1 00:00:17,976 --> 00:00:20,687 [Joe] I've always believed in The One. 2 00:00:21,312 --> 00:00:23,356 That there's someone out there for me. 3 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,068 A perfect match, a soulmate. 4 00:00:27,152 --> 00:00:30,572 - And for The One, I would do anything. - [screams] 5 00:00:32,991 --> 00:00:34,868 I've had my heart broken more than once. 6 00:00:34,951 --> 00:00:37,829 Rot in there, you psychotic asshole. 7 00:00:37,912 --> 00:00:40,123 And things haven't always been easy in my life. 8 00:00:40,206 --> 00:00:41,708 [gunshot] 9 00:00:41,791 --> 00:00:42,791 What did you do? 10 00:00:45,462 --> 00:00:50,258 [Joe] But all that felt worth it when I met Love Quinn. 11 00:00:50,341 --> 00:00:51,468 I wolf you. 12 00:00:51,551 --> 00:00:52,761 [Joe] I loved her. 13 00:00:52,844 --> 00:00:55,722 I embraced all of her, even the hard parts. 14 00:00:55,805 --> 00:00:59,142 [Dottie] All you ever have to do is keep your brother safe. You failed. 15 00:00:59,225 --> 00:01:00,225 [shouts] 16 00:01:00,769 --> 00:01:03,563 [Joe] But I was wrong... about Love. 17 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:07,776 Find a city. When you get there, I'll help you get legal ID, 18 00:01:07,859 --> 00:01:09,652 I will send you money, not abandon you. 19 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:10,612 Burn in hell. 20 00:01:10,695 --> 00:01:13,323 [Joe] And by then, it was too late. 21 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:14,824 We can be together now. 22 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:16,326 I don't think we can. 23 00:01:17,285 --> 00:01:19,704 - [Joe] Really, really, truly. - No, I'm pregnant! 24 00:01:20,830 --> 00:01:24,542 [Joe] And then I realized who I really need to protect. 25 00:01:24,626 --> 00:01:26,169 Our daughter. 26 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:28,838 For her, I moved to some soulless, 27 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:30,882 wealthy suburb outside San Francisco. 28 00:01:30,965 --> 00:01:33,968 For her, I'd marry the monster, her mother. 29 00:01:34,052 --> 00:01:38,431 For her, I'd lock myself into this prison. 30 00:01:39,057 --> 00:01:41,434 Not sure how I'm ever going to get us both out. 31 00:01:41,518 --> 00:01:47,440 But there's one part of the old me I can't quite shake. 32 00:01:48,066 --> 00:01:50,110 I still believe in The One. 33 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:55,907 That the right person is out there for me. 34 00:01:59,744 --> 00:02:05,834 I never thought to wonder what happens after boy gets girl. 35 00:02:06,876 --> 00:02:08,419 'Cause we know: 36 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:11,756 "And they lived happily ever after." 37 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,509 Fade to black, roll credits. 38 00:02:16,010 --> 00:02:18,346 I should have asked more questions. 39 00:02:18,429 --> 00:02:21,474 'Cause I've been in some harrowing situations in my life. 40 00:02:21,558 --> 00:02:23,351 - But this? - [baby crying] 41 00:02:23,434 --> 00:02:26,312 I could really use a map. 42 00:02:26,396 --> 00:02:28,231 [Dottie] Joe. Joe. 43 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:30,525 That's your cue. 44 00:02:31,526 --> 00:02:33,194 It's time to cut the umbilical cord. 45 00:02:33,278 --> 00:02:34,487 [monitor beeping] 46 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:39,200 [Joe] But I've forged my way in the dark before, I can do it now. 47 00:02:39,284 --> 00:02:40,702 I have to. 48 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:43,663 To protect my daughter. 49 00:02:43,746 --> 00:02:45,748 Congratulations, Dad. It's a boy. 50 00:02:48,751 --> 00:02:50,712 - It's a boy? - Hey. 51 00:02:50,795 --> 00:02:52,964 - Hi. - [Joe] I'm fucked. 52 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:56,009 And so is he. 53 00:02:56,676 --> 00:02:57,676 [continues crying] 54 00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:10,690 - Careful. Careful. - And what's our future president's name? 55 00:03:11,357 --> 00:03:12,525 Henry. 56 00:03:12,609 --> 00:03:14,235 [nurse] Does he have a middle name? 57 00:03:14,777 --> 00:03:17,363 Forty Quinn-Goldberg. 58 00:03:17,447 --> 00:03:19,532 We were told it would be a girl. 59 00:03:19,616 --> 00:03:21,284 [nurse] Oh, probably just shy. 60 00:03:21,367 --> 00:03:24,370 - Kept the goods hidden. - Karma. God owed us a boy. 61 00:03:25,455 --> 00:03:28,291 [Joe] As I was saying, fucked. 62 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:29,834 [upbeat music playing] 63 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:43,848 [Joe] Now that the baby's here, 64 00:03:43,932 --> 00:03:47,936 at least our white picket purgatory feels logical. 65 00:03:48,603 --> 00:03:51,856 We moved to Madre Linda for the schools, after all. 66 00:03:52,815 --> 00:03:56,861 When that patented NorCal fog burns off, you can see for miles. 67 00:03:56,945 --> 00:03:59,155 Miles of nosy neighbors, peering suspiciously 68 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:02,242 from behind lawn care equipment and video doorbells. 69 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:07,038 But, hey, safest neighborhood in the Golden State. 70 00:04:07,121 --> 00:04:09,666 And who wouldn't sell their soul for that? 71 00:04:11,209 --> 00:04:12,794 We have everything. 72 00:04:12,877 --> 00:04:15,338 So he has everything. 73 00:04:15,421 --> 00:04:19,467 The perfect family, funded by Quinn blood money. 74 00:04:19,550 --> 00:04:21,594 We wanted to get here all on our own. 75 00:04:21,678 --> 00:04:25,265 You compromise when you have to, when it's for them. 76 00:04:25,348 --> 00:04:26,849 Welcome home, Forty. 77 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:28,893 Maybe we can use his real name. 78 00:04:32,689 --> 00:04:34,065 We're a family. 79 00:04:34,691 --> 00:04:38,903 [Joe] Me, a boy and his mom, who is usually great 80 00:04:38,987 --> 00:04:41,489 but occasionally murders people with her bare hands. 81 00:04:41,572 --> 00:04:42,949 What could go wrong? 82 00:04:43,032 --> 00:04:44,492 ["Buzzkill" playing] 83 00:04:45,910 --> 00:04:49,789 We've barely left the house since that drive home from the hospital. 84 00:04:49,872 --> 00:04:52,500 ♪ But this life is shit And I just don't want it... ♪ 85 00:04:52,583 --> 00:04:53,876 [Henry crying] 86 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,421 ♪ I hate to be a buzzkill... ♪ 87 00:04:56,504 --> 00:05:00,800 [Joe] I'd imagined parenthood would feel like an essay by Nicholson Baker. 88 00:05:01,467 --> 00:05:04,387 Tiny moments made magnificent. 