Dear Edward (2023) s01e04 Episode Script
Chrysalis
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[PSYCHEDELIC SONG PLAYING]
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
[SONG CONTINUES, DISTORTED]
[STUDENTS CHATTERING,
LAUGHING, DISTORTED]
Hey. You okay? It's fine. Okay?
You're fine. Come on.
[STUDENT] Hey, look who it
is. Miracle Boy! [CHUCKLES]
Leave him alone, Slutzky.
Coming through. Hey, yo, dude.
Come on, people. We get
it. It's Miracle Boy.
Whoo-hoo.
Welcome to Riverview. You're
not in homeschool anymore, Toto.
[CHATTERING, LAUGHING CONTINUE]
[DISTORTED TICKING]
[SONG ENDS]
[JET ENGINE ROARING]
Representative.
No Representative!
[GROANS] Oh, my
Hello. Hi.
I was just on with somebody,
and we got disconnected,
and I'm just I'm trying to cancel
my cable and my Internet service.
[STAMMERS] No, I provided
that information already
It was not. Uh, it was
in my husband's name.
Well, no, you can't talk
to him, because he is dead.
Can you just listen, please?
I've been stuck in this
godforsaken place for two weeks,
and I simply need to cancel my service.
But you can't
I just told you, you can't
talk to him because he's dead!
- Cong cong.
- Oh, my God! What the fuck?
What are you doing? No. Excuse me.
- This is a private residence. Get out!
- It's all good.
- I just have to get my toiletries.
- No! What are you doing here?
You can't just let yourself
How'd you walk in
- I I live here. My God.
- You do not live here.
[STAMMERS] God, I used to anyhow.
- Who are you?
- T.
T? Your name is T?
What are you doing here?
Noelle texted Mika, who
group chatted us, saying,
"Anybody staying at Charlie's
gotta grab their shit."
Are you moving in?
This is my husband's apartment.
Oh.
What's up, Dee Dee?
How do you know my name?
What are you doing here?
I have toiletries up here.
Charlie got me a Sonicare
toothbrush, and it's expensive.
You left your toothbrush?
Oh, my God. You're a
child. How old are you?
Sixteen and a half.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Okay. Uh
Can you just tell me,
why were you living here?
I had to get out of my house.
Um, I couldn't deal.
Charlie said that I could live here
until I found a a better situation.
Like, five months.
He was a really great guy.
I'm sorry.
- So, can What was your name again?
- T.
T, can you, um, just Can you
hold on? Wait. One sec. Just
Do you know who that man is?
- Evan.
- Evan.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Um, and is he
Who is he?
He's cool, I guess.
Um [STAMMERS, SIGHS]
Were Evan and Charles Ch-Charlie,
uh, romantically
[SIGHS]
I'm trying to figure out
if my husband was gay.
[STAMMERS] I never asked.
He had nice linens though, so
[CHUCKLES] could be an indicator.
Right.
[SMACKS LIPS] But as
far as you know, though,
Charles and Evan were not
All I know [CHUCKLES] uh,
is that they helped me get an interview
at Bollywood Bites, which is my job.
So [INHALES SHARPLY] I'm late.
- [DEE DEE] Oh.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Bye.
- [DEE DEE] Bye.
[SIGHS]
[LACEY] After I got
to 200, I lost count.
[JOHN] They just keep coming.
We should open them.
- We can't do that.
- Why not?
'Cause, um it's against the law?
We're his guardians.
These are fucked-up.
- I already opened, like, five already.
- And that was wrong.
One of them had a lock
of a woman's hair, John.
One of them told Edward
he was gonna burn in hell.
We can't let him open
these. He'll be traumatized.
The kid has enough
going on already. [SIGHS]
- Another one came through the door.
- What?
I was s I was on the
computer and I heard this sound,
and I looked over and s and
one slid through the mail slot.
- And you didn't go see who it was?
- Yes!
I went out the front door.
By the time I got out
there, they were driving off.
I don't like this.
This is invasive. We should get
one of those doorbell cameras.
Yeah. I'm with you there.
- I think we should burn them.
- We can't do that.
- Why not?
- What if there's something important?
What if there's a letter
from one of his friends?
Okay, so we let him open them?
No! All of the crazies.
Okay, so then we open them. [CHUCKLES]
You know, which, I'll remind
you, is a federal crime.
So is fucking burning them.
Well I think we're
gonna need a bigger bag.
Can we just put a pin in this for now?
Look, we won't give them to
Edward and we won't open them.
Okay.
I wanna make sure he never
collects the mail and finds one.
Right. And he hasn't so far, so
We shouldn't keep these here.
- Can you take them to work?
- My work?
Yes, John. You work in a boiler room.
You Can you put them in
a box there? Can you do that?
Can you do that?
Yeah.
[LACEY] All right.
Listen, we're both doing
the best we can here, Lace.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
Why is everyone writing to him?
Because he survived.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- [TAPPING]
- [MUTTERING]
[MESSAGE SEND NOTIFICATION]
Excuse me. Who are you?
Becks.
Okay, Becks. And you
are Who are you exactly?
- Who are you?
- My name is Natalie.
I'm Adriana's campaign manager.
Are you her boss?
Yes, I am, Becks. I like you.
- But wait, there's more.
- [KOJO] Becks, sweetie.
Come on. Let's go. We are
late for school. Come on.
- Ah, good day, madam.
- [BECKS] Bye!
Where's your bag? Okay,
good. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
Sorry, that call took forever.
Apparently, New York
One thinks I'm a joke.
Adriana, did you get married and
have a child since we last spoke?
Oh. [CHUCKLES] Uh,
you met my housemates.
[NATALIE] Housemates?
Yeah, Kojo and Becks. We
met in a group therapy thing.
And they live here now?
Well, they needed a place.
Plus, he's fixing my toilet.
[NATALIE] Mm-hmm.
- What?
- Nothing.
- Just be aware of optics.
- Optics?
As it pertains to Candidate Washington.
This day forward, everything people
see, they get an opinion about.
Okay, well, optics-wise, helping
people in need seems fine.
Mister Man from Ghana seems fine too.
- [STUDENTS CHATTERING]
- Becks [BREATHES DEEPLY]
In Ghana, we have different funerals
than they have here in America.
One of the traditions we have
is, we will decorate the casket.
Do you know what is the casket?
It's the box in which
your mother will rest.
Yeah. We decorate the
casket in interesting ways
to reflect the person who has passed.
So, what I'm saying, honey, is,
do you think you have any ideas
on how you want to decorate Akua's
your mother's casket? [INHALES SHARPLY]
I don't know.
Can I tell you a secret?
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Becks, you knew your
mommy better than anyone.
So who better than Becks to
dream up what it should be?
Hmm?
You think about it.
You think how you want to
decorate your mother's casket,
and I will see to it.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Okay. Be good in school.
