Three Women (2023) s01e03 Episode Script
Sloane
1
[CHAKA KHAN'S "AIN'T NOBODY"
PLAYING]
You gave me freedom ♪
You knew I could not resist ♪
I needed someone ♪
And now we're flyin'
through the stars ♪
I hope this night
will last forever ♪
Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- Ain't nobody ♪
- Nobody ♪
- Loves me better ♪
- Loves me better ♪
Makes me happy ♪
- Makes me feel this way ♪
- Nobody ♪
- Ain't nobody ♪
- Ain't nobody ♪
Loves me better ♪
Than you ♪
Sloane.
That's enough.
I wait for nighttime to come ♪
[MUSIC STOPS]
What?
Big girls don't become dancers.
[SIGHS]
Paint my wounds ♪
Lover ♪
You're still perfect.
Fun fact, this is the exact color
I'd like my casket to be, please.
[CHUCKLES] Silver's fine by me.
Been waiting my whole life
to fuck me a cougar.
I bet you have.
[BOTH LAUGH]
[GRUNTS]
All right, now don't
make me miss my class.
Well, you can be late
once in your lifetime.
- Uh-uh.
- It's all right.
I need this workout today.
I have a hundred-trillion calls,
followed by lunch with the judge.
I didn't know your mother was
on the Vineyard today.
Me, either, until three hours ago.
You know Dyan, she loves an ambush.
[LAUGHING]
- What?
- "Dyan."
I got breakfast.
- Love you.
- Love you.
[GIA] That she had sex
with other people,
that her husband liked
to watch
that wasn't it.
The first time I saw her,
I understood why she was hated.
Sloane got what she wanted.
And we still don't like it when
a woman gets what she wants.
You don't play fair.
It's like we want our mothers
to want to fuck us.
You know what I mean?
[LAUGHTER]
I do.
Gia.
From the other night at The Atlantic.
- Right. Hi.
- Hey.
And this is actually Sloane,
the friend I was telling you about.
Oh, right, the one
with the good stories.
It's, uh
it's really nice to meet you.
Yeah.
"The one with the good stories"?
She's working on a research project.
[SLOANE] Oh, a research project.
I met her through Nili.
Exactly which of my stories
have you been sharing
with weirdo white ladies
doing research, Hel?
Do you even know who the fuck she is?
Oh, my God.
Who cares?
You know what, I'm happy you're meeting
your mom for lunch.
- You fucking deserve it.
- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.
- Love you.
Love you.
[EXHALES]
Too fly to be so shy ♪
Too high to see eye to eye ♪
So if you're talking shit
but ain't taking flight ♪
Then you fake bitch,
this ain't your night ♪
'Cause I act like I'm the only
one up on the dance floor ♪
Got my hands up,
drop that ass low ♪
If you liking what you see
that's what a man's for ♪
'Cause you know dancin' only
gonna make me gain more ♪
[SIGHS]
♪
Hey!
Oh, hi.
Uh, isn't it a little cold for sailing?
It is, yeah.
I'm just dropping this off
to a customer up on Squibby.
"Customer"?
Yeah, I built it.
Pardon me?
You build boats?
- I do.
- [HORN HONKING]
See you.
All right, yeah. Have a good one, okay?
- You, too.
- Yeah.
I'm-a make that ass clap ♪
I be eating good,
make that ass clap ♪
Drop it down,
bring it right back ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
There she is.
We said 12:30.
Doesn't matter now. You're here.
Where is Sophie?
We agreed I wouldn't bring her.
No. We agreed you would.
I-I must have misunderstood.
You look good, darling.
- Do I?
- You do.
That suit.
Thanks, Mommy.
Something else to drink, miss?
Riesling, please.
So, you never said why you were here.
Opal's retirement party.
Elegant dinner last evening.
Oh.
Who planned it?
They wanted something less
unusual than what you do.
They used someone from Boston.
We do traditional.
Of course, sweetheart.
But I will say, it was beautiful.
Mm.
Thank you.
So Opal's retiring.
Does that make you
the last one standing?
It does, mm-hmm.
Are you thinking about it?
Retirement?
No.
I'm thinking about
the 500 cases on my docket
and the keynote I'm giving
at the bar association
luncheon next week.
[LAUGHING]
What if you just didn't show up?
For any of it. Just
booked a trip to St. Lucia.
Do you remember that trip we
took when I was nine, the one?
I worked harder than you will ever know
to get here.
I'll go when I'm good and damn ready.
I just meant it'd be nice if you
had a chance to travel more.
- [LAUGHS]
- Relax.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Thank you for lunch.
I'm heartbroken to miss Sophie.
If you'd set up in Sag,
we wouldn't have to do
these hysterical catchups.
- I know.
- Family connections.
Easy commute to the city.
It would've made building
the business so much easier.
The business is thriving actually.
I know. Richard said
And I asked if you wanted me
to bring my child,
but you said a restaurant
isn't a place
No. I merely said, at a
restaurant, her extra energy
It's not extra, Mother.
It's just energy.
I'm not being critical, Sloane.
I'm just concerned.
I love her.
And children with her concentration
- issues may need additional
- She doesn't have issues!
She doesn't have issues.
She's your daughter.
I'll trust you know what you're doing.
Thank you for your faith in me.
I should go.
Three o'clock ferry.
Love to Richard. Kisses to Sophie.
Fucking cu
- [GRUNTS]
- Are you okay?
- Can I help you?
- Oh!
No, no, no, no, no, no! Tom Fords!
Oh, no, not the Tom Fords.
Uh, excuse me?
Sir, could I please borrow
your wine key?
Thank you.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
[GRUNTS, EXHALES]
- Okay, you're amazing.
- [LAUGHS]
I see my mother once a year
and that's one time too many.
Mm-hmm.
I read a psych book in college
that suggests a lot of mothers
are jealous of their daughters.
- Yeah?
- That's my hunch with yours.
Because, if you'll forgive me
for objectifying you,
you're absurdly gorgeous.
This was very kind of you.
You bet.
[YELPS]
[SIGHS]
[TURNS WATER OFF]
[SIGHS]
Where's the kid?
With your mother.
She just left with her.
I thought you knew.
Went for ice cream.
What? No. She said
She said she'll take the later ferry.
She was always taking a later ferry.
Fucking
I wish you would've called me.
Please don't take
your anger at her out on me.
You're right. I apologize.
- Hey.
- Hey.
When's she dropping her off?
I'm meeting her at the dock,
uh, in an hour.
I'll go.
Hey.
You might want to unclench your jaw.
Thank you.
You gonna be okay?
I'll power through.
Yeah, you will.
[BOTH CHUCKING]
[SHIP HORN BLOWS]
[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]
[HORN BLOWING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I love you, sweet pea.
