What's happened?
Eva's the same.
Has Ted found Kat?
I mean, did he convince her to see if she's a match?
Ted's got everyone looking.
Brat gal knows to hide.
Otherwise, I'd hunt her down
and we wouldn't even need a living donor.
Scratch that.
The Duprees-- if they-- or Ted or Kat heard me say that,
she'd keep her little liver to herself.
And I need that girl.
Or part of her, anyway...
to save my baby.
I... I still can't reach Kat.
I know she's been holding on to this beef with Eva,
but how can she walk
without caring if Eva lives or dies?
I mean, can she really be that cold?
I got your SOS.
Is this where you've you been all night?
Is this for me?
From my closet.
They're gonna be a little long.
Thanks.
I just couldn't go home and face the grands.
You didn't tell anyone where I am, did you?
You know I'm your vault and your ride or die.
Just didn't think there would be any actual dying.
I'm sorry.
How is she?
If you were hoping
that your dad had some other half siblings stashed
who's a match, that miracle didn't happen.
Kat, you may be the only hope Eva has left.
♪ ♪
Oh, by the way, we never discussed the business
on how do you like your bacon.
Do you like it inside the omelet,
or do you like it on the side?
Shh. The kids are still here.
I haven't been shushed for the kids' sake
in, well, quite a long time.
And also I seem to... not remember my sentences,
looking at you.
You are sweet... and loud.
Tyrell and Samantha have very selective hearing,
and "bacon" will have Tyrell running down this wing.
I already saw them.
-They're up already? -And gone.
I looked out, and Smitty, uh, scooped 'em up.
But they also left a very sweet note on the counter for you.
So early.
I just realized today is the primary.
I hope Martin isn't overdoing it.
You know what I realized?
You haven't told them about us yet.
I have been very vocal with everyone.
Except my grandkids.
I was gonna get around to telling them.
I just-- I wanted to have my coffee first.
Oh, I know how you like it.
And I got to say,
I haven't seen you look like this, and I kind of like it.
-Like what? -I mean, don't get me wrong.
I love it how you can play complete control
of what you're doing, you know, turning it on for me, but this.
This tousled hair,
flushed cheeks, breathless.
Yeah. Being beautiful without even knowing it.
I can work with that, too.
-Has Nicole seen Kat? -I don't know.
Kat is adamant I do not bring Nicole into this.
And what Kat says goes.
I'm sorry. I, um...
I should get some caffeine.
Uh, want some?
-I'm good. -All right.
Just text me if you hear anything?
You know it.
Andre, you're supposed to be home with Dani
stretched out with your leg up.
I'm supposed to be here for my family,
for you and for Eva.
I love that girl.
(groans) Excuse me.
I can't believe
that these meds that I'm on are keeping me from being a donor.
You know, maybe if I... if I stop taking them...
We don't have that kind of time.
Yeah. I know you've had a rough night.
Yeah, I'm worried that tonight will be worse.
Well, someone's made an end run past Caroline.
We are way past your work wife announcing my presence.
-Ah. Oh, yeah? -Yeah.
There's some things we need to get straight right now.
Weren't we supposed to, you know, let things cool down?
Let the temptation dissipate a bit?
You see, that-- that right there is exhibit A
of what we need to discuss.
Okay, look, I don't know what you're gonna say...
Well, the double entendres, the winks, the nods.
They're already flying, and I haven't been here a minute.
Okay. I'm just having a little fun, Dani. No one's around.
You want to make this a little twisted secret?
A private joke?
What's the harm?
You asking that is further proof
that you are no match for my husband.
Oh, well, maybe you should reassess
now that you have a more recent comparison of our skill sets.
If you're this crude with me, you're not gonna be able
to help yourself in front of Andre.
You're gonna be dropping all kinds of bread crumbs
that lead back to that elevator.
So what-what, you think
-I'm playing a game? -Worse.
I think you're being you, Bill.
The same man who didn't want me,
but didn't want anyone else playing with his toy.
Well, you're the one who's been wanting to get back
at Hayley all this time, and now you have.
If last night was not the ultimate revenge...
Hayley was the last thing on my mind in that moment.
Really? Okay. Okay, fine.
