Summerland (2004) s01e04 Episode Script
Into my life
ld: I'm sorry.
Um,I thought you guys just said "Africa.
" South Africa.
For a year.
It's a chance for us all to get closer as a family.
Whose family? His or ours? We're all one family now.
KATIE: We went to stay with my grandfather at his lodge.
Welcome to the Blue Antelope.
It's not easy running a bed-and-breakfast.
I'm eager to help and I'd love to bring it out of retirement.
Out of a moment of new girl desperation I told theI have a boyfriend, and I don't.
Great.
Don't hurt her.
I'm not going to hurt her.
Your history says otherwise.
How old are you? I'm 18.
Congratulations.
You are our new bartender.
You're not 18.
Look,I know I screwed up.
You can't work here anymore.
Must be weird to be here where yo mom grew up.
I can feel her here.
You know,it's like she's with us.
I know what you mean.
-= What happenedto my kitchen? Halloween! It's our favorite holiday.
I don't celebrate Halloween.
Well,you do now.
This is our way of bringing some of our old home into our new one.
Yeah,we take holidays very seriously.
I suppose all this junk means you've decided to cancel your little Heritage Day dinner? Don't worry.
Our first official Heritage Day braai is still on.
We're gonna do a genuine South African barbeque, and it would be very nice if you would eat with us, considering you are our resident South African.
Forget it.
Heritage Day is a racket.
It's a six-year-old, completely fabricated, good-for-no-reason holiday, but you'll probably enjoy it.
We celebrated it in New York.
Weid the Heritage Day dance,the gumball dance.
The gumball dance? It's the gumboot dance.
He just called it that when he was little.
Mom did,too.
She called it that because you called it that.
It's a totally ridiculousance Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! See what I mn? Chase,that's awesome.
Maybe you could do that tonight at the braai.
Bad idea.
The braai,not the dance.
Well,both.
Hmm.
Well, actually,I think it's a good idea, and I think it'll be nice,and fun for your dad and for Chase,and for you.
My dad won't like it.
Well we'll see,but in t meantime,it's a secret,so Morning.
Happy Heritage Day.
Happy.
I think you missed a spot.
and my toiletry bagey and jumped out the window.
And you find that funny? No,I find the fact that you think you need to shave funny.
This monkey What did he look like? Like Katie, but with less hair.
He stole my cookies.
ART: This one will eat anything.
Johann.
Johann? Are you telling me you and this monkey have a history? Troops of verv monkeys move through the bush, but this one keeps coming back like a bad rash.
He's a cheeky,smart monkey.
Oh.
Everyone,this is Ntatu, the woman I was telling you about.
She's gonna be working with us and helping us run the lodge.
Ntatu,this is our family.
How are you? JO: Come on,Ntatu, I'll show you around.
You were invited to the Mara party? You weren't? I mean,I just figured that maybe you and Oliver, you know, 'cause you're an item.
Or not.
MAN: Heritage Day was created in the early days of post-apartheid South Africa, a holiday created to celebrate our cultural heritage and the diversity of our beliefs and traditions in a nation that belongs to all i people.
On this day we remember our past Hey.
Hey.
So,um Heritage Day,a lot of fun,eh? Yeah,Heritage Day.
I'm loving it.
Big parties? So I hear.
our differences create the foundation upon which our future will be built.
We must take aion by being a good neighbor.
We must find ways to give back by doing good deeds for those Africans who were oppressed.
We're on an honor system here.
I could report you for sneakingut.
I could report you,too.
At least when I cut class back in New York there's a ton of places to hide.
Oh,there places to hide here,too.
You just have to know where to look for them.
Let me guess.
Your middle name is " No,it's Philomena.
My parents are sadists.
Well,at least we have that in common.
I bet we have a lot of things in common.
You and me? I don't think so.
Well,why don't you come to my party tonight and find out? You never RSVP'd to my invite.
Yeah,I'm sorry.
I gotta work.
Oliver said you got fired.
I'm gonna get my job back.
Okay.
So you're blowing off my party,and me, for a job u don't even have? Like I said, I gotta work.
Right.
Fine.
Your loss.
Really,you have no idea.
JO: I know you've had a long flight, so you're probably feeling theffects of jet lag, so please relax get settled in.
Tea will be served at 4:00,and Art will help you get your bags to your room.
And,finally, welcome to the Blue Antelope.
the best and only eco lodge in the region.
You can stop selling them, baby-- they're here.
I know.
I just love saying it.
MIA: It's beautiful.
Been in our family for generations.
And she has no idea.
None.
We always take a big trip this time of the year.
I really want to do it,but every time,I just can't pull the trigger,you know.
My parents have been married for 30 years, and they hate each other.
Marriage scares me.
If it doesn't workut, you can always hire my mom.
She's a great divorce attorney.
(chuckling): Thank you,Mia.
But I'm sure it'll work out.
Ever since my grandmother gave me this ring, I've been a wreck.
Well,I cod keep it here for you in the office,if you like.
That would be a five- carat load off my mind.
I just want this to be one of the greatest moments in Lynn's life.
And it is my job to help you both achieve exactly that.
Tumelo,I can't believe those guys are invited.
I don't understand why you want to go to Mara.
It's a Heritage Day party without any heritage.
My favorite class back in New York was Anthropology, and there's this guy, Franz Boas,who said that the world is made up of very distinct cultures, and you have to see each culture in its own distinctness.
And that's what I like to do.