I love you, Grandma.
- Be good.
- I'll try.
Uh, don't try
- Do.
- Do, thank you.
All right. Oh, wait. [PUTTERING]
Next time, ask first.
Forgive my spontaneity.
Bye, love.
How was that?
Did Grandma let you get
the ice cream you wanted?
No. We got her favorite.
- Mm.
- Butter pecan.
And, Mom, it's amazing.
Also it's "pee-con," not "pee-can."
Did you know you've been saying
it wrong your whole life?
No. I was not aware.
[Upbeat dance music]
♪
I don't know ♪
Can't fight the feeling
that it just won't flow ♪
We've been deceiving
everyone we know ♪
Do we let the secret out ♪
Will?
Hi.
Hey.
So this may be a little random.
But now that I know you build boats,
I was thinking
Yeah?
Do you think you could fix this?
I-I don't know. Let me see.
- I got you.
- Okay.
Got it.
I mean, I could, uh, I could try,
but shouldn't you take it
to someone who's,
like, an expert on things like this?
I'm asking you.
I'll pay whatever you think is fair.
Is it important to you?
I mean, I don't want to fuck it up.
You won't.
You build big boats. This is just
a little one.
Yeah, this is
probably as expensive as my big boat.
Probably "expensive-r."
[GIGGLES]
You know what?
I like a challenge.
Well, okay.
All right.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, Sloane?
Um
how are you feeling
about your flower vendor?
Why?
Mm, I know someone great.
And I think maybe they're more in line
with what you do
than who you're using now.
Oh, you've got opinions now?
I-I'm just saying.
If you want to shake things up
next season.
[LAUGHS]
You think we should?
Shake things up?
I think you could have more fun.
Reach out if you have any questions.
Okay.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
And thanks.
You're welcome.
[Hypnotic, sensual music]
♪
♪
[BLOWING]
♪
[FAINT POP MUSIC PLAYING]
[EXHALES]
Whew!
Thought I'd make my girls
some breakfast.
Well, that smells amazing.
Eh, figured you'd have an appetite.
Can we watch a movie tonight?
Sure thing, sweetheart.
So I, um
I found someone to fix the little boat.
Hmm.
Will.
The oyster guy?
He's a woodworker, too.
- How do you know that?
- [LAUGHS]
I saw him hauling a boat that he built.
- That he built?
- Who are you talking to?
Why don't you take it to an expert?
He said he could do it.
And if he fucks it up,
we're gonna be upset.
Uh, you were ready to throw it away.
What's the issue?
No issue.
Let's eat. Sophie!
Breakfast, honey. [LAUGHS]
Actually, um, I need to get going.
I'm auditioning a new flower vendor.
[DOG BARKING]
[WIND CHIMES JINGLING]
Wow!
- Oh, shit. It's you.
- [LAUGHS]
- Uh, hi. Yes.
- Hi.
It's you. Wild.
Um, uh [LAUGHS]
I was referred by Will Attaquin.
Come in, come in, please.
Come out to the back.
Want some tea?
- [WIND CHIMES JINGLING]
- [BIRDS SINGING]
- Oh, you're so fucking hired.
- Really?
- Really.
- Will said not
to get my hopes up
because you have a vendor
that you've been using for years, so
It's time for something new.
Okay, let's celebrate.
Um
- What? Too early?
- For cocktails?
No.
[LAUGHS]
It leans sativa
in case you got shit to do.
[LAUGHS]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS QUIETLY]
♪
This is smooth.
Home grown right there
in that very greenhouse.
Hmm. Nice.
Mm.
It's a strain of White Widow
that I inherited from this old
hippie grower down the street.
- White Widow, huh?
- What?
You never heard of White Widow before?
No, I've never heard
of a White Widow before.
[LAUGHS]
- You got any kids?
- Mm, no.
- Why, "Mm, no"?
- [LAUGHS]
You seem like one of those women
grown to be a mother, like, a great mom.
I mean, is that even possible?
Like, a great mom?
Someone? Somewhere? Maybe?
I don't know. [LAUGHS]
My mother, I love her to death.
She is an amazing person,
but, like, a terrible mom.
Like, at no point has she ever
enjoyed the job.
- [LAUGHS]
- When I was 16,
and the youngest of three,
I could just tell
that she was, like, at her limit
with being a mom, you know,
so, uh, for her 40th birthday,
I offered to emancipate myself
and move out,
- and you know what she did?
- What?
She fucking thanked me.
[LAUGHS] That's cold.
And real. I do like real.
I think that's why
I'm, like, such a gusher.
Isn't it great when our mothers
turn us into better people
just by sending us screaming
in the opposite direction?
Your mom seemed impressive.
And so are you.
Hmm.
Well, my mother is impressive.
- What's her sign?
- Uh, Scorpio.
- Fuck!
- Mm-hmm.
Your mother's a fucking Scorpio?
Yeah, but wait. A Scorpio Phoenix.
What's that?
A person who survives.
My grandmother died in a car accident
when my mother was 17,
and she was in the car with her.
- Fuck.
- Mm-hmm.
She still manages
to build this amazing life.
Like, incredible career,
beautiful family.
Raises money
to save the rainforest and shit.
Mm. I feel like rich people are,
like, always saving things
for themselves.
- At least they're saving them.
- Ha.
- "They"?
- What?
I don't give a shit
about the rainforest.
- I'm sure you don't.
- I'm actually a family fuck-up
like you wouldn't believe.
Shut up.
You're like
Anniversary Edition Barbie.
Well, I spend a great deal
of effort on appearances,
and I work obsessively
to prove I am not.
All for Mommy?
I want her to know I'm good.
- And it hasn't worked yet?
- Not yet.
Well, I think you're a cool-ass chick.
- [LAUGHS]
- Thank you.
No, thank you.
I'm so stoked to work together.
It's just, like, always awkward
when your partner recommends you
for things, so
You and Will?
Uh, does he live here, too?
Yeah, only when his boat gets too cold.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[slow, gentle music]
♪
[GIA] She wanted Will so badly,
but attached to him
was this woman
that Sloane did not want
to give a flying fuck about,
but already, somehow, she did.
Fuck!
- You can go a little bigger.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
Okay, I'll do that on the next one.
- Mom.
- That was a long-ass meeting.
Everything okay?
Everything, uh everything's fine.
Mm?
So, you liked the flowers?
Uh, of course. How could you not?
- Mommy, help us.
- Uh, just a minute, baby.
You know, um, these need some water.
Okay.
[R&B MUSIC PLAYS QUIETLY]
You ♪
[GIA] All the stories
of men who hadn't sewn enough
of their fucking oats?
