[gentle music playing]
[Kate] I can't believe it's been ten years.
Ten years since our horrible fight.
Ten years since I got sick.
And now my little girl is all grown up.
[Tully] We did it, Mularkey.
We raised a great girl.
God, it was touch and go there for a minute, wasn't it?
The teen years are never easy.
But we got through it.
College, law school.
- And now she's getting married... - [chuckles]
...to a doctor.
I mean, it's like we won the parenting lottery.
Is it too early to start pressuring them for grandkids?
- It's never too early. - [chuckles]
Thank you.
For sticking with her through...
all of it.
It wasn't me.
Everything good that she is...
[exhales]
- ...that's because of you, Kate. - [Kate chuckles softly]
[smacks lips] Well, Johnny had something to do with it, I guess.
- Ah, yeah, maybe. - [chuckles]
But really...
[breathes deeply] ...it was you.
She is the best of you.
[Kate inhales deeply]
[Kate exhales]
- I guess it's time. - Mm-hmm.
[knocking on door]
[waves crashing]
[knocking continues]
[Danny] Tallulah Rose, everyone is waiting for you.
[enchanting music playing]
[Danny speaking Spanish]
[continues in Spanish]
[humming]
[Tully groans]
What is all this?
Well, starting with Argentinian maté.
[clicks tongue] My morning routine, very important.
Then we go on here, we have a bowl of, uh, berry assortments,
which you are more than welcome to share.
And then here we have four identical pancakes
with perfectly sliced, delicious bananas.
Not homegrown but equally fresh...
- [Tully laughs] - ...made special for you.
Well, thank you.
[Danny] Of course.
[Danny sighs]
- That was really fun last night. - It was.
You have surprising stamina for a man your age.
Well, I was extra inspired, you know, knowing that you love me.
[Tully sucks teeth, inhales]
Did I say that?
[sucks teeth] Yeah, you did.
[Tully inhales]
As I recall, you didn't say anything back.
You didn't give me a chance.
You started kissing me, tearing off my clothes.
You dragged me up here. Had your way with me.
[chuckles] Okay, well,
what about now?
What about now?
- You know what? Forget it. - [Danny sucks teeth]
- I think you know the answer. - Well, would it kill you to say it?
No. But this is just way too much fun. I'm really enjoying it.
You fucking suck, Sports Man.
I know.
[Danny sighs]
But I also really fucking love you, Tallulah Rose.
[both chuckle]
- On an empty stomach, really? - [Tully laughs]
You are too much!
[both chuckle]
[phone ringing]
Please don't get it. Come on.
- One second. Just give me a second. - No!
[sighs]
- [Danny groans] - Hello?
Okay, I'll be right there.
[gentle music playing]
- [sighs] - [Danny] What's going on?
It's Kate.
She, uh...
She had a seizure.
She's in the hospital.
[dial-up Internet connecting]
- Okay, baby, don't forget. Okay? - Quiet on the set. I know, Mom.
That's right.
The Internet isn't just for geeks anymore.
Now, we've all got mail,
including me,
because I'm Carol Mansour and I...
[imitates dial-up Internet connection tone]
...just tried it.
Back to you, Chuck.
- Johnny. - And we're out.
- Daddy! - [Johnny inhales]
Marah! Hey!
[Johnny grunts]
- How was the field trip, honey? - I saw a tyrannosaurus!
[gasps] You did? It... It didn't eat you?
It was a skeleton, Daddy.
- Oh! - [Kate chuckles]
- Oh my God. That makes more sense. - [Kate snorts]
Listen, I heard it was Tully's final day on Wake Up, America.
What happened?
She got offered her own talk show.
Plum time slot. Huge money. She apparently pulls in the key demo, so...
[Mutt] Hmm.
Wow! [chuckles]
That's so...
I know! She's gonna be like Oprah.
I mean, they gave her a fancy studio overlooking Central Park.
She said it's, like, beyond her wildest dreams.
How wonderful for her.
Oh, our little Tully all grown up.
She's a star, man, always was.
Yeah, I'm really happy for her.
Aren't we all?
I love your costume.
It's not a costume. It's my witch suit. I'm a witch.
Oh, my goodness. Well, don't put a hex on me.
Whoa! She is!
- [Kate chuckles] - [Mutt] Psst!
Can you teach me how to cast a spell?
Sure, Uncle Mutt, if you buy me some potato chips.
Deal. Can I?
- Okay. - [Mutt] Okay, let's go. Come on. Let's go.
How was the field trip, really?
Still doesn't have any friends, clung to me the entire time.
Heard some kids making fun of her witch suit.
I wanted to murder them.
I think we should burn it.
[scoffs] No, it's like a security blanket.
Right now, she needs it.
She'll let it go when she's ready. We just need to be patient.
- You're a good mom, Kate Mularkey. - Oh, thank you.
[tender music playing]
[young Marah] But I don't need a bath. I did a clean spell.
[Kate chuckles] Nice try, my little witch.
You are taking a bath right after we eat, my dear.
- [Tully] Hey there. - [screams]
- Oh my God! [laughs] - Aunt Tully!
[Johnny] What's going on?
You scared the crap out of me. Why are you not in New York?
Long story.
[Tully] I finished my last day at Get Up, America,
gave a rousing speech to say goodbye to my colleagues.
Dick walked me to the elevator.
Can't believe that was my last show.
Well, you finished strong.
It was a great interview with Vice President Gore.
Thanks, Dick. I liked your segment about that new drug.
- Oh, Viagra? Wave of the future. - [elevator chimes]
[Tully] I was gonna head uptown to see the studio for my new show,
but I hit a little detour.
