01x03 - Wild Nights

[bunniefuu]

[RAIN POURING]

[THUNDERCLAP]

[PANTING]

Sue!

Sue!

Sue, no!

No!

No!

[GASPS]

[SIGHS]

[EMILY] Wild nights -

Wild nights!

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Yes? Who is it?

Your mother and father are leaving.

Don't you want to come say goodbye?

Yeah, sure. Hang on. Just...

[DOOR CLOSES]

- [EDWARD] Wife?
- [MOTHER] One moment!

It's time to go!

You sure you brought
enough for one night, now?

Oh, Lord. You can never
be too careful, Henry.

[HENRY CHUCKLES]

All right.

We'd better be off.

[EMILY] No!

No!

You can't! You mustn't!

How shall we cope with the
unbearable pain of your absence?

I know why you prefer poetry to acting.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, other child.

All right. Must be off.

Austin.

The horses.

- Come help with the horses, Austin!
- Coming. I'm coming.

[MOTHER SIGHS]

Now, girls, keep everything tidy.

There's cold roast for dinner.

And please, keep Maggie
away from the meat.

If you aren't careful, she'll
eat us out of house and home.

Have fun in Boston, Mom.

Girls...

listen to me.

While I'm gone, clean constantly.

[AUSTIN] Au revoir, Mama.

Bye.

- [LAVINIA] I miss them already.
- [SIGHS]

Vinnie, we have the whole house
to ourselves for one night.

To do whatever we want.

Please don't tell me any ghost
stories. I can't handle them.

Austin, are you thinking
what I'm thinking?

I may be.

- I'm gonna go ride my horse!
- Let's throw a party!

Wait, what?

You guys, come on.

It's been so long since
Mom and Dad went anywhere.

We need to throw one of our
classic Dickinson house parties.

[AUSTIN GROANS]

- Yes!
- I don't know.

Oh, come on.

Lavinia, every time we throw a party,

I find you with your hair
tied around some boy's neck.

That's actually a traditional
courting ritual, so...

Oh, my God. Can I invite Joseph Lyman?

This is gonna be a disaster.

Parties are supposed
to be disasters, Austin.

Parties are like shipwrecks.

You should emerge from them soaking wet,

out of breath,
and helplessly disoriented.

Come on, let's do it!

Let's do what?

Emily wants to have a party.

- That sounds fun.
- Hm.

Yes, yes, it does.

Let's invite everyone.

Party at the Dickinsons' tonight!

- Yeah!
- [LAVINIA LAUGHS]

- Okay. Hey ya.
- Yeah!

["CAME TO PARTY" PLAYING]

[BEETHOVEN'S "MOONLIGHT
SONATA" PLAYS ON PIANO]

Beethoven.

Intense.

Think you might wanna
lighten the mood a little bit?

For the party?

Hey, I liked that.

May I speak with you for a moment?

In private.

[WAVES CRASHING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

You look so beautiful.

Austin.

[SIGHS]

Sue...

darling.

I was thinking.

Don't you think tonight would
be the perfect time for us

to announce our engagement?

I don't know if we're ready.

What's your hesitation?

I can't even afford to
buy my own wedding dress.

So what? I'll buy it.

- No.
- Whatever dress you want.

No, you don't understand.

I'm penniless.

No inheritance.

No dowry.

I'm offering you nothing.

Sue, you're offering me
the most precious thing

in the whole universe.

- True love.
- True love can't pay my debts.

There are debts from my
father's funeral and my mother's,

- and my sister...
- Shh, shh.

You don't need to give
another thought to any of that.

I'll pay whatever you owe.

I'll take care of everything.

A cousin of mine,
she knows a family in Boston.

They're looking for a governess.

I could go work for them for a
few months and earn a little money.

In Boston?

Don't be ridiculous.

You're going to stay right
here with the Dickinsons,

and you and I are getting married.

[PLAYING "CHOPSTICKS"]

- [BELL RINGING]
- I'll get it! I'll get it!

Oh. It's only George.

Hey, everybody.

Let's get this party commenced!

[LAUGHS]

Emily.

I, um...

- I brought you these.
- George.

- Lilies?
- Yes. White lilies. Aren't they nice?

They're the symbol of death.

Oh.

I love them.

Can I get you some brandy?

Heavens, yes.