89 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:05,471 Yeah. 90 00:05:05,555 --> 00:05:07,807 ♪ "Good things happen To people that are bad" ♪ 91 00:05:09,642 --> 00:05:13,146 [Joe] Or maybe a novel by Louisa May Alcott. 92 00:05:13,229 --> 00:05:16,983 Hard work but rewarding. Noble, even. 93 00:05:17,066 --> 00:05:19,027 - Go, go, go. - Okay, okay, okay. 94 00:05:20,445 --> 00:05:22,613 ♪ I don't wanna be a buzzkill ♪ 95 00:05:26,075 --> 00:05:28,786 ♪ I hate to be a buzzkill... ♪ 96 00:05:28,870 --> 00:05:31,789 [Joe] Turns out, parenthood is Groundhog Day 97 00:05:31,873 --> 00:05:33,875 as written by Jean-Paul Sartre. 98 00:05:33,958 --> 00:05:35,460 [Henry crying over monitor] 99 00:05:36,711 --> 00:05:37,545 Joe. 100 00:05:37,628 --> 00:05:39,630 [Joe] Despite living in some Greek myth 101 00:05:39,714 --> 00:05:43,259 about pushing a boulder of baby poop up a hill, 102 00:05:43,968 --> 00:05:46,846 it's incredible, the urge to protect. 103 00:05:47,472 --> 00:05:51,100 I feel it in my bones. I would do anything for him. 104 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,811 "I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out 105 00:05:53,895 --> 00:05:55,813 the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. 106 00:05:55,897 --> 00:05:59,025 He'd come a long way to this blue lawn, and it..." 107 00:06:02,111 --> 00:06:03,111 It's okay. 108 00:06:03,654 --> 00:06:07,408 What I don't feel is connection. 109 00:06:07,492 --> 00:06:08,534 [crying] 110 00:06:08,618 --> 00:06:12,747 The more I try to bond, the more he cries. 111 00:06:12,830 --> 00:06:15,750 He knows we don't have it. 112 00:06:18,002 --> 00:06:19,420 [crying continues] 113 00:06:23,091 --> 00:06:24,926 - You okay? - I'm fine. 114 00:06:25,009 --> 00:06:27,345 [Joe] "I'm fine" is code for "nipples are bleeding, 115 00:06:27,428 --> 00:06:28,805 hormones still a mosh pit, 116 00:06:28,888 --> 00:06:31,557 haven't slept in six months, and have not begun to process 117 00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:33,684 - the death of my brother." - [knocking on door] 118 00:06:33,768 --> 00:06:37,105 I'm here. Where's my perfect boy? 119 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:39,399 Look what Glamma got Forty. 120 00:06:39,482 --> 00:06:41,776 [Joe] Also not processing Forty's death, 121 00:06:41,859 --> 00:06:45,321 Glamma Dottie, who got a condo 30 minutes away. 122 00:06:45,405 --> 00:06:47,740 Mom, his name is Henry. 123 00:06:47,824 --> 00:06:51,202 Well, Henry smells like he needs a change. 124 00:06:51,285 --> 00:06:53,121 I'll do it. If you just, uh... 125 00:06:53,996 --> 00:06:55,998 take a few photos for my feed. 126 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:58,835 - Okay. - [Joe] Though she is chronicling her grief 127 00:06:58,918 --> 00:07:01,170 extensively on Instagram. 128 00:07:01,254 --> 00:07:05,675 And her shaman officially confirmed that Henry is Forty, reincarnated. 129 00:07:05,758 --> 00:07:08,177 Given how ecstatic he is when she comes around 130 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:12,098 and how, well, not with me, Dottie's Shaman might be right. 131 00:07:15,143 --> 00:07:16,394 [ominous music playing] 132 00:07:17,645 --> 00:07:22,358 At least I have a small remnant of my former life. 133 00:07:29,532 --> 00:07:31,701 There's no bookstore in this circle of hell, 134 00:07:31,784 --> 00:07:34,203 but I found willing buyers online. 135 00:07:34,871 --> 00:07:36,998 And I send the profits to Ellie... 136 00:07:37,999 --> 00:07:39,542 whenever I hear from her. 137 00:07:45,047 --> 00:07:48,384 [Joe] On the rare occasion we do venture into the wild, Forty... 138 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:53,389 No, no. Henry inevitably cries before we're handed our lattes. 139 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:54,557 [Henry crying] 140 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:58,810 [Sherry] Aw. 141 00:07:59,896 --> 00:08:03,274 My twins had an oral fixation for the record books. 142 00:08:04,817 --> 00:08:06,569 Sherry, by the way. 143 00:08:06,652 --> 00:08:10,573 [Joe] As in, locally famous momfluencer Sherry Conrad. 144 00:08:10,656 --> 00:08:15,036 Her blog slash podcast slash brand, Heart-Shaped Mistakes... 145 00:08:15,119 --> 00:08:17,997 Kill me... is a mecca of humblebragging and superiority 146 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:19,916 fronting as hard-earned wisdom. 147 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:22,168 - I'm Love. - Quinn-Goldberg? 148 00:08:22,251 --> 00:08:24,003 - And this is Joe? - [Love] Yeah. 149 00:08:24,086 --> 00:08:27,507 And Mr. Handsome here is Forty, is it? 150 00:08:27,590 --> 00:08:30,468 - Henry. It's Henry. - Crazy it's taken months for us to meet. 151 00:08:30,551 --> 00:08:32,929 Yeah. Well, newborn, you know. 152 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:35,348 Oh, my God. I completely understand. 153 00:08:35,431 --> 00:08:37,767 Glad we're able to run into each other. 154 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:42,522 We gotta get coffee together, Love. I'll share all my secrets. 155 00:08:42,605 --> 00:08:43,648 [Joe] That tone, 156 00:08:43,731 --> 00:08:47,318 warm with an undertone of Peach-level condescension. 157 00:08:47,401 --> 00:08:49,695 You're doing great. Bye. 158 00:08:49,779 --> 00:08:50,947 Thanks. Bye. 159 00:08:51,989 --> 00:08:54,742 Like I need her approval. What the fuck? 160 00:08:54,825 --> 00:08:57,787 She's lucky I didn't stab her in the eye. Let's go. 161 00:08:58,663 --> 00:09:01,499 [Joe] Thing about trying to keep a human infant alive, 162 00:09:01,582 --> 00:09:05,711 you can't afford to think too hard about who you're in the trenches with. 163 00:09:05,795 --> 00:09:07,338 I'm in the trenches with a woman 164 00:09:07,421 --> 00:09:09,465 who jokes about stabbing someone in the eye, 165 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:12,635 - but is actually perfectly capable of it. - Want some? 166 00:09:12,718 --> 00:09:14,345 Mm. Thank you. 167 00:09:15,805 --> 00:09:20,560 I don't let myself think about who Love is, what she is. 168 00:09:20,643 --> 00:09:24,564 My job is to be a good husband so I can be a good father. 169 00:09:24,647 --> 00:09:25,773 Hey, Natalie! 170 00:09:26,649 --> 00:09:27,733 Hi. 171 00:09:28,985 --> 00:09:30,319 [ominous music playing] 172 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:44,249 [door unlocks] 173 00:09:47,253 --> 00:09:49,297 I don't get what her problem is. 174 00:09:49,839 --> 00:09:52,967 - What? Who? - Our neighbor, Natalie. 