02x07 - .. begged for forgiveness

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Never Have I Ever". Aired: April 27, 2020 –; present.*
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After a traumatic year, a first-generation Indian-American teenager wants to improve her status at school, but friends, family, and feelings don't make it easy on her.
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02x07 - .. begged for forgiveness

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Like me with the

Australian Open of 1990,

Devi was asked to leave her school,

and Nalini was making sure

that a week off of school

did not feel like a holiday.

No friends, no phone, no

video games, no internet.

The only thing Devi was allowed to do

was help out her grandmother, Nirmala.

In some ways, it was a window

into how people lived in the past,

- in a slower-paced, technology-free world.

- Watch it, okay?

Oh! Who am I kidding?

This was boring as hell.

Yes.

Now, put it all back.

Ow! Ow!

Honestly, between you and me,

I might just call in sick this week.

I'm not sure how much

more of this I can take.

Kamala, are you feeling okay?

It's just boring work politics.

It's not worth getting into.

Yes, it is. Please, I'm

desperate for any sort of gossip.

I spent three hours sorting

Pati's blood pressure pills today.

Give me something!

Fine. My boss didn't credit

me on our lab's paper,

even though that nimrod

used all my research for it.

Welcome to the workforce.

There's always gonna be men

who take credit for your work,

and undermine you, and

choose the exact moment

when you're making a meaningful

point to completely interrupt

Devi! Let me in!

Ben?

How could you start

that rumor about Aneesa?

I didn't mean to. It was an accident!

Of course you didn't.

You don't mean to ruin

lives, but you keep doing it!

Benjamin, what is the meaning

of this dinnertime hubbub?

I'm sorry to barge in

like this, Dr. Vishwakumar,

but it's an emergency.

Wow! Dinner smells amazing by the way.

Thank you, child. Now, was that so hard?

This ten-year-old boy was

able to give me a compliment.

Not now, Pati.

Aneesa's changing schools again.

She is?

Because of what Devi did?

Her college transcript's

gonna be a mess.

You've sentenced her to a mid-tier

Division III liberal arts school.

Uh, I don't know. She could spin

that into a pretty good essay.

Devi, you need to make things right.

How am I supposed to fix it?

I'm suspended, and she hates me!

If you don't figure it out,

she's gone by the end of the week.

So figure it out.

Madam Vishwakumar, Elder Madam

Vishwakumar, Cousin Kamala,

I am sorry for

interrupting your evening.

So then, he just burst into my house

and bitched me out in

front of my entire family,

including my old-ass grandma!

Well, what you did was pretty messed up.

What? You're gonna dunk on me too?

You're supposed to be on my side, Doc!

I am on your side!

But that means being honest with you

and dunking on you

when it's appropriate.

So, Ben's still mad at you, huh?

Big mad. He's angry about

so much at this point,

I don't think I'll ever

be able to win him back.

And it sucks because I know

he's right about all of it too.

Do you feel guilty about

what you did to Aneesa?

No doy. I feel like sh*t.

Aneesa's dope, and I basically

curb-stomped our friendship.

Even if I could go to school, I

bet she wouldn't wanna talk to me.

And if I don't get her

to stay at Sherman Oaks,

Ben will hate me forever too.

Devi, I think, for your own good,

you should find a way

to apologize to Aneesa.

It's the right thing to do.

And it'll give you what

you most desperately want.

What's that? Ben?

What? No!

Peace!

Inner peace and moral clarity!

But also Ben, right?

If I get Aneesa to stay at Sherman Oaks,

that will prove to Ben I'm a good

person, and he'll like me again!

No, no, no!

Devi, we don't apologize

to get something in return.

For sure. For sure. I

am obviously apologizing

because I feel horrible

about what I did to Aneesa,

and I want her to be my friend again.

But

if I also got Ben, that

wouldn't be so bad, right?

And our time here is up,

and I have failed once again.

Hey, real quick. Can I check your phone?

I just want to watch three TikToks, max.

