Unprisoned (2023) s01e07 Episode Script

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[CARAMEL BY BEMYFIASCO PLAYING]
♪
Just love me right ♪
Shouldn't you be at work?
What, you're making house calls now?
Yes. Get on the couch
so I can therapize you.
- Hmm. Sounds sexy.
- PAIGE: Hmm.
Oh, do you always kiss your therapist?
Only in my fantasies.
Would you like to hear about 'em now
or should we talk about my mother?
Oh, no, thank you.
I don't want to talk about her today.
No, because, um,
today's a really big day.
- Yeah, the TED Talk.
- PAIGE: Yes.
And I'm very excited about that.
And also, honestly,
a little bit anxious,
but mostly very excited.
Um, but there's something
bigger also, kind of.
- Than the TED Talk?
- PAIGE: Yeah.
Or seeing my face?
Uh, no, even bigger
than seeing your face.
Wow.
So, you know, this trip to Alabama,
I just, you know, I really
got to learn more about my dad
and just even really see everything
that we've been through as a family.
And, you know, mostly in the
process of writing this TED Talk.
- What did you call it?
- "How to Fix Your Picker."
Genius.
Thank you.
So I've just gotten really in touch
with how amazing you are
and how great this relationship is.
And also, you know, just finally
getting to the place in my life
where I feel like I'm able to
pick the right kind of person.
I feel like now is the time to maybe
Wait. Are you proposing to me?
In a way.
Um, I think that we should
be Instagram official.
Ahh!
Oh! Whoo!
- Yeah.
- This is really big in your world.
I mean, thousands of
people are gonna know
that I'm Lake Harriet
Therapist's boyfriend.
- Are you saying
- Yes.
- Yes?
- Yes.
- Yes?
- Yes!
[BOTH SCREAM]
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
- Can you like look at me again?
- I got something on my teeth?
PAIGE: No. What the hell was that?
I-I don't do this.
[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING]
♪
Twelve hundred miles in fifteen hours.
Brother, you still got it.
I ain't gonna lie, man.
It felt good being out
there on the open road.
I saw you washed the car, too.
Man, you know I like
to keep things nice.
Oh, no. Come on. Put
that shit away, Fox.
Job well done.
This was a favor more than a job, man.
- Whatever you wanna call it.
- Just to be clear, bro.
You got that car from
point A to point B,
and that's what I needed.
Here.
My daughter's roof,
having problems with it.
This is gonna help me fix it.
Oh, no, here comes the
poker hustler right now.
Hide your nickels, people.
Hi, Uncle Fox. Hey, Grandpa.
- What up, son? You headed to school?
- FINN: Yeah.
I was wondering if you could
take me to the card store after?
Only if you let me tag along.
Sure.
The boy's been driving Miss Daisy,
'cause Daisy doesn't
have a driver's license.
- FOX: Is that right?
- EDWIN: Yeah.
You know, your
granddad's a great driver.
I've told him that.
Believe me, he told me that.
- So I'll see you after school?
- I will be there or be square.
Sick.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
This was a one-time thing, Fox.
Hey, man.
It ain't lying if you don't know.
Feel me?
Yeah, yeah. All right.
♪
[DOOR OPENS]
♪
PAIGE: Hey.
- Welcome back.
- Oh.
How was Cousin Bumpy?
How was your flight?
EDWIN: He was fine. Hey.
That was a great trip.
It was. For Finn, too.
You know, he asked me to
buy some black-eyed peas.
- EDWIN: Hey, girl.
- PAIGE: Yes.
That's a good kid right there.
Hey, you-you're home early.
- Uh, folk not feeling their feelings today?
- PAIGE: They are.
But tonight's my TED Talk,
so I took most of the day off
'cause I need to finish
memorizing my speech and
Would you like to help me
pick out something to wear?
'Cause you're so good at
making people wanna look at you.
I didn't get to wear my
own clothes for 17 years.
You best believe Imma look fresh.
I wanna look fresh.
Imma help you look fresh.
Okay, good.
Let's go.
I know it's a lot, but I'm gonna
return whatever I don't wear.
Isn't a TED Talk where you stand there
and you teach people about stuff
you just barely learned yourself?
And then you say too much
about your personal business?
Yes, that's exactly what
the Wikipedia page says.
EDWIN: Okay, I think a dress.
- Why?
- EDWIN: A dress is vulnerable.
You want people to listen to
you, you gotta be open, right?
Okay. That might be right,
but it's not very feminist.
- You saying pants are the only feminist?
- [PAIGE SCOFFS]
Just 'cause a woman wears it doesn't
mean it has less value, Paige.
There ain't nothin' wrong with
looking pretty, you know that.
You're right about the
weirdest things sometimes.
You know what else? I think you
should wear like a bright color.
