
00:42:02Really missed having you in my life.
00:42:04Yeah.
00:42:05I mean, of course we are ourself.
00:42:07I should have said this a long time ago, but I'm sorry.
00:42:10I shouldn't have taken off the way I did.
00:42:12What do you mean?
00:42:13You know, taking the job in Manhattan when you and Jonathan were expecting me to stay in Buffalo after my residency?
00:42:19No, Jackson, it's not that I was upset with you for leaving.
00:42:23I mean, I was a little.
00:42:24Yeah, but it's more that you took off right when things got bad with my mom.
00:42:29I mean, you just disappeared.
00:42:30You know, I needed my friend, and you were just gone.
00:42:34Look, there's really no excuse, okay?
00:42:36If I promise not to disappear on you again, you think you can forgive me?
00:42:40Yeah, of course I forgive you.
00:42:42I just want Jonathan to be okay.
00:42:46I need him to be okay.
00:42:48Yeah, me too.
00:42:49I know.
00:42:50Oh, hey.
00:42:50Oh, hey.
00:42:52Uh, so the doctor said that Jonathan has a myeloid infection.
00:42:57It's nothing serious, but his immune system is weakened by the leukemia.
00:43:02But he's responding very well to the antibiotics, right?
00:43:06And they'll probably be sending him home soon.
00:43:09Great.
00:43:10So that's it.
00:43:11There's nothing else that we can do right now, so I'll be taking your mother home.
00:43:15I'll stay here, Dad.
00:43:16All right.
00:43:20See you, Mom.
00:43:22Bye.
00:43:24Okay.
00:43:27Uh, hey, so, um, this is, uh, I need to talk to you about something, and I don't want to upset you.
00:43:37Okay, you won't.
00:43:38What is it?
00:43:39I think that Clark came back to see your mom after she married George, and I think, I don't know, I think that George knows something that can help us find Clark.
00:43:48But he won't talk to me, but he won't talk to me, but he won't talk to me, so I was hoping.
00:43:53Maybe he'd talk to me.
00:43:55Mm-hmm.
00:43:56Thank you, and I promise you, I will be right by Jonathan's side when he wakes up.
00:44:00Okay.
00:44:01Okay.
00:44:02See you soon.
00:44:03Yeah.
00:44:04Excuse me.
00:44:09Hey.
00:44:09Hey.
00:44:10Hey, uh, got your text.
00:44:15You know, this is resting.
00:44:18You know, this happened so long ago, I thought I was safe.
00:44:21I should have figured Sophie would be the one that figured it out.
00:44:24What happened?
00:44:30I'm not proud of what I did.
00:44:33I mean, Lord knows I always try to do the right thing and set a good example for you boys,
00:44:38but when someone threatens your way of life and your marriage,
00:44:42you really learn what you're capable of doing.
00:44:46Dad?
00:44:50Who?
00:44:51Just tell me.
00:44:59You boys and your mother were at the McLaren's.
00:45:01I was home alone, and Clark comes and knocks on the door like it was nothing.
00:45:04Like the world hadn't moved on since he disappeared.
00:45:08Why did he come back here?
00:45:10Did he say?
00:45:11Yeah.
00:45:12He wanted to apologize to your mother.
00:45:13He said that he had managed to escape from the cars that hit the water,
00:45:17but he had suffered a skull fracture.
00:45:21And then he wandered downstream for miles until he got picked up by a truck driver,
00:45:25and then he spent weeks in the hospital with his head injuries.
00:45:29That's awful.
00:45:31Yeah.
00:45:33And I was terrified.
00:45:36I was terrified that once she saw him,
00:45:38saw what he had become.
00:45:40that she'd break it off with me and go back to him.
00:45:48To help him.
00:45:50What do you mean?
00:45:51Why?
00:45:52The night of the accident, he lost his sight.
00:45:58And he never got it back.
00:46:00What?
00:46:01Hi, cutie.
00:46:20Hey.
00:46:23Did I make it to the door, at least?
00:46:25Or did I pass out in the middle of Tony's?
00:46:27Middle of Tony's.
00:46:28I am never going to leave that down, am I?
