Buying Beverly Hills (2022) s01e03 Episode Script

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[dramatic hip-hop music playing]
[kitten meows]
[puppy yips]
We had the showing with Olivia,
-and you gave Alexia the B+.
-Mmm-hmm.
And Sonika told her that you said
that you would really give her a C,
and she feels very betrayed.
I just want to make sure
that you fix this.
[Melissa] Okay, so I'm in deep shit then.
[sighs]
I'm shaking.
[tense music playing]
[man laughing] Whoo!
[Melissa] Hi, Alexia.
Um, can we chat?
I think it's better
if we talk a little later.
-Not now. So Yeah.
-Okay, okay, okay.
Okay. Okay.
I've never seen Alexia
look at me the way she did tonight.
I am really uncomfortable.
If this ruins me, Farrah,
and Alexia's friendship,
I don't even know what to think.
Hey, can we talk?
-[Sonika] Yes.
-[Melissa] Okay.
[Sonika] Absolutely.
[Melissa] The fact I said something
that has been flipped around
and looking like I'm talking shit
is killing me.
The thing that Sonika does not understand
is she's fucking with my career,
and that's something
that I will not let slide whatsoever.
Farrah pulled me aside and she told me
that you told Alexia the grade
that I would have given her.
I just felt like she needed to know,
because she had this coming up, and I
But do you understand that, like,
when it goes to Alexia,
and then it gets back to Farrah,
it looks like I'm talking shit,
when that's the last thing
that I would do.
I'm pissed. I'm pissed. I'm boiling.
She just seemed like
she needed to talk about it, and I just
I didn't know what to say, honestly.
I'm not that kind of person
to go talk shit
But you're smiling right now.
-I don't think you take it seriously.
-You know me. I'm uncomfortably smiling.
When I'm talking to you, moving forward,
anything I say to you,
don't say it to anyone else.
I think I should go.
I'm just really uncomfortable.
-[Sonika] Okay.
-Okay.
God.
Oh, my God. Wow. [snickers]
Are you okay? I feel like I've
started this whole whirlwind of things.
[Sonika] Oh, my God.
I'm this close to crying.
-[Brandon] Really?
-[Sonika] This close.
-She just ripped me a new one.
-[Alexia] I'm so sorry.
I just was super caught off-guard
because I wanted to be honest with you
and let you know,
'cause I knew this was coming up,
but I wanted you to
-[Alexia] Listen, I know.
-be fully prepared.
I feel so blindsided.
I did not expect this today.
I don't really have much experience
working with Melissa at all,
and I don't know that an ambush
at our boss's home was really appropriate.
She wants to, like,
cozy up to the Umansky team,
but she's a social climber. [laughing]
[Brandon] That's the common thread
throughout the afternoon.
I don't know if Melissa's
a social climber or not, but
she seems to wear comfortable shoes.
She brought my friend to tears.
[Ben] Did she really leave?
[Brandon] Yeah. That's what happens
when you run your mouth.
[Melissa] Ugh, I feel so uncomfortable.
[tense music playing]
[upbeat song playing]
It's lighting up my radar ♪
Feel it comin', feel it comin' ♪
I won't stop 'cause nothing ever lasts ♪
The future's coming
Future's coming fast ♪
[Farrah] Hello.
-[Joey] How are ya?
-How are you? Good to see you.
-Did I go over everything with you?
-You literally have told me nothing.
Zero. Zilch.
Okay. The house was owned
by my great aunt who passed away.
It's now inherited by her two daughters,
and they're tough cookies.
I love them to death,
but they're really tough.
They're interviewing
all these other top brokers. Like
-Really?
-Yeah, they're pinning us against
-So we do not have this in the bag?
-Not even close.
-I can't lose this listing.
-No! Are you kidding?
Right now, I mean, more than ever,
to have a listing in The Flats
is like having gold.
We have to get this listing.
[Joey] The Beverly Hills Flats
is one of the most prestigious
neighborhoods in the world.
You're right next to
downtown Beverly Hills.
You're right next to the Sunset Strip.
You're right next to Bel Air.
You're squeezed in between the most
luxurious, in-demand pockets in LA.
It would be a massive deal
in the flats of Beverly Hills,
and it's gonna help my business a ton.
-[Joey] Obviously, the landscaping
-Are we gonna fall off?
-[Joey] No, no, this is this is sturdy.
-Okay.
-Somewhat. Hopefully we don't die.
-Cool.
Looks really, really nice.
So I wouldn't take any buyers
into the structure.
Because, obviously, we come in this house
and we're plugging our nose.
It's shitty, it's scary, it's dilapidated.
-This property's all about the lot.
-This is a tear-down.
Like, we're literally selling the land.
