[peaceful music]
♪ ♪
[tense music]
PERSON: Beth!
♪ ♪
It's so easy.
Effortless.
People trust you
and everything that led
you to this moment...
Your instincts,
your taste,
the taste
because it tastes good.
I mean, this wine is
just so drinkable, right?
I mean, this is your
"couple coming in
"for a quick dinner before
catching a Broadway show
"wanting to throw back a
few glasses... or bottles...
"So they're in a
good headspace to see
"the racial injustices
of To k*ll a Mockingbird
or Rent."
I like it, I'm just
not bananas about it.
- Exactly.
- What was the one we were,
like, bananas for?
- Um, Raw Dog.
- [groans] Yes!
Oh, my God, I love Raw Dog.
What if it were that?
BETH: Right, no, I
wish it were that.
I love that, but if
you guys like bubbles,
we have a champagne
that'll just...
[clicks tongue] Knock
your blocks off.
- I actually love champagne.
- BETH: Stop.
- Yeah.
- I love champagne.
That's insane. JOHN: Yeah.
And I just brought it up.
I've always said, um,
champagne makes you feel
like you're celebrating.
I don't know if that registers.
Okay, that is mind-blowing.
I never thought of it that way.
Yeah. BETH: Wow.
And actually, my-my partner
is the champagne rep
for my same company.
So if you ever wanted...
- That's sweet.
- My-my aunt's gay, so I get it.
BETH: [chuckles] Okay.
I'm not gay, but I
just... I say "partner"
because I feel a little bit
embarrassed saying "boyfriend"
just because I'm, like, you
know, barreling toward 40.
Oh. You don't look 40.
Really? Thanks.
That's funny. I feel
100. [both chuckle]
Yeah, Matt, my
boyfriend/partner always...
He always says I
seem like I'm 100
just 'cause, you know,
I'm like, whatever.
He's really funny.
That's... he always
says stuff like that.
Like a rain cloud,
all this, you know,
he's that guy who's,
like, life of the party,
he has a million
stories, he's so...
Uh-huh. BETH: Yeah.
And we-we could get
married, of course,
and we will, um.
I just... you know,
we're-we're happy
with the way things
are right now.
So, you know, it's
one of those, like,
"Why change," um, yeah.
I don't even know
if I want kids.
[scoffs] So.
Um. What was the question?
- No one asked a question.
- Right.
Uh, no, I, um, I
wanna hear about you.
Now, that is a story
I'm interested...
How did you two get
in this business?
- Oh, no.
- No, no.
Yes. You are so interesting.
I mean, I'll say it,
you two are mysterious.
I wouldn't say we're mysterious.
- I do get that.
- Um, but it is... we are...
We do have kind of, like,
a fascinating story.
It's, like, actually insane
if you wanna hear it.
Tell me every single thing.
So I went to BU,
and I majored in
communications, and...
Yeah. BETH: Stop.
And I transferred
into BU from Tufts.
- From Tufts.
- And I double-majored
in communications
and marketing, so.
[discordant jazz music]
[inaudible]
♪ ♪
- Stop.
- Why can't you stay for lunch?
I hate you, and now I loved you,
and now I hate you.
BETH: [groans] I know.
I wanna s*ab myself
in the f*cking neck.
Like, get my aorta
or whatever it is.
Yes, jugular.
BETH: But we are
going to see Jewel
when your stepmom and
Jim are back in town.
- We are going to see Jewel!
- Yes! Yes!
BETH: This is us
in the audience.
KATE AND JOHN: Yes!
BETH: You know it.
- Okay, you guys. Keep k*lling.
- Oh, my God.
This is honestly the
best day of my life.
- You better work.
- Bye, doll. Aw.
[M.I.A.'s "Y.A.L.A."]
[upbeat electronic music]
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ YALA ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Go low, go slow ♪
♪ Roll like a pollo ♪
♪ Up and down a pole ♪
♪ Like you're
glowing up a yo-yo ♪
♪ Go low, go slow ♪
♪ Roll like a pollo ♪
♪ Up and down a pole ♪
♪ Like you're
glowing up a yo-yo ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, YOLO ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, YOLO ♪
♪ Alarms go off when
I enter the building ♪
MURRAY: Good
afternoon, everyone.
