03x02 - Los Angeles Traffic

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Previously on The L
Word: Generation Q...

[DRAMATIC, INTENSE MUSIC]

[TINA] I've loved you my whole life.

And I've loved you all of mine.

I just wish that you
were f*cking better at it.

- Hi.
- [SOPHIE] Technically,

we have been on a break

since she's been at sober living.

[FINLEY] I'm just sorry.

About everything.

Because you really deserve to be loved.

We should just move in together.

Of course I want to live
with you. Let me talk to Nat.

[TINA] You do so much for Tess.

She's all domesticated now,

she's got the live-in
mother-in-law and all...

- [TINA] So grown up.
- [BETTE] Do you need anything else?

I'm just across town.

[ALICE] Bette's been putting
in a lot of personal work.

[SHANE] She's been reflecting.

[ALICE] These Gen
Zers are hot, they're smart,

they're bi... They don't
want the white picket fence.

[LAUGHING, WHOOPING]

[IVY] Come on. Have
a little fun with me.

[SHANE] I don't even
know if I remember how.

[IVY] I don't think a talent
like yours ever goes away.

I think it's always in you.

- [MARIBEL] You lose yourself in her.
- [SOPHIE] She's different now.

[MARIBEL] You both are toxic together.

[SOPHIE] You have been
hanging out with that therapist

for way too long.

[MICAH] Maribel, will you marry me?

[MARIBEL] I don't want to get married.

- I want to have a baby.
- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[TESS] I know we don't want to do
the whole marriage/kids thing.

The bar is our baby.

- Let's buy another baby.
- [SHANE] I'll think about it.

How'd it go with Nat?

Did she give us permission
to live together?

[ANGIE] Are you breaking up with me?

- I love you, Angie.
- No, no, no, no.

You don't get to say that.

Can you seriously, like, get out.

I don't want to leave.

Then don't.

♪ Don't find trouble, yeah ♪

♪ Trouble finds me ♪

You got to be f*cking kidding me.

- Uh.
- Oh, um...

Did you, did you...

- Honey, are you okay?
- Is there something you for... ?

[BOTH] Did you forget something?

I mean, we were just
gonna watch a movie...

Are you seriously gonna act
like I just didn't see...

Uh, just, just... Ew! [SCOFFS]

No. Um...

- I'm gonna give you your privacy.
- Wait, Angelica...

- Please don't.
- [DOOR CLOSES]

Let her go.

God, she seemed pretty upset.

She's seen worse.

We can talk to her tomorrow.

- Maybe at Marcus's opening.
- Yeah.

We should give her some space.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

[BOTH] What exactly would you tell her?

Are we gonna tell her that
it was a mistake or... ?

Was it?

No, I mean, I-I don't think so.

- Do... ?
- Neither do I.

I mean, it feels so real to me.

Yeah, it is real.

♪ I feel the attraction ♪

♪ Burning slowly, slowly ♪

♪ Like a lit cigarette ♪

♪ Draw me in ♪

♪ Take my hand ♪

♪ Now you know me, know me ♪

♪ Better than I do ♪

♪ I feel the attraction ♪

♪ Burning slowly, slowly ♪

♪ Like a lit cigarette ♪

[SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

It's been a long time.

I'm... different.

[WHISPERING] You're so...
so, so beautiful.

You are.

♪ Now you know me, know me ♪

♪ Better than I do ♪

♪ Know me, know me ♪

♪ Better than I do ♪

[PANTING]

[MOANING]

- ♪ I feel ♪
- ♪ I feel ♪

♪ The attraction ♪

♪ Draw me in ♪

- ♪ Take her hand ♪
- ♪ Take her hand ♪

♪ Know me, hold me ♪

♪ Better than I do ♪

[MOANING]

♪ I feel the attraction ♪

♪ Burning slowly, slowly ♪

♪ Like a lit cigarette ♪

She didn't say no. She just said
she wants to know you better.

Okay, well, I'm not moving in with Nat.

- I'm moving in with you.
- Yeah, baby, but it's not personal.

- How could it not be?
- It's just dinner.

I don't need to prove myself to Nat.

That's not what this is about.

And you have to stop making
me feel bad for having kids.

Moving in together

- involves Eli and Olive.
- Okay.

- Don't talk to me like I'm a child.
- So stop acting like one.

- Excuse me?
- [PHONE VIBRATING]

- Where's my phone?
- Are you dating me or her?

- Oh, my... Daniela.
- Okay.

Oh.

It's your ex-wife.

Hi, Nat. What's up?

Can... hold on. Can you please...

No. I don't... I don't
want to right now.

Yeah, I'm here. What's up?

[SLOW, SOMBER MUSIC]

- [WHISPERING] Are you awake?
- Mm-mm.

I can't believe... you're saying no.

- I didn't say no.
- Well, you haven't said yes either.

I said I needed time.

Mm.

