03x01 - Futon

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Man Seeking Woman". Aired: January 2015 to March 2017.*
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"Man Seeking Woman" centers on Josh Greenberg, who struggles finding love, after a break-up with his long term girlfriend Maggie, and depicts relatable conflicts and struggles of entering/maintaining a relationship, however, these conflicts are taken to absurd and literal extremes. Based on Simon Rich's "The Last Girlfriend on Earth".
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03x01 - Futon

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[alarm blaring]

[moans]

Whoop!

[alarm dies out]

[playful music]

[crow squawks]

[thunder booming]

[crow squawks]

[sighs]

♪ ♪

[yelping]

♪ ♪

[slow-motion whooshing]


[metal crashing]

[cat shrieks]

Dumbass.

♪ ♪

Oh.

[electricity crackling]

[sighs]

Puma!

[puma snarls]

Ooh! Aah! Get... no, no!

[puma growling]

[struggling]

Why?

♪ ♪

So how was your day?

Pretty good.

[downtempo electronic music]

♪ ♪


Ah!

♪ ♪

[squeaks]

♪ ♪

[growls]

♪ ♪

[kisses] All right, I have to go to work.


No.

Yes.

Yes, got to.

[kissing]

Starfish. I got to do it.

Okay.

Don't leave me.

I got to do it. Sorry.

[groans]

I think you still have some clean shirts in the Josh drawer.

Hey.

Told you.

Can I have some of this coffee?

Yeah, of course. You can take the rest.

Mmm, thank you.

Aw, look at that.

Amazing.

Um, hey, did you get that email I sent you about how cute you are?

You're cute.

No, you're cute.

You're cute.

You're cute, Mrs. Cute.

Shut up. You're cute.

You're cute. I think you're cute, Mrs. Cute.

Me?

Yes.

Really? Thank you.

You're so cute. [kissing]

[babbling and giggling]

Um, wha... uh, are you sure that your roommates are, like, cool with me being here this much?

Oh, my God, yeah, no, I've known these guys, like, forever.

They're super cool.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Okay, great.

Hey, top of the morning, uh, roommates.

Or, uh, Megan, should I say "top of the Megan to you"?

Uh, Robin, Robin, sorry again about last night, about our moment.

Um, you really got to lock that bathroom door, buddy.

I-I should have knocked, but you should have locked.

Uh, it's a learning experience for us both.

Uh, Chris, all right, bring it in, buddy.

Give me one. One.

Two.

Three. Four.

It's four. There's always four.

Well, it's okay. It's tricky.

We'll figure it out tonight.

Uh, all right, guys.

[kisses]

Bye.

[footsteps depart]

[door shuts]

What?

[tense marimba music]

You know what.

He's here all the time, Lucy.

Yeah, he's my boyfriend.

Yeah, well, we're your friends.

You can't just let boyfriends come in here and stay as long as they want.

What do you have against him?

He eats all our food.

He drinks all our coffee.

He uses all our toilet paper.

He's a drain on our resources.

Okay, I think you're overreacting.

Overreacting?

Yeah.

He's not on the lease.

That means he's living here illegally.

You... come on, you guys aren't gonna make this a big thing, are you?

_

[dramatic music]


Tough talk today from apartment leaders who are calling for the deportation of boyfriends living illegally in unit 3R.

I'm joined by Megan.

Hi.

Megan, why is this such a hot-button issue for you?

Well, Brad, I love our apartment.

I think it is the greatest apartment in the world.

But if we don't start cracking down on these undocumented boyfriends, then pretty soon, I tell you what, we're not gonna have an apartment left.

Now, Megan, I agree with you, but how would you respond to those who
claim that boyfriends make the apartment stronger?

Look, this might not sound politically correct, but let's be honest, we're not getting the best and the brightest here.

We're getting the vermin, the criminals.

And that is why, effective immediately, our apartment will be taking steps to secure its borders.

[sinister music]


Oh, man.

Oh, come on.

[sighs]

Hi.

She's on the lease. Let her through.

Thank... thank you, sir. Thank you.

Whoa!

Ah.

Not you, illegal.

Are you kidding me?

Okay.

It's... it's okay. It's okay. It's okay.

