- 7/1/2025
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00:00Hey there.
00:08Oh, Ari.
00:10Hey.
00:12Uh, is this your section for tonight?
00:14Actually, tonight the whole pub is my section.
00:17Perfect.
00:27Uh.
00:28Wow.
00:31I cannot believe that someone so small can kick so hard.
00:37Sometimes I think that he or she is trying to kick their way out.
00:42Don't worry.
00:44It won't be much longer.
00:47Where are you going to miss feeling those kicks?
00:50I mean, after.
00:54I'm definitely not going to miss getting kicked in the ribs.
00:57I'm so done with being pregnant.
01:00I just want to get it over with so that you and I can move on with our lives.
01:07Yeah, but in order to do that, we still have to find someone who will adopt our baby.
01:11It's a nice, it's a nice, uh, chess set.
01:22Is it new?
01:23Dad, quit stalling.
01:25I'm not stalling.
01:26I'm just saying, I'm genuinely interested.
01:28Is it, uh...
01:30Someone give it to you?
01:31It's your turn, and I've been waiting for ten minutes.
01:37All right, all right.
01:39It's a travel set, isn't it?
01:40It's nice.
01:42It's pretty cool.
01:42It was a birthday present from Uncle E.J.
01:45Not figures.
01:46All right, all right.
01:50Here, I can catch you.
01:52We need...
01:53Wait.
01:54Check.
01:55What?
01:56My bishop should take your drink.
01:58Check.
02:00How did you do it?
02:00I didn't even see it.
02:02Ah.
02:04Ah, saved by the bell.
02:06Marlena, good timing, but...
02:08Sorry, wha...
02:10What?
02:19Hey.
02:20Hey.
02:21Hey, my love.
02:23I, uh, packed you a change of clothes.
02:25I hope I picked a decent outfit.
02:26I'm sure that it's, uh...
02:29I'm sure it's fine.
02:30Thanks.
02:33So, uh, I hear the arraignment is scheduled for tonight?
02:37Yeah.
02:38Yeah, that's a break.
02:39I was, uh...
02:41I was sure I'd be cooling my heels in here till tomorrow morning.
02:44Yeah, well, you have Mama to thank for that.
02:45She was able to pull some strings.
02:49Guess it helps having the mayor as your mother-in-law.
02:52Yeah, well, I wish it helped more.
02:54Like, why couldn't she stop you from being arrested in the first place?
03:01Yes, Rita, I'm on my weather station now.
03:03Indeed it did.
03:04The meeting with Judge Grosden went just as I'd hoped.
03:06Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
03:17So, what can I get you?
03:32I'm not sure.
03:33Um, I was thinking of the chicken pot pie, but I hate celery.
03:37Is there any celery in it?
03:40Uh, that's a good question.
03:42I can ask.
03:43No, wait, don't.
03:44Don't worry about it.
03:45I will just have the root beer and a tuna melt.
03:50Got it.
03:52A root beer and a tuna melt.
03:55Mm-hmm.
03:55Coming right up.
03:56With monster cheese.
03:58Monster.
03:59Mm-hmm.
04:01And I'll have that on a baguette.
04:03Do you have those here?
04:04Sure.
04:04Great.
04:05No fries either.
04:08Just want a side of broccoli.
04:10Steamed.
04:10A root beer.
04:13Mm-hmm.
04:14A tuna melt with monster cheese on a baguette with a side of steamed broccoli.
04:20Mm-hmm.
04:20Anything else?
04:22That should be all.
04:24For now.
04:26Actually, I do have some good news on the adoption front.
04:38Um, I found a lawyer who can help us.
04:42Seriously?
04:43Yeah.
04:44I met with her today.
04:47Without me?
04:49Well, yeah.
04:50Uh, I know how much you've been going through, um, with your grandfather dying.
04:55And I didn't want to bother you with anything else.
04:59And, you know, we're running out of time.
05:03Right.
05:04Yeah, no, I mean, I thank you for taking care of that, but I feel like I should meet this lawyer.
05:11Right?
05:12Yeah, definitely.
05:13I'll send you her info.
