Earle Meets World (2026) s01e04 Episode Script

[upbeat pop music playing]
Baby, I'll hold you tight ♪
I didn't see you, didn't mean to… ♪
[Alix] Oh, you want a treat?
Okay. Sit.
Paw.
Good girl. Okay, good girl.
-[music fades]
-[cell phone ringing]
-[FaceTime chimes]
-Mom?
[Alisa] Hi. Can you see me?
-No, I can't see you.
-[Alisa laughs]
Do you know how to disconnect it
from your, like, Bluetooth in the car?
Oh, is that why it won't go on?
'Cause I'm in the car?
Probably. [snorts]
-You look pretty.
-Thanks.
I started snorting like you.
It's really bad.
-Oh, no. When you laugh? [laughs]
-Yeah.
[Alix laughs, snorts]
Here we go.
-Oh, hi.
-Hi.
Why were you so upset in Aspen?
I was upset that it kind of felt like…
I-- Not that you did,
but I was kind of made to feel like,
I wasn't welcome to come in. I don't know.
Something just hit me that day
when walking on the treadmill.
I was like, "They're not gonna answer me,
but I have to tell them my feelings."
You guys both answered right away.
I'm like, "I don't wanna talk now,
'cause you're filming."
I don't want you to feel like
you weren't welcome to come to Aspen.
I think… where--
I honestly messed things up because…
we all were planning to go.
Then last minute, I was like,
"Well, why don't you come?"
But then there wasn't really accommodation
or it wouldn't make sense.
And… I just sort of
invited you last minute
because I was like, "I want Mom to come."
But then it didn't end up making sense.
I understand all that.
But you have to realize
that in my head I'm thinking,
"You're all, like, lying to me
or keeping me in the dark."
And you know everything
because your dad is your manager.
He knows everything,
and what's going on all the time.
And remember that he doesn't talk to me
unless I reach out to him
or it's something
he has to reach out to me for.
I don't know what's going on.
-I don't know.
-Yeah.
I don't like getting in the middle of it,
but I did put myself in the middle
because I invited you
when I should have asked everyone first.
It's okay. We'll just see how…
We'll clarify things more in the future.
Everyone deserves their time to be with--
Do their things with their own family.
But this thing
was also about you and Ashtin.
-So… you're my kids.
-Mm-hm.
[chuckles] Yeah.
-It's terrible seeing my mom feel lonely.
-[poignant, pensive music playing]
And I think sometimes
she will feel lesser about herself
because of what happened,
and that, like,
someone else was "chosen" over her.
And I hate when I can feel her
feeling those insecurities in the moment,
because she is the best and the best mom.
And she raised us so well.
I feel bad because I don't want you
to not feel included,
and you are included.
Okay. All right.
Well, next time we can do a girls' trip.
I love you.
-I love you too.
-Bye.
[music fades]
[lively electronic pop music playing]
[Ashley] There's rattlesnakes here.
You know that, right?
-Are they dangerous?
-Yeah. They're venomous.
You know they can walk like this… ♪
-[Alix] Wait, where-- Are we off-roading?
-We are definitely off-roading.
[Alix] This is real hiking.
Ashley and my dad are in LA right now
to help me look at a place in LA
to have a little bit
more stability in my life.
Maybe have an investment, you know,
some room for Asia and a backyard.
And I am not sure how I feel about this.
But I'm like,
"Okay, we'll go take a look."
[Ashley] My brand-new white sneakers.
-[gasps] No, I can't do it.
-[Alix laughs]
-[Alix] Jump.
-I'm going.
Okay.
You know they can walk like this
Talk like this… ♪
You guys, I may not be able to breathe.
I'm already out of breath.
[both laugh]
-We've walked two feet. [laughs]
-[music fades]
It's a hill.
[Alix] It's really,
actually quite peaceful.
[Ashley] It's really peaceful.
[Alix] I didn't even know
they had this here.
Look. The world's so beautiful, if we stop
and do adventures every once in a while.
-[laughs]
-[cell phone chiming]
Is Daddy seriously doing Find My Location?
Do you know he'd do that
in the worst times for me?
-You wanna know who it is? Penelope.
-Oh.
"Mom, can I go to the basketball game?"
[Alix laughing]
How are they able
to ping your phone like that?
You could too.
-[Alix] I don't think I can.
-When you were little.
Um, well, I actually just got to catch up
with Mom about Aspen.
-I didn't get to talk with her since then.
-How'd that go?
She was upset about not being there.
I think she just gets jealous
when she sees all of us together.
Which makes sense,
and I feel horrible, you know?
I don't think anyone
wants to make your mom feel left out.
Do you guys feel like
you're caught in the middle?
