Too Much (2025) s01e05 Episode Script

1
["Angel of My Dreams"
by JADE playing]
I wonder if one day
You'll say you care ♪
Hey, Mike, let's
do somethin' crazy ♪
Angel of my dreams ♪
I will always love
you and hate you ♪
It's not fair… ♪
There's no way.
I don't know. I don't think
anything happens to us after we die.
-Excuse me?
-Nah, she's right.
-Bugs eat us.
-[Nic] Mm.
I thought last week you said
you was a spiritual babe now.
[indistinct, excited chatter]
["Green Girl" by
Misty Miller playing]
I'm lookin' away ♪
I'm lookin' away ♪
I'm lookin' at stars
fall down today ♪
-Oi, little one.
-Oh.
-Hi.
-Hi.
You said it was gonna be low-key,
but this is, like, really low-key.
-I saw a loose pig.
-Oh yeah?
-And a duck takin' a bath.
-Jess, this is Auggie.
Well, hiya, Jessica.
Heard a lot about you.
Shut the fuck up,
man. That's Eoin.
-[Jess] Hi.
-Don't forget my lady woman, Pamela.
[Felix] Sorry, Pamela.
God, you look like
someone famous. Who is it?
I don't think anyone
could look this beautiful.
Rachel Leigh Cook. Got it.
Who's that?
She's All That. '90s icon.
You know, she takes off her glasses.
She's hot now, but she was always hot.
She was in those, um,
Say No to Drug PSAs.
-You know? "This is your brain on heroin!"
-Yeah, we don't know what that is.
[man] The barmaid just gave
me these because I'm a legend.
-Fucking hell. How many have you had?
-Hey, do you want one?
-No, I'm all right. This is Denby.
-[sighs] So puritanical, man.
He's just trying to keep
a healthy vibe, man.
Shit. We should go get our
stuff together in a minute.
Our stuff is together, man. Look
at this place. It's a pig farm.
We're playing to pigs.
-[Felix] Hey, this is Jess.
-Hi.
-Jess, this is Polly.
-Hi.
-[Polly] Nice to meet you.
-Hi.
-[Felix] Hiya.
-Whoa. We kissed. I love it!
-[Felix] Thanks for coming.
-[Jess] Hi. How are you? You look so good.
Polly's gonna hang with you
while we're playing. All right?
Yeah. Oh my God. I'm really…
-Yeah, as cool as your jacket is.
-Oh, merci.
[Jess] Cool. [grunts]
-Ah.
-[both chuckle]
[Jess] Well, okay.
-Bye-bye.
-[in French] Go, my child.
-Like the wind.
-Yes.
[in English] What? Bonjour.
-Let me introduce you, Jessica.
-[Jess] Yeah.
-I'm Polly.
-And I'm Polly. Hi.
-Holy hell. Three beautiful Pollys.
-[Polly 2 chuckles]
-Beautiful ladies in… in England.
-[Polly 3 laughs]
If it's easier, people call her Polly
A, me Polly WP, and her Polly NTD.
NTD, that's me.
[chuckles] It's not
easier. It's harder to…
It's more to memorize. Um, I'll
just say, "Polly, get over here!"
-And you three will come. Yeah?
-[WP] That was loud.
So you guys know Felix for a
long time? You've known him?
He's like a cousin, just hangin'
around? You know him so well.
Do you remember?
When Felix was 17.
-And then he dressed like Sid Vicious?
-[Polly laughs]
And then he had that minor
male eating disorder.
-Do you remember that?
-I thought he'd just die.
Like, I wanted to breastfeed
him to keep him alive.
-[NTD] To nourish him.
-But you didn't breastfeed him, did you?
No, I tried, but no milk.
You know how it is. If you
have no eggs, it doesn't work.
-Hello, Hackney. We are Sleaze!
-[scattered cheers]
This is for the piggies and the
donkeys and all you other mad fuckers.
-And this is "Push Tuck."
-[crowd cheers]
[playing energetic intro]
[Polly] What do you want?
-Can I have a Negroni, please?
-[Polly] Negroni.
-Beer, immediately. Actually, a Peroni.
-Yep.
Oh. I'm good with water.
I'm not really drinking.
-I'm kinda sober.
-[Polly] Oh, cool.
Me neither. I only drink
beer. It helps me to stay hot.
[laughs] Um, so, one of you
went to Portugal with Felix?
We all did. Wasn't
that the trip?
-Where he fell off the cliff!
-[NTD] Yeah! Yes.
[WP] Polly ran to the bottom,
and he was sitting up,
quoting Bukowski like
nothing had happened.
[NTD laughing] That's so good.
And then I sunburned my corneas
because I was staring at an eclipse.
And they left me in a dark
room for like a week on my own.
-[WP] It's true.
-You didn't hear about that?
Oh my God, I do
remember this story.
Felix, ugh, I love when
he tells me his stories.
I know so much about
him. He shares a lot.
Beers, bitches!
Thank you.
-Water, boring.
-Cheers!
Cheers, cheers, cheers!
[imitating clinking]
Cheers.
Amazing day. We're
having an amazing day.
What can we say? We're
having an amazing day, right?
-Yeah, true.
-So which one of you is closest to Felix?
In, like, a family, sort
of "you're my sister",
"you're my homie, my
main homie" sort of way?
Oh, "I can't imagine my life without you,"
but it's in a very sibling, sibling way.
I mean, it's all
of us, isn't it?
Yeah. Nonhierarchical
friendship, you know?
Which one feels like you're
creatively in line with him,
and what he believes in,
and what is important in
life and love for him?
Which one of you is the
most, "You're my confidant."