175 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:56,846 She didn't give us a housewarming gift, nothing when Forty was born. 176 00:09:56,929 --> 00:09:58,973 Henry. Henry. 177 00:09:59,056 --> 00:10:02,018 Yeah, I think you're right. She seems a little off. 178 00:10:07,023 --> 00:10:09,358 What, did I kiss you wrong? Or... 179 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:11,861 No, no, I'm just tired. 180 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:15,531 And this place is a mess. And Sherry just said to my face... 181 00:10:16,157 --> 00:10:20,244 - basically, that I'm a mess. - She's an idiot. Just lie down. 182 00:10:20,328 --> 00:10:22,830 I'll take care of this, take care of him. 183 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:25,791 - [Henry crying] - Shh. 184 00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:29,128 [Joe] And there he goes. Every time I touch him. 185 00:10:29,211 --> 00:10:31,922 Just fucking let me do it, Joe. Joe. Joe. 186 00:10:32,006 --> 00:10:33,007 It's fine. 187 00:10:34,091 --> 00:10:36,594 Come on. Let's go. Let's go. 188 00:10:38,179 --> 00:10:39,889 - [Henry stops crying] - Hey, hey, hey. 189 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:42,016 [Joe] Why does my own child not like me? 190 00:10:42,099 --> 00:10:45,436 You know, babies can tell when your heart's not in it. 191 00:10:45,519 --> 00:10:48,731 - I... What...? - No. I'm sorry. It's all in my head. 192 00:10:52,193 --> 00:10:54,028 [pensive music playing] 193 00:10:57,907 --> 00:10:59,283 Go fuck yourself. 194 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,502 [Joe] Love's right. My heart's not really in it. 195 00:11:10,378 --> 00:11:13,964 How could it be when you stole it? 196 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:15,840 Love? 197 00:11:17,885 --> 00:11:18,928 Hey, uh... 198 00:11:20,554 --> 00:11:23,683 we're running low on diapers, so I'll be right back. 199 00:11:31,732 --> 00:11:35,820 Honestly, you're what's gotten me through this imprisonment. 200 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:41,492 The green light at the end of my dock. 201 00:11:43,619 --> 00:11:46,497 Knowing you feel the same as I do. 202 00:11:48,249 --> 00:11:49,875 Hello, neighbor. 203 00:11:58,467 --> 00:12:00,428 [Joe] I don't want it to happen here like this. 204 00:12:00,511 --> 00:12:03,264 I want you some place luxurious. You deserve that. 205 00:12:03,347 --> 00:12:06,392 The car is fine. Shut up and kiss me. 206 00:12:06,475 --> 00:12:08,018 Did you just read my mind? 207 00:12:08,102 --> 00:12:09,687 [dramatic music playing] 208 00:12:14,275 --> 00:12:15,484 [knocking on glass] 209 00:12:21,907 --> 00:12:23,617 - Hey, neighbor. - Hi, Natalie. 210 00:12:23,701 --> 00:12:27,455 You must be so under-slept. I hear your baby crying all the time. 211 00:12:27,538 --> 00:12:30,332 - Oh. - No, no. Babies cry. Just... 212 00:12:30,416 --> 00:12:34,086 I get why you might be sleeping in a grocery store parking lot. 213 00:12:34,170 --> 00:12:36,964 Here. I thought I'd save you a trip. 214 00:12:37,047 --> 00:12:38,883 [Joe] You've been watching me too. 215 00:12:38,966 --> 00:12:41,218 - Thank you. - One more thing. 216 00:12:41,302 --> 00:12:44,847 Don't believe the bullshit about breastfeeding preventing pregnancy. 217 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:47,141 My sister got knocked up so fast. 218 00:12:47,224 --> 00:12:49,393 Friends tell friends. So... 219 00:12:52,521 --> 00:12:54,273 [Joe] Are you flirting with me? 220 00:13:01,030 --> 00:13:04,533 [Joe] Sure, the condom thing may be a little joke from a neighbor 221 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:06,952 with a mild taste for stirring the pot. 222 00:13:07,036 --> 00:13:10,414 Just friendly. Very friendly though. 223 00:13:10,498 --> 00:13:13,584 Exciting as that is, I have to be careful. 224 00:13:13,667 --> 00:13:18,339 I can't just walk out of this web. The spider has my child. 225 00:13:18,422 --> 00:13:21,217 Also, truth? I've made... 226 00:13:23,093 --> 00:13:24,887 mistakes in the past. 227 00:13:30,267 --> 00:13:31,894 Would you be a mistake? 228 00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:34,438 Who are you? 229 00:13:37,733 --> 00:13:40,194 - Where are you going? Great, feed Henry. - Oh, just... 230 00:13:40,277 --> 00:13:43,447 I got winded going up ten stairs. I need to hit a gym. 231 00:13:44,198 --> 00:13:45,198 [Joe] Shit. 232 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:51,789 Whenever I hang with Henry, I'm reminded of two things. 233 00:13:51,872 --> 00:13:53,374 One, he hates me. 234 00:13:53,457 --> 00:13:57,378 Two, I have to protect him at all costs from what happened to me. 235 00:13:57,461 --> 00:13:58,921 [boy 1] Joey! 236 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:01,841 - Where's your mama now? - [boy 2] Run, you little bitch! 237 00:14:01,924 --> 00:14:04,260 - Run, you little bitch! - Come get some. 238 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:06,011 - What are you scared of? - Get him! 239 00:14:06,095 --> 00:14:07,680 Come on, Joey! 240 00:14:07,763 --> 00:14:08,973 Open the door. 241 00:14:09,056 --> 00:14:11,183 - You freak! - Come get what's coming to you. 242 00:14:11,267 --> 00:14:13,936 - [teacher] Boys! What's going on here? - Teacher! Run! 243 00:14:14,603 --> 00:14:16,146 [woman] Boys! What did...? 244 00:14:20,985 --> 00:14:22,319 [knocking on door] 245 00:14:22,403 --> 00:14:26,115 [Paulie] Hey, hey. Joe, Joe. Let me in. Hey, it's me, it's me. Let me in. 246 00:14:28,784 --> 00:14:29,994 Dude, you okay? 247 00:14:31,036 --> 00:14:33,122 Bro, why do you do this to yourself? 248 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:35,291 - They're the ones who do it. - You asked for it. 249 00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:40,296 - Quit saying your mom's coming back. - She is. 250 00:14:41,255 --> 00:14:43,173 If she cared, would you be here? 251 00:14:43,924 --> 00:14:45,301 - You don't understand. - Fine. 252 00:14:45,926 --> 00:14:47,678 Just shut up about it, okay? 253 00:14:48,929 --> 00:14:50,991 - I don't see why... - The rest of us are trying to deal 254 00:14:51,015 --> 00:14:52,975 with how no one fucking wants us. 255 00:14:53,934 --> 00:14:58,647 Face it. When our parents gave us up, they threw us away forever, man. 256 00:15:01,984 --> 00:15:04,695 [woman] Natalie! Oh, my God, look at this place! 257 00:15:04,778 --> 00:15:05,778 [Joe] Who are you? 258 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:10,784 On the surface, a realtor, and you're good at it. 259 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:13,287 You wanna make things lovelier. 