Season 4 Episode 10
"Believe It or Not"
It has been almost two weeks since Rick had that "talk" with Lily. She didn't have any reactions since them, and nor did Rick see Phil again; which made him believe he was only getting crazy as he first thought. He was thinking about all of this while he walked to his office. He has changed his office to a smaller place, not far from his house. Besides saving some rent money, he could walk there, saving the gas of the car. He really liked his old office, but since he lost the Australia job he wasn't getting any big projects, and with Lily on the hospital, he was supporting the whole house all alone.
Soliloquy Rick appears. "I can't really put all into words." He thinks a little, and then goes. "Yes, I can. I'm totally broke."
Meanwhile, Jake was at his lawyer's office. She was explaining to him that she found a way through which she thinks he may have a chance of getting Grace and Zoe's custody. "You see, Mr. Manning, we mustn't go against Lily. This is suicide. We have to claim that you're actually trying to help her, taking this responsibility out of her." Jake listens, and after thinking a while a says, "Yes, you're a genius Miss Healey! And besides, this way my daughters won't think I'm a monster." He pauses, and adds, "But I'm sure Rick will try to make it difficult for me." She asks, "Who's Rick?" "Lily's new husband." That new information seems to make a difference, because Anna reflects for a while. "Well, Mr. Manning," she begins, but is interrupted, "Please call me Jake," he says. She seems a little shaked by that. "Oh, OK, Jake, this could change things a little. If this Rick has a good relationship with your daughters, and if he's able to take care of them while your ex-wife is in the hospital, the judge may think it's not necessary to change the girl's custody." Jake wasn't expecting for that. "Damn it! I can't believe this." She asks, "Do you know of anything that could help us?" Jake thinks for a while, and smiles as he remembers something. "Yes! Judy - that's my ex-sister-in-law - once told me he was feeling bad because he wasn't getting any good projects. He's an architect." Anna nods, and seems less worried. "That could help us. But we have to prove he has no conditions to support a house." Jake checks his watch, and remembers he's late for lunch with Tiffany. "I'll see. Well, Anna - I can call you Anna, right? - I have to go now. I'll call you tomorrow about this." She gets up to follow his until the door. "Don't worry Mr., err.., Jake, I'll research about this Rick and see if I can find anything." He leaves, and she asks herself why she's defending someone who she thinks is acting like a jerk.
As Jake goes to meet Tiffany, Karen arrives at a restaurant where Henry is waiting for her. He looks uncomfortable. She kisses him, but she doesn't realize something is wrong. "Shall we order?" Karen asks, as she looks through the menu. "Well, Karen, there's something I would like to talk about first." Henry answers. Karen raises her read from the menu, and finally realizes Henry is not his usual self. "What's wrong, dear?" She asks, with a smile on her face, and reaching for his hand on the other side of the table. "Oh, Karen, I don't how to talk about this." He shakes his head. "Is it us?" She asks. "No," he answers quickly. "It's not us. And that's the problem." Karen begins to look really worried. "What is it, then?" Henry sighs. "I know we've only been going out for a couple of months, and I have no right of getting into your family's business, but I saw something that I think you should know." Karen looks terrified. She covers her face with her hands. "What has Eli done this time?" She asks. Henry he realizes she's not going to take very well the news he has about her beloved Jessie. "It's not Eli. It's Jessie, and," "What?" Karen interrupts him, already a little mad. "What could Jessie have done?!?" Henry holds her hand, and says, "Karen, please let me speak. And, please, don't interrupt me." Karen nods. He goes on. "I saw her with Katie in a park. At first I thought that it was OK, after all they're best friends. But when I began to get closer to say hi to them, they... they...they kissed." Henry looks relieved and scared at the same time. Karen pretends she didn't understand what he was trying to say. "And?" He is a litte surprised by this cool reaction and goes on, "They kissed on the lips, Karen. I think they're on a relationship. And this is not bad. Please, be careful with what you're going to say to her." But Karen is not listening anymore. She has got up and started to leave, as she said, "How can you do that? How can you say something like that about my daughter?? You must be crazy. I was so wrong about you." She leaves, without looking back.