I'll just, uh...

I'll go to the movies or something; it's fine.

No, you know what? What Megan's doing is wrong.

I'm gonna fix this. You stay right here.

Okay.

Right here, Josh.

Move!

Okay.

I can't believe you guys are doing this.

This is so hypocritical.

Chris, what about Ted?

Ted is here on a three-day sex visa, okay?

He comes in, he does his job, and then he leaves.

What is your problem with Josh?

If you just give him a sh*t...

He doesn't even speak the language, Luce.

When we're all watching "The Bachelor," he's like, "Uh, me not understand."

Okay, whoa.

"There's more than one named Amanda?"

You do not have to do the voice.

It's what he sounds like.

Okay, I get it. You guys don't like Josh.

But I do, so can you please just give him a chance for me?

Maybe he could stay but just poop at home instead of here?

No, Robin.

Josh isn't welcome here, and he never will be.

Give it up, Luce, it's over.

[sly music]

We'll see.

♪ ♪

Hey.

Yeah?

Illegal?

Yes.

You speak-y "The Bachelor," huh?

What?

Rose ceremony?

Fantasy suite? [chuckles]

I-I don't understand what you're talking about.

[chuckles]

[cell phone buzzes]

_

[text messages chiming]

_

[lively suspenseful music]


_

[text messages chiming]

[panting]

Oh, man.

♪ ♪

[dramatic sting]


[shovel scrapes]

Ah, ah.

Josh, Josh.

Oh, oh.

It's me. Come here.

Come here. It's okay.

Oh, God.

It's okay. It's okay.

Agua.

It's okay, baby.

Agua.

It's okay. Here, here. Here, it's okay.

Oh, it's so bright in here.

[shushing]

Mmm. Mmm!

It's okay, okay. It's okay.

You're safe now. You're safe.

[intense music]

Ah!

Go get him!

No!

No, no, no!

[dog barking]

No, no!

[Josh screaming]

Back off, ma'am.

Back... off.

♪ ♪

[grunts]

Go back to where you come from, you stinkin' boyfriend!

Get out.

You're disgusting, Josh.

Go!

No one wants you!

Go!

Listen to me.

Hear my words.

I first came to this apartment with nothing but the shirt on my back, my toothbrush, and my phone and my phone charger, uh, but through it all, I never lost sight of the dream of coming to this beautiful apartment and hanging out with Lucy, so, please, I ask you...

[yells]

Ah!

Jesus, Robin.

[crying]

No, no, no.

You did the right thing.

What?

Just get out of here.

Fine.

[Kishi Bashi's "Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!"]

♪ ♪


We will.

Lucy...

Thank you.

Lucy, what are you doing?

I am moving in with Josh.

Hey.

You can't move to Josh's place; it's not safe.

It's rife with dr*gs!

Plus, you guys, like, just started dating.

I don't care. I'm doing it anyway.

Come on, Josh.

Are you sure you... you... you want to move in with me?

Yeah. Absolutely.

♪ I will take you offline ♪
♪ Philosophize in it, chemicalize with it ♪
♪ ♪


Eat it!

[kisses] Hey.

Mm, mornin'.


I hate to say it, but I have to go to work.

No, no.

[laughing] Get off me.

I have to. Ready?

All right, fine.

I-I think there's some, uh, clean shirts in the Lucy drawer.

You know what? I think the shirt I'm wearing is actually probably fine.

Yeah?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Hey, are you sure you're comfortable here at my place?

I-I know that my humble abode isn't as stylish as you're used to.

I don't care.

I'm fine as long as I'm with you.

[incoming Skype call chiming]

[exhales]

[Skype call connects]

Hey, dude, what's up?

Just calling to say hi. It's been a while.

Yeah, yeah, you're right, sorry.

Josh and I have just been, uh, settling in.

Hey, nice beer can collection.

Hmm? Oh, that's...

I'm not... they're just on...

Oh, my God, is that a lava lamp?


Um, give me one se... second.

I'm just... gonna find...

Hey! There.

I was thinking I could come over sometime, get the grand tour?

[tense music pounds]

♪ ♪


Yeah. Yeah, sure, come by anytime.

