Finding Carter

Previously on Finding Carter...

It's about Lori. She tried to kill herself.

Have you talked to her?

No, and I'm not going to.

She could have died

and you're acting like you wouldn't have even cared.

I think I'd like to see her.

You shouldn't have come.

No, I'm not gonna leave.

I need to be alone, go away.

I love you.

Tell me you love me more.

She said she loved me.

She said I was her mom.

It's gonna be okay.

What is Carter's necklace doing in here?

Max and I slept together.

Don't give up on me, okay?

I'm learning how to forgive.

This feels good.

I missed you.

You're not leaving him.

I can see that I'm hurting you.

I had no idea that this was gonna

turn out the way it did.

Come on, Liz.

You might be sorry for hurting me,

but you're not sorry that this is the way it's ending up.

Sorry, Detective.

No!

Kyle!

Stay with me!

Don't leave me, okay, partner!

I need some help!

I need some help!

You should get to the hospital.

Gabe's gonna need you.

- Why? - Kyle's dead.

Sure you don't want any?

Eggplant parm's pretty good.

Yeah, I'm sure.

Funeral was about a week ago.

I figured I'd bring the food over

and maybe my relatives would take a hint and leave.

Why do people always bring casseroles when somebody dies?

Why not soups or salads or cakes or something?

'Cause you can just pop 'em in the microwave.

Yeah, you can freeze them and save them for later.

And they're easy to carry.

This conversation could be perceived as morbid.

Sorry.

No, it's cool, you're just stating the facts.

Death and casseroles do seem to go together.

You know you can stay with us if you need to, right?

Yeah, thank you. I appreciate that.

But once my relatives leave,

which I'm hoping is today,

I'm kind of looking forward to getting my house back.

Wow, you have a lot of cousins.

Most of them I have never even met before.

Yeah, it's weird what brings people out of the woodwork.

Okay.

Gabe, what do you want to do right now?

We'll do anything you want.

I'm good just hanging out.

Okay.

Well, then we will just do that.

Are you guys cool?

Yeah, we're good.

Hey, can we talk?

Look, I know you're still mad at me,

and I don't blame you,

but I want to make it up to you.

How, Madison?

You have been lying to my face

since the moment you got here...

when you had every opportunity to tell me the truth.

Carter, it's for you.

Who is it?

I don't know, some guy.

Hi.

Are you Carter Stevens?

Uh, yeah?

You've been served.

Oh, my God.

Lori's going on trial.

How is she suddenly considered competent to stand trial?

It says she petitioned for a reevaluation

and the doctor signed off on it.

You saw how unstable she was.

Your mother's on the phone with the D.A.'s office now.

I don't know, maybe it'll turn out to be a good thing.

What did you find out?

This is a complicated situation because not only

is she trying to get out,

but she's trying to get custody of you.

How are they even considering letting her out?

In the state of Virginia,

when a child is detained by a legal parent,

it's considered a misdemeanor, not a felony.

But she was never my legal parent.

Well, her defense attorney is going to try to prove

that she was your legal parent

when she abducted you.

- You guys are my legal parents. - Yes, exactly.

She doesn't have a leg to stand on.

David, it's the egg donation.

It's not black and white anymore.

That's ridiculous.

The law is on our side.

A jury would have to agree with us.

What happens if they don't?

Her penalty could be reduced.

To what?

Less than a year.

Time served.

She could be released immediately.

It is so supremely creepy

that Lori's making Carter testify at her trial.

I just feel like such an idiot

for letting her use me.

You're not the first one she's used.

You probably won't be the last.

Whoa, did you guys leave that door open?

No, did you?

I don't think so.

There's someone in there.

- Stay here. - Max, no.

Jesus!

It's my parents.

I don't get it.

When I saw her,

she told me she never wanted to see me again.

Or so she said.

Maybe she changed her mind.

But even if she somehow convinced a jury to let her go

and she got custody,

what does she have to gain?

Carter doesn't want to live with her.

A judge would have to consider that.

Well, if a jury says she's Carter's mother,

the judge would probably consider that.

I hate what she is doing to us.

God, I should have never gone and seen her.

Carter, it's not your fault.

You tried to help. You did the right thing.

God, this is so weird.

She got her ex-boyfriend

to come ask me to help put her in there,

then she sends me all these letters,

- lures me up there. - Lures you?

Are you saying the suicide attempt wasn't real?

Oh, sick.

I mean, maybe she's been thinking about this all along.

Oh, my God, what if this was her plan from the beginning?

- To get out of prison? - To get you back?

I don't know.

God, why are we still having to deal with this stuff?

It's okay, Carter.

We're gonna go to talk to the D.A. this afternoon.

We're gonna find out what she's up to.

You guys doing okay?

Yeah, we're fine.

It's pretty screwed up. The trial thing.

Yeah, but it's good to be here, hanging out.

You realize, right, not actually hanging out?

You're obsessively cleaning?

It's what I do.

It's her coping mechanism.

What about you? You got one?

Hmm?

Oh. No, I wish.

That's what these are for.

Jump, over the guy! Jump! Jump!

- Oh, jump. - How do you jump!

Push "A." "A", "A," "A."

He's not jumping!

Jump, jump, you gotta jump!

Jump!

Wow.

You're really kinda bad at this.

It wasn't me, he wasn't jumping.

Mm-hmm.

Okay, I'm up. Give it to me.

Gabe, where are the Swiffers?

Uh... are they not underneath the sink?

No. I can't find them.

I don't know.

My dad... usually takes care of that stuff.

Oh, well, don't worry about it.

I'll find them.

Hey.

Look.

None of us have any idea what you're going through right now.

Yeah.

I don't know.

I've always known the risks.

It doesn't make it easier, man.

No, but it's something we talked about all the time.

And he prepped me for it.