"I will tell you everything."
"Late nights, early mornings.
Let's go to a diner!"
-Whoa. Did I sleep a long time?
-[WP] All of us.
Like, it was so long, I
can't remember the question.
So, he tells all
of us everything.
Three musketeers, you
know? But, like, four.
Okay, fine. Um, sure.
All right, here we go. So
you and Felix used to fuck?
Oh wow. Please don't
say that. Vulgaire.
No, it's, uh… I don't know.
I felt really safe with him for
the ten years that we were lovers.
-Yikes. That's a long time.
-Yeah, big time.
And yeah, I learned
a lot about myself.
But now he's more like my child or,
like, who knows? My fifth husband.
-And there will be five. At least.
-[chuckles]
Hey, Felix.
Felix?
He's probably looking
for something.
I saw Denby lick his phone, so
they're probably racking up.
-[Polly] Mm.
-No, they're not.
He's sober, so they're not rackin'
up, they're not rackin' down.
[laughs] Felix is not
sober. Is he? No, he's not.
But I'm really excited to see him
play. He's such a good philanderer.
-Wait, what?
-I mean orator. He's an amazing orator.
Like, his chat in between
his songs is fucking great.
LOL, they mean such
different things.
No, they don't.
Philanderer and
orator? Are you joking?
-It's good.
-You know who doesn't have good chat?
-Oh. Are you taking a picture?
-Yeah.
I like to capture a
discomfort moment.
Oh, get another one. I'll smile.
-No.
-[Jess] Okay.
-Hey, cutie.
-[quietly] Hey.
-Can't talk now.
-Hey, you… are outta here.
-[Felix] Just setting up.
-Let's do it. Let's get the ket.
Do you want some of this?
No, no. I don't think
that I should try cocaine.
I mean, my heart's
racing as we speak, so…
It's ket. It's not coke.
…amine? Ketamine?
Oh no, no. God no.
[laughs] I read
in the Daily Mail
that it turns your
gallbladder into marbles.
Yeah, if you snort it all day,
every day for like a decade, maybe.
No, it's okay.
It's just, reality will leave you,
and you're gonna have big ideas.
Again, I'm sober curious,
so I'm not even drinking.
So get the stuff away from me. I
won't be able to stop. [laughs]
I'll have to get help.
I do not want that. No.
Stuff went down in New York
that I don't want to talk about.
-Stop asking me.
-[screams]
-Home invasion!
-You write that out in blood, bastard!
You know what?
Okay. Let's do it.
[laughs] I will have
some. I will have some.
Well, every woman worth her salt
will… will… is… should try it.
Try it once. I'll
try everything once.
-Doesn't mean I'll try it twice.
-[all laugh]
-Get it.
-[Jess] Let's do it.
I can't wait to do ketamine
with my girls. That's a big bag.
Push ♪
Tuck ♪
-Push ♪
-[WP] Whoa.
Oh my gosh.
-Push ♪
-Um…
Tuck ♪
[inhales]
-[camera shutter clicks]
-Push ♪
-Tuck ♪
-Whoo!
Push ♪
Tuck ♪
-[Jess] Um…
-Oh, am I missing the fun stuff?
She just snorted a
lorry full of ket.
-Do you want some?
-Uh, is it too late to snort it out?
You know, I wonder
if it's too late.
I feel like… you have beautiful
hair. Your hair is so pretty.
Yeah. It's gonna be okay. Wow.
[Jess] Camera.
Push, tuck ♪
-[rock song ends]
-[audience cheering]
Bit of dirty ket.
I'm not above it.
-Please don't have any jealousies with me.
-No.
When you're young, you have
sex with everyone you love.
I mean, that's how you
know you love them.
And Felix was there when my mum
disappeared from a boat in Marseille.
And he walked me through
the dark very gently.
[echoing] That's why
he's just my friend.
I feel like there's, like, a delay.
Like you're talking, but I'm like…
Do you hear me? Like, do
you hear me if I go like…
[imitates alarm sounding]
Do you hear that?
If I'm doing that,
you hear the sound like
I'm doing an alarm sound?
You're sweet. Like, really.
[echoing fades] Oh my God. There it is.
My soul's leaving its body like an Uber.
I… I… I have so many questions.
I… I can't go. I
have the questions.
Like, when a triplet dies, do the
other two triplets become twins?
Like, or are they just
like, "Yeah, I'm a triplet,
but don't ask about
the other one."
Or, do I have a soul phone
and then a regular phone?
Like, a regular phone
to text my family
and then a soul phone is
like when you really connect.
Am I the Meghan Markle of,
like, fat white bitches?
Please, do not look
at me like a monster.
I'm not looking at
you like a monster.
-I'm looking at you like a cat.
-[purrs]
[Jess] You look like a
cat, and cats scare me!
I don't know what
they're thinking.
They're so selfish. They're
just like, "I need to sleep."
And Felix is probably up in
the clouds searching for me,
or maybe he's gone down
to the pits of hell
to see if the flames
are licking me.
He probably thinks I'm dead!
He probably thinks I'm dead!
-[Polly] No, everyone knows you're alive.
-[yelps]
Breathe. Breathe with me.
[breathing heavily]
No, like, normally.
Like, no tongue.
-Are you trying to fuck me right now?
-Huh? [speaks French] Never.
Don't say never.
I'm really sexy.
You need to see me
without all my sweaters.
No, I already see
everything. I'm just saying,
I'm trying to bring you to calm,
and when you breathe slowly,
you can self-soothe.
Don't need the tongue
or anything. Just in…
-[exhales]
-Just take Felix. Just take him.