Yeah. I mean,
I think it's been that way for a while.
And it's hard because she'll get jealous.
Then, you know, we also want to make sure
we're spending time with you guys
and with the kids.
But it's always been this, like,
constant, like, ping pong battle.
-Back-and-forth.
-Trying to make everyone happy.
I feel like any time that
you and I have been distant or not great,
it's because I sense, "We're great."
We have great conversation, a great time.
And then it's, like,
you go back and, like--
You know, your mom is kind of like--
Says something or does something.
Then it makes you pull away
from me and us too.
Like, I think that's been the hardest
part about our relationship,
is that we can't just be
like how we want to be at times.
-Yeah, it's just hard.
-[poignant music playing]
It's hard for her
to see us together, even still.
I totally get it.
I think it's important
for Ashley and I to keep, like,
pushing to hopefully only get closer.
And, um, I think it's like
the next phase of our relationship.
'Cause I think, for so long,
we worked to get rid of the negative
and then we wanted it
to just be very positive.
But I think now
for us to continue to get even closer,
I think we have to have a little bit more
of those difficult conversations.
[music fades]
Feels like we're in
family therapy a little bit.
-Yeah, it's great.
-Now we can't sweep things under the rug.
-I don't think we should.
-We have to talk about it.
No. This is good for us.
You know, she's my mom.
I think it's hard for her to see
when we, like, do get along. [laughs]
You wanna start fighting
with me or something?
-Oh, wait!
-Fine!
[both laughing]
-[lively music playing]
-You're a bitch. You evil bitch!
-Ow!
-[laughs]
-Sorry. I just got a splinter.
-Is your nail okay?
-I don't have tweezers.
-[laughs]
I like bets, I like stacks
I like money on time… ♪
I don't know how to cross the street.
I'm always getting hit by cars.
I know. I actually almost,
like, actually got hit the other day.
It went like… [imitates brakes screeching]
It was really bad.
Everyone says New York
is so great for dating.
And you can go on
a million dates every day.
-I know.
-But I don't see that.
I genuinely don't think
I've been on a date in like two years.
-Really?
-'Cause everyone that asks me, I say no.
-I think I'm too hard on people.
-[Sally] At least you're getting asked.
Okay, so that should be--
One of our resolutions
is that we need to be going on dates.
Okay, so we're going on a double date.
Okay. Let's double-date.
Who are we going with?
[woman] Rank your top five icks
that men give you.
-[Sally] Hm…
-[Ashtin] Hm…
Top five.
-Backpack.
-Backpack.
-[lilting, pensive music playing]
-Bike.
No. I feel like you can be hot on a bike.
Like in a JFK Jr. way.
-Yeah.
-But I was talking, like, city bike.
-Flip flops.
-Flip flops.
-Curated Instagram.
-[Ashtin] Curated Instagram.
There's too many icks
to even keep track of.
I can't keep count.
I feel like no one DMs me.
'Cause I don't post, like, hot pictures.
Yes, you do.
You posted in your underwear yesterday.
[Ashtin laughs]
-[Sally] You did.
-[Ashtin] Like, yes.
But I feel like that's like not hot.
That's just, like… [laughs]
What? You're in your underwear.
Yeah, but not in like a baddie way.
Yes, in a baddie way.
I'm like, and-I'm-cozy-in-my-apartment
kind of way.
Mm… okay. I don't think
other people view it that way.
-Like a man--
-Well, it's clearly not working anyway.
It's because they're nervous.
How? I'm so nice. [laughs]
But, like, people don't know that.
I like to think I know what I want.
I don't know what I want.
But if someone were to ask me what I want,
I would say, "I don't know."
I feel like it's just a feeling.
-You know?
-Mm-hm. It's just a feeling.
Yeah, I haven't felt butterflies
in a while, though. [laughs]
I also get nervous being on social media.
People want to talk to me
for the wrong reason.
Clout chaser is the bottom.
[pensive music playing]
-We don't like a clout chaser.
-The ick of all icks.
-It's not easy.
-[Ashtin] No, it's not.
-We've had it rough.
-[Ashtin] It's scary.
But maybe we're--
I think it could be an us problem.
Maybe.
-We're a bit too picky.
-[music stops]
Yeah, we are really picky. [laughs]
I'm gonna post to my Story and say…
-Hi!
-"Swipe up if you want to date Sally."
-[laughs]
-I made Alix do that once.
-Really?
-Yeah.
I don't think… I didn't get one message.
[both laugh]
-You're lying.
-Nope.
-Aw.
-[Sally] Yeah. Not great.
-Pose ♪
-[lively electronic pop music playing]
-Help me ♪
-Pose ♪
-Let me see it ♪
-Pose ♪
-Want to sit outside, Asia?
