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00:04If you were a teacher, I would fill your class, take a bath over and over till you notice me.
00:16If you were a waiting room, I would never see a doctor, I would sit there with your first day.
00:32I wanna be the power ballad that lifts you up and holds you down.
00:39I wanna be the broken love song that feeds your misery.
00:46And I can wish all that I want, but it won't bring us together.
00:53Plus I know whatever happens to me, I know it's for the better.
01:05So...
01:08So...
01:11You learned some new tricks.
01:13Oh, well...
01:15I don't need to know how.
01:21So...
01:24About this...
01:27Yeah.
01:28Well...
01:30It's Flora.
01:37Okay?
01:38Yeah.
01:39You need anything?
01:40Do you know how much longer it's gonna be?
01:42No, it shouldn't be that long.
01:43No, it's fine.
01:59You're alone.
02:01I'm here.
02:03She's gone.
02:14oh thank god you're here okay they're both okay uh merritt's in the back with the doctor
02:18she has a mild concussion yeah it's waiting for uh still waiting to be seen she's she's
02:23all right why don't you go check it we'll be over here okay
02:29hey are you okay what the hell happened they took jenny's car no that much i know i'm sorry
02:36merritt and i have taken the car out a couple times now so you knew about this i know she
02:41has
02:41her permit but no not this so what they were just out joyriding your car they weren't joyriding your
02:47son took the car with flora in it and almost killed them both we usually just like drive around but
02:52tonight merritt was upset and he was he was drinking and i didn't know and he's been drinking
03:03a lot lately and he was drunk at the party and i should have told laurie but i i just
03:08didn't i
03:09should have told her i'm sorry i'm so sorry hey that's what happened i'm so sorry honey no i'm sorry
03:16david oh he's over here oh i don't i don't even i don't know where to start
03:35i'm sorry i screwed up
03:41oh i'll pay malcolm back for the car i'll find this has this goes so far beyond the car
03:47hey you've been lying to us you could have died i know hey flora could have died i i know
03:55i get it
03:57you you were drunk
04:00no i wasn't oh you were legally drunk they took your blood you ran jenny's car into a lake
04:08you're gonna get a tui lose your license a minimum do you do you get that okay david please just
04:14please do you get that
04:23you have been drinking okay and not just at parties so there there is a lot there are a lot
04:28of
04:29conversations that we will be having okay but right now we're just so thankful that you and flora are
04:38okay
04:38all right
04:39all right
04:40all right
04:54all right
04:57okay
04:57hey
04:59hi uh flora left her phone
05:03hey malcolm
05:06i'm so sorry
05:07i have no idea that marriage
05:10no i should have been more careful with jenny's car i'm sorry too
05:17hey uh where are you parked i'll walk you to your car
05:19oh i came with david
05:22oh
05:23okay
05:51i'll go get casey yeah give us a minute
05:57son listen to me right now
06:01this life isn't just yours
06:05do you hear me
06:06what you do affects everyone around you everyone that cares for you
06:10me your mom your sister your friends your girl everyone
06:16i'm telling you this from experience i've thrown away so much of my damn life to alcohol
06:22the idea you will go down that same road suddenly
06:24i'm not you
06:25you don't have to be it's a disease
06:30yeah well you got sober and our family still fell apart so what does it matter
06:38thanks for freaking everybody out now they're never gonna let me drive dude
06:45i'm staying home today
06:57i'm staying home today
06:57clara
06:58clara's gonna be okay
07:00i looked it up all you have to do is pull it out with such a line
07:03okay bud
07:03it's really cool
07:05justin stop
07:07we get it you know how to use google
07:08i'm sorry
07:15hey
07:16hey
07:18i'm okay
07:19i'm okay
07:20just
07:22just stay away from merit
