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Drama, The (2026)

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Drama, The (2026)

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(MUFFLED RUMBLING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING

OVER SPEAKERS)

How can I help you?

(IN BRITISH ACCENT) Uh,

can I get a black coffee?

Sure.

Thank you.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

-(CHAIR SLIDES)

-(MUSIC RESUMES)

-(MUSIC, CHATTER QUIETENS)

-(MUFFLED BUZZING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER,

LAUGHTER RESUMES)

-(CHATTER QUIETENS)

-(MUFFLED BUZZING)

(CHATTER RESUMES)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC

CONTINUES PLAYING)

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC

CONTINUES PLAYING)

(CHAIR SLIDES)

(FAINT, MUFFLED BUZZING)

(CLEARS THROAT)

I love that book so much.

It's, uh...

I just finished it last week.

It's incredible.

It's... (STUTTERS)

I really, really,

really admire it.

And, uh...

(CUP CLANGING)

-(DOOR OPENS)

-(LOUD CHATTER)

(CLEARS THROAT) Uh...

(SOFTLY) All right.

(CLEARS THROAT)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)

(STUTTERING)

Um, I'm sorry. I didn't mean...

(ROMANTIC '80s POP MUSIC

PLAYING)

(MUFFLED SPEECH)

CHARLIE: I wasn't... Genuinely,

-I really admire the book.

-What? Sorry?

I was just saying, I'm not...

I'm not hitting on you. I...

Sorry, what do you mean?

Genuinely,

I just really admire the book.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER

CONTINUES IN BACKGROUND)

I'm deaf in this one.

You're deaf?

Yeah. This one though. I can...

(LAUGHS AWKWARDLY)

-(EMMA CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

-Uh...

Yeah, the, uh... (SIGHS)

Do you want to start over?

-Um...

-We could just try it again?

-Maybe?

-You wanna try...

-Just do it again?

-EMMA: Yeah. Do it again.

-Okay.

-Okay. (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

CHARLIE:

"I was absolutely certain

"I was being trapped

"and that you were recording me

"and I was gonna be

all over the Internet,

"but I now understand..."

"...that the only thing

that could have saved me

"was a second first impression."

Yeah. So funny. Great.

So I'm gonna start there

and then go on

-to the first date.

-MIKE: Good.

EMMA: So what'd you think

of the ending?

Ending? Of what?

EMMA: Of the book.

I just finished it.

Oh, the, um...

I don't know. I feel like

I didn't get it, you know.

Like I was missing something.

Yeah, no, I know what you mean.

I think...

Yeah, me neither, really.

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

'Cause did she die?

Is that... (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Like, do you think

that's what it was?

I think so. I think so.

Just, that doesn't make

any sense.

It doesn't?

Well, no, 'cause you remember

this, like, the mirror thing?

CHARLIE: Hm.

Wait, which mirror?

The whole thing at the end

with the mirror.

Um... (SMACKS LIPS)

I thought it was just more of

a kind of metaphor for like...

Uh...

I just didn't really realize

it was real in the sense

that the mirror was, um...

The mirror was...

(SIGHS) I don't even know...

I don't even know

where to take this.

I didn't read the book.

And, um... yeah.

-What?

-I think I just glitched

when I saw you... (STUTTERS)

...and I just wanted

to talk to you.

And I didn't have anything,

so...

That's weird.

Um, yeah, I'm...

Well, I'm sorry. I didn't...

Just a weird, little freak.

Weird, little British freak.

-Oh, yeah?

-(CHUCKLES)

I'm sorry. I didn't realize

you actually doubled down.

Yeah, what was I supposed to do?

-How about reading the book?

-(CHARLIE SIGHS)

For a first date? I don't know.

That's a lot weirder, no?

How is that weirder?

I don't know.

It just feels weirder somehow.

Okay. Don't agree, but go on.

(CHUCKLES)

So, I wanna say this thing

about her laugh.

Do you know

how it's kind of like...

It's very cute,

but it's also kind of like...

(CHORTLING)

-Repulsive even. Okay.

-CHARLIE: Yeah.

And then if, uh, she laughs,

then I can point it out

and be like,

"And there it is!" you know.

I did. I said, "If everyone

knows he's a piece of sh*t,

"then why are we doing

a retrospective

"in the first place?"

It's like, it's so incredibly

irresponsible.

No one ever cares

until it's too late.

And then it always ends up

backfiring on me...

Emma, I'm being serious.

It's not funny.

No, I agree with you.

This is not funny at all.

It's very serious.

(SNICKERS)

You're laughing.

CHARLIE: "I love how you

always find a way

"to turn my drama

into a comedy."

And then, uh...

-I don't know.

-What?

I kind of wanna

say something about...

-(MOANING IN PLEASURE)

-(RATTLING, CLATTERING)

-No.

-No?

Why do you want to talk about

f*cking in front of your family?

Or her family?

No, I don't wanna

say it, like, directly.

I just wanna kind of allude

to it somehow

'cause I just think

we've always had this sort of...

Like an incredible chemistry

that's just... I...

Yeah, no, do that.

Do exactly that.

-Okay?

-Okay, what if I said...

licentious.

Or languorous.

Just skip this part completely.

What, and just go straight

to the crying thing?

(EMMA SOBBING)

(SHUDDERS)

(SIGHS)

It's just, you know,

it's my first time

saying it out loud,

so I feel like I'll get it

on the day, you know.

Maybe you should start

with something funny,

so you're not, like,

immediately in tears.

But it's kind of sweet.

It's endearing.

Yeah, but you wanna look good.

Crying makes you look

kind of ugly.

-What?

-You, the general you.

-Like, women.

-(SIGHS SOFTLY)

Um, what about

the first time you met?

Wasn't that

kind of a funny story?

I love that book. I just...

Oh, no, she can't tell that one.

Why not?

What stories are you gonna do?

What do you mean? For my speech?

Yeah.

Well, you'll just

have to wait and see.

No, no, no.

So we don't, you know,

like, say the same things.

Are you gonna use

the first time we met?

Yes.

Okay, well,

what about the first date?

-Yeah, of course.

-f*ck!

(CHUCKLES)

You don't have to do a speech.

(SIGHS) First kiss?

EMMA: Wait, so you can just,

like, go in whenever?

CHARLIE: Yeah,

I do it all the time.

EMMA: Oh, so you bring

all the girls here?

CHARLIE: Um, yeah.

-(EMMA SCOFFS, LAUGHS) Ouch.

-No,

when I'm working late and stuff.

Yeah, when you're working late

and stuff.

-Yeah.

-(SIGHS)

Okay, this is like...

This is like a childhood dream,

you know,

like sneaking into a mall

or a library at night. It's...

Well, your dreams

are about to come true.

-Wow.

-(BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY)

-(RATTLING)

-Um...

Is it not working?

Hm.

(BEEPING)

(RATTLING)

-(ALARM BLARING)

-Oh, sh...

Um... Ooh!

(DOORS THUDDING)

(GRUNTING)

(ALARM GROWS MUFFLED)

(MUFFLED ALARM

CONTINUES BLARING)

Wait, so he trapped you?

It wasn't planned, Rachel.

(CHUCKLES)

What about that time

you thought you had a...

-(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

-(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(MACHINERY WHIRRING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-ALICE: Who was that?

-Hm?

Oh, uh, it's just Charlie.

I left my wallet.

Hm. Who's Charlie?

Uh, he's my boyfriend, I guess.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHUCKLES)

Are you okay?

Yeah. No, I'm fine.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(EMMA BREATHING HEAVILY)

(INHALES DEEPLY)

ALICE: I don't know.

Can you just...

She's saying it's her chest...

It's her heart. Her heart is...

So what was it?

It was just, like, feelings.

-Feelings? What do you mean?

-EMMA: Yeah.

Like intense butterflies.

-Right?

-RACHEL: No, I get that,

but it wasn't your first time.

I don't know.

So you're saying

Charlie is your first...

Love... Yeah.

Your first love

or your first crush?

Both, I think.

-What, is that insane?

-At 30?

Well, I mean,

I was 28 when we met, so...

RACHEL: Still!

I don't know. I used to be ugly.

Oh, come on!

Don't freak out,

but there's a giant spider

that's crawling up your back

and it's almost into your hair.

Just don't panic.

Nothing?

-No.

-No.

I feel like

you just have to do it louder.

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY)

Okay. Um...

(WHISPERING)

I love you so much it hurts.

I can't be without you.

It's scary

'cause I can't imagine...

(CHARLIE CONTINUES, MUFFLED)

(WHISPERING) I want to marry you

but I'm too afraid to even ask.

I think I caught that.

You did?

A hairy knife?

A what?

Did you say something

about, like, a hairy knife?

-No.

-No?

Emma, that's not even a thing.

(BOTH LAUGH)

(SNIFFLES)

You okay?

Yeah. No, it's good.

Oh, come on, you gotta be

a bit more specific than that.

Yeah, it's a little corny

in a wedding speech kind of way,

but it's, um...

All the pieces are there,

you know.

I think you have it.

-(SNIFFLES)

-(CHARLIE WHEEZES)

All right, you can't cry

-and say it sucks.

-(MIKE LAUGHS)

(SPEAKER CRACKLING)

(I WANT TO LAY WITH YOU

BY SHIRA SMALLS PLAYING)

And looking at each other.

(CHARLIE AND EMMA GIGGLE)

Nice.

Slide... and two.

Nice.

