[family giggling and singing]
♪ Miss Susie had a steamboat
-♪ The steamboat had a bell -♪ Toot toot!
♪ Miss Molly went to heaven The steamboat went to-- ♪
♪ Hello, Operator Please get me number 9 ♪
♪ And if you disconnect me
♪ I'll kick you in behind--
-Dad! -[laughing]
He's cute, but definitely tone-deaf.
You people are mean.
[laughing]
[gasping]
[glass shattering]
[gasping faintly]
Danny?
Maddy?
[♪♪♪]
[dialing]
I need you.
Hollis...
[♪♪♪]
No...
What do we do?
What I should do is call this in.
It was an accident.
It is what happens when you drink and drive!
No, please, Hollis, please.
I need you, please.
Please...
You know that Dad always thought
you were different.
You're just like him.
[♪♪♪]
[beep]
[line ringing]
This is Hollis Braun.
I have a problem.
I need you to make something...
disappear.
[♪♪♪]
[elevator bell dings]
You been rolling in the sandbox?
No, I was arresting people-- two perps.
What's your excuse? What the hell happened?
The bomb squad cop, Wells--
he decided to blow himself up,
with me still in the room.
This is insane. W-where is he now?
Did you just hear what I just said?
He just blew himself up. He's everywhere.
And I'm fine, by the way.
I can see that you're fine, okay?
I'm very-- I'm happy that you're fine, okay?
If you would've gotten killed, Nikki would have killed me.
Did he say something before he... blew up?
He said he was doing this for family.
"Like Braun."
His words.
All right, we gotta dig into this now, okay?
Yeah, I agree,
but can you just do me a favor?
Can you go and do
what you've been avoiding all week?
-The tux? -Yes, all right, yes, the tux.
-Just try the damn thing on-- -The wedding is tomorrow.
-We got time! -I know, listen.
I just, I don't need any more last-second hiccups, all right?
I need the wedding to be perfect.
-[elevator bell dings] -For me.
I... okay.
[Sidney] We've been working all day.
What do you think?
[Nikki] That is perfect.
I can't believe that's our backyard.
Yeah, you know, I couldn't do it without C.
Hi, Nikki.
Uh, it is pretty, I will give Sid that,
but it's not perfect.
Something's missing.
You're scaring me, C.
What's missing is you.
Yeah, Mom. Come home.
I want you to look beautiful tomorrow.
[Mike] Hey, hey, she looks amazing right now, all right,
and we are on our way.
We are just waiting for your father
to try on the tux.
Did something happen?
No, everything's fine, all right?
We're just, we're wrapping things up
so that we can fly off to Santo Domingo.
Yes.
Okay, well,
if you're waiting for my Dad to come home,
you're never going to leave,
-'cause he has suit phobia. -Uh-huh,
I'm actually, I'm embracing the new look.
Kinda fly, very, uh, James Bond.
Nik, it's not too late to change your mind.
Dad!
Well, no, you-- show her the suit.
-You gotta let her see it. -Here we go.
-That's... -Wow!
-You look like a real adult. -Mm-hmm.
Well, I had to make the ex look good, you know.
I mean, you're not going to look as good as me,
but, you know, you are my partner,
so I didn't want to embarrass you, so...
These two.
I'll talk to you later, Sid.
I think you may have the wrong floor.
Missing Persons Unit, correct?
Correct.
I'm US Marshal Justin Corona.
What can I do you for, Marshal?
I'm not here for you.
I'm here for him.
Detective Jason Grant.
Yeah, how you doing?
We got a case in common?
I believe you're an accessory
in the escape of a federal prisoner.
Excuse me?
For the past few months,
you've been seen with Wayne Pascal.
You have on multiple occasions removed her monitoring system.
Yeah, I have, with authorization.
And now she's gone,
in the wind.
I have questions.
Am I under arrest?
Only if that's how you wanna play it,
but I don't think handcuffs go with that tux.
-[chuckling] -What do you want to do?
