Alex: What do you want?
David: Oh, not the cold
shoulder again.
Aren't you glad to see me?
Alex: Did you follow me here?
David: Of course not.
Everyone knows the widow Marick
is shacking up at Wildwind.
Alex: Oh, nicely put.
Well, I'm just on my way out,
so I'll see you to your car.
David: Alex, my old friend,
are you trying to get rid of me?
Alex: You know what?
I'm not in the mood to play this
game.
You stay here, do whatever
you want.
I'm going back to the lodge.
David: You go right ahead.
I'll hang out and wait
for Edmund to come back,
find out how well he knows
his poor, bereaved
sister-in-law.
Alex: What are you doing
here?
David: Looking for answers.
At the hospital in front
of Edmund, you pretended not
to know me.
But the truth is we do know
each other --
quite well.
Dixie: Tad?
Dixie: Honey?
Tad: Ta-da!
You're awake.
Excellent.
Dixie: Who are you supposed
to be?
Tad: I'm supposed to be
on medication.
Failing that, you can call me
The Great Martini.
Dixie: Oh.
You look familiar.
Tad: Do I?
Perhaps you recognize my string
of late-night television
commercials.
Dixie: Oh?
Tad: Sofa king?
Dixie: You're a TV star?
Tad: Ah, yes, number one
primo magician on television,
especially with the ladies.
Dixie: Oh.
Tad: Facial hair drives them
crazy.
Dixie: Magician.
I get it now.
What, you going to make me
disappear?
Tad: Oh, never.
Such a waste of a beautiful
woman.
Besides, you'll always be right
here, baby.
And as The Great Martini,
I know exactly what's
in your heart.
Dixie: Oh.
Tad: I know exactly what's --
[tad hums]
Dixie: Oh!
Tad: Cheap wand.
Dixie: Bravo.
Tad: There you go.
You ain't seen nothing yet.
Had a rough week.
I'm ok now.
Is it hot in here?
[Tad hums]
Tad: Just a sec. I'll get it.
It's a mistake.
A little drafty in here.
Anyway, for my next illusion,
I'll need a volunteer
from the audience.
Anybody? Anybody?
Dixie: Oh!
Tad: Don't jump at once.
Anybody?
Dixie: Me, me!
Tad: How about you, miss?
Dixie: Me!
Tad: Oh, oh, oh.
This beautiful woman right here
will do nicely.
Before we go any further,
I must ask you, do you believe
in magic?
Dixie: Oh, I do now.
I do, I do.
Tad: If only.
Baby, if I could, I swear,
I'd snap my fingers, make all
your dreams come true.
But I'm just not that great
a magician.
Dixie: Oh, you're a wonderful
magician and you're a wonderful
father and an excellent husband.
Tad: If I am, it's
because of you.
That's why I was so scared
of losing you --
because you're the magic.
You always have been.
Dixie: Is that a magic wand
in your pocket or you just happy
to see me?
Tad: Very good.
[Doorbell rings]
Tad: Oh.
Dixie: Oh.
No, don't answer.
Let Becca get it.
Tad: I can't, honey.
She's at the store.
You stay right here.
The Great Martini will return
and astound you with incredible
feats of psti--
uh -- with the --
forget it. I'll return.
Ryan: I checked
the restrooms.
I checked the escalators.
Mateo: She didn't valet
her car.
Ryan: She doesn't have
her car.
Mateo: She drove with you?
Ryan: Yeah, she did.
You got a problem with that?
Mateo: She's probably at AA.
Ryan: Not likely.
She just did a meeting.
Didn't help very much.
That's why we came here --
relax, get a bite to eat.
Mateo: Are you the chauffeur
the best friend?
No, no.
You're the confessor
and the bodyguard, right
what service do you not provide?
Ryan: This is not about
me, man.
You're the one who slept
with Raquel.
You.
You're the one who made her run
out of here.
Hayley: Water.
Stone river spring water.
Mateo: I did not sleep
with Raquel.
Ryan: Hayley knows different.
