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Previously on Everwood�
It�s from Juilliard.
It�s my evaluation from
the summer program.
Basically I failed.
I mean I know what you�re going through,
my report card last year was terrible.
It�s not a report card, Amy.
This is my entire life � my whole plan
an-and it�s falling apart.
Andy Brown, I would like you
to meet my husband, John.
I know all the treatments, Andy.
All the drugs.
Five years can make a big difference.
Just give me one month.
I�m scared.
Tell us about yourself
in such a way
that we will have a good sense
of who you are.
I wish you would�ve asked me
that two years ago,
I could�ve told you exactly
who I was, who I�d be.
Two years ago I knew it all
and the thing is I was right.
How far is that from Juilliard?
What, NYU? It�s like 50 blocks.
You can walk it with a good pair of shoes.
That�s not bad, what else you got?
Sarah Lawrence.
It�s in Bronxville.
It�s about 40 minutes outside
of the city by train,
but apparently they are very
tattoo-friendly,
so that�s good.
Is this too much?
I told you that I was
only applying to schools
that were close to your conservatories
and now you�re actually
hearing me and
you�re actually freaking out.
No, I was just thinking
that 40 minutes is pretty far.
And now I like you again.
Well, think about it, end of the year
all the other couples
are going to be freaking out about
the long distance thing
and we�ll be set.
Exactly and it�s not like New York
and Boston don�t have
the best schools anyways.
It�s like you�re a genius sometimes.
I know.
I could do
journalism at Columbia,
NYU has the best theater,
Tufts has the best pre-med.
Ephram Brown?
The Guidance Counselor�s office
asked me to call you down.
What for?
Hey,
Chris Templeman.
I�m a
recruiter from Colorado A&M.
Well, I hate to tell you, but I, uh,
don�t really play any sports.
They don�t even let me go to games.
I�m with our Music department.
We try to keep an eye out
for the local talent,
like the sports guys do.
I hear that you�re applying to schools now.
Let me guess: uh, Juilliard, Berklee
College of Music and �?
That�s it.
Guess you�re sleeping well.
No, I don�t mean to be, uh,
y�know, I mean it�s, very
cool just to be asked.
Uh, but, uh, I�m-I�m pretty set
on going to Juilliard.
It�s kinda the place to be.
Don�t be so sure.
Take it from me.
You went to Juilliard?
Class of �81.
Wow.
Think of it this way:
You go there, you come out knowing
a lot about actually playing of piano.
And that�s it.
You come out of our program and
you have top-notch technical training.
And that�s worth something out
there in the job world, trust me.
Look, I appreciate all this,
but I�m pretty set with my plan.
You�re seventeen,
I don�t know how you can be expected to know
how you�re gonna fee
l ten years from now.
Or thirty.
I mean, you�re ready to say
that this is what you want
to do for the rest of your life?
It never hurts to explore your options.
Talk it over with your parents.
If you feel like coming down,
I�ll get you on the tour.
Think about it.
Plans are like candy to the Fates.
The only thing you could
ever be sure of is,
nothing ever goes
the way you imagined.
I should probably be
used to that by now.
"Shoot the Moon"
What are you doing
and why are you still here?
One answer for both questions.
I�m fixing you breakfast.
Waffles, muffins, brownies, too.
Though technically that�s more
dessert than breakfast,
but who's gonna arrest me?
Don�t mean to be ungrateful but
shouldn�t you be driving a bus
load of screaming kids to school?
Not today.
What�s the matter?
Are you sick?
Even better, I quit.
You what?
I told �em, I want to retire,
they said okay.
No more bus, no more driver.
I�m done.
These are waffles of celebration.
I�m gonna open some champagne.
You keep that cork where it is.
Since when do we make life decisions
around here without a consult?
It was spur of the moment.
I thought it; I said it.
They pulled out the papers.
But I gotta tell ya,
I never slept better.
And that�s the end of it?
Be happy for me, Edna, have a waffle?
You eat it.
Oh, come on, Edna.
Sorry, bucko, some of us
still got a job to get to.
Oh, please, don�t mean, you didn�t
read all of this just for us.
