Our relationship isn’t over.”Īs Gary’s voice continues on the soundtrack, we see how the Friends of Jon have fared in the intervening years. Even though it’s the last one he made, and “I’m gone physically,” Video Gary says, “I’m still here.
After a 15-year flash-forward, we see Javi on his 16th birthday, rewatching the video that Gary recorded for him to mark the occasion. SKIPPING AHEAD | Thank goodness, the episode doesn’t end there. She cries and whispers to him about how she and Javi are going to be OK, and as the camera pulls back, Colin (OH GOD COLIN) is draped over Gary’s legs, looking gutted - what? HE IS - and whining the saddest pup whine in the world. The next time we see him, his eyes are closed and he’s no longer responding to Maggie. Eddie and Rome flank their friend for the last time, then leave for Katherine’s, where Regina, Delilah, Sophie, Danny, Milo, Tyrell, Greta, Theo and Charlie have gathered for the group dinner that Gary hoped would be the way his friends marked his passing.īack at the apartment, Gary plays one last Made You Look on Maggie – tucking the wipeboard beneath the sheets so she almost sits on it - and she chuckles as she says, “You won.” He shakes his head and whispers, “ We won.” (Have I mentioned that an acoustic cover of Wicked’s “For Good” is playing beneath all of this, because even this show’s MUSIC DIRECTOR is determined to end me?!) They clasp hands and Gary takes a drink. Regina, who’s mad that Rome kept her in the dark, says a tearful goodbye to Gary and then brings Javi to Katherine’s. Rome is about to hand Gary the laced tea when Maggie takes the mug from Rome’s hand, declaring that if anyone is going to do this, it’s going to be her.
GOODBYE, GARY | From that point, it’s just a matter of the doing of the thing. “It’s time,” Gary tells her in the video, which sends her into body-heaving sobs. Off a nod from Gary, they say they’re going to show Maggie a video. They return home to find a grim-faced Eddie and Rome sitting in the apartment. … which makes the scene that follows even more heartbreaking. As Greta, Regina, Colin and Javi look on, Maggie sits in her husband’s lap and they kiss… She wheels him out to a nearby fantasy hockey camp billboard hanging on the side of a building, where Greta has grafffiti’d “Gary Was Here” on top of the image - similar to what Gary did for Maggie in the first season. Gross, Gary, but on brand! Then Maggie comes home, readies a wheelchair and announces they’re going on a field trip. She thanks him for taking care of her kids when she couldn’t, and for encouraging Eddie to follow his heart and make things work with her a second time. She snuggles up to him in bed and tearfully tells him how much she loves him and how much she’s going to be there for his family when he’s gone. GARY WAS HERE | Back at the apartment, while Maggie and Javi are out with Regina, Colin and Greta, Delilah hangs out with Gary. “Rutledge”also is what Gary writes on the board during Eddie’s visit. So they agree upon a codeword: “Rutledge,” which longtime fans will remember was the last name of the person who inspected the elevator where the guys originally met, and was the name of the trust Jon set up to care for his family after his death. “How will we know it’s time?” Eddie wonders. But Rome grudgingly agrees that they won’t tell Maggie - but he wants to get Gary on video explaining it to her in case Plan C comes to pass. Neither of the guys is comfortable with any part of this idea. But the intense physical pain that accompanies Stage IV cancer is different from the pain of depression, Gary says - kinda angrily, and also kinda understandably - and he just wants to die with dignity. Rome points out that when he wanted to end his life, Gary worked tirelessly to help him see that there was another way. He says when he gives them the signal, they should get in touch with oncology nurse Kevin from the chemotherapy sessions, and he’ll give them the drugs that will “put me out of my misery.” They immediately think he’s kidding, but he’s not. But eventually Gary grows series, asks Rome to turn off the camera and asks them to help him end his life it if it looks like he’s not beating the cancer. Then, we flashback to not that long ago, as Rome films Gary busting on Eddie. All Rise Premiere Recap: Tragedy Strikes With Unexpected Death - Plus, Grade It
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