Some buyers are literally gonna
take a twirl in the yard and just say,
"Great. I wanna make an offer."
Yeah. Might not even
step foot in the house, huh?
Yeah, a lot won't,
so be prepared for that.
[Joey] This is a tear-down.
It's sad to say that, 'cause you have
a beautiful 3,600-foot structure.
You have an amazing guest house,
you have an incredible pool.
But at the end of the day,
it's only the piece of land
that people are really interested in.
Growing up here,
and you can relate to this,
you know how special
listing in the Beverly Hills flats is.
-[Farrah] Oh, my God. Yep.
-So if I can perform for my family
that would be game-changing
for my entire career.
[Farrah] Oh, my God.
[Joey] This Camden deal is a family deal.
My great aunt who lived there
survived the Holocaust.
She came to California,
and I think she paid around $25,000
for the property.
And now it's worth around six million.
-This, to me, is OG Beverly Hills.
-Cool!
Aw! This is like before
the Beverly Hills Hotel banana palms.
They taught the Beverly Hills Hotel
everything they know.
They started the whole trend.
This is a crown-jewel type of property.
These are very high in demand.
Um, we're gonna get a lot of developers,
we're gonna get a lot of owner-users,
and we really do have
one shot to get it right.
-Hey, guys.
-[Joey] Hey, Mau.
-[Farrah] Hi.
-[Mauricio] How's it going?
-Excellent.
-We need you to sell this property.
[laughs] I don't know if you need me,
but it's a pleasure.
[Joey] You don't know my family.
Mauricio and Farrah
are the top agents in LA.
I really admire Mauricio,
and having Mauricio and Farrah
on this listing,
it should be a shoo-in.
But that's not the case.
I want to perform for my family,
and there is no one else
I'd rather do this with than you guys.
You know, if we do get this listing
Hold on a second.
I need you to have confidence.
I know that you are stressed about it,
but you're never allowed to talk about,
"If we get something," or "If that"
You need to say, "When we get it," okay?
If you don't get it, you don't get it.
You'll deal with that later. But I don't
If we don't get this listing,
I really don't think
I'll be able to go to family dinners.
That's all you need to say to them.
You can find out
if they want you at family dinner or not.
-[laughing] They may not want you there.
-They might not want me.
I don't wanna go down that path.
[upbeat music playing]
[Alexia] Want to get on the bed?
Good girl!
-[Mauricio] Hi, honey.
-Hi, Dad.
-Ah, you're cuddling Miss Bambi!
-Yeah, of course, as always.
Hi, Bambi.
Hey, my pillow!
What? Relax.
Are you kidding me? This is expensive.
-She's licking me. Aw. Hi.
-I know. She comes and licks me too.
-What'd you do today?
-Um, I had a busy day.
-I stopped at one of those fruit bars.
-Fruit stands?
-Fruit stands.
-I love those!
And I had some mangoes, and watermelons,
and pepinos with Tajin,
and they were delicious,
with lime, and it was amazing.
-The one on the corner of our street?
-Stoner Park.
Holmby Park.
Okay.
It's called Stoner Park.
It's not [imitates smoking] stoner.
It's, like it's Stoner Park.
It's the name of the street, kid.
Got it!
My dad and I are extremely close.
We're honestly like two peas in a pod.
We're definitely the two in the family
that do the most activities together.
I'm kind of like the son he never had.
We go skiing together.
We go on hikes together.
We come home from a day of skiing,
my mom's like, "Where have you been?"
We're like, "Oh, jumping off cliffs."
My mom wants to kill us sometimes,
because I'm definitely
my dad's partner in crime.
So what did you do today?
Did you have a busy day?
I did have a busy day.
I had some showings at Milldale.
Oh, good.
A lot of me was super upset
because Melissa told Brandon and Sonika
about my lack of performance.
Well, talking behind the back
is just not a cool thing anyway.
It was just this whole domino effect
of just emotions after that point.
Oh, my God.
Yeah. It was traumatic, honestly,
because we're all, like, family.
We're all friends and family,
and everything's so super awkward
and uncomfortable, yeah.
But I'm more just so upset that
she deflected this embarrassment on me.
Like, the whole world
just knew I did a terrible job,
and I was just so upset,
because, like, Melissa,
I really do look at her as somebody
who's such a comfort to me.
She's always checking on me,
and it seems so out of character of her,
and I'm not gonna tell her it's okay.
I'm gonna tell her it upset me.
I wanna have this conversation with her
-She's gonna have to gain your trust back.
-Yes. Exactly. Exactly.
What do you think?
See if you can feel like
you can trust her again
or if it's gonna
be a superficial friendship.
