Echoes (2022) s01e05 Episode Script
Gina
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[Dylan] Gina.
Gina, listen to me.
You have to get away from her.
No matter what she says, don't listen.
[grunts] Just go.
- We're going together.
- [Dylan] Promise me.
Get away!
- [Gina] Stop! Dylan! Dylan, stop!
- [Dylan coughing and groaning]
[Gina] You know what Leni
wanted you to know.
You don't know the truth.
[Dylan] All right, Gina.
Tell me your truth.
[Gina] My mother was the only person
who could ever tell us apart.
But when our mother died,
something changed in Leni.
Leni closed up.
Here's the thing. I never saw her cry.
Not at the funeral.
Not in the days and weeks that followed.
Not ever.
Don't get me wrong,
we were closer than ever.
And we learned that together
Leni!
[both] Yes? What do you want, Claudia?
[twins chuckling]
[Gina] we had power.
And when real trouble happened
[gasps] Gina! [screams]
[Gina] The switch could save us.
Or, so Leni said.
Gina, your sister, Claudia,
has been very badly hurt.
Just tell me the truth.
[Gina] That's how I got blamed
even though I didn't do it.
We started the switching for real
when we were teenagers.
I was going through my punk phase
and Leni was going through
her awkward phase.
We switched all the time at school.
Sometimes, just to trade dance partners.
Leni and I shared everything.
We even shared Jack.
[neighs]
[Gina screams]
[Jack] Gina!
Here. I got you there.
Let me help you. You okay?
[Gina coughs] Yeah.
[Jack] Sure nothing hurts?
You all right?
[Leni] She's fine.
It'll toughen her up a bit.
[Jack sighs]
It's my turn.
Okay. Help you up?
- Feel all right?
- [Leni] Mm-hmm.
[Gina] Jack, Leni and I
were a tight threesome.
Until we weren't.
[rock music playing]
Another heart has made the trade ♪
I needed someone of my own.
Forget it ♪
I don't understand
How a heart is a spade ♪
But somehow
The vital connection is made ♪
I needed
my own life.
- [bell chimes]
- Is that good, Jack?
- [Jack] Yeah. Sounds good.
- Cool.
[Gina] There's that boy again.
[Leni] You mean your
fifth period history class, G?
I'm gonna go play that song again.
Your sister seems uptight.
She's cool if you get to know her.
How about I get to know you instead?
That's kind of the same thing.
- Jesus. No, it's not.
- [laughs]
You're nothing like her.
["Killing Me Softly With His Song"
playing]
[laughs]
[Gina chuckles]
- [chuckles]
- [Dylan] Yeah.
[music fades]
[motor revving]
[Gina] That summer and fall, I
I remember every day.
Every walk.
Every curve of every road.
[motor revving]
Like I remember
the night at the Halloween party.
[Gina laughing]
All right.
[thuds]
[both panting]
What was that?
[Dylan] I don't know.
[Gina] There's somebody in here.
There's no one here.
- Want me to check?
- Please?
[Dylan] Fire! Shit! There's a fire!
- Go! I'll get him! Go!
- [Gina] No!
[Leni] Gina! What's going on?
[Gina] He's still inside.
Dylan! We have to help him!
[siren blaring]
[Leni] We'll meet up later. Let's go!
[Leni] A man died, Gina. And Dylan ran.
How's that going to look to the police?
They're investigating him
for murder, Gina.
I mean, I was with him.
He couldn't have done it.
You were with him the whole time?
If he didn't do it, why'd he run?
Why'd he leave town?
I don't know.
I mean [sniffs] It must have
It must have been an accident.
Accident or not, a man died, Gina.
But I love him.
[Gina] The next morning you were gone.
I thought you had run.
I didn't know the truth.
I didn't know what Leni had done.
So I was alone again.
And Leni and Jack only got closer.
And watching Leni marry Jack
felt like the end of us, her and me.
Leni had Jack forever
and I had to figure out
how to be on my own.
I got a scholarship to UCLA.
The other side of the country. I took it.
No one in Los Angeles knew I was Bad Gina.
I was free at last.
I didn't realize I'd feel so disconnected.
I started losing control.
I had a breakdown
the fall of my sophomore year.
UCLA student services referred me
to a doctor who did pro bono.
[Charlie] Gina, you've talked about
being her copy, her mirror, her equal.
But now you are being reborn as just you.
[Gina] Charlie helped me find me.
Once I started telling my story,
it kept rolling.
My senior thesis in creative writing
got published
and well, you know. You read it.
People loved the story
of two tragic twin sisters.
And Charlie was so proud of me.
[Gina] I did it.
[laughs] This is amazing.
You were so instrumental
in getting me here.
I am so impressed. Truly.
We should celebrate.
Let me take you to dinner, please.
[Gina] He loved me
for all I was and all I wasn't.
So Leni and I were both happily married
and we both got pregnant at the same time.
And for some reason
I thought that would be a good thing.
[chuckling] G, we get to be together.
We get to raise the girls together.
One in Mount Echo and one in LA.
What? What do you mean?
Wait, do you plan on staying there?
You can write from anywhere, G.
I like my life in LA.
And Charlie says
I need appropriate boundaries.
Charlie doesn't know you like I do.
He doesn't know the things that I know.
You need special attention.
I'm not that person anymore, Leni.
- I'm stronger than you think.
- [Leni] Okay.