As we head into our
most important quarter
of the year here at Kerig,
I wanna plant a seed
in your minds as salespeople.
When I got to this company,
it was failing,
flatlining, and spiraling,
and now I am proud to say
we are plateauing.
[scattered applause]
EMPLOYEE: Wow.
- Oh, go ahead. You can clap.
- EMPLOYEE: Okay.
We don't pretend to be
better than who we are.
And what are we?
- Mediocre?
- MURRAY: That's right... mediocre.
I want everyone at
karaoke tonight.
Our biggest clients
will be in attendance,
and with the Glaser Group,
I want Matt running point,
and Beth, you're
gonna be positioned
as whatever the guy who
helps the point does.
BETH: Okay. They never
remember me, though.
The Glaser Group. I'm just...
Beth, you're gonna
make 'em remember you,
and you're gonna sing tonight.
In fact, I expect all of you
to sing your tushies off.
- And Clark... over here, Clark.
- Yes?
MURRAY: Nothing from
Moana. [Clark sighs]
It's not age-appropriate.
[Clark inhales sharply]
- All right, Beth.
- Yeah.
Did you unload any of
our fine malbecs today?
[clears throat] Yeah, um,
I made some promises I'm not
looking forward to keeping,
but I sold 70 cases in the room.
- MURRAY: Whoa-oh!
- Wow.
So yeah, first appointment.
MURRAY: Yeah!
That-a-girl! All right.
Come on, ring the bell.
Uh, I... I'd rather skip it.
No, no, you did so good.
- Come on, ring the bell.
- Yeah?
Come on, they want you to do it.
Come on.
[bell chimes] Yes! All right.
Matt! Hey. MERI: Oh, my God!
MURRAY: Matty, how are ya?
How'd it go out
there today, buddy?
Hi, baby. MATT: Hey.
Well, I wanna
apologize to everybody.
So I thought I'd be celebrating
with you all with
some champagne, but...
I sold it all! [All yelling]
[applause]
CLARK: Oh, my God,
you broke that bell!
MERI: You got me!
Were you at Gramercy today?
No, I was in the private
room at um, uh...
Beth, what's that
f*ckin'... Uh, Daniel?
- Daniél. Very fancy.
- Daniél!
That Zagat jerk-off frog
palace everybody jerks off to.
- Guess who walks in?
- I don't know.
Oh, I'm blanking on his name.
The... it's the rapper with
the... With the gravelly voice?
Oh, Pitbull? That guy?
- f*cking Pitbulls.
- I could vomit.
I hate that wiseass.
So Pitbulls comes
into the private room,
lights a cigar,
and starts talking
full blast on his cell phone.
So I said, "Hey! Little man.
This is a private
event. Take a hike."
- [laughs]
- What?
- MATT: Yeah.
- Wait.
You actually said
that to Pitbulls?
- MATT: I did.
- This is hilarious!
- I think it's just "Pitbull."
- You know, not "Pitbulls."
Like, it's not plural,
it's just one Pitbull.
But y... oh, no, no, go
ahead. It doesn't matter.
So then what happened?
This is insane!
CLARK: Why are you
obsessed with grammar?
No, no, no, no, no.
Go, go, tell them...
We're having...
Can I talk to you for a second?
Yeah, yeah.
I'm sorry for messing up the
flow of that Pitbull story.
Oh, no, I don't even
think it was him.
I just thought it
would sound funny.
Listen, I saw you
ringing the sales bell?
- Yeah.
- It went good today?
Yeah, it went well, yeah.
- That's great. That's great.
- Yeah.
I'm gonna go shopping
with my mom, so.
Tell her I love her.
Yeah, I'll tell
her you love her.
- Thanks.
- Sure. Yeah.
Hey. BETH: Hi.
We're all here to
support you tonight.
But between you and me, if
Glaser doesn't go exclusive,
I'm gonna have to start
letting people go.
- I got this. Easy.
- MURRAY: Yeah!
Who's my quarterback?
There he goes! Come on!
[Matt grunting] Whoa!
Wayne Brady! There
he is! [laughs]
Listen, Beth, they're
asking for names
for East Coast sales manager.
What do you think?
Meaning... MURRAY: Mm-hmm.
