Unprisoned (2023) s01e04 Episode Script

Okay. Great question.
So, you know, from a
therapeutic standpoint,
trust is the confidence one person has
and the reliability of another person.
Like, how much can
you depend on a person
to do what they say
they're going to do, right?
Real talk, on a personal level.
Trust is not just something
that you give someone.
They have to earn it.
And if they lose it,
they have to earn it back.
Now, the problem with that is
they can't earn it back
unless you let them.
And the problem with that
is you will not let them
unless you trust them.
So it's a conundrum!
So, lizclark1981, I'm really
sorry. I hope that's helpful.
I have a feeling it might
not be, but you are not alone.
Good luck.
I can't believe you and
Mal are a thing already.
Didn't you just meet?
Kind of, but not really.
I mean, you know,
I think when you find
somebody you're into, why wait?
And I'm doing something different.
Something I've never done before.
Instead of hiding what I really
want in the relationship
The way you did with Bill?
Yes, exactly. I'm doing something new.
I'm being upfront and honest.
Huh.
What-what do you mean "huh"?
Well, with Bill, when
you finally did admit
you wanted a real and
committed relationship,
didn't he run, like, cartoonishly fast?
Like, so fast he stayed
in place for a hot minute
while smoke came out
from under his feet?
Yes, but that was Bill.
Mal is totally different.
I was honest with him about what I want.
I said I want commitment and
stability and he did not run.
I think I can really trust
Oh, God!
Oh, God. Okay.
Can I have, like, a one,
two, three, like a warning?
Sure.
I think Mal is the kind of
guy who sends flowers after sex
and I'm the kind of girl
who's ready to be into that.
Okay, I was wondering why you wanted to
torture your lady parts on
a random Tuesday morning.
Mm-hmm. Because I'm ready
to go to the next level.
And the next level is waxing
'cause you've got a
trip to the bone zone.
No, don't say it like that.
- Promise you'll tell me everything.
- I will, because I know
that talking about
other people's sex lives
is your Monday Night Football.
Ow! Yeah. Jesus.
Oh, yeah, get in there.
Excuse me, sir.
Look at that face, why don't you?
How can I help you, Mona Lisa?
I need something special for
Let me guess. Date night.
- Oh.
- You must be an extra small.
Oh, no. Maybe.
- Uh-huh.
- Mom?
- Can I have a
- Sure, honey, whatever, go.
Um, I'm actually looking for
something special for my sister.
Your sister as cute as you?
Huh?
- Uh-oh.
- Damn it!
Can't I have one minute?
I will be right back.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Lorelai!
It wasn't me. It was Cooper.
Oh.
Javi?
What time do we get lunch around here?
Lunch. What do you think
this is, kindergarten?
We get a 15-minute pee and smoke break.
And, uh, this is my lunch.
What, we don't get
time for a proper meal?
I told the guy I'm
supposed to meet my daughter
and my grandson for lunch.
So you think Saving Grace Thrift Store
gives a fuck about your lunch plans?
Uh, no, man. I don't play like that.
I'm-I'm going to eat.
Thank you.
They got a whole
restaurant up in that spot.
Yeah. You never seen
a food truck before?
No, sir.
A damn good idea, actually.
- Here's yours.
- Thank you.
Yeah.
Yours.
- Thank you.
- Uh-huh.
What the fuck is that?
It's a sushi burrito.
I told you not to let Mom order for you.
- No. It's delicious.
- Yeah.
The perfect tuna/rice ratio
wrapped in a beautiful
You know, a better way to eat fish,
pan fried, covered in cornbread.
- That actually sounds good.
- It is good.
No, it's not good for you.
- But it's good.
- Still good.
No.
Oh, my God.
So is this your lunch break?
How are you having lunch at lunch?
Isn't that Parmesan
Garden's, like, busiest time?
Hmm. Actually, I got
me a new job, Paige.
Through Pastor Nelson at the
Saving Grace Thrift store.
I don't know if it's gonna work out.
Okay, stop. Go back. You quit your job?
- No, that's not what I said.
- That is what you just said.
We had an agreement. What
are you talking about?
You don't know if this new
job is "gonna work out"?
- Let me explain.