Then what were you thinking about
when we were making love on that elevator?
Oh. Hey, handsome.
Did you get some sleep out there in the waiting room all night?
Yeah. I needed to be here in case she...
when she wakes up.
You know, the doc said
that unconscious patients can... they can hear you.
So, I have been sitting here telling her stories
about our adventures as the Gilmore Girls.
-The TV show? -Oh, yeah.
I mean, oh, we love that show because it reminds us of us.
You've got the unconventional mama
and the serious daughter, and they are raising each other.
Eva gets all sheepish when I talk like this.
I was hoping she'd be tickled enough to wake up and go,
"Mama, knock it off."
-That sounds like her. -Yeah.
You know, I am desperate enough to pull out the baby pictures.
Oh, my God. She was the most beautiful baby
that has ever been.
Mm, no doubt,
since she's the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen.
-Mm. -I'd love to see those pictures
and even hear some of those stories.
Pictures, yeah, but, uh,
I think I'll let Eva tell you her stories when she wakes up.
I hope so.
Mm-mmm, no.
We are not doubting, Izaiah, okay?
We're keeping the faith.
'Cause I think...
that she can hear
and she can feel it.
So Kat is out there, magical thinking,
hoping that some random donor pops up
so she'll never have to decide?
Last night was traumatic for her, too.
She's still processing.
Being trapped behind that pipe in the stairwell,
Eva coughing up blood.
If Kat wouldn't have screamed for help,
Eva might not have made it this far.
So Kat thinks that because she saved her once, that she's good?
She's just shaken.
She's not herself.
Or is she fully herself?
What's that supposed to mean?
Do the math, Uncle Ted.
The life of the sister she holds responsible
for breaking up her parents' marriage
and for taking half of your attention
is hung up in the balance.
And she might have to be the deciding factor in that.
And I'm not saying that this is revenge,
but what if this feels like something karmic for her?
Her mother and I raised Kat to be better than that.
I just need to remind her.
But I have to find her first.
Yeah, you're right.
Any minute, the elevator's gonna ding,
and she's gonna step off of it,
because as much as Kat hates Eva, she loves you more.
She could never devastate you like that.
She would never let you lose your other daughter.
I've got to believe that helping Eva is still in the cards,
or you'd be on a jet right now.
I just needed to catch my breath.
Everyone was coming at me, which was ridiculous,
because they don't even know if I'm a match.
And neither do you.
Look, coz, this is definitely
a "your body, your choice moment."
But if you don't choose soon, it might be out of your hands,
and even if you want to save Eva's life,
Kat, it might be too late.
-I am here to redraw a line. -Okay, you want to keep it
on the DL for all the reasons. I get that.
But it's just us here right now, Dani.
Why lie about it?
We thought we were going to die.
We reopened a door that we shouldn't have,
and it's closed again, end of story.
Or we were finally honest with each other and with ourselves.
You think this was us coming clean?
Bill, that was panic.
That was us out of our minds, divorced from reality.
-Well, it felt real to me. -We were trapped
in that damn box, and we lost sight
of the lives that we're actually living,
of the people we love, the people we belong to.
-And we remembered everything. -We remembered what
is dead and gone, long gone.
Until you dragged us down memory lane
and kept going there.
Why couldn't you leave it alone?
Because I wanted you to remember, okay?
I wanted you to remember that we can survive anything together.
What kind of BS is that?
What our marriage didn't survive was you.
Okay, if we were gonna die, I wanted to make damn sure
that your last thoughts weren't of the walls closing in.
So instead, you made me feel like the last two years
-didn't happen. -Okay, come on, Dani...
No, no, no, no, don't. Because you know what?
I was lost then, but I've snapped back now,
and it has all come crashing back with a vengeance.
I'm so mad at myself.
How could I have been so stupid?
How could I have forgotten all of that hurt and betrayal?
How could I have had so little self-control?
If I was going to die, I could have died with dignity,
with my kids and Andre in my head and on my heart,
with them in my thoughts, not you.
What we did was selfish.
It was not an act of love.
Well... we can't beat ourselves up
for reaching for each other at the end of the world, okay?
