Saul is sitting alongside a hospital bed when Nora rushes into the room. Their mother was hit by a bus, but miraculously she sustained merely a sprained ankle. Wow Miracles ARE everywhere. Nora didn't even know her mother was in town, which just goes to show what a lousy relationship these two have. Did you get that? LOUSY RELATIONSHIP. I just have a suspicion that will be important later. Saul, however, calls his mother on occasion and knew she was in town visiting someone named Eunice. I am pretty sure we don't know who that is. Nora points out that Ida's hair is looking Marcia Gay Harden poofy, but Saul kicks her in the shin because: TIMING, Nora, really. A young whippersnapper doctor comes into the room and explains that Ida was hit by the bus and then was incoherent and disoriented for over an hour in the hospital. He announces that after this incident, Ida can no longer live alone in New Mexico. She might run over a cactus or a novelty-sized bottle of tequila or Tila Tequila for that matter or wander into Arizona and not have proper identification. He won't release her from the hospital until Saul and Nora have come up with a plan for round-the-clock care and supervision, be it nursing home or at their home. Saul and Nora shake their fist at the perky upstart doctor who doesn't have to live with his Grouchy Grandma and then they start playing Paper Rock Scissors to see who has to tell Ida the Grouch. Not it!

At 5:30 in the morning, Kitty jumps up and down squealing at the sleeping senator. Kitty, that shit'll get you killed in this household. The Senator is all kinds of confused (but still hot!) when he wakes up to find Kitty looming over him and railing against the press for claiming that she and The Senator are too sick to serve their country. Which is a big old load of poop to be sure, but clearly it could wait until at least the crack of dawn to be debated. Kitty hands The Senator the paper so he can see the incriminating article for himself. But when he flips to the sports section and sighs that he missed the end of the baseball game, Kitty is not amused. How can he not care when they are calling him sickly. Add that (paltry, measly, 19th century) insult to the injury of being denied a job due to arrhythmia when quadruple quadruple bypass Dick Cheney is still employed or at least on Meet the Press. The Senator still doesn't care, which bothers Kitty, but I'm still saying that at 5:30 a.m. beggars cannot be choosy about how the recipients of their early early edition rants respond. Kitty does the only sensible thing and IMs Sarah, who is obviously awake because BEING AWAKE AT %*@! 5:30 IN THE MORNING IS TOTALLY NORMAL at least for crack addicts and new parents. Sarah is awake because moaning over your boyfriend's deportation is best done over a pot of General Foods International Coffee Ennui-flavored blend. It has a hint of melancholy and cinnamon, with an undercurrent of baby's tears. She is sooooooo depressed about losing the love of her life due to an administrative deadline. She's been crying all week, even in meetings! (I bet they taught her that at Wharton.) She can't live without him. She won't live without him! But, no, she won't marry him, so QUIT ASKING. Kitty rolls her eyes as her IM pings again. This time, Kevin joins the UnSlumber Party. Sarah is bitching that her period hasn't come yet which is why she is so emotional or something, but Kitty's not listening. She is calling Kevin. Kevin greets her with a stage whispered question: When she was pregnant, what were her HCG levels? Yeah, nice question to ask someone who miscarried, chump. Kitty doesn't remember, but she also can't hear Kevin because he is whispering. He can't talk louder because he promised Scotty that he wouldn't harass anyone with his anxiety-riddled questions about pregnancy hormone levels. Also, IT'S 5:30 IN THE MORNING! Kevin mumbles something about how Sarah could just feel herself up when she was pregnant, but he can't really feel Michelle up, now can he? I don't know, actually, maybe he can. Maybe it's in the surrogacy contract. When Kevin mentions pregnancy boobs, Kitty gets a big idea and hangs up on Kevin. She clicks back to Sarah and tells her that her period is late. Squee! Sarah doesn't believe it until Kitty tells her that their periods synced (File THAT under things I didn't need to know) and she got hers over a week ago. Sarah is late! That's why she is so emotional. Sarah hangs up on her. But then she checks her boobs and looks suspicious.