Previously on Life Unexpected
When you and I broke up,
Julia and I slept together.
- Eric. - I told Math ...
everything about us ... about ...
You kidding me? You supposed be her teacher!
Not some sicko who takes advantage of a kid
who wouldn't know a healthy relationship
if she was sitting next to it in study hall!
You don't know anything about your own relationship,either!
- Enlighten me. - Emma?!
She had an affair with your dad.
Here's what's going to happen.
You're going to pack your bags,
and you are going to leave town,immediately.
And if you ever make contact with our daughter again,
we go to the police.
I understand.
Were you going to tell me?
I knew if I did, I will lose you.
You just did.
Hey, babe, we gotta go. We're gonna be late for work.
I know, I know. Wait ...
Where 's my purse? My purse. My purse is gone.
Don't forget,we got that appointment with Dr.Sheriden today.
I swear,this no-caffeine thing
is the worst part about being pregnant.
I thought you said the weight gain was the worst part.
That was the lack of caffeine talking.
Hey, get out of here. Did you remember to wake Lux?
Lux! Lux!
- Okay! - Oh good, you are up.
Okay,Baze is coming early for your last driving lesson.
I'm not going driving
and I'm not going to school.
I think I have a fever.
I got it.
Okay. You know what?
Look, my hand is hotter than your hand.
I think you're okay.
Because you just assume I'm lying.
Well, you've spent months
sneaking around with a guy seven years older than you,
so I am not exactly assuming.
It 's not just a guy.
Eric loved me. And you and Baze, you have ruined everything.
Okay, that was not love, Lux
That was wrong.
Wrong like having sex with your ex
and not tell the guy you were engaged to.
Or wrong like pretending you were trying to pregnant
and then taking the pill
behind your husband's back?
Cate. You're going to love this.
Kelly's been fired.
Turns out,our audience finds her
uptight,cold and grating.
You know,if only someone had predicted that.
The good news is,
your numbers are as high they've ever been.
The audience loves you ...
which is why we want to offer you your own show.
What?
- Why can't we just, you know, go back to... - You and Ryan?
No.
The reason I pulled Cate and Ryan is because
when boring married people are driving to work,
they don't want to listen to other boring
married people.
Corporate's allowing us two weeks to come up with
a brand-new show, featuring Ryan as a solo act.
We-we have to come up with a whole new show in-in two weeks?
And then the real work begins.
Especially for you.
This isn't like last time,
producing a show that's just being re-branded.
You're going to have to eat,
sleep and breathe Ryan for next year of your life.
Consider this show...
your baby.
You don't have anything that would get in the way of that,do you?
You,um...
I don't know, you sure you don't want to
practice a little parallel parking action before your test tomorrow?
Ryan is taking me.
You're mad at me.
Suit yourself.
So,you knew about Emma and my dad,
and y-y-you didn't say a word.
Well, you know what?
At least you told me before I bought the house.
And by "told," I mean
that you threw it in my face to hurt me.
Meet me at the bar. We need to talk.
What's so urgent we couldn't talk at work?
I know, dad.
About you and Emma.
Who told you?
"Who told you?"
That's,that's the first thing you're going to say?
You know who didn't tell me?
You.
Or Emma.
Look,I-I told you not to get involved with her.
Because it was office policy,
not because I was sleeping with someone
that you had an affair with.
Does Mom know?
Did you love her?
Emma?
Yeah.
And she loved me.
You know what?
If I could quit being your son,I would,
but I can not.
You consider this my notice.
I'm done with work; I'm done with you.
Let's see how the little blueberry's doing.
More like a grape.
What's going on?
Why don't you get dressed and both join me in my office?
What... Wait... What's wrong?
I mean,if something's wrong,you can just tell us.
There's no easy way to say this.
I wasn't able to find a heartbeat.
The pregnancy isn't progressing.
What does that mean?
I'm so sorry.
You've lost the baby.
Cate ...
It's fine, Ryan,you know? It-it happens.
Why, I know it happens, but it...
it just happened to us.
You know, I can call Trina,
I can tell her that you're not coming in for a few days.
Look,you need to relax! Okay?
Just take it easy on the couch. You know what?
