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00:04Leave it to you to come to the heart of it.
00:06I think that's what I love about you the most.
00:08You're always real and honest with me.
00:12Hold up.
00:14You love me?
00:19No, I mean, I just...
00:21I want you to know how incredible I think you are.
00:26I shouldn't have put you on the spot like that.
00:28Well, I could have phrased it better.
00:30No, it's okay.
00:31Really, no need to explain.
00:33I know what we are.
00:37What does that mean?
00:41I'm sure you have questions.
00:42Just one.
00:45When exactly did Joey start making you feel alive?
00:51Was that before or after Dad died?
00:54Can you show us this?
00:56You're the one who co-signed on this whole ambush and helped her pen me in the booth.
00:59You wouldn't talk to me otherwise.
01:01Well, I'm stuck here now, so let's talk.
01:03But this time, be straight with us.
01:05I have been.
01:06I was devastated after your father passed.
01:09When I said those words, clumsy as they were, what I meant was that Joey helped me find my way
01:16back.
01:16After that very troubling time.
01:19We get it, Mom.
01:21Your creepy-ass lover was the answer to all your prayers.
01:24You just couldn't wait for Dad to go.
01:27My whole life was wrapped up in Doug.
01:30Yeah, then why throw the affair in his face?
01:32I did no such thing, Deanna.
01:34I was grieving.
01:35All those galas and cocktail parties, playing the perfect white for the camera,
01:40all while you were sneaking around with that bottom-feeding hustle.
01:42Enough!
01:44You think you have all the answers because you're angry.
01:50You don't understand.
01:51I get it all too well.
01:53Sis, I don't-
01:55No.
01:55I'm tired of her gaslighting us.
01:58The second I saw you with him, I knew exactly what it was.
02:01And don't tell me Dad didn't, too.
02:29I'm tired of her gaslighting us.
02:37Kat!
02:38Don't tell me the spa double booked your appointment again.
02:42No, I figured I'd get back into kickboxing.
02:45Best way to sweat out my aggressions without traumatizing some poor Chelsea Kat production manager.
02:51Hmm.
02:51Who's the true target?
02:53The walking red flag that married into our family.
02:57Well, what's Hayley done now?
02:58Suddenly decided Tomas is public enemy number one.
03:01And I can't figure out if it's jealousy or boredom or just her hobby of collecting ops like Birkin bags.
03:08But she's circling and I can't figure out how to shut her down.
03:14Yet.
03:15You don't think I have the answer.
03:17Well, you did used to be her bestie.
03:19Okay, correction.
03:20I thought we were.
03:22But she was just biding her time looking for a crack in my parents' marriage so she could blow them
03:27up.
03:29Well, hypothetically, if you had seen it coming, how would you have handled it?
03:35I'm gonna have to plead the fifth on that one.
03:48Hey, Lee Hamilton.
03:51Those bills better half.
03:53Joey?
03:54This is unexpected.
03:57Well, life is full of surprises.
03:59You know, I came across some intel I think you might find useful.
04:03Any chance you can stop by the casino?
04:06We have a major case coming up.
04:09And?
04:10As an indispensable member of our legal team, I am needed at the office.
04:14Why can't you just tell me over the phone?
04:16Where's the fun in that?
04:18I'm sure you can come up with some excuse to step away.
04:22You always do.
04:24You're making assumptions.
04:26And do yourself a favor.
04:28Don't mention this to Bill.
04:29I'll see you when you get here.
04:39You here for a game?
04:41Not today.
04:42Though I did walk away with some nice pocket change the last time I was here.
04:47But I came by to talk.
04:50But if you're too busy.
04:51No, your luck is holding.
04:53I happen to be free.
04:55Unless you're here on a mission from your mother.
04:58In which case, it's not just no.
05:00It's hell no.
05:01No, mama nonsense involved.
05:04This is about Isaiah.
05:06He told me your secret.
05:14I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable.
05:20There's no dodging the fact that the last time you said those three little words to anybody.
05:26It was to the love of your life.
05:29It's not the end of my life, Shanice.
05:31It's great.
05:34Plenty of fun adventure ahead.
05:37Of course, it would be tough to top what happened with you and Nicole.
05:43And your love meet in Maui and that instant love connection.
05:47I don't need to catch lightning in a bottle twice.
05:49I am trying to make this easy for you.
05:52There is a part of you that will always love Nicole.