Bye-bye.

Chris, we got your

mail accidentally again.

All right, yes.

Derm magazine! I've been

waiting on this issue.

I'm listed as one of

the best doctors in LA.

But, um

I don't see you anywhere.

Whoa, hey, I I'm sorry,

I was just kidding around.

Are you okay?

If it makes you feel any better, my

picture is by an ad for foot cream.

Look.

I'm not crying 'cause

of your silly magazine.

I'm crying because

I'm a terrible mother!

I work all the time. I haven't

raised my daughter properly.

Hey. Come on, have a seat.

Want a jade roller for puffiness?

No, those are the stupidest

things Okay, just give me one.

So talk to me. What's going on?

My daughter is acting out all

the time, and it's getting worse,

and she bullied a

girl so badly in school

that that girl is now leaving school,

and I do not know what to do because

I truly do not understand her.

I get it.

My son is not speaking to me

because I offered to send him

and his friends to

Vegas for his birthday.

What? That sounds very nice.

Not to him.

He says he became a

socialist in college,

and Vegas steals from the working poor.

I just wanted him to get

drunk and see Penn & Teller.

My husband would've

known exactly what to do.

Those two were two peas in a pod,

and I was Mommy, the workaholic.

Here's my advice.

Sometimes I come home dead

tired from a long day at work,

and my son asks me for something

I can't even wrap my mind around.

And I just say yes.

If your child needs

you, you just say yes.

Okay, so I thought we could look

through my pictures of our family,

and I'll tell you who's dead.

Sounds fun! But, Pati, do you feel well?

You look very, very pale.

I think I've been running myself

ragged cleaning up after everyone.

Mm-hmm.

- Have you tried a Gravity Blanket before?

- No.

They're like a regular blanket

except it's very, very heavy.

Oh, it is heavy and comforting.

- It's like being held!

- Uh-huh.

I haven't been held in

And she's out.

With Devi's new mission

to win over Aneesa,

and thereby, win back Ben,

she needed a jailbreak

from her suspension prison.

She had to get over to the school,

but that meant creating

an elaborate scheme

to ensure that her grandmother

would never know she was missing.

If everything went according to plan,

Nirmala would be occupied for

the next six or seven hours,

and Devi would be free to

make some apology magic.

Let me just finish this one email,

and then we can go and eat outside.

I've been dreaming of those

bean chalupas all morning!

I know. I got a trio of salsas for us.

Damn it.

Should I have just gotten one salsa?

Guess that would've been

more decisive and confident.

No! I'm mad because

Evan's submitting the paper

to the journal tomorrow,

and my name's not on it.

Really? He left you off?

I followed your advice

about playing the game,

but he still doesn't respect me.

The only thing I've

gotten out of this rotation

is a subscription to a

Dungeons & Dragons newsletter.

I'm so sorry. That sounds awful.

I tried talking to Dr. Peters about it,

but he didn't wanna get involved.

Wait, you complained to Dr. Peters?

Yeah, I thought that

maybe he would help.

Why? Was that wrong?

No, but you don't want to burn

bridges this early in your career.

I didn't burn a bridge. I

just asked for what I deserved.

Of course, but you also don't want

someone like Dr. Peters to think

you're difficult to work with.

So you don't think that I

should do anything about this?

I'm just saying that you're

almost done with this rotation.

If I were you, I'd put my

head down and get through it!

Keep your chin up.

So just to be clear. Put my

head down, but keep my chin up?

Exactly. Should we go eat our chalupas?

Yeah.

- He doesn't fart.

- No.

- He doesn't! Never in his life!

- Who doesn't fart?

Get away from me, pedophile!

It's me! Your friend. Devi? From school?

Wow, you really look like a pervert.

Anyway, I need your help.

I need to figure out a

way to apologize to Aneesa

so she doesn't move away.

My dad always said,

"If you mess up big, you have

to apologize even bigger."

And you messed up

huge! Like, crazy huge.

I'm just saying you need

to make a serious overture.