-I walk the walk, I walk the walk ♪
-Pose ♪
-Hi.
-[music stops]
-Hi.
Oh, hello. We're calling Sally.
Girl, you want to sit with me?
-Hi! [laughs]
-Hey, Sally!
Hi, Miss Asia!
-I'm having FOMO of you guys in New York.
-You can be bi-coastal.
Like, you guys are, like,
Sunday afternoon, having a glass of wine,
and Saturday afternoon and--
And Tuesday, going to 2 Chainz.
-[laughs]
-What's up?
-How was it with your dad and Ashley?
-[sighs]
She posted a TikTok
that I think would be pretty obvious
to any person that it's gonna, like--
It's gonna stir up just conversation
and drama and whatever.
Two months ago,
I was receiving a ton of backlash
after I made, like, a little cameo
in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance.
[woman] Fans were quick to notice
there was one celebrity in the Casita
who did not share the same culture
and identity as everybody else.
The crux of why people were mad
was, like, they just thought
that, like, I took an opportunity
to get up there and, like, be on a stage,
but, like, I didn't actually believe
in the message of what was being said.
And now Ashley made a TikTok
that she put over, like,
a Bad Bunny audio.
And she was saying, like,
"People don't know
that my niece is Guatemalan,"
and we have this mixed family.
I love Ashley,
but we're also not the definition
of, like, a mixed family, I feel.
I just could see the backlash
coming in from it.
And, like, I feel like everything
just started to die down.
And I'm like,
"This is just gonna, like, ramp it up."
-And you are just like…
-[tense, pensive music playing]
-[laughs]
-Throw gas on the fire.
That's what I was trying to say!
Throwing gas on a fire.
I was like, "Throwing a moth in a fire"?
Something? Throwing gas on the fire.
-It just bothers me because--
-[music fades]
Trying to, like, also look out for her
because she also
gets dragged into shit and…
[sighs] I don't know. Enough.
-Yeah. It affects her.
-Which sucks.
'Cause we literally were just like,
"We're so good."
In Aspen, she was our bestie.
I know!
-[tense, pensive rap music playing]
-[Alix] It's just a little awkward.
Ashley and my dad are in LA right now.
So we're going to look
at houses together today.
And I feel like what was supposed to be
a really fun day
is not gonna be so fun anymore
because I have to say something to her.
And it's, like,
the most awkward thing in the world.
-I'm panicked.
-[Sally] Oh, my God.
- Hey! ♪
-By the by, eye for an eye ♪
But I want the whole damn body… ♪
I wonder where the Valley is.
I feel like we're in the Valley.
Okay.
Not to be messed with
Not to be tested ♪
You know that I'm speeding it up ♪
Men in my way, do what I say
And that is exactly what's up ♪
[Alix] Wow.
-This is nice. This is nice.
-This is big-girl things right here.
-[music fades]
-[TJ] How was your night?
[Alix] Um, it was good.
But, yeah.
I'm a little anxious this morning.
-About what?
-Why?
About buying a house?
-No.
-[Ashley] It's a big step.
I just, um… I don't know.
-Your post made me a little nervous.
-My post?
[TJ] You posted something?
Yeah.
[TJ winces] Oh, no.
-I just, like…
-Let me see.
[Alix] You just saw what I went through
with, like, getting so much heat online.
Well, people don't know that,
you know, we have a diverse family.
There's just sometimes where
I just feel it's not the time or place.
You have a good heart.
I know what you meant. That was not bad.
The sentiment, what you're saying,
is not bad either.
It's just like, to think in advance of,
like, "How could people take this?"
"Is this going to stir the pot
and make a problem?"
But if that's something
you don't care about, then that's fine.
I feel all we do is tiptoe around.
And, like, we can't stir the pot,
and we can't talk about anything.
[Alix] Yeah, but when you can control,
when you know what
you'll get yourself into, you should just…
take a moment to think.
Okay.
[tense music playing]
-[music stops]
-[footsteps approaching]
[TJ] Realtor here?
[tense music resumes]
It's tiring trying to not only stress
about me or what I'm doing,
but then have to stress about, like,
what everyone else in my family
is doing as well.
Especially Ashley.
It's hard because
I feel like a lot of the times,
whatever they do or say
is gonna fall back on me.
I just really need my family.
I just want to be with them,
and I just want to… I want it to be easy.
And… it just, now, isn't feeling that way.
Now I feel like there's this other problem
that we have to take care of.
-Now things are feeling awkward here.
-[music fades]
I feel like you're anxious
about a lot of things.
Like so many things. Braxton.
Other things going on in the tabloids.
Like, you're just always anxious.
And I just don't think that it's good.
