Love in Fairhope (2023) s01e05 Episode Script

1
[birds chirping]
Out on the Floor
by Rachele Lynae playing ♪
BRIT:
Yeah, baby!
We comin' for you, rodeo.
[cheering]
Me and my girls now here we go ♪
Another Friday night
and we're in party mode ♪
When the music's loud
we get our dance on ♪
Yeah, we work the line ♪
And we sing that song ♪
[Brit squeals]
NARRATOR:
And now it's time
to talk about the lies
we tell ourselves
in this chapter of our love story.
[cheering]
And when it comes to love,
that list is endless.
ABBY: [gasps] Ew.
BRIT:
Looks like a cottonmouth.
NARRATOR:
Take the lie of distraction, for example.
ABBY:
No, why are you slowin' down? Go.
- I was just lookin'.
NARRATOR:
Like when we tell ourselves
that we can actually
run away from our problems.
[Abby and Brit laugh]
Since Abby's been screwed over by Trevor,
duped by Corbin, and derailed
by her mother yet again,
she's all-in on the idea that a road trip
with her ride or die will fix everything.
Come on, get out on the floor ♪
And don't hold back anymore ♪
Buckle up, Buttercup.
What are you waitin' for? ♪
And away we go.
ABBY: Woo! [laughs]
BRIT: I know, man.
We got a bumpy one.
ABBY: Have you ever been to a rodeo?
- Yeah.
- I have not been
to a rodeo in years.
I grew up going.
My mom was actually, um, married
to a bull rider, her second husband.
- Really?
- Yeah. Um--
- I love that.
- So, yeah, we grew up goin' to the rodeo.
BRIT:
Your mom never surprises me.
- Yeah.
- She has everything under her belt.
I love that.
Are you happy to be back
or do you miss New York any?
- I do miss it, but I don't know.
It's, like, so good to be back.
I never thought that I would
wanna come back, but I don't know.
It's slower and you kind of
get to enjoy life more
just because you're not, like
- Absolutely.
- hustlin' all the time.
- Alright your ex?
- What?
- Do you miss him?
- [sharp exhale]
Yes and no.
Like, I think it would be harder for me
if I was still in New York right now.
I'm completely okay
with my decision, but I don't know.
BRIT: I'm proud of you for makin'
the necessary changes and steps
to doin' you.
You know?
- Yeah.
It takes a lot for me
to actually wanna date somebody,
so when I do, it's, like,
I give my all into it,
which kind of makes me
end up losing myself
because I'm prioritizing them.
BRIT: Right.
- And I'm just tired of doing that.
Like, I really just wanna
focus on what makes me happy.
BRIT:
As you should.
- Yeah.
NARRATOR:
And that is an example of a lie of denial.
Wide World by Nick Phoenix playing ♪
It's a wide world ♪
But here's the thing,
we all lie to ourselves
when it comes to love.
We say things like,
"I wanna focus on myself,"
when really all we wanna do
is think about him,
who's not focusing on us, like, at all.
We say we wanna move forward,
when really we're hoping
for a return to a romanticized past.
But is lying to yourself such a bad thing?
And can the little
love lies we tell ourselves
actually help reframe
our reality for the better?
- Oh ♪
- Oh ♪
- It's a wide world ♪
It's an open wide world ♪
NARRATOR:
Now another type of lie
is when two people are lying
to themselves at the same time
about how they actually
feel about one another.
Not sure what you call that.
A mutual lie of omission?
Cue Mya Jo and Nick.
- Um, where's Baylee?
- Um--
- She couldn't come?
- I don't know
what she's up to today.
- You don't know what
your girlfriend's up to today?
- No.
We haven't talked too much
these past couple days.
- Why? Sorry, I'm not tryna be nosy.
- Ah, it's alright.
So show--
Kirk's show was good.
- Did Baylee like it?
- Uh--
- Even whenever the concert was going on,
everyone's smiling and laughing
and I look at you,
and you're just pissed off
and looking at Mya Jo.