07:24you promise me
07:26okay
07:28all right is everybody ready
07:31hey you sure you don't want to stay home tonight
07:33you can
07:34especially after last night
07:36no it's okay
07:37all right at least let me give you a lift
07:38come on
07:38i i'd really rather walk dad
07:41clear my head
07:43all right
07:45all right
07:46okay kiddos let's go
07:49Thursday works so just check in with them
07:52hey can you take a look at this
07:53yeah of course
07:54oh shoot
07:56oh
07:57david
07:59malcolm
08:03oh bachelor number three
08:04well answer it woman
08:08hey you
08:09hey
08:10how are you uh what happened you said there was a family emergency
08:13yeah um i apologize for the cryptic alarmist text um my son actually got into a car accident
08:22oh my god is he
08:24yeah no no he's fine
08:24he's fine
08:25everyone is fine um it just really gave us a scare um we spent the night in the er last
08:31night and that's why i didn't call you right away
08:34i'm so sorry laurie i'm glad he's okay
08:36yeah it was intense
08:38but um it's all good now he's he's home he's he's fine
08:41good
08:42well uh if it helps i uh i missed you
08:47it does
08:49i missed you too
08:50i'll take a rain check when you come up for air
08:52great thanks for being so understanding
08:53yeah
08:55are you kidding
08:56accidents happen right
08:58um i'll call you later
08:59okay
09:03so timeline question
09:05oh can we please not play this game
09:07why did you send this cryptic text to joe before you slept with your ex-husband
09:13that's what i thought
09:15i don't know why i did it
09:18i don't know what it means
09:21oh my god
09:22he leaked the car
09:24yep
09:25that is so cool
09:26it's not cool
09:27i mean flora was in the front of that car
09:29she could have played
09:30nika it's on
09:32jackson said he and eli are gonna meet us under the stands after practice
09:35okay
09:36is eli cool
09:38well
09:39he's a freshman in high school
09:41i don't
10:05it's coming on christmas
10:08cutting down trees
10:10putting up reindeers
10:13singing songs of joy and peace
10:16so i wish i had a river
10:18and i could skate away
10:24but you know that it don't snow here
10:28you know it stays pretty green
10:31but i make a lot of money
10:33and i'm gonna quit this crazy scene
10:37oh i wish i had a river
10:40i could skate away
10:43oh i wish i had a river so long
10:51i would teach my feet to fly
11:02oh i wish i had a river so long
11:09i could skate away
11:20flora
11:22hey what's the matter
11:26what is it
11:26is it is it merit
11:27is it about the accident
11:28they pulled the car out
11:31it's gone
11:32oh honey
11:33it's gone
11:33what can i do
11:35nothing nothing
11:35there's nothing you can do
11:38okay look we'll get you a car
11:40all right
11:40we'll figure it out
11:41it's okay
11:43it's okay if i cry
11:46you don't always have to fix everything
11:48okay but
11:50no just just
11:51just let me be sad
11:56it's not bad for me to feel this way
12:00i really
12:01i just i really need you to be okay with that
12:05i am
12:06you're right
12:06i'm sorry
12:08okay
12:08okay
12:09okay
12:15by the way
12:17i need you to write my little women essay over the break
12:20it's due
12:20first day back
12:22seriously
12:23yeah
12:24just don't make it sound like you
12:35you know what jacoda
12:37write your own essay
12:41for real
12:44wow
12:46i don't know why i even listened to casey
12:50what
12:51at the thrift store
12:52she totally guilt-tripped me about you
12:55she's even more holier than thou than you are
12:58no
13:00she just doesn't care what other people think about her
13:03penalty
13:04no wait
13:04it's fine
13:05no it's not fine
13:06my sister almost died last night
13:08do you seriously think that i care about what grade you get in english
13:14you're not a real friend
13:18hey coach
13:19i quit
13:33i can't believe you're going
13:35merit's gonna be there
13:36so
13:36i'm not going for him
13:38i'm going for laurie and casey and david
