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Previously on Monarch...
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♪ You broke my heart ♪
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♪ My body and mind. ♪
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-You stole mama's song!
-You mean before you could?
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Of course you helped Mama die.
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You're just like her.
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Wade, you got a song for me?
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My style does tend more
towards the, uh...
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Lovesick young cowboy?
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Jamie Burke,
producer out of Atlanta.
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Yeah, charmed.
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JAMIE:
Nicky, you're so talented.
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I want you to know it really is
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a pleasure meeting you.
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I feel terrible doing this
to Gigi.
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LUKE:
That's what you said last time.
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NICKY:
How far along are you?
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Luke doesn't even know yet.
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Dottie was being blackmailed.
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$50,000 a month, every month.
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You tell 'em that Albie Roman
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ain't paying 'em another cent.
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♪ ♪
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(car alarm chirps)
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♪ ♪
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(line rings, clicks)
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It's done.
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(beeps)
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(engine starts)
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♪ ♪
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Pretty as the day
I first met you.
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You are too sweet.
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Come on, sugar.
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WOMAN:
Right in there.
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-(door opens)
-MARTY: Thank you.
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I got here as quick
as I could.
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Any luck figuring out
who these blackmailers are?
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Like I said, they're pros.
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Communication's airtight.
End-to-end encryption,
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asymmetric algorithms.
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In English.
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They're ciphers.
Impossible to trace.
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(sighs)
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Then I want you
to set up a meeting.
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What? No, Albie...
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I want to meet
these vultures in person.
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And look 'em in the eye.
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They're gonna pay
for the pain they caused her.
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Albie, I don't think
you understand.
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These people are dangerous.
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Here's
what you don't understand.
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So am I.
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Excuse me, what are
you doing in here? Hey!
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Clive!
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Well, I'm making a ginger
and turmeric smoothie.
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They say it improves your mood.
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Well, it is certainly
not improving mine.
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Do you think two weeks in
the guest house is gonna, like,
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make me forget who you are?
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Actually, the time apart's
been quite the revelation.
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See, we all knew
that your mother
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had terminal cancer, but, uh...
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I always wondered...
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how she passed so quickly.
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And now I know.
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You killed her.
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I did not kill her.
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And I have the proof.
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Oxycodone, Nick,
which you gave to her, no doubt.
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I helped her open the bottle
is what I did.
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That's a distinction
known only to you, me,
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and Dottie-- God rest her soul.
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What do you want?
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Penthouse suite,
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200 grand walking-around money.
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Ah, to start.
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Are you insane?
It's what she wanted.
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Or maybe you wanted
to be Queen of Country
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just a little bit sooner
than Dottie was ready
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to relinquish the crown.
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♪ ♪
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(Gigi groans)
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It's hot as hell.
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Somebody please remind me
why we shoot
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the Roman Family Christmas
special in July again?
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ALBIE:
You know why. 'Cause Christmas
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was your mama's
favorite holiday,
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and this way she could
have it twice a year.
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And so a Roman tradition
was born.
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Fake Christmas.
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Which brings us
to why we're all here.
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We are gonna be filming the
special all week, and viewership
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has been a little off lately.
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No kidding.
This show is so dated.
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All we're missing is VCRs
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and "Re-elect Reagan" spots.
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It may be old-fashioned,
but Mama loved tradition, so...
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You know what else Mama liked?
Ratings.
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So why don't we bring this show
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into the 21st century?
You know, maybe update it
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-for the under-80 crowd.
-Spoken like a true millennial.
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Are you two still mad
at each other over the rodeo?
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-I'm not mad at her.
-Why would she be?
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She's the one
who stole my song.
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And now
it's number one on Spotify.
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Technically, it was Mama's song.
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Technically, you're a thieving,
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backstabbing bitch.
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Good, this is just
that Christmas spirit I love.
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Enough.
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This special is a tradition
that your mama loved.
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But, Daddy, everyone knows
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-you never liked it.
-But your mama did.
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Half of a marriage
is partnership.
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And the other half...
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is keeping your mouth shut.
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I'll see y'all at the studio.
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(country version
of "Away in a Manger" playing)
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(groans)
Look at me.
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Is this really
the image that you want
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for one of Monarch's
hottest up-and-coming acts?
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You look adorable.
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That's what the fans want.
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Do you even know
who my fans are?
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They're single moms
and lesbians.
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They don't care about adorable.
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They want honest and real.
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Geeg, I don't know why you
complain about this every year.
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-It's...
-It's tradition, yeah, I know.
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Just like toxic masculinity
and the Confederacy.
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CARINEH:
You're really not gonna like
what Clive's done now.
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NICKY:
Unbelievable.
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I-I call him out for cheating,
and then...
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he's the hot stud
and I'm, what am I?
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I'm, oh, I'm pathetic
and I can't move on.
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-Who is she?
-Some young skank. Who cares?
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You need to show your fans
you've moved on
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right now.
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-I mean, you have.
-You mean Wade?
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That's just...
It was just some fling.
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I'm not judging you, sweetie.
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But there's a double standard.
I mean,
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Clive can whore it up all over
town and his stock goes up.
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You need to...
bravely open yourself up
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to a new relationship.
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Something people can root for.
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Go public as a couple with Wade.
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But we're not a couple.
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And the Romans aren't
the perfect family
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that sit around the fire
and sip eggnog
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and sing "Frosty the Snowman."
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But people want to believe
what they want to believe.
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So...
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You, what, you want me to go...
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out on a fake date?
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As your publicist, I think
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you and Wade
will keep you exciting,
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yet still wholesome
and aspirational.
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As your friend, I know
that you and Wade will give
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Clive a taste
of his own medicine.
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-I'll think about it.
-Well, don't think too long.
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Clive is probably making out
with at least
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one of the Kardashians
as we speak.
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♪ ♪
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Where the hell are they?
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They ain't coming.
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Everybody's a badass
till they ain't.
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♪ ♪
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NICKY: Listen, I know we're all
busy with the Christmas special,
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but we need to talk.
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My sister may be
a giant pain in the ass
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who hates my guts right now,
but I am not...
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gonna sit quietly
in the background
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when her entire future
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with the only woman she ever
loved hangs in the balance
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Nicky, I love her, too.
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-We all do.
-Right, because
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nothing says I love you more
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than sleeping
with the brother-in-law.
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Listen, this wasn't
some sordid affair.
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All right, there are
real feelings here.
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Yeah, but it was
a mistake, obviously.
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We're deeply sorry
for it and it's done.
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Good, because right now we have
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a much bigger problem
that's harder to hide.
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A baby.
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Yeah, well, Gigi and I have been
wanting another one, so...
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I know, which leads me to why
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I invited you both here,
because I think
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I might have a solution that,
that suits all of us.
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So listen up
and keep an open mind.
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("Deck the Halls" playing
on piano)
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Oh, "Deck the Halls,"
how original.
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Psst.
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Yay.
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What brings you by here?
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This is such a surprise.