Here is a woman
with that problem,
and I thought
everyone should hear it.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[SIGHS]
[SLOANE] You did a beautiful job.
[SIGHS] I did, didn't I?
- [SLOANE LAUGHS]
- Yeah.
I was I was nervous
as hell the whole time.
Shut up. Really?
I don't do nervous.
I have it ready this time.
I was happy to do that.
It was it was fun.
No. Please.
I insist. Your time is valuable.
No. Really.
[TAKES DEEP BREATH]
So, Lily's going to be great.
Good. Yeah. That's good.
Thanks for the rec.
She seems like a real catch.
Yeah. She is.
Hmm.
You know what? I-I think I should go.
Okay.
[SIGHS]
Look, you you're in
something, and I'm in something.
And we're all working
together now, so
Understood.
[SIGHS]
But
[slow, suspenseful music]
♪
I'll see you out.
Okay, so, we got
the white alba, the Sri Lanka
and the red wild rice.
[Pulsing, haunting music]
♪
Actually, let me get
back to you on that.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, you.
You, hey.
I saw you, just now,
through the window with him.
He dropped off the boat,
and he did a good job.
No, I'm trying to say that I was wrong.
Clearly, he's into you. My bad.
He is, and he's right there.
If I run, I'm sure I can catch him.
No, no, I'm not I'm not saying that.
You don't even have to be there
if you don't want.
No. These-these are the rules.
That we made and can change.
Baby, baby, I want this.
And if you don't want to see it
happen, you don't have to
No. No. No fucking way.
- [TRUCK DEPARTING]
- Why? He's just a guy.
Is he? You hired him to work for us.
He was just in there.
- Working.
- Hmm.
What is the big deal?
Babe, listen, it's just,
I don't want him involved.
I'm not comfortable.
Okay?
Can you just give me that?
I give you a lot.
[LAUGHS]
[SMACKS LIPS]
[SLOANE]
But I really want to fuck him.
- Just once. That's all.
- [LAUGHS]
Listen to you.
Just the tip, just for a second.
One stroke.
- One fully executed stroke.
- [LAUGHS]
That's all I'm saying.
You're siding with Richard.
I'm siding with reality.
And you're working with his girl?
This shit is messy, Sloane. Let it go.
Promise me
you won't fuck him this winter,
when all you locals get up
to who-knows-what.
You're on this island
for 48 hours right now,
and you're telling me my business?
Promise.
I promise.
Liar.
[BOTH LAUGH]
At least stay away
from Will's white girl.
- I like her.
- [SCOFFS]
You know it's just a matter of
time before she shows her crazy.
- She's nice.
- Oh, she's nice?
She's nice.
[LAUGHING] You have lost your mind.
Everything is copacetic.
Mm-hmm. Well, I have a couch
waiting for you in BK
when all this shit blows up.
[LAUGHS]
- [LAUGHTER]
- Mm.
No, no, she did.
Sophie once said that to me.
"You're the wrong mom for me."
[LAUGHING] Oh, my God.
They can be total assholes sometimes.
- Sometimes?
- Mm.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
These are on the house.
What?!
Oh, fuck.
I think she means, "Oh, thank you."
- Mm.
- Mm.
He knows that's what I meant.
It's just, I just I got to prep
for this call I have tomorrow.
No. Stay with me. Blow it off.
And not exceed everyone's expectations?
I have heard
that you can be a real fuck-up
when you want to be
from a very reliable source.
Cheers.
- Mmm.
- Mmm.
- Slippery.
- Mm-hmm.
[SLOANE LAUGHS]
Will only lets me
put lemon on his oysters.
It's like, I miss
fucking cocktail sauce.
You should have cocktail sauce
whenever you damn well want it.
Yeah, right? And you, you should
have whatever you want.
I know.
That's what Will and I, like,
talk about all the time.
It's, like, why are we working
so fucking hard
if not to just do what we want?
When we want.
- Yes.
- No harm in that, right?
Mm. [SNIFFLES]
Well, I
should let you get back to Will.
I don't even know where he is right now.
He's been, like, hiding out on his boat,
which he does sometimes,
but he's just been really weird lately.
Hmm. What's going on?
It's coming up on two years,
this, like, two-year mark.
And I know he's a free spirit
and everything,
but, like, I want more than that, so
You gave him a deadline?
Not, like, a deadline,
deadline. I just, like
If after two years, he's not
like, "You're my person,"
then I should probably move on.
Much as it would kill me.
And this week is our anniversary,
so I think he's avoiding me.
[SLOANE CHUCKLES]
You're married. You get it.
I do.
I also get not wanting to get married.
You regret it?
I don't do regret.
Wow.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
You know, like, I want kids.
Like you said,
I was grown to be a mother.
You were.
Look. Forget deadlines.
Just go over there right now
and fuck him on his cold, little boat.
- [LAUGHS]
- In fact, fuck him twice.
That's what I would do if I were you.
- Is it?
- Thank you.
She's paying for me, too.
[Singing in foreign language]
♪
Hey, now.
What's all this?
I know you were disappointed
in, you know, the other thing.
- Yeah?
- I thought
we could have some fun tonight. Mmm.
Sophie's on a sleepover.
Who else is coming?
Kira and Isaac.
I'm sorry. You invited them to dinner,
or you invited them as our guests?
We've had a good time with them.
The rule is we agree first.
Well, aren't you tired of the rules?
Stop.
I thought you'd be happy.
I mean, baby, last time, you had
more fun with Kira than I did.
Still.
You want me to cancel?
I'll call them right now.
- No.
- Mm.
It'll be good. Yeah?
Mm
[BOTH LAUGH]
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
[BOTH MOANING]
All I wanna do ♪
Alexa, play "Richard's Get-Down."
[ALEXA]
Playing "Richard's Get-Down."
[GYPTIAN'S "NAH LET GO" PLAYING]
You know, you forget
how much fun dancing can be
when you're not being ogled
in a hot-ass club.
Girl, you and your clubs.
This is the club.
[KIRA] Mm, you're fuckin' right it is.
She nah make no joke ♪
She say she nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
- Oh, yeah. My brother.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Mm.
- [RICHARD] Oh, shit.
Tell me how you bend
and move like an acrobat ♪
When, how,
tell me how you do that ♪
Babe, I never seen you move
like a gymnastic ♪
And your moves are fine
and fantastic ♪
Where'd you get this face?