But the bar's doing so well.

We're the only lesbian bar in L.A.

- Mm-hmm.
- Imagine if we had two.

Oh, it'd be so glam.

[CHUCKLES]

Are you manipulating me?

- I'm not manipulating you.
- No?

No. I'm not.

[SIGHS] What? You think
I was born yesterday?

No, I don't think that. [CHUCKLES]

I just, I just want
you to think about it.

I told you I would think about it.

- Think harder. [LAUGHS]
- [PHONE VIBRATING]

Oh, hang on.

Oh, this might be the real estate agent.

It is. Hello?

Yes, this is Tess.

Oh, that's great. Yes.

So the inspector can
come by this afternoon?

Oh, my God. Amazing. Awesome.

Whoo-ee!

Where's my little Popsicle?

- Hey, babe.
- Hi.

- What you doing?
- Oh, sh*t. Check it.

It's an easel.

- Okay...
- For Pictionary.

[CHUCKLING] Oh, okay.

- Oh, you're serious. Okay.
- You don't...

[CHUCKLING] We did these
game nights at sober living

and, I don't know, I
thought it could be fun.

Aw. All right, let's do it.

But you better be good
because I suck at losing, okay?

- We don't lose.
- She's in.

There we go.

I'm moderate, but I'm a fun hang, okay?

- Micah!
- Oh... maybe it could just be us?

- You know, just you and me?
- What? Why?

- You mad at Micah?
- No.

It's just Maribel.

- She... she hates you.
- Wow.

- Rough.
- Mm.

Okay.

- Yeah.
- That's a bummer.

[SHARP INHALE] I know.

- I still think it's a good idea.
- How could it still be a good idea?

No. Maribel and I just got to spend
some QT together, okay?

- I got this.
- Okay.

I'm gonna easel her
into it. [POPS LIPS] Ooh!

Okay, I'm gonna go show-show.
I do not smell good.

- Okay, love you.
- Love you.

[SIGHS] Oh, boy.

- Mira.
- [GASPS] Hey.

- I heard everything.
- Oh, good.

Ay, no, no. ¡Esta Finley
es un dolor de cabeza!

- I'm not doing it.
- No.

Look. [CLICKS TONGUE, SIGHS]

Finley's changed a lot and
she just wants to show you

that she's different now.

- [SIGHS]
- Please?

For me.

- Please.
- Mm.

Yes?

Okay?

[CLAPS HANDS] Help.

Whoo!

♪ I've been a little more changed ♪

♪ Can you feel it? ♪

♪ Pressure keeps caving in me ♪

[ALICE] They're not
letting us in on anything.

Do you know if they're coming together?

Maybe.

All I know is that Tina texted,
said she wanted to meet up.

So she's not using the group chat.

That's my... God, I
love the drama though.

I do.

It's gorg. Getting better.

- Thank you.
- Getting better?

- Oh, now look at this.
- [GASPS] I can't believe it.

[SHANE] This is cute.

Oh, holding hands. Is
this really happening?

- It's happening.
- Oh, my God.

We're taking it slow.

[TINA] Yeah, I fly out tonight.

But we're just, we're
gonna keep on talking and...

Right. We have a lot to figure out.

[BETTE] Yeah, we do, we do.

We have a lot of things to figure out.

- It's like no time has passed.
- Not skipping a b*at.

[ALICE] Time travel.

So, did you tell Angie yet?

[BETTE] Uh, well, unfortunately,
she-she caught us in the act.

- Oh. How gross for her.
- I know.

Well, she just came home, I mean...

Actually, I didn't even know
why she came home, do you?

I don't know why she came home.

- I-I know.
- Oh.

You didn't hear this from me. Promise?

But Jordi broke up with her.

- Wait, what? No.
- sh*t.

- Yeah.
- On the first night of school?

- First night.
- Oh, my God. We are terrible mothers.

I never liked that kid.

Like, from the very
beginning, I never liked...

Okay. Don't get negative here, okay?

Angie's gonna be very
excited about this happening.

Right? It's every divorced kid's dream.

Really is. Well, not
every, but it was mine.

[PHONE CHIMES, VIBRATES]

_

- Are you sexting?
- Hey...

- Getting sexy time?
- [TINA] Mm.

- You and Tess are so gross.
- No, I'm not.

Are you guys coming to Marcus's
opening tonight? You are, right?

[SHANE] Of course.
That's the plan. Absolutely.

In fact, I invited an
age-appropriate actress

- as my date.
- Oh, define age-appropriate.

Red flags with those actors, Alice.

- Really?
- Yep. Mm-hmm.

- Is she famous?
- Danger. Danger.

- Have I seen her in something?
- She is in a Marvel movie.

- Oh.
- [ALICE] Apparently.

- Oh, wow.
- Or no. Uh, um...

- Oh, like a D-DC?
- [TINA] DC Comic?