[Marshal Corona] When did you last see Ms. Pascal?
-This morning. -What time?
8:00 a.m.
Interesting. Breakfast meeting?
No, I spent the night.
Ankle monitor on the whole time?
-Mm-hmm. -Well, that...
must be interesting.
Okay,
we are in a relationship, yes,
and I have removed her ankle monitor
several times,
with authorization.
But you deny removing it today.
What do-- Yes.
I... Listen to me.
I want to find her just as bad as you do, okay?
Tell me what time she went missing.
You asking questions?
That's not how this goes.
You're in a relationship with a felon,
and that gives you motive for abetting her escape.
She did not escape.
[Corona] No? So, what's your theory?
If he starts spewing about Braun,
this thing's going to go south fast.
[Jason] Why don't you tell me what time she disappeared,
and I'll give you a theory.
disabled minutes later.
Mm-hmm.
[Corona] So you said
you were gonna grace me with a theory...
All right, that's it.
[Corona] ...and I'm waiting.
[Jason] Okay, um...
Okay, this is over.
He has an alibi.
He was at Ridley Creek
on a kidnapping case.
So says his ex-wife--
So says the head of the Missing Persons Unit.
So you're gonna back the hell up
and let us do what we do best.
You're wasting time.
Let's go, Jay.
Whoever you are, I smell bourbon.
You're nervous.
You had a drink to calm your nerves.
And you're projecting bravado
because you think it masks your fear.
It doesn't.
I've dealt with the Taliban.
You think you scare me?
Here's how this goes, Wayne.
You're going to give me the password to your laptop.
We're gonna trace back what you found,
what you know,
and here's the important part,
who else knows it.
[Braun knocking slowly]
Have you lost your mind?
No, I had a moment of clarity.
I was going to handle her.
And you've been saying that for months,
and as much as I would like to trust you,
our problem wasn't going away
and time is running out.
You just kidnapped a woman
whose closest friends are the MPU.
Do you have any idea what they do?
They find missing persons.
Let's be honest, Hollis.
You are great at taking care of problems,
but the big picture stuff,
that's not going so well.
Now, this has to go away tonight, and it will,
just as soon as I find out what she knows
and who she told.
I will fix this.
You will sit tight and do nothing
until I get back.
Is that clear?
Now who's acting like Dad?
Is that clear?
[Mike] All right, the housekeeper told the Marshal
that the room's always a mess,
so he didn't read it as a sign of a struggle.
She's digging into Braun on my computer, okay?
She's missing, my computer's missing.
It's time for me to say
what you didn't want me to say in that room.
It is Braun.
100%, it is Braun--
Yeah, hours after she sent me the bombing file, too,
-so that's not a coincidence. -Come on.
[Ronnie] This is the room right here.
[Helen] Thanks. Thanks.
-Hi! -Thank you, Ronnie.
-Uh, Helen-- -Uh-huh?
-Find something. -Oh, I'll find something.
Doing UV in a motel room
tells you everything you need to know
about why you never stay in a motel room.
Trace. Fluids. DNA... everywhere.
My, uh, fluids and DNA
will probably be all over the place,
so let's not tell the Marshal that, if we can.
Okay.
Good to know.
Or not good to know, uh...
Oh, uh, also, I bring gifts.
Replacement for your exploded phone,
everything reloaded,
and Kemi worked a miracle on yours.
-Thank you. -Mm-hmm.
[multiple notifications chiming]
[Mike] What does the text from Wayne say?
"Found something. Yeah, definitely found..."
What's up?
I don't know, "C4".
She wrote "C4".
[Mike] What does that mean?
Is she trying to warn us about another bomb?
I don't know. Ronnie? Ronnie...
I know you know everything that goes on in this motel.
You told the marshals you didn't know anything.
Help me help Wayne, please.
Fine.
Look, our girl doesn't really trust law enforcement,
present company excepted.
So, yeah, I might've left something out,
an undercover car.
Black sedan, dark windows,
parked over by room 130.
Before she disappeared?