05:55And I understand that.
05:59Look.
06:00Yes.
06:01What we had was beautiful.
06:03But beautiful things come to an end.
06:06It doesn't make what happens next less real.
06:11I know you are ready to move past the hurt.
06:14And I am willing to meet you where you're at.
06:17But it's normal for the person on the rebound to not want to be...
06:20Rebound?
06:22We're back to that.
06:25We still on for tonight?
06:27Don't even think about backing out on me.
06:29I was kind of hoping somebody came to their senses and called it all for us.
06:33You are not the only one.
06:35And I thought Vanessa might have an epiphany and realize this little play-nice double date was a terrible idea.
06:41Should have known the odds were against me.
06:43Odds?
06:44Cute.
06:44Considering Joey's profession.
06:46He is not any happier about this little social experiment than we are.
06:52Told me as much at the clinic opening.
06:54I'll have another consult, but I'll be done in time to pick you up at the house because I brought
06:58a change of clothes.
06:59So did I.
07:00So we could just leave from here.
07:02Perfect.
07:03Let me know if that cancellation call comes.
07:05Fingers crossed.
07:10So just what did the black sheep of the Hawthorne family tell you?
07:15Cut the act, Joey.
07:16I've known for a while now that there was someone who kept Isaiah from falling off a cliff.
07:21He finally told me it was you.
07:23I was aware that was his intention.
07:25It's still not information I make public.
07:28If I wanted to snitch, I would have done so already.
07:31I'm not here to cause problems.
07:33It just hit me that Isaiah was the only one who ever thanked you.
07:37I just tossed him a rope.
07:39Whether or not he climbed up is on him.
07:41It matters more than you know.
07:43You know, young black men like Isaiah, the world loves to write them off.
07:48Folks stopped believing in them, so they stopped believing in themselves.
07:52But you gave him something.
07:54Faith when nobody else had it.
07:56Not even his own fam.
07:58That support changed his whole trajectory.
08:01And not just for Isaiah, but for every Banneker kid he's pulling up behind him.
08:06You give me too much credit.
08:09Somebody else might have come along and made a difference for Isaiah.
08:12But I'm just glad you did when you did.
08:18Deanna.
08:21Please, your father's gambling started long before Joey came into the picture.
08:27We talked about this.
08:29Dad didn't let mom see how bad things really were.
08:32Not until it was too late to pull him back from the edge.
08:35I loved your father.
08:39I still love him.
08:41And if I could move heaven and earth to bring him back, I would.
08:47But you couldn't get him help?
08:49No therapist, rehab, intervention, nothing?
08:53He said he was recovering.
08:55That he could do it on his own.
08:58That he had it handled.
08:59He was an addict, mom!
09:01Of course that's what he said!
09:03You're acting like mom is some kind of expert on this when she's not.
09:07And neither are you.
09:10Nobody could have stopped dad if he wasn't ready.
09:13But it didn't help that she was sneaking around with that thug.
09:16That is not true.
09:19Nothing, look at me!
09:20Nothing happened between Joey and me, not before your father died.
09:24And I stand on that!
09:25I don't believe you.
09:31After all this time, I still lose my mind thinking about how Hayley played me.
09:36And now she's on the same game with different players.
09:39Right now, she's gunning for Tomas.
09:41She already put him on notice that he could lose his job.
09:44What is her problem with him?
09:46Tomas was working a criminal case.
09:48The charges eventually got dropped, but Hayley got real cozy with his client.
09:54A man?
09:55A woman.
09:56The same one Hayley was with when she got mugged.
09:59Oh yeah, I know who you're talking about.
10:01Um, I met her after the attack.
10:03Lynette, right?
10:05Ding, ding, ding.
10:06I met her myself.
10:07She and Hayley are two peas in a sketchy-ass pod.
10:10Yeah, I talked to her at the hospital, and she seemed fine at first, but I don't know.
10:16Something fell off.
10:17You got good instincts.
10:19With con artists, the first impression is usually so polished, they slip right past your radar.
10:24Lawyer instincts.
10:26So, what's their beef with Tomas?
10:29Lynette and Hayley are pushing this narrative that Tomas was hitting on Lynette.
10:34Well, that's a smart way to get my dad on their side.
10:37He'd be hypersensitive about that since the lawsuit I filed against the firm.
10:42Exactly, and Hayley knew it.