Well, I will be here when you need me.
[Gina] I lost the baby.
[woman over PA] Dr. Martin pediatrics.
After the miscarriage,
Leni was there for me.
I don't know what happened.
[Leni] We're gonna get
through this together.
Power of two.
[Gina] I needed her.
Coming home
hurt.
[Jack] Hey, good to see you.
Come on in, please.
It's good to see you. Thanks for coming.
Yeah. Well, it's only for a couple days.
Here she is.
Mattie.
- [Gina sighs softly]
- [Leni laughs]
[Gina] Being in Mount Echo gave me
an opportunity to reconnect with Leni.
I didn't know what was going on with her.
Got it.
Leni! Oh, my God.
[Mattie crying]
It's okay, sweetie. It's okay.
[breathing heavily] Oh, my God.
What is wrong with you?
You don't walk away from a baby like that.
It was just a few seconds.
Leni.
Sometimes I wish
I just wish she would die.
You need help. All right? A nanny.
We can't afford that.
Charlie and I will pay for it.
Jack would never accept that.
You need to do something.
She almost drowned.
It was
[sighs]
I'm fine. We're fine.
She never would've drowned.
I think that
you have postpartum depression.
Maybe I was never meant to be a mother.
Don't say that.
Of course you were meant to be a mother.
And so are you.
Leni.
I'll be you for a while.
Go back to LA.
You stay here with Jack and Mattie.
- We can't do that.
- Of course we can.
We always have. Huh?
We're one, you and me.
And she's ours.
[Gina] I stayed a few more weeks
to help Leni.
At least that's what it was at first.
No one thought anything of it
when we went together for makeovers.
Same hair? It's a twin thing.
Mattie took her first step.
[Jack laughs]
[Gina] "Leni" and Jack celebrated.
[Gina] "Gina" suddenly grew to love
readings and Q and A's and all that shit.
And Mattie grew. And Jack
was the perfect father and husband.
Charlie was always incredible,
brilliant, loving, accepting, sane.
We switched every year on our birthday.
Left the men for a girls day,
went to the salon,
inspected our bodies for any new freckles.
It became a ritual.
Like the rites of a church
that you forgot you had founded.
that it won't be long
before she's riding into the woods
like we used to do.
Yeah.
She loved kindergarten this year,
but she's looking forward to first grade.
You're sad to be going back to LA.
I'm confused.
I feel like I'm betraying everyone I love.
Or saving them.
I mean, we saved a life.
We probably saved two marriages.
But what are we doing now?
We are living two incredible lives.
Will we ever tell Mattie?
Why would we do that?
G, this is working for us. This is us.
You have an amazing year ahead
of you in LA. I've got it all teed up.
Go put your Gina clothes on.
The guys are waiting for us.
I am Gina.
This year you are.
[Gina] But Leni grew
more controlling of both lives.
[woman] I won't hide the ball here, Gina.
We loved the new proposal.
It was stunning,
incisive, brave, of course.
That's fantastic.
To tell the story
of your miscarriage and your healing
It's a story women need to hear.
We're planning
a big initial run of 250,000 copies.
Possibly three.
Now, the last thing I'm going to do is
[Gina] Leni, what the fuck?
You have no right.
You do press, you do photoshoots,
you take marketing meetings,
but you do not pitch story.
Especially that one.
[kisses]
[Gina sighs deeply]
[cell phone vibrates]
See you next week.
[cell phone ringing]
Hello.
[Leni] Why've you been at that building
every Thursday afternoon for months,
without mentioning in the diary?
What building?
The building you're standing in front of,
Gina. What are you doing there?
Yoga class.
I know you're lying because I just called
and canceled all your future appointments.
What the fuck, Leni?
You don't need a psychiatrist, Gina.
You have me.
[ends call]
[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[Charlie sighs]
What's the matter?
I can't, um
I can't do this again.
I can't do it anymore.
Can't do what?
Hey, breathe.
It's too much.
Is this about the book?
You don't want to tell that story, do you?
That story is yours. No one else's.
It's a lot.
So don't write it.
Yeah, they, um
They're counting on me.
No. No, they don't matter.
All that matters is that you are happy.
You. Whatever that means.
I'm such a fucking mess.
[sighs]
I'm sorry.
Don't apologize.
It's okay to be messy.
Be very fucking messy.
I would never judge you.
[Gina] I started to make plans.
I needed money.
Cash that Charlie wouldn't know
was missing.
[safe keypad beeping]
[beeps]
[safe door locks]
Our marriage Us.
Do you
love me?
Or did you just, uh, find me
fascinating once upon a time?
Um
Can't it be both?
No. I don't think so.
I am deeply, deeply, obsessed with you.
And, yes, fascinated still.
And I will always love you as you are.
As you come to me. Always.
[Leni] Gina, come away from the window.
Hey, we better get this done
before the guys get back.
- More wine?
- [softly] Yeah.
[Gina laughs]
Gina, you seem calm.
Is that bad?
[chuckles] No, it's good.
Yeah, it's been a tough year.
I haven't always known
what's been going on with you.
Despite your best efforts?
[scoffs]
[chuckling] What's that supposed to mean?
Nothing. I'm good.
I had a breakthrough actually.
On the book.
[chuckles] Thank God.
If I had to spend
another year pretending to write
[Leni giggles]
I love you.
You know that, right?
I've always loved you. And I always will.
