The Arrangement (2017) s01e01 Episode Script
Pilot
1 Now, like all of you, I am awed by his artistic talent, but I promise you the greater privilege is to know Kyle West the person.
If you witness his energy doing charity work or sharing his experiences at the Institute of the Higher Mind, you see someone so positive and so truly committed to make the lives of people around him better.
That's why I'm honored and grateful to call him a colleague and most importantly my friend.
Kyle West, everybody.
[cheers and applause.]
[upbeat music.]
Here we go, guys, J.
Law, Ariana's new beau, and Miley Cyrus has a surprise up her sleeve.
Ooh, I'm very intrigued.
But first up tonight, we have to talk about Kyle West, who just got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Definitely a lucky guy.
Yes.
He also has his new movie, "AWOL," and his reunion with his ex, Lisbeth Graves.
Is this going to be awkward? You could probably say that, 'cause next week, they're both scheduled to be at the Venice Film Festival premiering their new movies.
Everybody's watching because Kyle and Lisbeth haven't seen each other since she called off the wedding - last summer.
- I need a tarte tartin and a ganache.
Gracias.
Why are you still here? You're gonna be late.
I'm about to run this guy's card.
- I'll be fine.
- No, you're not gonna be fine.
You're actually auditioning for a Kyle West movie.
I'll take your table.
You need to prepare.
Because I'm really gonna get this part.
I don't even know how I got this audition.
Megan, stop that.
You're amazing.
That guy in the suit is really, really hot.
[indistinct chatter.]
Thank you guys so much, and, uh, enjoy the rest of your day.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
You're an actress, right? - I am, in fact, an actress.
- Really? Or are you just a waitress who's trying to act? Sorry, my douche-bag friend and I have a bet.
I've seen you before.
Yeah, you've seen her here, idiot.
Have you actually done anything? I was in a film that went to Sundance a few years ago.
Any TV? Please.
I have 100 on this.
"Seattle Med," "Blood Works," and I'm doing "Paper Tigers" later this week.
See? I knew she looked familiar.
- Pay me.
- I'm not giving you squat until she does a line from one of the shows on her apparently extensive résumé.
Honey, you should just walk away.
[chuckles.]
Please? [whispers.]
Please? All right, uh "That is a risk I'm willing to take, Lieutenant, "because last I checked, "all citizens are entitled to legal counsel, "even vampires.
" [laughter.]
That might be the worst piece of dialogue I've ever heard.
- But I believe you're an actress.
- Ah.
Enjoy it.
- Thank you very much.
- Yeah.
Bravo.
Anytime.
Nice work.
[dramatic rock music.]
Yeah, you know what? I don't think we're gonna have time to get to you today.
I know, but I'm only, like, ten minutes late.
And we have a hard out at 4:00.
Have a seat.
[chuckles.]
Hey, where do I know you from? Oh, um callbacks for that HBO pilot? Yes.
We ran lines together.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
How are you? I'm good.
Good.
How are you? I got the part.
[chuckles.]
- No way.
- Mm-hmm.
HBO? That's that's amazing.
I know, I know.
And I'm freaking out because I just bought a house, and now I have to go to Scotland for four months.
And then this Kyle West project comes up, and I'm just like, "Whew, wow.
" Something is going on in the universe, and I should not be questioning it right now.
I just I need to say yes.
You know what I mean, though, right? Totally.
Yeah.
- Right? - Yes.
Yes.
[panting.]
[soft music.]
[goat bleats.]
Where did you come from? - Come on! - [goats bleating.]
Let's go.
Come on, kids.
Come on.
Thanks so much for the opportunity.
[grunts.]
Let's go.
- [grunts.]
- [bleating continues.]
Come on.
Come on.
I'm a huge fan of your work.
No, I'm a huge fan of your work.
Who was that man, and why is he here? Ivan and his green goats.
You said you wanted carbon-free landscaping, the goats are gonna clear the hill and fertilize it.
Is there any way of getting Lisbeth's itinerary for Venice? There's always a way.
Is that weird? I just I don't want any surprises.
Not weird.
I'll take care of it.
[dramatic music.]
Come on.
Let's go.
[goats bleating.]
Megan, you can go back now.
[softly.]
Thank you.
Megan Morrison.
Last, but not least.
Yeah, do you want Okay, so you'll slate your name, I'll ask you the three imperatives, and we'll go right into the scene.
- The three what? - Imperatives.
I ask you three simple questions.
You respond with the first thing that pops into your mind.
The answers reveal your true character.
But I'm an actress, I have no true character.
[chuckles.]
I don't actually mean that.
You will respond, and the Agency will be waiting.
It is fool-proof.
I'm underwhelmed.
Well, it wasn't a great read, but I've always liked the way she carries herself.
She's got real confidence.
Megan Morrison.
I don't know who this is.
She hasn't broken out yet, but I met her at an NRDC function, and she's very smart East Coast.
Ah, right, 'cause everyone from the East Coast is smart.
If you could have anybody else's life, whose would it be? Amelia Earhart.
What's the most dangerous thing you've ever done? I hitchhiked from Hoboken to Virginia Beach.
What's your greatest fear? Maximum security prison.
- [chuckles.]
- Yeesh.
Don't do that.
She's calculated.
It's not authentic.
I can't help what I see.
She's an actress, sweetheart.
- What you're seeing is nuance.
- Ah, right.
Well, you are the producer.
I'm just the guy looking out for the Institute and Kyle's needs.
Who's this? Someone I think you should pass on.
Terence doesn't like how she answered the three imperatives.
Well, we do use them for a reason.
- How was the read? - We haven't watched it yet.
Dude, you haven't seen her do the scene? This isn't about talent.
Little talent wouldn't hurt, though.
Let's roll the tape.
[device beeps.]
Whenever you're ready.
Okay.
[clears throat.]
What makes you think you can stop it? Even if you make it there, you won't survive.
[upbeat music.]
What do you think Sophia's answers were? Better than mine.
She definitely wasn't fawning over me after I left.
Asking personal questions at an audition seems rampantly unprofessional.
I guess no one's ever asked you to take your top off in a deposition.
Nobody asks me anything in a deposition because it's a deposition.
The whole world wants to work with Kyle West.
- He can do whatever he wants.
- It's just surprising.
I've always had this image of him as being this grounded, evolved guy.
Kyle West? Yeah, he does really interesting movies, and he's into the whole self-actualizing Institute of the Higher Mind stuff.
That's what makes him cult-y and weird.
And look what happened with Lisbeth.
Yeah, but she left him at the altar.
I think that makes her the freak.
Or the one that came to her senses.
The 10's a parking lot, but we'll hop on the 60 and be in the desert by sunset.
Cool? It is your chariot, sexy man.
Take me away.
Snacks, charger, birth control.
Snacks, charger, birth control.
- Backgammon.
- [tires screeching.]
[indistinct arguing.]
Please get back.
No, I can't talk to you right now.
Can you please just get in your truck? - Nic? - I can't talk to you.
- What's going on? - Nothing's going on.
Nothing's going on, okay? - Please just get in your truck and go.
- You're Megan.
Holy Christ.
Who are you? - I'm Annika.
- Don't worry about it.
She just hangs out with the band sometimes, okay? She's got some serious problems.
Yeah, starting with the fact that I'm pregnant.