10:45What was Lynette originally charged with?
10:47Embezzlement.
10:48And Tomas was sure she was guilty of sin.
10:51Okay, so, let me get this straight.
10:54Hayley's new bestie's a con artist with embezzlement charges,
10:58and together they're trying to take Tomas down?
11:02That is definitely troubling.
11:07You surprise me.
11:10I get that a lot.
11:12The whole town knows my business thanks to Mama.
11:15So, I'm pretty sure you heard that I grew up without my real dad.
11:18Word does travel.
11:21You know, I used to sit up some nights and just feel sorry for myself.
11:26But now, I think maybe it's worse having a father who's there
11:31and who still treats you like you're not good enough.
11:34Who stays looking at you sideways the way Elon does with Isaiah.
11:38Yeah, it's tough.
11:39No doubt about it.
11:43When you met Isaiah, did you know he was different right away?
11:47No, not at first.
11:50My instinct was to recruit him into my business,
11:53but it didn't take long before I saw that he really deserved better.
11:59He's sharp.
12:00Quick study.
12:03He's always watching.
12:05Always learning.
12:08You sound proud of him.
12:09I can hear it in your voice.
12:11Yeah, I am.
12:13And I'm glad that he's back.
12:15I can keep an eye on him.
12:16Make sure he stays on track.
12:19From a distance, of course.
12:22Sounds like you've been a silent partner with him.
12:24Same way you move with the clinic.
12:27Always lurking in the shadows.
12:29Making sure things don't fall apart.
12:32Yeah, you're not wrong.
12:34Mom, move.
12:35I can't stand to be trapped here with you another second.
12:37Mom, look, you're taking your grief out on Mom, and it's not fair.
12:43If you want to sit here and listen to this foolishness,
12:46then that's on you.
12:47But it makes me sick to be in the same space as someone who betrayed Dad like that.
12:51What's he's happening?
12:52Mom isn't going to bring him back.
12:54You're just looking for someone to blame because it hurts too much to sit with right now.
12:58You sound just like her.
13:02I can't, I can't, Mom, move before I climb over the stable.
13:08Fine.
13:21You warned me.
13:24I guess you were right.
13:27She shouldn't come after you like that.
13:30Dad wouldn't have wanted it, no matter what happened.
13:34Try to save him, Darnell.
13:35Well, God knows I tried it.
13:38It wasn't enough on that, and that she's right, but not the rest.
13:50Can we talk about this later, Ted?
13:52I have work, and, um, weren't you supposed to be meeting Eva?
13:56No, not yet.
13:58Court reservations aren't for a while yet.
14:02And I don't want to let this go.
14:03I want to know, is this still your issue?
14:06That I'm using you to get over a broken heart?
14:10I just don't want to fool myself.
14:13I don't want to read more into this than what it really is.
14:16Hmm.
14:17Because what if I'm just repeating my history with Leslie?
14:20Is that what you think?
14:23I thought you understood I'm not the man I used to be.
14:29And you, of all people, could see past the mistakes,
14:32past the mess I made.
14:35I'm sorry, Dad.
14:36I just, I really can't do this right now.
14:53Well, look who found time in her busy schedule.
14:57The case got continued, and lucky you, I can't resist a good mystery.
15:02Mm-hmm.
15:03Well, I won't keep you in suspense.
15:06Bill has concerns about this Lynette woman
15:10and asked me to dig.
15:12So dig.
15:13Why should I care?
15:15You mean aside from the fact that you and she are tighter
15:18than you led Bill to believe?
15:20What is this, an interrogation?
15:23No, not at all.
15:24I'd never expect you to confess something to me
15:27that you'd never admit to your own husband.
15:30And you're mistaken yet again, Joey.
15:34There's no daylight between what Bill and I know about each other.
15:38You know, that might be true on planet Pluto,
15:41but here on Earth,
15:43this Lynette woman is claiming to have witnessed a crime.
15:48A crime that never happened.
15:50I had bruises to prove that there was...
15:51A crime that doesn't happen makes her less a witness
15:54and more of an accomplice
15:55to whatever scheme you and Randy are running.
16:00I don't know any Randys any more than I know you.
16:04Really?
16:05You have to call him Sammy?
16:07Oh, well, Sammy is a casual acquaintance just like Lynette.
16:11But whoever told you that bedtime story
16:14has a wild imagination?