13:40it's christmas eve
13:42we go every year
13:43i don't care
13:43i don't want to see him
13:44i'm staying here
13:47what
13:48i can't read this
13:50okay
13:51don't worry about it
13:54i'm doing anything for christmas
13:56the decorating
13:57the cookies
13:57all right
13:58calm down
13:59it's a special ingredient
14:01slice
14:01i think
14:03i can't read it
14:04well it can't be all that important
14:06just make them without it
14:07i can't
14:09it's mom's recipe
14:10they won't be hard on cookies
14:14she told it to me last christmas
14:17i can't remember what she said
14:21forget it
14:21oh
14:22oh
14:24justin
14:24hey
14:25it's okay
14:28anything that you bake
14:30will taste great
14:31yeah and we'll help you
14:32we'll make our own special ingredient
14:34yeah
14:35that's what mom would do
14:36and they'll still have mom in them
14:38i promise
14:39okay
14:41let's do it
14:43definitely flowers
14:44so we have that for sure
14:46mm-hmm
14:48dad's here
14:53hi
14:54hey baby
14:56merry christmas
14:57merry christmas
14:58merry christmas
15:00merry christmas
15:01hey
15:01hey buddy
15:08merry christmas
15:09huh
15:12merit
15:13what
15:16i can't believe you invited the jeffries
15:18it's like
15:19so awkward
15:20i invited them because we love them
15:22and they love us
15:23and we work through our problems
15:28i'm sorry but this whole christmas is just feeling
15:30super fake
15:33i know it's weird
15:35merit
15:36we're all trying here
15:37how's it gonna work tomorrow
15:38we get two christmas mornings
15:40one here and one at your crappy townhouse
15:43hey
15:43merit
15:44hey
15:46look i'm sorry i
15:48i hate that you're still this upset son
15:52come on man
15:52tell me what i can do to make things better
15:54you can stop asking me
15:55how you can make things better
15:57figure it out yourself
15:59you know you're the reason flora and i broke up
16:02you're the reason she hates me now
16:03we were doing great
16:04and then you came over
16:05and you were so worried about her
16:07not me
16:07you didn't even think about me
16:08your own son
16:09you just assumed i hurt her
16:10poor innocent flora
16:13merit i'm sorry
16:14okay i never meant to like
16:15don't don't worry about it
16:19you're right
16:26no
16:29that was wrong of me
16:30okay to put any of that on you
16:33to make you feel
16:38merit i'm so proud to be your dad
16:41i am
16:43do you know how very special you are son
16:46i don't want you ever thinking any less of yourself because you're not
16:52mi hijo
16:54yo te quiero con todo el alma
16:58te aburo
17:00okay
17:03i'm sorry
17:16merry christmas
17:17hi
17:19should we
17:20no come on in
17:21okay
17:23hi
17:24merry christmas
17:25uh where's pen
17:26uh she is
17:28she
17:28she's
17:29staying home
17:30yeah
17:32merry christmas
17:33thank you
17:33hi
17:34merry christmas to you too
17:35hi
17:36uh who's hungry
17:37i am
17:37it smells wonderful
17:39merry christmas
17:51okay
17:51i know things are bad between us
17:52and you don't want to talk about it
17:53and i know you're pissed at my brother
17:55i totally
17:55i am too
17:56but
17:56i don't want that to make things even worse
17:58okay
17:59so
17:59we are gonna talk
18:01now
18:03okay
18:12let's go for a walk
18:14okay
18:21hey thanks for saying something to dakota by the way
18:24you know you didn't have to do that
18:25well did it help
18:27no of course not
18:27she's the word
18:28oh
18:30yeah
18:34pen
18:35mm-hmm
18:36i'm really sorry
18:41about how i handled everything with your mom
18:44you know she was like my second mom
18:47that's how i think of your mom
18:50i didn't really know what to say
18:51or do
18:52or um
18:57i blew it
19:03i'm coming in for the bear hug
19:05i'm coming in
19:06oh
19:09oh
19:10big group hug
19:17you know i think about your mom like every day
19:24so i should have tried harder
19:26to understand what you've been going through
19:30it's okay
19:32you know i don't even understand
19:34i kind of don't want to