- No, I don't wanna hear about it
because my heart right
now is being so fast
and my amygdala, I can feel it
getting all kinds of activated
because based on past experience,
I don't know if I should believe you.
- Should I? Can I?
- If you would let me
- No, I don't think I can.
- Mom. God, you're being annoying.
Oh, honey, thank you so
much for that feedback.
I'm just working through a
little something with granddad.
Okay, look, this is
where I would lie, okay?
But I'm trying really hard
to be different, Paige.
So I'm gonna tell you the truth.
I never actually got hired
at the Parmesan Garden.
Wow. Okay.
So what we're learning here
is that my trauma response was very real
because the body never lies.
I knew that he was lying.
Paige, they took back the offer
before I could even start.
I think what happened
is that you got fired
and now you're trying to cover it up.
I'm trying to tell you what happened.
Well, I don't want I'm done talking.
Please stop talking. Stop lying. Stop.
- Where are you going?
- I need some air.
We're already outside, Paige.
Ugh.
Oh, my God.
Come on, sit down, Paige.
Let's, uh, watch a show.
I don't wanna watch a show.
Well, tell me about your love life.
Well, you've been
looking real cute lately.
Ugh.
There's someone. I know there is.
What?
Did you involve my son in these lies?
Because I let him drive you to
work so that you two could bond.
We have been bonding.
That's what I was afraid of.
Okay, you wanna know what happened?
- Yes.
- Okay.
The truth.
Finn would drop me at
the Parmesan Garden,
and I'd walk around back and
I would get into Nadine's car.
Oh.
We would go to our spot
and I would make love to her
all afternoon
till my shift was over.
Finn don't know nothing about that.
Why can't you just trust me, baby girl?
You just admitted to
lying to me about your job
and fucking your
girlfriend all afternoon.
Trust doesn't work like that.
I have a big day tomorrow.
I'm working myself.
Good.
How do you work this shit?
You have to click on the app.
I don't know what the app is.
Fuck this.
Wait, wait, wait.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Are we really doing this
in the middle of the day?
Because I feel like afternoon delight
might be more of a
fourth time than a first.
Oh, well, I just didn't know how
to quite get into this with you.
Me-me, like me specifically?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
I mean, like, you know, uh
I just didn't know what to do next.
Like, I wasn't sure what you like.
So, what would you like to do?
Wait.
Are you asking me what
I would like to do?
I think that's what I just said.
That's so cool.
Nobody's ever asked me that before.
And since you liked it so
much, I'll ask you again.
What would you like to do?
Um
I know what I don't wanna do.
Okay, I-I don't wanna do
some kind of performance,
you know, where you
do all your best moves,
and I do, like, my
reverse cowgirl and we
Yeah.
It just
I wanna make sure
that we really connect.
- Yeah?
- Hmm.
So I did all that
stretching for nothing?
Tsk. Sorry.
Sorry.
How about if we
try to find actual
connection between us
Okay.
and just see where it leads?
I like that.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
I got me a new job.
A new job.
Okay. Oh, you know what?
- Um
- What?
I just realized that my dad
could come home, like,
any minute, or Finn.
So, are you, are you kicking me out?
Oh, uh, no.
W Uh, yeah.
Um, those are mine.
Oh.
That's okay. You can wear mine.
Morning, Edwin.
Good morning. Good morning.
I'm giving you a warning.
For what? Oh.
Spending too much time with
the lady customers, right?
You took an unauthorized
lunch yesterday.
No, I talked to, uh
- No, you didn't tell me.
- Okay.
But since you know Pastor
Nelson, I'm not gonna fire you.
Yet.
Wow.
Not a lot of charity at
this here charity, huh?
Whoa.
Fuck! Motherfucker!
Holy shit.
Oh, my God. I'll grab the Super Glue.
Oh, damn, son.
Did Did she say Super Glue?
No, you need stitches in that thing.
I did Charlie's head and
his scar is almost gone.
What are you talking about?
It's three inches and dark blue.
Hell, no. You can't glue all
them germs inside your body, man.
Just go see a doctor, yeah?
I already took my break, man.
This ain't about a break, man.
This is an emergency. Now, look here.
I will cover for you.
They'll understand.
