Too Much (2025) s01e06 Episode Script

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[Jess] Wendy Jones, I know logically that
you're the wrong person to be mad at.
I am a feminist, after all.
And while I can't yet access
the totality of my rage at Zev,
I am full of abject
rage at my mother!
Please stop showing me shirts. I
really need you to hear me, Mum!
[grandma] Did she
just call you "Mum"?
[laughs] A month in London,
and she's Madonna. Oh my God.
Eat my ass, okay?
Fuck off. I'm serious.
Mom, you never gave us a
strong male role model!
You never showed us healthy
love that we could emulate.
What about this one?
Do you think it'll fit?
It has a nice, loose,
gauzy feel. I like it.
Let's talk about it later, okay?
I This is your fault!
I mean [scoffs]
You have ruined me
when it comes to men.
I mean, I'm ruined. I have
literally no instincts!
[intense rock music
playing in distance]
It's always a girl ♪
It's always a girl ♪
It's always a girl ♪
-[echoing] It's always a girl ♪
-[discordant feedback]
It's always a girl ♪
-[crowd cheering]
-[feedback squeals]
That sound system
was out of whack.
Yeah, you think so?
Yeah, I was playing, and
it didn't sound right.
That's 'cause it wasn't sounding right,
'cause you were playing like shit.
Do we think those
two girls are
-[Felix] Jesus Christ.
-20-plus?
[Felix] That's fun.
You should host a show on
television where you fucking guess.
-People'll go crazy for it.
-Oh, come on, Fee.
You used to be so slinky. Now you're
giving non-slink all the time.
Well, the guy's
in love. Come on.
I mean, love changes a man.
So I'm just gonna just
gonna ask 'em for an ID.
Fucking hell, man. When did
you become such a pervert?
I'm not a pervert. That's
why I'm gonna ask them.
Guys, that was fucking dog shit.
-You're not even trying anymore.
-[Denby] We did try.
What are you doing? You keep making
shit up in the middle of our sets.
Are you doing the thing where
you imagine you're at Wembley?
Life is a stadium.
No, it's not. This is a
tiny fucking record store.
Play like it's a tiny fucking
record store, in time.
You You were actually
really good again, as always.
-Thank you. I appreciate it.
-Thanks.
I don't know what the
fuck you were doing.
You're supposed to keep us in time,
be the backbone of the fucking band.
You were trying to make eyes
with girls out past their curfew.
Maybe we're not the problem. Maybe
it's that you used to be fun.
We used to live the life. We used
to do ecstasy in the morning,
cocaine at night, maybe a little
foursome, and order a pizza afterwards.
And now you're fucking
monogamous and gluten-free.
But you know what?
I miss the Felix
who filled our home
with mischief and mayhem
and girls wearing nothing
but their headbands.
That's why I moved you in and let you
stay for precisely fuck-all pounds.
Now it's like I gave my
spare room to my nan.
So, that big speech you
gave me when I moved in
about helping me to get clean
and giving me a safe space
to try and make some music,
find myself, that was all lies?
No, it wasn't lies, Felix. It
was just part of the truth.
There's always a fucking quid
pro quo with you, isn't there?
Know what? I'm glad
you said that out loud
'cause I'm not some
organ grinder's monkey.
You can't just give me a
bed and expect me to dance.
I'm still stuck on you using
the term "quid pro quo."
-Fuck you, Auggie. Fuck you.
-[Auggie] Carpe diem.
-Find a different wingman, or get some
-Veni, vidi, vici.
[gasps] Oh, this? I've had
this for a really long time.
I just threw it on.
[giggles] Felix!
Stop looking at me like
that. You are naughty!
[giggles flirtatiously]
Maybe the hood's too much.
Oh my God.
You're looking at me,
and you love my outfit.
[laughs] I know, it's pretty cute,
but you're a pretty cute guy.
-So, why don't we take off my sleeves?
-[knocking on door]
[knocking continues]
Jess?
[Felix] Ah.
Hey, cutie.
-[chuckles]
-What's going on?
Are you ready to ravish
the haunted maiden?
You look fucking amazing.
I'm just having such a shit day.
I'm sorry. I'm in the opposite mood.
-[Jess] Oh.
-It's just unfortunate timing.
Sorry, these are fucking heavy. I'm
not very mobile. Hey. I love your hat.
It's not really a hat.
Do you wanna get into
something more cozy
and I can tell you about the
fucking nightmare I've been living?
-[Jess] Oh, um
-[exhales]
Yeah. I mean, I feel comfy. I I
don't mind letting it all hang out.
Oh shit! Candles, dude! [blows]
Sorry. Not being weird. I don't
want you to catch fire again.
-Are you hungry, by the way?
-[chuckles] Dude?
I think I might get a
Deliveroo or something.
[Astrid whines]
Hey! You look nice today.
I'm glad that somebody does.
-She looks really hot today.
