Previously on The Baxters...
- Kari, can we talk? - I talked to Ashley.
So if it didn't mean anything to either of you, then how exactly did it happen?
Sweet perfect Luke Baxter and this non-believer.
I'm not perfect.
Good. Neither am I.
Hey, God, I don't really know what I want to say.
But I think I'm lost.
Ashley, I'd like you to come back and be the manager here.
You'd be able to run things the way you want.
Hey, Erin. What are you doing here?
Wait, you're here for counselling?
♪ Cause life has a way Of pulling us under ♪
♪ But we'll stick it out ♪
♪ If we got each other ♪
♪ When it all feels too much ♪
♪ I know you'll come running For me ♪
♪ Through the highs and lows We'll find our way home ♪
♪ Family ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Family ♪
There's no way you do this every other day.
Habit rules the unreflecting herd.
I am barely keeping up. Please don't make it harder
with your cryptic words of wisdom.
It's about being alone to your thoughts.
Just you and your head.
I'd rather just be me in my bed.
My heart hasn't seen this rate in a very long time.
That's the whole point.
Movement builds the kind of energy that lasts all day.
So you're saying I can start to wean myself
off of those giant cups of coffee every morning?
Baby steps.
Like everything else.
If I've learned anything this past year,
it's that the path with the shortcuts,
usually don't lead to the places worth going.
Sam's home this week.
And last night, neither of us could sleep,
so we sat in the kitchen and talked till the sun came up.
Ate an entire carton of ice cream.
And I even tried that whole complain without blame thing
- you suggested... - And?
It was nice.
I forgot how nice it could be.
Good. Let's keep going.
What? I'm exhausted!
I didn't come this far to only come this far.
Did you?
The number you have dialed has been changed or disconnected.
Is Luke still up there, sleeping?
I think he's avoiding me after what happened.
Yeah. I think I'm gonna go up and talk to him.
I don't know. Yeah. Maybe. Yeah.
Have you talked to Ryan since...
- Not really. - Why?
Honestly, I don't know.
When I found out about Tim,
it was like the sky opened up and dropped
a thousand bricks on my life.
The weight of it all, the sudden pressure, it was debilitating.
And each brick represented another betrayal.
Another secret, another mountain we'd have to climb over.
I didn't know which emotions made sense, which ones didn't.
But, knew I needed him to pick up those bricks.
I knew I needed him to prove he was committed to cleaning up his mess.
When Ryan walked out of my kitchen,
something was different.
No splitting sky, no bricks.
It was just... different.
And I don't know why.
As you know, "Habit rules the unreflecting herd."
So, last week of school, huh?
Yup.
- That's exciting. - Grades good?
Great, actually.
I uh, got a 99 on my final exam.
- Wow. - Attaboy.
- You must take after your mom. - Hmm.
What class?
Philosophy.
Do they, uh, teach you that in medical school, Dad?
Well, you might like to know that we do use philosophy
in medicine and also faith. In fact, I just passed along
a study to some colleagues about the scientific benefits of prayer
in patients dealing with cardiac issues.
It's a very comprehensive Korean study.
I'd love to share it it with you, if you want?
Wow. Dad, that was about as subtle as a freight train.
- Luke... - What, Mom?
We appreciate all that you're going through with Reagan,
but we wanna help you.
Not some professor that doesn't even know you.
Yeah, well, at least he has some real answers for me.
All you keep telling me to do is have faith.
Trust in my faith! Put my faith in God!
That's all anyone can do right now.
Yeah, well, it's not enough for me, Dad!
I'm sorry, I can't be here right now.
He'll be all right.
Hey, we have to have faith too.
I knew it!
- What is it? - My roommate is trying to steal my stuff.
Today, my plates. Yesterday, a bunch of my makeup.
Thank God she's out of here tomorrow.
I'm sure it was just a mistake.
How do you mistakenly pack plates that don't belong to you?
And a mug with my name on it.
Okay, that one is weird.
Let me guess, another awkward run-in at the Baxter headquarters.
Yeah, they're getting worse.
- Your parents or the run-ins? - Both.
Well, you can always crash here.
Yeah. Right.
Why not? It's the fourteenth.
I won't be able to find another roommate till the end of the month, anyway.
You can slum it on the couch, till you find another place.
Free of charge. Think about it.
She always knew how to be sneaky.
Yes, she did.
That's my Sue. One step ahead.
All right, two cups of peppermint tea,
for the chattiest girls in the joint.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Yeah.
Did Sue RSVP to tomorrow's social?
We're hosting a kind of family gathering of sorts,
and Sue ought to attend.
I'll ask her again.
Maybe I can give her a call.
Oh, that'll be wonderful, Tabitha.
It'll be like two reunions.
She'll never miss that.
All right. I'll leave you ladies to it.
Hello!
Oh, hi!
Hi.
That mask is really scary.
Oh. Mrs. Baxter, sorry about that.
So how's the piece coming along?
Oh! Not quite ready for the big reveal yet!
It'll be a great center piece.
- Yes, it will. - And speaking of which...
This is great.
Perfect. Yeah, I should be ready to have this on tomorrow.
- Good. - How's Ashley?
- She's good. She's busy at the care home. - Hmm.
I'm sure she'd love to hear from you.
Yeah. That will be nice.
So, I'll see you at the dedication memorial?
- Yeah. - Thank you for all that you've done, Landon.
It's... It's an honor.
Thanks.
Really feel that way.
