Sort Of (2021) s01e02 Episode Script

Don't look
at Mackenzie Killinghall's socials?
Lewis' ex?
He's cheating on me.
And he went back to women.
Also, consider your ass dumped.
You're a nanny,
move to Berlin with me.
-What?
-We leave Monday.
You could stay on until Christmas
and then that's it.
Merry Christmas to me.
-I'm saying yes to you, papi
-I'm gonna miss you.
-and yes to Berlin.
-Bessy got into accident on her bike.
She's non-responsive.
-Hello.
- We're going to Berlin.
-Baby!
-7ven, I can't talk right now.
-What happened?
-Um
We're just supposed to, like,
go to school
when Mom is in the hospital?
We don't know how serious anything is
right now.
Dad said "non-responsive."
It can mean a lot of things.
Like when you don't respond
to a text.
-That's probably not what he meant.
-We have no information yet.
Henry! Don't walk into the street.
-Why are you lying to me?
-OK. Henry, wait.
Vi, I know it's scary,
but until we know
what we're dealing with,
it's a normal day.
We fired you.
You're not even our nanny anymore.
Seriously?
Do you know how dangerous
what you just did is?
-Whatever!
-Come on!
Whatever!
-You have to watch her better.
-Thanks for the advice, Priscilla.
OK, Henry.
OK. Game thingy.
You OK?
Yep.
-Hello?
-Hey.
-Hold on.
-I just wanted to
She must've been going
at a good clip.
-Is she a serious cyclist?
-Um, yeah.
Maybe she was distracted.
She ran right into
a parked poutine truck.
-Oh, wow.
-Yeah. Police told me.
So you know that she was intubated
at the scene?
She was intubated?
-Did she stop breathing?
-Oh, no.
They intubate so she doesn't vomit
into her lungs
while she's unconscious.
-Oh
-She is super lucky to be alive.
We're just waiting
to get her into a CT scan,
take a look at her brain and spine.
That is so real.
-Yes, king.
-I need all your deets
for booking that flight to Germania.
Amazing. I'll be home in a bit.
Do you ever reflect on how
small-minded we were in high school?
Like, GO-training to the Eaton Center
was expanding our horizons.
We're gonna see the world.
We're gonna bloom like edelweiss.
We're gonna deep throat so much
Shit, I'm at work.
Love you. Bye.
Hey, baby. Hey.
Just get in. Five minutes.
Baby! I just wanna talk to you.
Sabi, come on, please!
Alright. Alright!
-You're not the only one in the road.
-You're whistling in my ear.
-Hold your horses!
-Sabi! Why won't you talk to me?
He can see you, Sabi.
We can all see you.
Please! I can't hear.
Did you say something?
Call me! Call me!
Hi. Hi, I'm Lloyd.
-Hey, Lloyd. I'm Paul.
-Paul. Hi.
So, my job is to support
the medical staff.
Does that make sense?
Yeah. Why wouldn't that make sense?
Yeah. OK, so, medications.
Is Bessy on blood thinners?
Oh, um I don't think so.
It's a tough day, I know. I'm sorry.
I hate to pester you. Just tell me
anything you can think of.
She likes Missy Elliot.
The woman she dated before me
was an OBGYN.
Can we stick to medications
and allergies? Just for me.
-Retinol.
-Retinol.
-OK
-Can I just make a call?
Yeah, of course.
-Take your time.
-OK.
I see you have her belongings. Good.
-I'm gonna be in my office.
-OK.
-OK.
-Thanks.
Who's Penny?
-What am I looking for?
-Just read me the medication labels.
She doesn't have any allergies
to any meds.
-How do you know that?
-Oh, shit. That's a lot of pills.
Valacyclovir, Lorazepam, Rogaine.
Those are mine.
-Tiny rainbow vibrator.
-It's not mine.
There should be a file in the
cabinet underneath the lion shelf.
OK.
I don't even know
why she likes lions.
I just know she does.
They roar. That's it.
That's the whole reason.
I really should know
this stuff about her.