You get your stuff and you go. Go, go!
Super Glue? Huh?
Yeah, I mean
Yeah, yeah. Okay. Okay.
So you missed the bus
to Mal's bone zone?
Where am I even here right now?
I only came for the TMI.
Do you think I need wallpaper in here?
'Cause I feel like I
need an accent wall.
Do not deflect what happened with Mal.
And, yes, everyone needs an accent wall.
I don't know.
Maybe sex is not that important.
Since when?
Um
Maybe mercury is in retrograde.
It went direct last weekend.
- It did?
- Yeah. Paige?
- What?
- What's going on?
Are you not attracted to him?
Oh, my God. You've seen him.
I mean, I'm definitely attracted to him.
I just. I don't I don't
Is it your wax? You know, sometimes
they give you a little rash.
No, no, I'm fine.
You know, my nana is gorg.
I
I-I thought I was
ready, and he's amazing.
So, I don't know. I-I don't
I don't get it.
Oh. I get it.
Mal is a stable, good guy.
If he were a liar, a cheater,
or got around town on a skateboard,
it would have been
all bow-chicka-wow-wow.
But a guy who is
actually stable and cares,
we don't pick that, because
our picker is broken.
Busted, bitch.
I-I I
I don't know what to do.
I mean
Let's start with more wine, obviously.
Yeah. Yeah. You're so pretty and smart.
There we go.
- Twelve stitches.
- Ohh.
And you wanted to glue that shit, right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah!
Javi?
Can I speak with you?
That guy is such an ass.
- What's up?
- We've already been through this before.
I mean, yeah, but my hand
I have to let you go.
Oh. Hey, Greg. Greg.
Come on, you can't do that, man.
The man was injured.
Edwin, don't even bother, man.
You know, it's just a
It's just how it is, you know.
Finneas.
No, no, no. Please come back.
Come back. I need to talk to you.
Uh-oh.
So you've been driving my dad
to work at Saving Grace, yes?
- Yes.
- Yeah.
And are you sure that he's going inside?
Like when you get there, do you see him
open the door and walk through it?
Don't laugh. I cannot
have him lie to me.
Why are you so hard on him?
Oh, sweetheart, you do not understand.
You're right. I don't.
He's really trying, Mom.
You won't even give him a chance.
Okay, well, he lives
here, so that's a chance.
It's like you don't even know him.
Okay. And you do?
Yeah, actually.
I do.
No. No, no, no. No, no, no, no, no.
- Stop, stop, stop.
- What are you doing?
You don't get to walk away
like you know everything.
I know things.
You don't have to make the bed, Edwin.
Yeah, you just like for
me and mess it up, right?
That's right.
Where you going?
None of your business.
Where are you going now?
Hanging with my grandson.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Paige has a date but
she won't say with who.
Oh. Glad to hear she
learned something from me.
- Yeah.
- How's work going?
- It's terrible.
- Aw.
But it's a job, you know.
Without a job,
I don't have a daughter.
Or a grandson.
Or my freedom.
So I'm dealing with it.
Hold up.
Does Nadine Gregory
actually care about me?
I ain't just some
Fuck boy?
No, you're a fuck boy.
But I also actually care about you.
You know, you should go
into business for yourself.
- Don't I know it?
- Mm-hmm.
The question is,
what should I do?
Something where you get to make
money off your strongest skills.
- Hmm.
- But legal.
- Yeah.
- Now
I'm not trying to make you go, but
you gotta go.
You think
we'll ever really be in
a real relationship again?
- What's so funny, Nadine?
- Oh.
Remember when you used to
have so much power over me?
- 'Course I do.
- Hmm.
I like it better this way.
So I open the bag and inside
is this, you know, hot
pink, glittery bowling ball.
That is incredibly random.
Yeah, I mean, I-I'd bowled
with my dad maybe once before,
but I legit lost my
eight-year-old mind.
Oh, my God.
I can only imagine.
So, I'm really sorry about yesterday.
Mm
I get it. I understand.
You got a lot going on.
You know, I-I don't, I
don't take it personal.
You're so evolved and aware.
Wait, is that what I'm like?
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.
- Ooh.
Well, Esti says I'm annoying.
Oh. She's wrong.