[GROUP MEMBER] If I had words
for this, I would share them.
I promise you, I would. But
I don't I don't have any.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
And it's like [SIGHS]
without words or
some kind of vocabulary,
I don't really know how to feel.
I haven't cried yet.
[SIGHS, STAMMERS]
It's like every time I feel it creep in,
the shock of it, the loneliness of it
I twist this knob in my chest
or my brain
and I don't feel anything at all.
It just goes away.
[MILO INHALES DEEPLY] Yeah.
What the fuck?
What are you doing here?
[STAMMERS] I'm sorry.
Is this the, um the
grief group for flight 1483?
What? No, no, no. You can't be here.
This place is for me. This
space is for me, not for you.
Do I know you? [STAMMERS]
Am I in the wrong place?
Okay.
[GROUP MEMBER HUFFS]
["YOU NEED ME" PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]
[CHATTERING]
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Hi.
Hi, honey. How was your day?
He's a little shell-shocked.
- Oh.
- I'm fine.
All right.
Ooh, Ms. Curtis, this car is fit.
- With leather interior? Ooh.
- Why, thank you, Shay.
Uh, so, how were your classes?
Oh, I didn't I didn't have classes.
Yeah, I had to go through
a whole orientation today.
And then, tomorrow, I have
to take a placement exam.
- Oh.
- And then I get to go to classes.
[LACEY] Oh. So, what
are we doing, Edward?
- Do you want to come to the shop with me?
- Can I Can I go to Shay's?
Of course. Just no
unsanctioned field trips.
Okay, you guys? Shay?
- Cross our hearts. Hope to die.
- [LACEY] All right.
I mean, obviously not that.
- [LACEY] All right.
- [SHAY] Bye. Thank you, Ms. Curtis.
You're welcome, Shay.
[GRUNTS]
Hey, hey. Hold on a sec.
Um, I just wanted to tell you
Edward, can you look at me?
I don't need to look at you to hear you.
[INHALES SHARPLY] I'd like
you to look at me all the same.
No, thank you.
Why not?
Because sometimes you look like my mom.
Okay? And I'd rather not see her
face every time I'm around you.
[RECEPTIONIST] Last
name and date, please.
Thank you.
- Hi.
- Hi. How are you?
- Good. How are you?
- Good. I am looking for Noelle.
Yes. She's just in there.
- Oh, okay. Thank you very much.
- Yeah. No problem.
Go ahead, and I will catch
up. I'll be right there.
- Hi. Remember me? [CHUCKLES]
- Hi.
I'm sorry about what
I said about kombucha.
Okay, so this is a safe
space. Can we be safe?
[STAMMERS] Absolutely. Yes.
- Come in.
- [CHUCKLES] Thank you.
Have a seat.
Thank you so much. I just, um
Oh, I met T.
He came to the apartment
to get his toothbrush.
Their toothbrush.
Their toothbrush. Oh, yes.
[STAMMERS] Uh, yes. I
got that. Sorry, sorry.
[STAMMERS] It's okay. Um,
you'll you'll get used to it.
[INHALES DEEPLY] So
Charles was putting
people up in his condo.
W w
- why? Why was he doing that?
I mean, he helped, like, a dozen
kids get solid footing, I'd say.
I mean, homeless, abused, abandoned
kids without a hope in the world.
You should know that your
husband was doing incredible work.
I'll be sure to mention
it when I tell my daughter
she has to drop out
of college. [CHUCKLES]
- I can't imagine what you're going through
- Was he gay?
I mean, it's a simple fucking
question. I think I'm entitled to know.
I don't really know.
Really? How do you not know?
You run the LGBTQ Center.
He didn't talk about that.
[STAMMERS]
But yes, I-I believe he was
exploring his sexual identity.
Was he exploring with Evan?
Um
[CLICKS TONGUE] Well,
I'm selling that condo.
So, if anyone else needs to pick up
their toothbrush,
they better do it fast.
Thank you so much, Noelle.
[JORDAN] Pop the collar.
Good. [INHALES SHARPLY] Nice.
Now, listen, stupid.
You gotta tank that placement exam.
Yeah, don't test into 9th
grade like some gigantic nerd.
Stick to your own kind.
Be a normal kid for once.
And remember, people
don't care if you're smart.
People care if you're cool.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
["DO MY THING" PLAYING]
[SONG CONTINUES]
[SONG ENDS]
Hey. Hey!
- You need to stop coming here.
- [SIGHS]
- I mean it.
- Oh, my God. I don't know who you are.
- You don't know who I am. What does it
- You're Steve.
You're Brent's brother.
I'm Amanda. I was his fiancée.
[SIGHS]
I didn't know he was engaged.
Of course you didn't. You
didn't know anything about him.
And so you don't get to grieve him.
- At least not here.
- [SCOFFS]
All right? So, go cry
in some other corner.
You're not the only
one who's grieving him.
- You can't make me not
- This is not a fucking joke.
Okay. Okay. Okay.
Okay.
[AMANDA SIGHS]
- You are so cool.
- [CHUCKLES]
[LINDA] You okay?
[AMANDA] I don't even know.
[LACEY] My sister knew
how to hot-wire a car.
- [GRIEF GROUP MEMBER CHUCKLES]
- She did.
And she knew CPR. She was a lifeguard.
When she was 19, she
saved a woman's life,
and they gave her the Key to the City.
[SUPPORT GROUP MEMBERS LAUGH]
My entire life, the governing
emotion I had towards my sister was
[SWALLOWS]
jealousy.
[LACEY CRIES, SNIFFS]
She sounds like a
like an incredible person.
Your sister, she sounds amazing.
She was. Thank you.
Like a
once-in-a-lifetime type.
Like [CHUCKLES]
Like one of those people who
drops into your life and
[LACEY EXHALES SHAKILY]
there's nothing quite like them.
Yeah.
But you recognized it.
And-And thank God that you did, right?
Like, what if you
Like, what if you hadn't?
Like, what if, like, she was gone
and you never re recognized her
for everything that she was?
[SWALLOWING]
Mmm.
[MILO] Sam.
[LACEY SNIFFLES]
Thank you. Uh
It was it was nice
hearing your thoughts today.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [MILO] Very good.
[SHAY] You blew the exam on purpose?
Why would you do that?
I wanted to stay with my own kind.
Well, yeah, but wouldn't
you get to graduate sooner?
I don't know.
God, if I were as smart as you,
I would test outta school ASAP.
People don't care if you're
smart. People care if you're cool.
Yeah. Well, I hate to break it to
you, boy wonder, but you're not cool.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
- Whoa!
- [BOTH CHUCKLING]
Damn, you got me. Oh,
no. You okay? [SQUEALS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Okay, sweetie. Time for bed.
Did you brush your teeth?
- Yes.
- Are you sure?
Show me.
