Finger Laced Crown (2024) Movie Script
1
[Rushing wind]
[Soft buffalo grunt]
[Dreamy music Ocean Call]
[Crashing waves]
[Soothing Music]
This is all done
with spray paint
So, no brushes.
[Lemon Drop] For a finer line
Ill sometimes use an old sock
[Patron Two] How long did it
take you to learn how to do
something like this.
I've been doing this
for a few years
[Patron Two] No way.
[Lemon Drop] I mean, I've been
an artist my whole life.
I was a seamstress first.
Did extensive custom
costume work.
[Patron Two] So like, a lot
of coseplay work.
[Lemon Drop] A lot of cosplay.
Yeah.
I did an artist in
residency in Montreal.
Oh, wow.
Around that same time
I had a bad break up.
And, yeah, moved to
Canada for a year.
As one does after a bad breakup.
Which also happened to be the
year of our lord 2020.
Oh no.
Oh no, is right. Yeah.
Nothing quite like being
heartbroken and alone
during quarantine in a
country you don't know.
But it certainly gave
me a lot of time for this.
I mean, I spent
a lot of it outside.
I met a graffiti
artist named Tyrone.
He only spoke French.
I only spoke English.
We both like girls and
we both liked art.
Sounds serendipitous.
[Lemon Drop] Certainly gave me
an opportunity to discover this.
You wanted to be taken away.
Taken to the other worlds.
[Lemon Drop] Yeah.
Yeah, bet.
[Simone] I like that.
[Lemon Drop] Oh, yeah.
I got it moving, actually.
I turned it into an NFso if you look behind you,
that's actually the same piece.
Oh, shit.
[Lemon Drop] The
clouds, mist, fog.
They really lend
themselves to it.
Wait, what does
an NFT stand for.
Is it, is it something
that just like moves or--
[Patron One] Forgive me though.
What is an NFT?
Now, wait, explain. NFT.
Does that just mean
that it moves?
No, no, no, no. It's fine.
Honestly, everybody asks.
So NFT stands for
Nonfungible token.
Which it means nothing to you
And straight up it means
nothing to me either.
But the easiest way
to describe it is
Its a digital representation
of something.
So in my case, it's a
minted piece of artwork.
So in my case, it's a
minted piece of artwork.
Oh, I can see on your face
that still means nothing to you.
I am an artist, not a business
person, not a tech person.
What I know is that doing
a digital version of my painting
and selling it online
has increased my earning
potential exponentially.
It gets in front of
a lot more eyes.
Like how much? If you
dont mind me asking.
Oh no, please ask.
Please ask.
I'm selling them.
So that's definitely
the question to ask.
In the case of NFTs its
actually a cryptocurrency.
So, like, when I say that
It sold for 1 Ethereum
or 1.2 Ethereum, it
doesn't sound like a lot.
But then when I say that today
1 Ethereum is worth X thousand
dollars--
Holy shit.
[Lemon Drop] Right, holy shit.
But Ethereum's value is
always changing right?
[Lemon Drop] Totally.
[Simone] So, it could be
worth 2 dollars at some day?
I'm not personally
playing the market.
I sell my art, convert my
etherium to cash and
tally my duckets, you feel me?
Other people are buying
and sellling art like our
parents traded baseball cards.
[Simone] Or Pokemon cards.
Yes, queen.
[Simone] My kids are
still into Pokemon.
Better that than
Fortnite though.
Their father got them
turned on to that.
No, thanks.
[Simone] It's too much
shooting and killing.
[Lemon Drop] How many
kids do you have?
I had a quartet of boys.
Three sons and their father.
[Simone] I kept the boys
and ditched their father.
I needed more women in my life.
Oh.
[Simone] I dont know about all
that NFT stuff but I want this
one, right above my bed.
[Kissing]
[Intense music builds]
[Waves crashing]
[Simone moaning]
[Music intensfies]
[Simone] You good?
[Lemon Drop] I didn't
mean to fall asleep.
[Lemon Drop] I need to head out.
[Simone] You sure?
[Simone] I have really
good croissants.
[Simone] I get them from
this bakery in Quakertown.
[Simone] These little old
French lesbian bakers.
[Simone] Hashtag
relationship goals.
[Simone] And Amish Butter.
Have you had Amish butter?
[Simone] Hello?
[Simone] Lemon Drop?
[Upbeat Music Elevated Myself]
[Simone moaning]
[Mellow Music]
[Simone] Hows that new
painting coming along?
[Heavy breathing]
[Plastic bag snapping open]
[Keys hit table]
You clean my place?
You think I can't
clean my own place?
Like Im some
fuckin
fuck you.
Fuck you, sweetheart, okay?
Fuck you.
You think you are so fucking.
Where is?
Hey.
[Lynette] Hey.
[Lynette] Hey!
-You don't have to yell.
I am right here.
[Lynette] Where do
you move my beer?
It's in the fridge.
[Lynette] Go get me a cup.
Theyre under the table.
Huh.
You don't need two cups.
Why do you need two cups?
You don't need two cups.
[Lemon Drop] I'm not having any.
You're having one.
I don't want one.
You're having one.
I don't--
[Lynette] I am your mother, god
[Lynette] God damn it.
[Liquid pouring]
We are in mourning.
You are having one.
Alright.
[Lemon Drop] Alright.
To Mom.
To Nana.
[Lynette] Oh shit,
Im going to need--
Theres already two new ones in
the fridge.
[Lynette] Good girl.
[Droning music builds]
[Lemon Drop] I'm not paying
your bills so you can spend
your money, boozing everyday.
Then quit.
[Lemon Drop] And what?
You go homeless?
[Lynette] I'll manage.
You don't want to take care of
your mother in her time of need.
[Lemon Drop] Youre right.
Do what you want.
I'm taking some time
away from work.
[Lynette] My mother just died.
[Lynette] Brian said take
as much time as you need.
And I am taking the
time that I need.
I'm taking the time that I need.
[Lemon Drop] There
is a sub for you--
I am taking the time that I need
[Lemon Drop] Also a
thing of potatoe salad
[Lemon Drop] The kind you like--
[Lynette] I am taking the time
that I need.
[Lemon Drop] I'm thinking I'll
come by Friday and make a stir--
I'm taking the time that I need
[Spray paint from a can]
[Accustic guitar Samis Theme]
[Sami] Hi.
[Lemon Drop] Hi.
[Sami] Is this your space?
[Lemon Drop] This is me.
[Sami] These are all yours.
[Lemon Drop] All mine.
[Sami] Cha-ha! Wow.
Thanks.
[Sami] Wow: compliment.
Oh, your tone was apparent.
[Sami] May I?
Please.
All done with spray paint?
Yeah. Wow.
Wow. I'm speechless.
Well, as close to
speechless as I can get.
No, I do shut up, sometimes.
Birds have a special
meaning in my family.
You've got them in
several of these.
I love it.
I love it.
Do you believe in destiny?
- Ah, no.
- Well, I do.
I think we were destined to meet
I mean, it's right
here in your work.
You have it here,
and you have it here.
You can't see what's inside here
but you have it here.
You have a very intense
and scattered vibe, friend.
Yeah.
Do you drink coffee?
I drink coffee.
[Lemon Drop] It shows.
[Lemon Drop] And yeah, I mean,
of course I drink coffee.
Who doesnt drink coffee?
People. Some people.
There are some people
who don't drink coffee.
Would you drink coffee with me?
Conceptually.
I could visualize that, yeah.
But would you want to?
Well, I wasn't imagining
it against my will.
There's a vast realm
of difference between
being forced to,
being willing to,
and actually wanting to have
coffee with me though.
I believe.
What are you asking me?
That wasnt a question
it was a statement.
But you are asking me
out to coffee, right--?
[Sami] Conceptually.
- Oh, conceptually,
I am less interested.
Literally though.
Literally, I'm
asking literally.
If youre asking literally--
I am asking you literally.
Would you like to
have coffee with me?
Well... I mean,
We just met and
you're a little weird.
We haven't met, actually.
I'm Sami.
Lemon Drop.
No funzies? Actual name?
On my driver's license,
on my birth certificate yep
Lemon Drop.
Lemon Drop.
You like girls, right?
I like coffee and I like girls.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, me too.
And I like this.
[Sami] It's beautiful.
[Sami] You're beautiful.
[Sami] Have coffee with me.
Now?
[Sami] Yes, now
have coffee with me.
I can't now.
[Sami] Tomorrow, then.
Oh, you're one of those people
that are tough to say no to,
arent you?
[Sami] I don't know.
I don't think so.
Mmmhmmm. I used to be like that.
[Sami] Oh, yeah?
Yeah, a don't take no for
an answer kind of person.
[Sami] You haven't said
no. You can say no.
[Sami] I can accept no.
[Sami] You want to find some
puppies to kick with me?
No.
[Sami] Good. No, me neither.
Do you want to drink
Draino and eat Tide pods.
No.
No why would you?
You want to slash all your paint
and set fire to your studio?
Oooo, sometimes.
But no.
See? You can say no.
I can accept no.
Have coffee with me.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Not tomorrow, but soon.
Okay.
Okay.
[Hopeful music crescendos]
[Spray painting]
[Can rattling]
[Footsteps on gravel]
That's going to be fire
when it's finished.
It nearly is.
You like?
I do.
I do.
Yeah.
It's bringing up a lot
of shit for me too.
[Yancarlos] Good. Good.
[Yancarlos] I love that.
Use it.
[Yancarlos] You want to eat an
edible back at the studio
[Yancarlos] and tell
me all about it.
Yeah.
Please.
[Dreamy music]
[Lemon Drop] It started with
a dream I had a few days ago.
[Yancarlos] Mmhmm.
It's my ex.
[Yancarlos] The big one.
The only one worth mentioning.
[Yancarlos] Was it a sexy dream?
[Lemon Drop] Not a sexy dream.
[Yancarlos blows a raspberry]
Go on.
[Lemon Drop] She's standing
in front of the ocean
[Lemon Drop] and she
isnt facing me.
[Lemon Drop] I'm not
even sure that Im there
but I feel there
and she walks into the water.
[Yancarlos] And that's it?
That's it.
Thats the whole dream.
Would you like some
fresh picked blueberries.
Maybe once the gummy kicks in.
[Yancarlos] Well, theyre
there, help yourself.
It wasn't even the event that
has me tied up in knots.
It was the feeling.
[Yancarlos] Mmm, yeah.
[Yancarlos] You know, when
I was thirteen years old,
an old woman appeared to me--
Uh.
She just stood there staring.
[Yancarlos] Maliciously.
She was standing there and
there was nothing I could do
I mean--
That's what they believe
she did, you know?
Maybe she just went
out for a swim, but--
Have a blueberry.
Oh. Oh.
They're really good.
[Yancarlos] I know.
[Yancarlos] I have a guy.
You have a blueberry guy?
[Yancarlos] Honey?
[Yancarlos] Yes, I have
a blueberry guy.
I have an apple orchard guy.
I have a honeydew guy.
In fact, he's a full
service melon guy.
I'm talking honeydew, watermelon
Cantaloupe.
[Yancarlos] Oh, he teases me.
[Yancarlos] He's going to be
dipping into gourds next.
[Yancarlos] My fall soup
game is going to be
out of this world with
this man's produce.
Give me some more blueberries.
[Phone vibration]
Oh, God.
Sorry, this woman will not stop.
[Yancarlos] The
one with the kids?
It's like the moment
she doesn't have them.
I'm just supposed
to drop everything--
Its nothing.
It's not important.
Your life is like all the boring
parts of a lesbian porn.
I can't help it if
they want the butt.
Ah, bitch to hear you say it.
Like all the married women
are just aching to pounce.
I just live and speak my truth.
Oh. Im out of blueberries.
[Yancarlos] Rest, you
are clearly exhausted.
I don't feel like myself, Yanni.
Well, I did give you one
from the good batch.
Thats not what I meant.
I know.
Come, up-up story before bed.
Okay.
No, you tell me a story.
Oh.
How did you meet her?
Party.
[Nadine Theme plays]
[Lemon Drop] It was
just some party.
I was dating her
husbands friend and
I just
I had no plan of attack.
No nothing.