It's hard to be your dad,
and be the owner of the company,
and in the middle of all of that together,
and be sensitive at points,
and be tough at points
-All of that.
-I know.
[Mauricio] I'm a very emotional man.
There's no question
when I see Alexia struggling,
that I just want to
reach out and just save her.
And I just want to take over
and be protective.
So the struggle that I always have
when that happens
is to figure out the right balance
between love, protection,
and allowing her to struggle,
and find her own way.
[Alexia] My fear
is that the people in the office,
they think I'm not deserving
of my position with you guys.
Like So it sucks.
Look, people are always gonna be
talking about you
and saying things like that.
That's just the reality,
that's the position you're in.
And it's really your choice as to
whether you allow it to affect you.
The more successful you are,
they'll talk about you more.
And they'll say more shit about you.
That's it. Like, it just it sucks.
It really does.
[hip-hop music playing]
[Joey] Oh!
-Would you look at this? [laughs]
-[indistinct chatter]
Ben-Zvi family.
[Amy] Hi, Joey!
My sisters in town from New York
to treat me.
[Sarah laughing] Hi.
Growing up with two sisters
was interesting.
I was the subject of a lot of, um
dress-up.
How's John?
He's good. He's in New York right now.
-Are you guys still happily engaged?
-Yeah, we're still we're still at it.
-[laughing]
-[Sarah] Speaking of John
I'm not dating John.
I can tell you that much. That's all you.
Um
No, honestly,
I've been so focused on work.
So, all you do all day is work.
But you're with the same people.
Who are you with all day?
Mauricio, Alexia, and Farrah?
Yes.
-[upbeat music playing]
-I've yet to hook up with Mauricio.
[chuckling] He seems like
He would be incredible, for sure.
Daddy Umansky.
Yeah, we refer to him as Daddy Umansky.
And when I say "we," I mean me.
Like, you know we get along well.
Like, Alexia and I
had some crazy times in that
-[Amy] Yeah, she's been here.
-In that backhouse.
[Sarah] Yeah.
[Ben] Johnny! Looking good.
-[Johnny] Thank you. So are you.
-[Sarah] Oh, my God. Johnny.
-[Ben] Good to see you.
-[Johnny] Back from New York?
-[Amy] Yes. I leave in the morning.
-Cheers.
-Leave in the morning?
-[Sarah] Cheers, Johnny.
We can only take Amy in doses,
so we had to just kind of
Fair enough.
Oh, but Joey we can
handle in large quantities, for sure.
Pfft. Anyways.
It's good to fuckin' see you.
Anyways. Good to see you, Joey.
So, I don't know if you guys know this,
but I might be working
on a little something
with our wonderful family over here.
Potentially.
-[tense music playing]
-What the hell was that hesitation?
[Johnny] It's just really difficult.
[Ben] Just so you know,
there's no chance this house sells
below six-and-a-half million dollars.
That's not gonna be good enough.
[all laughing]
My mom's not gonna want to hear
anything under seven.
[Joey] I love that. Cheers to that.
This is how you know we're related.
I think the reluctancy for them
giving me this listing
is that they knew me as a kid.
They knew me as a troublemaker.
The perception's not good.
I gotta be honest with you.
My mom is a little worried
about your lack of experience
and your young age for such a big listing.
Of course, it's up to my mom,
and she is one tough cookie.
-She learned from my grandmother.
-[Sarah] Yeah.
So, she'll take my recommendation,
but that definitely won't be enough.
[upbeat song playing]
Tell me what it takes
To get you feelin' alive ♪
Tell me how to show you
It's a beautiful life ♪
Ooh, ooh ♪
I'll do anything
To pull you into the light ♪
'Cause everything will change
When you open your eyes ♪
-Ooh! Did you see that save?
-Yeah, weird. What's going on right now?
-We're very in sync.
-We're flowing.
Yeah, ooh ♪
-[upbeat song continues]
-[Alexia laughing]
Yo! Oh, my What the
-[laughing]
-[Joey] What the
Remember that time we did that other thing
with the paddles after work?
-Naughty ping pong.
-What?
-[laughs]
-Joey! Don't make up lies.
-There's no lies.
-I'm gonna tell my dad you said that.
Please, please
No, hold on for one second.
-[laughing]
-Don't even joke about that.
That little fucking shit.
It's fun to have the office flirtations
and something to look forward to
when you go to work every day.
It's so typical Joey.
At what point do we
start feeling bad for not doing work?
-[Alexia] We work hard.
-[Joey] No, we work our asses off.
[Alexia] Yeah. We close deals.
-[Joey] We close deals.
-We close them so hard.
-[Farrah] Hello, you guys?
-[Alexia] Yeah.
I think we need to get to work.
You have balls flying around everywhere.
-A little distracting.
