- (music playing)
- (singers vocalizing)
♪ Did you ever want it? ♪
♪ Did you want it bad? ♪
♪ Oh, my ♪
♪ Tears me apart ♪
♪ We can try to hide it ♪
♪ It's all the same ♪
♪ I've been losing you ♪
♪ One day at a time ♪
♪ And I know ♪
♪ In my heart, in this cold heart ♪
♪ I can live or I can die ♪
♪ I believe if I'd just try ♪
♪ You'd believe in you and I ♪
♪ In you and I ♪
♪ In you and I ♪
♪ In you and I ♪
(music playing on phone)
Madeline: Oh, my goodness.
Oh! (chuckles)
- Ed: Ah, good one, Ziggy.
- That was... whoa.
Yeah. Get out.
- Go, honey, go, go, go.
- Bring it on, sister.
- Yes!
- Oh, my gosh. Karate star.
Oh!
(music continues)
(thuds)
(no audible dialogue)
(doorbell rings)
- What?
- (g*nsh*t echoes)
Madeline: I should've never Googled him or stirred you up like that.
This is my problem in life... I can never let dead dogs lie.
Well, but that's the problem. He's not dead.
For all we know, he's out there right now assaulting women.
Can I ask you, when you went on this little road trip, did you... did you take your g*n?
- No.
- You don't sound sure.
I didn't take my g*n.
And had this Saxon Baker been the guy, what would you have done?
Were there others?
Other Saxons in your Internet search?
Listen, you moved to Monterey to start over, to build a future.
I suggest you focus on that, not the past.
(scoffs)
(wind blowing)
Perry: You're gonna k*ll me.
I have to go to Phoenix tomorrow morning.
I'll be back Thursday night.
But it's the play, and it's opening night.
Oh...
Well, I'll... I'll see it when I get back.
It's opening night.
Madeline's gonna be so disappointed.
It's a whole big thing.
I don't want you going to the premiere either.
What?
Come to Phoenix with me.
- Baby...
- I know "Come to Phoenix with me"
isn't the most romantic thing you've ever heard.
But we can... we can sneak off to Sedona for a night.
No, I can't do that.
- Why?
- Because she will never speak to me again.
- It's a big thing for her.
- Madeline is beginning to piss me off.
Oh.
How often do we get a chance to sneak away, just the two of us?
Look what you're doing.
- Look at it.
- What? What?
You're the one who suddenly has to leave and I am the one who disappoints.
- I'm just trying to be romantic.
- (sighs)
Huh?
Just a little bit romantic here.
- Josh: Mom?
- Mm?
Nathan: I don't want to.
Divorced people are not supposed to be friends, supposed to be civil, or have dinner together, or...
You know, it's okay for things to be ugly sometimes.
That's, like, life.
Got it.
Life can be ugly.
I'll make a note of that. Thank you.
- (chuckles)
- What you doing?
Oh, just puttering around in the garden, honey.
Trying to help things grow and evolve.
(scoffs) Hey, what have you been doing all day behind your closed door there, locked away?
- Working on your secret project?
- Yeah.
Well, it won't be a secret for much longer.
My official unveiling is on Wednesday.
Wow!
You've been working really hard on this.
Well, colleges look for passion projects now, you know.
It's not just about, like, your GPA and being captain of volleyball.
- Finally.
- Yeah.
(wind chimes tinkling)
I wanted to say thank you for having the dinner on Tuesday.
I know you and Mom don't really get along or, you know, necessarily want to, but the idea that we can all be together sometimes like we used to... is kind of cool.
- Night.
- Bonnie: Good night, sweetie.
Don't. Just cut.
Madeline: I feel like I just opened up a giant can of violent worms.
- So, how did you leave it with her?
- Well, I tried to diffuse her.
Imagine me playing the role of diffuser.
I should just stay out of other people's lives.
I'll talk to her.
- What could you possibly say?
- Excuse me?
Well, I mean, she can hardly relate to my life.
What on earth is she gonna do to identify with yours, which is just a tick north of perfect?
(sighs) My life isn't perfect, Madeline.
Bad things have happened to me.
I do understand the concept.
- I'm sorry. I offended you.
- (exhales)
I can hear it in your voice. Just tell me to go f*ck myself.
No, I'm not gonna do that.
I just don't think she's a dangerous person.
Really? I'm starting to get a little bit worried.
I'm gonna have to call you back.
Is Perry there?
Hello?
- Hello?