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What, I need an excuse
to come visit my wife?
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Oh, I see, you want something.
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-I get it.
-No.
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I just, um...
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I've been thinking
a lot about our plan...
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to have another baby.
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Really?
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Right now?
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I know it sounds crazy,
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but since we decided I'd carry,
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what if we fast-track
this whole thing
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and ask Luke to be our donor?
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Luke? My brother?
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Chiseled CEO
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with a daddy complex Luke?
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I know, I...
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Well, what made you think
of him?
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It's common to ask a relative
or a close friend.
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Okay, but
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I'm not sure if having
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another baby right now
is a great idea.
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I-I'm trying to light a fire
under my career.
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Why the rush?
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We have all the time
in the world.
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MAN:
Gigi, we need you on set.
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-Got to go.
-Oh. Bye.
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Bye, honey.
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I guess
when you're rich and famous,
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you're allowed to have
two Christmases.
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Amazing.
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Mom.
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-Is that Wade Stellings?
-It is.
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I told you
everybody would be here.
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And now you are, too.
(laughs)
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Hey, there.
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You ready to pretend
it's Christmas?
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Hi.
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It's, um...
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It's good to see you again.
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It is, but now I believe
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we're late
for our wardrobe fitting.
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This isn't the junior prom.
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We're here for one reason
and one reason only.
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To work.
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Not to meet cute boys.
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-Bye.
-Roman Family Christmas
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has been Stellings family
viewing since I was little.
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My mama called it
"comfort food for the soul."
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She can't believe
I'm a guest star.
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We're lucky to have you.
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Maybe next time
you'll ask me yourself.
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All right, so this isn't
about the Christmas special.
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You didn't have to have our
publicists arrange another date.
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You could have just asked.
I mean, I have seen you naked.
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Yeah, and it was fun.
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But I'm not
a one-night-stand kind of girl.
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That's why my publicist reached
out-- it's a fake date, PR.
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I'm not here for fake anything.
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All right, why are you here?
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For you.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
260
00:12:46,508 --> 00:12:48,349
All right.
261
00:12:52,255 --> 00:12:53,563
Hi.
262
00:12:54,666 --> 00:12:55,857
You doing okay?
263
00:12:57,185 --> 00:12:59,685
I know Fake Christmas isn't
the same without Mama.
264
00:12:59,854 --> 00:13:02,171
Nothing's the same without Mama.
265
00:13:02,265 --> 00:13:03,973
What's wrong, Daddy?
266
00:13:04,025 --> 00:13:07,452
Well, it's like this.
Your mother...
267
00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:09,454
she was being blackmailed.
268
00:13:09,623 --> 00:13:11,864
What? How do you know that?
269
00:13:12,017 --> 00:13:14,183
Marty.
270
00:13:14,202 --> 00:13:15,868
Said it'd been going on
for the...
271
00:13:15,945 --> 00:13:17,462
better part
of the last ten years.
272
00:13:17,689 --> 00:13:19,689
Well, I don't understand.
273
00:13:19,707 --> 00:13:21,691
Wh-Who? And why?
274
00:13:21,709 --> 00:13:23,860
"Who" is on my to-do list.
275
00:13:23,878 --> 00:13:25,804
But "why"?
276
00:13:26,031 --> 00:13:28,640
I think she was protecting me.
277
00:13:30,626 --> 00:13:31,976
My affair.
278
00:13:32,128 --> 00:13:33,719
You know,
the one I told you about.
279
00:13:33,872 --> 00:13:35,146
That was years ago.
280
00:13:35,298 --> 00:13:36,297
Somebody must've known.
281
00:13:36,374 --> 00:13:37,631
And you know your mother.
282
00:13:37,651 --> 00:13:40,151
The Roman image was
important to her,
283
00:13:40,303 --> 00:13:42,803
at... at any expense.
284
00:13:42,897 --> 00:13:44,489
I don't think that was it.
285
00:13:45,808 --> 00:13:48,809
The night Mama passed,
she said something to me.
286
00:13:48,829 --> 00:13:51,478
I've done things
that can never
287
00:13:51,647 --> 00:13:54,390
be forgiven.
288
00:13:54,483 --> 00:13:56,075
I didn't know...
289
00:13:56,227 --> 00:13:58,837
what it meant.
I-I still don't, but...
290
00:13:59,064 --> 00:14:01,397
it wasn't about you.
291
00:14:01,416 --> 00:14:03,716
I think Mama may have
secrets of her own.
292
00:14:16,414 --> 00:14:19,599
Another lump of coal
for you, Gigi.
293
00:14:19,751 --> 00:14:21,417
That's okay, Nicky.
294
00:14:21,436 --> 00:14:24,011
'Cause coal turns
into diamonds.
295
00:14:24,030 --> 00:14:26,089
And like Mama always said,
296
00:14:26,091 --> 00:14:28,091
your luck is what you make it.
297
00:14:28,093 --> 00:14:31,035
-And Mama turned her luck...
-Ridiculous.
298
00:14:31,262 --> 00:14:34,980
They're grown women now.
299
00:14:35,133 --> 00:14:37,600
(laughs):
Oh, don't, don't be a grinch.
300
00:14:37,619 --> 00:14:40,027
They're helping people
feel better about their lives.
301
00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:42,529
We're the first family
of country music.
302
00:14:42,549 --> 00:14:44,290
And that's degrading.
303
00:14:44,442 --> 00:14:46,626
Look, all right, I know you
never had any of this
304
00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,111
when you were growing up.
305
00:14:48,204 --> 00:14:49,721
You had no Christmas,
no music...
306
00:14:49,948 --> 00:14:52,373
no love.
307
00:14:52,450 --> 00:14:55,376
But even though our girls
are out there pretending,
308
00:14:55,470 --> 00:14:56,728
the audience,
309
00:14:56,897 --> 00:14:59,046
what they're feeling is real.
310
00:14:59,065 --> 00:15:02,125
Real love, real joy.
311
00:15:02,143 --> 00:15:05,219
Just what I feel every morning
when I wake up with you.
312
00:15:05,313 --> 00:15:08,072
Now don't you think
everybody is entitled
313
00:15:08,224 --> 00:15:09,741
to have just
a little bit of that?
314
00:15:09,968 --> 00:15:12,059
What would I be without you?
315
00:15:12,153 --> 00:15:14,078
Oh, you'd be fine.
316
00:15:14,230 --> 00:15:16,897
And you're never gonna have
to find out because
317
00:15:16,917 --> 00:15:19,709
I'm always gonna be with you.
318
00:15:22,830 --> 00:15:24,923
NICKY:
And Mama turned her luck
319
00:15:25,074 --> 00:15:27,817
into a lot of diamonds.
320
00:15:27,835 --> 00:15:29,910
Mm-hmm.
321
00:15:29,930 --> 00:15:31,578
Cut!
322
00:15:31,656 --> 00:15:33,080
Check it.
323
00:15:33,099 --> 00:15:34,581
Hey, Geeg?
