The boys wander in to survey the new beds and the separate bedrooms. The twins immediately fall into a discussion of how they will paint their rooms. Paddy checks in on Eliot with a head nod exchanged as he and Paddy exchange keys. On his way toward the door, Paddy bumps shoulders with Tess. With a look he asks how she is holding up. Tess gives him appropriate side eye and an answer that she is maintaining the status quo.

After Paddy makes his exit, the boys begin their choreographed routine to get Tess to allow them to decorate their rooms tonight and pressuring Tess with plans to paint the rooms. It is pretty much the same routine that the boys use to get their way with everything and any thing. Tess protests that she needs to get dinner on the table and there was still so much to do before they could paint the rooms ending with that the discussion could wait until tomorrow. After observing the boys, Eliot is pretty sure that the boys may have a future in interrogation with their relentless pursuit of Tess. Eliot steps in and offers to make dinner to help Tess. Tess turns around with an astonished look on her face. In Eliot's eyes, the offer was completely worth the expression on Tess' face. Eliot leans in. "I got dinner. Boys, why don't you come downstairs and draw up pictures of how you want your rooms to look." Eliot gives Tess a wink since it is a plan that she did not think of.

Tess relents in the spirit of creativity and a reprieve as she gets each of the boys a tablet and pencils. Tess is not used to being a bit idle especially this time of day. Jack wanders over to turn on the speakers before rooting through Tess' jacket to find her phone. Jack fiddles with his mom's phone until he finds her playlist. The music fills the space as the boys work on their drawings. Within a half an hour, there is a heavenly scent drifting into the room from the general direction of the kitchen. Tess pops her head in to check on Eliot as she is promptly shooed from the kitchen.

A bit later, Eliot takes a peek into the living room when he hears the beginning of a very particular song. Eliot wonders if old habits die hard as he holds the kitchen door open to find Tess and the boys dancing around the room. Elvis blares through the speakers with the song "Burning Love." Sure enough, Eliot spies into the room in time to see both the boys flip up their collars as Tess is dancing around the living room with the boys. Jack and Jake have a dancing style akin to Tom Cruise in Risky Business as they slide across the wood floor in their stocking feet with jazz hands.

Eliot is all smiles since he knows the origin of this playlist, Elvis was Tess' father's favorite and this is what remains of Tess connection to a man that she adored. She spent much of her life without her father as his own children have now experienced. As the "Wonder of You" comes on, Eliot sweeps Tess up into a slow dance. Eliot knows the power of this song for Tess and he is quite willing to use this moment as an opportunity to win Tess' favor this after all was going to be their wedding song. It is the song her father used to dance around this very living room with her standing on his shoes, as the story always went when Tess told it. As the song winds to a close, Eliot announces to Tess that dinner is ready with a dip and a soft kiss on her cheek.

The boys tromp off to the kitchen as Eliot rights Tess on her feet with a warm smile. Eliot is quite pleased to see the boys dig in with vigor. He is enjoying this chance to show off his acquired skills. Eliot truly enjoys all culinary activities but this moment is special. He is cooking for his family, his children and their mother and he is going to enjoy every second of it. Tess is actually quite impressed with the dinner that Eliot has cooked. This was a man who's previous talents included the ability to burn water.

To Eliot's delight, the boys are quite chatty over dinner asking him question after question. From their collective questions, Eliot is able to determine his place in the boys world. Tess was true to her word. He was never far from his children. The distance between himself and his children was only geographic. Tess kept him close without actually telling the boys who he was. Jack mentions the pictures in Mommy's room and the living room. Jake wanders into the other room to retrieve one of the tell tale pictures from one of the shelves to show Eliot. The boys know that Eliot is one of the soldiers in the pictures. Tess suddenly gets a touch of panic in her expression as Jake follows up with a question that Tess never suspected that they would ask. In a sudden burst of clarity, Tess realizes that in the pictures, the soldiers are in uniform and uniforms have names on them. Jake asks Eliot why he has the same last name as them as he points to Eliot in group picture of his unit. Jake is pointing directly at Eliot's uniform as he places the picture in front of Eliot. Eliot is stunned while Tess could be knocked over with feather. Her boys are apparently quite clever and damn observant. Eliot swallows hard on the sip of wine he has just taken, looking up at Tess for direction.