Spin on my own
like a turntable ♪
You turn some and give me
the drop and wine ♪
You open up my eyes
wide one more time ♪
Nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
She say she nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
Like a hundred degrees clock,
wine like that ♪
Girl, baby, wine and stop ♪
Wonder where get style
like that ♪
Me you tell 'em ♪
Me nah want you stop, girl ♪
- Get shape like beer bottle ♪
- [MOANING SOFTLY]
Hold a bottle shape
let ya beer stable ♪
No girl out around like you ♪
But them would of had
instead me a follow you ♪
Nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
She say she nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah run no joke ♪
I've never ever seen ♪
Another girl wine this way ♪
And don't you even bother ♪
To get her number ♪
Because the sexy girl
is with me ♪
Nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
She say she nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah run no joke ♪
Tell me how you bend
and move like an acrobat ♪
When, how,
tell me how you do that ♪
Babe, I never seen you move
like a gymnastic ♪
And your moves are fine
and fantastic ♪
Random girl,
your body is incredible ♪
Spin on my own
like a turntable ♪
You turn some and give me
the drop and wine ♪
And you open up my eyes
wide one more time ♪
You're soaking. May I?
Uh-huh.
She say she rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
dramatic music ♪
♪
[MOANING]
♪
♪
[MOANING PASSIONATELY]
[MOANING CONTINUES]
[MOANING INTENSIFIES]
Ooh.
What the fuck?!
- Shit!
- What? What's wrong?
She say she ♪
He's not wearing a fucking condom!
- What?
- [MUSIC STOPS]
We only do this with you.
I thought it'd be chill.
Chill? Why? Why the hell
would it be chill?
There are fucking rules!
- I could just
- Just go. Just go.
- I could put on another
- [SLOANE SIGHS]
Richard, I
Go!
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck!
[RICHARD CRIES OUT]
I should have listened to my gut.
I didn't even want to do this tonight.
Are you blaming me?
No, I'm not.
But why wouldn't you even
consider doing what I wanted?
I can't believe you're
Because that was such
a fucking compromise.
It was.
And you think, what, I don't compromise?
When I'm watching some guy
eat you out from behind,
and I gotta close my fucking eyes
and remind myself that I'm
I'm in a loving marriage.
Are you kidding me?
For fuck sake, I want to make you happy.
It's just it's not always so easy.
That's because you don't trust me.
Because you never believe me
when I tell you
you come first.
Sometimes I feel like
I'm holding onto you
by a thread.
That's weak
as fuck.
[DOOR SLIDES CLOSED]
[SLOANE] I've, uh
I've missed you.
[WILL] Yeah.
It's an even better view than your pool.
[SLOANE] Mm, just barely.
Something about this time of year.
It always feels to me like a wedding
that ends in a funeral.
Too dark?
No.
No such thing as too dark.
Why don't you come
and tell my family that
at Thanks in about a week,
when the drama returns.
Are you trying not to say
the "T" word in front of me?
Maybe. [CHUCKLES]
I mean, you're right. I don't partake.
Lily goes home to see her folks,
but Thanksgiving's not
a holiday in my family.
I eat crab legs off of my boat.
[SLOANE] Mmm. That sounds perfect.
[SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[FOOD SIZZLING]
[CHOPPING]
I'm just saying, leave it to Sloane
to be the party girl her entire life,
and then find a way to get paid for it.
- [LAUGHS]
- Truth.
Don't look like that, sis.
You know it's true.
Except it's not. Daddy?
Oh, leave me out of this.
Adult sibling riffs are
out of my jurisdiction.
Sloane was merely pointing out
that hard work can
transcend circumstance.
[DYAN] Exactly. As you've done, Richard.
Challenging background, no inheritance,
massive student loans,
and still you've found a way to climb.
I'm very proud to call you
my son-in-law.
[RICHARD] Thank you, Dyan.
That means a lot coming from you.
But, Mom, you're proving V's point.
Sloane had all the advantages,
but it wasn't until Richard
that she got her act together.
That's not true.
I had a whole entire
Italian life. Are we forget
[LAUGHING] Oh, Italy.
It was barely four years, darling.
[STEPHEN] And then you found Richard,
and he was the north star
to your ghost ship at sea.
Ghost ship. I love that, Dad.
- Oh, come on. Come on.
- [GABE LAUGHS]
Come on, everybody, let's ease
off a little on Sloane.
Gabe, be nice to your sister,
she's sensitive.
[MUTED CHATTER CONTINUES]
[haunting music]
♪
[MUTED CHATTER CONTINUES]
♪
Hey, Sloane, you mad, man?
Shit, I was joking.
- [CHILDREN CHATTERING]
- [RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]
You all behaving yourselves down there?
Yes, but can we watch a movie?
I'll go.
No, I've got it.
I want to make sure it's
age-appropriate for the twins.
Excuse me.
[OTHERS MURMURING]
[GABE] She should learn
how to take a joke.
Sloane, they were mostly just teasing.
Are you kidding me right now?
Okay, what, what
Could you, uh
Could you give me a minute?
I just need a minute.
- I'm fine.
- All right.
[DISTANT CHATTER CONTINUES]
[COUGHING, RETCHING]
[COUGHING, PANTING]
[TOILET FLUSHES]
[GARGLING]
[SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
I, uh, I promised Sophie
some eggnog last night.
We don't have any.
Richard?
Yeah, yeah, okay. Hurry back.
[BOAT CREAKING GENTLY]
[SLOANE] I hope it's not weird I called.
I'm glad that you did.
I've been thinking about you.
I-I can't seem to stop.
I've tried, but
Is this the White Widow
all the boys like?
[SIGHS]
Oh, fuck.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Okay.
- Mmm.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
Well
Handle it.
Are you for real?
Are you?
[ZIPPER OPENS]
You mean like this?
Yeah, actually.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[WILL MOANING QUIETLY]
- [WILL GRUNTS]
- Not yet.
- [GRUNTS]
- Now.
[PASSIONATE MOANING]
[CHAKA KHAN'S "AIN'T NOBODY"
PLAYING]
- Ain't nobody ♪
- Nobody ♪
- Loves me better ♪
- Loves me better ♪
Makes me happy ♪
- Makes me feel this way ♪
- Nobody ♪
- Ain't nobody ♪
- Nobody ♪
Loves me better than you ♪
What, did you get lost
at the farm stand?
I went for a drive.
Hmm.
I can handle anything
except you lying to me.
I'm not lying.
Okay.
I ran into Will.
Nothing happened, and
and I
I don't know why I didn't just say that.
The toilet didn't flush
all the way, babe.
How long?
Just today.
First time in a long time.
My family, you know. Right?
I'm fine.
One and done. I promise.
Okay.
Okay.
[RICHARD] We're gonna be all right.
As long as we're honest.