-[Joey] Okay.
-[Alexia] Yes, ma'am.
-[Farrah] Come hither.
-[Alexia sighs]
-Getting your sweat on?
Had to get those creative juices flowing.
-Your hair's all askew.
-[Alexia] We went a little crazy.
We have things to be updated on.
But first, can one of you guys
get me a coffee? Please?
-Yeah, sure.
-I'll get the coffee.
You're gonna make her do it?
No, I wanted to get out of the way
like a gentleman.
[Farrah] Okay, fine. Um,
the agent visual inspection disclosure
Um, you're late. You're late.
Thank you, dear.
I made you a coffee,
but I'm gonna keep it myself.
Please do. I don't deserve one.
Okay, okay, okay.
I said you could sit on my lap,
but they were, like, weird about it.
-[Alexia laughs]
-Anyways.
I think Joey really does adore Alexia.
I mean,
I always hear them giggling in the office.
It's cute, but they're
seeing each other every day at work.
You know, she's in close proximity
to her dad. It's a little awkward.
But, like, I think he likes our family.
[laughing]
Maybe he has a crush on Mauricio too.
So what's up with Camden?
I just met with my cousin.
Okay.
And it's his parents who are kind of
dealing with the property.
I mean, they kind of know
that our idea on the price
lands somewhere in the mid-to-high sixes.
-You did talk about that?
-Yeah.
And that our strategy would be
pricing it low enough and fair enough
-[Farrah] Yeah.
-to get as much action as possible,
but not too low to the point where we're
kinda shooting ourselves in the foot.
How did they take that?
You know, they have reservations
about a lot of different things,
but I think overall they were
on the same page with that strategy.
Okay.
I think it's now
just about conveying to them that
They're scared
that if we price it too low,
it might end up there.
I just want to make 'em feel good
that we're gonna be bringing in
as much activity as possible
and getting that price up.
Well, I think we're gonna have
a lot of demand on this property.
I think as long as we are under seven,
I think that we just need to pick, like,
the number that makes the most sense.
Yo, we gotta get these family listings.
-We're both working on
-Oh, yeah! Your cousin, my family.
-Yeah, look at us.
-I wish you both the best of luck.
I'm here for you.
Uh yeah.
-[both] It's time to focus.
-[Joey] Let's do it.
-Wait. Did you do that on purpose?
-What?
[Joey] The formal hair flip.
[Alexia] Who, me?
[Joey] You guys both do that.
-[Farrah] I do?
-Where it's just so gently
-Okay, I've had enough of you.
-[Joey laughing] Let's go.
-[Alexia] Okay, bye.
-Bye.
[upbeat music playing]
Cómo estás, bro?
-Doing good.
[Mauricio] Santiago
is our partner at The Agency.
He's an extraordinary real estate agent,
and he can get an opportunity
to see some properties
before they come on the market,
versus having to wait for the market.
You get that inside look.
Santi, the Bolivian bull!
-This is amazing!
-[Santiago] Yeah, you're gonna love it.
-[Mauricio] Beautiful.
-It's amazing.
Pretty unique property.
I think probably one of the top five
properties west of the 405.
Two hundred feet
of Riviera Country Club frontage.
[Mauricio] Wow. This is amazing.
I mean, what a place to chill.
[upbeat music playing]
[Melissa] Let's do this, boo.
[Mandana] Such a hidden gem.
Oh, my God, I love that water feature.
So cool for parties.
-[Melissa] Let's take a selfie, a pic.
-Yes.
[Melissa] Mandana is a friend of mine.
She has royalty in her bloodline.
She's from Dubai.
Her family is huge.
She has staff, she has bodyguards.
And the price range
of what she's looking for
I'm very lucky,
let's just put it that way.
-Hey, hey, hey!
-Hi, Mau. This is Mandana.
Hi. I'm Mandana.
-[Mauricio] What a beautiful name.
-So nice meeting you.
-[Melissa] Hi.
-Melissa, how are you?
-I'm great. We're excited to be here.
-Come on in.
You're gonna love this house.
Do you have any idea of how many
cars would fit in the garage?
I'll give it a good guess,
but I think it's at least 12 to 15 cars.
-Oh, you'll be good. Yes.
-[Mandana] Oh, wow. That's very good.
Heaven!
[laughing]
[Mauricio] You're gonna love the house.
You're gonna enjoy it.
-Santi is finishing up his, uh, his thing.
-[Melissa] Okay. Oh, my gosh.
-Wow!
-[Melissa] This is insane!
Yes, girl.
[Santiago laughs]
Sorry, Santi, we might be here
for a few more hours.
[Mandana] Yeah, I
I think I'm about to move in.
Great! That's music to my ears.