16:18Call it a hunch.
16:21So, if you're not sharing
16:23and you don't expect me to,
16:25then why am I here?
16:27You know, running a casino
16:29can be so boring.
16:32Most people play it safe.
16:35But you,
16:37you are that rare, thrilling exception
16:40of someone who is willing to go all in.
16:44Haley,
16:46I admire your winning streak.
16:49But like all gamblers know,
16:52eventually,
16:53everyone's luck runs out.
16:57And when mine does,
16:59what?
16:59You're offering me a lifeline?
17:02No.
17:05I'm just curious
17:06how you're going to play your hand.
17:11So, Leslie really went ahead
17:13and booked the chapel
17:15for the wedding you're not having.
17:17Lined up designers,
17:18a band,
17:19probably doves too.
17:21I had a talk with her.
17:23Hopefully it will do some good.
17:25But that woman has more nerve
17:27than a toothache.
17:28It got me so upset.
17:30I was two seconds away
17:31from flipping a table.
17:33But Isaiah convinced me
17:34to just let her ride,
17:36said that if Mama wanted
17:37to blow her money
17:38throwing us a party letter.
17:40I mean,
17:40at least she's not
17:41breathing down Derek's neck
17:43or dragging the deprees
17:44or stirring the pot
17:46with you and Shanice.
17:49Knock on all the wood.
17:52Speaking of your girlfriend.
17:54I don't know if Shanice
17:56would want to be called that yet.
17:58We haven't exactly defined things.
18:02Okay, labels or not,
18:03I've seen the way she looks at you.
18:05And it doesn't give casual.
18:06It gives she's in deep.
18:10Man, maybe we're misreading
18:11the situation.
18:13Shanice and I had a talk earlier
18:14and it made me realize
18:17we're not as connected
18:18as I thought.
18:22Well, damn.
18:23Somebody's dressed to impress.
18:25Well, I have a date
18:26with Nicole tonight.
18:27Though you may not want
18:28to share that part
18:29with your boy,
18:29Dr. Kyle Rollins.
18:31Don't do that
18:32because you are both my people.
18:33And for the record,
18:35Dr. Dupree's love life
18:36is none of my business.
18:37I wish you had come
18:38to that conclusion
18:39before you started
18:39playing matchmaker.
18:41In my defense,
18:42I didn't think the thing
18:43between Nicole and Kyle
18:44would go anywhere past
18:45the harmless flirting stage.
18:47Well, it did.
18:48I mean, not that I'm
18:49worried or anything.
18:51Oh, clearly.
19:10I'm not worried.
19:12Hmm.
19:13You keep telling yourself
19:14that until you believe it.
19:15Look, I'm serious.
19:17Okay?
19:18Things will work out
19:19exactly how they're meant to.
19:21Meaning you trust
19:22Nicole's going to choose
19:23you over Kyle.
19:25Figures.
19:27Surgeons got to have
19:28all the confidence
19:28in the world.
19:30See, nurses like me,
19:32we've seen too many
19:33things go wrong,
19:34which makes us
19:35hard-end cynics.
19:36Hmm.
19:37What you call cynicism,
19:38I call doubt.
19:41So you're telling me
19:42you have no doubt
19:43where Nicole's concerned?
19:45Not even that she might
19:46pick Kyle?
19:47Damn right I don't.
19:49You see, I know Nicole
19:50better than he ever will.
19:51She is steady.
19:52Honest.
19:53She owns her choices,
19:54even the hard ones,
19:55and that is why I trust her.
19:58And if you can't trust
19:59the person you're building with,
20:00well, then hell,
20:01what are you really
20:02building anyway?
20:04Well, you put it like that.
20:06There you are.
20:08I'm sorry for hogging
20:10your date.
20:11Wow, Nicole,
20:12you look stunning.
20:14Like, traffic stopping stunning.
20:16I second that.
20:18Thank you both.
20:21Shanice, a favor?
20:23Can you take a pic
20:24before I spill something
20:25on this shirt?
20:26Oh, glad to.
20:27Mm-hmm.
20:32You two look
20:34solid.
20:36Shanice and I
20:38aren't in a place
20:38where we're saying
20:39I love you,
20:40but I originally
20:41thought we were
20:42on that road.
20:44Man.
20:46What?
20:47Yeah, I think
20:48tapping into your emotions
20:49makes y'all look weak
20:50or whatever.