"Miracle" by Archie Thompson ♪
[LAUGHTER]
♪
[CHAKA KHAN'S "AIN'T NOBODY"
PLAYING]
You gave me freedom ♪
You knew I could not resist ♪
I needed someone ♪
And now we're flyin'
through the stars ♪
I hope this night
will last forever ♪
Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- Ain't nobody ♪
- Nobody ♪
- Loves me better ♪
- Loves me better ♪
Makes me happy ♪
- Makes me feel this way ♪
- Nobody ♪
- Ain't nobody ♪
- Ain't nobody ♪
Loves me better ♪
Than you ♪
Sloane.
That's enough.
I wait for nighttime to come ♪
[MUSIC STOPS]
What?
Big girls don't become dancers.
[SIGHS]
Paint my wounds ♪
Lover ♪
You're still perfect.
Fun fact, this is the exact color
I'd like my casket to be, please.
[CHUCKLES] Silver's fine by me.
Been waiting my whole life
to fuck me a cougar.
I bet you have.
[BOTH LAUGH]
[GRUNTS]
All right, now don't
make me miss my class.
Well, you can be late
once in your lifetime.
- Uh-uh.
- It's all right.
I need this workout today.
I have a hundred-trillion calls,
followed by lunch with the judge.
I didn't know your mother was
on the Vineyard today.
Me, either, until three hours ago.
You know Dyan, she loves an ambush.
[LAUGHING]
- What?
- "Dyan."
I got breakfast.
- Love you.
- Love you.
[GIA] That she had sex
with other people,
that her husband liked
to watch
that wasn't it.
The first time I saw her,
I understood why she was hated.
Sloane got what she wanted.
And we still don't like it when
a woman gets what she wants.
You don't play fair.
It's like we want our mothers
to want to fuck us.
You know what I mean?
[LAUGHTER]
I do.
Gia.
From the other night at The Atlantic.
- Right. Hi.
- Hey.
And this is actually Sloane,
the friend I was telling you about.
Oh, right, the one
with the good stories.
It's, uh
it's really nice to meet you.
Yeah.
"The one with the good stories"?
She's working on a research project.
[SLOANE] Oh, a research project.
I met her through Nili.
Exactly which of my stories
have you been sharing
with weirdo white ladies
doing research, Hel?
Do you even know who the fuck she is?
Oh, my God.
Who cares?
You know what, I'm happy you're meeting
your mom for lunch.
- You fucking deserve it.
- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.
- Love you.
Love you.
[EXHALES]
Too fly to be so shy ♪
Too high to see eye to eye ♪
So if you're talking shit
but ain't taking flight ♪
Then you fake bitch,
this ain't your night ♪
'Cause I act like I'm the only
one up on the dance floor ♪
Got my hands up,
drop that ass low ♪
If you liking what you see
that's what a man's for ♪
'Cause you know dancin' only
gonna make me gain more ♪
[SIGHS]
♪
Hey!
Oh, hi.
Uh, isn't it a little cold for sailing?
It is, yeah.
I'm just dropping this off
to a customer up on Squibby.
"Customer"?
Yeah, I built it.
Pardon me?
You build boats?
- I do.
- [HORN HONKING]
See you.
All right, yeah. Have a good one, okay?
- You, too.
- Yeah.
I'm-a make that ass clap ♪
I be eating good,
make that ass clap ♪
Drop it down,
bring it right back ♪
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.
There she is.
We said 12:30.
Doesn't matter now. You're here.
Where is Sophie?
We agreed I wouldn't bring her.
No. We agreed you would.
I-I must have misunderstood.
You look good, darling.
- Do I?
- You do.
That suit.
Thanks, Mommy.
Something else to drink, miss?
Riesling, please.
So, you never said why you were here.
Opal's retirement party.
Elegant dinner last evening.
Oh.
Who planned it?
They wanted something less
unusual than what you do.
They used someone from Boston.
We do traditional.
Of course, sweetheart.
But I will say, it was beautiful.
Mm.
Thank you.
So Opal's retiring.
Does that make you
the last one standing?
It does, mm-hmm.
Are you thinking about it?
Retirement?
No.
I'm thinking about
the 500 cases on my docket
and the keynote I'm giving
at the bar association
luncheon next week.
[LAUGHING]
What if you just didn't show up?
For any of it. Just
booked a trip to St. Lucia.
Do you remember that trip we
took when I was nine, the one?
I worked harder than you will ever know
to get here.
I'll go when I'm good and damn ready.
I just meant it'd be nice if you
had a chance to travel more.
- [LAUGHS]
- Relax.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Thank you for lunch.
I'm heartbroken to miss Sophie.
If you'd set up in Sag,
we wouldn't have to do
these hysterical catchups.
- I know.
- Family connections.
Easy commute to the city.
It would've made building
the business so much easier.
The business is thriving actually.
I know. Richard said
And I asked if you wanted me
to bring my child,
but you said a restaurant
isn't a place
No. I merely said, at a
restaurant, her extra energy
It's not extra, Mother.
It's just energy.
I'm not being critical, Sloane.
I'm just concerned.
I love her.
And children with her concentration
- issues may need additional
- She doesn't have issues!
She doesn't have issues.
She's your daughter.
I'll trust you know what you're doing.
Thank you for your faith in me.
I should go.
Three o'clock ferry.
Love to Richard. Kisses to Sophie.
Fucking cu
- [GRUNTS]
- Are you okay?
- Can I help you?
- Oh!
No, no, no, no, no, no! Tom Fords!
Oh, no, not the Tom Fords.
Uh, excuse me?
Sir, could I please borrow
your wine key?
Thank you.
- Here you go.
- Thank you.
[GRUNTS, EXHALES]
- Okay, you're amazing.
- [LAUGHS]
I see my mother once a year
and that's one time too many.
Mm-hmm.
I read a psych book in college
that suggests a lot of mothers
are jealous of their daughters.
- Yeah?
- That's my hunch with yours.
Because, if you'll forgive me
for objectifying you,
you're absurdly gorgeous.
This was very kind of you.
You bet.
[YELPS]
[SIGHS]
[TURNS WATER OFF]
[SIGHS]
Where's the kid?
With your mother.
She just left with her.
I thought you knew.
Went for ice cream.
What? No. She said
She said she'll take the later ferry.
She was always taking a later ferry.
Fucking
I wish you would've called me.
Please don't take
your anger at her out on me.
You're right. I apologize.
- Hey.
- Hey.
When's she dropping her off?
I'm meeting her at the dock,
uh, in an hour.
I'll go.
Hey.
You might want to unclench your jaw.
Thank you.
You gonna be okay?
I'll power through.
Yeah, you will.
[BOTH CHUCKING]
[SHIP HORN BLOWS]
[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING]
[HORN BLOWING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I love you, sweet pea.
I love you, Grandma.
- Be good.
- I'll try.
