Here After

I remember the first time

I heard Robin play.

It was really quite extraordinary.

- Ciao. - Ciao.

- Sì, um... - Very informal.

A friend of mine from admissions would like to hear Robin play.

Oh! When?

Uh, she has a small window tomorrow afternoon.

Robin can leave my class earlier.

- That's good. - Oh, there she is!

You were so wonderful!

No, no. It's the best I've ever heard you play.

Hey. Really proud of you, sweetheart.

Well done tonight, Robin.

Well done.

So...

Pizza to celebrate, huh?

I love pizza!

Uh, Claire, you're more than welcome

to come with us, if you...

Oh, no, no. I'm gonna go home.

Sure.

Oh, she's saying she has an algebra test.

Yeah, I... I got it. Come on, sweetheart.

I won't keep you up late. Promise.

Of course! Go, go. Go have fun. Go.

I'm so proud of you.

Ciao.

It's okay.

Give yourself a break, Claire.

You don't have to pretend for him.

It must be exhausting.

You're here. It's more than his own son ever does.

Thank you.

Robin?

Why is your bike in the hallway?

Hmm.

Audition? Hmm.

Is that what Signor Sagravas said?

He said it was an audition?

Yeah, he did tell me it was very informal.

Conservatory. That's a big step!

I know. It's just all happening so fast.

Hmm.

Buongiorno, Signora Marino. Buongiorno, Maya.

Still don't know how you can take it.

Your mom's okay as a teacher,

but I would seriously suffocate if my mom was everywhere I was.

"A mourner walked Among the children"

"I notwithstanding went about As one bemoaning a dominion"

"Itself the only prince Cast out"

"Elder, today, a session wiser And fainter, too"

"As wiseness is"

"I find myself Still softly searching"

"For my delinquent palaces"

"And a suspicion Like a finger"

"Touches my forehead Now and then"

"That I am looking oppositely"

"For the sight Of the Kingdom of Heaven"

Beautiful.

So, a lot has been written

about the underlying melancholy of this poem.

What do we think Emily Dickinson is so sad about?

- She lost something. - Yeah.

What do you think she's referring to when she says,

"Still softly searching for my delinquent palaces?"

She's looking for the life she had.

Yeah. She's looking for the... the mystery

and the enchantment

of a world that's no longer available to her.

Okay. So,

your poems are due on Friday.

Please, keep working on them, enjoy the process.

If anybody has anything you'd like me to read

in advance, you can pass it in.

Good luck.

Did he show up with the jail-bait wife?

Of course he did.

Still look like you?

Of course she does.

When I was a teenager!

Some men are such pigs!

Especially the ex-husband variety. Hey!

Wait! Wait!

Wait!

Claire!

Claire.

No, no, no!

But I think my daughter...

No, no, no, no...

You can't stay here! Go!

God, please don't take her from me.

Claire...

Claire, I'm so sorry.

Her finger moved.

Her hand moved.

Claire!

Robin.

She was clinically dead for 20 minutes.

The likelihood of brain damage is probable.

It's a question of to what degree.

We won't know until she wakes up.

And when will that be?

It's hard to say.

I'll leave you alone.

You should...

I'll just take them home and come back, okay?

Claire.

I'm sorry, but I...

It's okay.

Okay. I'll see you soon.

Oh, my God!

You're awake.

Hi, Mamma.

Your voice.

Yeah.

You're speaking.

You're back.

Yeah.

I'm back.

This is highly unusual.

Robin appears to be functioning within

a completely normal range in all aspects.

Other than scars and bruises, at the moment,

she seems to be walking away unscathed.

- Hmm. - Right.

Since you say she was verbal ten years ago,

the best I can surmise is that the trauma to her brain

simply caused her to forget she didn't want to speak.

I'll let her go home today, but she needs to take it slow.

It can take time for the damage to show.

Okay.

Here, I'll take those. I can put them in the kitchen.

Want me to take your coat, honey?

Oh, okay.

Um...

Should I put on some coffee or...

No, I'll...

I should go. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Thanks.

I'll call you tomorrow, sweetheart, okay?

Okay. Bye, Dad.

Bye. Ciao.

Ciao. Grazie.

Holy Mary, mother of God,

pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

Hail Mary, full of grace...

Rob, what are you doing?

I want to go to school tomorrow.

Oh, the doctor says you need to stay at home and rest--

Can you stop that, please?

I want to go to school tomorrow.

Robin. Robin.

Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow...

Honey, okay. Let's...

Let's see how you're feeling in the morning.

Thank you.

I saw it fly through the window.

Its neck is probably broken.

It's only stunned.

Stop! You're holding it too tight! You're killing it.

I know a secret.

What do you mean?

I'll show you.

What's happening?

Robin? What is it?

Please, make her let it go, Signora Marino.

Sweetheart, put the bird down. Birds can carry diseases.

Are you worried I'll catch something?

And die?

Robin, put the bird down.

It's dead.

Come on, girls! Move along.

Come here.

Excuse me. Robin! Robin!

Claire! Claire! Walk with me. No. Hey--

Walk with me. No.

Please.

I spoke to Robin this morning,

and she seemed more confident than before the accident.

I told her that my friend from admission

could come here specifically to hear her play.

Robin really wants to do it. No, no, no, no.

She's not ready for that. I...

I don't want her under that kind of pressure.

No pressure at all!

Listen. I would only have her do the pieces

she could play in her sleep.

Ludovica is also aware of what Robin's been through.

Giacomo. No! Think about it!

Hello! Earth to Claire!

Sorry.

Where are you? Hmm.

I had such a strange morning with Robin.

She's been through an ordeal. You both have.

She just seems like a different person.

Teenage girls are a mess, no matter how you spin it.

One minute sweethearts, the next, le monstre.

All the surging hormones! It's totally normal, Claire.

Mm.