02x03 - Luck be a Lady

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Previously on
The L Word: Generation Q...

[GRUNTS]

The thought of losing you
wasn't something

I thought I'd ever have to face.

You don't have to.
Just come home with me.

I will never be able to trust you.

- You hurt me so bad.
- You weren't happy.

- Yes, I was!
- [ANGIE] It's weird

that I'm gonna meet
Carrie's family before I know

- about my donor.
- [BETTE] We had an agreement

- that he would remain anonymous.
- He was...

[CARRIE] I did one of those DNA tests,

and they tell you
all about your ancestry.

[TESS] What's happening right now?

[SHANE] We just got to figure out
who we want to invite.

- To what?
- [SHANE] Our poker game.

- I'm Tom Maultsby.
- [ALICE] The editor

- to the book.
- Yeah.

I just want to rework some things,

get you to dig a little deeper.

[BETTE] T and I don't
think it's a good idea

for you to do that genealogy test.

- [GIGI] You want this?
- [BETTE] Yes.

[BOTH MOANING]

The game is Texas hold'em.

[GIGI] This is such a great idea.

- You should do this often.
- That's the plan.

I think I'm polyamorous.

You told me you loved me.

- Only me.
- If I could be any other way,

I would be.

[BETTE] If you need anything,
I am here for you, always.

[FINLEY] I'm gonna be out of
here first thing in the morning.

Don't go. I want you to stay.

♪ ["STOP!" BY UPSAHL] ♪

♪♪

♪ I'm up all night... ♪

[CHUCKLES] Okay. Okay.

♪ I'm looking up my symptoms,
tell myself I'm fine ♪

- ♪ But my system just ain't listening ♪
- _

- ♪ Like ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪

♪ It's like I'm almost
too in love with you... ♪

- [COMPUTER CHIMES]
- _

[GASPS]

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

- ♪ Oh, it feels like ♪
- Okay.

♪ My heart's gonna b*at so fast,
gonna b*at so fast ♪

♪ Gonna b*at so fast
that it might stop ♪

- [COMPUTER CHIMES]
- _

Holy sh*t.

Oh, my God.

♪ My heart's gonna b*at so fast,
gonna b*at so fast ♪

♪ Gonna b*at so fast
that it might stop ♪

♪ Hit my chest like ♪

♪ Whoo, ooh, ooh, ooh,
whoo, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Boom, boom, boom,
whoo, ooh, ooh, ooh, stop ♪

Dude, so, you're telling me
you never sh*t your pants?

[LAUGHS] Oh, my God.

[FINLEY] Oh, dude,
I sh*t my pants in a CVS.

No, you didn't. [LAUGHING]

[FINLEY] I've sh*t my pants
in my own bed.

Yeah, I have problems.

Why do you think I'm coming in here

in such a f*cking hurry all the time?

Don't ever let me do your laundry. Oh.

You'll like this one.
When I was home, my cousins

pranked my very old grandparents.

You know, they're, like, on
their f*cking deathbed, right?

- Poor Grandpa. What?
- They... [LAUGHS]

They took a block of mozzarella cheese

- Oh.
- and swapped it

for the bar of soap
in my grandpa's shower.

- [LAUGHING]
- Oh, my God.

He came out... the
whole family's over...

he came out ass-naked
just, like, running around,

threw the block of cheese
at my cousin's head.

Oh, my God. It was f*cking hilarious.

Oh, that's crazy.

- [SIGHS]
- Those are my people, though,

- you know?
- Yep.

- Is there, uh, more coffee?
- [CHUCKLES]

Yeah. I made a whole pot.

Thank you.

[SOPHIE EXHALES DEEPLY]

Oh, God.

Hey, uh, can we talk?

[EXHALES] It's too soon.

Oh, okay.

- Yeah.
- Copy that. Um, I...

- I got to go to work.
- [DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[FAUCET RUNNING]

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[NAT] Hi.

Hi.

- Hi.
- Hi.

You know, they finally got rid

of that, uh, dead tree near the road.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, they must have chopped
it up into smaller pieces

and used a truck.

Might-Might've needed multiple trucks.

That was such a huge tree.
Like, how many pieces...

Why are we talking about a tree?

Because I slept with
somebody else last night

- and it feels weird.
- Well, yeah, but the whole

tree rant is just making it weirder

and it, you know, doesn't have to be.

Thanks.

Great.

So... how was it?

Uh, good.

- Oh. That's great.
- Yeah,

it was actually better
than I thought it would be.

Oh. Well, that's great, right?

Yeah.

A-And, you know, it's-it's
all thanks to you, you know?

Thank you for

seeing me and allowing me
to be who I am.

Well, you know,

it makes me happy to see you happy.

And, uh, that's
all I really want for you.

Okay, see? Yes. This is why we work.

You know, that's
all I want for you, too.

And I missed you.

I should have led with that.
I missed you so much.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

- Did you exercise?
- Yeah.

Well, no. But I was going to.
I just got distracted.

Well, you look really hot.

- Well, did you-did you...
- Oh.

Sorry. Did you, um, shower after?

Mm-hmm. All clean.

- I think mayb... Mm.
- Clean.

Could you take another one?

- Sure.
- Just to, like...

Sure.

Yeah. Anything else?

[SIGHS] No, I can't tonight.

Going to the Frogtown Art Walk.

- Hi.
- [BETTE] All right,

you know what? Tell Isaac

that I can come in
for an hour before lunch,

but then I have two studio
visits in the afternoon.

Oh, that's a great idea.
Yeah, that works.

- [WOMAN] Here you go.
- Thanks. Bye.

Have to show my face
at the gallery today.

Go. I'll be fine.

I'm sure you will.

Just don't let her father
run roughshod over you.

Okay.

- Hello.
- Hi.

Bette Porter.

Nice to see you again.