- What? - And I am so in love with the father so in love.
- You slept with her? - No, no.
She's making this up.
No, I'm not.
and you said that we would be together.
No, I said it was over! Don't yell at me! [sobbing.]
Megan, Megan Oh, my God.
Megan, what are you doing? Megan, come here.
[Wildes' "Bare".]
I'll tear the night Keep it from you [speaking indistinctly.]
Oh, oh, oh, oh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh You've seen me here And held me miles away Underneath my skin 'Cause on your seasoned day And if I'm really being honest, I'm not completely surprised.
You know, Nic and I have had some issues.
Every relationship has issues.
It doesn't make it okay to stick your dick in some love-addicted groupie.
I didn't say that it was okay.
I just said I'm not surprised considering our issues are of the sexual variety.
He insists on anal, right? - I wish.
- What? I mean, it's it's not about him, you know? It's I haven't felt sexy in a while.
I don't I don't really know what my problem is.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Yeah, this is totally about him, and his dirty penis that you somehow subconsciously knew about this whole time, and that's the only reason why you haven't been feeling sexy.
- [doorbell rings.]
- [gasps.]
Holy shit.
It's probably Nic.
[clears throat.]
It's not Nic.
- Kevin! Hey, come in! - What up, baby girl? Good to see you.
Hi, hello.
Oh, hi.
This is, uh, Ryan and Kale.
- Oh, this is Megan and Shaun.
- Hi.
- Hope, are you kidding me right now? - And this is whiskey.
Oh, you guys brought whiskey.
You're so cute.
Thank you so much.
Why don't you come in here, check out the pool? And, uh, we'll be out there in a minute.
- What else do you have there? - Hi.
- Okay.
- Okay, yes.
I did that.
I invited them over, but I did it for Megan.
Well, you shouldn't have.
Seriously, I'm just gonna I just want to go home.
No, no, no.
No, you're not.
- Hope, in what universe - In the universe of Hope where we do not feel sorry for ourselves, and instead, we get our revenge.
Gav is really fun, guys.
I mean, his other friends are Good God.
Yeah.
[Ladyhawke's "Let It Roll".]
I'm on the flip side of every dollar bill I am the eye watching over you Too many hard times Too much to think about So let it roll like a newborn soul Let it roll, let it roll Let it roll Whoo! Let it roll, let it roll Let it roll like a newborn soul Too many lovers in a hotel room They're making plans to runaway to the moon Not a care in the world they feel This is the rhythm as the heart beats on and on You think you look good, you take a photograph It makes you smile when you're feeling bad But it's the wrong way to start a new day So let it roll like a newborn soul Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll Let it roll, let it roll like a newborn soul [man snores.]
[cell phone ringing.]
[snoring.]
[gasps.]
Nic.
[breathing heavily.]
Oh.
Hello? You're not still sleeping, are you? - What time is it? - 10:00 a.
m.
Listen, you better start doing whatever actor-y shit it is you need to do to get ready because you've only got two hours.
Until what? Until you read with Kyle West.
- What? - Mm-hmm, I did it.
- They're calling you back.
- No, Leslie.
The callback can't be today.
I have been throwing up all night.
[chuckles.]
That's hilarious.
Okay, now stop screwing around and get focused because today is the most important day of your life.
[dramatic music.]
[shower running.]
The good news Lisbeth is staying at the Bulgari, which is more than a mile from where we'll be.
[sighs.]
The real news what's that? The real news is her table is next to yours at the opening dinner.
She's replacing Jessica Alba at the "Blue Waters" panel, and her film screens two hours before "AWOL.
" It's gonna be a shitshow.
We can get the seating arrangements changed.
I can back you out of the "Blue Waters" event.
Just go full narcissist douche-bag because I'm uncomfortable? No, no, no.
Look, people will see right through it.
[sighs.]
I have to actually figure out a way to deal with this.
Let me know if anything changes.
I want you to consider something.
The tension you're experiencing right now, can you be open to the possibility that it's not about Lisbeth or Venice or what might or might not happen there? [groans.]
What else would it be about? It would be about what's happening right here [dramatic music.]
Between us and what we both know has to happen next.
[engine revving.]
Still in love? - The bike? - [chuckles.]
Better be.
Spent enough time building it.
And how are you feeling about you? Good.
I'm good.
You sure? 'Cause I don't know exactly what I'm picking up, but I wouldn't call it good.
Usual stuff.
Well, we all have our stuff.
Right-size it, get present with your narrative.
You've done it a hundred times.
Hey, you want to blow this off? Take a ride up to Angeles National, tear it up? Thanks.
I want to work.
I promise, Terence, I'm good.
My job has been to know you better than you know yourself.
So I could design the perfect way to kill you.
You will respond, and the Agency will be waiting.
It is fool-proof.
Very nice.
Thank you.
Yeah, that was great.
[grunts.]
Really? I was so nervous.
- Really? - Yeah.
I couldn't tell at all.
I kept telling myself, "God, this girl's really, really good.
" You were so good.
Who the hell was that supposed to be? - Um, Gretchen Dvor - Yeah, I know who she is.
But who is she supposed to be? Simple, CIA pod person? Is that it? Is anybody interested in coming in here and just being a human being, huh? Just a normal human being? I will check.
These women I swear I feel more connected to the goats in my backyard.
At least I know they're goats.
We can always revisit this.
No, this is not about me, Terence.
Megan Morrison, everybody.
This is our director, Andres Plank.
Welcome.
This is Kyle West.
Megan.
Hey, how are you? Just fine.
Are we sitting? Whatever you like.
And, uh, whenever you're ready.
[clears throat.]
I'm going to Oslo.
It's the only way to stop this.
What makes you think that you can stop it? Even if you make it there, you won't survive.
The Agency has a kill plan, and it's already in place.
How do you know? How do you know? Because I crafted it.
That's what I do, Zev.
That's who I am.
It will happen during the day.
Someone that you trust will need your help, and you will respond.
No.
No, no, I won't.
You will, Zev.
I have spent hundreds of hours studying you, your habits, your body language, every inflection in your voice.
For years, my job was to know you better than you know yourself so that I can design the perfect way to kill you.
You will respond, and the Agency will be waiting.
It's fool-proof.
Thank you.
Thank you.
[door closes.]
- [cell phone ringing.]
- [sniffles, sighs.]
Megan, wait.
Hey, Megan.
Where have you been? That was amazing.
You are amazing.
Are you okay? Yeah, it was just, um it was just a really heavy scene, you know? And it's been a long 24 hours, so I-I-I probably just shouldn't be around actual people right now.
Look, I just wanted to say thank you for making my day.
That was what acting is supposed to be.
[chuckles.]
Thank you.
That's very, very sweet.
[exhales deeply.]
Are you hungry? Can I take you to lunch? [chuckles.]
[upbeat music.]
[tires screech.]
Kyle, take off your helmet! Oh, my God! Who's the girl? Kyle, take off your helmet! How do they recognize you? They recognize the bike.
Hold on.
[paparazzi shouting indistinctly.]
Best fish tacos in LA.
- It's closed.
- Not for us.
[soft music playing.]
Mmm.
Oh, my God.
It's too good.
- I can't speak.
- [both chuckle.]
Back when I was broke and desperate, Carlito let me eat here every day.