20:51It's not that.
20:52I can handle my emotions.
20:53The problem is
20:54Shanice has just decided
20:56that nothing I say
20:58about my feelings
20:59is real.
21:00Like, everything
21:00that comes out
21:01of my mouth
21:02is just game.
21:04Maybe that's because...
21:07Because?
21:09Sorry,
21:10it just hit me
21:10that I'm giving
21:11romantic advice
21:12to my dad
21:13and it feels weird.
21:15Okay, well,
21:16I need you
21:17to get over that
21:18because I need
21:18all the insight
21:19I can get.
21:21Okay,
21:22remember when
21:22Isaiah and I
21:23got into that blow-up?
21:25Yeah, you wanted more
21:26and thought he didn't.
21:28More like
21:28I was scared
21:29he wanted me
21:29for the wrong reasons.
21:31I mean,
21:31Homeboy just got
21:32his heart stumped.
21:34Bad.
21:35And so I panicked
21:36thinking that
21:37I was just a way
21:37for him to get
21:38his groove back.
21:39So slowing things
21:40down with him
21:41wasn't because
21:41you weren't into him?
21:44More like
21:45I was just trying
21:46to protect my heart.
21:49Well, what did he do
21:49to convince you
21:50to open it?
21:52It wasn't one
21:53big grand gesture
21:54but hella little ones.
21:56Like the way
21:57he checked on me
21:58without being
21:58all in my business.
22:00How he never
22:01pressured me
22:01to move faster
22:02than what I was
22:02ready for.
22:04Isaiah didn't
22:05take it personal
22:05that trust
22:06was hard for me.
22:08He understood
22:09that I'd been hurt
22:10and he made space
22:12for me to heal
22:13while showing me
22:14through his actions
22:15what his feelings were.
22:16now I'm so rusty
22:18I've forgotten
22:19how to pursue
22:20a woman
22:21who doesn't
22:22already trust me.
22:25You know,
22:25I know we had
22:26this tennis court
22:27reserve
22:27but would you mind
22:29if...
22:29Go handle
22:30your business,
22:31Dad.
22:31And tell Shanice
22:32I said hey.
22:34All right.
22:35Here you go.
22:36All right.
22:52Well, look at you.
22:54Single-handedly
22:56raising the property
22:57value of this place.
22:58Flattery when you
22:59barely ride.
23:00Careful.
23:01You'll run out of material.
23:03Not possible.
23:05Though it looks like
23:06I'm not the only one
23:07who needs to pace themselves.
23:09This one's yours.
23:12Relax.
23:13I already broke bread
23:14with Nicole
23:15at the clinic opening.
23:16You smoothed out
23:17all the awkward.
23:18You'd be fine.
23:19It's not Nicole.
23:21It's Deanna.
23:22I thought if Donnell
23:23forced her to sit down
23:24with me
23:24maybe I could reach her.
23:26Didn't take it well.
23:28She went off.
23:30Accused me of being
23:31with you before Doug died.
23:33Said I flaunted
23:33it in his face.
23:35I swore she was wrong
23:37but she saw right
23:38through me
23:39and Donnell?
23:43I doubt he believed
23:44me either.
23:46You're Vanessa's son, right?
23:49Donnell.
23:50Eva?
23:51Right.
23:52She was your sister.
23:54Last time I saw her
23:55she wasn't in the best
23:56headspace.
23:57Not much has changed.
23:59I'm really sorry
24:00that happened to your family.
24:02From what I heard
24:03it seemed like Deanna
24:04was really close
24:05to your dad.
24:05We both were.
24:08I miss him.
24:09Especially while
24:10watching my mom
24:11and sis go at it.
24:12I'm the man of the house
24:14now but
24:14I have no clue
24:16what to do with him.
24:17If I'm overstepping
24:18tell me.
24:19But my boyfriend
24:20works at Banneker.
24:21He's an advisor.
24:23And he's really easy
24:24to talk to.
24:26Thanks.
24:26Maybe I'll hit him up.
24:27I'll airdrop his info.
24:29His name's Isaiah.
24:31There you are, Donnell.
24:34Cavorting with the enemy,
24:35are we?
24:36I'm not really up
24:37for the tit for cat today.
24:38I was just being friendly.
24:40You guys got beef?
24:42Too complicated
24:43to get into.
24:45You know what?
24:46I'll see you around, Donnell.