-Because I certainly won't. -Because
-you have no moral compass. -Okay. Maybe not.
Maybe I don't.
But what I do have is a clear recollection, hmm?
Of us coming together, of us knowing each other,
needing that connection, feeling.
I don't see what you see.
It was fate.
Not to brag, but your mouth is about to be very happy.
Wait, wait.
I want to thank you.
For what?
You were my hero last night.
I think I can do better.
Maybe that is why it was so touching,
you just holding me.
It's what you needed.
That I would definitely say, yes.
Uh, I was a mess.
My brain was racing, my emotions were churning,
and you helped me open up and stay calm.
And then you put your healing hands on me.
I know you want to keep things...
the way they are between us,
but when I heard about that tornado,
I couldn't stop thinking about you
and making sure you were safe.
I just wanted to know you didn't have a scratch on you.
And...
I just don't want to crowd you, Nicole.
If what I said is too much, and you need space,
we can just skip the omelet.
Uh...
we can skip the omelet.
But not because I need space.
Mmm. Okay, I'm serious.
If I ever feel that way, I will let you know.
But somehow,
you know when to press,
and when to leave me wanting for more.
And I just can't get my fill of you.
-Is that so? -Mm.
Mmm.
(phone buzzing)
Ah, ah. If we start, we're not gonna stop.
It's worth the risk.
Mmm.
-Oh, you're here. -Oh.
Can I, uh, put you to work?
Your uncle has had exactly two bites of a break room bagel.
-I've got him. -Your leg. You get...
Yeah, it gets stiff when I sit too long.
-I got it. -Mm-hmm.
I'm gonna go back in.
It's good to know that you're the ones
gonna be in there helping.
The doctor should be rounding soon.
Leslie is trying hard, but she is on the ragged edge.
She's not gonna try and track down Kat herself, is she?
And leave Eva's side?
I have never seen that woman stripped down.
She's not the only one.
You know, it's like, uh, I've been trying
to keep the faith for both of us,
but as time passes,
it's like we're trading places.
I can't ever make up the time I miss with Eva,
but every day,
she shares herself with me a little more, you know?
I'll never have her first steps or tea parties
or teaching her to drive,
none of those things.
But we were racking up... our own milestones.
We were supposed to have... decades, Shanice.
Yeah, and you still can.
What if the last time I talked to my daughter
was the last time?
I'm sitting here trying to remember
the last thing she said to me, and... I can't.
Hey, you were standing right next to me.
You told her that she looked beautiful
and then she lit up like Christmas.
I'm putting this dress in the trash.
Do not blame the couture on the tornado.
Did you get tested?
Wrong blood type.
But you wouldn't even hesitate.
And I'm guessing the rest of the family
just lined up and gave blood.
Yeah, but we're not you.
And I promise I'm not sitting here judging.
You did when it was BRCA test.
Well, that's because I selfishly want you in the world forever.
Yeah, but with this Eva situation,
it isn't some far-off possibility.
You know, since we were kids, you were grossed out
by some of the plastic surgery your dad did.
-Yeah. -So this-- you'd be freaked regardless.
Am I a terrible person for knowing
that I wouldn't even flinch if it was you
or my mom or Aunt Dani
or Smitty or any of our other family members?
But Eva is not someone I love, Chels.
She's someone I hate.
Well, you can hate her better if she has a pulse.
-Oh. -I'm just saying.
I don't want her to die.
I just want someone
to step up off that donor list and save her.
I don't want to lay down my life for her.
I'm not convinced that you can turn your back on Eva
and not wake up one day and regret the hell out of it.
Maybe... maybe not for you,
but for the people you love who love her.
If Eva dies, what would that do to your dad?
To Martin, to Samantha and Tyrell?
Have you thought about them?
Izaiah's gonna keep you company
while Mama takes a hot minute to clean up.
Um, I won't take long.
Uh, is it okay if it's just me and Eva for a little bit?
Oh, yeah, of course.
I mean... there's a part of me that thinks
I can keep her tethered by just sitting by that bed.
But I hear her voice in my head telling me
to let you two lovebirds be alone.
Now look, if she blinks
just a little bit, you holler.
-Mm. -Okay.
Thanks, Leslie.
