Love Story (2026) s01e06 Episode Script
The Wedding
1
[news reporter] Then the disagreement
between America's prince
and his volatile princess
appears to turn physical.
Carolyn runs up
from behind and tackles him,
grabbing his neck
and nearly shoving him to the ground.
Sources close to the couple
say that Bessette
is prone to outbursts and mood swings,
even speculating that
John John is ready to call it quits.
[footsteps approaching]
- Mrs. Kennedy. She's here.
- Mmm.
Oh.
[Wistful music plays]
Good afternoon, Mrs. Kennedy.
Please, have a seat.
Come on.
[porcelain clinking]
[music ends]
Hmm.
You remind me of her, Jackie.
When I first met Jackie, it was in 1953,
a few years after Bobby and I got married.
Every year we'd have these
Saint Patrick's Day parties, black tie.
[chuckles] I used to love to
push people into the pool.
- [both chuckle]
- [Ethel] Oh, geez.
Really?
Oh, anything for a scrap of attention.
I was one of six children.
I learned early on
that love is a blood sport.
[chuckles]
So, I told all the guests to wear black
and then I'd show up in green.
I was never gonna be beautiful,
but I could always be special.
Until Jackie.
My green dress and I
didn't stand a chance.
I could've showed up naked as Eve
and nobody would've
taken their eyes off of her.
Not even Bobby.
[sighs]
And like Jackie
[chuckles] you have been spared
the indignity of the world's indifference.
You are noticed.
And now it's entirely
up to you whether to receive this gift,
as burdensome as it may be, with grace.
- [Sentimental music plays]
- Oh, Jackie certainly did.
After what happened in Dallas,
she didn't take off that pink jacket
for twenty-four hours.
She said, "I want them
to see what they did to Jack."
She never forgot that
people would be looking at her.
And then five years later,
when it was Bobby
and I was nine months pregnant
with a daughter
who would never meet her father.
I was… I was in such pain,
such every… [chuckles]
…imaginable kind of pain.
But if Jackie could face
the world soaked in blood,
armored in death…
Then I could too, armored in life.
I wanted them to see what
they had done to my family.
You've had a lot of loss.
Well, I've been blessed
with a lot to lose.
As have you.
But you'll never be given
the benefit of the doubt again,
as ugly and unfair as that is.
Oh, Carolyn, these men,
they will break your heart.
They'll drive you crazy.
They'll make you want to scream.
Don't.
The whole world will be watching you.
It's your choice
what you want them to see.
This family means something to people.
You understand that?
I'm like the only one
that understands that.
[scoffs]
I'm the one who's trying
to salvage this family's reputation.
Oh, that's what you're doing? Salvaging?
I fucked up once.
I let my guard down for fifteen minutes.
What about
the thirty-six years before that?
Do I get any credit for that?
Agreeing to do things like that
makes you complicit in all of this.
What about that don't you understand?
Do you think I like being
stalked by the national press?
This isn't my fault, Caroline.
You're the one who told me
to start taking personal responsibility.
You've never been this, uh,
volatile around a girlfriend before.
Yeah, well, it's been a volatile year.
Carolyn is the first person
I've been with,
probably the first person
I've ever met who looks at me
and sees something
other than that little boy.
And she's not my girlfriend.
I, uh… I don't understand.
You, uh, broke up?
She's my fiancé.
- Did you know this?
- No.
[slaps table]
Jesus, John.
[sighs]
[Rock music playing]
[John] If she was under
24/7 public scrutiny,
who knows what kind of shit the press
would print about her and Ed, you know.
[Carolyn] Mm-hmm.
[John] Like, she just glides
through life totally unnoticed.
She doesn't know how lucky she is.
How's the book?
Yeah, uh, comprehensive.
Mmm.
I think Caroline just meant
for it to be a jumping off point,
but that point looks like a cliff.
Oh, my God, I forgot about that suit.
[Carolyn] Oh, it's enormous. Ed, why?
- [chuckles] He looks like David Byrne.
- [chuckles]
But also someone
who's never heard of David Byrne.
All right. [Groans]
Listen, forget about the book.
What do you want?
I don't know.
I never thought about my wedding.
Getting married just never seemed
as romantic as being married.
Then fuck it. Let's just go to City Hall.
Let's go be married.
I'm serious.
No.
No, we can't. We can't.
The press will find out.
- Plus, my mom would kill me.
- Mmm.
As would your sister.
Mmm.
And I do want the people
that we love to be there.
I just don't know how that's possible
without two hundred people
we can barely tolerate also being there.
[sighs]
[sighs]
[music continues]
Did you know Bobby
had twenty-one groomsmen?
And what? You want more? Thirty?
- Forty? Carolyn, be reasonable.
- [music ends]
I want like forty guests total.
So, then we'll have forty guests, total.
["Common People" playing]
- And no bouquet toss.
- No.
- No disposable cameras on every table.
- Ugh.
- No party favors.
- No.
- No bridal shower.
- Who needs that?
No father-daughter dance.
In fact,
I don't want my father there, period.
Period.
- No brunch.
- Who needs to eat?
She told me that her dad was loaded ♪
I think it should be someplace
romantic and remote, rustic.
It should feel like
we're the only two people there.
And to pull it all off,
we just have to elude
every single journalist in the country.
Yeah. Should be easy enough.
Actually…
You got something for me, Kennedy?
- I might know of somewhere.
- Mm-hmm. Go on.
No commercial airport, one hotel,
population of like twenty people.
Keep talking.
- No paved roads.
- Mm-hmm.
[John] No town.
Just hundred-year-old oaks
and wild horses on the beach.
Baby, why am I sensing a catch?
I've been there once. With an ex.
But I had to start it somewhere ♪
- Daryl?
- Mm-mmm.
Brooke Shields?
Well, I never dated Brooke Shields.
I kissed her once and her mom was there.
- Sarah Jessica? Madonna?
- [scoffs]
Camille Paglia?
- No.
- Wallis Simpson? Smurfette?
No. Christina. Just after college.
Where is it?
Cumberland Island, Georgia.
You wanna see
Whatever common people see ♪
Wanna sleep with common people ♪
I can't imagine
your sister on an unpaved road.
I can barely imagine her
below 59th Street.
Ooh, she's gonna hate me
even more than she does now.
No, she loves you.
…and held my hand ♪
Well, she doesn't hate you.
Yeah, she does.
Rent a flat above a shop ♪
Cut your hair and get a job ♪
Smoke some fags and play some pool ♪
Pretend you never went to school, yeah ♪
Ooh, ooh ♪
Wanna live with the common people
Like you ♪
Wanna live with the common people
Like you ♪
La, la, la, la ♪
Oh, la, la, la, la ♪
Oh, la, la, la, la ♪
Oh, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
Oh, yeah ♪
[Carolyn giggles]
We're still over.
Fuck me.
[sighs]
- We could lose Natalie
- Lee?
Lee? [Chuckles]
As in your mother's sister, Lee?
She's pathologically
incapable of keeping a secret.
Plus, she's furious my mom
cut her out of the will.
Well, I'm not going to be the one
who tells her.
- [knocks on door]
- [door opens]
Oh, there he is.