- I'm just gonna have to call you back,
- all right?
- Okay. Night, honey.
Okay.
Tell me, baby, what bad things have happened to you.
(music playing)
(no audible dialogue)
- ♪ I never got a chance to see him... ♪
- (turn signal ticking)
♪ Never heard nothin'... ♪
Jane: All right, put it away, babe. We're pulling up.
Wait, my favorite part.
Ziggy, you can watch it when you get home from school.
- Put it away.
- Here it is.
(knocking on window)
- Hey.
- Hi. Can you come see me?
Yeah.
There is, evidently, a petition circulating, calling for Ziggy's suspension.
His suspension?
I am furious about it, as is Mr. Nippal, and we will get it stopped.
But in the meantime...
Are people actually signing this?
Yeah, it seems so.
He's six!
We don't even know that he's the bully!
I know. I just found out about it myself.
And we will absolutely handle it.
Ziggy will of course not be suspended.
Harper: I'm not ashamed to say I started the petition.
The school was doing nothing.
That Harper was so far up Renata's ass, she could've chewed her food for her.
- I signed the petition.
- I signed it.
- I accidentally signed it.
- The school was not doing nothing.
Ms. Barnes: The petition we will get squashed.
I am more concerned... some of the children have been instructed (voices fades) not to play with Ziggy.
(electricity humming)
(kids chattering)
- Are you behind this petition?
- Excuse me?
- I asked you a f*cking question.
- Gordon: Hey, whoa, whoa.
- Calm down.
- Don't f*cking thr*aten me.
- Was it you?
- What are you gonna do, huh?
Choke me? (scoffs)
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey!
- Excuse me!
- Don't you...!
- Stop, stop!
- Ow! Oh, my God, my eye!
- What the hell is wrong with you?!
If they had any sense, they would've canceled Trivia Night right then and there.
I had actually planned on skipping Trivia Night until the eye gouging.
I should've taken that job in Reykjavik.
I'm gonna sue you!
- Ugh.
- Is her eye okay?
Apparently. (scoffs)
She'll be fine.
I need to get out of this town as soon as possible.
Hold on a second.
Ziggy is very well-liked.
Chloe says he's popular.
Even Amabella plays with him.
This is about the parents, and I'm not gonna have you bulldozed out of Monterey.
- Neither will I, for what it's worth.
- Exactly.
- Thank you.
- (chuckles) Thank you.
Thanks.
A lot of parents are probably applauding you right now.
There's more than one person in this town that wants to deck Renata Klein, yours truly included.
I actually think this is a good thing.
It's high time that people know they shouldn't f*ck with Jane Chapman.
And they're not gonna mess with your kid either.
I had my g*n.
What?
I had my g*n in my purse when I went to San Luis Obispo.
I don't think I would've sh*t him, but I had it.
(sniffles)
Okay.
Well, I'm not gonna lie.
That gives me pause.
Yeah, it gives me pause, too.
Like, I think I'm going insane. (sniffles)
Like, I still hope that whoever he is is a nice guy.
That, like, maybe that night was just a bad misunderstanding, or a night gone wrong, or he had a bad day, or his parents got in a car crash.
I, like, make up these crazy excuses because I'm so desperate to believe that Ziggy's father is actually a good person.
(Celeste exhales) Well, he's been very, um...
(sucks teeth) affectionate.
Very clingy.
Which usually means he's feeling insecure.
Or, um...
Or what?
Or it means I have the power.
Sometimes he has it, sometimes I have it.
It's like a seesaw.
When do you get the power?
After he hits you?
Yeah. When he hurts me, I get the upper hand.
The more he hurts me, the higher I go, the longer I stay, until...
He's been, um... (clears throat) very loving... (chuckles) the last few days.
But at some point, he gets the power back.
Mm. Usually when... when my bruises fade and... and he doesn't feel as guilty, he feels insecure.
And then it all happens again.
Where is he now?
He's in Phoenix. He left this morning.
When are you gonna leave him, Celeste?
(scoffs)
When he hurts you badly enough?
When... he hurts the children?
- He will never hurt the children...
- You need to rent an apartment.
Locally, if you don't want to disrupt the boys' school.
Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
We're getting way ahead of ourselves here.
No, I don't think so.
Stock the refrigerator.
Make sure the utilities are paid for.
Have the beds set up for the kids.
Get it all ready so we can at least remove
"Where on God's earth would I go?" from the equation.
