When the Bough Breaks

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One of my favourite presentations.

Will you excuse me one second?

...floating oil, submerged oil...

...contaminated soils...

...shifting submerged oil...

...and recovery of

additional environments.

Just the physical damage alone.

A pregnancy is brutal on your body.

There's also a risk

from the hormonal changes:

Mood disorders, depression.

Are you sure you still

wanna be a surrogate?

Yes. I am.

If more than two embryos take,

the couple may choose to abort some.

Well, that's their choice.

Now, he's gonna keep pushing her here.

It's deliberate.

The girls always think they've made

their decision to be a surrogate...

...but a lot of them change their mind

after about an hour with Carl.

Hey, John.

- Hey.

- Hey.

It's fine, I'm here.

I'm here.

- So we found someone?

- Yeah...

...possibly. Anna Walsh.

She's 21. She lives here in the city,

she's a waitress.

And she is brand-new.

Just walked in today.

- What would your choice be?

- If the children were mine?

Oh, come on, Anna.

Aren't they? In a way?

Life can take an unexpected turn.

You could lose the baby.

If life worked out the way it was

supposed to, I wouldn't be here.

Anna, why are you really doing this?

Because I have the opportunity

to help someone who can't have a child.

Look at her eyes.

She means it.

I don't like your interview guy.

He is a bully.

But I do like her.

I like her.

Okay.

If we submit...

Martin.

- Todd.

- Is Grafton gonna settle?

Oh, they're gonna wish they did.

I want you to bring Todd up to speed.

If we go to court on this,

it'll be the firm sticking its neck out.

Now, this is still your baby,

but I want a second pair of eyes.

Right. Of course.

No problem.

Hey, babe.

Cooper was just in here.

He's putting Todd frigging Decker

on my case.

- I'm with her.

- You're with who?

Anna.

It took forever to fill out the paperwork,

and I was starved...

...so I dropped into that little diner

where she works and she was here...

...waiting for her fianc to pick her up.

She's great.

I know, I know, I know.

There are a million things

that can go wrong...

...and we still have to do

the health checks and just everything.

Exactly. It's...

I just don't want us to spend

another two years looking...

...and maybe missing,

and the whole time, she was the one.

She's so shy.

But there's something else there, like...

...I know she can take care of herself.

I invited her and her fianc Michael

over for dinner tomorrow night.

- Oh, babe.

- Is it okay?

Well, I'll tell you,

when you move, you move.

I'm sorry, but I just wanna do it right.

I really want them to like us.

I'm sorry if I overdid this.

We could've just gone out.

No, are you kidding?

This... This is real nice.

It's what I do, actually. I'm a chef.

I know it's just a meal...

...but I meant it to show you both

how committed we are.

The baby is your business.

- One hundred percent.

- But you will be carrying it.

In the service, I know a lot of guys

who've done this before.

When you're deployed, it just makes sense.

When I'm gone, you two, you know,

you come see her whenever you want.

I understand you'll be using the money

to buy a business.

Oh, from my uncle.

Residential and commercial roofing.

He had quite the run here after Katrina.

Owning the company means you get

a piece of everybody's take-home.

Plus markup, overhead.

Mike's always been real smart about money.

With my deployment bonus...

...we'll be able to put together

almost $40,000.

And that's enough to buy the whole thing.

Anna, I'm sure there are probably

some questions that you have for us?

Can I smoke somewhere?

Nice home you got here.

These renovations must have

cost you a pretty penny.

Well, the house was part of Laura's

inheritance from her grandmother.

The renovations, they came later.

Must be nice to lay out that kind of cash.

Working by windows, you see a lot

of things that nobody else would see.

Weird sh*t, you know?

Housewives, whatever.

Act like they're alone...

...but they know we're there.

Right.

Benefit of the job, right?

That, there, isn't the right material.

That gutter's leaking at the splice.

Gonna mess up that window.

Yeah?

Look, if we do this...

...we just wanna make sure that

you and Anna are comfortable with it.

We are. Of course.

See, it's just that we're down

to our last viable embryo, right?

And we wanna make sure that you know

how serious our intentions are.

I get it.

Right?

One hundred percent.

We tried for a long time to get pregnant.

I had three miscarriages.

It really put the two of us through hell.

You actually start to hate...

...your own body.

I've never had anything...

...that anybody wanted before.

Except for the obvious.

I've never been able

to give anybody anything.

Okay, just spill it, Taylor,

you didn't like them.

Okay, him. I mean, we go outside, right?

And he's talking to me about...

...looking at housewives

undressing through windows.

Maybe that's his way of bonding.

I don't know, babe.

I mean, we can keep looking.

I think doing something like this

is really important to her.

Yeah, I know, it's kind of cute.

I mean, you see...

...the way she left a price tag

on the dress?

She's taking it back tomorrow.

She wanted to wear something nice

to impress us.

I did that on our first date.

Oh, yeah, I remember that dress.

Matter of fact, I remember undoing it,

like this.

Did I let you?

On the first date?

I was bad.

You were so bad

that you were, oh, so good.

John.

I want to.

Having them here...

...it just brings it all back.

- I understand.

- I'm sorry.

It's okay. It's okay, babe.

It's all right.

We're gonna do this, aren't we?

She's the one.

Ready?

All right, hold still.

It's gonna feel like a little stick.

All right. Don't move.

I'm placing the embryo. Don't move.

You're doing good.

And there.

All right. Here we go.

- I'll take that.

- Thank you.

All right, we're done. You did great.

Thank you.

Good job.

People always talk about

how they know the moment...

...when their child was conceived.

A wedding night or a special date.

But I will know for sure...

...it was this moment.

The baby could be starting

its life right now.

It's strange.

It just keeps hitting me

how strange it is.

I mean, it's against the law

to pay someone to have sex...

...but you can pay a woman to get

pregnant with your child?

- Imagine how it is for the boyfriend.

- She said she loves him.

She doesn't hesitate,

doesn't question it...

...she just loves him.

She asked if it was the same with us.

But it wasn't, was it?

We worked hard.

And we hung in there.

But it was worth it.

Yeah, it was.

When I was working on this room...

...sometimes I would just...

...close my eyes

and imagine you in here...

...playing with our baby.

It's gonna work this time.

Hey.

We're gonna have a family.

We need to do more research

on that section of pollution, 11.62.

Once we have that going on...

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