Like this?
Yep.
[LAUGHS] Why?
So they can see me on
their teeny, tiny screens?
Exactly. People can hear you
better when they're looking at you.
- I like the blue.
- EDWIN: Yellow.
No! Why?
Because yellow is the
happiest color there is, girl.
I'll think about it.
- [LAUGHS]
- All right.
Um, do you wanna help
me memorize my speech?
EDWIN: I'd love that.
But you know what?
I told Nadine I would have
lunch with her, but Imma cancel.
No, no, no. Don't do that.
Don't cancel lunch with Nadine.
You go and have fun
and tell her I said hi.
Really?
Yeah.
That's really sweet of you, Paige.
She'll appreciate that.
She better.
♪
Wait, slow down.
Slow Hold up, hold up.
- Slow down. Slow down. Slow down.
- NADINE: No.
No, I only have an hour.
I told my office I was
going to the dentist.
But I ran out of teeth for
a fake root canal, so
Okay, wait. Wait. Wait.
This is just a, quote
unquote "cleaning."
Nadine, no, I mean it. Now
- NADINE: What's going on?
- I need to talk to somebody.
Is-is everything okay?
- You know what I mean by that?
- EDWIN: I know. I know, yeah.
I don't wanna compromise you.
I don't wanna compromise myself.
So I'm not gonna say too much.
Yeah, I-I understand.
All I wanted was to
help Paige fix the roof.
Baby.
All I wanted was to contribute
to the family.
And now I can.
And I'm feeling some kinda
way about this, Nadine.
I just. I-I I'm
feeling a way about this.
- I ain't never felt like this before.
- Oh, Edwin.
You know, baby, sometimes
until you make the wrong choice
you don't know what the right choice is.
Just don't beat yourself up.
The thing is now I can
do a whole lot of good.
For Paige, for Finn.
Maybe I can even start thinking
about that food truck business
I've been thinking about, you know.
Yeah, yeah. No, no. Yeah.
Look, you
You haven't given
yourself enough credit.
I've never had one second of doubt
that you could turn it around.
You can.
I did.
Yeah, but you were never
really in the life, Nadine.
You just liked you
some in the life dick.
That's
- Oh, no. No, I've grown.
- Oh, yeah.
Uh-huh.
I only like formerly
in the life dick now.
♪
- You know
- NADINE: Mm. [KISSES]
Paige has a big TED Talk tonight.
You're kidding. Well, what's it about?
I don't know. It's
Picking your fucker or
some shit. I don't know.
- No.
- Well, as long as it's not about me.
But you know what?
She let me help her.
- NADINE: Hmm.
- Nadine.
I mean, she-she
She let me in.
You know, that means the world to me.
NADINE: Hmm.
She even told me to tell you hello.
- She did not.
- Yes, she did.
- Really?
- Really.
- Wow.
- I'm telling you, babe.
♪
It's comin' around.
Guess I underestimated your magic.
How you gonna do me like that, woman?
Actually
Put that tongue back
in your mouth, girl.
Oh, no.
I was wondering
Uh-huh.
- how
- Uh-huh.
- you
- Uh-huh.
- could do
- Uh-huh.
- me.
- Uh-huh.
NADINE: Mm-hmm. [CHUCKLES]
[BOTH LAUGH]
[AROUND BY JONES FEAT.
NARDEYDEY PLAYING]
[VOCALIZING]
I want you around ♪
- [PAIGE CHUCKLES]
- Keep staying around ♪
[VOCALIZING]
I want you around ♪
Keep staying around ♪
Something's going down ♪
Something's going down ♪
Ever since I met you ♪
Things are looking different ♪
[VOCALIZING]
Sun behind the clouds ♪
[VOCALIZING]
♪
PAIGE: Welcome to
Welcome Welcome to
Thank you. Thank you so much.
[SINGSONGY] Welcome
to my TED Talk.
Hey-hey-hey.
Oh, thank you. Thank
you. No, please sit down.
- EDWIN: I'm back.
- Oh!
God. Hi.
Ready to help.
Great. How was lunch?
- Uh
- PAIGE: No. You know what? Never mind.
I don't, I don't want details.
So, look, I've been doing some
research into how to memorize a speech.
- You did not.
- EDWIN: Yeah, I did.
- What?
- [EDWIN LAUGHS]
So, look, there's this
thing called chunking.
- Chunking?
- EDWIN: Yeah.
It's where you break down
the speech into the big ideas.
So tell me your big ideas.
Really?
Go ahead. Absolutely.
Okay.
Wow. Okay.
This is so helpful.
Okay, so the first big idea
is that I used to pick men
mostly who were unavailable, like Bill,
because my picker was broken.
But now, finally, I'm
picking a guy who isn't.
- Mal.
- PAIGE: Yes! Yes.
