Graves (2016) s02e04 Episode Script

1 Previously on Graves I'm writing a book.
I'm having trouble remembering.
- Well, I'm sure - Remembering who I was back then.
- You okay? - Yeah.
No, I don't know.
- My aunt just died.
- Oh, my God.
- Jonathan Dalton is your daddy.
- You're not fucking serious.
Dalton's ex-wife Stephanie is a very good friend of mine.
It's true.
I grew up dirt-ass poor.
I know what it's like to go without.
Do you know if you're gonna have a boy or a girl? I don't really wanna know, actually.
Oh.
Oh oh oh oh oh Baby lover Oh oh oh oh oh Baby lover She's going to just love this, Mrs.
Graves.
Well, it is Olivia.
She'll either love it, or we'll have to sedate her.
The perky blonde with all the teeth is looking for you.
Baby lover [CHANTING.]
Change is bad.
Change is bad.
Katie? You're not supposed to be here today.
Campaigns don't take a day off, or at least I don't.
So quick question who is Bonnie Clegg? And just to clarify, Miss Clegg, you claim that she is being inauthentic, that Margaret Graves, your cousin Oh, God, no, no, no, no.
All right, the gal that I am related to is named Maggie Lynn Davis.
Back in the day, we called her Peg, back when Her Majesty would actually take our calls.
I'm gonna tell you something the truth is, the minute that she walked into that White House, she stopped talking to her family.
She's ashamed about where she come from.
She's ashamed about how poor we all are.
Margaret Graves is not one of you.
She thinks she's better than you.
[MARGARET.]
Oh, my God.
How bad is this? Well, it's not good.
But this isn't about her.
Jerry North's campaign is behind this.
Country Mouse just gave you a serious image problem that we need to deal with I believe your people say lickety-split.
[THEME SONG PLAYING.]
[MUSIC PLAYING.]
What are we doing here? What about golf? Change of plans.
You go on back and help Maggie with the baby shower, okay? Wait, hold on a second, President Gra You know what? I'm not even gonna argue or worry.
And I'll pretend like I give a shit.
[WOMAN.]
From the dawn of the 21st century, Cold War fears of nuclear destruction have evolved into localized terror-attack anxiety.
We entrust each administration to take care of the nuclear-power question.
Many have handled it responsibly.
But for every level-headed president, we occasionally elect a cowboy who thinks that even with nuclear weapons, you can shoot first and ask questions later.
Dr.
Scott? How does it feel to know that you were married to the President responsible for building the last American nuke? [STUDENTS MURMURING.]
To be honest, I've always wanted to flip off - that cowboy - [SNORTS.]
for playing High Noon with our lives.
And I guess today might be my lucky day.
Excuse me.
Are you lost, sir? More than you can possibly know.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
You banged a Kennedy? Like an actual Kennedy? It's like a Kennedy by marriage, not by blood.
It's really just like Kennedy-adjacent.
- [CROWD.]
Surprise! - Surprise, sweetheart! [LAUGHTER.]
Are you in on this? Yeah, this looks exactly like the kind of thing I'd be in on.
Oh, my God, you look so pretty, even though you're really pregnant.
But you can't tell from behind.
Mazel.
Sometimes mistakes make the best babies.
It's fine.
Hi, Mom.
Hey.
Can I talk to you for a minute? - Sure.
- What the hell is this? It's your baby shower, darling.
Yeah, I know what a baby shower is.
I said didn't want one.
I'm not sure you know what you want right now.
I said that didn't wanna go back to that life, and you invited that life over for mini-quiche.
Do not lead with negativity, Olivia.
I've already had enough of that today.
Besides, they brought you so many gifts.
Try and enjoy today.
Okay, I mean, it's very pretty in here.
And lavender's very on-trend right now.
I just love you so much, honey.
I love you, too.
[SIGHS.]
I guess I'll just go get changed.
Okay.
- My room.
Now.
- Yeah.
- Liv.
- Oh, my God.