Call Alice. She just got back.
Okay, listen. You heard Trina.
There's just a ton to do to get a new show up and running
You know, but the doctor she said
that stress may have caused the miscarriage
Right. "May have"
We're not gonna know anything yet
until we get results back.
Okay.
But, you know, jumping back into work...
and launching a new show...
Trying to get pregnant again
it might be more important than... killing youself over a job
that you didn't even really want in the first place.
Hi, Mom.
Nate, honey...
Everythins is a mess!
What... what? Why? why?
Can I use your bar?
- 'Cause I am already here. - Wait, what?
Your father's birthday party.
What happened to the restaurant, Mom?
Well, the party mushroomed
and we won't all fit.
Well, you know what? The bar, I mean, it's not even ready yet.
Like I haven't paint it or anything.
I mean, there's nothing that a hundred twinkle light won't fix.
You know, and besides, this place has sentimental value for your father, you know.
I think it was one of the first commercial buildings he ever bought.
I'm, I'm getting all choked up just thinking about it
Yeah, um...
He told me he had to let you go.
Hold on. He said that?
Because he didn't let me go, I quited.
Honey, I am not going get in the middle of all these.
Whatever is going on between you and your father, please ...
Let it go for today.
It's his birthday
and you are his son.
Okay, Mom.
No, I'm positive. Mr. Daniels's gone.
- This totally proves it. - He slept with a student.
Hey, Lux!
Lux!
Lux, wait up!
- Lux! - I am... I'm late for class.
Are you okay?
I-I am fine. I just... I'm
I hate being at scholl without Tasha.
I guess there's no skyping in juvie, huh?
Yeah, I haven't even been able to talk to her.
Hey. You want to ditch school and go see her?
- Really? - Yeah.
I miss her too.
Oh my god! Alice!
Oh, Cate, I'm so glad you called.
I literally just got back to town.
Thank you so much for bringing over lunch.
Oh, it's the least I can do.
The past few months have been crap,
and I don't want to feel bad
about drinking all the wine in your house.
Okay, there is no way
that your past couple of months have been any worse than mine
Oh, Cate. I was living in Fresno,
taking care of my mother, who's evil!
All right. Well ... um ...
- I lost my job. - You replaced me.
Ryan and I, our marriage has been in shambles.
Jeff filed for divorced.
Are you serious?
So, do I win?
I was pregnant and I lost the baby,
which... you know, was the one thing
that holding I and Ryan together.
Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.
Are you okay?
Not really, but I had two glasses of wine before you came over,
which is the one nice thing about not being pregnant.
Oh, and it's my...uh,
it's my doctor with the test results.
- Just one second. - No, no, fine.
Hello?
Oh my god!
Yes, but no... that doesn't really make any sense.
Yeah, no.
Yeah, of course! I have a million questions.
Okay. I'll come in tomorrow.
Thank you.
What? What is it? What did she say?
She said I'm not gonna be able to have more kids.
Look, Lux... Tasha told me about everything that happened.
After homecoming, the shovel, the trial.
And if you want to talk about anything...
That's not what I am upset about.
Okay.
I was dating someone.
Baze and Cate they were really against it
and they made us break up.
And it just sucks,
'Cause he was, like, the nicest guy I've even dated.
Yeah, well... Bug didn't really set the bar too high
Sorry.
Hey, tell them to look on the bright side.
I mean, at least you're not dating your teacher.
- What? - You heard about that, right?
Some sophomore, and Mr. Daniels.
I mean... at least you're not that girl.
How mess up is that!
Pull over.
What? We are not even to Tasha's.
Oh, I want to get out, Jones. Pull over.
Wait, Lux!
What are you doing here?
Oh! Em... Yeah, you were in a meeting.
What happen to taking a couple of days off?
I can not get pregnant.
Cate, you heard Dr. Sheriden.
This happens to a ton of women.
No, she called.
She got my test results back,
and I guess I developed some sort of condition
after I had Lux.
So Lux is just going to be it for me.
She is it for us.
Ryan, cooperator wants to get on the phone right away.
Yeah, I-I'll call them back.
Go deal with cooperator.
Cate, I-I really want to talk about this.
I know, but talking about it isn't going to change anything.