Oh, you need to get out more.
-Maybe join Netflix.
-Are you kidding?
Research is half the fun of the job.
Now I can say cognitive
neurorehabilitation at parties.
You just made my guest list.
Actually
I�m amazed at the depth of
research into stroke recovery
especially with patients with
long term aphasia like your husband.
Has anyone ever mentioned
music therapy to you before?
I don�t think so.
Well, if you�re willing,
I would like to give it a try.
I want to build a structured
music plan in your home.
Music plan?
And it�s basically
what it sounds like.
We load up your 50 CD changer,
then we keep the music
playing at regular intervals.
And from what I understand,
the first priority is
consistent stimulation
and apparently music is the best kind.
Uh, Schubert, Hyden,
no Skynrd, huh?
Uh, uh.
And you think this will help?
Yes, I really do.
You know how, uh,
overeager parents are always
playing Mozart for their babies?
The crazy ones.
Yes, it�s the same
principles actually.
We have found out that
the human brain
is much more malleable
than we ever thought it was.
Connections form and
strengthen constantly
in response to environment.
Now, the more stimulated
the environment�
The more the connections.
Hopefully.
At least it�s a start.
I�ve had starts before.
I know you have.
I know you have.
Your husband�s been
nonresponsive for 5 years
and I know how hard
it must be for you
to think about treatment
at this point,
but I have to tell you that
I wouldn�t put this out to you
if I didn�t think that this was a way in.
Worst thing that could happen
is you load up your CD collection.
Come on, what do you say?
Why do I get the feeling
that you�re gonna keep
asking me until I say yes?
Because you are getting to know me.
Amy, would you come here please?
Yeah?
Whoa.
Amy Abbott,
allow me to be the first
to introduce you to �
your future.
Suffering from application anxiety,
overwhelmed by the options.
Well, fret no more.
Because we answer
all questions tonight.
What? What did you do?
Oh, only sent away for
every piece of material
available on the top 50
universities in the nation.
Applications.
Promotional videos.
Articles.
Reviews.
Everything you ever wanted
to know about schools but
you were afraid
to order online.
I have Kaplan�s.
I have Barron�s.
I even have the Hillel Guide to Jewish
Life on Campus for good measure.
Dim sung has been ordered,
so in a few hours
I shall be dumpling stuffed
and you will have narrowed
all this down to your top ten.
We shall begin with the, uh,
shameful Number 50, Penn State,
and work all the way up to
Princeton.
Dad, this is great.
Really,
I mean I love the hats.
All 50 of them.
But, um,
I already know where I want to apply.
You do?
Kinda, yeah.
Well, I was rather hoping we could
make those decisions together.
I�m sorry.
I did the research
at school like a month ago.
I already have my list down.
Um�
NYU
Columbia,
Amherst, Wellesley,
Sarah Lawrence,
Barnard, Tufts, and
Harvard.
So that you don�t start
skipping church?
And I�m good.
Is that all?
Its 8 schools.
It�s not if you can�t afford a 9th.
Say a school with
remarkable prestige,
consistently ranked in the
top 3 by U.
S.
News, such as�
Princeton, perhaps.
Or-or, or how �bout�
Princeton.
Dad, I know you�ve
always had a thing for them.
It�s just I don�t see myself there.
I mean eating clubs,
what�s that about?
Come now, this was
always your dream school.
Honey, I have
baby pictures of you
in a little orange sweatshirt.
Can�t you just fill out
the application for good measure?
It�s one more I don�t have to write,
but, uh, this is great, Dad.
Honestly, you saved me
like a week of downloading.
So thank you.
I�ll start tonight.
Okay, we�re down to A Cinderella Story
�PPPowderpuff Girls� and
�SSSaving Private Ryan.
�
I like to mix it up.
Okay, now walk me through
the Powderpuff Girls again.
I�m gonna go practice.
Oh, FYI, I�m ditching
school tomorrow.
Can I ditch too?
Only if you get a job.
It�s a school thing.
I�m gonna
go down to Colorado A&M.
They�ve got this walking tour,
thought I might check it out.
Colorado? Why? For Amy?
Uh, no, for me.