Uh...
I hope your mama's right,
and you can hear me, 'cause...
I got some things to say.
-Hey. -Hey, thanks for scrubbing in.
-How's Mr. Silva? -Uh, reconstruction went well.
Hey, look, I've got our practice, brother.
You focus on how Eva's doing.
What's the word?
Kat's still MIA.
We have to find a donor.
Well, everyone at the practice got tested.
Thanks.
I would have thought, with time,
it would have cured this thing between my daughters.
If I could have made Kat see
that Eva's not the villain she built her up to be, then...
Yeah, but Kat is not easily moved.
I just wish there was something I could have said or done,
and Eva wouldn't be in this position.
Now her life is in Kat's hands,
and Kat may be willing
to let it slip right through them.
-Mmm. -Some poor man
is waiting for you in traction.
If he saw you, I think he would understand.
I'm gonna make it up to you as soon as I get back from Boston.
Oh, yes, you are.
-Mmm. -Oh. Go.
-(phone buzzing) -I'm gone.
Ah.
It's good to have you in the world, Nicole.
Right back at you.
Carlton. I hope you're having a good morning.
Hey, I'm fine, but, uh, I got to ask you something,
and I hope I'm not overstepping.
Go on.
Have you talked to Ted?
He texted, looking for Kat. Why?
And he didn't tell you why?
No, I just assumed
that he was checking in after the night we all had.
But that's not it, is it?
Yeah, no. That's for Ted to fill you in on.
-Where is he? -Well, he's here at the hospital.
But he's been here all night.
I think he could use a friend.
Your mom thinks you have a sappiness limit.
But I think you're just not used
to being the center of someone's world, where you belong.
I, uh... I never told you this
'cause I didn't want to scare you.
But, uh, the day we met, when you handed me that pen,
I knew you changed my life.
For real.
I was on the fence about Banneker,
about being back in my parents' orbit,
but you calmed all my nerves about moving home,
starting with that first moment.
I spent so long running away from this place,
never knowing I'd find what I wanted,
what I needed, right here.
With you.
I need you like you need me.
And...
And, uh, you love me like I love you, Eva.
I love you.
I love you so much. Um...
Just hang on, okay?
Just a little bit. Hang on for me.
And-and we're gonna do some things together, okay?
Big things.
My dad's never gonna forgive me
if I could save Eva's life, and I just... don't.
Were those his words?
Close enough.
And once he's through with me,
the rest of the family will look at me
like I'm a selfish monster, too.
Uncle Ted loves you.
He's also just trying to save his kid.
Did you know that if a hospital suspects
that you're donating under duress,
they can't let you go through with it?
I looked it up.
You get your back up when somebody tells you what's what.
Yeah, and what's wrong with that?
Nothing. Usually, I applaud you for it.
But Kat, this grudge could mean Eva's life or her death.
Oh, my God. I'm just so tired and stressed.
Why can't someone help me sort through this?
Someone who understands the risks
but has my best interests at heart, not just Eva's.
Come on.
Where are we going?
To the person that's gonna help you make this decision,
The moment was coming, and we've been trying
and failing to tamp down this hold
that we've had over one another for months now.
The tornado just sped up the inevitable.
No, Bill, we were moving on.
And I don't understand why you're fighting me on this.
You should be just as invested
in pretending that that elevator ride never happened,
because if we don't, our marriages are going down.
What if I don't care?
Uh, um, I'll come back, man.
Uh, stay.
Yeah. Um, family matters to her.
Yeah, I haven't exactly been the cousin...
I should be.
I've been meaning to clock more time with her.
Yeah, there's never enough time with Eva Thomas.
The way she tells it, you were, uh...
you were you were the first one in the fam to welcome her.
No judgement.
So, how are you holding up?
Uh, well, we haven't been together that long,
but it feels like half of me is in this bed, too.
Yeah. And I feel you.
You know, love has a crazy way of sneaking up on us.
When you know, you know.
And the moment you have your heart made up,
you can't imagine life without her in it.
So now, you're throwing Hayley over
and I'm supposed to swoon?
Two years ago, you disposed of me like I was nothing
because of this great love for Hayley.