And did you bring my other gift?

Oh, uh, yes. Yes, I did.

George Gould, you're a star.

Don't take too much, okay?

[SIGHS] Tonight is going to be wild!

["WE WANNA PARTY" PLAYING]

[BELL RINGS]

We're here.

Where's Austin?

He's here.

Jane, I love your dress.

Wait till you see her fan.

My father brought it over from Japan.

- He's a samurai, so...
- Mm.

[LAVINIA] Cool.

Hm? Oh, thanks.

[BELL RINGS]

Oh, my God.

Joseph. You came.

How are you?

Um...

I made a pillow for my cat.

Okay.

Where's the brandy?

There.

[JACQUES OFFENBACH'S "GALOP
INFERNAL" PLAYS ON PIANO]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[JANE] Oh, Emily.

You're here.

It's my house.

[CHUCKLES] We've always been
such good friends, haven't we?

All those years together in school.

So many memories.

Right. Like the time
you tried to poison me?

I suppose if I marry Austin,
you and I will be sisters.

I suppose if Austin married
a flesh-eating demon,

she'd be my sister too.

[CHUCKLES]

[LAUGHTER]

[GEORGE] Anyway, it's very Jeffersonian.

So Jeffersonian.

- What's up, college!
- Look. Everyone's favorite townie.

Joseph Lyman.

Yo, I run this town. I'm the mayor.

- Hey, thanks for the hookup.
- Mm-hmm.

- You really came through.
- Yeah, no doubt.

Yo, check this out.

Abigail, Harriet,
Jenny, Fanny, Virginia.

Gross. You keep five different
girls' locks of hair in your wallet?

Hell yeah! They're my trophies.

I prefer to love just one woman.

[LAUGHS] Why would you do that?

Hello, boys.

Oh, nice fan.

Thanks. Jane let me hold it.

Apparently, if you go like this,

it means, "I wish to get rid of you".

Harsh.

Oh, but... I didn't mean it like that.

- Oh.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

- Are you already drunk?
- Don't tell me what to do.

[AUSTIN] Has anyone seen Sue?

Oh, there you are.

- Let me pour it.
- [JANE] What is he doing with her?

Who even is she?

Her whole family is dead.

- She's a full-blown orphan.
- [JANE] Mm.

I mean, that's not her fault.

You don't know that.

Cool harp.

Thanks.

It's mine.

You play the harp?

I like to think it plays me.

I think it's time.

Just you and me alone, right?

[CHUCKLES] No. Everybody.

Hey, everybody. We have
a special treat tonight.

Ooh. Is it pound cake?

Better. We got opium.

Oh. Whatever.

We have that in Japan.

Oh, my God. She's so insane.

[JANE] Of course, she's
insane. She's Emily Dickinson.

Should I do opium?

I'm planning to marry a minister.

- Who wants a drop?
- [WOMAN] I do.

Oh! Emily! Emily, that's too much.

Here, take some.

I can't. I'm in mourning.

Sue, don't act like you're
dead while you're still alive.

["I'M SO" PLAYING]

[SONG CONTINUES]

[SONG CONTINUES]

[INSECT BUZZING]

Bee!

I was hoping you'd come.

What's up?

How did you get inside?

Girl, I flew through the window.

Will you dance with me?

Abiah?

Yeah, Abby?

Do you ever feel like
Jane isn't nice to us?

Do you ever think maybe we deserve

more than what she's
offering us as a friend?

I mean like...

shouldn't we all be equals?

No.

She is very pretty.

She comes from an excellent pedigree.

This is Jane Humphrey
we're talking about.

Without her, we wouldn't
be invited to this party.

["PERFECT VISION" PLAYING]

Bee, you're so sweet.

I'm covered in pollen, baby.

[CHUCKLES]

May I have this dance?

Bee, you don't mind, do you?

[BEE BUZZES AWAY]

This is a great party.

Yeah. It really came together.

Just think, if we were married

we could have parties
like this all the time.

Oh, George, you don't wanna marry me.

That is, in fact, all I want.

You should marry a normal
girl, not a crazy lady.

Maybe I like the crazy.

[SONG CONTINUES]

[EMILY MOANS]

Are you okay?

No.

My stomach.

Jeez, I didn't know I
was such a bad kisser.

Austin, may I have this dance?