Nice to see you, Rodolfo Nùñez.

This is my girlfriend, Gigi Ghorbani.

- Ah. Nice to meet you.
- [GIGI] Likewise.

Thank you so much for arranging this.

- Of course.
- I have heard so much

- about you from Bette.
- Oh. Ah. [CHUCKLES]

I promised her
I'd take good care of you.

Gigi is an amazing realtor.

You're in very, very good hands.

Unfortunately, I have to run,

- but I will call you later.
- Yes, please.

Shall we go upstairs?

♪ [SLOW, PULSING MUSIC] ♪

[RODOLFO SIGHS]

♪♪

[MICAH] Does my shirt

- look okay?
- [MARIBEL] You asked me

when we left the house and
then when we parked the car,

- and now you're asking me again.
- Right. Sorry.

- What'd you say, though?
- Mm.

- I'm sorry. I'm-I'm nervous.
- [CHUCKLES] Yeah, no sh*t.

I've been teaching
therapeutic modalities

since grad school,

and now I actually get
to apply them. I...

I don't know what you just said,

- but...
- It's a dream job.

there's a coffee shop in the lobby.

This could put me on the path to having

- my own practice.
- And it's free.

- Micah?
- Yeah. Thanks.

Look, um, I'm really grateful

that you were able to come today.

It's really weird at home.

Yeah, totally fine.

I, honestly, will take any excuse

not to show up to work on time, so...

Of course. Um...

Okay, I have to go meet Nat
in her office.

Pray for me.

- Have fun.
- I'll call you after.

- Micah.
- Yeah?

The shirt's great.
Everyone's talking about it.

They're definitely talking about it.

- Okay. All right.
- That guy's talking about it.

- Bye. Just go.
- [MARIBEL] This guy's

- definitely talking about it.
- Thanks.

[ALARM 'S "BOSS UP" PLAYING]

Hey. Um, Tess said something
about these promo bottles.

I can't remember what it is.
Do you know?

I have no idea.
But just leave them there.

Maybe she can make a cocktail
out of them.

- Okay. Copy that.
- Thanks.

Then I'll do garbage duty.

Say hello to my little
rat friends back there.

- [DOOR OPENS]
- That better be a joke.

- [TESS] Shane.
- Yeah.

Uh, question for you.

[SHANE] I might have an answer for you.

Why is my paycheck from
last week for $ , dollars?

I don't know what the hell
you were thinking,

but I am not a charity case.

Well, that's not for you.
It's for your mom.

♪♪

Okay, but I wanted to earn that.

- You are gonna earn it.
- sh*t. Okay,

I'm sorry. I, like, was upset,

and I had this whole speech planned.

And I drank, like, four espressos

so that I could get it all out, and...

I actually feel like my bones
are shaking a little bit.

I can tell.

Okay, thank you.

- Welcome.
- Ew. Wait, no, what are those?

I told Finley to stop accepting

those promo bottles. They're no good.

Where is she?

You know, I'm not gonna
disclose that information.

You know, 'cause you might
k*ll her, and if you do,

I just can't have that on my conscience.

Tell me where she is.

[CHUCKLES] Oh, God. Jordi!

[PANTING] Jordi. Um...

Uh...

I, uh, I have a sister.
I have a half sister.

- Oh, my God. What?
- I got... Yes, I got... I know.

I got my results back today,

and they match you with family members,

- and I got a DM from this girl.
- sh*t.

- Holy sh*t!
- And she's my half sister.

- Oh, my God. How old is she?
- I know.

Um, she's .

Where does she live?

- Here.
- Shut up.

- Yes. She wants to meet.
- Oh, my God.

This is so dope. What did your mom say?

Um... Um...

Well, she doesn't know.

'Kay.

Well, we still have to meet her.

- We?
- Of course.

I mean, it could be
really dangerous if it's...

if she's not who she says she is.

You could end up in the trunk of a car.

- Hello. Taken?
- No, you'd really come with me?

Of course.

If you want me there, I'm there.

[SIGHS] I do.

- I'm there.
- Thank you, Jordi.

[GIGI] The building has a rooftop pool,

hot tub and a , -square-foot
fitness center,

but f*ck all that. Pardon my French.

This is why we're really here.

[RODOLFO] [CHUCKLES] Oh, wow.

I see what Bette meant.

- You are amazing.
- Well, thank you.

The master is straight
down to the right.

Yeah, I don't...

I don't know about this place.

It's really big for one person and...

- [BREATHES DEEPLY]
- I mean,

do I even want to buy
something right now?

Por favor, it's perfect.

You need a place that's yours, okay?

My parents are the same way.

My dad always used to say,
"Four walls make a man free,

but only if he owns them".

[RODOLFO] [CHUCKLES]
Where are your parents from?

- Iran.
- Uh...

[SPEAKING FARSI]

[CHUCKLES]

[RODOLFO] I'm pretty sure you'll
make this a lovely place, Dani.

♪ [QUIET, CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

Take your time. There's no rush.

[RODOLFO] No. No, she'll take it.

You can start drawing up
the contract, Gigi.

[GIGI] Hey.

I'll do whatever you say.

You can start the paperwork.

[ALICE GRUNTING]

- Okay.
- Hey, you busy?

- My team's in the championship!
- So you're swamped.

- Yes!
- [GROANS]

This is not over.

I had a question about
the Carpool Karaoke segment.

Okay, I have to stop you there.
We have to stop calling it that,

because somehow
it got back to James Corden

and now we're in a huge Twitter fight.

- Really?
- I mean, as much as you can be

in a fight with a British person.

He called me "cheeky".
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Ooh, should I get him back with,
like, a British teeth dig?

- Oh, yeah.
- Okay.

Yeah. So you know how
all late night talk shows

have their version
of man on the street, right?

- Uh-huh.
- I keep wondering.

Maybe that's what
our segment needs to be.

