02x06 - Regal Jumping Spider

[bunniefuu]

["Suddenly I See" by KT Tunstall
playing over stereo]

Actually, do you mind
waiting a second?

Nicholas: Of course.

Are you a bit scared?

This doesn't
seem like a place
anyone would choose.

Would it help if I turned
KT Tunstall up for you?

Yeah.

Yeah, I think that might
actually help.

-[turns volume up]
-♪ She's a beautiful girl ♪

♪ And everything... ♪

Do I look sweaty?

No. No, you look dry. Yeah.

You look too dry if anything.

I just feel like quite conscious
I'm made out of meat.

What?

I just feel like quite conscious

I'm made out of meat.

Ahh!

♪ ...captivated in her palm ♪

Okay.

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

♪ This is what I wanna be ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

♪ Why the hell
it means so much to me ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

♪ This is what I wanna be ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

Toby: Welcome to the Chateau.

Suze: I know it's not fancy,

not like you're
probably used to,

but we love it here.

Smells like pine trees
and independence.

Drea: We're doing it.

We're doing it!

We're free!

Okay. Independence.

Yes, stop.

I know you wanna do this alone,

but I would like to come in
and help you get settled.

Mom, we negotiated
and we made rules.

Come on, Suze. You know
that wasn't stipulated.

Toby, this isn't some
boardroom negotiation.

-Let's run away.
-[Matilda squeals]

-Suze: Drea. Wait.
-Drea: Go!

Go!

Oh. Uh, Oscar.

You've arrived.

I have arrived.

Um, also...

-With a present.
-Well, actually,

I got you multiple presents.

-That's so nice.
-Yeah.

Because you got me
your favorite record...

I don't... I don't know
if you would've...

heard of them.

Yeah, Aerosmith
are so cool. Thank you.

Oh. Um...

Yeah, yeah.

Uh, so glad you said that

because I got you
another present.

Wow.

Mm-hmm.

This is so generous.

-Genevieve: Mm-hmm.
-Oscar: Whoa.

Um...

-Another one?
-Yeah.

Yeah, and-and this one.

That's... Yeah.

It's more, um...

More merch from the obscure,
underground band Aerosmith.

You really put a lot of thought
into this, Genevieve.

Thank you.

Um... This is a...

This is a joke.
I was being funny.

Oh...

-Oh, I'm so sorry.
-Yeah.

Um...

-I'm gonna wear the shirt.
-Oh, please don't.

No, I'm gonna wear the shirt.
I feel bad, I...

Oh. Um...

-Do you mind?
-Yeah, of course.

Um...

So...

we're going to, like, a...

Well, these guys
do these art events,

-like every year...
-Mm-hmm.

...and this year's
social distanced.

Hmm.

It's also about
social distancing.

Hmm. Right.

No. I'm-I'm so sorry.

Um, what are we doing?

Oh, well, it's art and like
the medium of mirrors.

Right.

Mirrors.

So I get to look at myself

throughout all of this.

Don't worry about that.
Look how cute you look.

-I look like meat.
-Huh?

Never mind.

Okay. So, we...

turned on the power, check.

And the water.

It's so rustic.

It's like we're pioneer women.

-Hmm.
-[cell phone ringing]

Ugh. It's my mom.

They need to let go.

Drea:
Mom, you're helicoptering.

Suze [over phone]:
We're just leaving.

I was just checking in to see

if you still wanted your bags

or would you prefer the
local wildlife to have them?

The bags!

The bags?

Honey, can I please
bring in the bags?

They wanna bring in the bags.

No.

We will get them.

Matilda says no.

Understood.

So, what's next in your binder?

Next we have to...

We need to check for snakes.

What?

It's not too late to bail,

if you wanna
go do something else.

No, no, this is good.
This is great.

Suspenseful.

Okay.

I don't really have too many
great role models

when it comes to romance,
so I'm always nervous

I'm gonna get it wrong
or go too overboard.

Right. No, no, it's fine.

You're... You're fine.

It's... It's good
courting so far.

God, I'm sorry.

[opera music playing]

[vocalizing]

[screams]

There's a snake!

[chuckles]

It's okay.