Jesus, Becky Keegan? Holy shit, Becks, is that you? - Hi, Liv.
- Oh, my God, Sammy.
Becky and I were, God, best friends in high school, right? Totally.
Basically joined at the hip.
You know, I thought about calling you a bunch of times over the past few years, but just never did.
Oh, my God, I mean, I wish you had.
So much to talk about.
Maybe Yeah, actually, Becks, can we I'll find you later.
Oh.
Okay.
No problem.
[DIANA.]
What are you doing here, Ritchie? - What's going on? - I'm writing a book.
Ah.
You planning something defamatory about me? - [LAUGHS.]
- Permission granted.
Defame away.
The lies are more exciting than the truth was, anyway.
[CHUCKLES.]
I I honestly can't remember who I was back then.
In those years.
- Well, I'll tell you a bit.
- Mm-hmm.
I can fill you in.
Okay, please do.
The night I met Tim? God, it was like walking out of my house and right into heaven.
Our eyes locked.
It was crazy.
He literally said he was born to be with me.
Oh, a Baby Bjorn.
[LAUGHS.]
One night, our lovemaking, fueled entirely by tacos and 7-Eleven candy, we just knew it was forever.
Wow, that looks heavy! And then you get that call.
And your world as you know it, as you always thought it would be suddenly has no meaning.
Except it does.
[RATTLE TINKLING.]
These are pricy.
[CHUCKLES.]
- [MUSIC PLAYING.]
- [DIALOGUE INAUDIBLE.]
You've outdone yourself, Mrs.
Graves.
[LAUGHS.]
Not bad, huh? You and Richard already back from golf? Oh, President Graves has his detail, so he thought I could be more useful here.
- How can I help? - Fantastic.
You can go see ask Katie.
She loves delegating.
Yes, ma'am.
You were great to be around back then.
Yeah.
[GUITAR STRUMMING.]
Not particularly idealistic.
Definitely not political.
You were sweet, empathetic.
All you really cared about was having a good time.
[LAUGHS.]
Come on.
Tell me what you need.
How can I help? There are things I need to understand.
Like? Why you left me.
Jeremy, sweetheart! What a wonderful surprise! I'm so happy you're here.
Listen, is there somewhere we can go and talk? - [PHONE CHIMES.]
- Oh, come on, you gotta be kidding me.
Look at this.
My cousin, Bonnie, went on national news.
Cousin who? Exactly.
You don't even know her.
Every news outlet across the country is airing this hate talk, and you know what the most upsetting thing is? I knew I would be dealt low blows, right? But I never expected that it would come from my own family.
Um I'm gonna go say hey to Olivia, okay? So no one logged who the presents were from as she was opening them? I'm just gonna say this.
What is wrong with people? I know, I know, my OCD just developed its own case of OCD.
Can you see the hives that I feel happening right now? - [SIGHS.]
- You get hives, too? - Allergic to inefficiency.
- [LAUGHS.]
You need me to go in? I don't see any other way.
All right.
[EXHALES SHARPLY.]
I got this.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Hmm.
Okay, so your dad is either the former President of The United States or a billionaire.
[LAUGHS.]
Are you kidding me? I don't know who my fucking father is! Okay, you're right.
I'm sorry, just, I'm here.
Go.
Okay, so if this guy Dalton is my father, then, you know, it makes a lot of sense, right? I mean, to be honest with you, when I first found out about it, my immediate reaction was almost like relief.
You know, it was like I had a 180-pound man lifted off my shoulders.
Then I started having these dreams a couple days later, like every shrink and addiction specialist was lined up in a row nodding at me like, "We fucking get it now, Jeremy.
" Seriously, Liv.
What in the actual fuck? You know, I'm losing my shit here.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey, hey, hey.
Don't get ahead of yourself.
Why don't you just ask her? Well, I tried that, but then my balls crawled up in my throat, and I choked.
Aw, you were always such a mama's boy.
Sorry to interrupt, ladies, we've been put in a unique position where Olivia has been gifted a set of Bamboobies Nursing Pads, but we don't know by whom.
