02x01 - Gray Bird Grasshopper

[bunniefuu]

I tried my best,
but I can't.

I just can't.

I'm never gonna be
able to do this alone!

Do you wanna go home?

Okay.

We're going back home.

♪

Who is this?

- Oh!
- Oh... Ohh!

Alone again.

♪

Hey!

Hey. Hey!

It's the time of day
that we come in.

Huh? Us, the people
that you like.

Yeah.

The time of day
where we come in

and try to
change your life.

For the better!

Get out.

Well, um...

we thought you might
change our lives for the better

by hanging out with us.

And do what?

Well...

There's things to do.

Yeah.

We'll find
things to do.

- Yeah.
- Shut up!

And get out.

Oh.

No, okay, yeah.

Of cour...
W-we'll... We'll...

Look, um, why don't we
give you some more time?

How much
time today?

Sixty minutes?

Oh, wow,
that's a lot of time.

Matilda?

Ninety minutes?

Set timer for 90 minutes.

But, like, what are
we going to do today?

Maybe we should
take the trash out?

Interesting pitch.
Let's discuss.

Please can we
take the trash out?

Hmm. I don't know.

- Please!
- Well, you see...

Hmm...

But, like...

Do we want to
take the trash out?

Do you know what I mean?
That's the real question.

'Cause, like, I don't know
really if I feel like it.

I don't wanna
take it out.

- Mm-hmm.
- But-but...

Just hear me out.

Mm-hmm.

It'd be nice to have
an empty space to put new trash.

No...

Please, can I just
do it by myself?

What? Oh, my God.

Alone? How could you?

In what world did you think

we were gonna
allow you to do that?

- How dare you?
- Then come with me!

This actually
isn't easy, is it?

It's not easy because I don't
wanna take the trash out.

But also I don't want you
to leave us alone,

but also I don't want
you to be disappointed

if we don't do it.

What if I just, like, did it?

I don't like it
when you threaten us like this!

I'm being helpful.

You know damn right
what you're being!

Stop ganging up
on me.

Stop ganging up on us!

I'm bored of this now.

You're bored of this,
are you?

What, you think
I'm not bored of this?

You think he... You think
he's not bored of this?

We're all bored of this,
Genevieve.

♪

Permission
to complain,

forty-five seconds?

Granted.
I'll set the timer.

Okay, when you watch
the end-of-the-world movies,

they always
gloss over the subplot

where there's a guy
who's just finished college,

and he's excited
to become a dentist,

but he can't become
a dentist anymore,

because there's
a pandemic,

and he's got $292,000
in student loan debt.

And he was excited
to become a dentist

but he can't become
a dentist anymore

and he worked really hard
to become a dentist.

Yeah, I mean, I was expecting
an apocalypse would have

a lot more running and k*lling
and loving super hard

and Aerosmith playing.

And I love you both, but--

This is not a life.

This is not a life.

It's not a life.

I yield my time.

Oh.

Um... Do you want...
You wanna look at my teeth?

Are they giving you trouble?

No.

But I'm willing
to pretend.

Okay.

Okay. Well, then
we need your tiny mirror.

Alex, where is
your tiny mirror?

♪

Ugh. It's not in here.

Did you take it?

I don't think so, but...

I mean, probably.
I don't know.

Does anyone
remember me

wanting to look
at something small

that's also
around a corner?

Hmm.

Should we find it or...?

I can't remember
why we thought this was funny.

Me neither.

I'm sorry, baby, you'll get
to be a dentist one day,

and-and it will
be beautiful.

Yeah, you're gonna be the most
delightfully dainty dentist.

What's that timer for?

Matilda.

Oh, sh*t.

You can't
keep coming in here.

Mm-hmm.
Yeah, no, that's been said.

I'll come out, I am,
I just need to focus on my work.

Oh...

What are you
working on?

I've got
a lot of projects.

My workload is
in the roof these days.

Um, what projects?

You're being unfair.

Matilda, are you
telling us the truth?

Yes. Why aren't you
on my side?

Well, there's
no sides.

If there were though,
we'd be on yours.

I need to focus
on getting into a local college.

Okay.

Yes, if I don't,

then I'll have to get a job
at a factory

putting caps
on bottles,

like Jeremy is
probably doing.

- Well--
- Is that what
you want for me?

No. Babe, all we want for you
is to come have a sandwich.

Not all of us can prance around
all day like you do.

Okay, um...

maybe we can, uh,
help you with your work?

You can't help.

Okay, well, how about
you play piano for us?

I will later.

Okay.

Let's just, um...

Set timer
for one hour.

Mrs. Hall
So, in America, when in doubt,

follow the money, honey.
Right?

How much do you think
the Civil w*r

had to do with
ending sl*very?

And how much
do you think it had to do

with the Northern bankers
furious with Southern planters

taking their profits

and depositing them
in English banks?

♪

sh*t.

No, I fell asleep.
Oh, no.

Now I'm never gonna
get to sleep tonight.

And Alex is going
to fall asleep so early,

I'm just gonna
be there in bed

next to him trapped.