Like, man on the street, but-but gay.

Isn't that just Billy Eichner?

[SIGHS] Yep.

That's exactly what that is. Okay.

So I'm gonna keep thinking about it,

and I'll get back to you.

Uh, you good otherwise?

Yeah, I'm just dreading
my next work sesh with Tom.

Okay. And-and things with Nat are okay?

Yeah, they're good.

I mean, she had her first
sleepover with Marissa.

And you're just fine with that?

Yeah, I'm great.

- [PHONE CHIMES]
- Hmm.

_

[SOPHIE] Everything okay?

Yeah. So good. So good.

I'll, uh... Oh, I'll keep thinking
of more bad ideas, too.

_

[SCOFFS]

♪ [SLOW, MELANCHOLY MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

[MICAH] Mostly I taught
family systems theory,

with a focus on how grief
impacts the family unit.

Wow. Good for you.

Yeah, my dad d*ed
when I was pretty young,

so I've just always been drawn

to how families deal with grief.

Ah, that's great. I mean,
not about your dad...

- that's awful... the other part.
- Right.

God, when Sophie said you might
be interested in the gig,

I just jumped at the chance,
because we have been

desperately looking
for someone like you.

- Really?
- Yeah.

- Wow. That's...
- We have about a dozen

trans youth receiving therapy,

so having you on staff will
just make such a big difference.

Now, here is the snack room.

We celebrate everybody's birthday,

so there's usually
a sheet cake in there.

However... hot tip...
based on experience,

make sure the birthday person,
aka Linda,

has at least seen the cake
before you cut into it.

- Noted.
- Okay.

And here's the gender-neutral bathrooms,

should you need them,
and up here is your office.

Now, it's not much, but it's all yours.

This-this is great.

- No, uh, thank you.
- Yeah, of course.

Okay, well, let me know
if you need anything.

- Okay. Yeah.
- All right.

- Have a great first day.
- Thanks.

Yeah.

♪ [SLOW, UPBEAT MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

Just sign here. And here.

[RODOLFO] I bought my first apartment

for $ , dollars.

I remember telling your mother

- it was too far from the office.
- All right.

And she looked at me and said,

"Do you want us
to live close to your office,

or close to the school
where our daughter will go?"

And this is how she told me
she was pregnant with you.

[CHUCKLES] Here.

To new possibilities,
thanks to your friend.

Uh, what's her name?

- Gigi.
- Yeah. I liked her.

And I always imagined you'd
end up with someone like her.

Someone, uh, Persian?

[LAUGHS] No.

Someone adventurous, gutsy.

Someone like Mom?

[NOTARY] And just a couple
more signatures here.

[CLEARS THROAT]

♪ [SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC] ♪

[NOTARY] And then this last page here.

[DANI] [SIGHS] So, this is it. Hmm?

New zip code, new life, just like that.

[RODOLFO] Mm.

- sh*t.
- [RODOLFO] What's wrong, Dani?

[DANI] I have to get my stuff
from the old apartment.

You need anything here? I mean,
this couch. You love this couch.

You can have it. You can have
anything you want here.

[NOTARY] Okay, so that is about it.

Um, Ari, just one more thing,
since you're here.

There's another set of documents here.

I mean, just some minor changes.

I need these signed.

Your will?

Power of attorney?

This is a DNR.

What's going on?

♪ Saw you across the way ♪

♪ My jaw dropped below my face ♪

♪ You have me feeling some ♪

♪ Tidal wave ♪

♪ You started to look my way... ♪

Okay, I'm probably gonna
sound really ignorant, but...

[WHISPERING] how do you
know if it's any good?

Oh, that's not ignorant at all.

Well, I might ask,

um, does it move you?

Does it change you

in any kind of, you know,
existential way?

'Cause good art asks questions.

And-and it connects you to worlds

and ideas that you didn't
even know existed,

at least not consciously.

I mean, certainly, you know, over time,

you can develop a critical framework,

but that's basically
what it boils down to.

And I come here

to see emerging artists

and their work.

And if someone catches my eye, then...

then I might show them.

Well, you catch my eye.

Would you like some wine?

I'm good. Thank you.

But have at it.

- Okay.
- Okay.

[LIVELY CROWD CHATTER]

♪♪

[CLOCK TICKING]

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[CLOCK CHIMING]

[TAPE REWINDING]

[g*n COCKS]

[g*nsh*t]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

♪ [TRANQUIL MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

[PEOPLE CLAMORING]

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

[BETTE LAUGHING]

[CLOCK CHIMING]

[TAPE REWINDS]

[g*n COCKS]

[g*nsh*t]

- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]
- [SIRENS WAILING]

[BETTE LAUGHS QUIETLY]

You okay?

[LAUGHING] Yes. Yes. Yes.

[CLOCK TICKING]

[INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]

This is the work of Pippa Pascal.

I know it is.

[CLOCK CHIMING]

Hey. What's up?

- Za!
- Thank God.

- Ooh.
- How did your day go?

- Oh, yeah. Big first day!
- I...

Does anybody want olives
on theirs, by the way? No?

- I really, really f*cking hate people.
- [MARIBEL] Who doesn't?

[FINLEY] Well, I'm not in a place,

personally, to judge others, so...

[MICAH] I was really

excited to finally work
somewhere that understood me

and accepted me implicitly,

but I'm just still checking
these trans boxes,

and I'm sick of it.

Oh. Did the world treat you bad?

Oh, don't f*ck with me.

One time, I asked my mom
for this pony I saw.

It was light brown
with a dark braided mane.

I begged her for it. You know
what? She didn't get it for me.

- Oh, it's a sad story.
- Yeah, sometimes life sucks.

This isn't a pony situation.

My-my supervisor doesn't
think I can help anyone

except trans clients, and
it's f*cking demoralizing.