19:37and uh i've just
19:40i think i've been trying not to be me
19:43you know it's easier to be a cool cheerleader than a sad pk
19:48you know more fun too
19:50or
19:51you know i thought
19:55i'm really sorry pen
20:02i'm really sorry too
20:08so i quit cheer by the way
20:10wait
20:11no you're serious
20:11actually
20:12you
20:12and uh
20:13no i don't really know what i'm gonna do instead
20:15but
20:17truth
20:18really sucks doing it without you
20:22well
20:22you can always join wrestling
20:24i mean
20:24i don't know
20:25i think that's all yours
20:26don't worry
20:27but
20:28maybe
20:29give more rewatch over christmas break
20:30yes
20:31let's do it
20:31yes
20:32yes
20:32yes
20:33i need more rory
20:34oh my gosh
20:34me too
20:35oh
20:40justin these are so good
20:41i can really taste the love
20:42thank you
20:46thanks again for helping out with the gala
20:48oh yeah
20:49and
20:50thank you
20:52for being there for mary
20:54don't give up on him
21:02hi
21:02um
21:03oh
21:04um
21:05i
21:06um
21:08i
21:10i'm sorry
21:10i uh
21:11i didn't realize you were having people over
21:13i really should have thought to call first
21:14no no it's okay
21:15do you want to come inside
21:16no
21:16uh no
21:17i um
21:18you already have enough men
21:20in the house
21:23these
21:24are for you
21:25oh
21:25thank you joe
21:26they're so beautiful
21:29jeez
21:30how much do you think those flowers cost
21:32at least 285 dollars
21:34i don't want to keep you from your friends and family i'm just headed to my sisters
21:38um and i have another little something else for you
21:42oh
21:42uh you can open it now
21:45okay
21:45oh i'm sorry let me
21:46oh thank you
21:48it is a green project house i worked on in the outer banks
21:51oh
21:52and the owners gave me
21:54a weekend stay as a thank you
21:56oh wow it's gorgeous
21:57yeah
21:58um
21:59i was thinking that you and i could go there together
22:01maybe
22:02ring in the new year
22:04uh
22:05it's
22:05just the weekend away
22:07no uh
22:07cargo ships involved
22:09and then uh
22:11maybe in the new year you and i could
22:13be together
22:16oh
22:18you don't have to say anything right now
22:20i know it's a big step but
22:23go big or go home right
22:30merry christmas lori
22:31merry christmas child
22:49what are you doing
22:49what does it look like
22:51okay well everyone's gone you can come out now
22:56five four three two one
22:57whoa
22:57oh
23:01i'm glad you're okay
23:06i don't think i screwed you out of them letting you drive
23:09if anything
23:10i set the bar
23:12really well
23:14yeah
23:16but um
23:19i am sorry
23:22don't ever do anything like that again
23:26okay
23:26i don't want to have to see you like i saw dad
23:29because we gotta stick together man
23:31you and me
23:37also mom kind of said you have to get ready for church
23:40okay
23:40okay
23:40all right
23:41get out
23:41oh you know you love me poor thing
23:43i love you too
23:53okay
23:55what what's up
23:57i wasn't gonna bring this up but uh
23:59after that fun little cup of jill drug but it just happened
24:02i thought i'd
24:05ask you know what the deal is
24:07so
24:08so
24:09so you guys are still seeing each other
24:10yes
24:11but you slept with me
24:14yes
24:15what was that
24:15what was that
24:16what was that
24:18old habits
24:20okay
24:21okay well old habits aren't all bad
24:23i mean i like that old habit
24:25maybe we make it a new habit
24:28david knew it was nice
24:30okay it was more than nice
24:32it was probably necessary
24:35lori
24:36lori
24:36lori doesn't mean anything
24:37okay
24:37it happened
24:38right
24:38it is what it is
24:39yeah
24:40but that wasn't just a hookup for me
24:42that was about one thing
24:43you
24:46i miss you
24:47you miss me
24:50now you miss me
24:51my time has always sucked
24:55i'm not gonna say that there isn't a part of me
24:58that misses you
25:00clearly there is
25:03but i'm pretty confident that you and i sleeping together
25:07it was a step backwards
