The Burning Season (2023) Movie Script

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[sobs]
[flames crackling]
We can't tell anyone
about this, okay?
Ever.
Promise me.
-I promise.
-Okay.
It's our secret.
[pensive music]
[birds chirping]

[Tom] They'll have one. They
rent cabins, it's what they do.
Yeah, but I'm telling you, all
the cabins are already booked.
-We're too late.
-I get that,
but what if we drank?
We're gonna drink.
It's a wedding.
-I won't drink.
-You're not gonna drink?
I don't think we should be here.
Why are you being weird?
I'm not.
-Okay. Not being weird.
-I'm not being weird.
That's good to know.
Not being weird.
-[Alena] Hi.
-[Tom] Hi.
[soft music playing]
[overlapping chatter, laughter]
[blowing raspberry]
Look at the happy couple!
Hey. JB, you stud.
Bring it in, man.
Okay. Whoa! You-- Organs.
Poppy! Wow.
-You are a vision.
-Thank you.
And that must be Fiona.
-Yeah.
-[Tom] Wow.
She's so beautiful.
Oh, thank you.
Who's up for a cocktail?
Not you, of course. Um...
-Uh, breastfeeding.
-Yeah, of course.
I knew that. And you're
self-designated driver.
Which reminds me,
do you guys have a spare cabin?
[Poppy] Tom, they're all
rented to other guests.
We had an option on the e-vite.
But we were holding
Bluebird for you,
but we gave it away
'cause you didn't click.
We didn't click.
-We didn't click!
-[Poppy] Yeah.
[Tom] Well,
I'm not ashamed to drink alone.
Here I go.
I'm so happy for you guys.
-Thanks.
-Thank you.
[overlapping chatter]
Come here.
-Goodbye.
-Okay, goodbye.
I don't remember--
I don't remember actually...
Hey, man. Thank you.
Take it very easy with that.
-[JB] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-[dealer] Dude, seriously.
Shit's not the same as it was
when you partied
with Robert Downey Jr.
[chuckles] I miss you, man.
Thank you.
Hey, man.
Maybe you should go easy
on the Grande Cuve.
Hey. Why'd you come?
Why'd you invite me?
[distant thunder rumbling]
And anybody who knows me knows
that I'm not easily scared off.
[guests laughing]
Those years in the city
were tough.
But up here, with you,
-I found my place.
-Mmm.
-[baby fussing]
-Your generosity.
Your humor. Your softness.
I know you don't see yourself
this way, but I do.
I see the real you.
The real me.
-Right.
-Right.
My turn.
My turnsies. [chuckles]
Uh...
[both chuckle awkwardly]
Ah...
[baby crying]
[laughter]
Love. Love.
It's everything, right?
Love is everything.
It's-- it's God.
I mean, it's the universe,
and it's...
it's every particle
that surrounds all of us.
And if you can tap into it,
if you can tap into love,
the reservoir of love?
Whoo!
You could have powers. It gives
you powers. It's powerful.
Ah...
It's a force
that we cannot control,
that has its way with us.
We can't do anything about it.
Am I right, babe?
Right, yeah.
[JB] It's like magnets!
You remember in,
like, uh, middle school,
you play with magnets
in science class.
They have those--
they bring out the two magnets,
the big ones, the big fuckers.
Those big fuckers.
And you try--
if you had the right ones
and you tried to keep them
apart, but the magnets just--
they pull-- the universe
pulls them together.
[baby wailing]
What are you gonna do?
Try to separate the magnets.
Good luck to you,
ladies and gentlemen.
You can't do it.
You can't fucking do it.
-[hushed] Do you need a break?
-[JB] What?
We can send everybody home.
I don't care.
Do-- do you need a break?
No, yeah, no.
I'm good, I'm good.
I'm good. It's miraculous.
Isn't it, Pops?
Isn't it miraculous?
It's, uh-- it's-- it's...
[baby fussing]
Right, then.
May I have the rings, please?
[sniffing]
[sniffs, exhales]
[upbeat music playing]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby!
-Hi.
-Hi. Mwah.
You doing okay?
Yeah, I'm amazing!
I'm amazing! You're amazing!
I now pronounce us
amazing and amazing.
And you're the most amazing.
[blows raspberry]
Yes! You're the most amazing.
Mwah.
I love my baby!
-Hey, man.
-Hey, what up? What's up?
[Tom] You good? You okay?
I'm amazing.
-I can tell.
-Yeah!
-Hey, uh--
-Hey, you wanna go for a walk?
-Fuck you, Tom.
-Okay.
-I love my wife, okay?
-Sure you do.
All right? I love my wife.
-That's my wife, my baby.
-Great!
You got that?
That okay with you?
[shouting] Hey, everybody!
I love my wife.
I love my wife, everybody.
-I love my wife.
-[Alena] Oh-- oh, my God.
-[JB] I love my wife.
-[crashing]
-[guests exclaiming]
-Okay, okay.
[music stops]
-[Tom] Hey, man. You okay?
-[JB laughing]
Hey,
why don't you calm down, buddy?
First off, I am calm.
Secondly,
I never asked you to calm down.
I love her, man.
I love her, and I try not to,
but I can't help it.
-Excellent.
-And I love you too, buddy.
[guests gasping]
-Fuck off, man!
-[mocking] "Fuck off, man!"
-[Alena grunts]
-Fucking great.
-[guest 1] Oh, God!
-[guest 2] Christ.
[breathing heavily]
Fuck.
Hello.
You okay?
That's really hard to answer.
"That's really hard to answer."
That's good.
Um... last summer.
That was--
that was a fuckin' lie.
[loudly] Where the fuck
is my goddamn jacket?
Fuck.
Fuck! [sighs]
Do you love him?
I love you.
That's not what I asked.
I love you. I love you.
I know that!
I fucking know that.
You don't think I know that?
-I love you.
-Okay.
You know, I-- I can't
look at you right now.
Just... do me a favor and
get the fuck away from me.
I don't--
I don't wanna
get the fuck away--
[shouting] Get the fuck
away from me!
-[Alena sobs]
-Jesus fuck.
Really?
-You're doing this now?