Then he paid me back by putting my son through college.
I knew what I was doing.
Stay as long as you want, my friend.
- Gracias.
- Thank you.
[door closes.]
Hmm.
So what does the broke and desperate Kyle West look like? [chuckles.]
- You really want to know? - Mm-hmm.
Okay.
[chuckles.]
Uh, all right, first month in LA, fresh off the boat from Lone Grove, Oklahoma, I'm running late to an audition I'm never going to get, and my car's being held together with duct tape, and the woman in front of me stops at a yellow light.
So I honk my horn, and I pull around side of her thinking that I'll just pass her when the light changes.
She rolls down her window and says, "Because you honked your horn at me, you are gonna go straight to hell.
" [chuckles.]
"And those good looks can't save you.
" And all I kept thinking about in that moment was, "Huh.
Does she really think I'm good-looking?" [laughs.]
All right, your turn.
You, uh you said you had a long 24 hours.
- Oh, no, no.
Mm, no.
- What does that look like? No, we're not at that portion of the program yet.
- Oh, we're not? - No.
First, we need to talk about the three imperatives.
[laughing.]
Maximum security prison.
That was amazing.
But the questions they're bullshit, aren't they? The thing that reveals a person's true character is their reaction to being told that their true character is gonna be revealed.
- No comment.
- [both laugh.]
But you're smart.
So, what, did you just come up with that yourself? The three imperatives were Terence Anderson's idea.
Terence And I know that name.
Yeah, he runs the Institute for the Higher Mind.
He's also my best friend.
So one day he just called you up and said, "Hey, brah, I have this idea for this awesome mind game.
"You should try it at your next audition.
" [chuckles.]
You know, Terence just wants to make sure that the good actors we work with are also good people.
His wife, DeAnn, is actually my producing partner.
You guys must go back a long way.
Terence saw the better version of me before I did.
Have you ever been up to the Institute? - Taken a class? - Nope.
I try to self-help myself as little as possible.
I get it.
You know, some people find it weird.
Challenging the way we think about ourselves and our relationship to the world and to our past, it it can freak people out.
Well, it obviously worked for you.
I wouldn't be here without it.
[cell phone vibrates.]
I actually have a meeting.
Oh, okay.
Do you want to come? To your meeting? [chuckles.]
I'm picturing a very long table with, like, a bunch of Japanese businessmen.
[chuckles.]
It'll be even better than that.
What do you say? [engine revving.]
[upbeat music.]
You have your meeting in an airplane hangar? What, are you buying a plane? I have my meeting in Zihuatanejo.
I'm thinking about buying an island.
Wait.
What? An island near Zihuatanejo.
It's in Mexico.
Yeah, I-I know where that is.
I can't go.
Why not? You said you were free.
Well, I was free when I thought we were going to Thousand Oaks.
I can't go to Mexico.
I don't I don't even have my passport.
Trust me, no one's going to be checking your passport.
Come on, Amelia Earhart, let's go on an adventure.
You coming? [jet engines powering up.]
[dramatic music.]
[indistinct chatter.]
Mr.
Anderson? I was hoping I could ask you a question.
Alexa.
- Are you enjoying the workshop? - Oh, so much.
I totally see it now how past experience is a barrier between us and our better selves.
But I wonder whether inexperience is a bigger obstacle for me.
Where are you from, Alexa? Cedar Rapids.
Oh.
I think it's time we got those false externals out of your way.
How does that feel? Lighter.
[chuckles.]
Thank you.
Inexperience is a gift.
I just had a lovely conversation with you-know-who's legal team.
Oh, great.
They're worried Kyle's going to do something inappropriate in Venice.
They threatened to leak Lisbeth's version of the breakup if he does.
I cannot believe we let that woman put our nuts in a sling.
Oh, she's paranoid.
Nothing's going to happen in Venice.
Really? Kyle's not in a good place.
He took that nobody actress to Mexico after an audition and a taco.
- So? - So? So it's regressive.
And I looked into her.
She's an orphan.
Her father left when she was an infant.
Her mother died when she was in college cancer.
Sounds like life.
Yeah, well, life comes with issues.
Then she dropped out of NYU and completely vanished.
Didn't use credit cards, no social media, nothing.
Honey, her mom died.
You don't think it's normal to unplug after that? No, not not for four months.
That's not normal.
This girl could be destabilizing in all sorts of ways, and Kyle forgets that his actions reflect on us.
Okay, well, for what it's worth, my gut tells me that Megan Morrison is great.
Yeah, well, I thought Lisbeth was great.
That's not the point.
I don't want to clean up another train wreck.
Okay, well, then let's make sure this one stays on the rails.
Wow.
This feels like a dream.
[chuckles.]
You know, you never told me the story about your long 24 hours.
I don't know I just, uh, kind of find you fascinating.
It's not fascinating.
Yesterday I found out my boyfriend of two years has been cheating on me.
I'd call that a colossal error in judgment.
Me too.
When you won the Golden Globe, was it hard not to cry? Yes.
Because you worked so hard to get there and you'd been through so much? Because I had to go to the bathroom badly.
They serve you drinks at the Golden Globes.
I didn't even know what I said.
Never mind.
[chuckles.]
Well, I cried when I won the Alphie.
The Alphie? It's just, like, for best performance at my high-school talent show.
[groans softly.]
- I'm sorry.
What? - I worked really hard.
What was your act? I shouldn't have said anything.
No, no, what was it? [scoffs.]
It was a a hip-hop tribute to William Shakespeare.
What? I was a very big theater geek in high school, okay? - Do it.
- So What? No, you are doing this.
A hip-hop tribute to Sha - You are doing this right now.
- No, no, uh-uh.
- You know what? Hey, I got you.
- Uh-uh.
- I got you.
- Uh-uh.
No way.
I got your beat.
Ready? [beatboxing.]
Okay, okay.
No, no, no.
- All right.
- Stop.
- Brrp.
Brrp.
- [laughing.]
I can't believe you're making me do this.
Ugh.
All right.
Do you know the first line to Hamlet's speech to the players? Of course.
"Speak the speech, I pray you.
" Lie back and let my lyrical material slay you 'Cause my pen flows with rhymes that kill I come hard I'm Will Shakespeare I'm the king of the hill So, if you want a sonnet, then I'm on it like a tonic I'm Beefeater like Derek Jeter I make plays, then I bust them out in theater Damn, don't get me started, I'm like Moses I parted seas with my verse Oh, please, I put the curse on the "Titanic" I'm manic, damn it, like Janet Jackson The featured attraction, I'm kicking it live, yo I'm Anglo-Saxon [laughing.]
[sighs.]
[laughs.]
That is the single greatest thing I've ever witnessed in my life.
Aw.
I have to kiss you now.
[soft music.]
[jet engine whirring.]
[inhales deeply.]
[exhales deeply.]
Where the hell are you, you asshole? And cut! Good.
[bell ringing.]
- We need that insert.
- We're gonna get an insert.
We're gonna get an insert of the coke, Megan.
- You can step out.
- Okay, thanks.
- Second team.
- Oh, thank you.
Fat lady alert.
Out of the way.
Hi.
Les, what are you doing here? I just thought I would waddle on down and see the magic happen.
Chloe, how are you? Can we go somewhere to talk? - Yeah.
