David: After much consideration, I have decided to step down as pine valley hospital's chief of staff. And with the board's endorsement, I am pleased to announce dr. Angela Hubbard will be taking over that position effective immediately.
Angie: Thank you, dr. Hayward. You'll be a tough act to follow. Reporter: Why are you giving up the position, dr. Hayward?
David: The demands of the job along with my surgical duties have been constraining my home life. Now
I'll have ample time to focus on expanding my family. Second reporter: Are you expecting another child?
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Amanda: What's going on?
Jake: Uh, David is stepping down as chief of staff.
Amanda: Why?
Jake: Probably to spend more time ripping us apart.
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Angie: I I hope to follow in the esteemed footsteps of dr. Joe martin, who ran this hospital with heart and dignity and strength.
David: Hey!
Amanda: Hey.
David: Hey, how's my little man doing?
Amanda: He's fine.
Jake: So, uh, I caught your -- your little speech there where you're demoting yourself, Dave.
David: Well, you see, I like to see it as promoting myself to a higher position in the daddy department. Soon we'll have a baby on the way. I thought it would be nice to be able to be there and help out at home.
Amanda: Well, we could have talked about it. Maybe hired someone else full time.
Jake: You see, I would have thought you'd actually wait for Amanda to be a few months along before you went and gave up all your power over me.
David: Is that really what I'm doing?
**************Jake: Congratulations, chief! All hail the chief! Hail the chief.
Angie: Thank you.
Amanda: He's already buttering up the boss.
Jake: No, I'm not. I was just -- you know, she's the chief, but if it's not working, I brought a really cute little baby along. There you go, chief.
Angie: Oh, and he is a cutey. Look at you.
Jake: He is, isn't he?
Angie: So what is it you want less weekend shifts? More time in the O.R.?
Jake: No. I just was wondering what the truth is. Why did David really step down?
Angie: Well, you heard him. He wants more family time. My sympathies.
Jake: Mmm. And now the truth. Why did David really step down?
Amanda: Jake, maybe that's all it is.
Jake: Uh, no. Definitely not. David hoards power like a squirrel hoards nuts, so are you telling me he just let you walk off with his nuts? How'd you do that?
Jesse: Yeah. How did you do that?
Angie: I made a deal.
Jake: She made a deal with the devil.
Angie: Mm-hmm. Something you and my husband know all about. Sweetie.
[Baby cries]
**************Jake: Could you sit down, please?
Amanda: You know, maybe whatever Angie has on David we could use to get custody of Trevor, you know, and then I could skip the whole fertility appointment.
Jake: Well, first of all I got to believe that Angie knows that David is blackmailing you to make this happen, so if she had anything on him at all, she'd be helping us, don't you think?
Amanda: Not if she was already using it herself to get ahead.
Jake: Do you really -- can you sit down, please? You're making me nervous. Please. This is Angie. This is Angie we're talking about.
Amanda: It is no coincidence that she ended up with David's job, chief of staff. There's no way he would give up that job without a fight. Ok, I'm desperate. I just keep thinking about these next 9 months living under David's watch. You know, the deal is done, but today it gets real. Jake, I'm about to meet with a doctor about having David's baby.
Jake: Don't do it. We'll find -- we'll find another way. Just don't do it.
Amanda: We've already looked. There is no other way, Jake. If I back out on this plan, then I lose you to jail, I lose Trevor to David. I lose everything.
Jake: You know what happened today? David stood down as chief of staff, right? What does that mean? That means he doesn't have control of me at work anymore. No control. And in 9 months, if you go through with this, he won't have control over you either.
Amanda: But how do we get through the day to day, you know, for the next 9 months?
Jake: Because we -- we just let David keep thinking that David's making all the rules, right? And eventually when he slips up, and he will, we'll move in and we'll go for custody of Trevor and the new little brother or sister.
Amanda: David will fight us.
Jake: Screw David. Screw him. I need you to believe that we can conquer anything together, ok? I really need you to believe that.
Amanda: I believe in you.
Nurse: Mrs. Martin, the doctor's ready for you.
**************Jake: Can I talk to you? I mean, I hate to do this to you right after nap time or whatever, but...ahh. I got good news for you and bad news. And the good news is that you're gonna have a little brother or sister, huh? High 5. Give us some skin. Ok, we'll work on that. The bad news is that your little brother or sister is not gonna have, uh, you see this face right here? You see this mutt? They're not gonna have any of these genes. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, what? Why not? I know. It's not 'cause I don't love your mommy. I do. I love your mommy very much. We're gonna live together forever, be married, the whole thing. But you know David, right? He's technically your father. Oh, you do know him. He's the funny-looking guy, lives in the big creepy house that you and mom are staying at. Well, if he had it his way, he'd have you living there forever. And that's, uh, that -- you know, that's not good because then we'd never get to hang out, and...I love you too much. And mommy.
**************Doctor: Everything looks normal, Mrs. Martin. You have several viable eggs, no blockage in your fallopian tubes, no trauma from previous childbirth. I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to conceive and carry another child.
Amanda: Good. Great. So what's next?
Doctor: We'll collect a sperm sample from the prospective father, set a date for insemination. If it takes, you could be delivering late summer, early fall.
Amanda: If? But -- I'm sorry. You just said that there shouldn't be a problem.
Doctor: The procedure doesn't always work the first cycle. If that is the case, we'll run
more tests. Sometimes it takes multiple tries. This can be a long process.
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David: Hey, Trevor. Daddy's here. I just had my checkup.
Jake: We're thrilled for you.
David: Yeah. I'm sure you are. Where's Amanda?
Jake: Amanda's in with the doctor. See, back when you were chief of staff, this would be about the time that you'd send me off to the lab to pick up some paperwork or check in with a patient, anything to make sure I didn't spend quality time with my girl.
David: You know, I got to tell you, Jake, there's something poetic about this, you in a waiting area, watching the door, hoping Amanda will come walking in any minute. You do this at home, too?
Jake: Ooh, someone's Mr. Cranky pants because they gave up their title.
David: Oh, no, not at all. No. The only title I care about these days is dad. At the rate you're going, you'll have a better shot at being chief of staff.
Jake: Well, I got to be honest with you, Dave, I'm jealous. The day doesn't go by that I didn't wish that I was Trevor's real dad. I'd be a good father to him or the new little ones. But I'll wait. 9 months. And then we'll make babies out of love, and a family, and that, my friend, will be worth the wait.
David: You keep telling yourself that. A lot can happen in 9 months.
[Kiss] I'll see you back at home, son. The nanny here can change your diaper.
[Pats Trevor]
[Footsteps fade]
**************Doctor: See you soon, Mrs. Martin.
Amanda: Ok, thanks.
Jake: Something wrong?
Amanda: I am perfectly healthy and ready to have another baby.
Jake: Well, that's what -- that's what you wanted, right?
Amanda: I know. It's just...the doctor said that it could take longer than I thought. I want this to be over. I just want to come home.
Jake: Well, I'm gonna wait for you for as long as it takes.
David: Well?
Doctor: I can schedule her first insemination mid month.
David: Just in time for the holidays. Huh. Perfect time to give thanks for my new family.