- Morning, Michael.
- Hi, Mike.
Wow, quite the, uh, top secret operation
you got going on here, huh?
- Feels like I'm in the Situation Room.
- [phone ringing]
I wouldn't know.
Can we talk, please? In private?
- Can it wait?
- [Berman] No.
[sighs]
Listen, William Morris keeps hounding me
about getting a lunch on the books.
[John] Can't get a reservation?
You know, you keep blowing this off, John.
TV. That's how Martha Stewart turned
a magazine into a billion dollar empire.
Yeah, and that's great for Martha.
If we don't find additional
revenue streams, we are fucked. Period.
- [clears throat]
- Fine, set the meeting.
As long as everyone's clear
that my involvement
in a George TV show is producing-only.
You know, you're photographed
every goddamn day of your life.
What? Suddenly you're so camera shy?
[sighs]
Have you thought about my other proposal?
What? Publishing my wedding photos
in the magazine?
Yeah.
Yeah, I thought about it long and hard,
and I figured, why stop there?
Why not publish our vows?
Or pictures of Carolyn naked,
getting ready?
Really get some bang for our buck.
Fucking asshole.
[Carolyn] I love your earrings, Caroline.
- Beautiful.
- Thank you.
They were mummy's, right?
Used to be.
I haven't had salad
after pasta since Positano.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's, uh, fun.
[speaks Italian]
"You're welcome."
[speaks Italian]
I'm half-Italian. I've got a nonna
in Bay Ridge and everything.
[Ed] Oh, my goodness.
- [speaks Italian]
- [Carolyn chuckles]
- Perfect. Thank you.
- All right.
Mmm.
Salad's delicious by the way.
Ed picked these dandelions himself
in Central Park.
Urban foraging. There's a book in that.
Maybe even an ethos.
Oh, you know, our house
in Sagaponack has a hell of a garden,
Uh, Petit Trianon, but, you know, sizable.
- Grand Trianon. Marie-Antoinette's garden.
- [Caroline chuckles]
Mm-hmm.
[clears throat]
Say, you know what I just thought? Um…
Why don't the two of you
just get married there?
Seriously? This? Again?
- Stop ambushing us.
- [Caroline scoffs]
Ambush? Honestly, John, I'd hardly call
a generous offer an ambush.
This is now the fourth time
that you've generously offered
Look. Setting aside
the massive inconvenience
of a barrier island without an airport,
not to mention the lunacy
of an outdoor event
in the late summer in the deep South
We don't want to have a state dinner.
I think what John means
I know what he means.
He doesn't want a Kennedy wedding.
That's what he means.
No, we do. We absolutely do.
We just want an intimate Kennedy wedding.
Intimate. I see.
So, not five hundred people
and the Chamber Singers of New England
performing "America the Beautiful"?
That sort of thing?
We just don't want a spectacle.
Another spectacle, you mean.
After the spectacle in the park?
[Carolyn] That's fair.
Yes, the press
is part of our decision-making.
I mean, how can it not be?
Well,
I haven't been included in any decisions,
so I can't really speak to
the nuances of your thinking.
Caroline, the last thing
we want you to feel is excluded.
You know you're lucky mummy's not here.
Oh, I'm lucky that mummy's
too dead to come to my wedding?
[Jazz music playing]
So, Cumberland Island it is.
Have you settled on an officiant?
[Claudia Schiffer] Ready,
and legs apart. Good.
Take it down, and up.
Really feel…
So, how did Calvin take it when you
told him about Narciso doing the dress?
[sighs]
Oh, my God, Carolyn. Are you serious?
You have to tell him.
What if it leaks
and he finds out from Page Six?
I mean, he'll probably just be relieved
it's not another article
about his divorce.
Just be honest.
[groans]
Isn't the guilt eating away at you?
I have to ask you something.
Uh, is everything okay?
Uh, yeah.
[sighs]
I was… I was thinking about
asking Caroline to be my maid of honor.
Caroline Kennedy?
[scoffs]
She was so hurt.
I mean she didn't say that obviously,
but I've never seen her
and John fight like that.
I think she feels really excluded,
and I get that. I do.
I mean, it's been really hard to try to
integrate the families
without risking a leak.
And I just, I think maid of honor
would go a really long way with her,
and I don't know what else to do
to make her feel important.
I can't go into my wedding…
my marriage with her resenting me.
Why would she resent you?
For taking her only family left
away from her.
Lauren, the Kennedys are like the Beatles.
I feel like Yoko.
You have sisters too.
- Do you care if I resent you or Lisa?
- Lauren, of course.
Is Richard still walking
you down the aisle?
- Or have you upgraded to Ted Kennedy?
- Please. That's not what I
"Please" what?
What do you want me to say, Carolyn?
That you understand.
Oh, I understand.
I just don't think
it's going to get you what you want.
- Lauren
- This will mean nothing to her.
And it would have meant everything to me.
Look, I gotta go.
[sighs]
I'm sorry.
For somebody who's practically a Kennedy,
you suck at politics.
Did John brief you
on Ed's concerns with his suit?
Uh, no.
I mean, I'm sure this Gordon
is very capable, but the thing is,
the last person to fit Ed
for a suit was Willie Smith.
Made a suit for our wedding.
Right, of course, the oversized blue one.
Mmm.
[chuckles]
I don't envy Gordon
having to measure up to that.
Willie wasn't just some fashion designer.
He was an artist.
Yes, Gordon has a big suit to fill.
Mmm.
Caroline, can I ask you something?
I'm gonna go get some fabric.
I'll be right back.
How would you feel about
being my maid of honor?
[Sentimental music playing]
Uh…
Really?
Wow, um…
This is a Kennedy wedding
and I want it to feel like one.
Plus I know it would mean a lot to John.
And to me, obviously.
I just know when he looks at you he…
He sees them.
And I want them to be up there with us.
I'd be honored. Thank you.
Okay.
Shall we?
[music continues]
- [Carolyn clears throat]
- All right.
Caroline,
do you want to go ahead and we'll follow?
We've been photographed together
plenty of times.
Right, I'm just thinking
Narciso's a designer.
Someone connects the dots…
Connects the dots
of a vast fashion conspiracy?
[both chuckle]
Sure, you're probably right.
Let's just go.
He's doing her dress.
- Who?
- [Calvin scoffs]
Exactly.
Narciso "Who" Rodriguez.
Maybe they're just going shopping?
No. I know for a fact those women
aren't friends.
How's that for gratitude?
Yeah, sorry.
So sorry.
[clears throat]
[knocks on door]
Is now a bad time?
No… [chuckles] …come in.
[door closes]
[Carolyn] I saw the piece in Time.
"America's 25 Most Influential People."
Congratulations.
[Calvin] And did you see
the other list that they published?
"The 10 most powerful people in America."
Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch,
Michael Eisner…
[mouthing words] But no Calvin.
[both chuckle]
Influence is fleeting.
It's contingent on one's relevancy,
which can vanish at the drop of a hat.
You look different.
Oh, I colored my hair.
No, it's something else.
I was just looking
through these old Polaroids.
You remember when I used to have you all
photographed when you came into work?
Even then you knew
how to distinguish yourself, draw the eye.
