[about whether or not to meet Walter] I think it would be good for us.
Oh, that's a load of crap! He can shove his apology, it doesn't do me any good!
Bailey, why are you being so mean?
“Thanksgiving” · Season 1, Episode 10
In this episode: Julia Salinger (7), Claudia Salinger (5), Bailey Salinger (4), Charlie Salinger (3), Joe Mangus (1)
WWalter
[to Charlie] Let me do one good thing in this whole situation and tell you the truth. You're the hero in this story, Son.
[to Walter] I'm Claudia Salinger. I'm their youngest daughter. I just wanted to see what you look like.
[about Walter] You all got to see him. I never saw him. And I just... I had to see what he looked like.
Well, how'd he look?
Normal, I guess. He looked kinda nice, like anyone. Like someone you would know.
Well, how'd you think he would look, Claud?
Ugly. Scary. Kind of mean. He was NICE to people, though. And before he knew who I was, he called me sweetheart.
Just stay out of my stuff, got it? God, I am never going to forgive you for this.
That seems fair.
Hey, a person's tent is her castle, you know!
Yeah, well, you're being invaded. What have you got in here?
This is so humiliating!
Can't you say something? Help me out here!
What do you want me to say?
Don't you even care what's happening to our family?
[to Walter] The only thing I can do for you is tell you that we're going to be OK. My siblings and I. We're going to be OK.
I'm telling you, it's hard. But it's not the hardest thing in the world to say 'I forgive you.
Yes, it is.
[about Walter Alcott] He's got his life back. I mean, he's working. I don't know. He can go to dinner, or see a movie, or take his family somewhere.
EEmmett
You really think that, Bay? I don't.
Well, I don't want to take the chance. I mean, he was in jail for nine months. Nine months! That's four and a half months for each of my parents! And good behavior. What is that about, huh? What did he do? Cure cancer? I want him to pay for what he did, and if it can't be with more jail time, then I want him to pay out of his own pocket!
EEmmett
You want to sue?
Can we?
EEmmett
Well, yes, technically. You could file a civil suit against him.
Then let's, then let's do it. Let's sue the bastard for every cent he's got.
EEmmett
And you think that a lawsuit's only gonna make his life miserable? What about yours? You know how long these things can take? What with depositions and continuances and appeals...it's years, Bailey.
I don't care.
EEmmett
You don't care, but what about the others? What about Claudia or Owen? What about Owen, Bailey? Because by the time this thing is over, he's gonna be old enough to understand.
Yeah, well, at least he'll see me doing something.
EEmmett
But doing what? Let's say you lose. What was it all for?
Well, let's say we win.
EEmmett
Fine, let's say that. You win. What has it changed? Exactly what have you won? You take something on like this, and it becomes your life.
It is my life.
[when Joe invites him and his siblings over for Thanksgiving] Look, we've had other invitations, Joe. Bay's friend Will. We just don't feel like it.
Charlie, there are gonna be other holidays without them. Are you gonna skip those, too?
Look, we just need to get through this one, okay? It's easier that way for everyone.
I know this guy coming back shakes up everybody, and it brings up things that nobody wants to deal with, but you make a meal, you sit down as a family. It's like saying "Life goes on".
We say that every day, Joe, without the turkey.
WWalter
I understand.
I don't think you can. I really don't think that there's any way that you can possibly understand.
WWalter
You don't want to hear anything I have to say, do you?
No, I sure don't.
WWalter
Okay, then.
I want to know what you know about them. About my parents.
WWalter
Well, uh...I know their names. I know your mother was, uh, 45, and your father was...48.
47. Besides that.
WWalter
He owned a restaurant. She was...a musician. A violinist.
I mean the important stuff. She had hair all the way down her back. Did you know that? Beautiful dark hair my father wouldn't let her cut. They were married 26 years last January, and my dad would still come home in the afternoon and claim he had a headache, and he and my mom would go upstairs, and we all knew what they were doing. They loved each other. They were in love. My sister asks me questions that I can't answer because I don't know. Like, like why didn't he wear a watch? Or, or what was that song she used to sing to us when we were little and had fevers? And Owen. God, he won't even know to ask. There's just gonna be pictures on the piano and stories that we all tell that everyone remembers a little differently. And he's gonna walk soon, my brother. He's a couple weeks away, and they're not gonna see it because of you! Because you had a few drinks, and you got in your car, and you went through that intersection, and you killed them!
WWalter
What can I do? What do you want me to do?
I want you to step on your damn brake and stop at that red light!
WWalter
So do I, but I can't. I can't take it back. So what I have to do is figure out a way to go forward.
I don't want you to get past this. I can't. Why should you? See, I want to hurt you. I want to take something from you. Something that is so much a part of you that you don't know who you are without it, and I want you to spend the rest of your life knowing that's what you did to us. And I want to make sure you never forget.
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