25:09not forward
25:16i'm sorry
25:18no
25:19no i'm sorry
25:21okay
25:21we should go
25:28why don't you stay here tonight
25:30not with me
25:31i mean on the couch
25:34and then you could be here in the morning
25:36for the kids
25:39thank you
25:41that'd be amazing
25:48for god so loved the world that he gave his only son
25:52so that everyone who believes in him may not perish
25:55but may have eternal life
25:58thank you pastor harris
26:03john 3 16
26:05this year my heart brings me to this
26:07this simple verse
26:08this humble
26:09beautiful sacrifice
26:11that god
26:11would send his only son
26:14so that we could have eternal life with him
26:18what a gift
26:19in such a small package
26:21what
26:22hope and peace
26:23and joy
26:24and love
26:28you know i've been thinking
26:30about all the packages under the jeffries tree
26:32all the
26:32wrapped gifts
26:34piled up there this year
26:35i'm guessing
26:36guessing your trees are probably the same
26:39and how tomorrow morning
26:40we will be sitting there
26:41surrounded
26:42by a sea
26:43of wrapping paper
26:44and open gifts
26:47but christ's gift to us
26:49the real
26:49gift of christmas
26:51is eternal
26:52unwrapped not once
26:54but over
26:55and over again
26:56opened
26:57not just tomorrow morning
26:58but every day
26:59friends christmas is holy
27:02about god's love
27:04i encourage you
27:05to celebrate
27:06his gift to us
27:08god sacrificed
27:09his only son for us
27:11live in honor of that gift
27:13that
27:13that sacrifice
27:14put love
27:15and care for others
27:16ahead of self
27:17live
27:18that gift
27:19live that sacrifice
27:20for me
27:22amen
27:22amen
27:37what are you
27:38what are you doing here
27:38where are you going
27:41i uh
27:43i can't
27:45i can't
27:46i can't listen
27:48um
27:49i
27:50i feel
27:56so awful
27:59that night
28:02when you asked me to come over
28:05the reason i didn't
28:09i was i was drunk
28:12i wanted to be with you
28:13i i really
28:14i really did
28:17i'm like
28:18dad
28:24i got scared
28:31and i ruined everything
28:32i'm so sorry
28:34hey
28:35hey
28:35hey
28:37it's
28:38it's good that
28:39you feel awful
28:40i mean
28:40it's
28:41it's good to feel awful
28:44it is
28:46yeah
28:46hey
28:47trust me
28:47feeling something
28:49so much better
28:51than feeling nothing
28:56and you're not alone
28:58and you're a friend
29:01i do want you in my life
29:03i feel you're in
29:10well
29:13with our families
29:14it's not like you really have a choice
29:17yeah
29:19yeah
29:21i mean you know
29:37what a holy night
29:39how blessed we are with these gifts of christmas
29:43hope
29:44and peace
29:48and joy
29:49and love
30:04merry christmas dad
30:06merry christmas mara
30:07thank you
30:20oh holy night
30:24the stars are brightly shining
30:29it is the night
30:32of our dear saviour's birth
30:38long lay the world
30:42with sin and error pining
30:48till he appeared
30:51and the soul felt its worth
30:57a thrill of hope
31:01the weary world rejoices
31:05for yonder
31:08raise
31:09a new and glorious
31:12born
31:14fall
31:17on your knees
31:21oh hear
31:24the angel voices
31:28o night
31:34divine
31:37divine
31:38o night
31:40when christ was born
31:45o night
31:48o night
31:52o holy night
31:53o night
32:01Merry Christmas
32:06Hey, bud
32:07Merry Christmas
32:09Come on, all righty
32:15Hey, no presents until Coco, Mom's rule
32:19Gotcha, gotcha, there you go
32:21Careful
32:23Let's take it hot
32:24Kind of
32:25Okay
32:27You guys, you guys always used to get up so early on Christmas morning
32:32I don't know how she did it, but somehow your mom always managed to beat you downstairs
32:37I have Coco waiting
32:51All right, Justin, let's open some presents, huh?
32:54Come on
32:55Show me what we got
32:56Okay
32:59It's calling my name
33:00Oh
33:02Oh, you're right
33:03Okay, wait, let me take that
33:05It's a pretty good haul
33:09Actually
33:11There's one more
33:14What did you do?
33:16What did you do?