You'll have a place, a mindset, another life standing by should you need it.
Which... we both know you will.
I don't think a therapist should be this, um...
I don't think you should be behaving like this.
I'll get you the number of the Better Business Bureau and you can report me.
In the meantime, start documenting the abuse.
Write everything down.
Photograph your injuries. Keep doctor reports.
That could be important in a custody battle.
And men like your husband typically do go for custody.
He has the resources, the money, the contacts.
Most importantly... he has the ego to see this through.
I don't understand why you're being such an alarmist right now...
Because I'm alarmed.
Have you told anybody else about the abuse?
No.
- Why not?
- I don't know.
If you were to guess.
(scoffs)
Perhaps my self-worth is made up of how other people see me.
(chuckles)
I'm sorry. I... I'm just amazed by patients who can harbor such profound self-awareness underneath the hard shell of denial.
Find a friend to confide in.
Do it today.
(sighs) Because?
Because if there is a custody battle, you know what Perry's lawyer will be asking...
"Did you ever tell anybody, Mrs. Wright?
Hmm?
Really? You told nobody at all?
Is that because it never really happened?
And you're just making all this up to win custody?
In fact, you've repeatedly maintained what a wonderful husband and father Perry is.
Haven't you, Mrs. Wright?
Nobody's ever witnessed this alleged abuse, ever.
Isn't that true, Mrs. Wright?
We only have your word. You said he was wonderful.
Now you say he's a monster.
Were you lying then or are you lying now?"
You're a lawyer.
You know how important it is to have a witness.
- Hello.
- Hey. Juliette, right?
- Renata: What do you want?
- Do you want...
Uh...
I... I just wanted to say that I'm so sorry.
I completely lost control and I stepped out of line, and I should have never shoved you like that.
There's no excuses and I'm so sorry.
Yeah.
The truth is is I finally realized that I've been feeling exactly what you must be feeling.
There's nothing worse than your child being victimized, right?
So, I understand and completely empathize with what you're going through.
I am as sure as any parent can be that Ziggy is innocent.
I took him to a child psychologist and she examined him and tested him and said that he was a gentle young boy who's completely incapable of doing what he's been accused of.
Renata, I am at my wits' end.
I don't know what to do anymore.
Does Amabella still say that he's hurting her?
No. She, uh... says he's a sweet boy.
And orientation?
Well, she hasn't taken back the accusation, but... she refuses to talk to us about anything further.
You think you're at your wits' end.
My daughter is the one getting hurt and I can't stop it.
(softly) I'm so sorry.
Me, too.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Yeah, my baby lost another baby tooth.
- I put it under my pillow.
- Good.
There is no tooth fairy, idiot. It's Mom and Dad.
- Would you please get me a tissue?
- Is it bleeding?
No, not a lot.
(growling)
- Are there any bad teenagers in here?
- Twins: Dad!
- What are you doing here?
- (laughs) Hey, boys.
(twins giggling)
Don't we have a premiere to attend tonight?
You made it back for the play?
I wouldn't miss it for the world.
You did that for me?
Yeah. Of course.
Thank you.
Wow! Kazowie!
(laughs) Did you say "kazowie"?
- I did. You look fantastic.
- Thank you, honey.
- What, you got a big date or something?
- As a matter of fact, I do.
- A very big date.
- Oh.
- Congrats on your opening night.
- Aw.
Thank you, honey.
I don't really have anything to do with it anymore.
You have a huge amount to do with it.
It wouldn't even be happening but for you. Are you kidding?
- Let's go.
- Okay.
(guitar playing)
How do I look?
- You look nice.
- Thank you.
Remember, you're not allowed to sing that one.
- Okay.
- You can play it, but you can't sing it.
- Why can't I go to the play?
- It's not really for kids.
- I like puppets.
- I know you do.
Is it because the puppets have sex?
- Who told you that?
- Chloe.
She said the boy puppet puts his penis in the girl puppet.
(stammering) Chloe said that?
Yeah, it's icky.
Sometimes... magic comes from icky, Ziggy.
- Woman: Hey.
- That's a longer conversation, though.
- Hi.
- How's my little champion?
- Awesome.
- Yeah?
- You learn some more chords this week?
- Yeah.
Yeah, you always do. (laughs)
- Hi!
- Thank you so much.
- No problem.
- I won't be gone too long.
- Give me a kiss.
- (strums guitar)
(sighs)
- You look amazing.
- Mm.
Thank you.