I had no idea who she was.
I just
I saw her
and
That was it.
[party chatter]
These ceilings are lovely.
Oh, yeah.
I love tall ceilings.
Taller the ceiling, the better.
- As long as there's still--
- Ive never been complimented
- ceiling for me to see.
- on me ceilings before.
Ill tell the architect.
Oh youre the owner?
Yeah, Im Nadine. Im Freds--
How do you clean them?
Mmm?
How do you clean them?
Oh, Im Lemon Drop.
So do you have an
extending pole?
Swifer?
Your Alexs new girlfriend.
Well, three months together.
I'm so sorry I missed
introductions before.
It's okay. Its okay.
[Party Guest] Excuse me.
- Im a bad hostess.
Oh, don't worry about it. Hey.
Well, it's lovely.--
- Oh, well, can I have the tour?
- Of--?
Oh--
Of your house.
Okay. Of my house..
Sure, come on.
[Distant party chatter]
Is this you as a little girl?
[Nadine] Mmmhmm.
[Nadine] Why don't we
go back to the party?
It's a lot of people.
[Nadine] Yeah.
Meeting of Alex's friends.
Id imagine that's difficult.
I am better one on one.
Well,
why don't you finish your drink
and then we'll head back down?
[Lemon Drop] Youll
wait with me?
Yeah.
Parties are Freds thing.
Planning them are mine.
I'd much prefer
[Nadine] intimate conversations
[Nadine] one on one too.
Share something intimate than.
I don't have facts
like that on deck
and I am not drunk enough.
Well, you should
get yourself a drink.
Just tell me something
you'd only tell a stranger.
Well, with you dating my
husbands best friend.
we won't be strangers very long.
Only a small window to take
advantage of that than.
[Lemon Drop] Would help if
you take a sip of my drink?
[Lemon Drop] It is your
alcohol after all.
No, thank you.
Please.
While we're still strangers.
My dad died when
I was a teenager.
I'm so sorry.
I have two moms now.
[Lemon Drop] No, I'm sorry,
but that wont do.
That's personal.
But it isnt intimate.
Bravo on the two moms, though.
I'm afraid I don't
know the difference.
Personal is
I can't go to sleep
without a body pillow
because I'm depressed
and I can't sleep alone.
Intimate
is
I have little tremors
in my sleep.
I can't drift off peacefully
without someone whispering
sweet nothings into my ear.
Alex and I have been
together three months
and I still can't bring myself
to ask him to do it.
Is that true?
Something I'd only
tell a stranger.
I don't have anything like that.
What do you have?
How you doing on that drink?
[Lemon Drop] Nah, nah.
You don't get to
cop out like that.
It's only fair.
I miss fucking chocolate.
[Lemon Drop] That's nothing.
It's not nothing. I'm on keto.
[Lemon Drop] I dont
know what that is.
It's a diet.
I'm on a diet.
It's much more manageable thing
to say that I'm on keto
than to say I'm on a diet.
Why?
[Nadine] Because there's nothing
worse than a fat person telling
[Nadine] you they're on a diet
when they first start a diet.
No. Why are you on a diet?
[Lemon Drop] You are not fat.
You're sweet,
but you dont see me naked.
You don't need a diet.
You want to hear my
intimate thing or not?
[Lemon Drop] More than ever.
[Distant waves crashing]
Chocolate.
I don't just eat it,
I savor it.
I nibble the edges and
suck out the filling,
this is really making my palms
sweat and my heart race
that's how much anxiety
I have wrapped up in this.
[Distant waves build]
I like
let it melt in my hands.
And lick it off my fingers.
[Nadine] I can spend over
an hour with a candy bar.
[Nadine] My friends brought me a
box of chocolates once.
And I was housebound
for an entire weekend.
I don't let anyone
see me do that.
And if you tease me, I will
very likely burst into tears.
We are no longer strangers.
[Lemon Drop] Mom.
Jesus!
It's just me.
It's just me.
What do you want?
What time is it?
It's almost two.
Oh, what do you want?
[Lemon Drop] I said I'd come
over and make a stir fry.
[Scratchy label pealing]
I have a little here.
So you're not eating alone.
But I can't stay long.
[Lemon Drop] I have a
coffee, date, meet up thing
in a little bit.
Oh, theres lots of leftovers.
I got them packed in the fridge
in individual containers.
[Lemon Drop] So you just pop the
in the microwave and good to go.
I know how to heat up food.
Sure.
So you have a date?
[Lemon Drop] Mmmm.
Were meeting for coffee and
I'm fairly certain that
they're interested.
He black?
No.
You know,
I don't know why you don't
bring any nice boys
home to meet your mama.
When you were younger
you used to have to beat
them off with a stick.
[Lemon Drop] Had to beat
some of yours off too.
Men trying to molest you
that's why you started
licking slit?
No.
I do that because I like it,
I like sucking dick too, Mom.
Just not as much.
I mean, dick, pussy, ass, mouth,
giving it, getting it.
I aint too picky.
As long as it feels good.
Fuck it, even if it
doesn't feel good.
as long as it feels
like something or
keeps me from feeling something
quite frankly, I don't
give a flying fuck.
It turns out I've got
impulse problems.
I mean,
You wonder where
that comes from?
[Moody music]
If this isn't what you want,
tell me to stop.
I need the words
or I won't stop.
My husband will be
home any minute.
So what?
Do you have this with him?
This?
This what?
You're a girl.
[Dreamy music]
Is that how you see me?
That's how you act.
This is the behavior of a child.
You want me to beg?
Is that what you want?
[Lemon Drop] My body already is.
I'm here. I made it. Im here.
[Sami] Were you waiting
long? You were wating long.
Well, you did say three, right?
[Sami] Yes, yes.
[Sami] But there was
a stray dog all by itself.
Collar but no owner.
It was the dachshund.
That's right, a wiener dog.
He was adorable.
He was alone.
I couldn't just leave him.
Thank you for understanding.
Oh, you got your coffee already?
Darn it.
I was going to treat.
Well, poop.
[Lemon Drop] Its fine.
Can we switch spots?
Like our seats?
Yes. Yeah-yeah.
See, I can't sit with my back
to an exit in a public place.
Girl, you a hot mess.
Oh and hi.
Yeah, see, my mom
told us that she had
gun fighters on her
side of the family and--
Ooo, you warmed the seat for me.
Sorry. My side will be cold.
Thank you for understanding.
Yeah, so I did that family
history test thing where
you spit on a piece of paper
and you send it in,
and sure enough--
No, wait, was that to
check my nationality?
Wait, what happen with the dog?
The dog?
The weiner dog.
The reason why you were late.
Baby Scallop.
Well, that's what I named him,
not what his owner named him.
I saw our entire life together.
I found his owner, though.
See, my ancestor was shot
in the back of the head.
Funny thing is, I
didn't like sitting
with my back to an exit
even before learning that.
Isn't that wild?
I have to pee.
Okay.
I don't know why, but
sometimes I hold it in
for no reason.
Nah, Sami go pee.
I dont know if it's like
a beat with myself or--
Girl go pee.
Right. I'll go pee real quick
and grab some coffee.
Sami. Go pee, please.
Going!
[Lemon Drop] I can't stop
thinking about you.
Okay?
So,
talk it out with your husband or
don't. I dont know.
Just,
please.
I want you.
This is like nothing
I have ever felt
before, and I just
I need you.
This is the most selfish
thing I have ever done.
And I don't care.
I don't care.
I've never been in
a situation like this.
Tell me
you're happily married
and in love
That's all you have to do.
Say you have that
and I walk.
I have it.
[Yancarlos] The newest
missed the grand opening
but with two of your
other pieces selling
I can make room for it.
[Lemon Drop] Sorry, I
dont have my headset
and I dont normally do
this from my phone so
my movement is a little wonky.
[Lemon Drop] I only have
like two seconds while
this girl is in the bathroom.
[Yancarlos] I wont
keep you long.
I just wanted to show you.
[Lemon Drop] Oh, Als
looks great in this space.
[Yancarlos] Wait until
you see yours.
[Lemon Drop] Oh, shit
I get a whole wing?
[Yancarlos] This is not a favor;
your shit is selling.
[Yancarlos] Your success
is our success, bitch.
Als stuff is selling.
My stuff is selling.
Anthonys stuff is selling.
[Lemon Drop] What do you
have on the placard here?
[Yancarlos] It says
created after artist
Lemon Drop Frays
first love commit--
Take that down.
I dont even know why we're
having this conversation.
I'm not new to this, Yancarlos.
I know that.
I'm not selling the story.
I'm selling the painting.
Take down the placard or
take down the painting.
Heard?
So this is what I'm thinking.
[Lemon Drop] Well, I got
to go. My friend is back.
I don't know.
Just put it up for
something crazy.
Like 25 or 30.
No one's going to pay it, but
theyll know its the big ticket
when they come bid on Sunday.
Yancarlos: Alright bet.
Later, sweetpea.
Oh, you didn't get coffee.
[Sami] Let's get out of here.
I'm sorry about that.
I know you wanted coffee.
Well, sure, you can have some.
Okay. I've had some coffee.
Ugh, you drink yours black?
Gross.
Come have dinner at my mom's.
Ah, lets just have coffee.
I was supposed to be there
two hours ago. Two?
Sami!
You are ridiculous.
Yeah, two hours.
Why?
Why did you make plans
with me for three if you
also had plans with
your mom at two?
Time is a construct.
She's making pasta.
You like pasta?
Everybody likes pasta.
You say that, but
that's not true.
Eh, its a pretty safe bet that
going to like pasta.
What kind of pasta?
When she says pasta, that
usually means baked ziti.
Sometimes it means spaghetti.
Once it meant this
really delicious
Florentine dish with linguine,
but I wouldn't hold my
breath in anticipation for it.
She only made it to once,
and my brother didn't like it.
Well, maybe you
should call her first--
Does that mean yes?
It means you should
call her first.
I can't.
Why?
I mean, I can. It just
won't do much good.
Shes deaf.
Well, then a text,
then, I guess.
Friend over to dinner.
Question mark.
See? Happy?
Your mom's really deaf?
Yep.
I know a little bit
of sign language.
All right, let's see.
Okay, wait a minute.
I can hand spell.
Okay.
A, b, c, d,
e, f, g, h, i,
j, k, l-m-n-o, p-- right?
Okay. P,
q, r, s, t, u, v,
w, x, y, z.
Still remember.
Pretty good.
So you will come with me?
I don't know.
You want to rob a
local liquor store?
No.
You want to sell
all your belongings
and open a seaside
bookstore together?
Oooo, kind of.
But that's pretty
about-face life decision.
It's an option.
My gut reaction is to say, no.
Im a slow reader, but
keep that one on file.
Want to eat 72 donuts?
Not even a little bit. No.
See, you can say no.
[Baby] What the fuck is this?
[Baby] What the fuck is this?
[Baby] Ma, I make--
[Baby] Dont turn away from me.
Don't turn away from me
when I'm talking to you.
[Baby] You know I hate that.
[Baby] Mom, I'm trying, okay?
[Baby] Just keep chopping
onions, I guess.
[Baby] Just keep fucking
ignoring me, I guess.
We should all be
so fucking lucky.
No one is talking to you, Sybil.
Well, funny that we could all
hear you loud and fucking clear.
My voice carries, how
is that my fault?
[Baby] If you can hear me,
you can hear me say Ma
[Baby] and not Sybil.
- So Im clearly not talking to
[Sybil] Im trying to get to
know this girl and youre
- shouting your fucking head
[Baby] They dont even sound
alike.
[Hazel] Baby, baby, youre yelli
Baby, baby, youre yelling.
Don't yell.
Youre trying not to yell.
I-I-I, I know.
I'm trying not to yell.
It's just they drive me so
- fucking crazy.
- I know. I know.
She makes my blood boil.
She does it on purpose,
[Sybil] Because its so easy.
- Im not talking to you--
- Baby, come on.
You are so strong.
Yeah?
Say it.
Yeah.
Say I'm so strong.
Im so strong.
[Hazel] You are so strong.
- Jesus-fucking-Christ.
You are so strong.
[Hazel] You're so strong.
[Baby] So strong.