Um, okay, so listen to this.
It's a whole new experience
because for the first time,
I don't feel anxious or preoccupied.
And I didn't know
that that was possible.
What?
Uh Is that not working or
Okay, Paige, let me ask you this.
Would you say that
you're in love with Mal?
We just went Instagram official.
He checks all my boxes.
Yes, we're in love.
Why would you even ask me that?
Are you in love?
Because, let me ask you this.
This Bill fella,
did you think you were in love with him?
Okay. I don't really
like where this is going.
So I think I'm just gonna
work on this upstairs.
No, wait, wait. No, no.
Hold it. Not so fast.
Baby girl, not so fast.
- You just
- EDWIN: Baby, what I'm wondering is
if you thought you were
in love with that guy Bill,
then maybe the reason that you
don't feel anxious about Mal
is because you're not
actually in love with Mal.
And your picker is just
the same as it always was.
♪
YOUNG PAIGE: Stop panicking.
You are not trying to hear a single word
this man has to say
about your love life.
Please!
First of all, he's a career criminal.
He doesn't even know what
Instagram official is.
And if you don't know
what's right for you,
just go see it for yourself.
What? No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm not listening to any of this.
Paige. Okay.
All I'm saying is, if
you're not in love with Mal,
maybe all you're doing is
rearranging the boxes, Paige.
♪
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
- FINN: Yeah.
- Hey. You ready?
- Yep.
- EDWIN: Come on, let's go, quick.
- Your mama's mad at me.
- Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I was thinking we should
get you a birthday present.
I owe you about 16, I figure.
My birthday isn't for months.
March 10th. I know when it is.
Wow.
My own dad doesn't even
know my birthday probably.
♪
Something I could get you?
Well, I mean, there's
this one Magic card
I sort of want for my deck.
Okay, then let's go get it.
Plus, it'd be nice for your mom to
have me out of her way, you know.
Yeah, me too, actually.
No, no. She likes you.
♪
Okay.
[VOCALIZING]
[DOORBELL DINGS]
- Hi.
- Hi. I'm so sorry.
I-I don't think that Edwin is home.
Oh, no. I'm here to see you.
Okay.
This place is really cute, Paige.
You've done so well for yourself.
Why are you here?
Well, your dad said you
were doing a TED Talk.
I am.
- NADINE: Congratulations.
- Thank you.
And it reminded me of that time,
I-I think you were in seventh grade,
and you had to give a speech.
PAIGE: Oh.
- It was Earth Day.
- Yeah.
That was a poem.
Uh, I did a poem on the
Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
And your dad had me get
you a locket for good luck.
And
PAIGE: Wow.
I loved that thing.
You just kept it all these years?
He tried his best, Paige.
And I, I know I fell short.
I see now that maybe it wasn't enough.
It definitely wasn't enough.
You're supposed to lie
to make me feel better.
Well, I'm sorry, but being a therapist
kinda fucks with your
people-pleasing skills.
Why do you think you took me in?
I think
I didn't do it for you.
I think I just really loved your dad.
I don't get it.
He's awful. I mean, he's great.
He's charming and handsome,
but as a boyfriend, he's
a total shit show, right?
Sometimes until you
make the wrong choice,
you don't really know
what the right choice is.
Especially when it comes to men.
PAIGE: Uh
Are you saying that
now you've figured out
what the right choice is?
Oh, fuck, no. Oh.
No? Not him.
No. It-it means I make all
the mistakes I need to make
for as long as I need to make them.
Is that why you're fucking my dad?
That is exactly why.
♪
PAIGE: That was really interesting.
BILL: What's so interesting?
The fact that we just
had sex in your office?
Well, I didn't wanna meet at my house,
but I had a feeling that
we really needed to meet.
And now I know why.
I thought I was in love with you.
You're not?
No. Isn't that amazing?
But I told Jean about you.
Yes. Yes. And I think that's great.
I think that's a really
important step forward
in your divorce process.
And I think that this is a
really important step for me.
In my divorce process?
Yes, exactly.
Bill, this is really good news.
This means that we really helped
each other learn something.
Um, what did we learn?
I learned that I don't
wanna be in a relationship
with somebody who's unavailable.
And you learned
Um, actually I'm not
sure what you learned.
I think I learned that I wanna
be in a real relationship, Paige.
- With you.
- Yeah, I know, I know, but you actually don't.
Oh, really? How do you know that?
Well, because now I
don't really want to be
in a relationship with you,
which makes me unavailably available.
And so now you want to be
in a relationship with me?
Okay, one of the sneakiest ways
that unavailable people
keep themselves unavailable
is by only being available to
other people who are unavailable.
Does that make sense?
Should I lie down?
Oh, no, I-I have to go.
