Life Itself

She's gonna explain. 498 00:23:28,989 --> 00:23:32,391 What I mean is... all I ever wanted 499 00:23:32,393 --> 00:23:34,593 was for Will to marry a woman with dead parents, 500 00:23:34,595 --> 00:23:36,262 so I wouldn't have to share the grandchildren, 501 00:23:36,264 --> 00:23:37,330 and, and he did. 502 00:23:37,332 --> 00:23:40,332 I mean, my prayer came true. 503 00:23:40,334 --> 00:23:42,034 Jesus Christ, Mom! 504 00:23:42,036 --> 00:23:44,070 It's okay! She knows what I mean. 505 00:23:46,041 --> 00:23:47,874 - Hey, Abby, by the way... - Mm. 506 00:23:47,876 --> 00:23:49,908 ...did you get a look at that book I sent you yet? 507 00:23:49,910 --> 00:23:50,976 No. 508 00:23:50,978 --> 00:23:52,111 It's really good. It's about preschool 509 00:23:52,113 --> 00:23:53,480 - and anxiety separation. - Oh, good. 510 00:23:53,482 --> 00:23:56,215 That feels like a first priority thing. 511 00:23:56,217 --> 00:23:58,417 'Cause when you... 512 00:23:58,419 --> 00:24:01,120 Sorry, I will, I will admit. I admit, I'm sorry. 513 00:24:01,122 --> 00:24:02,888 Just talk about her dead parents again, Mom. 514 00:24:04,325 --> 00:24:06,024 Thank you. 515 00:24:06,026 --> 00:24:07,760 - It's about separation anxiety. - Yeah. 516 00:24:07,762 --> 00:24:09,661 So when you drop 'em off at preschool for the first day... 517 00:24:09,663 --> 00:24:12,197 ...and they, they go nuts and they go limp. 518 00:24:12,199 --> 00:24:14,166 - Yeah. - Live your own life! 519 00:24:14,168 --> 00:24:15,767 - Mind your own fucking... - Shush. Shush. 520 00:24:15,769 --> 00:24:18,236 When you drop the kid off at preschool, 521 00:24:18,238 --> 00:24:20,039 if they get hysterical and inconsolable... 522 00:24:20,041 --> 00:24:21,707 Both Abby's parents 523 00:24:21,709 --> 00:24:24,610 died in a car accident when she was a little girl. 524 00:24:24,612 --> 00:24:28,447 Abby was in the car. She was seven. 525 00:24:28,449 --> 00:24:31,417 Okay. 526 00:24:31,419 --> 00:24:33,852 "Okay" seems kind of like a strange response 527 00:24:33,854 --> 00:24:36,288 to that new information. 528 00:24:36,290 --> 00:24:38,925 Well, I was caught a little off guard. 529 00:24:38,927 --> 00:24:41,060 You don't talk about Abby a lot. 530 00:24:41,062 --> 00:24:43,995 You don't ask about her a lot. 531 00:24:43,997 --> 00:24:46,866 Will, I ask about her constantly. 532 00:24:46,868 --> 00:24:49,735 Tomato, potato. 533 00:24:49,737 --> 00:24:51,471 Tomato, to-mah-to. 534 00:24:51,473 --> 00:24:54,506 Let's just call the whole thing off. 535 00:24:54,508 --> 00:24:57,843 Well, the sessions are mandated, so... 536 00:24:57,845 --> 00:25:00,647 No. Uh, the... 537 00:25:00,649 --> 00:25:02,215 - ...the song, the... - What? I... I'm not following. 538 00:25:02,217 --> 00:25:03,849 Oh, my God, 539 00:25:03,851 --> 00:25:06,185 this is some kind of rhythm we have, huh, Doc? 540 00:25:06,187 --> 00:25:08,790 Maybe this is why I can't jerk off to you. 541 00:25:10,725 --> 00:25:12,891 Sorry, that was very inappropriate. 542 00:25:12,893 --> 00:25:14,359 I was institutionalized. 543 00:25:14,361 --> 00:25:16,763 Why don't you just tell me about Abby. 544 00:25:16,765 --> 00:25:19,064 What, what was she like? I'd like to hear about her. 545 00:25:19,066 --> 00:25:20,934 You want me to tell you about Abby? 546 00:25:20,936 --> 00:25:23,436 Well, then you've come to the right place, Doc, 547 00:25:23,438 --> 00:25:27,040 because I am the foremost expert on all things Abby. 548 00:25:27,042 --> 00:25:28,944 Or... I was. 549 00:25:30,012 --> 00:25:31,410 No, I still am. 550 00:25:31,412 --> 00:25:32,946 I mean, it's not like somebody else has learned more about 551 00:25:32,948 --> 00:25:33,980 her in the last six months. 552 00:25:33,982 --> 00:25:35,080 Or I guess somebody could have. 553 00:25:35,082 --> 00:25:37,550 I mean... I've been locked away 554 00:25:37,552 --> 00:25:40,219 and Lord knows what she's been up to, wherever she is. 555 00:25:40,221 --> 00:25:42,288 - Will? - Right. 556 00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:43,322 You want to know about Abby. 557 00:25:43,324 --> 00:25:44,523 Let me tell you about Abby. 558 00:25:44,525 --> 00:25:46,292 You got it. Last one. Last one. 559 00:25:46,294 --> 00:25:51,296 Abby Lesher was born June 30, 1985. 560 00:25:51,298 --> 00:25:54,266 Legend has it that, when she was born, 561 00:25:54,268 --> 00:25:57,336 she didn't make a single peep. 562 00:25:57,338 --> 00:26:00,473 For five minutes, little Abby just laid there 563 00:26:00,475 --> 00:26:02,541 taking in the world around her, 564 00:26:02,543 --> 00:26:05,311 - not so much as a single cry. - Hi. 565 00:26:05,313 --> 00:26:07,513 In the years to come, her parents would always say, 566 00:26:07,515 --> 00:26:09,682 "There wasn't an