Family Squares

Cassidy.

Grandma, is that you?

I-I'm sorry to call you so early, sugarplum.

- It's okay, Grandma. - How are you feeling?

Well, I'm gonna die this weekend.

- Oh. - And I-I need you to teach me.

Uh...

I-I'm not sure how. I have never died.

No, not that.

Teach me the Zoom thing that people use

and gather the family.

In normal times that might be a difficult request,

but during the pandemic the Worth family

found a way to come together while dealing with a crisis.

This is their story.

Cassidy, you wanna join me in the kitchen?

We can Zoom together?

No way, your lighting sucks.

- Guys. - Hey, Chad.

- Hi, Chad. - What's up, man?

There you guys are.

Wish it was different circumstances.

Cassidy, wow, let me see what you got going on there.

That's a lot.

Yeah, she did the makeup and hair herself.

I love that.

Hi, everybody, not all at once, please.

That's your Uncle Bobby, by the way.

Another example of you just dropping out of our lives

and coming back in whenever you feel like it.

Yeah, I just sit here like Buddha.

Oh, hey, Mom.

- Hello, Bobby. - Hello, Di-Di.

Hello, family.

- Hello - Hi.

- Hello. - Yes, Robert.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

What time is it in Russia right now, man?

- Eight hours. - Like, it's always been later...

You guys didn't know what

a single one of those words meant.

Are they still Communists?

Hi. Hi, everybody.

- Hey! - Hi.

- Hi, Judith. - How are you?

Hi.

- Okay, am I the last person? - Am I the last?

- No. - Definitely, no.

Katie is not there yet.

There's nowhere with any reception.

I've been trying to find a place to pull over, but...

- You know, Dorsey... - Oh, wow, Bobby.

You don't look any different.

I know Katie's gonna be last this time.

- Of course Katie's last. - Punctual as always...

Whenever we say last, we mean...

It's Katie...

- Before Katie... - Has anybody...

Hey, guys, nominating that we just one at a time.

Raise your hand and talk. So.

- Okay. - I'm not gonna raise my hand.

George Burns once wrote

that happiness is having a large, loving,

caring, close-knit family in another city.

Well, George Burns didn't know Zoom.

- You know what we're here for? - Like a family does...

Let's think about what we're here for.

- True. - Where-where is Mother?

- Yeah, where is... - Oh, good. You're all here.

Great.

I'm going to set this up so you can see Mabel.

Just a heads up, she is in and out of consciousness,

so do not expect her to respond, but she can hear you.

Studies have shown that she can...

she can hear, so don't be shy,

but also don't be too loud

because you are a big bunch, and we want her passing to be calm.

- You hear that, Bret, right? - That's a lot of instructions.

- Hi, Mom. - Mom, there you are.

- Hello. - There you are.

- Grandma, I'm here. - It's Dorsey. I'm here...

We're actually all here, not just Dorsey.

Katie's not here, but I'm here.

Hi, Grandma.

Right here, Grandma, it's Chad.

Hi y'all.

Good to see you.

Welcome to my death.

We love you so much.

Dorsey, pull it together.

- Oh, my gosh. - Hi, Mom.

You know, you look serene.

Looks like you can take that "coming soon" sign off my grave.

- Mom. - Grandma, don't.

- It's true. - We're all here with you.

- You're in Connecticut. - I mean in our hearts, Mother.

I'm sorry we're not there with you.

Okay, so just remember

that Mabel is doing the work right now.

She's concentrating.

So while encouragement is okay, silence...

is actually perfect.

Okay?

- What is that mean? - What does what mean?

Encouragement to do what?

- To just go. - How do you do this?

Are we supposed to say, like, it's okay?

Like, are we supposed to say, "It's okay, you can die now"?

- No. - Probably, I don't know.

No, we're just supposed to be supportive.

Just letting her know we all gathered...

Bobby, with all due respect, I don't wanna hear

about being here from you, okay?

That was encouragement?

Huh.

Do you remember the time we, uh,

we used to play music on Grandma's porch?

She'd-she'd also sing and dance, as I remember.

I do remember.

Eating those biscuits, those biscuits with grain.

- And your gas afterwards. - Yeah, we all remember that too.

Thank you for bringing that up.

And remember when we'd go down to that bar,

and she got up on the... on the bar and danced.

Oh, my God.

She kicked every glass off that bar.

Oh, my mother.

Hey, Max?

What is that noise?

It's the death rattle.

That's her soul

- trying to say goodbye. - Is that it?

- It's not her... - Oh, my God.

Everyone, I know that this is hard, but this is normal.

I want you to know that Mabel is not experiencing any pain.

I administered morphine a little while ago.

But hang in there, guys. You're doing great.

You know, the Buddhists believe that their soul

always remains with the family.

- Oh. - Goodbye, Mom.

Wait? Did she die?

Did she die? Is she dead?

Wait, did she die?

- Fuck! - Bye, Mom.

Wait, did she die?

I can't believe we're not there.

- This is so fucked up! - We should be with her.

There are a lot of instructions, and you're not

listening to any of them, Dorsey.

God damn it, Bret!

- This is so stupid! - This is so fucked!

We should be there!

Do we know yet if she died?

Why aren't we there?

Okay, just a little bit quieter.

A little bit quieter.

We can hear you. She can hear you.

- Grandma? - Where are you going, Max?

- Look, we get it. We get it. - You're both the saddest.

Grandma!

Oh, God. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Oh, no Grandma.

- Grandma you can go... - Go and join Dad.

- It's okay. - Bye-bye, Grandma.

Have a celestial journey.

- It's okay. - We're here with you.

Sleep, Mama.

- It's okay, sweetheart. - You can go.

I know I can go now.

Don't give me advice.

Bunch of know-it-alls.

I missed it?

Did-did I miss it? Is she fucking dead?

Did I miss it? How come I didn't get the link?

- Shh. - I've been texting you, Mama.

Stop, stop you missed...

yeah, I think you did miss it.

- I don't know. - Where have you been?

- Oh, thank God. Oh, my God. - I really thought that I...

Here we go.

I am going to leave this connected for a few minutes.

I just wanted to convey my condolences.

I'm so sorry.

Mabel was such a sweet, sweet woman.

A great soul with a twisted sense of humor.

- Yeah. - Which I like.

Cass, hon.

You just wanna sit with her for a while?

Yeah. Yeah.

I'll just sit with her until the free session runs out.

Okay. Okay, you do that.

I'll make your favorite spaghetti, okay?

You just come down when it's over.

Cass? Oh, sorry.

I-I thought the screen had frozen.

You were both just so still, you and Gigi.

Look just, um...

Forget it. Love you, kid.

I brought you some spaghetti.

I'm still with Gigi.