-[JB] I made you your fire.
Lovely ceremony.
Your vows with
the school magnets?
-Classic.
-Thanks.
You can take, uh, a centerpiece
home as a souvenir.
Obviously we can never
see each other again.
Yeah, well,
we always say that, so...
Yeah, well,
this time's different, so...
Yeah.
Have you seen JB?
-[woman] No.
-No?
Oh, no, I, uh...
I took all the drugs.
Uh, they're all...
Yeah, and I-- I dropped
the little baggie in the fire.
That's, uh-- that was bad,
'cause plastic in the fire is--
that's not cool.
Goodbye, JB.
I have to go and
try to save my marriage now.
[Poppy] You should go.
[sobbing] You're a horrible,
selfish person.
You...
with your secrets and your lies?
You fucking deserve each other!
Why don't you just go fuck
yourself, JB?
-Just go fuck yourself, okay?
-[JB] Yeah.
[Poppy] I'm taking Fiona
and I don't wanna see you.
[Tom]
What are you doing down here?
Wow.
Not sure what just happened.
You destroyed this.
Us.
[breathing shakily]

[Alena] Ooh.
What's up with this?
[JB] Uh, you know I don't like
to go anywhere empty-handed.
That is the Krug Grande Cuve--
Oh, yeah, I got it.
[JB] Wow, I can't, uh...
I can't believe you,
uh, actually, uh, did that.
It's pretty fucking twisted.
Yeah, it's really dark.
Sit.
[Alena clears throat]
Open it!
[both laughing]
["Off The Wagon" by
Blair Hordeski playing]
Right?
Doesn't matter anymore
[Alena humming]
I've been off the wagon
[laughs]
Every day that
you've been gone
[both panting]
[both grunting, moaning]
[chuckling]
-Mmm.
-Mm-hmm.
-Mm-hmm.
-All right.
[Alena chuckles] Mm-hmm.
[gentle music]
Wait, what?
What is that-- what is that?
-[JB] Oh, my God.
-Is this-- is that a thing?
No. I'm good.
I fucking love you.

[distant birds chirping]
[clock ticking]
Hello.
Hi.
Did I-- did I hear you--
did you say you loved me?
Yeah.
[chuckles]
Do you?
I do.
You love me?
[laughs] Yes.
You do?
I do.
-Is that okay?
-Yeah.
Yes.
I love you.
[both laughing]
I'm gonna leave Poppy.
[Alena] No.
No. No, you're not.
No, you're not.
Why would you leave Poppy?
What is that--
Why-- why?
Why would you do that?
I wanna be with you.
Well, I'm not leaving Tom.
I'm-- I'm never leaving Tom, and
you're not gonna leave Poppy.
You shouldn't leave Poppy.
You know that.
Right?
We've--
Hey, wait, what?
We've talked about this, right?
-We have rules.
-Yeah, I don't remember, um,
saying "I love you" being
covered in any of the rules.
I can love two people.
Oh, really? Are you
making fun of me right now?
Hey, look at me.
-JB, would you please just--
-How can you--
how can you do this? What--
Is there something
wrong with me?
-JB, look at me.
-[JB scoffs]
Could've just stayed away.
This was your idea.
You, uh--
you said that you couldn't
wait another year, and--
Those were words that I said.
Those were things that I said,
and then you called me.
We had no texting,
no calling rules,
and you texted me,
and you-- you sent me a--
a room number, and you--
[shouting]
You fucking texted me!
Sorry.
Uh, good luck, uh,
with your conference.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[poignant music]
[door slams]
You okay?
-Yeah, yeah.
-How were your meetings?
Let's get married.
Really?
Really.

[birds chirping]
Whew!
[Tom exhales]
You know what I was thinking,
maybe this is the year
I hear about the story
about your dad with the--
Or I get the luggage and you go
to JB's office to check us in.
-Okay.
-Right?
-Yeah.
-Just like every year.
-That sounds good.
-Yeah.
[sighs] I hope they have us
in the same rental.
-Less far to carry the luggage.
-Yeah, we don't have luggage.
-We don't have luggage.
-Classy people have luggage.
-We got, like, bags.
-We have bags.
-We got-- Yeah.
-We have lots of bags.
God, we have so many bags.
Hey.
[clucks tongue]
-[paper thuds]
-Okay.
[loons call distantly]
[Tom] Sometimes I think
it's a satellite.
[Alena] I feel like-- [chuckles]
Do you mean, like, UFO
mistaken for satellite?
-No.
-[sniffs] Oh, it smells good.
Hello?
-Hey, come on in.
-Hey!
Come on in, I'm just
in the middle of a transfer
from uh, Panda Oven,
so make yourself at home here.
Do it! Nice.
-Smells great, man.
-We brought vino.
-[JB] All right.
-Italian for cake.
Oh, whoa. That's good.
That is good cake.
-Get going.
-Oh, uh,
you guys will be drinking
this by yourselves, though.
-I--
-Hey!
-Holy fuck.
-What the fuck?
-You're pregnant?
-[Poppy] Yeah.
-Hi, Tom. Hi.
-[Tom] Hi, Poppy!
[Poppy laughs]
Wow, uh, congratulations.
-[JB] Thank you. Thank you.
-Thank you.
-When are you due?
-End of November.
-It's a girl.
-Oh.
[Poppy] Oh, we're telling
people that. Girl!
-Amazing.
-Okay, okay, okay.
-Are we telling people that?
-Well, yeah,
I guess we are telling people.
You just did tell someone.
-[Tom] Oh, it's crazy!
-Hi.
Hey, wow. I thought--
Didn't-- Didn't you tell me
you were never gonna have kids?
Now-- Now you're gonna be
a father.
-[JB] Yeah, this kid is doomed.
-[Tom chuckles]
The first trimester
was kind of rough.
-But--
-Yeah.
But now it's like--
I've heard that can be the case.
Is it something you've ever
wanted to do, or?
Oh, I don't-- I don't know.
I--
I mean, I'll never say no,
but I don't really know
if that's my...
calling in life, you know?
Yeah, I mean,
this is not for everybody.
[mellow jazz plays
in background]
What would you do if Poppy
asked you, like,
if she wanted to know
your thoughts
on open relationships?