[Hazel] So strong.
[Baby] So strong.
Youre an idiot fucking baby.
[Baby] Im not an idiot fucking
[Hazel] Baby! Calm down.
It's okay.
[Sybil imitating crying baby]
[Hazel] You are so strong.
[Crying escalates]
- You are so strong.
Yeah?
Yeah?
[Both Baby and Sybil fake cry]
That's you!
[Baby noises]
That's you!
Both idiot fucking babies.
[Baby] That? That?
[Baby] That you
pay attention to?
Ma? Ma?
I'm just saying.
Let me make the garlic bread.
I got my method.
Everybody loves it.
It's like Texas toast.
It's beautiful.
I don't mean to make
a big thing about it.
I just got my method,
and you go in there
and you shake a
little garlic powder
on some buttered bread
and you call it a day.
And I just.
I-I-I, I see red.
It's just. I got my method.
You love my garlic bread, right?
Dont use all my fresh garlic.
Okay.
This is what happens.
This is what happens.
He pitches a fit like
a fucking idiot, baby.
And then acts all cute and
gets whatever he wants.
Sami, help me in
the kitchen please.
[Sybil] Ma, I know
[Phone vibration]
[Sybil] if youre signing
to Sami.
you aren't listening to me.
I can do two things at once.
You are rewarding him
for his stupid behavior.
This is why
[Phone vibration]
[Sybil] he doesn't learn!
[Sybil] Ma, he doesn't learn.
[Baby] Oh, come on, Sybil.
[Baby] You love my
garlic bread, right?
Stop trying to be cute with me.
[Baby] You're not going to
deprive Samis new friend
the joy of mopping a moms
sauce with a buttery,
flaky, cheesy, crusty,
end piece of my bread
Are you?
Oh god, you're so gross.
Get your stupid face
away from my face.
Don't call me stupid.
Come on, don't call me stupid.
I'm trying to be sweet.
Im trying to be
sweet here, sis.
Let me just love
up on your face.
Stop.
Just give in to the moment.
Stop.
- Dont touch me. Stop.
- Just let me love you.
Stop.
I hate you.
[Sybil] I hope you catch
another STD from one of
your teenage bimbos.
Oh, I'm 23.
You look 15.
Oh, thank you.
You got a real winner
with this one, Baby.
You know, he has
gonorrhea, right?
Had! Had! Not have!
[Phone vibration]
[Baby] I had gonorrhea.
[Sybil] It doesn't go away.
[Baby] Yes, it does, genius.
Which is the one
I'm thinking of?
[Baby] I dont know, maybe
if you ever had sex once
in your life.
[Sami] Herpes.
- Herpes!
[Sybil] Point on the board for
[Baby] Dont help her. Why
[Sybil] Sami. Thank you, Sami.
[Baby] are you helping her?
You're going to give
this poor girl herpes.
I'm not worried about it.
I'm immune to STDs.
That's not a thing.
She's immune to STDs.
Thats not a thing.
Don't say its not a thing.
It's a thing. You don't know
about other people's immunities.
It's true.
I have a super fast metabolism,
and I've never been sick.
When I was in between homes
when I was thirteen I used to
lick peoples pocket
change as a party trick
in exchange for them letting
me keep the money.
One time I made $37 in just
one day, just by licking change.
And that's why I'm
studying to be a nurse.
You're a medical marvel, babe.
Hey dummy, you making
the garlic bread or what?
Honey.
[Sybil] Come here. Sit next
to me and Lemon Drop.
What's your name again?
[Hazel] Hazel, but I like it
when you call me honey.
Honey, you seem like a nice girl
and I want you to take what
I'm in a spirit of trust in
which its intended, okay?
[Hazel] Okay.
[Sybil] My brother
is a dumpster fire of a person
and he's going to give you
and hes gonna give you herpes.
[Baby] You fucking
snake in the grass.
[Baby] Dont try and poison
[Baby] girlfriend against me.
[Sybil] Dont you call me a
[Sybil] fucking snake.
[Baby] Youre a fucking snake!
[Sybil] you fucking snake!
[Baby] Youre a fucking
[Lemon Drop laughing]
[Sybil] snake in the grass!
[Baby] Youre a fucking snake!
[Baby] Ow, ow! Fuck!
Mom just fucking bit me.
Im out!
Oh, don't worry. This
is just how we play.
Ah, Sami, did we
break your friend?
Everything okay?
Im so sorry.
Ouch, it hurts.
[Sami] Come on, I'll show
you the rest of the house.
Sami get this girl out of here.
[Lemon Drops laughter persists]
[Sami] What's going on?
Oh god, I just sold a painting.
For nearly $70,000.
[Lemon Drop sniffles]
[Lemon Drop weeping]
[Sami] What's wrong?
[birds chirping]
[Sami] How can I help you?
[Low guitar music]
I need to go.
[Nadine] Oh, thank god.
Oh, you got my text.
Sorry, I wasn't running
at my normal pace.
Do you want some water?
In a minute.
Let me say a thing or two.
Freddy and I--
You can barely breathe.
Just come inside a second.
[Moody guitar music]
So--
What are you trying to tell me?
What are you telling me?
[Heavy breathing and kissing]
[Nadine theme plays]
[Lynettes drunken groans]
There she--
There she is.
There,
there she is.
There she is.
Oh, my
itty
Itty-biddy
itty-biddy-biddy-biddy girl.
Sound it out.
Okay mama.
[Lemon Drop] Nana
bought this painting
for $3 at a thrift shop.
I remember because my
allowance was 3 dollars
and I didn't get
any that week.
[Lemon Drop] I asked
her why and she said--
She said--
[Music intensifies]
[Cap unscrewing from bottle]
[Pouring into solo cup]
[Cap screwing back on bottle]
[Lynette grumbles]
Today turned out to be
a pretty big day for me.
Hmmm...
I sold a painting.
Oh ah... payday
Payday.
Look at me.
Look at me, Mom.
Wha-?
One painting.
$70,000
[Unintelligible groan]
Thats good--
Thats so good--
It sold in the first hour.
[Unintelligible groan]
Its fine.
Lie down.
Thanks for listening.
[Unintelligible mumbling]
[Sweet unintelligible groans]
[Lynettes drunken mumbling]
[Ocean waves]
[Nadine] Youve shown
me something I thought
was long gone in me.
[Nadine] Turns out, it
was just fast asleep.
Youve awoken it in me.
I never understood what people
meant when they said
that they could die
happy in this moment
Until now.
You half asleep in my arms
the taste of caramels on my lips
the sound of your breathing--
Maybe that's all happiness is.
Its just
Moments.
Whatever led me here
and whatever this leads me to
doesnt matter.
Cause this
one
little stolen moment
is the most perfect
of my life.
And I'm going to hold on to it
for as long as I can.
[Lynette groaning]
[Lynette] Get me up.
[Lemon Drop] Whats wrong?
[Lemon Drop] You sick?
[Lynette] Get me up.
[Lemon Drop] Ma you sick?
[Lemon Drop] All right, come on.
[Lemon Drop] Lets get
you to the bathroom.
Ow, ow, ow,
ow, ow,
ow, ow!
[Lynette vomiting and coughing]
[Lynette] Ow, ow,
[Lynette] Oh, oh, oh... oh my...
[Lynette] Oh, fuck.
[Lynette mumbles wearily]
You done or you got more?
[Lynette] I aint got
nothing left in me.
[More coughing and vomiting]
Oh, Jesus. Mom!
[Lynette] Oh, god.
[Lynettes belabored breathing]
Oh, I cant, I cant do it.
You want me to draw you a bath,
maybe?
I want a shower.
No.
Im worried youll slip.
Girl, Ive been taking showers
For 6,500 years
Come on.
A bath will be nice.
Youre nodding,
so yes to a bath?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You want bubbles?
Yeah.
We'll get you mad bubbles.
[Running water]
[Frothing foam]
[Transendent music]
[Lynette] Ive got
something to say.
You have a
a passion inside you.
I know, because I had it too.
You either
kill it
and I mean kill it dead
[Lynette] Like my mom did.
[Lynette] Become cold to
[Lynette] everything and
everyone around you.
Or you fight it,
bury it like I did
and it will burn you inside out
and leave you nothing in return.
Or
Maybe you live with it.
Let it breathe, warts and all.
Ride it
wherever it's going to take you.
[Lynette] Because you dont
deserve a little life
full of concessions.
[Lynette] You deserve a
a big, fat life,
thirsty and voluptuous
off the best of things.
Yeah.
Here.
Put this in the toilet,
I cant reach.
Go on, get.
I want to finish washing
up so I can get dressed.
I think Ill
I think Ill drink
outside today.
Its supposed to be cold
outside today mom.
[Lynette] I guess
Ill need a jacket.
[Mr Todd] Hello, hello?
Am I coming through?
[Lemon Drop] Yes, hi!
Hello?
Hello.
Yes, Miss Fray?
Oh, you can call me Lemon Drop.
No thank you, no, I'd rather not
How are you this evening?
Well, I'm great. I'm great.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Thank you so much for
patronizing my work.
Yes, of course. Of course. Your-
Your designs speak
to me very strongly.
Wow. That's-- I'm sorry.
Is it Mr. Todd?
It is. Yes, indeed.
Well, you have great taste.
I do.
In both art and business.
Mr. Romero-Esteban
told me your story.
Oh, he did?
Yes. That you painted this piece
after suffering the loss of a
lover who took their own life.
She commit suicide.
You know, in the mental health
community its preferred
that one says
takes there own life
as opposed to using
the word commit
because commit suggests
a crime more than a loss.
I am sorry for yours.
Thank you.
Now, on the matter of
the physical painting.
Yep. Well, once the
exhibit is down
Ill ship it anywhere
in the world you like.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I don't believe you
understand, really.
What I want you
to do is burn it.
[Mr. Todd] Miss
Fray, youre frozen.
No, no, no, no, no.
I'd be happy to.
[Mr. Todd] Oh, wonderful.
Of course I would ask
for photographic
evidence proving
that the digital
minting is the
only copy of the
painting in existence.
If that's for use in
resale, I'd recommend
shooting a video of it instead.
I mean, I'll take the pictures,
of course, as requested,
but I'll also have a friend
shoot a video of me doing it.
I'm actually working
on a series of three others
A tetralogy, interesting.
I'm envisioning
the four seasons.
I've only just begun
the second and
I want to let it
form organically.
But if you're interested
in the others I can
alert you first when
they go on sale.
If you sell all four,
you could release
videos of me burning
them as unlockables.
Just a thought.
You likely know the business
side far better than I do.
Yeah,
well,
you can expect
the set of images
and the video by months end.
I just need a little bit of time
to find someone willing to let
me burn it on their property
and/or get the necessary permits
to have the fire elsewhere.
[Mr. Todd] Entirely reasonable.
Thank you.
Well,
if that's all,
I don't want to take up more
of your time than necessary.
I'm sure you'll
have several other
appointments.
Yes, it's true. I am quite busy.
But, Miss Fray, you are
a magnificent artist
and I look forward to burning
more of your work in the future.
[Mr. Todd] Have a good night.
And you.
[Simone] Hey, remember me?
[Simone] Woman you've
been sleeping with
for the last three
or four months
pretty consistently
up until recently.
What's up?
[Simone] I don't take hints well
so if this is over,
be an adult
sack up and say it to my face.
It's over.
So wait, were you an
asshole this whole time?
Or is that a recent development?
[Simone] Because
you had me tricked
into thinking I was
pretty special to you.
I don't like being the person
that comes to your office
to bother you.
[Lemon Drop] Studio.
Studio? Fine.
Its not an office.
It's a studio.
[Simone] I said, fine.
That's not even the point.
[Lemon Drop] I don't
work a 9 to 5.
I don't want an office.
So, we're getting into semantics
[Lemon Drop] I don't
want to come home
after a long workweek,
eat dumplings, fuck
and go to bed.
- Okay.
[Lemon Drop] I like all of those
things.
But it's just not how I operate.
[Lemon Drop] I mean, I've given
you exactly nothing real of me.
[Lemon Drop] How
did I trick you?
No, honestly, I'm asking,
how did I trick you?
