04x07 - Snipe Hunt

[bunniefuu]

- [LEAVES RUSTLING]
- [BIRDS CHIRPING]

["YOUR LOVE IS KING" BY SADE PLAYING]

♪ Your love is king ♪

♪ Crown you in my heart ♪

♪ Your love is king ♪

♪ Never need to part ♪

♪ Your kisses ring... ♪

Feel like we should maybe
slow down a little bit.

♪ Touching the very part of me ♪

♪ It's making my soul sing ♪

♪ Tearing the very heart of me... ♪

EARN: Supposed to be a turn-off soon.

♪ Your love is king... ♪

VAN: You don't think we missed it?

EARN: Nah, I think we're good.

♪ You're the ruler of my heart ♪

♪ Your kisses ring... ♪

EARN: Here he is.

♪ Round and round and round my. ♪

OWNER: Hey, Earn. [CHUCKLES]

- Welcome, welcome. You made it.
- Thank you, thank you.

Hey, I'm gonna ask
that you come down here

at five miles per hour.

You know, there's kids
and dogs running around,

sometimes deer.

Yeah, yeah. Sorry.

So, when you pass this road,

just look on either side for signs

to point you where you need to go.

I got you booked for entire grounds.

Great.

- Oh, is that the birthday girl?
- Yeah,

that's-that's Lottie. This is Van.

Hi.

Beautiful family. Well,
I hope y'all enjoy.

Need anything, don't hesitate
to holler at me or my wife.

- VAN: Thank you, bye.
- All right, thank you.

OWNER: Happy birthday.

- Very nice.
- Yeah.

Here, you want to carry one of these?

Take the best one.

- Ooh, purple.
- [GIGGLES]

That's Prince's favorite color.

What do you think are the chances that

that guy's gonna k*ll us in our sleep?

Honestly?

Eight. Eight percent.

You think eight percent?

Sounds high.

It's a big tarp.

Yeah.

I got, uh...

I got a really awesome tent.

It's, like, the most
expensive one in REI.

The... the guy was like,
this is the best one they had.

Like, uh, I think
it's, like, a -person.

Like, uh...

It's for how many people?

person, and you can split the rooms,

and it has, like, a porch, too.

We're gonna be freezing.

What?

'Cause if you don't have
enough body heat to insulate

the... space...

It'll be fine, though.

Okay.

- It'll be fine. I'm-I'm excited.
- I'm-I'm sorry.

- No, no, no. Okay.
- I didn't know.

- It looks really nice. I mean...
- Okay. You're...

- [LAUGHS]
- very welcome.

We're gonna... I'm gonna get...

It's kind of big. [LAUGHS]

Let's find the corners.

Hey, Lottie, you want
to-you want to help us?

No.

EARN: Huh.

What's going on with her?

VAN: She's just tired.

She'll be fine.

[BIRDS CALLING]

Can you hand me those?

- Um, this?
- Yeah.

- Yeah.
- Thank you.

No problem.

So, have you...

thought more about L.A.?

[CLEARS THROAT] I mean...

Yeah, I've thought
about it a lot, actually.

We were gonna talk
about it a little later.

Yeah. Whenever you want.

[GRUNTS]

Those ones, I think, go by the door.

[HAMMERING]

Hmm.

Are we missing a pole?

EARN: Doesn't quite look right.

VAN: What do you think?

She loves it.

Which room you gonna sleep in?

LOTTIE: Hm... this one.

VAN: Ooh.

Which one's Daddy gonna sleep in?

LOTTIE: He can sleep outside.

Outside?

I'll get my toothbrush.

[LIQUID POURING]

[SIGHS]

I peed.

[CHUCKLES] That's great.

That's exactly what
we were supposed to do.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]

This river's too high.

- We can't cross it.
- I think we can...

We can make it across here.

I think there's a
lo-log underneath there.

We could hop to that rock.

Oh... you think she can cross that?

We're just gonna get wet.

- It's too high.
- We'll get wet up to here, but

- she can get on my shoulders.
- Earn. No.

She can get on my shoulders.

Come on, Lottie, let's go.

We can't cross this.

- You don't think so?
- No.

- Maybe...
- That... that-that's all gonna collapse.

It's all gonna collapse.

[BOTH LAUGH]

That's not true.

- Is it?
- Not in Europe. [LAUGHS]

- All right.
- It's hard there.

EARN: You enjoying
your birthday, Lottie?

Do we have any other snacks?

Yeah, I think we do.

- It's like I'm not here.
- I don't really like my birthday.

Since when?

What kind of six-year-old
doesn't enjoy their birthday?

You know how she is
when she's in her moods.

You can't catch anything?

Don't worry, we're gonna
go catch fish later,

and then tonight we're
gonna try to catch a snipe.

A snipe?

Yeah. We're gonna go snipe hunting.

What's a snipe?

It's this really rare creature.

It's nearly extinct.

And it only comes out at night

when the moon is out, and
it's really crazy long,

and it has red eyes.

But only the coolest and
the smartest can catch it.

Did you ever catch it?

No, but maybe with your help I can.

I want to catch it.