And kiss. Great.

Ready and drag.

Step, step.

Step, step. Drag.

Step, step.

And under.

And arm up.

Good.

Playing.

Ready and left arm.

Down, up, up. Down, up, up.

And switch.

(CHARLIE GRUNTS SOFTLY)

(CHARLIE GROANS SOFTLY)

Oh.

-EMMA: Oh?

-(BOTH CHUCKLE)

INSTRUCTOR: Good.

And this time, Emma,

go around a full circle.

(LAUGHING)

INSTRUCTOR: Great.

Ready and step.

And turn.

And step.

And turn.

And step.

Ready and drag,

step, step, in.

Turn out.

Good.

Oh.

-(BOTH LAUGH)

-Nearly there.

INSTRUCTOR: Okay, not bad.

EMMA: Okay.

Not bad.

Still a little difficulty

in the middle section,

but overall much better.

EMMA: Yeah.

CHARLIE: Thanks.

Let's just do it again?

-Okay.

-EMMA: (WHISPERING) Okay.

What?

I just... I don't know,

I feel like we should

just dance normally, right?

What do you mean?

Well, just the... (SIGHS)

I don't know, it kinda

feels a little performative.

It's a wedding.

It's performative by nature.

Yeah. I think

if we just do it...

(SMACKS LIPS)

...a couple more times,

I'm gonna get it perfect,

I swear.

INSTRUCTOR: I can't make up new

choreography right on the spot.

CHARLIE: Yeah.

Okay, well, just hear me out.

-Hear me out. Please. Please.

-CHARLIE: No, Emma. Please.

-Please, please, please.

-CHARLIE: Emma.

(CHARLIE GROANS SOFTLY)

(SIGHS)

(UPBEAT '80s POP MUSIC

PLAYING FAINTLY)

(SCOFFS) What's this?

(SIGHS) She puts this on

when I'm in a bad mood

just to f*ck with me.

(UPBEAT '80s POP MUSIC

PLAYING LOUDLY)

EMMA: (CHUCKLING) You like

this song. You do.

-You f*cking dance.

-CHARLIE: No.

EMMA: Dance with me.

-Come on.

-CHARLIE: No.

EMMA: Yes, it's cute. Yes.

(MUSIC ENDS ABRUPTLY)

Hey, can we stop f*cking around?

What the f*ck was that about?

It's like why does

she care so much?

She just doesn't like it

when you don't

take her seriously enough.

Shut up. You know what I mean!

You know,

she's just like so intense.

-Uh-huh.

-And she doesn't smile.

Like, I've literally

never seen her smile.

(MOCKINGLY)

"It's performative by nature."

EMMA: What?

I think that was Pauline.

Oh, where?

Um...

She's on the corner,

like, smoking heroin.

(STUTTERS) Wait.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

Wait, like our Pauline?

Uh-huh.

No. I mean, it's probably not.

-That's her. Uh...

-Okay.

-Look. Go look.

-Okay.

(BUS BRAKES SQUEALING)

(HORN HONKING)

It was her.

It was the f*cking wedding DJ.

-You're kidding!

-Are you sure it was heroin?

EMMA: Well, we can't prove

it was heroin.

It was like

she was smoking a thing

-out of, like, a piece of foil.

-(WOMEN LAUGHING)

Yeah, yeah.

CHARLIE: Like, what else

could that possibly be?

Did you talk to her?

EMMA: No, no. She didn't see us.

MIKE: Wait,

what are you gonna do?

I don't know. I think we just

get somebody else, I guess.

The wedding is this Saturday.

Well, we just get, like,

a playlist or something, no?

MIKE: No.

You need a DJ, trust me.

Who did yours again?

-No one. It was a disaster.

-(CHARLIE CHUCKLES)

Are you just afraid you're not

gonna find someone else?

No, I just... I don't know.

It's not a deal-breaker, right?

Like, people do drugs. It's...

Babe, there's drugs

and then there's heroin.

That's the line?

She's not performing surgery.

She's, like, a... She's a DJ.

But isn't it more the fact

that she was doin' it

out in the street?

Doesn't that say something

about where she's at in life?

Okay, she wasn't, like,

"on the street."

It was like...

It was like a party

or something.

There was a whole bunch

of other crackheads.

Why are you trying to be

her publicist all of a sudden?

I don't know.

I just don't wanna dismiss her

'cause of this one thing.

You know?

Just checking in.

How was that mushroom risotto?

-CHARLIE: It was so good.

-It was really, really good.

-Yeah.

-COORDINATOR: Yeah?

You need more time to think

or can we commit?

-Do you wanna... Let's commit.

-EMMA: Yeah.

-(CHARLIE AND EMMA LAUGH)

-RACHEL: Aw.

Yes, we commit to it.

CHARLIE: We'll commit to it.

COORDINATOR: Just so you know,

it kinda has to be

final this time, so...

Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah,

we totally get it. Thank you.

And, um, can I ask,

is there any way

of getting another glass

of the skin contact?

'Cause I haven't quite made

my mind up about the wine yet.

-COORDINATOR: Okay.

-Yeah, me too, actually. Sorry.

-Mike.

-(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

(DISHES CLATTERING)

We're not a bar.

-(CLINKING)

-RACHEL: Cheers!

-(MIKE LAUGHS)

-RACHEL: Love you guys.

You know, I barely touched

the food at our wedding.

-Too much adrenaline.

-Yeah.

And then

we ran around at 2:00 a.m.

looking for a slice of pizza.

We should go to the diner.

-What, Andy's?

-EMMA: Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, and they're, like,

they're open late.

Um, what, on our wedding night?

-Andy's?

-EMMA: Yeah. It'll be fun.

You know, like actors

when they win the Oscar

and they, like,

go in their tuxes,

and it's fancy,

and they order hamburgers.

-Cute.

-EMMA: It's cool.

Yeah. I mean, like...

Yeah. Maybe.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Don't they actually sell crack

out of that place?

CHARLIE: Yes. That reminds me,

what are we gonna

do about DJ Overdose?

EMMA: Don't be mean.

MIKE: No.

Just replace her.

It can't be that hard.

This wouldn't

even be a conversation

if we hadn't, like,

randomly seen her today.

Yeah, but we did, and now

I'm gonna fixate over it.

EMMA: Okay, but that's

a you problem though.

Okay, what if

she was a pedophile?

-EMMA: (SCOFFS) What?

-Mike.

-EMMA: What?

-(WHEEZES)

MIKE: What would it take

for you to fire her?

-CHARLIE: Okay.

-Really f*cking different,

I feel like,

from doing drugs, right?

-Like, that's...

-CHARLIE: Mike, everybody knows

if you bring

a pedo to a wedding,

it's just like...

-It's bad vibes.

-RACHEL: Bad vibes all round.

True. But a heroin addict,

on the other hand...

-That could be great vibes.

-(EMMA CHUCKLES)

-'Cause that's party vibes.

-Party vibes.

-Exactly.

-It might be a little fun!

For all we know, we could have

caught her on her worst day.

Yeah, but you caught her.

Isn't that the point?

Why are you acting like

you've never done anything bad?

Not that bad.

RACHEL:

What about the dog story?

Hey, don't.

(CHARLIE, EMMA CHUCKLE)

CHARLIE: What?

EMMA: Wow, okay.

What's the dog story?

It's nothing.

Just tell the story.

No, I... Rachel, please.

RACHEL: Before we got married,

we did this thing where we said

the worst thing we've ever done.

Yes, and then we said

we'd never speak about it again.

-MIKE: Are you kidding me?

-Oh.

-Just...

-(EMMA LAUGHS)

It's fine.

Do you want me to tell it?

No, I don't want

anyone to tell it.

-Wait...

-(EMMA SNICKERS)

did you, like, f*ck a dog?

I didn't f*ck a dog, Charlie.

CHARLIE: I thought that's

what you were gonna say.

Come on. I'll do mine too.

(MIKE SIGHS IN EXASPERATION)

(SOFTLY) Oh, f*ck, man.

Okay, I'll tell mine

if we all do it.

-Great.

-CHARLIE: Sure.

-Yeah? Promise?

-CHARLIE: Mm-hm.

-RACHEL: Promise.

-(CHARLIE CHUCKLES)

-Okay. What?

-Okay.

(WOMEN CHUCKLE)

This is about an ex-girlfriend

I was dating

when I was in college.

Who, Tessa?

MIKE: Yeah.

So, we'd been dating

for about a year,

and it was her birthday,

so we went down to Mexico

to celebrate,

and she, look,

she had anger issues,

and she didn't really

seem grateful for the trip,

and we argued a lot.

-It was really exhausting...

-Don't sugarcoat it.

Okay, I'm just saying,

you know, the vibes

were already off, all right?

So, okay, anyway,

um, one night we're walking home

from a bar.

This was actually

on her birthday.

Um, yeah, and, uh...

we're cutting through this

back alley to get to our place,

and this dog comes

out of nowhere, barking.

And no owner in sight.

Just a wild, crazy street dog.

And, um...

instinctively,

she starts kicking at it,

which only makes the dog

more aggressive, and...

Right.

...it actually

starts biting her.

And what did you do?

-(CHARLIE CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

-Um...

I kinda sorta

just moved behind...

-He used her as a human shield.

-No! I...

That's what you said.

You said you held her

in front of you

-to avoid getting bitten.

-(LAUGHS)

Yeah, okay. I used her

as a human shield.

-Fine.