[Lemon Drop] Why are you
trying milk a relationship
out of somebody like me?
You're not even
attracted to a person.
You're attracted to
whatever version of
me you created in the boundaries
and in the distance that
I put in place from go.
[Clicking off ring light]
[Deep sigh]
Fuck. Okay.
Best lesson I learned in therapy
[Simone] Extensive therapy
leading up to, during,
subsequently after
my divorce,
is most arguments
arent worth having.
All the same in the name of
self-fucking love and care.
I need you to know I'm
walking away right now.
[Simone] Not out of weakness
but out of strength.
Okay?
Goodbye.
You're not the only
one on a journey
you narcissistic
fucking asshole
prick
[Simone] That's it.
[Simone] Fuck off.
Okay, That's it.
That's all that I have to say.
Some of that is misplaced
aggresion, maybe,
but the rest you deserve.
Kristen Bells therapist,
said to her ah--
honesty, without
tact is cruelty.
And you might have been right
about what you said, maybe,
but your presentation
fucking sucks!
Why does everyone's
communication skills
have to fucking suck?
Fuck you. Fuck you? Fuck you.
[Simone] Fuck you.
[Footsteps in the distance]
[Sami theme begins]
[Baby] Sami insisted I make
the garlic bread again.
[Lemon Drop] It was
my one condition
when she invited me back.
Baby told me you
were an artist.
Yes, Sami was showing
us. Your stuff is killer.
[Lemon Drop] Thanks.
Yeah. I could tell you
all were art lovers.
Those are all Samis.
[Lemon Drop] I'm sorry. What?
Okay wait, back it up,
back it up, back it up.
Sami, you painted these?
Oh, yeah.
There are hundreds,
- literally hundreds.
- Everywhere.
This one's called Hazel Honey.
I have 17 in my apartment.
[Lemon Drop] How
has this not come up?
You want one?
Sami, how has this
not come up?
Of course I want one.
Take your pick.
None from the upstairs hallway.
None from the upstairs hallway.
But other than that,
whichever one you want.
Alright, well, what want to
do a trade for one of mine?
No-no-no-no I give mine
a free, yours are for sale.
Oh okay, I see, so don't
want my art now.
Yours are worth tens of
thousands of dollars.
Yeah, Sami was saying that you
burned yours and then you sell
- online digitally for like tens
- One. One. She said she
- thousands of dollars.
- has to burn one.
Not that she burns them all.
I went to a bra burning one time
with my friend Marshmellow.
Theres a smores joke
in there somewhere.
Yeah, it's really just
the one most recently
that I have to burn.
Ill ask Ma if we
can burn it here.
How the fuck does that work?
Well, I sold a digital version
of the painting online,
and it's in the buyers contract
that they get to decide what
happens with the original.
Now, in most cases, the buyer
genuinely wants the painting.
Which it just means
shipping it to them.
Sometimes they don't care.
It is rare, but occasionally
they don't care if you keep
for yourself or ship
it to someone else.
Every now and again though
they don't want the
original to exist at all.
And in this case they want me
to film setting it on fire on my
phone and send it to them.
Yo, that's sadistic as fuck, son
Why would they want
someone to do that?
Theyre power tripping, hun.
- Like gettingcam girls to sit
- Its so the paintings worth
- balloons or whatever.
- more.
Yes, exactly.
It'll make their digital
copy worth more.
I mean some people buy it with
their only intention being to
resell it.
And it being online, it
is trackable forever.
So on every resale, the artist
gets 10% of the profits
forever.
[Lemon Drop] So these
are the ones off limits?
Yep.
Mom's in love with this series.
[Lemon Drop] All of
these are so you, Sami.
I haven't cried since
before my dad died.
I don't process human emotions
the way normal people do.
[Lemon Drop] Neither do I.
I can't decide.
I guess, youll just have
to make one for me.
Maybe I already did.
Well, you made one
already for Hazel.
So, I was kinda hoping.
Well, you gonna show me?
After dessert, maybe.
I'm nearly full term with
a spaghetti baby already.
Sami, I--
I just got out of thing.
Im not really sure
I see you that way.
Then maybe close your eyes
And see what the rest of
senses have to say about it.
That was a very smooth line.
And you are a very good kisser.
Come on, my sister made
babka and thumbprint cookies.
Okay.
[Sami Theme builds]
[Lemon Drop] This is the
one youmade for me?
[Sami] I call it Crow
Sits On Womans Face.
That's a dumb name.
That's a great name.
Beautiful.
Me or the painting?
The painting.
And you.
[Sami] You think I'm beautiful?
[Lemon Drop] Yeah.
[Sami] You think I'm beautiful?
[Lemon Drop] Yes.
[Sami] Because, you know
I said when we first met.
I was thinking it back.
You going to keep all your nice
thoughts to yourself?
[Lemon Drop] Expressing
them in other than my work
just gets me in trouble.
[Sami] Well, I want to get into
some really, really deep
trouble with you.
[Lemon Drop] There you
go with the lines again.
[Sami] Sorry. Too smooth?
[Sami] Okay, Wait.
How about this?
Can I interest you in
some fine cunnilingus?
[Lemon Drop] What is
this voice, youre doing?
[Sami] There's no use
saving her now Dudley.
Oooo, whatever
it is, it is working.
[Sami] Oh, Dudley.
[Sami] I see now why
they call you mounties.
I have no idea what
any of this means.
[Sami] Did anyone bother
to ask if she wanted
to be tied to railroad tracks?
I don't know how to
enter this roleplay.
[Lemon Drop moaning]
[Sami Theme crescendos]
[Nadine] Lets think about
this logically for a second.
What am I going to
do in Montreal while
you do whatever it is an
artist in residency does.
If you can't find things
to do in Montreal,
[Lemon Drop] I don't
know what to tell yah.
It's just another place.
[Lemon Drop] You never
wanted to travel?
Never wanted to see the world?
It's Montreal, Lemon.
It's not Prague or Egypt.
You want to go to Prague?
You want to go to Egypt?
The residency is
only for a year.
Exactly.
Its entire year.
And when it's over,
we'll go to Prague.
Or Egypt or Tokyo.
I have always wanted
to go to Tokyo.
I dont want to go to Tokyo.
Dont you want to see Tokyo?
I don't want to see Tokyo.
Who doesn't want to see Tokyo?
I can't go to Tokyo.
We don't have to go to Tokyo.
If you want to see Tokyo,
don't let me stop you
from seeing Tokyo.
But I am not going to Tokyo
or Prague or--
[Lemon Drop] Egypt.
Egypt
or Montreal.
[Nadine] I can't uproot--
I can't go to Montreal.
It was unfair to ask
you to come with me.
I just want you there.
[Nadine] I know.
I know you do.
[Nadine Theme Plays]
Its
It's only a two hour flight.
[Lemon Drop] I mean, I'm only
driving there the first time
[Lemon Drop] but I'll fly back
on the weekends
And you can visit.
I fit in places.
I'll be a local in a week.
[Lemon Drop] I will
know all the real cool
[Lemon Drop] authentic
places to go and--
So thats it.
I go
and that's it.
[Lemon Drop] So Ill stay.
No.
You're going to go.
[Lemon Drop] I want
to be with you.
You're 23 years old.
It's your time to go to Montreal
It's easy to pursue
the things you want.
[Nadine] The people you want.
But Freddy knows
and everything is
out in the open.
This always had a shelf life.
Nae-Nae
I love you.
Say it back.
Let this be a clean break.
[Lemon Drop] Say it back!
You either tell me you love me
or you tell me you don't.
I'm not letting you get
out of this by hiding.
There is a person here.
[Lemon Drop] So give me the
goddamn courtesy of the words.
[Lemon Drop] If you're going to
break my heart, break my heart!
And that's it.
That's the extent of what
you're risking here.
A broken heart.
[Nadine] I have a house, I have
marriage, I have a career--
I know that Nadine and
that's why Ill stay.
[Nadine] You know
but you don't see it.
You don't see what
it's like to invest
20 years into a marriage,
into another person
and to grow and
to fail and fuck up
and forgive and rebuild.
[Nadine] To have all that
[Nadine] and still be there.
I want all that with you.
You don't know what you want
[Nadine] at 23 years old, you
don't know what you want.
Dont you say that,
don't you say that.
I have always known
what I've wanted
and I've gone after it.
I didn't have rich
moms to fall back on.
[Lemon Drop] I was raised in
a one bedroom apartment
with a curtain separating my
bedroom from the living room
until I was 13 years old.
If I didn't know what I
wanted, I could jack shit.
Don't tell me that I don't
know what I want.
I have made it blatantly
clear from the go
[Lemon Drop] that I wanted you.
[Lemon Drop] And I havent
wavered from that for a second.
I havent risked anything?
I have nothing.
I have nothing but my heart.
And I have worn it on my
goddamn sleeve for you.
[Cafe chatter]
[Rustling in purse]
[Cash being pulled out]
That should cover my half.
[Nadine weeps loudly]
[Cafe phone rings]
[Distant birds squawking]
[footsteps over dry corn husks]
[Dreamy guitar and chime music]
This is worth seventy large?
[Sybil sighs]
Im sorry you have to burn it.
Im glad I got to see it.
Do we all need to say something?
What? What are they signing?
Samis been bugging mom
all week to sign this poem
[Baby] she wrote
about our dead dad.
I'd love to hear it
Really?
Im not published or anything.
I just scribble things
down sometimes.
My husband, their dad,
died during quarantine.
[Lemon Drop] I'm sorry.
The service was just us,
and we had a zoom wake.
You should first know that
the last thing Ma remembers
hearing as a kid
before she when deaf was
Birds
[Loud squawking birds]
[Symphony of a thousand
birds calling before silence]
[Transcendent music]
[Sybil] Hands read
[Sybil] love, spoken,
[Sybil] pressed, stamped creases
[Sybil] in unrequited silence
[Sybil] like use of secrets.
[Sybil] Shhh. Not my voice.
[Sybil] Not my voice.
[Sybil] Do you hear me call
[Sybil] open always
to world like
[Sybil] finger laced crown
[Sybil] I wish you rest.
[Sybil] See all magnificent.
[Sybil] Your love gave
me back the sea and
[Sybil] the pieces
of me that it took
[Sybil] Can you see?
I swear sunset
[Sybil] far enough, they said
[Sybil] I swear sunset.
[Sybil] Do you see
your birds flying high?
[Sybil] They come from sea.
[Sybil] I think they're
heading my way
[Sybil] You couldn't
come too but
[Sybil] But I think
they're heading my way
[Sybil] I promise I looked
everywhere I could
[Sybil] They're going
your way they said
[Baby] I'm not sure
how long I was gone
[Baby] but I think
I know this sky
[Baby] You can't see it,
[Baby] but your birds sure
think this water is cool
[Lemon Drop exhales loudly]
[Lemon Drop exhales joyously]
[Transcendent music subsides]
Sami.
Sami.
Sami, wake up.
[Sami] She's sleeping.
[Sami] Please call back later.
Let's go to California.
What?
I have work today.
[Lemon Drop] Call in sick.
[Lemon Drop] Quit.
Why, California?
[Lemon Drop] Texas, then.
Mexico, Wyoming,
anywhere we can get to by car.
I have a friend that
lives in Wyoming.
She will 100% let
us crash there
There's coffee on
my bedside table
[Lemon Drop] I mean,
we could go to Alaska
and take the Panamerican highway
all the way to Central America.
It is nearly 20,000 miles long.
What time is it?
[Lemon Drop] I don't know.
[Lemon Drop] Early.
Have you slept?
A little bit.
No, not really.
You probably need to
take the first shift driving.
What?
Oh, Sami, I'm going to
need you to catch up.
Can I have another
sip of that coffee?
Good morning.
I'm young,
I have money.
I can do my art anywhere.
And I want to see the
whole damn world.
Do you want to see it with me?
[Sami] Wow, that's
a lot before coffee.
Oh, you can say no.
[Lemon Drop] I can accept no.
Do you want to kick puppies?
No.
[Lemon Drop] Do you
want to eat 72 donuts?
No.
[Lemon Drop] Do you want
to see the world with me?
Starting right now?