Yeah, come here.
- Okay.
So what's going on? Well, this arrived at my office this morning.
Oh, please tell me those aren't photos.
Photos? Oh, sweet Jesus.
You had sex with Kyle West.
That explains a lot.
- Excuse me? - Never mind.
Um, we've been presented with a bit of a situation.
Not gonna lie.
It's unusual.
It's a little Bollywood.
It's really weird.
- It's Bollyweird.
- What's in the envelope? - Sit down.
- I don't want to sit down, Leslie.
- You're freaking me out.
- Okay, well, I want to sit down because I'm about to face-plant, so [sighs.]
Okay.
[clears throat.]
This is an offer from Kyle West.
- For the movie? - Technically, no.
It's an offer to be his next wife.
- His wife? - Relax.
You start out as the girlfriend, okay? And then if all of that goes well, then the official proposal comes, followed by the engagement period, and then, if you want the full 10 million - $10 million? - Paid in installments.
Most of it comes after the wedding.
And then there's also language in here about children, which involves a second agreement, and then, of course, whatever you get in the divorce, but that part's not commissionable.
- You should know that.
- Leslie, th this isn't real.
- This is completely real.
- No, it isn't.
This is Kyle's version of a joke.
[chuckles.]
Sweetie this is Kyle's version of a proposal.
He's offering you a contract marriage.
Let me see this.
[clears throat.]
"No infidelity.
"No drug use.
"Approval of all of my interaction with the media"? I don't get this.
I've known this guy for two days.
Well, you and your 25-year-old vagina made quite an impression.
- Hey.
- Megan I know this is not how we thought we were going to take your career to the next level, but, sweetie, if you sign this contract, you are going to be able to do whatever you want.
No.
There's no way that I'm doing this.
[dramatic music.]
Did I do something wrong? Not at all.
In fact, Kyle had nothing but good things to say about you.
I don't understand, though.
The arrangement just ran its course.
But I wanted to thank you.
Your contribution the last few weeks was very important.
We should talk about getting you involved in other Institute projects.
It's not going to be that easy.
What do you mean? I lived in that unbelievable house with his hands on me every night.
I don't want to go back to reality, and I won't do it quietly.
The so-called therapist, Sophie she's not cooperating.
We need to get her on board.
What can I do? Get her into the facility quietly.
- Can you handle that? - Absolutely.
[soft music.]
- [car door closes.]
- Hey.
Thanks for coming.
If you want to avoid the paparazzi, why don't we just meet at your house? This is actually more private, believe it or not.
So you want me to play the girl on your arm so you can do what? - What's your big secret? - There's no big secret.
I mean, after what we did last night, do you think I'm really looking for a beard? I don't know.
- You're an actor.
- [chuckles.]
I'm not that good.
Wait, Kyle.
If you like me, then why don't we just date and see where this goes? Why are we talking about marriage? [sighs.]
God, you have no idea how much I wish that I could just just date.
I don't know if you're after me for my money or to advance your career.
I would never do those things.
- [sighs.]
- If we just got to know each other like regular people, you would see that.
When you met your boyfriend, did you think he was actually the type of guy that would cheat on you? I never thought Lisbeth would just bail on me at our wedding.
Did she ever explain herself? There was a note something about getting lost in my world.
Uh, look, this contract's not about making sure that my feelings don't get hurt.
I don't I don't understand, then.
It's about my reputation.
It's about my [exhales deeply.]
it's about my brand the people that are relying on me to be the actor that everybody has to have in their movie.
[sighs.]
Megan, look, when I'm with you, all the bullshit, it just it melts away.
Okay? And I I feel like me.
[chuckles.]
I think that you are amazing.
But if Kyle West gets humiliated again, well, then that is a pattern, and that pattern's bad for business, okay? That's what the contract and the money are for.
That sounds so sad.
[chuckles.]
Is this all worth it? I honestly don't know.
But I feel like with you it would be.
- We just met.
- [chuckles.]
I know.
It's crazy.
It this is all crazy, but I-I've got this feeling that I am almost certain of, that if we just go for it You should come to Venice with me.
To Italy? [chuckles.]
Don't don't you ever just chill and go to the zoo? Look, my movie closes the festival next week.
We could go see a bunch of films, go to some parties, maybe do a couple of days at Lake Como.
[sighs.]
You don't have to give me an answer now.
Take a couple of days.
Think about it.
You'd be crazy not to.
A couple of days to decide what I am doing with, potentially, the rest of my life.
- Yeah.
- [chuckles.]
Howl Howl Kyle West gave you three orgasms? Almost four.
Almost four orgasms on the porch of a Mexican bungalow? Gi you should be paying him $10 million.
All right, can we just forget about the sex for a minute, please? I can't.
I mean, number one, I just can't.
And two, that's what this is.
Kyle's a stupidly hot guy with a private jet and some special skills.
I mean, we're not talking long-term potential here.
So you think I'm crazy for considering this? I think you're on the rebound, and he has major trust issues.
Have you looked at the language in this contract? He's expecting you to be, like, the perfect girlfriend.
And I'm sorry, but we both know you haven't been perfect.
I knew you would bring that up.
You're welcome.
It's a land mine.
It can blow everything up.
I know, but I still have to live my life.
Well, you'd be taking a big risk.
And that's worse than waiting tables for the rest of my life? I mean, and what if Kyle and I are amazing? - Oh, God, you did not just - I'm serious, Shaun.
No, look, I've never met anybody like this guy.
He totally got me right away, and I-I know that we've only spent a day together - but it feels like I've known him - Mm-hmm.
for so much longer than that.
I know, but maybe it's because somehow he's what I've been looking for.
Look, there's no law that says you have to decide now.
You should wait.
Wait till he gets back from Venice.
Then give him an answer.
[sighs.]
I could.
But it'd be really nice to go to Venice.
[Hannah Peel's "All That Matters".]
All that matters To him She's all that matters To him All that matters To me Is all that matters There you are.
Here I am.
I'm yours [both laughing.]
Hello to you, too.
All that matters Is you're with me Who will haunt Your worried face? So this is your place? This is my place.
Come on.
Wow.
I bought it from one of the guys in Foreigner.
He had the walls covered in velvet a whole different narrative.
Your view.
Oh, my God.
Bergland.
When I was in college, I would spend hours at MOMA just escaping into his world.
Take me with you.
Hello.
Terence Anderson, this is Megan Morrison.
Playing Megan Morrison this time.
Hardest role of all.
Well, I'm a very big fan of yours.
Shall we take care of business? Talent gets you noticed maybe.
And looks, sure, for a moment.
But the only thing that gets you a seat at the table in this town is force of personality.
I'm talking about complete and utter confidence in who you are.
When you have that, people are drawn to you.
They don't know why, but suddenly they need you.
And they will turn their lives inside out to be with you.
But you have to work your ass off.
You have to be the one willing to do the things that scare everybody else to death.
That's the difference between talent and success.
You're off to a great start, but you have to keep doing it.
I plan to.
Okay, Annika.
Let's see what we can do about getting you an agent.
[RAIGN's "Shine".]