-[Jess] Yeah.
She's really rocking
this necklace thing.
[Jess] Glad that
you love her outfit.
So, basically, I had a bit of
a domestic with Auggie. [sighs]
Long time coming, and, uh,
I was wondering, is it okay
if I stay here for a while?
I I gotta go to the bathroom.
[Felix] Okay. You
wanna go walkies?
Hey, muggle, look
what I got for you.
Hello. I love you.
I thought you didn't
know what that meant.
Shall we clip this
on your collar?
-You don't feel like it?
-[door closes]
[Jess huffs]
[gloomy music playing]
[phone unlocks]
[sighs] I may look
like a flighty idiot
who could just be steamrolled
into a sudden move-in,
but I pick up on everything,
despite, or maybe because, I was
raised by women, even if nasty women.
So, you can't piss on my leg
and tell me it's raining!
Stay for a couple
nights? Yeah, right!
That's how I end up with someone who's
using my credit card to buy porn.
And who pays for porn
in this economy?!
[exasperated sigh]
Okay. Jessica, breathe.
Good girl. Nice girl.
Good, nice girl.
[sheepishly] Hi. I thought
you guys went out for a walk.
Yeah, I don't think she
fancied it in the end.
-So, you guys didn't leave?
-Nope.
Okay.
So you
Heard most of it, yep. Wow!
[chuckles] Okay. Well, I
wasn't, like, talking to myself.
That wasn't what I was worried
about, to be honest with you.
I'm not trying to con you
into moving in together.
I just had a bit of a
situation go down. That's all.
Yeah, and
I mean, I guess I'm just
stupid and an idiot,
and you're probably
exhausted by my paranoia.
And I don't even know how to
interact with a man in a healthy way.
I haven't said any
of those things.
I told you that you look
fucking amazing, and I meant it.
Sometimes it feels like you're
fighting with someone who isn't here.
You're right.
Okay, I'm sorry.
No, I think you're
right, actually.
It's my fault. I
shouldn't have come.
It's too soon to be relying
on you for everything.
No!
-I'll stay with someone else. It's fine.
-It's fine. Where else are you gonna go?
I don't know. I could give
Polly a call or something.
-[Jess] Polly?
-It's not a big deal.
-I'll see you after your work trip.
-Okay, I feel like everyone
-[Felix] You'll do great.
-We got triggered.
[Felix sighs]
[grunts]
[sighs]
[Jess sighs deeply]
If you would have just
walked, you dumb fucking slut!
[Astrid whines]
-Okay, you're not holding her quite
-I've got this.
-Support her.
-Dogs love me. It's fine.
Okay. So, when you're feeding her,
right, you're gonna put the sweet Hi!
the boiled sweet potato
over the kibble, right?
Otherwise, she's
not gonna eat that.
Then, you have to put stay with me
the gravy on top of the sweet potatoes.
-Mummy's crazy.
-[Jess] Follow me?
Um, otherwise, she's
not gonna eat that.
Not gonna eat the kibble, the
sweet potatoes aren't there.
Not gonna eat the sweet
potatoes, the gravy's not there.
-An illusion on top of an illusion.
-[whispers] Crazy.
And then, if there's any
kind of thunderstorm,
um, her thunder jacket is
here with her outside clothes.
But then, her precious gowns are
right here with her inside clothes.
-Jessica, chill!
-She can wear this inside, not outside.
Hey! Chillax, babes. All right?
'Cause that's what we're gonna be
doing. We're gonna be chillin'.
Like a pair of villains,
watching Holby City,
noshing on some dough
balls from Pizza Express.
Tell me you're
not gonna do that.
-It's fine!
-She'll get sick. Do you want her to?
-No.
-You're gonna
-Just dog food.
-It's all good, Mummy.
Good. Good, good, good.
Also, um, if any blood falls
out of her vagina, totally fine.
Don't worry about it.
Just let her free bleed.
Okay? Don't panic.
Free bleed?
I got it.
-Okay, guys, have fun.
-See you later. Bye, Mum.
-[door closes]
-Bye. [chuckles]
Please don't do it
from your vagina.
[in French] There.
Merci.
[in English] Can
I have some salt?
No fucking way. I put
salt in it already.
Well, not enough. Like,
it's weak on the tongue.
And cumin?
I literally put cumin
Like, that was the first
thing that I put in.
And maybe, like,
ginger, also. Turmeric.
You know what? You
should add some pancetta.
Okay, that's just a
completely different omelet
-I wish.
-to the one I made you.
I'd forgotten what a nightmare you are
to cook for. All feedback, no gratitude.
[laughs] It's because I
do it better, that's all.
I thought I'd
fucking nailed that.
I rolled it up French
style and everything.
No, that's good, but the taste.
Come on, why you get so sad when
you get the tiniest bit of critique?
-Critique makes artists stronger.
-[sighs]
I'm real with you.