- Uh... a DC universe?
- Does it make a...

What's the difference on
either one of those movies?

I don't know the
difference. I don't... oh.

- [BETTE] I think it's darker.
- Money. She makes good money.

This might be Jojo Siwa's people.
Hi, I was just thinking about you.

[BOTH] Who's Jojo Siwa?

You know, I only understand
maybe half of what she says.

Well, 'cause she's in her own,
you know, magical universe.

- Unicorns, bubbles...
- [TINA] Rainbows.

- [BETTE] Pastel.
- Rainbows.

- [TINA] Champagne.
- [BETTE] Xanax.

- Oompa Loompas.
- [TINA LAUGHS]

Clouds everywhere.

♪ Ooh, la, la, la ♪

♪ I like the things you do ♪

[MICAH] Hey.

Okay, so are words
allowed in Pictionary?

Because I know that you're
drawing, but you get, like,

a special phrase or something,
right? Like a little hint or...

[LAUGHING] Wow. So
I'm carrying the team.

It's just, I'm more of
a comeback guy, you know?

[FINLEY] Oh, yeah. Sure you are.

- I'm gonna love to see that.
- You will.

Oh. Congratulations,
by the way, on the baby.

Like a goo-goo gaga, f*cking cute baby.

- You're not supposed to know that.
- Oh, was that a secret?

Oh, it's gonna be so cute.

A little combo of both your faces.

Wait.

No.

No...

You're gonna have to choose.

How are you gonna choose?

You guys both have such
good faces. Look at this.

No, look, we're not having a baby.

We're just talking about having a baby.

[MICAH] Right. Because I
didn't say yes to the baby.

Just talking about a baby.

Okay, sorry. Not a strong start for me.

Let's hope I'm kind of
a comeback kid too, huh?

I'm gonna go f*ck off now.

Thanks.

[SLOW, TENSE MUSIC]

- [SOPHIE] Sorry.
- You have a big mouth, you know?

♪ a*t*matic ♪

[DANI] If you give my Vogue
contact an exclusive sit-down,

I think it'd go a long way for the show.

- Of course.
- And for me, too.

Your business is doing well.

I mean, you had a
successful event at Dana's

and now you've got this. Right?

Thank you. Yeah.

Is it weird if I talk to you about Gigi?

- [SIGHS]
- Because...

N... of course. No. Come on, Dani.

I'm-I'm an adult. I
mean, most of the time.

[LAUGHS] Okay.

Well, I asked her to move in with me.

- Congratulations.
- Well, thank you.

But, um... she said we have
to talk to Nat about it first.

- [SIGHS]
- [CHUCKLING] As a trio.

- Right.
- She's lost her mind.

It's just... um...

Nat is Gigi's co-parent, right?

So she's not prioritizing Nat, per se,

she's prioritizing her family.

And really you want that.

You know, you want your
partner to be a good parent

and, I don't know, it seems
like Gigi is being just that.

The question is are you,
are you ready to be a parent?

[GENTLE MUSIC]

- [SOPHIE] You ready, baby?
- [FINLEY] Yeah. Go, go, go, go!

[SOPHIE] Okay, let's go. Okay.

Circle. Ball. Golf?

- You know I'm only , right?
- Yeah, you mentioned that.

My mom had me when she was
. Look how I turned out.

- Baby, focus!
- Um, um, um, bird?

Okay, bird.

- Um, okay...
- Did you ever think

that I might want to carry?

No. Do you?

No, no, but that's not the point.

The point is that you
didn't think of me.

Uh, carton of milk? Um, um, um...

Look at the f*cking
picture, look at the picture.

- Look at the picture!
- Uh, uh, uh, Bird Box?

Um, um, mockingbird!
To k*ll a Mockingbird!

[BOTH SCREAMING]

- Ooh, yeah.
- [SIGHS]

[SOPHIE WHOOPING]

In your face. Oh, sh*t,
that was good. Your turn.

How do you like that?

Good... uh, good luck.

[SOPHIE] Play the f*cking game.

[FINLEY] You guys are gonna do great.

♪ Oh, you want me to ♪

♪ Do what we do, do ♪

♪ We do, we do ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[BETTE] Hey. So good to see you.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- Hey.
- Hi.

- So, what do you think?
- This is incredible, Bette.

- If only Marcus could've seen this.
- Yeah, if only.

It's incredible to see so
much of his work in one place.

Yeah. Um... can I
speak with you for just

one moment a little bit later?

- Sure.
- Oh, yeah. Sorry, I'm...

- Are you in trouble?
- No. No.

After I got dumped,

I walked in on my mom
kissing my other mom,

- so...
- Oh, my God.

Worst first night of
college ever, right?

Sort of. But, I mean,
you're single and in L.A.

and you technically
have your own spot so...

- Ooh. You're right.
- Mm-hmm.

This could be, like, my ho phase.