Mateo: What are you talking
about?
What do you mean she knows
different?
Who put that idea in her head?
Ryan: You did.
Mateo: How?
What --
Ryan: Come on, man,
own up to it.
You got it right in her face.
You nailed her with that trip
to Texas --
Mateo: I did that to settle
Max in with his grandparents.
Ryan: Score a little time
with his mom.
Mateo: I never gave Hayley
reason to believe that I was
sleeping with Raquel.
Ryan: No, no, you made out --
you made out like you and Raquel
had it going on, and then
you backed it up with that
little dance number at S.O.S.
Mateo: All right, I admit
that.
I did do that to hurt Hayley.
Ryan: Payback's a big thing
with you, huh?
Mateo: Come on.
Please.
Ryan: Hayley is about to hit
rock bottom here, Mateo.
And Raquel -- personally,
I can't blame her.
She never denied that
she wanted you.
She loves you.
Mateo: Oh, I don't love her.
Ryan: It's too bad you didn't
tell her that before you slept
with her, though, right?
Least she was big enough to tell
Hayley the truth.
Mateo: I knew it.
Raquel told Hayley that I slept
with her.
Ryan: Yeah.
Mateo: It never happened!
Ryan: Raquel said it did.
Mateo: It didn't!
I swear, I took her back
to her place, she came on to me,
I said, "Stop, I can't do this,"
and I left and I went to bed.
Ryan: So she lied?
Mateo: Think about it, man.
She comes on to me.
I reject her.
The reason I reject her is
because I love Hayley.
So she goes and hurts Hayley.
Ryan: Why don't
I believe you?
Mateo: I don't give a damn
if you believe me or not.
I have to find Raquel before
she leaves town.
Ryan: Whoa, whoa.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Your wife disappears here,
Hayley disappears, and you run
off to find your ex?
Mateo: She's the only person
who can fix this.
Do you understand me?
I'm doing that for Hayley.
[TV plays]
[Hayley turns channels]
[TV stops]
Hayley's voice: You're going
away with Raquel?
Mateo's voice: You heard me.
Hayley's voice: The two
of you together?
Mateo's voice: Yep.
Hayley's voice: Why?
Mateo: You want details?
Hayley: Yes.
Mateo: It goes like this --
you see, my wife walks out
on me.
And I need someone to turn to,
someone who feels my pain.
And Raquel, she just happens
to be there.
It didn't mean anything.
It just happened.
Hayley: Turn off the picture,
turn off the sound.
Raquel's voice: You wish it
was over, but it's not.
Hayley's voice: What are
you talking about?
Raquel's voice: Didn't
you see us last night at S.O.S.?
The way he held me, the way
we were glued to each other
on the dance floor?
Hayley's voice: Yes, I saw
your floorshow.
That's why I left.
Raquel's voice: It didn't end
there, Hayley.
Hayley's voice: What do
you mean?
Raquel's voice: Mateo took me
home and made love to me.
Ruth: Are we at the wrong
house?
Jake: Come on, Mom.
Don't you recognize The Great
Martini?
Ruth: Should I?
Jake: Yeah.
We caught his act a couple
of years ago.
Where was it?
The Crystal Ball.
Ruth: Ah.
Was he any good?
Jake: Hmm.
Tad: Everybody's a critic.
Get in here. Come on.
Ruth: Here is your dinner,
darling.
You put it in a 350 oven --
Tad: A 350 oven.
Believe me, I know the drill.
And by the way, thank you.
Jake: What's with the cape
and the -- the facial hair?
Tad: I'm trying to lighten
things up for Dixie.
Jake: Oh.
Ruth: How's she doing?
Tad: She's doing better
physically.
I'm running 24-hour room service
so she doesn't have to get out
of bed.
Jake: If she feels up to it
tomorrow, encourage her to walk
around a little bit.
Tad: Yeah?
Jake: Yeah.
Ruth: Is it ok if I run up
and give her a quick hug?
Tad: Make it a long one.
She needs it.
So?
Jake: So.