Mmm. Okay, good. [CHUCKLES]
So, um
have you had any thoughts about
how we can decorate
your mother's casket?
I have a very talented man
who can make almost anything.
But I want you to like it.
[CHUCKLES]
She would love it.
Akua would love this.
[KOJO] I don't mean to disturb you.
Oh, no. Of course not. Um,
come in. How's it going?
I would like to invite you.
We are having a funeral
for Akua on Saturday.
And although I know you are
very busy with your campaign
Oh, Kojo, what? Oh, my gosh.
I'll absolutely be there.
[STAMMERS] It was only just
determined we'd do this.
You know, in Ghana, our
funerals are very festive.
- [ADRIANA] Yeah.
- Everyone wears specific clothing,
uh, there's dancing, there's
music, we have a party,
- and the whole tribe and everybody comes
- Kojo. Thank you for inviting me.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Uh, where is it being held?
Uh, it will be at a
center on 119th Street,
- uh, Starlight Party and Conference.
- Oh. That place.
Oh, you've been there?
[STAMMERS] Um, Kojo, that
place is It's kind of, um
- It's a trash heap.
- It's a dump.
[BOTH LAUGH]
You see, the issue is
many people will be there.
Even people that didn't know
Akua, so we need the space.
And other options are
just too expensive, so
Well, look, if I
can't make any promises,
but if I could find another
place, would that be okay?
No, no, no, no, no. I
don't want to burden you.
No, it's not a burden.
I mean, let me see,
I [INHALES SHARPLY] I think I
have a place that would be perfect.
[SIGHS, CHUCKLES]
- You are too kind, Adriana.
- Oh, it's fine.
O-Okay, uh, so I will go to bed.
- Yeah, um, good night. [CHUCKLES]
- Okay.
- Good night, Adriana.
- It's It's that way.
- Oh, okay.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Good night.
- Thank you. I mean, yes.
Good night. You too.
- Dude, what the F?
- What?
You're a walking sweat lodge.
Take the dumb jacket off.
- I'm fine.
- You're making me hot just looking at you.
- Take it off.
- [WHISPERS] I'm fine.
Check out Miracle Boy. He's melting.
Leave him alone, Slutzky.
He is though. Check him out.
My boy's a puddle over here.
Hey, Miss Wheaton, I think Miracle
Boy is "condensating" into gas form.
- Brian, that's enough.
- [STUDENTS LAUGH]
Edward, are you okay?
Yeah, I I'm fine. As
I have said. I'm fine.
You look very hot in that
jacket. It's a humid day today
- [STUDENTS LAUGH]
- Class, quiet. I mean it.
Edward, why don't you
take off the jacket?
'Cause I don't want to.
We actually have a dress code
that states that coats and jackets
- aren't to be worn indoor
- God, Miss Wheaton, can you make an exception?
He likes the jacket. He
wants to wear the jacket.
Why does everyone gotta
be in his business?
Hasn't he been through enough?
- [IMITATES CAT MEOWING]
- Fuck you, Slutzky!
Brian, Shay. Detention.
And Edward, I'm sorry, but you
have to take that jacket off now.
I'm afraid you're going to faint.
[MOUTHS] Take it off.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
- Dude!
- Edward.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [MISS WHEATON] Edward!
Gorgeous, isn't it?
Are you Are you Evan?
Yes.
[CHUCKLES]
I'm I'm Dee Dee. Charles's wife.
Why don't we talk in my office?
All right.
[EVAN] We met a little over a year ago
at this mansion in Beverly Hills.
It was after he lost his job
and was desperately trying
to find a way to make money.
We were at this get-together with
some billionaire [INHALES DEEPLY]
who had an inside
track on this import deal
that was too good to be true.
And it was.
I lost a little.
Charlie lost everything he had left.
[DEE DEE SIGHS]
He was so devastated.
You were his princess, and
he couldn't bear to fail you.
So then what happened?
I've had my own struggles
with an eating disorder.
[CLICKS TONGUE] I was
in rehab for a while.
He helped me.
I helped him. We propped each other up.
[INHALES, EXHALES]
What do you mean you
propped each other up?
Eventually, we had a
sexual relationship.
[SWALLOWS]
[CLEARS THROAT]
[CHUCKLES] The last thing I ever
thought I would be is a home-wrecker.
["BRILLIANT DISGUISE" PLAYING]
I wouldn't give yourself so much credit.
It was a lot more than
you that wrecked our home.
[SONG CONTINUES]
[CHARLES] But I just can't see ♪
What a woman like you ♪
Is doing with me ♪
So tell me who I see ♪
When I look in your eyes ♪
Is that you, baby ♪
Or just a brilliant disguise? ♪
[STRUMMING GUITAR]
And now look at me, baby ♪
I'm struggling to
do everything right ♪
And then it all falls apart ♪
- [GRUNTS]
- [GLASS SHATTERS]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Adriana.
- Hello, Reverend. [CHUCKLES]
- [CHUCKLES]
I'm so sorry. I wanted
to reach out more,
- but I figured you
- No, no. It's fine.
How are you doing?
I'm okay.
[REVEREND] She basically
raised me. [INHALES SHARPLY]
I know.
Special woman.
Yeah.
[REVEREND SIGHS]
- And now you're doing it.
- [CHUCKLES]
- I'm so happy you're running.
- Thank you.
I knew you would enter
the game at some point.
I mean, you always
said as much. [CHUCKLES]
Thought it'd be a little
later down the line. But
Life happens.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Always does. [SIGHS]
You look good.
So do you.
Your eulogy was perfect.
I wanted to come up to
you after, but you were
No, I appreciate that you didn't.
I did not need all of that,
that day. [INHALES SHARPLY]
- [ADRIANA SIGHS]
- I'm really glad you called.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Listen, I need a favor.
Oh. That's why you called.
- I should've mentioned it before.
- But you didn't.
You waited until now.
You let me sit in the anticipation
of seeing you all day. Nice move.
- I'm sorry.
- Don't
You're running for office,
Dri. No more apologizing.
[STAMMERS] Yeah. Yeah, you're right.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Uh,
well. [CLEARS THROAT]
[SMACKS LIPS] I'm in a
therapy group for families
who lost people on the plane.
And one of the families
lost their mother
and they need to have a funeral.
It's a lot of people and they
need a church and a reception hall,
basically all day Saturday.
I don't know if there's
anything you could do to help.
100%. Anything you need, it's yours.
[CHUCKLES] It's It's this Saturday.
I don't know if that
gives you much time
Saturday, it's yours.
All day, all night, until
Sunday services. No charge.
Okay. Um, well, Eric, thank you.
That's really sweet of you.
[SIGHS]
I like what you've done with the place.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
- [CHUCKLES]
Yeah, I painted it.
- Marie Kondo'd some shit. [CHUCKLES]
- You do that now? That's good.
Let me walk you out.