260 00:15:13,370 --> 00:15:16,206 You left college early when you met your husband, 261 00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:18,751 tech entrepreneur Matthew Engler, 262 00:15:18,834 --> 00:15:21,295 about whom there is even less to learn 263 00:15:21,378 --> 00:15:23,923 unless I wanna take the word of publicists 264 00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:26,342 paid to manicure every inch of his online footprint. 265 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,511 Is this what you wanted? 266 00:15:30,304 --> 00:15:33,557 Marry someone older, busy, never home 267 00:15:33,641 --> 00:15:35,976 while you sell houses to rich assholes 268 00:15:36,060 --> 00:15:40,022 and pick up his dry cleaning? Is that love for you? 269 00:15:40,105 --> 00:15:41,815 Do you love him? 270 00:15:41,899 --> 00:15:45,319 Do you long for something deeper, true? 271 00:15:45,903 --> 00:15:47,112 Like I do. 272 00:15:49,698 --> 00:15:51,426 - [Andrew] I know. - [Kiki] I think someone... 273 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:54,453 - Like, I think maybe... - [Sherry] Oh, Love Quinn! 274 00:15:54,536 --> 00:15:56,455 Come hither. [chuckles] 275 00:15:56,538 --> 00:15:59,875 - Hi. - Hi. This is Kiki, and this is Andrew. 276 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:01,794 - Hi. - Nice to meet you. 277 00:16:01,877 --> 00:16:05,339 Love's gorgeous baby boy is, what, seven months? 278 00:16:05,422 --> 00:16:07,091 - [Love] Yeah. - Oh, I miss that age. 279 00:16:07,174 --> 00:16:11,178 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Love, I was glad to see you in class. 280 00:16:11,261 --> 00:16:13,722 - Fucking kicked my ass. - Oh, I know. 281 00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:15,933 That class is for really fit people, 282 00:16:16,016 --> 00:16:17,977 but you'll get used to it. 283 00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:22,356 - I had so much baby weight to lose. - Same. I had quite the journey. 284 00:16:22,439 --> 00:16:24,817 I mean, much worse than yours. 285 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:26,527 It was. It really was. 286 00:16:27,611 --> 00:16:30,823 Is it just me or is everyone calling me fat? 287 00:16:31,448 --> 00:16:33,200 - Oh, oh, no. - No, no, no. 288 00:16:33,283 --> 00:16:35,619 And would that even be a pejorative? 289 00:16:35,703 --> 00:16:38,664 I mean, beauty doesn't have a size, Love. 290 00:16:39,623 --> 00:16:41,125 Come latte with us. 291 00:16:41,750 --> 00:16:43,002 - Yeah? - Mm-hm. 292 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:45,170 Okay. 293 00:16:45,254 --> 00:16:48,173 - Yeah, I could go for some coffee. - Amazing. 294 00:16:48,257 --> 00:16:50,134 Great! We got a group. 295 00:16:50,217 --> 00:16:51,260 [Sherry laughs] 296 00:16:58,392 --> 00:17:00,894 [Joe] I might not have solved the mystery of you yet, 297 00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:05,274 but I know one thing: I wasn't wrong to be intrigued. 298 00:17:07,568 --> 00:17:10,612 Forgive the pun. This speaks volumes about you. 299 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:13,782 I didn't even know this hell-burb had a library. 300 00:17:20,456 --> 00:17:25,127 Libraries represent the very best of civilized society, 301 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:29,256 the housing of an egalitarian access to knowledge. 302 00:17:30,007 --> 00:17:32,217 It's what separates us from the apes. 303 00:17:34,303 --> 00:17:38,807 And yet, it physically hurts to see the condition of most of these books. 304 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:41,810 Mr. Mooney once said the way a society treats its books 305 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:43,574 is the most accurate harbinger of its fate. 306 00:17:43,604 --> 00:17:45,189 You see enough broken bindings, 307 00:17:45,272 --> 00:17:48,692 you know that Rome's burning or will be soon enough. 308 00:17:49,818 --> 00:17:53,864 But there's still something to fight for in this wretched world. 309 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:56,742 Oh, what's little man's name? 310 00:17:56,825 --> 00:18:00,621 - Oh, it's Henry. - I dated a Henry. 311 00:18:00,704 --> 00:18:04,249 - Henrys are great. - Well, Henry thanks you. 312 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:05,501 Excuse us. 313 00:18:05,584 --> 00:18:07,836 Hard to be invisible with the greatest lady magnet 314 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,589 in the history of the species strapped to you. 315 00:18:16,303 --> 00:18:19,431 The Fifth Season, Gone Girl, Seabiscuit. 316 00:18:19,515 --> 00:18:22,392 Okay, I'm stumped. Why those? 317 00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:24,019 - Who are you? - [Henry crying] 318 00:18:24,728 --> 00:18:26,063 Oh, Henry, okay. 319 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:39,201 All right, it's okay. Shh, shh, shh. 320 00:18:39,284 --> 00:18:40,327 [Henry stops crying] 321 00:18:45,082 --> 00:18:47,376 - Hi. - So are you gonna chase after her, 322 00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:50,003 - or could I help you with something? - Yeah. 323 00:18:50,087 --> 00:18:53,966 - I'd like to apply for a library card. - You've come to the right place. 324 00:18:54,049 --> 00:18:55,175 Good. 325 00:18:56,385 --> 00:18:57,636 Fill that out for me. 326 00:18:58,512 --> 00:19:01,807 We have a great kids section just in the corner. 327 00:19:02,516 --> 00:19:05,727 And... you can take that home with you. 328 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:09,231 Natalie picked it out for you. 329 00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:15,737 [Joe] You are flirting with me. 330 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:17,322 - Thank you. - Mm-hm. 331 00:19:22,244 --> 00:19:25,956 When they start to crawl, it's a miracle anyone survives. 332 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:29,334 I'm so blessed we have three incredible nannies. 333 00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:32,504 Oh, my God. It's twice as insane with twins. 334 00:19:32,588 --> 00:19:34,923 It's kind of why I started writing. To just share. 335 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:38,802 So others won't make the mountain of mistakes I did. 336 00:19:38,886 --> 00:19:41,263 Yeah. What is the name of your blog again? 337 00:19:41,346 --> 00:19:43,432 [Kiki]Oh, she's Heart-Shaped Mistakes. 338 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:45,726 - You seriously haven't read it? - No. 339 00:19:45,809 --> 00:19:48,228 - It's small. - She invented momfluencing. 