Tad: How's my beautiful
niece?
Jake: Oh, she's great.
How you two doing?
Tad: Better.
Jake: Yeah?
Tad: Thanks to you.
You were right.
I mean, now that Dixie knows,
even though I wasn't showing it,
that this miscarriage wasn't
something I wished for.
Jake: Good.
So you two are seeing eye to eye
on things a little bit more.
Tad: Almost.
She wants to try again.
Jake: Getting pregnant?
Tad: Mm-hmm.
Jake: And you think this is
a good idea?
Tad: No, I think we need
some time --
to heal, to grieve, for things
to get back to normal.
So I told her I wasn't ready
to start talking about another
baby just yet.
I think she heard me.
Jake: I hope she heard you.
Tad, trying to have another baby
could be tragic.
You know that.
Tad: Yeah, I do know that.
It's just that I don't want
to have to say it to Dixie.
I mean, she's fragile right
now, the last thing I want to do
is hand her another
disappointment.
Alex: I don't really know
you, do I?
Not anymore.
David: It has been a while,
but the memory lingers on.
Alex: Oh, not for me.
David: Let's get
reacquainted, shall we?
So what have you been up
to since we last dot, dot, dot?
Alex: I've been living
my life, David.
David: That's all?
Care to elaborate?
Alex: I got married.
David: Yeah, so I see.
The M.D. Added a Missis
to the front of her name.
Tell me something, Alexandra --
why is it that everyone in this
town seems to know you only
as Dimitri Marick's widow?
No one seems remotely aware
of your illustrious career.
Alex: Well, I like
my privacy.
David: You're a pioneer
in your field, responsible
for groundbreaking research.
Why underplay your achievements?
Alex: We, the
satisfaction's in the work,
isn't it?
I don't need public accolades.
David: Oh.
Well, then if the word would get
out that you happen to be one
of the world's most
distinguished neurologists --
Alex: I told you
at the hospital, I am no longer
practicing.
David: Yes.
It's a stunning loss to global
medicine.
Alex: The world will recover.
David: But you still have
a license to practice medicine.
I mean, just hanging up
your stethoscope doesn't erase
all that you've accomplished.
I'm sure Edmund would be very
proud to know that there's
a doctor in the family.
Alex: I didn't go
into medicine for recognition.
David: Yeah, so you said.
But the question is, why did
you leave it?
Why would a doctor of
your stature, your distinction,
give up such a rewarding
practice?
Alex: Feel free to speculate
on your way out.
David: I think I will --
speculate, that is.
Well, as a doctor, we deal
with life-and-death situations
on a regular basis.
But we are only human.
We make mistakes,
prescribe the wrong meds,
make a faulty diagnosis.
Well, if the error proves fatal,
it could end a promising career.
Is that what happened to you,
Alex?
Did you make a fatal error?
No telltale something that
you're trying to hide?
Alex: I don't know what
you're insinuating,
but I resent it.
David: I remember the first
time I heard you lecture --
pathology of the central nervous
system.
The auditorium was filled
to capacity, standing room only.
And you held that audience
captive for three straight hours
without anyone daring to sneeze
for fear of missing something.
Alex: Oh, that is such
an exaggeration.
David: Oh, come on, doctor.
You had your own groupies,
first-year residents fawning
over you at grand rounds.
Alex: It's all ancient
history now.
David: You're the same as me,
Alex -- a born healer.
Medicine was your life.
Alex: My life changed.
David: And what changed it?
If you're no longer Dr. Devane,
who the hell are you?
Alex: I'm Alexandra Marick.
David: With no husband
to keep warm at night --
Alex: Oh.
David: No slippers to fetch,
no pipe to light.
You're out of two jobs, not one.
So where do you plan to go
from here?
Alex: I don't have to go
anywhere, David.
David: What, you plan to hang
around Weirdwind?
Huh?
Help the help polish the silver?
Floss the gargoyles' teeth?
Alex: You make it sound
so inviting.
David: You must miss
practicing medicine.
All those years of study,
hard work.