[elevator chimes]
[loud thud]
[electrical zapping]
- [loud click] - [Tully screaming]
- [thud] - [Tully exhales]
- [elevator chimes] - [exhales]
[mechanical click]
I literally thought I was gonna die.
In an elevator.
- In Midtown. - [Johnny scoffs]
And you know what I realized in that moment?
I fucking hate New York.
You need to put a dollar in the swear jar, Tully.
Well, then I'll put two because I fucking mean it.
[Kate chuckles]
I am so sick of that place.
You know, I've been mugged four times in the last three years,
and I'm tired of the way that the garbage smells,
just baking on the sidewalk,
and the way the snow turns black.
I miss trees, I miss you guys.
I just want to be with the people I love. I want to be home.
So, I decided... [sighs]
I'm moving back here.
But you just agreed to do a new talk show in New York.
So? I'll do it here.
Ugh, I wish. Do not tease me.
No way they'll let you make a national talk show out of Seattle.
Oh, really?
That's so weird. [inhales deeply]
Because they already said yes.
- They did? - [Johnny] No way!
- What! - [Tully] I told you guys.
I bring in the key demos, but that's not even the best part.
I get to pick my own producer.
So, I told them there is only one person I am willing to work with.
Bring me Johnny Ryan.
- Oh. - [Johnny] You serious?
I've never done my own talk show. I'm freaking out.
I need someone I can trust.
And you are wasting your talents at KPOC.
How many "Carol Tries It" can one man produce?
So, what do you say?
[Kate] Fuck you!
- Hey! - Mommy!
How dare you ask him and not me!
- I'm a producer. - [Tully] I know.
I-- I've literally produced things for you.
I know, but you're always telling me how busy you are
and... and that you have no intention of going back to work anytime soon
because you're completely fulfilled with what you're doing here.
- I am. - And aren't you busy writing a novel?
- Very slowly, but yeah. - And volunteering for Marah's school.
Well, you could have at least asked me.
- Well, would you have said yes? - Well, we'll never know now, will we?
[sighs] Kate, come on.
I would kill to have you working on the show, of course,
both of you, but I shouldn't have assumed.
So I am asking you now.
And if you say yes, it will make my year, my decade,
it will be the highlight of the '90s.
So, what do you say, Kate? Will you do it?
- Oh, Tul, I can't. I'm just too busy. - [Johnny groans]
Unbelievable.
What about you, Johnny? You in?
I'm in.
- Fuck yeah! - [Kate chuckles]
Let's celebrate!
Dance party?
- Ooh. - We have dance parties after dinner.
And then we watch Hocus Pocus.
Yeah. Every single night.
[chuckles] See?
This is what I've been missing for the last eight years.
I never have a dance party after dinner.
I just fall asleep alone with a glass of wine on the couch
doing research.
And then I wake up at 3:00 a.m. in a puddle of my own drool.
This is so much better.
And I have a special song picked out for tonight in honor of your Aunt Tully.
Ooh, what's it gonna be?
["Dancing Queen" by ABBA playing]
Oh shit! Oh shit!
[all chuckling]
[Johnny] All right!
[both continue chuckling]
[Johnny] You ready?
♪ You can dance ♪
♪You can jive ♪
♪ Having the time of your life ♪
♪ Ooh, see that girl ♪
♪ Watch that scene ♪
♪ Digging the dancing queen ♪
♪ Friday night and the lights are low ♪
♪ Looking out for a place to go ♪
♪ Where they play the right music Getting in the swing ♪
♪ You come to look for a king ♪
♪ Anybody could be that guy ♪
♪ Night is young and the music's high ♪
♪ With a bit of rock music Everything is fine ♪
♪ You're in the mood for a dance ♪
♪ And when you get the chance ♪
♪ You are the dancing queen ♪
♪ Young and sweet... ♪
[both] ♪ Only seventeen ♪
- [Margie] Girls! Time for breakfast! - Hup!
When the song's over! Jeez!
♪ Feel the beat from... ♪
[both] The tambourine, oh yeah! ♪
[Kate and Tully laughing]
[Kate] Okay.
[Bud] Morning.
Tully, I made your favorite. Banana pancakes.
- Aw, yum! Thanks, Mrs. M. - [Margie] Mm-hmm.
They're so slimy. Did you make any without?
I'm sorry, sweetie. You can have corn flakes.
Sure. [inhales]
Who cares? Kate doesn't need a hot breakfast.
Or you can have the pancakes.
You should try them, Katie bear. They're delicious.
They're so good.
No, thanks.
Hey, I saw the A plus you have on the fridge there. Good job, kiddo.
It's no big deal.
Kate got an 87.
You say that like somebody died. It's a B plus.
And do you think that a B plus is living up to your potential?
It's called senior slump for a reason. So we can slump.
I do not believe in a senior slump.
Well. I gotta get to work.
So, uh, girls, if we leave now, I can give you a lift, huh?
Oh wow! Thanks, Mr. Mularkey.
[Bud] Yeah.
- Have a good day. - [Bud] Thanks, honey.
[tender music plays]
- [Danny] You hungry? - What?
Sorry, just... Uh, I'm just doing some research.
I found a place we can stay in Minneapolis when we go for Kate's treatment.
Okay.
Hey.
How is she? Is she awake?
- Finally, I'm gonna go see her. - [Johnny] Wait.
Before you go in there, um...
we saw the doctor just now.
Okay.
Um...
They got the results back from the MRI.
And the cancer has spread.
To her brain.
- What? - [Danny] Shit. I'm so sorry, man.
Uh, okay, okay. What... What does that mean?
Um, it means that, um...
[inhales sharply] Thank you, Danny, for getting her into that study, but, um,
the doctor is saying that this disqualifies her.
Okay.
So we... we find another trial, there's gotta be more.