00:46:30No.
00:46:30No way.
00:46:33So, any news?
00:46:35You're going to have to wait for your oncologist for that.
00:46:38But if the love doctor's in, I might need some more of your advice.
00:46:43I already told you.
00:46:44The love doctor says that it's time to put on your big boy pants and ask the lady out.
00:46:49Love doctor?
00:46:50Mm-hmm.
00:46:52Is this about Esme?
00:46:52Yes.
00:46:53I'm sadly still planning a way.
00:46:55Every time she comes around, I get tongue-tied and I just choke.
00:47:00Well, Winston, you got to put yourself out there and damn the consequences.
00:47:04Even if it means a broken heart?
00:47:06Yeah.
00:47:07Even if.
00:47:08You don't want to regret not going for it when you have the chance.
00:47:10The love doctor concurs with the real doctor.
00:47:14Hey.
00:47:15Feeling okay, Jonathan?
00:47:17Yeah.
00:47:19I could use a shower.
00:47:21And maybe an almond milk latte.
00:47:24Oh.
00:47:25You know, we can take care of the latte for you.
00:47:27Thanks.
00:47:27I have to get back to my lab.
00:47:30See you later.
00:47:31See you, Winston.
00:47:34You sure you're okay?
00:47:35Yeah.
00:47:36All right.
00:47:37Love doctor.
00:47:42My dad was hiding something big.
00:47:45I don't know how you knew, but you were right.
00:47:47What did he say?
00:47:48Clark came to the house one night.
00:47:50He wanted to talk to my mom.
00:47:52Oh, and get this.
00:47:53The woman with the red hair?
00:47:55She was with him.
00:47:56My dad saw her sitting in the car.
00:47:57Wow.
00:47:58Yeah.
00:47:58My mom, she wasn't home.
00:48:00I think my dad just freaked out because he threatened Clark.
00:48:04Yeah, he told him that he would expose him for faking his own death if he didn't leave right away.
00:48:08I think that could have landed Clark in big trouble.
00:48:11The worst part is, though, because of the accident, Clark lost his sight.
00:48:15Oh, that's awful.
00:48:17I feel like my entire world just got flipped upside down.
00:48:20You know?
00:48:21Like everything I've ever believed is just wrong.
00:48:25Hey.
00:48:27It's going to be okay.
00:48:29I promise.
00:48:30I hope so.
00:48:34Hey.
00:48:35As someone who was adopted,
00:48:38I've spent my entire life wrestling with that question.
00:48:42Hmm.
00:48:42And it's always there, but it can be so hard to pull out that string.
00:48:47I'm still afraid to find my birth parents.
00:48:52My mom left me a package, and I haven't even opened it yet.
00:48:56Say, uh, it's a big leap to take.
00:49:01Yeah.
00:49:02Are you going to?
00:49:03I don't know.
00:49:05Maybe.
00:49:07I mean, like you said, everything feels upside down.
00:49:10Well, you'll know what to do, Soph.
00:49:12You always do.
00:49:13Thanks.
00:49:14Okay, so the results are in.
00:49:21Dr. Turner?
00:49:22What is it?
00:49:25Maybe I shouldn't be here.
00:49:26Sophie, stay, please.
00:49:30So neither Dorothy nor Jackson are a match.
00:49:32Obviously, this is not the news we were hoping for.
00:49:37Now, we're going to send out a call.
00:49:52We need to find Clark.
00:49:54Now.
00:50:02Winston came through.
00:50:05I just got his email, and I am uploading Jackson's DNA profile to all the registry sites.
00:50:11Ah, fingers crossed something comes through.
00:50:13I think it's a good bet.
00:50:14I don't know.
00:50:15I just feel like every lead I've taken lately has led to a dead end.
00:50:18Yeah.
00:50:19You see things other people don't see.
00:50:22You got this.
00:50:23Mm-hmm.
00:50:32Hi.
00:50:34Hi, Winston.
00:50:38I came here on the off chance that you were here.
00:50:44Yes.
00:50:46Brought you donuts.
00:50:48Oh, thank you.
00:50:49Sophie says you love donuts.
00:50:53Sophie says...