340 00:19:48,312 --> 00:19:49,938 - Don't be humble. - No. It's fun. 341 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:53,817 I can stay home with my twins. What do you do for work? 342 00:19:56,069 --> 00:20:01,366 - Well, I used to... I'm trained as a chef. - Oh. 343 00:20:02,075 --> 00:20:03,660 Yeah, and I, uh... 344 00:20:04,953 --> 00:20:07,664 I haven't really had much time since he was born, I guess. 345 00:20:07,748 --> 00:20:10,459 - Well, yes. - Your job right now is to connect 346 00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:11,960 with your baby and your man. 347 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,714 So easy for you to say. Has your vagina even recovered yet? 348 00:20:15,797 --> 00:20:19,426 - Oh, my God. You're embarrassing her. - Don't be vagina-phobic. 349 00:20:19,509 --> 00:20:25,098 God! I wish someone would've told me. Sex is hard to get back into. 350 00:20:25,641 --> 00:20:29,353 - But connecting intimately? So crucial. - [Andrew] Mm-hm. 351 00:20:29,436 --> 00:20:32,814 Endorphins, oxytocin, it's incredible for the breast milk. 352 00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:35,609 In fact, if you're not orgasming, 353 00:20:35,692 --> 00:20:39,238 your breast milk isn't doing it for your baby's precious growing brain. 354 00:20:40,322 --> 00:20:43,158 - Well, we're all over that, so... - Oh. 355 00:20:43,242 --> 00:20:44,242 Okay. 356 00:20:48,330 --> 00:20:52,501 [Joe] Tender Is the Night is widely considered Fitzgerald's darkest work. 357 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:54,670 It's about marriage and infidelity. 358 00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:57,089 Invitation? Or a warning? 359 00:20:57,172 --> 00:20:59,591 - Okay. I finally got him down. - Mm. Good work. 360 00:21:00,801 --> 00:21:03,512 And I got you... 361 00:21:05,555 --> 00:21:06,765 a pain au chocolat. 362 00:21:07,474 --> 00:21:10,269 [Joe] Don't get me wrong. This isn't some German fairy tale 363 00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:13,772 where a witch keeps me locked up till it's time to eat me. 364 00:21:14,356 --> 00:21:16,692 Love is nice, giving. 365 00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:21,113 I fell in love with a certain version of her. 366 00:21:23,490 --> 00:21:24,574 What do you think? 367 00:21:29,746 --> 00:21:32,916 - It's okay. - Exactly. This is the best bakery in town? 368 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,585 Shoddy lamination. Too sweet. 369 00:21:35,669 --> 00:21:38,839 - Definitely didn't use French butter. - Yeah. Yeah, banish them. 370 00:21:38,922 --> 00:21:41,174 Off with their heads. Done. 371 00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:55,022 - Hi. - Hi. 372 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:07,075 Am I interrupting your reading? 373 00:22:08,076 --> 00:22:10,162 - No, no. No, you're not. - Seems like I am. 374 00:22:10,245 --> 00:22:12,080 - Just come back. Come back, Love. - Fuck. 375 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:13,832 - Stay. Stay. - No, Joe. Why? 376 00:22:16,710 --> 00:22:19,254 - Why won't you talk to me? - What? We talk... 377 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:21,673 Something is going on. You're always distracted. 378 00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:23,800 - I'm not distracted. - Why won't you tell me? 379 00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:26,011 [Henry crying over monitor] 380 00:22:27,929 --> 00:22:28,930 I've got him. 381 00:22:34,144 --> 00:22:36,271 I'm gonna take him to his grandma's. 382 00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,565 - Love. - No, don't worry about it, Joe. 383 00:22:39,608 --> 00:22:40,609 Enjoy the quiet. 384 00:22:57,542 --> 00:22:59,294 [Joe] Where are you? 385 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:00,504 [cell phone buzzing] 386 00:23:13,683 --> 00:23:15,685 - Hello. - [Natalie] Hey, neighbor. 387 00:23:15,769 --> 00:23:17,187 Care for a drink? 388 00:23:19,272 --> 00:23:20,816 How'd you get my number? 389 00:23:21,358 --> 00:23:23,443 My husband, Matthew, works in tech. 390 00:23:25,612 --> 00:23:26,612 So... 391 00:23:27,364 --> 00:23:29,699 not at all invasive tech. 392 00:23:30,867 --> 00:23:32,202 Why are you nervous? 393 00:23:32,285 --> 00:23:34,663 Got some checkered past you're trying to hide? 394 00:23:36,456 --> 00:23:38,542 No, I'm not worried about me so much as... 395 00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:42,879 you know, the future of civilization. 396 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:44,422 Ah. 397 00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:47,217 Well, that's a lost cause. 398 00:23:49,219 --> 00:23:51,304 You know, I feel I should warn you. 399 00:23:52,180 --> 00:23:55,016 There's no such thing as privacy in Madre Linda. 400 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,518 Including here. 401 00:23:57,686 --> 00:23:58,686 See. 402 00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:01,731 All the cameras in my house. 403 00:24:02,691 --> 00:24:06,653 One out here is broken. That's why I spend so much time by the pool. 404 00:24:07,529 --> 00:24:11,950 It's the only place in this entire town I don't feel like I'm being watched. 405 00:24:12,742 --> 00:24:14,202 Boop. Boop. 406 00:24:15,370 --> 00:24:16,371 There. 407 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:17,914 [Joe] You want us to be alone? 408 00:24:17,998 --> 00:24:19,583 Even that's not really privacy. 409 00:24:19,666 --> 00:24:22,043 Matthew will see I turned them off and wonder why. 410 00:24:23,336 --> 00:24:26,339 It's so weird, I don't remember putting on a leash, 411 00:24:26,423 --> 00:24:27,424 just kind of... 412 00:24:28,216 --> 00:24:30,302 slipped around my neck at some point. 413 00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:32,429 [Joe] You're a prisoner too. 414 00:24:32,512 --> 00:24:35,599 I guess marriage isn't really built for secrets. 415 00:24:35,682 --> 00:24:38,185 Or people aren't really built for marriage. 416 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:42,313 Come with. 417 00:24:42,981 --> 00:24:44,232 I need another drink. 418 00:24:57,245 --> 00:24:58,371 To new friends. 419 00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:03,585 "Who can often have a better time together than old." 420 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:05,629 - You got my book. - Hmm. 421 00:25:06,588 --> 00:25:08,006 - Oh, shit. - Whoa. 422 00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:11,801 Here. Is that okay? Can I see it? 423 00:25:13,970 --> 00:25:18,225 Aye. Just put pressure on it. That should stop the bleeding. 