That's a gift I give you.
What happened?
You always wound up on
my doorstep after MDMA.
Well, I'm sober as a
bone, so it's not that.
Nothing's happened.
I just fell out with Auggie,
so I needed somewhere to crash.
Okay. Then I'll say nothing.
Did you go on another
date with that, um
[clicks tongue] What was
he? Like, stockbroker guy?
How did that go?
[sighs]
Did your cousin get out of jail?
Fuck's sake, man.
[chuckles] Jesus Christ,
I forgot about this trick.
Ah, okay.
Literally nothing has happened.
We're just taking it slow.
I'm just trying to be
smart about it. That's all.
[sighs] Okay.
You can make, like, shitty omelet,
but please do not lie to me.
Mm. You should
taste it, actually.
Like this, you can
make an effort.
-I'm not hungry.
-No, you should.
-What are you do What the fuck?
-Trust me.
Dude, you just slapped me
in the face with an omelet?
Non. I mean, not
[speaks French]
Fuck you, man. I just made
that for you. Fucking
[both laughing]
-What the fuck?
-Wait!
Come here!
-[speaking French]
-For a fucking omelet. Fuck.
[woman] I told him that without
a ring, he has no guarantee
that I'm not gonna
meet someone in Dubai.
That's so classic. He thinks he
can lock you down without hardware.
Tell me about it, ladies!
I mean, men are all
psychotic rapists, right?
-Yeah. Uh
-Yeah.
Peace. Sorry.
-Yeah. Have a good day.
-Have a good day. [clears throat]
-Anyway
-[woman 2] I know.
Well, this is exactly how I like
to spend my Thursday morning,
waiting at a service
station on the M25.
We should've been on
the road an hour ago
so we can scout the
Christmas village by 4:00.
[Kim] Where's Jim?
We have to look at this location
today if we want to make it work.
-Director's not here, man.
-Ugh, half an hour late is chic.
Forty-five minutes is
disrespectful. [chuckles]
[imitates siren, laughs]
The snack police is here,
and you're under arrest,
so drop your weapons.
I cannot believe the
UK service stations.
I mean, you can get fresh mango.
It's crazy. I'm having dinner
here. It's like we're on vacation.
I also got these ears
if anybody wants a pair.
They're from a charity that's helping
kids meet rabbits or something.
So, nice.
-[laughs] Let 'em meet them, right?
-[horn honks]
[Jess] That's our guy.
Here we go.
Okay.
-[grunts]
-[Jess] Don't bump your head.
-Thank you. Uh, what's your name?
-Hassan.
Hassan, I could see you
vaping up your sleeve.
I'm not gonna tell your
boss, but I could, you know?
-Have a good one.
-[scoffs] Okay.
[Jim] Erm
-[Jess] Hi.
-Hi.
[Jess chuckles]
Uh, I'm gonna take
the front seat.
-Okay.
-By the window. Separately.
From me. From me.
I'll sit in the back.
-Separately from all the people.
-Okay.
And, um, I'd like, um
-Uh
-The other part of your glove?
Sorry.
Um, and can we, um
Can we lose the, uh
Ooh. Ouch.
the bunny ears?
Because we're not 13.
-Are we?
-[quietly] No.
-We're not?
-Nope. We're not.
[Jim] Okay.
[Jess] Yeah, fuck the charity!
So you do identify
with your sign?
[inhales sharply] I've been told I
have a lot of Aquarius tendencies.
[Kim] You know, Scorpios and Virgos
are actually very connected signs.
Scorpio is able to push Virgo
to excel past their boundaries.
Wow.
Uh, I'm a Cancer. [chuckles]
What should I know?
Uh, that's not a sign I've
ever really thought about.
I think Cancers lie a lot.
Yeah, well, not me. [chuckles]
Unless I'm lying right now.
Who even knows if I am a Cancer?
[chuckles] I'm kidding.
I'm not I tell the truth
almost to a fault. [chuckles]
[Boss] Genius move.
You're rejecting all the
hottest people on Raya, right?
So they start to wonder
what's so great about you?
-[chuckles]
-Ah.
I think they'll probably know
what what my appeal is already.
That's your move, is it?
Yeah, I'm literally doing
it on Sniffies right now.
Sniffies? What's that?
Is that, uh, just for the
for the LGBTQ+ community?
Yeah! Like, I'll show you.
It basically It basically shows me
all the people in my periphery right now
who are looking to obliterate their
psyche through false intimacy.
-Beautiful.
-Yeah.
Does that mean that there's a
So he's a he's another
wee Sniffy, is he?
-You could say that.
-That's beautiful.
[clicks tongue] Any
news highlights?
-[Jonno] Darling, breathe!
-[Kim] Okay. All right, move up a little.
Cute.
Maybe, like, throw up a
peace sign or something.
-No, that that feels awkward.
-[Kim laughs] Come on!
[scoffs] She's still
a puppy, all right?