I figured
I might put in an application.
Wa-Wait a minute,
when did this happen?
Today.
Why you think it�s weird?
Do you?
No.
Well, neither do I.
I�m just surprised.
We talked about all this last year
there was yelling and
then there was hugging
We decided on the conservatories
� Juilliard.
We had a plan.
Yeah, well, it doesn�t mean I can�t look.
Colorado�s got a huge
music department,
besides if I go there,
I can take something
other than piano
and anyway it�s just a tour.
You know what, you�re right.
We�ll have a great time.
No, not we.
You�re not coming.
Come on, it�s just a walking tour.
I�ll walk with you.
See what they have to offer.
I�ll clear my schedule.
Fine.
Great.
You drive, I�ll bring
the doughnuts.
Low on popcorn.
You have no learning curve.
Stand back Mama Bear,
Papa�s gonna flamb�.
Ooh, what is it this time?
Bananas Foster.
Retirement breakfast part two,
if I can just keep from
over-caramelizing the sugar,
which really just means burn.
Love the Food Channel.
Too bad the bananas aren�t
the only thing fired around here.
How did you find out?
It�s a small town.
Why didn�t you tell me
that you were canned?
Because I didn�t want to get into it with you.
They did their thing
about cut backs
and me being so
close to retirement
and I-I just didn�t want you
going off half-cocked.
THOSE *** FIRED
YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE.
Like that.
�Causing a ruckus.
YOU BET I�M CAUSING A RUCKUS.
MORE THAN THAT A FREAKUS.
AND THEN I�M JUST GONNA
KICK SOME ***.
No you won�t.
Now I�m not a fan of their reasons
but I don�t need to fight it either.
So you�re just gonna let them
put you out to pasture.
No.
No.
I may be done
with the job but I�m not done.
I�ve got a postcard
in my head, Edna,
I want to take you there.
I just started a new job.
And Doc Hartman needs you,
but he won�t forever.
Help him set up and
then we�ll skip town.
I�m ready for Phase Three
of my life and so are you.
Think of all we could do;
all we could see;
all the places we could make love.
No fair, talking all romantic.
That�s what I do.
Well, do we have to wait until
Phase Three to get some practice in?
Don�t you have to go to work?
He can answer his own
phone for an hour.
Try to keep up, �cause
this might take a while.
Okay, now, uh, on your-left-my-right,
is Goodwin Hall,
which is the largest of
the frosh dorms.
Now
it is all one-room-triples
but they do have in-room cable
so I would definitely put
this down as my preference.
Dorms look okay.
Yeah, nice refugee camp vibe.
-Okay, folks, right this way please.
-Howdy.
Can we go now?
I am starving.
We haven�t seen the departments yet.
They�re big and brown and blocky like
every other building here -
- it�s like they built this place
with an endowment from Lego.
Let�s go get a blintz.
So this is Walker Plaza.
Okay now every year
the Seniors gather here.
They wrap themselves from
head to toe in toilet paper
and they do this kind of
Mummy Walk around campus,
it�s just really totally hysterical.
I will give you a thousand dollars
if you tell me you�re kidding.
Could you be quiet please?
I would if this wasn�t so BORING.
Don�t mind my father.
He had a stroke recently.
Very sad.
Edna?
I�m here, Boss.
Sorry about the late,
how�s the morning going?
My morning was ***, Edna.
Where the hell were you?
I had something at home
needed dealing with.
So we-we open at 9.
Patients came in at 9.
When I worked at Cedars
for an awfully long time,
and the rule was you come in
when your shift begins -
rain, shine, problems at home,
and I�ve been trying
to reach you all morning.
How can you still not have a cell?
Easy up, boss, I didn�t go AWOL
on ya, I was a little late.
You were over an hour late.
Now I don�t know how
things worked at your last job,
but here it�s a pretty
simple concept.
You show up, you do your job,
you get your check on Thursdays
and if you can�t handle
you just say the word.
-You�re right.
-Good.
What�s the word?
What?
How �bout schmuck.
Excuse me.
You heard me.
I don�t need this.
I�m tired of you getting by
on your dimples anyway.
You can�t quit.
