- Jack Pearson: You've asked me a question before, you wonder what I love about you now, So I'm gonna start with the obvious. I love the mother that you are. I love that you are still the most beautiful woman in any room and that you laugh with your entire face. I love that you dance funny, not sexy, which makes it even sexier, but most of all, I love that you are still the same woman who all those years ago ran out of a blind date because she simply had to sing. You're not just my great love story, Rebecca, you are my big break. And our love story? I know it may not feel like it right now, baby, but I promise you, it's just getting started.
- Jack Pearson: You know, I was supposed to have another date the night that we met. I ever tell you that?
- Rebecca Pearson: No.
- Jack Pearson: The woman that sold me the Chevelle, she set me up. But then I saw you and stood the other girl up.
- Rebecca Pearson: I wonder who she was.
- Jack Pearson: I never have. You asked me a question before. What is it that I love about you now.
- Rebecca Pearson: Jack...
- Jack Pearson: So I'm gonna start with the obvious. I love the mother that you are. I love that you are still the most beautiful woman in any room, and that you laugh with your entire face. I love that you dance funny... and not sexy, which... makes it even sexier. But most of all, I love that you are still the same woman who, all those years ago, ran out of a blind date because she simply had to sing. You're not just my great love story, Rebecca. You... you were my big break.
- Rebecca Pearson: [flashback to her finishing her song] Thank you. Thanks.
- Jack Pearson: [voiceover] And our love story, I know it may not feel like it right now, but baby...
- Rebecca Pearson: Hi.
- Jack Pearson: Hi.
- Jack Pearson: [v.o., then the scene returns to the house] ... I promise, it's just getting started.
- Jack Pearson: [fighting with Rebecca] This is insane. We love each other.
- Rebecca Pearson: What do you love about me?
- Jack Pearson: Huh?
- Rebecca Pearson: What do you love about me? Tell me. The me as I am right now, not the me that you've conjured up in your mind over the years; what do you love about me right now, Jack?
- [Jack doesn't know what to say]
- Rebecca Pearson: So the next time you tell me that you love me, make sure you're not doing it just out of habit.
- Jack Pearson: Spoke to Miguel. He's fine with it.
- Rebecca Pearson: Okay. What do we tell the kids?
- Jack Pearson: Tell them the truth. That we had a fight and that we both need a minute to... catch our breath.
- Rebecca Pearson: We're gonna screw them up.
- Jack Pearson: No.
- Rebecca Pearson: Yeah.
- Jack Pearson: No, we're not. No, the kids are gonna be fine. We've shown them a healthy marriage. This is just gonna be a blip on their radar years from now. We're their parents, Bec. We do the best we can. But at the end of the day - what happens to them, how they turn out - that's bigger than us.
- [the scene changes to Kate and Toby]
- Kate Pearson: [finding an old picture of Rebecca] I know what I want to do, you know, now that we're back. Like, for work.
- Toby Damon: Oh, yeah? You gonna call your old boss or...
- Kate Pearson: I want to sing.
- Toby Damon: Hmm.
- Jack Pearson: [voicover] Sometimes they'll make good decisions.
- [the scene cuts to Kevin and Sophie]
- Kevin Pearson: It's just a meeting with a director, okay? It's not like I'm gonna get the part.
- Sophie: Don't do that. I want you to get it.
- Jack Pearson: [v.o] Sometimes bad decisions.
- Kevin Pearson: I love you.
- Sophie: [watching him leave] I love you, too. God help me.
- Jack Pearson: [over scenes of Randall] And every once in a while, they're gonna do something that's gonna knock us off our feet. Something that exceeds even our wildest dreams.
- Randall Pearson: Beth... I want to adopt a baby.
- Jack Pearson: [cut back to house] Our kids are gonna be fine. But me, I can't go back to who I was before I met you.