[laughs] Alena asked you that?
Not-- No, not-- sort of.
I mean, I think...
she was fishing, you know?
Like, feeling it out.
So, do you think you and JB
will, I don't know, get married?
Oh.
He has asked me a few times.
He asked you to marry him?
Yeah, yeah, I mean,
he hasn't, like,
gotten down on one knee
and presented a ring or anything
like that, but he's asked.
She said, "I wanna have
an open relationship?"
No, kind of.
She-- You know, she was like,
"Blah, blah, blah."
And I was like, "I don't know,
it's not my thing."
Mm-hmm.
[sighs] I'm like...
Like, I don't know
if it's just general banging
she's interested in,
Or someone in particular,
you know?
But you-- you said no?
Well-- [laughs]
I don't-- I don't know
how well you really know him,
but he can be a lot.
-And--
-[both laugh]
[Poppy] I really love him.
But forever, that's-- that's--
I just really, I wanna--
I wanna know that I'm ready.
-[Alena] Yeah.
-Yeah.
Well, I, for one, think that'd
be a pretty bitchin' wedding.
[laughs]
Yeah, you know what,
you might be right about that.
[Alena moaning]
[both moaning]
So he said no?
Yeah, he said no.
Right, so, did you ask him about
opening up the relationship
like, because of this?
Are you asking me what
I think you're asking?
What do you think I'm asking?
You're fishing for whether
or not I'm having sex
with anyone besides you and Tom.
I don't get to know how many
sexual partners I've had?
Okay, I think we've been
pretty clear
about what we're doing here, no?
There's us, and then there's all
the other parts of, you know,
our lives that have nothing
to do with each other.
We are each other's
summer person, right?
I don't get to ask how many
people you're fucking?
Depends on why you're asking.
Why does it depend?
Well, in terms of safe sexual
practices and all that, yeah.
No, I don't give
a shit about that.
Yeah, okay, four people,
including you.
That's how many I've got going.
One woman.
That's not true.
Yes, it is.
No, actually,
it's four men, and--
and sometimes they gangbang me.
You know, this isn't some
consensual,
non-monogamy situation
we've got going.
I just wanna remind you, your
husband doesn't know, right?
My girlfriend doesn't know.
So stop acting like I'm crossing
some sort of ethical line here
in the middle of our illicit
fucking affair.
[Alena breathing heavily]
[sighs] Fuck.
That's... I'm outta here.
You know what? I'm looking
at you from in there,
realizing what a lucky guy I am,
and I fucking love this place.
I'm-- I'm gonna take a kayak
out for a paddle.
Wanna come?
I think I'm gonna go for a run.
Okay.
Okay, cool.
All right, enjoy.
-I'll see you in a bit.
-Okay.
-[Tom] Okay.
-Have fun.
[Tom] Yeah.
[birds chirping]
[JB sighs]
-[Poppy] JB?
-Yeah?
[Poppy] You should ask me again.
Ask you what?
[Poppy sighs shakily]
[laughs]
Oh! Right-- like, right now?
Like, whenever you...
whenever it feels right.
Uh...
Yeah, uh...
It's just, like,
right now, Pops, um...
-Oh.
-I'm not, um...
[Alena] JB, you ready?
JB?
[sighs]
Yeah, go ahead, without me,
I'm gonna take a rain check.
Okay.
[Alena panting]
Oh!
[rock music plays in earbuds]
[rock music gets louder]
[sighs heavily]

[door slams]
[sighs]
I'm not having sex
with anyone else.
Thanks for letting me know.
[Alena moans]
[moans]
You think JB has secrets?
Yeah, I think
he probably has many.
He's lived a complicated life,
that boy.
Of course, right? Yeah.
[both laugh]
Yeah, and you're okay
with that, right?
I mean, I think he thinks
if he told me his secrets
that I'd leave.
But he loves me.
I don't need to know everything
he's been through to know that.
You're amazing, Poppy.
[chuckles] Really.
Like, how do you do it?
Like, don't you sometimes think
maybe he's not...
being complete with you
as long as he's holding on
to these things?
Hmm.
I guess everyone has secrets.
[Tom] Yeah.
But, uh...
something happened here.
Like, what do you mean?
With Alena.
And her dad,
when she was a kid, here.
I didn't...
And we don't talk about it.
-[Poppy] Oh.
-Because it's a secret.
Hmm.
You know, and it links people.
You know, you form a bond
or something like that.
But we don't talk about it.
And I just...
I just wish that--
you know what?
I'm starting to realize that
this is getting really awkward.
And I'm just gonna continue
my fucking walk.
[Poppy] All right.
[Alena moaning]
[both moaning and panting]
Stop, stop, stop, stop.
Stop, oh, fuck.
Stop.
I can't wait a year
to see you again.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
-Mm! We have to end it.
-[JB moans]
-We have to, we have to.
-No.
[both moaning]
-Fuck!
-Ah!
Sor-- Sorry.
[sighs] Fuck.
[sighs]
Hey.
Hey.
What's happening, guys?
Nothing.
What's, uh, how's it goin'?
What's happening?
What's... what's happening?
I don't know.
You tell me, JB.
What's happening?
[sighs heavily]
I'm a fuck-up, Tom.
And, um...
I was having a moment,
and she...
thank God she came by
when she did.
She said some pretty
wise things.
Yeah, it's okay.
[sighs]
Yeah.
[chuckles] She's good like that.
-Let's get out of here.
-Oh?
He's okay.
You sure you're all right?
Now I am, yeah.
[Alena] Okay.
He's okay. Uh...
-you sure you're good?
-Yeah, man.
-Hang in there.
-[JB] Thanks.
[melancholy music]

-[Alena laughs]
-[Tom] Oh! Yes.
Ah!
[sighs]
[trunk lid creaks]
Hey there, citiodts.
-[Alena] Oh, hey.
-Bring it in.
If it isn't the salt
of the earth.
-[Poppy] Hi.
-Hi.
Yeah, where's JB at?
[Poppy] He's helping some
guests check out.
Then you got the whole resort
to yourself again.
-[Tom] Hmm!