[laughs]
You sure you're all right?
[chuckles] I'm good.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to, uh,
my year at Mount Echo.
Going home.
Good.
They are so little
to have such big personalities.
Oh, I know, right?
It's like they're born fully formed.
[laughs]
Hey, do you think that they, um,
do diving lessons for adults here?
We're going diving on our next vacation.
You should talk to my cousin.
He's a coach here.
Your cousin?
You might remember him.
He and Gina were close, back when.
[man] You're all right.
Want to grab a towel
that will cover you? You good?
Yeah, all right.
Keep that flow.
We're looking for elegance over speed.
You don't need to have
your hands coming out of the water.
Good flow, guys. There you go.
Dylan James.
You look good.
[Dylan] I'll see you tomorrow. Be on time.
You gotta have respect in all things.
Get some sleep.
- See you.
- Good stuff.
Good stuff.
[Gina] Hey. Dylan.
Leni.
- Long time.
- Yeah, good to see you.
You look good.
- How's Gina?
- She's in LA.
Yeah, she's, um, a writer now.
I know. I read her book.
- You did? [laughs]
- Of course.
Wow. Um
Yeah, um
How are you?
What have you What have you been up to?
Not much. You know, I was
I was away for a while, but I'm back now.
Putting my life together.
Staying with my grandma.
- Georgia.
- Yeah.
How is she?
You know, I got to get going.
Say hi to Gina for me.
Wait. Do you, uh, happen to offer
diving lessons here for adults?
I'm interested in free diving.
Um, no. Not here.
- That's something that we do on the coast.
- But you free dive?
Yeah. I'm certified and everything.
Well, maybe you could teach me.
Privately.
Hey, I got to get to Campbell's place.
One of his mares is foaling.
I'm taking Mattie to her swim lesson.
Dinner will be a little late.
I said I can teach Mattie to swim.
Jack, you don't have the time.
Look, uh, the new foal, uh,
I didn't see any paperwork.
Yeah, they're paying cash.
There should still be paperwork.
Unless, um
We need the money.
All right? The new assessment,
the tax has doubled. You know that.
It's this or sell land.
Look, Charlie and Gina
Don't talk to me about Charlie.
I don't need his money.
You'd rather lose the land?
I'm not gonna lose the land, Len.
I'll do whatever it takes. I will.
Look, this is our home.
Yours, mine, Mattie's.
Our home could be 40 acres smaller.
No. We're protecting this property.
Charlie's got plenty of money.
He's got family money.
Yeah, I know.
For all his fancy luxury trips.
Which cost us plenty.
Paying for dinners
and all kinds of expensive shit,
just to keep up with your
pretentious sister and her rich husband?
It's too much.
I didn't know you felt that way.
You know what, you can go jet setting.
I'm not doing it anymore.
I'll stay here and I'll run our farm.
That's enough for me.
It's enough for me too, Jack. Always.
Lately it doesn't feel that way. [sighs]
[gasps]
- How long?
- Ninety-three seconds.
- What?
- Yeah.
- That's good.
- Yeah.
[Leni exhales]
I've been practicing.
[clicks tongue] It's impressive.
Let me tell you, that water
in Lake Tahoe is so much colder.
Maybe we should try it in the ocean.
It's about a half day away.
I can get away if you can.
[Dylan clears throat]
- [Gina grunts]
- [Dylan smacks lips]
All right. Another round?
Uh
Yeah, thanks.
[whistles] Bold.
What are you doing, Leni?
- What do you mean?
- You know exactly what I mean.
- Having a drink.
- Mmm.
With an old friend.
Since when are we friends?
We could be though.
Look, I don't
I don't want to
disappoint anyone in my life
or hurt anyone, but, um
Look, I'm not in the right place. So
Then where are you?
Trapped by my own bad choices.
[waitress] Okay.
- Enjoy.
- Thank you.
Do you know what I mean?
I specialize in making bad choices.
I'm trying to break that habit.
[Gina] Yeah.
I'm sorry. This is
This isn't fun, you know. Um
It's all right.
You know, it's real.
It's better to be real.
Is it?
Always.
I can't do this.
We got Just too much history.
When you destroyed
my relationship with Gina,
you knew exactly what you were doing.
What? The morning after the fire?
- That was a terrible day
- Bullshit!
I left to protect Gina, like you said.
You came to me,
said the cops thought
it was me and Gina [sniffs]
and that I needed to leave town
to deflect attention.
And time went by.
And my life just went to shit.
And it occurred to me that
maybe you were jealous of what we had.
Maybe you just wanted me gone.
No.
But looking at you now. Seeing you.
It's just It's too complicated.
I'm sorry.
[sighs]
[Gina] Dylan!
Wait, please.
You remember when we were 16,
when we first kissed?
No, we never kissed.
Dylan, I'm not Leni.
I'm Gina.
Shut the fuck up.
Now, this is low even for you.
There was a hawk circling above
and we both said that we wanted
to be like the hawk. Flying free.
And the sun was setting
and I said that
I had to get back and you asked
If If it'd be okay if I kissed you.
You were so sweet to ask me.
No. That's not you. That was Gina.
No. There was a tiny drop of water
at the tip of my nose
and you wiped it before you leaned in.
And I never forgot it.
Gina could have told you all that.
- Gina?
- [sighs] Yeah.
[Gina laughs]
You know what Leni wanted you to know.