-RACHEL: Thank you.

CHARLIE: On her birthday. Wow.

I mean, like it makes

a difference, really.

What a horrible

little piece of sh*t you were.

RACHEL: Oh, no, he still is.

Yeah, okay.

Let's hear yours, then.

No, I regret it.

No, Rachel, you have to.

I can't! No, I can't.

I'm sorry, I can't.

If you don't tell them,

I will and I'll make it

sound so much worse.

Okay, just give me a second.

I need a moment.

(EMMA, CHARLIE CHUCKLE SOFTLY)

Okay, she...

I locked a kid in a closet.

(SNICKERS)

-Okay.

-No, come on, the full story.

All right, so...

(CHUCKLES) I had this really

weird neighbor growing up.

He was a few years

younger than me.

He was a little slow.

And he came over

to my house one day

wanting to show me

some abandoned RV

that he had found in the woods.

And I don't know,

I must have been bored that day

because I just went with it.

And it was really

out of the way.

Like, deep in the forest.

And when we got there,

it was disgusting.

It smelled bad,

and there was beer bottles

and porn everywhere.

Oh, this is where you met Mike.

-MIKE: f*ck you.

-(ALL LAUGH)

And at first, I was like,

"Why am I here?"

And then I noticed

this empty closet,

and I dared him to get in it.

And I don't know

what came over me,

but I slammed the door

and I locked it.

And he immediately started

screaming, like, really loud.

And I didn't know what to do,

so I ran away.

-(EMMA AND CHARLIE LAUGH)

-Yeah.

(LAUGHING) Wait, why didn't you

just open it?

Well, he was, like, going crazy,

and it freaked me out,

so I just ran home

and I didn't say anything.

EMMA: What?

CHARLIE: And, uh...

Wait, what...

What happened to him?

RACHEL: I don't know.

(LAUGHING)

Wait, what do you mean?

-I remember...

-MIKE: That's dark, Rachel!

I remember his dad

coming over later that day.

He asked me what was going on,

and if I knew where his son was.

And I was just so scared

that I was gonna get in trouble

that I didn't tell him.

And the next morning

when I woke up,

there was, like, a full

search party going.

-You left him there overnight?

-Yeah.

But they found him.

They found him. Don't worry.

He's alive! He's alive.

But no one ever

asked me about it,

and it never came back to me,

for some reason.

CHARLIE: Yeah, 'cause he was

terrified of you obviously.

RACHEL: Yeah. Maybe.

Well, what would you have done

if they hadn't found him?

Oh, I would have said something.

It kinda sounds like you didn't.

Well, they found him.

I didn't have to say anything.

-What's yours, then, Charlie?

-RACHEL: Yeah, come on, Charlie.

Oh, um...

What's the worst thing

I've ever done?

And don't f*ck around, man.

The worst one.

MIKE: Mm-hm.

RACHEL: Don't bullshit us.

CHARLIE: I...

(SIGHS) f*ck. I... I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I honestly don't know.

No, f*ck that.

You have to say something.

Um...

Um... (STUTTERS, TAPS)

...I cyberbullied someone

really badly

when I was in school.

Mm-hm. Mm-hm.

-When?

-CHARLIE: Um...

-I must have been 14, I think.

-This f*cking guy, man.

Yeah, but, like, how bad

are we talking?

CHARLIE: No, badly. He moved.

His entire family moved.

MIKE: Because of the bullying?

(SOFTLY) Yeah. Yeah. Like, yeah.

(LAUGHS)

But when I think about it,

it could have been

a coincidence. (STAMMERS)

MIKE: Lame.

RACHEL: Come on.

CHARLIE: But they did move.

And he was crying!

I made him cry

a bunch of times.

You were 14! Who cares?

Your brain doesn't even

fully develop until you're 25.

And yours never got there?

Why are we all

ganging up on me today?

-I didn't say anything.

-MIKE: Yeah, that's true.

-Thank you, Emma. You're sweet.

-Oh, Emma. What about Emma?

I didn't mean...

No, I think you were still...

No, no, no, no.

He's disqualified.

We're moving on. Come on.

Yeah, come on,

give us something good.

-Give us some hot tea, Emma.

-(EMMA GROANS)

(MIKE LAUGHS)

EMMA: Hm.

(CHUCKLES)

Do you know what it is?

Uh, I don't know.

-Do I know what this is?

-(GROANS SOFTLY)

MIKE: Come on.

(EMMA SMACKS LIPS, SIGHS SOFTLY)

RACHEL: Come on.

Don't p*ssy out on us now.

Okay. I, um...

(SMACKS LIPS) I, like...

almost did a mass sh**ting.

(LAUGHS)

CHARLIE: No, what do you mean?

What do you mean?

-(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

-Uh...

Like, um, when I was 15,

I was, like, really, really

f*cked-up back then,

and, um, yeah,

I planned to bring

a weapon to school.

And, like, do a school sh**ting?

(LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY)

What?

EMMA: Yeah, I think I was, like,

actually gonna do it.

I think I almost did one.

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

Oh, come on.

CHARLIE: You're joking.

You, like, fantasized about it.

No, like, I had a weapon,

and I brought it

to school which is...

Yeah.

What weapon?

It was my dad's r*fle.

No. No, I don't

believe this for a second.

No, it's true. I mean,

it's actually why I'm deaf.

I was practicing in the woods,

and I held the g*n too close.

-CHARLIE: What? (SIGHS)

-(CHUCKLES)

Yeah.

You said you had that

since birth.

What are you... (LAUGHS)

EMMA: Well, I didn't, like,

wanna say, but, um...

Yeah. (STAMMERS)

I was holding it,

and then my ear popped.

And there was all this blood,

and yeah, that was that. Yeah.

(CHUCKLES, STUTTERS)

But I didn't...

I didn't do anything.

I didn't, like,

actually do anything.

I know it's, like, insane

to have the f*cking, like, idea,

but I didn't...

I... Yeah, I didn't

actually do anything.

(CHARLIE CHUCKLING AWKWARDLY)

(EMMA CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)

CHARLIE: Oh. (LAUGHS)

You know

my cousin's in a wheelchair

because of a sh**ting, right?

I... I didn't know that, no.

RACHEL: Are you f*cking serious?

CHARLIE: (CHUCKLING) Wait...

Wait, are you...

Are you being serious about...

Is this a real thing? Like...

This is...

so disturbing,

I don't even know

how to respond to this.

Um, I'm... I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have said anything.

You planned a school sh**ting?

-I mean, I was 15 years old.

-Rachel. Rachel. Don't...

RACHEL: Oh, you were 15? So,

what, does that make it okay?

You were 15?

No, that's not what I'm saying.

I just...

-Um, I'm sorry. I'm drunk.

-RACHEL: Oh, you're drunk,

so what does that mean?

Are you lying?

Rachel, just stop

yelling at her. What the...

Stop yelling?

You know what? f*ck this.

We're leaving. Mike!

Rachel, I know that

this sounds insane.

I get that.

It's just that, like,

at the time

I was really depressed, and I...

Um, hey, look, Rach,

I'm gonna order an Uber.

Can we just calm down

for a second?

RACHEL: Sam is actually

paralyzed because of that.

CHARLIE: Who's Sam?

My cousin. My f*cking cousin.

I'm sorry, I didn't know

what his name was.

Samantha.

I've told you about her.

-Is everything all right?

-Yeah, can we get some water...

COORDINATOR: Oh, my God.

RACHEL: sh*t.

-(RETCHING)

-(GROUP EXCLAIMING)

(MUFFLED EMMA VOMITING)

Seven minutes.

(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)

You do have the keys.

They're in your purse.

Charlie, I don't have the key.

I checked.

I checked. On the way here,

-I already checked.

-(METAL JINGLING)

-They're not in there.

-I...

(CHARLIE SIGHS)

-You see? (HESITATES)

-(METAL JINGLING)

-CHARLIE: I can hear them.

-I did this already.

Oh.

-Charlie, I didn't mean...

-Emma.

...for tonight to be...

-I didn't mean...

-I don't...

Let's just talk about it

in the morning.

Are you sure?

'Cause I feel like...

Yes, you're f*cked up.

I don't want to talk to you

right now. So...

EMMA: I'm not f*cked up.

CHARLIE: You are.

Let's just go to bed.

Okay.

CHARLIE:

How'd you get so drunk?

(TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC

CONTINUES)

(LIGHT SWITCH CLICKS)

(MUFFLED BUZZING)

(FOOTSTEPS ECHOING, MUFFLED)

(UNNERVING MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUFFLED BUZZING CONTINUES)

(DISCORDANT SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS END)

(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

-Is that you?

-EMMA: Yeah.

What? When did you wear glasses?

-Can you send this to me?

-No, no, I cannot.

-Why not?

-Because I look insane.

(r*fle c*ck)

-(FIRES)

-(EARS RINGING)

(MUFFLED) f*ck!

-(EARS RINGING)

-(GROANING)

(DISTANT SIREN WAILING)

(EXHALES)

(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

Charlie.

Charlie.

(GRUNTS SOFTLY)

(GLASS CLINKS)

(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)

CHARLIE: I mean, she's insane.

She's insane, right?

MIKE: Yeah, I mean,

she's obviously not the person

you thought she was.

The f*cking wedding

is this weekend.

My family's flying in on Friday.

And I've spent

so much f*cking money.

MIKE: No, we'll worry about

that stuff later, all right?

You're not marrying

a psychopath, right?