Beautiful dress.
We're gonna be late.
Stop.
Don't do that.
- What, this?
- Yeah.
I thought you liked when I did that.
- Just, come on.
- What?
- Get ready.
- We can be a little late.
No, we can't.
Well, I'm just very excited to see you.
To be home with my beautiful wife.
(zipper unzips)
Oh. Yeah, I can feel that.
Yeah, you can feel that?
(both breathing heavily)
God, that's quite a trick.
- It is quite a trick.
- Mm-hmm.
Come on, baby, please get ready. We've got to go.
- Calm down, I just want...
- Please, this is important.
- We've got to go.
- What... hey, what is this?
- Really, stop it.
- What's wrong?
What did you do, take a pill or something?
No, of course I didn't take a pill.
You're actually capable of arousing me without medication, Celeste.
- You're being ridiculous.
- I... huh?
- (yelps)
- Is this being ridiculous? What?
- (thuds)
- Aah!
- (groaning)
- sh*t.
Oh, my God. Baby? Baby?
- ♪ Only for now ♪
- ♪ For now there's love ♪
- ♪ Only for now ♪
- ♪ For now there's work ♪
♪ For now there's happiness ♪
- ♪ But only for now ♪
- ♪ For now there's life ♪
- ♪ Only for now ♪
- ♪ For now there's love ♪
- ♪ Only for now ♪
- ♪ For now there's work ♪
- ♪ For now there's happiness... ♪
- Still no text or anything?
She must have lost her sitter.
- ♪ Only for now ♪
- ♪ For now there's friendship ♪
♪ Only for now ♪
♪ Only for now ♪
♪ Sex is only for now ♪
♪ Your hair is only for now ♪
♪ This show is only for now ♪
- ♪ It'll only last a while ♪
- ♪ Only for now ♪
♪ But it's only temporary... ♪
(whispers) So good.
♪ Ba-dum, ba-dum ♪
♪ Everything in life ♪
♪ Is only for now ♪
(piano playing)
- (music ends)
- (applause, whistling)
(whistling, cheering)
- Okay, I'll see you tomorrow.
- Yes.
- Congratulations.
- Oh, Stu. Thanks for coming.
- Hey, congrats.
- Hey, guys. How's it going?
- Maddie, congratulations.
- Oh, thank you.
- Amazing.
- That is a good idea.
- I'm gonna get us some drinks.
- Okay.
That was really great.
- I'm not a huge fan of Muppets, but...
- Right.
- Um, where'd Abby go?
- She rushed out.
She told me to tell you she loved it.
Oh. What's she rushing out to do?
- It's the whole project, secret project.
- Project.
Nathan: Seems to be all-consuming.
Well, I'm gonna join Ed.
- Yeah, of course.
- Thank you for coming.
- Oh, yeah. It was amazing.
- Yeah.
- I'm gonna call Celeste.
- Yeah, just let me know.
- Madeline.
- Hi, Tori. Hello.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
And to you, too. Joseph was great.
And I feel like it went really well.
- Was it you?
- I'm sorry?
Are you the woman Joseph is in love with?
I... I don't know what you're talking about.
I know he had an affair a year ago.
I can tell when he lies.
- Okay...
- He also...told me he was over her.
Which...
I can tell when he lies.
Was it you?
I'm happily married.
I'm just friends with Joseph.
I would never do that.
What were you doing in his car?
(turn signal ticking)
Ed: You're kind of quiet.
Oh, I'm just... reflecting on all of it.
Big night. You'd think you'd be bubbling over a bit with pride.
- You should be.
- Thanks, honey.
I don't know, for some reason
I'm just thinking about this dinner with Bonnie and Nathan.
I'm just kind of dreading it.
- It'll be fine.
- Yeah.
(phone buzzing)
Finally.
She better have a good reason.
Where were you?
What?
- A broken urethra.
- I know!
- Can you even imagine?
- Wow.
Chloe, it's time to go to bed, honey.
- Give me !
- No, time for bed right now.
(vocalizing)
Chloe, now.
Seven, final offer.
I said now.
- Good night, sweetie.
- Good night.
- Mwah.
- Love you.
Love you, too.
- Night, honeycake.
- Love you.
I love you, too.
(whispers) So, it... it happened during...
I mean, talk about wild sex.
Can you imagine being in the hospital?
- (laughs)
- I mean, how embarrassing!
I just can't imagine the passion it would take
to shatter a urethra in two places.