- That's not demoralizing.
- Yeah, it is.

No. A white lady tried to
lift me up from my chair today.

- Wait. What?
- She thought it would be okay

- to hold me like a baby.
- Oh, we're the worst.

- g*dd*mn it.
- [MARIBEL] Please.

sh*t like that happens
to me all the time.

[MICAH] I'm just really tired

of teaching everyone
how to be decent f*cking humans.

- You know, it's...
- Look, people are dumb.

They can't read your mind.

So use your damn voice
if you want something different.

And seriously,

I am sorry you have to help trans kids.

- It must be a real burden.
- [FINLEY LAUGHS]

[MICAH] All right. f*ck off.

- You're a saint and a martyr.
- You're a pain in the ass.

All right? Eat the pizza I brought.

I do just want to say,
on behalf of all white women,

I apologize... to both of you.

- Thanks.
- Thanks.

[BETTE] So the first time
that I saw her work was

her senior thesis show at Bard.

And it was f*cking unbelievable.

And you have to remember, back then,

nobody in the mainstream
was making art about race

and oppression and sexual v*olence.

It was incredibly powerful.

So did you ever work with her?

Oh, my God, no. When I...

when I the opened my first
gallery back in the ' s,

- she was already a superstar.
- Mm.

She was way out of my league.

And then, of course,
she was given this reputation

as being a difficult artist.

Difficult being a euphemism for female.

- And Black.
- Of course.

Oh, and then, in ,

she published an op-ed
in The New York Times

calling the art world

"openly r*cist and
systematically anti-Black".

- Wow.
- Yeah.

- What-what happened?
- [SIGHS]

She disappeared.

She stopped working

and stopped showing.

- Until now.
- Until now.

- Until now. Until now.
- [LAUGHING]

- You want to go back?
- Let's f*cking go back.

- Yes! Come on.
- Go, go, go.

♪ [SOFT, OPTIMISTIC MUSIC] ♪

[TOM] So you and Nat met at

the LGBT Center
two and a half years ago?

Yes, and, you know, we talked all night.

I mean, mostly, she was just
laughing at my stories, but

her laugh, though... it just...
[EXHALES]

I don't know. It melted me.

Wow. That's very endearing,
'cause my ex told me she loved

that I was the only guy
at the party with a dad body.

[LAUGHS] And you dated her anyway?

I had really low self-esteem.

[BOTH CHUCKLE SOFTLY]

Yeah, anyway, I don't know.

She said no one ever
made her laugh like that,

and I really liked that,

so I asked her out the next day, and...

- Mm.
- We've been together ever since.

Wow. So, uh, why'd you guys open
a relationship up with Gigi?

Oh. I think it was... tequila.

- Ha!
- Yeah. No. No, no, no.

It was vodka.

- Alice. Come on.
- What?

You got to give me more than that.

What? Oh, you want some big,
deep answer. I don't... It...

That's what it was.

She has a hot ex-wife,
we had chemistry, and...

- vodka.
- Wow.

See, I don't know if I could do that.

You know, maybe it's because

you guys are way more evolved than I am,

but when I'm with a woman,
I only see her, you know?

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah.

Okay, so, uh... Gigi.

Why did you guys end that relationship?

Uh, phew. [SPUTTERS]

Well, they're ex-wives.

So that was complicated.

But you know what?

Nat and I... we are back
into the open thing.

- Yeah. Well, Nat is.
- You...

It's more her thing,
but I'm along for the ride.

Wait. So she's... she's dating?

Yeah. Well, one person.

- And you've met her?
- Mm-hmm.

Like, briefly. Yeah.

Yeah, that's gonna be a no
from me, dawg.

[LAUGHS] You know what I mean?
There's no way.

After seeing the person, all I would do

is picture them having sex,

going on coffee dates,

eating breakfast together.

f*cking after breakfast together.

- Or...
- Pumpkin-patching.

I've... said way too much. I'm sorry.

It's... I-I just...
Uh, let's... [EXHALES] today.

- Yeah?
- Yeah. I'm...

With the writing and
the brainstorming. Is that okay?

It's totally fine.

- I'm s-I'm sorry.
- Okay. Yeah.

- I got a big mouth. I'm sorry.
- No, it's fine.

- Can I ask you a question?
- Yeah.

Would you be up
for doing this maybe... later?

Perhaps dinner?

Tonight?

- Yes.
- Oh. Um...

Yeah. Yeah.

- Really? For real?
- Uh-huh.

- Yeah.
- Okay.

I'm gonna have my assistant,
you know, email.

Yeah, yeah. I'll-I'll be
looking for the email.

Okay.

♪ [OPTIMISTIC MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[DOOR OPENS]

- Hi. Hey.
- Hey.

What are you doing here?

I came home to change.

Wait, aren't you supposed
to be in drama club?

It let out early.

Oh.

Hmm.

Um...

What have you got here?

[CLEARS THROAT]

Uh... [EXHALES]

Okay. I did that DNA website thing.

And I...

Mama T and I specifically
told you not to do

- the DNA website.
- I know.

But I have a half sister.

- Okay, you don't have a sister.
- And...

- You don't have a sister.
- I do.

- No, you don't.
- And I'm supposed to meet her.

- You made plans to meet her?
- Yes, I did.

- [SIGHS]
- Oh, behind my back.

Angelica,

my number-one concern
is for your safety.

- Uh...
- Okay, we don't know

who this young girl is.

- That's not what I'm saying.
- Or even if it is a young girl.

I mean, it's the f*cking Internet,

- for f*ck's sake.
- Okay.

Fine.

- Like, dear-dear God!
- Angie.

- [KNOCKING]
- [SIGHS]

sh*t. Um...

Nice to see you, too.

- Yeah. Hi.
- They didn't have raspberry,

- so I subbed for strawberry.
- Okay.