(MUFFLED MIKE

SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Fly back to London.

Leave right now.

Don't even go back

to the apartment.

Get away as fast you can.

I'll take care of it.

I'll call the police.

I'll beat her up.

Whatever you want.

-(DOOR OPENS)

-(MUSIC STOPS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(SOFTLY) Thank you.

(SIGHS WEARILY)

(LAUGHS)

(IMPERCEPTIBLE)

I'm really sorry

about last night.

(SOFTLY) Um...

Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

No. That was, uh...

Do you hate me?

No.

-Just that...

-What?

I mean, was it true?

(SIGHS) I just...

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

There's no way. I mean...

I'm just having

a really hard time believing...

Why would I make something

like that up? It's... (SIGHS)

So you were just

never gonna tell me?

Maybe.

Then why say it

in front of everybody?

I didn't f*cking plan it,

you know?

It just... I was drunk.

I mean...

(SOFTLY) Hm.

I mean, were you...

Can we just forget about it?

Like, I won't bring it up.

You don't bring it up

and we just,

like, forget about it.

We just don't...

I kind of think I have to know,

'cause...

otherwise I'm gonna be assuming

you're like a psychopath.

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I mean...

Like, why...

How did you even get the...

Why did you want

to sh**t up your school?

-God, don't say it like that.

-Well, that's what you said.

-I just...

-You said you planned

-a school sh**ting.

-Okay, I get it. Just please.

(EXHALES, WHISPERS) Please.

I don't want you

to fixate on this.

-You know how you are. You do.

-What the f*ck

-are you talking about?

-You fixate on things

-and you can't stop thinking...

-Think it's gonna be better...

We should just do this later.

(SCOFFS) Why?

Well, because I feel like sh*t,

and we're supposed

to meet Frances.

Okay, just cancel Frances.

Like... (SCOFFS)

EMMA: No, we can't.

I mean, it's, like,

her only time apparently.

(HESITATES) You know,

unless you don't

want to go through with it

anymore.

Do you not want to get married?

Emma, of course I want

to get married. (HESITATES)

I just... (SIGHS) I just want to

be able to talk to you about it.

Like was this... When was this?

It was in high school?

(RETCHES)

(SIGHS IN EXASPERATION)

EMMA: Then we sort of

settled down

when I was, like, seven.

And I was fine then, I think.

I had friends and stuff.

Um...

(SMACKS LIPS) Then we moved

again when I was, like, 14.

CHARLIE: Where to?

-Uh, Louisiana.

-CHARLIE: Right.

-(TAPE WHIRRING)

-EMMA: Yeah, I just...

I didn't make any new friends

and I thought

everyone hated me and I...

-(g*nf*re)

-(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(RAP SONG PLAYING)

-(MUSIC STOPS)

-GIRL: Sorry.

f*ck you!

-And that was it?

-EMMA: No, no...

I mean, like,

there was other stuff...

I just... That was one example.

Ever heard of deodorant?

(WHISPERS) b*tch.

You know, like, sh*t like that.

(LAUGHS)

So how'd you go

from there to, like...

How does a child

even get the idea?

I mean, it wasn't...

...like, an original idea.

I mean, there were shootings

all the time.

I guess I was just,

like, intrigued.

Intrigued?

Yeah.

CHARLIE: By what?

EMMA: Like,

the aesthetics of it.

CHARLIE: Of what?

EMMA: Of shootings.

It was, like, a whole thing

online and I just...

I think I just thought

it looked cool.

(DOO-WOP MUSIC PLAYING)

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

Wind, wind blow

Wind, wind blow

Wind, wind blow

Wind, wind blow

Wind, wind blow

EMMA: I don't know.

I just started to believe

this character

that I was playing.

And I guess it got me

a lot of attention,

-'cause I was a girl.

-(ALARM RINGING)

-sh*t.

-What?

We have to go.

-FRANCES: I'll sh**t you first.

-(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

Then your parents,

then I'll sh**t you

and your parents.

Then I'll do the maid,

grandparents...

And you don't have

any siblings, right?

-No.

-FRANCES: Okay.

Uh, then I'll sh**t ring bearer.

Then I'll get your full-length,

back of dress, putting on veil.

Then I'll sh**t you.

Same thing,

with and without parents.

With best man,

then grandparents.

Uh, I don't think

they can make it.

-(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

-They're not coming?

Just, uh, the travel

might be a bit much.

Okay, sh**ting grandparents TBD.

(SMACKS LIPS) Uh, but then

I'll get your full-length

and then we'll do

a close-up of the rings.

Signing the certificate.

The first dance.

Cake cutting. Bouquet toss.

And then I'm just gonna get like

a bunch of candids throughout.

Yeah? Does that feel like

it covers everything?

EMMA: Mm-hm.

-Yeah, I think so.

-FRANCES: Yeah?

Okay, I'll send you

the shot list

and you let me know

if you want to add anything.

-CHARLIE: Cool.

-Yeah.

FRANCES: Okay.

Am I sensing some nerves?

-(BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY)

-A little camera shy?

Why don't, um...

(SMACKS LIPS) I think that...

Why don't we, uh...

Let's do a little warm-up.

Let's do a little warm-up

so we're feeling, you know,

like revved up and comfortable

on the day. Yeah?

All right. Let's try it.

Let's do a little warm-up.

Up on our feet.

Okay. Just leave

your coats there and, um...

Yeah, just stand right there.

That's right.

That's right.

Just split that mark.

Okay. Let's see how this looks.

All right, Charlie,

can... (LAUGHS)

Move a little closer

to the love of your life.

There we go.

All right, so, um, think about

what you want to express.

Think about what you love

about your partner.

So, Emma, what's your favorite

thing about Charlie?

Um... (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I, uh, love that

he's very smart.

Um...

Very caring and open-minded

and understanding.

And, um, and handsome...

(CHUCKLING) ...obviously, so...

(SIGHS) Uh...

FRANCES: Okay, good. Good, good.

Okay, so keep those things

in mind. Okay?

-Charlie.

-Hm?

FRANCES: What's your

favorite thing about Emma?

Um...

(SMACKS LIPS) Sh...

She's, uh, kind (SMACKS LIPS)

and, um, empathetic and, uh...

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Funny.

She's beautiful. And empathetic.

-Double empathy. That's good.

-(CHARLIE, EMMA CHUCKLE SOFTLY)

Okay, so hold on

to those thoughts, okay?

And we're just gonna send them

into the camera.

-Don't forget to smile.

-(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

-(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

-Really smile.

(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

-(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

-Okay. Yeah.

Just smile naturally.

(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

Yeah, just like a... Mm.

Yeah, Charlie,

just a completely natural smile.

(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

-(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

-Yeah. Just like

how you would smile in life.

-(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

-Okay. Um,

Ben, let's, um...

let's get some music.

Let's get some vibes.

Okay? Shake things up a little.

Yeah?

All right. Good, good.

-That's a real smile.

-(CHARLIE LAUGHS)

That was real.

That's what I was looking for.

Okay, put a hand on his chest.

(TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN

HEART PLAYS ON SPEAKER)

Okay. Oh, bling.

-(STUDIO LIGHT BANGS)

-There we go. Love it. Yeah.

Okay.

And... And remember,

you know each other really well.

You're completely

comfortable together.

Okay.

Yeah.

Emma, fall into him.

Just rest your...

We're in love.

We want to show it to the world.

We found love

that we're gonna have forever.

Right. Charlie,

you're still here?

You get to be

with this beautiful woman.

Empathetic woman. You know that.

Good. Good smiles. Good smiles.

Good, you two.

Okay, that's nice.

You guys look great.

Tonight, I'm gonna find a way

to make it without you

I'm gonna hold on

to the times that we had

Tonight,

I'm gonna find a way...

FRANCES: Um...

Okay. Um, you know,

I think that, um...

We'll, we'll...

-We'll get there on the day.

-Yeah. (CHUCKLES)

Okay.

-Okay. Okay.

-All right.

(ALL LAUGH AWKWARDLY)

-Thank you.

-FRANCES: (LAUGHS) Okay.

(HORN BLARES)

Jesus f*cking...

Are you f*cking kidding me?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-This is a crosswalk!

-Emma, come on.

-People f*cking cross here!

-MAN: Hey, dude,

-control your girlfriend.

-Emma.

-"Control your girlfriend"?

-Emma.

MAN: Get the f*ck

out of the way!

I'm not getting out

of the f*cking way.

-MAN: You crazy b*tch.

-It's a crosswalk, dumbass.

-Jesus Christ.

-(METAL CLANGS)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)

(EMMA MOANING)

(GROANS)

(GROANS) f*ck.

Oh, Sorry.

What the f*ck are you doing?

-(CHARLIE PANTS)

-I won't do that again.

I just don't really

like being slapped.

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

FLORIST: Hey,

thanks for waiting.

So, how's it all going?

Sorry. Did I interrupt anything?

Just... No, it's great. Yeah.

Okay. Cool. (LAUGHS)

Long night?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Yeah, I know. Me too.

(CHUCKLES)

Um, should we check out...

(MUFFLED)

...what we were talking about?

EMMA: Yeah.

FLORIST: Cool. Okay.

These ones just came in.

You probably noticed them.

They're a little loud, but...

-(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)

-(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)

Did you actually

like the lilies?

'Cause I can call him back

if you didn't.

-Uh, no, it's fine. Yeah.

-Okay.

You okay?

How close did you get?