You sound a little envious.
- Do you want me to smash yours?
- (laughs)
Well, not smash, but, you know.
- (laughs)
- Yeah, we never have wild sex.
I mean, we have nice sex.
I like it, but, you know, it usually times out between four and six minutes, and neither of us are in any remote danger of physical injury.
- Well, that's just kind of mean, Ed.
- Sorry.
I mean, maybe I am envious, you know?
I mean, what, Perry walks through the door and, whoosh!
I wish we had that kind of desire.
Well, by "we" you mean me.
Okay, you're a fiery person.
Which makes your tepidness for me just more conspicuous.
I don't mean to punish you...
Well, I mean, it feels like you are.
I tell myself all the time, like, married people, you know, after a while they reach this... sexual plateau, and that's the norm.
Then I hear about other couples, you know, breaking urethras, and...
Well, it's hardly like you're some sort of raging bull, Ed.
The only time you touch me is when you're reaching across me to get the Visine for...
That's because you don't want it, Madeline.
We never talk about that because that would make it harder to pretend.
And sometimes that's the... the essence of a happy marriage, isn't it?
The ability to pretend.
In the days leading up to Trivia Night, it just seemed more and more people wanted to k*ll each other.
It was hard to keep track.
- (music playing)
- (crickets chirping)
♪ Lord Almighty ♪
♪ I feel my temperature rising ♪
♪ Higher and higher ♪
♪ It's burning through to my soul ♪
(singing along) ♪ Girl, girl, girl ♪
♪ You gonna set me on fire ♪
♪ Mmm ♪
♪ My brain is flaming ♪
♪ I don't know which way to go... ♪
- (music turns off)
- What are you doing?
Abby told me that Chloe said that Ed was rehearsing.
They said he's pretty good, so...
I'm gonna kick his ass.
I'm just... what? I'm inspired by the whole play thing.
And besides, I'm sick and tired of his little f*cking digs, like he's the cultural sh*t or something.
I'm gonna show him who's evolved.
I'm gonna kick his cultural ass.
Oh, what about this one?
(vocalizing)
♪ If you're looking for trouble... ♪
Baby, the whole point of this dinner is to try and reduce the friction that contributes to...
- ♪ Bom-bom, bom-bom... ♪
- ...an unhealthy environment!
♪ You came to the right place... ♪
Yeah, between Madeline and I.
But friction between Ed and I is fine.
First of all, I'm very disappointed in your attitude.
And second, and more importantly, we have a bigger problem.
Abigail's secret project.
Yeah? What about it?
She is auctioning off her virginity on the Internet.
For Amnesty International, so it is for a very good cause.
(clears throat) She's selling her virginity on the Internet?
Good cause?
Nathan: Abigail!
You smoking?
Just for tonight.
It's been years. Why not?
So, you think our marriage is pretend?
No, I said that in every marriage
there is pretending.
Even the best ones.
You said it was the essence, if I heard you correctly.
I mean, I don't pretend to love you.
I know you don't pretend to love me.
But what I do like to pretend, as do you, is that I'm all that.
So, is this back to the "Steady Eddie" theme?
- Okay.
- Is that what we're talking about?
No, Madeline, I'm the lucky one.
I get to wake up every day next to the girl of my dreams.
That makes me the winner.
I just feel like the loser sometimes.
I know I haven't always been the best wife.
And I'm really sorry.
I get angry sometimes and...
- I made a mistake.
- Unh-unh. Shh.
I made a terrible mistake.
Don't say that.
Nathan: What the f*ck!
You're selling your virginity?
Yeah, I thought you'd be proud of me.
Proud of you?
Yeah. A lot of girls lose their virginity for a lot less...
- So you're selling yourself?
- At a worthy price, for a worthy cause!
Don't try to tell me that sex
- That is prostitution!
- isn't a form of currency!
Women are exploited all the time!
Let's make sure everyone feels heard here. Let's have a conversation.
Wait, is this thing set up live? Is it already up?
(stammers) No, not y...
Where are you going?
- Dad!
- Guys!
- Stop!
- Come on!
- Where is it?
- You're being crazy!
- No, no. You're not taking that.
- Are you serious?
You're not taking that! No, until you tell me you shut it down...
- Stop it!
- I'm not shutting it down!
Get off! Get off!
- (all shouting)
- Give my computer back!
(shrieking)
Oh, sweetie. Hi. It's okay.
Skye: Stop it!
