Tell Me a Story (US) (2018) s01e01 Episode Script

1 [THUNDER CRASHES.]
MITCH: Eddie! - [CONTINUES KNOCKING.]
- Eddie! Eddie! Wake up, you asshole.
[GRUNTS, GROANS.]
Come on, man, it's fucking pouring out here.
[GROANS.]
- All right, all right, all right! - Open up! - [KNOCKING CONTINUING.]
- Eddie? I'm coming.
Jesus Christ.
What time is it? What did you do with the epoxy I brought over? You got to coat the roof, it'll stop this shit.
All right, I'll do it.
You got to put it on when it's dry, you lazy fuck.
[QUIETLY.]
: All right.
Jesus, it stinks in here.
Are you up for this? 'Cause Sam didn't want to use you, but I told him, "Hey, don't worry about Eddie", "he's sober now," and fucking look at you.
When was I sober? I fucking lied.
Eddie, this is important.
I'm trying to help you.
Help both of us.
Seriously? Put it on before you get there.
Lot of fucking cameras around.
Just the three of us? You screw this up, Sam will fuck both of us.
You understand? I got it.
[DOOR OPENS.]
WOMAN: Good night.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[HORN HONKING.]
I tossed it, back in Oakland.
What? The pot you're looking for.
That's not what I'm looking for.
You know, fuck you for going through my stuff.
Those boxes travelled cross-country.
I don't know what happens in moving vans, what the laws are state to state.
There could be sniffing dogs.
Yeah, see, they don't do that, because no one cares but you.
Yeah, well, it got dumped in Oakland, so, there.
Your grandmother's making breakfast.
Be nice, take a few bites, go easy on the "fucks.
" CHRIS CUOMO [ON TV.]
: President Trump continues to attack the U.
S.
intelligence community, continues to push an unproven deep state conspiracy, one that his own secretary of state says is not true, all right? The idea that there are these forces in government that are out just to sabotage him.
Hi.
- Still raining? - Nah.
I was thinking pasta tonight.
It's easy.
Someone's gluten-free.
Rita or Mark? I can't remember.
[TIMER RINGS.]
Negative.
REPORTER: President Trump faces criticism after proposing new regulations allowing the detention of minors at the border indefinitely.
We have to, uh, have a very tough policy, otherwise you have millions and millions of people pouring into our country.
What's going on in Trump America? Sarah Huckabee resigned.
Really? No, but there was another shooting.
Dallas.
Two dead, 18 injured.
REPORTER: A protest outside city hall is scheduled for tomorrow I think Lance and Harry drink Merlot.
I'll pick some up.
Are you coming with me tomorrow? Of course I'm coming.
Would a baby really be so bad? [CHUCKLES.]
It's not exactly a kid-friendly environment right now.
It's never gonna be.
I was late this month.
I messed up with my pill, so I took a test just to make sure.
That's it.
Okay? Yeah, but we're in a good place with work.
The plan was to start a family by now.
Actually, the plan was marriage first, then babies.
Well, let's get to it.
We can fly to Vegas this weekend, have lots of sex, gamble.
I'm walking out the door.
I love you.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
Uh Need some help with that? Uh, no.
The damage is done.
Your grandmother's making eggs.
I am making an effort.
Not really sure if they're eggs.
Kayla.
Sit, eat something.
Ooh.
Don't you look nice? Very sexy.
I was slutty when I was your age, too.
Mom.
Well, I was.
- Well, let's not talk about it.
- The Powell women - were not meant for the kitchen.
- Mom, stop.
I'm, uh I'm not much of a breakfast eater, G-Grandmother.
I don't have to make it again, and if "grandmother" is as hard to say as it is to hear, you can call me Colleen.
Hey, you got everything you need for school? The lady in the office has my Yeah, I've got it covered.
I should get going.
Thank you for breakfast.
Do you have a raincoat? No, I'm good.
It's wet out there.
No, no, no, wait, wait.
Wait a minute.
I've got a slicker here, somewhere.
Oh, there.
Here, you can wear this.
It may rain later.
I'll be okay.
Thanks, anyway.
You just getting in? Mm-hmm.
How late you go? Uh, I worked the after-party, and then I stayed for the after-after.
Rent's due.
We got to pay it this week.
The landlady witch woman chased me down the hall yesterday.
Yeah, we got to pay it.
She's into that voodoo shit.
She'll curse our asses.
I don't need any more curses.
I need sleep.
[HORN HONKING.]
HANNAH: Come on, burn it out.
Three more.
[GRUNTING.]