-How was the drive?
-Oh. Hmm.
-Yeah.
Ah.
Well, we got you
in Bluebird again.
-I'll go grab the keys.
-[Alena] Oh, thanks.
[hammer thuds]
What the fuck
are you doing here?
It wasn't me.
Tom insisted.
How am I supposed
to get over you
if you keep coming back here?
Tom wanted to come here.
If I'd said no, he would
have been suspicious.
What-- What was I supposed
to do?
Make some shit up.
Stop coming here.
Every summer you leave,
and I start putting myself
back together.
And then these two weeks,
they just keep staring at me
from the fucking calendar.
And every year you keep
coming back here,
and fucking up my life!
I can't-- [sighs]
I can't help it.
Get out of my goddamn head.
What, you-- you think
I like this?
What, you-- [scoffs]
Do you think I want this
for myself?
Stay away from me.
This is over now.
[Alena scoffs]
[hammer thuds]
That's fine with me.
[hammer thuds]
[gentle music]
[makes whirring noise]
-Hello.
-Hmm.
Attention, please.
-Hi.
-Hello.
-You're touching my wrinkles.
-Oh.
I've got so many wrinkles,
you know?
They are fractures in glass.
Oh, I like that.
Wait, that means--
are you saying I'm broken?
You are.
-[laughs]
-Yeah, totally.
It's okay, I like
the broken ones.
[laughs] Yeah.
[Poppy chuckles]
Yeah.
Hmm!
Do you wanna maybe get married?
[laughs] Maybe.
One day.
[laughs wryly] But not today.
Not today.
[both laugh softly]
Hmm, but don't stop asking.
Please.
Okay?
-You wanna get married?
-Not today.
-You wanna get married?
-[laughs]
[both laugh]
Don't stop asking.
-Wanna get married?
-Don't stop asking.
I kinda think maybe we should
hang out with JB and Poppy.
Because they might start
to think we don't like them.
We don't want that.
Mm.
Isn't this where
I'm supposed to tell you
if I think you're
being antisocial?
[scoffs]
[sighs heavily]
I know, I...
I was looking forward to, uh,
just us tonight.
Really?
Yeah.
Okay.
[Alena inhales deeply]
[serene music]

[Alena moans]
-Can I unbutton your pants?
-Yes, please.
-[moans]
-Hey.
Can I use my hand
right here?
-My fingers?
-Yeah.
-All right.
-Yeah.
[both moaning]
Did you ever...
-Mm, what?
-Did you ever imagine this?
-[sighs]
-Imagined it, yeah.
Yeah, for 25 years.
-Oh!
-[moans] Me, too.
[both moaning]
-Me, too!
-Oh yeah.
[both moaning and panting]
I used to have this fantasy.
I used to fantasize.
What? Oh, what?
-Nothing. Forget it.
-No, no, no, no, no, no.
You have to tell me.
You have to tell me.
Please tell me.
I want you to tell me.
Ple-- Please.
Oh, okay! Okay!
Okay, I used to imagine-- oh!
With candles and fire,
and fucking,
and surrounded by flames.
[panting]
-What?
-Oh, just forgot I said that.
Please just forget I said that.
Please forget I said that.
Do you know how super
fucked-up that is?
I know, it's fucked up.
I'm sorry. And...
yeah.
Yeah.
[both panting]
[both moaning]
-You lost the sofa?
-What?
-Oh, okay.
-What, what, what, what, what?
Okay.
Okay. Come here.
There.
[clattering crash]
Take off your pants.
Oh!
[moaning] Okay!
-Okay.
-Okay, we're good.
-Hang on.
-Hold on.
-Yeah, sure.
-[both panting]
Wait. New rules.
Only here.
This only ever happens here.
Agreed?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Okay.
Okay. Okay.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Slow. Slow.
[breathing heavily]
[moaning]
[moaning]
[both moaning]
[both breathing heavily]
[Tom] Okay.
Let's get this straight.
What-- what exactly is it
you're trying to say?
[Alena] I'm saying that not
every married couple
is obligated to have kids.
Well, yeah. I get that.
And I'm just not interested
in having some shitty
asshole teenager who does
horrible things to me
like I did to my mom.
You know, when you say that,
I-- I need to qualify something.
Are you talking about normal,
hormonal, teenager bullshit?
Or are we talking about true,
heinous, facts of terror?
Because there's a difference,
clearly.
[thunder rumbles]
I'll get the bags.
Ow.
-Hey.
-Hey.
Uh, it's really coming
down out there all of a sudden.
Yeah, it's supposed to clear
up by noon. You came.
Yeah.
Is that okay?
Yeah, yeah, whatever.
I mean, you know, it's--
Uh, it's totally your call,
free country and all that.
[Alena]
What are you doing with that?
-Do you need a hand?
-What?
No, no, I'm good.
Um, that's, I'm gonna,
I'm gonna call my,
I've got a guy.
-[Alena] Okay.
-He's gonna finish--
He'll finish it up.
So, I-- I've started running.
Oh, yeah?
You look good.
Thanks.
Weren't you also thinking
about picking up running?
Me? No. No, I hate running.
Running is boring as fuck.
Are you sure?
I just thought it was
something we could do together
in the woods while
hanging and talking?
You know what?
It's so weird that you
would say that
because just last week, I was
starting to think that, uh,
that I wanted to start running.
You know,
just as a general, sort of,
health, physical exercise.
-I thought you might say that.
-Yeah.
[Alena] Mm-hmm.
So, um,
you maybe want to meet,
uh,
by the gate at like a
normal route, maybe three-ish?
I know that he wants kids.
And I mean,
he would make a great dad.
I've been
super clear with Poppy.
I do not want kids.
She doesn't even think
she wants them either,
which is great because, I mean,
can you imagine me as a dad?
Seriously. Seriously.
Oh, my God. I'm dying.
Really good to me, you know?
Like, really, truly good.
He gets you. That's the thing.
-Yeah, yeah.
-He gets you, you know?
He gives me space,
but he also holds me close.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-Come on, come on, come on.
-Yeah.
-Good?
-Yeah.
He loves you. He loves
you beautifully, huh?