It'll be like taking a
purse off an old lady.
-No. No, no.
-Tell me about it.
Tell me about how it is
when you guys make love.
Oh wow. No, no. It's like,
our love was quite toxic.
We… neither of us liked
to be told what to do,
so we triggered each other,
and now that we say bye to
sex, I can feel his heart.
Which is so pure, and
it always has been.
It's just like, he's my friend, and
I'm glad to have him by my side.
But, yeah, and it's… I'm
lucky that he want to be.
Because I was really not so easy
to handle during those days.
I had a lot of anger,
and I expressed myself way much
more with my body than my words.
With your tight pussy.
He loves it. [groans]
No, it was more like punching
him in the face, but…
-Okay. Mm-hmm.
-Anyway, he… he's loyal in his way.
It's okay. We all have to accept the
role we play in relationships, you know?
But what if you didn't play
a role in the relationship?
You know, what if your
behavior was literally perfect
because you're an angel,
but the other person changed
and the other person got
really mean like a monster.
I'm asking for my
cousin… friend Shelby.
Cousin friend.
Uh, I would say to
this Shelby that
even heroes make mistakes
when it comes to love. Okay?
You're right ♪
You're right, Polly
Heroes make mistakes ♪
Heroes make mistakes… ♪
Oh my God. Have you
seen her over there?
She is killing the vibe. We've
got to get her out of here.
This is embarrassing.
Someone do a pulse check on
the vibe because it is dead.
Okay, you know what? I
think you should just…
I shouldn't have sang. Why
did I do that? I don't know.
-Sometimes, you know, it's…
-I thought…
You should go to your place, lie on
your bed, walk through your memory,
talk to the small girl you were,
and have a nice sleep on
a fluffy pillow. Okay?
You come over, we order a
pizza, we watch a movie.
Yeah, I don't think so, but
I will send you pictures.
Okay.
Breathe in till you're alive ♪
You're alone In the
rhythm of somewhere ♪
You're alone In the
rhythm of somewhere ♪
You're alone In the
rhythm of somewhere ♪
[Jess groans]
[groans, sobs loudly]
You're alone In the
rhythm of somewhere ♪
You're alone In the
rhythm of somewhere ♪
[haunting indie rock song fades]
-[Astrid whines]
-[line ringing]
[Felix] Hey, you've reached
the office of Relix Femen.
I don't really want a voice message.
I find them sort of violent.
-Anyway, peace, bye.
-[voicemail beeps]
[automated voice] This mailbox is
full and cannot accept new messages.
-[Jess sighs]
-[Astrid whimpering]
Come on. Just say something.
I know you can.
[sighs]
[Astrid whines]
[gentle music playing]
[sighs]
[excited chatter]
[clears throat]
Oh. We're not done.
We're not done.
Uh, your friends said they
were going to the next bar.
Okay, well, where'd they
say they were going?
They just said the next bar.
Okay, well, I was still
working on my pizza.
Okay, well, no one asked
me to protect your pizza.
You shouldn't clear food when
someone's in the bathroom.
They're probably coming
back to eat the food.
What do you… what do you want?
Just maybe give me another
slice or something.
You can get another drink, and
then you can get a pizza ticket.
That's how it works.
[mockingly] Okay, I don't
want a drink. I want my pizza.
[mockingly] Okay. I don't
know what to tell you.
-You really shouldn't mock customers.
-You started it.
What if that's how my
voice sounds all the time?
Hey. Hi.
[chuckles] Hi.
You know, I was, uh… I was this close
to saying something to save your pizza,
and then I chickened out.
Hindsight's always 20/20.
You really should have said something.
I screamed at that perfect person.
-[grunts] I know. I'm sorry.
-I'm not normally that fired up.
The pizza's really amazing.
It's like the perfect pizza.
It's like pizza from Home Alone.
Perfect crust, perfect amount of cheese.
Thank you. Thank you. [chuckles]
It's like, everybody's always like,
"DeFaro's is the best," you know?
But no, this… this
is like mamma mia.
-This is authentic pizza, right here.
-[Jess] Mamma mia.
-I own DeFaro's.
-Oh, that's you?
You don't like that
place? That's my place.
-Oh. Hey, come with me.
-[giggles]
-Hi. How are you?
-Stop.
-Fine.
-Um…
I couldn't help but notice
that you had some, uh,
pizza tickets lying about,
and I was wondering if we
could maybe grab a few?
-Sure.
-My friend here, she had a family tragedy.
-[man] Oh man.
-My family's… died. Is dead.
Yeah, and… and the only thing
that could cheer her up is…
-[man] Well, yeah, take 'em.
-Okay. Thank you.
-[man] Yeah, no worries.
-[Jess chuckles]
I'm really sorry
about your family.
-You're really crazy.
-Why?
That was really crazy.
-You didn't know that guy.
-But…
What if he is a serial
killer and he's gonna kill us
because we stole the ticket?
-I mean, them's the brakes, right?
-Mm-hmm.
Um…
-I'm Zev, by the way.
-Zeb?
Zev, with a V.
-Zeb? Am I saying that right? With a B?
-No, you're not.
-With a B?
-You're a jerk.
-["Greek Tragedy" by The Wombats playing]
-Hits like ecstasy ♪
Comes up ♪
And bangs the
sense out of me ♪
It's wrong but
surely worse to leave ♪
Oh, and she hits ♪
Like ecstasy ♪
[laughs] Wow, thank
you. I liked the spin.
-That was nice.
-Wait.
The spin.
[chuckles]
That's a chin.
[both laugh]
Here comes a Greek tragedy ♪
[2010s indie rock song ends]
-[Jess giggles]
-[Zev] Shh.