You probably wanna know why.

"Why'd she do it?

"What's wrong with her?"

(SIGHS)

(WHISPERING) What the f*ck.

Hey, f*ck.

Hey, f*ck.

-You wanna f*cking die?

-(COMPUTER BEEPS)

Hi.

By the time you see this,

I'll most likely

already be gone.

And now you're wondering why.

-"Why did she..."

-(COMPUTER DINGS)

(WHISPERING) f*ck.

BOY: Oh, my God.

There's a sh**ting.

GIRL 1: What?

BOY: Yeah, at the mall.

People are, like, jumping

out of windows and sh*t.

GIRL 2: What? Right now?

GIRL 1: Oh, my God.

I was just there.

BOY: What the f*ck

is going on?

CHARLIE: There was

another mass sh**ting?

Technically, it wasn't

a mass sh**ting, but yeah.

What do you mean?

Only three people died.

It has to be four or more.

Uh-huh, okay. Uh...

And that's the reason

you didn't do it?

'Cause someone else...

That's the reason

you didn't do it, 'cause...

somebody else

just got there first?

I just got the news

that Marcus didn't make it.

GIRL 1: What?

-He passed away earlier today...

-(SOBBING)

...at the hospital.

GIRL 2: Who the f*ck

does something like that?

Like, what is wrong with you?

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

Yeah. It's like...

how can someone even, like...

-Get the idea?

-Yeah.

...with being here

with each other

in a moment like this,

and really seeing each other,

really hearing each other,

feeling each other.

Some of us might be scared.

Some of us might be angry.

I bet some of us

are confused today, aren't we?

That's okay.

We ain't gonna run away

from those feelings today.

So here's what we're gonna do.

I wanna try

an exercise with y'all.

All right, everybody

get up on your feet real quick.

What I want you to do

is to start slowly

walking around.

Good.

Now, after a moment,

I want you to stop.

Okay, look at that person

that's right in front of you.

See if you can sense

what they're experiencing

right now.

TEACHER: Yeah, okay.

Any other thoughts?

I don't know. I just feel like

this is specifically

a male problem, right?

Like it's always

some angry, crazy guy.

-TEACHER: Emma?

-Hm?

You don't agree?

No, there's been a few.

A few what?

Mass shootings by women.

Well, not in America.

Yeah, I mean,

there's even that song,

-I Don't Like Mondays.

-What?

It's about a woman

who shot a bunch of people

from her window

because she hated Mondays.

It's not just men,

and they're not all crazy.

A lot of them

are shockingly normal.

GIRL 3: Normal?

I mean, like, what the hell

are you talking about?

PRINCIPAL:

Look them in the eyes.

-Acknowledge them. Be with them.

-(SOBBING)

Be aware of them.

It's okay if you're emotional.

Okay, let's keep doing it.

Keep walking. Keep going.

So, uh, I was gonna ask you

if you wanted to join me

and, you know,

try to do something.

About?

g*n violence.

Oh.

'Cause I'm just

trying to organize

a little something, you know?

Unless you, like,

love g*ns or something.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah, no.

It's kind of like

that Louis Malle movie.

What?

Do you know the one

about the guy who wants to join

the French Resistance,

but they reject him,

so he joins the Nazis instead?

But it's, like,

the other way around.

I haven't seen that one.

I don't know,

if anyone wants to volunteer?

What about Emma?

-Me?

-BOY 2: Yeah.

I mean, I feel like

you'd be a good speaker.

Why?

I don't know.

I mean, it just makes sense.

I mean, you sound legit,

and I just feel like

you have the best face for it.

Okay. Yeah, Emma it is.

(FRENCH JAZZ SONG PLAYING)

-(SQUEALS)

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

BOY: Okay.

Let's make the world

a better place, right?

(CHANTING) No more g*ns!

No more g*ns!

And you didn't

feel like a fraud?

No.

It felt like finally waking up

from a bad dream.

Just like that?

I mean, I guess.

Okay.

And you never

had those issues again?

Like what? What do you mean?

Like...

violent urges...

God, no. No.

CHARLIE: Okay.

But, like, when did...

Charlie, can we stop

talking about this?

Just... Until after the wedding?

Because... I just... I don't...

I don't wanna ruin everything.

And I don't want you

to look at me differently.

And I just... I love you.

I love you so much.

I love you too.

Rachel's not responding.

It's pretty late.

(SIGHS) Yeah, well, she's not

responding to my emails either.

Why are you emailing her?

'Cause I stupidly got Alice

to hire her for this work thing.

I'll just call Mike

in the morning.

They probably both hate me.

They don't hate you.

It's gonna be all right,

I promise.

How do you know that?

'Cause it's just Rachel.

She's just...

She's just overreacting,

like she always does.

You know...

What?

(CHARLIE SIGHS)

Freud said something like, uh,

the feelings that we don't

talk about get buried alive,

only to come out in uglier ways.

Is that what you

feel right now?

(MUFFLED BUZZING)

CHARLIE: No, I just think

it's important to talk.

EMMA: Yeah.

And we did.

(MUFFLED BUZZING CONTINUES)

CHARLIE: We did, yeah.

EMMA: And we're okay, right?

CHARLIE: (HOARSELY) Yeah.

-(BUZZING STOPS)

-(MACHINE BEEPING)

(CABINET DOOR OPENS)

(SIGHS SOFTLY)

(KEYBOARD CLACKS)

(INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING)

(KEYBOARD CLACKS)

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Morning.

Morning. How'd you sleep?

Not great.

What... What are you doing?

Just working on my speech.

(EMMA CHUCKLES)

-I'm just gonna have a shower.

-Okay.

-Hey.

-Hm?

Kiss.

(SHOE SQUEAKING, CRUNCHING)

EMMA: Hey, Charlie, did you...

(GASPS)

Jesus, you scared me.

I was making a smoothie.

Why are you looking

at me like that?

Like what?

Like you're scared of me.

It was just like a...

It was a reflex.

Do you think I came in here

to stab you?

No. What? Of course not. I...

What was the question?

(GASPS)

(CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY)

Very funny.

(SHOES SQUEAKING SOFTLY)

Didn't you say you had

a friend that died?

What?

CHARLIE: Like,

when you were younger.

In a car accident or something?

Uh, yeah. My neighbor.

CHARLIE: Were you guys close?

No, not really. She was

a couple of years older than me.

CHARLIE: And how old was she

when it happened?

She was, like, 12.

CHARLIE: No sh*t. Wow.

That must have been

a really crazy thing to witness,

like, at that age.

I didn't actually witness it.

No, but still. You never

had therapy or anything?

I was 10.

Yeah, but, like, 10

is a very vulnerable age...

-EMMA: Okay, Charlie, please.

-What?

I just... I know

what you're trying to say,

and I don't think it's relevant.

How do you know

if it's relevant or not

if you haven't analyzed it?

(GLASS RESTS ON TABLE)

-Sure.

-Right?

EMMA: So, three o'clock, then?

-What?

-EMMA: For City Hall,

for the marriage license.

Oh, yeah. Um, yes.

-(BARKS)

-Oh, f*ck. Sorry.

(LAUGHS) Sorry. Sorry.

-Jesus.

-ALICE: Um...

Hey.

Uh, have you talked to Rachel?

No, I have not.

Oh, um, would you mind

just nudging her?

I just haven't heard from her.

-(KNOCKING)

-CHARLIE: Misha, what is this?

Did you put this on my desk?

MISHA: No.

Do you know who did?

MISHA: No.

It didn't just come in the mail?

Are you okay?

Yeah. Sorry, what did you want?

Just an update. She's just,

like, not responding.

I think... I think she's just,

like, really busy.

ALICE: Doesn't need

to be right now.

Yeah.

But she's, like, always busy.

Like, juggling a million things.

(CHUCKLES)

What does that mean?

She's not gonna do it?

I mean... probably not.

(CHUCKLES)

But this was your idea.

Yeah, but she kind of talked me

into it, you know?

She's in marketing.

She's just very good at that.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

Okay. So, what should we do?

I mean, honestly, I think

we just, like, move on

with someone else, 'cause...

She's great.

Like, don't get me wrong.

It's just, she sucks

at time management.

Okay.

-Sorry.

-ALICE: She's your friend.

(BOTH KISSING)

(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)

Is... Is everything okay?

Yeah, I'm just...

What?

-Nothing.

-Okay.

Do you... Do you need

some help? Or...

No, just, like...

Okay.

(HAND RUBBING)

Hm...

(PANTING)

EMMA: Um, Charlie, we don't have

to do this if you don't want to.

No, I do. I do. I do. Just...

Just give me a second.

EMMA: Okay.

Okay. I feel like... You have

to stop thinking about it.

(CHUCKLING) Hey, come on.

You can't just say,

"Stop thinking about it."

So, you are thinking about it?

I'm not

thinking about it.

For f*ck's sakes,

I am thinking about it now.

(SIGHS)

Let's just start over.

(INSIDE OUBY JESSE RAE PLAYING)

(SIGHS)

When you're sitting

on your own

And you feel the city life

surround you

And she's always on the phone

and...

Is that seat taken?

Go ahead. (CHUCKLES)

Do you live around here?

What?

It's just

that you look familiar.

Um, yeah. I'm...

Yeah, I live near here.

Oh, cool.

I'm Emma, by the way.

What's your name?

-I don't think this is gonna...

-I'm sorry, what's your name?

-Charlie.

-EMMA: Charlie.