00:50:54Yes, I do love donuts.
00:50:59That's great.
00:51:00That's awesome.
00:51:01Yeah.
00:51:02May I have the honor of taking you out for a cup of coffee, Esme Sabatier?
00:51:13Are you asking me out on a date?
00:51:19Yes.
00:51:20Uh, then yes.
00:51:21Yes, I would love to have coffee with you, Winston.
00:51:27Okay.
00:51:29All right.
00:51:30Uh, I'll call you later.
00:51:36You've made me so happy.
00:51:40I'm so glad.
00:51:43Oh.
00:51:44So that just happened.
00:51:59I would hate to say I told you so, but...
00:52:02You told me so.
00:52:03Seriously, Jackson, you don't need to bathe with me.
00:52:13I'm fine.
00:52:16You gotta take it easy, okay?
00:52:18Your body needs rest, and I knew you.
00:52:21You're gonna try to get up off this couch and head back into work.
00:52:24I just...
00:52:25I don't want to think about being sick 24-7.
00:52:30Okay?
00:52:30I just want to pretend that everything's gonna be okay for like five minutes.
00:52:34I hate to break it to you, but that's not how this works.
00:52:37Don't you think I know that?
00:52:38And when you keep pushing everyone away, like me and Mom and even Sophie, it's hard for me not to just step in and deal with everything for you, okay?
00:52:45Yeah, well, that's the same problem we've always had, being the older brother.
00:52:49By two minutes, settle down.
00:52:50And you act like I'm incapable of looking after myself.
00:52:53Not true.
00:52:54Well, you went away, and I did just fine without you.
00:52:56Yeah, well, I'm here now, okay?
00:52:57Yeah, and did someone's life have to be at stake for you to come back?
00:53:04Even you can't fix this for me, Jackson.
00:53:06So please, just back off.
00:53:16You got it.
00:53:19Thank you, Manson.
00:53:27I found her.
00:53:35I...
00:53:35I found her.
00:53:36Soph, Soph, I found the missing link to my love letters case.
00:53:40Okay, so the house was used not just as a residence, but also a home-based business, namely a hair salon called Carlotta's Curls and Cuts.
00:53:48Carlotta being the cousin of the woman who owned the house in 1990.
00:53:50Now, I reached out to the former owner, and she said that Carlotta not only ran her business there, but also lived there.
00:53:56And her nickname was Charlie, yes.
00:53:59So this whole time I thought we were looking for a man, it was Carlotta.
00:54:02So Carlotta just emailed me back.
00:54:04Turns out she lives right here in Elmwood Village.
00:54:07What do you think about going and returning these letters to her together?
00:54:10Let's go.
00:54:13So, you're looking for someone?
00:54:15Yes.
00:54:15And we think it might be you.
00:54:20Those are Robert's letters.
00:54:23I think you were found underneath the floorboards of your cousin's house.
00:54:26It's changed hands a few times since, but the current owner, a young woman named Alicia, wanted
00:54:30to make sure that they found their way back to you.
00:54:32I moved out after a few months, and when I realized I had left them behind, it was too late.
00:54:39I don't know what this means to me.
00:54:42Can I ask?
00:54:43What happened with you and Robert?
00:54:47Robert was my first love.
00:54:48He wrote these to me on his first tour of duty in Iraq.
00:54:56We planned on getting married when he came home.
00:54:59And we did.
00:55:00Oh.
00:55:01Oh, my God.
00:55:02Oh, I'm just so glad to have these back.
00:55:05Oh, part of him.
00:55:08Something I can share with Eddie and Gregory.
00:55:11His words.
00:55:12His memories are so important to have.
00:55:13And your family is so beautiful.
00:55:17Edgar is a junior at Vanderton University, and Gregory is at a school for the blind right
00:55:22here in Buffalo.
00:55:30Wait up.
00:55:31So, what's going on?
00:55:32I can't.
00:55:32Where is my mind bitten?
00:55:34What are you talking about?
00:55:35We have to get back to the office.
00:55:37I have been totally missing the office.
00:55:48Hi, my name is Sophie McLaren, and I'm looking for someone who I think may have taught...
