♪
Jen, that new free-range
farm-to-table organic
delicatessen is open, and it's lit.
- What'd you get?
- $ bread.
Mo!
It has sundried figs
and wind cracked walnuts.
What the...?
Don't freak out. I started
unpacking, and then,
completely just finished unpacking.
Oh my God.
- Our new place is hot!
- I know, right!
We have a fireplace now
and sunlight now! And...
(SQUIRREL SQUEAKS)
- Wall squirrels, still?
- Yeah.
And, your ex-lover and his
party-aholic best friend
don't live directly
and awkwardly upstairs,
so yeah, I think that's
a pretty good feature.
Trust: Never gonna happen again, okay?
I put it on my to-do list.
♪ ♪: Do not have sex with neighbours.
Really? 'Cause that
-year-old down the hall
could teach you a sexy thing or two.
Honestly, I think our old
apartment flooding was the
best thing that ever happened to us.
I did lose my grandfather's ashes.
Yes, but he loved water.
So much so, it k*lled him.
(SIGHS)
♪
♪
- (SIGHS)
I did not think you would
get out of bed for a
high school frenemy's wedding shower.
- Karen makes serious bank.
- So?
So, that means she has fancy soaps.
- So...?
- So, I can plunder them.
I bet she has scents like mint-basil,
and mango chutney dreams.
- (TEXT CHIME)
- Okay, well...
Lose the phone 'cause you
look like a guy who just
found out about weed stocks.
Garth's at a gaming
Conference: I have questions.
Oh, like, which old tree to carve
your combined initials into?
Like, game store work stuff.
Ugh, you are this close
to going to Serious Town.
Please, we are just very
good friends who make out a lot
while Lionel Richie plays
softly in the background.
Also, this is not about me and Garth;
this is about you breaking up with Nate.
Ah, I wouldn't even call it breaking up.
We were just casually hanging
out all the time, casually.
You had sex under a rainbow.
That was not our fault; that
rainbow came out of nowhere.
Well, you better find a mirror 'cause
F.O.C. is showing.
- (LAUGHS)
- F.O.C. Fear of commitment.
I do not have a fear of commitment.
I'm just keeping my options open.
Sure.
'Cause there are a lot of them.
Okay.
Men love me, all kinds: young ones,
old ones, sports ones.
- Yeah.
- I'm not F.O.C.'d.
It is the whole concept of
monogamy that is f...
Hi!
Hi! Happy wedding shower!
(LAUGHS)
♪
Thanks again for inviting us.
Obviously, you're my best friends.
And, so considerate to
institute a no-gift policy.
Trap!
Sorry, I forgot to cough.
It was supposed to sound
more like (COUGHS) "trap".
I just think the love
Harrison and I share
is the greatest gift of all.
Ew.
Ah, where is everyone else?
Oh, closest friends only today.
It's very hard for me to
maintain a true friendship.
Most people are incredibly jealous.
- Of your face.
- And my body.
Oh, and my personality.
(TEXT CHIME)
Jen, your mom told my mom
that you're thinking about
going to grad school. Excitement!
No, she's thinking about
me going to grad school.
I'm temping. Supe's fun, yeah.
Ah, actually, last week,
I cat sat for a very
sick old woman, and - spoiler alert -
she didn't make it.
Speaking of shuttling off
the old mortal coil,
the theme of today's festivities
is heaven on earth.
Mm...
Alister, though no answer will suffice,
what are you doing here?
I planned the whole thing!
"Karrison" needed the
perfect wedding shower,
I needed a bit of cash for capitalism.
Thus, in keeping with the
thematic focus of the day,
you can either have the angel
wings or the crown of light.
- Just call it a halo.
- It's a crown of light.
It's a halo.
It's a crown of light and
it's coming right at you.
Don't!
Look! Engagement photos!
(SQUEALS)
(CLAPS) Yay! (LAUGHS)
♪
I like how casual they are.
Stop. I'm not even
wearing makeup in those.
Harrison wanted the world
to see his favourite me,
the real me.
It's true; Karen's her most beautiful
the exact moment she wakes.
Aw!
He is a real poet of the heart.
Am I right?
Holy ships, he is not right,
he is gorgeous.
Guys, I want to introduce
my best friend and
best man, Marcus.
We met at advanced modeling
school in Switzerland.
I was literally gonna guess that.
And, Marcus is single.
Isn't that surprising?
When I found out, I was shocked.
I mean, truly taken aback.
My mind just refused to believe it.
Jen is single, too, I assume?
Mhm, yes, yes...
Yes, indeed, I am single.
Single and loving it.
Haha.
Single people dance a lot.
We have to; if we stop moving, we die.
Mo, I've never seen smile, so...
- Hm?
