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And what about your

mother and father?

They died when I was really young,

so my brother brought me up.

So he's here?

No, he died about seven years ago.

Got hit by a car.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Yeah, it's all right.

It f***ing sucks.

Every day, actually.

All the time.

Sometimes I feel like I got off at the

wrong station or something, you know?

I know.

It's my sister-in-law.

It's okay.

Hello?

No, no. It's fine. It's fine.

I can be there in half an hour.

Okay, bye.

It's my niece, Tara.

She's in the hospital.

I think I need to go.

Okay.

No, please.

I got it.

Don't be stupid. I just

ruined a perfectly good date.

It's okay. It's okay. It's fine.

- Family comes first. You go.

- Okay.

- I'm sorry.

- Okay.

It's okay.

Mya.

- What happened?

- She suddenly got this fever

that wasn't going down,

and she wasn't making any sense,

and there was this rash

that I didn't see before.

What did the doctors say?

They haven't come out yet.

- Where is she?

- She's in I.C.U.

- Mrs. Edwards?

- Yes.

She has bacterial meningitis.

Did the lumbar puncture come back positive?

Yes.

And you've put her on antibiotics? Yes.

Is there an increase in ICP?

Well, you certainly know your stuff.

Is there an increase in ICP?

No, look, we caught it

early. She's gonna be fine.

When can we see her?

Are you the, um, father?

Yes, he's the father.

She's on isolation right now,

but we'll let you know as

soon as you can see her.

Thank you.

Did you mean that earlier?

What?

About being the father.

You know you mean the world to us, Jack.

Jack.

- Hi.

- Hey.

What are you doing here?

I talked to Sam. He told me everything.

Is she okay?

Yeah. Oh, she's fine.

She's gonna be fine.

I got you some coffee.

Oh, Christ.

I need a shower.

You're fine.

Have you eaten?

I went to my favorite

deli. I got you a bagel.

Thank you.

Oh, and I got you some clothes, too.

We're about the same size.

I got Mya some stuff, too, but

I don't know what size she is.

Where did you come from?

Spain.

La Rioja.

La Rioja.

Mano...

this is my life.

With Mya and Tara

and homework and sleepovers

and emergencies and

monsters under the bed.

I like your life.

You do?

It's life, no?

Homework, sleepovers,

monsters under the bed.

Maybe not monsters under the bed.

Okay, well, maybe not

monsters under the bed.

Do I smell?

Yeah.

But it's okay.

Where'd you get that scar?

My father caught me in bed

with the neighbor's son.

Did it hurt?

Not as much as the fact that

I haven't talked to my father

in years as a result.

He doesn't approve of my life choices.

That's too bad.

Family's important.

Morning!

- Hey.

- You hungry?

Yeah.

I thought we'd get pancakes at that place.

Sure. Whatever.

You okay?

Yeah. I'm fine.

Pancakes.

Yeah.

- I'll go get dressed.

- Okay.

Eugh!

Do you want kids one day?

I don't know.

It's not really something

I've thought about.

I mean, I know you have Tara, but...

Do you want your own?

Is that a loaded question?

Quit it.

- Sh*t.

- What?

It's evil ex.

- Christina!

- Ali.

Jack.

I hear there's congratulations in order.

Don't worry. I'm not

gonna call immigration.

How are you doing?

Good, actually.

You guys enjoying the married life?

Yeah, it's great.

Well, you both look good.

Must be working for ya.

- Christina, I'm...

- Unh-unh-unh.

I didn't want to ruin

a perfectly lovely day

with you and your husband.

I just wanted to come by and say hi.

Take care of yourself, Ali.

Jack.

You okay?

Yeah.

I'm fine.

This is from my family's vineyard.

It's a pretty good year.

It's the year I moved to America.

Sam, you want to do the honors?

I would love it.

Please.

Great nose.

Spectacular color, lots of black.

Very fruit-forward... black cherry,

persimmon, earth,

bark, cinnamon...

and a...

whoosh of halia.

What? What'd I say?

Okay, you're coming with me to Spain.

Well, you do get to take

one bag for free, darling.

I'm Jewish.

My father's more upset

that I wasn't bat mitzvahed.

You still talk to your dad, right?

Yeah. He's very proud of me.

I'm a gold-star lesbian.

A what?

"gold-star lesbian" means

that Ali has never had sex with a man.

Perfect-10 lady gay.

They should give out awards for that.

They do.

But he did choose his new family over me.

Well, what was he supposed to do?

You want him to be happy, no?

'Course I do.

I mean, it still hurts a lot.

He replaced me with pod people.

- They're just very...

- Normal.

Thank you.

Well, who wants to be normal, eh?

Hear, bloody hear.

Sam, you're empty!

Sweetheart, will you get a

bottle of wine in the back?

Sure.

You're going to trust

him to choose the wine?

He'll be fine.

The good ones are in the back.

Are you coming home tonight?

No, I'm gonna stay and clear up here.

Okay.

I'll have to call my mother and tell her.

That was amazing.

Thanks for a great night.

Great wine.

- Thanks.

- Night, darling.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Bye.

- Good night, guys.

- Bye, guys.

- Bye.

- Bye. Thank you.

There's my girl!

Have you heard yet about your interview?

Nope.

Not yet.

What was it like for you and Peter?

It was pretty easy.

We had our first interview

about nine months after

we sent in the paperwork.

What about the second interview?

We didn't make it to the second interview.

I'm sorry.

It's great, isn't it?

What?

Jack?

Settling down?

Oh. Yep.

- Finally.

He always hoped he

would... you know, Peter.

Get her! Get her!

Are you nervous?

About the interview?

A little.

He's hardly home. I mean,

we know each other. I'm just...

I'm sure I'm just being paranoid.

No, I... I think you should be.

Yeah.

That's your brother?

He's handsome.

He was everything you'd

want from a big brother.

And I'm sure he would be very

proud of you if he was here.

Tara's an amazing little girl.

And that's because of you.

Mano, what happens if I get deported?

You're not getting deported.

Yeah, but what if I do?

What if I have to go back to England?

Then I'll come with you.

Come here.

Now come on. Up you get.

And take these pictures with you. Come on.

Come on, come on, come on.

I want you to put some pictures up.

Isn't that a big deal?

I can take it.

Okay.

I even got you these.

You are too funny.

No, wait. Just...

Let me just...

one last look before you...

Okay.

Do it.

- Okay, you can look.

Beautiful.

Okay. My turn.

Okay, more.

Okay.

Hello? Hi!

I'm good.

Yes, he's treating me well.

Stop it!

I can't wait to meet you, too.

Your mother...

mum says she can't wait for us to go visit.

Yeah, I can't leave the country

until I get my green card.

I know it sucks.

You can't come here?

I'm sorry to hear that.

Uh... uh, one second. One second.

- Oh, my God.

- It's your dad.

She said he's not feeling very well.

There's always something

wrong with my dad anyway.

Stop it!

It's Mya.

Stop it! Stop it.

Hello?

Yeah.

Of course. Of course.

Okay. Okay, bye.

Everything okay?

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