Abby’s dad decides that Frank has been enough of a nuisance, and insists Frank join him on a hunting trip. It feels threatening from the get-go, to the point where Frank makes “if I wind up dead, don’t believe anyone who tells you it was an accident” jokes that no one finds funny. Mel tells him he shouldn’t go if there’s any chance of danger, but he nervously laughs it off because he feels he can’t get out if it, he’s on such thin ice already after rehab.
Well, it turns out his instincts are right and he finds himself running for his life. He has his cellphone, so he manages to call 911 from the woods. Father in law finally manages to hit him while he’s on the phone with the operator.
They later play the 911 call for Mel because he told the operator “If I don’t make it, tell Mel King I’m sorry and I love her.”
He does make it. Yolanda and the surgery team work on him for hours, and he pulle through, but it’s touch and go for a long time.