Yeah, um Hey, um, thank you.
I'm here for you. You know that, right?
Yeah, I know. [INHALES SHAKILY]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I shouldn't have done that. [SIGHS]
- Oh, well.
- [CHUCKLES] Bye.
[WHISPERS] God.
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
[HUFFS]
What the fuck?
[ADRIANA SIGHS]
- Hi, Ms. Curtis.
- Oh. Hey, Shay.
- Uh, is Edward home?
- Uh, I don't know.
I just got home from work.
- So you haven't talked to him?
- No. What's up?
He had a rough day.
Wanna come inside?
Uh, no. I don't think so.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
But I think you should
maybe talk to him.
Shay, what happened?
He bounced from Miss
Wheaton's social studies class,
like, out the door,
in the middle of class,
and he was all hot and bothered.
And he's not answering any of
my texts which is, like, unusual.
Shit.
- Shit.
- Um, Ms. Curtis?
[LACEY] Uh-huh?
Could you ask him to
let me know he's okay?
Yes, I will. I will.
All right. Take care,
Shay. I'll let you know.
[SHAY] Thank you.
["PRAYER" PLAYING]
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Yeah?
[LACEY] Hey.
[EDWARD] Hey.
[LACEY] Feel like talking?
What happened today?
[EDWARD] I don't know.
[LACEY SIGHS]
[INHALES SHARPLY] Shay said
that you, um, left class early.
I'm not mad. Seriously.
If school's not working out, we
can figure something else out.
I just want you to be okay
with whatever we decide to do.
[STAMMERS] I-I like this school.
I just I just got a bit hot.
Oh, honey. You have
a Do you have a fever?
No, I don't have a fever.
Okay. Okay.
[LACEY BREATHES HEAVILY]
[INHALES SHARPLY] What
can I do for you, hon?
Nothing. I'm fine. Really.
I'll come down later.
[LACEY] Okay. All right.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[SIGHS, INHALES DEEPLY]
You don't need to worry about me.
[LACEY CHUCKLES]
It's funny, the things that I've
been remembering about your mom.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Little
things from, like, years ago.
[CHUCKLES]
I had this one memory
from when I was, like, six,
which must have made her nine.
It was Halloween, and I was
a panda bear [CHUCKLES]
and she was this belly dancer.
And she had the most
incredible sheer costume,
with the midriff showing and a veil.
I don't know, maybe it would be
super politically incorrect today.
I'm not sure.
But she could even
belly dance a little bit,
because of course she could.
She could do anything.
And there I was, this dumb little panda.
Your granddad was taking pictures of us
before we went
trick-or-treating,
and suddenly I decided I
wanted her costume so bad.
I wanted to be a belly dancer,
and I was furious that she was.
Of course, her costume wouldn't
even fit me, and our mom was like,
"Lacey, shut up, you're a
panda. Let's go get some candy."
But I threw a fit, and our dad
had to take me upstairs
until I finished crying.
[CHUCKLES, INHALES DEEPLY]
But the next day, I walked into my room,
and Janey had left
the costume on my bed.
I remember how nicely folded it was.
The red and yellow sheer material
with these little
bells around the waist.
And it was mine now.
She had given it to me.
I loved how nicely folded it
was. I never even put it on.
I just kept it in a drawer,
and I would I would pat it.
I loved how it felt. I
loved how it felt having it.
I loved that she had
thought to give it to me.
Your mother was fucking awesome, Edward.
That is the truth. That
is the takeaway here.
And that is the truth
that will never, ever go away.
[DEE DEE] Hi.
- [T CHUCKLES]
- T, right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Dee Dee. How's your day going?
- It's all right. [CHUCKLES]
- Good.
Um
so my husband, Charles I
know you knew him as Ch-Charlie.
Uh, I bought him a Rolex
watch for his 50th birthday.
It's an It's an
Oyster Perpetual Rolex.
It cost $7,000, and
I want you to take it.
You can keep it or pawn it. I
don't care. It doesn't matter.
What?
Well, Charles helped you, right?
Yeah. Um, he did. [CHUCKLES]
So, good. I'm glad.
And, you know, you can consider
this his parting gift, you know?
[CHUCKLES]
Also, could I get a
small chicken biryani?
I haven't eaten in three
days. I'm fucking starving.
Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
[CHOIR] How great thou art ♪
[DEE DEE] Thank you.
[CHOIR] When through the woods ♪
And forest glades I wander ♪
And hear the birds ♪
Sing sweetly in the trees ♪
When I look down ♪
From lofty mountain grandeur ♪
And hear the brook ♪
And feel the gentle breeze ♪
Then sings my soul ♪
My savior God, to thee ♪
How great thou art ♪
How great thou art ♪
Then sings my soul ♪
My savior God, to thee ♪
How great thou art ♪
How great thou art ♪
[CHURCH-GOERS SNIFFLING, CRYING]
[ADRIANA SNIFFS]
[SOFTLY] Hi.
[KOJO SOBS]
[DRUMS BEATING]
[FUNERAL ATTENDEES CHATTERING]
["ALHAJI" PLAYING]
[ADRIANA] Hey, you.
What do you think, hon?
Can you spin? Can you spin?
[KNOCKING]
How'd you find me?
Uh [SIGHS] I remember a while back,
Brent mentioning that he had met a girl
who fixed pianos in Long Island City.
So, that narrowed it down.
Mmm.
Okay, well, you should go.
[STEVE] Okay, wait. Hey,
I'm not a bad person.
I had issues with my
brother, but he was an addict.
I know he was.
And he cleaned himself
up. But you didn't care.
He stole from my parents.
He pushed my dad up against a wall.
He broke our mother's
heart again and again.
I had to protect them. And
so I had to cut him loose.
He tried to make peace with you.
You blew him off.
I know I did.
If I could go back and change things
Look
we can coexist in group therapy
together if you want that.
I think it's a good thing.
Just know, if we're there together,
I might distance myself from you.
'Cause seeing you is like
seeing some bizarro Brent,
and it just freaks me out.
But if you wanna go, I
think that you should.
We all gotta do what we gotta do.
["ASTRAL JACKET" PLAYING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
What?
[SHAY] I I was beginning to worry.
You okay?
[SIGHS]
So you finally shed your skin.
Yeah. I guess.
It doesn't fit me.
I don't think it ever will.
This was my brother's jacket.
Um
I wanted you to have it.
What? Why?
I think it'd look better on you.
Maybe you could put
it on your Derby dummy.
I think he needs a new coat.
[CHUCKLES]
[INHALES SHARPLY] Is it
still drenched in your sweat?
No. My, uh My aunt steamed it.
Thoroughly.
[CHUCKLES] Of course.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Thanks.
[EDWARD SIGHS]
I don't know who I am.
Join the club.