- Yes.
- Yeah? [LAUGHING]

- Exactly.
- Okay, you're right.

- Yeah.
- Okay. [LAUGHS]

- Ooh.
- It's gonna be fun.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Okay.

[ASIA] Thanks for inviting
me as your date tonight.

Ever since my movie came out,
paparazzi have been hounding me.

I'm sure you understand.

Well, I'm not that
kind of famous, but...

[EXHALES] That doesn't
sound like too much fun.

Hmm... It's not bad, but
I do a lot of volleyballs.

- Oh.
- And that helps keep me grounded.

- Like a rec league?
- Sort of, but it's invite only.

I'd love to take you sometime.

So it's, like, discreet? Totally get it.

[CHUCKLING]

But I try not to play sports.
I'll-I'll come cheer you on.

[ASIA CHUCKLES]

I'm going to get some
more ice for my wine.

- Okay.
- Do you need anything?

No. All good.

- [QUIETLY] Shane.
- Several red flags.

- What? No.
- Yeah.

- But... she's great.
- Mm.

She's passionate about social issues,

- she has a mentor who's in prison.
- Oh, who? Like Keith Raniere?

[SIGHS] Okay.

[LAUGHS] As if...

Don't be crazy. No, her guy...

He's actually wrongly
convicted, of course.

And then, Asia's gonna
help get him out of prison.

Which I think is hot.

Yeah. Well, then she sounds very busy.

- What's wrong with being busy?
- Nothing.

Care for a spritzer?

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Cheers.

- What was that?
- What?

You, like, practically
eye f*cked that girl.

- It was a lot.
- No, I didn't.

Oh, no.

- You've got the itch.
- What itch?

In every relationship I ever
see you in, you get the itch.

[STAMMERS] I don't have the itch.

I don't even know what that means.

Things get too real, you get restless,

and then you start to, like, wiggle.

Please. I don't wiggle.

I'm literally watching
you wiggle right now.

Look at you. It's a wiggle.

- It's not a wiggle.
- All right.

- [MARIBEL] Okay. Um...
- Okay.

- Uh, police?
- Uh, no.

Um, a puppy? A dog!

No, it... [SIGHS] Here.

- A puppy!
- Look, it's...

- Oh, kink!
- [STIFLED LAUGHTER]

Pictionary's not that
progressive yet. Uh...

- Time's up. [WHOOPING]
- Time, time, time. Stop.

Jesus Christ.

- [SIGHS] It's goggles.
- [SOPHIE] Uh-huh.

You guy's got to have
a huddle or something.

Raise morale.

- This is tough to watch.
- [LAUGHS] Play nice.

Oh, is that what we need? Team spirit?

- [SIGHS]
- Talk to me.

[SCOFFS] Talk to you?

I feel like you told our friends

before we could even
start talking about it.

She's my sister.

Um, I do have special
privileges there. Hello?

We just, we have to slow down.

Yeah, sounds like that
train's left the station.

- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
- [MICAH] It's not funny.

My mom doesn't even
know we're dating yet.

You haven't told your mom
that we've been dating?

We've been living together
for, like, eight months.

[SIGHS]

[SIGHING]

[POP MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY]

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Um, so, are... Are
you coming to sit down?

Yeah, yeah.

I am. I just, uh...

I just really like this one.

[WHISPERING] Is this, um, is
this when I lost my earring?

[WHISPERING] Yes. This is
when you lost your earring.

[CHUCKLING]

Watch this.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh.

Oh...

Looks like you've lost
your earring in your hair.

Thank you.

I could have sworn I
saw you put that back in.

You're rewriting history. [LAUGHS]

I kissed you first.

Yeah, well, there was
also this boyfriend, Eric,

and he's not here either.

So I just figured I could improvise.

- I forgot about him.
- Oh, my God.

I forgot about him, too.

This is so much better
than the first time.

I agree.

Let's go get our girl.

- Yeah.
- [SIGHS]

[LINE RINGING]

[GIGI] Hi, it's Gigi. Leave a message.

[BEEPS]

Hey, it's me.

I'm sorry for reacting
the way I did earlier.

I... Nat is just looking after the kids.

- [MOUTHS]
- [DOORMAN] Have a good night.

And I will happily plead
my case to live with you.

So... please tell her to
call me or I can call her.

Whatever works.

And, uh...

I would really love
for you to come tonight

if you're not working too late.

I want to see you.

I love you.

Please come, okay?

Please come, bye. [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[GENTLE MUSIC]

Well, we just, uh...

We just wanted you to know
we're together together.

No sh*t.

I literally saw you
guys... making out, so...

[BETTE] That was unfortunate.

I'm sorry about that.

- We just...
- Yeah.

We wanted you to know
that, um, it's not a fling.

- You know? It's...
- Yeah.

And-and nothing that
matters is gonna change.

You don't have to worry about me.