[Jess] I'm sorry.
[Zev] Let me see if
my roommates are here.
[Jess] You have roommates? I
don't want to wake them up.
[Zev] Sarah?
[keys clatter]
[Zev] Jessica? Parker?
Is anyone home?
[both laugh]
Wait, that was really funny. I
thought that you had roommates.
Oh no, I do have roommates.
Their names are D.J., Stephanie…
-Oh, okay. Okay.
-Kimmy Gibbler, Uncle Jesse.
[both breathing heavily]
[Jess laughs]
[moaning]
-Boo! [laughs]
-[screams]
Oh my God. Sorry.
Happy birthday to you ♪
Happy birthday to you ♪
Happy 29th birthday,
dear Jessica ♪
I love you ♪
You do?
Yeah.
A lot. [chuckles]
Like, so fuckin' much.
I love you so much.
I never dreamed of being
loved by someone like you.
-I feel like you're better than my dreams.
-Aww.
[laughs]
-Thank you.
-This might have melted.
-I'm gonna have it for lunch.
-I scared a lady before you, actually.
-Really?
-Yeah, and then we made out.
-No!
-She was shocked, but…
I think happy, maybe?
And remember, my man,
no cheating, all right?
I know it seems easy now, but it'll
get you in the end. I promise.
Trust me. Unless you're rich,
then you can cheat all you want.
-Fair.
-Not before that.
Let him cheat. He can cheat. Some of
the most intelligent people cheat.
This looks like Francis II.
It does. Look at that.
Why are you mortaring so much?
-Or pestaling?
-I'm not. I'm pestaling.
I don't know. 'Cause… You
said to make it really…
I know, but what are you
even… That's too much.
-It's pepper and other pepper.
-Too much.
Zev, honey, could I trouble
you to take off my sock?
Your sock? Uh, yes, please.
It would be an honor.
-Would you like a massage too?
-[gasps] Oh, I'd love a massage.
Don't rip her socks off
like that. It's so sexual.
Oh, stop it. It's adorable.
Look at him! He reminds me so much
of my deceased husband, Henry.
He was a terribly cruel man, but
he, like, had that gap in his teeth.
I could never get over it.
It's called a diastema.
I looked it up recently.
He never told me that.
Careful, Zev. This is how
the Salmon women get you.
First, it's the sock, and then
it's a disorienting compliment.
And the next thing you know,
you're picking your son up from Capoeira,
and you haven't had sex in six months.
-[grandmother] Thank you.
-[group laughs]
Let's not pretend you've ever picked up
your kid from anywhere, anytime, anyhow.
-Thank you, Mommy.
-Hey, have you been tested for low T?
Have you ever been tested to
see if you're a sociopath?
Grandma is not a sociopath.
When she hit that guy with
the car, she felt really bad.
Yeah, she also felt alive.
And we are very
good friends now.
It's all good. We're calm.
-You're friends?
-Yeah. You're too close. It's weird.
They don't want to be thinking about
all this depressing stuff, do they?
You know, nobody wants to
hear about this stuff here.
These people are young, in love.
They're having a good time.
They don't want to hear about
people who got hit by cars
and lawsuits and all this junk.
It's like, come on.
And they also don't
want to hear about
the fact that a relationship can be
passionate and connected and intense,
and the minute you
bring a child into it,
the connection is gone, and it's
crushed like a hothouse rose.
-No. I want to talk about children.
-It's crazy, what you said.
I think Jess would
make an amazing mother.
-Really?
-Yeah.
Yeah, I have this vision
of you surrounded by,
I dunno, six, seven, eight kids.
-Six, seven, or eight kids?
-Nine?
-Are they my kids?
-I would hope so, yeah.
-Oh my God. That's really nice.
-Thank you.
-I want to have kids with you.
-Yeah?
[Jess] Mm-hmm.
[both chuckle]
-[Zev] Right now?
-[mom] Okay, okay.
Honestly, you could stand to
be… do some of the things…
He rubbed Grandma's feet.
He sat and played
cards with our son.
-Things that you actually
-I talk to our kid.
-I talk to him.
-Well, you know what? Here's the thing.
It takes a little effort to
become a part of the family.
I have been a part of this
family for a long time.
What are you talking about?
You know, there's also… It's
good to have a little conflict.
I'm not saying that it's a terrible
thing because that's how you get closer.
Then that means that you and I
are really close, sweetheart.
-Aww.
-[grandma chuckles]
[bright music playing]
[sighs]
Wait, babe.
Don't, that's my best pillow.
No. No, I'm sorry. No,
we can't let it in.
There's too much pink.
Jess, there's so much pink.
It's like, I… I feel like
a… a… a pink bouncer.
And I have to decide
which pink is on the list.
Yeah, but pink's so fabulous.
I mean, think of Miss Piggy.
She's like a sexy puppet.
She has huge boobies.
Yeah, okay, well, Miss Piggy may be
sexy, but that… that pillow is not.
Listen, baby, we'll… we'll
get new cushions. Okay?
Better cushions. Our cushions.
It'll be like a… a metaphor
for our life together. Yeah?
Okay, let's see what
else we can throw out.
[bright, dreamy music fades]
I love you right
down to your bones.
[softly] I love you too.
I swear to God, you barely need to know
how to type to write for Pitchfork.
They don't want my reviews,
yet they're gonna let some girl
whose name is literally Holiday
Blasphemy critique nu-metal music.
[Jess giggles]
Just keep sending them, babe.
They're gonna want them.
Your writing's so
complex and funny…
Whatever. You skim it,
Jess. Even you skim it.