324
00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:36,676
Do not follow me.
325
00:15:36,828 --> 00:15:39,753
Or I'm gonna show you where
to shove that lump of coal.
326
00:15:39,847 --> 00:15:41,105
All right, well,
I need to talk to you.
327
00:15:41,332 --> 00:15:45,001
Please, I need
my best friend right now.
328
00:15:45,094 --> 00:15:46,110
I have a fake date
with Wade Stellings.
329
00:15:46,262 --> 00:15:48,095
-Say what now?
-It's to show everybody
330
00:15:48,189 --> 00:15:49,781
that I'm moving on.
331
00:15:50,008 --> 00:15:51,932
You've done worse for the press.
332
00:15:52,010 --> 00:15:53,934
Just treat it
like a work dinner.
333
00:15:54,028 --> 00:15:56,846
Yep. I slept with him.
334
00:15:56,864 --> 00:15:59,682
Oh.
335
00:15:59,701 --> 00:16:01,751
Now this is getting good.
336
00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:05,521
-So what's the problem?
-He's a lot younger than me.
337
00:16:05,540 --> 00:16:07,781
And I don't even know
who I am with a man anymore.
338
00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:10,134
Would you stop thinking
for once?
339
00:16:10,286 --> 00:16:12,303
Geez Louise! Just go have fun.
340
00:16:12,455 --> 00:16:15,381
Nobody deserves that
more than you do.
341
00:16:15,533 --> 00:16:16,882
Really?
342
00:16:17,035 --> 00:16:18,977
Really.
343
00:16:19,128 --> 00:16:22,480
You're still a sneaky,
conniving bitch, though.
344
00:16:27,136 --> 00:16:29,988
Gigi says now's not
the right time for another baby.
345
00:16:30,215 --> 00:16:32,448
And you know how she is.
346
00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:35,384
Yeah, of course I know
how she is.
347
00:16:35,403 --> 00:16:36,643
She's a Roman.
348
00:16:36,663 --> 00:16:38,237
She's set in her ways.
349
00:16:38,389 --> 00:16:40,164
Well, every day I'm getting
closer to showing.
350
00:16:40,391 --> 00:16:42,834
I mean, there is something
we haven't talked about.
351
00:16:42,985 --> 00:16:44,393
What?
352
00:16:44,412 --> 00:16:46,487
I mean, Nicky has
no say over us.
353
00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:48,397
There is no us, Luke.
354
00:16:48,416 --> 00:16:50,416
That's what I'm saying,
there could be.
355
00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:52,401
No, there can't.
356
00:16:52,403 --> 00:16:54,737
You are my brother-in-law.
And I am in love
357
00:16:54,830 --> 00:16:56,088
with your sister.
358
00:16:56,182 --> 00:16:57,573
We were a mistake.
359
00:16:57,666 --> 00:16:59,666
And-and at this rate,
360
00:16:59,761 --> 00:17:01,352
next week's Jerry Springer.
361
00:17:02,580 --> 00:17:03,688
You're serious?
362
00:17:03,857 --> 00:17:05,839
You really think that plan
of Nicky's is gonna work?
363
00:17:05,933 --> 00:17:07,266
It is ridiculous.
364
00:17:07,418 --> 00:17:10,753
At this point,
it's the only hope I've got.
365
00:17:10,772 --> 00:17:12,864
So if you care about me,
366
00:17:12,940 --> 00:17:16,159
please help me hold
onto the life I want...
367
00:17:17,686 --> 00:17:19,037
...with Gigi.
368
00:17:23,692 --> 00:17:26,461
♪ ♪
369
00:17:29,698 --> 00:17:32,275
(laughter)
370
00:17:32,293 --> 00:17:34,034
Um, thank you for dinner.
371
00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:35,444
Hey, I had fun.
372
00:17:35,463 --> 00:17:37,037
Thank you.
373
00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:39,706
And since our publicists
set it up,
374
00:17:39,801 --> 00:17:41,225
it's a tax write-off.
375
00:17:41,452 --> 00:17:42,560
(laughs)
376
00:17:42,787 --> 00:17:45,137
Nicky, I've been crushing
on you for years.
377
00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:48,124
I even had your poster up
in my dorm room.
378
00:17:48,126 --> 00:17:49,901
I used to fantasize about...
379
00:17:49,977 --> 00:17:51,736
Yeah, you can stop right there.
380
00:17:51,887 --> 00:17:53,720
...singing with you
381
00:17:53,815 --> 00:17:56,407
-one day.
-(giggles)
382
00:17:58,486 --> 00:18:00,136
Hey...
383
00:18:00,229 --> 00:18:02,062
no disrespect
to your marriage, but...
384
00:18:02,082 --> 00:18:03,989
I always hoped
you'd be single someday.
385
00:18:04,142 --> 00:18:05,658
(chuckles)
386
00:18:05,810 --> 00:18:07,401
I don't know what to say.
387
00:18:07,495 --> 00:18:08,978
Well...
388
00:18:09,147 --> 00:18:11,631
say you'll do a song with me.
389
00:18:14,335 --> 00:18:15,927
Okay.
390
00:18:16,154 --> 00:18:17,653
(chuckles)
391
00:18:17,672 --> 00:18:20,264
(crowd cheering)
392
00:18:20,416 --> 00:18:22,325
You ready?
393
00:18:22,343 --> 00:18:23,492
Thank you.
394
00:18:23,661 --> 00:18:25,344
Nicky Roman,
ladies and gentlemen.
395
00:18:25,496 --> 00:18:27,688
(Lady A's "Need You Now"
playing)
396
00:18:31,502 --> 00:18:33,002
Hey, I'm honored.
397
00:18:33,020 --> 00:18:34,195
Let's hear it.
398
00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:38,507
♪ Picture perfect memories ♪
399
00:18:38,526 --> 00:18:42,411
-♪ Scattered
all around the floor ♪
-Oh, yeah.
400
00:18:45,441 --> 00:18:47,291
♪ Reaching for the phone
'cause ♪
401
00:18:47,518 --> 00:18:51,003
♪ I can't fight it anymore ♪
402
00:18:52,948 --> 00:18:55,115
BOTH:
♪ And I wonder ♪
403
00:18:55,135 --> 00:18:59,428
♪ If I ever cross your mind ♪
404
00:19:01,290 --> 00:19:03,624
NICKY:
♪ For me it happens ♪
405
00:19:03,792 --> 00:19:06,644
♪ All the time ♪
406
00:19:06,795 --> 00:19:08,980
♪ It's a quarter after one ♪
407
00:19:09,207 --> 00:19:11,149
♪ I'm all alone ♪
408
00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:14,152
♪ And I need you now ♪
409
00:19:14,303 --> 00:19:17,880
WADE:
♪ And I said I wouldn't call ♪
410
00:19:17,899 --> 00:19:22,660
♪ But I'm a little drunk
and I need you now ♪
411
00:19:24,055 --> 00:19:25,663
BOTH:
♪ And I don't know ♪
412
00:19:25,814 --> 00:19:29,074
♪ How I can do without ♪
413
00:19:29,227 --> 00:19:31,652
♪ I just need you ♪
414
00:19:31,671 --> 00:19:37,550
♪ Now ♪
415
00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:40,586
♪ I just need you ♪
416
00:19:40,738 --> 00:19:47,092
♪ Now. ♪
417
00:19:47,245 --> 00:19:50,021
-There she is.