Nothing will.
So I assumed you won't be giving a toast.
- No. - All right.
What the hell is she doing here?
Your mother has invited everyone your dad knows.
I mean,what the hell am I doing here?
You,uh,may want to lay off the shots.
You may want to lay off telling me what to do.
You know what?
All this time
you have been lecturing me
about what a screwup I am,
and you have been hiding this?
Why didn't you tell me?
When you found out that I was dating her
or before,
why didn't you tell me the truth?
Because you wouldn't have want to know.
The truth is
the only reason Emma ended up with you,
is because she couldn't be with me.
That 's the truth, Nate.
What are you doing,Nate?
I'm going to make a toast after all.
Hi, everybody.
Most of you know me.
If you don't,
Nate.
And being Jack's son,
I always wanted to follow in my father's footsteps.
You know?
I've always felt like I have to live up
to the man he was.
To the man I thought he was.
But I discovered something about my father recently
that made me rethink things.
I discovered ...
the truth.
And the truth is ...
The truth is ...
And the truth is...
that ultimataly
it's less important who he is than who I am.
I mean,my father...
he didn't follow in the footsteps of his father.
He had to learn to be his own man.
And I think...
maybe the point to have kids
is to raise them up to be them themselves,
not you.
If you're lucky, they will learn from your mistakes
and turn out better.
And for my dad.
Happy Birthday, Dad.
Happy Birthday, Jack.
Excuse me, I'm...I'm sorry,
I just...I've been waiting,and...
- Who are you here to see? - Natasha Siviac.
I really need to talk to her.
Miss Siviac
had a disciplinary write-up,
and her visiting privileges have been suspended.
No!
No... No! Look, can I just have like five minutes with her?
Please,I just... I- I really...
She's the only person that I can talk to.
I'm sorry,
but it's not going to happen.
Where have you been?
I called the school when you didn't come home,
and they said that you cut half of your classes.
You know, I had no idea where you were...
I thought maybe Eric came back.
No, Cate, don't worry,
you and Baze successfully drove him away forever.
You know what, Lux?
A lot his going on,
and I do not need to add worrying about
where you are to my list.
I am under so much stress.
Oh,really? Let me... Let me guess.
You, you ate some pot banana bread?
Or no, wait. I know.
You ran out of things to compulsively baby-proof?
Right? Come on, Cate,
what 's so stressful that's going on in your life?
Never mind.
What, you are walking away now?
Yeah, because I don't want to fight with you.
You know what?
All I want is for you to talk to me,
So I don't have to find out
what is going on with you
from the police showing up on my doorstep
or calling the school
to know that you weren't there all day.
- I just wanted to know the truth. - No, you don't!
I have tried to tell you, but you don't listen!
I'm ...
not ...
normal.
Yes, you are!
No, it is not normal that
my first kiss was with a middle-aged man.
It's not normal
that I am 16, and I have already been propose to.
It 's not normal that I snuck around with my teacher
because, we are in love,
he made me feel more normal than anyone else.
And I tried to warn you
before you adopted me, and you wouldn't ...
You wouldn't listen and now you were stuck with me.
No, Lux, I am not stuck with you.
No... I... And I get it...
No! How can you get it?
Cate, you don't...
know what it likes to be so ...
broken inside that no matter what you do,
no matter what anyone else does,
it can't be fixed.
Okay ...
I'm not... I'm not gonna try to fix it.
I know that you don't want to talk to me,
and you don't have to.
But there are many people in your life,
Lux, that love you.
Okay? So please, will you just talk to someone?
Nate.
What are you doing here, Emma?
You quit.
And I did not know how else to see you.
So, why... why do you want to see me?
Because we both know what I was ...
some consolation prize.
Is that what he told you?
I don't know what's sadder...
that he said that or that you actually believed him.
Getting involved with you
wasn't because of your father...
It was in spite of him.
I wish you could see yourself the way that I see you.
You are not half the man your father is. Nate.
You are so much more.
I can't.
- No,come on. - I can't do this,Emma.
I want to, I do. I want to.
You have no idea how much I want this, but ...
I'm not mad at Lux for not telling me.
I'm mad because she did.