You got secrets
And he doesn't ask.
He just-- He lets you.
He lets you have them.
Yeah. He's confident.
He's confident in love.
[Alena] She's younger.
She obviously adores you.
[JB] You're saying these things
like they're not good things.
[Alena] Oh, it's just a little
easy, don't you think?
Well, yeah,
it's extremely easy with her.
But that kiss last year.
What about it?
Come on, it was a little
performative, don't you think?
I-- I'm sorry.
Do you think that
every choice I make
has something to do with you?
Not every choice.
Maybe just that one.
I've been thinking about kissing
Poppy for a very long time.
So, do you talk to her about
your past?
She knows stuff.
Does she know about
your accidental overdose?
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
hold on, hold on.
What's, what-- what--
what's that?
You're meticulous.
You know the exact amount
of everything
to give everyone,
from caviar to cocaine.
So, you're just telling me
you accidentally took too much.
Well...
I guess different people deal
with trauma in different ways.
We have just enough eggs
for tomorrow morning.
Yeah, I'd have eggs.
Oh, you gotta remind me to go to
the office
and tell Poppy about
this place next year
or we're never gonna get it.
I don't think
we should come back.
Why?
Mom's been reunited
with her great love
and I've made peace
with this place
so I think my work here is done.
But I love it here.
I mean, I love you here.
I love us here.
Don't you?
-Hm?
-We'll talk about it.
[Alena] I can't.
I can't do this to Tom.
He doesn't deserve it.
Maybe this isn't about Tom.
That's-- that's naive.
And really shitty to Poppy, too.
It's not like we're fucking.
We've been very
well-behaved since that kiss.
I can't keep coming up here.
This thing, it's...
It's so dark. It's so fucked
up. You know that, right?
-Nobody knows me like you do.
-Stop it, stop it.
Stop that.
I mean it, no more of that.
-I'm not coming back here.
-That's bullshit.
-I'm going.
-I'll see you next summer.
Tom already
booked it with Poppy.
-I'm not coming.
-Yeah, you always say that.
Okay, goodbye, Benny. I mean it.
[soft orchestral instrumental]
[Tom] It's so fucking beautiful.
It's unbelievable.
[JB]
Hey, welcome to Luna Lake.
Hey, man.
Tom Shehud,
I was here last summer.
-I had to leave early.
-[JB] Oh, yeah.
I remember, I remember.
I'm JB.
This is Alena.
You guys had that crazy
bat situation, remember?
-Yeah.
-Right, how could I forget?
I didn't think you'd show up.
Why?
Well, because
we have reservations
cancel all the time.
Especially this time of year.
Two weeks is a long time to be
away from the, uh, the city.
You're a busy guy, right?
-Well, we're here.
-Because you have phone calls.
Here we are.
[Poppy]
Hey, welcome back, you two.
Got you in the same cabin again.
Bluebird.
Poppy. Nice to see you.
You know what? Alena spent
the summer here as a kid.
-Really?
-[Tom] Yeah.
I didn't know that.
Has it changed much?
Uh, not really, no.
Maybe a little. I don't know.
Well, you know,
that's JB for you.
Always trying to fix up the
place without getting anywhere.
I can hear you. I'm like
standing right next to you.
-Mm-hmm.
-I love this place.
-I wouldn't change a thing.
-Thanks, Tom. That's nice.
Do you guys have any champagne
here for the newlyweds?
Oh my gosh, congrats.
That's great.
Oh, yeah. Hey, yeah, congrats,
guys.
-It's, uh, that's amazing.
-Yeah.
Yeah, actually, I, uh,
I do have champagne.
I have the finest champagne
on the planet, actually.
Do you guys wanna, you know,
you guys should come,
you guys,
you wanna come for dinner?
I'll make you guys dinner
in my cabin
and we'll have champagne
for the newlyweds.
-What do you say?
-That's great.
Yeah, Poppy, you should join us.
So, can we get some details?
Well, I wore her down.
-That's what happened.
-Stop.
No, she-- I did. She never
wanted to get married.
But, you know,
she accepted something
for herself that
she never wanted
for me.
And she did that for me.
I actually think last summer
was a turning point for us.
I had to leave and
when we got
back together in the city,
she said yes.
[bottle popping]
[JB]
Haha. All right.
This is gonna change your lives.
This is
called Krug Grande Cuve.
Oh, that's some crazy
ass expensive shit.
No, please, Tom,
let's not be crass, shall we?
[Poppy]
Like, how much is a bottle?
You guys always eat like this?
No idea. This is my first time
inside JB's place.
Oh, well, listen, I work hard.
When I have my friends over
for dinner,
I like to do it right. Okay.
All right, I'm gonna make
a toast to the newlyweds, okay.
So-- so, let's all make eye
contact with the person
sitting directly across
the table from us.
All right, eye contact, now.
Okay?
Love.
It's, well, it's everything.
It's God and...
...the universe and...
...it's every particle
that surrounds us.
How long are we doing this for?
All right,
so now we look at the person
sitting diagonally from us.
That's here.
-Buddy, eye contact.
-Hey.
And finally,
look at the person next to you.
-Hey.
-[Tom exhaling]
You, would you be
okay if I kissed you?
Right now?
[Poppy laughing]
Yeah, okay.
So, like, can we drink this?
All right, impatient.
Cheers.
-Cheers.
-Cheers.
-Cheers.
-Cheers, everybody.
Cheers to you.
There we go, there we go.
[JB]
All right.
Oh, man. Holy shit.
Yeah, the champagne's
pretty much champagne,
but it's--
it's-- it's very nice.
Damn, that's good.
Oh, damn.
Right? So, I have two cases
of that in a cellar.
Yeah, that's from
a previous life.
JB used to run this fancy
private club for rich people.
He did the food and beverage.
Yeah, and the cocaine. Don't
forget the coke. I used to--
Hey, JB, the whole thing,
really, with the drinking is
never again for the rest
of your life, right?
The idea is forever.
I'm sorry. I just think--
-I think it's amazing.
-Thank you.
It's a day-to-day thing.
-[Tom] It's day-to-day.
-[JB] Yep.
[Tom]
For the rest of your life.