-Thank you.
418
00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:53,691
(clamoring)
419
00:19:53,842 --> 00:19:54,859
Wicky!
420
00:19:54,936 --> 00:19:56,861
Well, that went viral fast.
421
00:19:57,755 --> 00:19:59,179
Given that they've waited
all this time in the heat,
422
00:19:59,273 --> 00:20:00,531
might as well give them
what they want.
423
00:20:00,758 --> 00:20:02,366
Well, if you insist.
424
00:20:02,593 --> 00:20:04,619
(whooping, cheering)
425
00:20:08,208 --> 00:20:09,782
I'm not that girl on the poster.
426
00:20:09,934 --> 00:20:11,617
Of course you are.
427
00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:14,128
You're exactly like
I always thought you'd be.
428
00:20:16,883 --> 00:20:19,091
(cheering, clamoring)
429
00:20:24,799 --> 00:20:27,207
Everybody's shipping "Wicky."
430
00:20:27,301 --> 00:20:29,301
You'll be on next week's cover
for sure.
431
00:20:29,470 --> 00:20:32,546
Well, you can send
18 copies to Clive.
432
00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:34,732
One for every single year
we were married.
433
00:20:34,883 --> 00:20:36,883
Well, you make the cutest elf.
434
00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:38,069
(chuckles)
435
00:20:38,296 --> 00:20:40,646
That was the best fake date
I've ever had.
436
00:20:40,798 --> 00:20:44,891
Hey, when you're done practicing
your solo, I'll be in my trailer
437
00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:47,227
later if you want to, um,
438
00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:50,081
roast some chestnuts
or... something.
439
00:20:50,232 --> 00:20:52,491
-All right.
-(phone rings)
440
00:20:52,568 --> 00:20:53,918
Hey, Mom.
441
00:20:54,145 --> 00:20:55,586
Hey. Are you done filming?
442
00:20:55,738 --> 00:20:57,255
Do you want me to pick you up?
443
00:20:57,482 --> 00:20:58,238
Not yet.
444
00:20:58,332 --> 00:20:59,757
They said we're running late.
445
00:20:59,984 --> 00:21:01,667
Looks like I'm gonna be here
until at least midnight.
446
00:21:01,761 --> 00:21:03,243
Oh, okay, okay.
447
00:21:03,263 --> 00:21:04,929
Well, then call me
as soon as you're done.
448
00:21:05,156 --> 00:21:06,973
I will. Love you.
449
00:21:08,268 --> 00:21:09,675
Hey.
450
00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:11,727
Almost too easy.
451
00:21:16,667 --> 00:21:18,985
(piano playing intro
to "Cowboy Take Me Away")
452
00:21:20,671 --> 00:21:22,613
♪ ♪
453
00:21:29,196 --> 00:21:33,291
♪ I said I wanna touch
the earth ♪
454
00:21:33,442 --> 00:21:36,627
♪ I wanna break it
in my hands ♪
455
00:21:36,779 --> 00:21:39,888
♪ I wanna grow something wild ♪
456
00:21:39,990 --> 00:21:42,949
♪ And unruly ♪
457
00:21:42,969 --> 00:21:46,137
♪ I wanna sleep
on the hard ground ♪
458
00:21:46,364 --> 00:21:50,049
♪ In the comfort of your arms ♪
459
00:21:50,201 --> 00:21:53,311
♪ On a pillow of blue bonnets ♪
460
00:21:53,462 --> 00:21:56,963
♪ In a blanket
made of stars, oh ♪
461
00:21:57,058 --> 00:21:59,650
♪ It sounds good ♪
462
00:21:59,802 --> 00:22:02,153
♪ To me ♪
463
00:22:02,304 --> 00:22:05,639
♪ I said, cowboy take me ♪
464
00:22:05,658 --> 00:22:07,900
♪ Away ♪
465
00:22:08,069 --> 00:22:10,886
♪ Fly this girl as high ♪
466
00:22:10,979 --> 00:22:14,981
♪ As you can
into the wild blue ♪
467
00:22:15,076 --> 00:22:18,985
♪ Set me free, oh ♪
468
00:22:19,005 --> 00:22:21,505
♪ I pray ♪
469
00:22:21,732 --> 00:22:25,009
♪ Closer to heaven above ♪
470
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,829
♪ And closer to you ♪
471
00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:32,600
♪ Closer to you ♪
472
00:22:33,594 --> 00:22:37,063
(vocalizing)
473
00:22:38,841 --> 00:22:42,342
♪ Uh-huh. ♪
474
00:22:42,362 --> 00:22:44,528
Not enough cowboys
around anymore.
475
00:22:45,606 --> 00:22:47,256
Nope.
476
00:22:47,274 --> 00:22:49,182
You know, when I was a kid,
I dressed as a cowboy
477
00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:50,776
for Halloween one year.
478
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:52,703
I had a lasso and everything.
479
00:22:52,855 --> 00:22:54,613
That's cute.
480
00:22:54,765 --> 00:22:56,615
You don't strike me as a cowboy.
481
00:22:56,767 --> 00:22:58,267
You don't strike me as someone
482
00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:00,252
who wants a cowboy
to take her away.
483
00:23:01,288 --> 00:23:03,272
Well, I'd say everybody wants
484
00:23:03,365 --> 00:23:05,966
a cowboy once in their life.
485
00:23:07,053 --> 00:23:08,794
I know your mom built
this empire
486
00:23:08,946 --> 00:23:11,296
on being the ideal family
and all.
487
00:23:11,391 --> 00:23:13,891
But you don't have
to be perfect all the time.
488
00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:15,784
No one is.
489
00:23:15,878 --> 00:23:19,230
My mama always told me
that if...
490
00:23:19,457 --> 00:23:21,715
you act
like everything is perfect,
491
00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:23,626
then...
492
00:23:23,719 --> 00:23:25,051
it will be.
493
00:23:25,146 --> 00:23:27,129
(chuckles) Don't know
if I believe her, but...
494
00:23:27,298 --> 00:23:29,481
Yeah, your mother was
a huge loss.
495
00:23:29,634 --> 00:23:31,242
For all of you
in different ways.
496
00:23:31,393 --> 00:23:34,136
You talking about my daddy?
497
00:23:34,229 --> 00:23:37,063
I've, I've...
tried my best to help him...
498
00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:39,083
Well, no one can be
all things to all people
499
00:23:39,234 --> 00:23:40,159
without any help.
500
00:23:40,311 --> 00:23:42,144
Have you ever heard
of Dottie Roman?