Now look at you,
you're the premier it girl.
You're the toast of the town.
I don't know about that.
Well, John reads all his own press,
so I'm sure you know a little about it.
That humility will serve you well.
I, um…
I wanted to talk to you because…
Uh…
[sighs]
Well, first, I hope you know
how deeply indebted I am to you
for your mentors hip, your friendship.
You've changed my life.
You saw something in me and fostered it.
And for that I am forever grateful, truly.
I just, um…
[Wistful music plays]
I think it's become apparent
that I can no longer serve you
or this company
in the way we both would like.
Oh. [Chuckles]
Okay… [chuckles] …that's not where
I thought this conversation was going.
I just think my presence here
has become a bit of a distraction.
My whole job
is to platform and promote your work
and I can't do that
to my full ability and
You think you're stealing focus?
No. No.
I know all of this is only temporary but
Oh, don't downplay it, Carolyn.
You're the realization
of every woman's dream.
America's son has chosen you.
It's not a temporary feat,
it's a masterstroke.
That being said, um…
From one
who considers himself a visionary, uh,
I am feeling a bit blindsided.
[stammers] I've had mentees outgrow
their jobs in the past,
but not once in my 27-year career
has one left on account of outgrowing me.
No, no, that's not it at all.
What you have built here is extraordinary.
- I just can't
- I It's fine.
It's fine.
I mean, it's partially my fault.
I-I clearly miscalculated
this relationship.
You haven't.
That's why I feel like I need to leave,
because I cannot bear
the thought of this being compromised.
[music continues]
You're a very bright light, Carolyn,
I really hope that that doesn't change.
- I'm sorry.
- Don't be.
[sighs] He's a good fit, by the way.
John?
Narciso.
You'll be in good hands.
Thanks, Calvin.
[music ends]
["Venus in Furs" playing]
[door closes]
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather ♪
Whiplash girl child in the dark ♪
Comes in bells
Your servant, don't forsake him ♪
Strike, dear mistress
And cure his heart ♪
Downy sins of streetlight fancies ♪
Chase the costumes she shall wear ♪
Ermine furs adorn the imperious ♪
Severin, Severin awaits you there ♪
["Lo Boob Oscillator" playing]
Okay.
[grunts]
[sighs]
It'll be all right, sweetheart.
Okay.
[music continues]
[chattering]
[sighs]
[music ends]
- [knocks on door]
- [door opens]
- [Carolyn] Hi, Mommy.
- Hi, sweetie.
- [sighs] Where is your jewelry box?
- What?
I was going to call
down for some baking soda,
a little warm water,
and I could polish everything
Mom, stop.
You know I barely wear jewelry.
Um… Well, then, uh, what can I do?
You can scratch my back?
Mmm. [Chuckles]
[sighs]
[chuckles]
To the right. [Chuckles] To the right.
Mmm.
Oh, sweetheart. [Sighs]
Why do you sound so sad?
I'm not sad.
Then what are you?
[sighs]
Mom, if you have something to say,
don't make me beg you to say it, please.
- I'm happy for you.
- Mmm.
Palpably.
I just worry.
I'm your mother. It's my job.
You quit Calvin Klein.
You gave up your apartment.
Your own sisters aren't
even your maid of honor.
I just see you doing a lot for him.
I didn't do any of that for him.
[sighs] I see you
making your life smaller.
Aren't relationships
supposed to be about compromise?
- What has he compromised on?
- This wedding?
What else?
He…
[Wistful music plays]
I mean, he hasn't really.
We want the same things.
The governor's mansion? The White House?
[Carolyn] No, we talked about all this.
When I didn't immediately accept
his proposal, we figured it out.
He's not interested in politics.
[scoffs] Carolyn.
Of course he is.
Please tell me you know that.
That's not who he is.
Not who he is?
Who is he?
I don't think he has any idea.
All he knows
is who he's supposed to become.
The heir to Camelot.
That's the only thing
the world has ever told him.
If there's no Camelot,
then what was the point of all this loss?
He could walk away
from all of that tomorrow.
[sighs] Toward what?
Me, Mom.
[inhales deeply] What are you
actually advocating I do here?
I don't know.
Okay, well, I'm marrying him tomorrow,
so the least you could do
is pretend to be happy for me.
You're wrong about him.
Maybe.
But I'm not wrong about you.
- [people chattering, laughing]
- [jazz playing]
[music stops]
[clears throat]
- [chattering quiets]
- [insects buzzing]
[clears throat]
Carolyn and I owe you all
a great deal of gratitude.
I understand we imposed
certain conditions upon this event
that at times may have seemed extreme.
- [guests chuckling]
- [sentimental music playing]
But what we really wanted was a collection
of people who we really loved,
who make our lives interesting,
and meaningful and who give us both
a great sense of connection
to the people in our lives.
I really can't believe that you're going
to be called my wife on Sunday.
- Saturday.
- Saturday.
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday.
Carolyn has changed my life
in ways that I never thought possible.
And she really has made
me the happiest man alive.
[guests] Hear! Hear! Hear!
- Hear! Hear!
- Hear! Hear!
Hear! Hear!
[Ed clears throat]
Uh, I'm Ed.
- Hi, Ed.
- Schlossberg.
Wearer of, uh, many hats,
including that of poet
[guests chuckle]
Or as I like to say,
the world's boldest profession.
[guests chuckle]
This is called
"The Quantum Mechanics of Love."
Desire plus emotion equals devotion.
Truth plus lust equals trust.
[guests chuckle]
[Ed] Politics plus fashion…
Equals passion.
John and Carolyn, we wish you
a lifetime of completing each other.
The two of you add up
to the perfect couple.
To the lovebirds.
- To the lovebirds.
- To the lovebirds.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
[music resumes]
[Ann clears throat]
I'm, uh… Hello.
Hi.
[music ends]
Uh, I'm Ann, Carolyn's mom.
To Kennedys, far and wide,
thank you so much
for welcoming
the Bessette-Freemans into your family.
I hope we've made you
feel welcomed into ours.
Uh…
[chuckles]
When Carolyn first
told me she was dating John,
I had to pretend to be surprised.
Carolyn doesn't know this,
but Lauren had already told me.
- Mom. I'm gonna cry.
- [Ann] Sorry, Lauren.
Sorry.
I, uh… I didn't make much of it at first,
I just figured it would be a fun fling,
and then, you know, back to reality.
[guests chuckle]
So when it started getting
serious between the two of them,
I just remember thinking,
"How is she going to navigate
all of this?"
John's life was just so big,
and I worried how could Carolyn
How could anyone manage to
maintain their own center of gravity
around something that massive?
That shiny?
Which isn't, uh, something I ever thought
I'd have to worry about with Carolyn,
who's always been
a force of nature in her own right.
I remember when she was 16
and I picked her up at the bus stop,
I noticed all of her friends
were sitting in the back of the bus
and Carolyn was up front.
After about a week of this, I asked her,
"Why aren't you sitting
with all of your friends?"
And she told me that
there was a new girl who got car sick.
And she didn't want her to sit alone.
As if that's what anyone would do.
What more could you want in a daughter?
Or a wife?
Or anyone?