What's a...

sexy guy like you

doing out all alone?

Emma, look...

Do you have an accent?

What's that? Australian?

This isn't gonna work.

What's not gonna work?

CHARLIE: Look,

let's just not do this.

-Do what?

-Just stop. Stop.

This is stupid.

Like, I'm not

overthinking anything.

It's just been

a stressful week. I...

I don't even care

about it anymore.

-You don't?

-No.

Well, then, why'd you

throw out the mug?

-What mug?

-Your mug

with the f*cking g*n on it.

-I didn't.

-Yes, you did.

I don't know. Maybe it was

f*cking broken or something.

Oh, my God.

Why are you lying about it?

Okay, I'm sorry.

I didn't realize the mug meant

so much to you.

I'm sorry I threw it away.

It's obviously not about

the f*cking mug, Charlie.

-(THUDS)

-Ow! f*ck.

-f*ck. Sorry.

-Charlie, the f*ck was that?

I'm so sorry.

I was just trying to do

-your stupid joke thing.

-Just stop.

-Are you all right?

-Yes, I'm fine. I'm just...

f*ck. It's Rachel.

Hey.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Well, Rachel,

you're the maid of honor,

and if you call in the middle

of the night

and say you're not coming

to the wedding, I mean,

that's not an aggressive move

to you?

It was barely past 10:00.

Still. (SIGHS) She's devastated.

Well, did she tell you

that she had Alice

fire me off that project

she, like, begged me

to help her with?

No, no. Why would she do that?

Because she's crazy.

Stop... stop saying that.

Well, how can you

even trust her?

I mean, 'cause unlike you,

she didn't actually

do anything, so...

Me? What are you talking about?

Yes. You locked a mentally

disabled child in a closet.

-Okay, let's not...

-I never said

-he was mentally disabled.

-Yes, you did.

You said he was slow.

You said he was slow.

Please let's not fight, guys.

You're being

incredibly hypocritical.

It was an impulse, Charlie.

I didn't plan

a cold-blooded m*rder.

(CHARLIE SIGHS)

Well, she didn't, like... She...

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

She didn't, like, come up

with it on her own.

RACHEL: What do you mean?

'Cause it's like a whole thing

in this country, isn't it?

I mean, think about it.

If there's a sh**ting

practically every single day,

then imagine how many people

must have thought about it.

Or, like, planned one.

Or even got close to it,

but backed out

or changed their minds

for whatever reason.

I'm sure there's thousands

of people like that.

We just wouldn't know 'cause

they would never tell anyone.

They're just out there,

living normal lives.

Really could be anyone.

Oh. Here we go.

So it's America's fault now?

I don't know. I think it's...

I do think

it's a cultural thing.

Oh, please. Look at Mike,

he grew up around g*ns,

and he's terrified of them.

I didn't grow up around g*ns.

I thought you said you had

an uncle

that owned, like,

a bunch of g*ns.

Yeah, because he was a cop.

I'm not terrified of them.

Why would you even say that?

RACHEL: What,

so you like g*ns now?

Look. Can I just

be completely honest?

I was shocked, of course.

Just as much as you guys.

Like, I...

But...

then we talked, and...

and, uh, she shared some stuff

from her past that...

I don't know. It just really

put it into perspective for me.

Like what?

Shout out to Sally,

you're gonna f*cking die first.

It's just...

Uh...

Her friend died

when she was young.

Who?

Her neighbor,

who she was extremely close to.

And she died in a car crash.

Um, and, basically, Emma had

to witness

her best friend getting...

WOMAN 1: Oh, my God!

WOMAN 2: No! Call 911 somebody!

MAN: Somebody help!

Get her out of there!

I mean, that's kind of

a big deal.

Well, I'm sorry she had

to go through that, obviously.

No, and it really f*cked her up

and no one ever offered her

any therapy

or counseling or anything,

and she just had

to carry that for years.

And it's kind of interesting,

in a way.

What's interesting?

Just that...

It's so unexpected. And...

I don't know. I think

it kind of makes her

a little more interesting

to me, I guess.

-RACHEL: Interesting?

-Yeah.

Really?

-I think what he's trying...

-I wasn't talking to you.

Just that it's so not who

she is now.

It's not interesting, Charlie,

-it's awful.

-Hey, sorry, sorry.

Rachel, um, they're asking

if you can come approve

that Oatly deck?

Well, just tell them it's fine.

Um, no. But they said they need

to hear it from you directly.

RACHEL: (SIGHS) Yeah, of course.

I'm sorry. I'll be right there.

-(VEHICLES PASSING)

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

RACHEL: We're gonna

have to wrap this up,

I have a lunch.

I'm meeting Sam.

You're meeting her now?

Yes, I had to make sure that

she's okay with all of this.

That she's okay with you coming

to our wedding?

Yeah. Obviously,

I don't wanna betray her.

Sam?

Sam?

-Sorry.

-SAM: Yeah?

Rachel's cousin?

Yeah.

I'm friends

with Rachel and Mike.

Oh, cool.

And I'm... That's a great

jacket, by the way.

Thank you. It's just Uniqlo.

So, you guys are,

uh, really close?

I mean, she's family.

-CHARLIE: Yeah.

-So...

I mean, what does

that mean exactly?

That she's family.

Yeah. Well, I mean, it's just...

She hadn't really

mentioned you before,

so I was just, you know,

just wondering.

Did she tell you

I was coming or...

Yeah, I was just with her

and, um... I don't know.

She's just...

There's some drama.

And you know how Rachel is.

Okay. What was your name?

Uh, Charlie.

Right. Great

to meet you, Charlie.

-Just... Hey.

-Uh...

I just... Um... I...

I just think...

Um...

I think you would love Emma.

Okay. Um... You know,

I'm actually kind of late, so...

"Emma, true love

is sacrificing yourself,

"humiliating yourself.

True love is egoless.

"It's being ready

to do anything.

"True love is complicated.

True love is acceptance.

"True love

is radical acceptance.

"Emma, I know

worse people than you."

Jesus, not that.

What the f*ck am I... (SNIFFLES)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

Misha.

Mm-hm?

What's, like, the worst thing

you've ever done?

What's the worst thing

I've ever done?

CHARLIE: Mm...

Really?

-(CHUCKLES)

-Mm...

Cheated.

Yeah? Like, recently or...

MISHA: No,

like, a few years ago.

What made it so bad? Were you

in a serious relationship or...

You don't think cheating

is bad enough?

No, it's, like, bad.

But, like, what happened?

Um, well, I was dating this guy,

who was very nice.

Like, genuinely kind.

And we lived together

for, like, two years.

And I just could

not bring myself

to have sex with him anymore.

'Cause he was too nice?

Maybe, yeah.

And then I started sleeping with

his older married friend,

um, who treated me

like sh*t, so...

And did you like that he treated

you like sh*t?

Not necessarily, but...

we had better sex, yeah.

And then...

then everybody

found out about it,

and it was a whole f*cking mess.

Oh...

Well, what's the worst thing

you've ever done?

I don't know. I just...

I wouldn't even know

how to pick.

Because there's just too many?

Yeah.

(LAUGHS)

All right.

And what would you do

if you found out

that your boyfriend, um...

had, like, planned

a school sh**ting? (CHUCKLES)

Oh. Uh...

Like... Like, if Blake did that?

Yeah. But he didn't

actually do it.

He... He almost did it.

Like, he had a weapon

and everything,

but he didn't.

This is, like, in high school.

Uh well, I mean,

that would scare me obviously.

Yeah, but, like, would it change

how you felt about him?

Well, why didn't he do it?

I don't know.

Like, he...

His... (SIGHS)

His, uh, car broke down

and he just decided not to.

Okay. But otherwise, he would

have just gone through with it,

that's what you're saying?

I don't know. The point is,

he didn't, so... (SIGHS)

All right, he didn't do it.

I don't know. I guess I'd...

call the police.

(CHUCKLES)

MISHA: (CHUCKLES) What?

Okay. So, you'd call

the police, yeah?

I think so, yeah. Right?

He's obviously not the same

person now, though.

I mean, but the fact

that he ever was, is...

Yeah. But you love him, yeah?

Yeah. I love the person

that I thought he was.

All right, what? So,

you're gonna call the police,

and what? And have him arrested?

Like, for what?

I don't know. Isn't that

what you're supposed to do

if you think

that someone's a threat?

-He was 15.

-Yeah, but come on.

That's a huge red flag.

Even after you've dated him

for two years?

Three.

-Three years.

-Yeah, but come on,

you've seen Blake.

I mean, he would m*rder me in,

like, two seconds.

Okay. Even if he was completely

open and honest with you?

And he told you

he regretted everything?

Mm-hm...

CHARLIE: And that he made you

believe, beyond a doubt,

that he's changed?

I mean, isn't that exactly

what a psychopath would do?

-(CLATTERS)

-(MISHA GASPS)

(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC PLAYBACK STUTTERS

AND STOPS)

WOMAN: At the bridal table...

(TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC BECOMES MUFFLED)

-Hey.

-Where were you? I texted you.

-I was doing a work thing.

-Okay.

-She seems fine.

-Yeah.

Do you want me

to talk to her or...

No, no, no. Let's just...

Let's do it together.

Okay.

What the f*ck was that?

(SIGHS)

It's nothing. It's just...

MISHA: You okay?

Yeah. I'm just, like, stressed

about the wedding and stuff.

Like... I'm sorry.