You know, I'll be fine.

I don't know if you heard, but
I'm kind of an adult now, so...

- [CHUCKLING]
- But even adults experience heartbreak.

We heard about Jordi.

We're sorry.

Yeah, we wish we could
have been there for you.

Yeah. No, no... yeah. Thank you.

I mean, I appreciate it,
but... it's fine, honestly.

There's... Kayla's great, and Shane.

Just don't worry. I have
people outside of you two.

- Okay.
- Okay.

That's great to hear.

- You're such a grownup.
- Okay, stop.

'Cause once you start, you won't stop.

[LAUGHING]

- [FAN] Excuse me, Miss Porter?
- Yes?

- Hi.
- [BETTE] Hi.

- Hi. I'm your biggest fan. [CHUCKLES]
- [BETTE] Oh.

I just wanted to say how much
I admire you and your work.

- Thank you.
- I mean, what you've been able

- to achieve with this archive is...
- Oh, so kind of you.

Have you... had you heard
of Marcus Allenwood's work?

[FAN] Um, yeah.

Hi. Sorry, my buddy is super weird.

Every opening we go
to, he always does this.

He makes a beeline to the curator,

or gallery owner, or art dealer.

- It is never the artist.
- Mm-hmm.

He gets so close to real greatness,

and he chooses to talk to the
guy who does the paperwork.

- You know?
- [LAUGHS]

I'm sure she'd love to hear that
she's just the paperwork guy.

[LAUGHS] Y-You don't know her, do you?

Barely. She's just my mom.

[STAMMERS]

She actually... Oh. Okay.

That was great.

All right. Micah, I have to say,

- you're so good at Pictionary.
- Pfft. [LAUGHS]

Can the sarcasm be any more present?

[SOPHIE LAUGHS, SIGHS]

Hey, did you get to
try the, uh, soft Brie?

- Yeah.
- It's from Ralphs,

but it feels eclectic.

Yeah, it was good.

- Yeah, I thought so, too.
- [SIGHS]

Hey,

I don't have a good
relationship with my mom.

And I know a lot of people don't.

Like, I don't think Micah
and his mom really...

- What are you trying to do here?
- Nothing. I just...

I think maybe I take things
too personally sometimes

that I shouldn't, and I think that,

you know, maybe it's not about you.

Oh, it's definitely not about you.

Okay. [LAUGHING] f*ck.
I was just trying to help. I...

You know, I didn't ask for
help, especially from you.

- What is going on?
- [MARIBEL] Nothing.

Uh, okay. Why don't we
just go upstairs? Come on.

No, we... We're fine.
We like each other, okay?

No, we don't, actually.
And to be honest,

I liked whoever she was
f*cking while you were gone.

Geez.

[SCOFFS SOFTLY]

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

Finley, uh...

- I just...
- [SIGHS]

["MERCY" BY MO]

♪ You got the look in your eyes ♪

[SIGHS]

♪ I know I f*cked up
one too many times... ♪

[KNOCKING]

- [SOPHIE] Hey.
- Hey.

- Can we talk for a second?
- Yeah.

Um, I'm sorry about Maribel.

- She has a big f*cking mouth.
- It's fine.

Um... [SIGHS]

Okay, I-I know that... I know
this is weird, and it's...

It's fine.

No, it's obviously... not.

So... I mean, but...

I mean, we kind of talked
about this before, right?

When... on the phone with...

I mean, just...

Well, you said that we were on a break.

- I know.
- And you said

that you didn't want me
to wait for you, and...

- I know.
- Right and then you said

that if... you know,
you didn't want to know

about it if it happened.

That's still true.

They didn't mean anything.

There was more than one?

No. "They," singular.

- How many times?
- No.

You just said that you
didn't want to know about it,

so now this feels like a trap.

You're right. You're right.
I don't want to know about it.

I, um...

Look, you didn't do
anything wrong, okay?

You didn't, really. I just...

It still hurts, you know?

Well, that's not fair.

You slept with somebody

- while I was in rehab, Soph.
- But you were the...

No matter how, like,
legal or whatever it is,

it still f*cking hurts.

Okay.

What? You can't apologize
for hurting me? I...

You just said I didn't
do anything wrong.

- You just said that.
- Okay, I...

I... I know this is a "me" problem.

I know I brought this on
myself but, um, I need a second,

'cause right now, it really
feels like it's you, and...

Okay.

Jesus. I'm...

f*ck.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[LINE RINGING]

[TESS] Hi, Finn.

Hey, are you busy?

I'm actually just pulling
up to a party with Shane.

- Is everything okay?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nothing urgent.

Okay. Well, you've got this.

Right? You really do.

Um,

I'm gonna call you first
thing in the morning, okay?

Yeah. Of course. Thanks,
Tess. And have fun.

- Love you. Bye.
- [CLICKS]

[SIGHS]

♪ A feeling moves a deeper truth... ♪

[TESS] Hi. Good to see you.