You spent half your life saving
other people's lives.
Are you trying to tell me that
it doesn't mean anything?
Alex: No.
Not anymore, no.
Don't touch that!
David: "Neurological Diseases
and Neurogenic Mutations."
Wow, that's interesting reading
coming from someone who is
disavowing all interest
in medicine.
Alex: Give me that!
David: I saw you hide this
book in your bag at
the hospital.
What's in this book that
you don't want your
brother-in-law to see?
Dixie: Hey, Ruth.
I'm so glad that you're here.
Ruth: Oh, you are looking
so much better.
Dixie: Well, I feel much,
much better.
Ruth: You got color
in your cheeks again.
Dixie: Your son put it there.
Ruth: Oh.
I saw him in that outfit.
Oh.
Well, actually, he does --
he has a great gift for making
people laugh, you know.
Dixie: Yeah, it makes him
so good with the kids.
Ruth: He didn't have much
to laugh about in his early
childhood.
Dixie: Yeah, I know.
Maybe having kids is like having
a second childhood, though.
Ruth: Yeah.
I suppose so.
Dixie: Whenever I watch him
with Junior or Jamie,
you know, playing video games
or shooting hoops, it's like --
I don't know -- I don't know
where the boy ends and the man
begins, you know?
Ruth: Mm-hmm.
Dixie: He gets so lost
in the moment.
I hope he doesn't regress too
much when I have the baby.
Ruth: Dix?
You know, you're not pregnant.
Dixie: Oh, I know.
I know, Ruth.
I know I'm not pregnant.
I know. I just --
but I want to try again.
Ruth: You've suffered such
a terrible loss, you know?
Dixie: Dr. Clader said that
I didn't lose the baby,
though, because of my heart
condition, you know, and that
plenty of women carry a baby
to term with only one kidney.
Ruth: Yes, I know it is
possible, but with your -- oh --
with your kind of health,
it's not -- darling, it's just
not realistic.
Dixie: I know.
It's a dream.
But, you know, Ruth, when I was
pregnant with Tad's baby, I --
I realized --
I got something back, you know,
that I didn't realize I had been
missing.
Before, I would watch,
you know, TV and the commercials
for babies' formula or diapers.
You know, I'd kind of click
through them.
And in the newspaper,
you know, I didn't read
the doctor's baby column.
I wasn't one for the big potty
debate.
Ruth: Dixie --
Dixie: No -- but,
Ruth, I listened to the doctor's
advice.
I was a good girl.
You know, I wasn't trying to get
pregnant.
But when it happened,
it felt good.
It felt right.
I just want to hold tad's baby
in my arms, you know?
I want rock it to sleep while
the family gets ready for bed.
I want to listen to
its heartbeat while the house
settles down for the night.
I want to tell the hostess
at McKay's, you know, that we're
a family of five and we need
a highchair.
That's just my dream, Ruth.
And I'm going to keep
on dreaming it.
[Doorbell rings]
[ring]
Ryan: Hayley?
You home?
It's Ryan.
[Doorbell rings]
Ryan: Hayley.
Your car is here.
You didn't go anywhere else.
[Doorbell rings]
Ryan: Hayley.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Come on.
Talk to me.
Hayley?
Wake up, wake up.
Ok.
Ok, you're going to be ok.
You're going to be ok.
You're going to be ok.
Come on.
Hayley, you're going to be all
right.
[Telephone rings]
Hayley's voice: You've
reached the Dillons'.
No one's here to take your call,
so do your thing at the tone.
[Answering machine beeps]
Mateo: Hayley, you there?
It's me. Pick up.
Hayley, listen, we have to talk.
Hayley?
Are you there?
Jake: Deciding to have
a baby's not exactly a rational
process.
Tad: Hmm, you should know
that better than anyone.
Jake: Exactly.
When I signed on to be Liza's
sperm donor, I knew zip about
having a baby, you know.
Tad: As I recall,
you referred to it as a clinical
procedure, just like having
your teeth cleaned.