[Hopeful guitar music]
[Rushing wind]
[Soft buffalo grunt]
[Dreamy music Ocean Call]
[Crashing waves]
[Soothing Music]
This is all done
with spray paint
So, no brushes.
[Lemon Drop] For a finer line
Ill sometimes use an old sock
[Patron Two] How long did it
take you to learn how to do
something like this.
I've been doing this
for a few years
[Patron Two] No way.
[Lemon Drop] I mean, I've been
an artist my whole life.
I was a seamstress first.
Did extensive custom
costume work.
[Patron Two] So like, a lot
of coseplay work.
[Lemon Drop] A lot of cosplay.
Yeah.
I did an artist in
residency in Montreal.
Oh, wow.
Around that same time
I had a bad break up.
And, yeah, moved to
Canada for a year.
As one does after a bad breakup.
Which also happened to be the
year of our lord 2020.
Oh no.
Oh no, is right. Yeah.
Nothing quite like being
heartbroken and alone
during quarantine in a
country you don't know.
But it certainly gave
me a lot of time for this.
I mean, I spent
a lot of it outside.
I met a graffiti
artist named Tyrone.
He only spoke French.
I only spoke English.
We both like girls and
we both liked art.
Sounds serendipitous.
[Lemon Drop] Certainly gave me
an opportunity to discover this.
You wanted to be taken away.
Taken to the other worlds.
[Lemon Drop] Yeah.
Yeah, bet.
[Simone] I like that.
[Lemon Drop] Oh, yeah.
I got it moving, actually.
I turned it into an NFso if you look behind you,
that's actually the same piece.
Oh, shit.
[Lemon Drop] The
clouds, mist, fog.
They really lend
themselves to it.
Wait, what does
an NFT stand for.
Is it, is it something
that just like moves or--
[Patron One] Forgive me though.
What is an NFT?
Now, wait, explain. NFT.
Does that just mean
that it moves?
No, no, no, no. It's fine.
Honestly, everybody asks.
So NFT stands for
Nonfungible token.
Which it means nothing to you
And straight up it means
nothing to me either.
But the easiest way
to describe it is
Its a digital representation
of something.
So in my case, it's a
minted piece of artwork.
So in my case, it's a
minted piece of artwork.
Oh, I can see on your face
that still means nothing to you.
I am an artist, not a business
person, not a tech person.
What I know is that doing
a digital version of my painting
and selling it online
has increased my earning
potential exponentially.
It gets in front of
a lot more eyes.
Like how much? If you
dont mind me asking.
Oh no, please ask.
Please ask.
I'm selling them.
So that's definitely
the question to ask.
In the case of NFTs its
actually a cryptocurrency.
So, like, when I say that
It sold for 1 Ethereum
or 1.2 Ethereum, it
doesn't sound like a lot.
But then when I say that today
1 Ethereum is worth X thousand
dollars--
Holy shit.
[Lemon Drop] Right, holy shit.
But Ethereum's value is
always changing right?
[Lemon Drop] Totally.
[Simone] So, it could be
worth 2 dollars at some day?
I'm not personally
playing the market.
I sell my art, convert my
etherium to cash and
tally my duckets, you feel me?
Other people are buying
and sellling art like our
parents traded baseball cards.
[Simone] Or Pokemon cards.
Yes, queen.
[Simone] My kids are
still into Pokemon.
Better that than
Fortnite though.
Their father got them
turned on to that.
No, thanks.
[Simone] It's too much
shooting and killing.
[Lemon Drop] How many
kids do you have?
I had a quartet of boys.
Three sons and their father.
[Simone] I kept the boys
and ditched their father.
I needed more women in my life.
Oh.
[Simone] I dont know about all
that NFT stuff but I want this
one, right above my bed.
[Kissing]
[Intense music builds]
[Waves crashing]
[Simone moaning]
[Music intensfies]
[Simone] You good?
[Lemon Drop] I didn't
mean to fall asleep.
[Lemon Drop] I need to head out.
[Simone] You sure?
[Simone] I have really
good croissants.
[Simone] I get them from
this bakery in Quakertown.
[Simone] These little old
French lesbian bakers.
[Simone] Hashtag
relationship goals.
[Simone] And Amish Butter.
Have you had Amish butter?
[Simone] Hello?
[Simone] Lemon Drop?
[Upbeat Music Elevated Myself]
[Simone moaning]
[Mellow Music]
[Simone] Hows that new
painting coming along?
[Heavy breathing]
[Plastic bag snapping open]
[Keys hit table]
You clean my place?
You think I can't
clean my own place?
Like Im some
fuckin
fuck you.
Fuck you, sweetheart, okay?
Fuck you.
You think you are so fucking.
Where is?
Hey.
[Lynette] Hey.
[Lynette] Hey!
-You don't have to yell.
I am right here.
[Lynette] Where do
you move my beer?
It's in the fridge.
[Lynette] Go get me a cup.
Theyre under the table.
Huh.
You don't need two cups.
Why do you need two cups?
You don't need two cups.
[Lemon Drop] I'm not having any.
You're having one.
I don't want one.
You're having one.
I don't--
[Lynette] I am your mother, god
[Lynette] God damn it.
[Liquid pouring]
We are in mourning.
You are having one.
Alright.
[Lemon Drop] Alright.
To Mom.
To Nana.
[Lynette] Oh shit,
Im going to need--
Theres already two new ones in
the fridge.
[Lynette] Good girl.
[Droning music builds]
[Lemon Drop] I'm not paying
your bills so you can spend
your money, boozing everyday.
Then quit.
[Lemon Drop] And what?
You go homeless?
[Lynette] I'll manage.
You don't want to take care of
your mother in her time of need.
[Lemon Drop] Youre right.
Do what you want.
I'm taking some time
away from work.
[Lynette] My mother just died.
[Lynette] Brian said take
as much time as you need.
And I am taking the
time that I need.
I'm taking the time that I need.
[Lemon Drop] There
is a sub for you--
I am taking the time that I need
[Lemon Drop] Also a
thing of potatoe salad
[Lemon Drop] The kind you like--
[Lynette] I am taking the time
that I need.
[Lemon Drop] I'm thinking I'll
come by Friday and make a stir--
I'm taking the time that I need
[Spray paint from a can]
[Accustic guitar Samis Theme]
[Sami] Hi.
[Lemon Drop] Hi.
[Sami] Is this your space?
[Lemon Drop] This is me.
[Sami] These are all yours.
[Lemon Drop] All mine.
[Sami] Cha-ha! Wow.
Thanks.
[Sami] Wow: compliment.
Oh, your tone was apparent.
[Sami] May I?
Please.
All done with spray paint?
Yeah. Wow.
Wow. I'm speechless.
Well, as close to
speechless as I can get.
No, I do shut up, sometimes.
Birds have a special
meaning in my family.
You've got them in
several of these.
I love it.
I love it.
Do you believe in destiny?
- Ah, no.
- Well, I do.
I think we were destined to meet
I mean, it's right
here in your work.
You have it here,
and you have it here.
You can't see what's inside here
but you have it here.
You have a very intense
and scattered vibe, friend.
Yeah.
Do you drink coffee?
I drink coffee.
[Lemon Drop] It shows.
[Lemon Drop] And yeah, I mean,
of course I drink coffee.
Who doesnt drink coffee?
People. Some people.
There are some people
who don't drink coffee.
Would you drink coffee with me?
Conceptually.
I could visualize that, yeah.
But would you want to?
Well, I wasn't imagining
it against my will.
There's a vast realm
of difference between
being forced to,
being willing to,
and actually wanting to have
coffee with me though.
I believe.
What are you asking me?
That wasnt a question
it was a statement.
But you are asking me
out to coffee, right--?
[Sami] Conceptually.
- Oh, conceptually,
I am less interested.
Literally though.
Literally, I'm
asking literally.
If youre asking literally--
I am asking you literally.
Would you like to
have coffee with me?
Well... I mean,
We just met and
you're a little weird.
We haven't met, actually.
I'm Sami.
Lemon Drop.
No funzies? Actual name?
On my driver's license,
on my birth certificate yep
Lemon Drop.
Lemon Drop.
You like girls, right?
I like coffee and I like girls.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, me too.
And I like this.
[Sami] It's beautiful.
[Sami] You're beautiful.
[Sami] Have coffee with me.
Now?
[Sami] Yes, now
have coffee with me.
I can't now.
[Sami] Tomorrow, then.
Oh, you're one of those people
that are tough to say no to,
arent you?
[Sami] I don't know.
I don't think so.
Mmmhmmm. I used to be like that.
[Sami] Oh, yeah?
Yeah, a don't take no for
an answer kind of person.
[Sami] You haven't said
no. You can say no.
[Sami] I can accept no.
[Sami] You want to find some
puppies to kick with me?
No.
[Sami] Good. No, me neither.
Do you want to drink
Draino and eat Tide pods.
No.
No why would you?
You want to slash all your paint
and set fire to your studio?
Oooo, sometimes.
But no.
See? You can say no.
I can accept no.
Have coffee with me.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Not tomorrow, but soon.
Okay.
Okay.
[Hopeful music crescendos]
[Spray painting]
[Can rattling]
[Footsteps on gravel]
That's going to be fire
when it's finished.
It nearly is.
You like?
I do.
I do.
Yeah.
It's bringing up a lot
of shit for me too.
[Yancarlos] Good. Good.
[Yancarlos] I love that.
Use it.
[Yancarlos] You want to eat an
edible back at the studio
[Yancarlos] and tell
me all about it.
Yeah.
Please.
[Dreamy music]
[Lemon Drop] It started with
a dream I had a few days ago.
[Yancarlos] Mmhmm.
It's my ex.
[Yancarlos] The big one.
The only one worth mentioning.
[Yancarlos] Was it a sexy dream?
[Lemon Drop] Not a sexy dream.
[Yancarlos blows a raspberry]
Go on.
[Lemon Drop] She's standing
in front of the ocean
[Lemon Drop] and she
isnt facing me.
[Lemon Drop] I'm not
even sure that Im there
but I feel there
and she walks into the water.
[Yancarlos] And that's it?
That's it.
Thats the whole dream.
Would you like some
fresh picked blueberries.
Maybe once the gummy kicks in.
[Yancarlos] Well, theyre
there, help yourself.
It wasn't even the event that
has me tied up in knots.
It was the feeling.
[Yancarlos] Mmm, yeah.
[Yancarlos] You know, when
I was thirteen years old,
an old woman appeared to me--
Uh.
She just stood there staring.
[Yancarlos] Maliciously.
She was standing there and
there was nothing I could do
I mean--
That's what they believe
she did, you know?
Maybe she just went
out for a swim, but--
Have a blueberry.
Oh. Oh.
They're really good.
[Yancarlos] I know.
[Yancarlos] I have a guy.
You have a blueberry guy?
[Yancarlos] Honey?
[Yancarlos] Yes, I have
a blueberry guy.
I have an apple orchard guy.
I have a honeydew guy.
In fact, he's a full
service melon guy.
I'm talking honeydew, watermelon
Cantaloupe.
[Yancarlos] Oh, he teases me.
[Yancarlos] He's going to be
dipping into gourds next.
[Yancarlos] My fall soup
game is going to be
out of this world with
this man's produce.
Give me some more blueberries.
[Phone vibration]
Oh, God.
Sorry, this woman will not stop.
[Yancarlos] The
one with the kids?
It's like the moment
she doesn't have them.
I'm just supposed
to drop everything--
Its nothing.
It's not important.
Your life is like all the boring
parts of a lesbian porn.
I can't help it if
they want the butt.
Ah, bitch to hear you say it.
Like all the married women
are just aching to pounce.
I just live and speak my truth.
Oh. Im out of blueberries.
[Yancarlos] Rest, you
are clearly exhausted.
I don't feel like myself, Yanni.
Well, I did give you one
from the good batch.
Thats not what I meant.
I know.
Come, up-up story before bed.
Okay.
No, you tell me a story.
Oh.
How did you meet her?
Party.
[Nadine Theme plays]
[Lemon Drop] It was
just some party.
I was dating her
husbands friend and
I just
I had no plan of attack.
No nothing.
I had no idea who she was.