Yeah, the idea is, it's forever.
[Tom]
That was crazy.
Their first kiss right in front
of us. Epic. Weird, but epic.
[Alena] Mm-hmm.
They're good together.
-Oh, shit.
-What?
I forgot the wine.
Okay.
Can you go get it?
Because I'll look cheap
if I go back.
-What?
-Please.
-Okay.
-Thanks.
Sure, you go relax.
-Jerk off in a hammock.
-I can do that.
I don't need any reason.
-Hey.
-Oh.
I can't believe
you came back here.
What? Tom made the reservation,
so you knew we were coming.
Yeah. I thought you were
gonna get out of it, though.
Why would you think that?
Because you said you
weren't gonna come back.
And I thought--
I thought you'd make up an
excuse or something.
I'm sorry.
No, I'm not.
Yes, I am. I am.
I thought about you
every day.
Did you drink?
No.
I had to see you.
And I thought if I brought Tom,
I'd be safe.
Why? Because he's your husband.
Because you married him.
You told me I should.
Uh, I didn't mean it.
I shouldn't have come back here.
[JB]
Wait a second-- Hey!
You should take this wine.
We didn't open it.
[JB]
Oh, yeah.
-Here, take it.
-Thanks.
It was a really nice night.
-Yeah, thanks.
-You two are adorable together.
Oh, I mean, it's just a kiss.
Okay, see ya, see ya.
See ya later.
[soft piano instrumental]
[Tom]
Ready? You're not ready. Ready?
-[Alena] Yes.
-Come on. [grunting]
-Oh!
-You gotta eat that.
I don't wanna.
Because you have three queens,
there's too many queens.
What does that mean?
I've already eaten two bananas.
-Throw it in the blender.
-There you go.
That doesn't make any sense.

Where's Tom?
He fell asleep after dinner.
Where's Poppy?
I don't know.
So you're leaving
tomorrow, huh?
I miss you.
Hanging out with you.
Talking to you.
You're not mad at me for coming?
Please come back next summer.
[contemplative
orchestral instrumental]
[Tom]
Oh, wow. This place is amazing.
It doesn't seem so bad.
Is this what it was like?
Oh.
Oh, shit. Um...
You okay?
You need anything?
Hold your hands. Yodel?
I can yodel.
You can yodel here for sure.
I'm okay so far.
Okay.
[JB]
Hey, welcome to Luna Lake.
Checking in?
Benny?
No, I'm JB.
Benny, it's me.
[Tom]
Hey, man.
Tom Shehud.
We got a reservation
for two weeks.
Yes. The early fall.
That's the best time
to come here.
You pretty much have
the whole place to yourselves.
Fantastic. Um, listen,
you guys have cell service?
Well, it's spotty, but there's
a rock.
You can stand on it.
Rock? All right.
-I gotta call the office, so.
-Okay.
You good?
I'll be back. All right.
-Benny.
-I don't go
by that name anymore.
Come here.
I can't believe it's you.
-If I knew you were here--
-You wouldn't have come.
Of course,
I wouldn't have come.
Yeah.
I even looked at
the website for your name,
but there's no Benny, no Lillian
or Russ, so I figured--
You figured
there's a new owner named JB.
Why are you here?
My mom died last month.
Cancer.
I'm sorry.
Yeah, well, she wanted her
ashes scattered with Dad, so.
Yeah, right.
[Tom] Alena!
[JB]
Hey, wait, wait, just wait.
Does he know what we did?
No, I never told anyone.
Did you?
No, of course not.
His family owned the place.
Something happened
to your dad,
he would've known about it.
No, Tom.
Too many questions. I get it.
Like, way too many.
You okay?
-Yeah.
-Sure?
-Yeah, I'm good.
-Okay.
Let's go right here
on the floor.
Oh, yeah, totally.
Whoa.
Are you getting anything?
[Tom] No.
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.
I got a bar.
You have to go today.
Everything's fucked.
It's a mess.
I can make it
to Pearson by eight.
-Please-- please don't--
-Get the last flight.
I just really, I don't. Please
don't go.
I need you here.
And I wouldn't say that
if it wasn't real.
I can't be here without you.
If you need to go,
I'll just come with you.
No. No. You know what?
I came here with you
to spread the ashes.
And so, I'm gonna be here.
Just tell him
I can't fucking come.
What? No, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no.
Don't. It's okay.
You don't have to do that.
-I got it. It's simple.
-No, no, no.
You-- you should go.
It's important. And I get it.
I really do.
I think you should go.
I'll be okay.
-Alena.
-I-- I'm fine. This is,
it's something I need to do.
[JB] All right,
it's a bit old school,
but I keep everything
right here in the ledger.
So, you're gonna mark it
on the ledger.
And then once in a while,
I back it up on the computer.
But really, it's--
it's all about the ledger.
Okay. Do I need
a password or?
The ledger.
For the ledger?
-The computer.
-No, it's just open.
You serious?
Yeah.
That seems unwise.
[Alena] Hey, sorry.
We need to rent a car.
Tom's been called away
for a work emergency.
So he's leaving, um,
our car here for me.
Okay. So you-- and you'll stay?
Looks like, yeah.
All right.
Hi.
Hi, I'm Poppy.
I work here.
It's my first day.
I'm a little bit nervous.
I talk too much
when I'm nervous.
I'm-- I'm talking too much.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Alena.
Okay, I can get a car here
for you in an hour.
-Thanks.
-Okay.
[bird chirps]
-[Tom] Okay.
-[Alena] Okay.
-[Tom indistinct]
-Mm-hmm.
[playing rock music
on headphones]
Hey!
-Do you need anything?
-Um, yes.
Courage, closure.
[scoffs]
Uh, [indistinct] how much
the world has changed.
The last time you were here
it was a discman. Right?
You remember that?
Yeah, I remember everything.
Do you want some?
I'm sober.
Yeah, so was I,
fifteen minutes ago.
No, I mean,
I'm completely sober.
Oh.
Well, let me just
get this out of the way then.
What happened to you?
Afterwards.
It was hard.
I survived.
Yeah.
I thought about you.
[indistinct]
Thought about...
tracking you down,
finding you.