Yeah, she's full of
jubilance and joie de vivre.
-[snapping photos]
-No, I'm not gaslighting you.
How can I gaslight you? I
don't know what that means.
This place is so darn quaint!
I mean, I remember watching BritBox
and just dreaming of spots like this,
and here we are.
This couldn't be real! Pinch
me, I'm dreaming! [laughs]
[Jess clears throat]
But, yeah, I think it's a
viable option for our shoot.
It has all the sets we need, plus
an airplane hangar for our build.
-Um, Raven, chime in? [chuckles]
-Uh
Yeah, I spoke to the Head of Permitting,
who says they're really open to shooting.
I I think the weather
could be a challenge, but
-[Jess] We have the studio
-And rain cover.
-Yeah.
-[Jim] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's all feeling a bit, um,
cloying
Cloying. Cloying. Can
you define that for me?
for me.
It's presenting itself as
something that's charming
and English without actually
being charming or English.
-Creepy and haunted.
-It's not creepy.
-Okay, yeah.
-But it's it's um
There's a There's a
malaise, don't you think?
It's not creepy at all.
But there is a malaise, I'd say.
It's presenting itself in a very strange,
sort of inauthentic way, you know?
It's all charm, charm, charm.
We've got to move away from the
sheen of Pip & Partners, you know?
We've got to make something that's
dangerous. So, let's just stop.
Sorry.
Everybody just stop,
and let's just zoom out
and see what we're doing.
Pause.
We've gotta make this feel like it's
it's Ken Loach making a Christmas film.
We've got to smell the booze and
we've got to smoke the cigarettes,
and we've got to eat
the processed meat.
Got to understand what it's
like to fight for your life
at Christmas in a country that
doesn't value anything but the rich.
[exhales] I just got
the chills. Yeah.
[line rings]
[Felix] You've reached
the office of Relix Femen.
I don't really want a voice
message. I find them violent.
-[cell phone ringing]
-[exhales heavily]
Oh, fuck no.
[line beeps]
[clears throat]
[bright music playing]
Well, hey, you.
Well, hey, you.
So, you're still
driving the Tang?
[man] Mm-hmm.
What, you think I'm
just gonna hop right in,
go for a spin, let you
speed as fast as you like,
wind in my hair,
smile on my lips?
You think I'm gonna spend
the evening in your arms,
forgetting who I am?
So that you can drop
me at my mother's house
and push me up against the wall
for a little good-night fondle?
I've aged.
I'm a gr
-[man] Hmm?
-I'm a mother now.
[sultry music playing]
Doesn't look it.
You look like you
did when you were 16
and I kissed you goodbye
in the record store,
by the Rolling Stones section.
Sticky Fingers!
[both chuckle]
And then they sent
me to juvie. [blows]
Don't worry.
Tell your daddy I'll
have you home by eight.
Daddy died.
Cool.
[Nora] Mom!
Why don't you, uh, start me up?
Be right back.
[sighs]
-[Nora] Mommy, now!
-[quietly] Fuck.
What? What? What? What? What?
I just don't get why they
turned Teresa into a meme
'cause it's like, she
is a prostitution whore.
Teresa is right.
This is what we
culturally do to women.
You called me in to watch
"prostitution whore"?
-Yeah.
-Danielle Staub and Teresa Giudice?
-Yes!
-Do you know what?
-You're crazy. Get up. Out of bed.
-No. No!
Yes! You are getting up
out of bed, my friend.
Okay, I'm not "your friend."
And also, you're going out on a date to
get us, like, the daddy Jessica wants.
Grandma's at a bridge game
with people half my age.
Nobody needs me! There's no
reason to get out of bed.
Okay, except for your son, who's
gonna be home from school soon.
And he might probably want a
vague sense of, oh, I don't know,
his mother having changed
her clothes today.
You know what's the crazy
thing about changing clothes?
You have to do it again the next
day. What's the goddamn point?
Okay. Get up and
get in the shower.
-Now. No, no. No more. Get up. Get up.
-No.
-No.
-Because Dane is outside.
And that is my destiny
waiting for me.
I I I can't
do this anymore.
-I can't fucking do this anymore.
-Then don't do it, okay?
-Lois, you don't know my life!
-Do not call your mommy Lois!
Do not call her
by her first name!
That is so fucking
disrespectful!
Okay, and do not refer
to yourself as "Mommy"
'cause it is the
work of a psychopath!
All right, know what?
-Get up, and get in the shower!
-No!
Because you know what? You smell
like a hamster, and you're old!
Now get up because my
love is not unconditional.
-Go!
-Great. No.
-No?
-No.
You got I'm gonna spank you.
I'm gonna spank you, Nora
Louise. There you go.
God, it is so typical.
I mean, a director, who's usually male,
has no idea what he's actually making.
This is part of why I
left my job in New York.
