02x08 - Banded Argiope Spider

[bunniefuu]

Nicholas:
Babe? Babe?

-Babe?
-Yes.

Well, I think I need
to call the lawyer

before Matilda proposes

to check if Drea
could access the family trust,

but I really don't wanna
call the lawyer,

because I wanna
believe in love

more than I believe
in money,

and also I can't
remember her name

and I can't find her
in my contacts.

Okay. Can I
keep swimming?

Sorry, is this
quite weird for you

'cause you're
imagining me doing this

before I propose
to you one day?

-No.
-No?

The truth is,
I'm pretty bored.

I always wanted a flash mob
since I was 11,

but that would be
too much stimulus for her.

Yes, for everybody.

Matilda: I don't think
she wants it to be public

but I want
it to be public,

that's why
I ordered the tent

so you guys
could all be there

and can't see her.

I think she's
gonna love it, Matilda.

Nicholas: But, um...

What if
she says no?

She won't say no.

-She might, though.
-She won't.

-Tell us more about the plan.
-Matilda: Okay.

The official plan is
all four of us drive out

to the cabin
to set up on Saturday

before Drea comes
on Sunday morning.

-What? Sorry, I can't do that.
-Why not?

Because it's Barb's birthday,
I already told you.

Obviously this is
more important.

Alex says I need
to be there for Barb.

Alex says.

Matilda: But I need
my little sister there

when I set up
for my proposal.

Well, I didn't know
about the plan.

And also I'm pretty sure
you only just decided that.

You have to drive up
with us on Saturday

or else you're not
gonna make it

for the proposal
on Sunday morning.

Uh, what if I drive Genevieve
up on Sunday morning?

-Great.
-Matilda: So neither of you

are coming to help now?

Only so that Genevieve
can be there for the proposal.

Wait, but that means
we'll be apart in the nighttime.

Yeah. I mean, it might be nice
to have some self-care time.

-Gross.
-Matilda: The only people

anyone in this house
cares about is themselves!

♪

Shall I cut
the cake?

-Genevieve: Mm.
-Mm-hmm.

Oh.

So what do you
feel like doing
today, Barb?

I'm not allowed to follow
my feelings anymore.

Uh, Genevieve
told me about a party
in the forest.

Sounds pretty cool.

I'm not welcome
at a party.

I'm not welcome
in the forest.

I'm not welcome
in the world.

You're welcome here,
with us.

This... is my bottom.

Oh. Okay.

Barb, I promise,
these things blow over.

Will they, Alex?

Will this blow over?

I lied about my grandma
dying of COVID-19.

My grandma herself
won't talk to me.

And she's actually
going to die soon

and I won't be invited
to the funeral!

Okay.

Yeah.

Well, um...

I wonder what
the time is, actually.

I might just, uh...

You girls don't want me here
cramping your style.

No, no, no,
you're very, very welcome
at this party, Alex.

Let him go.
It's fine.
I understand.

Alex:
Yeah, I'm just so old
and boring and...

I'll talk to you later.
[chuckles]

♪

Maybe, maybe you
wanna talk about,
like, why you did it?

I was warning people
about COVID.

Okay.

Have you ever turned
all the lights off
in your bathroom

and just stood
in the dark?

No.

I've been too busy.

Okay, the fizzy liquor
has given me clarity.

We're going
to the forest.

They won't let me in.

To the forest?

No one is allowed
to tell us

we aren't allowed
to be in the forest

unless, perhaps, there are
trolls living under a bridge.

No, Genevieve,
I don't deserve
better than this.

It's either that
or we sing along
to music and dance.

Just us girls
and the spirit
of lettin' loose.

Lettin' loose!

Is this what
you want for us?

Barb: I've forgotten
how to stand.

What did I
used to look like

when I wasn't
doing anything?

Genevieve:
You look fine.
Normal.

[indistinct conversations]

No one's
wearing masks.

No one's
wearing masks.

What do we do?

I-I think we take
our masks off.

But I don't
want to.

Me neither.

Oh.

You did it.
I can see your mouth.

I'm looking
at your mouth.

You were the one
who wanted to be young.

Fine.

Is anyone
looking at me?

Nope.

No one's
looking at me?

That's weird,
isn't it?

Okay. Look, let's just
hang here for a bit

and scope things out.

I wish
we brought chips.

I wasn't thinking
about chips,

but now I've never
been more upset

to not have chips.

[indistinct conversations]

Who does Leonard think
he is with that guitar?

You think it's always
been this way?

Like, in the 1600's
were girls just
wooed by guitars?

If I could pick anything
from the Renaissance
to stay fashionable,

I'd definitely have
picked being fat.

I know Drea's
gonna say no,

just it feels
so insane.

I mean...

She's only a year
older than those boys

kicking each other
in the ba*ls.

-[laughter]
-Barb: Oh, no.

Don't look now,
but Oscar's here.

I just wanna pretend
this isn't gonna be weird.

My mom said that my actions
have stressed her out so much

that she's started
coloring again.

Okay. Yeah.
No, come on.

We gotta face the day,
be brave

and-and change
the narrative.

No.

[whispers]
Genevieve!