- No.
Single?
I mean, I'm basically single.
I mean, I'm pretty single.
I'm like at least
a little single. You know.
None of us do. It's very confusing.
So, like, are you two gonna
get down to some bachelor jazz?
No, Harris and I decided to do a
co-ed wedding shower, didn't we, bimpy?
We sure did, boompy.
- Mm!
- Mm!
Ew! Why?
Well, we read that that's what
Michelle and Barack Obama
did when they got engaged.
Damn it! They're a great
reason to do anything.
Now, Marcus,
what's that gift-wrapped
gift-shaped gift-sized thingy?
It's a gift. (LAUGHS)
Oh... The e-vite said no gifts.
Ah, well, it kind of
felt like a trap to me.
Yeah, me too.
Eric! What are you doing here?
Well, Karen invited Mom,
but she had line dancing,
so she sent me as a gift.
Oh!
I don't think people
should be given as gifts.
Especially when the
words "no" and "gift"
are italicized on the invitation.
So, Karen's got me for the
next -and-a-half hours,
but after that... I'm all yours.
What can I say that's more than "ew"?
♪
I bet Karen misses the
sweet sexy single life,
especially with those arms,
and those eyes, and...
That nose.
You and Garth just
scheduling a time for a
candle-lit bath to
talk about your feelings?
He needs to know how
the other half lives...
"With joy and heat".
You are butt over heels for that guy.
The only thing my butt
is over is rare red meat,
thank you very much.
- (TEXT CHIME)
- _
Me thinks the lady doth text too much.
texts is actually very
low for people our age.
- (TEXT CHIME)
- _
texts is a good median for people...
- (TEXT CHIME)
- _
texts is...
- (TEXT CHIME)
- _
Fine. I'm gonna prove my
romantic nonchalance...
I'm not gonna text Garth
for the rest of the day.
Thank you. Now at least we can
try to enjoy ourselves.
Look! A jar that says,
"Fun ideas for date night".
Is there a hyphen in 'm*rder su1c1de'?
No? I'm putting one anyway.
- ♪
- _
They're playing pin
the abs on the Harrison.
Knowing that would make Garth's life.
Ah!
You gave me your phone
exactly one second ago.
But it's like a rare lunar
eclipse where the earth is
stupid people and the
moon is them being stupid.
Jennifer... Better Jennifer,
I notice you guys still don't
have your angel wings on.
No, and never.
Okay, well, thanks for so carefully
considering the request.
Anywho, Karen and Harrison
are going to be slow dancing
later on, and they would
like everyone to watch
while silently blowing bubbles.
Yeah, like that! But with...
fewer... fewer bubbles.
No, and not in the face. Stop it!
And not in the crotch! No!
Somebody's salty when
they're not texting lover boy.
Please, it's not that;
it's all this stuff.
Who needs to proclaim their
feelings in napkin form;
- that is so lame.
- _
You're preaching to the
keeping-it-casual choir.
I mean, who would trade in
the dancing clubs and
the hooking ups for flowers, and hearts,
and a gift table full of...
Ah, fudge.
You really think they
all have fudge in them?
It does! It sounds like fudge.
Karen said no gifts,
but there's a lot more
gifts here than people. You do the math.
. times, though, most of them do say,
"To Boompy, Love Bimpy".
Why are we the only ones who
respect the no-gift policy?
- I brought a gift.
- What?
Yeah. $ and discontinued-cents...
'Twas a fruitful couch scrounge.
- Jen, right?
- Mhm.
Hi.
Um, Karen said I
should bring you a drink.
I think she's trying to play matchmaker.
Well, then, find me a
find and catch me a catch.
(LAUGHS)
I'm... What?
Fiddler on the Roof, the
Tony Award winning musical.
- Oh!
- (LAUGHS)
No, I haven't seen it. I don't know.
Oh, well, that's too bad
because it's pretty sexy.
Oh! (LAUGHS)
Russians expelling Jewish
people from their villages
is a key plot point.
Hm.
- So, do you want it?
- Maybe, who knows.
(WHISPERS) I'm like the wind.
- Do you want it?
- Absolutely.
Oh.
Look at me getting my flirty-flirt on.
Good Lord, did you take
one of those pickup artist
workshops at the food court of the mall?
You were just being pissy
because I'm delaying
your inevitable trip to Serious Town.
Ha, I'm not going to Serious Town.
I haven't even packed.
Oh, and you think I have
the fear of commitment.
You've never been in a
relationship longer than
months and days.
You are purer than the driven snow.
Okay, that is not fear of commitment;
that is having personal standards.
Think of some of the people
that you've slept with.
Oh, that is a low blow.
Good Lord, how long do we have to fight
to finish a single drink?