How 'bout tonight? I'll bring Chris and Robin.

I'm sure they'd love to see it too.

Sure.

Great, that's... that's great.

Great. See you at 8:00.

Stoked.


Okay. Bye.

[Skype call disconnects]

[dramatic music pounds]
[exhales deeply]

Hey, hey, good news.

I got the drawer out, so... what?

What... what is happening?

My friends are coming over.

Oh, cool.

No, no, no, no, no, not cool. They're super judgmental.

You know them. The place is a mess.

Yeah? Yeah, I guess.

Okay, uh, no biggie. Uh, we'll just clean up.

I'll go get the, uh, Swiffer.

[soft tense music]

Oh! What the heck are you doing?

What... what's going on?

Do you not get it?

If they see any of this sh*t, we are looking at, like, eight to ten years of getting made fun of.

I can't take that, man.

I'm too weak.

Too g*dd*mn weak, Josh.

[toy pig squeaks]

Uh, like, so... not this, obviously; we're...

Oh, no, no, no, wait. What are you doing?

There are still cheat codes in here, still usable cheat codes.

[acid gurgles]

So, uh... just... is the... is the plan to just... throw everything I own into acid?

No, not everything's gonna fit.

Right.

You have to take care of the big boy.

The big... no!

Not my old futon.

Futy is one of my favorite things.

Plus, he turns into a bed, so he's like two things.

We have to dismember him.

Jesus.

Start with the legs.

[whines softly]

Uh...

Ah, man.

[dramatic music pounds]

It's not coming out, man.

The Sriracha's not coming out!

[futon squirts]

Ugh, okay.

I think I'm gonna throw up.

Don't you go soft on me now.

We're almost out of the woods.

[playful music]

Aah!

Robin.

[door creaks]

[sinister music pounds]

♪ ♪


Uh...

I... got here early, so...

I walked around the block for a while.

But I have this ice cream cake, and I didn't want it to melt, so I thought I could put it in your freezer and walk around the block some more until Megan and Chris arrive, but...

I should have texted first.

I didn't mean to interrupt anything!

[thud]

sh*t, she's awake.

I didn't see anything. I swear!

I won't tell Megan about the stained rug or the Big Mouth Billy Bass.

Nope, in the water. On three.

One.

Oh, pl-please.

Shut up. Two.

Oh, sh*t!

Oh, [bleep], oh, g*dd*mn, sh*t [bleep] [bleep]!

And...

Okay, wait a second.

Okay, this... this is a bit much, look.

I think we're going a bit crazy.

I mean, I know I don't live in the Taj Mahal.

Uh, but is my apartment really so bad that you have to m*rder one of your friends because of it?

[rapid footsteps]

Damn it. She's getting away.

What? Holy [bleep].

[g*nshots]

[yelps]

[moans]

[grunts]

Ah.

It's fine.

If the currents don't get her, the sharks will.

[groaning]

[ship horn blares]

[sighs]

Okay.

Oh, this place looks so much better.

We got a couple minutes before Megan comes over, so we can...

Are you leaving?

Yeah, uh...

I-I just don't really feel like being here right now.

[tender music]

What? Why?

Uh, 'cause you spent all day freaking out over what a dump my place is, so...

I-I just... I wanted people to like our apartment.

Uh, you mean you wanted people to like your apartment.

Where you going?

Uh, to Mike's.

♪ ♪

[somber guitar music]


[cell phone chimes]

Okay, so I'm not King Fancy with a leather couch and a diamond chair.

Apparently, that makes me a loser.

Sucks, bro.

It does, man.

She just clearly doesn't accept me the way that I am.

Well, I do.

Really?

For real, you're my brother, and I love you, man.

All these guys love you.

[regal music and swordplay on TV]

We love you and accept you just the way you are.

Hey.

Here.

Thanks, boys.

Yeah.

I appreciate that.

[knocking]

Oh, hey, Liz.

Hey, Lucy.

Is Josh here?

He left his retainer at our parents' house.

Oh, um, no. I can take that.

Okay. Wow.

He's actually not here.

He's kind of mad at me.

I got rid of a bunch of his stuff.

You got rid of Futy.

Yeah.

Thank God. That thing was nasty.