Let's look at outside,
then I'll bring you inside.
[Mandana] Yes. I'm sorry, guys,
I'm not trying to be rude,
I'm just checking to see
what are the scores.
Um, her boyfriend
plays for the Timberwolves.
-They're winning!
-[Santiago] Really? Cool. How's it going?
-It's good, they are
-[Melissa] Twenty-six to 34.
They're up, so we can take our
time doing the showing.
-[Mauricio] Yeah?
-[Melissa] Mandana, just don't fall in.
-Those heels are very high.
-[Mandana] I'm trying my best not to swim.
[Santiago] Yeah, let's not do that.
[Mandana] I've seen a lot of houses,
but this one has a beautiful scenery.
-[Melissa] It does.
-[Santiago] It is pretty special.
[Melissa] It is. Actually,
it also reminds me of my house in Dubai.
This is literally facing
one of the most beautiful golf courses.
And I'm Persian, so I can seat the whole
immediate family right here.
[Santiago laughs] You're already
imagining. I love that.
[Mandana] We just need two chefs
over there, that's it.
-[Santiago] Let's go inside the house.
-I cannot wait.
[upbeat music playing]
[Santiago] Everything down here is fun.
This is a proper movie theater.
[Melissa] Okay.
[Santiago] Down here is a full-on spa.
Take a look.
[Mandana] We should have a slumber party.
-[Santiago] Are you big in cars?
-Oh, yes, actually, I'm a car collector.
-I have a Bugatti in Dubai.
-Oh, beautiful.
-So, garage is important.
-Very.
I'm so happy to hear that.
Let's take a look in here.
Oh, my God! This is my heaven!
-[Melissa] It's huge!
-[Mandana] Yes! You never get this in LA!
[agents] No.
[Mandana] Dubai is the center
of having the coolest cars in the world,
but anybody that hears name "Dubai,"
they're like,
"You want to come to Dubai,
you want to do a camel riding."
I'm like, "Okay."
[Melissa] You want to ride a camel,
but not see the Bugattis.
-[Santiago] Yeah, I don't think so.
-Not too many camels.
Oh, wow!
-I should record this for my boyfriend.
-[Melissa] That's sick!
Okay, this is also a hard one,
but hopefully it's not gonna
-Ugh! So bad.
-[Santiago] A little more strength.
It's good. Good try.
[laughing]
-[Melissa] It's all good.
-We'll pretend this never happened, guys.
[Santiago] So, that's it.
I hope you enjoyed.
-Thank you so much.
-Of course. Very nice to meet you.
-So nice meeting you.
-You have any questions, reach out to me.
-[Melissa] You're the best.
-[Santiago] Bye, good to see you.
-Can I talk to you for one quick second?
-Yes.
-I'll be right back. You enjoy the view.
-[Mandana] I'm gonna enjoy the view.
-It's so beautiful!
-[Melissa] Yes.
I just heard that you and Alexia
had a little thing going on.
I wasn't totally honest with her
about how she did.
And she's incredible. She's so smart.
But it was little things. It's tough love.
-Yeah.
-And it got back to Alexia.
-So it's a kind of
-Turned into a big thing.
I think that's what hurt her the most,
this thing about talking behind her back,
rather than directly to her.
-Yeah, absolutely. Thanks, Mau.
-Thank you.
I'm gonna apologize to her
and make it right.
Okay. Thank you.
It looks like I'm talking shit
about his daughter.
It looks so bad,
and that's what pisses me off.
-[Mandana] Thank you!
-[Melissa] Bye, Santi, thank you.
-[upbeat song playing]
-I don't need permission ♪
I'll make my own decision ♪
I am the definition of a boss ♪
[blower whirring]
I am a boss lady ♪
[Alexia] Hi.
[Farrah] You missed a leaf.
[Alexia] Yeah.
-[Farrah] Ahh! No! My hair!
-[Alexia] Ahh!
[Farrah] Get away!
[Alexia] My hair, dress, eyelashes.
All of it is a big no.
[Farrah] Yeah, seriously.
-[Alexia] Who's coming today?
-We got about 30 people coming.
-[Alexia] Where are the drinks?
-[Farrah] That's a very good question.
The drinks are on the house.
[Farrah] Let's get this party started.
[Mauricio] I am throwing a barbecue
at my house for The Agency family.
How are you, man?
-[Farrah] Hey!
-[Mauricio] Agency parties are awesome.
[Mauricio] People don't leave.
We have to kick them out.
We have a couple rules at our company.
Rule number one is "no assholes."
And rule number two is
"we like to have fun."
-[woman] Oh, my God.
-[Ben] Mmm!
-Ooh! A little drink.
-Yes, a little bit.