I love this.

- I'm gonna look around.
- Okay.

Oh, wow.

[SHANE CLEARS THROAT]

♪ When they're taking of the silence ♪

♪ It's our right to have
love without the v*olence... ♪

- Hi. I'm sorry I'm late.
- You're right on time.

Oh. [CHUCKLES] Isn't that gorgeous?

[SIGHS]

- Let's do it.
- Do what?

You and me. Let's open that second bar.

- Really? [LAUGHS]
- Yeah.

I'll do anything with you.

[MOANS]

- [SIGHS]
- You happy?

I'm so happy. [LAUGHS]

Thank you. Thank you.

[BETTE] I want to thank you all

for being here to bear witness

to a body of work by Marcus Allenwood.

He was a painter of quiet brilliance.

We had a... a personal connection

that went far beyond the art world.

I'm sure many of you have questions

as to why you haven't
seen his work before,

why... why it hasn't reached
this kind of stage before.

Well, besides the obvious,
the institutional racism

that limits and punishes
all Black artists,

-the fact is that
-[PHONE VIBRATING]

Marcus always put his family first.

He made extraordinary, consistent work,

but he didn't isolate
himself from his family

or his community to do it.

He described his marriage

as a work of art.

- [SNIFFLES]
- [SOFT, UPBEAT MUSIC]

He talked about his family being

his greatest accomplishment.

I think he understood

what so many of us struggle to,

and that is...

- our time here is limited.
- _

He reminds me not to
waste another second.

So,

I am raising my glass

to the wonderful work
that fills these rooms.

And I thank you for being here.

It means the world to me.

Cheers.

This... might sound trite, but...

- Oh, I can be into trite.
- [LAUGHS]

I just... I had a great time tonight.

I-I don't know what I
was expecting, but it...

- it wasn't this.
- Really? Hmm.

- Okay.
- Mm.

- You're beautiful.
- Thank you.

[SIGHS] You have such
a magnetism about you.

You're successful, you're...

Have you ever done an intensive

with the Executive Success Program?

I think it would be truly
transformative for you.

Really. I... Everything that's happening

- for me right now...
- Mm-hmm.

- The successes.
- Mm-hmm.

- I can attribute to that.
- Mm.

- The community there.
- Mm-hmm.

- There's nothing like it. Yeah.
- Yeah.

- So maybe next weekend?
- Well...

♪ You can't keep hurtin' by yourself ♪

- [MICAH] Hey.
- Hey.

So you, uh, kind of took a
pretty big swing tonight, huh?

Yeah. I was hurt from before, and...

You know what? Um...
I know I need to tell my mom.

And I'm sorry I embarrassed you.

Thanks.

- The thing is...
- I'm sorry, too.

Oh.

Really?

Yeah. It's just been really intense,

and I feel like I f*cked up everything.

You haven't.

Really, you haven't. It's just...

It's a lot.

Right? Like, a lot.

So much.

- It's really been f*cking with my head.
- Same.

I don't want to push you into
something that you're not ready for.

- But I need to know if... [SIGHS]
- Okay. Yeah, okay, so... [EXHALES]

- I want to have a baby with you.
- Really?

- Yeah.
- [SNIFFLES]

- Even if I'm, like, mean sometimes?
- [LAUGHS SOFTLY]

We all have our sh*t.

I don't know, but I think that if
we can get through this, then...

I think we're gonna be okay.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

Plus, I don't want my
swaddling skills to go to waste.

[LAUGHING] Oh, God.

- Oh, you're an expert now? Yeah?
- Yeah.

I don't know. I...
You know, the Internet.

- I've seen some videos.
- [LAUGHS] Oh, yeah.

Can't be that hard, right?

Okay.

We're gonna be okay.

[SCOFFS]

[SCOFFS]

_

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

Oh, boy.

[GROANS]

- Hi.
- Hi.

[GROANING]

[SIGHS]

- I'm sorry for hurting you.
- I was just gonna say the same thing.

- [SCOFFS] No way.
- Way.

- Sorry I'm so nuts.
- You're not.

Come on, let me see these hands.

- Oh. Oh.
- [LAUGHING] No.

- [LAUGHS]
- No.

Look at these string bean fingers.
Oh, Lordy. Oh, I missed them.

Mmm. Mmm.

Sometimes it's hard to
know what you see in me.

What?

Hey.

You're... my guy.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

You make my heart b*at faster.

- Mm-hmm.
- Let's see here.

- Where'd the little birdie go?
- Mm.

I felt him before, I
don't feel him anymore.

Is it under my boob? Yeah?

Ooh, you're on the wrong side.

Hope so. Otherwise, I'm
not sure you're alive.

[LAUGHS]

Ah, there she is.

There she is. [SIGHS]

Go, little birdie, go.

- Tweet, tweet.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

So stupid.