What, has the love just worn off?
Oh, okay, look, don't twist it, all right?
I love my wife.
But I also...
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't you dare.
Dani, look, I can't just
turn off my feelings for you, okay?
I thought I could, but it just doesn't work like that.
If the truth came out--
I don't know-- Hayley and I could deal
and work through the fallout.
Oh, you think
Hayley's gonna forgive you the way I always did?
Same old Bill.
You want your cake and your little cupcake, too.
Just that I'm on the side this time.
So now you care about what happens to Hayley?
No. Hayley deserves every bit of humiliation you can dish out.
But Andre doesn't.
He's the innocent in this mess,
and you don't get to hurt him with our mistake.
Oh, oh, so that's how you see us?
Hmm? A mistake?
Perpetually.
I'm letting go of you.
Forever.
We'll see.
-Shanice. -Hey.
Hey, I heard you and Nurse Morgan--
y'all triaged in ball gowns?
How are you still standing?
-Oh, please. I'm Shanice. -Hmm.
Why don't you let a few other nurses take charge for today?
Ah, I need to be here with Ted.
Well, did I miss something?
Did he get hurt in the tornado?
Is Nicole still not in the loop?
Honey, your dad's been looking for you.
Kat knows.
He didn't tell you?
No, but from the long look on your face,
I can see that he should have.
Don't get mad at Dad.
I asked him not to.
Kat.
It's too awful.
And you're gonna think I'm awful, too.
What is it?
When we were trapped, Eva got hurt.
How bad?
Her liver's damaged beyond repair,
and she needs a new one... now-ish.
They are looking for a match. Are you a match?
-I don't know. -Is the lab backed up?
I, um... I haven't gotten tested,
because if I am,
I don't know if I could go through with a transplant.
You're so disappointed, you're speechless.
No.
I just hate that you have been going through this without me.
-Ted. -D-Dr. Arnold,
uh, what can you tell us?
Uh, I mean, I wish there was a easy way to say this.
We needed Eva to hold steady until we found a donor,
but her blood pressure's falling
and her heart rate is rising.
Okay, well, can't you put her on another drip or something?
We're doing all we can.
Where are we with the, uh... the donor registry?
I just checked with the coordinator again.
Just waiting to hear back, but the more time that passes...
Okay, look, you just keep her name
at the top of that list, all right?
I know you see her as frail in that bed, but she is a warrior,
and she is not about to give up on her life, Doctor.
If she doesn't, uh,
get the transplant...
...how much time does she have?
It'll be a miracle if she makes it to the morning.
I'll be in the kitchen if anybody needs me.
-Thank you, Chelsea. -Thanks, Chels.
-Always. -Sit.
Okay. Breathe.
I am your mother.
There is nothing that you can't say to me.
Whether you feel small
or mean or afraid,
that doesn't define you.
But what I do matters, right?
What if that equals no Eva?
Mom, you never, ever do the wrong thing.
You always just rise above and give.
Hell, you'd give Leslie your liver if it came to it.
Do you know what I gave her last night?
A piece of my mind.
I was ready to throw down with Leslie
because she was trying to pull Ted away
from looking for you and Dani to look for Eva.
Turns out it was her daughter who needed him.
And now I couldn't feel worse about it.
But that fact doesn't make me a bad person
and Leslie a good one.
Exactly.
Everyone's giving me the stank eye,
looking at me like I owe Eva my liver,
like her being sick just erases everything she was before.
Now, I'm not a heartless bitch,
but I'm not a forgetful one, either.
And this moment is bringing up all of the bad things
that she's done to you.
Oh, my gosh. It's not rational.
But it feels like
she orchestrated the ultimate setup.
Either I save her
or everyone hates me forever because I didn't.
And if the roles were reversed, and I was in that hospital bed,
she would let me die.
-Honey, you can't know that. -Oh, no, I do.
She said it.
She said, one day I'd need her,
and she told me to go to hell.
Okay, let's say she meant it, 100%.
She did.
You have always said you and Eva are not the same.
So do you want to make the choice
that you think Eva would because you think she deserves it?
Or do you want to base your opinion on your own heart?
So you're telling me to do it?
No, this decision is yours, Kat.