OK. So, banking, insurance,
investments, continuity plan.
Continuity plan.
Yeah. Just give me one second. Paul.
You sure
your blood type is B negative?
She was on Escitalopram?
-Sounds super legit.
-Yeah, it's an antidepressant.
Oh, shit.
Hey did she ever She ever mention
a friend named Penny?
No. Did you cancel your patients
for the rest of the day?
No, I didn't think to do that.
Thank you.
Also, what should I say to the kids?
Oh, God. Can we
Just say we
I'm sorry.
I'm kind of freaking out right now.
I gotta go.
How the fuck did I not know
you were depressed?
That top slays. Like, I'm dead.
-I'll leave you here.
-Thanks, Nalidi.
Why are you here? Is it Mom?
What? No, it's Bessy.
-Who?
-My nanny boss.
-She was in a really bad accident.
-Was she insured?
What? No. I don't know.
Can you stop working early
and take lunch with me now?
Hang on, I have someone on hold.
Would I be able to give you
a call back in about an hour?
No, no, no, no, no.
Take pictures of the shed
after the firefighters are done.
Yeah. OK. Ciao.
-That person's shed was on fire?
-Yeah. Happens a lot, actually.
Talk to me.
If I don't go to Berlin now,
I feel like I never will.
You're thinking
about not going to Berlin?
-You can't not go to Berlin.
-OK.
You need to be as super far
from your stale-ass life as possible
-for your general development.
-OK. But Bessy was
She wasn't just my boss,
she was like
It's not like we hung out hung out,
but
She was the first person to ask me
what my pronouns were
before I even knew to ask that, so
Well, she has a family.
No, see, that's the thing,
she doesn't.
There's, like, no support.
She has one sister in Australia,
both her parents are dead
and Paul's family's super sketch.
It just feels wrong to not be here
for her for them.
I don't know.
OK. I see what you're saying now.
But I think
that you're looking at it wrong.
Like going or not going,
as if it's a choice.
-It's not?
-Let it not be a choice.
Some things are just too big
to be choices.
Like, acknowledge that.
Sorry, one second.
It's the school. Hello?
Oh, my God. I'll be right over.
Thanks.
-I have to go. I'm so sorry.
-Wait!
-I'll call you or text you.
-I thought we were going to lunch.
-Sorry.
-I'm hungry. I'm hungry.
Bye.
Hi, I'm here about
Yes, I will find someone to help you.
Please hold.
Please stand behind the line.
New school policy.
Yeah, I'm here to take her home.
Oh. Violet was sent down
to speak to the vice-principle
when she punched
one of her classmates
in the va gi nal region.
I pushed her
in the vag inal region.
I'm not a monster.
I'm sorry.
Who are you exactly?
Sabi Mehboob, Violet's nanny.
I'm third
on the emergency contact list.
Can I see some ID?
Seriously?
Uh-huh.
There. You can put your ID
on the desk over there.
You think my ID might be fake?
Because what would be my plan here?
Break her out of school so we can
get high and go to, like, the mall?
No.
Is this your nanny?
I have no idea who that person is.
But Sabi's on the list of people
authorized to pick her up, no?
So, what's the problem?
Violet says she doesn't know this
person.
Put my daughter on, please.
Your father wants to talk to you.
What's happening with Mom?
Why are you pretending
you don't know Sabi?
Why are you suppressing information?
I can't talk right now. I
Just put Sabi on.
-Sabi who?
-Stop it!
He wants to talk to Sabi.
I'll just transfer it to the phone
on the other side of the room.
Hey.
Hey. I can't believe
the school's pulling this.
What do I do?
Just white-savior it
so I can take her home.
Oh. Uh
-Yes. Hello again.
-Hey.
Yeah, I just got news
that my wife is about
to have a piece of skull removed
so they can give room
for her brain to swell.
Yeah, that wasn't the plan
when she left for work this morning.
-I am so sorry.
-What's he so sorry about?
What if you let the person authorized
to take my daughter home
take my daughter home?
I wish your wife all the best.
-What did he tell you.