Yeah, but you're also giving me
a reason to be anxious.
If you're so worried
about me being anxious,
I feel you would not
do something like that.
-[tense music resumes]
-Sometimes it feels like it's purposeful.
'Cause, I'm like,
"How can you not think about this?"
[Ashley] Mm-hm.
I deal with a lot of women,
and a lot of hormones,
and a lot of personalities.
So I just try to insulate myself.
I just try to stay out of it if I can.
Um…
[music stops]
Okay. So, what are we doing?
-[tense music resumes]
-I would take it down, I think.
I would appreciate if you took it down.
[sniffs]
[Ashley] I will private it.
[groans softly]
[TJ] What does that mean?
-Private it.
-[tense music continues]
[slurps]
[music crescendos, fades]
Hi, guys. Sorry to interrupt. How are you?
I'm Alexia.
-Hi. How are you?
-Hi, Alexia.
-[Alexia] Nice to see you.
-Hi. TJ.
-Nice to meet you.
-[Alexia] TJ.
Hi. How are you? Nice to meet you.
[Alexia] Nice to meet you.
-You guys ready to get to know the house?
-[TJ] Yeah, it looks beautiful.
[Alexia] All right. You got six bedrooms
and nine bathrooms.
-[TJ] Huge shower.
-[Alexia] Very updated.
-[TJ] How many square feet is it?
-[Alexia] 8,196.
[TJ] Wow. It's deceiving.
[Alexia] Yeah.
Let's just pretend everything's fine
and no one's having issues with each other
for the next 20 minutes.
[TJ] This is great.
[tense, pensive music playing]
Everyone put on a smile.
Keep it going.
The Earles are one big happy family.
[Alexia] It just has
an amazing vibe in here.
It's very open floor.
Got the biggest kitchen island
I think you'll ever see.
[TJ] It's definitely the biggest island.
This is beautiful.
Were you on TV before? I feel like…
I was, yes.
-I feel I've seen you before.
-[Ashley] Yeah.
My mom has been on TV
for about 17, 18 years.
-She's a Real Housewife of Beverly Hills.
-[TJ] No way. Really?
Um, and then we were on our own show.
With my family.
We do a family business.
I work with my dad and my sisters.
-Obviously all real estate?
-Yeah.
How was filming with your family?
[TJ] We're terrified.
It was absolutely terrifying.
It really is.
We were forced to talk about things
we would never usually talk about,
and say things to each other
we'd never usually say.
Did you just hear our conversation
at the front door when we walked in?
No, I have not. [laughs]
You know, I will say though,
I am so grateful for the experience
because now my family
has the most amazing communication
that until two years ago,
we truly did not have.
It's a completely new world.
[poignant, pensive music playing]
I'm just in a very emotional state lately,
and then just especially today.
I think there's a lot going on
and a lot of change in my life,
and I'm feeling a ton of responsibility.
And when Ashley does something like this,
then it makes me just spiral
and feel like I have, like, another thing
that I have to fix or take care of.
And there's moments
that it definitely gets overwhelming,
um, just in terms of, like,
the responsibility that I feel.
-[Alexia] All right. That's the house.
-[music fades]
Let me know if you need anything.
I'll be outside.
-[Alix] Thank you.
-[TJ] Thank you.
-[Alix] This is way too nice for me.
-Yeah.
-Being in a home makes me so excited, but…
-[Ashley] Yeah.
I don't…
Like, I don't even know where I live.
Yeah.
I feel like I don't live anywhere.
Well, I think
you should have a nice place here,
a nice place in Florida.
You have Ashtin's apartment in New York.
And you're pretty much
gonna be between those three places.
I get that. But, like, at what point
would I ground myself in one place
and, like, settle down?
Well, I think Reale is gonna be
very grounding for you.
And majority of your work
and your time will become Reale.
It's not in a way of complaining,
and I don't wanna stop what I'm doing.
I just feel even ungrateful
to, like, feel stressed out.
You know? Like, then I feel crazy
for feeling, like, stressed and--
You don't need to be too stressed
because you'll always
have me here to help you
even though
you don't really ask me for much.
[poignant, pensive music playing]
This year, with Reale launching,
you have a lot of commitments.
We just have to
get through this little bit
and things are gonna lighten up.
Reale Actives has been
like a passion project for Alix
probably since she was in college.
So that's grinding at her a little bit.
And, you know, when Alix gets stressed,
she takes it out on the people
that are closest to her,
whether it be her family,
at the time when she was with Braxton,
it was with Braxton.
And I think that's natural.
When you get under a lot of pressure,
and she is under a lot of pressure,
you take it out on the people
that you think can take it.
You're way more put together
than most 25-year-olds.
