Michael and Abby make love. Afterwards, Michael tells Abby that he loves her. Carly confides to Sam that she received a message from Franco. Lucky confronts Luke about being the driver that hit and killed Jake. Lucky is convinced Luke was drunk when the accident happened. Dante tells Jason the identity of the hit-and-run driver. Lulu apologizes to Elizabeth for her treatment toward her. Dante shows up at Liz's doorstep to give her the news about the hit-and-run driver. Lulu and Elizabeth are shocked to learn Luke hit Jake. Carly comes clean to Jason about Franco's message. Carly hopes that Jason won't go after Franco. Lucky learns from Dante that Jason knows the truth about Luke. Shawn tells Carly that he's her new bodyguard. Lulu runs into Tracy and rambles on about Luke's involvement in Jake's death. Lucky shows up at the penthouse looking for Jason; Sam is shocked to learn the identity of the driver. Jason and Luke have a heated argument. Jason accuses Luke of driving drunk. Luke urges Jason to shoot him.
[Michael clears throat] [SCENE_BREAK] Sam: Hey. I got you a coffee. Double shot. I think there's enough caffeine in there to-- [Carly sighs] Sam: What's wrong? Is everything okay with Josslyn? Carly: Yeah. She's good. Sam: Okay. Then what is it? Carly: Say hello to Franco. [SCENE_BREAK] Jason: Are you sure it was Luke? Dante: We brought in seven cars. Six of them were clean. The DNA evidence found on Luke's car was conclusive, and the video footage shows him behind the wheel. Luke's the one who hit Jake. Jason: It was no accident. [SCENE_BREAK] Luke: Maybe I was speeding. I was in a hurry to get to the justice of the peace to stand up for you. But no, I-- Lucky: That's not what I asked. Luke: Maybe I was speeding. No. Maybe I was speeding, but I didn't see him. I mean, if you think that if I saw him, I wouldn't have swerved, I wouldn't have driven into a telephone pole or a tree or anything--anything? Lucky: Look, answer the question, Dad. Were you drinking? Luke: I had a drink. Lucky: How many drinks did you have before you got behind the wheel? Luke: I wasn't drunk. I had a shot or two. Lucky: Don't lie to me. Luke: What difference does it make? Lucky: My son is dead. Luke: Not because I had a drink. Lucky: Dad, I saw you. I was here that night. You had a couple of shots right in front of Siobhan and--how many more did you have before you left? What, three, four? That would put your blood alcohol-- Luke: I can hold my liquor, Lucky. Lucky: You know, I've heard it all before. Luke: I don't drive drunk, ever. I always turn over my keys if there's any question. You ask anybody. I don't know how this could have happened. It was dark. I didn't see him. I swear to--I swear to God, I didn't see him. Lucky: No, Dad. You didn't see him. And you didn't react, because you were drunk. [SCENE_BREAK] Lulu: Jake was an amazing kid. Elizabeth: I know. Lulu: I'm sorry. Elizabeth: I appreciate your coming by-- Lulu: Not just for this loss, but because of the way that I've treated you. It was probably hard to let me in after the things that I've said to you. Elizabeth: None of that really seems to matter right now. Lulu: Mmm. I shouldn't have judged you. Elizabeth: You were just being a protective sister, 'cause I hurt Lucky, and-- Lulu: You didn't set out to, and people change, and things happen. And people do things that they regret to the people that they love the most, myself included. And you were a wonderful sister-in-law to me, and a friend, and you treated me with more patience than I--than I ever gave you. Elizabeth: You don't have to do this right now-- Lulu: I was wrong. I was wrong. And I wish my ego would have let me say that sooner, and that it didn't take the loss of your child... [SCENE_BREAK] Sam: You have to tell Jason that Franco has contacted you. Carly: That was my first instinct, but he just lost his son. Sam: It doesn't matter, Carly. He's going to want to know. Carly: Sam, he's going through hell right now. Sam: This is not just random. That is not how he works. Carly: Look, I don't want Jason to get hurt. He's not-- Sam: Okay. I understand your need to protect him, but that's not what Jason will want. Carly: I don't care. Jason's going through hell right now. He has so much stuff going