Do you remember the trek from Tuscaloosa?
[glancing at the boys] How could I forget? TJ threw up on me twice, Finn peed on me, and you broke the dial fighting over the radio station.
[smiles] Good times.
[smiling] Hmmm...good times.
“Goodbye Stranger” · Season 1, Episode 13
In this episode: Roxy LeBlanc (4), 2nd Lieutenant Trevor LeBlanc (4), Claudia Joy Holden (2), Pamela Moran (1), Dr. Roland Burton (1), Finn (1), TJ (1), Betty (1)
[to Betty] When is your surgery?
She's not having it.
[concerned] Why not?
She's short three grand. I keep telling her to sell the Hump Bar, but she won't.
This place has been truer to me than any man I've ever been with, Roxy. I can't sell it. It's better we just go out together.
There has to be something we can do.
Yeah.
[shrugging] Forget it. I mean, who needs surgery? It's like putting lipstick on a pig.
UVA doesn't know how lucky they are.
[her head on her mother's shoulder] Why?
Why? Because they're getting the best Political Science major they'll ever have.
Mom, don't exaggerate.
I'm not. I'm serious. I can see the woman you're going to be. You haven't caught sight of her yet, but she's just around the corner. And I'm damn glad that test was negative.
I'll always remember this day.
Why?
Because terrorists are trying to blow us up and we're flying a kite. [they both laugh] That would really piss them off!
Mrs. Roxy LeBlanc, we got married at City Hall. We never had a chance to say our vows and you never got to wear a wedding dress. So here it goes. [hands her a rose] Roxy, sometimes I think I've spent most of my life asleep, not taking any chances or any risks...
I think jumping out of an airplane is a risk.
Shh! [smiles] You're not supposed to interrupt me!
Sorry!
It's one thing to jump out of an airplane. It's another to really love someone. And I met you and you made sense of me. You are who I'm fighting for. You are who I'm coming home to. [looks at Roxy] Roxy, I love you. You are the love of my life.
FFinn
[standing beside TJ as Trevor says good bye to the boys] Please stay.
[to TJ and Finn] Well, you know why I have to go. But I'm gonna come back as soon as I can, and when I get home, I'm gonna tell you guys stories about everything I've seen. So, be brave for me, okay? Take care of your Mom, she's gonna need it. Come here. [kneels to hug both boys, and picks up his rucksack to leave, as Roxy tries not to cry]
[TJ stands still, still staring at Trevor]
What's the matter, buddy?
It's just that we've never had a Daddy before.
[bending to look TJ straight in the eyes] I love you.
[over the air on her show, 'Have At It'] Ok, so in case you were wondering why it's been so busy on Fort Marshall today, it's because we've gone to FPCON Alpha Plus, and we know 'Alpha' relates to the global threat of terrorism. But...hell, we've been to Alpha Plus here before. We've bought the gas masks, we've stocked up on bottled water. But, there's one thing we can never be prepared for, and that's the fear. How do we handle the fear? My son Lucas once asked me if the 'bad guys' were going to blow us up. How do you answer that? How do you explain terrorism to your kid? How do you explain that at any time, any place, someone could just decide to take us all out? And that's why terrorism works, because we can't explain it, we can't predict it, it can happen any time, anywhere, by anyone. So, all we can do is trust that the military has our backs, and then we let it go. Because the only way to stop the fear is by living. Just living, being with your family, your friends, your community. Look, there is nothing we can do about it - except to seize the day. We live while we can, laugh while we can, love while we can. And that, my friends, is how we beat terrorism. So, 'Have At It.'
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