So, you guys are really done? Ha, it's official.
He took his PlayStation.
I thought you guys were doing okay.
He was too well-adjusted for me.
I need broken and damaged.
No, we don't.
We're damaged enough.
I'm joking.
Come on.
Well, you know, it took me three years before I could navigate dating.
What's your therapist say? I took a break.
It was just too hard to schedule, and now I have to refile my paperwork.
and you know the V.
A.
Center.
They don't make it easy.
I still go once a week.
It's only been two years, Hannah.
Lift up, straighten your back.
[PANTING.]
I was there.
The two tours we did together.
You know I know.
Okay.
I'll call the V.
A.
today.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
Hey, you new? - Yeah.
- I'm Ethan.
- Kayla.
- You live around here? Just moved here, from California.
I got a bad mental image of California.
Cousin lives there.
Says it's all fires, mudslides and fucked-up people.
Sounds like your cousin's from L.
A.
I'm from the Bay Area, where we look down on L.
A.
I look down on my cousin.
I'm Ethan.
I know.
You said that already.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Where did you come from? You.
It.
This.
You make a great first impression.
I'm sitting next to you.
ETHAN: Watch out.
This one bites.
It's okay.
- I bite back.
- He's a tool.
You're correct I have a big tool.
I'm Laney.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
- Hey, guys, how are you? - Hello.
Jordan.
[CHUCKLES.]
Hey, pal.
Hey, buddy.
- God, it's good to see you.
- You too.
So, I want to go with a daily menu.
Try out some new fare, and then, from that, we can cull a more permanent one.
Duck with chicory confit.
Jesus, that sounds good.
Jordan, um thank you for this job.
You're helping me out more than you know.
What's it been, a year now? Um, 14 months.
Well, I'm glad you're here.
Thanks, buddy.
Hey, Katrina.
I want you to meet one of my oldest friends and the most amazing chef on the planet, Tim Powell.
Tim, this is Katrina Thorn.
Thank you for not overselling it.
Hi there.
I stole Tim from a three-star.
Michelin restaurant out in California.
Oh.
It's a pleasure.
And welcome.
I look forward to eating your food.
Katrina's the hotel's GM.
So if you have any problems with the room service staff or anything, - it's all my fault.
- Ah, good to know.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE.]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
HARRY: So, um, how's the restaurant? It's been up and down.
I brought in a new chef.
He's an old friend of mine.
I'm hoping that it helps with the down part.
It's a hard year for nonprofit.
Fundraising is down.
Rage America, no one cares.
Will you be at the protest tomorrow? I will be there.
Will you be there? Uh, Harry's coming, and I'm bringing my students.
It's ridiculous! It costs taxpayers $3.
6 million every time Trump goes to Mar-a-Lago to golf.
I wish they would indict him - already, right? - Yes.
Can we please not ruin another dinner talking about Trump? Oh, my gosh, don't silence our guests, honey.
If they need to vent, this is a safe space.
- No, it's not.
- Thank you.
- [LAUGHTER.]
- I hate liberals.
- You're a liberal! - Yeah, I'm self-loathing.
I blame CNN.
LANCE: [LAUGHS.]
Well, I blame you, Mark.
HARRY: Ah, yeah, Mark, this is all your fault.
[LAUGHING.]
Here it comes, here it comes.
Oh, and he poops, and he scores! - Oh, that's adorable.
- Proud moment.
Hey, potty pooping is a big deal.
He's very advanced for his age.
Go ahead and laugh, Jordan, 'cause you and Beth are next.
Uh, yeah the joy and the pain.
Who wants more wine? No, high school is like another world here.
There's no campus, just a sidewalk, and then you have to take an escalator to get to class.
Okay, well, don't be so down on New York.
It's the greatest city in the world.
Says who? Um, Expedia.
- Hamilton? - [LAUGHS.]
I'm just trying to stay positive, Kayla.
Have you met any friends? Hot guys? Mm-mmm.
[SIGHS.]
You got to give it time.
GIRL: Come on, Tisha, let's go.
Um, listen, uh, I got to go, okay? - But I love you.
Smooches.
- Okay, I miss you.
Okay.
Bye.
Bye.
[SIGHS.]
[LAPTOP CHIMES.]
TIM: Did she say how it went today? COLLEEN: Uh, she did.
She said it was, uh "whatever.
" How was work? TIM: It was good, good.
I think it's gonna work out.
I'm gonna grab this.
It was a good evening.
- Are you drunk? - Mm more horny.
Mm.
- Drunk.
- Drunk and horny.