I mean, we... we have options.
The doctor is saying it's a matter of weeks,
couple months if we're lucky.
So it's... it's really just about keeping her comfortable now.
Or we get her into another trial right away.
We're past that, Tully.
[breathes shakily]
We have to face reality.
Wow.
I'm really sorry.
Fuck you.
Fuck you for giving up on her.
You were never good enough for her, Johnny.
[tender music playing]
[sighs]
[Tully inhales]
[inhales]
Hey, babe.
- Hey. - [door shuts]
I smuggled you in...
some contraband.
- [Kate] Nice. - [whispers] Wait. I got a soda too.
[Tully chuckles]
[Kate exhales]
[monitor beeping]
[exhales]
I'm sorry.
For what?
I let you down.
No, you didn't. Stop.
Stop it. This is...
- [Kate exhales deeply] - This is just a setback.
We're not giving up.
[Kate exhales]
It's not giving up.
It's letting go.
I just want to go home, be with you.
And Marah.
And Johnny.
I can't.
I just need to go home, okay?
[Tully chokes]
[Kate sighs]
Okay. [gulps]
[Tully chokes]
[Kate exhales]
Let's go home.
[exhales sharply]
[Tully chokes]
[Kate exhales]
["Homeward Bound" by Annalisa Tornfelt playing]
♪ I'm sitting in a railway station ♪
♪ Got a ticket for my destination ♪
♪ Mmm ♪
♪ On it to a one-night stand ♪
♪ My suitcase and guitar in hand ♪
♪ Every stop is neatly planned For a bullet ♪
♪ And a one-man band ♪
♪ Homeward bound ♪
♪ I wish I was homeward bound ♪
♪ Home, where my thoughts escaping ♪
♪ Home, where my music's playing ♪
♪ Home, where my love life's waiting ♪
♪ Silently for me ♪
[Tully] No, she didn't.
- [Marah] She said it exactly like that. - [Tully] What was she--
[Marah] I was blushing, and she knew what she was doing.
I was-- I just could not speak. I couldn't even think.
[Marah and Tully chuckling]
[Tully] Well, I think you have the upper hand.
[Marah] It was so cute.
[continues chuckling]
[Tully] She did not say it like that.
- [Marah] Yeah, she did. I swear. - [both chuckle]
What's goin' on? What are you guys talking about?
Can I tell her?
Ugh, fine. Even though it's really not a big deal.
Marah has a date.
Seriously? With who?
[Marah] No one.
Her name is Zoe. They met at the field hockey game last week.
She was the goalie for the opposing team.
Marah scored the winning goal, and Zoe asked her for her number after.
Ah, wow! So bold!
Well, apparently she's very cute.
It is so not a big deal.
[Tully] It is so a huge deal.
Ah, sweetie, that's so great.
- We should do your hair. - I'm not doing my hair, it's fine.
[Tully exhales]
[phone ringing]
Who was that?
Danny. I'll call him back.
- Tul, you cannot keep avoiding his calls. - I'm not, I'm busy. He gets it.
So let's talk about what you're gonna wear tonight.
- [Marah] I'm wearing this. - No, you have to get dressed up.
Not too dressy, just, you know, naturally "wow."
And let's do something with your hair. Show off that beautiful face.
All right. [chuckles]
Thanks, Aunt Tully, you're the best!
[tender music playing]
Marah just left for her date.
She looked beautiful.
[Kate] Mmm.
And she was so nervous.
It was adorable.
Can you believe, our little girl growing up?
Yeah, it's generally how it works.
[continues typing]
So when do I get to read this book?
Never if I can't get five minutes to write in peace.
[Kate sighs]
I'm sorry, I'm just trying to get this thing done before...
[breathes deeply]
It's all slipping away.
I reach for words and I can't find them. How am I supposed to write?
All my life I've said I'm a writer, but I've barely written anything.
All those writing classes and all the novels that I never finished,
some I never even started.
I have to finish this one.
You will.
And the worst part is,
this is what she's gonna remember,
a sick shell of a mother.
That's not true.
Of course it is.
Marah had 16 years with you before you got sick.
But this is what she's gonna remember the most.
Dinner is ready. Vegetable lasagna, your favorite.
Great. Thanks. I'll be down in one second.
[inhales] What movie do you wanna watch tonight?
I'm thinking Steel Magnolias.
[Johnny scoffs]
Mularkey!
Terms of Endearment.
[Kate gasps] Oh.
Beaches.
[Tully] Mmm.
Why is she like this?
I don't know. Sick sense of humor.
See you down there, Mularkey.
Johnny.
[Johnny] I know.
I love you too. [chuckles softly]
[tender music playing]
[exhales deeply]
[young Marah] Stop it, Mommy! Give me back my hat.
What if we just left the hat at home today?
You know, as like an experiment.
No, I have to wear my hat. Otherwise, I'm not a real witch.
Well, that is a very good point, little witch.
Okay. Go brush your teeth, kiddo.
[Kate sighs]
Hey, Tully's here. We got the first dry run today.
- Oh, great. - [Tully] Hey, Mularkey.
[inhales sharply] You should come with us. I want you to see me practice host.
Ugh, I can't. I have to bake 200 cupcakes for Marah's school.
Screw the cupcakes. Buy them from the store and come with us.
I do not do store-bought. That's like a crime against bake sales.
Oh, when is my hair makeup wardrobe test?
That's today, before the dry run.
And don't forget you have three pre-interviews tomorrow.
Oh shit. We should move that conference call with the network--
To Friday, already done.
Don't forget, I'm coming for dinner.
[sighs] Are you ever not coming for dinner?
I missed eight years of dinners with my best friend.
That means I have to come every night for the next eight years
to make up for it.