You don't know the truth.
All right, Gina.
Tell me your truth.
[both panting and moaning]
Thank you.
Oh. What is that?
Did you know that the Victorians had
a whole thing about flowers?
And that every flower has a meaning?
I heard that.
This one
This one means true love.
I'll take it.
[Mattie] Do you think it's finished?
Princess Mattie and her rocket ship.
Here, let me fix your crown.
- [Mattie] Okay. Mm-hmm.
- Okay. Go get the basket of scarfs.
Look at that.
Thank you so much for looking after her.
I really appreciate it.
- So you're off to your diving lesson?
- I am.
Why are you all dolled up?
Those lessons have been going on
for weeks now. What's gotten into you?
Uh [chuckles]
You know,
maybe you should be joining a dating app.
What's a dating app?
Talk to your Auntie Claudia about that.
Night, sweetie.
Bye, Mommy.
Lindy's so excited
to be the first baby on Jupiter.
[Gina] Come with me.
Yeah? To where?
I have a town picked out.
I have a connection in LA
who can get us birth certificates,
passports, everything that we could need.
I'm still trying to get
my life back together.
- Here?
- Yeah.
[sighs]
Is this really where you want to end up
after everything they did to you?
Let's be new.
[Gina breathing heavily]
[indistinct chatter]
Here you go.
[Gina sighs]
Did I get the wrong order?
Let me take it back.
It's not the coffee.
I can't believe you would do this.
- We are friends, Leni. Best friends.
- What?
Stay away from Dylan.
Not your business.
He is my cousin. I care about him.
I watched your family
run him off once, Leni.
After the fire.
You are not going to do it again.
I won't let you.
No one is running anyone off, Meg.
All right? The past is the past.
All right? We're adults now.
We're getting a second chance
of getting to know each other.
You know what it's like to find the person
that you're supposed to be with.
You and Liss. I'm happy for you.
But Track and Jerry,
they have no idea, do they?
You wouldn't.
Try me.
I love him.
And I need it to be kept a secret.
[Gina] It's positive.
[exhales]
Well. Well
Okay.
Are you sure it's not Jack's?
No. We haven't had sex in weeks.
Well, what do you want to do?
What do you want to do?
I want you to have a choice in this.
So much of what's happened to you and me,
we haven't had a say in it.
I want you to have the final say in this.
I love you.
Once upon a time I dreamed
of running away with you.
Starting a life together. A family.
That was my dream.
[whispers] That was my dream too.
What What about Mattie and Jack?
I ruined that.
I love them, but lies aren't the answer,
no matter how long I've been living them.
Okay.
We can't wait until the birthday trip.
We're gonna have to go soon.
Before I start showing.
We'll need money.
Can you get any from LA?
No. Charlie's in control
of all the accounts.
The kind of guy who oversees everything.
Every cent. He'll know.
What about the book money?
It was a best-seller, right?
It was a literary best-seller.
That money's long gone now.
But I have an idea.
A way to get money right now.
[horses neighing]
[horse neighs]
Zelda!
[horse grunting]
Sorry, kiddo.
[gun cocks]
It never should have come to this.
[gun fires]
[engine revving]
[knocking on door]
Gina?
I need some help.
Oh, my goodness.
[Dylan] You're okay.
[Gina] I was lost out there for so long.
[Dylan] It's okay.
I didn't even know if you were alive.
[sighs in relief]
- I had to shoot Zelda. She ran off.
- It's okay.
It's okay. As long as you're okay.
Hey, baby's okay. All right?
I got to the cabin as soon
as I could. I saw you with Leni.
Yeah. I took her there
to see what she knew.
Yeah, but she stole
the passports and the tickets.
Shit! Shit.
I shouldn't have looked away.
I'm sorry.
What are we gonna do?
Get out of town and never look back.
I'm gonna go to that party.
Say my goodbyes.
Okay?
That cake was beautiful.
Yeah, it was.
Look at the moon. How pretty is that?
I don't want to.
I'm cross with Mrs. Moon.
When Mommy was missing,
Mrs. Moon didn't tell me she was okay.
Well, that all worked out.
Didn't it? She was fine.
[Gina laughs]
Mrs. Moon is lovely,
but you don't really need her, do you?
I mean, even people you love
who aren't by your side,
they live in your heart.
Like you and me.
When I'm far, far away from you,
I keep you right here.
So will you keep me right here?
Yeah? Okay.
Gina? What are you doing here?
We made a plan to meet here.
- Where's Dylan?
- But you called and changed the plan.
You're supposed to be at the cabin.
No, it's Leni. Jesus.
Dylan?
[Dylan groaning]
[Gina] Oh, my God! Oh, my God.
Baby. It's okay.
- We're gonna go to the hospital. Come on.
- [Dylan groans]
It's all right. I got you.
- [Dylan] Gina.
- [tires screech]
Gina, listen to me.
You have to get away from her.
No matter what she says,
don't listen.
- [grunts] Just go.
- [Gina] No.
- We're going together.
- Promise me.
You and our baby, get away!
[quavering] Don't!
We're almost at the hospital.
It hurts like hell, babe.
Oh, God!
No, no, no. Baby!
Dylan! Dylan, stop!
We're almost there, baby. Hold on.
- Dylan, stop!
- [moans]
[crying] No.
No!
- Fuck!
- [kicks car]
[quavering] Goodbye, my love.