Yeah.
Well, the kitchen comes first.
Ah.
Uh uh Did you see Lance and Harry's video of little Harry pooping? No.
That kid [CHUCKLES.]
is freakin' adorable.
Please don't.
What? You know what.
This morning is what I know where you're going with this.
I don't understand, is all.
The plan was to get married last year and be pregnant this year.
That was the plan.
- Plans change.
- Well, can we talk about a new plan? - Why do we have to have a plan? - It's called "family planning.
" - What's the hurry? - What are we waiting for? It's still what you want, right? Right? I don't know anymore.
You don't know, or you do know and you don't want to say? Okay I don't think there will ever be a time for children.
The world may not be perfect, - but we're far from the apocalypse.
- Are we? Because I think we're in the middle of it.
We just can't see it because we're too busy normalizing the daily insanity.
Okay, yeah, it's a crazy time, but it'll get better.
Look, you're the one that quotes Gandhi all the time.
- Be the change, right? - I don't think he applies anymore.
You're starting to scare me.
Do you know what I did today at work? - No.
- We had a practice drill.
Not a-not a fire drill, but a terror drill.
What to do if a shooter comes into the office and starts blowing people away.
Do you run, find a stairwell, barricade yourself in your office? That's what I did today at work.
You barricade yourself in, right? Ooh.
- Why are you making fun of me? - I'm not making fun of you.
I'm just trying to being some levity to this conversation.
The world is falling apart around us.
Terrorism is not going away.
There's just gonna be more guns and-and more mass shootings and I am not bringing a child into this world so it can be shot dead - in a classroom.
- Beth.
Don't look at me like I am crazy.
- I am very sane.
- I don't think you're crazy.
This is our reality, Jordan.
This is our reality.
But I do think that there is something else going on here.
Okay? And if you're having second thoughts about us, - you have to let me know.
- You think I'm having cold feet? That's exactly what I think.
[LAUGHING.]
: You don't get it.
You're right.
I don't.
[SIGHS.]
It's not responsible to bring a child into this world.
Then let's adopt.
I'm happy to have that conversation, but we're not.
We're having this one.
So, yes, I do think that there's something else going on.
- I'm going to bed.
- No, don't do that.
Don't do You can't keep walking away from this conversation! I love you, Beth.
But if you don't want to marry me, you got to let me know.
Because everything I'm doing everything I am working for is moving toward that.
I wish I didn't feel this way.
I wish I didn't hate this world so much.
[LOUD MUSIC THUMPING IN DISTANCE.]
LANEY: Kayla! Over here.
- Hi, cutie.
- Hey.
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You like? I like.
Do you have cool parents? Like, will you get in trouble if you go home wasted? Uh, it's just my dad, and no, he's not cool, and yes, I will get in trouble.
What'll it be, ladies? Hey, Eddie, can we get two tequilas with a special twist.
How about you? - You gonna get in trouble? - [LAUGHS.]
I'm always in trouble.
Thank you.
Do you like Molly? She is my best friend.
Boom, boom, boom Boom, boom, boom boom, boom, boom Boom, boom boom, boom, boom, boom Boom, boom, boom, boom boom, boom, boom, boom Cheers.
Boom, boom, boom, boom boom, boom, boom, boom Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom Boom, boom, boom boom, boom, boom, boom Never give a mother He's hot.
I'm out.
You closing? - No, money sucks tonight.
- Too many straight people.
Got a friend in from out of town.
Party at his hotel.
Who's the friend? Okay, not exactly a friend.
Guy I hooked up with a couple of times.
He's cool.
It's nearby.
Yeah, let's do it.
[MUSIC DISTORTS, FADES.]
Behind the glass I've come to the lonely side of life Here in the dark In the shadows of your love And I'll wait for you Like they tell me to You're barely holding on Hands are small and not so strong And in my dreams You are safe with me I pray I live for the day When I will see You in all your glory [CROWD CHEERING.]
I pray I live for the day When I will see You in all your glory I'm Nick.
Hi, Nick.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS.]
I see them Holding up their smokes [KNOCKING.]
White girls are dancing Dan.
Long time no see.
Hi.
I'm Dan.
- Gabe.
- Nice to meet you.
You said party.
Where's the party? You're the party.
I see you catered.
Help yourself.
Can I get you a drink? We staying? For a few.
Whatever you're drinking.
Wow.
It's a work in progress.
So am I.
Can I get you a drink? [GRUNTS.]
Frustrated, I'm a fool [CHUCKLES.]
Whoa, easy.