501
00:23:42,163 --> 00:23:43,421
Yeah, well...
502
00:23:43,572 --> 00:23:45,648
maybe quit worrying
about being Dottie.
503
00:23:45,666 --> 00:23:47,983
And just focus on being Nicky
for a change.
504
00:23:48,002 --> 00:23:50,169
Well, that is very easy
for you to say.
505
00:23:50,263 --> 00:23:52,838
Supposedly a woman has to...
506
00:23:52,990 --> 00:23:55,841
be it all, have it all.
507
00:23:55,935 --> 00:23:57,676
Not if she chooses
the right cowboy.
508
00:23:57,828 --> 00:23:59,770
(chuckles)
Well, you already
509
00:23:59,997 --> 00:24:01,847
said that...
510
00:24:01,999 --> 00:24:04,591
that's not me.
511
00:24:04,685 --> 00:24:06,669
I can take care of myself.
512
00:24:06,687 --> 00:24:08,170
I'm sure you can.
513
00:24:08,189 --> 00:24:09,688
The question is...
514
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,323
why would you want to?
515
00:24:18,849 --> 00:24:21,000
(laughter)
516
00:24:21,944 --> 00:24:24,536
I can't believe I'm here.
517
00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:27,131
If my mom knew,
she'd kill us both.
518
00:24:27,282 --> 00:24:29,300
-Well, should I take you back?
-Are you crazy?
519
00:24:30,303 --> 00:24:32,619
Two weeks ago,
I was in Albuquerque
520
00:24:32,713 --> 00:24:34,046
studying for my chem finals,
521
00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:36,081
and now I'm here.
522
00:24:36,233 --> 00:24:37,791
With you.
523
00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:39,643
(laughs)
524
00:24:39,795 --> 00:24:41,645
I feel like Cinderella.
525
00:24:41,797 --> 00:24:44,523
Your home is beautiful.
526
00:24:46,393 --> 00:24:48,569
Your whole world is beautiful.
527
00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:54,307
So are you.
528
00:24:54,327 --> 00:24:56,368
(chuckles)
529
00:25:02,150 --> 00:25:04,043
(both laugh)
530
00:25:05,730 --> 00:25:07,988
(door opens, closes)
531
00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:09,632
KAYLA:
They're ready for you.
532
00:25:11,844 --> 00:25:13,677
Look at me.
533
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,923
Every time I do this special,
I'm five years old again.
534
00:25:18,075 --> 00:25:20,926
Nicky is the perfect
pretty princess
535
00:25:21,078 --> 00:25:23,837
and I'm the fat gay Nutcracker.
536
00:25:23,931 --> 00:25:26,098
(laughs)
537
00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:27,841
I thought my life
had moved past this.
538
00:25:27,935 --> 00:25:29,585
Hey.
539
00:25:29,678 --> 00:25:31,028
You are my Nutcracker.
540
00:25:31,255 --> 00:25:32,512
Well...
541
00:25:32,606 --> 00:25:34,757
let's hope you still feel that
way after I go out there
542
00:25:34,850 --> 00:25:36,659
and make a big fool of myself.
543
00:25:37,703 --> 00:25:39,094
Then don't.
544
00:25:39,113 --> 00:25:41,113
What do you mean?
545
00:25:41,265 --> 00:25:43,265
Either walk off this set
546
00:25:43,284 --> 00:25:46,526
and tell your family
you're done being their mascot.
547
00:25:46,546 --> 00:25:48,620
Or you quit complaining,
you go out there
548
00:25:48,773 --> 00:25:51,123
and you do things your way.
549
00:25:51,275 --> 00:25:54,385
But either way,
you just have to be yourself.
550
00:25:55,963 --> 00:25:57,871
So...
551
00:25:57,965 --> 00:26:00,224
get cracking.
552
00:26:10,644 --> 00:26:13,362
(indistinct chatter)
553
00:26:14,222 --> 00:26:15,981
(indistinct whispering)
554
00:26:16,133 --> 00:26:17,499
-Okay.
-Okay.
555
00:26:17,559 --> 00:26:19,493
(chatter continues)
556
00:26:23,324 --> 00:26:25,140
Y'all been watching
Fake Christmas all week.
557
00:26:25,233 --> 00:26:27,400
Well, I'm fixin'
to show y'all something real.
558
00:26:27,494 --> 00:26:29,569
(banjo playing intro to
"Born This Way")
559
00:26:29,663 --> 00:26:33,148
♪ My mama told me
when I was young ♪
560
00:26:33,241 --> 00:26:36,427
♪ We are all born superstars ♪
561
00:26:37,504 --> 00:26:41,340
♪ She rolled my hair
and put my lipstick on ♪
562
00:26:41,492 --> 00:26:44,560
♪ In the glass of her boudoir ♪
563
00:26:46,831 --> 00:26:50,165
♪ "There's nothing wrong
with loving who you are ♪
564
00:26:50,184 --> 00:26:53,018
♪ "'Cause he made you
perfect, babe ♪
565
00:26:54,355 --> 00:26:58,006
♪ So hold your head up,
girl, and you'll go far" ♪
566
00:26:58,025 --> 00:27:01,193
♪ Listen to me when I say ♪
567
00:27:01,345 --> 00:27:05,681
♪ I'm beautiful in my way
'cause God makes no mistakes ♪
568
00:27:05,774 --> 00:27:08,684
♪ I'm on the right track, baby ♪
569
00:27:08,702 --> 00:27:10,961
♪ I was born this way ♪
570
00:27:14,041 --> 00:27:15,749
♪ Don't be a drag,
just be a queen ♪
571
00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:18,952
♪ Don't be a drag, just be
a queen, don't be a drag ♪
572
00:27:19,046 --> 00:27:22,514
♪ Just be a queen ♪
573
00:27:23,550 --> 00:27:25,100
(Gigi whoops)
574
00:27:27,388 --> 00:27:29,647
(clapping)
575
00:27:29,874 --> 00:27:33,558
♪ No matter gay, straight or bi,
lesbian, transgender life ♪
576
00:27:33,711 --> 00:27:37,896
♪ I'm on the right track, baby,
I was born to survive ♪
577
00:27:38,048 --> 00:27:41,717
♪ I was born this way, hey,
I was born this way, hey ♪
578
00:27:41,810 --> 00:27:44,662
♪ I'm on the right track, baby ♪
579
00:27:44,889 --> 00:27:46,555
♪ I was born this ♪
580
00:27:46,573 --> 00:27:50,084
♪ Way. ♪
581
00:27:51,562 --> 00:27:55,089
(cheering, applause)
582
00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:07,259
♪ I am an old woman ♪
583
00:28:07,411 --> 00:28:10,170
♪ Named after my mother ♪
584
00:28:10,264 --> 00:28:13,598
♪ My old man is another ♪
585
00:28:13,693 --> 00:28:17,111
♪ Child who's grown old ♪
586
00:28:18,088 --> 00:28:20,406
♪ If dreams were lightning ♪
587
00:28:21,349 --> 00:28:24,517
♪ And thunder were desire ♪
588
00:28:24,537 --> 00:28:28,096
♪ This old house
would've burned down ♪
589
00:28:28,098 --> 00:28:31,125
♪ A long time ago ♪
590
00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:35,270
♪ Make me an angel ♪
591
00:28:35,363 --> 00:28:38,882
♪ That flies from Montgomery ♪
592
00:28:39,034 --> 00:28:41,868
♪ Make me a poster ♪
593
00:28:41,887 --> 00:28:44,638
♪ Of an old rodeo ♪
594
00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:49,284
♪ Just give me one thing ♪
595
00:28:49,303 --> 00:28:52,788
♪ That I can hold on to ♪
596
00:28:52,806 --> 00:28:55,807
♪ To believe in this livin' ♪
597
00:28:55,901 --> 00:28:59,978
♪ Is just a hard way to go ♪
598
00:29:00,130 --> 00:29:02,722
♪ To believe in this livin' ♪
599
00:29:02,816 --> 00:29:07,327
♪ Is just a hard way to go. ♪
600
00:29:11,733 --> 00:29:13,500
It's real good, Albie.