Carolyn has always
made other people feel seen and heard.
It's kind of like her superpower.
[chuckles]
John…
I know that you have been
burdened with enormous expectations
and that there are a lot of people
on the bus clamoring for your attention…
I just hope that
when you are faced with it all…
You don't choose to sit where
you are expected or wanted,
but where you are needed.
That is something that
I pray she can count on.
I'm sorry.
- [sniffles]
- [sentimental music plays]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[music ends]
That was quite the speech.
I'm sorry if my words hurt you.
I was talking about Ed.
[both chuckle]
[sighs]
You know, you don't have to worry.
I'm gonna care for her, Ann.
She would give up everything for you.
Can you say the same?
You know, you talk about her
like she's some shipwreck.
The truth is, she's the most intact,
unbroken person I've ever met.
My life isn't massive
without your daughter.
It's nothing.
And she's my family now.
And so are you.
And angry or not,
you're here with me tonight.
And my parents, well…
[sighs]
And I just want you to know
that I don't take your presence here
or in my life for granted.
I'm going to prove that to you
and to Carolyn.
For the rest of our lives.
I know you believe that.
[Dramatic music playing]
[John] Thought I'd find you out here.
- Thank you.
- [John] You're welcome.
You okay?
- You wanna talk about it?
- [sighs]
Not really.
It's unbelievable.
This is the same ocean as Hyannis.
[Carolyn] Mmm.
Same ocean by Grandma Jennie's in Queens.
It's kind of terrifying.
Something so big and vast.
I find it comforting.
It's all just one big thing, you know,
and it always will be.
There's, uh, certainty.
You're gonna be my wife tomorrow.
[chuckles]
I'm gonna be your wife forever.
["Suzanne" plays]
Suzanne takes you down ♪
To her place by the river ♪
You can hear the boats go by ♪
You can spend the night forever ♪
Whoa. We gotta go.
And that's why you wanna be there ♪
And you want to travel with her ♪
And you want to travel blind ♪
[John] What are you doing?
For you've touched her perfect body ♪
With your mind ♪
Yeah ♪
Now, Jesus was a sailor ♪
When he walked upon the water ♪
And he spent a long time watching ♪
From his lonely wooden tower ♪
And when he knew for certain ♪
Only drowning men could see him ♪
He said "All men will be sailors then ♪"
"Until the sea shall free them" ♪
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
But he himself was broken ♪
She's touched your perfect body ♪
With her mind ♪
[song ends]
[Emotional music playing]
[chattering]
Thank you.
[laughing]
That's quiet.
Welcome. Nice to see you.
- Thank you very much.
- You're welcome.
- It's beautiful.
- Thank you.
[Upbeat pop music playing]
[sighs]
- [Lauren] Can you cover the bags?
- [Jules] Yeah, yeah.
[Lauren] Get rid of those.
Do it beautifully, though.
Of course.
Where have you been?
I blew a fuse with the steamer.
- [zipper opens]
- [Narciso] Ta-da.
- [gasps] Drop dead
- Oh, gorgeous.
Okay. Zip me up.
There is no zipper.
We have to put it over your head.
I just did her makeup, and it's flawless.
I'm not gonna redo it.
I can't just step into it?
No.
- We're already a half hour late.
- Yeah, we still have to do your hair.
Shouldn't someone have thought of this?
Mmm, yeah, probably.
[Carolyn sighs]
You know what? I'll figure it out.
[door closes]
[helicopter whirring]
What's that noise?
I believe that's
the sound of a helicopter.
Nobody but you, Lord, yeah ♪
Nobody but you ♪
Fuck this, I'm leaving.
Hasta la horseshit.
Language, young man, you're in a church.
It's the Unabomber's shed.
No wonder John bailed.
[Tense music playing]
- You got 'em?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Where?
Keep going.
- You look that way.
- I got it.
- [children giggling]
- [chattering]
[Anthony chuckles]
Oh, shit!
What the hell is that?
Right there.
Shit!
[chuckling]
[applause]
Yes!
Sorry we're late, everybody.
Had to outrun Charlie.
[Anthony] Sorry, it was the paps.
Someone must have tipped them off.
- Good to see you.
- Thank you for coming.
- [Tommy] What's up? How you doing?
- Hi. How are you? Good.
- [insects buzzing]
- [wood creaking]
[music ends]
[sighs]
[Pop music playing]
Is there any chilled Vouvray?
Yeah, there is.
Just, uh, keep looking in there
until you find it.
It's gonna get dark in 20 minutes.
There's no electricity.
- Candles.
- Are there candles?
It's a church.
[sighs]
Are you smoking?
- Put that out.
- What?
[John] Help me find candles.
[knocks on door]
Come in.
- What's happening?
- Narciso is working his magic.
- Crisis averted.
- And the helicopter?
- Gone.
- [Carolyn sighs]
Thank you.
[groans]
Are you still mad at me?
- Yes.
- Mmm.
- Can I have some of your champagne?
- No.
I'm sorry.
I know.
Carolyn, it's ready.
[scoffs]
We'll only be two hours late
if we leave right now.
- Okay. Come on. Let's go.
- Mm-hmm.
- Come on!
- [Lauren] Come on.
[Sentimental music playing]
[bridesmaids laughing]
[sighs]
[Carolyn sighs]
Whoo!
We made it!
[guests whistle]
All right, everybody.
Amazing grace ♪
How sweet the sound ♪
That saved a wretch like me ♪
I once was lost ♪
But now am found ♪
Was blind ♪
But now I see ♪
How precious did ♪
That grace appear ♪
The hour I first believed ♪
We find ourselves in celebration of love,
of sanctity, of commitment.
Since it is your intention
to enter into marriage,
please join your right hand to declare
your consent before God and His church.
"I, John, take you, Carolyn,
to be my lawful wife."
I, John, take you,
Carolyn, as my lawful wife.
[priest] "To have and to hold."
To have and to hold.
[priest] "From this day forward."
From this day forward.
[priest] "For better or for worse."
For better or for worse. [Sniffles]
[priest] "For richer or poorer."
[John] For richer or poorer.
[priest] "In sickness and in health."
In sickness and in health.
[priest] "Till death do us part."
Till death do us part.
Till death do us part.
[priest] John, do you take Carolyn
to be your wife?
I do.
[priest] Carolyn, do you take John
as your husband?
I do.
[priest] I now pronounce you man and wife.
You may kiss the bride.
[cheering, applause]
[Anthony] And now for their first dance,
my best friend… [chuckles]
…and his best friend,
Mr. And Mrs. John F. Kennedy Jr.
["(Nice Dream)" playing]
They love me like I was a brother ♪
Everybody's looking at us.
- I know. It's so awkward.
- [giggles]
They protect me ♪
All right, everybody,
come and join us on the dance floor.
They dug me my very own garden ♪
It's perfect.
I don't want it to end.
It won't.
Everything ends.
Not us.
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
I call up my friend, the good angel ♪
But she's out with her answerphone ♪
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
[wind howling]
[music ends]
["Crazy for You" playing]
She is gorgeous!
Morning!
- Morning.
- Feel like logging some hours?
It's a beautiful day for flying.
What do you say?
Let's do it.