- Don't think it works like that. - Works for me.
- Plus, I can't cook, so it's win-win. - Great.
And I'm making your favorite tonight, Tul. Lasagna.
- [gasps] Thank you. I love you. - I love you too.
[Johnny] And I love you too.
[kisses] Love you.
- Isn't this great? - [Johnny sighs]
- It's like we're all married. - No, it's not like that at all.
We're a family now. It's perfect.
Right. We'll chat about boundaries on the way to work.
[Tully] Why?
Bye, Daddy.
- [Johnny] See ya, honey. - Have fun storming the castle.
[gentle music playing]
[sighs]
It is so wonderful that Tully's moved home.
Ah. It's so great to have her back.
I felt like I was missing a limb when she was in New York.
Mm-hmm. And giving Johnny a job! Oh! She's so thoughtful.
Well, she didn't give it to him, like a gift.
I mean, he's a really great producer.
Of course.
Maybe now, you two can finally get a house,
get out of this tiny apartment.
Marah needs a yard.
[Kate] Yeah, so you have said.
We've actually saved up some money and started looking.
I think I would love to live by the beach.
And what are you thinking about going back to work?
I... Maybe you could work for Tully.
Oh, she actually asked me to help produce her show, but I said no.
Oh.
Why?
Because I'm really busy and I love what I do.
[Margie] Uh-huh.
But still, you've stopped trying for another child.
So? You were a stay-at-home mom. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it.
Well, yes, but I had two children,
and things were different for women of my generation.
We didn't have a choice.
But you, you can do anything.
You have so much potential.
And it's not too late.
Well, I should probably get these cupcakes to Marah's school.
Oh. Oh!
And I am late for Tae Bo.
Okay. Well, I'll see you later. Say hi to Tully for me.
Yeah, for sure.
[exhales sharply]
[keyboard clacking]
[door opens, shuts]
Hi, Mom.
Hey, sweetie.
- How was your date? - [Marah] Um...
Really fun, actually.
Oh, that's so great.
Tul already went to bed,
but I bet she can't wait to hear all about it in the morning.
Or I could tell you about it.
- Really? - Yeah. Unless you're too tired.
No, no, I'm... I'm not. I'm not too tired. Here. Come here. Let's dish.
[Marah exhales]
Okay, so it was actually really great,
but the entire time we're sitting through this movie,
I could barely focus because I was just like...
Like, aware of her sitting next to you?
Yes! It was completely crazy.
We weren't even like touching, but I could feel her, like her body heat,
or her energy just next to me.
Oh, honey, I've been there.
[exhales] It was totally trippy.
She's really cool, Mom, and so funny.
She made me laugh so hard that Diet Coke came out of my nose.
[Kate chuckles]
Today, we'll meet some brides who are in for some very rude awakenings
after the wedding.
Honeymoon horror stories today on Tully.
[indistinct chatter]
Hey, you made it.
Yeah, I finished the cupcakes early. Is it okay that I came by?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.
Just some, um... some network honchos flew in from LA to surprise us.
- So everything's a little bit crazy. - Oh. Enough said. I can go.
- No. No, no, no. Stay, stay, stay. - Are you sure?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm sure Tully could use the support.
And what was the first thing you did
after discovering your husband was your cousin?
[woman] I called my mama, asked why she never mentioned it at the wedding.
She said she didn't think it was her business.
Plus, she was happy I finally found somebody.
[sucks teeth]
That sounds like a very difficult journey for you.
Oh, I thought you guys were gonna do Oprah, not Springer.
We were... [clears throat]
We were, but the network wanted to try a... a thing.
[indistinct chatter]
- Could you actually excuse me one second? - Yeah.
[Tully] Thank you, Veronica, for sharing your story with our viewers.
It's a sobering reminder not to get married
until you really, really get to know the other person.
After the break, we'll have more true life marriage disaster stories on Tully.
[bell rings]
Okay, let me talk to her. Don't worry about it.
[exhales] Oh, you're doing great.
- Why are you lying? - [Johnny] I'm not lying.
I can see the suits huddled over there. They're obviously not happy.
- What is the problem? - Nothing.
They just think you seem a little polished.
Of course I'm polished.
I'm a professional.
[Johnny] Right.
- They just want you to relax. - [yelling] I am relaxed!
I've done this a thousand times!
I know, but don't feel relaxed inside.
Convey relaxation.
What does that even mean?
Just... Just keep it loose, casual, casual. You're doing great.
[sighs]
[chuckles]
[Johnny] All right, here we go.
We're ready to get back in, guys. Ready?
And three, two, one.
Hey, there. Welcome back.
I'm Tully Hart,
and we're just here chatting about some crazy weddings and stuff.
You're about to meet a woman who actually married a bridge.
Huh.
[Tully] Wow, wild.
[exhales]
[gentle music playing]
[screams]
I'm going to college! I'm going to college!
[yelps]
I can't believe it! [chuckles]
You got the U-Dub scholarship. Now we can definitely both go.
Yeah.
I also got a letter from Cloud's probation officer
reminding her to check in, so... [inhales]
Guess she was released a couple days ago.
Well, if Cloud's not in jail, where is she?
No idea.
But I guess she doesn't want me.
She never did.
Well, I fucking do,
and my mom and my dad and Sean.
Yeah, I know, but it's not the same as having, like, a real family.
I am your family.
Forever.
Okay, it doesn't get more real than that.
We're gonna go to college together and be roommates,
and then we're gonna work together as journalists.
Then we'll have a double wedding where we marry brothers
and give birth on the same day.
Maybe.
Then we're gonna be old ladies,
strutting around the shuffleboard court at the retirement home,
breaking all the old guys' hearts.