[sighing] But you didn't.
And I didn't either.
Yeah.
Um, hey.
If Tom doesn't know, what'd
you tell him about your dad?
Tom knows something happened.
And he knows we're
never talking about it.
And neither are we, Benny.
Okay.
Seriously,
it's not Benny, it's JB.
[knocks on door]
There's an animal in my cabin.
I'm afraid of outside animals.
Outside animals?
I'm not afraid of them
if they're outside,
I just don't like
it when they get inside.
[metal rattles]
-The lampshade.
-Hmm.
-Whoa! Oh my God!
-[screaming]
[wings flap]
See? It's a flying fuck rat.
All right. I don't think this
is fuck rat country.
Yeah.
It's a bat.
Are you gonna do something?
What? Yeah,
I mean, I'm doing it.
I'm being still and quiet.
Shh, be quiet.
-[bat chirping]
-Oh! Okay.
-Okay.
-[Alena] Okay.
[JB] Okay, so could you, um,
could you go and open the door?
And leave it, just hold it open.
And, uh...
[door opens]
Um...
-[bat chirping]
-[gasping] Oh! Okay, okay.
-It's over here.
-Come on, okay.
I got it, I got it,
I got it, okay.
-What do I do?
-Get the fuck out of here.
-[screaming]
-Okay, okay.
Ah!
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay!
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay!
Why are you laughing?
Why are you making that sound?
-Come on, oh!
-Oh my God!
-[grunting]
-Ooh! Oh!
Oh, shit.
Uh,
maybe it was a bad bat,
and it deserved to die.
Yeah, or maybe
it was a good one.
The kind that goes
to bat for his friends.
You're better than that joke.
You know what? I did everything
I could to do this humanely.
I'm not gonna feel bad
about this.
I'm not gonna bat an eyelash.
Can you,
uh, pull the lid off of this?
Yeah.
-It's a miracle.
-Did you see that?
The way it was, like,
twirling when it was flying
away and shit?
Well, that was an acrobat.
Nice.
[Alena] Tom and me?
Six months.
This is our first trip together.
-Step!
-Yeah, how's it going so far?
[Alena] Well, it's like
he's not even here.
[JB chuckling]
So, hey,
what's the longest relationship
you've ever had?
[Alena]
Uh, that would be six months.
-[JB] Aha.
-[Alena] You?
[JB] Oh, I don't know,
but it wasn't anywhere close
to six months.
That's an eternity.
I'm not-- that is not among--
that is not in my capabilities.
[Alena] So, I can't let
there be an elephant
in the room without popping it.
You might be mixing
metaphors in there.
I'm gonna be here for a while,
so I think we should hang
and be fun and flirty, but draw
some, some lines, some rules.
-Like as opposed to what?
-Hooking up.
We're not hooking up.
That is very presumptuous
of you.
What makes you think
I want to hook up with you?
No, no, no sex.
Whoa.
Okay. Okay, yeah,
I get it, because when,
when we had sex,
very bad things happened.
I'm with Tom, and Tom wouldn't
be cool with us fucking.
I'm serious.
We're very good at keeping
[indistinct], right?
Okay, you're welcome.
Are you-- you're, you're,
you're sure it's here?
It's just, it--
it looks different in my mind.
You know, it doesn't--
You sure?
Yes, I'm sure.
How often do you come here?
Are you kidding me?
I told you I don't come here.
25 years I haven't walked
past that tree line.
Okay, don't yell at me.
Don't yell at me.
I'm trying to say
goodbye to my mother.
[exhaling]
Wait, will you stay with me
for a sec, please?
You can't even pretend
to pull your shit together
for a second for my benefit?
Seriously,
I don't come out here.
Wait.
I need you to do
something for me.
Every year on this day,
I need you to make a fire here.
Can you do that for me?
No.
Please.
I'm sorry that you're
dealing with all your grief
and everything, but...
I can't be here, okay?
I can't be here.
I can't make you a fire
once a year or ever.
No fucking way.
Fuck.
I'm quitting.
It's my last one.
I'm sorry.
That wasn't cool back
there with the fire.
What are you trying to stir up
with all this shit, huh?
Buried stuff should stay buried.
Fuck.
Oh, yeah?
How's that going for you?
Because it's been going
fucking awful for me.
Five years ago, I, uh...
accidentally OD.
Ended up in the ICU.
That was...
That was bottom for me.
I have a long list of
bottoms to choose from.
Fuck.
You shouldn't have come here.
You thought, what,
I wouldn't follow you in here?
I can be in here.
It doesn't trigger me.
Is this like some sort
of fucking competition to you?
Like, which one of us
is the most messed up?
Like, who's coping
the shittiest?
-Is that what this is to you?
-What the hell is that?
It's a bo...
It's mac and cheese.
It's a box of mac and cheese.
That shit's really gross.
See, everybody
fucking says that.
And so I gotta keep it in here
because if it was in my kitchen,
it's embarrassing.
But it's delicious.
[sighing]
[emotional music]
-[music stops]
-I'm sorry.
No, I'm not.
Yes, I am.
What about Tom?
He's the best thing
that's happened to me.
Ever.
You love him?
[scoffs]
If I say yes,
what are you gonna say?
If you love him,
marry him.
You don't have any idea
of what I mean
when I say I love someone.
No, I... Wait, wait.
If you love him,
you should marry him.
Maybe I'll see you next summer.
That would be a very bad idea.
["Reunion Souvenirs"
by The Details]
It's too easy to separate
It's too easy
to separate
It's too easy to separate
It's too easy
to separate
When you've held us all back
In 1968
When you were standing
on that beach
There is nothing in this
distance that I fear
Cause there is one thing that
will draw us all back here
Reunion souvenirs
Reunion souvenirs
-[music stops]
-Always with these things?
Henry.
Are you making an effort?
Yes. Right.
[Alena] Is there a pool?
I'll grab the one in the back.
-Hey. Is there a pool?
-There's a lake.
Ew.
-[Lillian] I'm Lillian.
-[Rita] Oh, hi.
[Lillian] Please welcome.
[Lillian indistinct]
Uh, Benny?
I'm going inside
to do the check in.