You are the reason My heartbeat races up at nightfall Tell me the meaning All I've got inside to fight for Don't you be afraid Of the morning after The night is darker than the dawn And all of your days Have been getting harder To make you brighter than before Shine Oh, oh, oh, oh
If you witness his energy doing charity work or sharing his experiences at the Institute of the Higher Mind, you see someone so positive and so truly committed to make the lives of people around him better.
That's why I'm honored and grateful to call him a colleague and most importantly my friend.
Kyle West, everybody.
[cheers and applause.]
[upbeat music.]
Here we go, guys, J.
Law, Ariana's new beau, and Miley Cyrus has a surprise up her sleeve.
Ooh, I'm very intrigued.
But first up tonight, we have to talk about Kyle West, who just got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Definitely a lucky guy.
Yes.
He also has his new movie, "AWOL," and his reunion with his ex, Lisbeth Graves.
Is this going to be awkward? You could probably say that, 'cause next week, they're both scheduled to be at the Venice Film Festival premiering their new movies.
Everybody's watching because Kyle and Lisbeth haven't seen each other since she called off the wedding - last summer.
- I need a tarte tartin and a ganache.
Gracias.
Why are you still here? You're gonna be late.
I'm about to run this guy's card.
- I'll be fine.
- No, you're not gonna be fine.
You're actually auditioning for a Kyle West movie.
I'll take your table.
You need to prepare.
Because I'm really gonna get this part.
I don't even know how I got this audition.
Megan, stop that.
You're amazing.
That guy in the suit is really, really hot.
[indistinct chatter.]
Thank you guys so much, and, uh, enjoy the rest of your day.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
You're an actress, right? - I am, in fact, an actress.
- Really? Or are you just a waitress who's trying to act? Sorry, my douche-bag friend and I have a bet.
I've seen you before.
Yeah, you've seen her here, idiot.
Have you actually done anything? I was in a film that went to Sundance a few years ago.
Any TV? Please.
I have 100 on this.
"Seattle Med," "Blood Works," and I'm doing "Paper Tigers" later this week.
See? I knew she looked familiar.
- Pay me.
- I'm not giving you squat until she does a line from one of the shows on her apparently extensive résumé.
Honey, you should just walk away.
[chuckles.]
Please? [whispers.]
Please? All right, uh "That is a risk I'm willing to take, Lieutenant, "because last I checked, "all citizens are entitled to legal counsel, "even vampires.
" [laughter.]
That might be the worst piece of dialogue I've ever heard.
- But I believe you're an actress.
- Ah.
Enjoy it.
- Thank you very much.
- Yeah.
Bravo.
Anytime.
Nice work.
[dramatic rock music.]
Yeah, you know what? I don't think we're gonna have time to get to you today.
I know, but I'm only, like, ten minutes late.
And we have a hard out at 4:00.
Have a seat.
[chuckles.]
Hey, where do I know you from? Oh, um callbacks for that HBO pilot? Yes.
We ran lines together.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
How are you? I'm good.
Good.
How are you? I got the part.
[chuckles.]
- No way.
- Mm-hmm.
HBO? That's that's amazing.
I know, I know.
And I'm freaking out because I just bought a house, and now I have to go to Scotland for four months.
And then this Kyle West project comes up, and I'm just like, "Whew, wow.
" Something is going on in the universe, and I should not be questioning it right now.
I just I need to say yes.
You know what I mean, though, right? Totally.
Yeah.
- Right? - Yes.
Yes.
[panting.]
[soft music.]
[goat bleats.]
Where did you come from? - Come on! - [goats bleating.]
Let's go.
Come on, kids.
Come on.
Thanks so much for the opportunity.
[grunts.]
Let's go.
- [grunts.]
- [bleating continues.]
Come on.
Come on.
I'm a huge fan of your work.
No, I'm a huge fan of your work.
Who was that man, and why is he here? Ivan and his green goats.
You said you wanted carbon-free landscaping, the goats are gonna clear the hill and fertilize it.
Is there any way of getting Lisbeth's itinerary for Venice? There's always a way.
Is that weird? I just I don't want any surprises.
Not weird.
I'll take care of it.
[dramatic music.]
Come on.
Let's go.
[goats bleating.]
Megan, you can go back now.
[softly.]
Thank you.
Megan Morrison.
Last, but not least.
Yeah, do you want Okay, so you'll slate your name, I'll ask you the three imperatives, and we'll go right into the scene.
- The three what? - Imperatives.
I ask you three simple questions.
You respond with the first thing that pops into your mind.
The answers reveal your true character.
But I'm an actress, I have no true character.
[chuckles.]
I don't actually mean that.
You will respond, and the Agency will be waiting.
It is fool-proof.
I'm underwhelmed.
Well, it wasn't a great read, but I've always liked the way she carries herself.
She's got real confidence.
Megan Morrison.
I don't know who this is.
She hasn't broken out yet, but I met her at an NRDC function, and she's very smart East Coast.
Ah, right, 'cause everyone from the East Coast is smart.
If you could have anybody else's life, whose would it be? Amelia Earhart.
What's the most dangerous thing you've ever done? I hitchhiked from Hoboken to Virginia Beach.
What's your greatest fear? Maximum security prison.
- [chuckles.]
- Yeesh.
Don't do that.
She's calculated.
It's not authentic.
I can't help what I see.
She's an actress, sweetheart.
- What you're seeing is nuance.
- Ah, right.
Well, you are the producer.
I'm just the guy looking out for the Institute and Kyle's needs.
Who's this? Someone I think you should pass on.
Terence doesn't like how she answered the three imperatives.
Well, we do use them for a reason.
- How was the read? - We haven't watched it yet.
Dude, you haven't seen her do the scene? This isn't about talent.
Little talent wouldn't hurt, though.
Let's roll the tape.
[device beeps.]
Whenever you're ready.
Okay.
[clears throat.]
What makes you think you can stop it? Even if you make it there, you won't survive.
[upbeat music.]
What do you think Sophia's answers were? Better than mine.
She definitely wasn't fawning over me after I left.
Asking personal questions at an audition seems rampantly unprofessional.
I guess no one's ever asked you to take your top off in a deposition.
Nobody asks me anything in a deposition because it's a deposition.
The whole world wants to work with Kyle West.
- He can do whatever he wants.
- It's just surprising.
I've always had this image of him as being this grounded, evolved guy.
Kyle West? Yeah, he does really interesting movies, and he's into the whole self-actualizing Institute of the Higher Mind stuff.
That's what makes him cult-y and weird.
And look what happened with Lisbeth.
Yeah, but she left him at the altar.
I think that makes her the freak.
Or the one that came to her senses.
The 10's a parking lot, but we'll hop on the 60 and be in the desert by sunset.
Cool? It is your chariot, sexy man.
Take me away.
Snacks, charger, birth control.
Snacks, charger, birth control.
- Backgammon.
- [tires screeching.]
[indistinct arguing.]
Please get back.
No, I can't talk to you right now.
Can you please just get in your truck? - Nic? - I can't talk to you.
- What's going on? - Nothing's going on.
Nothing's going on, okay? - Please just get in your truck and go.
- You're Megan.
Holy Christ.
Who are you? - I'm Annika.
- Don't worry about it.
She just hangs out with the band sometimes, okay? She's got some serious problems.
Yeah, starting with the fact that I'm pregnant.
- What? - And I am so in love with the father so in love.
- You slept with her? - No, no.