So, um, I was thinking that,
um, you know, with this whole situation,
maybe we need to deal with the
Ethical implications.
- Yes!
- Yeah.
I love that you get it.
I'm evolved and aware.
It's annoying.
Okay.
This is new territory for me.
I've never dated anyone related
to one of my clients and
Oh, now you know why.
Because I am such a
mess and anxious and
No, Paige.
You are sensitive and
beautiful and funny.
And you're dealing with
a lifetime of being hurt
by people who should have
been taking care of you.
I see it every day in my job.
Yeah. And now my trust
issue is living in my house
and lying to me and listening
to Coltrane on a loop.
You know, if you wanna
make progress for yourself,
you have to be open to letting Edwin
be someone he's never been before.
That's dangerous.
You know, I-I have known him
a lot longer than you have.
Sure.
Well, sometimes you have to
try believing in something
so you can see it.
Don't play it safe, Finn.
Come on, make your bet.
Make your best bet.
Uh
What you got?
- I think that's a flush.
- Oh, shit.
That's a royal flush right there.
My boy! My boy!
Farming the noobs over here.
You sure you never played before?
'Cause I'm feeling hustled right now.
Well, I play a game called
Magic: The Gathering.
- And if you think about variance
- Variance?
No, no, no, no, no, no,
listen to the boy, Fox.
Like, uncertainty.
Card games are all about
just standing in the gap
between the known and the unknown.
But we don't have to stand there.
We can move.
We have the ability to
change what happens to us.
See, that's what I'm
starting to figure out.
It's called agency, son.
Shit's deep.
Ante up.
God.
What am I doing?
Oh. Nadine with a horse.
No, thank you.
You were telling the truth.
Ten dollars is not an apology.
Is that Miss Sushi
Burrito frying something?
Yes. I am making you some fish.
This is the way you like it, right,
with, uh, cornbread
and lots of trans fats.
The way God intended.
Um,
I think that I have been
very judgmental, controlling
and fearful.
Yeah.
And I'm sorry.
I believe you about your
whole work situation.
I appreciate that.
I think that you're doing a great job,
and I don't say that enough.
Well
Thank you.
You know, Paige
this has been fuckin' hard.
But you supporting me
makes me wanna keep trying.
Well
let me know how it is.
Oh, yeah.
Okay, bye.
Bye.
I'm ready.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Okay. Yeah?
- Yeah. Let's go.
- Ohh.
So, you're bald down there, huh?
Yeah. Yeah, why, is it weird?
Nah, it's it's different.
Yeah, good different or bad different?
' Cause there are a lot of
different kinds of different
Kiss me.
Thank you.
You're late, Edwin.
Greg. My man.
Uh I'm actually right on time, Greg,
'cause I didn't actually come to work.
I came to tell you that the way
you're treating folk is wrong.
People who donate, Greg,
they trust that you're doing good.
My daughter, she says that
trust is the confidence
that one person has in
the reliability of another.
Now by that by that measure,
you're doing bad, Greg.
I got treated better in the joint, man.
Now, all these people right here,
they can't say this to you because they
have no other way to make money.
So you know what?
I will say it for them.
Fuck you, Greg.
Oh!
Fuck you Greg.
So you're quitting?
This job?
Oh, yeah.
I got something better to do, Greg.
Go on, Greg!
That's how you quit a job.
That's a lot of flowers.
It certainly is.
Not gonna read the card?
I mean, what could a card say
that these giant stargazer
lilies aren't already saying?
What are they saying?
Um, I don't know.
That whoever sent them is a good person.
And wants to show me in a concrete way
that they're trustworthy
and available for real intimacy.
Ew.
Is that a good thing?
Ice cream! You scream!
We all scream for ice cream.
What is this?
It's a money-making machine, baby.
If these fools can make a
living off of food trucks,
I'm about to kill this.
Yeah, so your new business is a bike?
You get it, don't you? Hey,
you wanna ring the bell?
You know you want to.
Go ahead. Go ahead.
Hit it. Hit it, man.
Put some muscle in that
thing. Put some muscle in it.
Come on. Dig in.
Ouch!
Do it again. Do it again. Do it again.
Ahh!
Woo-hoo.