Ooh, I love an overture.

I'm thinking upbeat apology

with a pinch of school spirit,

a splash of pageantry.

What are your thoughts

on the marching band?

Honestly, I really like them.

I do too!

No doy! They're the coolest.

Okay, something is percolating.

Let's go to the costume room

and look for inspiration.

The girls hadn't quite landed

on the perfect apology yet,

but luckily, they had plenty of time,

because back at home,

Nirmala had slowly puttered

straight into the elaborate web

that Devi had spun for her.

Devi!

Aw.

Mm.

I wonder what this next one is.

They're all cookies,

Nirmala! But take your time.

Devi?

Oh, Nalini. I suppose

Nirmala has to fix everything.

Devi?

And please bless my grandmother.

She's my inspiration and the only reason

this house hasn't fallen apart yet.

And if you could give her the idea

to make some of her famous

neer dosas for dinner tonight

I know they take her hours to prepare,

but they would really bring this

family some much-needed cheer.

Whoo!

Ready? Okay!

S-O-R-R-Y,

she ain't got no alibi! She's sorry!

- Hey, hey! She's sorry!

- Whoo!

Aneesa, don't go to

another school because

you know you're a Cricket in your heart!

Is this your way of apologizing to me?

Yeah, did you not see the sign?

Wait, why are you sorry, Crazy Devi?

It's 'cause she told

everybody that she's anorexic.

I forgot all about that!

But now I remember.

Thanks for the apology, Devi.

You've now ensured my final week here

is about how much of a freak I am.

Great work.

In what world was that a good apology?

I thought she would like it, and

I worked really hard on the dance.

David, use your brain.

Oh, wow! Vishwakumar,

this is really impressive,

but I am gonna need to see you

in my classroom like, right now.

Hi, excuse me. I'm here to pick up Devi.

You're Devi's mother?

No. I'm her cousin, Kamala.

Kamala, it's nice to meet

you. I'm Mr. Kulkarni. Manish!

- So, uh, your cousin's a nerd.

- Rude.

She couldn't stay away from

school for more than ten minutes,

- so she's now officially a trespasser.

- Yeah, that sounds like her.

So if you could, I don't

know, lock her in a closet

and make sure she never comes

back, we'd really appreciate it.

We have an old spooky

shed. Will that work?

Spookier the better.

'Cause you know what?

It's actually a bad look for our people

to have an Indian kid be this

obsessed with being at school.

Yeah, it's also not a great

look for our people

to have an Indian kid

dress up like a giant insect

and do a mediocre dance routine.

Can I not be roasted by India's

Last Comic Standing, please?

Okay, let's go, you little maniac.

It's nice to meet you, Manish.

You too, Kamala.

Mister K, you did me dirty,

and I will not forget.

How did you get out of the house?

I sort of Ferris-Bueller'd it.

You never take no for an answer, do you?

You never let anyone get

in the way of what you want.

Hmm, I guess not.

Let me ask you a question.

You know how I was left

off my research paper?

What would you do if you were me?

Hmm, I don't know, but maybe we could

run a simulation and

gauge my rage level.

Okay. Imagine you made the discovery

that the whole paper was based on.

That's messed up.

You had to work late every night,

missing dinners with

your handsome boyfriend.

Blood's starting to boil.

You're the only girl in the lab,

and you have to work

for a rude, sexist jerk,

and that jerk has made you

play the kidnapped daughter

of the maharaja in many

different LARPing quests.

Damn! I'm pissed!

Huh.

Kamala, you've been wronged, and

it's okay to demand it be righted.

Everyone thinks Asian women

will take all kinds of crap,

like bow or hand them a cup of tea

or some sh*t. You can't let them.

Wow, Devi.

I'm impressed that you've been

able to take your rage problem

and attach it to systemic

racism and sexism.

- Hmm.

- But I'm more impressed that you're right.

Later that night,

Devi couldn't stop thinking

about what she'd done to Aneesa.