What happened to our husbands?
They can come too, but the important thing is you and me,
together forever.
And ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.
[both chuckle]
So what do you think? Wanna sneak out of here right now?
- And go where? - You'll see.
You were right, Mularkey, this is exactly what I needed.
It's the perfect crime. Bud and Margie don't even know we snuck out.
I can't believe we haven't done this in so long.
Ugh! Just like old times.
Here we come, world! Are you ready for us?
- Firefly Lane girls forever! - Forever!
- Whoo! - [chuckles]
[both continue chuckling]
[tender music playing]
Whoo!
[Kate chuckles]
Double sixes.
I kicked your ass yet again.
That is because you cheat.
Brian, back me up here.
Was I cheating?
I do not get involved in family squabbles,
not for my favorite patient or her cute brother.
[Kate] Damn it, Brian. You know I'm right.
[Brian] Sorry.
I'll be back tomorrow to give you some more fluids
and see how you're feeling.
Take your meds, if you need them tonight.
I'll be back around noon.
- See you then? - Yep.
I hope I'll see you then too.
Yeah, cool.
And, yep, hope to see you then too.
Thanks.
- Oh my God. Stop flirting with my nurse. - [Sean] No, no. He was flirting with me.
[Kate] Oh. He is very, very cute.
He is.
Sadly, I'm taken.
Very, very taken.
Wait. Does that mean...
I'm gonna ask William to marry me.
- Oh. - [Sean chuckles]
Oh my God.
Don't make me cry.
Well, it's been a couple years and I really love him,
and I don't know, just lately I realized... [inhales]
...you know... it's just...
[Kate] It's okay. You can say it.
Having a sister who's about to die gave you the gift of perspective.
- You're welcome. - [chuckles] Wow! [inhales sharply]
I mean... Pfft.
If you want to put such a fine point on it, yeah.
[Sean chuckles]
Oh, man...
- [Sean] Hmm? - I wish I could be at your wedding.
[tender music playing]
Yeah, maybe you will.
[Sean chuckles softly]
Well, in case I'm not...
uh, can I just say...
[exhales]
I'm sorry.
For what?
For not being a better sister.
You were great.
[Kate] I was mean.
- So was I. - [Kate] Yeah, I was worse.
You really weren't.
I was such a dick. I tortured you.
I was angry at you, I think,
for how you were with Tully, all of your guys' inside jokes.
I wanted to be like that with you.
I mean, we are now.
Yeah.
Even though you totally cheat at backgammon.
So are you saying you don't want a rematch?
Oh, I'm coming for you, Mularkey.
That's what you said the last three times. I'll mark down my win.
- [laughing] Are you serious? - 'Cause I think you forgot.
[Bud grunts]
Yeah. [groans]
Well... [exhales]
That should do it, Katie bear. All... All set for college.
- [Bud sighs] - [Margie chuckles] Whew!
I guess this is really it. [sighs]
Oh, Sean, I'm gonna miss you so much. You can come visit me anytime.
- Well, not... not any time. - [Sean] Yeah?
I'm gonna miss you too. [chuckles]
- Mom. - [Margie whimpers] Mm-hmm.
[all chuckle]
[Kate] Mom, I can't breathe.
I'm sorry, I can't... I'm sorry.
[Margie whimpers]
Okay, you two take care of each other.
- Okay? - We will. Promise.
- [Margie] Okay. - [Kate] Love you guys. Bye.
- [Kate exhales] - Okay.
- You ready? - Yeah.
[both chuckle]
- Okay. - [Tully] Okay.
[car engine turns over]
- Okay, bye! - [Tully] Bye!
- [Kate] Love you! - [all] Bye!
[Kate] Love you guys!
- [Margie] Love you! - [Kate] Bye!
[Sean] Love ya!
[Tully and Kate chuckling]
- Firefly Lane girls forever! - Forever!
Go get 'em, girls.
[horn honks]
Tell me the truth.
Was it awful?
It was great. You were great.
This whole thing was so... [inhales] ...great.
I mean, your own studio for your very own show.
Cut the crap, Mularkey. It's all going wrong.
I just don't know why exactly. I need you to level with me.
[scoffs] Look, I...
- This is none of my business. I-- - Oh, please, with that shit.
I'm not a producer. I'm a housewife.
Really? Is this what we're doing right now?
No, I just...
What do I know?
You know me!
Plus, you are literally my key demographic.
So tell me what the fuck I need to do to make it work.
Please, for the love of God.
Okay.
Your hair is awful.
Makeup, same thing. And wardrobe, that is not your color.
Excuse me. Every color is my color.
[Kate chuckles, exhales]
That's not even what's really the problem.
So what's really the problem?
Hey, so, um, the network has a few thoughts.
No. [sighs]
I don't care. I want to hear what Kate thinks.
Okay.
The real problem is you're being Tully Hart, world-class journalist.
Right. Because that's who I am.
Well, it's part of who you are, and it served you very well up until now.
I mean, the world sees you as tough and poised.
I mean, you interview presidents.
But I think if this show is gonna work,
you just need to let all that go and just be the Tully that I know.
[Johnny] Right.
Yeah. I mean, the real Tully isn't some perfect paragon of journalistic integrity.
Exactly. She's a mess. She drinks way too much.
- [Johnny] Swears around children. - She sleeps with all the wrong men.
Okay, so you guys want me to host this show
as a alcoholic, foulmouthed slut who corrupts America's youth?
Host the show as yourself, like... like The Girlfriend Hour.
When we do Thanksgiving at my parents' house,
and we're sitting with all the women,
and we're laughing and we're talking and we're telling stories,
and you get all of them to open up to you.
That's who you need to be on the show.
I mean, that's who I'd want to watch.