(SOBBING)

CHARLIE: So, it's all good?

Yeah. It's all set up.

I just need to replace

some cables.

Um...

What was that track

you were playing in there?

Oh, it's one of mine actually.

CHARLIE: Really?

PAULINE: Yeah, from forever ago.

No way.

That's... That's so cool.

Do you...

Do you still make music?

PAULINE: No, not really.

Oh, why... Why not?

Um, just life had

different plans, I guess.

(SOBS)

-Are you okay?

-Yeah. I'm sorry.

-What's going on?

-It's just... She's just, um...

You're really...

You're talented.

She's talented.

Anyway. Yeah,

there was just, um, something

we wanted to talk to you about.

Okay.

Uh, so, we saw you the other day

on the street.

(SOBBING LOUDLY)

Hey, it's gonna be fine.

CHARLIE: I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

-Take a deep breath.

-(CONTINUES SOBBING)

CHARLIE: I'm sorry.

MISHA: It's okay. It's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

Whoa...

Heroin. You were smoking heroin.

No.

I don't do that.

Uh, you can be honest,

we're not gonna tell anyone.

PAULINE: Yeah, but I didn't

f*cking do it.

(KISSING AND BREATHING HEAVILY)

Jesus f*cking Christ.

Um...

I don't know why I did that.

-I'm sorry.

-It's okay.

Um...

Can you just not tell anyone

about this?

EMMA: Admit it,

and we can move on.

-You're not in trouble.

-I think

-we've made our point here.

-EMMA: No. No.

We saw you. You were

on Arlington, by the park.

Right?

-Oh, maybe...

-EMMA: What?

I mean, it was, like, dark.

EMMA: Why are you

questioning it now?

-It's like...

-PAULINE: Can I be honest?

Yes, please. That's literally

all we want from you.

You're being a f*cking c**t.

EMMA: Excuse me?

PAULINE: Yeah.

Wow. Okay, you're fired.

Please take your things

and f*cking leave.

-Are you serious?

-Yes, I'm very serious.

-Please.

-I'm all set up.

Take your sh*t.

PAULINE: That was a f*cking

waste of my time.

-EMMA: Thank you.

-You're a b*tch.

And you're a f*cking p*ssy.

Can't believe you just ripped

my shirt off. (CHUCKLES)

(UNNERVING MUSIC PLAYING)

(PEOPLE APPLAUDING AND CHEERING)

All right, let's bring in

Mom and Dad.

Yes.

-Everyone, scooch in. Get close.

-(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

Just breathe, smile.

It's a beautiful day.

Charlie, stay with me here.

Yes, beautiful. Happiness.

Just relax.

And real, natural smiles.

Back to me, Charlie and Emma,

with those big,

beautiful smiles. Nice.

(GLASS CLINKING)

Hello. Hi.

Um, just wanted to welcome

everyone, and thank you all

for being here

on this special day.

And I think we should start off

with a toast

to the bride and groom.

To Emma and Charlie.

-ALL: To Emma and Charlie.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Jesus.

(APPLAUSE)

Um...

-CHARLIE: Be right back.

-Okay.

MIKE: Hey.

-Hey. You the groom?

-No, I'm Mike. He's the...

Hey. Charlie. Hey. (SIGHS)

f*ck her, man.

-The other DJ.

-Oh...

IVAN: It's unbelievable.

What's the most important part

of being a DJ?

What do you think?

(CHARLIE SIGHS)

'Cause it's not the music.

-Showing up.

-(CHARLIE CHUCKLES)

Can't DJ

if you don't show up, right?

Did she have COVID?

Did she mention anything?

I... She didn't

actually mention.

IVAN: 'Cause,

you know, that's legit.

Death in the family,

that's also legit.

Hey. Congrats, man.

I'm Blake, Misha's boyfriend.

Yes. Yes, of course.

-Yes. Thanks for coming.

-BLAKE: Yeah,

well, I tried to say

hi earlier, but...

Just a busy day.

Yeah? Well, enjoy, man.

-Cool. Yeah, thank you.

-Yeah.

You know, I don't know

if she already told you,

but I've actually worked

with one of your servers before.

-Oh, really?

-Isn't that so funny?

I actually think

that's a really good omen.

So, where do I set up?

-Mike, can you do the thing?

-MIKE: Yeah.

CHARLIE: Yeah, cool.

You a gearhead?

-DJ gear?

-IVAN: Yeah. I ask

because I brought with me today

an EV Esense 8 with a Senny kit,

and I have a Bluetti down

below for power.

It's funny.

If you know about gear,

-it's a rather unusual setup.

-Yeah. Okay.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Yeah.

(SPOON TAPPING GLASS)

Everybody, uh, it is now time

to hear a few words

from the father of the bride.

Oh, boy. Thank you.

Uh...

Emma, my girl. You look

absolutely stunning today.

Time has flown by

way too fast, hasn't it?

Feels like you moved out

three days ago,

and here you are

getting married.

-(LAUGHTER)

-ROGER: You have always been

a creative and passionate girl.

And I don't know

if you remember this,

but when you were young,

you had all these characters

you would come up with.

And you used to have

these little shows

for your mom and me,

using the living room

as a stage.

I think my favorite

was the blind farmer.

She would stumble around,

bumping into

all this furniture, yelling,

-"Has anyone seen a brown cow?"

-(LAUGHTER)

ROGER: But in middle school,

you had a brief affair

with theater,

and you were really into drama.

But no more blind farmers.

It had to be serious.

Preferably life or death.

But as a teenager,

you became an activist.

And you developed a strong

passion for g*n control,

which you got so serious about,

I had to pick you up

from the police one time

for egging Walmart employees

-for selling weapons.

-(RACHEL LAUGHS LOUDLY)

ROGER: Uh...

Hm...

It was obvious it came

from your big heart,

but I have to admit,

I think part of it was about you

rebelling against your dad, too.

You know, the dad who works

in the military

and happens to own a r*fle.

The same r*fle

which mysteriously disappeared

right around that time.

-You remember that?

-(ALL LAUGH)

Wasn't that a wild coincidence?

-(LOUD BANG)

-(ALL GASP)

-IVAN: Sorry. Sorry.

-(ELECTRICAL CRACKLING)

Sorry, everyone.

Uh, these are not the cables

I asked for.

Yeah...

ROGER: That was not planned,

by the way.

(CROWD LAUGHS)

All right. Um...

You know, I kinda lost my train

of thought, so...

(GUESTS LAUGH)

Emma, Charlie, may your love

grow deeper every day.

-Cheers.

-GUESTS: Cheers.

(GUESTS APPLAUDING)

So you always just, like,

kept weapons around the house?

What?

No, I was...

No, it was a great speech.

-It was beautiful.

-Okay.

Right here.

Really good.

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-(PLAYFUL INSTRUMENTAL PLAYING)

MIKE: Maybe

get some water and...

RACHEL: No, my turn.

I wanna do my speech.

MIKE: No, I know.

I'm just saying.

I wanna do it.

MIKE: Lower your voice,

all right?

We're at a wedding, okay?

Just get it together.

g*dd*mn it. f*ck.

Hi, everybody, again.

Uh, yeah.

So, now it is time for...

to hear some words

from the maid of honor,

-Rachel.

-(APPLAUSE)

RACHEL: Hello. It's so nice

to see everyone here today.

So, I met Charlie

through my husband, Mike,

and a few years later,

we all got to know Emma.

So when Emma asked me

to be her maid of honor,

I was a bit surprised.

I remember thinking,

"Don't you have real friends?"

-(LAUGHTER)

-RACHEL: Kidding! (LAUGHS)

Kidding.

But seriously,

getting to know Emma,

I have come to see how layered

and complex she is.

Full of surprises,

like you wouldn't believe.

Charlie, too!

Which is why I think

they will find happiness

in this marriage.

Because, Emma,

you have found a very

open-minded partner in Charlie.

A real cheerleader, am I right?

(SCATTERED APPLAUSE)

Oh! Mike's giving me that look.

We're on a tight schedule,

I see.

-(MIKE CHUCKLES)

-RACHEL: But, yeah.

Um, I think you guys

are great for each other.

I wish you all the best.

To the happy, carefree couple.

(GUESTS APPLAUDING)

(GUESTS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

(MOUTHING)

(TENSE, UNSETTLING

MUSIC PLAYING)

(EXHALES)

MISHA: (MUFFLED) ...hypothetical

questions

about a school sh**ter.

He was, like,

asking for a friend,

you know what I mean?

Like, she maybe thought about

doing a school sh**ting.

EMMA: (WHISPERING) Oh, no.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(MISHA CHUCKLES)

I know, like...

-Hi!

-Oh. Hi, Emma.

-EMMA: Sorry, did I scare you?

-The bride. You look beautiful.

-(LAUGHS)

-Thank you.

-Um...

-MISHA: Um...

Were you just talking

to someone?

-Just now?

-EMMA: Yeah.

-Um, yeah. Yeah.

-Who?

Um...

-Susan.

-Susan?

-Hm...

-Oh.

Hm...

What were you talking about?

-Uh, nothing.

-EMMA: Nothing?

-Nothing. Hm...

-Oh...

Just thought I, like,

overheard something.

(CHUCKLES) Well,

do you mind if I just...

-Oh, sorry. Yeah.

-MISHA: Can I just...

-(CHUCKLES)

-MISHA: Thank you.

(MUSIC INTENSIFIES,

GROWS OMINOUS)

Ah!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Can I talk with you

for a second?