I like to observe people in their environment.
So think of this party as research.
Plus,I want to have fun.
Look,just come to the township festival.
Well,there's a big braai.
There's lots of food.
Uh You know,there'll be music, dancing.
You'll love it.
All right.
Yeah,township it is.
Hey.
No cuts.
Oh,I'm sorry.
No.
I'm sorry.
For what? You know.
Everything.
I have to do things for you to make upor the stuff that happened a long time ago.
You do? Okay.
I'm Amahle.
Chase.
You sound American.
Yeah.
I'm also half South African.
That'll be 38,please.
I should probably pay for your lunch.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
I'm not very good at keeping things in.
Why didn't you invite me to your party? I slid an invite into your locker, which you still haven't responded to.
Really? Locker 215? Uh 213,isn't it? Aha.
I thought you were blowing me off.
Why'd you take so long to say something? I didn't want to invite myself to your party.
Katie Clarke, will you please be so kind as to accompany me to my staggeringly amazing party? KATIE: You know, I already I'd love to.
Cool.
Hey,are you going home? No,Ant's Hill.
I thought you got No,I'm straightening it out.
Wait.
Hold on.
I agreed to go to two parties in one night-- first Tumelo and now Oliver.
What do I do? (chuckles) I love it when that little "good girl" bit comes back to bite you in the butt.
It's not a bit.
Tumelo's my friend and Oliver's Oliver.
So So? I mean,we both know what you're gonna do.
Let Oliver down easy.
Who says I'm gonna choose Tumelo? Because it's the right thing to do.
He asked first,and you never let a friend down.
You're Little Miss Perfect.
A cheetah never changes its spots.
It's a leopard.
Exactly my point.
You're so lame.
You're going to a job you got fired from.
That's lame.
Oh,well.
Is Wliam coming out for tea? He's napping.
Mm.
Jet lag.
Mm-hmm.
Could you arrange a ride back to the airport? Sure.
Did you lose a bag? I want to go home.
I'm sorry.
Uh,weren't you booked for aeek? Every year we take a big trip: Bali, Rajasthan,Mexico.
(voice breaking): And this year I really believed, I mean, Africa,you know, it's where we talked about doing .
William is never going to commit.
How can you know that? I mean,you can't be sure.
I just unpacked all our stuff.
Everything.
There's no ring.
I love him so much.
I can't wait around forever,though.
I want to start a family.
I'm sure everything will be just fine.
JO: She wants to do what? She wants to leave.
Her biological clock is ticking.
She made me listen.
But he brought her on this trip to propose to her.
Thank God.
When's he popping the question? Tomorrow night.
No,sooner; like now.
Sooner.
If that woman does not get a ring on her finger Well,we have to tell him.
No,we This is none of our business.
No,their business is our business,Danny; we are innkeepers.
Yes,we are innkeepers.
We are not marriage counselors.
But our chrson tou is what sets us apart from other lodges.
You have to give them the heads up or I will.
Jo,I don't know They're a sweet young couple.
He wants to propose, she wants a proposal.
We're just gonna help make it happen.
It'll be really romantic.
And maybe our lodge will become a wedding destination.
It'll he put us on the map.
This is the ring right here.
Let's just get ion her finger where it belongs.
Just five minutes.
You sound great.
We're rehearsing for the festival tonht.
What are you doing here? I thought maybe your fond memories of my beer-pouring might eclipse the stupidity of what I did.
Haven't you ever done anything really dumb that you wish you could take back? Oh,that's not the point.
Lying about your age and serving to minors not only put my job in jeopardy, but everyone else who works here,too.
We are not a bunch of rich kids from New York.
I made a mistake.
What can I do? I don't know,Jesse.
I'm sorry.
Here,let me help.
Whoops.
Here,let me do that.
You should sit down and put your feet up.
And you should go out and play.
Play? There's no time for play.
What are you doing? Cooking snoek rubbed with sage.
But you don't cook.
The cookbook doesn't know tha So,want to help me re a traditional South African meal? I thought we agreed ono braai.
Um,no,Katie,you decided that.
But who knows,you know? You may have a great time.
I'm making a melktert for dessert.
Hope it tastes better than it sounds.
I just really think that this would mean a lot to your father.
I'm sorry.
I'm already double-booked.
And if you're doing this for my dad, um,I think you're ju gonna be upsetting him.
Well,I think that he's going to enjoy it.
And m doing this for all of you, for all of us-- we're all family.
I think I've been doing enough helping of the family.
I just kinda want to do something for myself tonight.
So,I'm sorry.
Count me out.
JO: Okay,this is my garden.
Must be sage.
I knew I should have bought markers.
How's it going? Did you tell William? No.
Lynn is apparently napping, so Art took William to Soweto.
I will talk to him when they get back.
Okay.
Is this parsley or sage? Uh,that would be mint.
Right.
Firs time in an herb garden.
Oh,right again.
I hear there's a braai here tonight.
Did Katie say something to you? Uh,no,I caught Chase doing the gumball dance, and he spilled the beans.
Okay,well,I'm preparing a feast of snoek rubbed with sage or parsley, depending on my luck.
I think that's a fantastic idea, but I got betterne.
We've been invited to the festival at the township by some of my new clients.
I thought,let's go there, forget all this work.
Forget pretending mint is sage.
If youelebrated Heritage Day in New York, there's no reason not to celebrate it here.
Why am I the only person who seems to want this? What are you talking about? Well,Katie thought it was a terrible idea.