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
[news reporter] Then the disagreement
between America's prince
and his volatile princess
appears to turn physical.
Carolyn runs up
from behind and tackles him,
grabbing his neck
and nearly shoving him to the ground.
Sources close to the couple
say that Bessette
is prone to outbursts and mood swings,
even speculating that
John John is ready to call it quits.
[footsteps approaching]
- Mrs. Kennedy. She's here.
- Mmm.
Oh.
[Wistful music plays]
Good afternoon, Mrs. Kennedy.
Please, have a seat.
Come on.
[porcelain clinking]
[music ends]
Hmm.
You remind me of her, Jackie.
When I first met Jackie, it was in 1953,
a few years after Bobby and I got married.
Every year we'd have these
Saint Patrick's Day parties, black tie.
[chuckles] I used to love to
push people into the pool.
- [both chuckle]
- [Ethel] Oh, geez.
Really?
Oh, anything for a scrap of attention.
I was one of six children.
I learned early on
that love is a blood sport.
[chuckles]
So, I told all the guests to wear black
and then I'd show up in green.
I was never gonna be beautiful,
but I could always be special.
Until Jackie.
My green dress and I
didn't stand a chance.
I could've showed up naked as Eve
and nobody would've
taken their eyes off of her.
Not even Bobby.
[sighs]
And like Jackie
[chuckles] you have been spared
the indignity of the world's indifference.
You are noticed.
And now it's entirely
up to you whether to receive this gift,
as burdensome as it may be, with grace.
- [Sentimental music plays]
- Oh, Jackie certainly did.
After what happened in Dallas,
she didn't take off that pink jacket
for twenty-four hours.
She said, "I want them
to see what they did to Jack."
She never forgot that
people would be looking at her.
And then five years later,
when it was Bobby
and I was nine months pregnant
with a daughter
who would never meet her father.
I was… I was in such pain,
such every… [chuckles]
…imaginable kind of pain.
But if Jackie could face
the world soaked in blood,
armored in death…
Then I could too, armored in life.
I wanted them to see what
they had done to my family.
You've had a lot of loss.
Well, I've been blessed
with a lot to lose.
As have you.
But you'll never be given
the benefit of the doubt again,
as ugly and unfair as that is.
Oh, Carolyn, these men,
they will break your heart.
They'll drive you crazy.
They'll make you want to scream.
Don't.
The whole world will be watching you.
It's your choice
what you want them to see.
This family means something to people.
You understand that?
I'm like the only one
that understands that.
[scoffs]
I'm the one who's trying
to salvage this family's reputation.
Oh, that's what you're doing? Salvaging?
I fucked up once.
I let my guard down for fifteen minutes.
What about
the thirty-six years before that?
Do I get any credit for that?
Agreeing to do things like that
makes you complicit in all of this.
What about that don't you understand?
Do you think I like being
stalked by the national press?
This isn't my fault, Caroline.
You're the one who told me
to start taking personal responsibility.
You've never been this, uh,
volatile around a girlfriend before.
Yeah, well, it's been a volatile year.
Carolyn is the first person
I've been with,
probably the first person
I've ever met who looks at me
and sees something
other than that little boy.
And she's not my girlfriend.
I, uh… I don't understand.
You, uh, broke up?
She's my fiancé.
- Did you know this?
- No.
[slaps table]
Jesus, John.
[sighs]
[Rock music playing]
[John] If she was under
24/7 public scrutiny,
who knows what kind of shit the press
would print about her and Ed, you know.
[Carolyn] Mm-hmm.
[John] Like, she just glides
through life totally unnoticed.
She doesn't know how lucky she is.
How's the book?
Yeah, uh, comprehensive.
Mmm.
I think Caroline just meant
for it to be a jumping off point,
but that point looks like a cliff.
Oh, my God, I forgot about that suit.
[Carolyn] Oh, it's enormous. Ed, why?
- [chuckles] He looks like David Byrne.
- [chuckles]
But also someone
who's never heard of David Byrne.
All right. [Groans]
Listen, forget about the book.
What do you want?
I don't know.
I never thought about my wedding.
Getting married just never seemed
as romantic as being married.
Then fuck it. Let's just go to City Hall.
Let's go be married.
I'm serious.
No.
No, we can't. We can't.
The press will find out.
- Plus, my mom would kill me.
- Mmm.
As would your sister.
Mmm.
And I do want the people
that we love to be there.
I just don't know how that's possible
without two hundred people
we can barely tolerate also being there.
[sighs]
[sighs]
[music continues]
Did you know Bobby
had twenty-one groomsmen?
And what? You want more? Thirty?
- Forty? Carolyn, be reasonable.
- [music ends]
I want like forty guests total.
So, then we'll have forty guests, total.
["Common People" playing]
- And no bouquet toss.
- No.
- No disposable cameras on every table.
- Ugh.
- No party favors.
- No.
- No bridal shower.
- Who needs that?
No father-daughter dance.
In fact,
I don't want my father there, period.
Period.
- No brunch.
- Who needs to eat?
She told me that her dad was loaded ♪
I think it should be someplace
romantic and remote, rustic.
It should feel like
we're the only two people there.
And to pull it all off,
we just have to elude
every single journalist in the country.
Yeah. Should be easy enough.
Actually…
You got something for me, Kennedy?
- I might know of somewhere.
- Mm-hmm. Go on.
No commercial airport, one hotel,
population of like twenty people.
Keep talking.
- No paved roads.
- Mm-hmm.
[John] No town.
Just hundred-year-old oaks
and wild horses on the beach.
Baby, why am I sensing a catch?
I've been there once. With an ex.
But I had to start it somewhere ♪
- Daryl?
- Mm-mmm.
Brooke Shields?
Well, I never dated Brooke Shields.
I kissed her once and her mom was there.
- Sarah Jessica? Madonna?
- [scoffs]
Camille Paglia?
- No.
- Wallis Simpson? Smurfette?
No. Christina. Just after college.
Where is it?
Cumberland Island, Georgia.
You wanna see
Whatever common people see ♪
Wanna sleep with common people ♪
I can't imagine
your sister on an unpaved road.
I can barely imagine her
below 59th Street.
Ooh, she's gonna hate me
even more than she does now.
No, she loves you.
…and held my hand ♪
Well, she doesn't hate you.
Yeah, she does.
Rent a flat above a shop ♪
Cut your hair and get a job ♪
Smoke some fags and play some pool ♪
Pretend you never went to school, yeah ♪
Ooh, ooh ♪
Wanna live with the common people
Like you ♪
Wanna live with the common people
Like you ♪
La, la, la, la ♪
Oh, la, la, la, la ♪
Oh, la, la, la, la ♪
Oh, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
Oh, yeah ♪
[Carolyn giggles]
We're still over.
Fuck me.
[sighs]
- We could lose Natalie
- Lee?
Lee? [Chuckles]
As in your mother's sister, Lee?
She's pathologically
incapable of keeping a secret.
Plus, she's furious my mom
cut her out of the will.
Well, I'm not going to be the one
who tells her.
- [knocks on door]
- [door opens]
Oh, there he is.
- Morning, Michael.
- Hi, Mike.