Um, I'm sorry. I'm just
in the middle of something.

- Uh, i-it's Angie. [STAMMERS]
- What-what happened?

- Is she okay?
- She went behind my back

and she went on some f*cking
DNA website to find the identity

- of her donor.
- Oh, wow. Okay.

Is that a huge problem for you?

Nat and I... we're open
with the kids about their donor.

Okay, well, this is different.
All right?

We didn't find Angie's donor
at a sperm bank.

He was an artist that we knew,

and we promised him that he
would be able to stay anonymous.

- Mm-hmm.
- Okay. Um...

I really... I don't know
what to do right now.

Maybe I can help.

[SIGHS]

Nat carried our kids. I didn't.

Just like you didn't.

So I can understand
if you feel threatened.

Like... like, maybe...

I got it.

'Kay. Maybe you feel like,
I don't know, it diminishes

- your role as a mom.
- Oh, God, no.

That's not it. That's not it. I...

Okay. Maybe I'm projecting.

- Yeah, maybe you are.
- But that was my experience.

Okay.

I just get scared sometimes
that my kids aren't really mine.

But of course they're mine.
It's just... threatening.

No. Well, that's not it.
I don't feel threatened.

[ANGIE] Mom, who's here?

No one!

[SIGHS]

Wow, so, yesterday,

I was your girlfriend,
and today I'm no one?

Oh, Jesus. That's not what I meant.

All I meant was it-it is...

it's really not a good time to meet her.

Really? That's all you meant?

'Cause that felt like a lot more.

[GROANS SOFTLY]

Okay, I can't deconstruct
your feelings right now.

I've never asked you
to deconstruct anything of mine,

- let alone my feelings.
- Okay.

[GIGI] You have a great day.

[SIGHS]

[LINE RINGING]

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

- [BEEP]
- Hey, it's me. Can you call me?

Can you call me as soon as you get this?

[SIGHS]

[INHALES DEEPLY]

[SIGHS]

♪ [WISTFUL MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

[SIGHS]

[INHALES]

Angie?

Yeah.

I'll take you to meet her.

[SNIFFLES]

[SIGHS]

What?

[EXHALES]

I'll take you to meet your half sister.

Really?

- I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry.

All right, I'll see you next Thursday.

- It was nice to meet you.
- Yeah.

Oh, hi.

Have a good day.

Hi.

How'd it go with, uh, Joaquin?

It went well. We had a really
productive session, actually.

Oh, that's so great. Wow. God bless you.

You know, I just actually asked him

if he'd ever flat-out
talked to his parents

about making a chemical transition,

and I watched this light
go on in his eyes

when he realized that
he asked us for what he wants.

Oh, I live for those realizations.

It was an incredible feeling.

It's going to be
life-changing for these kids

to have a trans therapist like you

to know their experiences.

Yeah, um, about that.

Like, I'm-I'm really happy
to be working here,

and-and to be working
with clients like Joaquin.

Oh, I knew it would be a great match.

Yeah, it's just, um, my client list

seems to be exclusively trans clients.

Oh.

Wow. Right.

I... Oh. [LAUGHS]

I am... I'm so sorry.

God, I feel... old.

[LAUGHS]

And dumb. I feel old and dumb.

- And so sorry.
- I get it.

I know your intention.

It's tricky. You know,
I'm-I'm capable of

dealing with all sorts of clients.

You know, I just...

- I don't want to be pigeonholed.
- Right.

That was not my intention at all.

I-I just thought...

It doesn't even matter what I thought.

Um, just give me the weekend,

and I will diversify your roster.

That would be great.

- Thank you.
- No, thank you

for telling me that.

Oh. Hi, Linda.

- I take it that's...
- March . Yeah.

Let her see her own cake
or face the wrath.

That damn cake.

♪ [OPTIMISTIC MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

- Hey.
- Hey, lady.

Your dad's not with you?

No. But he'll be thrilled
you asked for him.

[CHUCKLES] Nice office.

Thank you. And...

congratulations.

I mean...

it's definitely not the life
I was planning, you know.

Yeah. Bette told me what happened.

Why don't you let me show you
around your new neighborhood.

Oh... no,

you really don't have to do that.

Just gonna finish this email...

and I'm all yours.

Don't take this the wrong way,

but you look like
you could use a night out.

[LAUGHS]

That obvious, huh?

Yeah.

[CHUCKLES]

- You got old ones?
- Hmm?

Keys.

Oh. Yeah. Yeah.

Well, you're more than welcome

to... throw them out.

♪ [GENTLE MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

What the f*ck?

Well, movers came for Dani's stuff.

Wow, she took everything.

Yeah, I tried to move some stuff around,

maintain the feng shui in here.

Didn't have a ton to work with, so...

I don't even have a place
to put my keys.

Right, I-I can fix that, though.
That's an easy one.

And the g*dd*mn sofa is missing!

Right, yeah, the sofa. Obvious void.

But we can get a new sofa.

I... This is...

You want some day-old pizza?

Yeah.

- Yeah. It's gonna be fine.
- Okay.

So, maybe don't look
directly in front of you...

Oh, my God.

- Yeah.
- Really? The table?

The table, though...
everybody hated that table.

And the tiny plants? I liked that table.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Okay.

We got pizza, though.

- All right.
- There's an upside.

Okay, can you pass me
the red pepper, please?

She took the red pepper.

- You're f*cking kidding.
- No.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Jesus Christ.

This is my life.
This is my f*cking life.

Empty, except for you.

You know, you don't
have to talk to me like that.

Like what?

Like I'm an assh*le.

You kind of are.

- I made a mistake.
- All right.

Okay, now you're just underselling it.

Really? You made a mistake?

I thought I was saving you, dude.

[SIGHS]

[QUIETLY] You did.

Excuse me?

Uh, nothing.

- What?
- What did you just say?