- I am so proud of you.
- Oh. Thank you.

And you should be proud of yourself.

You know, maybe I should
have said that more often.

- Stay.
- What?

[WHISPERING] Stay with
me in L.A. Don't go.

Um...

No, no. I... I have to go home...

- to Toronto.
- No. I know. Of course you do.

It feels like you're
doing this thing again.

- It's like a pattern.
- Doing what thing again?

I... [SIGHS] You're not the only one

- with a career.
- No. Okay, I...

- I wasn't implying that.
- [SIGHS]

- That's not what I was... Okay.
- It felt like it.

It felt like you were implying that.

- I wasn't. I was... I...
- I would never,

ever, ever ask you
to give everything up.

- Okay, all right.
- Okay? Ever.

- I don't know how we got here.
- [PHONE RINGING]

- Oh.
- Like, can we just

dial this back a little bit?

Because this is not what I meant at all.

My car's two minutes away. I have to go.

Told you.

[EXHALES]

- You okay?
- Um, no. No, I'm not okay.

I, um... I just asked her to stay,

and-and she thought I was asking
her to give up her life for me.

And-and I guess...

[VOICE BREAKING] I guess
in a way, I was doing that.

- And I just...
- Okay, just take a deep breath.

- Just breathe.
- It's just that we were

doing really well, and
I just f*cked it up.

No, you didn't. You didn't f*ck it up.

Oh, no, I did. I just f*cked it up.

Bette, we've been here
before with you and Tina.

- Why would it be different now?
- Um, because I don't know.

That's what she thinks. She
thinks that I can't change,

and now, here we are.

- I don't know what to do.
- [ALICE] Okay.

I know you asked her
to stay, but maybe...

Mm-hmm.

I need to go?

- [BOTH] Yes.
- I need to go!

My God. You're so f*cking smart.

- Where's Angelica? Angelica?
- Oh, she-she's...

- I saw her go outside.
- Yeah. Let's go grab her.

Yeah, but I don't have
anything. I don't have my jacket.

- It's okay.
- I'll-I'll get it. I'll get it.

Let's find your daughter.

♪ Just another day, but
there's something different ♪

Thank you.

♪ Am I lying wide awake
or am I still dreaming? ♪

Um, Terminal , please.

♪ I can hear my heartbeat
a brand-new rhythm... ♪

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Okay, again, I am so sorry
about what I said earlier.

- Oh, you should be.
- Angie?

- It was so embarrassing.
- Ang?

- Angie?
- Hey!

Angie, we got to go.

- I got to go win your mom back.
- Yeah.

- Again. You drive.
- Yeah.

Okay. Um... okay.

- Let's go.
- What is happening?

- I got to go.
- You go in the middle.

- You're little.
- Okay, like, right now?

Can we exchange numbers? 'Cause...

[BETTE] Come on, sweetheart. Let's go.

Hey, I'm sorry. We got to wrap this up.

- [BETTE] Come on, let's go!
- [SHANE] Wrap it up.

Come on. Let's go.

Thanks!

You're-you're-you're... you're welcome.

- Who is that?
- What happened?

- Who is that?
- [OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

We got to go to the airport... LAX.

- [HENDRIX] Hi.
- [ALICE] Hi.

- Have a good night.
- It was nice to meet y'all.

- Who is that?
- No one.

No one? Didn't look like no one to me.

- [DANI] Bette? Bette?
- Yeah?

- What?
- What?

- Where are you going?
- [STAMMERS]

- Interview? Uh...
- Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

- This can't wait. It can't wait.
- There's a...

Later, all right?
Let's go. I'm so sorry.

Uh...

Yeah. f*ck.

[SIGHS]

♪ If you should lose me ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ You lose a good thing... ♪

[SIGHS]

[ENERGETIC, LIVELY MUSIC]

[SIGHS]

[APP VOICE] Hello, and
welcome to Meditation Daily.

Let's start our session today
by finding a comfortable...

[BETTE] Can you go
faster, but safely? Safely.

[AUTOMATED VOICE] Your
call has been forwarded...

Aw, g*dd*mn it, she's not answering.

No, it's okay. Look,
I've got eyes on the car.

They're there.

[ALICE] I feel like
we're in The Parent Trap.

Hey, what happened to that Asia girl?

- Oh, um, she's in NXIVM.
- The sex cult?

- Yes.
- [BOTH] No.

- Yes.
- Eyes on the road.

- [SHANE] Eyes.
- I'm not gonna lie, though.

Did consider it for just a minute.

[TESS] No, no. Don't get on the freeway.

They're gonna go through downtown. Look.

- [BETTE] Angie.
- [TESS] Oh, oh, oh.

- [ANGIE] I see her.
- You got this. You got this.

- [HORN BLARING]
- All right.

- I'm trying her again.
- Your call has been...

What if she says "no"?

She's not gonna say "no."