Yeah, I know she was here,
because she was on her Gatorade run.
Exactly 32 steps from her room,
well within ankle monitor range.
C4. [snapping fingers] That's it, that's it.
[beeping]
[machine rattling]
What are you doing?
We finding Wayne or are you getting snacks?
It's not a bomb...
it's a message.
So this is video from Braun's office.
Wayne must've screen-captured this
from the remote link you set up.
Relax.
Whatever Grant learned from Barlowe,
it's a dead end. We're fine.
I'm telling you, everything is fine.
Hold on, quiet a minute.
They broke into my computer...
This is it.
I mean, he knew.
He knew, and he took her, this is proof.
It's not, Jay,
he admitted nothing.
Did you not just see what I just saw?
Braun might be the guy,
but we gotta build up our case.
I don't care about building a case,
I care about getting Wayne back.
Okay, let me work on the audio,
dig out the other side of the call,
see who he was talking to.
Look, you making Braun bleed might make you feel better,
but it's just going to slow us down.
He's right, Jay.
-Here you go. -Thank you.
CCTV picked up a black sedan out front of the motel.
Stolen, but now we know what we're looking for.
We want to loop in the Marshal?
Issue the Alert.
[Alert notification blaring]
[alerts blaring on multiple devices]
[Braun's voice crackling] Relax...
Whatever Grant learned from Barlowe...
it's a dead end. We're fine.
[typing, audio rewinding]
...Dead end. We're fine.
I'm telling you, everything is fine.
[faint muffled voice] You've said that before...
[audio rewinding]
[playback crackling]
[Braun] Relax.
Whatever Grant learned from Barlowe,
it's a dead end.
We're fine.
[voice faint and muffled]
[man's voice] You've said that before.
[Braun] I'm telling you, everything is fine.
[Emerson's voice] And I'm telling you,
the days of trusting my big brother
because he says so are over.
You said you handled it, he keeps coming.
Braun was talking to his brother?
Emerson Braun runs the Emerson Charter Schools.
So, a lot of people think
that charters are profit-motivated,
but his are over-performing.
I mean, there's even talk
of tapping him to run the Department of Education.
Yeah, that makes sense,
Wells said that Braun was doing it for his family.
And there's one more piece
that you guys are going to love.
[Braun] Hold on. Quiet a minute.
[Emerson] You're telling me they can't connect the dots
to John Maritz?
[pausing playback]
All right, so whatever Maritz was fixing,
both Braun brothers were involved.
Looks like we need to do a deep dive
into Emerson Braun.
Maybe press pause on that.
Incoming.
You just made a major misstep.
How so?
You put out an alert on a wanted federal fugitive--
Did I?
Hey, donkey,
she's, uh, she's not a fugitive.
Yeah, well, the Marshals are aware
that they just spotted her a mile from her motel,
at a pawn shop, buying a gun.
Well, I know that that's a lie.
You know it, too, right?
You like to think that you know people, Detective.
Sadly, you do not.
I don't, huh? Let me tell you what I do know.
-Okay? -Hey, easy.
No, no, I'm good, I'm good. Yeah, I'm good.
All right, I know you,
and I know what you're doing, okay?
I'm going to find out.
Our Alert, it paid off.
Okay?
We found your black sedan.
Helen's down there right now.
She's going to tell us who was in the car,
and then we're going to go find Wayne.
All right, now get out of my way before I slap your mouth.
Jay...
That's three strikes, Detective.
You are suspended, effective immediately.
Do me a favor...
I'm coming for you.
[Braun] Oh, you're coming for me.
[Jason] I'm coming for you.
Yeah, keep walking.
You all need to stand down.
This is now in the hands of the Marshal Service.
That means you leave now.
I can't do that.
We're building a case,
against you.
With an illegal tap on my computer
and conspiring with a wanted fugitive?
Those are some serious charges.
Sounds like you need to suspend me, too.
But if she goes, I go.
[Mike] Yeah, and me,
and I think the exit interview is gonna bring up
some things you don't want brought up,
so put that in motion.