- Trapped?
- Yes.

Yes, trapped.

Scanning for
new moments in my life

to feel ashamed about.

And I don't know what happened
at the end of the Civil w*r.

Please tell me,
Genevieve. Please.

We ended sl*very...

sort of.

Well, that's good.

All right. There's been
a change of situation.

You need to understand
that I'm in charge actually,

and if I say that it's time
to get out of bed,

then that's it.

That's it. That's done.

That's the thing that happens.

That's stupid.

You're not the boss of me.

Matilda, that's it.

You're getting out of bed.

Today, like now!
Like right now.

- No!
- It's non-negotiable.

Make me.

Well, if that's what you want,
yes, then I'll make you.

Just get out!
Get up! Get up!

Nicholas,
you're being hostile.

Oh, God, the floor
is just too nasty.

You can't decide
what's non-negotiable.

I'm 18. I'm old enough
to enlist in the military.

Well, fine.

If you don't
get out of bed,

I'm gonna enlist you
in the military.

Matilda, they wake up
really early.

They won't take me,
I'm autistic.

Now go away.

Matilda, I agree.
You need to get up.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Yeah, no, no.
I-I agree too.

No more misters or missus
nice guys and girls anymore.

We're being firm.

This is us being
very, very firm.

Please don't push me.

I'm using all of my energy

not to say
what I want to say.

And...
And what is that?

Genevieve, you don't even
try to hide your envy.

I got into Juilliard

and you're still
looking for a hobby.

Nicholas is inconsistent
and untrustworthy,

and doesn't understand me
or my needs.

Alex is only dating Nicholas
for the money

and to use our pool.

If you guys had
your lives together

you could have helped me
stay in New York,

where I belong.

I did my part, I got in,
but you failed.

This is your fault.

I am a victim
of circumstance,

this your fault.

You created
the circumstance.

All of you.

Bye.

Yeah, cool. Bye.

♪

My feelings hurt.
Like, um...

I think, I think
I can feel my feelings.

Where did she
get that from?

It's not like
you take me
out for dinner.

She's just repeating
something she saw on TV.

She doesn't mean it.

I feel, like, I wanna, like,
call people up from high school

and check if
they ever liked me.

Guys.

None of this is real.

She's just doing a show.

Well, I mean,
if that wasn't real,

it was weirdly specific.

Yeah.

I'm not gonna
pay people to date me.

I don't know
why she thinks...

I've got heaps of stuff
going for me.

I'm, like, I'm, like,
actually I'm a fun guy.

Hey, this is LA.

I could be dating
someone way richer

if that's what I wanted.

Thanks.

- Yeah.
- Thanks.

Mm-hmm.

You guys know New York
wasn't not your fault, right?

Yeah, I know.
Yeah.

No, yeah, I'm...

I'm hopeless.
I'm without hope.

I-I think
I have an idea.

- Ooh!
- Ooh. Okay. What...

Why? Why?

Matilda's favorite thing
is coming to the rescue.

Ooh!

No, no, no, no, no.

Matilda?

Uh, babe,
I-I cut my finger,

do you have
a Band-Aid?

Oh, my God,
there's so much blood!

How much blood?

You always
over exaggerate, silly.

You need a bandage.

They're in
the hall closet.

♪

Pressure.

Higher than the heart.

Can I hang out,
out here?

Yeah.
Yes, please.

I haven't been sleeping
because...

I've been so busy.

Okay.

Can I take a nap
on the couch?

Yeah.

Good.

Why would she take
my tiny mirror?

We know why, don't we?
We all know why.

To look at her vag*na
and/or butthole.

That's-that's why.

Her laptop
is logged in.

Sh--
Should we...

- Genevieve.
- Should I?

No!

Yeah, no,
absolutely not.

But she would have searched
all the things, every thing.

You cannot break
the sacred pact

between woman
and the internet.

Yes, he's right.

Also, it's actually
not gonna help us, okay?

If you looked
at my search history

you would have
a very strange understanding

of what
my priorities are.

This is what's
keeping her in bed.

So we have to know.

She's right, too.

Alex, it's
ethically ambiguous.

- No, it's not.
- It is.

It's an invasion of privacy.

Okay, yeah, don't do it.
Don't do it.

- You're doing it.
- I'm doing it.

You're defying me.

Everyone's defying me
and my guardian role.

I signed contracts.

What if she's doing
something dangerous?

Oh, no, do you think?

Whoa.

No, she's not doing
anything dangerous.

Oh...

Ohh... no.

What was that?
Was that shock?

Genevieve, tell us.

No.

I must bear
this burden alone.

No, Genevieve, you can't carry
the weight of this alone.

You're too tiny.

Wait, does this mean
we don't get to know?

No.

This is brave,
what you're doing.

It's very brave.

It's frustrating.

Very frustrating.

♪

I need to call Drea.

Okay.

Do...

Do you have more
you want to say about that?

Are you two
still, like, together?

I haven't spoken to her
in four weeks and two days.

- Hmm. Wow.
- Okay.

Okay.