I would give anything to unknow this.
If I could go back and be likeabcmy mom,
happy and oblivious.
Because I would... I would loveabcto have a life with you,Emma.
We can have that.
We can.
We can't.
Because every time I lookabcat you,I see you with him.
So you gotta go.
Nate...
I love you.
If you love me,then you'll go.
Thanks for meeting me here.
I'm glad you called.
Even though I'm the screwed-up girl that used to date her teacher?
No. Lux,I don't think you're screwed up.
I always liked you,remember?
Since the minute you got to Westmonte.
Yeah...
I liked you,too.
Yeah,but you were with Bug,and then...
No,it wasn't just about Bug... Or Eric.
It was me.
I didn't think that... I could be that girl.
The girl who could date... You.
Why?
I don't know.
You're Abercrombie.
You know,everything about you screams normal.
I bet your scream even screams normal.
- That's not true,Lux. - Oh,yeah?
Tell me one thing about you
that... is not normal.
My mom's bipolar.
Like... Like in-and-out-of-hospitals bipolar.
And,uh,sometimes I get afraid that i'll turn out like her,too.
I'm sorry.
I'm not telling you to be sorry.
I'm just telling you 'cause
everyone has stuff that no one can see.
If you're in high school,
I think the most normal thing you can feel is not normal.
You gotta know you're not alone,Lux.
Neither are you.
- What are you doing? - A hook shot.
Back on the horse,huh?
Yeah,i'm,uh,I'm self-soothing.
I...I know that I can't give you what you want.
And I don't want you to be with me
because you feel obligated.
You know,like you feel too guilty to leave.
You know,I don't want you to feel stuck with me.
I'm not stuck with you,Cate.
I'm here with you.
You and I,we're partners.
I know I've done some things where it didn't really feel like it.
Iabc- I never should've let the station fire you.
And I never should've made youabcfeel like having a kid of my own
was...was more importantabcthan you and Lux.
Because if I had to choose,
I would choose what keeps me with you.
I've been in meetings with Corporate all afternoon
to do what I should've done right after we got married:
to fight for us.
I got the show back.
You... You did?
Yeah. Yeah,I told them I would never be a solo act.
That you and I...
we're a team.
I really wanted that baby.
I did,too.
Jack!
Oh,Nate,Nate,Nate! Wait.
Come here. Thank you for such a wonderful party.
you're welcome,Mom.
- It was just great. - It was fun.
- I'll be right with you. - Okay.
Thank you...
For not saying anything.
I did it for Mom,not you.
I don't want to try to be you anymore,Dad.
I want to be me.
You,uh... You have some sort of plan?
what you're gonna do?
'Cause I'm not gonna keep bailing you out.
I don't need you to.
In fact,I think I foundabca buyer for the bar.
- What?Who? - Me.
I get why you like it up here. It's cozy.
Well... In laustrophobic, attic-y kind of way.
Look,I,uh... I know you think that I don't get how you feel.
But I understand feeling broken on the inside.
I lost the baby.
And I am not going to beabcable to get pregnant again.
Oh,my God,i'm... I'm...I'm s...I'm so sorry.
Me,too.
I get it,Lux. You know,I get feeling like a dud.
Feeling not good enough. But you...
you're good enough.
And we all love you.
You know,I know that you think that
you have to hide all of these parts of you,
that they're gonna make us love you less.
But they really only make us love you more.
I mean,if I could only have one kid for the rest of my life,
knowing everything that I know about you
and even the things that I don't know...
I would choose you.
Look,I know that I haven't been a good listener,
and I know you think that I don't understand your side of things.
But I want to.
You know,I want to know about you and Eric.
I want to know why he meant so much to you.
I just...I want to listen, you know, if you want to tell me.
Do you remember the day we, um, got back from the honeymoon?
That was the day we met... At the bar.
He thought I was a bartender.
What up,Portland?
After a few days off,it is great to be back on the air.
But even greater to be back with my old partner-in-crime,
Cate Cassidy,who's come out of semi-radio retirement
to once again wreak havoc on the airwaves.
Yes,and for our first day back together,
we are reviving our favorite game,
"Sex, Marry, Kill. "
- And I believe it's your turn to choose. - Oh, okay, all rightie,
- well than lay it on me. - Okay, I got one.