I think you picked a fight with the wrong people.
We are done playing by your rules.
-Okay. -Mm-hmm.
-Okay, you're done? -Okay.
Yeah, you're suspended, all of you.
Effective immediately. Get the hell out.
You know, you told me that you make problems go away,
but the thing is that you're the problem,
and as soon as we are done here,
you are going down.
[Sidney] I can't believe this is happening.
Tonight of all nights.
Yeah, about that. Um...
we're gonna have to call off the wedding.
I mean, until we find Wayne, nothing else matters.
Thank God. I didn't want to be the one to say it.
How are you gonna find her
if you've been kicked off the case
and out of the office?
Braun thinks that helped him, but it helps us, okay?
We're off his radar, we find her without any interference.
Yeah.
Just keep looking, would you, all right?
All right, I called in some favors.
Um...
Braun is still at the office,
uh, but Emerson is-is nowhere to be found.
We will find him, okay?
We'll get her back.
Yeah, yeah, time, time.
It's just, we're running out of time.
Then it's a good thing I'm here.
I found Wayne's hair in the trunk of the black sedan,
and blood.
She's not a fugitive, someone grabbed her.
How much blood?
Just a tiny bit, maybe hit her head going in.
I also found bacteria
on the floor mat, passenger side.
Passenger side, how does that help?
I mean, everything about Emerson Braun is saying
that he's not doing this himself.
So if we assume he was riding shotgun,
then the bacteria's from his shoes.
and this isn't just any bacteria,
it's Vibrio parahaemolyticus,
which is caused by a concentration of oysters,
-and it's--- -Helen, Helen, Helen.
Right, sorry, get to the point.
This strain is found in a small area
along the Delaware Canal towpath.
How small?
[Helen] Maybe a one-mile radius?
When I was in Braun's office,
I took pictures of everything, just in case.
There was this one photo of them by the river...
Please send that to me now.
Yeah. Thank you.
Okay, all right, so the river arcs south of the house.
There's a bit of a bend...
If you look right there, there's hills behind them.
Just figure it out, Kemi, send us a location.
I got you.
Let me just overlay the map of Delaware...
-Mm-hmm. -All right.
81 Canal Road...
and the owner of the house is...
...Emerson Charter Group.
[♪♪♪]
[locked door rattling]
We can't just shoot the lock.
They're gonna hear us.
It's good to have friends in SWAT.
-[lock clicking] -Let's go.
I'm going downstairs.
[♪♪♪]
Downstairs was clear.
This look like motive for a cover-up to you?
Yeah. I also just got a text message from Nikki.
They found a payment from Emerson to Maritz last year.
$100,000.
Uh-huh.
So there's a fixer fixing something.
We just don't know what,
but we know why.
This guy's running for Congress.
Yeah, which means he can't just disappear.
So where the hell is he?
Come on, come on, come on.
-[beep] -[line ringing]
Where are you?
-I'm at home. -Get your ass here.
I can't. I'm being watched.
My announcement is in hours.
I need to know my exposure. I have to get in the laptop.
Give me half an hour.
I'm tired of waiting, Hollis.
Hey, boss.
She wants to talk to you.
Honey? What are you doing?
You never came to bed.
I'm dealing with something.
The baby's asleep.
It's 6:00 a.m.,
go back to bed.
It's fine.
Michelle...
I love you.
I'd like to offer you my help.
You're going to help me?
I am.
Emerson.
It really wasn't that difficult to put the pieces together,
and there's really no point in this blindfold, so...
I have a proposal for you.
A way that we can...
help each other.
And why do I need your help?
Because your brother said that he's handling everything,
and he is not.
At least not in the way that you think he is.
[Kemi] I'm still at Braun's. It's been a couple of hours.
I don't know what Braun's playing at.
I followed him home from PPD.
He turned on a light, turned it off.
I don't know, long day, maybe he went to bed?
Yeah, well, until we find his brother,
he's our best bet, so stay on him.