[Dylan] Gina.
Gina, listen to me.
You have to get away from her.
No matter what she says, don't listen.
[grunts] Just go.
- We're going together.
- [Dylan] Promise me.
Get away!
- [Gina] Stop! Dylan! Dylan, stop!
- [Dylan coughing and groaning]
[Gina] You know what Leni
wanted you to know.
You don't know the truth.
[Dylan] All right, Gina.
Tell me your truth.
[Gina] My mother was the only person
who could ever tell us apart.
But when our mother died,
something changed in Leni.
Leni closed up.
Here's the thing. I never saw her cry.
Not at the funeral.
Not in the days and weeks that followed.
Not ever.
Don't get me wrong,
we were closer than ever.
And we learned that together
Leni!
[both] Yes? What do you want, Claudia?
[twins chuckling]
[Gina] we had power.
And when real trouble happened
[gasps] Gina! [screams]
[Gina] The switch could save us.
Or, so Leni said.
Gina, your sister, Claudia,
has been very badly hurt.
Just tell me the truth.
[Gina] That's how I got blamed
even though I didn't do it.
We started the switching for real
when we were teenagers.
I was going through my punk phase
and Leni was going through
her awkward phase.
We switched all the time at school.
Sometimes, just to trade dance partners.
Leni and I shared everything.
We even shared Jack.
[neighs]
[Gina screams]
[Jack] Gina!
Here. I got you there.
Let me help you. You okay?
[Gina coughs] Yeah.
[Jack] Sure nothing hurts?
You all right?
[Leni] She's fine.
It'll toughen her up a bit.
[Jack sighs]
It's my turn.
Okay. Help you up?
- Feel all right?
- [Leni] Mm-hmm.
[Gina] Jack, Leni and I
were a tight threesome.
Until we weren't.
[rock music playing]
Another heart has made the trade ♪
I needed someone of my own.
Forget it ♪
I don't understand
How a heart is a spade ♪
But somehow
The vital connection is made ♪
I needed
my own life.
- [bell chimes]
- Is that good, Jack?
- [Jack] Yeah. Sounds good.
- Cool.
[Gina] There's that boy again.
[Leni] You mean your
fifth period history class, G?
I'm gonna go play that song again.
Your sister seems uptight.
She's cool if you get to know her.
How about I get to know you instead?
That's kind of the same thing.
- Jesus. No, it's not.
- [laughs]
You're nothing like her.
["Killing Me Softly With His Song"
playing]
[laughs]
[Gina chuckles]
- [chuckles]
- [Dylan] Yeah.
[music fades]
[motor revving]
[Gina] That summer and fall, I
I remember every day.
Every walk.
Every curve of every road.
[motor revving]
Like I remember
the night at the Halloween party.
[Gina laughing]
All right.
[thuds]
[both panting]
What was that?
[Dylan] I don't know.
[Gina] There's somebody in here.
There's no one here.
- Want me to check?
- Please?
[Dylan] Fire! Shit! There's a fire!
- Go! I'll get him! Go!
- [Gina] No!
[Leni] Gina! What's going on?
[Gina] He's still inside.
Dylan! We have to help him!
[siren blaring]
[Leni] We'll meet up later. Let's go!
[Leni] A man died, Gina. And Dylan ran.
How's that going to look to the police?
They're investigating him
for murder, Gina.
I mean, I was with him.
He couldn't have done it.
You were with him the whole time?
If he didn't do it, why'd he run?
Why'd he leave town?
I don't know.
I mean [sniffs] It must have
It must have been an accident.
Accident or not, a man died, Gina.
But I love him.
[Gina] The next morning you were gone.
I thought you had run.
I didn't know the truth.
I didn't know what Leni had done.
So I was alone again.
And Leni and Jack only got closer.
And watching Leni marry Jack
felt like the end of us, her and me.
Leni had Jack forever
and I had to figure out
how to be on my own.
I got a scholarship to UCLA.
The other side of the country. I took it.
No one in Los Angeles knew I was Bad Gina.
I was free at last.
I didn't realize I'd feel so disconnected.
I started losing control.
I had a breakdown
the fall of my sophomore year.
UCLA student services referred me
to a doctor who did pro bono.
[Charlie] Gina, you've talked about
being her copy, her mirror, her equal.
But now you are being reborn as just you.
[Gina] Charlie helped me find me.
Once I started telling my story,
it kept rolling.
My senior thesis in creative writing
got published
and well, you know. You read it.
People loved the story
of two tragic twin sisters.
And Charlie was so proud of me.
[Gina] I did it.
[laughs] This is amazing.
You were so instrumental
in getting me here.
I am so impressed. Truly.
We should celebrate.
Let me take you to dinner, please.
[Gina] He loved me
for all I was and all I wasn't.
So Leni and I were both happily married
and we both got pregnant at the same time.
And for some reason
I thought that would be a good thing.
[chuckling] G, we get to be together.
We get to raise the girls together.
One in Mount Echo and one in LA.
What? What do you mean?
Wait, do you plan on staying there?
You can write from anywhere, G.
I like my life in LA.
And Charlie says
I need appropriate boundaries.
Charlie doesn't know you like I do.
He doesn't know the things that I know.
You need special attention.
I'm not that person anymore, Leni.
- I'm stronger than you think.
- [Leni] Okay.
Well, I will be here when you need me.