05:15I'm just glad that I was able to find somebody who isn't super expensive.
05:19And, um, you know, she seems kind.
05:25Understanding.
05:26Yeah.
05:27You know, I just, I really want to make sure that she finds parents that will give our kid a great life.
05:33Yeah.
05:37What are you thinking about?
05:38I don't know, I just, um, I don't know if you ever do this, but, like, I keep, like, picturing him in a year or two.
05:56Like, taking his first steps.
05:59Saying his first words.
06:03Him?
06:05His?
06:05Sorry, her or hers.
06:12Um, yeah, I'm, but I actually don't do that.
06:16I picture him or her growing up.
06:19I try not to, anyway.
06:22Yeah, I'm, I should probably not do that either.
06:27I'm sorry, I didn't.
06:28No, I.
06:28If that was insensitive to bring up.
06:30You, you, you're being honest.
06:35I'm, uh, I'm really glad that we are closer to finding a family for him or her.
06:44So we can get on with our lives.
06:49Like you said.
06:51Finally.
06:52Yeah.
06:54Finally.
06:58All right, Marlena, thanks for letting me know.
07:01Okay.
07:03Should we play another game?
07:04Uh, no, honey, I think, uh, the game's gonna have to wait because we need to talk about something important.
07:11Do you want me to teach you this Sicilian defense?
07:14No, no, Jess is gonna have to wait.
07:16Um, it's about your cousin Johnny.
07:23He was arrested.
07:28Oh.
07:31Right.
07:33Right?
07:35I thought I might arrest him.
07:38For shooting Uncle EJ.
07:44Chanel, look.
07:47It is not your mother's fault that I got arrested, okay?
07:50How is it not her fault?
07:51She's the one who gave the damn order.
07:53She's doing her job.
07:55Yeah, I don't blame her for that.
08:00In fact,
08:00part of me feels like I should thank her.
08:05You're joking, right?
08:06No.
08:08No, look.
08:10Chanel,
08:12it's so nice having the secret finally out in the open.
08:18These past few months, it has really been weighing on me.
08:23Knowing that I might have been capable of...
08:26I was just afraid that I was my father's son.
08:32Okay.
08:33But you have proved that you are not like EJ.
08:38Okay?
08:39You walked away without hurting him,
08:41and that is all that matters.
08:42I couldn't agree more.
08:56There you go.
08:57And your tuna melt should be out any minute.
08:59Sorry for the wait.
09:00It's fine.
09:01Honestly, I'm glad to see you're so busy.
09:04I mean, I'm sorry you've been so slammed recently,
09:06but at least it explains why we haven't been seeing much of each other.
09:10I was beginning to think you were ignoring me.
09:15Ignoring you?
09:16We haven't even seen each other.
09:18Yeah, that's kind of my point.
09:20Didn't we agree that we wanted to be seeing more of each other
09:22the last time that we,
09:24you know,
09:26hung out?
09:28We did.
09:29Yeah.
09:31So why haven't you returned any of my messages?
09:33Look, if you've changed your mind,
09:34you can just come right in and tell me.
09:35Why would I have changed my mind?
09:37I don't know.
09:38Maybe because you're seeing someone else?
09:47Just got the lawyer's info.
09:50Hey, did you see any of the photos that Aaron took at graduation?
09:54No.
09:55What?
09:55Can you show me?
09:56Absolutely.
09:57I will pull them up right now.
09:59Hello, Sophia.
10:00Kate.
10:01Mrs. Choi?
10:02Hi.
10:04Sophia, are you sure you don't want to come to Buddies with the rest of us?
10:06Your brothers would love to have you there.
10:08Like I said, Mom,
10:10with the baby kicking so much,
10:11I'd really just rather stay in one place.
10:13Are you sure?
10:14Your father wanted to go to a movie afterwards,
10:16so we might be gone in a while.
10:17That's fine.
10:19Should we bring you home some movie theater popcorn?
10:21I know it's your favorite.
10:22I'm good.
10:24Tate, I assume you won't be staying long, but...
10:27I'm...