♪
Jen! You remember my
friend and employee,
Nurse Redelle, don't you?
She scheduled your pap?
I remember everyone associated
with my sexual organs.
How are you?
I have almost kids; that's how I am.
Do I just leave my gift with you?
Oh, there's barely room for it.
- You really shouldn't have.
- I didn't want to.
(LAUGHS)
(SIGHS)
Hey.
So, you sure I can't tempt you?
(LAUGHS) Okay.
So, Marcus, you're a model?
I was once asked to model,
but it was a scam,
which I only figured out
after months and $ .
I was a model. Ah, it wasn't for me.
I write for an online news source now.
Have you ever heard of Rip Stitch?
Yes, yes!
They just wrote this amazing
article on a woman
in Winnipeg who married her Google Home.
"Google Home is Where the Heart Is".
- That was me!
- No, shut up!
That is amazing!
And very relatable. When I was five,
I kind of wanted to marry
my Raphael night light.
Obviously, Raphael was
like the coolest turtle.
Oh, no, no, no.
Not the turtle, the architect-painter.
Obviously, 'cause Raphael's
the coolest architect-painter.
(LAUGHS)
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
So, are you...
heart broken, or are
you the heart breaker?
I ended it with him.
So, what was wrong with him?
Was he too much, or not enough?
Or... did he wear socks with sandals?
'Cause I swear to you, that is
like the biggest deal breaker.
No, no. No, he was great.
Really funny and nice, and you know,
sweet but surprising.
So, why'd you break up with him?
(HARP)
(LAUGHS)
Attention, heavenly creatures,
the bride and groom would
like to share a few words.
(CLINKING GLASS)
No, no, that is redundant.
I just introduced you.
(LAUGHS)
Harrison, I have loved you
since the first moment
I saw you in a bathing suit.
It's the little things I love the most.
Just being excited to
share news with you,
or hearing about your day.
Also, your hair is so thick.
I think I've lost jewelry in it.
(LAUGHS)
Karen, you're perfect.
Now, ladies, please join me upstairs
for a little grownup girl talk.
(INDISTINCT WHISPERS)
Oh-ho-ho, stairs! Good.
Okay, I just need a little momentum.
Oh... ooh.
I thought your ears would be bleeding
from those squishy speeches.
I actually thought they
were maybe really
not quite the worst.
Hanging out with Karen in
a smaller group setting,
on the other hand...
Agreed. So, why are we going upstairs?
Because that's where the
really good soaps live.
Look how many I already have.
- How?
- Confidence.
♪
So, enjoy the pampering, ladies.
You know, I want you to
feel as beautiful as
Harrison's love makes me feel.
I don't think Harrison's love
gave her those cheekbones.
Ooh, solid burn, Pregnificent.
- Ah, call me, Arby!
- Why?
Well, me and my siblings
were named after the
places we were conceived.
So, Arby, Speedboat,
and our brother, Ditch.
Jen, I now know a woman named after
a roast beef sandwich.
Can I please text?
Sh! Karen's explaining a game,
and if there's a game,
I think I can win.
You draw the question
out of the bowl, and then,
we'll find out how much I really
know about my hubby-to-be.
Okay, I'll go first. Age before beauty.
When did Harrison
first say, "I love you"?
Oh! He said it the moment he saw her.
The words fell from his mouth
like leaves from a tree.
Yeah, that's right.
Why do you know that?
- He tells the story a lot.
- Maybe a bit too much.
So, Karen, when did you
drop the old 'L' b*mb?
Well, it took me awhile.
You know, I hadn't been
serious about someone
since Chris Pine, and...
- The Chris Pine?
- Yeah, three years.
Three very tumultuous years.
But, when you know, you just know.
Except you can never really know.
- You can.
- Not %.
%.
It's like someone lights
a little light right in here.
Like, you have a
lighthouse in your sternum?
Were you raised by made-for-TV
Christmas movies?
- (TEXT CHIME)
- Is that my phone?
- _
It does not matter because
there are no tax-paying
citizens of Serious Town here, right?
Jen, just give me my phone.
No...
Oh, no.
- Jen, just give me my phone.
- Uh-uh. No.
Do you want me to
physically subdue them?
Ah, no. I enjoy watching struggle.
It's like theater, but real.
So, Marcus, what do you think
about Karen's friend, Jen?
Ah, she's... she's nice.
She's really nice actually.
Dude, you could do so
much better than my sister.
Like, have you seen your own face?
Yeah, it's true.
You have an inward and an outward glow.
She once open mouth
kissed a Mario Lopez poster.
Yeah, obviously, because Mario Lopez is
the talent of our time.
Karen and I are dying
for a new friend couple
ever since Megan and
Harry went back to London.