- Nothing. What?
- No, no, no, no, no.

- No. Nothing.
- You said something.

- I didn't say anything.
- No, I heard it.

- I didn't say anything at all.
- What did you say?

- What did you say? Tell me.
- Okay, fine! You saved me, okay?

You f*cking saved me.

Okay, so you're saying something
nice, but in a mean way.

Yeah.

It's confusing.

Well, I'm confused.

[SIGHS]

Okay, wha...

Will you just forgive me? Please.

Please.

I don't know how.

Okay, yeah, the hand was
too much, the touching

was too far.

I-I admit it. I can admit
when I'm wrong here.

[SIGHS LOUDLY]

♪ [LIGHTHEARTED MUSIC] ♪

[MARIBEL] Where are we?

- You'll see.
- You're not gonna try to,

- like, m*rder me out here?
- No.

Because really, I ain't trying
to go out like that.

No, God, I'm just trying
to thank you. Okay?

For what?

I stood up to Nat today,
and, uh, she really heard me.

Did I tell you to do that?

Yeah. Yeah, you actually
kind of yelled at me

for being a baby.

Yeah, that sounds more like me.

Yeah, so, um, I just...

I wanted to get you something
that no one else has.

What?

- What the f*ck is that?
- That's Toni.

She's a pony. I mean, she's a horse,

but we can call her a pony tonight.

You know, I know your mom
never came through, so...

Oh, my God, I was just
trying to make a point

that sometimes life is hard, f*ck!

Oh, man, I'm sorry.

Look, I-I just thought,
you know, pony, horse...

No, it's okay. Thank you.

I mean, honestly, I really should have

told you the story about
wanting a Rolex.

- Right. Yeah.
- But thank you.

And thanks for assuming I could ride it.

Yeah. So, you gonna... you gonna do it?

Well, Toni, I mean, let's do this, girl.

All right, do you have your phone?

Yes, I have my phone.

- And it's charged?
- And it's charged.

- Um, well, please don't come in.
- Oh.

I'll be fine.

It's... I just... I'll just die.

I mean, I need to see that
you're not meeting a pedophile.

I hear that, but can you just
check from outside?

[ALICE] Um, I think you're
gonna want me in there.

I look pretty cute today.

- Pattern on pattern is in.
- Says the church lady.

Okay.

Hey, Angela, blink twice or
scream at the top of your lungs,

whatever, in case you need anything.

Thank you.

We'll be, we'll be right here.

- Okay. I love you.
- I love you.

[ANGIE] Okay. Okay.

- You got this. Go.
- We're right here.

- We're right here.
- Yeah.

[UP-TEMPO SONG PLAYING]

♪♪

Hi.

Um, you're Kayla, right?

- Yeah.
- I'm Angie.

Wow.

- Is this weird?
- This is weird.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

- Can I... Can I sit?
- Yeah, sit, sit.

Sorry, um...

- No, it's okay.
- Thanks for meeting...

- me.
- Yeah.

Hi. That's my family.

They're kind of nervous.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

- You okay?
- Yeah.

I should have just concealed
a listening device

- in her bag or something.
- We could have.

She's a smart kid. She's gonna be fine.

Angie knows who her family is.

- You know that.
- Thank you.

I really appreciate you both being here.

- Where else would we be?
- Of course.

[BETTE EXHALES SHARPLY]

- [BETTE] I wish Tina were here.
- [SHANE] Yeah.

Of course, she's handling
this whole thing

with total grace while I'm
biting Gigi's head off,

you know, for offering
very reasonable advice.

Well, Nat wants to keep
f*cking Marissa, so, I mean,

it could be worse.

You can shut all of that down, Al.

Actually, I can't.

It's not like it's something
that's just gonna

go away for her.

I mean, if it's not Marissa,
it's gonna be someone.

You know?

[LAUGHTER]

Do you think they look alike?

- Yeah, I kinda do.
- Definitely.

[MARIBEL] Wow, this is so beautiful.

You okay back there?

[LAUGHS] Yeah. Yeah, no, I'm-I'm good.

Are you... you glad you came?

I am so glad I came.

[MICAH] We should do this
again sometime.

[MARIBEL] Yeah, let's
do this again sometime.

[HORSE SNORTS]

♪ [ENERGETIC MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

We're closed tonight
for a private event.

♪ The best ever, that's what I am ♪

♪ World domination,
yeah, that's the plan ♪

- ♪ I'm ready for a fight... ♪
- Let's do this.

- All right, here's my end.
- ♪ I'm ready to go ♪

♪ You can have the silver ♪

♪ I'm taking the gold ♪

- ♪ I'm the difference... ♪
- Come in.

She's at the end of the bar.

Her name is Tess. Give her your money.

Thank you so much. Hi.

♪ I'm taking the gold ♪

♪ I'm taking the gold ♪

♪ Everybody witness
I am the difference ♪

- Oh, Tess, thank you. Cheers.
- Cheers.

♪ I'm the difference ♪

♪ Everybody witness ♪

♪ I'm the difference ♪

♪ Everybody witness ♪

♪ Everybody witness ♪

I'm gonna go take these into the back.

♪ Everybody witness ♪

♪ I'm taking the gold ♪

[GIGI LAUGHING]

You punched her?

I did.

Oh, my, good for you.

I would have paid money to see that.

Mm. Yeah, except now
things are pretty awkward

with me and my friends.

Well, at least you have
your dad on your side.

He wasn't always.

But things have gotten better recently.

Which, um... which makes me think

that something's gotten worse.

[GIGI] Okay, why? Say more.

Um, I think...

I think my-my dad might be sick.

- What? Why would you think that?
- I don't know.

I know this sounds crazy, but

he's been, like, too nice to me.

Maybe he loves you,
and he knows you're hurting.

Yeah, well, he wasn't
the biggest fan of my ex.