[PSYCHEDELIC SONG PLAYING]
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
[SONG CONTINUES, DISTORTED]
[STUDENTS CHATTERING,
LAUGHING, DISTORTED]
Hey. You okay? It's fine. Okay?
You're fine. Come on.
[STUDENT] Hey, look who it
is. Miracle Boy! [CHUCKLES]
Leave him alone, Slutzky.
Coming through. Hey, yo, dude.
Come on, people. We get
it. It's Miracle Boy.
Whoo-hoo.
Welcome to Riverview. You're
not in homeschool anymore, Toto.
[CHATTERING, LAUGHING CONTINUE]
[DISTORTED TICKING]
[SONG ENDS]
[JET ENGINE ROARING]
Representative.
No Representative!
[GROANS] Oh, my
Hello. Hi.
I was just on with somebody,
and we got disconnected,
and I'm just I'm trying to cancel
my cable and my Internet service.
[STAMMERS] No, I provided
that information already
It was not. Uh, it was
in my husband's name.
Well, no, you can't talk
to him, because he is dead.
Can you just listen, please?
I've been stuck in this
godforsaken place for two weeks,
and I simply need to cancel my service.
But you can't
I just told you, you can't
talk to him because he's dead!
- Cong cong.
- Oh, my God! What the fuck?
What are you doing? No. Excuse me.
- This is a private residence. Get out!
- It's all good.
- I just have to get my toiletries.
- No! What are you doing here?
You can't just let yourself
How'd you walk in
- I I live here. My God.
- You do not live here.
[STAMMERS] God, I used to anyhow.
- Who are you?
- T.
T? Your name is T?
What are you doing here?
Noelle texted Mika, who
group chatted us, saying,
"Anybody staying at Charlie's
gotta grab their shit."
Are you moving in?
This is my husband's apartment.
Oh.
What's up, Dee Dee?
How do you know my name?
What are you doing here?
I have toiletries up here.
Charlie got me a Sonicare
toothbrush, and it's expensive.
You left your toothbrush?
Oh, my God. You're a
child. How old are you?
Sixteen and a half.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Okay. Uh
Can you just tell me,
why were you living here?
I had to get out of my house.
Um, I couldn't deal.
Charlie said that I could live here
until I found a a better situation.
Like, five months.
He was a really great guy.
I'm sorry.
- So, can What was your name again?
- T.
T, can you, um, just Can you
hold on? Wait. One sec. Just
Do you know who that man is?
- Evan.
- Evan.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Um, and is he
Who is he?
He's cool, I guess.
Um [STAMMERS, SIGHS]
Were Evan and Charles Ch-Charlie,
uh, romantically
[SIGHS]
I'm trying to figure out
if my husband was gay.
[STAMMERS] I never asked.
He had nice linens though, so
[CHUCKLES] could be an indicator.
Right.
[SMACKS LIPS] But as
far as you know, though,
Charles and Evan were not
All I know [CHUCKLES] uh,
is that they helped me get an interview
at Bollywood Bites, which is my job.
So [INHALES SHARPLY] I'm late.
- [DEE DEE] Oh.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Bye.
- [DEE DEE] Bye.
[SIGHS]
[LACEY] After I got
to 200, I lost count.
[JOHN] They just keep coming.
We should open them.
- We can't do that.
- Why not?
'Cause, um it's against the law?
We're his guardians.
These are fucked-up.
- I already opened, like, five already.
- And that was wrong.
One of them had a lock
of a woman's hair, John.
One of them told Edward
he was gonna burn in hell.
We can't let him open
these. He'll be traumatized.
The kid has enough
going on already. [SIGHS]
- Another one came through the door.
- What?
I was s I was on the
computer and I heard this sound,
and I looked over and s and
one slid through the mail slot.
- And you didn't go see who it was?
- Yes!
I went out the front door.
By the time I got out
there, they were driving off.
I don't like this.
This is invasive. We should get
one of those doorbell cameras.
Yeah. I'm with you there.
- I think we should burn them.
- We can't do that.
- Why not?
- What if there's something important?
What if there's a letter
from one of his friends?
Okay, so we let him open them?
No! All of the crazies.
Okay, so then we open them. [CHUCKLES]
You know, which, I'll remind
you, is a federal crime.
So is fucking burning them.
Well I think we're
gonna need a bigger bag.
Can we just put a pin in this for now?
Look, we won't give them to
Edward and we won't open them.
Okay.
I wanna make sure he never
collects the mail and finds one.
Right. And he hasn't so far, so
We shouldn't keep these here.
- Can you take them to work?
- My work?
Yes, John. You work in a boiler room.
You Can you put them in
a box there? Can you do that?
Can you do that?
Yeah.
[LACEY] All right.
Listen, we're both doing
the best we can here, Lace.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
Why is everyone writing to him?
Because he survived.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- [TAPPING]
- [MUTTERING]
[MESSAGE SEND NOTIFICATION]
Excuse me. Who are you?
Becks.
Okay, Becks. And you
are Who are you exactly?
- Who are you?
- My name is Natalie.
I'm Adriana's campaign manager.
Are you her boss?
Yes, I am, Becks. I like you.
- But wait, there's more.
- [KOJO] Becks, sweetie.
Come on. Let's go. We are
late for school. Come on.
- Ah, good day, madam.
- [BECKS] Bye!
Where's your bag? Okay,
good. [BREATHING HEAVILY]
Sorry, that call took forever.
Apparently, New York
One thinks I'm a joke.
Adriana, did you get married and
have a child since we last spoke?
Oh. [CHUCKLES] Uh,
you met my housemates.
[NATALIE] Housemates?
Yeah, Kojo and Becks. We
met in a group therapy thing.
And they live here now?
Well, they needed a place.
Plus, he's fixing my toilet.
[NATALIE] Mm-hmm.
- What?
- Nothing.
- Just be aware of optics.
- Optics?
As it pertains to Candidate Washington.
This day forward, everything people
see, they get an opinion about.
Okay, well, optics-wise, helping
people in need seems fine.
Mister Man from Ghana seems fine too.
- [STUDENTS CHATTERING]
- Becks [BREATHES DEEPLY]
In Ghana, we have different funerals
than they have here in America.
One of the traditions we have
is, we will decorate the casket.
Do you know what is the casket?
It's the box in which
your mother will rest.
Yeah. We decorate the
casket in interesting ways
to reflect the person who has passed.
So, what I'm saying, honey, is,
do you think you have any ideas
on how you want to decorate Akua's
your mother's casket? [INHALES SHARPLY]
I don't know.
Can I tell you a secret?
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Becks, you knew your
mommy better than anyone.
So who better than Becks to
dream up what it should be?
Hmm?
You think about it.
You think how you want to
decorate your mother's casket,
and I will see to it.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Okay. Be good in school.
[GROUP MEMBER] If I had words
for this, I would share them.