Jake: You know, I didn't want
to have a baby, you know?
I mean, Alley's pretend
pregnancy pretty much cinched
that as well in my mind.
But then --
I don't know -- something
happened --
Tad: Yeah.
Jake: A couple months before
Liza gave birth.
Tad: It's called falling
in love with your own child.
Imagine that.
Jake: Hmm.
Can I offer you a piece
of brotherly advice?
Tad: Could I stop you?
Jake: Why don't you and Dixie
just take it easy.
You don't need to make these
life decisions right now.
Just take it easy.
Tad: I've already decided.
I can't go through this again,
Jake.
I don't want to risk Dixie's
life, spend the next nine months
of our lives together waiting
for her to explode.
Jake: Well, try to find a way
to make her understand that.
Tad: Well, I'm trying.
[Doorbell rings]
Jake: Well, I'd love to stay
and eat, but duty calls, so --
can you give Mom a ride home?
Tad: Yeah, no problem.
Jake: All right.
Liza: Hi.
The whole welcoming committee.
Jake: Oh.
Liza: Look who just woke up.
Jake: I have to go to work.
I want to stay and play.
Liza: I know.
Well, give a hug.
Jake: Ok.
Liza: Yes.
Want to say hi to Daddy?
Oh, you are going to take
her to the park on Saturday,
right?
Jake: Yeah.
Yeah, I'll come by about,
what, 10:00?
Liza: Ok.
That sounds perfect.
We'll be ready.
Jake: All right.
Bye, my precious.
Liza: She's a pumpkin.
Jake: Yeah. Uh-huh.
Take it easy.
Tad: I will.
Drive safe.
Jake: All right.
Tad: Careful.
So?
Liza: Oh, listen to you.
Thank you.
Tad: How's show business?
Liza: Oh, good.
Oh, could you get the folder out
of my briefcase?
Tad: Yeah, would that be
the one disguised as a diaper bag?
Liza: I consolidated, and --
no, on the side, right there.
Oh.
Tad: Ok.
Liza: Thank you.
I'm just going to ask you maybe
just once about this lovely
outfit that you're wearing.
Tad: What?
I'm trying to give Dixie a few
laughs, that's all.
Liza: And does hospital
security let you go by like
that?
Tad: They didn't have to.
She's upstairs.
Liza: What?
Tad, you idiot.
Why didn't you tell me?
Tad: I just told you.
She got home this afternoon.
Liza: Well, you know what?
I'm out of here.
Tad: What are you talking
about?
You just got here.
Liza: Because I would not
have brought Colby if I knew
that Dixie was at home.
Seeing a baby's the last thing
that she needs to see after what
she's been through.
Come on.
Dixie: Liza?
Hi.
Liza: Hi.
Dixie: Thought I heard
your voice.
Liza: Hi, Ruth.
I was just bringing some stats
by for Tad.
I know you need your rest,
so we're going to go.
Dixie: No, no.
Don't go rushing off.
Liza: How are you feeling?
Dixie: Oh, I'm a little
crampy, but otherwise I'm ok.
Liza: Good.
If there's anything I can do,
you know, just let me know.
Dixie: Well,
actually, you know, if Ruth
doesn't have first dibs
on her grandbaby, I'd love
to hold Colby.
Tad: Well, honey,
are you sure you're up to it?
Dixie: Yeah.
Hi.
I got you.
Oh, I got you.
Oh.
Hello, sweetheart.
Hello.
You're Mama's precious angel?
David: Why are you hiding
this book from Edmund?
Alex: Oh, you have such
a suspicious nature.
It goes hand in hand
with a guilty conscious,
you know.
David: My conscious is
so clean, you can dine on it.
Alex: Oh, whatever.
Give me my book.
David: Your book?
Well, let's take a look.
"Property of Pine Valley
Research Hospital Library."
Alex: The book, David.
David: Do you enjoy check-out
privileges or did you steal this
book?
Alex: Don't be ridiculous.
David: Well, since
you no longer practice
the healing arts --
Alex: I like to keep up
with the latest procedures.