Uh, no. I'm with S...

It's okay, go for it.

- No.
- I'm gonna go find Emily.

Wait, Sue. I...

There's something I wanna say.

- Attention! Everyone!
- [CLINKING GLASS]

- I have an important announcement to make.
- Austin, don't.

The news is...

my beloved Sue, this
magical, mystifying beauty,

has agreed to become my wife.

We're engaged. [CHUCKLES]

Sue Gilbert is to become Sue Dickinson.

- [CLAPPING]
- [MAN] Congratulations.

[GEORGE] Wonderful news!

- When's the wedding?
- We don't have an exact date yet.

But soon. Very soon.

Darling, when do you
think that we should...

I'm sorry, I have to go find Emily.

[GUESTS MURMURING]

Please. Please.

No!

[GASPS] Oh!

[GRUNTS]

[MOANING] No.

- Emily? Are you all right?
- [GASPING]

Oh, Sue.

Why are you in Lavinia's room?

Oh, I got lost.

And now I'm in this
ribbon-infested hellscape.

- Ow!
- Are you dying?

I hope so.

You took too much of
that stuff, I told you.

Life is an endless sea of pain.

Emily, what is wrong?

I got my period.

[LAUGHS]

- [BOTH LAUGHING]
- Ow.

You know, Austin, I've liked
you for a really long time.

That's very flattering.

My father says you're the most
suitable boy in town for me.

Um... Okay.

So, I guess I'm just...

wondering, are you
really sure about Sue?

Yes.

I am.

But is she really suitable for you?

Look, just because Sue doesn't
have any money does not...

I don't care that she's poor.
I'm not talking about that.

So, what are you trying to say?

It's just...

- She's weird.
- [CHUCKLES]

What do you mean "weird"?

She and your sister, Emily...

Haven't you noticed the
way they go around together?

All I'm saying is, I would be
afraid to marry someone who's...

Who what?

Who is in love with my sister.

That's... ridiculous.

Sue and Emily are old friends.

Sue is a member of this family.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

Austin, wait... I just...

Whoa, slow down there, buddy.

Where...

is my fiancée?

I am going to play the harp.

[PLAYS HARP]

- [STRING SNAPS]
- [WOMAN] Oh!

Ow.

You have to keep your
strings lubricated.

[JOSEPH] Hey.

Oh, you got a scratch.

You don't want to mess
up that pretty face.

You think I'm pretty?

Oh, yeah.

You look hella ripe.

["FOUNDATION" PLAYING]

[WOMAN LAUGHS]

[LAUGHTER]

- [WOMAN] Get over here.
- [MAN] Oh, yes.

[EMILY] Wild nights -

Wild nights!

Were I with thee

Wild nights should be Our luxury!

Futile - the winds -

To a Heart in port -

Done with the Compass -

Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden -

Ah - the Sea!

Might I but moor - tonight - In Thee!

[EXHALES]

Just put something in
there to soak it up.

Like a napkin or something.

All the napkins are downstairs.

[EMILY GROANS]

Here.

Use this.

I think she made this for her cat.

Desperate times, girl.

[BOTH LAUGH]

You really are my favorite
person in the world.

Emily...

[DOOR OPENS]

Ha! What the hell are you doing?

["I LIKE TUH" PLAYING]

[SONG CONTINUES]

[SONG CONTINUES]

I tell everyone we're getting
married and you come upstairs to do...

What exactly? With my sister?

Austin, Sue was just helping me
with a very personal situation.

So you kissed her?

In gratitude.

- You have no right to intrude on us.
- I have every right.

- She's my fiancée.
- Yeah? She's my best friend

and you'll never understand
the love we share. Ever!

- Get off of her, you witch!
- No!

- She's mine!
- Both of you, stop!

- Just stop!
- That's enough!

I can't take this anymore.
You're both too much.

You're suffocating me.

I can't breathe. Do you
understand? I can't breathe.

I'm leaving. I have to go.

Wait... Where are you going?

To Boston.

- Boston?
- No!

[SONG CONTINUES]

Austin, no.

Stop it!

Sue, no!

- [AUSTIN] Wait! Sue! Stop!
- Stop!

We can work it out!

["SO THIS IS GOODBYE" PLAYING]

[EMILY] Uh!

Everyone party's over.