Ooh, encapsulated by your apathy Love me like a common malady Keep my Charlotte in a basket And force me with your hand My indignation goes beyond my neck [CHUCKLES.]
Uh, you're with Billy.
Oh, he's okay with it.
Uh, he's my roommate, and I'm [CHUCKLES.]
I'm fucked up.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, easy.
I got to pee.
I'm needed just as soon As I don't care to be Lost in the convenience Of your memory - What are you doing? - What? Nothing.
Are you taking his money? No, put that back.
I only took a little bit.
It's fucking rent, Gabe.
What's going on? GABE [WHISPERS.]
: Damn it, Billy, why'd you do that? Shut up.
Fuck.
He took my money.
- Billy, just give it back to him.
- DAN: You take my money? - Just give it back.
- BILLY: Shut up.
Shut up.
Where the fuck's my money? - Where's my fucking money? - No, it was just Dan, it's okay! - Just give it back to you.
- Shut up! Fuck is Let him let him give it back to you.
Let him go.
Dan, let him go.
Let him let him go! Chill out! [GASPS.]
Dude, I am so sorry.
Oh, shit.
- Dan? - Oh, God.
Is he okay? Call downstairs.
We need a doctor, an ambulance.
Call for help! Goddamn it, Billy.
[LINE RINGING.]
GABE: Pick up.
Billy? Billy? Billy! [DAN GROANS.]
Oh, thank God.
You had me so scared.
[EXHALES SLOWLY.]
Dan? Dan? Dan! No.
No, no, no, no, no! No, no! WOMAN: just a thin line of icing, which is great for attaching the roof, as you can see.
Um, now, once you have the sides of the gingerbread house securely attached, that's when the real fun can begin.
I like taking a number 46 basketweave tip for this next part, because [SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE.]
[WATER RUNNING.]
[PHONE VIBRATES.]
Hello? NICK: Mmm.
So can I get you a drink or something? - Food? - I'm good.
Okay.
What is this? It's tribal.
Oh, it's a wolf.
I see it now.
Any significant meaning to it? I thought it was cool.
I haven't had it that long.
My mom believed in spirit animals.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- Don't laugh.
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not.
It was her thing.
Crystals, spirit animals.
It was so stupid.
Except for the wolf.
I always loved the wolf.
You know, they're usually pack animals, but sometimes a wolf gets separated from its pack.
They're all alone and have no one but themselves to rely on.
So it's important for them to develop strength and intuition.
They have to if they want to survive.
A lone wolf is a symbol of power and perseverance.
I like that.
- I have to go.
- No, stay, come on.
No, I can't.
- Can I at least take your number? - Why? Well, 'cause I'd like to take you out for a movie or food - or whatever.
- Tell you what, how about you give me your number.
You're never gonna call me, come on.
Probably not.
Wh I I would, uh, really, really like to see you again.
Look, I had fun tonight, but I think you're missing the point of a hookup.
We could hook up again.
I had fun, okay? But I've got to go.
S-Stop.
[KEYS JINGLE IN DISTANCE.]
[DOOR UNLOCKS.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
[DISTORTED KNOCKING.]
[KNOCKING.]
Yo.
What's going on? - It's bad, Hannah.
- What'd you do? Who is that? He's this guy I met tonight.
What happened? He fell and he didn't get up.
He should've gotten up, but he didn't.
He hit his head.
Jesus Christ.
Who is it, Gabe? He's Billy's friend.
We were hanging out - Billy, your roommate? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, he freaked and he left.
We were just partying, and the guy got mad and he started fighting with Billy and I was - just trying to help.
- Why didn't you call for help? I called you! I'm sorry, Hannah, but I-I can't call the police, not with my record.
They won't understand.
I don't understand.
Goddamn it, Gabe! - I don't hear from you for months.
- I know.
Then you call me for this? I have a possession charge, resisting arrest.
What was I supposed to do? Leave me out of it! You could have left me out of it.
Fuck! Wait.
Where are you Uh Wipe down anything you touched.
- Wh-What are we doing? - We're gonna go.
There's a lobby full of people, cameras everywhere.
We're gonna risk it.
Move, now! Whatever you touched, wipe it clean.
Wipe the whole place down.
Did you call or text him? Billy did, yeah.
Let's go.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE.]
You still want to come with me today? To the rally? You still want me to? Rough night? You put your dad in a tizzy.
He'll get over it.
You're so pretty, just like your mom.
You hated my mom.
She told me.
I did not hate your mom.
I just didn't like her.
Something about her I didn't trust and I was right.