I read everything
that you send me.
Yeah, and you say the
same thing every time.
"Amazing" with all
caps and three hearts.
Babe, what's wrong?
Are you mad at me?
No, I'm not mad. I just…
Listen, if we're
gonna live together,
you can't always ask for
constant reassurance.
Sometimes I'm just in a bad
mood, you know? It's human.
Well, in my house, we
weren't allowed to be meaner
to anyone else than
we were to ourselves.
What the fuck does
that even mean?
I don't know. It's something
my mom used to say.
Well, maybe you should
look into this stuff.
You know, maybe see a therapist.
'Cause it's actually
really selfish of you
not to let go of this
anxious attachment style.
[man 1] The thing about
the current aesthetic
is it's a regurgitation
of a regurgitation.
The '90s were the '50s on speed.
2010s, '90s on ecstasy.
[Zev] Every time we
move past a recession,
we lean into this false
American exceptionalism,
and it's… it's just exhausting.
Did you see that piece
that just came out
where the writer used
Lacanian theory of jouissance
to deconstruct our current
obsession with vaccines?
[woman 1] Where'd you go to
college to learn Lacanian?
[woman 2] Did I not say I
went to Har… Never mind.
-[woman 3] Harvard?
-Wait, no. She went to Harvard.
Harvard girl here.
I went to lowly Cornell.
-[woman 2] Okay, one of those, is it?
-[group laughs]
Um, have you ever seen, uh… it
reminds me, uh, Vanderpump Rules?
No, Jess. No one here has
seen Vanderpump Rules.
[uncomfortable silence]
[Zev] I swear, you dress as a
fuck-you to people sometimes, Jess.
It's like you want to make them
feel like idiots for looking at you.
You don't want them to
know you're beautiful,
or even me to know
that you're beautiful.
I think you think you can't compete
with someone like, uh, Gigi Hadid,
so you have to go in the
total opposite direction.
How do you know
who Gigi Hadid is?
Please, I know who
Gigi Hadid is, okay?
I know culture. It… it seeps in.
Maybe I'm thinking of
Bella Hadid. I don't know.
The point is, the Hadid beautiful
is only one kind of beautiful.
[clicks tongue] Well, I like the
dress. I think it's comfortable, so…
Yeah. But you don't want people to know
that you're your own kind of beautiful.
[quietly] I just like the dress.
I…
I… I don't believe it, Sally.
After all this time,
you're not human?
I didn't want to tell you,
Jason, but my name isn't Sally.
It's 3017B.
And I'm a machine who loves you.
[Nora's husband] Did he
just wrap our Brita in foil?
[Nora] What? He stole our Brita.
How long has this been true?
As long as I've been sentient.
Get your shit
together, Isabelle.
[Isabelle] …you worked
in before it shut down.
They said no flash photography.
What are they gonna do, kick us
out? They're seventh graders.
-What do you think?
-Well, it's
Oh God, shut the fuck
up. I'm watching art.
Oh. Oh my. I haven't seen a play
this good since Death of a Salesman.
[Jess] Hey, guys.
Maybe a whisper?
-Now you're being loud.
-All of you are being loud.
[Nora] Your voice carries. Your
voice literally carries so loud.
You think you can talk
in the middle of a play.
-Whisper, Mom!
-[crowd cheering]
-That lead guy was good.
-[laughs] Yeah.
-William H. Macy vibes.
-Mm.
You know, strong character actor
who makes interesting choices.
-He was really incredible.
-Yeah.
The girl, Isabelle, oh
my God, what an ingenue.
-[clicks tongue]
-The glow that disguises her inner pain.
-What?
-[both laugh]
-It made me really happy.
-Good.
But also kinda sad, I guess.
Why?
I don't know. I mean,
they're in middle school,
and yet they're having more invigorating
creative experiences than us.
We have so much to say, and we're
just at home ordering Thai food
and rotting on the
couch in our sweatpants.
"We"? I write every night.
While you're watching The Real
Housewomen of North Carolina or whatever,
I'm workin' on my book.
Yeah, but you never
show it to anyone.
Yeah, 'cause I don't
write for other people.
And that's the thing.
You seem to think that you can only
be creative in front of people.
It's like just for
show. You know?
It's the same way you want us
to be, like, this power couple.
Just so shiny.
Well, not everyone has
to be shiny. You know?
It's actually offensive to all
the real artists in this world
for us to think that we could just
snap our fingers and be like them.
You're good at
what you do, Jess.
You make it possible for other
artists to make a living.
Embrace your role.
And… let me embrace mine.
[exclaims] Oh my God,
we have to go look!
-Babe, please. Please.
-No. No. It's… it's too dangerous.
We must, though. We must!
Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.
-[dogs barking]
-It's okay. That's okay.
Hi, cutie, cutie.
-Okay. We're not getting this one.
-Yeah.
-You're a muppet. You're a full muppet.
-[laughs]
-Uh, is this really what you want?
-Yeah, please.
-Please, look.
-[grunts]
He's so cute.
You're a baby. Aww!
-Well…
-He's calling for me.
How could I say
no to those eyes?
-You look like a Precious Moments doll.
-[chuckles]
-Can we see this one?
-Yeah.
Treats should be reserved for the moment
your dog does something praiseworthy.
[in high-pitched voice] But
everything you do is praiseworthy.
You are a magic girl. [giggles]
I always want to give you treats because
you're the best girl in the world.
[cell phone chimes]
I don't want you to
sleep in the crate.
I want you to sleep in the bed.
[Cutesie whines]
[Zev] What are we
going to do for dinner?
I mean, we could do,
I don't know, tacos.