It's just my dad's
snakeskin boots.

Why would he do that?

Why would Toby keep
a pair of snakeskin boots

in the place where snakes live?

I think it's okay
to keep boots under the bed.

It's the snakes who are lost.

I can't do this, Drea.

I need your parents to come
and look for the snakes

so you call them and have them
come right back here.

Okay. Why-why don't we just

wait a few minutes
somewhere safe

-and then if you still wanna...
-Mmm...

...call them, we can.

♪

Do you wanna sit?

Yeah.

So give me your deal.

-My deal?
-Yeah.

Like, who is Genevieve
and like what makes her tick?

Oh.

What makes me tick?

I-I don't like that.

Questions makes me nervous.

Why?

It's like when you go back

to school in the Fall

and have to go around

and say what
you did that summer

and suddenly you're like,

"sh*t, what did I do
this summer?

"Did I do anything this summer?

I mean, what even is summer?"

[slow orchestral music playing]

What's your favorite
flavor of ice cream?

No, no.

Nice try, though. Come on.

It's your turn to talk now.
Come on. [clears throat]

We've entered
The Genevieve Show

portion of the evening.

What do you wanna know?

Well, let's start off easy.

Do you think you'd
like being famous?

I don't know.

Um...

Are we talking like
moderately successful author

or like a Kardashian?

'Cause...

Actually I like the idea
of my photo

at the end of a thick book,

but I definitely
don't wanna televise

my Botox appointments or births.

I get that. Yeah.

[both chuckle]

Are we in a womb?

-[both laugh]
-We are.

-Yeah. Yeah.
-Yeah.

Yeah.

I think this might be
what feminism looks like.

Okay, are you ready?

[grunts]

Oh. This is pretty sexy.

This is actually really heavy.

[grunts]

Ow!

-You wanna try?
-Hmm.

[grunting]

I can't... pull it... out!

Ugh.

Should we just go back inside?

Okay.

Matilda:
Don't you have
any other heating?

Um, not without wood.

But if you rub your hands
together really fast,

they get hot.

Interesting.
The Ten of Swords.

What does that mean?

I can't remember.

-Hmm...
-I'm hungry.

Should I finish
looking up the card

or start dinner?

Dinner, please.

Matilda, we forgot the bags.

The bags?

The bags.

With our food?

Yes.

How could you
forget the bags?

It wasn't in the binder.

There's chicken in there.
Chicken!

We could be poisoned
by salmonella.

I think it's fine.

Fine?

I got my food handler's permit
last summer, Matilda.

I know what I'm doing.

That outside temperature chicken
is basically a loaded g*n!

[moist squishing]

[squishing continues]

Actually I just remembered,

I left the hair straightener on,

so I think we should
just go home and then we--

You didn't straighten
your hair, it's curly.

I just want to go home
where it's warm.

I don't have enough body fat

to stay somewhere
without central heating.

All the work we've done,
just throw it away?

-Yep.
-Well, I'm not going
home with you.

Well, you can't stay here alone.

Yes, well, it's a conundrum.

-Okay.
-[both chuckle]

Next question.

What's your idea
of a perfect day?

Uh, pass.

That's not allowed.

No, I decline.

Fine, okay.

If you could have dinner
with anyone, alive or dead,

who would it be?

Oh, my parents.

Sorry. That's depressing.

Well, I don't know
how to tell you this,

but you can only
pick one of them.

So who's it gonna be?

-[operatic music playing]
-[Genevieve chuckles]

-[opera music playing]
-[man vocalizing]

[both chuckling]

-[thuds]
-Oh.

-Are you okay?
-Yeah.

Yep.

[pigs squealing]

Do you care to join me?

The vegetables
didn't touch it.

I wanna eat something else.

That isn't one of the options.

How is it?

It's good.

If I start feeling sick,

I'm gonna make myself
throw up as a precaution.

You won't start feeling sick.

I'm trusting you.

♪

♪

Your hands are so small.

And damp.

[both chuckle]

I don't feel sick yet,

but I'm starting
to feel pre-sick.

What is "pre-sick"?
What do I do for that?

-Do I get a bucket?
-No bucket.

They make me feel sick.