on inside him. He is angry. He is hurt. He's never suffered this kind of loss before. He could make a fatal mistake. I almost lost Josslyn. I'm not going to lose Jason. Sam: I understand that, but he's going to want to know that Franco's targeted you and Josslyn. Carly: This is just Franco being Franco. I mean, he's working the audience, trying to keep us guessing, wondering what twisted stuff he's going to come up with next. I'm not playing Franco's game. [SCENE_BREAK] Man: I was right to call you my dream, may be a fool, but you see through me, no one understands like you do, even the stars look at you, take my hand, let the world slip away, my, how the wrong's turned right, say you will stay with me tonight, thought I was turned, lost in disguise, you were the one bringing truth to the lies, no one understands like you do, even the stars look at you, take my hand, we'll let the world slip away, my, how the wrong turns right, say you will stay with me tonight then I thought I had no hope, no love and no desire, you took my hand in yours and made the moon glow brighter, no one understands like you do, even the stars look at you, take my hand we'll let the world slip away, no one understands Michael: You're beautiful. You know that? Oh, this--being with you-- it was-- Abby: It was amazing. Michael: It was amazing. Abby: I told you there was nothing to worry about. Michael: I've never felt this way before, so happy and free. It's because of you. I don't know why I was so nervous. Abby: I was nervous, too, taking this step, letting myself get this close. Not because of anything you did. I just--I kind of shut down. I decided that if I didn't get close, you know, I couldn't get hurt. And then, you walked into my life. You made me feel like it was safe to trust again. Michael: Yeah. That's what you've given me. Abby: It's what we've given each other. Michael: Uh, Abby, is it, uh-- is it too soon? Abby: To make love again? Michael: I just don't want you to think I'm taking advantage. Abby: Michael, I have wanted you for so long. You have to let me know if you feel like I'm taking advantage of you. Michael: Okay. [SCENE_BREAK] Dante: Any of the other suspects could have hit Jake. Even Carly admitted she was distracted. Jason: Yeah. Distracted, not drunk. Dante: Okay. You do not know that Luke was drunk. Look, Jason, you can get your revenge. You can kill Luke and cover your tracks. But what is that going to solve, hurting more people? Think of all the people that you and Luke have in common. Think about Lucky. He raised your son. A life for a life--it does not solve anything. It's not going to bring Jake back. Jason: Am I under arrest? Dante: No. [SCENE_BREAK] Lucky: What the hell are you doing? Luke: I can hold my liquor. Lucky: Have you lost your mind? Luke: I've been drinking since I was twelve. Watch this. [Exhales] Lucky: Don't do this. Dad. Dad. Don't do this. Stop. Please. Luke: Stone cold sober, Officer. Lucky: No. Dad. Stop. Dad. Damn it, stop! Stop! Stop! [Luke sobbing] [SCENE_BREAK] Abby: Okay. You wait right here, and I am going to see what I can scrounge up in the kitchen. Michael: Oh, you don't have to wait on me. Abby: I was just going to make us a little snack or something. I'm starving. I don't know about you. Michael: Oh, yeah. I'm pretty hungry, too. I didn't mean to, you know, imply that you would feel obligated to wait on me or anything. Abby: No, I know that. You are the most considerate guy I've ever met. Michael: I think I just--I don't know how to be, well, whatever this is, exactly. Abby: Look, we're still who we are. We're just more intimate now. Michael: I--I was afraid that I would remember Carter and flip out on you like I did before or freeze up. Abby: I know. Look, you're still trying to heal, but I know you, maybe better than you know yourself. I never had any doubts that sex with you would be beautiful. And it is. Abby: Food. I'm getting it. [SCENE_BREAK] [Knock on door] Carly: I'm sorry to bother you. I am so sorry. But I just saw Sam at the hospital, and we both agreed that you should know-- Jason: That I should know-- I should know what? Carly: You know what? We can do this another time. Jason: You know what? Just-- Carly, tell me, okay? Don't play games with me. What