Right, right. No, I mean...
- Hey, - Hey.
What are you doing here?
Oh, I was just chatting with the girls.
You never told me how funny these two were.
He's been checked. He's not a spy.
Thank you.
I had to go over to the Memorial Bill site,
so I thought, why wouldn't I stop by.
Well, it's not exactly on your way.
It's not exactly out of the way.
And this one has such a marvelous face.
Oh.
I'd love to paint that face.
Irvel!
Well, we were all thinking it,
isn't that right, Helen?
Oh, well, why don't you
take your Landon on a tour?
He's not mine.
Okay. You did come all this way "on your way."
Mmm-hmm.
- You want a tour? - I would love one.
Okay.
This is the dining room.
Hey.
Why are you here?
I came here to tell you that I forgive you.
The truth is, I probably forgave you ten minutes
after you walked out my front door.
It just took me a little while to figure out why.
What do you mean?
You've always had a place in my heart.
A different place than Tim ever had.
He and I were so different. We knew it from the beginning.
But we loved each other.
So we worked hard to build our relationship.
Our lives together.
But when he broke that trust,
it was like this awful fear I didn't know I had was there all along.
Does that make sense?
It's never been that way with you.
Why not?
I know exactly who you are.
I know your heart. I've always known.
Things were just...
so overwhelming.
I couldn't see how important that was.
How important you are to me.
But I see it now.
If I know anything, it's that we'll never know what God has planned for us.
So whatever happens with New York,
with us,
I want you to know that you are my person.
You always have been.
That's all I got.
The ball's in your court.
And, now we're back.
I think family day's gonna be really special tomorrow.
Hmm. - I asked the residents' family members
to bring photos and keepsakes from their lives,
so that they can create their own memory box.
Something to help them remember the happiest times.
Wow! Look at you!
Yeah. Now I just have to find 12 empty shoe boxes.
Shoe boxes, huh?
By tomorrow.
Hmm, I think I have a better idea.
- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.
You swing by the fire station after work.
Why don't you just tell me?
Because that's how surprises actually work.
- ...the tray away and he takes... - I don't know how...
Wait! You're here?
Your knight with shining hammer needed some back-up.
Drum roll, please.
Ta, da, da, da.
We got this piled up in storage, so I figured I'd put them to use.
Guys, these are perfect!
I painted the names.
Yeah, you wouldn't be able to read them if I did.
Irvel and Helen!
Yep.
I love them! Everybody's gonna love them.
Guys, wow!
- Thank you. - Off course.
What's that?
Oh, that's just a piece your mom and sister asked me to put together.
For the church memorial.
- Can I see it? - Yes.
At the Memorial dedication.
What if I wasn't planning on going?
Then I guess you won't get to see it.
Has he always been this sassy?
I'm into it.
So I'll help you load these up and if you need
some help for family day tomorrow, I'm around.
Wait, you hate your job at the cafe.
Why don't you just come work for me at Sunset Hills?
I don't know. What's it like?
Nothing you would imagine.
But totally life-changing.
Wow! Impressive sales pitch.
I'll think about it.
- So... - Let me wash up from all this paint.
You seem really happy, Ashley.
Yeah. I'm getting there.
I just had to work through some of the big stuff that was in my way.
Yeah. Just in time for me to leave for California.
I'll try to speed it up.
That'll be nice.
Our memory is our past
and it's our future.
It's our coherence.
It's the moments that shape who we are.
And as pieces slowly begin to slip away,
it can be scary.
Your loved ones will have good days,
and they'll have bad days.
Days when everything feels hard.
Days when you feel like giving up hope.
Days when frustration comes easy.
And patience feels impossible.
All you have to do...
is watch.
Oh, please, God, let this work.
My...
Sue.
Hi, Mom.
I missed you.
I missed you, too.
Mom.
And then, there will be good days.
Days when the sun seems to shine a little brighter.
And the smiles come a little easier.
And when, even, if for a fleeting second,
you see a flicker of the person you remember.
And they see you.
So it's okay to have a bad day.
To feel like you don't recognize the person in front you.
Because deep down, you know who that person is.
You know that they're worthy of your love.
Of your patience.
And of your faith.
Faith, that tomorrow
even if, for the tiniest moment,
they'll remember.
Wow.
- Hi, Luke. - Hey!
You know, I actually thought that coming here might make me feel a bit differently.
Now I'm just more angry than ever.
You guys are just gonna brush past all of this?
Huh?
Stare at some pretty lights tomorrow night and just say,
"Hey, everybody, don't worry about what happened
at the church a few weeks ago, 'cause everything is fine right here."
Just outside of God's house.
Why don't we, uh, just step aside?
What does that mean anyway, Dad, "God's house"?
- I thought that God was everywhere. - That's enough.
Guess he's not, though.
Certainly wasn't here when 400 innocent people got murdered,
but, hey, maybe he was just busy.
That's enough.
Maybe you should go home.
Yeah...
About that...
What are you doing?
I'm walking away from two houses.
Luke.
Luke!
Next time on The Baxters...
- Glad you came. - I had to find out
what this last minute adventure was all about.
Follow me.
Your text, it sounded urgent, are you okay?
I'm ready to talk about what happened in Paris.
You know, you could just move in here, permanently.
Uh, I couldn't ask you to do that.
You're not asking.
I'm asking you.
A month ago, our lives were changed forever.
And our hearts are still broken
'cause we remember those in our church family
who were called home.