You�re out of doctor�s
offices to work in.
I don�t need an office anymore.
I�m moving to Phase Three.
By the way, next time
you�re at the dentist,
ease off on the bleaching,
hurts my eyes.
Okay, so, this is our music hall.
You got any cool
concerts coming through?
All the time.
Last year we had a lecture from
the guy who invented the Koosh Ball.
Oh, good acoustics.
Actually, yeah there�s-there�s
no gum in the hall.
Oh, fine.
All gone.
See?
Okay, that�s it, go wait in the car.
Tour�s over for you.
Oh, come on,
I want to see more.
I heard they�ve got the fifth-largest
microfiche collection
in the whole country.
Yeah, I just wanna keep the tour
moving so if anyone is tired
or they just maybe
wanna stay here
and work out some family issues,
that�s-that�s fine.
Thank you.
Any time.
Why�d you bother coming
if you were gonna bag on
the place the entire time?
Well, I thought I might
get a sweat shirt,
My son gave up a promising future
and all I got was
an instate tuition [clases particulares].
Come on, you�re really not gonna go here.
Yeah, I might.
After all you�ve worked for.
You�re gonna settle for this.
What�s wrong with this place?
Nothing, if you�re not trying
to get into Juilliard.
Do you know the chances
of you�re getting accepted there?
Yeah, better than you do.
No, I don�t think so.
There are 4000 kids applying
and only 30 spots for piano.
The slightest loss of focus
and the next kid gets your spot.
You can�t even give
yourself the option of failure.
Well, maybe failure�s not such a bad thing.
Piano takes up so much of my life that
I don�t have time for anything else.
You�re not supposed to
be doing anything else.
-You are a concert pianist.
-How do you know?
How do I even know?
You-You�ve been pressuring
me for so long
I can�t remember if piano is
something I actually wanted
or something I agreed to
when I was 10.
Oh, come on.
You-You just want me to go
to some special school for special kids
�cause God forbid
I turn out to be normal,
instead of a magazine cover.
You know what, you can
blame me if you want to,
but I�m trying to keep you on track
and all I see right now
is you getting scared.
This is when you need to trust
your abilities and dive in -
not look for some kind
of escape route.
You cannot be afraid of failure.
I�m not scared of what happens
if I fail and don�t get in.
I�m scared of what happens if I do.
If I got to Juilliard, then that�s it
� one thing � piano.
I�ll be just like you right before she died.
I mean, it took mom dying to wake you up,
I don�t wanna have
to lose something
to keep myself from turning into you.
Excellent roast, Rose.
Well, thank you, dear.
Also, thank you.
I think.
You know who has fine meal
programs for incoming freshman.
Dad, I�m not going to Princeton.
Get over it.
I just can�t see why you won�t
add one more application.
You�ve covered all the comparable
schools in the northeast
� Ivies included � so that
rules out reverse snobbery.
You have something against New Jersey,
because outside of Newark,
it�s actually quite blue-collared.
Oh, nice, let me guess.
Only New York and Boston.
Well, connect the dots.
She�s staying near the hub.
Shut up, Bright.
What hub?
Man, there�s a lot of good piano
schools in them cities, aren�t there?
Oh, so then all of this �
all this talk of researching your options,
I got my list down,
that was all about choosing your
schools around your boyfriend.
Ah, you couldn�t even
add another one for Dad?
Actually, I did.
Ephram and I
are both applying to Colorado A&M
as a safety which you know anyone
with a pulse could get in there so�
Now that was unnecessary.
So was he.
Well
this is plum absurd, not
to mention disappointing.
No correction, I will gladly
mention disappointing.
I cannot believe that
you�d be willing to throw away
whole avenues for your future for a boy.
I�m not throwing anything away.
I�m still applying to 8 perfectly great
schools that have everything I want
plus plenty of bumper
sticker pride for you,
why-why does it matter
what city they�re in?
It matters if you limit
even one of your options
to chase after a relationship
that could end.
What happens if you break up?
So we break up.
At least, I�m not left wondering.
Oh, by then, it could be
too late to transfer.
Dad, I�ve earned the right
to choose where I want to go.