-I don't feel it's set for me to say.
All I know is she had an accident
on her bike and it's pretty serious.
But I don't know how serious.
And your dad's gonna fill you in
when he's able
to wrap his head around this.
-Who's that guy on our porch?
-Are you kidding me?
-Sabi!
-Oh, my God!
Is he gonna mug us?
It's OK, Vi.
It's fine. I know him.
I need to talk to you.
I'm a bit maxed on aggro white dudes
being in my face today.
I wanna be with you. I love you.
Do you think now's the perfect time
for this? Read the room.
But I love you. I know that now.
I totally know that I love you. Sabi!
Apparently, that guy
totally knows he loves you.
Yeah, I don't wanna talk about it.
You don't wanna talk about anything.
You'd rather lie.
Cos liars gonna lie.
Just like Dad.
Violet. He was in the middle
of major stuff
which you made worse
by vag-punching a classmate.
We can doomsday
the crap out of this
or we can stop guessing
until we get info.
But Dad has real info.
Sometimes people suck at the truth.
Just give him a minute.
Oh, Guten Tag.
My name is Mila Meyer-Landrut
and I am #GermanInstagrammodel.
I am so very excited
for your recent visit
that I am screaming inside my heart!
Even though, round animals
are my first love,
I also enjoy Bollywood dance,
jumping into your feelings,
and spit play.
#peaceonEarth!
#we'regoin'toBerlinbitch!
Sabi. Sabi.
Sabi.
Sabi, Sabi, Sabi, Sabi, Sabi,
Sabi, Sabi, Sabi, Sabi, Sabi.
Oh, my God.
Are you worried that your mom
hasn't called you today?
Is this it?
Like, she sees you
She finally really sees you
and you're just never
gonna talk again.
Oh, my God.
Sabi, wake up.
We have to pick Henry up.
Is that Dad's car
parked in front of the house?
He's just sitting there.
Why doesn't he just come inside?
Cos he doesn't want to face us.
Oh, my God. Mom's dead.
Violet, look at me. Look at me.
You can see your dad's
not in a good place, right?
He's probably got
some really awful news.
But not like awful awful,
because he would've told me.
-Your mom's not dead, OK?
-OK.
So, someone has to talk
to your father
and someone has to
make you both a snack, right?
Which one do you wanna do?
I'll make the snack.
OK.
OK, Henry. Let's go.
-How bad is she?
-She had surgery on her brain.
We don't know
when she'll be conscious again.
Couple days, couple weeks, never
After three weeks,
statistically it's it's bad.
Hey, why didn't you
answer your phone earlier?
I forgot.
-Can you do something for me?
-Yeah.
Don't ever not answer your phone.
Am I allowed to hang out
with my friends?
What? Yeah, of course you can
hang out with your friends.
You're messing with me.
Weird timing.
Well, I kind of didn't know
what to say
to that massively possessive ask.
No, I got it. I got it.
You are gonna have to say something
to them.
Or Violet's gonna start
lighting shit on fire.
Why can't I just talk to them?
I can't even look at them.
I feel like the worst father.
I think showing them you're human
is being a good father.
Um. Sorry, I
Um, I just wanna talk to you guys.
I love you guys so much.
-Listen
-Yeah.
-I can't tell you how much
-Please don't.
This was the hardest day of my life.
She is everything to me.
She is a lot to everyone.
I know you said you weren't able
to take on more hours
I found room in my schedule.
Thank you.
It's not even a choice.
I will see you in the morning.
What up? You wanna watch me
buy those plane tickets?
Are you freaking out?
It's normal.
International move. It's huge.
But this is it, Sabi.
This is gonna be the fulcrum
of our existence.
There's gonna be us pre-Berlin
and then us post-Berlin.
Oh, shit,
you're back-pedaling.
Don't! You are about to supernova
into extreme self-realization, Sabi.
Don't let fear turn you
into an empty shell of unlived life.
I'm not going to Berlin.
You would do anything
to run away from yourself.
You're constitutionally incapable
of living any kind of truth
about who you are.
You break my heart!