Wow, quite the, uh, top secret operation
you got going on here, huh?
- Feels like I'm in the Situation Room.
- [phone ringing]
I wouldn't know.
Can we talk, please? In private?
- Can it wait?
- [Berman] No.
[sighs]
Listen, William Morris keeps hounding me
about getting a lunch on the books.
[John] Can't get a reservation?
You know, you keep blowing this off, John.
TV. That's how Martha Stewart turned
a magazine into a billion dollar empire.
Yeah, and that's great for Martha.
If we don't find additional
revenue streams, we are fucked. Period.
- [clears throat]
- Fine, set the meeting.
As long as everyone's clear
that my involvement
in a George TV show is producing-only.
You know, you're photographed
every goddamn day of your life.
What? Suddenly you're so camera shy?
[sighs]
Have you thought about my other proposal?
What? Publishing my wedding photos
in the magazine?
Yeah.
Yeah, I thought about it long and hard,
and I figured, why stop there?
Why not publish our vows?
Or pictures of Carolyn naked,
getting ready?
Really get some bang for our buck.
Fucking asshole.
[Carolyn] I love your earrings, Caroline.
- Beautiful.
- Thank you.
They were mummy's, right?
Used to be.
I haven't had salad
after pasta since Positano.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's, uh, fun.
[speaks Italian]
"You're welcome."
[speaks Italian]
I'm half-Italian. I've got a nonna
in Bay Ridge and everything.
[Ed] Oh, my goodness.
- [speaks Italian]
- [Carolyn chuckles]
- Perfect. Thank you.
- All right.
Mmm.
Salad's delicious by the way.
Ed picked these dandelions himself
in Central Park.
Urban foraging. There's a book in that.
Maybe even an ethos.
Oh, you know, our house
in Sagaponack has a hell of a garden,
Uh, Petit Trianon, but, you know, sizable.
- Grand Trianon. Marie-Antoinette's garden.
- [Caroline chuckles]
Mm-hmm.
[clears throat]
Say, you know what I just thought? Um…
Why don't the two of you
just get married there?
Seriously? This? Again?
- Stop ambushing us.
- [Caroline scoffs]
Ambush? Honestly, John, I'd hardly call
a generous offer an ambush.
This is now the fourth time
that you've generously offered
Look. Setting aside
the massive inconvenience
of a barrier island without an airport,
not to mention the lunacy
of an outdoor event
in the late summer in the deep South
We don't want to have a state dinner.
I think what John means
I know what he means.
He doesn't want a Kennedy wedding.
That's what he means.
No, we do. We absolutely do.
We just want an intimate Kennedy wedding.
Intimate. I see.
So, not five hundred people
and the Chamber Singers of New England
performing "America the Beautiful"?
That sort of thing?
We just don't want a spectacle.
Another spectacle, you mean.
After the spectacle in the park?
[Carolyn] That's fair.
Yes, the press
is part of our decision-making.
I mean, how can it not be?
Well,
I haven't been included in any decisions,
so I can't really speak to
the nuances of your thinking.
Caroline, the last thing
we want you to feel is excluded.
You know you're lucky mummy's not here.
Oh, I'm lucky that mummy's
too dead to come to my wedding?
[Jazz music playing]
So, Cumberland Island it is.
Have you settled on an officiant?
[Claudia Schiffer] Ready,
and legs apart. Good.
Take it down, and up.
Really feel…
So, how did Calvin take it when you
told him about Narciso doing the dress?
[sighs]
Oh, my God, Carolyn. Are you serious?
You have to tell him.
What if it leaks
and he finds out from Page Six?
I mean, he'll probably just be relieved
it's not another article
about his divorce.
Just be honest.
[groans]
Isn't the guilt eating away at you?
I have to ask you something.
Uh, is everything okay?
Uh, yeah.
[sighs]
I was… I was thinking about
asking Caroline to be my maid of honor.
Caroline Kennedy?
[scoffs]
She was so hurt.
I mean she didn't say that obviously,
but I've never seen her
and John fight like that.
I think she feels really excluded,
and I get that. I do.
I mean, it's been really hard to try to
integrate the families
without risking a leak.
And I just, I think maid of honor
would go a really long way with her,
and I don't know what else to do
to make her feel important.
I can't go into my wedding…
my marriage with her resenting me.
Why would she resent you?
For taking her only family left
away from her.
Lauren, the Kennedys are like the Beatles.
I feel like Yoko.
You have sisters too.
- Do you care if I resent you or Lisa?
- Lauren, of course.
Is Richard still walking
you down the aisle?
- Or have you upgraded to Ted Kennedy?
- Please. That's not what I
"Please" what?
What do you want me to say, Carolyn?
That you understand.
Oh, I understand.
I just don't think
it's going to get you what you want.
- Lauren
- This will mean nothing to her.
And it would have meant everything to me.
Look, I gotta go.
[sighs]
I'm sorry.
For somebody who's practically a Kennedy,
you suck at politics.
Did John brief you
on Ed's concerns with his suit?
Uh, no.
I mean, I'm sure this Gordon
is very capable, but the thing is,
the last person to fit Ed
for a suit was Willie Smith.
Made a suit for our wedding.
Right, of course, the oversized blue one.
Mmm.
[chuckles]
I don't envy Gordon
having to measure up to that.
Willie wasn't just some fashion designer.
He was an artist.
Yes, Gordon has a big suit to fill.
Mmm.
Caroline, can I ask you something?
I'm gonna go get some fabric.
I'll be right back.
How would you feel about
being my maid of honor?
[Sentimental music playing]
Uh…
Really?
Wow, um…
This is a Kennedy wedding
and I want it to feel like one.
Plus I know it would mean a lot to John.
And to me, obviously.
I just know when he looks at you he…
He sees them.
And I want them to be up there with us.
I'd be honored. Thank you.
Okay.
Shall we?
[music continues]
- [Carolyn clears throat]
- All right.
Caroline,
do you want to go ahead and we'll follow?
We've been photographed together
plenty of times.
Right, I'm just thinking
Narciso's a designer.
Someone connects the dots…
Connects the dots
of a vast fashion conspiracy?
[both chuckle]
Sure, you're probably right.
Let's just go.
He's doing her dress.
- Who?
- [Calvin scoffs]
Exactly.
Narciso "Who" Rodriguez.
Maybe they're just going shopping?
No. I know for a fact those women
aren't friends.
How's that for gratitude?
Yeah, sorry.
So sorry.
[clears throat]
[knocks on door]
Is now a bad time?
No… [chuckles] …come in.
[door closes]
[Carolyn] I saw the piece in Time.
"America's 25 Most Influential People."
Congratulations.
[Calvin] And did you see
the other list that they published?
"The 10 most powerful people in America."
Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch,
Michael Eisner…
[mouthing words] But no Calvin.
[both chuckle]
Influence is fleeting.
It's contingent on one's relevancy,
which can vanish at the drop of a hat.
You look different.
Oh, I colored my hair.
No, it's something else.
I was just looking
through these old Polaroids.
You remember when I used to have you all
photographed when you came into work?
Even then you knew
how to distinguish yourself, draw the eye.
Now look at you,
you're the premier it girl.