Uh, don't try
- Do.
- Do, thank you.
All right. Oh, wait. [PUTTERING]
Next time, ask first.
Forgive my spontaneity.
Bye, love.
How was that?
Did Grandma let you get
the ice cream you wanted?
No. We got her favorite.
- Mm.
- Butter pecan.
And, Mom, it's amazing.
Also it's "pee-con," not "pee-can."
Did you know you've been saying
it wrong your whole life?
No. I was not aware.
[Upbeat dance music]
♪
I don't know ♪
Can't fight the feeling
that it just won't flow ♪
We've been deceiving
everyone we know ♪
Do we let the secret out ♪
Will?
Hi.
Hey.
So this may be a little random.
But now that I know you build boats,
I was thinking
Yeah?
Do you think you could fix this?
I-I don't know. Let me see.
- I got you.
- Okay.
Got it.
I mean, I could, uh, I could try,
but shouldn't you take it
to someone who's,
like, an expert on things like this?
I'm asking you.
I'll pay whatever you think is fair.
Is it important to you?
I mean, I don't want to fuck it up.
You won't.
You build big boats. This is just
a little one.
Yeah, this is
probably as expensive as my big boat.
Probably "expensive-r."
[GIGGLES]
You know what?
I like a challenge.
Well, okay.
All right.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, Sloane?
Um
how are you feeling
about your flower vendor?
Why?
Mm, I know someone great.
And I think maybe they're more in line
with what you do
than who you're using now.
Oh, you've got opinions now?
I-I'm just saying.
If you want to shake things up
next season.
[LAUGHS]
You think we should?
Shake things up?
I think you could have more fun.
Reach out if you have any questions.
Okay.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
And thanks.
You're welcome.
[Hypnotic, sensual music]
♪
♪
[BLOWING]
♪
[FAINT POP MUSIC PLAYING]
[EXHALES]
Whew!
Thought I'd make my girls
some breakfast.
Well, that smells amazing.
Eh, figured you'd have an appetite.
Can we watch a movie tonight?
Sure thing, sweetheart.
So I, um
I found someone to fix the little boat.
Hmm.
Will.
The oyster guy?
He's a woodworker, too.
- How do you know that?
- [LAUGHS]
I saw him hauling a boat that he built.
- That he built?
- Who are you talking to?
Why don't you take it to an expert?
He said he could do it.
And if he fucks it up,
we're gonna be upset.
Uh, you were ready to throw it away.
What's the issue?
No issue.
Let's eat. Sophie!
Breakfast, honey. [LAUGHS]
Actually, um, I need to get going.
I'm auditioning a new flower vendor.
[DOG BARKING]
[WIND CHIMES JINGLING]
Wow!
- Oh, shit. It's you.
- [LAUGHS]
- Uh, hi. Yes.
- Hi.
It's you. Wild.
Um, uh [LAUGHS]
I was referred by Will Attaquin.
Come in, come in, please.
Come out to the back.
Want some tea?
- [WIND CHIMES JINGLING]
- [BIRDS SINGING]
- Oh, you're so fucking hired.
- Really?
- Really.
- Will said not
to get my hopes up
because you have a vendor
that you've been using for years, so
It's time for something new.
Okay, let's celebrate.
Um
- What? Too early?
- For cocktails?
No.
[LAUGHS]
It leans sativa
in case you got shit to do.
[LAUGHS]
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYS QUIETLY]
♪
This is smooth.
Home grown right there
in that very greenhouse.
Hmm. Nice.
Mm.
It's a strain of White Widow
that I inherited from this old
hippie grower down the street.
- White Widow, huh?
- What?
You never heard of White Widow before?
No, I've never heard
of a White Widow before.
[LAUGHS]
- You got any kids?
- Mm, no.
- Why, "Mm, no"?
- [LAUGHS]
You seem like one of those women
grown to be a mother, like, a great mom.
I mean, is that even possible?
Like, a great mom?
Someone? Somewhere? Maybe?
I don't know. [LAUGHS]
My mother, I love her to death.
She is an amazing person,
but, like, a terrible mom.
Like, at no point has she ever
enjoyed the job.
- [LAUGHS]
- When I was 16,
and the youngest of three,
I could just tell
that she was, like, at her limit
with being a mom, you know,
so, uh, for her 40th birthday,
I offered to emancipate myself
and move out,
- and you know what she did?
- What?
She fucking thanked me.
[LAUGHS] That's cold.
And real. I do like real.
I think that's why
I'm, like, such a gusher.
Isn't it great when our mothers
turn us into better people
just by sending us screaming
in the opposite direction?
Your mom seemed impressive.
And so are you.
Hmm.
Well, my mother is impressive.
- What's her sign?
- Uh, Scorpio.
- Fuck!
- Mm-hmm.
Your mother's a fucking Scorpio?
Yeah, but wait. A Scorpio Phoenix.
What's that?
A person who survives.
My grandmother died in a car accident
when my mother was 17,
and she was in the car with her.
- Fuck.
- Mm-hmm.
She still manages
to build this amazing life.
Like, incredible career,
beautiful family.
Raises money
to save the rainforest and shit.
Mm. I feel like rich people are,
like, always saving things
for themselves.
- At least they're saving them.
- Ha.
- "They"?
- What?
I don't give a shit
about the rainforest.
- I'm sure you don't.
- I'm actually a family fuck-up
like you wouldn't believe.
Shut up.
You're like
Anniversary Edition Barbie.
Well, I spend a great deal
of effort on appearances,
and I work obsessively
to prove I am not.
All for Mommy?
I want her to know I'm good.
- And it hasn't worked yet?
- Not yet.
Well, I think you're a cool-ass chick.
- [LAUGHS]
- Thank you.
No, thank you.
I'm so stoked to work together.
It's just, like, always awkward
when your partner recommends you
for things, so
You and Will?
Uh, does he live here, too?
Yeah, only when his boat gets too cold.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[slow, gentle music]
♪
[GIA] She wanted Will so badly,
but attached to him
was this woman
that Sloane did not want
to give a flying fuck about,
but already, somehow, she did.
Fuck!
- You can go a little bigger.
- [DOOR CLOSES]
Okay, I'll do that on the next one.
- Mom.
- That was a long-ass meeting.
Everything okay?
Everything, uh everything's fine.
Mm?
So, you liked the flowers?
Uh, of course. How could you not?
- Mommy, help us.
- Uh, just a minute, baby.
You know, um, these need some water.
Okay.
[R&B MUSIC PLAYS QUIETLY]
You ♪
[GIA] All the stories
of men who hadn't sewn enough
of their fucking oats?
Here is a woman
with that problem,
and I thought
everyone should hear it.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[SIGHS]
[SLOANE] You did a beautiful job.