She's making this up.
No, I'm not.
and you said that we would be together.
No, I said it was over! Don't yell at me! [sobbing.]
Megan, Megan Oh, my God.
Megan, what are you doing? Megan, come here.
[Wildes' "Bare".]
I'll tear the night Keep it from you [speaking indistinctly.]
Oh, oh, oh, oh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh You've seen me here And held me miles away Underneath my skin 'Cause on your seasoned day And if I'm really being honest, I'm not completely surprised.
You know, Nic and I have had some issues.
Every relationship has issues.
It doesn't make it okay to stick your dick in some love-addicted groupie.
I didn't say that it was okay.
I just said I'm not surprised considering our issues are of the sexual variety.
He insists on anal, right? - I wish.
- What? I mean, it's it's not about him, you know? It's I haven't felt sexy in a while.
I don't I don't really know what my problem is.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Yeah, this is totally about him, and his dirty penis that you somehow subconsciously knew about this whole time, and that's the only reason why you haven't been feeling sexy.
- [doorbell rings.]
- [gasps.]
Holy shit.
It's probably Nic.
[clears throat.]
It's not Nic.
- Kevin! Hey, come in! - What up, baby girl? Good to see you.
Hi, hello.
Oh, hi.
This is, uh, Ryan and Kale.
- Oh, this is Megan and Shaun.
- Hi.
- Hope, are you kidding me right now? - And this is whiskey.
Oh, you guys brought whiskey.
You're so cute.
Thank you so much.
Why don't you come in here, check out the pool? And, uh, we'll be out there in a minute.
- What else do you have there? - Hi.
- Okay.
- Okay, yes.
I did that.
I invited them over, but I did it for Megan.
Well, you shouldn't have.
Seriously, I'm just gonna I just want to go home.
No, no, no.
No, you're not.
- Hope, in what universe - In the universe of Hope where we do not feel sorry for ourselves, and instead, we get our revenge.
Gav is really fun, guys.
I mean, his other friends are Good God.
Yeah.
[Ladyhawke's "Let It Roll".]
I'm on the flip side of every dollar bill I am the eye watching over you Too many hard times Too much to think about So let it roll like a newborn soul Let it roll, let it roll Let it roll Whoo! Let it roll, let it roll Let it roll like a newborn soul Too many lovers in a hotel room They're making plans to runaway to the moon Not a care in the world they feel This is the rhythm as the heart beats on and on You think you look good, you take a photograph It makes you smile when you're feeling bad But it's the wrong way to start a new day So let it roll like a newborn soul Let it roll, let it roll, let it roll Let it roll, let it roll like a newborn soul [man snores.]
[cell phone ringing.]
[snoring.]
[gasps.]
Nic.
[breathing heavily.]
Oh.
Hello? You're not still sleeping, are you? - What time is it? - 10:00 a.
m.
Listen, you better start doing whatever actor-y shit it is you need to do to get ready because you've only got two hours.
Until what? Until you read with Kyle West.
- What? - Mm-hmm, I did it.
- They're calling you back.
- No, Leslie.
The callback can't be today.
I have been throwing up all night.
[chuckles.]
That's hilarious.
Okay, now stop screwing around and get focused because today is the most important day of your life.
[dramatic music.]
[shower running.]
The good news Lisbeth is staying at the Bulgari, which is more than a mile from where we'll be.
[sighs.]
The real news what's that? The real news is her table is next to yours at the opening dinner.
She's replacing Jessica Alba at the "Blue Waters" panel, and her film screens two hours before "AWOL.
" It's gonna be a shitshow.
We can get the seating arrangements changed.
I can back you out of the "Blue Waters" event.
Just go full narcissist douche-bag because I'm uncomfortable? No, no, no.
Look, people will see right through it.
[sighs.]
I have to actually figure out a way to deal with this.
Let me know if anything changes.
I want you to consider something.
The tension you're experiencing right now, can you be open to the possibility that it's not about Lisbeth or Venice or what might or might not happen there? [groans.]
What else would it be about? It would be about what's happening right here [dramatic music.]
Between us and what we both know has to happen next.
[engine revving.]
Still in love? - The bike? - [chuckles.]
Better be.
Spent enough time building it.
And how are you feeling about you? Good.
I'm good.
You sure? 'Cause I don't know exactly what I'm picking up, but I wouldn't call it good.
Usual stuff.
Well, we all have our stuff.
Right-size it, get present with your narrative.
You've done it a hundred times.
Hey, you want to blow this off? Take a ride up to Angeles National, tear it up? Thanks.
I want to work.
I promise, Terence, I'm good.
My job has been to know you better than you know yourself.
So I could design the perfect way to kill you.
You will respond, and the Agency will be waiting.
It is fool-proof.
Very nice.
Thank you.
Yeah, that was great.
[grunts.]
Really? I was so nervous.
- Really? - Yeah.
I couldn't tell at all.
I kept telling myself, "God, this girl's really, really good.
" You were so good.
Who the hell was that supposed to be? - Um, Gretchen Dvor - Yeah, I know who she is.
But who is she supposed to be? Simple, CIA pod person? Is that it? Is anybody interested in coming in here and just being a human being, huh? Just a normal human being? I will check.
These women I swear I feel more connected to the goats in my backyard.
At least I know they're goats.
We can always revisit this.
No, this is not about me, Terence.
Megan Morrison, everybody.
This is our director, Andres Plank.
Welcome.
This is Kyle West.
Megan.
Hey, how are you? Just fine.
Are we sitting? Whatever you like.
And, uh, whenever you're ready.
[clears throat.]
I'm going to Oslo.
It's the only way to stop this.
What makes you think that you can stop it? Even if you make it there, you won't survive.
The Agency has a kill plan, and it's already in place.
How do you know? How do you know? Because I crafted it.
That's what I do, Zev.
That's who I am.
It will happen during the day.
Someone that you trust will need your help, and you will respond.
No.
No, no, I won't.
You will, Zev.
I have spent hundreds of hours studying you, your habits, your body language, every inflection in your voice.
For years, my job was to know you better than you know yourself so that I can design the perfect way to kill you.
You will respond, and the Agency will be waiting.
It's fool-proof.
Thank you.
Thank you.
[door closes.]
- [cell phone ringing.]
- [sniffles, sighs.]
Megan, wait.
Hey, Megan.
Where have you been? That was amazing.
You are amazing.
Are you okay? Yeah, it was just, um it was just a really heavy scene, you know? And it's been a long 24 hours, so I-I-I probably just shouldn't be around actual people right now.
Look, I just wanted to say thank you for making my day.
That was what acting is supposed to be.
[chuckles.]
Thank you.
That's very, very sweet.
[exhales deeply.]
Are you hungry? Can I take you to lunch? [chuckles.]
[upbeat music.]
[tires screech.]
Kyle, take off your helmet! Oh, my God! Who's the girl? Kyle, take off your helmet! How do they recognize you? They recognize the bike.
Hold on.
[paparazzi shouting indistinctly.]
Best fish tacos in LA.
- It's closed.
- Not for us.
[soft music playing.]
Mmm.
Oh, my God.
It's too good.
- I can't speak.
- [both chuckle.]
Back when I was broke and desperate, Carlito let me eat here every day.
Then he paid me back by putting my son through college.