My grades are great,
I rocked the SATs, what
else do you want from me?
For you not to choose this of all
moments to revert to infancy.
How is it infantile to know that
something�s important to me?
It�s not like I�m going
around with Ephram
saying that we�re gonna get married,
which, by the way, is exactly
what you were doing
when you were even
younger than me,
but I know how he makes me feel
and I know that it�s worth making
the small sacrifice
so that we can stay
together, if we want.
Oh, no.
No.
No.
You�re not gonna
throw that at me
and then pretend that
it�s reasonable.
You may have forgotten but
you tried these bleary eyed romantics
with me last year when you begged
me to be grateful
for how well that
Cro-Magnon understood you
until I had to pump his stomach
in that abandoned motel.
This isn�t even close to the same thing.
Of course, it is Amy.
This is what you do.
You throw yourself into a relationship.
You drop everything else,
toss your family aside,
then yourself all for some
elaborate pageant in your mind.
You�ve already changed
your goals to suit his.
How many times
do I have to tell you, Dad?
That is not my goal any more.
Time to let it go maybe trust me for once.
Look, how can I trust you
when you make decisions like this?
Like what?
Like have you forgotten
how easily things change?
You think I need you to remind me.
I found the person I wanted
to be with and he died last year.
Why should I lose more?
Amy?
I want this to work and
I�ll do whatever I can gladly.
If that means *** you off, Dad,
I�m sorry, but some things are
just more important than you.
Round two as promised.
You didn�t promise that.
Well, I took the initiative.
I found a case study
that went on about Bach,
something about the polyrhythms
and as it turns out,
I have a son who has
a whole classical musical collection,
a CD burner, and a flagrant
disregard for piracy laws.
Actually I�m glad you came.
Come on in.
Thanks.
Kinda quiet, isn�t it?
Oh, I know, Charlie is actually
doing his homework
and I only had to remind him three times.
No.
No.
I mean the music.
It�s 6 o�clock.
Shouldn�t
you be on Hyden?
Oh, the music plan.
I took a break.
Well, I hate to be
the hall monitor here,
but that�s really not
the best approach.
The-the theory is constant stimulation.
I know.
I had it on.
I played Beethoven until I could sing
the words to Ode to Joy in German
and I�ll get it on again if that�s
what you tell me to do,
but first we need to talk.
We already talked about this�
No.
No.
I tried to talk to you
and you read me more statistics.
You�re an energetic doctor
and a reasonably funny guy,
but you�ve got serious listening
issues so this time your plan � follow me.
You want me to trust you.
Of course.
I want that too.
No, thanks.
The thing is
you�re coming up with plans
to try to help John becomes
something of himself again,
but you have no idea who that is.
He was a guy for a long time
before he was a patient.
Did you know he lived in
Bordeaux until he was 8
or that he used to be a seismologist?
No, I didn�t.
Earthquake research at the university.
Weird I know, but he knew more
about the front range fault line
than anyone in the state.
He practically invented the early
detection software for the entire region.
That�s amazing.
Yeah, he was amazing.
John changed everything
from the first night I met him.
He�s right here.
And right now you�re the only person
I have telling me not
to let that one go
and that means I need you to know
who you�re trying to bring back.
So do me a favor?
If you are going to
start making plans for us,
get to know him first.
Then I�ll do whatever you say.
When I get older, losing my hair,
many years from now /
Will you still be sending me a Valentine,
birthday greetings, tending my roots? /
If I'd been out 'till quarter to three,
will you lock the door?
Will you still need me,
will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four?
You bet.
I love you.
Will you stay
with me until I�m 64?
Yes.
These things are impossible.
It�s just your basic Who are you and
why do you want to come here? essay.
Declare your intended major.
Try Music.
.
Next.
Hmm,
this is actually really
fun when it�s not yours.
Yeah, except if I go to Colorado,
then piano�s probably not a priority.
Okay, so it�s just a safety,
check Undeclared and move on.
What?
Undeclared.
.
I just never thought of myself
as one of the clueless before.
What like the rest of the world?
Some of us are highly
functioning members of society.
Folding sweaters at mini-malls.