She did? Yeah,she thought it'd be upsetting for you, and she actually got pretty angry for Katie.
Look,Katie's not really angry.
She's,she's missing her mom.
Oh Heritage Day was a huge deal for Claire.
No,she misses her mom,of course, and here I am opening old wounds.
That's great.
You know,give me a few more hours and I bet I can make her cry.
Stop.
I love that you've done all this planning.
It's just let's go to the township festival, start a new family tradition.
What about Katie? I'll talk to her.
Listen,if you've done all this work, are you sure you're okay if we? Spare me the shame of desecrating South African cuisine? Hmm,let me think.
I'm good.
This is nice.
How much? Uh,how do you haggle with someone when you don't speak the language? Two,okay.
That's easy.
I have no idea what you just said.
She wants to leave me? Yeah,sorry about sticking my nose in your personal business.
I'm so glad you did.
I had no idea.
Well,I can't wait till Friday to propose.
Uh,why not sooner? We have a game drive planned this afternoon.
So I was thinking we'd set up a tent out in the bush with torches,flowers, sunset,Gramophone record the whole Out of Africa thing.
Sounds perfect.
Listen,I really appreciate you guys helping me out.
This is above and beyond.
Uh,we here at the Blue Antelope are all about the personal touch.
Oh,the ring.
The ring.
(laughing): Yeah.
That's strange.
You do have the ring? Tell me you have the ring.
(softly): Oh,no.
What? Johann.
Who's Johann? DANNY: You didn't by any chance come across a monkey wearing a five-carat diamond ring? If I did,I wouldn't tell anyone.
So I hear you and Jo had a moment.
More like Jo trying too hard.
Well,you know,that braai was for all of us.
She understands this holiday is an important part of your and Chase's heritage.
My heritage is Gray's Papaya, the Met and Barney's.
Look,I know,I know this holiday makes you think of Mom.
It makes me think of Mom.
She hated what this country was.
She fought against it.
But this holiday celebrates what South Africa has become, and that is the South Africa she loved.
I know she loved i I know everything she loved and hated, but I finally got her out of my head before we came here, and it wasn't easy, because erywhere I went and everything I did reminded me of her.
And I didn't think it could get worse than New York, but it is here.
She's everywhere.
I mourned for my mom once; I'm not gonna do it again.
I won't go to this family braai.
The braai's canceled.
We're all going to the township.
Love it if you came.
Dad,I'm 16-year-old girl.
I'm tired of trying to do the right thing all the time.
Why can't I just go to a party? I'm not gonna make you come if you don't want to.
Well,good,then I choose Mara.
Tumelo.
Oh.
Hello.
Listen,my mother wanted me to invite you to join us tonight.
I told her you were half South African, and she is excited to meet you.
Thank you, and thank your mom,but Great.
My father is giving the opening speech, so we should probably get there sometime around But,um I was going to go to the Mara party instead.
You are? Yeah.
Oliver came through on the invitation,and I'm just I'm in the mood for a fun high school party, you know? As opposed to a fun party celebrating your heritage? After my mom died, things got a little dark, and my friends threw me a party, and we started doing it every Saturday night, and sometimes it was packed, and sometimes it was just us, but it was always the happiest part of my week.
You know,it got me away from the house, and it helped me forget erything.
I think I need some of that right now.
Please understand.
Okay.
Do your anthropological study.
I'll see you on Monday.
WILLIAM: It was a monkey.
William, I've had it.
It was a monkey! You're sred,so you'll say anything to keep me here.
No more! I was really going to do it; I had the ring! Then for the last time,where is it? And don't tell me a monkey took it.
It's true-- there's this naughty vervet monkey that hangs out here, he's like a little kleptomaniac.
I know that I sound crazy.
He brought you here to ask you to marry him,I swear.
I was trying to propose to her.
Told her it's not about a ring, it's about love, and this is what I get.
Maybe it is.
Guys,please,calm down.
Lynn,I saw that ring.
He had no intention of asking me to marry him until your husband told him how I was feeling.
Why should I believe you'll still want to do this when we get home? Look,if you don't trust me,let's just forget about this.
Sounds good to me! No! Terrible! That sounds terrible! Can this get any worse? Thanks for the job,but I don't think I can continue.
You hired me to cook and clean but your son won't let me do my job.
He seems to have an obsession with housework.
Housework? Yes,with housework.
And he keeps apologizing to me.
Is there something wrong with him? I don't get it.
Please,please,Ntatu, don't leave.
We'll talk to him,I promise.
Honey,what what are you doing? Why this sudden obsession with housework? I'm making reparations.
For for what? Terrible things happened here and,on behalf of my people, I need to right the wrongs of the past.
It's called reparations.
Chase,you are an amazing person.
Come here.
You have to let Ntatu do her work.
I have to do something.
Okay.
Okay,well, you're 11 years old, which makes you part of a whole new generation, so it's your job to look forward, and to make sure that things like apartheid never happen again.
And just by being the amazing spirit that you are, and by not judging other people, you've already accomplished so much.
Okay? Come here.
I'm sorry,Ntatu.
I mean, for getting in your way.
What's that mean? You're forgiven.
And you are a warrior of peace.
It's an apology.
An apology? Do you know what this necklace means? It's an engagement necklace.
A what? It's like a diamond ring in your culture.
If you give this to me, and I accept it, it means we're engaged.
Are you proposing to me? Am I what? No.