I would have expected him
to gloat, but...

Are you close with your family?

It's funny, my dad was
my best friend growing up,

but when I came out, he just
stopped understanding me.

But my mom was terrific.
She's a hard-ass.

She would definitely have
punched someone, too.

And we're closer than we've ever been.

And my brothers and I,

we've had our ups and downs, but...

we've always loved
the sh*t out of each other.

But yeah, my dad...

I used to be so angry,

but now I just feel sorry for him.

I mean, he's missing out on all of this.

- Oh.
- What can I say?

How many brothers do you have?

Seven. All boys and me.

Seven brothers.

- That must have been so smelly.
- f*cking smelly.

And hectic.

I was right in the middle,
so my childhood was

just one long chore wheel.

- Geez.
- But...

they taught me how to fight,

and they always stood up for me.

And there was always someone around,

especially when things were hard.

But it sounds like you had
to shoulder a lot on your own.

Yeah. Yeah, I have.

Especially since my mom d*ed.

It was just so quiet.

I would actually go over
to friends' houses

and sleep over there just to wake up

and eat breakfast with their parents.

You know, just to be around people.

- Maybe more wine?
- A little more.

- Thank you.
- [MAN SPEAKS FARSI]

Jesus Christ.

[GIGI LAUGHS]

[MAN] Okay. Okay. Can I...

Can I join you?

Sorry. I know this isn't a date,

but it's the fastest way
to get rid of them.

Yeah. Yeah, that-that was fast.

You know, I'm really...

I'm really happy for you and Bette.

She is an amazing woman, and I am glad

that she found someone
who is kind and funny

and just...

Sorry, did I say something wrong?

No, not at all, it's just...

I'm just not sure
it's gonna work out with us.

sh*t.

Sorry, I shouldn't have said anything.

No, forget it.

I want to know more about you.

♪ [EXCITING MUSIC] ♪

♪♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ [SINGER RAPPING INDISTINCTLY] ♪

♪♪

[WHISPERS INAUDIBLY]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I'm out.

- Hey.
- Yeah.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

Are you lying to me?

No. I'm good.

I'll take another martini.

- You got it.
- Thanks.

This place is Hollywood, y'all.

[LAUGHS]

Straight up, which is crazy.

I mean, a work dinner at a Mexican place

when you're an English Lit major.

- You don't picture this.
- What do you picture?

- Debt.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

So, uh, something I find
very interesting

about you, um...

We can talk about or not talk about.

You are a bisexual person.

- Right? Okay. Yeah.
- Yeah.

- What about you?
- Me?

- Mm-hmm.
- No.

You know, I-I did play soccer

when I was younger, and there were a lot

- of thoughtful men.
- Hmm.

But no, I am, believe it or not,
a hundred percent hetero.

Actually, one of my old soccer mates

is engaged to marry my ex-girlfriend.

I'm gonna be the best man
at their wedding.

I'll be at the altar with
my buddy watching her

walk down the aisle to him, and not me.

I'm ten percent happy for them,
percent jealous,

which I'm sure you can understand,

given your circumstance and arrangement.

Oh, I'm not jealous.

Nat loves me.

Nat doesn't love Marissa.

She just, you know, wants to f*ck her.

[TOM] Well, that would be
difficult for me.

I-I have a hard time
disconnecting sex and emotion.

- Mm-hmm.
- I mean, I can do it,

but it's hard; I mean, it's way harder

than guys let on, you know?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

I think it's a confidence thing, though.

- [AUDIO FADES]
- [DIALOGUE ECHOES INDISTINCTLY]

My ex-girlfriend... her name is Meera.

- That's her name. Yeah.
- Meera?

- Piece of work...
- [AUDIO FADES]

... yeah, that'd be f*cked up...

like, I'd be just so jealous.

'Cause if it were me,
and I had to see it...

[MUFFLED CHATTER]

... matter of fact, matter of fact,

I don't know how I would
be able to handle that sh*t.

You gonna to laugh at her jokes
and not my jokes?

I might, I might need to, um...

I might, I feel a little...

Yeah.

I got to...

Oh, I can't go that way...

[TOM] Alice, wait, whoa!

Alice. Alice! Alice!

No, no, no, no, no, no!
This is the kitchen!

You're not supposed to be in here, girl!

- Tom! Tom!
- I'm coming!

Uh, I'm gonna get that
mole to go, I think.

- [ALICE] Tom.
- Yeah, I'm-I'm here.

- I'm with you!
- sh*t.

Oh, sh*t.

- Oh, f*ck.
- You okay?

Alice. Alice?

Was it the queso fundido, huh?

'Cause sometimes ain't
nothing fun about that dido.

Nat's here with her date.

What a horrible coincidence.

- Tom.
- Oh.

- You totally set this up.
- I...

Holy cow. You totally set this up!

That's why we were
sitting by the kitchen.

I had to see it.

I had to see them, okay?
In order to feel it.

In order to feel what?

Well, well, it wasn't...

- It's not jealousy, okay?
- Okay.

- So don't try to... it's not...
- I'm not gonna say

it's jealousy, but I hope you're pissed.

'Cause I'd be pissed the f*ck off.

You want to know what it feels like?

- Yeah.
- It feels like someone took a,

like, a rusty Kn*fe,
and they just jabbed it

- in my heart and they just,
- Oh, sh*t.

- like, slicing it down, okay?
- Oh, God!

And then they're just
taking my insides out.

- And they're just, like...
- Oh, sh*t!

Stop, stop, stop. And that's not you.

It's the smell of the trash,

and that image was way more

- visceral than I expected. No!
- I'm sorry, I just...

Don't, don't, don't,
don't worry about it.

Let's put it in the book, though.

I didn't, I didn't think seeing them

was gonna hurt this bad.

And, um, it's, uh...

Oh, God.

It's over.

[EXHALES] It's over, isn't it?