It feels like sometimes…
I've had to mature a lot faster--
-Even than, like… looking at my friends.
-[music fades]
And my friends from college,
and just texting them, like,
"What are you guys doing this week?"
And, you know, like,
they all have just like… I don't know.
I just feel like
I've had to take on a lot at a young age.
And it feels like sometimes I'm in, like,
a different world from even my friends.
And that also makes me feel weird. Like…
I don't know. Like, it's really cool
that I got to grow up and do these things.
[voice breaks] But sometimes
I just wanna feel like…
-A kid.
-[Ashley] Yeah.
[TJ] Didn't I say that to you recently?
Like, you're still just a kid.
I've really got to stop crying!
[laughs, groans]
[TJ] It just makes me sad to see you sad.
Like, I just wanna fix the problem.
[Alix] Yeah, but sometimes
you can't just fix the problem.
I know, I know, I know.
This is why I broke up with him.
'Cause I need to, like, figure myself out.
Like, I'm so clearly reliant
on my happiness coming from, like,
a male figure or attention in my life.
I know you have doubts
about whether you should
or should not have broken up
with Braxton, right?
[pensive music playing]
-Yeah.
-[TJ] Right.
[inhales sharply]
So, I think it's fine to take the time
to not be reactive
and let things settle in, and feel.
Ultimately, you'll know
if it's the right or the wrong thing.
I think there's something comforting about
a male figure,
the attention from a partner
or, like, the security.
And I don't know if that's deep-rooted
in, like, family things or what,
but I was never good at being alone.
Like, the second--
Even if I stopped talking to someone else,
I'm like, "I just need at least
to be friends with someone else
and say, 'Hey.'" So…
I don't wanna be alone now,
but I'm forcing myself to be.
'Cause I think it will be good for me
in the long run.
Like, I've never been alone.
-Like, what if, like, I don't know…
-[music fades]
I felt like I don't know myself
without a partner.
So this is why this is important.
-And this is part of the process.
-[TJ] Okay.
So it's not just a switch.
I can't just be like,
"I'm happy today,
and I've got it figured out."
Like, I've got to go through
ups and downs.
Okay.
When are the ups?
[all laugh]
-I'm just plummeting down.
-[TJ laughs]
[Alix] But this made me
feel a little better.
Venting made you feel better?
Or looking at a house?
-No. Talking.
-Oh. Oh, oh.
I'm just feeling like
I'm going through a change or maturing.
It's your frontal lobe.
My frontal lobe is developing.
-Yeah, so it's a fucking frontal lobe.
-[laughs]
Anyway. Just give me a hug. Give me a hug.
See? This is not a good hug.
I need a good hug from my daughter.
It's fine.
-This feels weird.
-[dramatic pop music playing]
Let's be honest
How bad do you want this? ♪
Where you wanted to be
Do you still think of me? ♪
[Penelope] What are you doing in my room?
-I'm lying down.
-[Penelope laughs]
I don't have my own room in this house.
I like your bed the best too.
-How's your sourdough going?
-[Penelope] Good.
I need to stretch and fold it in…
Four minutes.
Okay. Did I tell you I'm going on a date?
What? [laughs]
You're what?
I'm being set up on a date.
-I think--
-By who?
-Julia.
-[lilting, pensive music playing]
The concept of Ashtin
and a date in the same sentence
doesn't really make much sense
because she's only had one boyfriend
and that was, like, a long time ago.
Do you have advice for her, Thomas?
For dating?
No. You think I've ever had a girlfriend?
My biggest advice for Ashtin dating is,
"Don't screw it up."
Yeah, I'm now talking to you, Ashtin.
[Izabel and Thomas laugh]
-So I'm kind of scared.
-[music fades]
Do you know anything about the guy
that you're going on a date with?
I'm pretty sure he's Australian.
That's all I know.
-Oh, that's wonderful.
-[ethereal music playing]
I haven't been on a date
in a really long time.
I have a bit of a pessimistic view
on men and love and dating.
My first and kind of only example,
for most of my life, of, like, love
was my parents,
and then they, like, broke up.
I was really upset.
And now I'm too okay with being alone,
that I don't let anyone into my life.
Maybe I should just, like,
go on a few dates just to do it
and work that social muscle in me.
But, at the same time,
I'm scared. [laughs]
He could be a serial killer.
-I don't think Julia is that mean.
-[music fades]
I don't know--
I don't think Julia's mean at all
to set you up with a serial killer.
I don't know how well she knows him.
And I'm nervous.
Don't be shy. 'Cause you are always shy
and then you scare them away.
I scare them away because I'm shy?
Yes.
Thanks.
[lively pop music playing]
I just wanna have a good time… ♪
Tonight, Sally and I
are going on a blind double date.