[Alexia] Look who's here!
[Mauricio exclaims] Oh, my God!
How are you?
-[Allie] Hey, guys!
-[Mauricio] Nice to see you! Oh, my God!
-[overlapping chatter]
-[Farrah] I need to take in this image.
I just had a baby.
I mean, like,
just checked out of the hospital.
When Mauricio has a party,
there's no way you're gonna miss that.
If it's a chance for me
to have my first margarita,
I will be there.
-Last time I saw you guys
-[Farrah] She was inside of your body.
-[Allie] Right.
-Now she's outside of your body.
I absolutely look up to Allie.
Especially the fact that I knew her
before she met Keegan.
Oh, she was single as fuck.
Cuties pies, one, two, three.
I have always wanted to be a mom.
And it still hasn't happened.
I want it all.
I want what Allie has.
I want the husband,
the marriage, the kids,
the success, the white picket fence.
[Allie] She's coming to say hi,
then I'll pass her on, and she's gonna
-Wait, she's gone?
-[Allie] I know.
But, you know,
it's time for Mama to have a minute.
Have a minute!
-[upbeat song playing]
-Comin' in hot ♪
-[laughing]
-Always on top ♪
[both laughing]
-How's your deal going?
-[Brandon] Good.
Absolutely, I know how to stay amicable.
We'll be good.
Let's see if it tastes as good
as I remember.
So how does it feel?
Is it going down like this?
Where you feel it all throughout?
I can feel it like I felt my epidural
-Down my spine.
-[laughing] Oh, my God.
-[Farrah] Oh, my God.
-[Melissa] I just spit out my drink a bit.
We showed Jon Rexford,
doorbell rings, your dad comes in.
Oh, that's scary.
-I was so scared. I was like, "No!"
-That would scare me too.
I want, like, all of us to have
that pressure and be like, "I don't care."
I know, I'm like "Will I ever get there?"
You know?
[Brandon] Mmm-hmm.
So, how many margs are on the list today?
I don't know,
but let's keep drinking this one.
[Melissa] I haven't talked to Alexia yet,
ever since the open house.
I need to tell her
I wasn't honest with her.
But I don't want to be put
in an uncomfortable situation.
[Brandon] The pressure! Ahh!
-[Melissa] Did you bring your pump?
-Yeah, of course I brought my pump!
Let's pump!
-Ah! What
-[Alexia] Looks like you needed it.
-[Joey] Thank you.
-You're on the phone a lot.
I know. Getting worked right now.
-You're getting worked right now?
-Yeah.
-Ah. I brought you a beer, just in case.
-Appreciate it.
[Ben] Alexia and Joey are talking.
I have no idea what they could
possibly be talking about.
They're probably over there
illegally fraternizing,
against our corporate bylaws.
Who am I kidding?
I've hooked up with a few people
at our company,
um, and now live with one.
[Joey] Is this real beer?
-Yeah, of course. I brought you a beer.
-[chuckles] Okay. Thank you.
-[Alexia] Come hang out when you're done.
-Okay.
-Sonika, can I talk to you for one second?
-Absolutely!
-Let me give Kevin, take your beers.
-[Kevin] Oh!
[Mauricio] Did you play pickleball?
I did and I just absolutely sucked,
because I play tennis, so
You'll be good at pickleball.
-It's the best game.
-It is. It's a good workout.
-It's such a great workout. I love it.
-[laughs] You need that.
Yeah! So I just wanted to
take advantage that we were all here
and really just have a quick conversation
about the other day, you know, the
Tell me how I did.
[both laughing]
So you are going
Sorry, let me start that over again.
-[Mauricio] That's all right.
-Uh, um
I, um
-Is the seller motivated to sell?
-It's been on the market a little while.
You said,
"We've been on the market a little while."
-He doesn't need to know that.
-I lowered my offering price.
[Jon] Yep.
So, look,
I'm gonna be very brutally honest.
The most important thing
is you have to be confident.
And you gotta get comfortable
in any situation,
whatever somebody throws at you.
Right.
When you sing, I would
imagine that there's a certain preparation
-to get your mindset
-Exactly.
and then on stage, you forget everything
and you're just comfortable.
-Let it go.
-Am I right or not?
Yeah! Knowing everything about it
becomes second nature.
Exactly, so what you need to do now
is make this second nature.
I think I just have a real problem
with actually being real with myself.
And I think I smile a lot
when I'm uncomfortable.
-Yeah.
-Even right now.
[laughs] And people don't understand that.
At the end of the day,
it's can you or can you not sell?
Sonika's currently dating Kevin,
and Kevin's a very successful agent,
and he's doing great.
But that certainly doesn't secure
Sonika's spot.
You need to be stronger.