[SIGHS] I did, didn't I?
- [SLOANE LAUGHS]
- Yeah.
I was I was nervous
as hell the whole time.
Shut up. Really?
I don't do nervous.
I have it ready this time.
I was happy to do that.
It was it was fun.
No. Please.
I insist. Your time is valuable.
No. Really.
[TAKES DEEP BREATH]
So, Lily's going to be great.
Good. Yeah. That's good.
Thanks for the rec.
She seems like a real catch.
Yeah. She is.
Hmm.
You know what? I-I think I should go.
Okay.
[SIGHS]
Look, you you're in
something, and I'm in something.
And we're all working
together now, so
Understood.
[SIGHS]
But
[slow, suspenseful music]
♪
I'll see you out.
Okay, so, we got
the white alba, the Sri Lanka
and the red wild rice.
[Pulsing, haunting music]
♪
Actually, let me get
back to you on that.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Hey, you.
You, hey.
I saw you, just now,
through the window with him.
He dropped off the boat,
and he did a good job.
No, I'm trying to say that I was wrong.
Clearly, he's into you. My bad.
He is, and he's right there.
If I run, I'm sure I can catch him.
No, no, I'm not I'm not saying that.
You don't even have to be there
if you don't want.
No. These-these are the rules.
That we made and can change.
Baby, baby, I want this.
And if you don't want to see it
happen, you don't have to
No. No. No fucking way.
- [TRUCK DEPARTING]
- Why? He's just a guy.
Is he? You hired him to work for us.
He was just in there.
- Working.
- Hmm.
What is the big deal?
Babe, listen, it's just,
I don't want him involved.
I'm not comfortable.
Okay?
Can you just give me that?
I give you a lot.
[LAUGHS]
[SMACKS LIPS]
[SLOANE]
But I really want to fuck him.
- Just once. That's all.
- [LAUGHS]
Listen to you.
Just the tip, just for a second.
One stroke.
- One fully executed stroke.
- [LAUGHS]
That's all I'm saying.
You're siding with Richard.
I'm siding with reality.
And you're working with his girl?
This shit is messy, Sloane. Let it go.
Promise me
you won't fuck him this winter,
when all you locals get up
to who-knows-what.
You're on this island
for 48 hours right now,
and you're telling me my business?
Promise.
I promise.
Liar.
[BOTH LAUGH]
At least stay away
from Will's white girl.
- I like her.
- [SCOFFS]
You know it's just a matter of
time before she shows her crazy.
- She's nice.
- Oh, she's nice?
She's nice.
[LAUGHING] You have lost your mind.
Everything is copacetic.
Mm-hmm. Well, I have a couch
waiting for you in BK
when all this shit blows up.
[LAUGHS]
- [LAUGHTER]
- Mm.
No, no, she did.
Sophie once said that to me.
"You're the wrong mom for me."
[LAUGHING] Oh, my God.
They can be total assholes sometimes.
- Sometimes?
- Mm.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
These are on the house.
What?!
Oh, fuck.
I think she means, "Oh, thank you."
- Mm.
- Mm.
He knows that's what I meant.
It's just, I just I got to prep
for this call I have tomorrow.
No. Stay with me. Blow it off.
And not exceed everyone's expectations?
I have heard
that you can be a real fuck-up
when you want to be
from a very reliable source.
Cheers.
- Mmm.
- Mmm.
- Slippery.
- Mm-hmm.
[SLOANE LAUGHS]
Will only lets me
put lemon on his oysters.
It's like, I miss
fucking cocktail sauce.
You should have cocktail sauce
whenever you damn well want it.
Yeah, right? And you, you should
have whatever you want.
I know.
That's what Will and I, like,
talk about all the time.
It's, like, why are we working
so fucking hard
if not to just do what we want?
When we want.
- Yes.
- No harm in that, right?
Mm. [SNIFFLES]
Well, I
should let you get back to Will.
I don't even know where he is right now.
He's been, like, hiding out on his boat,
which he does sometimes,
but he's just been really weird lately.
Hmm. What's going on?
It's coming up on two years,
this, like, two-year mark.
And I know he's a free spirit
and everything,
but, like, I want more than that, so
You gave him a deadline?
Not, like, a deadline,
deadline. I just, like
If after two years, he's not
like, "You're my person,"
then I should probably move on.
Much as it would kill me.
And this week is our anniversary,
so I think he's avoiding me.
[SLOANE CHUCKLES]
You're married. You get it.
I do.
I also get not wanting to get married.
You regret it?
I don't do regret.
Wow.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
You know, like, I want kids.
Like you said,
I was grown to be a mother.
You were.
Look. Forget deadlines.
Just go over there right now
and fuck him on his cold, little boat.
- [LAUGHS]
- In fact, fuck him twice.
That's what I would do if I were you.
- Is it?
- Thank you.
She's paying for me, too.
[Singing in foreign language]
♪
Hey, now.
What's all this?
I know you were disappointed
in, you know, the other thing.
- Yeah?
- I thought
we could have some fun tonight. Mmm.
Sophie's on a sleepover.
Who else is coming?
Kira and Isaac.
I'm sorry. You invited them to dinner,
or you invited them as our guests?
We've had a good time with them.
The rule is we agree first.
Well, aren't you tired of the rules?
Stop.
I thought you'd be happy.
I mean, baby, last time, you had
more fun with Kira than I did.
Still.
You want me to cancel?
I'll call them right now.
- No.
- Mm.
It'll be good. Yeah?
Mm
[BOTH LAUGH]
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
[BOTH MOANING]
All I wanna do ♪
Alexa, play "Richard's Get-Down."
[ALEXA]
Playing "Richard's Get-Down."
[GYPTIAN'S "NAH LET GO" PLAYING]
You know, you forget
how much fun dancing can be
when you're not being ogled
in a hot-ass club.
Girl, you and your clubs.
This is the club.
[KIRA] Mm, you're fuckin' right it is.
She nah make no joke ♪
She say she nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
- Oh, yeah. My brother.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Mm.
- [RICHARD] Oh, shit.
Tell me how you bend
and move like an acrobat ♪
When, how,
tell me how you do that ♪
Babe, I never seen you move
like a gymnastic ♪
And your moves are fine
and fantastic ♪
Where'd you get this face?