The moment she married my son, she took him away from me, all the way to California.
- You could have visited.
- I did.
You came to her funeral.
I visited when you were little.
But the damage had been done by then.
I just [SIGHS.]
We just never clicked, your mom and me.
And that was my fault.
I I blamed her for making my son happy and then I punished her for it.
Here's some helpful information about me.
I'm I'm not a great person.
I certainly wasn't a good mother.
But your dad he's got this stupid idea that-that I'm gonna be a good influence on you.
That my parental guidance is gonna magically put you on some right path.
Now, you and I we know that's never gonna happen.
He's clueless.
Can be.
He's he's just like his father.
I mean, he sees something wrong, he's got to make it right.
He doesn't understand that that most of us we live between right and wrong.
I, um I really fucked up with your mom, and, uh, sorry about that.
[PROTESTORS CHANTING.]
Sounds like a big turnout.
Excuse me.
[PROTESTORS CHANTING.]
REPORTER: I'm here in front of city hall among the protestors who showed up today in support of the friends and family of the two boys who were shot and killed by police.
Act now! We must stop police brutality! They continue to play the victim card while our sons and daughters are left in body bags.
Where is the accountability? It's time to demand answers to these questions.
HARRY: Hey, Jordan! Beth! Hey, hey.
- You made it.
- Yeah.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Ah, hey.
Lance is here, uh, somewhere.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING.]
Hey, um, we're gonna go.
Okay? I-I'll text you later.
- Yeah.
Everything okay? - Mm-hmm.
- We-we just got here.
- I know, I know.
- We'll-we'll grab a bite, okay? - You okay? [SHOUTING CONTINUES.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV.]
How long have I been asleep? Four hours.
What did you take? [GROANS.]
I found your Ambien in the bathroom.
You took Ambien with coke? Do you know how dangerous that is? You can go in a coma.
Have heart failure.
Yeah, I got it.
Thanks.
- [SIGHS.]
- Anything? Mm-mmm.
Maybe we'll get lucky.
We're not lucky people, Hannah.
[PROTESTORS CHANTING IN DISTANCE.]
JORDAN: Why did we leave so soon? Where are you taking me? This way.
Uh, yes.
I'm sorry about last night.
It's okay.
No, no, no, it's not.
It's [SIGHS.]
I know I've been weird lately.
It's just this world is so screwed up.
It messes with my head, and everyone is so angry all the time.
I get it.
Don't excuse me.
You don't deserve my bullshit.
I can't let it take over my life.
[SIGHS.]
It kills me that you thought I didn't want you.
You're all I want, Jordan.
You've always been what I want.
So You-you don't have to do this.
You-you're not gonna lose me.
I am scared that I'll lose myself.
We are the best part of me.
And there is not a day that I want to wake up without you.
That is my reality.
So, please please, marry me, Jordan Evans.
Are you going to answer? Like, I can-I can get down on a knee.
Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes.
Yes.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Get over here.
Where did you go last night? You ditched me.
Um, sorry.
My phone died.
I tried to find you.
Were you that drunk? Hi, everyone.
I'm taking over for Mr.
Hiller while he's out.
My name is Nick Sullivan, but let's keep it casual.
Call me Nick.
What can I help you with today? - Wedding rings.
- Right this way.
Um, yeah, I was I bought some earrings in here about a year ago, and I saw these twined gold bands that I just Everybody on the floor, now! On the floor or you die! Get down now! - You heard him! Down now! - Don't.
Don't.
Okay.
It's okay, baby, just go along, all right? - You're fine.
- [CRIES.]
You.
The safe.
Come on.
Let's go, let's go.
Everybody, stay down! Open up the safe.
Let's go.
Come on, man.
Come on, hurry up! - Crazy - [PHONE VIBRATING.]
I'm crazy for feeling so lonely What the fuck? - No, no, don't, don't.
- It's my phone.
- Turn it off! You want to fucking die?! - Hey don't, don't.
- Everything's gonna be fine.
- Turn it off! It's gonna be okay.
All right? She's gonna turn it off.
It's gonna be okay.
[GRUNTS.]
JORDAN: It's okay, it's okay, - she can turn it off.
All good.
- I got it, got it.
Hey! Hey! Put your gun down! Call the police.
- Put your gun down now! - We got a problem! [PANTING.]
[JORDAN MUTTERING.]
What No.
No, no, no, it's okay.
It's okay.
No.
No, no, no.
Wait, wait.
No, no, no.
Shh, shh.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
No! No! No! No! No! [SCREAMS.]