But I don't want to do the
walking tacos again, okay?
It's hard to make those at
home. It just feels gross.
-I'd say pasta, but we only have variety.
-[dogs barking]
-[Zev] Hey!
-I'm sorry. Sorry.
God! What the fuck
is wrong with you?
Uh, I'm sorry. Um, I think
the dogs were saying hi.
You really can't be walking
around in a peaceful neighborhood
with such a violent dog.
I think that, uh, she is fine.
There's nothing… She's
done nothing wrong.
-I mean, she's a little overwhelmed.
-Yeah.
Maybe you're making it worse.
Well, when I get overwhelmed,
I take a Xanax, okay?
-I don't assault a neighbor.
-Okay, pill popper.
-Okay.
-Did you call me a pill popper?
Sometimes a dog will smell another
dog's ass and not like the smell.
-It's science.
-Well, I can smell your ass.
And it stinks, cunt!
Come on.
-Oh my God.
-Oh my God.
What the fuck, Jess?
That was fuckin' awful.
I know. She just called me
a cunt. That was so scary.
You promised you'd train her.
Can you imagine the kind of shit
we'd be in if she bit somebody?
-But she didn't bite anyone.
-You're like a child.
You want the thing so bad but
aren't willing to put in the work.
Can you imagine if we
had a baby right now?
We don't have a baby right now.
Okay. I can't do this right now.
I feel very fuckin' anxious.
Baby, come on. I'll get a
trainer. I'm sorry, okay?
We'll get a bunch of trainers.
We'll go to classes. I…
-She makes me so happy.
-But don't you want me to be happy?
She called me "cunt."
Whatever. I don't know the
politics when it's two girls.
I mean, my mom calls her
friends cunts all the time.
Ugh!
Get rid of the dog!
["Ballet Dancers" by
Francis of Delirium playing]
-Where the hell is he?
-[man] We don't know, guv.
Well, find him! Turn him round.
Send him back. Stake out the bedsit.
Get a car sent round
to Furnham Road.
Get Maureen Havers on the phone.
Tell her Hughes is running.
[man] Hughes is on
his way to hospital?
[woman] Aplin's on his way to
hospital. Christ knows where Hughes is.
[man] But he could hardly walk.
[woman] Yeah, and I wanna
hear about that too.
Richard. Richard, get over
to Anne Sutherland's place.
-[Jess sighs]
-Now! Fast!
[Zev hesitates] You're just socially
gifted and taking pity on me.
[Wendy] I grew up in Des Moines,
which is a city, technically,
but is absolutely not at all.
Des Moines, meet
Watertown, Massachusetts.
Oh, shit.
[chuckles]
[Wendy] Um, anyway, I was just so
obsessed with watching his videos.
It was like this map to the
future. Like, New York City.
I'd never seen somebody so
unabashedly weird and passionate.
And nerdy.
-What? No, there's no such thing as nerds.
-Uh…
-No, there's not.
-I beg to differ. Yeah. [laughs]
[Wendy] What? No, that's, like,
an insult that idiots came up with
to make fun of people
who care about things.
[Zev] Damn. Never would've
pegged you for a Nardwuar girl.
Well, maybe you shouldn't try pegging
people so soon after meeting them.
[both laugh]
-["Dream Woman" by Suki Waterhouse plays]
-I got a body, I got a story ♪
You got Your tongue-twisted
fantasy wrong ♪
Is she sleepin'
when you call me? ♪
In a second, I'm
comin' for you ♪
Stay ♪
[mournful song fades]
Ooh, wow. What's
with the glasses?
When did you get,
like, a Supreme hoodie?
Fuck, Jess. I've got a meeting
with my editor right now,
and you want to make me
feel like a total douche?
No, I just want to know when
you got a full new outfit,
courtesy of Vice Magazine 2010.
People are allowed to change.
That's what good relationships do.
You know? They allow your
partner the grace to grow.
I didn't complain when you
stopped shaving your bush.
Hey, I didn't stop. I'm
just taking a break.
Okay.
Also, I mean, I want
you to change. I just…
I'm having, like, a really hard
time. And you feel really distant.
You're always having
a really hard time.
Yeah, I mean, ever
since we gave the dog…
Dog, the dog.
Yeah, it's… It's like,
if it's not the dog,
it's a fight with Leah.
And if it's not Leah,
it's your sister.
-If it's not your sister, it's work.
-No, please.
Some catastrophe that
makes you disassociate.
[Wendy] So you
buy stuff on eBay?
Yeah, like, I got a problem.
It's, like, sort of an addiction.
I need you to teach me a lesson.
-I still don't know how to do it.
-Hi.
-[chuckles] Oh, hey. Uh, Jess…
-Hey.
Wendy. Wendy, this is,
uh, my girlfriend, Jess.
Oh my God. Hi. So
nice to meet you.
I think we met at, um, José's party.
You were wearing, like, a scarf dress.
Oh my God. Yes. Nice
to see you. Sorry.
Nice to see you too.
I love your outfit.
I like that you could see your
bra through your shirt. Fun.
It's crazy, actually. Wendy just moved
right over there on Amity Street.
What? [exclaims]
That is crazy.
That's surprising.
-[Wendy] New to the neighborhood.
-Welcome.
Yeah. I was just buying crickets for
my lizard, and I saw this man, so…
-She has a bearded dragon.
-[Wendy] Yeah.
Chantilly. She's my baby.
Hope you don't get arrested
for having an exotic animal.
-Actually, it's legal.
-Okay.
But… yeah, it was a rescue.
It's so crazy. The lizards are so creepy.
Their scales are always wet, you know?
