How It All Goes Down
- Time to check the answering machine again. Dr. Batteson has called for Joy, Leo has gotten a part in a movie, and Ruth Rood's left a message saying her husband is too depressed to work because Dominick left his scaffolding up.
- Dominick calls Ruth back and says he'll head over after running his errands for the day.
- He takes the trash out before he goes and notices a pregnancy test in the garbage. How is Joy pregnant? Dominick had a vasectomy.
- First stop: Sheffer's office. Sheffer says Dr. Patel abstained from voting, so the unit team meeting was a draw. But they can still lobby for Thomas's release tomorrow.
- In the meantime, she made arrangements for Dominick to actually see his brother.
- They go into a little room to talk.
- Thomas is mostly still talking crazy; he asks Dominick to bring him some river water so he can cleanse himself and his brain.
- He starts ranting about how they torture him, putting insects in his food and raping him at night.
- Dominick hugs him and tries to comfort him.
- After all that, he doesn't go to the Roods' house to paint.
- Joy and her "little faggot" (26.171) friend are home when Dominick gets home. Glad to see he's outgrown his homophobia…
- Dominick stomps to the bedroom, ignoring them.
- Joy follows him, they start arguing, and Joy leaves.
- Dominick thinks about Thomas, and how he can't help him, and cries, then falls asleep.
- He wakes up to Joy with her head between his legs in bed. Guess she forgave him.
- Then she tells him she's pregnant. "We made a baby" (26.213), she says.
- He rolls over and tries to go back to sleep without responding.