I just
I saw her
and
That was it.
[party chatter]
These ceilings are lovely.
Oh, yeah.
I love tall ceilings.
Taller the ceiling, the better.
- As long as there's still--
- Ive never been complimented
- ceiling for me to see.
- on me ceilings before.
Ill tell the architect.
Oh youre the owner?
Yeah, Im Nadine. Im Freds--
How do you clean them?
Mmm?
How do you clean them?
Oh, Im Lemon Drop.
So do you have an
extending pole?
Swifer?
Your Alexs new girlfriend.
Well, three months together.
I'm so sorry I missed
introductions before.
It's okay. Its okay.
[Party Guest] Excuse me.
- Im a bad hostess.
Oh, don't worry about it. Hey.
Well, it's lovely.--
- Oh, well, can I have the tour?
- Of--?
Oh--
Of your house.
Okay. Of my house..
Sure, come on.
[Distant party chatter]
Is this you as a little girl?
[Nadine] Mmmhmm.
[Nadine] Why don't we
go back to the party?
It's a lot of people.
[Nadine] Yeah.
Meeting of Alex's friends.
Id imagine that's difficult.
I am better one on one.
Well,
why don't you finish your drink
and then we'll head back down?
[Lemon Drop] Youll
wait with me?
Yeah.
Parties are Freds thing.
Planning them are mine.
I'd much prefer
[Nadine] intimate conversations
[Nadine] one on one too.
Share something intimate than.
I don't have facts
like that on deck
and I am not drunk enough.
Well, you should
get yourself a drink.
Just tell me something
you'd only tell a stranger.
Well, with you dating my
husbands best friend.
we won't be strangers very long.
Only a small window to take
advantage of that than.
[Lemon Drop] Would help if
you take a sip of my drink?
[Lemon Drop] It is your
alcohol after all.
No, thank you.
Please.
While we're still strangers.
My dad died when
I was a teenager.
I'm so sorry.
I have two moms now.
[Lemon Drop] No, I'm sorry,
but that wont do.
That's personal.
But it isnt intimate.
Bravo on the two moms, though.
I'm afraid I don't
know the difference.
Personal is
I can't go to sleep
without a body pillow
because I'm depressed
and I can't sleep alone.
Intimate
is
I have little tremors
in my sleep.
I can't drift off peacefully
without someone whispering
sweet nothings into my ear.
Alex and I have been
together three months
and I still can't bring myself
to ask him to do it.
Is that true?
Something I'd only
tell a stranger.
I don't have anything like that.
What do you have?
How you doing on that drink?
[Lemon Drop] Nah, nah.
You don't get to
cop out like that.
It's only fair.
I miss fucking chocolate.
[Lemon Drop] That's nothing.
It's not nothing. I'm on keto.
[Lemon Drop] I dont
know what that is.
It's a diet.
I'm on a diet.
It's much more manageable thing
to say that I'm on keto
than to say I'm on a diet.
Why?
[Nadine] Because there's nothing
worse than a fat person telling
[Nadine] you they're on a diet
when they first start a diet.
No. Why are you on a diet?
[Lemon Drop] You are not fat.
You're sweet,
but you dont see me naked.
You don't need a diet.
You want to hear my
intimate thing or not?
[Lemon Drop] More than ever.
[Distant waves crashing]
Chocolate.
I don't just eat it,
I savor it.
I nibble the edges and
suck out the filling,
this is really making my palms
sweat and my heart race
that's how much anxiety
I have wrapped up in this.
[Distant waves build]
I like
let it melt in my hands.
And lick it off my fingers.
[Nadine] I can spend over
an hour with a candy bar.
[Nadine] My friends brought me a
box of chocolates once.
And I was housebound
for an entire weekend.
I don't let anyone
see me do that.
And if you tease me, I will
very likely burst into tears.
We are no longer strangers.
[Lemon Drop] Mom.
Jesus!
It's just me.
It's just me.
What do you want?
What time is it?
It's almost two.
Oh, what do you want?
[Lemon Drop] I said I'd come
over and make a stir fry.
[Scratchy label pealing]
I have a little here.
So you're not eating alone.
But I can't stay long.
[Lemon Drop] I have a
coffee, date, meet up thing
in a little bit.
Oh, theres lots of leftovers.
I got them packed in the fridge
in individual containers.
[Lemon Drop] So you just pop the
in the microwave and good to go.
I know how to heat up food.
Sure.
So you have a date?
[Lemon Drop] Mmmm.
Were meeting for coffee and
I'm fairly certain that
they're interested.
He black?
No.
You know,
I don't know why you don't
bring any nice boys
home to meet your mama.
When you were younger
you used to have to beat
them off with a stick.
[Lemon Drop] Had to beat
some of yours off too.
Men trying to molest you
that's why you started
licking slit?
No.
I do that because I like it,
I like sucking dick too, Mom.
Just not as much.
I mean, dick, pussy, ass, mouth,
giving it, getting it.
I aint too picky.
As long as it feels good.
Fuck it, even if it
doesn't feel good.
as long as it feels
like something or
keeps me from feeling something
quite frankly, I don't
give a flying fuck.
It turns out I've got
impulse problems.
I mean,
You wonder where
that comes from?
[Moody music]
If this isn't what you want,
tell me to stop.
I need the words
or I won't stop.
My husband will be
home any minute.
So what?
Do you have this with him?
This?
This what?
You're a girl.
[Dreamy music]
Is that how you see me?
That's how you act.
This is the behavior of a child.
You want me to beg?
Is that what you want?
[Lemon Drop] My body already is.
I'm here. I made it. Im here.
[Sami] Were you waiting
long? You were wating long.
Well, you did say three, right?
[Sami] Yes, yes.
[Sami] But there was
a stray dog all by itself.
Collar but no owner.
It was the dachshund.
That's right, a wiener dog.
He was adorable.
He was alone.
I couldn't just leave him.
Thank you for understanding.
Oh, you got your coffee already?
Darn it.
I was going to treat.
Well, poop.
[Lemon Drop] Its fine.
Can we switch spots?
Like our seats?
Yes. Yeah-yeah.
See, I can't sit with my back
to an exit in a public place.
Girl, you a hot mess.
Oh and hi.
Yeah, see, my mom
told us that she had
gun fighters on her
side of the family and--
Ooo, you warmed the seat for me.
Sorry. My side will be cold.
Thank you for understanding.
Yeah, so I did that family
history test thing where
you spit on a piece of paper
and you send it in,
and sure enough--
No, wait, was that to
check my nationality?
Wait, what happen with the dog?
The dog?
The weiner dog.
The reason why you were late.
Baby Scallop.
Well, that's what I named him,
not what his owner named him.
I saw our entire life together.
I found his owner, though.
See, my ancestor was shot
in the back of the head.
Funny thing is, I
didn't like sitting
with my back to an exit
even before learning that.
Isn't that wild?
I have to pee.
Okay.
I don't know why, but
sometimes I hold it in
for no reason.
Nah, Sami go pee.
I dont know if it's like
a beat with myself or--
Girl go pee.
Right. I'll go pee real quick
and grab some coffee.
Sami. Go pee, please.
Going!
[Lemon Drop] I can't stop
thinking about you.
Okay?
So,
talk it out with your husband or
don't. I dont know.
Just,
please.
I want you.
This is like nothing
I have ever felt
before, and I just
I need you.
This is the most selfish
thing I have ever done.
And I don't care.
I don't care.
I've never been in
a situation like this.
Tell me
you're happily married
and in love
That's all you have to do.
Say you have that
and I walk.
I have it.
[Yancarlos] The newest
missed the grand opening
but with two of your
other pieces selling
I can make room for it.
[Lemon Drop] Sorry, I
dont have my headset
and I dont normally do
this from my phone so
my movement is a little wonky.
[Lemon Drop] I only have
like two seconds while
this girl is in the bathroom.
[Yancarlos] I wont
keep you long.
I just wanted to show you.
[Lemon Drop] Oh, Als
looks great in this space.
[Yancarlos] Wait until
you see yours.
[Lemon Drop] Oh, shit
I get a whole wing?
[Yancarlos] This is not a favor;
your shit is selling.
[Yancarlos] Your success
is our success, bitch.
Als stuff is selling.
My stuff is selling.
Anthonys stuff is selling.
[Lemon Drop] What do you
have on the placard here?
[Yancarlos] It says
created after artist
Lemon Drop Frays
first love commit--
Take that down.
I dont even know why we're
having this conversation.
I'm not new to this, Yancarlos.
I know that.
I'm not selling the story.
I'm selling the painting.
Take down the placard or
take down the painting.
Heard?
So this is what I'm thinking.
[Lemon Drop] Well, I got
to go. My friend is back.
I don't know.
Just put it up for
something crazy.
Like 25 or 30.
No one's going to pay it, but
theyll know its the big ticket
when they come bid on Sunday.
Yancarlos: Alright bet.
Later, sweetpea.
Oh, you didn't get coffee.
[Sami] Let's get out of here.
I'm sorry about that.
I know you wanted coffee.
Well, sure, you can have some.
Okay. I've had some coffee.
Ugh, you drink yours black?
Gross.
Come have dinner at my mom's.
Ah, lets just have coffee.
I was supposed to be there
two hours ago. Two?
Sami!
You are ridiculous.
Yeah, two hours.
Why?
Why did you make plans
with me for three if you
also had plans with
your mom at two?
Time is a construct.
She's making pasta.
You like pasta?
Everybody likes pasta.
You say that, but
that's not true.
Eh, its a pretty safe bet that
going to like pasta.
What kind of pasta?
When she says pasta, that
usually means baked ziti.
Sometimes it means spaghetti.
Once it meant this
really delicious
Florentine dish with linguine,
but I wouldn't hold my
breath in anticipation for it.
She only made it to once,
and my brother didn't like it.
Well, maybe you
should call her first--
Does that mean yes?
It means you should
call her first.
I can't.
Why?
I mean, I can. It just
won't do much good.
Shes deaf.
Well, then a text,
then, I guess.
Friend over to dinner.
Question mark.
See? Happy?
Your mom's really deaf?
Yep.
I know a little bit
of sign language.
All right, let's see.
Okay, wait a minute.
I can hand spell.
Okay.
A, b, c, d,
e, f, g, h, i,
j, k, l-m-n-o, p-- right?
Okay. P,
q, r, s, t, u, v,
w, x, y, z.
Still remember.
Pretty good.
So you will come with me?
I don't know.
You want to rob a
local liquor store?
No.
You want to sell
all your belongings
and open a seaside
bookstore together?
Oooo, kind of.
But that's pretty
about-face life decision.
It's an option.
My gut reaction is to say, no.
Im a slow reader, but
keep that one on file.
Want to eat 72 donuts?
Not even a little bit. No.
See, you can say no.
[Baby] What the fuck is this?
[Baby] What the fuck is this?
[Baby] Ma, I make--
[Baby] Dont turn away from me.
Don't turn away from me
when I'm talking to you.
[Baby] You know I hate that.
[Baby] Mom, I'm trying, okay?
[Baby] Just keep chopping
onions, I guess.
[Baby] Just keep fucking
ignoring me, I guess.
We should all be
so fucking lucky.
No one is talking to you, Sybil.
Well, funny that we could all
hear you loud and fucking clear.
My voice carries, how
is that my fault?
[Baby] If you can hear me,
you can hear me say Ma
[Baby] and not Sybil.
- So Im clearly not talking to
[Sybil] Im trying to get to
know this girl and youre
- shouting your fucking head
[Baby] They dont even sound
alike.
[Hazel] Baby, baby, youre yelli
Baby, baby, youre yelling.
Don't yell.
Youre trying not to yell.
I-I-I, I know.
I'm trying not to yell.
It's just they drive me so
- fucking crazy.
- I know. I know.
She makes my blood boil.
She does it on purpose,
[Sybil] Because its so easy.
- Im not talking to you--
- Baby, come on.
You are so strong.
Yeah?
Say it.
Yeah.
Say I'm so strong.
Im so strong.
[Hazel] You are so strong.
- Jesus-fucking-Christ.
You are so strong.
[Hazel] You're so strong.
[Baby] So strong.
[Hazel] So strong.