- I was just lookin' her way
I guess, I don't know.
- I don't know, I think
it's a little more than that.
- Ah, no, we're just friends.
- I don't wanna get into it anymore.
I'm just tired, I just wanna go home.
- You leavin'?
- Yeah.
- We were arguin' a little bit,
but I don't know.
I don't wanna talk about it.
- You don't have to.
NICK:
It is complicated, though.
MYA JO:
Isn't everything complicated?
- Seems like that with my life.
- Mine too.
I've seen Nick in love,
and he pours a lotta time
and effort into that person,
and you can tell that he's happy.
And with this relationship,
I don't know if happy is the word.
I would say confused.
gentle music playing ♪
Do you see anything?
- Um nothin' that's movin', no.
♪
So do you like bein' back?
- Yeah, it's nice.
It's been very, like, peaceful.
Ya know, I've been a-allowin' myself
to think, and, ya know,
figure out what's my next step
and what I wanna do.
Um, I'm thinkin' about goin' to the city.
dramatic music plays ♪
Some part of me is like, "Stay home."
But I don't know if that's,
like, the comfort inside of me
because I'm just so comfortable here.
But the risk taker in me is like,
"Go, you're young, you're single."
Ya know?
- I wish you would stay.
NARRATOR:
And that is the truth.
But if the other person
isn't ready to hear it
[Nick sighs heavily]
does it even mean anything?
Maybe that's why we lie to ourselves
because once we say the truth out loud,
there's no going back.
♪
cheerful music playing ♪
LASHOUNDRA: I didn't tell you,
Kendell was lookin' through Kaden's phone
and some little girl was inboxing him,
"Can I give you a kiss?"
And the little girl said, "I love you."
- What they know about love?
- Hell, I don't know what love is.
So, how you know what love is?
- These kids grow up too fast for me.
These children on these phones
and iPads and everything else.
Give 'em a pen and a pencil
and let 'em write.
- Baby, sit down. Take a load off.
Sit down, have a seat.
- You just don't wanna
hear what I got to say.
- But I do listen, we do listen to you.
- No y'all don't.
- But of course, the par-parenting
is a little different.
- Children need to go outdoors and play.
But don't they--
- Kaden go outside and play.
- No, they don't.
They stay, they,
they always got a cell phone
or iPad up in their face.
That's all they know.
Cat, don't you jump over here.
- Mama, the cat ain't finna go over there.
- I don't know that.
[Lashoundra laughs]
- First of all, you raised us
what, 35, 40 years ago?
- I-- It, it don't change.
- Times have changed.
- Some things don't change,
y'all, y'all change 'em.
LASHOUNDRA: Growin' up,
my mom raised us as a single mom,
and we were taught to keep
our feelings to ourselves.
To pretend that everything is okay,
that everything is fine,
"I'm good, I got this."
And I continued that pattern
in the 12 years of my marriage.
Lyin' to myself, lyin' to my mother,
just lyin' to everybody around.
Lyin' to God, really.
And now, after our divorce,
I'm done pretendin'.
- Lemme get my fan up.
[Lashoundra laughs]
Girl, come on. Yeah, I'm-I'm listenin'.
- So-- I know.
So, you know, I've been in therapy,
and one of the biggest
things that I realized
is a part of me is, is still,
I guess, tryin' to give myself
permission to move forward.
- Mm-hm.
- I still feel some type of way
about bein' out in public
with another man.
I haven't been on a date or anything.
'Cause every time I walk forward,
I stop and turn around and look back.
Like, I haven't, I haven't
continued movin' forward,
and I feel like I lost myself.
Coming Round by Rupert Pope
& John Robertson ft. Isla Meller playing ♪
VANESSA:
We know what's right for us, ya know,
[indistinct] follow your heart.
Ya know, take your time,
ya know, and be open and honest.
- Yeah.
- And don't start nothin'.
Uh, I'm-- This my motto,
"Don't start if you can't finish."
- Yeah, thanks.
- Mm. You're welcome.
