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Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Vienna sports a beach ball under her shirt to show Henry what she'll look like when she's "pregnant with Katie's baby." Meanwhile, Katie finds out that her eggs are not viable, so if they're going to go through with the surrogacy plan, they need an egg donor. When they tell Vienna about this change in plans, she offers to use her own eggs, much to Henry's dismay. This situation is getting more and more complicated! Today’s episode was directed by Maria Wagner and written by Susan Dansby.
Transcripts from TVMegasite Henry: Vienna! Vienna: Henry, I have a surprise for you! Henry: Maggie said you called and switched your order from coffee to tea. Vienna: Yes, tea goes with my new look. Henry: Your new look? Hmm. That's a new spin on the beefy barista and coy, college coed, perhaps? Oh. Vienna: Not exactly. What do you think?
Vienna: It's just a beach ball. I was practicing. Doesn't it look cute? Henry: Not so much. Vienna: Well, Henry, you going to have to -- have to get used to that. Henry: Why? Vienna: Why? Because this is how I'm going to look when I'm carrying Katie's baby. [ Henry whines ] Come on, look at me. No, no, up here. I'm still your same Vienna. Henry: Yes, yes, you are right now. But when you have the baby on board, everything's going to be a lot different. Vienna: Oh, you think so? Huh, how about this? You think this will change? Or this? What's wrong? Henry: I feel like there's a beach ball between us. Vienna: And you're going to let that stop you? For nine, long, lonely months? Hmm? Henry: Turn around. Vienna: For what? Henry: How does this feel? Hmm? Vienna: Oh, wonderful. Henry: Yeah. Vienna: Oh, yeah. Henry: Yeah. You want to feel more wonderful? Vienna: Yes. Henry: Drop the ball. Vienna: Okay.
Henry: That was amazing. You, my love, are amazing. Vienna: Let's do it again. Henry: At your service. Vienna: And this time around you'll see there's no different when I'm pregnant. Henry: You're not pregnant yet. Vienna: Mentally I am. Henry: Okay. Okay, then you handle the thinking part and I'll handle the physical part. Vienna: Well, you just have to get used to it. You'll see. You're going to love lying here beside me feeling Brad and Katie's baby kicking in my tummy. Henry: Is that supposed to be a turn-on? Vienna: It'll be love all around. Inside and out. What's better than that? Henry: Us. The way we are right now. [ Knock on door ] Ignore it. Vienna: No. Henry: No, no. Vienna: It might be Katie. They were scooping out her eggs today! Henry: Oh. I'm in fertility hell! Vienna: I knew it was you. Come on in. So, tell me all about it. How did it go? Katie: Well -- Vienna: Oh, just forget the details. Just skip to the part where I get to get pregnant. Brad: Well, that might not be happening. Katie: There's been a slight hitch in our plans. Henry: Really? Really? Vienna: What hitch? Katie: I found out this morning that my eggs aren't viable, so I'm not a candidate for in vitro. Henry: Oh, that -- that's such a shame, I am so sorry. I'm sorry we couldn't help out. Vienna: Well, yes, we can. Can't we? Katie: Maybe. Uh, I can't provide my own eggs, but that doesn't mean we can't use someone else's. So, if it's okay with you, the plan would be for Brad to fertilize an anonymous donor's egg and we'd still use you as a surrogate. Brad: And you can say no if you want. Katie: Why are you being so negative? You agreed to do this. Brad: Well, you know, no, I'm not. I'm just saying that it's a big deal to have your body hijacked for nine months, and now that she has had more time to think about it, she may not want to do it. Vienna: An anonymous egg donor. Henry: Yeah, you know, Brad is right. You need to give it some thought, sweetcakes. I mean, having Brad and Katie's baby bouncing around inside you is one thing, but Brad and Madame X? I mean -- Vienna: Well, anonymous egg donor, that's expensive, isn't it? Katie: Yeah. Brad: How expensive? Katie: Does it matter? Vienna: And in vitro, that costs a lot of money, too, right? Brad: And it doesn't always work. Vienna: Then, why bother? Henry: Hallelujah! Katie: So, you're turning us down? Vienna: No, no, I'm just wondering, why go through all this trouble to get a stranger's eggs when my eggs are perfectly fine. Henry: Your eggs? Vienna: Yes. Henry: When did we start talking about your eggs? Vienna: Well, I'm just thinking -- why go through all that trouble and time and money to mix everything up in a laboratory and then put it back inside of me? Brad: I don't get it. Katie: What are you suggesting? Vienna: Well, Brad could fertilize me personally. And then we would skip all the steps in between, and wouldn't that be a much easier way to go about it? Henry: You can't sleep with Brad! Vienna: Well, it's just to help Katie. Henry: I don't care! It's not happening! Vienna: Why not? Henry: Why not? Katie: I know why not! Thank you for the offer, but it's off the table. Vienna: Fine, fine, but it still doesn't make sense to take my egg, or a stranger's egg out just to put it back in. Okay, so, we'll just leave the egg there and then we'll just add a little bit of Brad -- Katie: What? Vienna: The doctor can do it. And, Brad, he just has to go and collect, you know. Brad: I know how it works. Thank you. Katie: Yeah, yeah, it's kind of, I don't know. Henry: Yeah, you do know! We all know, I know, there's no way this is happening! Vienna: Why not? Henry: Look, Brad fertilizing your eggs was never part of the picture. Even with a turkey baster. Vienna: But just think of it as a chemistry project. Henry: I don't want his chemistry anywhere near your chemistry, okay! He's my friend! It'd be like you were sleeping together! Vienna: No, that's silly! We would never sleep together. Henry: That is the image I have in my head! Vienna: Well, just, just think of it in a different way. Think of it as, uh, as you being a blackboard salesman and I'm the school teacher. Henry: No, no, no, no, no. No vision, no fantasy, nothing like that. Okay? Not even a lobotomy could wipe from my brain the picture of -- the way I would rather not picture you, okay? Katie: Hold on. It's not really sex we're talking about though. It's test tubes. Brad: You're actually considering this? Katie: Shouldn't we at least think about it? Vienna: Yes, we should. Henry: No, we shouldn't! And I'll be damned if I let you have a baby with another man!
Katie: I love you and Henry way too much to ruin what you guys have to get what I want. Brad: Katie and I will have to rethink. We can go back to the adoption plan. Vienna: Well, that can take years, and there's no guarantee that you will get a baby. Brad: We'll find a way. I promise. Vienna: Katie? Katie? What do you really feel? In your heart? About all of this. About me going to the doctor, being -- Katie: Artificially inseminated? Vienna: Right. I carry the baby, but the baby will be yours. Yours and Brad's. Katie: Well, honestly, I want that. It's just -- what about Henry? Vienna: Don't worry about him. I'll win him over. Katie: Really? Oh, thank you so much. What do you think? Brad: I just hope we don't live to regret it.
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