Yeah, we're gonna try.

Are y...

are you pranking our daughter?

You don't know what a snipe hunt is?

- No.
- It's, like, a tradition.

I did it at Girl Scouts.

You were in Girl Scouts?

- I did not know that.
- Yeah.

I did it for just a
summer, when I was eight.

I didn't like being
trapped camping with people

I didn't vibe with, so...

- [INSECTS CHITTERING]
- [BIRDS SINGING]

[CONVERSATION CONTINUING
INDISTINCTLY IN DISTANCE]

VAN: I think, is actually a bird

that's hard to catch,
or something like that,

and it turned into this folklore,

so, you could, in the end,

we could tell her it's a bird.

EARN: Okay.

- VAN: You want to...
- I have no problem with

doing it. It sounds... sounds
like it could be, uh, fun.

You know, cool, it's
just, when you-when you

- first hear "snipe hunt"...
- Mm-hmm.

It sounds like a r*cist,

- like, mob.
- Oh, my God.

Like, "Let's get the snipe.

- You're so silly.
- He's taking our jobs."

- [LAUGHS]
- LOTTIE: Hey!

Oh.

- Lottie. You...
- EARN: Wow.

- VAN: Maybe put him down.
- Yeah, put him down.

- Yeah, maybe put him dow...
- I don't want to, though.

Lottie. This is nature, okay?

That toad is not for you, okay?

LOTTIE: I want to hold it, though.

- I want it to stay.
- Yeah.

But it let you take a look at him,

and then it wanted to go.

You should feel lucky that
you got to hold it, okay?

Come on. I have some raspberries.

Come on.

EARN: You know, I know this little girl.

Her name is, uh, Shottie.

And, um,

she has a dad named Shmad.

And, um...

all they do is eat ice cream

in Opposite World.

LOTTIE: What?

EARN: All they do is eat ice cream,

and they get thinner.

LOTTIE: That's, like,
totally the opposite

of what you're supposed to do.

- EARN: What would be the...
- You're sup...

you're supposed to not have

- Ice cream.
- Ice cream all the time,

and when you do, you're
supposed to get fat.

- EARN: Really?
- Yeah.

EARN: Is that why I'm so fat?

- I eat ice cream, like, every day.
- [LAUGHS]

- [VAN CHUCKLES]
- EARN: Like, for breakfast.

- LOTTIE: No, you don't.
- I do.

[SQUEALS, LAUGHS]

[GRUNTS]

You guys good?

- VAN: Yeah, we're good.
- LOTTIE: Yeah.

EARN: All right.

- VAN: I love how calm it is.
- EARN: Yeah, it's great.

- LOTTIE: Oh, that actually is cool.
- VAN: It's really cool.

LOTTIE: I wish grandma
and grandpa were here.

VAN: Hmm.

- Yeah, that makes sense.
- VAN: Yeah.

You know, we'll make sure that, um,

they celebrate with us this weekend.

- VAN: Yeah.
- Yeah.

VAN: Are you just missing them

or you wish they were doing
your birthday with you?

- LOTTIE: Both.
- Both.

Both.

Well, I think it's...

kind of cool that we're all...

- VAN: Together. Yeah.
- Together. Yeah.

VAN: That's special.

That's special, too, right? I mean,

- it doesn't happen all the time.
- LOTTIE: Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

EARN: Am I starving,

or is this incredible?

It's really good.

I think we should talk more about L.A.

Yeah. We probably should.

LOTTIE: Mom.

The moon is out.

VAN: Oh, it is.

Baby, why don't we go looking
for snipes tomorrow, hm?

I think it's a little late now.

VAN: Here, take the pillowcase,

put it on the ground, and open it up.

Do you have a marshmallow?

- Just one?
- Yeah.

And you're gonna take the marshmallow,

you're gonna put it
inside the pillowcase

all the way to the end, okay?

Now, you're gonna take the lantern,

you're gonna put it next to the opening,

so that when the snipe
walks in, you can see it.

You need to find a stick. Here.

- And then you're gonna make this sound.
- [SCRAPING]

That's gonna lure the snipe, okay?

And the snipe should
just walk in on its own

to get the marshmallow bait.

You know what you're
gonna do when it does that?

You're gonna take your foot,

you're gonna stomp on the pillowcase,

trap the snipe in there,
and then you're gonna

hit it on the head, okay?

Okay.

VAN: Here.

Good job. All right, baby, have fun.

LOTTIE: Where are you going?

Aw. Baby, you have to
hunt the snipe alone.

If there's too many people around,

the snipe's not gonna come.

But don't worry, we're
right over there, okay?

[SIGHS]

What?

You, what? [CHUCKLES]

L.A.

You gonna come with me?

Is that why you did all this?

What do you mean?

You know, it feels a little manipulative

to rent out an entire campground.

I-I just wanted to make
Lottie's birthday special.

Can I ask you a question?

What's so great about Atlanta...

that you can't leave it behind?

I mean, it'd be my choice to stay.

That's not what it's about, though.

I'm afraid that...

it's about you not wanting
to be alone when you go there,

and that you're scared of that.