I knew what I was doing.
Stay as long as you want, my friend.
- Gracias.
- Thank you.
[door closes.]
Hmm.
So what does the broke and desperate Kyle West look like? [chuckles.]
- You really want to know? - Mm-hmm.
Okay.
[chuckles.]
Uh, all right, first month in LA, fresh off the boat from Lone Grove, Oklahoma, I'm running late to an audition I'm never going to get, and my car's being held together with duct tape, and the woman in front of me stops at a yellow light.
So I honk my horn, and I pull around side of her thinking that I'll just pass her when the light changes.
She rolls down her window and says, "Because you honked your horn at me, you are gonna go straight to hell.
" [chuckles.]
"And those good looks can't save you.
" And all I kept thinking about in that moment was, "Huh.
Does she really think I'm good-looking?" [laughs.]
All right, your turn.
You, uh you said you had a long 24 hours.
- Oh, no, no.
Mm, no.
- What does that look like? No, we're not at that portion of the program yet.
- Oh, we're not? - No.
First, we need to talk about the three imperatives.
[laughing.]
Maximum security prison.
That was amazing.
But the questions they're bullshit, aren't they? The thing that reveals a person's true character is their reaction to being told that their true character is gonna be revealed.
- No comment.
- [both laugh.]
But you're smart.
So, what, did you just come up with that yourself? The three imperatives were Terence Anderson's idea.
Terence And I know that name.
Yeah, he runs the Institute for the Higher Mind.
He's also my best friend.
So one day he just called you up and said, "Hey, brah, I have this idea for this awesome mind game.
"You should try it at your next audition.
" [chuckles.]
You know, Terence just wants to make sure that the good actors we work with are also good people.
His wife, DeAnn, is actually my producing partner.
You guys must go back a long way.
Terence saw the better version of me before I did.
Have you ever been up to the Institute? - Taken a class? - Nope.
I try to self-help myself as little as possible.
I get it.
You know, some people find it weird.
Challenging the way we think about ourselves and our relationship to the world and to our past, it it can freak people out.
Well, it obviously worked for you.
I wouldn't be here without it.
[cell phone vibrates.]
I actually have a meeting.
Oh, okay.
Do you want to come? To your meeting? [chuckles.]
I'm picturing a very long table with, like, a bunch of Japanese businessmen.
[chuckles.]
It'll be even better than that.
What do you say? [engine revving.]
[upbeat music.]
You have your meeting in an airplane hangar? What, are you buying a plane? I have my meeting in Zihuatanejo.
I'm thinking about buying an island.
Wait.
What? An island near Zihuatanejo.
It's in Mexico.
Yeah, I-I know where that is.
I can't go.
Why not? You said you were free.
Well, I was free when I thought we were going to Thousand Oaks.
I can't go to Mexico.
I don't I don't even have my passport.
Trust me, no one's going to be checking your passport.
Come on, Amelia Earhart, let's go on an adventure.
You coming? [jet engines powering up.]
[dramatic music.]
[indistinct chatter.]
Mr.
Anderson? I was hoping I could ask you a question.
Alexa.
- Are you enjoying the workshop? - Oh, so much.
I totally see it now how past experience is a barrier between us and our better selves.
But I wonder whether inexperience is a bigger obstacle for me.
Where are you from, Alexa? Cedar Rapids.
Oh.
I think it's time we got those false externals out of your way.
How does that feel? Lighter.
[chuckles.]
Thank you.
Inexperience is a gift.
I just had a lovely conversation with you-know-who's legal team.
Oh, great.
They're worried Kyle's going to do something inappropriate in Venice.
They threatened to leak Lisbeth's version of the breakup if he does.
I cannot believe we let that woman put our nuts in a sling.
Oh, she's paranoid.
Nothing's going to happen in Venice.
Really? Kyle's not in a good place.
He took that nobody actress to Mexico after an audition and a taco.
- So? - So? So it's regressive.
And I looked into her.
She's an orphan.
Her father left when she was an infant.
Her mother died when she was in college cancer.
Sounds like life.
Yeah, well, life comes with issues.
Then she dropped out of NYU and completely vanished.
Didn't use credit cards, no social media, nothing.
Honey, her mom died.
You don't think it's normal to unplug after that? No, not not for four months.
That's not normal.
This girl could be destabilizing in all sorts of ways, and Kyle forgets that his actions reflect on us.
Okay, well, for what it's worth, my gut tells me that Megan Morrison is great.
Yeah, well, I thought Lisbeth was great.
That's not the point.
I don't want to clean up another train wreck.
Okay, well, then let's make sure this one stays on the rails.
Wow.
This feels like a dream.
[chuckles.]
You know, you never told me the story about your long 24 hours.
I don't know I just, uh, kind of find you fascinating.
It's not fascinating.
Yesterday I found out my boyfriend of two years has been cheating on me.
I'd call that a colossal error in judgment.
Me too.
When you won the Golden Globe, was it hard not to cry? Yes.
Because you worked so hard to get there and you'd been through so much? Because I had to go to the bathroom badly.
They serve you drinks at the Golden Globes.
I didn't even know what I said.
Never mind.
[chuckles.]
Well, I cried when I won the Alphie.
The Alphie? It's just, like, for best performance at my high-school talent show.
[groans softly.]
- I'm sorry.
What? - I worked really hard.
What was your act? I shouldn't have said anything.
No, no, what was it? [scoffs.]
It was a a hip-hop tribute to William Shakespeare.
What? I was a very big theater geek in high school, okay? - Do it.
- So What? No, you are doing this.
A hip-hop tribute to Sha - You are doing this right now.
- No, no, uh-uh.
- You know what? Hey, I got you.
- Uh-uh.
- I got you.
- Uh-uh.
No way.
I got your beat.
Ready? [beatboxing.]
Okay, okay.
No, no, no.
- All right.
- Stop.
- Brrp.
Brrp.
- [laughing.]
I can't believe you're making me do this.
Ugh.
All right.
Do you know the first line to Hamlet's speech to the players? Of course.
"Speak the speech, I pray you.
" Lie back and let my lyrical material slay you 'Cause my pen flows with rhymes that kill I come hard I'm Will Shakespeare I'm the king of the hill So, if you want a sonnet, then I'm on it like a tonic I'm Beefeater like Derek Jeter I make plays, then I bust them out in theater Damn, don't get me started, I'm like Moses I parted seas with my verse Oh, please, I put the curse on the "Titanic" I'm manic, damn it, like Janet Jackson The featured attraction, I'm kicking it live, yo I'm Anglo-Saxon [laughing.]
[sighs.]
[laughs.]
That is the single greatest thing I've ever witnessed in my life.
Aw.
I have to kiss you now.
[soft music.]
[jet engine whirring.]
[inhales deeply.]
[exhales deeply.]
Where the hell are you, you asshole? And cut! Good.
[bell ringing.]
- We need that insert.
- We're gonna get an insert.
We're gonna get an insert of the coke, Megan.
- You can step out.
- Okay, thanks.
- Second team.
- Oh, thank you.
Fat lady alert.
Out of the way.
Hi.
Les, what are you doing here? I just thought I would waddle on down and see the magic happen.
Chloe, how are you? Can we go somewhere to talk? - Yeah.
Yeah, come here.
- Okay.