I started feeling so
resentful, and now I feel
You're realizing that middling white women
feel terrible wherever they go. I know.
I think this is the best it gets
for you. You're not Dua Lipa.
-Hey.
-[Kim] Mm?
You know I just messaged
Raven back on Sniffies?
When I tell you, the message I
sent was psychological warfare.
-It's incredible.
-Show me.
-No.
-Let's see it.
Does it feel like Josie and I
made kind of a breakthrough?
Like, whatever was holding her
back, she's finally able to shed it.
Jonno sends his regrets,
team. He can't do dinner.
He has to, um
He had to head back into the city
'cause there was a drama with Diane.
Oh my God. Is his wife okay?
Diane's the Irish Wolfhound.
Um, so, I'm gonna
go find some food.
[Kim] Uh, me too.
[Boss] Ideal time for me to
have a sniff around Sniffies.
[Jim clears throat]
-Hello.
-Oh, hi!
Dinner's been disbanded, so
I'm just gonna get Domino's.
-Oh, okay. I've got
-Do you have anything?
I've got a lot of
invitations, so, um
But, uh, I just like to keep it
low-key when it's a weeknight,
so I'm just gonna go to the pub.
So you can you know, you
can join me if you want to.
Oh, that's so nice. Yeah, um
I'm supposed to talk to my
friend Felix tonight, but, oh!
[in British accent]
He's not talking to me.
[both chuckle]
He has not sent me
anything, but it's okay.
[in funny voice] Well,
maybe you could come along.
[both chuckle]
-Maybe I will.
-Okay, well, after you, madam.
[in normal voice] I don't
feel comfortable. Come.
-Okay. Let's go get some freaky snacks.
-[clears throat, sighs]
Are you a part of a really active
hipster dad group chat or something?
No, I'm just in a back-and-forth
with this tiny, fucking prick loser
on fucking Letterboxd.
Armchair critics, you know, it's
gonna be the death of fucking cinema.
Meanwhile, this basement-dweller's
had the nerve to say
that my female characters
are undercooked. Nessa?
Nessa is undercooked, is she?
One of the most complex
depictions of a sex worker
that's ever been
shown on screen.
And Lily Allen, did she get
nominated for Best Newcomer
at the Palm Springs Film
Festival for nothing?
Which she would have won,
had she been able to attend?
Do you know what?
I'm gonna say that.
I don't think you have
to reply to everything.
I'm gonna reply to this attack.
I swear to God, these people just
think that I'm not a a human being.
I can just I
can just take this!
Please don't hit your head.
Just a man, you know?
Just a man making art.
Trying to make my ex-wife
regret her decisions.
I mean, yeah, I get it. I've done
a lot of things out of vengeance.
That's an interesting thing to
say. Is that like [murmurs]
What What have you done?
Like, get highlights.
And how is that going?
I don't know. I feel like
they're turning a little yellow.
Not the highlights. The man.
Does he regret
what he did to you?
Okay, how do you
know there's a he?
There's always a he.
Don't matter whether it's
Daddy or dickhead.
-There's always a he.
-[chuckles]
So, you've been with
Jonno five months, right?
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Um, yeah.
Just about five months.
How is that?
-It's good. It's good. [laughs]
-Uh-huh. How good? How good is it?
Hey, I am I'm good
at compartmentalizing.
So, you know, it's
It's a good job, and it's
a job. It's not my life.
-What is your life?
-Ah.
Kim, big question.
Um
Dancing in my room,
reading met a fiction
I don't know.
Thank you so much for sharing
something so intimate.
Tell me about you.
Oh, I just I get a little funny
talking about myself on a date.
Any kind of date,
personal, professional,
uh, friendly, romantic
Well, this could be a date.
Okay.
My wife My ex-wife, uh
It takes some time
to get used to.
Yeah, it does.
She always says that anger isn't a
reason enough to make films, you know?
But she's never made
anything, except our children,
so what the fuck does she know?
Well, I'm sorry to hear
about your divorce.
No, no, no. No,
don't don't be.
She just didn't mean
any of our vows.
And I did. I would have
nursed her if she got sick.
If she got saggy, I would have picked
the skin off the floor, you know?
-[Jess] Mm-hmm.
-But don't abandon me
because I fall into
bed with someone one
You know, one or two times
during the most difficult
period of my life
when when my work
is being attacked.
And the critical response
to a film that I poured
my heart and soul into,
it's just being ripped
apart, you know?
It's violence!
So, don't say that you
understand the words
"for better or for
worse," you know, Anita?
Are you attracted to me?
Um
Uh, I'm I'm not really sure.
To what percentage are
you at with me now?
Like, 52.
No, don't believe that.
[sighs] Okay, you're right.
It's more like 73, I guess.
Seventy-three, 74, 75.
That makes sense.
[Jess] You doing that,
like, made me go down to 72.
I feel like it keeps going up,
and then down, and then up again.
[Jim] Now?