424 00:25:22,896 --> 00:25:24,689 Do you have a first aid kit? 425 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:26,524 Yeah. 426 00:25:28,818 --> 00:25:30,028 [Joe] It feels right. 427 00:25:30,111 --> 00:25:31,655 Taking care of you. 428 00:25:32,572 --> 00:25:35,367 There. I think you'll live. 429 00:25:35,951 --> 00:25:39,037 - Does it hurt? - Nothing more wine won't cure. 430 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:51,716 You feel it too, don't you? 431 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:52,801 What? 432 00:25:54,261 --> 00:25:57,222 That feeling when you're first with someone. 433 00:25:57,305 --> 00:26:00,267 All the tension, possibility... 434 00:26:00,350 --> 00:26:02,018 I wish I could bottle it. 435 00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:05,188 It's better than anything. 436 00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:06,272 [Joe] I feel it. 437 00:26:09,192 --> 00:26:12,153 I thought it would stay, with Matthew. 438 00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:16,575 Do you think it inevitably goes away? 439 00:26:16,658 --> 00:26:18,076 I think if it's right... 440 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:21,204 it stays. 441 00:26:22,872 --> 00:26:25,250 So how long did it stay with you and Love? 442 00:26:27,502 --> 00:26:29,296 It's hard to say. Um... 443 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:31,631 I didn't know the real her... 444 00:26:32,966 --> 00:26:34,342 when I fell in love. 445 00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:36,511 - I know how that feels. - I got swept up. 446 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:38,430 By the time I realized, it was too late. 447 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,768 I couldn't leave. I couldn't leave her. 448 00:26:45,228 --> 00:26:46,771 People leave all the time. 449 00:26:50,066 --> 00:26:52,152 Not Love. 450 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:56,197 Our daughter... We thought we were gonna have a little girl. 451 00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:57,407 Anyway... 452 00:26:58,950 --> 00:26:59,993 I'm in it now... 453 00:27:00,994 --> 00:27:01,994 with Love. 454 00:27:02,537 --> 00:27:03,537 Are you? 455 00:27:06,583 --> 00:27:08,418 Kids aren't handcuffs. 456 00:27:09,919 --> 00:27:11,504 Matthew has a stepson. 457 00:27:12,756 --> 00:27:16,176 - We don't see him much. - That sounds terrible, for the kid. 458 00:27:16,259 --> 00:27:17,927 It's fine, actually. 459 00:27:18,011 --> 00:27:19,054 You know why? 460 00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:21,806 People are happier when they aren't lying to themselves... 461 00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:24,225 and everyone else. 462 00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:25,977 So, what are you doing here? 463 00:27:27,854 --> 00:27:28,854 [groans] 464 00:27:30,106 --> 00:27:32,525 - I can't leave him either. - Oh! 465 00:27:34,736 --> 00:27:36,404 I can't do that to him. 466 00:27:37,947 --> 00:27:40,241 Even if it means I stay in this... 467 00:27:40,909 --> 00:27:45,580 Dwell Magazine, Twilight Zone fucking purgatory forever. 468 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,458 - Is it that bad here? - Ha. 469 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:50,710 If you're not careful, 470 00:27:51,628 --> 00:27:54,923 you'll start caring about private schools, 471 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:57,884 stock portfolios, start reading on a Kindle. 472 00:27:57,967 --> 00:27:58,802 Fuck. 473 00:27:58,885 --> 00:27:59,928 [Natalie chuckles] 474 00:28:07,394 --> 00:28:09,187 You wanna see my reading room? 475 00:28:16,152 --> 00:28:18,446 We've always slept in separate rooms. 476 00:28:18,988 --> 00:28:20,281 I'm an insomniac. 477 00:28:20,907 --> 00:28:23,159 Also, a slob. 478 00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:30,542 [Joe] Everything suddenly feels real. 479 00:28:30,625 --> 00:28:34,170 I'm married but to the wrong person. What if you're the right one? 480 00:28:34,254 --> 00:28:36,005 Hey, where'd you go? 481 00:28:37,006 --> 00:28:38,258 Get out of your head. 482 00:28:39,968 --> 00:28:41,219 Come here. 483 00:29:02,115 --> 00:29:04,409 [Joe] No. Husband, father. I can't. 484 00:29:04,492 --> 00:29:05,492 I'm sorry. 485 00:29:06,327 --> 00:29:07,829 I gave you the wrong impression. 486 00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:10,832 - I'm pretty sure you didn't. - No. 487 00:29:13,084 --> 00:29:14,878 I'm just looking for a friend. 488 00:29:16,463 --> 00:29:17,464 Shit. 489 00:29:24,262 --> 00:29:25,930 [Joe] No, never again. 490 00:29:26,014 --> 00:29:29,225 - I promised myself I would do this right. - [door closes] 491 00:29:29,309 --> 00:29:31,644 Love. Hey, I thought... 492 00:29:31,728 --> 00:29:33,396 I got there... 493 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,941 and then I thought about seeing my mom, 494 00:29:37,025 --> 00:29:39,819 and I went and got Häagen-Dazs instead. 495 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:44,324 Are you okay? You look a little flushed. 496 00:29:45,533 --> 00:29:47,285 I just had a drink with the neighbor. 497 00:29:47,368 --> 00:29:49,245 - Hmm. [chuckles] - You're right. She's crazy. 498 00:29:49,788 --> 00:29:52,832 Look, I'm sorry for running off. 499 00:29:52,916 --> 00:29:53,917 I just... 500 00:30:02,383 --> 00:30:04,469 I was just thinking about our vows. 501 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:07,555 Oh. Yeah. 502 00:30:08,181 --> 00:30:11,559 The ones we wrote on In-N-Out bags on the way to the courthouse. 503 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:16,147 You said you would always share a bite of your pastry with me. 504 00:30:16,689 --> 00:30:18,817 That's... That's so generous. 505 00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:22,612 - I am generous. - You really are, and I'm an asshole. 506 00:30:22,695 --> 00:30:26,324 - No, you're not. You're just... - I am. And it's been so crazy. 507 00:30:27,951 --> 00:30:30,328 And I was just thinking about that bite. 508 00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:34,624 And you were hungry? 509 00:30:36,751 --> 00:30:38,169 - Yeah. - Me too. 510 00:30:38,253 --> 00:30:39,629 [dramatic music playing] 511 00:30:47,262 --> 00:30:49,055 [Joe] That feeling you wanna bottle, 512 00:30:49,138 --> 00:30:51,391 turns out, it can come back. 513 00:30:51,474 --> 00:30:53,911 Maybe this is what we were looking for in each other, Natalie. 