Wish you just hadn't
eaten the chicken.

I ate it for you.

I did all of this for you!

And you... hated it!

You're making me upset.

You're making me upset!

I'm gonna go
sit in the bathroom.

Ugh!

[door slams]

Tonight,
I wanted to show you

that we could
live normal lives

without grown-ups,

because together,
we are grown-ups.

Even if we can't be
independent alone,

I thought maybe we could
be independent together.

I wanted...

to show you that even if we...

There are things
that other couples do

that we don't do,

that I could still

be a good girlfriend.

But now I've failed.

[door unlocks]

I didn't throw up.

Not even out of precaution?

I didn't have to.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize
I was hurting your feelings.

It's okay.

I promise that I'm not gonna
leave you because we don't...

do all the things
that other couples do.

Okay.

Woman [over PA]:
You've entered

an interactive space
with yourself.

Please turn off your phones.

Find yourself
and be honest for once.

You will each
have 60 seconds.

-Who should go first?
-Absolutely you.

[clears throat]

True art is authentic.

It comes from a real place,

deep down in your soul.

Without that authenticity,

true art...

is meaningless.

Devoid of meaning.

[sighs] Wow, what the hell
am I even saying?

Does any of that
make any-any sense?

Did it have any...

any real meaning?

I-I prepared this speech
about authenticity

and its place in art,

and I'm just now realizing
the inherent irony in that.

You can't prepare
to be authentic.

I mean, I was giving
this rehearsed speech,

just pretending that it was
all coming to me

on the fly like...

Like about authenticity.

Can you think of anything
less authentic than that?

Like, I'm literally
cringing at the person
I was 20 seconds ago.

Like that-that-that guy
just didn't get it.

He was just stating his wants,
his needs, his desires and...

-And, come on, let's be
honest with ourselves.
-[buzzer buzzes]

We all just want
something so basic...

so why do we go to these
great lengths to achieve it?

Woman [over PA]:
Time's up. Your turn now.

♪

You can say things,
if you'd like.

♪

[owl hoots in distance]

[uplifting piano music playing]

-Matilda?
-[music stops]

Yes?

It's been really nice
to hear you play.

But, uh, do you mind if I put on
my noise-canceling headphones?

I can't focus.

That's fine.

[music continues]

My God, that was so cathartic.

I don't know. I just, I-I can't
believe I just said all that.

I just said what I was feeling.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
you did that.

I've just never felt
so free like that.

I've never felt so...

So in control, so honest,
so vulnerable.

Hmm. Mm-hmm.

You know, if I...

if I want something...

I just have to say it outright.

What I want right now,
Genevieve...

is to kiss you.

[snickers]

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, this is just...

-I'm sorry. No, I've gotta go.
-Did I screw it up?

No, did I screw it up?

No, you didn't. It's fine.

No, I'm sorry.
It's not fine.

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

-Genevieve?
-Bye, Oscar!

[soft piano music playing]

♪

Nicholas: Alex?

Alex, is that you?
I'm down here.

Alex: Hey.

Yeah. [chuckles] Hi.

-Yeah.
-[objects clatter]

Yeah, things have
gone awry, huh?

I, um...

Well, I wanted to change
the automatic lock, right,

so that I stopped
locking myself out all the time.

I know you said
to get the locksmith to do it

but I just really thought
I could do it.

Actually, I can do it.

It's just that
the drill went flat

and I couldn't find
the charger and, um...

Actually, actually, do you know
where the charger is?

Mmm.

-You don't know where it is?
-No.

Well, and then I had to go
in the closets, right,

and I know... I know, I know.

I know we agreed that I wasn't
gonna do that anymore

but, I just... Yeah.

You know.

I don't really know
what happened next actually.

But, um...

But I found your watch.

-Alex: Hmm.
-It's, um...

I lost your watch.

Don't even
worry about it, babe.

I'll fix it all in the morning.

Okay, are you going to sleep?
'Cause I just, um...

I just, um... Well, I don't
think I can go to sleep yet.

I took a double dose
of my dextroamphetamine.

Can I listen to music?

-I'm going to sleep.
-Nicholas: Okay.

Yeah, he's...

[imitating buzzing sounds]