You need to deliver more.
-Yeah.
-This thing about laughing
If you're gonna be out there
and representing The Agency,
you need to represent The Agency,
and you need to have confidence.
I believe in you,
but I need to make sure you have
what it takes in order to be successful.
I want to know
how many phone calls you've made,
I wanna know what you're doing
to prospect, to get buyers,
I wanna know
what you're doing to get sellers.
-Okay.
-When we have this conversation again,
I really hope that you have a lot more
than what we're talking about now.
-I want to see, like, a different Sonika.
-Okay.
-Done?
-Done!
-[Alexia] Have you ever sat in here?
-You're acting as if I haven't been here.
Even though this kinda looks like
it's been refinished.
Yeah, we changed the lightbulbs in here,
and repainted, gave it a little makeover.
[Joey] I would say we're one-and-a-half
acres away from anyone else.
Okay, no. Honestly, um, I only wanted
Well, I only I need to, like
Should I have a beer in hand too?
I'm gonna put my beer down.
Oh, it's like that.
I just wanted to talk to you,
because I feel like it's actually
an elephant in the room when we hang out.
-Do you really?
-A little bit. Yeah, I do.
-We hung out so much at one point.
-Yeah.
We have, like, our history. We hooked up.
It is a little weird
that we haven't talked about
whatever happened between us in two years.
And I think part of me felt kind of
ashamed and very bad
that I never had that conversation
with you and I kind of just moved on.
But on top of that, a reason why
I didn't have that conversation with you,
on top of me feeling bad, is that
I don't know what good
this is gonna do by knowing,
but I feel like
you might still have feelings for me.
And I just wanted to know
if that was or wasn't true.
[suspenseful music playing]
When you work with someone every day,
that you had a past with, you know,
like, feelings can come up.
But my ultimate priority is my career.
I do respect the fact that Joey wants to
just focus on himself and his career,
but I honestly do wonder
if Joey was being honest.
Let's just see how this goes.
Hi, Fredricka, this is Joey Ben-Zvi
with The Agency.
I just wanted to chat with you.
When you get the chance,
give me a call back.
Yeah, for sure I had feelings for Alexia.
But I work with her,
and her father, and sister,
so I always knew it was not an option.
But if work weren't in the picture, maybe.
A little busy bee over here.
-He's been on the phone the entire party.
-I know. It's a bad vibe.
-I'm trying to make you money.
-I'm okay with you working like that then.
-What's going on with Camden?
-[Joey] I still don't know.
They haven't
given me any conclusive answer.
You need to get them to say yes or no.
-By the way, it's his family.
-What?
[Mauricio] They're giving him a hard time,
I'm like
[Ben laughing]
We're all standing around strategizing
for Joey to land his aunt.
If your own family
was debating hiring you,
good luck selling it.
Oh, my God.
You know what?
Pick up the phone and call them right now.
[Joey] You love
to give the boss good news.
You always want
to feel like you're delivering.
In this case,
it's not really anything positive.
I mean, it's a shitty feeling.
Hi, Anne.
-I'm with Mauricio and Farrah right now.
Hi, everybody.
[Mauricio] Hi, Anne, how are you?
-[Anne] I'm fine, how are you?
-Amazing!
[Farrah] Great, thank you.
You know why we're calling.
I wanted to know if there's
been a decision on your end.
I know the team's been working hard,
and we would love to perform for you guys.
[Anne] Well, you know,
it's a big decision.
I probably just need to think it over
just another day or so,
and then I'll make a decision, but
Anne, it's Mauricio.
Sorry I took over the phone here,
but we're sitting here talking,
we're all over at my house.
I can tell you that, for Joey,
we're gonna support him 1,000%.
I'm wondering what it'll take
to make sure you get comfortable with us,
so that we can actually move forward,
and celebrate the weekend together, and
-[laughs nervously]
-[Anne] Right.
Well, I appreciate
your getting on the phone,
and I can see that you're
really willing to stay involved, um
So I I think
I think you got it.
-Yes! Thank you so much! Joey, way to go!
-[Ben] Good job!
-Thank you so much, Anne.
-[Farrah] We're so excited.
-We're gonna crush it for you, I promise.
-[Anne] Good.
Joey's gonna have a great weekend now.
He was a little bit stressed.
Now he's gonna have an amazing weekend.
We're gonna deliver for you, I promise.
[Anne] I trust you guys and I'm excited.
[Joey] This listing means the world.
I feel like a lot of my life
was proving people wrong.
I was always the crazy child.
It's more important to me than ever
to prove someone right.
Thank you, Anne, we're very excited.
-Okay, thank you.
-All right.
-Have a great weekend.
-Talk to you soon. Bye-bye.