So what's going on? Well, this arrived at my office this morning.
Oh, please tell me those aren't photos.
Photos? Oh, sweet Jesus.
You had sex with Kyle West.
That explains a lot.
- Excuse me? - Never mind.
Um, we've been presented with a bit of a situation.
Not gonna lie.
It's unusual.
It's a little Bollywood.
It's really weird.
- It's Bollyweird.
- What's in the envelope? - Sit down.
- I don't want to sit down, Leslie.
- You're freaking me out.
- Okay, well, I want to sit down because I'm about to face-plant, so [sighs.]
Okay.
[clears throat.]
This is an offer from Kyle West.
- For the movie? - Technically, no.
It's an offer to be his next wife.
- His wife? - Relax.
You start out as the girlfriend, okay? And then if all of that goes well, then the official proposal comes, followed by the engagement period, and then, if you want the full 10 million - $10 million? - Paid in installments.
Most of it comes after the wedding.
And then there's also language in here about children, which involves a second agreement, and then, of course, whatever you get in the divorce, but that part's not commissionable.
- You should know that.
- Leslie, th this isn't real.
- This is completely real.
- No, it isn't.
This is Kyle's version of a joke.
[chuckles.]
Sweetie this is Kyle's version of a proposal.
He's offering you a contract marriage.
Let me see this.
[clears throat.]
"No infidelity.
"No drug use.
"Approval of all of my interaction with the media"? I don't get this.
I've known this guy for two days.
Well, you and your 25-year-old vagina made quite an impression.
- Hey.
- Megan I know this is not how we thought we were going to take your career to the next level, but, sweetie, if you sign this contract, you are going to be able to do whatever you want.
No.
There's no way that I'm doing this.
[dramatic music.]
Did I do something wrong? Not at all.
In fact, Kyle had nothing but good things to say about you.
I don't understand, though.
The arrangement just ran its course.
But I wanted to thank you.
Your contribution the last few weeks was very important.
We should talk about getting you involved in other Institute projects.
It's not going to be that easy.
What do you mean? I lived in that unbelievable house with his hands on me every night.
I don't want to go back to reality, and I won't do it quietly.
The so-called therapist, Sophie she's not cooperating.
We need to get her on board.
What can I do? Get her into the facility quietly.
- Can you handle that? - Absolutely.
[soft music.]
- [car door closes.]
- Hey.
Thanks for coming.
If you want to avoid the paparazzi, why don't we just meet at your house? This is actually more private, believe it or not.
So you want me to play the girl on your arm so you can do what? - What's your big secret? - There's no big secret.
I mean, after what we did last night, do you think I'm really looking for a beard? I don't know.
- You're an actor.
- [chuckles.]
I'm not that good.
Wait, Kyle.
If you like me, then why don't we just date and see where this goes? Why are we talking about marriage? [sighs.]
God, you have no idea how much I wish that I could just just date.
I don't know if you're after me for my money or to advance your career.
I would never do those things.
- [sighs.]
- If we just got to know each other like regular people, you would see that.
When you met your boyfriend, did you think he was actually the type of guy that would cheat on you? I never thought Lisbeth would just bail on me at our wedding.
Did she ever explain herself? There was a note something about getting lost in my world.
Uh, look, this contract's not about making sure that my feelings don't get hurt.
I don't I don't understand, then.
It's about my reputation.
It's about my [exhales deeply.]
it's about my brand the people that are relying on me to be the actor that everybody has to have in their movie.
[sighs.]
Megan, look, when I'm with you, all the bullshit, it just it melts away.
Okay? And I I feel like me.
[chuckles.]
I think that you are amazing.
But if Kyle West gets humiliated again, well, then that is a pattern, and that pattern's bad for business, okay? That's what the contract and the money are for.
That sounds so sad.
[chuckles.]
Is this all worth it? I honestly don't know.
But I feel like with you it would be.
- We just met.
- [chuckles.]
I know.
It's crazy.
It this is all crazy, but I-I've got this feeling that I am almost certain of, that if we just go for it You should come to Venice with me.
To Italy? [chuckles.]
Don't don't you ever just chill and go to the zoo? Look, my movie closes the festival next week.
We could go see a bunch of films, go to some parties, maybe do a couple of days at Lake Como.
[sighs.]
You don't have to give me an answer now.
Take a couple of days.
Think about it.
You'd be crazy not to.
A couple of days to decide what I am doing with, potentially, the rest of my life.
- Yeah.
- [chuckles.]
Howl Howl Kyle West gave you three orgasms? Almost four.
Almost four orgasms on the porch of a Mexican bungalow? Gi you should be paying him $10 million.
All right, can we just forget about the sex for a minute, please? I can't.
I mean, number one, I just can't.
And two, that's what this is.
Kyle's a stupidly hot guy with a private jet and some special skills.
I mean, we're not talking long-term potential here.
So you think I'm crazy for considering this? I think you're on the rebound, and he has major trust issues.
Have you looked at the language in this contract? He's expecting you to be, like, the perfect girlfriend.
And I'm sorry, but we both know you haven't been perfect.
I knew you would bring that up.
You're welcome.
It's a land mine.
It can blow everything up.
I know, but I still have to live my life.
Well, you'd be taking a big risk.
And that's worse than waiting tables for the rest of my life? I mean, and what if Kyle and I are amazing? - Oh, God, you did not just - I'm serious, Shaun.
No, look, I've never met anybody like this guy.
He totally got me right away, and I-I know that we've only spent a day together - but it feels like I've known him - Mm-hmm.
for so much longer than that.
I know, but maybe it's because somehow he's what I've been looking for.
Look, there's no law that says you have to decide now.
You should wait.
Wait till he gets back from Venice.
Then give him an answer.
[sighs.]
I could.
But it'd be really nice to go to Venice.
[Hannah Peel's "All That Matters".]
All that matters To him She's all that matters To him All that matters To me Is all that matters There you are.
Here I am.
I'm yours [both laughing.]
Hello to you, too.
All that matters Is you're with me Who will haunt Your worried face? So this is your place? This is my place.
Come on.
Wow.
I bought it from one of the guys in Foreigner.
He had the walls covered in velvet a whole different narrative.
Your view.
Oh, my God.
Bergland.
When I was in college, I would spend hours at MOMA just escaping into his world.
Take me with you.
Hello.
Terence Anderson, this is Megan Morrison.
Playing Megan Morrison this time.
Hardest role of all.
Well, I'm a very big fan of yours.
Shall we take care of business? Talent gets you noticed maybe.
And looks, sure, for a moment.
But the only thing that gets you a seat at the table in this town is force of personality.
I'm talking about complete and utter confidence in who you are.
When you have that, people are drawn to you.
They don't know why, but suddenly they need you.
And they will turn their lives inside out to be with you.
But you have to work your ass off.
You have to be the one willing to do the things that scare everybody else to death.
That's the difference between talent and success.
You're off to a great start, but you have to keep doing it.
I plan to.
Okay, Annika.
Let's see what we can do about getting you an agent.
[RAIGN's "Shine".]
You are the reason My heartbeat races up at nightfall Tell me the meaning All I've got inside to fight for Don't you be afraid Of the morning after The night is darker than the dawn And all of your days Have been getting harder To make you brighter than before Shine Oh, oh, oh, oh