Well, the (reasonably) harmonious mood we left our A Million Little Things pals in last week hasn’t lasted long. In the Dixon household, Sophie is in a bad mood. Delilah’s trying to figure her out with the help of advice from the once-rebellious teen Regina when she gets a call from the school telling her that Sophie has gotten into a fight. It turns out another girl in class posted a prayer list online asking people to help save Jon’s soul. Let me back up a little, Jon apparently was a devout Catholic, so he enrolled the kids in a Catholic school. Now, this girl in Sophie’s class is telling everyone her dad is going to burn in hell because suicide is a sin, so Sophie punched her. Honestly, good for Soph.
When they leave the campus with a nice little suspension for Sophie, she and her mother get into it over religion since Sophie doesn’t think her mom has any right to talk to her about it; she’s only ever been to church twice, you see — once to marry Jon and once to bury him. Rather than punish her daughter, Delilah goes for the healing/bonding route, and the two spend the day taking out their aggression on a dummy punching bag and eating their feelings. They come around to talking about heaven and hell eventually, with D telling Sophie she doesn’t have to understand everything right now; she’s only 15 and even in her 40s, Delilah’s still trying to figure things out. For now, she’s choosing to believe Jon is in heaven.
Over at Gary’s place, he’s planning a surprise day out for Maggie — mostly to give her the opportunity to tell him her cancer is back. He takes her for a hot air balloon ride and buys a deep-dish pizza, even though he’s not a fan. Just when Maggie’s about to open up, she takes a sip of a grape soda and knowing that she hasn’t told Gary of her love for the flavor, realizes he must’ve talked to Tom and therefore already knows about her cancer. She dubs their day of fun as a “day of deception” and, realizing he should’ve just come to her and asked about it directly, Gary promises he’s going to be there for her through all the treatment. Only Maggie isn’t planning on having treatment, choosing instead to live out her days without the side effects of aggressive medications. Gary is flummoxed; she should know better than anyone that it is beatable. But Maggie won’t budge. She tells him the day after she met him she was supposed to have her first round of chemo but because of being introduced to his friends and his way of life, she opted against it. She just wants to live out the rest of her days with all of them, not undergoing treatment that isn’t going to save her anyway. Gary tells her he wishes she had never met him — so that she would’ve started on treatment, but it’s still a mildly devastating moment for them both.
Luckily, old Gare Bear has a plan. He takes her to play basketball, telling her if he beats her, she’s going to fight cancer with him by her side and win just like she did before. She agrees to play but tells him if she wins, she’s not getting treatment, and he can’t ever mention it again to her or anyone. Oh my gosh, please win, Gary! He starts strong and is even up 15-6 at one point, but his boastful “we’re going to chemo” chant is short lived when Maggie ups her game, admitting she played in college and is soon up 20-19. The next point wins and, of course, Maggie scores it. Visibly upset, Gary tells her to have it her way and drives her home. With considerably less playfulness than normal, they make plans to get tacos the next night before Gary breaks down and tells her through tears he can’t watch her die and implores her not to ask him to. A tearful Maggie tells him that’s not the deal. He begs her not to get out of the car, but she does and says her goodbyes, for good. Ugh, guys, I’m genuinely upset by this!! (Recap continues on page 2.)
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