- Here you go. You ready? - Yes, I'm ready. Go.
I think, I think, we're gonna go with the Louies:
Anderson, Armstrong,
or Farrakhan?
No, no, no, the last time we played this game, I gave you
the Jessicas: I gave you the Biel,
I give you Alba, I gave you Simpson.
And I'll tell you what, I'll give you Louis XIV.
Oh, right,
because I am dying to have sex with a guy
- from before they invented bathing. - You got it.
But you know what, in all seriousness,
the person I most want to have sex with is you.
Me too.
Now what about kill?
- Yeah, that's pretty much you too. - Yeah.
I mean, you realize that you are basically incapable
- of putting the toilet seat down, right? - Oh, come on.
Did you not hear Lux scream
this morning 'cause she fell in.
Cate said you were on the verge of becoming a bar owner,
so we thought we'd come and help.
Well, who... who is this "we" we're talking about?
Well, Cate is at the doctor, and, uh, well, Lux...
We just got back from the DMV.
You passed?
You did it? Come here. Come here, you.
I am proud of you, kiddo.
Yeah, well, I... I owe it to you.
- Want a beer, man? - Oh, yeah.
You know, it's... it's not just the license.
Everything that I have in my life now...
I owe so much to you.
And I'm...I'm so sorry that
I ruined everything with you and Emma.
You know what?
Things were ruined with Emma and me
whether you said anything or not.
Look, I could deal with losing anyone in this world...
My dad, Emma, Cate ...
but not you.
I never, ever want to lose you.
Do you need to schedule your next appointment?
No, I don't.
Julia?
- The doctor will see you now. - Okay. Thank you.
Oh, my God.
How's it look? Pretty good?
- Wait a minute. - What? Hey! Hey!
How's anybody going to recognize you in this picture?
You don't have your little hat on.
Let me see it. Let me see it.
Geez. Wait a minute. That's how much you weigh?
Lux, I could do bicep curls with you.
Yeah, like you work out.
You too short? Too short?
No, I work out.
- I run. - Oh, yeah?
Running out of a burning building doesn't count.
Guys, no. No more! No more! Really! Seriously!
Cate! Hey!
What's wrong? What happened?
We have to talk.
I stand here today,
thinking about the future and what unknowns lie ahead.
I never thought I would be up here, wearing a cap and gown,
looking out at so many people that I love,
about to graduate high school with all of you.
- Did she kick? - Yeah.
- Hi - Is he okay?
Yeah, he's great. I'm a wreck,
but, uh, he's great.
Did I miss anything?
No, no, no. She just started.
Everyone told me to just write what I know.
Well, I know that two years ago,
I never would have been able to write this speech.
And I never could have pictured myself going to college, and...
And now I'm going to college with my best friend.
Go, Ducks!
I-I know that in my time here,
I have learned more than I ever thought that I could.
I- I managed to pass subjects
that I used to not even be able to spell, like...
Like calculus. Like physics, which I loved,
because the laws of physics are basically the laws of life.
With all the unpredictable chaos around us,
there are certain universal constants
gravity, the speed of light.
These constants never change,
even when everything else around them does.
Life is full of unknowns,
and when those unknowns are too overwhelming,
it's the constants that we have to hold on to.
Like our friends.
The ones who are not afraid
to tell us that there's no such thing as normal.
The ones who have been in our life, for every minute with you,
even the hardest minutes.
Like those who could have walked away,
but chose to stick around,
even though they had their own lives,
families, their own children.
Like our parents,
because we wouldn't be here without them...
who pick us up when we fall...
Who come when we call them...
Who answer when we knock.
We all learned what a light-year is.
And these years together...
have been our light-years.
The years where everything became brighter,
and we learned that the bright spots in our life
aren't merely spots,
but constants.
And no matter where I go,
or what I do...
You are my constant.
May you never forget yours.
And now, if the class of 2012 will turn their tassels...
We...Are...Graduated!
She made it.
So do we.
You guys want to stop making out so we can take a picture?
Mom, Dad. Come on.
Come on, who takes the picture?
One, two, three.