Why are they always wet? I don't
walk around all slick and slimy.
I mean, they're scales, so… It's,
like, kind of the nature of scales.
But, yeah, they're
not for everyone.
Anyway, um, yeah, I just saw this guy
looking like a lost little six-year-old.
-What?
-[Wendy] Yeah.
I wanted to find the manager to
page your mom on the intercom.
-Excuse me…
-Are you his mom?
'Cause… looks like
you found him.
You've got to do
something about this.
These shorts are, like, they're
giving basketball PE, middle school.
They're cool. What
are you talking about?
I mean, it's fine. You've
gotta do something about it.
[laughs awkwardly]
-[chuckles]
-Oh…
-Okay.
-All right. Well…
It was nice to meet you.
Hey, baby. Thank you.
Oh. Well, this is mine.
I didn't know you wanted one.
I think there's a little bit
left in the French press.
Oh.
I'm not a mind reader, you know.
[sighs] Okay.
-Hey.
-For me?
Yeah, it's, um… it's
an oat milk latte.
You've been on your feet
all day, so I thought…
It's like, um… It's like, who does
stuff for the people that do stuff?
-Thank you, Casey.
-Yeah.
-That's really nice. Thank you.
-Yeah, no problem. Yeah.
Uh, hey, man. I was
raised by women. Um…
My… my mom and… and sister
are really important to me.
They're both nurses.
They do it. They do
it all, you know, and…
You okay?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
It's just really, really
nice to have a guy like you
do something like this
for a girl like me.
Yeah. Yeah.
-Sound like I'm in a movie.
-Yeah, right.
[laughs]
-Yeah. Me too. And we're in New York too.
-Yeah, here we go.
Uh, so fitting,
'cause we're, um…
Do you want to go get
a drink or something?
[upbeat bhangra tune
playing on radio]
-One sec. One sec.
-Yeah.
[exclaims, laughs]
I'm a young person
in New York City!
[laughs]
[shouts]
I'm in… I'm in this… I'm
in New York City too!
[both laugh]
Oh my God.
Oh my God. That was so cool.
-You're so fun. You're really fun.
-Do you? I like you a lot.
Do you know… Do
you have a rubber?
-Wait, what?
-Like, a condom?
A rubber? Like it's 1950?
Why are you saying "rubber"?
Are we in Grease 2
now? Just pull out.
-No, that's a myth.
-No, it's not a myth.
-I don't wanna…
-How many pull-out babies have you met?
-I'm a pull-out baby.
-What?
Yeah, my dad put it in my mom
for like… like three seconds,
and then, uh…
-Okay, don't tell people that.
-Now I'm here.
Uh… [moans]
-Okay, don't tell people that.
-I think I love you.
Okay. Let's just… We're
kidding. You're kidding.
-I'm kidding. Yeah, I'm kidding.
-Thanks for the latte.
Yeah. Yeah, dude. I got…
I got lattes all day.
That's… Maybe…
Okay, we'll just
talk later. For…
-Just, shh.
-Okay, okay.
[both breathing heavily]
[vomiting]
[coughs]
[crying]
'Cause you have to know, it's
gonna change your life, like…
like, really change it.
And you're… you're not gonna sleep
through the night ever again.
And… and… and you
can't do drugs.
And you can't go on weekends
with people you barely know.
And… and you're really
gonna have to lean on Zev.
Like, really trust him.
You're gonna have to be on the
same page, the same sentence,
on the same word, on
the same letter, even.
And you know, it's not just fun
times at the park and bubble baths.
It's actually… It's…
it's a lot of work.
It's… It's kids constantly asking
you what they're gonna eat next
and telling you
how bored they are.
And you know, you're just… there's
just feces literally everywhere.
[somber piano music playing]
Shit.
You just scared me.
Sitting there like
a fucking ghost.
We're just gonna hang out
in the dark, then? Super.
I think that, um… I think
that we should talk.
Because I… I don't think that
it's working out the
way that we want it to.
I knew it. [sighs]
[Jess] What?
I knew I'd be spending
Hanukkah alone.
Well, do you still
love me? At all?
I don't know.
Okay, well, um…
I'm pregnant, so I guess I'll
go get an abortion or something,
if you don't.
Yeah, that's probably
the right idea.
[sobs] God.
You make me feel fucking crazy.
Like, I'm just, like,
drowning in an ocean,
waving my arms around for help,
and you're just standing
there, smiling at me.
Like, you don't even
know what's going on.
You don't even see how
lonely you've made me feel.
You're one of those guys who thinks
that he wants a strong woman,
who loves all the bright,
big things about her,
but you fucking don't.
[sobs] I used to feel
so special about me.
And I really don't.
[sniffles]
You just want to beat
me into submission.
Maybe not with your fists, but with
your words and your lack of love.
It just feels like a bunch
of little paper cuts.
But imagine your whole
body covered in paper cuts.
[sobs]
You know, you're really, really good
at turning everything into a sob story.
This whole time we've been together,
and you're just saying this now?
If this is how you felt, then
why didn't you just end it?
Huh? Why couldn't you
just be brave and end it
and have the decency to give me
to someone who fucking wanted me?
But instead, you waited
around. For what?
For what? For…
For you to love me like
you did when it started.
I don't know. Maybe you do
feel alone because of me.
Or maybe it's…
Because at the root of it all,
you really are just
a fucking cunt.
When someone tells me
They're from Massachusetts ♪
Now I always ask what part ♪
I wonder If you kept
the pilgrim ashtray ♪
And if it's still propped
up On your bar cart… ♪
[doctor, gently] Oh,
it's okay. It's okay.
Here we go.