24:48Oh, Eva.
24:49Tell your fiancé
24:51I said hey.
24:52Oh, you're engaged?
24:53No.
24:54Oh, that's wild.
24:56I thought I heard different.
24:58Must have been
25:00Filter Queen Eva
25:01still editing the truth.
25:15Naomi?
25:17Everything okay?
25:18Of course.
25:20I'm just startled.
25:22That mugging rattled me
25:23more than I have realized.
25:25Yeah.
25:25I'm sure it must be
25:26unnerving for you.
25:28But I'm actually glad
25:29we ran into each other.
25:30There's something
25:31I've been wondering.
25:34Why are you going
25:35after Tomas?
25:37I'm just following
25:39your lead.
25:40Taking a strong stand
25:41against harassment
25:42in the workplace.
25:43When I filed my lawsuit,
25:45I talked to multiple
25:45women at the firm.
25:46And not one
25:47had anything negative
25:48to say about Tomas.
25:49They described him
25:50as respectful
25:51and considerate
25:52the complete opposite
25:54picture you're trying
25:55to paint.
25:56And because he wasn't
25:57guilty of anything
25:58then he's, what,
26:00forever blameless?
26:01Come on, you know
26:02that's not how
26:02predators work.
26:04When someone works
26:06hard to build
26:06a stellar reputation,
26:08that should count
26:08for something.
26:09I know what I heard.
26:12Tomas hit on Lynette
26:14plain and simple
26:15and I went straight
26:16to my husband
26:17to protect her,
26:19Bill,
26:19and the firm.
26:21You know,
26:22there would have
26:23been a time
26:23when I found you
26:24really convincing.
26:26But now,
26:27I know better.
26:30Janice,
26:31hi.
26:32You got a second?
26:34Sure.
26:35Um,
26:36no, no.
26:46What's on your mind?
26:48Yeah.
26:51Um,
26:53well,
26:53I was thinking about
26:54something you said
26:55and I probably
26:57overreacted
26:57and this is
26:58new for both of us.
27:01And all you've
27:01gotten from me
27:02so far is talk.
27:03And talk doesn't
27:05earn trust.
27:06Ted,
27:07I didn't mean
27:07to accuse you
27:08of playing me.
27:10I know what kind
27:11of man you are.
27:13I've just been hurt
27:15before by men
27:16who,
27:19let's just say
27:20I tend to second guess
27:21every sweet word.
27:23I would never
27:24mislead you like that.
27:27But you can't
27:28possibly know that
27:28unless I put in
27:29the work to show you.
27:30No,
27:31you don't have anything
27:31to prove to me.
27:32No,
27:32unless you that's
27:33why you're wrong.
27:34And I don't mind
27:35and it might
27:37even be
27:37fun.
27:40But there's one thing
27:41I need you to
27:41hear me out on.
27:44I'm listening.
27:48Me
27:48moving slow
27:49and not jumping
27:50at big
27:51commitments
27:52is not because
27:53I'm doubting
27:53what we have.
27:57It's me
28:00trying not
28:01not to screw
28:02to screw
28:04it up.
28:05Thanks for
28:06pulling up
28:07when I texted.
28:08I know it was
28:09last minute.
28:10What's wrong?
28:11You look almost
28:12as bad as when
28:13your first high school
28:14girlfriend dumped you.
28:15Her loss,
28:16by the way.
28:17You were great
28:18to talk to
28:19back then.
28:20And I'm hoping
28:21I can talk to you
28:22now,
28:23especially since I
28:23think you'd
28:24actually get it.
28:25This is about
28:26your mother
28:27and her
28:28romantic adventures?
28:32Things got heated
28:33today.
28:35Deanna
28:35accused my mom
28:36of messing around
28:38with Joey
28:39when my dad
28:39was still alive.
28:42Sheesh,
28:43straight for the
28:44jugular.
28:46What was
28:46her rebuttal?
28:48I got all
28:49emotional,
28:50talking about
28:51how she would
28:52never disrespect
28:53my dad like
28:53that,
28:54about how
28:55she loved him
28:56until the day
28:56he died.
28:59And do you
29:00believe her?
29:02I want to.
29:05You remember
29:06Carlton
29:06from New Year's
29:07Eve?
29:07How can I
29:08forget?
29:09Ted's medical
29:10partner,
29:10Joey,
29:11Vanessa.