David: Latest procedures?
This book was published
years ago.
Well, let's see what
late-breaking technology you're
trying to keep from Edmund Grey.
Alex: Stop it!
David: Well, it'll probably
go easier if I go to the index.
Let's see.
Ok.
A, B, C, D --
D.
Demarco, Defalco, Devane.
Photo, page two.
Well, let's take a look.
And what is this?
Dr. Alexandra Devane,
posing with her colleagues.
Oh, the paper opening the Hapsburg
conference.
Uh-huh.
Caused quite a stir.
Does Edmund know about this?
We should call him down.
I'm sure he'd be very proud.
Alex: Don't do this.
David: And what are you going
to do to stop me?
Alex: Who I was,
what I did --
it has no bearing on my life
here in Pine Valley.
David: The past is
the present, Alex.
It's the future, too.
Inevitable, inescapable.
Alex: Are you still the same
man you were 10 years ago?
David: Pretty much.
Alex: Oh.
How sad for you.
David: I'm recoiled
to my true nature.
I suggest you make peace
with yours.
Alex: I have.
So I'd appreciate your
discretion.
David: And how much is
your appreciation worth?
Alex: I'd consider it
a personal favor.
David: Really? Hmm.
Oh, I'm sorry.
You'll have to excuse me.
I -- I seem to remember
the same request of you a few
years back --
a personal favor --
and you cut me off at the knees.
Dixie: She's so precious.
Yes.
She sleeping through the night?
Liza: Mostly.
Dixie: That's so great.
I remember Junior, you know,
when he couldn't sleep, he used
to cuddle in with us.
Do you remember that?
Tad: Yeah.
Dixie: It was so nice.
[Colby fusses]
Dixie: Yeah.
Opal used to say that we would
spoil him, but I don't know any
college kids who still sleep
with their parents, do you?
Huh?
She sitting up yet?
Liza: Well, with the help
of a bunch of pillows.
Dixie: Aw.
Such a great age.
Yeah.
They'd roll over and hold
their heads up like little
turtles.
First solid food, right?
First tooth.
First step, huh?
Tad: Honey, I really think
Liza's got to be going.
Dixie: Oh, no, no.
Five more minutes, please?
I remember Junior's first step.
I remember his first day
of school.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He wouldn't let me walk him
to class, so I walked him
to the edge of the school yard.
He had that space busters
lunch box.
Do you remember that?
Yeah. And when he got all the way
to the door, he turned around
and he gave me the big thumbs-up
sign.
He didn't cry, though.
He was so good.
But I did.
L the way home.
Dixie: Oh, she's smiling
at me!
Tad, I think she remembers me!
Ryan: Some help, please!
Jake: Whoa, whoa.
Ryan: Jake.
Jake, Hayley's in trouble.
Jake: Jim, get a gurney over
here.
What happened?
Ryan: I don't know.
I found her at Trevor's,
passed out.
I don't know. I don't know.
Jake: Let's get her
into exam room one over here.
Easy, easy.
Ryan: Ok, ok, ok.
I tried to wake her up,
but she's been like that all
the way over.
Jake: I don't smell alcohol.
She been drinking?
Ryan: What?
Where'd that come from?
Jake: Look, I know she's had
a problem with drinking before.
Has she been drinking?
Help me out here.
Might be alcohol poisoning.
Ryan: Ok, she has had a lot
of trouble staying sober lately.
Jake: All right.
Anything that might have
happened to push her over
the limit, get her upset?
Ryan: Yeah, she found out
that Mateo slept with Raquel.
Jake: Oh.
That's enough to push anybody
off the wagon.
Ryan: Look, she went
to a meeting this morning,
but I know she's still been
struggling.
Jake: Well, her eyes are
clear.
Her pulse is level.
I don't think it's anything
alcohol-related.
Ryan: I know for a fact that
she hasn't been eating
or sleeping.
Jake: Probably severe
exhaustion, dehydration.
I'll go get some smelling salts.