[SCOFFS]

[TOM] I'm sorry.

f*ck. I left my purse. I left my...

I can't go in there. I can't see them.

Don't worry, I'll go get it.
I'll be right back. Stay here.

Okay.

- It's locked. It's locked.
- Oh...

- f*ck me!
- No. Um...

f*ck.

[SHANE] Couldn't believe it.
I was down, and then I came back

with that jack-high straight
and it was over.

Oh, it is a trip how this game

gets in your head, don't you think?

Sure.

- What's wrong?
- Nothing.

Tess, what happened?

Come on, talk to me.

That guy, from earlier.

He followed me to the office
and he put his hands on me.

And I laughed, because that's
what we're taught to do.

And I just waited for him to get

tired, and... [SIGHS]

sick of me not saying yes,

and he did, eventually,
and he left and that's it.

Nothing happened.

What are you doing?

Well, I'm gonna figure out
where he lives.

- No. Hey, look, that's why
- So I can go and f*cking

- k*ll him.
- I didn't tell you. I don't want

you to do anything like that, okay?

How do you work this f*cking thing?

Will you just listen to me, please?

- Okay. How?
- I took care of it.

I took a rake.

All right, great. What's a rake?

A portion of the winning pot,
like, a small percentage.

It's illegal,
but it's actually customary.

If a player's winning too much
or if they're a prick,

and, in this case,
both those things are true.

How much?

Four grand... two for you, two for me.

Look, I'm sorry, okay?

It was a one-time thing.
It will never happen again.

I didn't mean to jeopardize the game.

Please don't be mad at me.

Okay, I'm sorry.

I kind of wish you took more.

I'm... I'm just glad you're okay.

You are okay, right?

Yeah.

Good.

Thanks.

[EXHALES]

- Hi.
- Hi.

I thought for sure you'd be asleep.

No. Not asleep.

Is everything okay?

- Did the kids go down okay?
- Yeah.

They were asleep when I got here.

- So was the babysitter.
- Oh, hi.

Hi. She had your sweater on again.

Well, yeah, I told her she could
wear it if she got cold.

She had your jeans on, too, but
I'll let you two work that out.

Oh. [CHUCKLES]

Nat, um...

What?

I can't do it.

Okay, we don't have to.

We don't have to.

Look, I don't want
to change you, I don't.

And I...

I can't.

I love you, Alice.

I know.

I mean, it's me and you.

You deserve someone
who can do this with you.

No.

No, Alice, believe me,
that's not what I want.

- I w-want you.
- I'm gonna go.

Wait. Wait, go? A... Wait.

- Alice. What do you mean?
- It's gonna be okay.

- We can figure this out.
- It's gonna be okay.

We can figure this... Alice.

Alice, please don't go.

Alice.

♪ I've been feeling ♪

♪ Inside out in my feelings ♪

♪ Upside down on the ceiling ♪

♪ Ooh... yeah ♪

♪ I'm finally breathing ♪

♪ The smoke ain't gone,
but it's clearing ♪

♪ I ain't there yet, but I'm healing ♪

♪ I ain't there yet ♪

♪ And lifted off my feet, yeah... ♪

Seven, eight, nine, ten.

That's right.

♪ Fall in love a million times ♪

- Hi!
- Hi, bud!

♪ It's a miracle I'm still alive ♪

♪ I won't say that it was easy ♪

♪ Trying to piece the broken pieces ♪

♪ But that's the sh*t I'm working on ♪

♪ The journey is a work of art ♪

- ♪ I can't erase all the things ♪
- _

- ♪ That I've done ♪
- _

♪ But all the mistakes ♪

♪ Made me who I've ♪

- ♪ Become... ♪
- _

[DANI LAUGHING]

Okay.

Okay, this is my auntie.

[THICK PERSIAN ACCENT] "Golnar...

a fight in the beginning

is better than peace at the end".

[LAUGHING]

Wh... What does that even mean?

I have no idea.

Wait.

"Golnar"?

- That's me, baby.
- Ah.

Gigi's just a nickname my mom invented

for "stupid Americans" in grade school.

It's my initials... Golnar Ghorbani.

G.G.

They couldn't just say Golnar?

No, too hard.

Wow. There were three
Golnars in my grade.

- [PERSIAN ACCENT] Th-ree?
- [PERSIAN ACCENT] Th-ree.

They all drove Mercedes and wore Prada.

See, that's the part of
"Tehrangeles" that I'm very...

[BOTH SPEAK FARSI]

... that we were too poor to experience.

♪ But all the mistakes made me who ♪

♪ I've become... ♪

I had the best time tonight.

♪ Inside out in my feelings... ♪

And it really came out of nowhere.

♪ Upside down on the ceiling... ♪

Thank you, again, for everything.

Pleasure was all mine.

[SIREN WAILING]

[FIRE TRUCK HONKING]

The f*ck is going on?

♪ But it's clearing... ♪

- Oh, my God.
- Is this your dad's place?

Yeah.

♪ I ain't there yet ♪

♪ Ooh... Yeah ♪

♪ I ain't there yet, but I'm healing ♪

♪ Ooh... Yeah ♪

♪ I ain't there yet, but I'm healing ♪

♪ Breaking down don't mean I'm broken ♪

♪ Losing hope don't mean I'm hopeless ♪

♪ And maybe all I need is time ♪

♪ It never happens overnight ♪

Excuse me. Could you
tell us what's going on?

Dad! Dad!

My donor's dying.

- Should I meet him?
- Do you want to meet him?

Nat and I broke up.

Is that why you look so terrible?

That feels unnecessary.

The world wasn't ready for you,
when you got your first break.

I don't know that
anyone's still listening.

Don't blow this off.

I want you to find Dani.

I'm so sorry. But, I
can't make it tonight.

No problem. What's going on?

Uh, you working late?