[Gina] I lost the baby.
[woman over PA] Dr. Martin pediatrics.
After the miscarriage,
Leni was there for me.
I don't know what happened.
[Leni] We're gonna get
through this together.
Power of two.
[Gina] I needed her.
Coming home
hurt.
[Jack] Hey, good to see you.
Come on in, please.
It's good to see you. Thanks for coming.
Yeah. Well, it's only for a couple days.
Here she is.
Mattie.
- [Gina sighs softly]
- [Leni laughs]
[Gina] Being in Mount Echo gave me
an opportunity to reconnect with Leni.
I didn't know what was going on with her.
Got it.
Leni! Oh, my God.
[Mattie crying]
It's okay, sweetie. It's okay.
[breathing heavily] Oh, my God.
What is wrong with you?
You don't walk away from a baby like that.
It was just a few seconds.
Leni.
Sometimes I wish
I just wish she would die.
You need help. All right? A nanny.
We can't afford that.
Charlie and I will pay for it.
Jack would never accept that.
You need to do something.
She almost drowned.
It was
[sighs]
I'm fine. We're fine.
She never would've drowned.
I think that
you have postpartum depression.
Maybe I was never meant to be a mother.
Don't say that.
Of course you were meant to be a mother.
And so are you.
Leni.
I'll be you for a while.
Go back to LA.
You stay here with Jack and Mattie.
- We can't do that.
- Of course we can.
We always have. Huh?
We're one, you and me.
And she's ours.
[Gina] I stayed a few more weeks
to help Leni.
At least that's what it was at first.
No one thought anything of it
when we went together for makeovers.
Same hair? It's a twin thing.
Mattie took her first step.
[Jack laughs]
[Gina] "Leni" and Jack celebrated.
[Gina] "Gina" suddenly grew to love
readings and Q and A's and all that shit.
And Mattie grew. And Jack
was the perfect father and husband.
Charlie was always incredible,
brilliant, loving, accepting, sane.
We switched every year on our birthday.
Left the men for a girls day,
went to the salon,
inspected our bodies for any new freckles.
It became a ritual.
Like the rites of a church
that you forgot you had founded.
that it won't be long
before she's riding into the woods
like we used to do.
Yeah.
She loved kindergarten this year,
but she's looking forward to first grade.
You're sad to be going back to LA.
I'm confused.
I feel like I'm betraying everyone I love.
Or saving them.
I mean, we saved a life.
We probably saved two marriages.
But what are we doing now?
We are living two incredible lives.
Will we ever tell Mattie?
Why would we do that?
G, this is working for us. This is us.
You have an amazing year ahead
of you in LA. I've got it all teed up.
Go put your Gina clothes on.
The guys are waiting for us.
I am Gina.
This year you are.
[Gina] But Leni grew
more controlling of both lives.
[woman] I won't hide the ball here, Gina.
We loved the new proposal.
It was stunning,
incisive, brave, of course.
That's fantastic.
To tell the story
of your miscarriage and your healing
It's a story women need to hear.
We're planning
a big initial run of 250,000 copies.
Possibly three.
Now, the last thing I'm going to do is
[Gina] Leni, what the fuck?
You have no right.
You do press, you do photoshoots,
you take marketing meetings,
but you do not pitch story.
Especially that one.
[kisses]
[Gina sighs deeply]
[cell phone vibrates]
See you next week.
[cell phone ringing]
Hello.
[Leni] Why've you been at that building
every Thursday afternoon for months,
without mentioning in the diary?
What building?
The building you're standing in front of,
Gina. What are you doing there?
Yoga class.
I know you're lying because I just called
and canceled all your future appointments.
What the fuck, Leni?
You don't need a psychiatrist, Gina.
You have me.
[ends call]
[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[Charlie sighs]
What's the matter?
I can't, um
I can't do this again.
I can't do it anymore.
Can't do what?
Hey, breathe.
It's too much.
Is this about the book?
You don't want to tell that story, do you?
That story is yours. No one else's.
It's a lot.
So don't write it.
Yeah, they, um
They're counting on me.
No. No, they don't matter.
All that matters is that you are happy.
You. Whatever that means.
I'm such a fucking mess.
[sighs]
I'm sorry.
Don't apologize.
It's okay to be messy.
Be very fucking messy.
I would never judge you.
[Gina] I started to make plans.
I needed money.
Cash that Charlie wouldn't know
was missing.
[safe keypad beeping]
[beeps]
[safe door locks]
Our marriage Us.
Do you
love me?
Or did you just, uh, find me
fascinating once upon a time?
Um
Can't it be both?
No. I don't think so.
I am deeply, deeply, obsessed with you.
And, yes, fascinated still.
And I will always love you as you are.
As you come to me. Always.
[Leni] Gina, come away from the window.
Hey, we better get this done
before the guys get back.
- More wine?
- [softly] Yeah.
[Gina laughs]
Gina, you seem calm.
Is that bad?
[chuckles] No, it's good.
Yeah, it's been a tough year.
I haven't always known
what's been going on with you.
Despite your best efforts?
[scoffs]
[chuckling] What's that supposed to mean?
Nothing. I'm good.
I had a breakthrough actually.
On the book.
[chuckles] Thank God.
If I had to spend
another year pretending to write
[Leni giggles]
I love you.
You know that, right?
I've always loved you. And I always will.
[laughs]
You sure you're all right?
