Freddie and Sam go to his father's funeral, thanks to her continued insistence. While there Freddie will discover the kind of man his father really was.
As they drive to his father's funeral both Freddie and Sam are silent. Sam glances over to Freddie every so often to see how he's doing, but she's having trouble pinning it down. After a few more minutes "Sam I'm not sure about this…I'm not sure I should be here tonight" he said. Sam pulled off the road, stopped the car and turned to him "Freddie you have every right to be here, you are still his son after all" she replied. He looked at her "I know that, but it's been so long and the only people I'll know there is my uncle and his family. He probably had another family and they probably don't even know about me" he said letting out a long sigh. Sam put her hand on his "that's why you need to go…you need to find out for sure what happened with your dad. Besides you know if you don't find out you will always wonder and that can be worse than actually finding out" she said smiling at him. "You're right…let's get going."
Fifteen minutes later the couple pulls into the funeral home. Getting out of the car Freddie takes in a deep breath and walks over to Sam and they make their way to the entrance. They walk in and Freddie starts looking for his uncle after a few moments he sees him across the room talking to his wife. Making their way over to him Freddie quietly calls out to him as he gets closer "Uncle Gary" he turns around "Freddie...Sam, I'm glad you guys came" he said smiling at them. Freddie smiled weakly "thanks "was all he could say before he turned and headed towards his father's casket.
Sam followed him but he stopped before getting to the casket, she took his hand and give it a reassuring squeeze. "Do you want to be alone for a few minutes" she asked him. He thought about it momentarily "No stay…I need your support Sam…I don't think I can do it without you" he said as he smiled at her. "Ok babe…just take your time and we'll go up there when you're ready." Freddie stood in silence for a few minutes with a million thoughts going through his head. He wasn't sure if he really wanted to do this, but he also knew that Sam was right and if he didn't he would regret not seeing him one last time and finding out what happened after he left.
Taking in a deep breathe he stepped forward to his father's casket and Sam stepped up next to him still holding his hand. Looking at his father he thought he looked the same, with the exception of the gray hair of course, as he had all those years ago when he had left them. He looked over to Sam and speaking just loud enough for her to hear "he still looks pretty much the same as I remember him" he said fighting back tears. Sam gave him a quick kiss on his cheek "so he's where you got your good looks from" she told him. Freddie let out a small chuckle at her comment "I do see a lot of myself in him though" he said. He put his hand on his father's shoulder and he could no longer hold back the tears "damn it dad…why weren't you there…you should have been there. I know mom is difficult to say the least, but why weren't you there for me" he asked. "Why couldn't you be there when I started elementary school then middle school and high school? You weren't there teach me things a father should teach his son" he started trailing off.
One of the funeral home employees came out with a TV and a DVD player on a cart. "Excuse me everyone" he said trying to get everyone's attention. Once everyone had been seated and was quiet he continued "as one of his finally wishes Mr. Benson asked that the following video be played at his funeral" he picked up the remote and hit play. A few seconds later Freddie's dad showed up on the screen. "Hello everybody, if you are watching this then I have died. I did this video as a way of saying goodbye in case I didn't get the chance to" he said. Freddie gave a slight harrumph at that but he came here to find out what he could about his dad.
"Before I get into too much I would like to say something to my son Freddie Benson if he is here." This caught Freddie and Sam completely by surprise. "If he is I would just like to tell him that I am very sorry for leaving him and causing what I can only imagine was a very great deal of pain. I tried so many times to contact him but I wasn't strong enough to do it and I know that it was my loss for not doing so. Even though I had no direct contact with him, I was able to keep up with at least some of his accomplishments. I won't be able to tell him how proud I was of him when I saw him graduate from elementary school and then high school. He did great work on the iCarly web show as the technical producer, he then went on to graduate from MIT. The last thing I know about Freddie is that he married a wonderful girl which I'm sad to say I never had a chance to meet."
He continued to speak but Freddie and Sam weren't paying attention to it at this point. "I can't believe how much he knew about my life. I mean he even knew we got married" he said still amazed by what he had just seen and heard. "Aren't you glad you decided to come now" she asked smiling at him. "Yeah I am…but now I wish we had the opportunity to tell him he was going to be a grandpa" he said as he placed his hand on her protruding belly. Sam put her hand on top of his "I'll bet he knows now" she said. "Would you come with me…I want to talk to his wife and family" he asked smiling at her. "Of course I will" she responded.
They made their way over to his father's new family and introduced himself and Sam to them. They sat there for the next couple of hours and listened to stories about his dad. Before long it was time to head to the cemetery for the burial. When everyone had arrived and was gathered around the gravesite, Freddie was approached by the same employee that had brought out the video of his dad. "Excuse me are you Freddie Benson" he asked. "Yes I am" he responded. "Please follow me" he said as he turned and headed towards the hearse. They both followed the employee and once they reached the hearse they found Leonard's Widow Emily standing there. "Good he found you…I wanted to ask you if you would consider being a pall bearer for your dad…only if you want to of course" she said. Freddie looked at Sam and then back to Emily "I would be honored" he told her and then took his place. Sam went back to the gravesite and sat down.
After the burial ceremony was completed and they said their goodbyes Sam and Freddie got into the car and headed home. They were almost home when Freddie finally spoke "I am so glad that we went to the funeral. I still can't believe everything I learned about dad" he said. Sam glanced at him smiling "see I knew you it would be good for you" she said. "You were right…thank you again for insisting I go" he told her. "You're welcome babe…so how do you feel about your dad now" she asked him. He thought about the question for a moment "well I would say that even though it wasn't the way I would have liked for it to be, he was in my life. For that I am very happy and knowing what I know now he did love me even if I didn't know it. I would have to say that I loved him too" he said.