For some reason, that,
like, took me down again.
-Yeah. If I looked away?
-[Jess] Let me see.
And then, if you
look back at me?
I feel like it was down, and then when
you looked back at me, down again.
But now, up, yeah.
Now it's up for me too.
I don't know about
reckless. I'm just, like
[takes a deep breath] I
don't know, I just like her.
Okay. But do you
think it's possible
you're forgetting yourself,
trying to make her happy?
You know what was cool about us?
We never did that.
We just, I don't know,
we lived the moment,
and when the moment
was shared, it was just
ours.
Not all me.
It's weird how you just,
like, remember fun times.
You forgot all the fucking nights
I stayed awake next to you,
just to see if you
were breathing.
I cried every time I saw you.
And not because it was
over, but because
I don't know, I was
scared that you would die.
Look at us, we're fine.
I'm proud of us. We made it.
Yeah, true.
And me, I waited around so long because
I knew it was in you to be good.
And it's weird because now
all this good is just
going to someone else.
That's how you feel?
[speaks French]
Well
You saved my life.
You know you did.
Did you ever wonder what
it would be if we
decided to be one?
Sor [sighs, scoffs]
What? As in
What do you mean? Like
Like, one. Like a
family. Having your baby.
-What? I said, like What?
-No, attends. You never think?
-Like, what are you saying?
-Like, you never thought about it?
-Like
-What, like, now?
So, what is it that you
love about making movies?
Oh my God, uh, well, uh
I guess I find when I'm in
the director's chair, I'm just
someone else, you know?
Somebody, um Somebody just
a bit better, less of a
less of a
You know.
A river runs through
me, you know?
-I just know what to do.
-Wow, that's amazing.
I wish that would happen to me.
Um, you know, when I was little,
I wanted to do what you do.
Probably sounds so stupid.
Mm, why does it sound
stupid? You can do what I do.
[chuckles softly] Thanks.
Something about
your, uh, sudden,
spasmodic movements, alongside
your kinda Tourette's-style
Oh, I don't have Tourette's.
No, Tourette's-style,
uh, outbursts that I
Oh, okay.
I've gotta tell you, I I
find it, uh, kind of disarming.
Kind of?
Kind of, yeah.
I do enjoy being disarmed.
It's unusual for me.
Well, I guess I'll take
it as a compliment.
I mean, you're saying you like it,
so it's not like it's a bad thing.
I don't think there's anything
wrong with having Tourette's.
No, I know that.
It's a beautiful thing
to have, Tourette's.
[Jess] Totally. It's a
different perspective.
-[Jim] Are you cold?
-[Jess] Yeah.
[Jim] Do you wanna come to
my horrible little hotel?
[Jess] Sure.
Oh God, there's something
about about pantyhose
that I just find so
deeply, deeply erotic.
-Um, can we say "tights"?
-We can say tights.
-We can say tights.
-[Jess] Yeah.
We can say anything you want as long
as I get my head between these thighs.
-[sighs]
-But I'm not gonna give it to you yet.
-Maybe I'm gonna tease you.
-Oh, okay.
-Yeah.
-I like that.
When you really beg for
it, maybe I'll say no.
No.
[Jess] Mm.
And then when you're really
When you're really, really,
really begging me for it
[Jess] Mm-hmm.
what happens then?
-Mm. You're still gonna say no?
-Might still.
-Might be no. Might be uh-uh.
-You're not gettin' it.
But maybe after that?
Maybe. Or maybe no.
Okay.
-Shall we just wait?
-Mm.
So, let's move along.
Well, don't rush it.
-I'm just saying. Well, I don't want
-I don't care.
-I'm not saying
-Yeah, okay.
-It's okay. Well, I'll wait. Um
-[grunting softly]
Just so you, um
FYI, my underwear is still on.
-No, I know. I
-Okay.
-Just
-I know. I know.
-Yeah.
-I can see that, you ratty little girl.
-Sorry.
-Ratty little
Okay, now. Right.
Tell me something.
[softly] Like what?
Like, uh
-Surprise me.
-Um
I I think I accidentally
killed my friend Jenny's hamster
when I was in the third grade.
It was like, we had the hamster in a car,
and we were, like, moving the Barbie car.
It fell down the stairs,
but she thought that it was
okay, but he wasn't okay.
And then we put him back in the
cage, and the next day he was dead
but I think it was me.
[Jim] Oh Okay, say
You liked that story?
-Yeah.
-Okay.
Tell me you love my movies.
Okay. I love your movies.
-You like them?
-Wait, what?
They're nothing. My
movies are terrible.
-You don't want me to say that?
-No. Tell me that you
-Continue. Tell me.
-I like Your movies are awesome.
-They really are.
-Yeah?
-I love to stream them.
-You like them? No. They're artless.
No, they're awesome. I
stream all your movies.
You stream them? Are they
available on streaming?
-Yeah.