- Let me get your cane.
- Get my little cane.
- Yes.
- It'll take me a minute to get up,
you know me.
- I know, I know.
- Like the Tin Man had to be oiled.
[Lashoundra giggles]
[indistinct chatter]
NARRATOR: Lashoundra's been
telling herself little white lies
to keep her marriage afloat for years.
And now that she's finally
decided to step into
what she thinks is her truth,
what she doesn't realize is that
the grass is not always greener
on the other side.
And a realization like that
often can stop us right in our tracks.
[RV beeping]
ABBY:
Dude, what the hell?
[beeping continues]
BRIT: Oh, my God.
Is this really happening?
[Abby chuckles]
lively music playing ♪
[Brit coughing]
Oh, Abby, we have a slight problem.
And I want, and I want,
and I want, and I want it ♪
tense music playing ♪
[RV beeping]
ABBY:
Dude, what the hell?
[beeping continues]
- I'ma pop the hood.
[blows out]
It's still smokin' bad.
[Brit muttering]
ABBY: Yeah, it smells like ass.
[Brit chuckles]
Is it gonna, like, blow up?
- Uh, no, somethin's just off.
It looks like it could
be the radiator hose.
- Do you know what you're doing?
- Um, yeah.
The Ride by Alula playing ♪
La, la, la, la,
we're gonna crack it open ♪
La, la, la, la, like a coconut ♪
La, la, la, la, gonna rock the boat ♪
La, la, la, la,
gonna teach you how to love ♪
Yeah, come over here
and hold this for me.
Yeah, it's loose.
Lemme tighten it up.
Hold that real tight for me.
Tighten up this.
[both coughing]
Jesus.
ABBY: Well, shit.
We get some help.
- Alright.
Think that'll do it.
- How do you know these things?
- My dad.
NARRATOR:
Considering the rodeo started,
well, an hour ago
- Alright, let's close this bad boy.
NARRATOR: Brit and Abby
are most definitely lying to themselves
about making it on time.
- Alright, let's see if she'll crank.
- Okay.
[RV beeping]
- Lord, please, get us--
Okay, are you ready?
[engines turns over, starts]
Woo! That's what I'm talkin' about.
The Ride resumes playing ♪
NARRATOR:
But who knows,
maybe delusions of grandeur
will get them there on time.
[Abby laughs]
BRIT: We back, baby!
Let's go!
Gonna teach you how to love ♪
Melting by jayo & LiTTiE playing ♪
NARRATOR: So, here's where
we are with the Mya Jo saga.
Nick just hinted at his
true feelings for Mya Jo.
The ball's now back in her court.
Could this be the time for them
to get out of the "just friends" zone?
You feel like summer ♪
Ooh, like sunshine on my face ♪
The only problem is
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER 1: Let's go!
[people cheering]
NARRATOR: Baylee decided
to put herself back in the game.
Girl, you a stunner ♪
Ooh, gotta make a mistake ♪
Oh, and then there's also Kirk.
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER 2:
Let's go, Kirk!
[players cheering]
Now I'm stuck up in your face ♪
[indistinct shouting]
♪
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER 3:
Watch out! Got it!
♪
You got me meltin' for you ♪
[people cheering]
♪
- Wanna take a break?
- Yeah.
- Hey, two of y'all.
Y'all wanna come play?
We're takin' a little bit of a break.
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER 4: Okay.
You got me meltin' for you ♪
You ♪
You ♪
You got me meltin' for you ♪
NICK:
So, I haven't seen ya in a little bit.
BAYLEE: Yeah.
- I'm glad that you came out.
- Yeah, me too.
- You still mad at me
after the other night?
- I mean, I can feel
there's, like, some tension.
'Cause Mya Jo and you
hang out a lot together
without me and it is kind of weird.
- I just look at it as, like, a, a friend.
She's kinda just that person.
- Yeah, but I should be that person.
gentle music playing ♪
CIARA: Did you hear about
Baylee stormin' off at the Frog Pond?