00:55:52Hi, is there a Clark Higgins that ever taught at your school?
00:55:57Hi, did Clark Higgins ever work there?
00:55:59Okay.
00:56:02You're sure?
00:56:04He did?
00:56:05When?
00:56:05He retired?
00:56:09Okay, um, is there a forwarding address?
00:56:13No.
00:56:14Okay.
00:56:21Mom, I just wish you were here.
00:56:26I feel like I've hit a brick wall.
00:56:31I just knew in my gut that Clark was a teacher, and he would go back to teaching.
00:56:34If he could, and that's how I'd find him.
00:56:38But I didn't.
00:56:41I was too late.
00:56:45I'm running out of time, Mom.
00:56:47And this is the one case I can't fail.
00:56:52And I'm worried.
00:56:53That's exactly what I'm doing.
00:56:54So, once I finally found Charlie, a.k.a. Carlotta, she was thrilled.
00:57:09That's amazing.
00:57:11In my job, I don't usually get to deliver good news.
00:57:15I do hope they find Clark, though, for Jonathan's sake.
00:57:17Well, if anyone can do it, it's Sophie and Jackson.
00:57:20Yeah.
00:57:20Those two are relentless.
00:57:26So, Winston?
00:57:28Hmm?
00:57:28What was it that finally made you decide to ask me out?
00:57:36Uh...
00:57:37Something Jackson said.
00:57:42I realized if I didn't put aside my fear and ask you out,
00:57:47I was never going to get to know the real you.
00:57:51And that would have been the biggest regret of my life.
00:58:05Well, I'm really glad that you finally did.
00:58:09Waiting a long time, you know?
00:58:19Wow.
00:58:21How long, exactly?
00:58:27The day we met.
00:58:28How did you get me to fall so soon?
00:58:51Hey, what could I get you?
00:59:02I'll take a lager, please.
00:59:13Hey.
00:59:14So, what brings you here?
00:59:17Nostalgia?
00:59:17Yeah.
00:59:18You've been here before?
00:59:21No.
00:59:22My, um...
00:59:23My father has.
00:59:25All right, well, let me know if you need anything else, buddy.
00:59:27Yeah.
00:59:28Now, let's go.
00:59:28Yeah.
00:59:42Nice to be tired.
00:59:43It's Jessie, the red-haired woman.
01:00:13Who's about ready?
01:00:16Hey.
01:00:18Sorry, I'm not great company tonight.
01:00:21I just had a rough day.
01:00:25So, whatever problems you faced in your life,
01:00:28you've always found a workaround.
01:00:32It's not the same this time.
01:00:34I thought I had it,
01:00:38and I don't know.
01:00:43From the moment you came into our lives,
01:00:49your mother and I knew
01:00:52there was something special about you.
01:00:55And we were right.
01:00:57You're the best thing that ever happened to us.
01:01:02You're gonna find Clark Higgins.
01:01:05I have total faith.
01:01:07Thanks, Dad.
01:01:13I still haven't opened the package Mom left me.
01:01:19I want to.
01:01:21I'm just not ready.
01:01:24Your mother would want you to take as much time as you need, huh?
01:01:28Opening the package you left is not a race.
01:01:32Yeah.
01:01:36Sorry, Dad.
01:01:38Um...
01:01:40It's Jackson.
01:01:42Um, Dad, rain check on dinner?
01:01:45Okay, we just, uh, we just gotta leave.
01:01:47Go get him, kiddo.
01:01:49Your mom gave me a black-and-white photo.
01:01:53That's why we couldn't tell that Jesse was the red-headed woman.
01:01:55And that was who Hannah saw with Clark in Boston.
01:01:58Arm-in-arm because he's blind.
01:02:00You know, it does make me feel a little better
01:02:02knowing he didn't just leave my mom for another woman.
01:02:04Wait.
01:02:05When I talked to Oscar,
01:02:06he said that Jesse had left him for an old boyfriend.
01:02:09And the way this guy, this Kay Del Rio, has his arm around her.
01:02:13You think that might be the old boyfriend?
01:02:15And if she got married and changed her name,
01:02:16that would explain why we haven't found her.
