The lives of the Salingers are happy in these times, but not without some doubts. Julia is still living a life apart from her family in Stanford, hangin out with Perry Marks. While studying outside, Josh asks Julia out again, but she refuses saying that for now wants to be alone, anyway, later he is surprised of her friendship with Perry. She and Perry keep spending time together, and Julia admires how she faces life, as a drunk guy in a party wouldn't consider to bother her (instead, the guy bothers Julia, and Josh has to rescue her). After all her troubled relationships with guys, she makes a connection with her and in one moment, when Perry says she knows an editor interested in her to write a book, they kiss. Later, Perry says that she doesn't want to be used by Julia to figure out her relationship problems. This part was not as interesting as the others, just says that Julia still has problems about herself and that she will write a book soon. They promoted the story in 1999, it was a challenge, so in some ways was well handled. Perry knows who she is, and knows who is Julia, that she's straight, but that she's also confused. Then, Bailey struggles to keep the house under control when Claudia lives her own life and takes care of herself. She has troubles with Cody (who has a snake as a pet, I suggest to anyone who feels that's creepy skip that short scene), who seemingly wants to sleep with her, so she throws a party in the house to avoid being alone with him. This time Sarah acts like her mother, and gives her advice and comfort, so she can deal with Cody. At the same time, Sarah starts to feel uncomfortable when Bailey hosts with her a lunch for wealthy business people. She is attached to college's stuff, and can't feel like an old lady married, jokingly talking about the money the wealthy people make, without caring about children and poor people working in their factories. Bailey tries to understand, so he accompanies her to a meeting for college, and tells that he imagines themselves in 10-20 years together in those parties, but he doesn't see her happy. So he wants to make amends, and also thanks her for being there for Claudia, she needs her help without Diana there. Sarah says she's just 3 years older (and guess what, JLH and Lacey have that age difference), but Bailey assures her she'll be a really great mother one day. She feels motherhood is far away now, anyway, she is glad to be with him, so they wait together for the event. Bailey is not doing bad the things here, he is loving her in a deeper way than before and he is demonstrating honor and cherish, but he has to try to give Sarah more freedom, it's obvious she is not ready to live a life like if she was 30-40, Charlie predicted this. Anyway, was a great story that proves their mistake when they decided to take Charlie and Kirsten's role in the house.
The best for the end: Charlie has been in Kirsten's place for a week, he gets up early, and goes to buy her yellow roses and her favourite vanilla coffee, saying he feels as happy as when he was a kid (spring little league). While seeing her still in the flannel pijamas, he jokes that he won't be able to go to work, and they kiss. She was making bed and is really happy receiving his gifts. But he, still traumatized about their past troubles, still wants to go slow and thinks about living in different apartments, saying he and Diana have been already a week there. Kirsten, instead, doesn't have any doubts and wants him to stay living with her. Still, when he calls an owner of a place in Lower heights, and she doesn't discuss. Then, her dissertation turns out to be finally reapproved after a statement she made over the plagiarism (surely she did this statement in last weeks to get a job), and the university of Chicago, through a representative, offers her a job there, which she rejects. While having coffee, the man leaves the files in her apartment telling her not to decide yet. At the same time, Charlie has his standard tests to check out that his cancer doesn't return (he even takes Diana with him), with Dr Rabin, but he hides it from Kirsten. He is afraid of his past mistakes, and confides this with Bailey at Salinger's, saying the single biggest of his life was losing her and he doesn't want to take any risk. Bailey tries to convince him that if she has no doubts, there's no risk. Then Charlie finds out about the job offer when he reads the letter, and he is surprised to learn that she turned down, as he says they can commute, and that he has next summer off (this means he thought about living in Chicago during summer). She mentions that 3 weeks ago, he didn't let her go to Tonga, but he says Chicago is much closer, just 3 hours away on plane (to the writers, Tonga is in Oceania, not Africa). He tells her to take it, because he still feels guilty about the plagiarism, which happened because his stupid stupid fear on their wedding day led to her depression. She can't believe that he feels that way, she never blamed him and still refuses to take the job. Then, while doing laundry, Kirsten finds out a receipt from the hospital, about the cancer tests and confronts him because he hided it. He says they are standard tests that he must take twice a year for the next 6 years, and when she asks if he's sick, he says he feels fine. He's so afraid to make her suffer that he forgot how much Kirsten always loved him (in 2x07 she said she was willing to rob a liquor store with him, and covered him in the supposed arson), and tells he want to protect her from any fear, but she says she is willing to be sick, scared with him and going anywhere with him. She says he can't dictate how much she loves him, that he can't decide for her because she just wants to love him and be with him, otherwise he might just want to end this. So, after hearing what she says, he realizes that he has been holding out on her, and comforts her, aparts her tears from her face, and asks her to be with him in the hospital to get the results. She nods, kisses him, and they share a strong loving hug. That brilliant scene meant how much they love each other, how many dramatic situations they have been through and that they are willing to be together forever, beyond everything. It was sad to see them arguing for something that shouldn't be discussed, but it was how Charlie had to close the wound of the past, to leave behind his fears as their love is superior to that. The next day they go to the hospital and while waiting, she walking nervously and he being sit, the phone rings and she giggles as it doesn't stop. He gets the laugh too and they stop when the ring stops, while she sits next to him. The phone rings again and the giggles return. Then, Dr Rabin arrives, they hold hands together and she says that the test results are ok, as his white cell count and LP cells level is low. Kirsten cries in joy, they laugh and share a happy hug, showing that they already act like husband and wife (This is how true love is shown in a series). In the last scene, he's holding baby Diana and she comes from the kitchen with a phone call for him. She happily takes Diana so he can answer, and Charlie tells the owner of the place he saw that he already found a place, he'll stay to live with Kirsten, in now their apartment. They share a sweet kiss and he hangs up. The last scenes were perfect, there's no season 7, but those pictures, the two going to the doctor, and holding together the baby are really happy, joyful and adorable, depicting how is going to be their life in the future. I loved their whole story of them here, answered some questions regarding the past, like the plagiarism, and how they feel about it. And she implied that she never blamed him for her depression, not even after the talks with her therapist. In Shortcuts, she blamed herself instead of him because it was a symptom of the clinical depression, self guilt. But now, being well, she doesn't blame him because she knows he'd have never caused her depression on purpose, that then he did all he could to heal her, and took care of her like the good loving man she always loved. She values all what he did for her in those hard times, so she forgave his mistakes. Then, in that third scene together, Kirsten showed that no one else can love him like she does, after all, she was the only one besides his siblings who held him during his cancer. So now, Charlie, convinced, gives her back all the love, honor and cherish she was giving to him (like in early season 3). Now, he's willing to resume (not to start over) their deep relationship, unofficially a marriage, accepting all the past and recognizing that their love goes beyond their mistakes. Of all the series I've seen and the ones I know, there are not many love stories as strong as this one. This episode reminds that, the love they have for each other is incredibly deep. To finish, I highlight the scene with Dr Rabin, although she and Kirsten didn't share scenes in season 4, surely they crossed paths when Charlie was hospitalized (off screen) because Kirsten was present during his pneumonia and treatments. I've been there, checking each certain time the tumor possible recurrence, so I really feel identified when Charlie and Kirsten wait for the results. Personally, is very touching and is one of my favourite moments of the series and frankly, of all the TV shows and movies I've seen. They will have more controls, twice a year for 6 years, and they'll go always together, as husband and wife, to check that his cancer doesn't return.
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