I promise you, I would. But
I don't I don't have any.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
And it's like [SIGHS]
without words or
some kind of vocabulary,
I don't really know how to feel.
I haven't cried yet.
[SIGHS, STAMMERS]
It's like every time I feel it creep in,
the shock of it, the loneliness of it
I twist this knob in my chest
or my brain
and I don't feel anything at all.
It just goes away.
[MILO INHALES DEEPLY] Yeah.
What the fuck?
What are you doing here?
[STAMMERS] I'm sorry.
Is this the, um the
grief group for flight 1483?
What? No, no, no. You can't be here.
This place is for me. This
space is for me, not for you.
Do I know you? [STAMMERS]
Am I in the wrong place?
Okay.
[GROUP MEMBER HUFFS]
["YOU NEED ME" PLAYING ON CAR STEREO]
[CHATTERING]
- [DOOR OPENS]
- Hi.
Hi, honey. How was your day?
He's a little shell-shocked.
- Oh.
- I'm fine.
All right.
Ooh, Ms. Curtis, this car is fit.
- With leather interior? Ooh.
- Why, thank you, Shay.
Uh, so, how were your classes?
Oh, I didn't I didn't have classes.
Yeah, I had to go through
a whole orientation today.
And then, tomorrow, I have
to take a placement exam.
- Oh.
- And then I get to go to classes.
[LACEY] Oh. So, what
are we doing, Edward?
- Do you want to come to the shop with me?
- Can I Can I go to Shay's?
Of course. Just no
unsanctioned field trips.
Okay, you guys? Shay?
- Cross our hearts. Hope to die.
- [LACEY] All right.
I mean, obviously not that.
- [LACEY] All right.
- [SHAY] Bye. Thank you, Ms. Curtis.
You're welcome, Shay.
[GRUNTS]
Hey, hey. Hold on a sec.
Um, I just wanted to tell you
Edward, can you look at me?
I don't need to look at you to hear you.
[INHALES SHARPLY] I'd like
you to look at me all the same.
No, thank you.
Why not?
Because sometimes you look like my mom.
Okay? And I'd rather not see her
face every time I'm around you.
[RECEPTIONIST] Last
name and date, please.
Thank you.
- Hi.
- Hi. How are you?
- Good. How are you?
- Good. I am looking for Noelle.
Yes. She's just in there.
- Oh, okay. Thank you very much.
- Yeah. No problem.
Go ahead, and I will catch
up. I'll be right there.
- Hi. Remember me? [CHUCKLES]
- Hi.
I'm sorry about what
I said about kombucha.
Okay, so this is a safe
space. Can we be safe?
[STAMMERS] Absolutely. Yes.
- Come in.
- [CHUCKLES] Thank you.
Have a seat.
Thank you so much. I just, um
Oh, I met T.
He came to the apartment
to get his toothbrush.
Their toothbrush.
Their toothbrush. Oh, yes.
[STAMMERS] Uh, yes. I
got that. Sorry, sorry.
[STAMMERS] It's okay. Um,
you'll you'll get used to it.
[INHALES DEEPLY] So
Charles was putting
people up in his condo.
W w
- why? Why was he doing that?
I mean, he helped, like, a dozen
kids get solid footing, I'd say.
I mean, homeless, abused, abandoned
kids without a hope in the world.
You should know that your
husband was doing incredible work.
I'll be sure to mention
it when I tell my daughter
she has to drop out
of college. [CHUCKLES]
- I can't imagine what you're going through
- Was he gay?
I mean, it's a simple fucking
question. I think I'm entitled to know.
I don't really know.
Really? How do you not know?
You run the LGBTQ Center.
He didn't talk about that.
[STAMMERS]
But yes, I-I believe he was
exploring his sexual identity.
Was he exploring with Evan?
Um
[CLICKS TONGUE] Well,
I'm selling that condo.
So, if anyone else needs to pick up
their toothbrush,
they better do it fast.
Thank you so much, Noelle.
[JORDAN] Pop the collar.
Good. [INHALES SHARPLY] Nice.
Now, listen, stupid.
You gotta tank that placement exam.
Yeah, don't test into 9th
grade like some gigantic nerd.
Stick to your own kind.
Be a normal kid for once.
And remember, people
don't care if you're smart.
People care if you're cool.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
["DO MY THING" PLAYING]
[SONG CONTINUES]
[SONG ENDS]
Hey. Hey!
- You need to stop coming here.
- [SIGHS]
- I mean it.
- Oh, my God. I don't know who you are.
- You don't know who I am. What does it
- You're Steve.
You're Brent's brother.
I'm Amanda. I was his fiancée.
[SIGHS]
I didn't know he was engaged.
Of course you didn't. You
didn't know anything about him.
And so you don't get to grieve him.
- At least not here.
- [SCOFFS]
All right? So, go cry
in some other corner.
You're not the only
one who's grieving him.
- You can't make me not
- This is not a fucking joke.
Okay. Okay. Okay.
Okay.
[AMANDA SIGHS]
- You are so cool.
- [CHUCKLES]
[LINDA] You okay?
[AMANDA] I don't even know.
[LACEY] My sister knew
how to hot-wire a car.
- [GRIEF GROUP MEMBER CHUCKLES]
- She did.
And she knew CPR. She was a lifeguard.
When she was 19, she
saved a woman's life,
and they gave her the Key to the City.
[SUPPORT GROUP MEMBERS LAUGH]
My entire life, the governing
emotion I had towards my sister was
[SWALLOWS]
jealousy.
[LACEY CRIES, SNIFFS]
She sounds like a
like an incredible person.
Your sister, she sounds amazing.
She was. Thank you.
Like a
once-in-a-lifetime type.
Like [CHUCKLES]
Like one of those people who
drops into your life and
[LACEY EXHALES SHAKILY]
there's nothing quite like them.
Yeah.
But you recognized it.
And-And thank God that you did, right?
Like, what if you
Like, what if you hadn't?
Like, what if, like, she was gone
and you never re recognized her
for everything that she was?
[SWALLOWING]
Mmm.
[MILO] Sam.
[LACEY SNIFFLES]
Thank you. Uh
It was it was nice
hearing your thoughts today.
- [CHUCKLES]
- [MILO] Very good.
[SHAY] You blew the exam on purpose?
Why would you do that?
I wanted to stay with my own kind.
Well, yeah, but wouldn't
you get to graduate sooner?
I don't know.
God, if I were as smart as you,
I would test outta school ASAP.
People don't care if you're
smart. People care if you're cool.
Yeah. Well, I hate to break it to
you, boy wonder, but you're not cool.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
- Whoa!
- [BOTH CHUCKLING]
Damn, you got me. Oh,
no. You okay? [SQUEALS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Okay, sweetie. Time for bed.
Did you brush your teeth?
- Yes.
- Are you sure?
Show me.
Mmm. Okay, good. [CHUCKLES]
So, um
have you had any thoughts about
how we can decorate
your mother's casket?