I will, but I don't think that he would stash Wayne
in a house with his wife and baby,
but, yes, I will take a closer look.
-Be careful. -I'll call you back in a minute.
All right.
[police siren whooping]
Seriously?
[scoffs]
Good morning, officers.
Hands where we can see them.
I'm a police officer.
I'm just going to reach for my badge, okay?
Down on the ground!
Now!
-Okay, I'm going down. -Get down!
I'm going down!
You have no idea what you're doing.
You are going to regret this.
[car engine turning over]
[♪♪♪]
[engine revving]
[Wayne] Here it is, this file contains evidence
that the car bombing was an inside job.
He said that no one could access that.
Yeah, which proves my point.
Your brother is in way over his head.
Yeah, but if this--
if this gets out, this is bad for him.
This doesn't link back to me.
The answer to that question is exactly why you need me.
Your brother has a backup plan,
and that is for you to take the fall.
Look, I will show you. [typing]
Hey, hey. Stop-- stop it!
I'm just trying to do what I promised you
and show you why you need me.
That is your brother's Desktop.
[error tone chiming]
It's-- it's not opening.
What?
[typing]
Huh.
He added a password.
I got into it before,
but he must know that I saw it.
What was in it?
Emerson, you know exactly what was in it.
He's my brother. We're family.
Uh, he has a pretty young wife and a brand-new baby.
That's his family now.
[exhaling] Okay,
-find a way to delete it. -And you'll let me go?
What? I do not give a crap about you.
I will be leaving the country within the hour.
You think I'm gonna stick around
and let your brother take another shot at me?
-Yeah, right. -[typing rapidly]
[sighing]
If you want this gone,
I first have to deadblock around password verify,
then delete,
then empty the bit bucket,
it is going to take a minute,
and a lot of typing.
Thank you.
[computer chiming]
[dialing]
Kemi, where are you?
[line ringing]
The minute you get this, call me.
[knocking]
Mrs. Braun? Nikki Batista.
I work with your husband.
I was afraid I was going to wake you.
Did something happen?
I take it he's not here?
He left an hour ago.
There was some trouble.
Someone tried to break into the house.
And what happened?
They arrested the woman, that's all I know.
Hollis left right after.
Do you know where he went?
I'm afraid that something urgent came up,
and we can't reach him.
We're concerned.
I'm afraid that Hollis is involved in something
with his brother.
[sighing]
That doesn't seem to surprise you.
Emerson's a good man.
Really.
Just not when he drinks.
Well, Emerson's been missing all night.
His car is not at home,
so I have to ask,
is this a drinking problem,
or a drinking and driving problem?
I'm telling you, he's not here.
Don't tell me you don't know where he is.
It is your job to know where he is.
My job is to run interference for him,
and I'm not sure
being questioned by an officer in a tuxedo
is the best use of his time.
-Look, Margo, I just-- -It's Mrs. Martin.
Mrs. Martin,
there has to be a way to get in contact with him.
You tell him that there's two officers in his office
searching without a warrant.
He's not answering, but most mornings,
he's at one of our eight campuses.
Talking to staff.
Kids, they love him.
Okay, then we'll search all the campuses.
Ms. Martin, your boss,
he kidnapped a woman.
Do you understand that?
He kidnapped a woman, all right?
Keep running interference, and you become an accessory.
This is where you tell us how to find him.
There's a Blue Ribbon School event
in a few hours.
Emerson is the guest of honor.
I cannot believe that he did that to me.
Are you okay, Kemi?
No, I'm pissed that Braun outplayed me.
I mean, he had his little pet cops hold me
just in time enough for him to get away.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Good thing is that I got something from Braun's wife.
Okay, let's, uh, let's see what we can find
on Emerson Braun and a DUI.
Yep.
I don't know, maybe something charged and dropped.
Let's see...
Do you think that's the secret Maritz was being paid to bury?
You don't pay 100K for a DUI unless you've killed someone.