Oh. Oh, bother.

Don't you think
we need, like,

radical change
in this country?

Like, we need to get rid
of all extreme wealth?

Nothing gets
this girl riled up

like billionaires.

So are you guys, like,
Communists or something?

No, no, sorry,
we're not Communists.

It'd be cool if we could
have it both ways, you know.

Like real economic equality
but also still a democracy.

That's just
democratic socialism.

Like in Denmark.

You're literally just
describing Denmark.

People are happier
in Northern Europe.

♪

♪

-Leonard: Hey.
-Barb, uh...

Barb is peeing.

Okay. Um...

Can I, uh, can I
show you something?

Yeah, I'll have
a look at something.

So where are
we walking?

Um, well, I just, uh,
wanted to show you this.

-Hmm.
-The view.

Uh, yeah. Uh, yup.

-It's cool.
-It's cool, yeah, it's...

Okay.

Sorry, can you just
be a little shorter?

Okay, um...

-Um, no, no, no,
it's okay, you can...
-No? Okay.

No, no, it's cool,
it's cool.

Oh.

Okay.

This is fun.

Barb:
Where were you?

I've been looking
everywhere.

I left for five seconds
and you abandon me?

No, I didn't.

Two people just asked me
if my grandma's okay

and I just... ran away!

I'm a mess.
Truth is, I'm a mess!

Well, um...

We were just looking
for this baby squirrel

that Leonard saw.
Um...

Yeah. It was
so small. Man.

I'm still not convinced
he didn't just see a mouse.

The only thing
that could have
made me look more crazy

was if I started
running around
the woods crying,

and thanks to you,
that's exactly what I did.

[scoffs]

♪

I should
probably go.

Should I come?

Hmm...

No, I, I sh... I should
go and find her.

Okay, cool.

Okay. Cool.

[moaning]

Barb?

Barb,
are you okay?

Stay back!

You okay?

I'm okay, I'm fine.

I was just checking
to see if she was okay.

Yup. Yeah...
Okay. Bye.

Genevieve, wait.

This is... exciting.

Gen... Genevieve.
Genevieve. Wait.

Can you just
wait right here?

Hey, Genevieve.

Are you okay? Do we need
to talk or anything?

No, no, we really
don't need to.

Gen, this isn't
who I am, okay?

Just the thought
of hurting you
really guts me.

I think...
I think it's fine.

Oscar: My truth...

I like you.

[sighs] I can't believe
I'm saying this out loud.

But there it is.

I like you, okay?
And I wanna explore this.

Maybe what happened with Barb
was my way of acting out

of getting
your attention.

I'm... I'm sure
he likes you too.

Honestly, I don't care.
He's disposable.

Come on, do you want me
to do something crazy?

I have to prove it
to you, is that what
it's gonna take, Gen?

When did
I become "Gen"?

What is it?
What is it, huh?

What is it?
What is it?

You want me
to break this burnt tree?

No.

Oscar: That'd be
pretty crazy, right?

Well, nothing I say to you seems
to be making sense anyway, huh?

He's really
doing that.

Hmm. Yeah.

Is this what you
needed to see

just to get how much
I freaking care about you?

[grunting]

M... My God.

Just leave
that poor tree alone.

sh*t.

♪

♪

Barb: Why am I so hungry?

I don't think
I've ever had food.

I don't think
I've once had any food.

You yelled at me so much.

Just so, so much.

I guess I just
needed to...

get some?

With Oscar
in the daytime?

I have no complaints.

Me neither.

Whoa.

Drea's gonna
say no, right?

She-she's gonna say...

[burps]

-...no.
-[Barb laughs]

I... I don't buy it
for one second

that you lied
to protect people
from COVID.

I don't know
why I lied, okay?

I just...

I just needed something.

A reason
for people
to talk to me.

The only time people talk to me
is because I'm in their way.

That's not true.

No one actively
seeks me out.

You... You get
approached.

People choose you.

I just wanted to know

what it felt like
for people to...

care.

You think
people choose me?

Yes.

Knowing that we are
somehow gonna have to

make it work with
a boy is terrifying.

Did you see
them out there?

We can't actually let
one of those impregnate us

one day, can we?

He was very confident.

I'm like, "Where do boys
find all that confidence?"

I wanna be confident
like a boy.

It's not fair
that I'm the bad guy

because I won't help Matilda
set up her stupid proposal

when no one else wants
'em to get married either.

Mmm...

What the hell is that?

What is "Mmm"?

I-I just don't, like, see how

helping her set up
would have hurt.

I don't want to
encourage her.

But is that going to
make a difference?

Like, I can't imagine
that your decorating skills

are gonna increase
the chance

of Drea saying yes.

You don't know sh*t
about my decorating.

Genevieve, I think
it's pretty obvious

that I don't know much,

but I do know this...

you love your sister.

And I know
that you know

that you should
be there tonight,

and that if you
don't go,

you'll never
forgive yourself.

Oh, my God.
I gotta go.

-We gotta go.
-We gotta go.

-Let's go.
-Okay. Okay.

-Catch me!
-What?

I'm gonna jump.
Catch me.