You're the toast of the town.
I don't know about that.
Well, John reads all his own press,
so I'm sure you know a little about it.
That humility will serve you well.
I, um…
I wanted to talk to you because…
Uh…
[sighs]
Well, first, I hope you know
how deeply indebted I am to you
for your mentors hip, your friendship.
You've changed my life.
You saw something in me and fostered it.
And for that I am forever grateful, truly.
I just, um…
[Wistful music plays]
I think it's become apparent
that I can no longer serve you
or this company
in the way we both would like.
Oh. [Chuckles]
Okay… [chuckles] …that's not where
I thought this conversation was going.
I just think my presence here
has become a bit of a distraction.
My whole job
is to platform and promote your work
and I can't do that
to my full ability and
You think you're stealing focus?
No. No.
I know all of this is only temporary but
Oh, don't downplay it, Carolyn.
You're the realization
of every woman's dream.
America's son has chosen you.
It's not a temporary feat,
it's a masterstroke.
That being said, um…
From one
who considers himself a visionary, uh,
I am feeling a bit blindsided.
[stammers] I've had mentees outgrow
their jobs in the past,
but not once in my 27-year career
has one left on account of outgrowing me.
No, no, that's not it at all.
What you have built here is extraordinary.
- I just can't
- I It's fine.
It's fine.
I mean, it's partially my fault.
I-I clearly miscalculated
this relationship.
You haven't.
That's why I feel like I need to leave,
because I cannot bear
the thought of this being compromised.
[music continues]
You're a very bright light, Carolyn,
I really hope that that doesn't change.
- I'm sorry.
- Don't be.
[sighs] He's a good fit, by the way.
John?
Narciso.
You'll be in good hands.
Thanks, Calvin.
[music ends]
["Venus in Furs" playing]
[door closes]
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather ♪
Whiplash girl child in the dark ♪
Comes in bells
Your servant, don't forsake him ♪
Strike, dear mistress
And cure his heart ♪
Downy sins of streetlight fancies ♪
Chase the costumes she shall wear ♪
Ermine furs adorn the imperious ♪
Severin, Severin awaits you there ♪
["Lo Boob Oscillator" playing]
Okay.
[grunts]
[sighs]
It'll be all right, sweetheart.
Okay.
[music continues]
[chattering]
[sighs]
[music ends]
- [knocks on door]
- [door opens]
- [Carolyn] Hi, Mommy.
- Hi, sweetie.
- [sighs] Where is your jewelry box?
- What?
I was going to call
down for some baking soda,
a little warm water,
and I could polish everything
Mom, stop.
You know I barely wear jewelry.
Um… Well, then, uh, what can I do?
You can scratch my back?
Mmm. [Chuckles]
[sighs]
[chuckles]
To the right. [Chuckles] To the right.
Mmm.
Oh, sweetheart. [Sighs]
Why do you sound so sad?
I'm not sad.
Then what are you?
[sighs]
Mom, if you have something to say,
don't make me beg you to say it, please.
- I'm happy for you.
- Mmm.
Palpably.
I just worry.
I'm your mother. It's my job.
You quit Calvin Klein.
You gave up your apartment.
Your own sisters aren't
even your maid of honor.
I just see you doing a lot for him.
I didn't do any of that for him.
[sighs] I see you
making your life smaller.
Aren't relationships
supposed to be about compromise?
- What has he compromised on?
- This wedding?
What else?
He…
[Wistful music plays]
I mean, he hasn't really.
We want the same things.
The governor's mansion? The White House?
[Carolyn] No, we talked about all this.
When I didn't immediately accept
his proposal, we figured it out.
He's not interested in politics.
[scoffs] Carolyn.
Of course he is.
Please tell me you know that.
That's not who he is.
Not who he is?
Who is he?
I don't think he has any idea.
All he knows
is who he's supposed to become.
The heir to Camelot.
That's the only thing
the world has ever told him.
If there's no Camelot,
then what was the point of all this loss?
He could walk away
from all of that tomorrow.
[sighs] Toward what?
Me, Mom.
[inhales deeply] What are you
actually advocating I do here?
I don't know.
Okay, well, I'm marrying him tomorrow,
so the least you could do
is pretend to be happy for me.
You're wrong about him.
Maybe.
But I'm not wrong about you.
- [people chattering, laughing]
- [jazz playing]
[music stops]
[clears throat]
- [chattering quiets]
- [insects buzzing]
[clears throat]
Carolyn and I owe you all
a great deal of gratitude.
I understand we imposed
certain conditions upon this event
that at times may have seemed extreme.
- [guests chuckling]
- [sentimental music playing]
But what we really wanted was a collection
of people who we really loved,
who make our lives interesting,
and meaningful and who give us both
a great sense of connection
to the people in our lives.
I really can't believe that you're going
to be called my wife on Sunday.
- Saturday.
- Saturday.
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday.
Carolyn has changed my life
in ways that I never thought possible.
And she really has made
me the happiest man alive.
[guests] Hear! Hear! Hear!
- Hear! Hear!
- Hear! Hear!
Hear! Hear!
[Ed clears throat]
Uh, I'm Ed.
- Hi, Ed.
- Schlossberg.
Wearer of, uh, many hats,
including that of poet
[guests chuckle]
Or as I like to say,
the world's boldest profession.
[guests chuckle]
This is called
"The Quantum Mechanics of Love."
Desire plus emotion equals devotion.
Truth plus lust equals trust.
[guests chuckle]
[Ed] Politics plus fashion…
Equals passion.
John and Carolyn, we wish you
a lifetime of completing each other.
The two of you add up
to the perfect couple.
To the lovebirds.
- To the lovebirds.
- To the lovebirds.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
[music resumes]
[Ann clears throat]
I'm, uh… Hello.
Hi.
[music ends]
Uh, I'm Ann, Carolyn's mom.
To Kennedys, far and wide,
thank you so much
for welcoming
the Bessette-Freemans into your family.
I hope we've made you
feel welcomed into ours.
Uh…
[chuckles]
When Carolyn first
told me she was dating John,
I had to pretend to be surprised.
Carolyn doesn't know this,
but Lauren had already told me.
- Mom. I'm gonna cry.
- [Ann] Sorry, Lauren.
Sorry.
I, uh… I didn't make much of it at first,
I just figured it would be a fun fling,
and then, you know, back to reality.
[guests chuckle]
So when it started getting
serious between the two of them,
I just remember thinking,
"How is she going to navigate
all of this?"
John's life was just so big,
and I worried how could Carolyn
How could anyone manage to
maintain their own center of gravity
around something that massive?
That shiny?
Which isn't, uh, something I ever thought
I'd have to worry about with Carolyn,
who's always been
a force of nature in her own right.
I remember when she was 16
and I picked her up at the bus stop,
I noticed all of her friends
were sitting in the back of the bus
and Carolyn was up front.
After about a week of this, I asked her,
"Why aren't you sitting
with all of your friends?"
And she told me that
there was a new girl who got car sick.
And she didn't want her to sit alone.
As if that's what anyone would do.
What more could you want in a daughter?
Or a wife?
Or anyone?
Carolyn has always
made other people feel seen and heard.
It's kind of like her superpower.