I mean Look,Jesse,it's not me you have to convince.
It's him.
It's Mafika's place, and he won't take you back.
I tried.
We've got to do something.
I know what I said not to get involved, but we can't have our first engagement end in a breakup.
You got a plan? I always have a plan.
Here you go.
Have fun.
This is great.
You think I'm happy about this? I don't see you running towards the door.
I don't see you running toward the door either.
Ni champagne.
Well,I am a little thirsty.
So what next? That's it.
That's it? You lock them in a room? That's it? I did it once with a nasty arbitration.
That couple got divorced.
I know what I'm doing.
Those twlove each other.
They just need to know what they're walking away from.
I don't hear any yelling.
I'm hoping it's not a murder-suicide.
Give it a few minutes.
Are we still going to theestival? Soon.
Very,very soon.
What a tough-looking pirate, and a beautiful princess.
William! William! She said yes.
He asked.
William, heads up! Was that worth the wait? You were.
You got a ride? Yeah.
Oliver's sending a car.
You can still come,you know.
It's not too late to change your mind.
Think about it.
Instead of doing that silly dance in our apartment, you can actually do it in the place where it originated.
That would be cool.
Pretty cool.
I'll see you when I get home.
This is amazing.
It's just a party.
Okay,it's pretty damn cool.
Did you bring your suit? My swimsuit? Yeah.
After midnight, we all hit the pool.
Last year,we skinny-dipped.
And then you puk on my towel.
God.
That was a good party.
Cheers.
Thank you.
To HeritagDay.
I'll drink to that.
Yeah.
Me,too.
Count me in.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Hey,Jess,getting ready to leave for the township in about five minutes,okay? Yeah,you know, I'm going to take a pass.
Jesse,you said you'd come.
You ow what? Right now,Mom, the last place in the world I want to be is at the festival.
Why? I don't want to talk about it.
I lost my job, and you know what? It was the only thing in this godforsaken hellhole that I actually liked.
So,you know,forgive me if I don't feel like celebrating.
Okay.
But what has your job have to do with the festival? And what is it about this job, anyway? I mean,are your career goals really so focused on the food and beverage industry? What's her name? Mbali.
Mm.
Does she know how you feel? Uh-mm.
It wouldn't matter.
How do you know? Mom,you wouldn't understand.
Tell her how you feel, and then you won't spend your life wondering if she feels the same.
It worked for William.
Who the hell is William? Hi.
This Heritage Day party is really amazing.
How would you know? Like you've ever been to one.
Actually,my mom threw us one every year.
It was it was silly.
She played the South African national anthem, and she would cook us this big braai, and we would do the gumboot dance.
The what? It's the dance they make us do at school.
Where we loolike idiots.
It's actually fun.
I mean,it's silly, but it's fun.
I don't know why anyone would do that unless they had to.
Because it was important to her; she was South African.
And that means I'm half South African, so it's important to me too.
And considering that you're fully South African, it should probably be important to you as well.
Okay,now you're just killing my buzz.
Relax,Katie, it's jt a dance.
You know what? I have to go.
Don't let Lauren ruin this for you.
It's really, it's not about Lauren.
I just,I can't be here.
Where are you going? Where I belong.
Put your shoes on.
Where are we going? Township festival.
Sorry.
Busy.
You know,I got to tell you my mom loved this day, and I know nothing would make her happier than if you and I went there together.
Are you saying that because you mean it or because you want a lift? Both.
Trick or treat! And,u I'll take two of those.
Two of the sweet rolls.
Wait,how much do I owe you? Hi.
Hi.
About buying you lunch and letting you have cuts and all, I'm sorry if I offended you.
It's okay.
You casit with me tomorrow in the lunch room.
Nice pirate costume.
bye.
Mbali tells me you want your job back, that you're very passionate about it.
I do.
I am.
I'll think about it.
I trust Mbali's judgment.
She's smarter than I am.
And talented.
And beautiful.
Yes,shes.
She's your employee, too,right? Yes.
And my fianc Uh,wha-what are you talking about? Mbali and Iare engaged.
I'm surprised she didn't tell you about it.
Have fun.
What? I'm not going.
We're here.
Come on.
I'm white.
And you're South African, and this is a party.
Sure.
You can go and roast a goat, and you can sing 'em your songs, and you can dance all you want, but it doesn't alter the fact that it's us and them, and when they see us it reminds them of what we did to them.
(sighs) The whole thing was just a tragedy.
I don't know why people can't just let it alone.
Mom didn't leave it alone.
Yeah,yeah,you're right, and if she was here, she'd say that we've got nothing to be proud of.
You know,white people who goo the township for Heritage Day just look like phony idiots looking for some kind of redemption.
I was invited.
You're a child; what do you know? I am a child, but this is what I inherited.
From my mom,from you, from this country.
The good and the bad-- I'm not gonna run away from it.
i mean??? come on i'll??? Hey,I thought you weren't coming.
Well,I'm not the show-up-one-time type or the RSVP kind of guy, t I thought you figured that out by now.
Two more things we have in common.
Know any good places we could he? Uh,why hide? (chuckles) Chase hasn't lost his touch.
(laughs) Well,you know Chase.
He always could do a mean gumball.
(laughs) Dad,I'm sorry.
Oh,sweetie,stop.
You're here.
That's what matters.
You thinking what I'm thinking? How much your mom would've loved this? I wish she were here.
I think she is.
And you know what I got to do right now? Hm? I got to get me some gumball.