What now you�re going?
It�s called preemptive bailing.
I�m trying to help, you�re trying
to bite my head off,
I can see where this is going and
you do not really have time
for a full fight cycle so call me
when you�re done.
This was a good idea.
I�m full of �em.
We get to tackle
the whole world now.
I even like the sound of it
� Phase Three.
Well, you�ll like the
looks of it even better.
Wait �til you see what I got planned.
It all starts right here.
Santorini.
Greece.
A villa on the Caldera with
a month-to-month lease
� beautiful view.
I can write all morning looking out
on the Med with no problems
for the rest of the day
bigger than
whether to hit the black
sand beach or the red.
And what am I suppose to do there?
Wiggle around in a bikin
and mix margaritas.
You have something else in mind?
Two applications for
the Peace Corps
with a pit stop in Guadalajara
with Habitat for Humanity.
We could be getting roofs over
the homeless in a month.
Hold on.
Hold on.
You want to build houses.
And then we�ll help some sick kids,
maybe take a stretch over
and see Linda in Namibia.
That�s not really how I saw Phase Three.
I-I saw us slowing down
not kicking it into high gear.
Well, I can�t lay myself out to rest.
I gotta be doing things.
Look, I�m not out to take
on the world any more, Edna.
I can�t be running around all the time.
Phase Three for me �
I gotta sit still.
I want you to sit still with me.
Would you at least think about it?
AMY, THIS ISN�T GONNA BE ANOTHER ONE
OF THOSE MAKE-OUT APOLOGIES, IS IT?
Oh, hey, Dr.
Abbott.
Uh,
that wasn�t your daughter
I was talking about.
Amy and I � we�re just
friends.
I mean�
Uh, are you looking for my dad?
Actually I�ve come to see you.
Should I be scared?
Every day of your life.
This regards another matter.
I have a favor to ask.
A Princeton application?
All filled out, check signed,
correct postage.
She only needs to write the essay,
which she can do in her
sleep, if she wanted to.
Which she doesn�t.
I know she doesn�t.
I also know that she used to.
It used to be all that she would talk about.
When I go to Princeton, I want
to live where Fitzgerald lived.
At some point
between freshman year
and her relationship
with you that changed.
Well, a lot�s happened since
then � not just me.
I only want her somewhere
where she can explore
every facet of her curiosity.
Princeton excels
in everything
that Amy has even
the vaguest of interest in
� English, Women�s Studies,
Biology, Dance.
She should have that.
You know as well as I do,
that there�s no convincing her
of anything that�s not
already in her head.
I-I�ve tried.
I-I�ve failed.
I still have bruises.
I know.
But right now, you�re
the one she listens to.
Didn�t used to be that way,
but now it is so here I am.
That was her dream once
� don�t deny her the
option of turning it down.
I can try.
Well, that�s more than
I can do.
Thank you.
It�s good to hear, by the way.
What is?
Your playing.
It is as
good as they say.
That was an arrangement of
a Bach motet, wasn�t it?
Well, it�s an attempt at least.
My teacher�s got me breaking
down choral structure � he�s evil.
I didn�t know that
you knew music.
Do you play?
I wanted to.
But as with surgery I was born
with the ear but not the hands.
God has a cruel sense of humor.
Apparently I�m his favorite channel.
I�ve been working all night
on the obbligato.
Usually it just comes, but when I get
stuck, it could take � a while.
Is that funny?
No, I�m sorry.
I-In a way, you�re so
much like your father.
See you�ve just described
what it is to be gifted
and you don�t even know it.
The part that you call effortless
that would be the life�s ambition
of the less blessed and
-and the part where it�s actually
a bit of work �
that�s an argument they wouldn�t
even be able to follow.
Well, the experts seem to disagree.
I�ve got paperwork and very
expensive schools to prove it.
Well, that�s technique �
the part that can actually be
taught and graded, improved.
What you�ve been given, it�s more like
� the rain � simply happens.
Nothing can alter it�s timing or course.
You just have to dress for the occasion.
You know, uh, there are
words to that piece.
Bach borrowed a poem by Johann Franck,
do you know what they mean?
No.