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That you didn't know

about the pregnancy or the adoption?

No, sir, not until a couple weeks ago.

And now you want to be a father?

Yes, sir.

Before I was incarcerated,

I was a very different man-

certainly not fit to be

a husband or a father.

And, uh, my alcoholism...

Is a progressive illness...

And healing is lifelong.

And I've spent the last seven years

rehabilitating.

And the one thing

that I've held on to, sir...

Is- is my hope.

My hope for a family...

To repair the damage that I've done...

And my desire to be a father.

She's been in court all day?

What's going on?

Just let me try to talk to her.

Allyson Bower.

Jack Campbell returning your call.

What kind of situation?

Living room, uh, kitchen table.

Got a few fish.

Um- And he's got his own room.

Im doing a bit of work on it.

Uh, we just got some toys today.

- Yeah, we got him a train set.

- Mm-hmm.

Have you given

any thought to schools?

Yes. The public school's

just down the street here...

And it's got a very good

student-teacher ratio.

I actually went there.

It's a good school.

- So you're a local girl.

- Yeah.

All right. What about his diet?

Yeah. Mom?

Ive actually planned out

all of his meals already.

Um, lots of protein and veggies.

Um, no fried. No fried food.

We're cutting that out.

No more fast food.

- Right.

- I've even made a schedule.

Um- Oh.

These are all child safety locks,

by the way.

Yep. Installed them myself.

Well, there's a lot more

to raising a child than toys and locks.

We know.

Look, I can see that

you've worked really hard...

But that doesn't change the fact

that you are ripping this boy away...

From the only life he's ever known.

He's coming from another world.

Do you have any idea

what that's going to do to him?

Have you thought about it?

I don't understand why this is our problem.

They made the mistake.

They should have notarized the signature.

You're right. You wanna sue Ohio D.C.S.?

We'll probably win.

I don't wanna sue, Tom.

This isn't about money.

But we got a problem.

It's Ohio case law.

It's firm.

There were eight forged adoptions,

all invalidated.

And in every case, the child was returned

to the biological parents.

- This judge has no choice.

- You gotta help me, Tom.

Please. There's gotta be somethin'.

Look, Jack. Listen to me.

We won a lot of battles together,

you and me...

But we're not gonna win this one.

So let me tell you

what I would do if it were me.

I would stop wasting my time

talking to lawyers.

Do you follow me?

The interior's good. Yeah.

All right. We got her.

What do you think?

Wow.

I've been thinking a lot about him.

I just, uh-

I'm scared. I want this

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