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Um,I thought you guys just said "Africa.
" South Africa.
For a year.
It's a chance for us all to get closer as a family.
Whose family? His or ours? We're all one family now.
KATIE: We went to stay with my grandfather at his lodge.
Welcome to the Blue Antelope.
It's not easy running a bed-and-breakfast.
I'm eager to help and I'd love to bring it out of retirement.
Out of a moment of new girl desperation I told theI have a boyfriend, and I don't.
Great.
Don't hurt her.
I'm not going to hurt her.
Your history says otherwise.
How old are you? I'm 18.
Congratulations.
You are our new bartender.
You're not 18.
Look,I know I screwed up.
You can't work here anymore.
Must be weird to be here where yo mom grew up.
I can feel her here.
You know,it's like she's with us.
I know what you mean.
-= What happenedto my kitchen? Halloween! It's our favorite holiday.
I don't celebrate Halloween.
Well,you do now.
This is our way of bringing some of our old home into our new one.
Yeah,we take holidays very seriously.
I suppose all this junk means you've decided to cancel your little Heritage Day dinner? Don't worry.
Our first official Heritage Day braai is still on.
We're gonna do a genuine South African barbeque, and it would be very nice if you would eat with us, considering you are our resident South African.
Forget it.
Heritage Day is a racket.
It's a six-year-old, completely fabricated, good-for-no-reason holiday, but you'll probably enjoy it.
We celebrated it in New York.
Weid the Heritage Day dance,the gumball dance.
The gumball dance? It's the gumboot dance.
He just called it that when he was little.
Mom did,too.
She called it that because you called it that.
It's a totally ridiculousance Zulu! Zulu! Zulu! See what I mn? Chase,that's awesome.
Maybe you could do that tonight at the braai.
Bad idea.
The braai,not the dance.
Well,both.
Hmm.
Well, actually,I think it's a good idea, and I think it'll be nice,and fun for your dad and for Chase,and for you.
My dad won't like it.
Well we'll see,but in t meantime,it's a secret,so Morning.
Happy Heritage Day.
Happy.
I think you missed a spot.
and my toiletry bagey and jumped out the window.
And you find that funny? No,I find the fact that you think you need to shave funny.
This monkey What did he look like? Like Katie, but with less hair.
He stole my cookies.
ART: This one will eat anything.
Johann.
Johann? Are you telling me you and this monkey have a history? Troops of verv monkeys move through the bush, but this one keeps coming back like a bad rash.
He's a cheeky,smart monkey.
Oh.
Everyone,this is Ntatu, the woman I was telling you about.
She's gonna be working with us and helping us run the lodge.
Ntatu,this is our family.
How are you? JO: Come on,Ntatu, I'll show you around.
You were invited to the Mara party? You weren't? I mean,I just figured that maybe you and Oliver, you know, 'cause you're an item.
Or not.
MAN: Heritage Day was created in the early days of post-apartheid South Africa, a holiday created to celebrate our cultural heritage and the diversity of our beliefs and traditions in a nation that belongs to all i people.
On this day we remember our past Hey.
Hey.
So,um Heritage Day,a lot of fun,eh? Yeah,Heritage Day.
I'm loving it.
Big parties? So I hear.
our differences create the foundation upon which our future will be built.
We must take aion by being a good neighbor.
We must find ways to give back by doing good deeds for those Africans who were oppressed.
We're on an honor system here.
I could report you for sneakingut.
I could report you,too.
At least when I cut class back in New York there's a ton of places to hide.
Oh,there places to hide here,too.
You just have to know where to look for them.
Let me guess.
Your middle name is " No,it's Philomena.
My parents are sadists.
Well,at least we have that in common.
I bet we have a lot of things in common.
You and me? I don't think so.
Well,why don't you come to my party tonight and find out? You never RSVP'd to my invite.
Yeah,I'm sorry.
I gotta work.
Oliver said you got fired.
I'm gonna get my job back.
Okay.
So you're blowing off my party,and me, for a job u don't even have? Like I said, I gotta work.
Right.
Fine.
Your loss.
Really,you have no idea.
JO: I know you've had a long flight, so you're probably feeling theffects of jet lag, so please relax get settled in.
Tea will be served at 4:00,and Art will help you get your bags to your room.
And,finally, welcome to the Blue Antelope.
the best and only eco lodge in the region.
You can stop selling them, baby-- they're here.
I know.
I just love saying it.
MIA: It's beautiful.
Been in our family for generations.
And she has no idea.
None.
We always take a big trip this time of the year.
I really want to do it,but every time,I just can't pull the trigger,you know.
My parents have been married for 30 years, and they hate each other.
Marriage scares me.
If it doesn't workut, you can always hire my mom.
She's a great divorce attorney.
(chuckling): Thank you,Mia.
But I'm sure it'll work out.
Ever since my grandmother gave me this ring, I've been a wreck.
Well,I cod keep it here for you in the office,if you like.
That would be a five- carat load off my mind.
I just want this to be one of the greatest moments in Lynn's life.
And it is my job to help you both achieve exactly that.
Tumelo,I can't believe those guys are invited.
I don't understand why you want to go to Mara.
It's a Heritage Day party without any heritage.
My favorite class back in New York was Anthropology, and there's this guy, Franz Boas,who said that the world is made up of very distinct cultures, and you have to see each culture in its own distinctness.
And that's what I like to do.
I like to observe people in their environment.