She knew how shitty it felt

to be labeled the school freak.

As she looked at her dad's picture,

she realized she might've misunderstood

his advice about apologies.

Maybe it wasn't that the apology needed

to be physically

bigger than the mistake,

but be bigger in heart.

And then she remembered the greatest

apology her father ever gave.

How could you not show up?

When we first came to this country,

I thought I was going

to do something great.

Now here I am, unemployed,

while my wife is receiving

professional awards.

- Mohan

- But

I should've been there for you, Nalu.

I was acting petty and selfish.

I should've been able

to look at your success

without seeing my own failure.

My success is your

success. You're my husband.

I know that, and I will

never make that mistake again.

From now on, I will

always show up, I promise.

Devi knew what she had to do.

Psst! Aneesa.

Bro, what are you doing back here?

Can I talk to you in private?

Oh, you want to apologize again?

Please, go off. Publicly

humiliate me again.

Well, this is probably gonna

be worse for both you and me.

But you call the sh*ts, so All right.

No one told you to get on a chair.

Well, I'm already up here, so here goes.

Hi!

Devi Vishwakumar here,

from school.

Many of you know, I have wronged Aneesa.

Multiple times.

Yes, multiple times.

And it's only because, well

When Aneesa came here,

I felt threatened by her.

I was like, "What the hell?"

"Another Indian girl

who's prettier, cooler,

and has figured out her eyebrow shape."

But, Aneesa,

I really don't want you to leave.

I want us to be friends.

I think you're awesome,

and if you stay

I promise to be a really

great friend to you.

Well, do you forgive her, Crazy Aneesa?

Uh, nah-uh! There's no "Crazy Aneesa."

I'm the only crazy one. Remember

that time I fought a coyote?

Hey, that was my house!

Yeah! And how about the time

I almost k*lled the

captain of the swim team

because I was cheating on

him with this little dude?

Hi.

Wow, you are crazy!

Right?

Devi, what the hell? What

are you doing back here?

Get off the couch!

- Come on!

- Yeah. Yeah. Sorry.

Why are you dressed like a white nerd?

There is a moderate

risk of severe storms

Hmm, a chance of T-storms

across the plains.

Do we know anyone there

that we should warn?

and then exit the

area as this whole

Hi.

I don't know whether to be

scared or excited to see you.

Relax.

Yeah.

I just wanted to say that I

appreciated what you said today.

You're kind of a pain, but I think

your heart's in the right place.

I swear it is.

I'm aware that I sometimes

have a problematic personality,

but I'm trying to be better.

I'd love it if I didn't have to

spend most of my day apologizing.

Yeah, you could add

another extracurricular.

Maybe, uh, entomology club?

Hey, I'm not that big of a dork.

Are we good?

We're good.

- So you'll stay at our school?

- No.

- Excuse?

- We're good,

but the ship sailed of me

staying at Sherman Oaks.

My mom's mind is made up,

and there's no changing it.

But there's got to be

something we can do.

I'm a pro at manipulating my

parents, and they're not budging.

Thanks for trying.

I'm glad we at least cleared

the air before I left.

Devi felt hopeless.

Aneesa said her mom wouldn't

budge on transferring her,

and who could possibly convince a

hard-hearted, stubborn Indian woman

to change her mind?

Hello, I'm home!

Mom, help me. Convince Aneesa's

mom to let her stay at our school.

Devi, that's their family business.

I don't want to meddle in it.

Do you want me to have

an Indian friend or not?

Please, I need you.

And just then, Nalini remembered

what Dr. Jackson had said.

Not about how we should

destigmatize BOTOX for men,

but about how, when your

children say they need you,

you just say yes.

Okay.

Good, because they're already here.

What?

- Go.

- Devi! I'm not ready!

Hello! I'm Devi's mother,

Nalini. Please come on in.

- Hello, I'm Noor.

- Hi.

Um

Can I get you something

to drink or anything?

No, we won't be here long.

Mom, relax.

Noor, I understand why you're so angry.