I'm not kidding. It's blind.
I don't know their names,
I don't know what they look like.
Ain't nobody killing this vibe… ♪
Should I do this top?
This one's kind of cuter.
Is this cool and chill?
Ready.
This is absolutely my worst nightmare.
It's my type of night ♪
[Sally] Hey, I'm scared.
Two hours. We can do this.
We can do anything.
-[Sally] All right.
-[Ashtin] Cheers.
[music fades]
-I'm chugging.
-[indistinct chatter]
[Sally] Ugh, tequila sodas
are aggressive right now.
-Like, ugh!
-[Ashtin laughs]
-Hi, girls.
-Hi, girls. How's it going?
-Good. How are you?
-Hi, I'm Dan.
-Hi, I'm Sally. Nice to meet you.
-Harvey. Nice to meet you, Sally.
-Hi, I'm Sally. Nice to meet you.
-[Dan] Hi.
-Hi, I'm Ashtin.
-[Dan] Are we gonna sit?
[Sally] I think so.
They arrived. Backpack.
Backpack! They had a backpack.
One was carrying a work bag.
Guys, I'm very sorry about my work bag.
-I know this is not the coolest thing.
-[Sally] Hey, you're fine.
Work bag bothers me less than backpack.
-Wasn't a full backpack.
-He's working!
It didn't bother me, honestly,
but it was just funny
because all we do is talk about
how much I hate a backpack.
-Mm-hm.
-And then he walks in.
-Man purse.
-With the bag.
We can squeeze on.
-You guys been here before?
-No. Have you?
Can't say I've played ping pong
in maybe five years.
I don't think I've ever played ping pong.
-I'm honestly really bad at ping pong.
-We're gonna have to give it a go.
-[Ashtin] Yeah.
-Oh, God.
-I'm really bad.
-You wanna try?
I'm kind of scared of that.
-[Harvey] I'll play with Ashtin.
-Okay, perfect.
-[Ashtin] So, what do you do for work?
-[Harvey] I'm a divorce lawyer.
-[Ashtin] Oh, that's fun. [laughs]
-[upbeat music playing]
Very romantic of me?
So, what do you do for work?
I work in private equity.
-Ooh, fun.
-Yeah.
So, do you get to work on,
like, really interesting cases?
-So many.
-Wait, that's so funny.
-But I definitely can't tell you.
-I feel like I'd love the drama.
I've got some tea.
Do you guys often do this?
Like, stuff together?
We don't really go on blind double dates
and play ping pong.
-Can't say I've done that before either.
-[laughs]
You want me to play ping pong
on a first date? That's blind?
I can't be chasing around
little balls on a date.
This is my nightmare blunt rotation.
Ping pong, blind date,
and it's being filmed.
[groans]
-[Dan] I got a margarita.
-Yum. I should have thought of that.
-Cheers.
-Double parked.
-Cheers.
-Cheers.
Cheers.
I've got a good question.
The 45-second elevator pitch.
-Of your life.
-Life to date.
-[Sally] Whoa.
-[Ashtin] Shit.
[Sally] It's like a job interview.
-I was born in New Jersey, on the shore.
-[Dan] Nice.
And then I went to college in New Orleans.
Then my older sister got TikTok-famous.
-[laughs]
-So then I started doing TikTok.
[Harvey] Have you got a sibling?
-Joke. Sarcasm. Sarcasm.
-No. I think he's kidding.
-The sarcasm has not landed there.
-[Dan] No.
Do you want to give your elevator pitch?
Um… I was born in Florida,
actually, which is crazy.
It's kind of my secret
because I'm very New Jersey.
-[laughs]
-Um, moved here when I was like eight.
Lived in a really small town.
One square mile.
Then I went to high school.
Met Ashtin's sister.
Then I went to college at Charleston.
Best decision I ever made.
I'm obsessed with Charleston. And then…
-I can talk to a brick wall.
-I know.
[whimsical music playing]
Then I moved home for a bit.
Then I manically moved to Aspen.
I worked just at Alo.
I think it's the most special place.
And then…
-Shh.
-[laughs]
I actually started working
for her sister for a little bit.
I was helping manage her socials a little.
And now I do it too.
-[Harvey] Wow.
-[Ashtin] Mm-hm.
[Harvey] How old are you girls?
[Sally] I'm 25.
I'm 23.
-Nice.
-[Ashtin and Sally] How old are you guys?
I turned 27 a few weeks ago.
Pisces?
All over it. There you go.
-[Harvey] A fun birthday.
-Is that a green or a red flag? Pisces.
I honestly don't know
anything about Pisces.
I read through the traits
and I'm like, "Not me, not me, not me."
-Really?