514 00:30:53,935 --> 00:30:55,520 What I needed from you. 515 00:30:55,603 --> 00:30:58,189 A way back to Love. 516 00:30:58,273 --> 00:31:00,567 Maybe, thanks to you, 517 00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:02,318 I can make this work. 518 00:31:06,239 --> 00:31:07,282 [moaning] 519 00:31:16,666 --> 00:31:19,377 I should have told Sherry we were busy. This is gonna suck. 520 00:31:19,460 --> 00:31:21,921 Something tells me she's not someone you say no to. 521 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:23,714 It'll be fine. 522 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:25,884 - [doorbell rings] - I have you... 523 00:31:26,968 --> 00:31:28,011 and pie. 524 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,180 - Quinn-Goldbergs. - [Love] Hey. 525 00:31:31,264 --> 00:31:34,434 - Step right on up. - Here you go. This is for you. 526 00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:36,227 - It's gluten-free. - Oh, great. 527 00:31:36,311 --> 00:31:37,311 Yes. 528 00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:40,398 [Joe] Fun fact, Sherry had to post an apology video 529 00:31:40,481 --> 00:31:42,275 in August 2020 after it was discovered 530 00:31:42,358 --> 00:31:45,069 that she had a massive party while the rest of us were home, 531 00:31:45,153 --> 00:31:46,988 clutching hand sanitizer. 532 00:31:47,530 --> 00:31:50,116 Rumor was, the whole neighborhood got a secret vaccine 533 00:31:50,199 --> 00:31:53,494 manufactured for the Queen of England and were thus immune to COVID. 534 00:31:53,995 --> 00:31:56,080 I don't believe in conspiracies, 535 00:31:56,164 --> 00:31:59,375 except when they're about unfair advantages of being rich. 536 00:31:59,459 --> 00:32:02,170 Those are true. Trust me, I married a Quinn. 537 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:05,840 Go get you some Pinot. It's from my friends' winery. 538 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:08,343 They 3D-print their wine barrels. 539 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:10,761 Hi. 540 00:32:11,179 --> 00:32:12,764 [indistinct chatter] 541 00:32:15,850 --> 00:32:16,935 Thank you. 542 00:32:17,810 --> 00:32:20,939 Oh, that's Kiki and her husband, Brandon. 543 00:32:21,648 --> 00:32:25,401 And there's Andrew and his lawyer husband. 544 00:32:25,485 --> 00:32:27,028 I can't remember his name. 545 00:32:27,528 --> 00:32:28,529 Jackson. 546 00:32:33,076 --> 00:32:35,954 Andrew, Jackson. Now, that is unfortunate. 547 00:32:36,537 --> 00:32:37,789 Oh, my God. 548 00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:41,834 - How could I forget? - They seem okay, 549 00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:44,545 if you discount the obscene one-percenter bubble they live in. 550 00:32:44,629 --> 00:32:48,758 Mm. I have to discount that or we'd have to guillotine both of us too. 551 00:32:48,841 --> 00:32:50,593 Then they're a nice couple. 552 00:32:51,552 --> 00:32:52,637 [Sherry laughing] 553 00:32:53,513 --> 00:32:55,306 Contrary to our gracious host. 554 00:32:55,390 --> 00:32:57,016 [Joe] Never trust a queen bee. 555 00:32:57,100 --> 00:32:59,143 Let me show you around, Love. 556 00:32:59,227 --> 00:33:00,853 - Oh, thank you. - Yeah. 557 00:33:01,688 --> 00:33:03,189 [Cary] Ah, you must be Joe. 558 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:05,942 Finally, we meet. Cary Conrad. 559 00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:11,406 'Cause is your life even a brand without a perfectly imperfect soulmate? 560 00:33:11,489 --> 00:33:12,699 Oh, my God. 561 00:33:13,783 --> 00:33:16,661 Mission accomplished. I cannot tell who the bigger douchebag is. 562 00:33:16,744 --> 00:33:19,747 - Nice to meet you. - Let me show you the grill setup. 563 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:21,332 Okay. 564 00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:27,213 A sea of awkward nerds made good. Tech made the money, wives did the rest. 565 00:33:27,296 --> 00:33:28,840 Clothes, hair, Barry's Bootcamp, 566 00:33:28,923 --> 00:33:33,386 and they go from kid-stuffed-in-locker to 21st-century master of the universe. 567 00:33:33,469 --> 00:33:36,264 - It's kind of sweet. - Kiki tells Dakota, "Don't bother Daddy. 568 00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:39,517 He's micro-dosing ketamine. It's his special time." 569 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,978 [Joe] If you overlook the haze of narcissistic delusion 570 00:33:42,061 --> 00:33:43,271 that just the right biohack, 571 00:33:43,354 --> 00:33:44,564 you'll live forever. 572 00:33:44,647 --> 00:33:47,942 It's all paleo. Well, keto, really. 573 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:51,362 I find when I I.F., I'm good on any amount of fats. 574 00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:53,406 - I.F.? - Intermittent fasting. 575 00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:55,365 You don't? 576 00:33:55,742 --> 00:34:00,580 Well, I mean, obviously you must not because you're genetically blessed. 577 00:34:01,706 --> 00:34:02,915 Let me get in there. 578 00:34:03,666 --> 00:34:04,666 Oh, yeah. 579 00:34:05,126 --> 00:34:06,753 Lucky. Super high metab. 580 00:34:07,378 --> 00:34:10,882 The guys come and train with me. I'm a monster. You'll love it. 581 00:34:10,965 --> 00:34:14,302 [Joe] Is he flirting with me or inviting me to join Fight Club? 582 00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:15,845 Help yourself to meat. 583 00:34:15,928 --> 00:34:17,055 I'll be back. 584 00:34:20,767 --> 00:34:23,227 I didn't know Lena and Chris were back from Paris. 585 00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:26,981 Oh, and apparently had the best time. 586 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:29,233 - They're open, the marriage. - [Love] Oh. 587 00:34:30,943 --> 00:34:32,195 No judgment from me. 588 00:34:32,987 --> 00:34:33,987 Really? 589 00:34:34,614 --> 00:34:36,741 - None? - I spent my summers growing up 590 00:34:36,824 --> 00:34:39,952 on a commune, so I got a big dose of all that. 591 00:34:40,036 --> 00:34:41,746 Whatever works, right? 592 00:34:42,663 --> 00:34:45,541 You are such a breath of fresh air, Love. 593 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:47,043 I'm glad you moved here. 594 00:34:48,836 --> 00:34:51,339 - My pleasure. - Oh. 595 00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:52,465 Hi. 596 00:34:52,548 --> 00:34:54,634 Natalie and Matthew Engler. 597 00:34:54,717 --> 00:34:58,137 - Oh, she looks amazing. - She is a bad person. 