(sobbing)
(sobbing continues)
(door opens)
Hi.
How are the boys?
Oh, they're fine. Sound asleep.
Perry: Thank you for staying late.
You can go now.
You can go now, Kelly.
Celeste: We're fine.
- I hope you feel better.
- Thank you.
Good night.
- (door closes)
- I'm gonna get you some ice.
You're lucky I didn't k*ll you.
What did you say?
You could have done permanent damage.
So, the spermatozoa fertilizes the egg.
Women lay eggs?
(laughs) No, women have eggs inside of them,
in their bellies.
So, the sperm fertilize the egg in there, and out of that comes the baby.
So, you wanted a baby and my dad "ferlitized" you?
- Fertilized.
- Fertilized you?
(laughs) Something like that, yeah.
What do you mean, "Something like that"?
"Exactly like that." You're too smart for me.
Where is he?
I don't know, baby.
(keys clicking)
(cereal pouring)
- (twins crunching)
- (seagulls screeching)
Have you spoken to her?
No.
Are you going to?
- Nathan: Hey, honey?
- I'm running late.
Um, hey, just... just take a second, please?
Listen, I think the idea behind what you're doing, it's extremely noble.
What other -year-old even has a social conscience, you know?
So, I'm proud of you. I'm very proud.
But I think that there are other ways to accomplish your goals.
Dad, come on.
A -year-old white girl from Monterey selling her virginity online?
Wolf Blitzer would saddle that up for weeks.
That's the way.
Bonnie: Abby.
Thanks.
- I blame you for that.
- Me?
Yeah, you taught her to care about everything and it's just rubbed off on her.
Oh, come on.
"Wolf Blitzer's gonna saddle that up"?
(scoffs)
You know, Madeline's so gonna blame me for this.
- No, she's not.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
She will.
I can't believe you're eating that sh*t.
Oh, yeah?
(laughing, chattering)
- Hey, Ziggy!
- Whoa!
Monkey baby!
(discordant notes playing)
- (lip-synching)
- ♪ Well, baby ♪
♪ When times are bad ♪
♪ Call on me, darling ♪
♪ And I'll come to you... ♪
(chatter)
♪ When you're in trouble... ♪
Ziggy!
♪ And feel so sad ♪
♪ Call on me, darling ♪
♪ I said call on me and I'll help you... ♪
(doorbell rings)
Ed: Dinner's here, honey.
Jane: A playdate? Really?
Well, we could keep a watchful eye on them, which the teacher and an assistant can't do, really, with kids.
Are you still convinced that Ziggy's the culprit?
I don't know, with everything you said.
Which is why if I schedule playdates with each and every child in the class,
I can eliminate suspects one by one.
You're gonna schedule a playdate between
Chloe Mackenzie and Amabella?
(laughs) If that psycho would allow it.
Sorry, poor form.
I know you're friends with Madeline.
- It's all good.
- Hey!
Hey.
- Everything okay here?
- Everything's great.
So nice of you to ask, Harper.
You know, schools should set up special commendations
for gestures like that.
Maybe I'll start a petition.
(Renata laughs) A petition.
Touché. All right, I'm going to work, girls.
- See you later.
- Bye.
We just want our children to be safe, that's all.
Of course we do. It takes a village.
Got to have each other's backs, right?
Who's got yours?
Samantha: There was this rumor whipping around that Jane and Renata had settled their differences.
I never bought it.
I believe women are chemically incapable of forgiveness.
(seagulls screeching)
It's pretty, huh?
(sighs)
Okay, so this is our two bedroom, two bath.
Mm-hmm.
You know, some of the units come furnished, but, personally, I think the decor is hideous.
- (chuckles)
- And they're on the ground floor,
so you don't get this view.
No, unfurnished is fine.
It's definitely on the Monterey City limits?
Yeah. We're southwest Monterey.
Ah.
And it's available now?
You can move in tomorrow.
- A beautiful sunset.
- Mm.
Do you think I'd be able to come back a little later
and spend some time here by myself?
- Yeah, I...
- (chuckles) Probably sounds weird.
No, it doesn't sound weird. I mean, it's possibly where you'll be living, right?
I'm just gonna leave you the key and I'll clear it with the office.
- And just take as much time as you need.
- That's amazing.
- Thank you.
- Just call me tomorrow. Let me know.
(exhales)
(music playing)
Ed: If you feel yourself getting angry, just remember it's all about getting along for Abigail's sake.