Bamboobies? Anyone? [CLASS BELL RINGS.]
Oh, I forgot how awful these sandwiches are.
I watched you eat that same meal every day for three years.
Well, my wife didn't cook.
Oh.
Oh.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
I I loved our life.
You in law school.
Me getting my master's.
That stupid little apartment on Mesa Verde.
Yeah, Mesa Verde.
Yes, I remember now.
All we needed was a house full of friends, beer, and discussion out there on the porch, remember? On the little porch? Mm-hmm.
I remember it.
We debated anything and everything.
- Yeah.
- Noam Chomsky.
William Buckley.
But you you were always neutral.
It was all me.
I was the one who was encouraging you to get into politics.
And it killed us.
I watched it happen.
Watched what happen? Oh, for Christ's sake, it was the late sixties.
- Right.
- I was a liberal activist.
And you became a conservative lawyer.
You got co-opted, sweetie.
The other side wanted you 'cause they knew you were a face they could sell.
And you you just wanted to be wanted by anyone.
Ritchie Graves always needed to please.
You didn't give a shit what they wanted you to peddle one way or the other.
My passion became your problem.
You were working for the wrong side.
It was the right side for me.
After our divorce, you changed.
You became detached.
And all that empathy just, you know [WHOOSH.]
disappeared.
I saw it in your eyes on TV little by little.
More and more.
Ritchie was gone.
[MUSIC PLAYING.]
I'd like to make a toast.
I wanna thank all of y'all for coming, first of all.
I know this means a lot to Olivia.
And I'm gonna make it short.
I love you, Olivia.
And I'm so excited.
- Thanks, Mom.
- Aw, sweetheart.
Sweetie.
Okay, to life, to love, to happiness for all, and to Olivia.
[ALL.]
Cheers.
Cheers.
[MARGARET.]
I am so blessed! - [APPLAUSE.]
- Standing up look at me Why couldn't I see You were in love with me? Mom? Am I a bastard? My baby's having a baby.
Now I must suffer Now I must suffer Oh Lord, I don't know why I have to suffer Why couldn't I see You were in love with me? Why didn't I know Just which way to go? Now I must suffer Now I must suffer Now I must suffer [TOILET FLUSHES.]
- Hey, you! - God.
That's great.
There's always a little bit of pee left in a pregnant bladder.
You okay? Yeah, I was just hoping we could get - that teeny private moment? - Seriously, Becks.
I mean, what part of hosting a party here do you not understand? Bitch.
You got something on your mind, Becks? Well, okay.
We're doing this now.
You, Olivia Graves, are a bitch.
[LAUGHS.]
Ah, that felt good.
It felt so good, I'm worried I'm not gonna be able to stop.
Bitch! Oh, my God, who yells at a pregnant lady and at her baby shower?! Someone who's been waiting over a decade to do it.
You were horrible to me in high school, Olivia.
You bullied me so badly, I had to change schools.
I was terrified of you! Look, the only reason I'm here is because my therapist said standing up to my bully and getting some closure was important, so I'm here standing up.
[MARGARET.]
I simply will not tolerate a bully.
Let me make this really clear.
I have no quarrel with Bonnie Clegg.
The bone I'm here to pick is with my opponent, Jerry North.
Mrs.
Graves, you feel that Mr.
North - is behind all of this? - Oh, I know he is.
It's exactly his style.
The man is a mudslinger, and I will not play his game.
I will always stand up, not just for me, but for everyone.
A race to watch.
Mrs.
Graves, thank you very much.
- Margaret Graves.
- Thank you.
Perfect, I mean, this was such a good idea, hitting back right away, and you nailed it.
- [PHONE RINGS.]
- It's Sachs, excuse me.
Ah! Honey! Did you get to hear any of that? Your mama ain't gonna take shit from anybody! What's the matter? We need to talk.
[SLOW GUITAR MUSIC PLAYING.]
Hold your breath As long as you can There's something moving out there Still searching For a better place Thought I'd be different somewhere Oh Wow.