10:27I'll be totally fine.
10:29Thank you, Mrs. Choi.
10:29Okay.
10:29Well, if either of you change your mind, text me.
10:35Will do.
10:44Chanel, if you wouldn't mind?
10:47Excuse me?
10:48I'd like to have a private world with my son.
10:50I think I'm fine right where I am.
10:51Look, Dad, whatever we have to say to each other,
10:54we can say in front of Chanel.
10:56Not anymore.
10:59As of 15 minutes ago, I'm officially Johnny's lawyer.
11:03What?
11:03I thought you said you couldn't defend me.
11:06According to my most recent meeting with Judge Grafton,
11:08you're entitled to choose whomever you want
11:10as your defense lawyer.
11:12Oh, come on.
11:13Just because you convinced some judge to bend the rules
11:16does not mean that this is a good idea.
11:18Johnny, I do not think that you should do this.
11:23I do need some kind of representation.
11:26Okay, and there are plenty of lawyers
11:29here in town to choose from.
11:31Johnny needs the best possible defense.
11:33We can't leave his fate in the hands
11:35of some local Salem huckster.
11:36Okay, but you are also the victim,
11:39and not to mention his father.
11:40Isn't that a conflict of interest?
11:42Judge Grafton ruled otherwise.
11:43Now, until you get your law degree,
11:46you can bloody well keep your opinions to yourself, Chanel.
11:56You don't seem that surprised about your cousin's arrest.
12:01Why would I be?
12:03I saw him with a gun.
12:05I told you that.
12:06I know.
12:06I know you did.
12:07I know you did, but
12:08now that Johnny's been taken into custody,
12:11I think that
12:12the police are going to want to ask you
12:14some questions about that.
12:16But I thought I wasn't supposed to say anything
12:18about seeing Johnny that night.
12:19But if I did, it would be bad for Grandma Rachel.
12:22Honey, yeah, that was before.
12:24That was before.
12:25But now that Grandma is
12:26home safe and sound,
12:28we don't have to worry about that anymore.
12:30So if the police ask you
12:31anything,
12:33I want you to tell the truth.
12:35You understand?
12:35But I don't want to talk to the police.
12:39Look, honey, honey, you have to.
12:40It's very important.
12:42And look, I'll be there with you the whole time.
12:45It'll be fine.
12:45I didn't know you'd be home already.
12:57I didn't plan to be,
12:59but we got Grandma Rachel all settled in
13:02and to her new home.
13:03And, um,
13:05well,
13:06I just, uh,
13:07rushed over here because I missed you.
13:09I missed you, too.
13:09Did Grandma say
13:12when we can visit her again?
13:13Oh, yeah, yeah.
13:14We'll visit her very soon.
13:15But in the meantime,
13:16she wanted me to give you this card.
13:19And I thought maybe you could
13:21go to your room,
13:22get some paper,
13:23and write her back.
13:24Good idea.
13:24Yeah.
13:31Okay, why are you really here?
13:34You have to ask.
13:36I heard that Johnny was arrested.
13:38Where the hell else would I be?
13:41Come on, Brady.
13:42This is a disaster.
13:48Dad.
13:50I'm sorry.
13:51That was...
13:53Forgive me, Chanel.
13:55I'm just upset,
13:57as you can clearly see.
13:58Yeah, well,
13:59we're all a little upset,
14:01Egypt.
14:03Look, son,
14:04I understand
14:05having me defend you
14:06is an unconventional idea,
14:07but I think it's one
14:08that will work on the jury.
14:11What better proof
14:12that you had nothing
14:13to do with my shooting
14:14than the fact
14:15that the victim himself
14:16is your attorney?
14:17Got the impression
14:33that your mom
14:34wants me to leave.
14:36Yeah, I think she's worried
14:37that we're gonna
14:38make another baby.
14:41Does she think
14:41we're together?
14:42I have no idea
14:45what she thinks.
14:47But who cares, right?
14:50It's none of her business
14:51who I date
14:52or don't date.
14:55And not that it's
14:56any of my business,
14:57but
14:57what about Holly?