I'm gonna be fine.
I took a little something.
Just a half.
This is a good thing that we're doing.
♪ You're ruling the way that I move... ♪
Madeline: It was such a long drive over.
- Ed: God, everything...
- Madeline: Looks so good.
- Yeah.
- ♪ And I breathe your air... ♪
And the chef? Not too bad.
The cook's even better. (chuckling)
Madeline, do you want some more bread?
Mm, yes please. It's so yummy.
- Thank you.
- Bonnie, I love this music.
- Is this Adele?
- Uh, no. It's Sade, actually.
- We should get this, honey.
- Oh, we have it.
Bonnie: Red wine, anyone?
I know white goes with fish, but I like red.
Yes, please.
Oh! (chuckles) Down the hatch.
Madeline: I love this place setting.
I like when there's extra forks and extra spoons,
especially little, tiny forks.
- (chuckles)
- It feels so special, doesn't it?
- I just want to use all of them.
- (chuckles)
The, uh... the little ones are for the oysters.
And I love these really creative little cups.
They're clay. I think they're from Mexico.
- Yeah.
- Oh, that's so nice.
Ed prefers more traditional glass.
Perhaps for wine, but these are...
I'm actually more kind of a beer guy, but...
Oh, do you want some beer? We have some.
- Oh, no, no, no!
- Are you sure?
- Sit down.
- Since we're talking about wine glasses, let's have a toast!
- Toast.
- Yes, toast.
Toast. The, uh...
To, um... for...
I should make a toast.
Bonnie: Please.
To Nathan and Bonnie.
- Because I heard...
- And none of us k*lling each other.
- (chuckles) Yeah, right.
- All right.
- (all laughing)
- I'm just kidding.
You're so funny.
All right. This is yummy wine.
- Bonnie: Mm, isn't it?
- It's really good.
Is Abigail gonna join us for dinner?
She'll be down for dessert.
She said she can only be stuck with the grown-ups for so long.
Yeah.
I think she's just wanting us to have some bonding time.
Teenagers. Oh, she's been probably working on her secret project.
Mm.
I'm so curious.
Do you guys know what that is?
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, we just found out what it is, yeah.
No way.
Do tell.
Baby? (clears throat)
It's unconventional. It's even a little radical.
- Good.
- Listen, when I first heard about it, I overreacted.
And I'm just gonna caution you guys to take a breath.
Process it before jumping to a judgement.
Okay, can you just tell us what it is?
(clears throat)
It's... well, she's attempting to raise money for Amnesty International.
- All right.
- She showed me her website.
It's, like, very professionally done.
I... Abigail is... auctioning off her virginity in order to raise money to protest sex sl*very.
- What?
- Yes.
(scoffs) Very funny.
No, I'm being serious.
She said if a seven-year-old can be sold to sex sl*very, then no one would bat an eye if a white, rich American girl would sell hers online.
- This is for real?
- Look, it's not gone live yet.
And we have no intention of letting that happen obviously.
- Of course not, no.
- Nathan, if this is some sort of joke...
Yeah, this is not funny, Nathan.
- Bonnie: Okay.
- (scoffs)
It's... it's shocking.
And a bit disturbing.
But I think it is important that we... we separate the nobility of the cause from the misguided means of pursuing it, you know?
We... we champion the former and dissuade her from the latter, right?
- (vomiting)
- Oh!
Oh, honey! Are you okay?
That's okay. That's okay, that's okay.
- (coughing)
- That's a human reaction.
That's completely... baby, get her... thank you.
- You okay, honey?
- No, I'm not.
- Oh, my God!
- Oh, honey!
- Honey!
- Okay.
Thank you, thank you. That's all right.
- Here.
- Oh, my God.
- That's all right.
- All right.
This is how you parent, Nathan?
She's been under your roof for two minutes and now she's some sort of prost*tute?
- Did I tell ya?
- Great parenting!
All right, let's all just settle for a minute, okay?
Please. Let's just settle.
Let's remember that we are living in the time of...
of Facebook and reality...
Oh, God damn it!
Oh, my...
- sh*t!
- It's the shrimp.
I had heard that Abigail was a little slutty.
Knowing the mother, I wouldn't be surprised.
(TV playing)
Bye, guys.
- Bye.
- Where are you going?
Out for dinner with Jane.
(chatter on TV)
That's enough.
Abigail.
(birds chirping)
You're done with dinner already?
Look, I don't even know where to begin about this, so I'm just gonna go straight to the end.