[gentle music playing]
She's right, you know.
That was a nice dinner tonight.
[Tully] Yeah. [exhales]
Cloud seemed to like it, and Margie.
If I can please them both, it's a win.
So, how you doing, Tul?
You still mad at me?
What're you talking about?
You've been waiting on me hand and foot for weeks, acting like the perfect friend.
Acting like?
But I can tell. You're mad at me.
Why would I be mad at you?
Because I promised you that I would never leave.
And now, I am.
[inhales deeply]
It's not your fault.
Does that matter?
Tul, this might be your last chance to yell at me.
Would you stop saying shit like that?
Why? It's true.
[Tully scoffs] I don't care.
I don't want to think about it.
And I don't want to yell at you.
- I bet you'd feel better if you did. - [Tully] I'm never gonna feel better.
Okay?
- We had a deal, Mularkey. - [Kate] I know.
[sobbing] We were gonna be old ladies together.
[sobbing] You can't die.
You can't.
I don't know who I am without you.
I am so scared that I'm just gonna disintegrate,
literally, like all my atoms are just gonna break apart or something
when you're gone.
- I don't know how to exist. - [Kate] Mmm.
I don't know how to exist without you.
I...
I'm not ready. I'm not ready.
- I'm never gonna be ready. - [Kate breathes sharply]
I know, Tul. I think in a weird way, I'm getting off easier.
I don't have to face a world without you.
[Tully sniffles, inhales]
Promise me when you start your new talk show--
Oh God, who says I'm doing that?
- [Kate] Promise me... - [Tully sighs]
...that you're gonna dedicate your first episode to me.
[Tully chuckles]
And I want you to cry. Okay?
Like big ugly cry like you just did, like making that crazy face you just made.
Fuck you. [chuckles]
[Kate] I'm serious, okay? I'm gonna haunt you if you don't.
Also, I want you to call Danny back.
I know, I will. Okay, I will.
[Kate] Not later. Not some day. Not once I'm gone. Now.
It's okay to be happy now, Tul. You don't need to wait until I'm dead.
I'm not waiting.
Yeah, you are.
But I want to be able to hear about all your crazy, hot, new relationship sex
while I can still appreciate it.
Okay.
I will call him tomorrow.
No, don't just call him. Go see him. Okay?
Okay.
You pain in my ass.
[exhales]
Now, can we do something that I want?
Nah. I'm good.
[Tully giggles]
[joyful music playing]
Okay.
Close your eyes.
- What are you about to do to me? - Just trust me.
We are kids again.
- Come down. - [whispers] You're crazy.
It's the '70s.
We just snuck out of your parents' house to ride our bikes.
- [bicycle bell rings] - We're laughing our heads off
because we are invincible.
Hold your arms out like an airplane.
[young Kate chuckles]
[uplifting music playing]
[both chuckling]
Oh my God, I'm so scared!
Isn't there a pool somewhere here?
- [bells ring] - [both chuckling]
Oh God! Shit.
Just trust me.
- Whoo! - Whoo!
[chuckles]
- Ah shit, that was fun. - [Tully giggles]
You want to get high?
Yeah.
[chuckles]
[bird wails]
Man, this medical marijuana is strong.
Better than anything Cloud used to smoke.
- Mmm, it's good shit. - Mmm.
What do you think you're doing?
- Oh shit! - We're caught! We're caught!
- [Tully chuckling] - Caught!
You two.
You think you're so slick.
Like when you used to sneak back into the house while I was watching TV.
You knew about that?
I could hear your damn footsteps like a couple of Clydesdales.
[both laughing]
- [Tully] I'm stoned. - [Kate] It was like...
[both continue chuckling]
- Here. - [Cloud] Thank you.
[Tully] Hmm.
- [Kate] Oh shit. - [Cloud exhales]
- [Kate chuckles] - Well, don't bogart that joint.
Come on.
[Cloud chuckles]
[Tully] Oh my God.
I have never regretted being sober more than I do right now in this moment.
[Kate and Tully chuckle]
- You want a hit? - Oh no.
I have smoked my lifetime limit,
but, man, who would have thought it'd be you trying to corrupt me.
- [all continue chuckling] - [Kate coughs]
- [Cloud exhales] - Thanks.
- So, are we having girl talk? - [Cloud chuckles]
Because I am dying to know, what is Dan the Sports Man like in bed?
Ooh!
Oh my God!
What is happening?
Well...
- He is the best I have ever had. - [Margie] Oh!
- And I have had some greats. - [chuckles]
[chuckles]
He is a sexy man. I can't deny.
- [all] Mmm. - [Tully chuckles]
And what about you, honey?
Oh, Mom...
[clicks tongue] ...there's not been a lot of action in that department lately.
But you had great sex, right?
You and Johnny,
the kind where you're sweating and screaming,
and you're afraid you might break the bed.
[all chuckling]
[Margie] Oh.
Yeah, Mom, we did.
We really did.
Good.
I'm glad.
I don't know why, but...
that comforts me.
Well...
I know how important it was to you always that I reach my full potential.
Oh, honey, no.
You... You surpassed your full potential.
I am so proud that I raised a daughter
who was a better wife, a better mother, a...
a better friend, a better person than I ever was.
Well, I guess I didn't tell you that enough.
How proud I am of you.
- I know that, Mom. - [Tully sighs]
I'm so proud of you too.
[chuckles]
Whoo! [chuckles]
Stoned Marge is a roller coaster.
[all laugh]
I mean...
- Margie. - [Tully continues laughing]
Margie.
Yeah. Margie.
- Margie. - Margie.
- Gie! Margaret. - [all laughing]
I got high with Margie.
- Fucking did it. - Got high with your mom!