And I'm... not just
your security blanket.

LOTTIE: Got him!

What?

I got the snipe.

Uh... what did it look like?

Long, with red eyes, and
I hit it with the stick

- when I caught it.
- [CREATURE CHITTERING]

Uh, okay, okay,

Lottie, um...

listen.

When I count to three,

you're going to put the
lamp down very slowly,

drop the bag, and run to Mommy, okay?

- Okay.
- VAN: Okay.

One, two...

- three. Come, come, come, come, come,
- Go, go, go, go,

- go, go.
- Come, come, come, come, come.

Baby, are you okay?

Hold this.

Earn...

- Please be careful.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[SCREECHES]

- Aah!
- Oh, my God.

Oh! Oh!

- What was that?
- What was that?

It was a snipe.

I got him.

VAN and EARN: ♪ Happy birth... ♪

Shh! No singing, please.

VAN: Happy birthday, baby.

EARN: Happy birthday. so big.

[VAN CHUCKLES]

[RIVER BURBLING]

[INSECTS CHITTERING]

[LOON CALLING]

[SHIVERING, TEETH CHATTERING]

VAN: Earn.

EARN: Yeah?

VAN: Is that your teeth chattering?

EARN: Maybe.

VAN: I... I think you
should just get in with us.

This is really sad.

[GRUNTS SOFTLY]

[SIGHS]

[VAN GRUNTS]

[BOTH SIGH]

Her feet are cold.

- Her feet?
- Yeah.

Yeah...

It's those sharp toenails.

I know. Talons.

[SIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

Lottie?

Lottie, do you want some more s'mores?

What are you doing?

Testing to see if she's awake.

You know, when I go...

I-I wouldn't have to be alone.

You know, I'm not...

I'm not saying that to be cocky.

I have a good job, and a...

cool job.

I'm not terrible-looking.

And I'm not tied to anything

that would turn someone off from me.

And you'd be here, raising our kid.

And I'd see you every, you know,

couple of months, maybe
once or twice a year.

If I didn't want to be alone,

I wouldn't have to be.

I could find someone.

You know, someone new, but...

it-it's not about that.

Then what is it about? Is it, like, a...

a co-parenting arrangement

- or...
- No. I, uh...

I want to be a family.

I want us to be a family.

I mean, look at Lottie.

I mean, she's f*cking amazing.

She's the physical
manifestation of what happens

when we get together.

I mean, she's smart,

she's kind, she's sensitive,
and she's intuitive.

- Mm-hmm.
- She's...

the best... parts of

both of us. I'm just...

I...

I know you love Lottie, and...

I know you'll miss her.

I'm fighting for you, Van.

You know me. I don't fight for anything.

Van, look at me.

I love you.

I can't just pack up my whole life

'cause you love me as Lottie's mom.

That's not...

enough...

for me.

Do you think I just
see you as Lottie's mom?

Do you not realize how...

in love with you I am?

How much I think about you?

I've dreamed about you
every night since Amsterdam.

I do see you as a woman.

I still want you.

I desire you, Van.

When I think about the fact that...

that you are also the
mother of my child...

I could just f*cking burst.

I've never felt that way about anything.

I wasn't able...

I wasn't able to feel that before.

And I'll love you forever

because of that, no matter what.

I mean, what else are
we doing this for...

if not for that feeling?

What else is there?

You know what I mean?

I do.

It's... a little...

Kanye being passionate,

but I do know what you mean.

I don't want to find someone new.

Not because it's...

it isn't time-consuming, and...

you know, annoying,

which it is.

It's because...

I... I just want to do this with you.

Okay? I just want to do this with you.

Will you go to L.A. with me,

so we can be a family?

Like, a for-real family?

Okay... Okay.

[INHALES, EXHALES]

Okay.

[SNIFFLES]

Are you cold?

- Yeah, I'm freezing.
- Okay.

[SHIVERS]

[SIGHS]

I love you, too.

I know.

I know.

Me too.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[EARN GRUNTS SOFTLY]

I think there's a slant.

- [GRUNTS]
- [GRUNTS]

- I think we slid down.
- [GROANS]

[YELPS]

[VAN GRUNTS]

Mm!

Now you spit.

Supposed to rain today.

What?

When?

[RAIN FALLING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Leave it. We'll-we'll get another.

Okay. Come on.

- Baby, come on, let's go.
- Yeah, let's get in the car.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]

- Got it?
- Yeah.

["LOVE IS STRONGER THAN
PRIDE" BY SADE PLAYING]

♪ I won't pretend ♪

♪ I'm good at forgiving ♪

♪ But I can't hate you ♪

♪ Though I have tried ♪

♪ I still really, really love you ♪

♪ Love is stronger than pride ♪

♪ I still really, really love you ♪

♪ I won't pretend ♪

♪ That I intend to stop living ♪

♪ I won't pretend ♪

♪ I'm good at forgiving ♪

♪ But I can't hate you ♪

♪ Although I have tried ♪

♪ I still really, really love you ♪

♪ Love is stronger than pride ♪

♪ I still really, really love you. ♪