[chuckles] I'm good.
Yeah, I'm looking forward to, uh,
my year at Mount Echo.
Going home.
Good.
They are so little
to have such big personalities.
Oh, I know, right?
It's like they're born fully formed.
[laughs]
Hey, do you think that they, um,
do diving lessons for adults here?
We're going diving on our next vacation.
You should talk to my cousin.
He's a coach here.
Your cousin?
You might remember him.
He and Gina were close, back when.
[man] You're all right.
Want to grab a towel
that will cover you? You good?
Yeah, all right.
Keep that flow.
We're looking for elegance over speed.
You don't need to have
your hands coming out of the water.
Good flow, guys. There you go.
Dylan James.
You look good.
[Dylan] I'll see you tomorrow. Be on time.
You gotta have respect in all things.
Get some sleep.
- See you.
- Good stuff.
Good stuff.
[Gina] Hey. Dylan.
Leni.
- Long time.
- Yeah, good to see you.
You look good.
- How's Gina?
- She's in LA.
Yeah, she's, um, a writer now.
I know. I read her book.
- You did? [laughs]
- Of course.
Wow. Um
Yeah, um
How are you?
What have you What have you been up to?
Not much. You know, I was
I was away for a while, but I'm back now.
Putting my life together.
Staying with my grandma.
- Georgia.
- Yeah.
How is she?
You know, I got to get going.
Say hi to Gina for me.
Wait. Do you, uh, happen to offer
diving lessons here for adults?
I'm interested in free diving.
Um, no. Not here.
- That's something that we do on the coast.
- But you free dive?
Yeah. I'm certified and everything.
Well, maybe you could teach me.
Privately.
Hey, I got to get to Campbell's place.
One of his mares is foaling.
I'm taking Mattie to her swim lesson.
Dinner will be a little late.
I said I can teach Mattie to swim.
Jack, you don't have the time.
Look, uh, the new foal, uh,
I didn't see any paperwork.
Yeah, they're paying cash.
There should still be paperwork.
Unless, um
We need the money.
All right? The new assessment,
the tax has doubled. You know that.
It's this or sell land.
Look, Charlie and Gina
Don't talk to me about Charlie.
I don't need his money.
You'd rather lose the land?
I'm not gonna lose the land, Len.
I'll do whatever it takes. I will.
Look, this is our home.
Yours, mine, Mattie's.
Our home could be 40 acres smaller.
No. We're protecting this property.
Charlie's got plenty of money.
He's got family money.
Yeah, I know.
For all his fancy luxury trips.
Which cost us plenty.
Paying for dinners
and all kinds of expensive shit,
just to keep up with your
pretentious sister and her rich husband?
It's too much.
I didn't know you felt that way.
You know what, you can go jet setting.
I'm not doing it anymore.
I'll stay here and I'll run our farm.
That's enough for me.
It's enough for me too, Jack. Always.
Lately it doesn't feel that way. [sighs]
[gasps]
- How long?
- Ninety-three seconds.
- What?
- Yeah.
- That's good.
- Yeah.
[Leni exhales]
I've been practicing.
[clicks tongue] It's impressive.
Let me tell you, that water
in Lake Tahoe is so much colder.
Maybe we should try it in the ocean.
It's about a half day away.
I can get away if you can.
[Dylan clears throat]
- [Gina grunts]
- [Dylan smacks lips]
All right. Another round?
Uh
Yeah, thanks.
[whistles] Bold.
What are you doing, Leni?
- What do you mean?
- You know exactly what I mean.
- Having a drink.
- Mmm.
With an old friend.
Since when are we friends?
We could be though.
Look, I don't
I don't want to
disappoint anyone in my life
or hurt anyone, but, um
Look, I'm not in the right place. So
Then where are you?
Trapped by my own bad choices.
[waitress] Okay.
- Enjoy.
- Thank you.
Do you know what I mean?
I specialize in making bad choices.
I'm trying to break that habit.
[Gina] Yeah.
I'm sorry. This is
This isn't fun, you know. Um
It's all right.
You know, it's real.
It's better to be real.
Is it?
Always.
I can't do this.
We got Just too much history.
When you destroyed
my relationship with Gina,
you knew exactly what you were doing.
What? The morning after the fire?
- That was a terrible day
- Bullshit!
I left to protect Gina, like you said.
You came to me,
said the cops thought
it was me and Gina [sniffs]
and that I needed to leave town
to deflect attention.
And time went by.
And my life just went to shit.
And it occurred to me that
maybe you were jealous of what we had.
Maybe you just wanted me gone.
No.
But looking at you now. Seeing you.
It's just It's too complicated.
I'm sorry.
[sighs]
[Gina] Dylan!
Wait, please.
You remember when we were 16,
when we first kissed?
No, we never kissed.
Dylan, I'm not Leni.
I'm Gina.
Shut the fuck up.
Now, this is low even for you.
There was a hawk circling above
and we both said that we wanted
to be like the hawk. Flying free.
And the sun was setting
and I said that
I had to get back and you asked
If If it'd be okay if I kissed you.
You were so sweet to ask me.
No. That's not you. That was Gina.
No. There was a tiny drop of water
at the tip of my nose
and you wiped it before you leaned in.
And I never forgot it.
Gina could have told you all that.
- Gina?
- [sighs] Yeah.
[Gina laughs]
You know what Leni wanted you to know.