Uh, I... well, I'm
interested, I think,
if-if that's what you
mean. MURRAY: You think?
- Well, isn't Matt up for this?
- I mean...
Well, honestly, Matt's
right where he needs to be.
Uh, let me put it this way.
Elizabeth Taylor
stars in the movie.
She doesn't direct it,
you know what I mean?
No, but, um... yeah, but, okay.
I think I'm interested, yeah.
MURRAY: I'm doing my
best to connect with ya.
Let's talk numbers.
You'd be making 100K a year,
still no health insurance,
and three days in
Naples, Florida.
Wow. Naples, Florida.
That's...
I-I'm interested, yes.
Please submit my
name or whatever.
- MURRAY: All right.
- Yeah.
[upbeat jazz music]
♪ ♪
Beth! Hi!
Oh! Come here! [Laughs]
Hi! Hi!
Oh, you look so healthy.
Okay. Okay.
JANE: Oh. You look tired.
BETH: Mm-hmm.
How's your back?
- It was feeling better.
- Good.
I'm taking you to a fancy store.
Ooh.
JANE: How is my Matty?
He's good, he says "hi."
He loves you. JANE: Aw.
Oh, I love him. I love him back.
If anything ever
happens with you two,
I will be there for him.
I want him to know that.
BETH: That's... weird.
[grunts]
This place is expensive. We
should go somewhere else.
Elsewhere, and no.
I wanna get you
something from here.
I got approved for a Mastercard.
And I want you shopping
in stores like this,
not Always 22 or wherever
you normally shop.
Would you ladies care
for some champagne?
Oh, uh, no thanks.
- No.
- No thanks.
- No, I don't drink.
- I never have.
I have low blood sugar. But
my daughter drinks a lot.
[laughs]
But apparently not today.
[chuckles] Oh, um.
That's a lot of information
to give a stranger.
JANE: Yeah, well, it's fine.
She sells wine for a living.
- Oh! Dream job.
- What kind of wine?
Oh, mostly reds.
I... but I... I work for a
company called Kerig Cellars.
It's a wine distributor.
- Kerig.
- I thought that was coffee.
- That's what I always...
- Don't I always say that?
- You do.
- That's so funny.
- It's not that funny.
- So funny.
- It's really not.
- It's, um, yeah.
It-it's spelled differently,
and it's a wine company.
But it sounds the same, so.
Right, but it is different, so.
People think... anyway, now
I'm thinking about coffee.
I would like a cappuccino,
whole milk, dry, no sweetener.
I have my own Stevia in
my bag. SALESPERSON: Okay.
- This isn't, like...
- She's not a barista.
- Oh, she's fine.
- She can do it, she can do it.
What's your name, dear?
- Aminata.
- [Jane gasps]
Amina... Aminata?
AMINATA: Yeah. JANE: [gasps] Oh.
- Where are you from?
- Queens.
- My parents are from Mali.
- Oh.
I went to Peru last year.
Actually, I will take
the-the champagne.
Thank you.
JANE: Thank you, Aminata.
It's a beautiful name.
- Mali's nowhere near Peru.
- So?
It's-it's not a good thing.
Well, I'm... honey, I'm sorry.
People enjoy talking to me,
and that makes you jealous.
- It's okay.
- [sighs]
People like talking
to me. JANE: Mm-hmm.
A lot of people
like talking to me.
I'm up for a huge
promotion at work.
- JANE: Well. Mm-hmm.
- It's huge.
JANE: They're very
lucky to have you.
- Okay, well...
- Because it's a great job.
It's very great, actually.
People think it's
really... It's really cool.
- JANE: Mm-hmm.
- Okay?
And the-the clients
we're taking out tonight
are-are a big deal. JANE: Okay.
Well, sweetheart, I
just... I don't know.
I-I-I always thought
you would do
something... bigger.
Bigger?
What are you talking
about? I make good money.
JANE: No, I'm... no.
I mean, like more
special. Like volleyball.
You were always so
good at volleyball.
BETH: Oh, my God, Mom.
You think I should be
a professional
volleyball player?
Well, that's just one example.
All I'm saying, sweetheart,
you can be anything
you wanna be.
[phone chimes] Oh.
Oh.
[chuckles]
[laughs]
Are you seeing someone?
JANE: Jerome is a friend.