[all laughing]
[printer whirring]
[Kate sighs]
Well, someone had a fun night.
Yeah.
And guess what?
I finished my book.
[Johnny] You did?
Finally. Now can you tell me what the heck it's about?
- Does it take place in a shire? - [Kate chuckles]
No.
It's, uh...
the story of my life.
I wrote it for Marah.
Oh.
Wow.
I figured, uh, it'd be a way for her to know me.
And to remember me.
And honestly, it's... it's been really fun to relive all of those moments,
like the first time that I saw Tully at the bus stop,
the first time I met you.
[Johnny chuckles softly]
Now that's a chapter I want to read.
Oh, you did not come off very well in the beginning.
- You barely knew that I existed. - That is not true.
I was well aware of your existence.
You used to bring me soup.
Oh, there is a whole chapter on the soup.
[Johnny chuckles]
I used to watch you.
Flitting around the office in your little skirt and tights.
Mmm. Well, that sounds borderline inappropriate, Mr. Ryan.
[Johnny chuckles]
- I was so intimidated by you. - [Kate scoffs]
- Yeah, right. - It's true.
You were the first...
truly good person I'd ever met.
Freaked me right out.
[Kate inhales]
It's a really strange experience.
Writing down your life.
I always...
thought that I...
I wasn't doing enough.
You know, that I... I should have been more.
I was just a wife and a mom.
[scoffs] All those worries seem so meaningless now.
All I want is for Marah to know that I'm proud of her.
And what a gift it's been...
being her mom.
And I want you to know.
It's okay, you don't have to.
- I want you to know. - [Johnny cries]
How proud I am of us.
For the life that we've built together.
The rest is just window dressing, right?
[Johnny swallows, exhales]
[Kate] It's who you love that matters.
And who loves you.
[tender music playing]
[Johnny exhales]
Anyway.
Give this to her whenever she's ready.
Don't read it in front of me, I'm too embarrassed.
Kate...
I know.
I love you too.
[Johnny sniffles]
[Johnny inhales]
[tender music continues]
[Kate breathes deeply]
[Johnny exhales]
[Johnny sniffles]
[Kate breathing shakily]
- [sirens wailing faintly] - [horns honk]
[Tully sighs]
[Danny] Hey, there.
Shit!
You scared me, Sports Man.
Heard you coming down the hall.
Yes. Apparently, I have heavy footsteps.
I've been, uh... I've been trying to call you.
Yeah, I, um...
I've been staying at Kate's.
[inhales]
Just trying to focus on that.
Yeah. I get it. Totally.
She'd love to see you, by the way. So maybe you could stop by?
Yeah, yeah, I'd really... I'd really like to see her too.
- Before I go. - Go where?
Back to New York.
Big opportunity, my startup,
I'm opening up an East Coast office and, uh, started a media blitz.
It's just... It makes sense for me to be there.
So you're moving?
Yep, I've been trying to call you and tell you.
Yeah, like I said, I'm sorry, my best friend is dying.
I'm not mad.
You know, it's... it's one thing we know how to do,
we give each other space.
You know, we don't ask things of each other ever.
That's how it works for us. That's why it works for us.
Anyway, um, I... I wanted to come by and say hi,
and I'm here a couple more days.
So if you need anyone to talk to...
Um...
Okay.
I can't believe you're fucking leaving.
Tully, you haven't returned a single phone call in weeks.
Yeah, not because I didn't want to.
I...
[sighs] I was... scared. I... I wasn't ready for us.
Look, it's okay. It's fine.
Really. Doesn't matter.
Except it does.
- I told you I loved you. - Yeah, and then you stopped calling me.
Look, it's fine, Tully. That's why I knew you'd understand that I have to go.
Do you...
have to?
Are you asking me to stay?
Would you stay if I asked?
- For fuck's sake, Tully. Jesus Christ. - Okay, okay, okay.
[Tully sighs]
[exhales]
You're right. We...
We give each other space.
We don't ask much, and it's what works about us,
except it doesn't, because...
because I want more.
So I am asking you to stay, for me.
I know it's not fair. I've... I've been a jerk.
I love you.
And I want to be with you.
So please don't go to fucking New York. Please just stay here with me.
[tender music playing]
God, now was that so fucking hard?
Yes, it was.
- [Danny chuckles] - [Tully exhales]
Were you really gonna move across the country?
Yes, I was.
I had an apartment and everything.
You didn't think I'd want you to stay?
I hoped.
I didn't know for sure.
But you are staying though, right?
For me?
Yes...
even though you're a complete nightmare.
[both chuckle]
That's what you love about me, Sports Man.
Yeah, you're right.
[Tully giggles]
[tender music continues]
You sure you wanna wear that to Tully's big show? I got you that new dress.
Mom, I'm a witch. I have to wear my witch suit.
Ah, okay.
That's fine. You can wear whatever you want.
But I want you to know
it's not the costume that makes the witch,
it's the magic inside you.
And you have that, no matter what, always.
You are the most magical person that I know, Marah Ryan.
Aw, thanks, Mommy. So are you.
Yeah?
[Marah] Duh! You're my best friend!
Oh.
Thanks, sweetie.
- [Kate exhales] - Well, I guess I could wear the new dress.
Really?
You sure?
Okay, that's great.
Um, I'll just go grab it.
And cat ears, I wanna wear cat ears.
[sighs] Okay.
[clicks tongue]
[Johnny exhales]
- You in the mood for some soup? - Mmm.
It feels like a soup day.
- [Kate winces] - [Johnny exhales]
- Okay? - Yeah.
[Johnny inhales]
[Kate groans]
[Johnny exhales]
Did you remember to wash Marah's witch suit?
What?