I mean, I guess.

I, um... I just... I think I really upset him.

And I feel like a jerk.

He'll get over it.

Wow. Where is Josh, anyway?

He's with Mike.

[suspenseful music]

Mike?

Yeah, they're probably just blowing off steam or something; I don't know.

Lucy, listen to me.

Mike is very dangerous.

Really? I-I met him once.

He seems cool.

Yeah.

That's the problem.

He's extremely charismatic.

He lures boyfriends in when they're feeling vulnerable and makes them feel accepted.

But it's all just so that he can control them.

Before long, they're his brainwashed followers doing whatever he tells them.

[sighs]

sh**t.

All right. Where do they usually hang out?

These days?

[ominous music]

Guyana.

[airplane engine roars]

[insects droning]

[birds chirping]

My bros, my bros.

Your girlfriends don't accept you.

They want to change you.

They want to make your apartment look more "adult."

[men booing]

They want to make you a new dude.

But I accept you as the dude that you are.

And I love you unconditionally. No h*m*.

We love you, dude.

You the man.

Yeah.

You the man, Mike!

No h*m*.

Aah!

Hey, hey, hey.

Jesus... what... what are you... Lucy, what are you doing here?

I miss you.

Why don't... why don't we go home?

Because Guyana's my home.

Look, Mike accepts me the way that I am, all right?

He never... he never had any problems with my apartment.

Okay, Josh. Josh, listen.

I am so, so sorry about how I acted, all right?

I-I was worried about impressing my friends.

I didn't think about how it might make you feel.

You... you threw away my futon without even asking me.

Yeah.

And it folds into a bed, so it's like you threw away two things.

Yeah, I know. I'm so sorry.

Well, I hope your friends at least liked the apartment.

Well, I... I told them not to come.

There wasn't any point if you weren't there with me.

[soft guitar music]

A girlfriend!

Hey... oh, right.

A girlfriend among us!

We have been infiltrated!

Hello. [laughs nervously]

Oh, my bros, my bros, my bros!

This place is too dope!

They can't let it last!

There's only one option left.

Get the Kool-Aid.

[men cheering]

Yeah!

Now mix it with the vodka.

Quickly, now. sh*ts, my bros! It is the only way.

[slamming podium] We must do sh*ts!

[men clamoring]

sh*ts, sh*ts, sh*ts, sh*ts!

The younger bros first, then the eldest.

Do you want to get out of here?

Well, you... you don't want to hang out with Mike anymore?

Uh...

Oh, mother, mother, mother, mother, please.

No, let's... let's go back to my place.

Okay.

Um...

♪ ♪

Let's go back to our place.

Okay.

All right.

♪ ♪

[laughter]

[upbeat music over stereo]


Well, hey, sick housewarming party, bro.

Thank you very much.

Yeah, oh, yeah.

Sorry I got a little crazy the other day.

That's absolutely fine.

Every... everything turn out okay, though?

No.

♪ ♪

To his bone, sliced it to the bone.

Hi. I was just telling Lucy the apartment looks amazing.

Thank you.

Yeah, super interesting decor choices.

I haven't seen a lava lamp since middle school.

Thank you. I really like it.

Like it?

[door opens]

♪ ♪

Robin!

Hi.

Where have you been?

What happened to your arm?

Yes, Robin, what happened to your arm?

Uh, I...

I, uh...

I...

I don't know?

You don't know?

[raucous laughter]

Robin, you're crazy!

I like this girl.

Normal. Everything's normal.

Ahh!

Is this the new futon?

Yes, it is, in fact.

Yeah, yeah.

We just bought it together. It's my new favorite thing.

And... and you know it turns into a bed?

So really, it's like two things.

A couch that turns into a bed?

Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it.

Yeah, right? All right, watch this.

Oh, oh, oh, okay.

Okay.

All right, ready?

All right.

Okay?

On three.

Yep.

One...

One...

both: Two, three!

[all cheering]

Very nice!

Okay.

[Caveman's "Never Going Back"]

♪ Just to see what's new ♪
♪ I wanna do what's right ♪
♪ Just to make it through ♪
♪ Till I'm wide awake ♪
♪ And the feeling's gone ♪
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