Okay, so, uh, we know the date of the payment,
and I am searching records
for auto fatalities just before--
[computer beeping] Damn it!
What is it?
My computer is lagging.
Well, it shouldn't be.
Mike put in a wifi extender for some wedding surprise, right?
-Yeah. -I don't know.
Wait, there!
Two days before Emerson paid Maritz.
[Kemi] Not a hit-and-run.
-No... -Okay, um...
Okay, so the report says
that the driver lost control,
flipped the car, airbags failed,
family of four killed.
Just outside of Philly.
Send me that file.
Something's not right.
Okay.
[C] Hmm...
The van caught fire,
but the gas tank was intact.
What are you saying, that it was staged?
There wasn't much left after the fire,
so I don't blame anybody for not looking, but I--
Yeah, it says gasoline was the accelerant.
If the tank wasn't ruptured, where'd the gas come from?
From Maritz.
He came in with gasoline to burn up any evidence.
And here we go,
Emerson bought a brand-new Audi
just after the payment to Maritz.
Huh.
So he either totaled his car,
or he didn't want anyone to see the damage.
Either way,
what Hollis and Emerson Braun have been covering up
is a quadruple homicide.
Jay's checking the schools, but it's a Hail Mary.
I mean, I seriously doubt
that the Brauns are holding her in a school full of kids.
Well, we're not waiting for Emerson to show up
at some award function.
We don't have to.
I just figured out why my computer is slow.
Someone is in my system,
and this happened only once before,
when I gave Wayne remote access. It's an SOS.
Does that mean you can find her?
I believe so, she gave me a source-tracking package.
Give me a second.
Um...
Okay, so she is logged on to a router
unique to...
the Emerson Charter Group.
Okay, so it has to be one of the campuses,
but that doesn't make any sense.
Emerson's less than charming assistant
said there were eight campuses.
The map shows nine.
[Kemi] Yeah, give me a second. [typing]
That's because the ninth isn't open.
They bought an old sawmill to demolish
and then build their flagship school.
Yeah, which means it's empty.
Text me and Jay the address.
Yeah, I got you.
I'm coming.
You were going to sell me out.
-What are you talking about? -Don't lie to me!
Emerson, what did you do?
On your computer! I saw the file on your computer!
You let her on the computer?
You had a file of the accident on your computer!
If you saw anything on that computer,
she put it there!
I swear to you, it wasn't me.
Now, we have to leave here,
because she's been on the computer,
we're exposed here.
No, no, no, she knows. We have to...
We have to what, Emerson?
She knows. She knows too much.
I know you, I know you.
I can see you grasping at straws,
looking for a different answer,
but there-- there is no other option, Hollis.
Well, we can't leave her in a building
with your name on it.
She comes with us.
I can't, I can't...
My campaign announcement is in an hour.
This is everything that I've worked for.
You know what I can do for this state.
I can make up for everything.
Just take-- take them.
Oh, yeah, and have them come back
and ask for more like Maritz did?
Please.
I'm sorry, Hollis.
I'm sorry.
You've been a better father than he ever was.
-Please, please! -Oh, go on, go on.
I'll clean up after you, like I always have.
[slamming]
Jay!
Right behind you, right behind you.
We're going up high.
[♪♪♪]
[Wayne calling from above] Jay!
Quiet!
Or what? You need me. I'm your bargaining chip.
Jay!
[two gunshots fire]
[gunshot]
[shots ricocheting]
Jay, you good?
Yeah, I'm all right.
Stay down there, Nikki.
[gunshot]
[quietly] Go. I'll cover you.
[♪♪♪]
[grunting and struggling]
Wayne!
Braun!
How you doing, dear?
I've had worse days.
Remember Najuy?
Yeah.
This is going to have a happy ending, okay?
Braun, look, I know why you did what you did.
You were protecting your brother.
-You were being noble-- -Stop!
Listen to me, blowing up people in a car,
it's not the same as pulling the trigger yourself.
You want to live with that?
You want your family to live with that? Huh?