So think of this party as research.
Plus,I want to have fun.
Look,just come to the township festival.
Well,there's a big braai.
There's lots of food.
Uh You know,there'll be music, dancing.
You'll love it.
All right.
Yeah,township it is.
Hey.
No cuts.
Oh,I'm sorry.
No.
I'm sorry.
For what? You know.
Everything.
I have to do things for you to make upor the stuff that happened a long time ago.
You do? Okay.
I'm Amahle.
Chase.
You sound American.
Yeah.
I'm also half South African.
That'll be 38,please.
I should probably pay for your lunch.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
I'm not very good at keeping things in.
Why didn't you invite me to your party? I slid an invite into your locker, which you still haven't responded to.
Really? Locker 215? Uh 213,isn't it? Aha.
I thought you were blowing me off.
Why'd you take so long to say something? I didn't want to invite myself to your party.
Katie Clarke, will you please be so kind as to accompany me to my staggeringly amazing party? KATIE: You know, I already I'd love to.
Cool.
Hey,are you going home? No,Ant's Hill.
I thought you got No,I'm straightening it out.
Wait.
Hold on.
I agreed to go to two parties in one night-- first Tumelo and now Oliver.
What do I do? (chuckles) I love it when that little "good girl" bit comes back to bite you in the butt.
It's not a bit.
Tumelo's my friend and Oliver's Oliver.
So So? I mean,we both know what you're gonna do.
Let Oliver down easy.
Who says I'm gonna choose Tumelo? Because it's the right thing to do.
He asked first,and you never let a friend down.
You're Little Miss Perfect.
A cheetah never changes its spots.
It's a leopard.
Exactly my point.
You're so lame.
You're going to a job you got fired from.
That's lame.
Oh,well.
Is Wliam coming out for tea? He's napping.
Mm.
Jet lag.
Mm-hmm.
Could you arrange a ride back to the airport? Sure.
Did you lose a bag? I want to go home.
I'm sorry.
Uh,weren't you booked for aeek? Every year we take a big trip: Bali, Rajasthan,Mexico.
(voice breaking): And this year I really believed, I mean, Africa,you know, it's where we talked about doing .
William is never going to commit.
How can you know that? I mean,you can't be sure.
I just unpacked all our stuff.
Everything.
There's no ring.
I love him so much.
I can't wait around forever,though.
I want to start a family.
I'm sure everything will be just fine.
JO: She wants to do what? She wants to leave.
Her biological clock is ticking.
She made me listen.
But he brought her on this trip to propose to her.
Thank God.
When's he popping the question? Tomorrow night.
No,sooner; like now.
Sooner.
If that woman does not get a ring on her finger Well,we have to tell him.
No,we This is none of our business.
No,their business is our business,Danny; we are innkeepers.
Yes,we are innkeepers.
We are not marriage counselors.
But our chrson tou is what sets us apart from other lodges.
You have to give them the heads up or I will.
Jo,I don't know They're a sweet young couple.
He wants to propose, she wants a proposal.
We're just gonna help make it happen.
It'll be really romantic.
And maybe our lodge will become a wedding destination.
It'll he put us on the map.
This is the ring right here.
Let's just get ion her finger where it belongs.
Just five minutes.
You sound great.
We're rehearsing for the festival tonht.
What are you doing here? I thought maybe your fond memories of my beer-pouring might eclipse the stupidity of what I did.
Haven't you ever done anything really dumb that you wish you could take back? Oh,that's not the point.
Lying about your age and serving to minors not only put my job in jeopardy, but everyone else who works here,too.
We are not a bunch of rich kids from New York.
I made a mistake.
What can I do? I don't know,Jesse.
I'm sorry.
Here,let me help.
Whoops.
Here,let me do that.
You should sit down and put your feet up.
And you should go out and play.
Play? There's no time for play.
What are you doing? Cooking snoek rubbed with sage.
But you don't cook.
The cookbook doesn't know tha So,want to help me re a traditional South African meal? I thought we agreed ono braai.
Um,no,Katie,you decided that.
But who knows,you know? You may have a great time.
I'm making a melktert for dessert.
Hope it tastes better than it sounds.
I just really think that this would mean a lot to your father.
I'm sorry.
I'm already double-booked.
And if you're doing this for my dad, um,I think you're ju gonna be upsetting him.
Well,I think that he's going to enjoy it.
And m doing this for all of you, for all of us-- we're all family.
I think I've been doing enough helping of the family.
I just kinda want to do something for myself tonight.
So,I'm sorry.
Count me out.
JO: Okay,this is my garden.
Must be sage.
I knew I should have bought markers.
How's it going? Did you tell William? No.
Lynn is apparently napping, so Art took William to Soweto.
I will talk to him when they get back.
Okay.
Is this parsley or sage? Uh,that would be mint.
Right.
Firs time in an herb garden.
Oh,right again.
I hear there's a braai here tonight.
Did Katie say something to you? Uh,no,I caught Chase doing the gumball dance, and he spilled the beans.
Okay,well,I'm preparing a feast of snoek rubbed with sage or parsley, depending on my luck.
I think that's a fantastic idea, but I got betterne.
We've been invited to the festival at the township by some of my new clients.
I thought,let's go there, forget all this work.
Forget pretending mint is sage.
If youelebrated Heritage Day in New York, there's no reason not to celebrate it here.
Why am I the only person who seems to want this? What are you talking about? Well,Katie thought it was a terrible idea.