[chuckles]
John…
I know that you have been
burdened with enormous expectations
and that there are a lot of people
on the bus clamoring for your attention…
I just hope that
when you are faced with it all…
You don't choose to sit where
you are expected or wanted,
but where you are needed.
That is something that
I pray she can count on.
I'm sorry.
- [sniffles]
- [sentimental music plays]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[music ends]
That was quite the speech.
I'm sorry if my words hurt you.
I was talking about Ed.
[both chuckle]
[sighs]
You know, you don't have to worry.
I'm gonna care for her, Ann.
She would give up everything for you.
Can you say the same?
You know, you talk about her
like she's some shipwreck.
The truth is, she's the most intact,
unbroken person I've ever met.
My life isn't massive
without your daughter.
It's nothing.
And she's my family now.
And so are you.
And angry or not,
you're here with me tonight.
And my parents, well…
[sighs]
And I just want you to know
that I don't take your presence here
or in my life for granted.
I'm going to prove that to you
and to Carolyn.
For the rest of our lives.
I know you believe that.
[Dramatic music playing]
[John] Thought I'd find you out here.
- Thank you.
- [John] You're welcome.
You okay?
- You wanna talk about it?
- [sighs]
Not really.
It's unbelievable.
This is the same ocean as Hyannis.
[Carolyn] Mmm.
Same ocean by Grandma Jennie's in Queens.
It's kind of terrifying.
Something so big and vast.
I find it comforting.
It's all just one big thing, you know,
and it always will be.
There's, uh, certainty.
You're gonna be my wife tomorrow.
[chuckles]
I'm gonna be your wife forever.
["Suzanne" plays]
Suzanne takes you down ♪
To her place by the river ♪
You can hear the boats go by ♪
You can spend the night forever ♪
Whoa. We gotta go.
And that's why you wanna be there ♪
And you want to travel with her ♪
And you want to travel blind ♪
[John] What are you doing?
For you've touched her perfect body ♪
With your mind ♪
Yeah ♪
Now, Jesus was a sailor ♪
When he walked upon the water ♪
And he spent a long time watching ♪
From his lonely wooden tower ♪
And when he knew for certain ♪
Only drowning men could see him ♪
He said "All men will be sailors then ♪"
"Until the sea shall free them" ♪
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
But he himself was broken ♪
She's touched your perfect body ♪
With her mind ♪
[song ends]
[Emotional music playing]
[chattering]
Thank you.
[laughing]
That's quiet.
Welcome. Nice to see you.
- Thank you very much.
- You're welcome.
- It's beautiful.
- Thank you.
[Upbeat pop music playing]
[sighs]
- [Lauren] Can you cover the bags?
- [Jules] Yeah, yeah.
[Lauren] Get rid of those.
Do it beautifully, though.
Of course.
Where have you been?
I blew a fuse with the steamer.
- [zipper opens]
- [Narciso] Ta-da.
- [gasps] Drop dead
- Oh, gorgeous.
Okay. Zip me up.
There is no zipper.
We have to put it over your head.
I just did her makeup, and it's flawless.
I'm not gonna redo it.
I can't just step into it?
No.
- We're already a half hour late.
- Yeah, we still have to do your hair.
Shouldn't someone have thought of this?
Mmm, yeah, probably.
[Carolyn sighs]
You know what? I'll figure it out.
[door closes]
[helicopter whirring]
What's that noise?
I believe that's
the sound of a helicopter.
Nobody but you, Lord, yeah ♪
Nobody but you ♪
Fuck this, I'm leaving.
Hasta la horseshit.
Language, young man, you're in a church.
It's the Unabomber's shed.
No wonder John bailed.
[Tense music playing]
- You got 'em?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Where?
Keep going.
- You look that way.
- I got it.
- [children giggling]
- [chattering]
[Anthony chuckles]
Oh, shit!
What the hell is that?
Right there.
Shit!
[chuckling]
[applause]
Yes!
Sorry we're late, everybody.
Had to outrun Charlie.
[Anthony] Sorry, it was the paps.
Someone must have tipped them off.
- Good to see you.
- Thank you for coming.
- [Tommy] What's up? How you doing?
- Hi. How are you? Good.
- [insects buzzing]
- [wood creaking]
[music ends]
[sighs]
[Pop music playing]
Is there any chilled Vouvray?
Yeah, there is.
Just, uh, keep looking in there
until you find it.
It's gonna get dark in 20 minutes.
There's no electricity.
- Candles.
- Are there candles?
It's a church.
[sighs]
Are you smoking?
- Put that out.
- What?
[John] Help me find candles.
[knocks on door]
Come in.
- What's happening?
- Narciso is working his magic.
- Crisis averted.
- And the helicopter?
- Gone.
- [Carolyn sighs]
Thank you.
[groans]
Are you still mad at me?
- Yes.
- Mmm.
- Can I have some of your champagne?
- No.
I'm sorry.
I know.
Carolyn, it's ready.
[scoffs]
We'll only be two hours late
if we leave right now.
- Okay. Come on. Let's go.
- Mm-hmm.
- Come on!
- [Lauren] Come on.
[Sentimental music playing]
[bridesmaids laughing]
[sighs]
[Carolyn sighs]
Whoo!
We made it!
[guests whistle]
All right, everybody.
Amazing grace ♪
How sweet the sound ♪
That saved a wretch like me ♪
I once was lost ♪
But now am found ♪
Was blind ♪
But now I see ♪
How precious did ♪
That grace appear ♪
The hour I first believed ♪
We find ourselves in celebration of love,
of sanctity, of commitment.
Since it is your intention
to enter into marriage,
please join your right hand to declare
your consent before God and His church.
"I, John, take you, Carolyn,
to be my lawful wife."
I, John, take you,
Carolyn, as my lawful wife.
[priest] "To have and to hold."
To have and to hold.
[priest] "From this day forward."
From this day forward.
[priest] "For better or for worse."
For better or for worse. [Sniffles]
[priest] "For richer or poorer."
[John] For richer or poorer.
[priest] "In sickness and in health."
In sickness and in health.
[priest] "Till death do us part."
Till death do us part.
Till death do us part.
[priest] John, do you take Carolyn
to be your wife?
I do.
[priest] Carolyn, do you take John
as your husband?
I do.
[priest] I now pronounce you man and wife.
You may kiss the bride.
[cheering, applause]
[Anthony] And now for their first dance,
my best friend… [chuckles]
…and his best friend,
Mr. And Mrs. John F. Kennedy Jr.
["(Nice Dream)" playing]
They love me like I was a brother ♪
Everybody's looking at us.
- I know. It's so awkward.
- [giggles]
They protect me ♪
All right, everybody,
come and join us on the dance floor.
They dug me my very own garden ♪
It's perfect.
I don't want it to end.
It won't.
Everything ends.
Not us.
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
I call up my friend, the good angel ♪
But she's out with her answerphone ♪
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
Nice dream ♪
[wind howling]
[music ends]
["Crazy for You" playing]
She is gorgeous!
Morning!
- Morning.
- Feel like logging some hours?
It's a beautiful day for flying.
What do you say?
Let's do it.
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪
Crazy for love ♪