24. A Little Faith

Complete story — includes the ending

Claudia is invited to play the violin at a concert in Los Angeles, and nobody can take her there but Bailey. They go and Claudia kicks him out of the rehearsals because he is distracting her. In the hotel room, Bailey has nothing to do... and he really wants to drink. He calls Sarah, but she is not home. He calls Charlie, but he is not at the restaurant or at home. He drinks his entire hotel room's mini-bar and forgets to pick up Claudia. Joe shows up and finds a drunk Bailey. He and his wife pick up Claudia, who is very disappointed at Bailey. Afterwards, Joe has a serious talk with Bailey, where once again Bailey tries to pass the blame for all this on his dead father as well as the fact that Nick Salinger never told his children or anyone else about his drinking problem since alcoholism is hereditary. Joe responds that even if Bailey did inherit his father's alcoholism, he also inherited the will to stop drinking. On the way back home, Bailey and Claudia pass by an AA meeting at a local church, and Claudia tells Bailey to go and he does. Back in San Francisco, Grace is really sick, and she may be pregnant. After taking a pregnancy test, she finds out she is not, which makes her thrilled. Charlie is sad, and when they talk, Grace tells him that she does not want to have children. Also, Julia decides to travel with Griffin on a road trip through Nevada, but the motorcycle breaks down and they have to get back to San Francisco to get it fixed. Griffin decides to buy the repair shop.