-Like 90% of them are not me, so…
There's a lot of…
-[Dan] Time you were born.
-Birth chart.
-Or it's, like, made up. I don't know.
-Mm…
-No. We believe in that stuff.
-I choose to believe it.
-[Sally] When's your birthday?
-Mine's in August. August 20th.
Are you a Leo?
-Yeah.
-[Ashtin] Mm.
Did you hear that "mm"?
-[Dan] That sounded like a good "mm."
-I might as well leave now.
Leos love themselves, apparently.
Yeah. Well, that's spot on, then.
It's funny
because I absolutely hate myself.
-[chuckles]
-[Ashtin laughs]
This definitely isn't as bad
as I thought it was gonna be.
Dan was very sweet.
But I think Harvey shined
personality-wise.
Yeah, he did shine.
-Do you want tequila soda?
-[Sally] Sure.
-Tequila soda.
-Yes, please.
-[Harvey] Can you come look at the menu?
-Just whatever. Okay.
[upbeat music playing]
Hey!
Hi.
[Sally] This isn't scary.
No, they're nice. He's so funny.
-Funny's important.
-[Sally] Yeah.
-Maybe he's the one.
-[laughs]
I'm getting more friend vibes
from these guys.
I'm also not really crushing on them.
But I think this kind of set us up.
So now we'll be able to go out
and put ourselves out there,
and go on more dates and not be scared.
It's not that serious.
I had such a good time.
-You guys are so much fun.
-Yeah. You guys are awesome.
Right. So fun.
-We actually should hang out.
-Let's do the numbers.
-Let's do group text.
-Yeah, let's do a group text.
Let's do one group text.
-[Dan] Great. I'll text.
-I don't have my phone.
I like the way it feels
With your eyes on me ♪
It gets hard to conceal
That I'm falling deep ♪
[Ashley] Baby!
-Hey.
-Can you open this for me?
[TJ] Mm-hm.
[groans]
-Cheers. Love you.
-Love you.
-[music fades]
-[chuckles]
-[door slams]
-[Ashley] Oh, no! Hello.
-Mom?
-Yeah?
[Thomas] Just a question.
[Ashley] Okay, what's the question?
When can I get my surprise?
[woman] Are you the star of this show?
-Probably, yeah. Apart from Alix.
-[whimsical music playing]
Alix is the biggest. I'm coming second.
After this conversation, maybe.
Only if you give me a kiss.
I come in second. Ashtin comes in third.
Mom comes in fourth.
[woman] What about Dad?
[Thomas] Dad?
I don't want a manager.
He's gonna slam the door.
[music fades]
-[door slams]
-Told you. [laughs]
Are you cool with Alix? Are you mad?
I was a little…
My feelings were a little hurt.
I understand her point.
I just think I've never spoken
to them like that.
-And I don't treat them like that.
-It's not just you.
It's… [clears throat]
…Alisa, Ashtin, me somewhat.
You know, she's super sensitive
about online, and--
Which, by the way, really scares me.
That conversation of her feeling
like she's under so much pressure--
Like, everybody sees, like, oh, the fun,
everything's upbeat
and positive and stuff.
But there is this other side.
The pressure to always
saying the right thing
or doing the right thing.
And, like, what happened to just having
a strong sense of who you are in yourself?
It's not like it's something new for her.
I just think at 25, you get to a point
where you actually have to be called out
on some of this shit and grow out of it.
Like, at 25, she's an adult,
she's a professional,
she's a businessperson.
And I do think that she needs to…
uh, think about how she treats her family.
'Cause it could be better.
-[pensive music playing]
-Alix has a very strong personality.
She has very strong beliefs.
And that's good. But how you present them
or how you try to get people
to see things your way requires some work.
All good business leaders do it.
I do it, and I've been doing it
for the last 30 years.
Like, you constantly try to find ways
that you can be better
and you try to learn from people
who are doing it better.
But I think there are communication skills
that she could use
both in work and in her personal life.
I just hope that
we get to a point where, you know,
we just respect each other
and it's positive.
I got to have a long father-daughter
conversation with her about all this.
How do you manage all of this? All of us?
I need fucking help.
-[snickers]
-[upbeat rap music playing]
I've been waiting on you
To say something ♪
Say something ♪
Don't let this moment go by
Before you say something ♪
-[music fades]
-[Ashtin] What can we do for you, mother?
-I know you don't wanna cut the chicken.
-I don't wanna touch the raw chicken.
-[Alisa] I know.
-I can't. I'll throw up.
-Really? It's not that bad.
-I don't like it.
I'm so happy
we get to have a night together.
-[Alisa] Me too.
-[hopeful music playing]
[Alix] It's so nice to be back in Jersey.