- I didn't know
she stormed off.
I just felt like there
was some weird tension,
and I tried to talk to him about it
but he kinda, like, shut me down,
so I was like,
"Okay, well, I guess it wasn't
anything serious," ya know?
- Yeah.
MYA JO:
But I don't know, somethin's off.
- Yeah.
BAYLEE:
Has anything ever happened with you guys?
Like, physically, have
y'all ever kissed or anything?
- Nuh-uh, nothin' like that.
Like I said, me and Mya Jo,
she's like a sister.
Why would I kiss my sister?
- Like, it's never weird
between Nick and I.
- Yeah.
- It's just weird between
Nick, I, and Baylee.
- Yeah.
MYA JO: And there's no reason.
CIARA: I just wonder,
maybe it's 'cause, like, you and Nick,
y'all are just so close, ya know?
And y'all have been close for a while,
so maybe that's the issue.
And then she's, like,
comin' into the picture now,
and it might just be a little weird maybe.
- Yeah, but, like,
she's coming into the picture.
I've been in the picture.
- Yeah.
- So, like, if Nick is
being honest with her,
and saying like, "Me and--
Mya Jo and I are best friends,
we've always been friends."
Nothing happened
to make her feel that way.
CIARA: Yeah.
- And I haven't done anything.
So, like, at this point,
I'm just gonna let them do them,
and not worry about
what Baylee's problem is
because, ya know, I'm enjoying,
like, spendin' time with Kirk,
and I don't want their problems
to, like, face on Kirk and I.
CIARA:
Yeah.
- And Baylee gotta get over it.
BAYLEE: It just doesn't feel
like the sister type of vibe.
- So, what can I do to make
things more comfortable for you?
- I don't know.
I think, like, your intuition
is, like, somethin'
you really gotta listen to,
and mine is telling me,
like, she's, she's a threat
to our relationship
and
it's either her or me, at this point.
It needs to be, like, a talk.
Nothing I Say
by Danny Fernleigh playing ♪
NARRATOR:
Okay, let's play a little game called,
"Who's lying to themselves more?"
Is it Nick and his true feelings?
Baylee and her boundaries?
Mya Jo with her expectations?
Or could it be Kirk,
who appears lost at sea?
Hm, maybe he's onto something.
♪
♪
Back from the beach and over to the bar.
Well, Lashoundra's decided
to put on her best stilettos
and step out into her truth.
♪
FRIEND 1:
There she is.
[greeting each other]
[group squeals and giggles]
- You made it.
- Yes, I did, yes, I did.
- Hey, girl.
- I'm ready for the lift off.
- Mwah.
FRIEND 1:
We have your drink.
Hello, honey.
- Hi, love. Hey.
- Good to see you.
- Thank you, thank you.
Is this, is this my drink?
- Yes.
- Yes, that's your little milkshake.
[laughs]
LASHOUNDRA: Oh, my God!
Well, let me take my time
'cause it's gonna be a long night.
[group exclaims]
It's been a while. [laughs]
FRIEND 1: What's goin' on?
FRIEND 2: You look good.
- Thank you. Mm.
FRIEND 2: You look so happy.
FRIEND 1:
How you feelin'?
- I feel good, baby, I am single, I am--
- So it's, like, official-official?
- It is official.
- Signed, sealed, delivered?
- Signed, sealed, delivered.
- Awesome, but are you ready to date,
or are you takin' it slow?
- Wait, wait. Not, not just yet.
Let's pump your brake.
[mimics brake squealing]
[group laughs]
- You have got to get outta the house.
- You want me to what?
[group laughs]
- Ooh, ooh, ooh! Look, look, look!
Don't be obvious.
[laughter]
FRIEND 2:
He's just a guy lookin' in your direction.
- Yes, he is.
- He's just over there--
- Do you want me to go?
- No! Sit down!
- Oh.
[laughter]
- Y'all got me hot and bothered.
[group laughs and chatters]
NARRATOR:
After a few martinis
and failed flirting attempts
a gut-punch truth hit LaShoundra:
that finding new love
was gonna be a whole lot
harder than she thought.