Um...
A friend?
A very special friend.
He also happens
to be the only man
I have ever truly cared about.
That's great, Mom.
I invited him to Matt's party.
What?
- JANE: What?
- Well...
I can't believe you're
not happy for me.
Is it appropriate, Mom?
I mean, is he single?
Oh.
[clears throat]
We are just friends.
And you know what?
You are unhappy
in your own life.
[scoffs] I am so happy.
I am probably the most
happy, satisfied person
in this entire mall.
I am. I love my cool life.
I have a cool job, I
have a great apartment,
and Matt, my boyfriend,
is a New York eight.
Nine. Eight.
AMINATA: How's it
going in here, ladies?
- Great! So great!
- I'm gonna get the jumpsuit!
It's the only jumpsuit I've
ever truly cared about.
- AMINATA: Congratulations.
- Thank you.
JANE: Beth. BETH: No, it's fine.
Mom, it's totally fine.
I am just in a rush, okay?
Well, honey, you
have a camel twat.
Toe, Mom. I have camel toe.
Okay? That's what I have.
I love you, okay?
I'm... I just... and thank
you for this jumpsuit.
I just have to go get
ready for tonight.
Well, maybe take a shower.
I'm gonna shower already, Mom!
I don't need you to
tell me to shower!
You know, I'm just...
I... I'm-I'm just...
I'm really happy. JANE: Okay.
I just want you to know that.
And thank you for
coming with me, okay?
- JANE: I love you.
- Okay, I love you.
- JANE: Mm-hmm.
- Okay.
I-I don't know why I got
mad. JANE: It's okay.
- I'm sorry.
- I-I don't know why I got upset.
I'm just... okay, goodbye.
- JANE: Goodbye.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome, sweetheart.
- She has her period.
I can always tell.
Her face gets...
BETH: I don't have my period.
Aminata, I don't have it.
But it would be fine
if I did, but I don't.
- I love you.
- I love you.
Thank you. Goodbye.
She does.
I don't... I don't care.
Thank you, Aminata.
This feels cold.
- Why are you calling me?
- What happened?
Is Dad dead?
No.
Uh... did you see Mom?
Yeah, we had a really
nice time shopping.
ANN: Bullshit. Why
are you calling me?
I call you.
When you wanna
complain about Mom.
You are so hard on her.
Anything else?
All right, I-I have
one tiny, little thing
I might wanna complain
about, but if I tell you,
you have to stay...
ANN: Hold on.
Alexa, please stop the music.
BETH: You have to stay calm.
I'm perfectly calm.
Okay.
I think Mom's dating
another married guy.
Look, she said
they're just friend.
Maybe they are, but...
ANN: Yeah, okay.
You probably made her feel
like it was all good, right?
Pretty much. But no... I... no.
I-I planted a seed.
I, like, stormed out.
Yeah, right.
BETH: Like, she
knew I was annoyed.
And that I didn't
approve, you know?
She... she's probably
still sitting there,
charming the saleswoman.
'Cause she cares more about
what perfect strangers
think of her than her own kids.
I just feel guilty.
Do you think I should
call her and apologize?
[sighs]
Alexa, resume music.
[phone beeps] BETH: Annie?
Annie?
[upbeat jazz music]
♪ ♪
Hi, Matt. MATT: Hey!
[sighs]
Did you get me Sour Patch Kids?
Yeah, they don't carry
'em at our bodega anymore.
I know. Thanks.
I'm grabbing a drink with those.
Glaser Group people
before karaoke.
You wanna come
with? [Beth sighs]
I'm invisible to them.
Wanna have sex?
After I shower?
It's-it's just my class
is about to start.
Otherwise, I'd get you
pregnant right now.
- What does that mean?
- What do you...
MATT: Uh, it's an expression.
I don't know about that.
[sighs] I don't
even wanna have sex.
MATT: This instructor
is a beast.
How's your mom?
[instructor speaking
indistinctly]
We left it kinda weird.
Maybe I should call her.
She told me.
She wants you to call her.
You know, I don't love that
you guys talk that much.
MATT: Babe, sing
at karaoke tonight.
Try to just, you know,
be fun to be around.
I'm awesome to be around.
[stammers]
You can tell I'm happy, right?