This is wrong, Abigail.
Completely wrong.
And I salute your cause. I really do.
But... but what?
Saluting a cause, recognizing a problem, isn't enough.
A person has to do something.
Well, this something is not that, honey.
- What about your play?
- What about my play?
You said it spoke to you because it was about finding a purpose in life, which I get.
Making your mark. I get that.
You're the one who always said a person's life needs to matter.
- Okay...
- Was it all just bullshit?
No, it's not.
And I'm not gonna give you some long song and dance about how precious and sacred your beautiful body is.
- Mm-hmm.
- But it is not for sale, Abigail.
Not ever.
No matter what cause, no matter what cost.
And one day, you are going to look back at this... probably pretty soon... and think,
"What the f*ck was I thinking?
Why was I gonna f*ck up my life like that?"
Must be nice to be so right.
- I'm not right!
- So perfect.
I'm not f*cking perfect!
You think you know me so well?
I f*ck up, too. I make mistakes.
I've made mistakes bigger than this.
Last year, I cheated on Ed.
I ended it very quickly, but...
The two things I value most in this life are my kids and my marriage.
And I risked destroying both of them.
Just because I was... selfish or...
So don't... don't tell me I'm perfect, okay?
I know about f*cking up.
And f*cking up doesn't make your dad and I get back together.
f*cking up doesn't fix your life.
Okay?
At least what you were gonna do was for a good cause, and...
I was just being selfish.
Do you still love Ed?
(TV playing)
(seagulls screeching)
(music playing)
Mom, watch this.
- ♪ It was the third of September ♪
- ♪ September... ♪
- (chuckles)
- ♪ That day I'll always remember ♪
- ♪ Yes, I will ♪
- ♪ Will ♪
♪ 'Cause that was the day ♪
♪ That my daddy d*ed ♪
♪ I never got a chance to see him ♪
♪ Never heard nothin' but bad things about him ♪
♪ Mama, I'm depending on you ♪
♪ To tell me the truth... ♪
- (g*nsh*t echoes)
- ♪ Mama just hung her head and said, "Son ♪
♪ Papa was a rollin' stone ♪
♪ Wherever he laid his hat was his home ♪
♪ And when he d*ed ♪
♪ All he left us was alone ♪
♪ Oh-oh, papa was a rollin' stone ♪
♪ My son, yeah ♪
♪ Wherever he laid his hat was his home ♪
♪ And when he d*ed ♪
♪ All he left us was alone" ♪
♪ Well, well ♪
♪ Hey, Mama ♪
♪ Is it true what they say, that Papa never worked a day ♪
♪ In his life? ♪
♪ And, Mama ♪
♪ Some bad talk going around town ♪
♪ Sayin' that Papa had three outside children ♪
♪ And another wife ♪
♪ And that ain't right ♪
♪ Heard them talkin' about Papa ♪
♪ Doing some storefront preachin' ♪
♪ Talkin' about saving souls ♪
♪ And all the time leeching, dealin' in dirt ♪
♪ And stealin' in the name of the Lord ♪
♪ Mama just hung her head and said ♪
♪ "Papa was a rollin' stone ♪
♪ My son ♪
♪ Wherever he laid his hat was his home ♪
♪ And when he d*ed ♪
♪ All he left us was alone ♪
♪ Hey, Papa was a rollin' stone ♪
♪ Dadgum it ♪
♪ Wherever he laid his hat was his home ♪
♪ And when he d*ed ♪
♪ All he left us was alone" ♪
♪ Unh ♪
♪ Hey, Mama ♪
♪ I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trades ♪
♪ Tell me, is that what sent Papa to an early grave? ♪
♪ Folks say Papa would beg, borrow, and steal ♪
♪ To pay his bills ♪
♪ Hey, Mama ♪
♪ Folks say Papa never was much on thinkin' ♪
♪ Spend most of his time chasin' women and drinkin' ♪
♪ Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth ♪
♪ Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said, "Son ♪
♪ Papa was a rollin' stone ♪
♪ Well, well, well, well ♪
♪ Wherever he laid his hat was his home ♪
♪ And when he d*ed ♪
♪ All he left us was alone-lone-lone-lone, alone ♪
♪ Papa was a rollin' stone ♪
01x06 - Burning Love
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"Big Little Lies" follows three mothers of first graders, whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of m*rder.
"Big Little Lies" follows three mothers of first graders, whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of m*rder.