15:00Anything new
15:01happening there?
15:02No.
15:03No, I haven't heard
15:04from a shit's graduation.
15:07Right.
15:07Well, I actually,
15:09I have seen her.
15:10She was helping Doug
15:11study for his GED.
15:14Really?
15:16Yeah, I don't know
15:17what she sees
15:17in that guy,
15:18but it seems like
15:20they're getting
15:20pretty close.
15:25No, I'm not
15:27seeing anyone else.
15:28Are you sure?
15:30Look, it's no big deal
15:31if you are.
15:32It's just I'd
15:32kind of like to know.
15:34I'm sure.
15:35Trust me.
15:35Okay.
15:41Well, in that case,
15:42I was thinking
15:43what if we went
15:44to a movie or something
15:45after you get off work?
15:47I might be
15:48a little tired
15:49after my shift.
15:52All right, then.
15:54How about we
15:55just go to your room?
16:00Oh.
16:02Damn it, Brady.
16:03I don't believe this.
16:05Not only do
16:07Roman and Marlena
16:08know that Rachel
16:09saw Johnny
16:10with a gun,
16:11Roman told the police.
16:13Roman and Marlena
16:14were doing what they
16:15thought was best
16:15for Johnny.
16:16Okay, what about
16:17what's best for Rachel?
16:19I mean, my God,
16:20what were you thinking
16:21telling her
16:22that Johnny was arrested
16:23without talking
16:24to me first?
16:25Guys, Kristen,
16:25you know,
16:26I don't recall you
16:26giving me the heads up
16:27before you told EJ
16:28that Rachel saw Johnny
16:30with a gun that night.
16:32Besides,
16:32Rachel would have
16:33found out
16:34sooner or later
16:35because the police
16:36are going to want
16:36to talk to her
16:37about what she saw
16:38that night.
16:38Oh, oh, oh.
16:40And how do you think
16:42EJ is going to react
16:44to this?
16:45Hmm?
16:46We swore that Rachel
16:48wouldn't testify
16:49against Johnny
16:50in order to keep
16:51my mother safe.
16:52And he is going
16:53to go back on
16:54his word
16:55just like we did.
16:57I don't think
16:58you're going to have
16:58to worry about
16:59your mother.
17:01Oh, no?
17:02You think it's
17:05above EJ
17:06to hurt her
17:07or make her vanish
17:08into thin air
17:09like he did before?
17:11I mean,
17:11there's nothing
17:12that is going
17:12to stop him, Brady.
17:16I don't know
17:18what he's going
17:18to do next.
17:20Oh, what if this time,
17:22what if this time
17:23he doesn't just
17:24go after my mother?
17:26What if he goes
17:26after our daughter?
17:28What if he hurts Rachel?
17:35Johnny,
17:36I do not believe
17:38that hiring your father
17:39as your attorney
17:40is a good idea.
17:42Michelle,
17:42I think my dad
17:43has a point here.
17:44Of course I do.
17:45The jury's unlikely
17:45to believe
17:46that Johnny's guilty
17:47if he's being represented
17:48by the victim himself.
17:49Okay,
17:50but you're not
17:50just the victim,
17:51you're also his father.
17:53The jury will see
17:54that he has
17:54an obvious motive
17:55to lie.
17:56But he's not lying.
17:58He believes
17:58that I'm innocent.
18:01You told Johnny
18:02yourself
18:02that you don't
18:03actually remember
18:04who shot you.
18:05so you can't
18:06actually say
18:07who it was
18:08one way
18:09or the other.
18:11Listen,
18:13Chanel?
18:15Chanel?
18:16Hey.
18:16I know that this
18:20is a gamble,
18:20okay?
18:23It's a gamble
18:24either way.
18:24I mean,
18:24imagine if I go
18:25with somebody else.
18:26Then what if
18:27the jury wonders
18:27why my dad
18:28didn't want to
18:29stand up?
18:29Another excellent point.
18:34Hey.
18:36I hear you.
18:38I'm...
18:38I hear you.
18:43But I think
18:44the pros
18:44outweigh the cons here.