Um...

How do I know
if she wants me to call her?

I think by calling her.

But I don't want her
to see me ugly and puffy.

I have no stories to tell her.

I don't have
any anecdotes.

You need anecdotes.

You don't need anecdotes,
do you, Alex?

Nicholas used to
always bring me anecdotes

when we first started dating.
It was exhausting.

Apparently other people
ask questions.

Can I use
one of those anecdotes?

Uh, what if
we start with a shower?

I don't think you can
tell me to take a shower.

I can take care
of myself.

Okay. But that involves
taking a shower, right?

Why? Do I smell?

Like prosciutto.

In a bad way?

Everybody loves prosciutto.

Eh, you don't wanna
smell like a meat, babe.

♪

Hi, Matilda.

Hold on.

It's Drea's mom!

Hello?

Who is this?

It's-it's Nicholas?

Oh. Oh. It's Nicholas.

Hang up.

Um...

Sorry, who's this?

Is this Suze?

What can I
do for you, Nicholas?

Um...

Will...

I... Well, Matilda was
calling Drea, but then,

um, instead
you answered.

See? And...

Yes, now here we are.

Drea is just in the pool
at the moment.

Right, she's in the pool?

Yeah.

When did she
start swimming?

I thought
she hated water.

Okay, cool, do you have any idea
when she might be out?

Um, Matilda?

Uh, I-I need to
ask you something.

Um, and I need you to listen
before you get mad.

What are you going to say
to make me mad?

I...

I went on your laptop.

What?

I-I know
I shouldn't have.

Why would you do that?

I'm sorry.
Just, it was there
and it was open.

That doesn't give you permission
to read through...

my things.

No, I... I know.

Um, and you can
yell at me later,

but for now I think
before you speak to Drea,

you and me need to talk about
what you were searching.

It's an invasion
of privacy.

Um, but what it
looked like to me,

as what
you were doing,

is that you were
trying to,

uh, figure out whether or not
you're actually a l*sbian.

That's digital trespassing,
Genevieve.

Matilda, if you think
you're not q*eer,

you need to tell Drea.

You know what you are?

You're a little sneak.

It's not fair to keep
that a secret from Drea.

A dirty sneak.

It's not fair
to either of you.

You don't know what I want
better than I do.

Okay.

Why is Matilda calling?

Does... Does she
still like Drea?

Yeah, yeah.

Yes, I think yes.

Well, that's not
good news!

No, it is,
it's good news, isn't it?

Isn't it?
We love love. Don't we?

I had to explain
to Drea that...

when someone
stops texting or calling

it means they're not
interested.

Yeah, I mean, that is...

I mean, that is
good advice.

Well...
And she believed me

because she trusts me.

What am I supposed
to tell her now?

What am I supposed
to say it means

when your girlfriend
stops texting or calling?

What is the lesson here?

Yeah.

Yeah, I know,
that's not easy.

That's not easy.

There were a lot of tears.

And not just Drea's.

Drea stopped eating,
her dog Duke stopped eating.

I've never seen
anything like it.

And now...

Nicholas, you have
to understand

that Toby and I
were never sure

anyone would love Drea
the way that we do and...

Yep.

A lot of times
people can't see

why she's so special...

but then Matilda did.

Yeah, I know
it's been hard.

Yeah, it's been, um...

Yeah, it's been
hard here too.

Do you think
it's a good idea

that we let them talk
to each other?

Ooh, um...

Yeah, um, I don't know.

I don't know.

I've never liked it, but...

maybe we should let them
make their own choices.

Yeah. Yep.

Hi.

Hello.

Are you mad at me?

I don't know yet.

Are you okay?

I don't know yet.

Were you okay?

No.

Are you happy I called?

I don't...
I don't know yet.

Why didn't you call?

I don't know yet.

Are we...
still girlfriends?

I-I don't know yet.

Well...

technically we never
broke up.

No.

We didn't.

I suppose we are
still girlfriends.

Good.

I'm going to
forgive you,

I just, I wanna
be very clear

this can never
happen again.

Okay?

Okay.

♪

Hi, Mother,
I can't talk now, I'm busy.

I've been walking
for three hours a day,

with all sorts of people.

Well, I'm glad
it's working out well for you.

It's actually very sad
for the world,

but it's meant that
everybody's had time

to catch up,
it's been wonderful.

No, no, Mum,
that's too many people.

You're in
a high risk group.

I don't think I am.

But you are though.

Well, I don't think so.

I've never been
this fit.

I have the a*s
of a Nepalese Sherpa.

Okay, but you are
though, Mum.

Hey, I'm gonna
call you back, all right?

Well, I don't believe you.

I will!

Did I tell you
I'm back on Tinder?

Everybody's in heat.

You can just feel it
coming through the phone.

Yeah, okay, Ma, I'm gonna
call you back, okay?

I took 15 years off my age,

but I think that's okay...

Don't worry, she can't hear us.
I put her on mute.

Can I write you a check?
Okay, thank you.

Thank you.
- Some people are living very
hard lives though, aren't the?