She did? Yeah,she thought it'd be upsetting for you, and she actually got pretty angry for Katie.
Look,Katie's not really angry.
She's,she's missing her mom.
Oh Heritage Day was a huge deal for Claire.
No,she misses her mom,of course, and here I am opening old wounds.
That's great.
You know,give me a few more hours and I bet I can make her cry.
Stop.
I love that you've done all this planning.
It's just let's go to the township festival, start a new family tradition.
What about Katie? I'll talk to her.
Listen,if you've done all this work, are you sure you're okay if we? Spare me the shame of desecrating South African cuisine? Hmm,let me think.
I'm good.
This is nice.
How much? Uh,how do you haggle with someone when you don't speak the language? Two,okay.
That's easy.
I have no idea what you just said.
She wants to leave me? Yeah,sorry about sticking my nose in your personal business.
I'm so glad you did.
I had no idea.
Well,I can't wait till Friday to propose.
Uh,why not sooner? We have a game drive planned this afternoon.
So I was thinking we'd set up a tent out in the bush with torches,flowers, sunset,Gramophone record the whole Out of Africa thing.
Sounds perfect.
Listen,I really appreciate you guys helping me out.
This is above and beyond.
Uh,we here at the Blue Antelope are all about the personal touch.
Oh,the ring.
The ring.
(laughing): Yeah.
That's strange.
You do have the ring? Tell me you have the ring.
(softly): Oh,no.
What? Johann.
Who's Johann? DANNY: You didn't by any chance come across a monkey wearing a five-carat diamond ring? If I did,I wouldn't tell anyone.
So I hear you and Jo had a moment.
More like Jo trying too hard.
Well,you know,that braai was for all of us.
She understands this holiday is an important part of your and Chase's heritage.
My heritage is Gray's Papaya, the Met and Barney's.
Look,I know,I know this holiday makes you think of Mom.
It makes me think of Mom.
She hated what this country was.
She fought against it.
But this holiday celebrates what South Africa has become, and that is the South Africa she loved.
I know she loved i I know everything she loved and hated, but I finally got her out of my head before we came here, and it wasn't easy, because erywhere I went and everything I did reminded me of her.
And I didn't think it could get worse than New York, but it is here.
She's everywhere.
I mourned for my mom once; I'm not gonna do it again.
I won't go to this family braai.
The braai's canceled.
We're all going to the township.
Love it if you came.
Dad,I'm 16-year-old girl.
I'm tired of trying to do the right thing all the time.
Why can't I just go to a party? I'm not gonna make you come if you don't want to.
Well,good,then I choose Mara.
Tumelo.
Oh.
Hello.
Listen,my mother wanted me to invite you to join us tonight.
I told her you were half South African, and she is excited to meet you.
Thank you, and thank your mom,but Great.
My father is giving the opening speech, so we should probably get there sometime around But,um I was going to go to the Mara party instead.
You are? Yeah.
Oliver came through on the invitation,and I'm just I'm in the mood for a fun high school party, you know? As opposed to a fun party celebrating your heritage? After my mom died, things got a little dark, and my friends threw me a party, and we started doing it every Saturday night, and sometimes it was packed, and sometimes it was just us, but it was always the happiest part of my week.
You know,it got me away from the house, and it helped me forget erything.
I think I need some of that right now.
Please understand.
Okay.
Do your anthropological study.
I'll see you on Monday.
WILLIAM: It was a monkey.
William, I've had it.
It was a monkey! You're sred,so you'll say anything to keep me here.
No more! I was really going to do it; I had the ring! Then for the last time,where is it? And don't tell me a monkey took it.
It's true-- there's this naughty vervet monkey that hangs out here, he's like a little kleptomaniac.
I know that I sound crazy.
He brought you here to ask you to marry him,I swear.
I was trying to propose to her.
Told her it's not about a ring, it's about love, and this is what I get.
Maybe it is.
Guys,please,calm down.
Lynn,I saw that ring.
He had no intention of asking me to marry him until your husband told him how I was feeling.
Why should I believe you'll still want to do this when we get home? Look,if you don't trust me,let's just forget about this.
Sounds good to me! No! Terrible! That sounds terrible! Can this get any worse? Thanks for the job,but I don't think I can continue.
You hired me to cook and clean but your son won't let me do my job.
He seems to have an obsession with housework.
Housework? Yes,with housework.
And he keeps apologizing to me.
Is there something wrong with him? I don't get it.
Please,please,Ntatu, don't leave.
We'll talk to him,I promise.
Honey,what what are you doing? Why this sudden obsession with housework? I'm making reparations.
For for what? Terrible things happened here and,on behalf of my people, I need to right the wrongs of the past.
It's called reparations.
Chase,you are an amazing person.
Come here.
You have to let Ntatu do her work.
I have to do something.
Okay.
Okay,well, you're 11 years old, which makes you part of a whole new generation, so it's your job to look forward, and to make sure that things like apartheid never happen again.
And just by being the amazing spirit that you are, and by not judging other people, you've already accomplished so much.
Okay? Come here.
I'm sorry,Ntatu.
I mean, for getting in your way.
What's that mean? You're forgiven.
And you are a warrior of peace.
It's an apology.
An apology? Do you know what this necklace means? It's an engagement necklace.
A what? It's like a diamond ring in your culture.
If you give this to me, and I accept it, it means we're engaged.
Are you proposing to me? Am I what? No.
I mean Look,Jesse,it's not me you have to convince.
