Conversations with Friends 2022) s01e12 Episode Script

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But if you're
a habitual reader of the genre
and perhaps some of you
have become such,
you'll begin
to notice the frequency
of these thematic allusions.
And that's not to say
that they become tropes,
but more that we see
what the women of the age
were contending with.
You know, when one
- Hey.
- Hi.
You okay?
I haven't seen you
properly in ages.
Yeah, I'm fine. Just busy.
- Hmm.
- You wanna grab a coffee?
Um, I can't right now. Sorry.
Okay. Uh, soon?
- Yeah, sure.
- Sure.
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Hello?
- Hi. Do you have a second?
- Yeah.
Why did you
show Bobbi my story?
Don't know, Frances.
Why did you fuck my husband?
Extremely hilarious.
Why did you
show Bobbi my story?
Are you
Are you serious?
Why didn't you
show it to Bobbi?
I assumed you had.
If I had written something
so close to home, I think
Okay, says the real writer.
Okay, Frances.
I think you
showed Bobbi the story
because you wanted to hurt me.
I'm trying to remember
if this level of narcissism
is normal for someone your age.
No.
I'm very special.
I asked her
how she felt about it.
I was genuinely surprised
that you hadn't told her.
And then she asked to see it.
Maybe I liked that
she didn't know.
It's good to know
that you treat everyone
with contempt, not just me.
I didn't feel
contempt towards you.
Right. But you took
every opportunity
to make me feel pathetic
and conventional.
Writing for money,
having a husband
instead of fucking
someone else's husband
- Everything was about Nick.
- It wasn't about you.
He's my husband!
I am part of it!
Look, if anything, I was
envious of you.
Uh, of your career.
Your life.
So I'm meant to see your affair
with Nick as a compliment?
No, that's not what I said.
Your actions have impact.
Your writing has impact.
The way you have behaved
has had real consequences.
Okay.
You made my depressed
husband happy
for a while.
And then you gave up
when things got complicated
and you weren't at the center
of the fucking everything.
And now he's struggling again.
And you call me as though
you're the fucking victim!
Please, please leave us alone.
Uh, I'm sorry, Melissa.
I'm sorry for this,
like, aggressive phone call.
It was stupid, I, um
Uh, I don't really know
what I'm doing at the moment.
Um
I'm having
a hard time maybe, uh
I'm so sorry
you're having a hard time.
Are you okay, Frances?
I'm fine. I'm fine.
You don't sound fine.
I just, um
I just haven't been the person
that I should have been.
Uh, um
Sorry, I don't I don't
know what I'm saying now, um
I wish I had been
more thoughtful.
I guess I want
to apologize for that.
Uh, I'm gonna hang up now.
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Hi, this is Bobbi.
Please leave a message.-
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I tried you earlier.
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I wanted to say sorry.
And for that to mean
something different this time.
I called Melissa yesterday
about her showing you the story.
You can imagine
how she reacted.
I deserved it.
I think you'd have
found it pretty funny.
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I keep thinking what my story
must have looked like to you.
"She only cared for herself
and the rest of us were
just debris left in her wake."
That was about me
trying to reach for something.
A feeling.
Not an accurate
description of you.
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When you broke up
with me in school,
I didn't understand
why it was over.
We deconstruct everything,
but we have never talked about
why we couldn't be together.
And I think I've been
reacting against that.
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Our relationship isn't a game.
I should never
have treated it like one.
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I think about you constantly.
And I want to sleep
with you again.
If you'd ever want to do that.
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I've always thought thatmaybe I wasn't capable of love,
that I was too selfish,
or that there was something
wrong with me somehow.
♪
That isn't true.
♪
I know that I've hurt you,
Bobbi, but
I love you.
And I always have.
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Hi.
That was a pretty solid email.
I was going for honest.
It was good.
Thank you.
I'm sorry too.
Where are you?
Um, I'm on the way
to see my dad.
In Mayo?
No, he's come up to Dublin.
Would you, um
Are you around later?
Do you wanna come over?
Yeah.
Okay. Um
Well, I'll be back
after, like, 3:00, so
Okay.
Okay.
Bye.
Bye.
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How was the journey?
Oh, good.
Train wasn't too busy.
Is everything alright?
Just some paperwork,
signatures.
How are you?
Not so bad.
I'm on these new things, pills,
and I'm sleeping better.
That's good.
Are you eating?
Sometimes.
Yeah. You?
Sometimes.
The right answer then.
Um I-I worry I was, uh
- I wanted to
- I haven't been here in a long time.
Thanks for coming.
I'm glad you're
feeling better, Dad.
Um
I've been a bit worried.
I know, Frances.
You're a good girl.
Safe travels.
- Thanks for breakfast.
- Alright, love. Okay.
- Dad.
- It's alright. Okay. Okay.
- Bye.
- Bye now.
Hi.
Hello.
Do you wanna come in?