But if you do need more time to decide,
take the test so you have the option.
This is worse than I thought.
What is?
Maybe you do still really love her,
and maybe you feel some kind of way about me,
but the person you really love is you.
I may have made the biggest mistake of my life,
but trust, I love my husband.
I am committed to him, and if you blow that up,
-you will never get what you think you want from me. -Okay.
-And what do you think I want? -Me,
-crying and begging for you. -Got it.
-Duly noted. -I'm not done.
We are the only two people who know about this.
So if Andre somehow finds out, I'll know it's you.
And that will be the cruelest thing you have ever done.
I will never forgive you.
There will be no more playing nice in front of the girls.
Any shred of peace will be gone.
-You'll be dead to me. -Yeah, okay.
Geez, Dani, I get it, all right?
I need to hear you say it.
Promise me.
Well, I don't respond to threats,
especially empty ones.
-I meant what I said. -Oh. And yet
it'll never be over between us.
Now you're just being ridiculous.
No, those are your words, Dani.
Yeah. Remember? You said them at my wedding.
You know, and they haunted me at first, like a curse,
but now I know why they stuck.
Because you're always there, Dani.
ANDRE: If you'd just open your eyes, you'd see
that I'm holding the picture I took of you at the gala.
You were playing at being happy then,
but you were actually the loneliest girl in the world.
Ah. Cut to the fundraiser
all these months later.
Man, when I saw you,
you were happy and radiant.
I said, "Man, you have really flipped the switch."
You found your people, Eva,
and you've, um... you've owned yourself.
You hear me?
You've made Uncle Ted a proud papa.
And your guy out there is completely on the hook.
And, um, Leslie is not tamed,
but you've gotten her threat level way down.
And Martin and the kids-- you know, they adore you.
You got family, and we're all out here rooting for you.
We're pulling for you.
God, I hope you can feel us.
Let's go tell her to pay that doctor no mind.
I am so deeply sorry.
Last time I checked, you weren't a tornado.
When you were pregnant with Eva...
...the way that I showed out.
I don't know that man, Dana.
The one who could have seen your child,
our child, as a threat
to the family I already had.
The one who was relieved
when you told me you'd taken care of it.
Oh, Ted,
you didn't know her yet.
If I had just been honest with you,
if you had just met her.
Once you laid eyes on our gorgeous girl,
you would have never been able to deny her.
You would have never, ever let her go.
And now I may lose her all over again.
Don't. Mm-mmm.
You stopped me last night from letting the negativity creep.
Now, Eva-- she finally has the life
that she deserved.
Including having her daddy back.
She's not going anywhere, Ted.
-Mm. Mm. -Okay?
Tell me something good.
Baby.
-I'm ready to be tested. -LESLIE: Oh!
Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you, Kat.
I have a lab tech on standby.
Whatever you said to her,
I am eternally grateful.
It was all her decision.
You might want to keep the hope in check.
Kat only agreed to be tested,
not to do the surgery, at least not yet.
Well, she came this far.
She will once she finds out that she's a match.
If she's a match.
We're not gonna lose our girl.
We're not gonna lose our baby, Ted.
You're quoting me from the lowest point in my life,
one that I punctuated with bullets
to shore up your case, Counselor?
-Now, that's desperation. -No, no, no.
Don't try to make light of it.
I'm stating cold, hard facts.
You're the one throwing out fate and destiny.
But down here in reality,
where you left me once upon a time,
it was Andre who picked me up
from the grave you dropped me in.
He told me over and over again that I wasn't disposable,
that I am Dani Dupree.
And he did it with love and patience
and the best sex of my life.
He made me feel like myself again,
while you were off playing house with Hayley,
not giving me a thought.
So you saying
that I've been rattling around your head
all of this time is the biggest lie of all.
-Okay, Dani, all I'm saying... -Do not turn me into you!
I cannot repay Andre
by treating him the way that you have always treated me.
If I let you do that to me, I will hate myself.
It will destroy me.
Please, Bill.
Okay.
Not another word, all right?
And you have mine.
And it's not because of the ultimatum or for Andre.
Then why?
Because I've hurt you enough.
And I won't do it again.
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