When Icarus Fell

I have to tell you something.

It's gonna come out soon enough anyway.

I want you to hear it from me.

I made a mistake.

I wanted to do the right thing.

I don't know what to do. I'm so... I'm sorry.

-Hello. -Hey, when are you coming home?

You know, I'm not... I'm not sure.

I... gotta get this stuff done before tomorrow.

So, you're not out drinking with your work friends?

I'm at work.

Are you drinking?

No.

Okay, please don't.

So, when are you coming home?

I don't know, um... probably wouldn't wait up for me though.

Sean, do you remember that I'm ovulating?

Tonight?

That's on your calendar.

Sean?

Well, I gotta get this stuff done, so...

Okay.

See you soon?

Okay.

Okay, yes.

You know what, I'll... I'll be home in 30 minutes.

Okay.

Love you.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

What are you doing?

I'm trying to help your boys out.

Karen said this is how she and Steve got pregnant.

Right, right and that's all this is.

Hey, where are you going?

I think I'm gonna head back in.

To work?

Yeah, I got to get this stuff done.

So, you're just gonna screw me and go?

Seriously?

Which brings me to social media, okay? Watch what you post.

I don't want to see any red cups or red eyes, alright?

If you're serious about landing a position here at the end of this internship,

you take this part serious.

The media would love to do anything they can to discredit us.

Excuse me. Cole, sorry to interrupt,

but, uh, when you're done here, will you see me in my office?

Yeah, sure. Ten minutes.

-Are these the new interns? - Yes, sir.

Ripe and ready for the world of politics.

Wow! Welcome to the team. It's great to have you aboard.

I want to thank you in advance for all the hard work,

I'm sure Cole's gonna be throwing your way in the next few days.

I understand that.

We all know the deadline is not going to help me at all

because I have to have this done within 30 days.

Right. Thank you.

So, that went south in a hurry. How behind am I?

You're supposed to have a phone call with Councilman Campbell at 02:00.

-Excuse me, senator. I just thought... -This is Councilman Campbell.

...it'd be best if I came in and met with you face-to-face.

-And you can call me Robert. -Alright Robert, let's walk.

Uh, okay, well, thank you for meeting me today.

I wanted to talk to you about Isaac's open senate seat.

I feel like... Like my strong record...

Robert, you don't have a name yet.

You need a bill or a project or something to build your name up.

Well, I think that my experience as councilman in...

How about this?

There's a renewable energy grant I've been trying to land for some time now,

but it seems dead in water.

It's a seed project for wind energy on the west side of the state.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember that.

If you can push that project through,

I'll make sure to bring your name up to the rest of the nominations committee.

But I'd like to sit down and have a real discussion about...

Robert, I have to step into this meeting.

The briefing on the project will have all the information you need to move forward.

Yeah, well. Thank you, Bruce. Thank you.

Yeah, Santiago.

Santiago...

Salud.

-Salud. -Salud.

-Salud. -Salud.

-Javier? -

- -Javi.

Javier!

Javier!

Hello, everyone.

Thank you all for inviting me here today.

Thank you to the Ladies' Auxiliary for the...

For the lovely decorations, the fine food.

Uh...

-Hey. -I need to share something with you.

-Hi. -I need to share something

that's difficult for me to say...

I'm Ashlee.

Hey.

Usually people say their name back, maybe you should try it.

-That's cool. -No, I'm sorry. I'm Javier.

Nice to meet you.

You too.

The future of this county is in newer technology and innovation.

So, this... What are you doing sulking back here in the corner?

Oh, uh, I work here, mostly with the kids' program, but yeah.

And you don't approve of this wind turbine project?

I mean, it's fine. I just... I don't see how any of this has to do with any of us, you know.

I mean, like, why is this guy here?

To make himself look better?

Maybe he's here to help.

We don't need another little project.

We need hands.

We need people to come here and get their hands dirty.

And the construction of these wind turbines will be our ticket to that future.

Thank you again for inviting me here tonight.

Now, let's have some of that pie, huh?

Sean.

Hey.

What's up?

Is everything alright?

No.

Oh, oh, it's gonna be alright.

Don't say that.

I called an adoption agency on the way in.

A what?

I just wanted to try to figure out what we can do next.

Uh, I mean, don't you think...

Don't you think maybe we should talk about this a little?

Honey, we are talking about it.

I know, but we haven't even considered all the other options yet.

What other options?

I don't know.

Damn it!

I so badly wanted this to be your fault.

Hey.

No way.

-Yes. -

Hey, I know we said no baby stuff tonight,

but, um, I just wanted to apologize about earlier, alright?

What you said, it just caught me off guard

and I just didn't have time to process it.

- It's okay. -[Sean I know.

I know, um, I just want you to be happy, alright?

And I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make this work.

-Okay? -Yeah.

Let's do it.