Sorry. Sorry. (CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS) f*ck.

Can you close the door, please?

What's going on?

Rachel was f*cking talking.

What makes you think that?

Because I overheard Misha

and she said something.

What... What did she say?

I don't know,

but she definitely said,

"School sh**ting,"

and, "Don't tell anyone."

And what,

you think Rachel told her?

I don't know, Charlie.

I don't f*cking know.

If she knows, if Misha knows,

then who the hell else

f*cking knows?

What, my parents?

Oh, my God, your parents.

Oh, my God, this cannot...

this cannot be

f*cking happening.

What?

It doesn't f*cking matter.

It doesn't matter.

It's gonna be okay. Okay?

-It's gonna be fine.

-Okay. Okay.

You promise

you didn't say anything?

Yeah. Like, she was probably

talking about the...

Like, there was

another one, like, a week ago.

She was probably

talking about that.

Okay. Well, will you go get her?

-Get who?

-Misha, so I can talk to her.

Uh...

I don't know. I just don't think

we should make a big deal

about it.

No. No. I need to figure out

who told her. Please.

-Okay, I'll go get her.

-Ah...

Emma. Emma. f*ck me. Jesus.

(SIGHS)

(PANTING)

Can I just say, um...

he kissed me,

and we stopped immediately,

and it truly meant nothing.

Wait, what? What are...

What is she talking...

What are you talking about?

I don't know, like,

he wasn't himself.

He was sort of disturbed,

and he was crying,

and I was just...

Why was he crying?

I don't know. He asked me

what I would do if I...

I just hit a wall.

I was very emotional.

Shut the f*ck up.

What were you saying?

He asked me what I would do

if Blake did a school sh**ting.

CHARLIE: I said, "planned."

MISHA: Okay, yeah.

-He said, "planned."

-Yeah.

MISHA: And then he got really

upset, and he started crying,

and I was just trying

to make him feel better,

and he very clearly misread

the signals.

I... It didn't mean any...

It was just an accident.

It was an accident. I didn't...

f*ck.

(SIGHS) Okay.

CHARLIE: I tell you,

it was nothing.

(EXHALES)

I'm confused.

Is the sh**ting thing real?

(SIGHS)

I'm fine.

You all right, dear?

Yeah.

(GLASS CLINKING)

Dear guests,

it is now time

to hear a few words

from the bride to the groom.

(APPLAUSE)

No?

Uh, sorry. Actually, the groom

is going to speak first.

Pardon me.

(GUESTS APPLAUDING AND CHEERING)

Okay.

Um...

Emma, I, uh...

Um, I had a speech, but, um...

I've forgotten everything.

Like...

What I was gonna say was, um...

when I first met Emma, it was

kind of like out of a movie,

you know, like, uh...

The meet-cute

at the coffee shop, and...

Um...

she was reading this book.

What was it called again?

It doesn't matter. But, um...

Yeah, I hadn't read the book,

but I pretended to

-so I could talk to her, and...

-(LAUGHTER)

She couldn't hear anything

'cause of...

'cause of the ear, and, um...

I thought it was really sexy.

(CHUCKLES)

And, um, sweet in this weird

kind of way.

And then she had this laugh,

which is really specific,

and I wanted to say something

about how it's, um, repulsive,

but in a funny way,

like, it's very...

It's very cute,

and it's the best laugh,

and, um...

Uh...

I fell in love with her

just on the spot right then,

and it's been growing

ever since.

And you're my best friend,

and we have, like,

amazing, amazing sex.

-And, like, I mean...

-(GUESTS GASP)

-(GUESTS MURMURING)

-WOMAN: Whoa.

Excuse me.

Sorry, I'm f*cking this all up.

I didn't... Just forget it.

Forget about the f*cking speech.

(STUTTERING) I don't wanna

embarrass you, Emma.

I can't... I don't deserve you.

And I can't believe

the level of stupidity

-that I've subjected you to.

-(GUESTS CONTINUE MURMURING)

Oh...

Can you just please, like...

(VOICE BREAKING)

Can you just stop gossiping,

all right?

It's just our wedding.

She didn't do anything, okay?

She didn't do anything.

(HESITATES)

Emma, you're the love

of my life.

I can't understand

why I would have done

anything to hurt you, especially

not with f*cking Misha.

Jesus f*cking Christ, like...

-What the f*ck does that mean?

-Nothing.

-Did you f*ck him?

-No, I didn't f*ck him.

-I don't even care.

-No, he tried to f*ck me.

I wouldn't even care.

Even if you had k*lled someone,

I wouldn't even care.

It wouldn't change anything

about the way I feel about you.

MISHA: Yeah, I said stop.

I love you more than anything

in the world, and...

MISHA: Like,

please, f*cking stop.

BLAKE: I never f*cking

knew about this...

-MISHA: I know, I just...

-Jesus Christ,

can you shut the f*ck up?

-(CHAIR THUDS LOUDLY)

-Blake! Calm down, calm down.

MIKE: Whoa. Hey. Hey, hey.

MISHA: Hey.

Emma?

(RAIN PATTERING)

(DISTANT SIREN WAILS)

-(SHOE SQUEAKING)

-(GRUNTING SOFTLY)

(CELLPHONE VIBRATES)

Hello? (SIGHS)

No, she's not.

She's not here either.

I think she's with her parents.

Her dad texted me, but...

No, no one's answering

their phones, so...

(SCOFFS)

(EXHALES)

(SIGHS)

(WATER RUNNING)

-Ugh! f*ck.

-(VOICEMAIL BEEPS)

Hey, Emma, I know

you don't want to talk to me,

but, um, can you just

let me know if you're okay?

I mean... Yeah, just text me.

I love you.

BLAKE: Did you

sexually harass Misha?

-What?

-Yes or no.

(HESITATING)

Um, I didn't harass her.

-(GRUNTS)

-(ALL EXCLAIM)

(SOFTLY) Jesus!

g*dd*mn it, Blake!

-Can you use your f*cking words?

-(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Jesus!

MAN: Have another drink!

WOMAN: I f*cking will!

-(PANTING)

-(RAIN FALLING)

(SOBS)

-Stop screaming!

-f*ck you!

-(GUESTS CLAMORING)

-MIKE: Easy!

-I'll f*cking k*ll you!

-Shut up! Shut up...

Where is she?

f*ck you!

-Where's Emma?

-Uh, she's... She's...

(INSIDE OUT BY JESSE RAE

PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS)

When you're sitting

on your own

And you feel the city life

surround you

And he's always

on the phone

And you just don't think

that you can fight it

Don't give up

Don't give up,

don't give up

Don't give up,

don't give up

Don't give up, darling

What we dream

'Cause like the words here

in this song

We'll go on and on and on

with our love

Yeah

-(WHOOPS)

-I wanna be

Inside out, oh, darling

I've got to be so deep that

you'll be needing me

Inside out

Over and over

and over again

As you're lying in his bed

And you're in his arms

instead of my love

As you feel

his tightening grip

Like a genie, I will slip

from your heart

Don't give up, don't give up

Don't give up, don't give up

-Don't give up

-Don't give up, darling

What you dream

'Cause like the notes here

in this song

We'll go on and on and on

-With our love

-(RETCHES)

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-(LAUGHTER)

WOMAN: No, not for me.

(CLASSIC POP SONG

PLAYING FAINTLY OVER SPEAKERS)

WOMAN: You okay, hon?

CHARLIE: Yeah.

What can I get for you?

Cheeseburger

and a Diet Coke, please.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER AND LAUGHTER

CONTINUES)

(ENGINE RUMBLING)

(MUFFLED BUZZING)

(MUFFLED BUZZING)

Hey.

(CLASSIC POP SONG CONTINUES

PLAYING FAINTLY OVER SPEAKERS)

EMMA: Hi.

Hey.

EMMA: Can I sit?

Yeah, of course.

(SOBBING SOFTLY)

I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry, Emma.

Do you live around here?

What? (STOPS SOBBING)

(CHOKED UP)

I come here sometimes, too,

and I feel like

I've seen you here before.

(TENDER BALLAD PLAYING)

I'm Emma, by the way.

What's your name?

I'm Charlie.

I live, like,

two blocks from here.

Um, what happened to your face?

I just got into this fight.

Um...

There was a woman being robbed,

and I tried to save her

just now.

Yeah, this guy stole her baby

from her stroller, actually,

and, uh...

(SIGHS)

...he said he was gonna eat it.

-Oh.

-So I had to stop him.

She was walking her baby

in the middle of the night?

Yeah, I kind of thought that was

a bit strange, as well.

(CHUCKLES)

That was very brave of you.

Thanks.

(EXHALES SOFTLY)

It's nice to meet you, Charlie.

(EXHALES)

Uh, it's nice to meet you, Emma.

(BALLAD ENDS)

(UPBEAT CLASSIC POP SONG

PLAYING)

Do your thing!

Be fancy-free to call

the tune you sing

Don't give up!

That's not the way

to win a loving-cup

Do your best

And Opportunity

will do the rest

Don't give in!

Capitulation

is the greatest sin

Do what's right

What's right for you,

to do with all your might

Don't regret!

What might have been,

you might as well forget

Stand your ground

And while you're

standing there, be duty-bound

Make your mark!

If need be,

even make it in the dark

Mum's the word!

My sage advice,

pretend you haven't heard

(SONG ENDS)

(MUFFLED BUZZING)