♪
Let yourself be free ♪
Black Highway Blue
by The Regulators playing ♪
BRIT: How are we ever
gonna make it to this rodeo?
Like, the sun is setting,
and we still have no idea
where the hell we are.
NARRATOR:
And for the last part of our chapter
on the lies we tell ourselves,
back to Abby
ABBY:
Let's just find a bar and call it a night.
NARRATOR:
whose journey to escape her problems
has led her to, well,
the middle of nowhere.
♪
[shuts off engine]
song stops ♪
BRIT:
Finally, a [sing-songy] drink!
muffled country music playing from bar ♪
It's kinda sketch, but--
[music muffled]
I knew I was in trouble when ♪
BOTH:
Um.
- We're here, let's do it.
- It'll do.
♪
But when I woke up this morning ♪
I was still drunk, Lord have mercy ♪
♪
BRIT:
What a day it's been.
- I know. God, we got lost,
we almost blew up.
- And you helped me fix an RV.
- And I learned somethin' new.
[balls clack]
BRIT:
We missed the rodeo, though.
[patrons chattering]
- Oh well.
- So you're not mad?
I feel like this road trip's
been, like, a fail.
- No.
- I mean, not a fail, but--
- I have, like, laughed so much, though.
I think that's what I needed, so.
- You're right.
[phone buzzing]
- Oh, my God.
- Who is "Do Not Answer?"
[patrons chattering]
[pool balls clacking]
ABBY:
[clicks tongue] Trevor.
- No, don't answer that.
- Blocked.
- Blocked, bye.
BOTH:
Ew.
[both laughing]
- What, like--
- You're done.
- Beth didn't answer the phone call,
so you call me?
[Brit gasps]
- He doesn't know what he wants.
- It's like he wants
to hang out with me in private,
but then every time
I see him out in public,
he's with another girl.
If we're just friends,
then treat it as just friends.
Don't cross the line
when it's convenient for you,
and then when it's not convenient,
you go and see other people.
It's, like--
- What y'all have is not a friendship,
it's not a relationship,
it's literally a situationship.
ABBY: No.
Yeah.
- Like, what even is that? Like?
- Trust me, I wish I knew,
but I'm tired of trying
to figure it out, [chuckles]
and so, I'm
- Yeah.
- backing off, like--
- As you should.
- I just, like, want
him to leave me alone.
[chuckles]
- He's gotta go. Bye.
- I agree.
[phone buzzing]
- Block.
ABBY: Blocked.
- Bye.
- Toodeloo.
- Are you good?
- I am so good. Like, truly.
NARRATOR:
Here's the thing about lying to ourselves.
It's a temporary Band-Aid.
- On to bigger and better things.
NARRATOR: It makes us think
we're in control of how we feel.
- Well, you ready? Yeah.
BRIT: You ready?
It's time.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Let's go.
- I'm tired.
[giggles]
Let's get the hell outta Dodge.
NARRATOR:
About the disappointments, setbacks
HEAL by Jade Million playing ♪
and most of all
Were you trapped in ♪
heartbreak.
♪
But at some point,
we all have to face the truth.
Stored away in boxes ♪
That we do want him, that we are jealous.
Need somebody talkin' ♪
Need another option ♪
That we may have overreacted,
or made the wrong decision.
'Cause you feel so bright ♪
Tell me how to heal ♪
But once we finally
stop lying to ourselves,
learn our lessons,
maybe then our love lives
can be truthfully and finally
drama-free.
Heal ♪
But let's be real.
Where's the fun in that?
- Hi, how are ya?
How you been?
upbeat music playing ♪
Without me, without me ♪
And it's sad how I just want you ♪
To be feeling just a little bit sad ♪
Like me ♪
How could you be so calm ♪
Like nothing ever happened ♪
Nothing ever happened ♪
And how could you be so done ♪
Like I never existed ♪
Like it's easy ♪
This time ♪