601
00:29:15,329 --> 00:29:17,813
I'm gonna have to wrap this up.
602
00:29:17,831 --> 00:29:19,815
Family is gathering
603
00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:21,425
for...
604
00:29:21,576 --> 00:29:24,319
Fake Christmas dinner tonight.
605
00:29:24,338 --> 00:29:27,389
Much as I'd rather be
anywhere else.
606
00:29:28,993 --> 00:29:31,009
Care to join us?
607
00:29:31,161 --> 00:29:33,161
Oh, I-I think
the Roman family's had
608
00:29:33,180 --> 00:29:35,522
their fill of me
for the moment, but thank you.
609
00:29:37,167 --> 00:29:39,485
Nicky worries about you,
you know.
610
00:29:41,338 --> 00:29:44,172
Well, I can't
say she's wrong to.
611
00:29:44,266 --> 00:29:47,993
Haven't quite been myself
since Dot passed.
612
00:29:48,862 --> 00:29:50,529
Holidays can be hard.
613
00:29:50,623 --> 00:29:51,997
Even fake ones.
614
00:29:52,792 --> 00:29:54,866
I never knew my father.
615
00:29:54,943 --> 00:29:57,853
He was out of the picture
before I was three.
616
00:29:57,855 --> 00:29:59,946
But it doesn't make it
any easier,
617
00:29:59,965 --> 00:30:01,540
especially around the holidays.
618
00:30:01,692 --> 00:30:03,801
What's your point, son?
619
00:30:03,952 --> 00:30:06,953
This Fake Christmas dinner--
620
00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:09,056
your family's
gonna be missing Dottie.
621
00:30:09,883 --> 00:30:12,309
Don't let 'em miss you, too.
622
00:30:14,496 --> 00:30:16,204
♪ ♪
623
00:30:16,298 --> 00:30:19,708
(door opens, closes)
624
00:30:19,726 --> 00:30:22,302
-All right.
-Right.
625
00:30:22,396 --> 00:30:24,046
You sure you're ready for this?
626
00:30:24,064 --> 00:30:25,805
Fake Christmas without Mama?
627
00:30:25,825 --> 00:30:28,141
Hell, it'll probably be easier
than it was with her.
628
00:30:28,235 --> 00:30:30,402
Just promise me
you'll go easier on Nicky
629
00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:32,888
than you did
at that Christmas set. Please.
630
00:30:32,906 --> 00:30:33,980
Can I ask you?
631
00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:36,500
Do you think
I can really do this?
632
00:30:36,727 --> 00:30:39,911
Become a performer
and still stay true to who I am?
633
00:30:40,064 --> 00:30:41,913
If anyone can, it's you.
634
00:30:42,066 --> 00:30:44,508
Even with two kids?
635
00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:49,738
-Are you serious?
-Yeah.
636
00:30:49,831 --> 00:30:52,015
Why not ask Luke to help us out?
637
00:30:52,242 --> 00:30:54,184
As much as my siblings
drive me crazy,
638
00:30:54,336 --> 00:30:56,687
I'd still hate for Summer
to be without one.
639
00:30:57,690 --> 00:30:59,598
Okay.
(squeals, laughs)
640
00:30:59,750 --> 00:31:01,099
(both laughing)
641
00:31:01,251 --> 00:31:04,361
("Jingle Bells" playing)
642
00:31:06,273 --> 00:31:07,105
Nellie.
643
00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:08,848
-Mm.
-You have been a busy bee.
644
00:31:08,868 --> 00:31:11,184
Have y'all seen
her new QVC commercial?
645
00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:13,612
I bought the entire
Nellie Bean collection.
646
00:31:13,764 --> 00:31:15,747
-(laughter)
-And I don't even wear lingerie.
647
00:31:15,933 --> 00:31:16,856
(laughter)
648
00:31:16,876 --> 00:31:18,208
Not often, anyway.
649
00:31:18,377 --> 00:31:19,618
(laughter)
650
00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:22,045
Thank you, sugar.
Well, I think you'd look fine
651
00:31:22,214 --> 00:31:26,216
in my signature
cream soda beige negligee.
652
00:31:26,326 --> 00:31:29,011
(chuckles softly)
It's authentic faux silk.
653
00:31:29,963 --> 00:31:31,796
I got something I want to say.
654
00:31:31,965 --> 00:31:34,132
Albie Roman giving a toast?
655
00:31:34,284 --> 00:31:35,800
This is a Christmas miracle.
656
00:31:35,895 --> 00:31:37,877
I just want to take a minute
657
00:31:37,971 --> 00:31:40,546
to appreciate
658
00:31:40,566 --> 00:31:42,882
the woman
that brought us all together.
659
00:31:42,976 --> 00:31:44,384
Dottie Roman made up
a fake holiday,
660
00:31:44,511 --> 00:31:48,071
but she did it so we'd spend
some real time together.
661
00:31:48,223 --> 00:31:50,132
So I hereby promise
662
00:31:50,150 --> 00:31:54,394
on this holy night
of Fake Christmas Eve
663
00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:57,639
to step up and help guide
this family into the future
664
00:31:57,658 --> 00:31:58,916
like Mama would've wanted.
665
00:31:59,067 --> 00:32:00,992
Merry Fake Christmas, everybody.
666
00:32:01,086 --> 00:32:02,920
-Merry Fake Christmas.
-(overlapping chatter)
667
00:32:03,147 --> 00:32:04,646
So, time for presents?
668
00:32:04,665 --> 00:32:06,757
-(chuckling)
-Unfortunately, won't be any
669
00:32:06,908 --> 00:32:09,167
of Dottie's homemade scarves
this year.
670
00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:11,486
Another Christmas miracle.
671
00:32:11,505 --> 00:32:15,674
(indistinct,
overlapping chatter)
672
00:32:15,826 --> 00:32:18,009
-For me?