01:02:21Okay.
01:02:23Um, I'm running a search for Jesse Del Rio in the Massachusetts area.
01:02:28Age range 50 to 60 with other family members
01:02:32in the same household, in the same age range.
01:02:35Specifically men, first initial Kay.
01:02:38Look, there in the bottom entry.
01:02:41Radford, Mass.
01:02:42Should we call?
01:02:43Yeah.
01:02:44Beats a seven-hour drive.
01:02:52Hello?
01:02:53Hi!
01:02:54My name is Sophie McLaren,
01:02:55and I'm a forensic genealogist.
01:02:56I'm looking for someone who I think lived there.
01:02:58Jesse Del Rio?
01:02:59No, there's no Jesse here.
01:03:03Is there anyone else that I could speak to?
01:03:05No.
01:03:06Bye.
01:03:08Bust, huh?
01:03:11It was probably just a wrong number.
01:03:14We'll find her.
01:03:15It's only a matter of time.
01:03:17Time is the one thing we don't have much of.
01:03:21Maybe we should just head there.
01:03:23Tomorrow, you know, check out this address, the town nearby.
01:03:25See if anyone remembers seeing her.
01:03:27Yeah.
01:03:28Yeah, you're right.
01:03:29We're not giving up.
01:03:30Okay.
01:03:31I'll expand the search, see if we can get any more leads.
01:03:35And in the meantime, maybe we can order some takeout.
01:03:37I think that's your best idea, yeah.
01:03:39Yes.
01:03:40Mm-hmm.
01:03:41I think it's a good idea.
01:03:42We decided to get a little bit of food.
01:03:43Mm-hmm.
01:03:44I think someone was getting a little hangry.
01:03:45Excuse me.
01:03:46There was a hangry one here.
01:03:47I think the last time we had Chinese food together was when we were 17 in New York City.
01:03:52Oh, yeah, that's right.
01:03:53That's right.
01:03:54That's right.
01:03:55That little hole in the wall in the village.
01:03:56That's the same night that you, me, and John, we went to that Springsteen concert at the garden, right?
01:04:10Yes.
01:04:11That was such a night.
01:04:12I remember I wanted to drive, but you wouldn't let me touch the wheel because you always had to be in control.
01:04:19touch the wheel because you always had to be in control whoa i just i like to keep everyone safe
01:04:24that's why i became a doctor it's true you know um that was the night i almost kissed you
01:04:35what really yeah what do you mean remember um jonathan was asleep in the back seat and we
01:04:43stopped at that gas station yes because i wanted a soda that's right because sophie wanted a soda
01:04:48and i always tried to give sophie whatever she wanted
01:04:54so what happened why didn't you kiss me uh i don't know we were we were outside leaning against the
01:05:02car looking at the stars well i was looking at you and i leaned towards you yes
01:05:13i was just about to ask you if i could kiss you
01:05:18and then and then i don't know um i guess i just chickened out
01:05:27um then monday morning jeff wazorski asked you out jeff wazorski wait that guy that asked me out
01:05:34to homecoming and then spent the entire night talking to his friends ignoring me and who i
01:05:38never went out with ever again that guy yeah that guy so why didn't you try to kiss me again after that
01:05:50i felt like i missed my chance and then um i don't know you know i i decided that it wasn't worth ruining
01:06:00our friendship over one meaningless kiss yeah yeah you're right i mean thank god we preserved our
01:06:07friendship this long so if i didn't mean it's it's it's okay it's no big deal and we've been on different
01:06:15paths you know you in the city me here i guess we wouldn't have worked out anyway yeah i guess not
01:06:25but i'm glad you're back i missed you yeah yeah i missed you too self and you and jonathan are my
01:06:34closest friends that's important to me yeah friends right
01:06:42good morning brother
01:06:59i have to say you called it of course i did wait what did i call
01:07:05i can be a bit controlling i push you to do what i think is best and i always have wow um
01:07:16that was not what i was expecting and um i'm sorry but you know i only do it because i love you right
01:07:24yeah and i love you too i mean i didn't mean to lay into like that but you know me when i think it
01:07:31you say it yeah i know
01:07:38i gotta lay down yeah
01:07:43look i i feel like an idiot for not being here for you like i should have
01:07:48when i moved to new york everything became about the work for me
01:07:52and i i just kind of dropped the ball with everybody i cared about back here
01:07:56yeah you kind of did yeah then i came back acting like i was gonna fix you acting like i was gonna