Hey, babe, we're in Paris!
Personal best, babe!
[upbeat jazz music]
♪ ♪
[mellow jazz music]
♪ ♪
[line trilling]
JANE: Hi, this is Jane.
Leave a message, and
I'll call you back.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music
playing on speakers]
Hey, bitch! Fireball!
Do you ever worry you're
wasting your potential?
MERI: Oh, my God,
you have camel toe.
What's your favorite number?
I keep getting calls
from an unknown number.
Uh, 33?
And then what's another one?
- Four.
- Okay, that's your song.
I'm picking it for you.
Where's Matt? Matt!
Hey, slugger! BETH: Hey.
Come on. Come meet Diane.
She wants to meet you.
- I'm the one they call.
- MATT: All right, so what?
I've met Diane,
like, eight times!
MATT: Hey, don't... Jesus,
Beth, she's a drinker, okay?
Just turn it on, all right?
I'm too drunk to, like,
explain to you right now.
Diane! Beth.
- BETH: Hi!
- Great to meet you!
- BETH: Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.
How do you... How
do you know Matt?
Oh, um, uh,
how long you guys in town?
Oh, we're just, um, we're
just here for tonight.
We'll be back in a
couple of weeks, though.
- BETH: Okay.
- Yeah.
Uh, can we... just-just tell
me, what was your name again?
Oh, my sister's
calling, I'm sorry.
Anyone here ever been to Hawaii?
There's a little
girl who lives there,
and her name is Moana.
[cheers and applause]
MURRAY: No! No, no, no, no!
- Clark, no.
- Hello? Annie?
ANN: Hey, Beth, are you out?
What?
- ANN: Are you with Matt?
- Yeah, why?
ANN: Can you, like, go outside
or in another room or something?
- Uh, no.
- [chuckles]
ANN: Uh, well...
Mom d*ed.
You k*lled Mom?
ANN: No, I'm not joking.
They couldn't reach
you, so I got a call.
She's gone.
She was in a cab,
and it was chasing yellow
lights or something,
and I don't know.
They got hit.
Beth, hello?
Hello?
DJ: Coming to the
stage, we have Beth!
Beth is coming to the stage!
[cheers and applause]
MERI: Whoo! MURRAY:
You got this, kid.
- MERI: Whoo! You got it!
- You got this. Nice.
[Ace of Base's
"The Sign" playing]
♪ ♪
♪ I, I got a new life ♪
♪ You can hardly recognize
me, I'm so glad ♪
♪ How could a person
like me care for you? ♪
♪ Why do I bother ♪
♪ When you're not
the one for me? ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Is enough enough? ♪
♪ I saw the sign ♪
♪ And it opened up my
eyes, I saw the sign ♪
♪ Life is demanding
without understanding ♪
♪ I saw the sign ♪
♪ And it opened up my
eyes, I saw the sign ♪
♪ No one's gonna drag you up ♪
♪ To get into the light
where you belong ♪
♪ But where do you belong? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I saw the sign ♪
♪ And it opened up my eyes ♪
♪ And I am happy now
living without you ♪
♪ I've left you, oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ I saw the sign ♪
♪ And it opened up my
eyes, I saw the sign ♪
Drink!
MURRAY: Where you
going? MATT: My queen!
DJ: All right, I
guess Beth is done.
Uh, back to the
stage, we have Clark!
Anyone here like the ocean?
Here's a better question.
Anyone here a fan of the Rock?
[laughs] [cheers and applause]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[gasps]
[singers vocalizing]
[Lucius' "The Punisher"]
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ Sticks and
stones break my bones ♪
♪ But words could k*ll me ♪
♪ I'm trying, trying
not to lose my head ♪
♪ It feels like a
punch in the face ♪
♪ The things you're saying ♪
♪ You gotta find another form ♪
♪ Of ventilation ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Mm, mm, mm ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I know that it's
not me you are after ♪
♪ I know your chest is
burning with a heavy load ♪
♪ I can't be the matador
when you are raging ♪
♪ You gotta find another form ♪
♪ Of recreation ♪
It's so easy!
01x01 - The Sign
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Beth's seemingly ideal life is upended when a sudden incident force her to engage with her past.
Beth's seemingly ideal life is upended when a sudden incident force her to engage with her past.