Mike, put down your weapon!
That's not department protocol.
You're outgunned.
Okay, let me tell you how this is going to happen.
We're going to walk out of here,
and you're not going to shoot
because you don't want to kill his girlfriend.
You don't want that to happen.
I think they might.
They just gotta wait for their window.
[Braun grunting] Oh!
Oh!
You all right?
You scared me a little bit.
I knew you'd come.
Our friend in Najuy didn't fare so well.
Yeah, well, he didn't have my kick.
No.
You want to do the honors?
Hollis Braun,
you...
are under arrest.
Hey, Nik, do me a favor.
Can we just shoot this guy?
Either that, or maybe make up a good story.
It'll never hold up.
Braun, no, it would hold up,
but I'd much rather see you lose everything.
Let's take this clown away and find his brother.
It is my honor to present this award
to a man who is transforming schools
here in Philadelphia,
and who knows what's next.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson Braun.
[crowd applauding]
Some of us,
we went to school as kids
and found ourselves,
but I bet at least half of you dreaded it.
"School."
You said the word like it was "broccoli."
A dozen years ago,
I set out to reimagine what school was.
Now I want to reimagine what education is,
what it can be.
That's why, today...
[clapping loudly]
[Nikki] Emerson Braun,
you are under arrest
for the murders of Alison, Daniel, Maddy,
and James Soreno.
[Mike] You are also under arrest
as an accessory to the murder of John Maritz
and Travis Sanders.
You're also under arrest
for the kidnapping of Wayne Pascal.
Prison is going to be very educational.
Well, there's going to be a million questions,
so I'd better head in.
Well, I'll supervise the booking,
but I, uh, I got my first homicide collar.
-Congratulations. -How about that?
Just a couple things.
Uh, "A" we're all still suspended,
and "B" that was Sid.
The cake arrived.
Ah, damn, I forgot to cancel the cake.
Don't cancel it.
I mean, this tux isn't gonna last much longer.
Jason, we canceled the wedding,
no one is coming,
and Wayne, right here,
has been going through hell.
Yeah, well, and I came out the other side
because of you.
Plus, weddings make me cry, and I could use a good cry,
so, really, you would be doing me a favor.
I say we keep it moving, have the wedding,
just my opinion.
What do you think?
I don't know.
I mean, I wanted it to be perfect.
I want it to be perfect.
You know what, as long as you're there,
the team is there,
what more do we want?
[♪♪♪]
Just one more thing.
Oh, my God.
The earrings I gave you for your Sweet Sixteen.
Something borrowed,
something blue.
They can be either or both.
-Thank you. -Mm-hmm.
It means the world to me, Sid.
I know that you love Mike, Sid, but...
is it weird
to just watch me get married in front of your dad?
No.
No, I think it's awesome.
I didn't have a dad.
Now I can have two.
[♪♪♪]
You are all class, Jason Grant.
Wow.
Wow is what I was going for.
Yeah, you look fantastic.
Thank you.
So do you.
Thanks.
He's being cool?
Uh, yeah.
He knows he got it all wrong, so...
No monitor till later.
You seem very happy
for someone who just got kidnapped.
Uh, well,
didn't we learn that overseas?
You know, best way to move on is to just...
keep moving?
Hmm.
Wow!
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
Maybe this is an upgrade.
-Maybe? -Yeah, maybe.
Look, I don't, uh,
throw around the compliments, too tough, but...
just take it while you can.
Yeah, no kidding.
I got another compliment for you.
Nikki, uh, she deserves the best,
and you are as good as it gets, my friend.
You trying to make me cry before Nik shows up?
-A little bit, yeah. -Yeah.
One more time, one more time.
All right, enjoy yourself.
Last moments.
I'll go get your ball and chain.
Look after her for a second.
He's your problem now.
Oh, bring it on.
[chuckling]
Let's get you up there.
Are you nervous?
Oh, please, no one's going to remember the speech.
It's all about the bride.
Sorry that Rachel couldn't be here.