-Do they make you stream?
[hesitates] Yeah.
Oh my God, that's so hot.
[Jess chuckles softly]
Okay, say say
say, uh, "Direct me."
-"Direct me."
-Mm. Okay.
-Direct me.
-Yeah, okay.
Direct me like your
whores in your movie.
Please don't say "whore." Don't
say "whore." It's not respectful.
-Oh, I was saying it, like, a sexual way.
-No, it's okay. Say, "Direct me."
I would never call
a woman a whore.
-I'm saying it in a sexual way.
-You just did.
-You asked me to say that.
-No, I said, "Direct me." "Direct me."
-Direct me.
-"Direct me now."
-Just do, "Direct me."
-[softly] Direct me now.
Yeah. "Direct me like you
directed Tim Roth."
Direct me now.
-Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. [grunts]
-Direct me like one of your sex workers.
-Okay. Yeah.
-That's better, right?
Yeah, it's much better.
Oh my God, I love you! I
love you! I love you so much.
-I miss you.
-[laughs] Wait. I'm sorry.
How could I even do that to you?
How could I have done that to you?
Did you say you loved me?
-Oh no. No, sorry.
-I'm just gonna get up for a second.
-I was thinking about someone else.
-[Jess] That's so weird.
Oh my God. What
is wrong with me?
-Um, I think I'm just gonna head out.
-You're not Anita. I'm sorry.
I made a mistake. I mistook
your identity for, uh
-For who?
-Um
-I was thinking about Anita.
-Okay, yeah.
Sorry. I I do apologize.
I'm not in a great, um, space.
Well, I'm not her.
No, you're not.
-I mean, you're lovely.
-I mean, I shouldn't be here either.
I have, like, a really beautiful
boyfriend that I've been dating.
-For a couple of weeks now.
-That's nice.
And so, I'm gonna head out.
And I have so much work
tomorrow, so I'm already going.
-You know, I got my stuff, tights, so
-Yeah. You okay?
[softly] Yeah.
Er, um
I'm sure she really loves you.
-[door opens]
-Sorry.
Are you okay?
Night.
[door closes]
Do you remember the
first time we had sex?
[gently] Yeah.
And what did you think?
Felt like
my whole world had blown open.
[softly] Breathe with me.
[in French] Are you okay?
[in English] Do you love her?
[Jess] I don't know.
I think that I cheat on
people when I'm anxious.
What? That's not what
you're supposed to do.
You get drunk and overeat when
anxious. I've told you a million times.
Well, I mean, he just looked
at my vagina. He didn't touch.
So I don't know if it's cheating
if he looks and he doesn't
touch it, you know?
Wait. Who?
Um, it Never mind.
Doesn't matter.
[takes a deep breath]
What do you, um,
remember about Dad?
You're older than me, so you
got three more years with him.
What do you remember?
So, we're going from your vagina
to what I remember about Dad.
Okay, I can hang. Um
He had this smell. I don't
know, it was, like, not bad.
It wasn't BO, but it was always
like he came in from playing tennis.
It was, like, this
sweet, sweaty smell.
He always looked down at
his hands when he was angry.
He was not a
confrontational person.
I mean, he punished me once,
and it was for throwing a glass
of water into Uncle Jay's lap.
Well, Uncle Jay sucks.
Uncle Jay Yeah,
he really sucked,
and I didn't feel sad
at all at his funeral.
[whispering] I pretended.
Um
But let's see. Dad
always sung to us.
And it would be, like, I don't
know, not cheesy stuff like Raffi.
Not like Baby Beluga.
He would sing, like, Van Morrison,
Joni Mitchell, you know, Leonard Cohen.
That one Bob Dylan
song that always, um
makes me It's like
And a song will lift ♪
As the mainsail shifts ♪
And the boat drifts
on To the shoreline ♪
And the sun will respect ♪
Every face on the deck ♪
The hour that
the ship comes in ♪
-[tearfully] It's a nice song, right?
-[Jess, softly] Yeah.
-I have to go, Jess. I love you.
-I love you too.
[Jess] We're all just
scrambling around, Wendy,
looking for the home
we only briefly had.
You can't go back to a
place that doesn't exist,
to a person that isn't there.
All right. Are you sure you don't
wanna hang out a bit before
No, I gotta FaceTime Dad. Sorry.
All right, well, um, do you think
that you could tell him that I'm
on a work Zoom at the moment?
But you're not on a work Zoom.
But I might get on a
work Zoom. We don't know.
I I could possibly be on one
in the next 15 to 20 minutes.
So, do you want me to tell him
that you are on a work Zoom?
Or that you could
possibly be on a work Zoom
in the next 15 to 20 minutes
that will not be applicable
while I'm on the call
I don't think that this
needs to be such a debate.
You can let him know
that I got a promotion,
that my hair is
growing beautifully
You got a promotion?
I may get a promotion
based on my behavior.