Spin on my own
like a turntable ♪
You turn some and give me
the drop and wine ♪
You open up my eyes
wide one more time ♪
Nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
She say she nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
Like a hundred degrees clock,
wine like that ♪
Girl, baby, wine and stop ♪
Wonder where get style
like that ♪
Me you tell 'em ♪
Me nah want you stop, girl ♪
- Get shape like beer bottle ♪
- [MOANING SOFTLY]
Hold a bottle shape
let ya beer stable ♪
No girl out around like you ♪
But them would of had
instead me a follow you ♪
Nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
She say she nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah run no joke ♪
I've never ever seen ♪
Another girl wine this way ♪
And don't you even bother ♪
To get her number ♪
Because the sexy girl
is with me ♪
Nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
She say she nah let go ♪
No matter how far me go ♪
She say she'd rather
be there so ♪
And she nah run no joke ♪
Tell me how you bend
and move like an acrobat ♪
When, how,
tell me how you do that ♪
Babe, I never seen you move
like a gymnastic ♪
And your moves are fine
and fantastic ♪
Random girl,
your body is incredible ♪
Spin on my own
like a turntable ♪
You turn some and give me
the drop and wine ♪
And you open up my eyes
wide one more time ♪
You're soaking. May I?
Uh-huh.
She say she rather
be there so ♪
And she nah make no joke ♪
dramatic music ♪
♪
[MOANING]
♪
♪
[MOANING PASSIONATELY]
[MOANING CONTINUES]
[MOANING INTENSIFIES]
Ooh.
What the fuck?!
- Shit!
- What? What's wrong?
She say she ♪
He's not wearing a fucking condom!
- What?
- [MUSIC STOPS]
We only do this with you.
I thought it'd be chill.
Chill? Why? Why the hell
would it be chill?
There are fucking rules!
- I could just
- Just go. Just go.
- I could put on another
- [SLOANE SIGHS]
Richard, I
Go!
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck!
[RICHARD CRIES OUT]
I should have listened to my gut.
I didn't even want to do this tonight.
Are you blaming me?
No, I'm not.
But why wouldn't you even
consider doing what I wanted?
I can't believe you're
Because that was such
a fucking compromise.
It was.
And you think, what, I don't compromise?
When I'm watching some guy
eat you out from behind,
and I gotta close my fucking eyes
and remind myself that I'm
I'm in a loving marriage.
Are you kidding me?
For fuck sake, I want to make you happy.
It's just it's not always so easy.
That's because you don't trust me.
Because you never believe me
when I tell you
you come first.
Sometimes I feel like
I'm holding onto you
by a thread.
That's weak
as fuck.
[DOOR SLIDES CLOSED]
[SLOANE] I've, uh
I've missed you.
[WILL] Yeah.
It's an even better view than your pool.
[SLOANE] Mm, just barely.
Something about this time of year.
It always feels to me like a wedding
that ends in a funeral.
Too dark?
No.
No such thing as too dark.
Why don't you come
and tell my family that
at Thanks in about a week,
when the drama returns.
Are you trying not to say
the "T" word in front of me?
Maybe. [CHUCKLES]
I mean, you're right. I don't partake.
Lily goes home to see her folks,
but Thanksgiving's not
a holiday in my family.
I eat crab legs off of my boat.
[SLOANE] Mmm. That sounds perfect.
[SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[FOOD SIZZLING]
[CHOPPING]
I'm just saying, leave it to Sloane
to be the party girl her entire life,
and then find a way to get paid for it.
- [LAUGHS]
- Truth.
Don't look like that, sis.
You know it's true.
Except it's not. Daddy?
Oh, leave me out of this.
Adult sibling riffs are
out of my jurisdiction.
Sloane was merely pointing out
that hard work can
transcend circumstance.
[DYAN] Exactly. As you've done, Richard.
Challenging background, no inheritance,
massive student loans,
and still you've found a way to climb.
I'm very proud to call you
my son-in-law.
[RICHARD] Thank you, Dyan.
That means a lot coming from you.
But, Mom, you're proving V's point.
Sloane had all the advantages,
but it wasn't until Richard
that she got her act together.
That's not true.
I had a whole entire
Italian life. Are we forget
[LAUGHING] Oh, Italy.
It was barely four years, darling.
[STEPHEN] And then you found Richard,
and he was the north star
to your ghost ship at sea.
Ghost ship. I love that, Dad.
- Oh, come on. Come on.
- [GABE LAUGHS]
Come on, everybody, let's ease
off a little on Sloane.
Gabe, be nice to your sister,
she's sensitive.
[MUTED CHATTER CONTINUES]
[haunting music]
♪
[MUTED CHATTER CONTINUES]
♪
Hey, Sloane, you mad, man?
Shit, I was joking.
- [CHILDREN CHATTERING]
- [RUNNING FOOTSTEPS]
You all behaving yourselves down there?
Yes, but can we watch a movie?
I'll go.
No, I've got it.
I want to make sure it's
age-appropriate for the twins.
Excuse me.
[OTHERS MURMURING]
[GABE] She should learn
how to take a joke.
Sloane, they were mostly just teasing.
Are you kidding me right now?
Okay, what, what
Could you, uh
Could you give me a minute?
I just need a minute.
- I'm fine.
- All right.
[DISTANT CHATTER CONTINUES]
[COUGHING, RETCHING]
[COUGHING, PANTING]
[TOILET FLUSHES]
[GARGLING]
[SMOOTH JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
I, uh, I promised Sophie
some eggnog last night.
We don't have any.
Richard?
Yeah, yeah, okay. Hurry back.
[BOAT CREAKING GENTLY]
[SLOANE] I hope it's not weird I called.
I'm glad that you did.
I've been thinking about you.
I-I can't seem to stop.
I've tried, but
Is this the White Widow
all the boys like?
[SIGHS]
Oh, fuck.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Okay.
- Mmm.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
Well
Handle it.
Are you for real?
Are you?
[ZIPPER OPENS]
You mean like this?
Yeah, actually.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[WILL MOANING QUIETLY]
- [WILL GRUNTS]
- Not yet.
- [GRUNTS]
- Now.
[PASSIONATE MOANING]
[CHAKA KHAN'S "AIN'T NOBODY"
PLAYING]
- Ain't nobody ♪
- Nobody ♪
- Loves me better ♪
- Loves me better ♪
Makes me happy ♪
- Makes me feel this way ♪
- Nobody ♪
- Ain't nobody ♪
- Nobody ♪
Loves me better than you ♪
What, did you get lost
at the farm stand?
I went for a drive.
Hmm.
I can handle anything
except you lying to me.
I'm not lying.
Okay.
I ran into Will.
Nothing happened, and
and I
I don't know why I didn't just say that.
The toilet didn't flush
all the way, babe.
How long?
Just today.
First time in a long time.
My family, you know. Right?
I'm fine.
One and done. I promise.
Okay.
Okay.
[RICHARD] We're gonna be all right.
As long as we're honest.
"Miracle" by Archie Thompson ♪
[LAUGHTER]
♪