I'm-I'm sorry. I just
I have this whole work thing,
and I have to get ready and
So, if you don't mind, I think
it would be good if you leave
only because it's 5:30 and
I have to be ready at 7:00.
So, um,
we're out of time.
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
♪
EDWIN: What game are
these people are playing?
MAGIC: The Gathering.
Normally I play online,
but, you know, people.
Huh. You're not a fan of people, right?
Not people in person.
Yeah.
- Hey, Finn?
- FINN: Mm-hmm.
You know, I've been thinking,
thinking about your daddy.
- [SCOFFS] Whoa.
- No, wait.
I
I've been meaning to
ask you this for a while
and then you brought it up and
How do you feel about
your dad being gone?
Can't miss what I've never had, right?
EDWIN: Mm-hmm.
Now people say that
but it's not true, son.
- It's not?
- No, son.
People miss what they love, Finn.
Period.
Whether they know it or not.
Your daddy's missing out on
something very, very special.
You.
Thanks. I guess.
[FINN CLEARS THROAT]
Uh, so, which one of
these cards can I buy you?
- Are you sure?
- Come on. Let your grandpa get you a card, man.
Which one of these cards would
really make your deck like baller?
Okay, well, um, maybe Collected Company.
Pretty much you can put down
six mana worth of creatures
for only four mana.
I have no idea what you
are talking about, son,
but I'll tell you what.
I will get you that
card on one condition.
Mm-hmm.
I get to see it in action.
Like over there?
- Over there
- With actual people?
With the actual people, man.
How you doin'? Look, here.
All right, don't turn
around, there's a dude
Don't turn around. In the black
- You see him in the black beanie?
- Yeah. No, I saw him.
Okay. He looks like he
needs an ass whooping.
Absolutely not.
Hey, I will get you that card if
you go over there and whoop his ass.
How you gonna play it, Finn?
Shh. Grandpa, I need to focus.
How about the one with
the spooky earrings?
No, no, no. Maybe the one with the,
the one with the double heads.
- God, Grandpa!
- Okay.
Dude, don't make me get out the timer.
EDWIN: Ah! That's right, that's right.
Abracadabra, motherfucker.
What the
Actually, Grandpa,
we lost.
Juju Bubble is the worst card
you could've played right there.
What now?
Finn, why'd you play the Juju Boob, man?
We were gonna lose anyway,
so I thought it'd be cool to play
a card I've never played before.
- [SIGHS]
- Sometimes I just wanna see what would happen.
You are an interesting cat.
Uh, you know what?
Can you drive? I don't
think I'm up for it.
Yes.
♪
MAL [OVER PHONE]: Before your TED talk,
I just wanted to remind
you that you are a queen,
and I'm so proud of you.
And I just got 200 new
followers, so thanks for that.
Go out there and kill it.
[SIGHS]
Looking for this?
♪
Thanks.
YOUNG PAIGE: Your dad
was 1,000% correct.
You want to be the girl who's
in love with a super good guy.
But that's not you.
Not today.
Womp, womp.
And now you gotta go do a TED Talk?
Bitch, sorry. Your picker's
not the least bit fixed.
You know, you should watch your mouth.
- [SELF BY KHALID PLAYING]
- [SIGHS]
I've ran away from love ♪
It's gettin' hard for me to breathe ♪
'Cause the man that I've been
runnin' from is inside of me ♪
I tell him ♪
EDWIN: Man, that game
[EDWIN CHUCKLES]
That game is something else.
And I'm starting to pick up on it now.
So kitchen table, that's no rules.
- Right?
- Yeah, kind of.
But that's more for, like, noobs.
Is that like a type of card?
No, it's a type of person.
So it's like 99 problems
but a Juju Boob ain't one?
- Huh?
- [SIREN CHIRPS]
[SIREN WAILS]
Oh, shit.
- What?
- We getting pulled over.
- [SIREN WAILS]
- What?
EDWIN: Okay.
Everything's gonna be okay, Finn.
Everything's gonna be fine now.
- What is happening?
- Okay, just follow my lead and stay calm.
Now put your hands on the
dash and keep them there.
Go ahead.
That's right. Just stay right like that.
Okay, okay, okay, okay.
Fuck.
Yeah, it's okay.
- FINN: Oh, my God.
- Nothing's gonna happen. We good. All right?
Always had a little trouble
with self-reflections ♪
I've been so used to winnin' ♪
It was hard for me to lose ♪
No, there's nothing wrong with me ♪
There's just something
wrong with you ♪
So I've been making changes ♪
Been workin' on my health ♪
No more competition ♪
Can't compete against myself ♪
Let this be our problems ♪
That one day's said and done ♪
Be a flower in a garden ♪
Be born with the sun ♪
Be born with the sun ♪
WOMAN: Woo-hoo! [LAUGHS]