It's him.
It's Mafika's place, and he won't take you back.
I tried.
We've got to do something.
I know what I said not to get involved, but we can't have our first engagement end in a breakup.
You got a plan? I always have a plan.
Here you go.
Have fun.
This is great.
You think I'm happy about this? I don't see you running towards the door.
I don't see you running toward the door either.
Ni champagne.
Well,I am a little thirsty.
So what next? That's it.
That's it? You lock them in a room? That's it? I did it once with a nasty arbitration.
That couple got divorced.
I know what I'm doing.
Those twlove each other.
They just need to know what they're walking away from.
I don't hear any yelling.
I'm hoping it's not a murder-suicide.
Give it a few minutes.
Are we still going to theestival? Soon.
Very,very soon.
What a tough-looking pirate, and a beautiful princess.
William! William! She said yes.
He asked.
William, heads up! Was that worth the wait? You were.
You got a ride? Yeah.
Oliver's sending a car.
You can still come,you know.
It's not too late to change your mind.
Think about it.
Instead of doing that silly dance in our apartment, you can actually do it in the place where it originated.
That would be cool.
Pretty cool.
I'll see you when I get home.
This is amazing.
It's just a party.
Okay,it's pretty damn cool.
Did you bring your suit? My swimsuit? Yeah.
After midnight, we all hit the pool.
Last year,we skinny-dipped.
And then you puk on my towel.
God.
That was a good party.
Cheers.
Thank you.
To HeritagDay.
I'll drink to that.
Yeah.
Me,too.
Count me in.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Hey,Jess,getting ready to leave for the township in about five minutes,okay? Yeah,you know, I'm going to take a pass.
Jesse,you said you'd come.
You ow what? Right now,Mom, the last place in the world I want to be is at the festival.
Why? I don't want to talk about it.
I lost my job, and you know what? It was the only thing in this godforsaken hellhole that I actually liked.
So,you know,forgive me if I don't feel like celebrating.
Okay.
But what has your job have to do with the festival? And what is it about this job, anyway? I mean,are your career goals really so focused on the food and beverage industry? What's her name? Mbali.
Mm.
Does she know how you feel? Uh-mm.
It wouldn't matter.
How do you know? Mom,you wouldn't understand.
Tell her how you feel, and then you won't spend your life wondering if she feels the same.
It worked for William.
Who the hell is William? Hi.
This Heritage Day party is really amazing.
How would you know? Like you've ever been to one.
Actually,my mom threw us one every year.
It was it was silly.
She played the South African national anthem, and she would cook us this big braai, and we would do the gumboot dance.
The what? It's the dance they make us do at school.
Where we loolike idiots.
It's actually fun.
I mean,it's silly, but it's fun.
I don't know why anyone would do that unless they had to.
Because it was important to her; she was South African.
And that means I'm half South African, so it's important to me too.
And considering that you're fully South African, it should probably be important to you as well.
Okay,now you're just killing my buzz.
Relax,Katie, it's jt a dance.
You know what? I have to go.
Don't let Lauren ruin this for you.
It's really, it's not about Lauren.
I just,I can't be here.
Where are you going? Where I belong.
Put your shoes on.
Where are we going? Township festival.
Sorry.
Busy.
You know,I got to tell you my mom loved this day, and I know nothing would make her happier than if you and I went there together.
Are you saying that because you mean it or because you want a lift? Both.
Trick or treat! And,u I'll take two of those.
Two of the sweet rolls.
Wait,how much do I owe you? Hi.
Hi.
About buying you lunch and letting you have cuts and all, I'm sorry if I offended you.
It's okay.
You casit with me tomorrow in the lunch room.
Nice pirate costume.
bye.
Mbali tells me you want your job back, that you're very passionate about it.
I do.
I am.
I'll think about it.
I trust Mbali's judgment.
She's smarter than I am.
And talented.
And beautiful.
Yes,shes.
She's your employee, too,right? Yes.
And my fianc Uh,wha-what are you talking about? Mbali and Iare engaged.
I'm surprised she didn't tell you about it.
Have fun.
What? I'm not going.
We're here.
Come on.
I'm white.
And you're South African, and this is a party.
Sure.
You can go and roast a goat, and you can sing 'em your songs, and you can dance all you want, but it doesn't alter the fact that it's us and them, and when they see us it reminds them of what we did to them.
(sighs) The whole thing was just a tragedy.
I don't know why people can't just let it alone.
Mom didn't leave it alone.
Yeah,yeah,you're right, and if she was here, she'd say that we've got nothing to be proud of.
You know,white people who goo the township for Heritage Day just look like phony idiots looking for some kind of redemption.
I was invited.
You're a child; what do you know? I am a child, but this is what I inherited.
From my mom,from you, from this country.
The good and the bad-- I'm not gonna run away from it.
i mean??? come on i'll??? Hey,I thought you weren't coming.
Well,I'm not the show-up-one-time type or the RSVP kind of guy, t I thought you figured that out by now.
Two more things we have in common.
Know any good places we could he? Uh,why hide? (chuckles) Chase hasn't lost his touch.
(laughs) Well,you know Chase.
He always could do a mean gumball.
(laughs) Dad,I'm sorry.
Oh,sweetie,stop.
You're here.
That's what matters.
You thinking what I'm thinking? How much your mom would've loved this? I wish she were here.
I think she is.
And you know what I got to do right now? Hm? I got to get me some gumball.
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