is it that you need my help with? Carly: The doctor said that Josslyn's doing much better-- Jason: Just-- Carly: And she's-- [Sighs] Franco: Hey, Carly. It's me. But I guess you can see that, right? Duh. Anyway, I'm so sorry to hear about my little girl. How is Josslyn? I feel awful, like somehow, I'm to blame for everything that happened. I promise, never again. From now on, I'll keep a close watch on Joss. A very close watch. [SCENE_BREAK] Elizabeth: Have you spoken to Lucky? Lulu: Yeah. He stopped by when I was with my dad, and he's very angry. He's looking for answers. Elizabeth: God. I wish I could have been the one to help him that night. You know, I told him that they couldn't do the transplant. Lulu: But it happened. Elizabeth: Because of Lucky. He reminded me of all those other parents praying for a miracle, and he said that maybe Jake could be their miracle. Lulu: Well, you saved Josslyn's life, and maybe the lives of lots of other kids. Elizabeth: I know. I'm hoping that maybe one day, that will help. Lulu: I think it will. I wish that Lucky could focus on that instead of finding the driver. Elizabeth: Oh, it wasn't the driver's fault. I didn't lock the door. I didn't hear Jake leave. I was so distracted by all the mail. [Knock on door] Lulu: You want me to get that? Elizabeth: Please. Lulu: What are you doing here? [Dante sighs] Dante: Um...we--we found the driver of the car. Lulu: Do you want me to leave? Elizabeth: No. No. Please stay. Who was it? Dante: Um, well, first, you should know that it appears to have been a complete accident. Given Jake's size and the darkness, there's virtually no chance the driver saw him. Elizabeth: Who hit my son? Dante: Luke. [SCENE_BREAK] Luke: Jake's dead. I killed him. I'll carry it the rest of my life. Lucky: That doesn't make it okay. Luke: Cowboy, for God's sake-- for God's sake, don't you think that I would have--I would have taken a different route, if I'd known? I wouldn't have driven so fast, I would-- Lucky: Yeah. I still don't hear you wishing that you hadn't taken those drinks, Dad. Luke: Okay, Lucky. Your son is dead, and you need something to blame, so you're going to put it on my drinking. You never had any trouble with it before. Lucky: How do you know that? Luke: I wish I could--I wish I could blame the drinking. I do. It would be an easy answer. It would be an easy way to explain what happened. But there are no easy answers here, not for this. Lucky. Nobody--nobody knows why this happened. Lucky: You can't see it, can you? You won't look at it. You won't face what's right in front of you. Don't you see, Dad, it's what happens. Your dad gave it to you. You gave it to me. And it goes on and on and on. It's a curse. It's a curse! Your drinking. It killed my son. Luke: Okay. Okay. If that's what you need to believe, if that comforts you and gets you through the night, then fine. It was my drinking that killed Jake. I was drunk. [SCENE_BREAK] Michael: This is the best thing I have ever tasted. Abby: Cold pizza. Michael: This used to be my favorite snack when I was a kid. My mom put them in the fridge. Did I really just bring up my mom? [Abby and Michael laugh] Abby: What? Michael: I'm rambling, I can't stop smiling. I just brought up my mom, and I don't care. Abby: I love seeing you smile. It's a good look. Michael: Yeah. You know, all my life, even when things were good, I always felt like there was this cloud of--not doom, necessarily. I guess I just never knew what happiness was until now. Abby: Everything that you're feeling, I'm feeling, too. And being with someone who's so open and honest and not playing any games, who's not afraid to say exactly what he's feeling? Cold pizza, I think, is going to be my favorite meal from now on, as long as I get to share it with you. Michael: Oh, that's a deal. You know, we--it's not too late. We can probably catch a movie or go to that art gallery or something. Abby: You want to go to the gallery? Michael: I don't know. I want to do whatever you want to do. Mmm. [SCENE_BREAK] Carly: Okay. Franco's message is on its way to Spinelli's inbox. Jason: You did the right thing by bringing this to me. Try not to worry about Franco. Carly: I'm not worried. But this is what he wants. Don't take the bait. Jason: You should get back to Josslyn. Carly: What are you going to do? Jason: You should get back to Josslyn. She needs-- Carly: Come on. Franco is twisted. He gets off on tormenting you. If he knows about Josslyn, that means he knows about Jake, and he knows that you're grieving. This isn't the time. Jason: It's going to be handled. Carly: In the state of mind you're in? This is suicide, going up against him. Jason: I don't want to fight. I want to know that you're with Josslyn and you're both safe. Carly: I want you to be careful. [Door shuts] [SCENE_BREAK] Lulu: There has to be a mistake. Maybe the lab mixed up samples or something. Elizabeth: What? Dante: We took DNA from all the cars. Lulu: It wasn't the car with the forged plates? Elizabeth: What is she talking about? Dante: We used footage from a traffic camera near your house, identified seven vehicles that went by at the time of the accident. Lulu: There was a car with forged plates. Dante: All the vehicles were checked over by forensics and returned. There's no doubt that Luke was the one who hit Jake, and that he was driving the car. Elizabeth: Oh, God. Lulu: No. My dad had no idea. We talked about him being on the road that night, but not for a second did he think that he would have done something like this. Dante: Thank you for coming by and telling me. Lulu: He didn't know-- Elizabeth: Can you please both just leave? Lulu: Okay. I know that you would want me to go, and I'll go. I just think that maybe Dante should stay with you. Elizabeth: I would rather be alone right now. If you could just go. Please. [SCENE_BREAK] [Door opens and shuts] Luke: What can I do? What can I say to ease the pain that I've caused you and Elizabeth? Lucky: Nothing. It's too late. Luke: I-- please, don't hate me. Lucky: I saw all the signs, Dad. I was in every bit as much denial as you were. And it's the sins of the fathers. Luke: Lucky. Lucky, sometimes, terrible, terrible, random things happen in this rotten world. I am a deeply flawed man. But I love you. And I would do anything for you. Please, please, don't hate me. Lucky: I don't hate you. I could never hate you, Dad. And I know that you love me. Just like I loved Jake. [SCENE_BREAK] Abby: What are you thinking about? Michael: The first night we met. How Sam set us up, and how tense and awkward it was in that hotel room. Abby: And look at us now. Michael: Yeah. I would have said that was the worst night of my life, you know. Abby: You'd just gotten out of prison. You were still making the adjustment. Michael: Yeah. To be honest, I thought I'd never be normal. I thought I'd have to carry around what happened to me the rest of my life, and it'd slowly poison me. You know, anybody else would have hated me for how stupid I acted, but you didn't. You helped me get through it. Abby: You're giving me way too much credit. Michael: No, Abby. You changed me. Abby: I just--I saw what was inside you beneath all that stuff you were dealing with, your courage and strength and gentleness. Michael: You once told me just because you hate where you are now doesn't mean you have to throw away your future. And I am so glad that I didn't. Throw away your future. And I am so glad that I didn't. [Abby grunts] Michael: Ooh. [Abby laughs] Michael: Stuff. Abby: Careful. [SCENE_BREAK] Dante: Hey. You doing okay? Yeah. That was a dumb question. Lucky: I just told my dad that he was the driver who hit Jake. Dante: Yeah. From what he said to me this morning, I don't think he knew. Lucky: Well, he knows now. Dante: You didn't have to come back to work. Lucky: I had nowhere else to go, okay? My dad admits that he had a drink or two, but there's no way to prove that he was over the legal limit. Dante: Yeah. And technically, the investigation's still open, but there's not much of a case there. Lucky: Who else knows? Dante: I went to tell Elizabeth in person, and Lulu was there. She doesn't want to believe that he could do it. Lucky: Yeah. Denial is a wonderful thing, isn't it? It runs in our genes. My dad won't admit that booze was a factor, that he didn't have any business getting behind the wheel. He said the words just to appease me, but he didn't mean it. He won't even acknowledge the possibility that this happened because he was