18:49Dad,
18:49I would like
18:50to hire you
18:50as my attorney.
18:51All right.
18:52So now you agree
19:08that EJ
19:09could harm our daughter?
19:11I don't know.
19:13Obviously,
19:14I don't want to
19:15believe that
19:15that my brother
19:17could hurt a child,
19:18let alone his own niece.
19:20But Brady,
19:21his son was arrested
19:23and there's no telling
19:24what he might do.
19:25All right.
19:25Let's take a breath.
19:26Take a breath.
19:27I know that EJ
19:28can be vengeful
19:29even towards
19:30his own family.
19:31All right?
19:31But surely,
19:32he has to understand
19:34that Rachel didn't mean
19:34for Johnny
19:35to get arrested.
19:36She didn't go
19:37to the cops.
19:38You sound
19:39awfully confident.
19:41I am.
19:41I am
19:41because Johnny
19:42insists that he's innocent.
19:44Oh, my God.
19:45So what?
19:46You don't really
19:47believe him,
19:48do you?
19:48I mean,
19:48Rachel.
19:49Rachel saw him
19:50with a gun.
19:52You told Marlena
19:52he didn't fire the gun.
19:54Right, right, right.
19:56And, um,
19:58she believed him
19:59because
20:01he's her beloved grandson.
20:04You know,
20:04this isn't helping.
20:05This, the, the,
20:05Yeah, you know
20:06what else isn't helping?
20:07What?
20:07You, this,
20:08you're pretending
20:08that everything
20:09is hunky-dory,
20:10Brady.
20:10Stop fighting!
20:11Stop fighting!
20:19Very well.
20:20Let's hit the ground running,
20:20shall we?
20:21It's almost time
20:21for your bail hearing,
20:23so you should probably
20:23get changed.
20:25Yeah, um,
20:26look, I just need a minute
20:27along with Chanel first.
20:29Of course.
20:30I'll be right outside.
20:31I'm sorry.
20:42I know this is not
20:43what you want.
20:43If, if this is what
20:47you think is best,
20:49then I,
20:51I support your decision.
20:55Okay?
20:56Hey, don't,
20:56don't worry about
20:57how I feel.
20:58You, you just focus
20:59on making Gail.
21:00Okay?
21:02And I'll make sure
21:03your father stays in line.
21:04I am so sorry, sweetheart.
21:14Yeah, we,
21:15we're sorry.
21:16What do you mean
21:16to upset you?
21:16Don't be sorry to me.
21:18Be sorry
21:19to each other.
21:26Kristen,
21:27I am sorry.
21:29I,
21:29I shouldn't have
21:30gotten upset.
21:32And I am sorry.
21:33We shouldn't
21:35be raising our voices.
21:39There.
21:41Was that so hard?
21:49I promise this is the last one.
21:51Erin took this
21:51right after we left.
21:52Oh my God.
21:53Right?
21:54That's perfect.
21:55Usually these
21:56free-screen photos
21:57never work out,
21:58but they,
21:58they,
21:59look how high they got.
22:00And Erin is like,
22:01like three feet
22:02off the ground.
22:03Yeah.
22:03And knowing Erin,
22:04I'm guessing
22:04that took him
22:05several cries.
22:09Everyone looks like
22:10they're having
22:11so much fun.
22:13I wish I could have
22:14stayed.
22:15You know what?
22:16I think Brianna
22:16sent me some
22:17from the after party.
22:18Hang on.
22:18I got him.
22:20Last chance.
22:22Oh my God,
22:23Mom.
22:23You scared me.
22:24I'm sorry about that.
22:25Just wanted you to know
22:26the boys said
22:27they'll let you
22:27eat their fries
22:28if you come with them.
22:29All I want right now
22:30is some peace
22:31and quiet.
22:32So why don't you
22:33just tell the boys
22:33that I'm not feeling
22:34up for it, okay?
22:36Fine.
22:37Fine.
22:38I'll let them know.
22:41Bye.
22:43Bye.
22:44I'll see you
22:45after the movie.
22:46And Sophia,
22:47please be sure
22:48to eat something, okay?