-Yeah.
673
00:32:18,162 --> 00:32:20,753
Everybody, so...
674
00:32:20,773 --> 00:32:23,848
there's gonna be a new elf
on the shelf next year.
675
00:32:24,001 --> 00:32:25,667
We're trying for another baby.
676
00:32:25,836 --> 00:32:28,278
(squealing, laughter)
677
00:32:30,174 --> 00:32:32,007
Who's the father this time?
678
00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:33,784
-Luke.
-Wait, what?
679
00:32:34,011 --> 00:32:36,787
Just don't think about it
too hard. Just let it go.
680
00:32:36,938 --> 00:32:38,771
(quiet chatter)
681
00:32:38,791 --> 00:32:40,015
GIGI:
Thank you, Daddy.
682
00:32:40,108 --> 00:32:42,125
(laughter, chatter continues)
683
00:32:42,352 --> 00:32:44,378
-(insects trilling)
-(door opens)
684
00:32:46,281 --> 00:32:48,190
Merry Christmas, Uncle Luke.
685
00:32:48,208 --> 00:32:51,426
Doesn't quite have the same ring
as "Dad," does it?
686
00:32:52,787 --> 00:32:54,304
I know.
687
00:32:55,365 --> 00:32:57,557
But it's better this way
for everyone.
688
00:32:59,553 --> 00:33:01,036
Listen, I...
689
00:33:01,129 --> 00:33:02,646
I know
you're dealing with a lot.
690
00:33:02,815 --> 00:33:04,314
Mama. Clive.
691
00:33:04,466 --> 00:33:07,559
Now I'm gonna add
another problem to your pile.
692
00:33:07,653 --> 00:33:09,544
I got a call today
693
00:33:09,563 --> 00:33:12,472
from the assistant prosecutor
of Travis County.
694
00:33:12,491 --> 00:33:14,157
They want a meeting.
695
00:33:15,219 --> 00:33:16,735
-Why?
-The level of opiates
696
00:33:16,887 --> 00:33:18,478
in Mama's system.
697
00:33:18,572 --> 00:33:19,979
They won't let it go.
698
00:33:19,999 --> 00:33:21,832
-They have questions.
-Well, you tell them
699
00:33:21,983 --> 00:33:23,408
the truth--
that you weren't there,
700
00:33:23,485 --> 00:33:25,410
you don't know what happened
and you don't know who was.
701
00:33:25,562 --> 00:33:27,229
I'm sorry, Nick,
if I wasn't clear.
702
00:33:27,247 --> 00:33:29,898
The prosecutor's questions
are for you.
703
00:33:29,916 --> 00:33:32,134
♪ ♪
704
00:33:44,081 --> 00:33:45,522
-You done for the night?
-(shuts door)
705
00:33:45,673 --> 00:33:47,691
-Yeah.
-Mm.
706
00:33:49,194 --> 00:33:50,218
Mm.
707
00:33:51,179 --> 00:33:53,530
So you really did have
to work late.
708
00:33:54,516 --> 00:33:56,033
This time.
709
00:33:57,778 --> 00:33:58,777
You knew?
710
00:33:58,929 --> 00:33:59,944
Mm-hmm.
711
00:34:00,097 --> 00:34:01,687
I called set last night
to check on you.
712
00:34:01,765 --> 00:34:03,615
They told me
they released you hours ago.
713
00:34:03,767 --> 00:34:05,525
Ana,
714
00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:07,860
you're not gonna be a star
by sleeping with that boy.
715
00:34:07,954 --> 00:34:09,771
I didn't. Not even close.
716
00:34:09,864 --> 00:34:11,864
(sighs)
717
00:34:12,033 --> 00:34:14,468
-It's just that...
-(sighs)
718
00:34:15,962 --> 00:34:18,113
I know people like the Romans.
719
00:34:18,131 --> 00:34:20,373
They use people
and they toss them out.
720
00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:24,061
And I won't let them do that
to you.
721
00:34:25,064 --> 00:34:26,980
Do you understand?
722
00:34:28,125 --> 00:34:29,974
("We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
playing)
723
00:34:30,127 --> 00:34:32,235
(quiet chatter)
724
00:34:35,741 --> 00:34:37,449
DIRECTOR:
Okay, Albie. Ready.
725
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,576
And action.
726
00:34:40,821 --> 00:34:42,562
Y'all may not know this,
727
00:34:42,656 --> 00:34:46,732
but I've never been one
for Fake Christmas
728
00:34:46,827 --> 00:34:49,086
or real Christmas,
for that matter.
729
00:34:49,313 --> 00:34:52,163
Dottie Roman changed all that.
730
00:34:52,257 --> 00:34:54,833
And even though she's not here
in person tonight,
731
00:34:54,927 --> 00:34:58,837
her spirit will be part
of this special forever.
732
00:34:58,931 --> 00:35:02,599
So happy holidays from us,
733
00:35:02,826 --> 00:35:04,342
and, like Santa,
734
00:35:04,494 --> 00:35:08,179
the Roman family will always be
here for you on Christmas,
735
00:35:08,332 --> 00:35:09,940
fake or otherwise.
736
00:35:10,167 --> 00:35:12,692
("Silent Night" playing)
737
00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:23,695
♪ Silent night ♪
738
00:35:23,789 --> 00:35:27,699
♪ Holy night ♪
739
00:35:27,851 --> 00:35:31,703
♪ All is calm ♪
740
00:35:31,797 --> 00:35:35,632
♪ All is bright ♪
741
00:35:35,783 --> 00:35:39,636
♪ Round yon virgin ♪
742
00:35:39,805 --> 00:35:43,548
♪ Mother and child ♪
743
00:35:43,642 --> 00:35:47,051
♪ Holy infant ♪
744
00:35:47,204 --> 00:35:51,873
♪ So tender and mild ♪
745
00:35:51,892 --> 00:35:55,819
♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪
746
00:35:55,896 --> 00:35:59,881
♪ Peace ♪
747
00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:03,902
♪ Sleep in heavenly ♪
748
00:36:04,054 --> 00:36:08,331
♪ Peace ♪
749
00:36:11,912 --> 00:36:15,730
♪ Silent night ♪
750
00:36:15,865 --> 00:36:19,734
♪ Holy night ♪
751
00:36:19,753 --> 00:36:23,738
♪ Shepherds quake ♪
752
00:36:23,831 --> 00:36:27,742
♪ At the sight ♪
753
00:36:27,761 --> 00:36:31,855
♪ Glories stream ♪
754
00:36:32,006 --> 00:36:35,692
♪ From heaven afar ♪
755
00:36:35,843 --> 00:36:39,196
♪ Heavenly hosts ♪
756
00:36:39,347 --> 00:36:43,033
♪ Sing hallelujah ♪
757
00:36:43,260 --> 00:36:46,703
♪ Christ the Savior ♪
758
00:36:46,930 --> 00:36:51,766
♪ Is born ♪
759
00:36:51,785 --> 00:36:55,103
♪ Christ the Savior ♪
760
00:36:55,196 --> 00:36:59,007
♪ Is born ♪
761
00:37:00,034 --> 00:37:03,703
-♪ Ooh... ♪
-♪ Ooh... ♪
762
00:37:03,797 --> 00:37:07,373
♪ Radiant beams ♪
763
00:37:07,392 --> 00:37:11,786
-♪ From Thy holy face ♪
-♪ Ooh... ♪
764
00:37:11,805 --> 00:37:14,547
♪ With the dawn ♪
765
00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:19,644
♪ Of redeeming grace ♪
766
00:37:19,796 --> 00:37:22,814
♪ Jesus Lord ♪
767
00:37:22,966 --> 00:37:27,744
♪ At Thy birth ♪
768
00:37:27,895 --> 00:37:29,821
Merry Fake Christmas, baby.