Now, I need you to count
backwards from ten for me.
-All right, Jessica?
-Mm-hmm.
[exhales]
Ten, nine,
eight, seven…
Six…
You said goodbye ♪
You're gonna stick ♪
[mournful song ends]
[grunts]
-Hey.
-Hey.
Hey, it's okay.
Jessica, lie back.
You did just fine.
Everything went perfectly well.
[crying] No, wait. Wait. I
need to go get my dog, though.
-I need to go get Cutesie.
-I know. I know.
-I'm so…
-Please.
I don't know where she is.
She doesn't even know her way.
Okay. just let it
all out, honey.
[sobbing]
She doesn't know where I am.
[continues crying]
[somber piano music playing]
Mom, why are we moving
her in an ice-cream truck?
Honey, it's not an
ice-cream truck.
It's a taco truck, and Raul
gave it to us for free.
["It's Too Late" playing]
I love this part.
[turns volume up]
[singing along] It used to be
so easy Livin' here with you ♪
You were light and breezy
And I knew just what to do ♪
Now you look so unhappy
And I feel like a fool ♪
But it's too late baby,
now It's too late. ♪
Though we really
did try to make it ♪
Something inside has died ♪
And I can't hide, I
just can't fake it ♪
Oh, no, no ♪
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding
Ding, ding, ding, ding ding, ding… ♪
Stop. Stop.
[scatting]
You always want me to
stop singing, honey,
but this is the way I'm making
the moment more tolerable,
and we will make a
memory out of this.
Yeah, a memory of you crashing
a taco truck. Mom, stop.
Under ten pounds?
We do have one.
No applications yet.
Her owner was 90.
Slipped in the bath and died.
Took over a week to find her.
[Jess gasps]
She's a little traumatized.
[chuckles]
-That's okay. So am I.
-["Pocket" by Rachel Chinouriri playing]
Oh my God. She's so beautiful.
She's perfect. [laughs]
Hi, Mama. Oh.
[in high-pitched voice] You
are naked. You need jeans.
-You need a pair of jeans and a shirt.
-[Astrid whines]
[laughs]
I don't want no one else ♪
-I'd like you for myself ♪
-[sobs softly]
You don't' know, but… ♪
[Gaz] You can't just use me for
my key. This is the last time.
[Jess crying]
Hey, um, just let me know
if you don't want him here
because I will handle it, 'kay?
"Handle it." What's that mean?
[chuckles] You don't
even want to know, mate.
Hey, what's happened?
Were you watching
The O.C. again?
-[Jess chuckles]
-Just have some Wagamama.
It'll put you right.
-[Felix] Cool, thanks, man.
-All right. Okay, shout if you need me.
-[door opens]
-Sorry.
[door closes]
[sadly] Hi.
Why did you leave?
Because you were all coked out,
and you started to ignore me,
and I thought two could play that game,
so then I took a bunch of ketamine
from Polly Three,
and then it was
too much at once,
and then Polly One started
looking like a fucking cat.
Okay.
[Jess clears throat]
You thought I was on coke?
Uh, yeah.
Why did you run away?
'Cause I was stressed
out about the gig.
And I had diarrhea.
Really?
[Felix] Mm-hmm.
Uh, I didn't think about that.
Don't… don't think about it.
It's… not a good image.
[sighs] I'm so happy
that you had diarrhea.
I thought you didn't want
to be around me or something
'cause your friends
are so cool. [sniffles]
They're not cool.
That's why you're crying? 'Cause
you thought I'd taken cocaine?
-Ignoring you?
-No.
[sighs]
I found the whole thing kind of
embarrassing, to be honest with you.
[Jess] Hmm. Me?
No, the gig. It was,
like, all fucking shit.
You're such a good singer.
Yeah, but I feel like I'm in
a wedding band or something.
A wedding between a pig and a goat,
and their parents don't approve,
but despite their cultural
differences, they're in love?
-[chuckles] What?
-[laughs]
Look at you.
What?
You're so, like, alive.
[sniffles]
It's all goin' on.
[chuckles, sniffles] Thanks.
I… I don't want to say anything to you
that I've said to other people before.
Um, but… like, I've been
thinking about it a lot,
and I feel like it's actually
getting scarier not saying it,
and I just want you to know
that… I… I really love you.
And, um, I wish there was,
like, a new way to say it.
Like, I wish there was other
words, but I do. [sniffles]
Yeah, I don't know how
to say it back. Sorry.
[sighs] Um…
I just have, like, a…
Yeah, like, I have
difficulty with that word.
-So…
-Yeah.
But, like, I have, obviously,
like, a lot of feelings.
And, like, if I…
If I knew how to say
it, I would say it.
Sure.
[sniffles]
Yeah, it's okay.
It's hard.
I just… I probably am,
like, feeling weird
from the drugs.
-Do you want, like, a tea or something?
-Yeah, thanks.
That's nice.
-Ketamine is, like, quite dehydrating, so…
-[Jess chuckles, sniffles]
-You okay, yeah?
-Mm-hmm. I'm okay.
Thanks for…
Yeah, I probably shouldn't
have said anything.
[Felix] All right.
One tea, comin' up.
Not too hot, yeah?
[sniffles, sighs]
["Dream Woman" by Suki
Waterhouse playing]
[sobs]
[groans]
I can be your dream woman ♪
Dream woman ♪
I can be your dream woman ♪
Dream woman ♪
Dream woman ♪
Dream woman ♪
Dream woman, dream woman ♪
I can be your dream woman ♪
Dream woman ♪
Dream woman ♪
Yeah! ♪
Dream woman, dream woman ♪
[music fades]