You don't know the truth.
All right, Gina.
Tell me your truth.
[both panting and moaning]
Thank you.
Oh. What is that?
Did you know that the Victorians had
a whole thing about flowers?
And that every flower has a meaning?
I heard that.
This one
This one means true love.
I'll take it.
[Mattie] Do you think it's finished?
Princess Mattie and her rocket ship.
Here, let me fix your crown.
- [Mattie] Okay. Mm-hmm.
- Okay. Go get the basket of scarfs.
Look at that.
Thank you so much for looking after her.
I really appreciate it.
- So you're off to your diving lesson?
- I am.
Why are you all dolled up?
Those lessons have been going on
for weeks now. What's gotten into you?
Uh [chuckles]
You know,
maybe you should be joining a dating app.
What's a dating app?
Talk to your Auntie Claudia about that.
Night, sweetie.
Bye, Mommy.
Lindy's so excited
to be the first baby on Jupiter.
[Gina] Come with me.
Yeah? To where?
I have a town picked out.
I have a connection in LA
who can get us birth certificates,
passports, everything that we could need.
I'm still trying to get
my life back together.
- Here?
- Yeah.
[sighs]
Is this really where you want to end up
after everything they did to you?
Let's be new.
[Gina breathing heavily]
[indistinct chatter]
Here you go.
[Gina sighs]
Did I get the wrong order?
Let me take it back.
It's not the coffee.
I can't believe you would do this.
- We are friends, Leni. Best friends.
- What?
Stay away from Dylan.
Not your business.
He is my cousin. I care about him.
I watched your family
run him off once, Leni.
After the fire.
You are not going to do it again.
I won't let you.
No one is running anyone off, Meg.
All right? The past is the past.
All right? We're adults now.
We're getting a second chance
of getting to know each other.
You know what it's like to find the person
that you're supposed to be with.
You and Liss. I'm happy for you.
But Track and Jerry,
they have no idea, do they?
You wouldn't.
Try me.
I love him.
And I need it to be kept a secret.
[Gina] It's positive.
[exhales]
Well. Well
Okay.
Are you sure it's not Jack's?
No. We haven't had sex in weeks.
Well, what do you want to do?
What do you want to do?
I want you to have a choice in this.
So much of what's happened to you and me,
we haven't had a say in it.
I want you to have the final say in this.
I love you.
Once upon a time I dreamed
of running away with you.
Starting a life together. A family.
That was my dream.
[whispers] That was my dream too.
What What about Mattie and Jack?
I ruined that.
I love them, but lies aren't the answer,
no matter how long I've been living them.
Okay.
We can't wait until the birthday trip.
We're gonna have to go soon.
Before I start showing.
We'll need money.
Can you get any from LA?
No. Charlie's in control
of all the accounts.
The kind of guy who oversees everything.
Every cent. He'll know.
What about the book money?
It was a best-seller, right?
It was a literary best-seller.
That money's long gone now.
But I have an idea.
A way to get money right now.
[horses neighing]
[horse neighs]
Zelda!
[horse grunting]
Sorry, kiddo.
[gun cocks]
It never should have come to this.
[gun fires]
[engine revving]
[knocking on door]
Gina?
I need some help.
Oh, my goodness.
[Dylan] You're okay.
[Gina] I was lost out there for so long.
[Dylan] It's okay.
I didn't even know if you were alive.
[sighs in relief]
- I had to shoot Zelda. She ran off.
- It's okay.
It's okay. As long as you're okay.
Hey, baby's okay. All right?
I got to the cabin as soon
as I could. I saw you with Leni.
Yeah. I took her there
to see what she knew.
Yeah, but she stole
the passports and the tickets.
Shit! Shit.
I shouldn't have looked away.
I'm sorry.
What are we gonna do?
Get out of town and never look back.
I'm gonna go to that party.
Say my goodbyes.
Okay?
That cake was beautiful.
Yeah, it was.
Look at the moon. How pretty is that?
I don't want to.
I'm cross with Mrs. Moon.
When Mommy was missing,
Mrs. Moon didn't tell me she was okay.
Well, that all worked out.
Didn't it? She was fine.
[Gina laughs]
Mrs. Moon is lovely,
but you don't really need her, do you?
I mean, even people you love
who aren't by your side,
they live in your heart.
Like you and me.
When I'm far, far away from you,
I keep you right here.
So will you keep me right here?
Yeah? Okay.
Gina? What are you doing here?
We made a plan to meet here.
- Where's Dylan?
- But you called and changed the plan.
You're supposed to be at the cabin.
No, it's Leni. Jesus.
Dylan?
[Dylan groaning]
[Gina] Oh, my God! Oh, my God.
Baby. It's okay.
- We're gonna go to the hospital. Come on.
- [Dylan groans]
It's all right. I got you.
- [Dylan] Gina.
- [tires screech]
Gina, listen to me.
You have to get away from her.
No matter what she says,
don't listen.
- [grunts] Just go.
- [Gina] No.
- We're going together.
- Promise me.
You and our baby, get away!
[quavering] Don't!
We're almost at the hospital.
It hurts like hell, babe.
Oh, God!
No, no, no. Baby!
Dylan! Dylan, stop!
We're almost there, baby. Hold on.
- Dylan, stop!
- [moans]
[crying] No.
No!
- Fuck!
- [kicks car]
[quavering] Goodbye, my love.