33:16Come on
33:22I didn't say anything
33:29You said you always wanted one
33:31Oh
33:33Oh, oh my gosh, David
33:37There's a lot of things I should have done a long time ago, Lori
33:40But it's not too late for me to start doing them now
33:44It's not too late for us
33:46Um, this is very sweet
33:50But
33:54I'm not the same person I used to be, but
33:57David
33:57You are barely two months sober
34:04I'll always be an alcoholic
34:08I'm always going to be in recovery
34:12You know, my sponsor said
34:14Shame doesn't help anything
34:16He's right
34:19I don't want to beat myself up anymore
34:22I don't want to go backwards
34:25Living alone these last few months
34:26I've realized I've taken everything
34:28I took the kids
34:29I took you
34:29I took it all for granted
34:32I'm not going to do that again
34:33No matter what happens here
34:35Listen to me
34:39I can be happy again, Lori
34:42We can be together again
34:43We just need to decide to do it
34:48It's not that simple
34:52Isn't it?
34:57Why didn't you say all this stuff a year ago?
35:01I wasn't here a year ago
35:06I am now
35:24What's this one?
35:26I don't know
35:27Oh
35:28That was under the Christmas decorations and stuff
35:31I thought it was from you, Dad
35:32No, not from me
35:41Why don't you open it?
36:04Merry Christmas, love, Mom
36:08Merry Christmas, love, Mom
36:21There's something for everyone
36:23Why?
36:24Did you know about this?
36:29Ed
36:35It's Mom's jewelry box
36:53Except for me
36:54Thank you
37:11Here, let me
37:14There we go
37:15Come on
37:19I lay in a manger
37:22No crib for a bed
37:25The little Lord Jesus
37:28Lay down your sweet head
37:31It's you
37:32It's me
37:34It's me
37:35I look down where you lay
37:40The little Lord Jesus
37:43I sleep on my hay
37:47I think he likes Christmas
37:51Say hi to Daddy, Justin
37:53Say hi to Daddy
37:55Say hi to Daddy
37:59I know, I know
38:00It's okay
38:02Look at how happy you made her
38:11It's from my mom
38:14Pen
38:22I know
38:23I know
38:52Come here.
39:23Bye, mommy.
40:02My dearest Malcolm, Merry Christmas.
40:07How I wish I was there to celebrate with our beautiful children, with you.
40:15My gift for you is my hope for your future.
40:20A hope that you find love again.
40:25Someone who loves our kids as much as we do.
40:32Someone who shares your faith, who loves God as we do.
40:38Someone who truly, deeply cares for you.
40:44Someone you love.
40:47Someone who loves you.
40:51My dearest Malcolm, this is my hope and my peace and my joy.
40:58My love.
40:59...
41:04...
41:27...
41:44hi hi i mean i was just thinking i mean i can't believe you're here oh i need to talk
41:51to you
41:51i need to talk to you i am so confused malcolm well i'm not not anymore
41:58you know the other day a few weeks ago uh you said that we aren't good for each other
42:03but that couldn't be further from the truth you're nothing but good for me
42:10i love you lori and i know that scares you to hear so before you run back inside i just
42:17i want to say
42:18it's not because i'm lonely or because i'm grieving or because i'm frightened of the future or that
42:23were easy i mean come on who are we kidding you and i are definitely not easy it's because
42:30you are the person you're the person that i want to spend every day and every night with
42:43are you gonna say something
43:10i am so confused malcolm
43:12um i don't know what to do like because on the one hand i have this new guy joe and
43:19he's totally
43:20into me and you know i'm pretty into him too and he wants to like take me away on vacations
43:26and
43:26spend all the time with me that i'll let him and he's like all potential you know like an unknown
43:37but i i slept with david the other night david uh i thought you and joe no i know i
43:48know it was
43:49totally fear-based and probably like self-destructive you know but then
43:55malcolm he wants back in and he's saying all these things if he had said them sooner
44:01but he didn't and i know that but
44:06he's the father of my children right and he is a known quantity
44:11like i woke up this morning and i saw them with him
44:17i don't know maybe he's right maybe it's not too late for us
44:23like to be a family again
44:30laurie i can't i can't tell you what to do
44:32well i know
44:36who could you anyway
44:40uh trust yourself you know you'll find your way forward
44:47oh i'm sorry i'm doing all the talking you came to me what did you want to talk about
44:53i just uh i wanted to say merry christmas
44:59merry christmas you want to come in no no no i should get back okay
45:07good night get in there
45:13oh
45:14now it's for the better
45:17now it's for the better
45:27now it's for the better
45:31now it's for it
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