01:08:10fix everything but it wasn't a match and then i couldn't find clark
01:08:16i just i kind of feel like i just failed you all around you know you didn't fail me
01:08:24you're here with me now yeah look i know you i know it's easier for you to lock down your
01:08:30feelings and focus on helping others but all i need all i need is for you to be my brother
01:08:38brother my older less attractive brother
01:08:49i can do that
01:08:53hey so uh winston called you the love doctor yeah well it turns out that people will
01:09:03ask for your opinion if you just call it advice hey okay well i could use your advice doc let me
01:09:13guess sophie are you finally admitting it you have a thing for sophie how do you i never actually
01:09:22thought you'd admit it i owe mom a hundred bucks what okay tell me everything um okay um
01:09:30i may have already said some embarrassing stuff okay like uh that i tried to kiss her that night
01:09:38that we were coming home from that springsteen concert yeah at the gas station yeah i wasn't really
01:09:44sleeping you weren't dude okay so what happened oh i crashed and burned okay so what are you gonna do now
01:09:54i don't know i don't know you know my instincts are telling me that i should just cut my losses and
01:09:59run but i don't want to do that again jackson i know you and when you think you're being so obvious
01:10:05you so are not buddy tell her how you feel don't be around the bush now what did you tell winston uh
01:10:15uh to put yourself out there and to heck with the consequences yeah right
01:10:35hey george what are you doing here you have every right to be angry what i did was unforgivable and i know
01:10:41that i was just so scared of losing you and losing the boys and losing my family and it was hard for me
01:10:53feeling second best that was never the way it was between us i married you because i loved you well
01:11:00i know that now but back then i was young and i was insecure and i was stupid in love
01:11:06we could lose jonathan because of what you did yeah i know
01:11:15and if i could go back in time and change it i would but i can't
01:11:23george i have never regretted our life together not for a minute you you stepped up and saved me when
01:11:35i was lost made a home for me and the boys and and you were
01:11:42are you are an incredible father and i love you
01:11:48i'm so sorry
01:11:57i'm so sorry
01:12:01johnathan jackson hey open up open open
01:12:24i found her what are you talking about we got a close family match from one of the ancestry
01:12:31websites the profile was private so i couldn't access the profile until the match came through
01:12:36what does this mean jesse del rio your dna matched with hers and when i went to the profile
01:12:40i found this this is the same bradford address and phone number we had the right address we just
01:12:45spoke to the wrong person what's going on we won the lottery well we did
01:12:53that's jesse clark's sister you found him well no we we found his sister but maybe she can help
01:12:59make the connection to clark or maybe she or one of her family members could be the match we've been
01:13:03looking for
01:13:19hello anyone home
01:13:21oh hi who are you what do you want my name is sophie mclaren this is jackson i called you the other
01:13:32day about jesse del rio is she around look we've been driving all night we need to talk to her my
01:13:37grandma owns this house you don't know anyone named jesse del rio okay um well is there anyone else that i
01:13:46don't like it okay clearly not a morning person no
01:14:08no no no we can't go yet
01:14:09so what we just wait then for someone who doesn't even live here isn't that the definition
01:14:18of insanity you know doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome
01:14:22well then i guess we're insane because we are not leaving wow so for you are good yes i am
01:14:40you know that night after the concert it wouldn't have been just some meaningless kiss
01:14:49what do you mean i think that's part of the reason why i didn't come back here much after college
01:14:54i was a little uh heartbroken by your mysterious first love yeah yeah
01:15:02yeah yeah i missed my chance that night and even though i blame jeff wazorski wait wait what does jeff
01:15:12wazorski have to do with anything
01:15:16who do you think i've been talking about
01:15:20selfie i was talking about you you're the girl that no one else could ever live up to
01:15:25uh don i i'm sorry if this is a lot are you kidding me i was hung up on you for years