Let's be more straightforward
with one another.
I agree.
I missed you.
Me too.
I want to kiss you.
I'd like that.
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The lost were playing
in the yard ♪
Giving goosebumps to all
the Sunday summer trees ♪
Our hands were
tangled in the weeds ♪
Moving so softly
nobody can see ♪
Against your morning skin ♪
Well, it's shy like
two young lovers walking by ♪
There's a soft,
strange kind of odd ♪
Giving company
to all the lonely hearts ♪
♪
What happened?
I did it after you left.
It bled a lot.
I freaked myself out.
I'm not gonna do it again.
- Hi.
- Morning.
There's coffee
left there for you.
Hmm. Thank you.
So what happens now?
I'm gonna go home.
Then what?
Library.
Come on.
I don't wanna move back in.
I don't want that either.
Okay.
What do you want?
I-I don't want it
to be the way it was.
I mean, we were behaving
like a married couple.
Like we owned each other.
I don't really know
how that happened.
People think in couples.
We have to work
really hard to resist it.
I do want us to be
committed to each other
in our own way.
Whatever that turns out to be.
What do you think?
Sounds good.
Cool.
Cool.
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she wants to go in person.
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So you saw your dad in Dublin?
- Hmm.
- That's good.
Yeah.
You know,
he was very funny, your dad.
I-I don't mean to talk about him
In the past tense,
he still has his moments.
But when we met,
and when we got married
and when you came along,
he was just
terribly funny and kind.
And I didn't
want you to think that
Well,
that that was never there
or that I
I don't want you to hate him.
I don't hate him.
- I love him.
- I love both of you, you know.
I just wish it had
turned out better.
And so do I.
You know.
I mean, no one knows
how things are gonna turn out.
You can't be in charge of that.
You know, you just
make decisions and you hope.
You hope.
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Home.
Yay.
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Yeah, I know.
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I'm not afraid ♪
Of anything at all ♪
Why are we
expected to clean up the mess
from the ones who promised help
and then left us to neglect.
Not being broke again ♪
Every forehead I look at
reads lines of sorrow.
I'm not afraid of living ♪
On a fault line ♪
♪
'Cause nothing
ever shakes me ♪
Nothing makes me cry ♪
♪
Not a plane going down ♪
♪
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In the ocean I'm drowning ♪
I need to get going.
Watch the world
from the sidelines ♪
Had nothing to prove ♪
Till you came into my life ♪
Gave me something to lose ♪
Now I know
what it feels like ♪
To wanna go ♪
Hi.
Hey, do we need wine?
Oh, um
I
I don't think
you meant to call me.
Frances?
- Yep.
- Did I just call you?
- Afraid so.
- Shit, I'm so sorry.
I don't know how that happened.
How are you? -Fine.
You're very quiet.
Um, I'm in a bookshop.
I'm shopping
for Bobbi's Christmas present.
Uh-huh. Tricky customer.
The trickiest.
I won't even
try and advise you.
Any help is welcome.
Good to hear your voice.
Well, I've been
very strict with myself
about not calling you.
Really?
Why didn't you?
You told me you didn't
wanna see me anymore.
I did.
Um
Can you just, um,
just give me a second?
It's kinda noisy here. Just
give me ten seconds, alright?
- Yeah. Sure.
- I'll call you right back.
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How's Bobbi?
Yeah, she's good. Um
We're sort of back together.
Oh, yeah?
I mean, we sleep together.
And we love each other, so
That's good.
♪
Can I tell you something
about when we broke up?
Of course.
♪
Remember when I had
that consultation after my scan?
Yeah.
I said
it went fine but it didn't.
So I have endometriosis.
Um, it's really painful,
and I might not
be able to have kids.
Or that it might not be easy.
And then you told me you were
sleeping with Melissa again,
and I just felt like
my body wasn't gonna
feel good to you anymore.
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I don't know.
♪
Why didn't you tell me?
♪
I think I was worried that
you would treat me
like a sick person
and I-I didn't want that.
♪
You know, I didn't really know
what it all meant, but
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I wish I'd learned about it.
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I felt like I was
not what you wanted.
That I was getting it all wrong.
♪
You weren't.
It was just really complicated.
You weren't happy
that I loved someone else.
Um, all the time
I loved someone else.
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What a hypocrite.
♪
Where are you now?
Stephen's Green.
I'm sorry
I fucked everything up.
♪
Do you remember
at Melissa's birthday
after we kissed?
Yeah.
I stayed in my room
and I waited for you for hours.
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I felt paralyzed by the idea
that you were close by
and that you might come back.
♪
I have this impulse
to be available to you.
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All the time.
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Nick
Yeah?
♪
Come and get me.
Watching the world
from the sidelines ♪
Had nothing to prove ♪
Till you came into my life ♪
Gave me something to lose ♪
Now I know
what it feels like ♪
To wanna go outside ♪
Like the shape of my ♪
Outline ♪
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