impaired. Dante: Jason knows. I'm the one who told him. Lucky: How did he react? Dante: He, uh, thinks that your father was drinking. [SCENE_BREAK] Lulu: Have you seen my dad? Tracy: No, not since last night. What happened? Lulu: This is so much worse than you know. Tracy: What happened? What happened? Lulu: My dad's the one who hit Jake. Tracy: No. No. That's not possible. Lulu: Forensics proves it. He knew he was one of the seven cars that they were checking out, but he didn't give it a second thought. Tracy: What did Lucky say? Lulu: I don't know. Lucky's-- Dante said that Lucky's going to tell him. [SCENE_BREAK] Lucky: Babies change things, don't they? Luke: Oh, you sure did. Lucky: Yeah? Luke: Oh, yeah. Yeah. Lucky: Did you mind? Luke: Hmm? Lucky: What did you think? Luke: I thought that you were one of the two most amazing things that ever happened to me. Lucky's voice: Hey, Dad, if you had it all to do again, knowing what you know now... Luke's voice: I'd be afraid to do it again, to tell you the truth. I might really screw it up. I might try to raise you. [Glass shatters] [Luke screams] [Grunting] [Sobs] [SCENE_BREAK] Michael: Do you think it's okay to be this happy? Abby: I think you are way overdue on your happy quota, and you deserve all that you can get. Michael: Yeah. It's just so many people I love are hurting right now. I'm laying here with you, and it is the absolute best feeling in the world. Abby: You know, most people spend so much time chasing after what they want, they miss out on the happiness that's right in front of them. I almost did that with you. I kept making these excuses as to why we could only be friends. I just kept telling myself you were too young, and I was too messed up. Michael: Are you kidding me? Abby, I'm the one who's messed up. You are perfect. Abby: It scares me to be this happy. But I am not going to sit around and wait for something bad to happen. I'm not going to run or sabotage it. I am going to savor every minute that I get to spend with you. Michael: You said you like that I'm not afraid to say exactly what I'm feeling. Abby: One of the many things that I like about you. Michael: I love you. [SCENE_BREAK] Carly: [Laughs] Go on. Oh, wow. Josslyn: There. Carly: Mm-hmm. You know how lucky we are? [Knock on door] Shawn: Ladies. Carly: Shawn. Hi. Shawn: The patient seems to be in good spirits. Carly: Yeah. She's doing amazingly well. Speaking of patients, how are you doing? Shawn: Fully recovered and ready to start a new job. Carly: Really? Wow. Doing what? Anything you can talk about? Shawn: I'm your new bodyguard. [SCENE_BREAK] Lulu: Lucky was so angry because he thought it was Carly. Tracy: Oh, my God. I wish it had been. Lulu: He was ready to go after her and believe the worst. Tracy: I can't believe it was Luke. Lulu: How are they going to make peace with this? Tracy: Luke's life won't be right without Lucky in it. Lulu: The guilt has to be eating him alive. Tracy: I fear that he's going to lose his son forever. [SCENE_BREAK] Lucky: Hey. Is Jason here? Sam: No. Lucky: Do you know where he is? Sam: No. I'm not too sure. Lucky: Sam, don't stonewall me, okay? I need to know where Jason is. Did he go after my father? Sam: Your father? Why would he go after your father? Lucky: Final forensics evidence just came in. Proves my dad was the driver who hit Jake. Sam: Lucky, I am so sorry. I had no idea. I mean, I knew Luke was on the suspect list, but I had no idea he was the actual driver. Lucky: Yeah, well, Dante called Jason down to the station and broke the news to him. Sam: I don't know where Jason is. Lucky: Well, do me a favor. If you talk to him before I do, tell him not to kill my dad. [SCENE_BREAK] Luke: I wondered when you were going to show up. Bring your gun, or do you want to use mine? Jason: You enjoying yourself? Luke: Oh, yeah. I'm having a grand time. Nothing like running over a kid to pick up your spirits. Jason: Were you drinking? Yes or no? Luke: I drink. I wasn't drunk. But I did drive the car that killed Jake. And for that, there's no way I can ever say I'm sorry-- Jason: Yeah, I'm not buying that, 'cause you're more aware of your surroundings, and you're fast enough to respond when you're sober--which you weren't. Luke: There it is. Use it.