This is I just want a
little hug from my son.
That's what I want.
-[chewing] Whatever you want.
-[indistinct chatter on TV]
Okay, I love you.
You're my special boy.
-[Dash] Please don't say that.
-[call alert chimes]
[Dash] What did you
do to your hair?!
[Jameson] This is what the cool
kids do. I can bleach your hair.
[Dash] Please, no.
[Jameson] What do you wanna do
when you come into the city?
We could get tickets to some show,
if you want to sleep through that.
[Dash] All right.
That sounds good.
[Jess sighs]
Felix!
Felix, please!
Please!
Felix!
[door opens]
[Jess sighs]
-Hi.
-[Felix] You know, there's a bell.
[door closes]
I really want you
to move in with me.
[driver] Five pound?!
On a 237-pound trip?!
-Fuck you!
-[Felix] Fuck you, mate!
Okay, there goes your five
stars, you scary bastard!
Still gonna give him a good rating.
I mean, I love Uber drivers.
They mean so much to me. [sighs]
-You wanna move in?
-[softly] Yeah.
What about, like, all the
"moving too fast" stuff?
Well, I mean,
life's really short.
There's a lot of nasty people
in the world, and you're nice.
You're a nice guy.
And I want you at the house
when I'm at the house.
-We should just do what feels good.
-Okay. Yeah. Yeah.
Can you, like, promise to
be honest with me, though?
Don't hide in the bathroom
and talk to your phone.
Just, like, talk to me
if there's stuff. Like
Yeah. I don't even need
to go to the bathroom.
I don't need to have a phone.
I'll just piss my
pants, and I'll
-You'll just piss your pants?
-Just ask you to bring me more pants!
Do you want me to pick We
should have kept the Uber.
[both laugh]
-All right, fuck it. Let's go.
-Okay. Do you wanna get your bags?
[Felix] No, I'll just get
them tomorrow or something.
["Sister You Said" playing]
[Jess] I was kidding about the phone.
I feel like I need to have one.
-[Felix] You need a phone for your job.
-[Jess] Yeah.
And if I wanna text you when I'm at
work, "Oh, hi. Coming home soon."
[Felix] Yeah. Your life might fall
apart if you didn't have a phone.
-[Jess] I need a phone.
-[Felix] Everyone's life would.
-[Jess] Yeah, not just me.
-[Felix] Not you specifically.
[Jess laughs,
speaking indistinctly]
[dreamy indie tune ends]
I guess I just didn't
realize how angry I was.
You know, I feel,
like, really wounded.
Like there's this big gash
that can't heal or something.
And, like, it's not
your fault, obviously.
But I'm really, like I don't
ever want to punish you for it.
And I'm scared that I will.
Everyone's angry about
something, aren't they?
Yeah, but, like, where
do you put it all?
Maybe music.
For me. Sometimes.
Sometimes that helps.
That's really nice, but I don't really
have any of those kinds of skills.
I don't have skills.
What's, like, a song
that makes you feel
like, really powerful?
You know? Like, a song that makes you
feel like no one can fuck with you.
-Come on, let's do it.
-No. I'm not
We're not doing that.
I locked her in the
garden. [sniffles]
[crying] She's just a puppy.
-Aww.
-I don't feel myself these days.
I don't even know what
myself feels like anymore.
But I remember yourself.
I remember every inch of her!
Oh, do be quiet, Jonno.
[strumming gently]
-I'll look away.
-Okay.
Well, you almost
had me fooled ♪
Told me that I was
nothing without you ♪
But after everything
you've done ♪
I can thank you for How
strong I have become ♪
I'm sorry I
couldn't, like, um
It's fine.
Besides, I like this.
[chuckles]
I'll just say this is
I wish you farewell ♪
I hope you're
somewhere praying ♪
Praying ♪
I hope your soul is changing ♪
Changing ♪
I hope you find your peace ♪
Falling on your
knees, praying ♪
-Honey? Honey?
-[sobbing]
Sorry, I was just listening
to Taylor Swift. [sniffles]
-Okay.
-[groans]
Where's Dash?
I can't [groans]
I I can't remember.
[scoffs] Jesus! Fuck.
-Nora! Nora!
-Momma!
-Oh, my baby, come.
-Momma!
-My baby!
-[Jess] I'm proud of who I am ♪
No more monsters,
I can breathe again ♪
["Praying" by Kesha playing]
And you said that I was done ♪
Well, you were wrong And
now the best is yet to come ♪
And I don't need you ♪
I found a strength
I've never known ♪
I'll bring thunder ♪
I'll bring rain ♪
Oh ♪
When I'm finished ♪
They won't even
know your name ♪
I hope you're
somewhere prayin' ♪
Prayin' ♪
I hope your soul is changin' ♪
Changin' ♪
I hope you find your peace ♪
Falling on your knees ♪
Prayin' ♪
[reflective tune ends]