Soliloquy Karen appears, and she's very nervous. "I consider myself to be a very open-minded person. I know how to handle this, I've read a book about it. But I'm sure that's not Jessie's problem. He's wrong," She nods repeatedly as she says that.
Three days later, Rick arrives at the hospital. He runs into Dr. Farrell in the hall, and says that he has to see Lily immediately. Dr. Farrell tries to calm him down, and says, "Mr. Sammler, she's in the same condition. But you can see her." Rick looks devastated. "Dr. Farrell, do you think she'll be OK in forty days?" Dr. Farrell is feeling so sorry for Rick that it takes him a while to answers. "Honestly, no. Why?" He asks. "Her ex-husband wants the custody of their daughters. And, my lawyer told me, if she's not able to attend the audience - which will take place in forty days - he's likely to win." Dr. Farrell seems stunned with that family's bad luck. "I'm sorry Mr. Sammler. But only a miracle could make this happen." He puts his hand on Rick's shoulder, trying to give him some support. "I have to go now, Mr. Sammler. Please, stay as long as you want with your wife." Rick nods, sadly.
Soliloquy Rick looks truly sad. "When I saw Phil, I... I thought..." He sighs. "I really believed." His eyes are full of tears.
Rick gets in the bedroom. He sits on the bed, next to Lily. He holds her hand, and stares at her for a long time. It's so unfair, she is so beautiful, so sweet, and so talented, and she's vegetating. Those thoughts make Rick's heart ache. He begins to cry. "Oh, my love... I'm so sorry... But I don't think there's anything I could do. You're here because you heard Jake wanted to take the girls from you. And now he's really going to do it. I'm just thankful you're sleeping peacefully and you can't hear that." He can't talk anymore. He gets up, holds Lily's hand and kisses it, a few times. As he did that, he couldn't see Lily move her head a little to his side and open her eyes for a few seconds. She had the saddest look in her eyes.
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It has been almost two weeks since Rick had that "talk" with Lily. She didn't have any reactions since them, and nor did Rick see Phil again; which made him believe he was only getting crazy as he first thought. He was thinking about all of this while he walked to his office. He has changed his office to a smaller place, not far from his house. Besides saving some rent money, he could walk there, saving the gas of the car. He really liked his old office, but since he lost the Australia job he wasn't getting any big projects, and with Lily on the hospital, he was supporting the whole house all alone.
Soliloquy Rick appears. "I can't really put all into words." He thinks a little, and then goes. "Yes, I can. I'm totally broke."
Meanwhile, Jake was at his lawyer's office. She was explaining to him that she found a way through which she thinks he may have a chance of getting Grace and Zoe's custody. "You see, Mr. Manning, we mustn't go against Lily. This is suicide. We have to claim that you're actually trying to help her, taking this responsibility out of her." Jake listens, and after thinking a while a says, "Yes, you're a genius Miss Healey! And besides, this way my daughters won't think I'm a monster." He pauses, and adds, "But I'm sure Rick will try to make it difficult for me." She asks, "Who's Rick?" "Lily's new husband." That new information seems to make a difference, because Anna reflects for a while. "Well, Mr. Manning," she begins, but is interrupted, "Please call me Jake," he says. She seems a little shaked by that. "Oh, OK, Jake, this could change things a little. If this Rick has a good relationship with your daughters, and if he's able to take care of them while your ex-wife is in the hospital, the judge may think it's not necessary to change the girl's custody." Jake wasn't expecting for that. "Damn it! I can't believe this." She asks, "Do you know of anything that could help us?" Jake thinks for a while, and smiles as he remembers something. "Yes! Judy - that's my ex-sister-in-law - once told me he was feeling bad because he wasn't getting any good projects. He's an architect." Anna nods, and seems less worried. "That could help us. But we have to prove he has no conditions to support a house." Jake checks his watch, and remembers he's late for lunch with Tiffany. "I'll see. Well, Anna - I can call you Anna, right? - I have to go now. I'll call you tomorrow about this." She gets up to follow his until the door. "Don't worry Mr., err.., Jake, I'll research about this Rick and see if I can find anything." He leaves, and she asks herself why she's defending someone who she thinks is acting like a jerk.