29:13Sorry if we
29:14kept you waiting.
29:14Not at all.
29:15We know you
29:16both came
29:16straight from
29:17work.
29:17Busy day?
29:18Very.
29:19I spent
29:20most of the
29:21morning in
29:22surgery.
29:23Everyone
29:24survive?
29:29Surgery is
29:30a sensitive
29:30subject.
29:32Yes,
29:32I am aware
29:33of what
29:34happened to
29:34your mother,
29:35Joey.
29:35It's a story
29:37that gets
29:37passed around
29:38in medical
29:38circles.
29:39Well,
29:40I hope it
29:40makes for
29:41good cocktail
29:41chatter.
29:42Quite the
29:43opposite.
29:44I just
29:44want you to
29:46know how
29:46sorry I
29:46am for
29:47your loss.
29:48Heartbreaking.
29:49I can't
29:49imagine the
29:50pain you
29:50felt.
29:52She entered
29:53her life as
29:53a cautionary
29:54tale.
29:55Collateral
29:56damage to
29:56a predatory
29:57industry that
29:58thrives on
29:59obsession.
30:01And the
30:02parasites who
30:02profit from it.
30:06present company
30:07excluded,
30:07of course.
30:16Did I mess
30:17this up?
30:18Not even
30:19close.
30:22I realize I
30:23can't put this
30:23all on you.
30:25I have to
30:25earn your
30:26trust, too,
30:26and that
30:27means not
30:27spinning out
30:28every time
30:28you don't
30:29say what
30:30I want
30:30to hear.
30:32You know
30:33one of my
30:33favorite things
30:34about us?
30:36Other than
30:37these curves
30:38and my
30:38infectious smile?
30:40Other than
30:41those.
30:42It's that
30:43this came
30:44out of
30:44nowhere.
30:45Right?
30:46It's like
30:47one day I
30:48am doing
30:48my job
30:49and then
30:49the next
30:50I am
30:51catching
30:51feelings
30:52for a
30:53doctor
30:53who tells
30:55terrible
30:55jokes
30:57and gets
30:57way too
30:58excited
30:59about
30:59birdwatching.
31:01Hey,
31:02ornithology
31:03is a very
31:04respectable
31:05hobby.
31:07See?
31:08Terrible
31:09jokes.
31:10Which is
31:11probably why
31:12it feels
31:13too good
31:13to be true.
31:14So let's
31:15not screw
31:15it up.
31:17Let's
31:17just let
31:18this thing
31:18go wild
31:19and see
31:21where it
31:21takes us.
31:23No pressure.
31:25No
31:25expectations.
31:27Except
31:27when we're
31:28being honest
31:28and honestly
31:30I can't
31:31begin to
31:31tell you
31:32where this
31:32ride is
31:33going to
31:33end up
31:35but I
31:36am more
31:36than excited
31:37to find
31:37out.
31:45Naomi
31:45Naomi
31:46please.
31:47Look,
31:47I don't
31:47even know
31:48why you're
31:48defending him.
31:49What Tomas
31:50did was
31:50out of pocket
31:51and you
31:51know it.
31:53Even if
31:53he was,
31:54which I'm
31:55not really
31:55buying,
31:56people make
31:57mistakes.
31:58They say
31:58the wrong
31:58things.
31:59They misread
31:59a situation.
32:00That's not
32:00the victim's
32:01fault.
32:02That also
32:02doesn't make
32:03him a
32:03predator.
32:04I'm
32:05suggesting
32:05you let
32:06this go,
32:07Haley.
32:08And why
32:08should I?
32:11Do you
32:12remember how
32:13you lied to
32:13my dad about
32:14that sonogram?
32:15Okay, I
32:15wouldn't exactly
32:17phrase it like
32:18that.
32:18You claimed
32:19you went and
32:19got checked
32:20out, but we
32:21both know
32:21that didn't
32:22happen.
32:23I could have
32:24blown your
32:24whole cover,
32:25but I didn't
32:26say a word.
32:28Digging up
32:29ancient history,
32:30wow.
32:31That's a
32:32reach, even
32:33for you.
32:34No, not a
32:36reach.
32:36Just a
32:37reminder that
32:39it would
32:39show good
32:39judgment on
32:40your part to
32:41leave Tomas
32:42alone.
32:44Mom came
32:44right out and
32:45said she wasn't
32:46happy with
32:46that.