-[Henry] Awesome.
-[Lillian] Okay.
I'll get your mockingbird bed.
Shit, you're on a tight leash.
It's beautiful [indistinct].
[playing rock music
on headphones]
-Hey!
-What the fuck?
Seriously, dude,
where did you just come from?
I grew up around here.
I know all the secret passages.
You're weird.
I'm Benny.
Alena.
Is that supposed to impress me?
Come on. You're impressed.
What gave it away?
Oh, shit. [indistinct]
Hey, hold your breath.
Now, start breathing.
Take slow, smooth breaths.
And keeping your hand over
your mouth.
Over here. Let me--
My turn.
What's your favorite music?
-Country western.
-No way.
Me-- Me too.
Wait, dude, I'm kidding.
Oh my God, seriously?
You like country western
music for real?
What? No. Of course not.
-You'll be okay.
-It's nothing.
If you tell anybody,
I will kill you.
Again with this kid?
-Oh, come on.
-All week.
-It's enough already.
-Leave them alone.
Let's go.
Come on.
Alena. Time to lunch.
I'll be there soon.
Please?
Explain something to me.
When we said we needed
this time together and we spent
three grand on this trip,
what was that for exactly?
Alena, now, goddammit,
I mean it.
Dad, you're being a psycho.
[Alena]
God, he's fucking crazy.
I-- I'll wait here for you.
I'll eat lunch,
you'll just wait here?
Yeah.
Okay.
[Alena] They almost got
a divorce
because he's
a fucking alcoholic.
He's such a loser.
Why won't he just
leave me alone?
I can't wait until I'm 18.
I'm so out of here.
Eighteen is an arbitrary number
that somebody just decided
was the age of independence.
I mean, whatever.
I could totally take care
of myself right now.
If I wanted to I could...
get a job.
Could clean.
Could cook.
Fix shit.
Sort of.
Are you suggesting what
I think you're suggesting?
What if I was?
Why, sir, I barely know you.
What kind of girl
do you think I am?
We could run away together.
Yeah, that'd be--
that'd be cool.
[sweeping instrumental]
[Benny] You got me.
Okay, all right.
I don't appreciate that.
[laughing]
Hey.
Who...
are you, really, though?
I'm...
just Alena.
But, I mean,
what's been
going on here this whole week?
It's...
'Cause...
Yeah, I know.
-It's just like...
-I don't...
I don't, um...
usually like people.
[chuckles]
Yeah?
Yeah.

Is there somewhere we can go?
[Benny] You mean...
Yeah.
Because I've never...
Me neither.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Alena?
Get off of her!
Dad, what the fuck?
-What are you doing to her?
-Dad!
Get some clothes on.
You get some--
Ow! What are you doing?
We're going to see
your parents right now.
-Okay!
-Right now!
-Dad, get out!
-Okay!
Your son raped my daughter.
-Dad, that's fucking insane.
-You need to stop saying that.
Do you know how crazy you are?
She's saying she initiated it.
She's never
even had a boyfriend.
-He was on top of her.
-Stay calm, please.
There's gonna be
a police report.
-You can bet your ass on that.
-Get up to your room.
Stay in there.
Don't come out.
-But, Mom, I didn't--
-You hear me?
-Benny, can you wait?
-Pack your shit.
-We are leaving.
-I...
fucking hate you.
I have no love for you.
Do you get that?
-None!
-Talk to her.
-Why can't you--
-It's impossible to talk to her.
-...just once in your life--
-No matter what I do.
No matter what I do for her,
she is completely irrational.
Do you think that
I will ever see you
as anything other than
a fucking drunk?
[Rita] Oh, both of you,
just stop talking.
I wish you were dead.
Oh, my God.
Do you have an extra cabin
for Alena and I tonight?
-What?
-Don't.
Yes, of course.
To talk to him like that?
To say those things?
Unacceptable.
And you?
You need to do better.
You can stay in Hummingbird.
Thank you. Let's go.
Go.


[sobbing]

[breathing heavily]

[knocking lightly]
I told him. I told him
you didn't do anything wrong.
No, I know. It doesn't matter.
No, no, no. He's gonna go
to the police tomorrow.
He'll say you raped me.
Oh, come on.
We gotta go right now.
My-- my stuff is in
the other cabin.
-We can't--
-He's passed out
on the floor of his room.
He's wasted.
He won't hear us.
I promise.
I have to get changed.
[glass clinking]
[lighter clicking]
We should burn him
to the ground.
Set my mom free.
But...
you mom loves him, right?
Hmm?
That's the problem.
She doesn't see who he truly is.
But I know she'd be
much better off without him.
He's a coward and a drunk.
It'd be so easy.
It'd be pretty badass.
We'd be real fugitives.
You're legit crazy.
You know that, right?
-Do you dare me?
-Alena...
Drop it, [indistinct]!
There was a fire here.
[JB] Wait, what?
What are you doing?
That's why I...
I spread my
mom's ashes right here.
There was a giant fire.
And it destroyed everything.
[Benny] Hey, get out of
here now! There's a fire!
Hey, you're gonna die here!
Come on!
Hey! [indistinct]
[coughing]
[indistinct] die here!
-Let's get out of here!
-Dad, no!
[indistinct shouting]
[Alena sobbing]
[coughing]
I killed my dad.
I don't know what to do.
I don't know what to do.
[Benny] We just killed him...
What are we gonna do?
We were gonna travel.
We were gonna see the world.
We were gonna
do things together.
We were gonna have a life.
Everything's gone now.
What the f...
What the fuck?!
No!
No.
Hey.
-Hey.
-No, it's done, and we're done.
-Everything's fucking gone!
-Look at me. No.
Look at me. Look at me.
I fucking love you.
Here's the story, okay?
We were in...
my room at my mom's cabin.
We saw the flames.
We came out here,
and we watched it burn.
We couldn't...
[sobbing]
We couldn't save him.
And...
He died alone.
And I loved him.
[JB] I had to pull her out.
She wanted to stay.
She wanted to stay and save him.
I pulled her out.
And I let him burn.
I let him burn.
I wanted you to know, Tom.
I'm so...
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.