-[hangs up]
-[Farrah] Bye!
How do you
hang up the phone on her like that?
-I don't know, I got way too excited!
-[Ben] Dude! Too fast.
He wanted to celebrate.
[Mauricio] He was stressing, man.
I would be too. But now you gotta sell it.
Getting a listing
is not selling a listing.
It's hard. It is hard
to get a deal across the finish line.
Like, good luck.
[Farrah] Cheers.
[Ben] I'm such a loser.
I left my drink over there.
[Mauricio] 'Cause Amanda
didn't get it for you.
[Ben laughing] I know!
[upbeat song playing]
Sometimes, you gotta bite the bullet ♪
Grab the bull by the horns
And ride it ♪
This is the moment ♪
Sometimes, you gotta bite the bullet ♪
[Alexia] Hi.
-[Melissa] Hi. You look so pretty.
-How are you?
-[Alexia] Thank you.
-I'm good. How are you?
-Thanks for meeting me here.
-Of course.
[Melissa sighs]
[Alexia sighs]
[Melissa] Okay, so
we need to probably get a drink.
[clears throat] Yeah.
I could definitely use a drink.
-Hi, I think we need a cocktail.
-[server] Hi.
Do you guys do an espresso martini?
-[server] Yes.
-Awesome, I'll do that.
-I'll do that with tequila.
-[server] Okay!
-Thank you so much, we appreciate it.
-[Melissa] Thanks.
[Alexia sighs heavily]
[Melissa] Um
I wanted to talk to you at the open house,
but I understand
it was the wrong place, wrong time.
But I know that I really hurt you,
and that destroyed me.
What hurt me the most was
that everyone was talking in the office,
so my instant thought was,
"Everyone in the office probably overheard
that I had a poor performance
and that I wasn't doing a good job."
And I got super embarrassed
and super insecure.
But then I talked with Sonika,
and she was like,
"Melissa wasn't honest with you."
"She thinks that
you actually deserved a 'C.'"
[tense music playing]
So that's when I realized
what everyone was talking about
was something that
I hadn't even known about.
I had already been super embarrassed.
And there was pressure
that I had already put on myself.
And disappointment
I already felt in myself.
And to hear that you didn't have the guts
to tell me to my face
that I didn't do a good job?
Like, I didn't think
I did a good job either.
It really hurt me that it wasn't
a conversation between the two of us.
I just feel like
I'm so hard on myself already.
If it had come from you from the start,
it would have it would have helped me.
But you actually
did the opposite of helping.
That right there is what really,
really fucking crushed me.
[tense music fading]
Yes, you are totally right,
I was not honest with you at first.
I felt like I couldn't
be completely honest with you
because I didn't want to upset Farrah.
"Upset Farrah"?
-Yeah, because I
-Why Farrah?
Because, well, with Farrah there,
I felt like I couldn't
be completely honest with you.
-Because of who you are.
-Okay.
And especially in our company,
I don't know if people
are that honest with you.
Right?
People are not honest with me
and I know that.
[Melissa] Yeah.
That's almost why I feel like I've
been a little handicapped in my progress.
Okay.
And even these grades
are so ridiculous at this point,
but even the "B" upset me,
but it was because I was disappointed.
-[Melissa] Uh-huh.
-I wanna hear that from you.
If my dad's not gonna tell me,
Farrah's not gonna tell me,
I want you to tell me.
I want to be better, and I want honesty.
And, you know, I've been reflecting,
and I realize that one of the reasons
this affected me so much
is that I feel like I'm an impostor,
in a way.
I don't feel like I deserve to be here,
because, from the get-go,
I was afraid people would think, "This job
was handed to her on a silver platter."
Uh-huh.
I wish I was that kind of agent
that could just get thrown into a house,
and not have my homework done,
and sell it, and be amazing, but I'm not.
[emotional music playing]
It's so much more than a job for me,
and to feel like I'm
falling through the cracks a little bit
makes me really sad.
Thank you so much.
I'm not competitive with my sisters,
but the truth is, like,
I definitely struggled in school.
Portia, Sophia, Farrah,
they're all straight-A, Dean's List kids.
[crying] And I never was that person.
[sighs heavily]
I'm just slower.
It just hurts that it's all these people
that I really do genuinely care
what they think.
[Melissa] Yeah.
I care what Brandon thinks,
what Joey thinks, what Sonika thinks.
It's my circle. It's our safe space.
The Agency is our safe space
and suddenly I'm
I'm scared.
[Melissa] Um
I have a really tough question to ask you.
[dramatic music playing]
This is just me being honest
and obviously more honest
moving forward with you.
After hearing everything you kinda said
do you think real estate
is the right business for you?
[dramatic music continues]
[emotional song playing]