Back to You: 1.12 ‘Two Steps Forward, One Step Back’ Recap
Original Air Date: April 30, 2008
Picking up right where the last episode left off, KELLY wakes up from her faint, and she and CHUCK clarify for Gracie that the two of them conceived her the “old-fashioned way.” When Chuck admits to GRACIE that he didn’t tell her he was her father because he didn’t know himself, Gracie gets angry that her mother lied to her, and then she runs upstairs.
As Chuck and Kelly repair Gracie’s science project, which was broken when Chuck fainted on it, they reminisce about how they hooked up that one time in the first place.
It was New Year’s Eve in 1997, and the station was holding a farewell party for Chuck, who was about to depart for a bigger news market in Minneapolis/St. Paul after six years in Pittsburgh. The two anchors had both been drinking, and at night’s end, Kelly started to tell Chuck what she would really like as she was leaving. Assuming he knew what she was going to say, Chuck kissed her.
The office party then moved to Kelly’s house after MARSH overheard the two planning to go there themselves. Hours later, Kelly finally manages to get everyone to leave, and the next morning Chuck tries to do the same himself, without saying goodbye to Kelly.
As someone who’s had tons of one-night stands, Chuck is certain Kelly is going to be clingy now that they’ve had sex. Kelly is offended he’d think she’d be that ga-ga over him after just one time together, of course, which is why he leaves Pennsylvania with her so pissed off at him.
In the present, Gracie comes back downstairs eventually, and instead of still being angry at her mother, she’s now angry at Chuck. She liked it the way it was when it was just her and her mother, and she feels having a father is going to ruin everything.
Chuck goes up to Gracie’s room later to try and comfort her. Instead, he ends up breaking a doll and a lamp because Gracie’s room is such a mess. Kelly steps in to talk to Gracie and finally calms her by assuring her that Chuck isn’t going to change things between mom and daughter; they’re just adding him to the mix.
When Kelly and Gracie go back downstairs to talk to Chuck now that everything has been worked out, he’s gone. Kelly paces around for a long time, until Chuck reappears with a dog for Gracie. Since she’s wanted one for a while, Chuck’s gift instantly lifts her spirits, and she thanks him repeatedly.
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