- That was beautiful.
- Stop.
- No, seriously, Sammy.
- Stop.
You gotta get your music out there.
- I mean, you sound amazing.
- So what's up? Oh, I saw you that you left, so I wanted to check in - and see if you were okay.
- Oh, yeah, I'm good.
I guess baby showers aren't really my scene.
I don't think the Graves are anybody's scene.
No, I I just It's not them.
It's just It's like that.
It's all that.
I don't know, Is, things have just been weird lately.
My aunt just recently died, and - Oh, my God.
- No, it's okay.
It's just that she was literally my last living relative.
So maybe it's just moments like these, like weddings and baby showers and things where you're celebrating what's to come, I just can't help but fixate on what I don't have and what's gone.
Isaiah.
Oh, hey.
Sorry.
Um, cake time.
Can I get a little help, Isaiah? Yeah, sure.
I'll be right there.
Okay.
I'm gonna go.
- Thank you for checking on me.
- Yeah.
And by the way, that girl is totally into you, and you should definitely ask her out.
- What? No.
That's not - Yes.
Yes, okay.
I'll see you later.
Oh, will you tell Olivia to call me? Mm-hmm.
Okay.
And ask that girl for her number.
I swear she will say yes.
I promise you.
Thank you for today.
I know you don't owe me a damn thing.
I've been watching what you've been doing lately, speaking out against your mistakes as president.
I like to think that there's still a little of me in you somewhere.
Well, I've gone quiet now.
Maggie's running for Senate.
My passion became her problem.
Oh, that's too bad.
President Graves, what do you think we're doing here? You could do some good like you say you've been wanting to, righting your wrongs, and fracking is one hell of a wrong.
And it was your administration that laid the groundwork by deregulating the whole thing.
So if you came up onstage next to me, the symbolism of it could go a long way.
[UPBEAT JAZZ PLAYING.]
Oh, God, when I said a baby cake, I didn't know It would be so literal? Where do you cut it and not be a murderer? [LAUGHS.]
Right? Right? Um by the way, thank you for the help - today with the gifts.
- Oh.
Yeah, it's refreshing how detail-oriented you are.
You know, I I wanted to ask you, actually, if I could get if I could, uh if I could get your phone your phone number.
Your phone number.
- Yes.
- Yes? Oh.
Oh.
Would be fun.
[MARGARET.]
Okay, now you're starting to scare me.
What is wrong? Is Jonathan Dalton my father? My God.
What kind of question is that? Mom, is Jonathan Dalton my father, yes or no? No.
Of course not.
Where the hell did you hear this? I'm not gonna say anything to Dad, okay? But if I find out something different, I don't know what I'm going to do.
Wow.
Jeremy, help me cut this cake.
- Sorry, sis, I'm out.
- Uncle Jeremy, get over here and help me cut this creepy baby cake.
Okay, then.
- [ALL GASP.]
- That? How's this, hmm? - Jesus.
- Oh, my Lord.
Wow! Congrats, sis! It's a girl! Mazel tov.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
I didn't I didn't want to know that.
Wait, how did you know that? The doctor is a friend of mine.
Okay, by round of applause, who knew that I wanted to keep the baby's gender a surprise? Okay, Olivia, how could I know what you want or what you don't want if you never tell me anything? Well, we almost did it, Mother.
We almost made a nice day out of this nightmare.
This party's over.
[MUSIC PLAYING.]
Last night I told a stranger all about you They smiled patiently with disbelief I always knew you would succeed No matter what you tried And I know you did it all In spite of me I'm proud to have known you For the short time that I did Proud to have been a step up on your way And I know you did it all In spite of me Late last night I saw you in my living room You seemed so close but yet so cool This is important! Tonight all your voices are heard! - This is important! - Those kind of thoughts - Can be so cruel - Stand up! So cruel - Who is with me?! - [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.]
- No fracking! - [ALL.]
No fracking! - No fracking! - [ALL.]
No fracking! [CHANTING.]
No fracking! No fracking!