Jack's sudden revelation is that Tess is the only one in the room with a different last name. Tess always brushed off the difference with the statement that it was what she chose to name them. Spencer was an old family name. The boys never really inquired much about their father. It was something they had never known and Tess had always previously found a way out of the question without a reveal. Jack decides to take it home with the statement as he stares Tess dead in the eye. "Is Eliot our Dad?"

Tess chokes on the sip of wine that she has just taken. Pandora's box has officially opened. Tess looks into Eliot's eyes. Eliot's expression reads sufficient shock mixed with delight and he is looking at Tess for the next move. Tess decides that it is perhaps time to come clean with their children. She has never actually hid Eliot from their world. Tess has had Eliot's pictures up since they were born. The truth would be much simpler than the lie it would take to back out of this line of questioning and Eliot is spending a lot of time with them. The hardest part will be explaining why Eliot has been gone so long. Tess sets down her glass as she prepares her thoughts. "Jake, Jack... Eliot is your father and that is why you have the same last name. He has been away for a long time." Tess pauses to form another thought in her head. To her surprise, the words were easy to say since they were the truth. Eliot releases the breath he had been holding as the boys take him in.

"You are really our Dad?" Jack asks again surveying Eliot top to bottom with wonder and curiosity. Eliot hesitates for a moment but answers. "Yes, Yes I am your father." Eliot is unable to hide the smile that saying those words bring to his features. Jake weighs in. "You were an Army guy like Uncle Paddy." Eliot smiles at his sons as he endures their curious stares. "Yes, yes I was. I have known your Uncle Paddy for a very long time." Jack decides to fire another volley related to the events of earlier this afternoon. "You were kissing Mommy earlier." Eliot pauses for a moment before deciding to buy some time to make a quick plan on how to navigate this new development and he does not want to venture into the line of questioning that kissing Mommy could possibly lead to. "Yes. Yes I did kiss, Mommy. How about we clear the table and do the dishes, then you can ask me anything you want." Eliot's statement is half reprieve and half bribe but it works as the boys start gathering up the plates and transferring them to the kitchen.

Eliot leans into Tess with a quick whisper. "Looks like we are all in." Eliot looks into Tess' eyes to see the relief in them. This is about as awkward as you get but it is better than lying to her boys. No matter what happens, this is better than the alternative. "It is just the truth, Eliot. Let's keep it that way." Tess' tone is hard to read. There is a tang of uncertainty in Tess' statement. Eliot knows that there is an eight year black hole to fill. He makes a mental plan for how to navigate the rest of this unexpected evening.

Eliot quickly learns that his boys are quite familiar with the loading of the dishwasher. His bribe is what Tess makes them do everyday. The task takes far less time than Eliot was anticipating. With a smirk at Eliot, Tess goes upstairs gathering the tool that need to go back to the garage. Eliot offers to return the tools to the garage to buy a bit more time to think his way through what to do this evening. He is secretly thrilled that Jake and Jack know that he is there father. The knowledge is his way into their lives with legitimacy. Tess opened the door into their lives for him.

Eliot heads out back to the garage. Tess is meticulous. Everything in the garage is labeled and has a place, including a box clearly marked with "ELIOT" in Tess' clean print. Eliot cannot help himself. After putting the tools in place, Eliot opens the box. Inside he finds presents, pictures and a pile of letters returned to Tess when his path took him off the grid. Eliot rationalizes that the letters are addressed to him as he tucks them into his jacket.

Eliot walks into the house to find the boys sitting on the couch with Tess sitting in the nearby chair. Eliot takes a seat between the boys. He is unsure what to do next. This is surreal, Eliot cannot shake the feeling that he has had for the last week. It feels as if he were to blink, they would all disappear or he will wake up from this dream. The more they give, the more he wants. Eliot wants this more than anything has every wanted. Fatherhood has found him and Eliot does not want to let go. The best of his life went on without him and he wants back into the best of his life.

Tess can see the kinks in Eliot's normal bravado manifesting before her eyes. She can see how much Eliot wants this. Tess is very familiar with the look of love on Eliot. His love for the boys was authentic and automatic, Tess has seen it every time he has been around the boys. Having a family with Eliot was Tess' heart's desire for so long that Tess now no longer knows what she wants. She and Eliot still have so many unfinished conversations that require closure. This moment, however, is as much about her children as it is about her and Eliot.