769
00:37:29,973 --> 00:37:32,991
♪ Jesus Lord ♪
770
00:37:33,143 --> 00:37:37,963
♪ At Thy birth ♪
771
00:37:41,501 --> 00:37:46,554
♪ Mmm... ♪
772
00:37:49,659 --> 00:37:52,494
Beautiful, beautiful!
That's a wrap, folks!
773
00:37:52,662 --> 00:37:54,271
(applause, cheering)
774
00:37:54,439 --> 00:37:57,732
-Great job, everyone!
-(indistinct chatter)
775
00:37:59,836 --> 00:38:01,778
(crickets chirping)
776
00:38:02,005 --> 00:38:03,763
-(fire crackling)
-Oh. Thank you.
777
00:38:03,857 --> 00:38:05,173
(chuckles softly)
778
00:38:05,191 --> 00:38:06,524
A little late, Albie.
779
00:38:06,676 --> 00:38:09,010
What's so important
that it couldn't wait?
780
00:38:09,103 --> 00:38:10,453
Sit down, Nell.
781
00:38:16,536 --> 00:38:19,713
You and Dot
were thick as thieves.
782
00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:23,049
All right.
783
00:38:24,136 --> 00:38:25,802
Dottie said something
fore she passed.
784
00:38:25,953 --> 00:38:28,471
She said
that she'd done something.
785
00:38:28,623 --> 00:38:29,864
Something...
786
00:38:29,883 --> 00:38:31,624
that was unforgivable.
787
00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:33,626
Well, it was Dottie.
788
00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:36,146
We might want
to narrow that down a touch.
789
00:38:36,373 --> 00:38:37,372
Nellie.
790
00:38:37,541 --> 00:38:39,057
Think.
791
00:38:39,300 --> 00:38:41,151
This is important.
792
00:38:42,821 --> 00:38:43,820
(sighs)
You know...
793
00:38:44,047 --> 00:38:44,970
(sighs)
794
00:38:45,139 --> 00:38:46,972
She swore me to secrecy.
795
00:38:47,141 --> 00:38:50,327
A sister's loyalty
survives death.
796
00:38:50,403 --> 00:38:52,329
You live rent-free
on my property.
797
00:38:52,556 --> 00:38:55,165
You got loyalty to me, too,
Nell.
798
00:39:01,565 --> 00:39:06,009
You remember that barn fire
40 or so years ago?
799
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,903
Yeah, I was on tour.
It burned to the ground.
800
00:39:08,922 --> 00:39:11,014
And...
801
00:39:11,165 --> 00:39:13,091
and you were told that Rosa,
802
00:39:13,185 --> 00:39:14,576
your lady friend,
803
00:39:14,594 --> 00:39:16,603
caused that fire...
804
00:39:17,764 --> 00:39:19,171
...and ran off
805
00:39:19,265 --> 00:39:21,583
so she wouldn't be blamed.
806
00:39:21,601 --> 00:39:22,600
That's right.
807
00:39:22,752 --> 00:39:24,694
Because that was Dottie's story.
808
00:39:24,846 --> 00:39:25,937
And no one questioned her.
809
00:39:26,106 --> 00:39:29,181
But let me ask you this.
810
00:39:29,275 --> 00:39:33,761
How do you think
Dottie's horses got out safe?
811
00:39:33,780 --> 00:39:35,538
Ahead of time?
812
00:39:41,195 --> 00:39:42,270
(distorted yelling)
813
00:39:42,363 --> 00:39:43,546
♪ ♪
814
00:39:47,201 --> 00:39:49,427
Rosa didn't cause that fire.
815
00:39:51,873 --> 00:39:54,265
And she didn't run off.
816
00:39:56,210 --> 00:39:58,019
(distorted yelling)
817
00:39:59,231 --> 00:40:01,231
♪ ♪
818
00:40:04,403 --> 00:40:06,277
(screaming)
819
00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:10,407
♪ ♪
820
00:40:19,901 --> 00:40:22,460
She died in that fire.
821
00:40:24,756 --> 00:40:26,906
Just as Dottie intended.
822
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,925
No. No.
823
00:40:29,002 --> 00:40:30,652
No, she wouldn't have.
824
00:40:30,670 --> 00:40:33,412
Lord knows she had a temper,
but come on, Nell.
825
00:40:33,432 --> 00:40:36,991
She saw Rosa as a threat
to your future together.
826
00:40:37,010 --> 00:40:38,435
Your family.
827
00:40:38,586 --> 00:40:41,253
The dynasty she was building.
828
00:40:41,273 --> 00:40:43,273
She didn't have to worry.
829
00:40:44,334 --> 00:40:46,985
Rosa wasn't a threat
to anything.
830
00:40:48,930 --> 00:40:51,531
Well, Dottie didn't like
to take chances.
831
00:40:57,864 --> 00:41:00,039
Good night.
832
00:41:01,201 --> 00:41:04,127
(door opens, closes)
833
00:41:17,367 --> 00:41:19,867
-So, what now?
-(sighs)
834
00:41:19,961 --> 00:41:22,145
Daddy.
835
00:41:22,964 --> 00:41:24,814
Go inside.
836
00:41:24,966 --> 00:41:27,132
Hug your babies.
837
00:41:27,152 --> 00:41:29,393
Try to get some sleep.
838
00:41:29,546 --> 00:41:31,729
And the rest...
839
00:41:31,881 --> 00:41:34,532
is tomorrow's problem.
840
00:41:36,978 --> 00:41:38,995
(exhales)
841
00:41:43,651 --> 00:41:47,128
♪ ♪
842
00:42:03,429 --> 00:42:05,396
♪ ♪
843
00:42:22,432 --> 00:42:24,332
♪ ♪
844
00:42:30,456 --> 00:42:31,381
Hey.
845
00:42:31,532 --> 00:42:32,865
Ace?
846
00:42:32,884 --> 00:42:34,776
Hey, what are you...
847
00:42:34,794 --> 00:42:36,052
what are you doing?
848
00:42:42,727 --> 00:42:44,352
I saw it all.
849
00:42:46,064 --> 00:42:48,439
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