After talking to my mom, um,
and hearing she was upset about Aspen,
I just wanted to make sure we had some,
like, good quality mom-daughter time
and cooking at home.
Now me and my mom are good,
and now me and Ashley aren't.
So I feel like there's always…
Can't have everyone happy
at the same time.
-You know I never made rice before?
-[music fades]
-You haven't?
-What?
No. Everyone tells me it's really hard.
Ashtin doesn't keep food in her apartment.
-She's a serial killer.
-[Alisa] It's really easy.
You boil the water.
And then it soaks it up.
-And the rice grows.
-No.
[all laughing]
-What? [laughs] Is that not…?
-[both laughing]
"You boil the water, and it sucks it up.
And the rice grows."
Is that not how you make it?
Not really, exactly.
[cell phone ringing]
-Well, actually we need that salt out.
-Dad is calling me.
[Alisa] Okay. Go ahead, talk to him.
-Hello?
-[TJ] Hey. What's going on?
Mm, we're cooking right now.
You ever end up talking to Ashley
about the conversation
you guys had the other day?
Mm, no.
Are you gonna?
Yeah. I was waiting
until we could be in person together.
I feel bad that I had to call her out,
but I feel like
she shouldn't have done that.
No. She definitely shouldn't have done it.
I agree with you 100%.
And I think maybe the way you handled it
maybe could have been a little bit better.
-Be a little less personal.
-[dramatic music playing]
[Ashtin] It's bubbling.
What?
I said it's bubbling,
but I don't think it's boiling yet.
Bubbling's kind of boiling. [laughs]
Like, that's the problem.
Is it is personal.
And I feel like I'm trying to work
on getting to a place with Ashley
where I can say something is an issue
up front to her face.
-I wonder what they're talking about.
-I do too.
[Alix] I guess I'm just not understanding.
Like, I said something to her,
and it's my problem.
It's both of your problems.
-She looks like she's mad.
-[Ashtin] Yeah.
-She looks, like, very serious.
-[Alisa] Very serious.
[music fades]
[TJ] I think there's a way
to say what you want to say
and be much more effective at it.
And I think if you stay away from,
like, the personal attacks--
Like, the fact you know
when you're saying them,
you're doing it to really jab.
Like, I think
if you stay away from those things…
But I'm not even doing it to really jab.
I'm trying to understand.
[TJ speaking indistinctly over speaker]
-[Alisa] Do you want to crack the window?
-[Ashtin] Yeah.
]TJ] Well, maybe you're just
never gonna understand.
Maybe, honestly,
I don't think you will either.
Listen, she's a different generation.
The things that matter to her on social
are different than
what would matter to you.
So things that she wants to post about
are not necessarily gonna correlate
with what you consider
to be acceptable things to post about.
[tense, pensive music playing]
Blaming what she's doing,
because she's in a different generation
and she's a mother
and wants to post different things
is not the problem.
My dad is in a difficult position because
he's playing both sides of the field here.
He has to make all the girls happy.
So it's like, sometimes I feel
like he is just not being fair.
It pisses me off
because I feel we've had to be
more mature sometimes than Ashley,
who is older than us.
-Which I don't think makes any sense, but…
-[music fades]
[TJ] You're not in college anymore,
and you're not 15.
So I think how you talk to your parents
is something that you should look and say,
"Is this appropriate? Or should I look
to maybe elevate that a little bit?"
But why do I always get in trouble
for my reactions to things
if I'm reacting to other things
that are disrespectful?
There were a couple of things you said,
like, "Don't you think?"
Or, "I feel like
you do this to me on purpose."
Because I genuinely wonder that.
I genuinely wonder, like, do--
Yeah, well, maybe sometimes
you gotta filter what you say.
[tense music playing]
Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah ♪
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah ♪
I really am trying to understand.
How do you get to a point
where you're doing that?
[TJ] See, these are things that inevitably
is going to degrade the conversation.
Like, you're basically saying
somebody's fucking stupid.
That's not gonna
get you the result you want.
If you want better results,
you need to figure out
where that line is for your family
and manage it a little bit better.
Isn't the point, though, that we are
supposed to be honest with each other?
[TJ] No, no, no!
You're supposed to be respectful.
-[tense music continues]
-Ooh.
Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah ♪
I hear you talking 'bout me ♪
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah ♪
'Cause you're jealous of me ♪
Looking like a million dollars
Poppin' these champagne collars ♪
This what a mouth look like
Every move I make on site ♪
Blah, blah, blah
Blah, blah, blah, blah ♪
I hear you talking 'bout me
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah ♪
'Cause you're jealous of me ♪
Lookin' like a million dollars ♪
This what a mouth look like
Every move I make on site ♪
[music fades]