Life After Beth

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

Can I help you find something, sir?

Um...

Yeah, do you have any black napkins?

I've been looking all over.

Black napkins. I don't think so.

If you don't like White,

this is a beige one.

They have to be black.

That's more of a Halloween item.

You might want to try a party store.

Hi.

Um...

You guys ran out last night so...

Oh, that was so thoughtful of you.

Thank you. Thank you. Come on in.

- Maury, how are you holding up?

- Hi. Uh...

- You know.

- Yeah.

Noah, come on in. Come on in.

WOMAN:
I just don't know what I would do.

I keep thinking about her sweet little face

in Mommy and Me.

Just the most perfect little girl.

- Beth... Just so dear.

- WOMAN:
No, of course not.

- MAN:
Is that turkey?

- It's turkey pastrami.

- Pastrami turkey?

- Yeah.

The pink one is turkey pastrami.

WOMAN:
Just the most

lovely baby of them all.

What a dear child.

It's hard to understand.

Zach, I'm so sorry.

Um...

Thank you, Mr. Levin.

She was a special girl.

JUDY:
Kyle, we're back.

- I'm gonna take a nap.

- NOAH:
Okay.

Hey. you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

How did it go?

What kind of a question is that?

Zachy.

I mean, is that really the problem?

Is it the garden or is it you guys?

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

NOAH:
Well, it's not just beaches there.

They have...

- it's islands. Two islands?

- There's mostly... Well, the Turks.

- And then, there's the Caicos.

- The Caicos.

We don't have to go to both.

We can just go to Turks.

You know what?

We don't have to decide tonight,

- but you'll think about it.

- JUDY:
You'll think about it.

NOAH:
We know it's been a tough time.

But Turks and Caicos?

KYLE:
I talked to Sam Hirsch today,

and he said, "The reason I've been..."

(CAR LOCK BEEPS)

PEARLINE:
I'm getting out of here.

MAURY:
Pearline, where are you going?

- Geenie gave you the day off.

- Don't go in there, Zachery.

Pearline!

- I'm never coming back.

- Can we please talk?

PEARLINE:
I've had enough, you see.

- Enough. No more...

- If this is a bad time, then I think...

Zach, can you believe this?

You want to come inside?

Yikes!

I just don't understand, you know.

- We gave her the day off.

- MAURY:
Right?

Now, of all times.

- It's just not like her.

- She's lost her mind clearly.

- GEENIE:
She can't leave us, not now.

- (STUTTERS)

She needs a break. I don't know.

Um, what are you doing here?

I'm just organizing Beth's stuff, you know.

- Her stuffed animals and...

- ZACH:
Oh, wow.

GEENIE:
Pictures.

I really didn't take enough pictures.

So foolish.

Eating Jell-O.

Oh, we used to eat Jell-O all the time

when Beth was little.

We ate a lot of Jell-O.

Yeah, we did.

I can't even focus anymore.

I'm a mess, Mr. Slocum.

You can call me Maury.

Okay.

(CHUCKLES)

Maury-

I think I have something

that might help us both.

Geenie's been keeping really busy

with all this cleaning.

(SIGHS) It's therapeutic, I guess.

And you still have your band, right?

Oh, we broke up. I mean, I left them.

Ah.

You know, I'll never play music again.

(SIGHS)

(INHALES)

(STAMMERING) Oh, I'm okay.

Come on.

- Well, I don't...

- Take it.

You're calling me Maury.

(CHUCKLES)

- Can I tell you something, Maury?

- Sure.

Beth and I were having troubles

before she...

I know.

She told me.

- Really?

- Look, the last time I spoke to her,

I was telling her

she had to go to the dentist,

and she told I was being annoying.

That's the last thing she said to me.

"Dad, you're being annoying."

Now, I could choose to remember that

for the rest of my life

as being emblematic

of my connection with my daughter.

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