I mean, Devi was way out of line.

So out of line.

Like, the line was here, and

I was freaking way over there.

Devi, sweetheart, why don't

you take Aneesa up to your room?

Mm.

Goodbye.

I am so, so sorry for the situation.

This was supposed to

be Aneesa's fresh start.

I never expected her to

be stabbed in the back

by the only other Indian girl in school.

It's excruciating to see

your child go through that.

I completely understand,

and I I have to believe

that the reason Devi did that

is because she herself is so hurt.

Um, I don't know if you know,

but she lost her father

suddenly, not long ago,

and we've struggled a bit with it. Um

I'm very sorry to hear that.

And that's not an excuse, Noor,

but I promise you we are a good family.

We've just gone through a hard time.

I understand.

Please, give the school another chance.

We'd be so lucky to have

you in our community.

Holy crap, you did it!

That was like the WWE

Smackdown of Indian moms,

and you pile-drived her ass!

That's not what happened, Devi.

We actually had a very civilized

conversation about motherhood.

Hmm. Well,

whatever it was, thank you so much.

You are the best mom ever.

Okay, okay! Your suspension

isn't over, young lady.

You still have to clean out

your grandmother's CPAP machine.

Come on! Come on.

Hey, everybody!

I did a little java run

for my fave bro-dogs.

Evan, I got you your

usual pumpkin spice latte

- with oat milk in the shape of a heart.

- Aw!

What a masculine drink.

I agree. Thank you, Kamala!

How long does it usually take for it

Oh, okay! I got I'm gonna

make a quick phone call.

Cow's milk runs right through him.

You might as well just pour

it straight into the toilet.

You have 20 minutes, give or take.

I forgot my magazine!

Uh, for the, uh,

back-end of my phone call.

What are you doing?

I put my name on the paper and

submitted it to the journal.

You did what? That's fraud.

No, it's not.

I have a stack of papers

with my research over there,

and if you take my

name off it, I will

How would Devi put it?

I will go ham on your ass!

I will file a complaint

with the administration.

I will mobilize the

Association of Women in Science.

I will write a scathing article

in Jezebel, and I will

Kamala had gotten so fired up,

that she had accidentally made a list

of four things without

knowing what the fourth was.

- So she went witchy.

- I will put a curse on you!

Oh..

Whatever.

You can have your name on the paper

but you are out of my lab today.

Who cares?

I start my new rotation next

week anyway, with Dr. Logan,

who's a woman, and not

a bitter, untalented man

who steals ideas of

those who work under him.

Wow, all right. You

know what? Just for that,

you're no longer invited to my

Settlers of Catan tournament.

Evan, let me be clear.

I would rather barf to

death than go to that.

Wow. It felt pretty invigorating

to be Devi for a moment.

That's why we hotheads do it, guys.

It's fun to freak out.

No, no!

Stop cheering. Stop cheering.

Devi returned to school the

next week an exonerated woman.

Finally, all that messiness

with Aneesa was solved,

and she could go back to obsessing

about other things, like

Well, well, well.

Heard what you pulled

off with Aneesa's mom.

Pretty excellent. I guess you're

not such a jerk after all, David.

I'm a g*dd*mn sweetie-pie!

Mm. I wouldn't go that far.

- You definitely have an undiagnosed mood disorder.

- Uh.

And even though she made up with Aneesa

for the right reasons,

Devi still hoped it might

bring her closer to Ben.

No, I'm I'm serious.

You did good.

And now, who knows? Maybe we can date.

- You and me?

- What?

No, me and Aneesa.

Now that she's staying,

I'm gonna ask her out.

Later, loser.

Chris! It worked! I took your advice.

I said yes to my daughter,

and now she thinks I'm a hero!

I I cannot believe I'm saying

this, but you, my friend, are a genius.

I know! I'm also handsome,

so feel free to compliment

me in that area as well.

Seriously, though, thank you so much.

You made me feel so

I don't know.

Were you going in for a hug?

I was.
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