32:48So it's not
32:49hard to picture
32:50her turning to
32:51someone else.
32:53Deanna's
32:54convinced that's
32:54why dad started
32:55drinking so much,
32:57basically blaming
32:58mom for his
32:59death.
33:02That really
33:03sucks.
33:04Thumbs it
33:04up.
33:06I know
33:07from personal
33:07experience that
33:09having your
33:10family's history
33:11rewritten is
33:12dramatic as
33:13hell.
33:13The thing is
33:14though, mom's
33:16been a complete
33:16wreck ever since
33:17dad passed.
33:18Of course, she
33:20loved your
33:21dad.
33:22The love might
33:23not have been
33:24perfect, but it
33:26didn't make it any
33:26less real.
33:27I just wish it
33:28made sense.
33:30how can you
33:31grieve someone
33:32you betrayed?
33:33How can you
33:34miss someone you
33:35weren't happy
33:35with?
33:36Love is messy
33:37and contradictory
33:39and full of all
33:41kinds of emotions
33:41that don't add
33:42up.
33:43I'm just torn.
33:45If I lash out
33:47at mom the way
33:48Deanna's been
33:48doing, it'll just
33:49push her further
33:50into Joey.
33:50Joey.
33:52But then I think
33:53about my dad
33:55and about how
33:56broken he was.
34:01I think he knew.
34:04Let me say this
34:06and then I'll shut
34:06up.
34:07Nothing burns me
34:09more than
34:09illegitimate,
34:10unqualified hacks
34:11parading around
34:12as plastic surgeons.
34:13I have testified
34:14against plenty
34:15of those butchers.
34:16All due respect,
34:17Doc, but
34:17legit plastic surgeon
34:19feels like an
34:20oxymoron.
34:21Kind of like
34:22jumbo shrimp
34:23or passive
34:24aggressive.
34:25Can we talk
34:25about the weather
34:26or the wizards?
34:27I mean, nobody
34:27but nobody
34:28needs liposuction
34:30or tummy tucks
34:32or any of the
34:33other procedures
34:34that your type
34:34is peddling.
34:35You're conveniently
34:36forgetting.
34:36Don't insult
34:37my intelligence
34:38by mentioning
34:38cleft palates
34:39or burn victims.
34:41That's the
34:41charity case
34:43fraction of your
34:44business.
34:45It's the feel-good
34:45stories that you
34:46trot out when you
34:47get uncomfortable
34:48questions about
34:48your Porsche
34:49payments.
34:50Now, the real
34:51fortune is made
34:53by profiting off
34:54people's addictions,
34:55by feeding their
34:56insecurities until
34:57they're eligible for
34:58frequent filler miles.
35:00Uh, you are casting
35:02aspersions against
35:03the wrong practice.
35:04Ted and Carlton
35:05carefully screen all
35:07of their patients
35:07for body dysmorphic
35:08disorder, unrealistic
35:10expectations, and for
35:11psychological readiness.
35:12Nicole wrote the
35:13protocol herself.
35:14That I did.
35:15And they turn away
35:17more patience than
35:18acceptance.
35:18We care more about
35:19people than profit
35:20margins, but please,
35:21Joey, tell us more
35:22about your, uh, sudden
35:24aversion to profiting
35:25off of addictions.
35:27When should we expect
35:28you to hand over
35:29your gaming license?
35:30Nicole, that's
35:31hardly fair.
35:32No, no, that is
35:33fair.
35:34She's right.
35:34I mean, I never
35:35took a vow to do
35:36no harm.
35:37Right, right, because
35:38that oath would
35:39require, um, I'm
35:41sorry, what was the
35:41word?
35:41Conscience.
35:42Yes.
35:43Though I imagine
35:43that is unfamiliar
35:44territory for you,
35:46since your business
35:46has never been about
35:47helping anyone
35:48except yourself.
35:50Oh, how I wish I
35:51could be one of you
35:52self-righteous do-gooders,
35:55doctors who profit
35:56off misery, preachers
35:59who chase skirts
35:59between sermons,
36:01politicians on all
36:02those dead bodies,
36:04sometimes literally.
36:06Okay, can I get
36:08anyone a drink?
36:08Oh, yeah.
36:09Take another round
36:10over here.
36:13You're right back.
36:14Oh, yeah.
36:43Striders
36:45Striders
36:45Striders
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