Finding Carter

Previously on "Finding Carter"

I couldn't get pregnant.

And we decided to look for an egg donor.

They chose me.

I am your real mother.

Ah!

Lori came to the house?

She gave me this picture of you.

I know things, David did a number on both of us.

She said something strange.

What did she mean by that?

Tay?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, I think so.

I don't know.

Been up all night thinking about everything.

Yeah, yesterday was insane.

Maybe we should take today off,

you know, just, like, stay home and recover.

No, no, I think that we should just move on.

You know, not dwell.

I have a lot of stuff to do

and I don't want to fall behind.

I have an e-contest this morning.

Okay.

You sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'll see you downstairs.

I've got it under control.

Look, you...

You knew eventually it would come to this.

The truth has to come out.

Are you threatening me?

I just don't understand how she found us.

I don't know, Linds.

It was 18 years ago.

But we signed a confidentiality contract.

I'm starting to think that we need to sue that clinic.

I just want to put all this behind us.

Every bit of it, finally.

Well, we're almost there.

The FBI's interrogating her tomorrow.

Are you gonna be there?

I don't know. I'm not sure how much more I can take.

She's delusional.

Like, that thing that she said about...

You knowing things that I would want to know.

Made up things from the mind of a very disturbed person.

I'll see you downstairs.

Hey.

Are you okay?

I don't know.

It's gonna take some time to get your balance back.

Dad...

There's this one thing that happened,

it's been kinda bothering me.

Tell me.

When I woke up in the motel room,

Lori was on the phone with someone.

I think someone was helping her.

Like who? Someone you knew before?

I don't know.

It sounded like someone she knew.

And...

Like someone who knew me.

What makes you think that?

I don't know, it's the way she sounded.

Really familiar, like she knew them really well or something.

They already knew everything that was going on.

I don't know who she was talking to, I'm sorry.

It wasn't you, was it, dad?

Me?

Oh, my God, no.

I was looking for you, Carter.

I was frantic, like everyone else.

Okay.

Go can stop thinking about it.

You've been through a lot.

Yeah.

We all have.

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- Hey. - Hey.

Do you want anything else?

Some eggs?

No, I'm good. But thank you.

Oh, we have stuff for waffles.

I haven't had waffles since I was, like, ten.

Oh.

Do you want a ride to school?

No, mom, stop acting weird. It's freaking me out.

The last 72 hours have been pretty weird.

I guess I'm a little off-kilter.

Weird is kind of an understatement.

I think it'd be great if we all just got back to normal,

you know, stay on track.

Great policy.

Hey.

You sleep okay?

Yeah, you?

So-so.

Sorry.

Hey.

- (Max) Hi. - Morning.

Hey, Armadillo.

Hey, isn't it a little early for murder music?

Not in this house.

- Are you okay? - Mhm.

You're here, Taylor's here, Max is here.

That crazy woman's going to jail, right?

Mm-hmm.

Then I'm good.

- (David) Anyone need a ride? - Good.

- Yeah. - How about you guys?

No, I'm taking him to physical therapy.

I thought you had econ.

Yeah, but I can take him and still make it.

Oh, that's okay, I can find my own way.

It's not a big deal.

You sure? I really don't want you to...

Yeah, Tay, don't worry, I got this.

Fine.

Take him.

Tay, cool?

Yeah, totally cool.

All right, see the rest of you later.

Okay.

- Bye. - Bye.

- See you later. - Bye.

- Mom? - Yeah?

Are you seeing Lori today?

No, but tomorrow, she's being interrogated by the FBI.

You think I could come to that?

- What? No. Absolutely not. - Why?

Because I don't want you anywhere near her.

What? Is there...

Something you don't want me to hear?

Yes, her voice.

It's in the hands of the FBI, okay?

You're not going,

there's nothing more you need to know from Lori.

Okay.

Bye.

Come on, Max.

It's the AP Microeconomics paper.

Oh. Here it is.

Axiomatic Theory of Expected Utility Equilibrium Strategies in Convex Compacts.

Uh, are you the one who said we should take this class?

- Yes. - Okay, so,

you really want to finish this project?

'Cause really, it's kind of,

you know, lost its luster for me.

We have to finish this project.

It's more than half our final grade.

I didn't think you'd even be here today.

Why? Stuff to do.

Hey, I don't judge, you know that.

People handle issues the way they want.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to sound defensive, I just...

Everyone thinks the world should stop spinning, I don't get it.

Maybe they're just trying to process.

Well, this is my process.

And I'm done.

Oh, I'm... early.

I don't get why my mom won't let me hear Lori's interrogation.

She just doesn't want you to see how messed-up Lori is.

Okay, but come on, Max.

She wasn't always this messed up.

Remember, you knew her.

I don't know, maybe it's everything she's been through

since I got back here.

Still. It doesn't explain why she took you in the first place.

Yeah.

Look, I know she's done awful things.

Believe me, I know she has, but

I just want to know why.

Because okay, that stuff with the egg donor thing,

there's so much more to the story

than anyone ever told me.

And, like, why did she want to meet our mom and dad after?

She knew what she was getting into, she was an egg donor.

It's not like she put us up for adoption.

I don't know, I just...

I feel like there's more to the story.

I think Elizabeth is just trying to protect you.

Yeah, but that's the thing.

Protect me from what?

- Liz? - Hey.

You did good, how you handled the whole thing.

Thank you.

It's just the family fallout, you know?

Yeah, well, kids are stronger than we think.

They'll survive.

It's just her.

Lori.

It's over but she's still stirring the pot.