I have a very talented man
who can make almost anything.
But I want you to like it.
[CHUCKLES]
She would love it.
Akua would love this.
[KOJO] I don't mean to disturb you.
Oh, no. Of course not. Um,
come in. How's it going?
I would like to invite you.
We are having a funeral
for Akua on Saturday.
And although I know you are
very busy with your campaign
Oh, Kojo, what? Oh, my gosh.
I'll absolutely be there.
[STAMMERS] It was only just
determined we'd do this.
You know, in Ghana, our
funerals are very festive.
- [ADRIANA] Yeah.
- Everyone wears specific clothing,
uh, there's dancing, there's
music, we have a party,
- and the whole tribe and everybody comes
- Kojo. Thank you for inviting me.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
Uh, where is it being held?
Uh, it will be at a
center on 119th Street,
- uh, Starlight Party and Conference.
- Oh. That place.
Oh, you've been there?
[STAMMERS] Um, Kojo, that
place is It's kind of, um
- It's a trash heap.
- It's a dump.
[BOTH LAUGH]
You see, the issue is
many people will be there.
Even people that didn't know
Akua, so we need the space.
And other options are
just too expensive, so
Well, look, if I
can't make any promises,
but if I could find another
place, would that be okay?
No, no, no, no, no. I
don't want to burden you.
No, it's not a burden.
I mean, let me see,
I [INHALES SHARPLY] I think I
have a place that would be perfect.
[SIGHS, CHUCKLES]
- You are too kind, Adriana.
- Oh, it's fine.
O-Okay, uh, so I will go to bed.
- Yeah, um, good night. [CHUCKLES]
- Okay.
- Good night, Adriana.
- It's It's that way.
- Oh, okay.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Good night.
- Thank you. I mean, yes.
Good night. You too.
- Dude, what the F?
- What?
You're a walking sweat lodge.
Take the dumb jacket off.
- I'm fine.
- You're making me hot just looking at you.
- Take it off.
- [WHISPERS] I'm fine.
Check out Miracle Boy. He's melting.
Leave him alone, Slutzky.
He is though. Check him out.
My boy's a puddle over here.
Hey, Miss Wheaton, I think Miracle
Boy is "condensating" into gas form.
- Brian, that's enough.
- [STUDENTS LAUGH]
Edward, are you okay?
Yeah, I I'm fine. As
I have said. I'm fine.
You look very hot in that
jacket. It's a humid day today
- [STUDENTS LAUGH]
- Class, quiet. I mean it.
Edward, why don't you
take off the jacket?
'Cause I don't want to.
We actually have a dress code
that states that coats and jackets
- aren't to be worn indoor
- God, Miss Wheaton, can you make an exception?
He likes the jacket. He
wants to wear the jacket.
Why does everyone gotta
be in his business?
Hasn't he been through enough?
- [IMITATES CAT MEOWING]
- Fuck you, Slutzky!
Brian, Shay. Detention.
And Edward, I'm sorry, but you
have to take that jacket off now.
I'm afraid you're going to faint.
[MOUTHS] Take it off.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
- Dude!
- Edward.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [MISS WHEATON] Edward!
Gorgeous, isn't it?
Are you Are you Evan?
Yes.
[CHUCKLES]
I'm I'm Dee Dee. Charles's wife.
Why don't we talk in my office?
All right.
[EVAN] We met a little over a year ago
at this mansion in Beverly Hills.
It was after he lost his job
and was desperately trying
to find a way to make money.
We were at this get-together with
some billionaire [INHALES DEEPLY]
who had an inside
track on this import deal
that was too good to be true.
And it was.
I lost a little.
Charlie lost everything he had left.
[DEE DEE SIGHS]
He was so devastated.
You were his princess, and
he couldn't bear to fail you.
So then what happened?
I've had my own struggles
with an eating disorder.
[CLICKS TONGUE] I was
in rehab for a while.
He helped me.
I helped him. We propped each other up.
[INHALES, EXHALES]
What do you mean you
propped each other up?
Eventually, we had a
sexual relationship.
[SWALLOWS]
[CLEARS THROAT]
[CHUCKLES] The last thing I ever
thought I would be is a home-wrecker.
["BRILLIANT DISGUISE" PLAYING]
I wouldn't give yourself so much credit.
It was a lot more than
you that wrecked our home.
[SONG CONTINUES]
[CHARLES] But I just can't see ♪
What a woman like you ♪
Is doing with me ♪
So tell me who I see ♪
When I look in your eyes ♪
Is that you, baby ♪
Or just a brilliant disguise? ♪
[STRUMMING GUITAR]
And now look at me, baby ♪
I'm struggling to
do everything right ♪
And then it all falls apart ♪
- [GRUNTS]
- [GLASS SHATTERS]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Adriana.
- Hello, Reverend. [CHUCKLES]
- [CHUCKLES]
I'm so sorry. I wanted
to reach out more,
- but I figured you
- No, no. It's fine.
How are you doing?
I'm okay.
[REVEREND] She basically
raised me. [INHALES SHARPLY]
I know.
Special woman.
Yeah.
[REVEREND SIGHS]
- And now you're doing it.
- [CHUCKLES]
- I'm so happy you're running.
- Thank you.
I knew you would enter
the game at some point.
I mean, you always
said as much. [CHUCKLES]
Thought it'd be a little
later down the line. But
Life happens.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Always does. [SIGHS]
You look good.
So do you.
Your eulogy was perfect.
I wanted to come up to
you after, but you were
No, I appreciate that you didn't.
I did not need all of that,
that day. [INHALES SHARPLY]
- [ADRIANA SIGHS]
- I'm really glad you called.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Listen, I need a favor.
Oh. That's why you called.
- I should've mentioned it before.
- But you didn't.
You waited until now.
You let me sit in the anticipation
of seeing you all day. Nice move.
- I'm sorry.
- Don't
You're running for office,
Dri. No more apologizing.
[STAMMERS] Yeah. Yeah, you're right.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Uh,
well. [CLEARS THROAT]
[SMACKS LIPS] I'm in a
therapy group for families
who lost people on the plane.
And one of the families
lost their mother
and they need to have a funeral.
It's a lot of people and they
need a church and a reception hall,
basically all day Saturday.
I don't know if there's
anything you could do to help.
100%. Anything you need, it's yours.
[CHUCKLES] It's It's this Saturday.
I don't know if that
gives you much time
Saturday, it's yours.
All day, all night, until
Sunday services. No charge.
Okay. Um, well, Eric, thank you.
That's really sweet of you.
[SIGHS]
I like what you've done with the place.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
- [CHUCKLES]
Yeah, I painted it.
- Marie Kondo'd some shit. [CHUCKLES]
- You do that now? That's good.
Let me walk you out.
Yeah, um Hey, um, thank you.
