At the courthouse, The Bald Eagle is trying to prep Kerry for the hearing. Weaver's mad that she's getting judged on being a single parent, arguing that surely it's not her fault she didn't have a bigger extended family, and that her young age should be considered an advantage over the "elderly" Lopez parents. It's all point-counterpoint. Chrome Dome sighs that he's simply trying to come at her the way this conservative judge might. "Her idea of what represents the best interest of a family is basic -- two parents, a man and a woman," he explains. "Unless she's planning to take away the children of every other single parent in Chicago and place them with a heterosexual couple, she's a hypocrite," steams Kerry. The Bald Stallion agrees tiredly, having probably been on the listening end of a lot of similar tirades. Kerry rants that the idea of a perfect family and child-rearing environment is a total myth, and then catches her breath in her throat. "They brought him," she whispers. Cut to Florina cradling Henry. The Bald Ranger babbles on and on about the case, but Weaver's not even looking at him or listening. "He's grown," she murmurs. And morphed. I swear Henry looks like a different child every time he appears.













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