Ryan: Ok, ok.
Hayley, come on.
Hang in there. Hang in there.
You're going to be all right.
You're going to be ok.
Mateo: Hayley, it's me again.
If you're there, pick up.
Hayley?
Guess you're not there.
All right.
Mateo: Dino?
Hey, it's Matt.
No, no, I'm still at
the airport.
I tried to catch Raquel before
she left town, but I missed her.
Yeah.
Listen, have you been there
since the opening?
Ok, great.
Have you seen Hayley?
All right, listen, if she shows
up, just keep her there
for a while, all right?
Don't tell her I'm looking
for her.
Just make sure she stays put.
All right. Thanks.
Jake: Hayley, Hayley,
it's Jake Martin.
You're at the hospital.
Can you hear me?
Hayley: Ryan?
Ryan: Hayley.
Hayley.
Thank God.
Thank God you're ok.
Tad: Ok.
Well, you don't want to overdo
it on your fir day, honey.
Ruth: Tad's right, darling.
You have to get some rest.
Dixie: What, and leave
my little visitor here?
Tad: Well, Liza's got to get
going.
Liza: Yeah, I do.
I have a million things to do.
Dixie: Oh.
Well, I have an idea.
Why don't you leave Colby here,
and then you can run
your errands and whatever
and this little sweetheart
and I can get to know each other
better.
What do you say, just us girls?
Liza: Well, you know,
I know that Colby would love
to stay with you guys, but we're
having lunch with Adam, so --
Dixie: Oh.
Liza: You know, actually,
Colby and I could walk
you upstairs and Colby could
tuck you in so you could get
some rest.
Dixie: Oh. Well, ok.
Yeah, that'd be great.
Ok, come on, let's go.
Yeah.
I got you, hon.
Ruth: Listen --
Dixie just lost a baby, and it's
only natural for her to be drawn
to Colby.
Tad: Drawn to her?
Didn't you see her, Ma?
She didn't want to let her go.
Ruth: Well, would you?
I mean, I know you're terribly,
terribly worried about Dixie,
but so am I.
Tad: What'd you talk about
upstairs?
Ruth: What else?
We talked about babies.
Tad: Dixie wants one.
Ruth: She wants something
to fill that void of sadness
that's in her.
Tad: Well, she's got Junior.
She's got Jamie.
She's got me.
She's got a family.
Why isn't that enough?
Ruth: Oh, it is, darling.
Let me just -- let me see
if I can explain it to you.
I'm talking about
Dixie's dream.
Dixie has a dream.
Now, it's not practical,
it's not reasonable, but many
dreams are not.
It's like losing something that
you think you're never going
to get back again.
Tad: Well, if I have to take
a choice between losing my wife
and losing a dream, I'll take
door number two.
Ruth: Ok, now, look,
give her a little time.
She'll get there.
She will realize that pregnancy
is not the only option.
Tad: Ma, from your lips
to the lady I love upstairs.
Liza: Are you ok?
You comfortable?
Dixie: Yeah.
Yeah.
You know, Liza, I know you lead
a very busy life, but whenever
you can, just drop whatever
you're doing and spend time
with your daughter.
You know, the time is
so precious, and there's
so little of it.
Liza: I know.
Dixie: Oh, I so wanted
to give you a playmate.
I pictured you and Bess having
tea parties and playing
in the summer.
Phone calls and boys
and secrets.
I so wanted that for both
of you.
I wanted that for me, too.
Liza: Come here, you.
Come here.
Come here, you.
Yeah.
Oh. Oh.
[Colby fusses]
Liza: Oh, here, here.
Alex: You know damn well why
I wouldn't help you.
What you did was unconscionable.
I wasn't about to help you cover
it up.
David: And how do I know that
you haven't done something
equally despicable,
something that you would go
to great lengths to conceal?
Alex: You needn't concern
yourself with that.
David: You asked for my help,
Alex.
Given our history, you must be
desperate.
Just how desperate are you?
Hmm.
Edmund: Hayward.
What the hell are you doing
here?