[ANGIE] sh*t. I lost 'em.

[TESS] She's taking a
left. She's taking a left.

[ALICE] Go, Angie! Go!

[SHANE] Left, Angie. That left.

[ANGIE] Okay, okay.
I'm going. I'm going.

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[PHONE CHIMES, VIBRATES]

♪ This is my last time ♪

♪ Not asking anymore ♪

- _
- ♪ If you don't do right ♪

♪ I'm gonna march out of that door ♪

- ♪ And if you don't believe me ♪
- _

- [MESSAGE SENDS]
- ♪ Just try, daddy ♪

♪ And you'll lose a good thing ♪

- [HORN HONKING]
- [TIRES SCREECHING]

[ECHOING] ♪ And you'll lose a good thing ♪

[APP VOICE] Breathe in slowly,

collecting the stresses of the day.

- [HORNS HONKING IN DISTANCE]
- [SIGHS]

- And breathe out...
- [HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]

- releasing the...
- [EXHALES SHARPLY]

This is why I left L.A.

[HORNS CONTINUE HONKING]

[ANGIE] Why is there traffic
at : p.m. on a Saturday?

- Maybe it's a sports thing?
- [TESS] sh*t.

- I don't see her car. Do you?
- No.

She probably took nd
towards the freeway.

That onramp's been closed for months.

Aw, sh*t, there was an accident.

- Oh, I hope everyone's okay.
- Oh! I see her car!

- Where? Where? Where?
- Right there! Right there!

- See it? Right there.
- [BETTE] Tina!

Tina!

- Tina... !
- Tina... !

[APP VOICE] Feel the ground beneath you.

- Tina!
- [BETTE] Tina... !

Guys, she can't hear
us. She can't hear us.

She can't hear it.

[TESS] No.

- You know what?
- What? What?

Maybe you could catch her on foot.

- Is that crazy?
- You think so?

[SHANE] Yeah. You're
right, you're right.

We're trapped here. You should do it.

I mean... [CHUCKLES]

- Okay.
- Yeah?

- Yeah? You doing it?
- [SQUEALS] Oh, my God!

You're gonna be all right, right?

- Yes!
- I don't have to worry

- about you?
- No.

Okay. I love you.

You have created a wonderful,
full life for yourself.

I am so f*cking proud of you.

I love you, too.

- You...
- Mm-mm.

Are just incredibly f*cking special.

Like unicorn, rainbow special.

And apart from Tina, you are my
absolute favorite ex-girlfriend.

You're gonna make me cry.

[INHALES SHARPLY]

- I love you.
- [LAUGHS]

I love you, too, Mom.

Okay, now go! Get out of the car!

- I'm going, I'm going.
- [CHEERING]

- ♪ Suddenly I see ♪
- [HORNS HONKING]

♪ This is what I want to be ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

- [CHEERING]
- ♪ Why it all ♪

♪ Means so much to me ♪

[HORNS HONKING]

♪ This is what I want to be ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

- [TIRES SCREECH]
- [HORN HONKING]

♪ Why it all means so much to me ♪

[CHUCKLING]

♪ I feel like walking the
world, like walking the world ♪

Wait, what-what are you doing?

- Hi.
- Oh, my God.

- Did you run here?
- [PANTING] Yes.

- Are you crazy?
- Yes. I love you.

I love you. I've always loved you.

I love you, and I... and this.

And this forever.

- Forever.
- No, I know.

I know you love me, and I
know you believe in this.

But that's not our problem.

It-It's more complicated than that.

- Okay, okay. Okay.
- It is. It's...

- All right. I hear you.
- It's different.

I've spent the last years
of my life building my career.

And I'm so proud of that.

And now I want to spend the
rest of my life with you.

[SHUDDERS] You are my home.

I want to love you
better each and every day.

I want to love you more
deeply each and every day.

And I cannot wait
another minute to do it.

You're... you're not thinking clearly.

You love it here.

You love your friends and your job.

That's true. That's
true. But I love you more.

My God, I love you more.

I love you more.

So, please...

[SNIFFLES, EXHALES]

Please, may I come with you?

[HORNS HONKING]

- [DRIVER] Get out of the road, lady!
- Just a second!

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Get in! Just get in!

[LAUGHING]

♪ She got the power to be ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

♪ This is what I want to be ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

♪ Oh... ♪

Please tell Vogue I'm so sorry.

- I'll make sure we reschedule, okay?
- I understand.

I can't promise that, Dani.

Oh.

- Um...
- Good night.

Yes, good night. I'm... I'm sorry again.

[PHONE VIBRATING]

Hi, Nat. How are you?

Hi. Um, I'm so sorry, but...

Gigi's been in an accident.

Can you come? Now?

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

♪ This is what I want to be ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪

♪ Why it all means so much to me ♪

♪ This is what I want to be ♪

♪ Suddenly I see ♪