She's got the field trip tomorrow. We need to wash it tonight.
[gentle music playing]
Yeah, yeah, I'll... I'll wash it.
Thanks, Johnny.
I love you so much.
[Johnny whimpers]
[voice breaking] I love you too.
[Kate] Mmm.
- [Johnny exhales, laughs] - What!
Oh my God!
Johnny, look at that staircase! It's incredible!
[Johnny] Yeah, it is.
Wow! It's a mansion!
If you guys don't buy this place, I will.
Is there a, um, like, a... like, a smell?
[Tully] Yeah.
Yeah, it smells like...
New York.
It's pee, cat pee to be exact.
The woman who died here had 14 cats.
They peed everywhere. It's why we can afford it.
Well, that and the fact that Johnny happens to be producing
the number one daytime talk show in America.
I thought it was number two.
You can't count Oprah. She's in a league of her own.
[Johnny] So are you, Tully.
- Where's my room, Daddy? - [Johnny] I don't know. Let's go find one.
This is too much, isn't it?
[Tully] No, no way.
- You've earned it. - [scoffs] How? By being a failed writer
and a housewife with only one kid, as my mom likes to say?
[Kate gasps]
[Tully chuckles]
[birds squawking]
My show is a hit because of you.
Oh.
You're the brains of the entire operation.
And the heart.
And the soul.
[tender music playing]
[Kate sighs]
Look at this view.
How could anyone ever be sad with a view like this?
[Tully] And then he swept me into his arms.
- [inhales] - [Kate] Mmm.
[Tully] And he told me he loved me.
And then we did it.
Twice.
- That's it? - [Tully chuckles]
Just twice?
Well, I did have to come back to make dinner.
Oh my God, but he said the funniest thing after.
Okay...
it's kind of a long story, so let me refill my tea.
Okay.
[door opens]
[door shuts]
[birds squawking, tweeting]
[gentle music playing]
[birds continue squawking]
[wind chime chiming softly]
[eagle screeches]
Okay, so after we finished the second time, he...
[sighs]
["Blues Run the Game" by Laura Marling playing]
♪ Catch a boat to England, baby Maybe to Spain ♪
♪ Wherever I have gone Wherever I've been and gone ♪
♪ Wherever I have gone The blues run the game ♪
♪ Send out for a whiskey, baby Send out for gin ♪
♪ Me and room service, honey Me and room service, mama ♪
♪ Me and room service We are living life of sin ♪
♪ When I'm not sleeping, honey You are on my mind ♪
♪ When I'm not sleeping, honey I ain't sleeping, mama ♪
♪ When I ain't sleeping You know you'll find me crying ♪
♪ Try another city, baby Another town ♪
♪ Wherever I have gone Wherever I've been and gone ♪
♪ Wherever I have gone The blues come following 'round ♪
♪ Living is a gamble, baby Loving's much the same ♪
♪ Wherever I have gone Wherever I've rolled them dice ♪
♪ Wherever I have gone The blues are all the same ♪
♪ When I'm not drinking, baby Someplace down the line ♪
♪ When I ain't drinking, honey I ain't drinking, mama ♪
♪ When I ain't drinking Oh, you know you'll find me crying... ♪
I don't think I can go in.
- [Tully chokes] - [Johnny chuckles softly]
Yeah. [sniffles]
She figured.
♪ Wherever I have gone Wherever I've been and gone... ♪
She left something for you.
♪ The blues run the game ♪
[song fades]
[gentle music playing]
[Kate] Dear Tully.
I know you won't be able to stand my fucking funeral.
You're not the star.
I hope you at least had the photos of me airbrushed.
Anyway, I know you probably aren't going to forget me,
but just in case, I wrote it all down in this book,
and not just the fun stuff either,
every awful, embarrassing, funny, true thing that I could think of.
The first time I met you.
That night you fell through a glass table.
[young Tully screams]
- [man] Whoa! - [young Kate] Tully!
The day we hid a body for Cloud.
[Kate] Pull him this way.
Every time we danced...
sang...
fought...
cried...
made up...
Well, you get the idea.
There's so many things I should say to you at this moment,
but in our lifetime we've probably said them all.
[inaudible]
So here's what I have to say in my beyond the grave letter.
It's very dramatic. Don't you think?
I know that you'll be thinking that I left you, but it's not true.
All you have to do is open this book,
and you'll find me.
[Tully sighs]
[chuckles]
[exhales]
[sniffles]
[exhales]
[lighter clicks]
[exhales]
- [sniffles] - [lighter thuds]
[birds squawking]
[chuckles]
[kisses]
[chuckles]
[sniffles]
["Dancing Queen" by ABBA playing]
♪ You can dance You can jive ♪
♪ Having the time of your life ♪
♪ Ooh, see that girl Watch that scene ♪
♪ Digging the dancing queen ♪
♪ Friday night and the lights are low ♪
♪ Looking out for a place to go ♪
♪ Where they play the right music Getting in the swing ♪
♪ You come to look for a king ♪
♪ Anybody could be that guy ♪
♪ Night is young and the music's high ♪
♪ With a bit of rock music Everything is fine ♪
♪ You're in the mood for a dance ♪
♪ And when you get the chance ♪
♪ You are the dancing queen ♪
♪ Young and sweet Only seventeen ♪
♪ Dancing queen ♪
♪ Feel the beat From the tambourine, oh yeah
♪ You can dance You can jive ♪
♪ Having the time of your life ♪
♪ Ooh, see that girl Watch that scene ♪
♪ Digging the dancing queen ♪
♪ You can dance You can jive ♪
♪ Having the time of your life ♪
♪ Ooh, see that girl Watch that scene ♪
♪ Digging the dancing queen ♪
[song fades]