As Jake goes to meet Tiffany, Karen arrives at a restaurant where Henry is waiting for her. He looks uncomfortable. She kisses him, but she doesn't realize something is wrong. "Shall we order?" Karen asks, as she looks through the menu. "Well, Karen, there's something I would like to talk about first." Henry answers. Karen raises her read from the menu, and finally realizes Henry is not his usual self. "What's wrong, dear?" She asks, with a smile on her face, and reaching for his hand on the other side of the table. "Oh, Karen, I don't how to talk about this." He shakes his head. "Is it us?" She asks. "No," he answers quickly. "It's not us. And that's the problem." Karen begins to look really worried. "What is it, then?" Henry sighs. "I know we've only been going out for a couple of months, and I have no right of getting into your family's business, but I saw something that I think you should know." Karen looks terrified. She covers her face with her hands. "What has Eli done this time?" She asks. Henry he realizes she's not going to take very well the news he has about her beloved Jessie. "It's not Eli. It's Jessie, and," "What?" Karen interrupts him, already a little mad. "What could Jessie have done?!?" Henry holds her hand, and says, "Karen, please let me speak. And, please, don't interrupt me." Karen nods. He goes on. "I saw her with Katie in a park. At first I thought that it was OK, after all they're best friends. But when I began to get closer to say hi to them, they... they...they kissed." Henry looks relieved and scared at the same time. Karen pretends she didn't understand what he was trying to say. "And?" He is a litte surprised by this cool reaction and goes on, "They kissed on the lips, Karen. I think they're on a relationship. And this is not bad. Please, be careful with what you're going to say to her." But Karen is not listening anymore. She has got up and started to leave, as she said, "How can you do that? How can you say something like that about my daughter?? You must be crazy. I was so wrong about you." She leaves, without looking back.
Soliloquy Karen appears, and she's very nervous. "I consider myself to be a very open-minded person. I know how to handle this, I've read a book about it. But I'm sure that's not Jessie's problem. He's wrong," She nods repeatedly as she says that.
Three days later, Rick arrives at the hospital. He runs into Dr. Farrell in the hall, and says that he has to see Lily immediately. Dr. Farrell tries to calm him down, and says, "Mr. Sammler, she's in the same condition. But you can see her." Rick looks devastated. "Dr. Farrell, do you think she'll be OK in forty days?" Dr. Farrell is feeling so sorry for Rick that it takes him a while to answers. "Honestly, no. Why?" He asks. "Her ex-husband wants the custody of their daughters. And, my lawyer told me, if she's not able to attend the audience - which will take place in forty days - he's likely to win." Dr. Farrell seems stunned with that family's bad luck. "I'm sorry Mr. Sammler. But only a miracle could make this happen." He puts his hand on Rick's shoulder, trying to give him some support. "I have to go now, Mr. Sammler. Please, stay as long as you want with your wife." Rick nods, sadly.
Soliloquy Rick looks truly sad. "When I saw Phil, I... I thought..." He sighs. "I really believed." His eyes are full of tears.
Rick gets in the bedroom. He sits on the bed, next to Lily. He holds her hand, and stares at her for a long time. It's so unfair, she is so beautiful, so sweet, and so talented, and she's vegetating. Those thoughts make Rick's heart ache. He begins to cry. "Oh, my love... I'm so sorry... But I don't think there's anything I could do. You're here because you heard Jake wanted to take the girls from you. And now he's really going to do it. I'm just thankful you're sleeping peacefully and you can't hear that." He can't talk anymore. He gets up, holds Lily's hand and kisses it, a few times. As he did that, he couldn't see Lily move her head a little to his side and open her eyes for a few seconds. She had the saddest look in her eyes.
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