Hey, maybe I can be your date?
-Mm... -What's going on now?
I'm sorry, buddy, this one's taken.
-Hi. -How you doing?
How are you?
Oh, my God,
Taye Diggs.
Rent. Hedwig.
-You're... -[chuckling]
You're here! [gasping]
Yes, he is.
I'm here, yeah, Kemi finally let me come out of hiding.
Kemi, you were the one keeping this a secret?
Yes, I like to keep my privacy, yes.
She does.
That's Taye Diggs.
-I-I noticed. -That's Taye Diggs.
-Taye Diggs! -Mike Sherman.
-The groom. -Congratulations.
My friend here, she's just a big fan.
It happens every once in a while, so...
Really appreciate you showing up.
I guess it's, uh, safe to say
we all know how Kemi got her groove back.
-Okay, we're all done. -Ooh...
Here we go. All right.
[laughing] I saw what he did there.
[laughing]
Yeah...
-So... -Yes?
Are you gonna sing?
-No. -"Seasons of Love", maybe?
[laughing]
No, I figure we'd let the bride and the groom
take the, uh, the spotlight today.
-Okay. -Bye, Taye Diggs.
Okay...
I can't believe I'm doing this.
Well, if you're having second thoughts,
I can get you out of here, nobody will know what happened.
-No. -No?
No second thoughts.
Good.
Good, because I don't want Mike moping around
for the next couple months.
You know I love you, Jay.
I love you, too.
We've been through a lot.
Yeah.
Um, you know, I'm-- I'm walking you down the aisle
and giving you away,
but I'm not going anywhere, okay?
[smooch]
All right?
-All right? -Yeah.
[♪♪♪]
Oh, my God, I'm gonna cry.
Right there with you.
She looks so beautiful.
Yeah, she does.
Your headache now, buddy.
Sit down.
-Mm-hmm. -Mm-hmm.
You all right?
Yeah, I just-- I always cry during weddings.
Oh, that's okay.
I've been to many weddings in my lives...
[chuckling]
I see people worry,
"Is this right?"
"Is this forever?"
But...
I don't worry about these two.
It's as Alice Walker said,
"I have learned not to worry about love,
but to honor its coming with all my heart,"
and today, we honor the love
between these two incredible people,
who have fought to bring families together,
and now, they're their own family.
And now the main event--
vows.
I'm nervous for the first time. [chuckling]
Mike,
I give you my whole life.
I give you my whole world...
...and it's filled with love...
...and I am just so happy
you still want to be a part of it.
Nik...
today,
I give you all that I have,
all that I am.
I give you my hand,
my heart,
my life.
I love you.
And now the rings.
This
is a symbol of my love for you.
[snapping fingers]
[Jason] Oh, hmm.
Sorry.
This is a symbol
of my love.
It is my great honor
to tell you that you may kiss.
Mm-hmm.
[clapping]
I'm done, folks.
One quick announcement.
Again, thank you guys so much
for showing up for me and Nik.
So, um, I do have one little gift.
A, uh, surprise, if you will, for everyone.
What is it?
Hit it, Sid.
[music begins]
[♪♪♪]
♪ You're the one that I've been waiting for ♪
♪ Gotta quit this cryin'
♪ Nobody's gonna heal me
♪ If I don't open the door
♪ Kinda hard to believe
♪ Gotta have faith in me
♪ Freak out, freak out Freak out, freak out ♪
♪ Look at me
♪ Get down, get down Get down, get down ♪
♪ Look at me
♪ Freak out, freak out Freak out, freak out ♪
♪ Look at me now
♪ 'Cause all I ever wanted was love ♪
♪ Hey, yeah, yeah Ooh! ♪
♪ Hey, yeah Yeah! Ooh! ♪
♪ Hey, yeah, yeah
♪ All I ever wanted was love
♪ Hey, yeah, yeah Ooh! ♪
♪ Hey, yeah, yeah, ooh!
♪ Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
♪ I want Your stupid love, love ♪
[♪♪♪]