Dude, I just got dumped a
hot second ago and
I'm not trying to get into
anything serious.
I told my Boompy I loved
her the moment I first saw her.
The words just fell from my mouth...
ALL: ...Like leaves from a tree!
Yeah, we know.
You tell that story all the time!
Maybe like too much.
I'm just saying,
what if I hadn't been bold?
Maybe we would never
have gotten together.
And that would suck
because we're exactly like
that scene from Ghost.
The one where the bad
guy dies from the window?
- No...
- No, the one where the old man's like,
"Get off my train!"
It's the penny scene.
No, it's the pottery scene, obviously.
- It wasn't that obvious.
- That's not obvious at all.
- Mm-mm.
- Ah...
In Ghost?
(PHONE RINGS)
Sweet Autumnal Fiesta.
(SNIFFS)
Oh, you smell like an
orange humped the fall.
- Oh, hi!
- PHONE: Hey.
Um, I just got my phone back and
there is so much to tell you.
There's a lady here
named after a sandwich,
Eric is a human gift, and
Karen started saying these
squishy things that kind
of got me thinking about...
- PHONE: Listen...
- What?
- PHONE: I sold my game.
- That's great.
They want to publish it right away.
Oh, that's great!
So, I have to stay for a while...
- That's...
- PHONE: months.
Great.
- (KNOCKS)
- JEN: Mo! Mo!
♪
Where's my coat?!
Mo, where are you going?
Not to Serious Town, are you happy?
What? No... Mo!
Oh, I love blanket scarves!
It's just a blanket.
Okay, which one of
you plugs took my coat?
If by coat you mean angel wings...
Perfect timing. I would now like to open
my gifts from my very best
friends, Jen and Mo.
- Funny thing is...
- You hid it?
Everybody, help me look for it.
No! You said no gifts,
so you can just...
Open my gift because it rocks.
Is it Waterford crystal salad tongs?
(GASPS)
(LAUGHS)
What? No, I work in a strip mall.
I give you the gift of honesty.
You two are really lucky,
and not just because
you're crazy attractive and you
have lots of fancy soaps,
but because you have each other.
I mean, sure, maybe one
day you're gonna fight over
which horse to buy, or
what china to put out
when the Trudeau's visit...
Or maybe, one of you will
get a lucrative job at an
indie game startup
company in San Francisco...
The point is that...
Karen plus Harrison really does
equal love times forever
plus infinity to the power of always.
And that's not lame; that's so great.
That's done. Let's find Jen's gift.
No. No... stop looking.
No, no, stop looking.
Stop looking. Stop, stop looking.
Because I found it!
What, no, this is...
Sweet but surprising?
Dah-dah-dah-dah-dah- dah-dah-dah...
No, no, seriously. This is too much.
Oh!
Waterford crystal salad tongs.
It is too much, Jen! I mean,
I put it on the registry, but...
There was a registry?!
- Come on!
- (GLASS SHATTERS)
- (GASPS & CRIES)
- No, no... no.
I saw that coming.
♪
♪
What happened with Garth?
Oh, he just got an amazing
job in San Fran and is gonna
live there for months,
which is forever
in young person years.
I'm sorry.
I think I did want to
go to Serious Town.
Of course.
Mo, I was just trying to
be all cool and single.
And then I thought, if you
weren't also cool and single,
then, being cool and single
didn't feel so cool anymore.
It just felt single.
I want to say it's cool,
but you just used that word,
like, a lot.
I think you were right.
I have a fear of commitment.
- Say it again.
- You were right.
In a monster voice.
(MONSTER VOICE) You were right.
In a announcer voice.
Oh boy, were you ever right.
When it comes to everything
but Russian geography,
I always am.
Garth moving to San Fran sucks,
and it's okay to be sad.
And, it's okay to take some
time and space and
focus on yourself, and not
rush into something else,
even if that something else
is a hot former model
who is really nice and...
Okay, this got about you real quick.
Sorry.
Did you apologize to the
hot former-model whose
weird expensive salad
thingies you broke?
Yes! And he was so nice about it!
He even gave me his number.
God, I wish I was ready
to start dating again.
He just seems like one of
those guys, you know?
The kind you want to eat sushi off of.
Exactly.
Mo, you're gonna be
okay because I got you.
You're my one true life companion.
When I met you, it's like a little light
turned on right here.
- Right here?
- Mhm.
Is it like you felt it, %?
So bright.
You just know.
God, they really are an amazing couple.
I hate them so much.
♪ (UPBEAT MNEMONIC JINGLE)
02x01 - Forecast Calls for Wedding Showers
"Second Jen" follows two young Asian Canadian women experiencing the ups and downs of being independent after moving out of their parents' homes for the first time.