22:48There's some leftover
22:49chicken marsala
22:50in the fridge.
22:53Thanks.
22:54God, she just doesn't
22:58know how to take
22:58no for an answer
22:59sometimes.
23:00Yeah, I get it.
23:01My mom can be
23:01like that too.
23:03Anyway, I should
23:04probably go.
23:04I'll give you
23:04that peace and quiet.
23:06Oh, no.
23:07Sorry.
23:07I just didn't want
23:08to hang out
23:09with my family tonight,
23:10but you don't have to.
23:12It's totally good.
23:13I don't want
23:14to tire you out.
23:15I just wanted
23:15to stop by
23:16and see how you were doing.
23:17No more contractions
23:18since graduation, right?
23:20No.
23:21Nothing.
23:23Not even a twinge.
23:24Good.
23:26Yeah, good.
23:26That's a relief.
23:28Yeah, it is.
23:30But, uh, Tate,
23:32really,
23:33you can stay
23:34if you want.
23:36I'm honestly
23:36not even tired
23:37and it's still
23:38pretty early.
23:39Totally.
23:40I just,
23:41I probably
23:42should go.
23:43You know,
23:43my sister's
23:44staying with us
23:45for a while
23:45and I don't get
23:46to hang out
23:46with her that often.
23:48Right.
23:50Cool.
23:50Okay.
23:52I'll send you
23:52those photos
23:53for sure.
23:54Thanks.
23:56And, uh,
23:57thanks for stopping by.
23:58Yeah,
23:59of course.
24:00See you later.
24:02Bye.
24:02All right.
24:03Bye.
24:09My room?
24:10Mm-hmm.
24:11I thought we agreed
24:12that wasn't
24:13the best idea,
24:14you know,
24:15given the fact
24:16that I work here.
24:18Mm-hmm.
24:18Yeah,
24:19but I also said
24:20that I know
24:20this place
24:20really well.
24:21Remember?
24:23You could just
24:24go up the back steps
24:25and no one
24:25would even see us.
24:29So how about
24:30you just
24:30give me the key
24:31and I'll meet you
24:33up there
24:33after your shift?
24:34Mm-hmm.
24:34Okay.
24:46Well, uh,
24:47I'm gonna go see
24:48how that food's coming up.
24:49Okay.
24:49So, how was everything?
25:09Just the way I like it.
25:10Glad to hear it.
25:12We aim to please
25:12here at the Brady boat.
25:13Speaking of,
25:19uh,
25:19I better go make sure
25:20that guy paid.
25:21I'll be right back,
25:22okay?
25:22Okay.
25:22Sweetie, do you, uh,
25:42do you want to talk
25:43any more about
25:44what we were talking
25:46about earlier?
25:47I don't think so.
25:52I'm gonna watch
25:52a movie.
25:54Oh, a movie.
25:56A scary movie.
25:58Like at a sleepover.
25:59You, me, and Dad.
26:00We could make popcorn
26:01and watch it all together
26:02in my bed.
26:04Uh, the three of us
26:05are not gonna fit
26:06on your bed,
26:06first of all.
26:07Sweetie.
26:08Um, well, I mean,
26:09we could, uh,
26:10just watch a movie
26:11here on the couch.
26:12How about that?
26:13Yes, that's fine, too.
26:14Can we, Dad?
26:15Yeah.
26:17Can we?
26:26Johnny's changing.
26:27It's assuming we can
26:28get this bail hearing
26:29over with,
26:29it's assuming I can
26:30start putting in
26:31the real work
26:31for mounting his defense.
26:34You really believe
26:36that you're the best
26:36person to do this?
26:38Obviously, I do.
26:40Just as you've made
26:41a more than plea of it,
26:42you obviously don't.
26:44Well, why should I?
26:45You're the person
26:46who put him
26:46in this position
26:47in the first place.
26:48And your mother
26:49is the one
26:49who railroaded
26:50Johnny into being
26:50arrested.
26:53And I hope
26:54this goes without
26:54saying that from
26:55now on,
26:56the last thing you'll
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