-Okay.
-No. What...

Barb, I was joking.

Oh.

Genevieve [whispering]:
Um, so...

And here we are.

[whispering]
I feel powerful.

We could do
anything to him.

Alex?

Alex?

Just wake him.

I don't wanna
touch him.

Why not?

Well...

Well, it's just not
the done thing.

You do it.

Alex, Alex, Alex, Alex,
Alex, Alex, Alex, Alex.

Wh... What? What?
What's going on?

Are you hurt?

No, I messed up
real bad.

You have to drive me
to the cabin.

Did something happen?

She has to set up.

I have to go.
I have to undo it.

-Babe, now?
-Genevieve: Yes.

Just right-right now.

Now, now,
now, now.

It's the middle
of the night.

It's like 10:30!

We're wasting
time.

[sighs]

Whoa.

You're like...

a man.

You're drunk.
You smell like
my Uncle Gary.

Come on,
I'm missing it.

[yelling]
To whom it may concern,

good evening!

Whoo!

[laughs]

Matilda:
Genevieve.

You! You are
my sister.

And I'm here
and I love ya.

No touching.

-Hi.
-Genevieve: And you...

-Yes.
-You are my half-brother,

and I must
climb you.

[chuckling]
Okay. Oh, good.

Good.

Why are you here?

-Yeah.
-I'm here to help.

Me too!

Oh, thank God.
I'm going to bed.

Okay, good night.

Come on, let me
show you the tent.

-[yells]
-Matilda: Come on!

And I guess
I'll clean up.

♪

Hi.

Hmm...

Matilda...

Oh.

What is this?

I didn't prepare
anything

because I wanted to
speak from the heart.

[breathes deeply]

Drea...

this is our fairytale
come true.

But it's just
the beginning.

Our "once upon a time..."

starts now.

You just came up
with that?

No, I had planned
to say that part.

[giggles]

Toby:
My breakfast kept
repeating on me

the day that I
proposed to Suze,

and it's repeating
on me now.

Suze: I noticed
a lot of champagne
in there, Nicholas.

Which answer are you
planning on celebrating?

Champagne
for either, no?

Genevieve: For neither.
For-for neither.

[Barb groans]

Matilda [yells]:
She said yes!

Hey! Wow!

-[Toby laughs]
-[unenthusiastically] Yay.

-[cheering]
-[laughter]

Suze: Here we go.

-Toby: Oh. Oh.
-Suze: All right.

[Suze chuckles nervously]

Drea and I request
that no one posts
on social media

until after we post.

Drea: Well, I don't
have social media

but if it's important
to you to post then
it's important to me too.

[giggling]

[heavy breathing]

Yeah, okay,
well, that's happening.

And you know what?

I think if you ignore
the common sense, the logic,

and the obvious
warning signs,

it actually starts
to seem quite fun.

I hope she makes us
wear flower crowns.

I can't be
in the family photos.

-Which photos?
-The wedding photos.

I can't be in
the family wedding photos.

Where are
my car keys?

Okay.
That's okay.

You don't gotta be
in no photos.

You can just, like,
hold our purses..

No. You know,
everyone's gonna yell,

"Alex, get in the family photo,
you're family too."

And then the pressure
will build,

and even though I know
it's the wrong thing to do,

I'll stand
in the family photo

and I'll force
the heaviest smile.

Okay.

Well, I don't think

your keys are gonna
be in Suze's bag.

And then,

on their
ten-year anniversary

everyone will look
at the photo and say,

"Who is that?"

And you'll go, "Oh, yeah,
that's the guy I dated

"because I was grieving

and I didn't have
any other options."

Well, it's sweet
of you to think

that this marriage
is gonna last ten years.

And I think definitely
they'll look at the photo

and think,
"Who's the hot one?"

But also why are you
talking about us

in the past tense?

Nicholas, please stop
doing this to me.

Doing what?
What am I doing?

Just, like,
stringing this out.

You know that
we're breaking up,
don't you?

No.

No, I do not know that.

[sighs]

I don't.

I don't know that.

I don't.

Please stop pretending
like you don't see it.

It's not fair.

Please just tell me
how I'm supposed to know.

I'm not trying to trick you.
Please just tell me.

I don't...

Because...
you don't... love me.

Well, I don't know how to
tell you how not true that is.

That's not true.

Okay, well,
maybe you think

that you love me,

but you don't actually
care about me.

What?

I'm short-circuiting.

Cool.

Awesome.

You know,
the only feelings

I see from you are

when you're happy, bored,
or when you need to pee.

Yeah, but if I didn't love you,
that list'd be different.

It'd be that
I'm sad and lonely.

I'm happy
because I love you.

I need to pee because
I'm constantly hydrating my skin

so that it's young and nice,
so that you don't leave me.

You just want me
to think you care

more than
you actually care

because breaking up
is hard,

and you don't like
hard things.

When I look back all I see
is us having fun

and... and being in love
and being a team.

Well, if that's true, then I
don't know what else to say.

I guess we've been in,

like, different movies.

[Alex sighs]

I'm going now.

Sorry.

Okay, bye.

Love you.

[door closes]