[Baby] So strong.
Youre an idiot fucking baby.
[Baby] Im not an idiot fucking
[Hazel] Baby! Calm down.
It's okay.
[Sybil imitating crying baby]
[Hazel] You are so strong.
[Crying escalates]
- You are so strong.
Yeah?
Yeah?
[Both Baby and Sybil fake cry]
That's you!
[Baby noises]
That's you!
Both idiot fucking babies.
[Baby] That? That?
[Baby] That you
pay attention to?
Ma? Ma?
I'm just saying.
Let me make the garlic bread.
I got my method.
Everybody loves it.
It's like Texas toast.
It's beautiful.
I don't mean to make
a big thing about it.
I just got my method,
and you go in there
and you shake a
little garlic powder
on some buttered bread
and you call it a day.
And I just.
I-I-I, I see red.
It's just. I got my method.
You love my garlic bread, right?
Dont use all my fresh garlic.
Okay.
This is what happens.
This is what happens.
He pitches a fit like
a fucking idiot, baby.
And then acts all cute and
gets whatever he wants.
Sami, help me in
the kitchen please.
[Sybil] Ma, I know
[Phone vibration]
[Sybil] if youre signing
to Sami.
you aren't listening to me.
I can do two things at once.
You are rewarding him
for his stupid behavior.
This is why
[Phone vibration]
[Sybil] he doesn't learn!
[Sybil] Ma, he doesn't learn.
[Baby] Oh, come on, Sybil.
[Baby] You love my
garlic bread, right?
Stop trying to be cute with me.
[Baby] You're not going to
deprive Samis new friend
the joy of mopping a moms
sauce with a buttery,
flaky, cheesy, crusty,
end piece of my bread
Are you?
Oh god, you're so gross.
Get your stupid face
away from my face.
Don't call me stupid.
Come on, don't call me stupid.
I'm trying to be sweet.
Im trying to be
sweet here, sis.
Let me just love
up on your face.
Stop.
Just give in to the moment.
Stop.
- Dont touch me. Stop.
- Just let me love you.
Stop.
I hate you.
[Sybil] I hope you catch
another STD from one of
your teenage bimbos.
Oh, I'm 23.
You look 15.
Oh, thank you.
You got a real winner
with this one, Baby.
You know, he has
gonorrhea, right?
Had! Had! Not have!
[Phone vibration]
[Baby] I had gonorrhea.
[Sybil] It doesn't go away.
[Baby] Yes, it does, genius.
Which is the one
I'm thinking of?
[Baby] I dont know, maybe
if you ever had sex once
in your life.
[Sami] Herpes.
- Herpes!
[Sybil] Point on the board for
[Baby] Dont help her. Why
[Sybil] Sami. Thank you, Sami.
[Baby] are you helping her?
You're going to give
this poor girl herpes.
I'm not worried about it.
I'm immune to STDs.
That's not a thing.
She's immune to STDs.
Thats not a thing.
Don't say its not a thing.
It's a thing. You don't know
about other people's immunities.
It's true.
I have a super fast metabolism,
and I've never been sick.
When I was in between homes
when I was thirteen I used to
lick peoples pocket
change as a party trick
in exchange for them letting
me keep the money.
One time I made $37 in just
one day, just by licking change.
And that's why I'm
studying to be a nurse.
You're a medical marvel, babe.
Hey dummy, you making
the garlic bread or what?
Honey.
[Sybil] Come here. Sit next
to me and Lemon Drop.
What's your name again?
[Hazel] Hazel, but I like it
when you call me honey.
Honey, you seem like a nice girl
and I want you to take what
I'm in a spirit of trust in
which its intended, okay?
[Hazel] Okay.
[Sybil] My brother
is a dumpster fire of a person
and he's going to give you
and hes gonna give you herpes.
[Baby] You fucking
snake in the grass.
[Baby] Dont try and poison
[Baby] girlfriend against me.
[Sybil] Dont you call me a
[Sybil] fucking snake.
[Baby] Youre a fucking snake!
[Sybil] you fucking snake!
[Baby] Youre a fucking
[Lemon Drop laughing]
[Sybil] snake in the grass!
[Baby] Youre a fucking snake!
[Baby] Ow, ow! Fuck!
Mom just fucking bit me.
Im out!
Oh, don't worry. This
is just how we play.
Ah, Sami, did we
break your friend?
Everything okay?
Im so sorry.
Ouch, it hurts.
[Sami] Come on, I'll show
you the rest of the house.
Sami get this girl out of here.
[Lemon Drops laughter persists]
[Sami] What's going on?
Oh god, I just sold a painting.
For nearly $70,000.
[Lemon Drop sniffles]
[Lemon Drop weeping]
[Sami] What's wrong?
[birds chirping]
[Sami] How can I help you?
[Low guitar music]
I need to go.
[Nadine] Oh, thank god.
Oh, you got my text.
Sorry, I wasn't running
at my normal pace.
Do you want some water?
In a minute.
Let me say a thing or two.
Freddy and I--
You can barely breathe.
Just come inside a second.
[Moody guitar music]
So--
What are you trying to tell me?
What are you telling me?
[Heavy breathing and kissing]
[Nadine theme plays]
[Lynettes drunken groans]
There she--
There she is.
There,
there she is.
There she is.
Oh, my
itty
Itty-biddy
itty-biddy-biddy-biddy girl.
Sound it out.
Okay mama.
[Lemon Drop] Nana
bought this painting
for $3 at a thrift shop.
I remember because my
allowance was 3 dollars
and I didn't get
any that week.
[Lemon Drop] I asked
her why and she said--
She said--
[Music intensifies]
[Cap unscrewing from bottle]
[Pouring into solo cup]
[Cap screwing back on bottle]
[Lynette grumbles]
Today turned out to be
a pretty big day for me.
Hmmm...
I sold a painting.
Oh ah... payday
Payday.
Look at me.
Look at me, Mom.
Wha-?
One painting.
$70,000
[Unintelligible groan]
Thats good--
Thats so good--
It sold in the first hour.
[Unintelligible groan]
Its fine.
Lie down.
Thanks for listening.
[Unintelligible mumbling]
[Sweet unintelligible groans]
[Lynettes drunken mumbling]
[Ocean waves]
[Nadine] Youve shown
me something I thought
was long gone in me.
[Nadine] Turns out, it
was just fast asleep.
Youve awoken it in me.
I never understood what people
meant when they said
that they could die
happy in this moment
Until now.
You half asleep in my arms
the taste of caramels on my lips
the sound of your breathing--
Maybe that's all happiness is.
Its just
Moments.
Whatever led me here
and whatever this leads me to
doesnt matter.
Cause this
one
little stolen moment
is the most perfect
of my life.
And I'm going to hold on to it
for as long as I can.
[Lynette groaning]
[Lynette] Get me up.
[Lemon Drop] Whats wrong?
[Lemon Drop] You sick?
[Lynette] Get me up.
[Lemon Drop] Ma you sick?
[Lemon Drop] All right, come on.
[Lemon Drop] Lets get
you to the bathroom.
Ow, ow, ow,
ow, ow,
ow, ow!
[Lynette vomiting and coughing]
[Lynette] Ow, ow,
[Lynette] Oh, oh, oh... oh my...
[Lynette] Oh, fuck.
[Lynette mumbles wearily]
You done or you got more?
[Lynette] I aint got
nothing left in me.
[More coughing and vomiting]
Oh, Jesus. Mom!
[Lynette] Oh, god.
[Lynettes belabored breathing]
Oh, I cant, I cant do it.
You want me to draw you a bath,
maybe?
I want a shower.
No.
Im worried youll slip.
Girl, Ive been taking showers
For 6,500 years
Come on.
A bath will be nice.
Youre nodding,
so yes to a bath?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You want bubbles?
Yeah.
We'll get you mad bubbles.
[Running water]
[Frothing foam]
[Transendent music]
[Lynette] Ive got
something to say.
You have a
a passion inside you.
I know, because I had it too.
You either
kill it
and I mean kill it dead
[Lynette] Like my mom did.
[Lynette] Become cold to
[Lynette] everything and
everyone around you.
Or you fight it,
bury it like I did
and it will burn you inside out
and leave you nothing in return.
Or
Maybe you live with it.
Let it breathe, warts and all.
Ride it
wherever it's going to take you.
[Lynette] Because you dont
deserve a little life
full of concessions.
[Lynette] You deserve a
a big, fat life,
thirsty and voluptuous
off the best of things.
Yeah.
Here.
Put this in the toilet,
I cant reach.
Go on, get.
I want to finish washing
up so I can get dressed.
I think Ill
I think Ill drink
outside today.
Its supposed to be cold
outside today mom.
[Lynette] I guess
Ill need a jacket.
[Mr Todd] Hello, hello?
Am I coming through?
[Lemon Drop] Yes, hi!
Hello?
Hello.
Yes, Miss Fray?
Oh, you can call me Lemon Drop.
No thank you, no, I'd rather not
How are you this evening?
Well, I'm great. I'm great.
It's a pleasure to meet you.
Thank you so much for
patronizing my work.
Yes, of course. Of course. Your-
Your designs speak
to me very strongly.
Wow. That's-- I'm sorry.
Is it Mr. Todd?
It is. Yes, indeed.
Well, you have great taste.
I do.
In both art and business.
Mr. Romero-Esteban
told me your story.
Oh, he did?
Yes. That you painted this piece
after suffering the loss of a
lover who took their own life.
She commit suicide.
You know, in the mental health
community its preferred
that one says
takes there own life
as opposed to using
the word commit
because commit suggests
a crime more than a loss.
I am sorry for yours.
Thank you.
Now, on the matter of
the physical painting.
Yep. Well, once the
exhibit is down
Ill ship it anywhere
in the world you like.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I don't believe you
understand, really.
What I want you
to do is burn it.
[Mr. Todd] Miss
Fray, youre frozen.
No, no, no, no, no.
I'd be happy to.
[Mr. Todd] Oh, wonderful.
Of course I would ask
for photographic
evidence proving
that the digital
minting is the
only copy of the
painting in existence.
If that's for use in
resale, I'd recommend
shooting a video of it instead.
I mean, I'll take the pictures,
of course, as requested,
but I'll also have a friend
shoot a video of me doing it.
I'm actually working
on a series of three others
A tetralogy, interesting.
I'm envisioning
the four seasons.
I've only just begun
the second and
I want to let it
form organically.
But if you're interested
in the others I can
alert you first when
they go on sale.
If you sell all four,
you could release
videos of me burning
them as unlockables.
Just a thought.
You likely know the business
side far better than I do.
Yeah,
well,
you can expect
the set of images
and the video by months end.
I just need a little bit of time
to find someone willing to let
me burn it on their property
and/or get the necessary permits
to have the fire elsewhere.
[Mr. Todd] Entirely reasonable.
Thank you.
Well,
if that's all,
I don't want to take up more
of your time than necessary.
I'm sure you'll
have several other
appointments.
Yes, it's true. I am quite busy.
But, Miss Fray, you are
a magnificent artist
and I look forward to burning
more of your work in the future.
[Mr. Todd] Have a good night.
And you.
[Simone] Hey, remember me?
[Simone] Woman you've
been sleeping with
for the last three
or four months
pretty consistently
up until recently.
What's up?
[Simone] I don't take hints well
so if this is over,
be an adult
sack up and say it to my face.
It's over.
So wait, were you an
asshole this whole time?
Or is that a recent development?
[Simone] Because
you had me tricked
into thinking I was
pretty special to you.
I don't like being the person
that comes to your office
to bother you.
[Lemon Drop] Studio.
Studio? Fine.
Its not an office.
It's a studio.
[Simone] I said, fine.
That's not even the point.
[Lemon Drop] I don't
work a 9 to 5.
I don't want an office.
So, we're getting into semantics
[Lemon Drop] I don't
want to come home
after a long workweek,
eat dumplings, fuck
and go to bed.
- Okay.
[Lemon Drop] I like all of those
things.
But it's just not how I operate.
[Lemon Drop] I mean, I've given
you exactly nothing real of me.
[Lemon Drop] How
did I trick you?
No, honestly, I'm asking,
how did I trick you?