To Eliot's surprise, Tess walks over to the bookshelf cabinet retrieving several albums. Tess returns to Eliot, placing one of them into his lap. Eliot recognizes the album. He remembers Tess putting this together. Tess just laid their history into his lap. Eliot is so used to avoiding cameras in this life that he quite forgot that there was a time before it when he was just Eliot Spencer.

As Eliot dives into the photos, he realizes that Tess had a plan. The pictures keep the questions at bay as to where he has been and the whole Mommy Daddy dynamic. The boys are occupied with the images of their mother and father when they were young. Memories flood every corner of Eliot's mind with every turn of the pages, answering every question that manifests. This album, this experience was an act of love on Tess' part. Eliot is not sure if it is an act of love toward him or toward his boys but it doesn't matter, it is love none the less.

Eliot stops at the photo that Mrs Hannigan took of him and Tess after he proposed so very long ago. He proposed at Christmas time as the last rays of sunlight cast their glow into Tess' favorite part of the day. Tess loved how the world lit up right before dusk and with snow it was only more spectacular. They were on top of the mountain fetching the Christmas tress. The memory is as vivid as if it were yesterday. Eliot stares at himself in the photo before taking a quick glance up at Tess, there are so many things he would love to say to his younger self. The boys recognize the ring and the location. Eliot had always known that the ring was safe in Tess' care as far as he is concerned, the ring belongs to Tess, Eliot thinks back to his father. It was one of the last times he saw his own father. Eliot went to see his father to ask for his grandmother's ring so that he could propose to Tess. His grandmother had left Eliot the ring when she passed. The ring was a beautiful Art Deco ring with a Burma Ruby that his grandfather had bought in the twenties.

He was so nervous to ask Tess to marry him. He was so in love with Tess. He cannot help himself as Eliot steals a look at Tess with the memory of the moment she agreed to forever with him fresh in his mind. Tess feels Eliot's stare unsure of what picture triggered such an expression in his features. Jake turns the page to yet another moment of Eliot's past revealed. As the night wears on the boys grow sleepy from the excitement of the evening as Tess orders them upstairs to baths and bed. The boys as if Eliot can tuck them in. Tess takes in Eliot. This has turned into a rather magical night so she will not be the one to stop the magic. The boys march Eliot upstairs to show him their room.

Tess wanders up into her own room to be close enough but to give them space. Tess knows what is coming next. She tries to figure out what to do when they ask the question that she knows her boys are going to ask. As the baths are finished and Eliot is conducting the donning of the pjs exercise, Tess appears at the threshold of their door. Eliot is lovingly tucks them into their beds as Tess enters for her goodnight kiss. She knows it is coming she is just wondering which of the wonder twins will speak it first. Jack is the bolder of the two as he utters the question that Tess is anticipating. "Mommy, can Eliot help us paint our rooms tomorrow.

Eliot wants this so badly that he is almost afraid to look at Tess in case the answer is no but he has seen his boys in action. Tess stands in the middle of the room, hesitating for a moment. Her boys know her too well and she is not about to be the Grinch. Tess glances back at Eliot with a tender smile. "Yes, Eliot can help." At this moment, Tess has no idea what she just agreed to but tomorrow is another day.

"Now, it is time for bed." Tess waves a finger at the boys as she shoos Eliot from the room in order to turn out the lights. Eliot could not wipe the smile from his face if his life depended upon it. Eliot waits for Tess on the stairs as she closes the door to the boys room. Eliot is almost giddy at the thought of the next two days.

After they descend the stairs, Eliot makes a plan to depart. This evening has been magic, pure and utter magic and he does not want to push his remarkable luck. He grabs his coat from its resting place as Tess circles closer. Eliot slides his coat over his shoulders finishing by popping his watchman cap onto his head. Eliot turns towards Tess. Eliot stands in front of Tess for a few moments in silence. Eliot moves in closer placing his arms around Tess to pull her in. "Tess, this... this was... just" Eliot has no idea what to say. He defaults to the same plan as earlier, Eliot kisses Tess' cheek before his exit. "See you tomorrow, Tessie." Eliot practically floats to his truck. He is so wrapped up in the evening, Eliot does not even notice the eyes upon him from the sedan parked down the street.