I'm here for you. You know that, right?
Yeah, I know. [INHALES SHAKILY]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I shouldn't have done that. [SIGHS]
- Oh, well.
- [CHUCKLES] Bye.
[WHISPERS] God.
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
[HUFFS]
What the fuck?
[ADRIANA SIGHS]
- Hi, Ms. Curtis.
- Oh. Hey, Shay.
- Uh, is Edward home?
- Uh, I don't know.
I just got home from work.
- So you haven't talked to him?
- No. What's up?
He had a rough day.
Wanna come inside?
Uh, no. I don't think so.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
But I think you should
maybe talk to him.
Shay, what happened?
He bounced from Miss
Wheaton's social studies class,
like, out the door,
in the middle of class,
and he was all hot and bothered.
And he's not answering any of
my texts which is, like, unusual.
Shit.
- Shit.
- Um, Ms. Curtis?
[LACEY] Uh-huh?
Could you ask him to
let me know he's okay?
Yes, I will. I will.
All right. Take care,
Shay. I'll let you know.
[SHAY] Thank you.
["PRAYER" PLAYING]
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- Yeah?
[LACEY] Hey.
[EDWARD] Hey.
[LACEY] Feel like talking?
What happened today?
[EDWARD] I don't know.
[LACEY SIGHS]
[INHALES SHARPLY] Shay said
that you, um, left class early.
I'm not mad. Seriously.
If school's not working out, we
can figure something else out.
I just want you to be okay
with whatever we decide to do.
[STAMMERS] I-I like this school.
I just I just got a bit hot.
Oh, honey. You have
a Do you have a fever?
No, I don't have a fever.
Okay. Okay.
[LACEY BREATHES HEAVILY]
[INHALES SHARPLY] What
can I do for you, hon?
Nothing. I'm fine. Really.
I'll come down later.
[LACEY] Okay. All right.
[INHALES DEEPLY]
[SIGHS, INHALES DEEPLY]
You don't need to worry about me.
[LACEY CHUCKLES]
It's funny, the things that I've
been remembering about your mom.
[INHALES DEEPLY] Little
things from, like, years ago.
[CHUCKLES]
I had this one memory
from when I was, like, six,
which must have made her nine.
It was Halloween, and I was
a panda bear [CHUCKLES]
and she was this belly dancer.
And she had the most
incredible sheer costume,
with the midriff showing and a veil.
I don't know, maybe it would be
super politically incorrect today.
I'm not sure.
But she could even
belly dance a little bit,
because of course she could.
She could do anything.
And there I was, this dumb little panda.
Your granddad was taking pictures of us
before we went
trick-or-treating,
and suddenly I decided I
wanted her costume so bad.
I wanted to be a belly dancer,
and I was furious that she was.
Of course, her costume wouldn't
even fit me, and our mom was like,
"Lacey, shut up, you're a
panda. Let's go get some candy."
But I threw a fit, and our dad
had to take me upstairs
until I finished crying.
[CHUCKLES, INHALES DEEPLY]
But the next day, I walked into my room,
and Janey had left
the costume on my bed.
I remember how nicely folded it was.
The red and yellow sheer material
with these little
bells around the waist.
And it was mine now.
She had given it to me.
I loved how nicely folded it
was. I never even put it on.
I just kept it in a drawer,
and I would I would pat it.
I loved how it felt. I
loved how it felt having it.
I loved that she had
thought to give it to me.
Your mother was fucking awesome, Edward.
That is the truth. That
is the takeaway here.
And that is the truth
that will never, ever go away.
[DEE DEE] Hi.
- [T CHUCKLES]
- T, right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Dee Dee. How's your day going?
- It's all right. [CHUCKLES]
- Good.
Um
so my husband, Charles I
know you knew him as Ch-Charlie.
Uh, I bought him a Rolex
watch for his 50th birthday.
It's an It's an
Oyster Perpetual Rolex.
It cost $7,000, and
I want you to take it.
You can keep it or pawn it. I
don't care. It doesn't matter.
What?
Well, Charles helped you, right?
Yeah. Um, he did. [CHUCKLES]
So, good. I'm glad.
And, you know, you can consider
this his parting gift, you know?
[CHUCKLES]
Also, could I get a
small chicken biryani?
I haven't eaten in three
days. I'm fucking starving.
Yeah. [CHUCKLES]
[CHOIR] How great thou art ♪
[DEE DEE] Thank you.
[CHOIR] When through the woods ♪
And forest glades I wander ♪
And hear the birds ♪
Sing sweetly in the trees ♪
When I look down ♪
From lofty mountain grandeur ♪
And hear the brook ♪
And feel the gentle breeze ♪
Then sings my soul ♪
My savior God, to thee ♪
How great thou art ♪
How great thou art ♪
Then sings my soul ♪
My savior God, to thee ♪
How great thou art ♪
How great thou art ♪
[CHURCH-GOERS SNIFFLING, CRYING]
[ADRIANA SNIFFS]
[SOFTLY] Hi.
[KOJO SOBS]
[DRUMS BEATING]
[FUNERAL ATTENDEES CHATTERING]
["ALHAJI" PLAYING]
[ADRIANA] Hey, you.
What do you think, hon?
Can you spin? Can you spin?
[KNOCKING]
How'd you find me?
Uh [SIGHS] I remember a while back,
Brent mentioning that he had met a girl
who fixed pianos in Long Island City.
So, that narrowed it down.
Mmm.
Okay, well, you should go.
[STEVE] Okay, wait. Hey,
I'm not a bad person.
I had issues with my
brother, but he was an addict.
I know he was.
And he cleaned himself
up. But you didn't care.
He stole from my parents.
He pushed my dad up against a wall.
He broke our mother's
heart again and again.
I had to protect them. And
so I had to cut him loose.
He tried to make peace with you.
You blew him off.
I know I did.
If I could go back and change things
Look
we can coexist in group therapy
together if you want that.
I think it's a good thing.
Just know, if we're there together,
I might distance myself from you.
'Cause seeing you is like
seeing some bizarro Brent,
and it just freaks me out.
But if you wanna go, I
think that you should.
We all gotta do what we gotta do.
["ASTRAL JACKET" PLAYING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
What?
[SHAY] I I was beginning to worry.
You okay?
[SIGHS]
So you finally shed your skin.
Yeah. I guess.
It doesn't fit me.
I don't think it ever will.
This was my brother's jacket.
Um
I wanted you to have it.
What? Why?
I think it'd look better on you.
Maybe you could put
it on your Derby dummy.
I think he needs a new coat.
[CHUCKLES]
[INHALES SHARPLY] Is it
still drenched in your sweat?
No. My, uh My aunt steamed it.
Thoroughly.
[CHUCKLES] Of course.
[INHALES SHARPLY]
Thanks.
[EDWARD SIGHS]
I don't know who I am.
Join the club.