01:15:38jonathan still hasn't let me live it down are you serious yes i mean why do you think i was so upset
01:15:44with you when you left
01:15:50so that night yeah i guess things could have been very different look anna said it was blue but it was
01:15:58gray come on let's go
01:16:14oh hi excuse me uh jesse del rio
01:16:17yes hi my name is sophie mcclaren and this is jackson ford ford and what can i do for you
01:16:31uh we're looking for clark higgins he's um he's your father oh come and give your head jesse
01:16:40oh i was always wondering if one of you boys would come looking oh when my granddaughter called
01:16:47just now and said she scared away some looky loos i had no idea uh she listens to too many of those
01:16:53true crime podcasts she thought you were casing the joint or something but no you had a good reason
01:17:01to come here didn't you yes ma'am it's my brother jonathan he's sick and we need to find our father
01:17:16i think he'd love to meet you
01:17:24this is surreal if you'd asked me a few weeks ago i thought that today we'd be meeting our biological
01:17:30father that we didn't even know existed i would have thought you were nuts
01:17:53you ready for this
01:17:56ready as i'll ever be
01:18:00you ready for this
01:18:11jonathan and uh jackson
01:18:14hi um you must be clark
01:18:20i'm jackson and this is jonathan hi
01:18:24where to begin look we're just happy that sophie found you you know that you're here with us now
01:18:33the rest of it we can figure out i'm happy too
01:18:43here's mom
01:18:43clark
01:18:51clark
01:18:52dorothy
01:18:55dorothy i'm sorry
01:18:56why
01:18:56why why did you i was afraid and after my accident i didn't know what to do i
01:19:05i didn't know how i could be a father
01:19:07it felt easier to disappear to give you and the boys a fresh start without me
01:19:16i know it was wrong
01:19:17i was all alone i tried to come back i know anna saw me and jesse in boston but by then i was married to george and
01:19:29he threatened you he was just trying to protect his family
01:19:31he did but i couldn't
01:19:36i knew he loved you all
01:19:38that's why i had jesse send that postcard
01:19:42boys had a father had a family
01:19:45and it was too late for me to come back from the dead
01:19:51it's not too late
01:19:53never
01:20:03thank you
01:20:06look i i want to know you both i want to hear everything
01:20:10um there's something you all should know winston just sent me your test results and clark
01:20:17you're a match
01:20:23jonathan i want to help i i want to do this for you
01:20:46thank you
01:20:49thank you
01:20:50thank you
01:21:06well we're off to kick cancer's butt
01:21:08thanks again soph
01:21:36thanks again soph
01:21:38yeah for everything
01:21:40for finding clark and for never giving up
01:21:43i don't think giving up is in my dna
01:21:46i bet i get that from my mom
01:21:48yeah i bet you do
01:21:51so i've been thinking about sticking around here for a while
01:21:54i want to be here for jonathan's recovery and to get to know clark
01:21:57yeah no i think that's i think that's a good idea you don't get second chances like this
01:22:02no you don't
01:22:03you know you higgins fords have kind of inspired me
01:22:12i think it might be time for me to find my birth parents
01:22:17the package my mom left me i think opening it is the first step to finding out who i am
01:22:23and i didn't have the courage to do that until now look i know it can be scary yeah but the truth
01:22:33really will set you free i mean look at me i'm living proof of that right
01:22:36well how do you feel about grabbing a slice at big tony's this week there's a pinball machine with
01:22:45your name on it i'm still holding the top score so you are so on great i'd hate to miss this shot
01:22:52i've had a second chance i'll see you then yeah
01:23:22my dear sophie if you're reading this letter then i'm in a better place
01:23:41being your mother has been the blessing of a lifetime
01:23:44i know that one day you'll be ready to find the truth about where you came from
01:23:48all i have to give you is this blanket wrapped around you the night you were placed on the
01:23:54firehouse steps the night you became my daughter i wish i could give you more but i know you sophie
01:24:02mclaren you are incredible at what you do and i know with this one little clue you can find all
01:24:09the answers you need i love you more than you can know forever and always mom
01:24:18you
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