[Lemon Drop] Why are you
trying milk a relationship
out of somebody like me?
You're not even
attracted to a person.
You're attracted to
whatever version of
me you created in the boundaries
and in the distance that
I put in place from go.
[Clicking off ring light]
[Deep sigh]
Fuck. Okay.
Best lesson I learned in therapy
[Simone] Extensive therapy
leading up to, during,
subsequently after
my divorce,
is most arguments
arent worth having.
All the same in the name of
self-fucking love and care.
I need you to know I'm
walking away right now.
[Simone] Not out of weakness
but out of strength.
Okay?
Goodbye.
You're not the only
one on a journey
you narcissistic
fucking asshole
prick
[Simone] That's it.
[Simone] Fuck off.
Okay, That's it.
That's all that I have to say.
Some of that is misplaced
aggresion, maybe,
but the rest you deserve.
Kristen Bells therapist,
said to her ah--
honesty, without
tact is cruelty.
And you might have been right
about what you said, maybe,
but your presentation
fucking sucks!
Why does everyone's
communication skills
have to fucking suck?
Fuck you. Fuck you? Fuck you.
[Simone] Fuck you.
[Footsteps in the distance]
[Sami theme begins]
[Baby] Sami insisted I make
the garlic bread again.
[Lemon Drop] It was
my one condition
when she invited me back.
Baby told me you
were an artist.
Yes, Sami was showing
us. Your stuff is killer.
[Lemon Drop] Thanks.
Yeah. I could tell you
all were art lovers.
Those are all Samis.
[Lemon Drop] I'm sorry. What?
Okay wait, back it up,
back it up, back it up.
Sami, you painted these?
Oh, yeah.
There are hundreds,
- literally hundreds.
- Everywhere.
This one's called Hazel Honey.
I have 17 in my apartment.
[Lemon Drop] How
has this not come up?
You want one?
Sami, how has this
not come up?
Of course I want one.
Take your pick.
None from the upstairs hallway.
None from the upstairs hallway.
But other than that,
whichever one you want.
Alright, well, what want to
do a trade for one of mine?
No-no-no-no I give mine
a free, yours are for sale.
Oh okay, I see, so don't
want my art now.
Yours are worth tens of
thousands of dollars.
Yeah, Sami was saying that you
burned yours and then you sell
- online digitally for like tens
- One. One. She said she
- thousands of dollars.
- has to burn one.
Not that she burns them all.
I went to a bra burning one time
with my friend Marshmellow.
Theres a smores joke
in there somewhere.
Yeah, it's really just
the one most recently
that I have to burn.
Ill ask Ma if we
can burn it here.
How the fuck does that work?
Well, I sold a digital version
of the painting online,
and it's in the buyers contract
that they get to decide what
happens with the original.
Now, in most cases, the buyer
genuinely wants the painting.
Which it just means
shipping it to them.
Sometimes they don't care.
It is rare, but occasionally
they don't care if you keep
for yourself or ship
it to someone else.
Every now and again though
they don't want the
original to exist at all.
And in this case they want me
to film setting it on fire on my
phone and send it to them.
Yo, that's sadistic as fuck, son
Why would they want
someone to do that?
Theyre power tripping, hun.
- Like gettingcam girls to sit
- Its so the paintings worth
- balloons or whatever.
- more.
Yes, exactly.
It'll make their digital
copy worth more.
I mean some people buy it with
their only intention being to
resell it.
And it being online, it
is trackable forever.
So on every resale, the artist
gets 10% of the profits
forever.
[Lemon Drop] So these
are the ones off limits?
Yep.
Mom's in love with this series.
[Lemon Drop] All of
these are so you, Sami.
I haven't cried since
before my dad died.
I don't process human emotions
the way normal people do.
[Lemon Drop] Neither do I.
I can't decide.
I guess, youll just have
to make one for me.
Maybe I already did.
Well, you made one
already for Hazel.
So, I was kinda hoping.
Well, you gonna show me?
After dessert, maybe.
I'm nearly full term with
a spaghetti baby already.
Sami, I--
I just got out of thing.
Im not really sure
I see you that way.
Then maybe close your eyes
And see what the rest of
senses have to say about it.
That was a very smooth line.
And you are a very good kisser.
Come on, my sister made
babka and thumbprint cookies.
Okay.
[Sami Theme builds]
[Lemon Drop] This is the
one youmade for me?
[Sami] I call it Crow
Sits On Womans Face.
That's a dumb name.
That's a great name.
Beautiful.
Me or the painting?
The painting.
And you.
[Sami] You think I'm beautiful?
[Lemon Drop] Yeah.
[Sami] You think I'm beautiful?
[Lemon Drop] Yes.
[Sami] Because, you know
I said when we first met.
I was thinking it back.
You going to keep all your nice
thoughts to yourself?
[Lemon Drop] Expressing
them in other than my work
just gets me in trouble.
[Sami] Well, I want to get into
some really, really deep
trouble with you.
[Lemon Drop] There you
go with the lines again.
[Sami] Sorry. Too smooth?
[Sami] Okay, Wait.
How about this?
Can I interest you in
some fine cunnilingus?
[Lemon Drop] What is
this voice, youre doing?
[Sami] There's no use
saving her now Dudley.
Oooo, whatever
it is, it is working.
[Sami] Oh, Dudley.
[Sami] I see now why
they call you mounties.
I have no idea what
any of this means.
[Sami] Did anyone bother
to ask if she wanted
to be tied to railroad tracks?
I don't know how to
enter this roleplay.
[Lemon Drop moaning]
[Sami Theme crescendos]
[Nadine] Lets think about
this logically for a second.
What am I going to
do in Montreal while
you do whatever it is an
artist in residency does.
If you can't find things
to do in Montreal,
[Lemon Drop] I don't
know what to tell yah.
It's just another place.
[Lemon Drop] You never
wanted to travel?
Never wanted to see the world?
It's Montreal, Lemon.
It's not Prague or Egypt.
You want to go to Prague?
You want to go to Egypt?
The residency is
only for a year.
Exactly.
Its entire year.
And when it's over,
we'll go to Prague.
Or Egypt or Tokyo.
I have always wanted
to go to Tokyo.
I dont want to go to Tokyo.
Dont you want to see Tokyo?
I don't want to see Tokyo.
Who doesn't want to see Tokyo?
I can't go to Tokyo.
We don't have to go to Tokyo.
If you want to see Tokyo,
don't let me stop you
from seeing Tokyo.
But I am not going to Tokyo
or Prague or--
[Lemon Drop] Egypt.
Egypt
or Montreal.
[Nadine] I can't uproot--
I can't go to Montreal.
It was unfair to ask
you to come with me.
I just want you there.
[Nadine] I know.
I know you do.
[Nadine Theme Plays]
Its
It's only a two hour flight.
[Lemon Drop] I mean, I'm only
driving there the first time
[Lemon Drop] but I'll fly back
on the weekends
And you can visit.
I fit in places.
I'll be a local in a week.
[Lemon Drop] I will
know all the real cool
[Lemon Drop] authentic
places to go and--
So thats it.
I go
and that's it.
[Lemon Drop] So Ill stay.
No.
You're going to go.
[Lemon Drop] I want
to be with you.
You're 23 years old.
It's your time to go to Montreal
It's easy to pursue
the things you want.
[Nadine] The people you want.
But Freddy knows
and everything is
out in the open.
This always had a shelf life.
Nae-Nae
I love you.
Say it back.
Let this be a clean break.
[Lemon Drop] Say it back!
You either tell me you love me
or you tell me you don't.
I'm not letting you get
out of this by hiding.
There is a person here.
[Lemon Drop] So give me the
goddamn courtesy of the words.
[Lemon Drop] If you're going to
break my heart, break my heart!
And that's it.
That's the extent of what
you're risking here.
A broken heart.
[Nadine] I have a house, I have
marriage, I have a career--
I know that Nadine and
that's why Ill stay.
[Nadine] You know
but you don't see it.
You don't see what
it's like to invest
20 years into a marriage,
into another person
and to grow and
to fail and fuck up
and forgive and rebuild.
[Nadine] To have all that
[Nadine] and still be there.
I want all that with you.
You don't know what you want
[Nadine] at 23 years old, you
don't know what you want.
Dont you say that,
don't you say that.
I have always known
what I've wanted
and I've gone after it.
I didn't have rich
moms to fall back on.
[Lemon Drop] I was raised in
a one bedroom apartment
with a curtain separating my
bedroom from the living room
until I was 13 years old.
If I didn't know what I
wanted, I could jack shit.
Don't tell me that I don't
know what I want.
I have made it blatantly
clear from the go
[Lemon Drop] that I wanted you.
[Lemon Drop] And I havent
wavered from that for a second.
I havent risked anything?
I have nothing.
I have nothing but my heart.
And I have worn it on my
goddamn sleeve for you.
[Cafe chatter]
[Rustling in purse]
[Cash being pulled out]
That should cover my half.
[Nadine weeps loudly]
[Cafe phone rings]
[Distant birds squawking]
[footsteps over dry corn husks]
[Dreamy guitar and chime music]
This is worth seventy large?
[Sybil sighs]
Im sorry you have to burn it.
Im glad I got to see it.
Do we all need to say something?
What? What are they signing?
Samis been bugging mom
all week to sign this poem
[Baby] she wrote
about our dead dad.
I'd love to hear it
Really?
Im not published or anything.
I just scribble things
down sometimes.
My husband, their dad,
died during quarantine.
[Lemon Drop] I'm sorry.
The service was just us,
and we had a zoom wake.
You should first know that
the last thing Ma remembers
hearing as a kid
before she when deaf was
Birds
[Loud squawking birds]
[Symphony of a thousand
birds calling before silence]
[Transcendent music]
[Sybil] Hands read
[Sybil] love, spoken,
[Sybil] pressed, stamped creases
[Sybil] in unrequited silence
[Sybil] like use of secrets.
[Sybil] Shhh. Not my voice.
[Sybil] Not my voice.
[Sybil] Do you hear me call
[Sybil] open always
to world like
[Sybil] finger laced crown
[Sybil] I wish you rest.
[Sybil] See all magnificent.
[Sybil] Your love gave
me back the sea and
[Sybil] the pieces
of me that it took
[Sybil] Can you see?
I swear sunset
[Sybil] far enough, they said
[Sybil] I swear sunset.
[Sybil] Do you see
your birds flying high?
[Sybil] They come from sea.
[Sybil] I think they're
heading my way
[Sybil] You couldn't
come too but
[Sybil] But I think
they're heading my way
[Sybil] I promise I looked
everywhere I could
[Sybil] They're going
your way they said
[Baby] I'm not sure
how long I was gone
[Baby] but I think
I know this sky
[Baby] You can't see it,
[Baby] but your birds sure
think this water is cool
[Lemon Drop exhales loudly]
[Lemon Drop exhales joyously]
[Transcendent music subsides]
Sami.
Sami.
Sami, wake up.
[Sami] She's sleeping.
[Sami] Please call back later.
Let's go to California.
What?
I have work today.
[Lemon Drop] Call in sick.
[Lemon Drop] Quit.
Why, California?
[Lemon Drop] Texas, then.
Mexico, Wyoming,
anywhere we can get to by car.
I have a friend that
lives in Wyoming.
She will 100% let
us crash there
There's coffee on
my bedside table
[Lemon Drop] I mean,
we could go to Alaska
and take the Panamerican highway
all the way to Central America.
It is nearly 20,000 miles long.
What time is it?
[Lemon Drop] I don't know.
[Lemon Drop] Early.
Have you slept?
A little bit.
No, not really.
You probably need to
take the first shift driving.
What?
Oh, Sami, I'm going to
need you to catch up.
Can I have another
sip of that coffee?
Good morning.
I'm young,
I have money.
I can do my art anywhere.
And I want to see the
whole damn world.
Do you want to see it with me?
[Sami] Wow, that's
a lot before coffee.
Oh, you can say no.
[Lemon Drop] I can accept no.
Do you want to kick puppies?
No.
[Lemon Drop] Do you
want to eat 72 donuts?
No.
[Lemon Drop] Do you want
to see the world with me?
Starting right now?
[Hopeful guitar music]