598 00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:03,101 Matthew was married to this incredible woman named Mimi, 599 00:35:03,184 --> 00:35:06,104 mother of his child, and then, well... 600 00:35:06,187 --> 00:35:07,688 He met Natalie, and... 601 00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:11,400 We're far too feminist to ever say a woman stole a man. 602 00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:15,655 She's nice enough. Great realtor, you know. A cheater. 603 00:35:15,738 --> 00:35:17,907 Good to know when a person lives next door. 604 00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:18,825 [Kiki] Mm-hm. 605 00:35:18,908 --> 00:35:22,578 Oh, I must say hello to Les. He's sourcing us a French bulldog. 606 00:35:22,662 --> 00:35:24,705 - I'm empty. I'm gonna go fill up. - Okay. 607 00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:32,380 [Joe] You're here, with him? 608 00:35:32,463 --> 00:35:34,257 Looking perfectly content. 609 00:35:34,924 --> 00:35:38,094 Was our evening nothing? A mistake for us both? 610 00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:43,432 Ever sat in a virtual reality pod? 611 00:35:43,933 --> 00:35:45,977 - Joe? - No, I can't say that I have. 612 00:35:46,060 --> 00:35:49,313 Oh, Cary's got one in his garage. It's insane. 613 00:35:49,397 --> 00:35:53,151 Not even just for porn. But also the porn is spectacular. 614 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:56,696 [Joe] We as a species deserve to go extinct. 615 00:35:58,281 --> 00:35:59,615 [women laughing] 616 00:36:00,491 --> 00:36:02,827 So my friend Rachel in L.A., 617 00:36:03,411 --> 00:36:07,790 she said the brother's a crackhead who got himself killed. 618 00:36:07,874 --> 00:36:11,460 And the dad's shady too. Apparently, Anavrin is a front. 619 00:36:11,544 --> 00:36:13,754 Money just papers over that garbage fire. 620 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:18,050 And, of course, she took her daddy's cash, bought a whole new life here, 621 00:36:18,134 --> 00:36:20,845 where the rest of us work for what we have. 622 00:36:20,928 --> 00:36:22,430 - [Kiki] Amen. - [Sherry] Amen. 623 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:23,513 Hi. 624 00:36:24,390 --> 00:36:25,808 Can I top off your wine? 625 00:36:26,893 --> 00:36:28,561 - Hi. - [Sherry] Oh, my God! 626 00:36:28,644 --> 00:36:29,644 Okay. 627 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:37,069 May I state the obvious? Sherry Conrad is a terrible person. 628 00:36:38,446 --> 00:36:42,033 - Can you fucking believe that? - Who runs this town, so... 629 00:36:43,075 --> 00:36:45,828 you kind of can't get righteously indignant 630 00:36:45,912 --> 00:36:48,748 unless you also wanna be lonely. 631 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,501 Well, I have friends. 632 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:54,587 Where, in L.A.? 633 00:36:56,047 --> 00:36:57,924 You need some here too. 634 00:36:58,758 --> 00:37:01,010 I assume you came here for the schools? 635 00:37:01,510 --> 00:37:04,013 Well, now, you know those come at a cost. 636 00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:05,848 Pinot, please. 637 00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:09,769 Look, they hate me. 638 00:37:10,436 --> 00:37:14,232 Think I stole Matthew from their friend, who by the way, was cheating first, but... 639 00:37:15,274 --> 00:37:16,901 Point is, 640 00:37:16,984 --> 00:37:19,904 everyone has to find their way in Madre Linda. 641 00:37:21,822 --> 00:37:24,325 You mean, around Sherry and her mafia? 642 00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:27,495 It'll be easier if you can get them to accept you. 643 00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:31,415 They just called my family a garbage fire. I don't really see that happening. 644 00:37:31,499 --> 00:37:32,625 Okay. Fair. 645 00:37:34,794 --> 00:37:37,672 So do what I do. Get her to respect you. 646 00:37:37,755 --> 00:37:40,424 Authenticity scares the shit out of her. 647 00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:45,096 Do you, no apology, loud and proud, and you'll cow her into, 648 00:37:45,179 --> 00:37:49,141 if not submission, at least basic fake friendship. 649 00:37:50,017 --> 00:37:54,313 Okay, great. One problem. I don't really know who I am these days. 650 00:37:58,901 --> 00:38:00,778 I just had a baby, 651 00:38:01,654 --> 00:38:02,863 and everything's a... 652 00:38:03,739 --> 00:38:07,159 There's nothing authentic or intimidating about me. 653 00:38:07,243 --> 00:38:09,829 I'm just a stay-at-home mom going insane. 654 00:38:13,791 --> 00:38:15,167 I guess there's some... 655 00:38:16,502 --> 00:38:18,045 things I need to figure out. 656 00:38:18,713 --> 00:38:20,506 So if you could do anything, 657 00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:22,800 what would you do? 658 00:38:22,883 --> 00:38:23,883 Just for fun? 659 00:38:25,344 --> 00:38:26,344 Okay. 660 00:38:27,471 --> 00:38:28,848 So this is stupid. 661 00:38:30,391 --> 00:38:33,060 But I have this fantasy of opening a bakery. 662 00:38:33,894 --> 00:38:36,105 I'm a trained pastry chef in another life, 663 00:38:36,188 --> 00:38:39,525 and feels ridiculous to think about in a town where nobody eats gluten. 664 00:38:39,608 --> 00:38:40,651 I eat gluten. 665 00:38:40,735 --> 00:38:41,736 Seriously? 666 00:38:43,446 --> 00:38:44,446 You know what? 667 00:38:45,448 --> 00:38:47,908 There's a space available that might be perfect. 668 00:38:48,451 --> 00:38:49,452 Could be wrong. 669 00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:52,246 Or this was fate. 670 00:38:52,330 --> 00:38:54,373 Call me if you ever wanna see it. 671 00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:56,792 Thank you. 672 00:38:58,794 --> 00:39:02,381 It's really nice to have an actual conversation. 673 00:39:02,465 --> 00:39:04,925 I can't believe we've been living next door for months. 674 00:39:05,551 --> 00:39:07,511 Joe's seen more of you than I have. 675 00:39:07,595 --> 00:39:09,055 Oh, not really. 676 00:39:09,889 --> 00:39:13,642 I keep telling Matthew, I'd love to have you both over for a drink sometime. 677 00:39:14,518 --> 00:39:16,937 It's crazy, we haven't had either of you at the house yet. 678 00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:18,314 We'll do it soon. 679 00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:22,234 Yeah, that sounds great. 680 00:39:23,486 --> 00:39:24,486 Definitely. 681 00:39:25,321 --> 00:39:26,155 [Joe] What is wrong? 682 00:39:26,238 --> 00:39:28,366 I have been doing everything for this family, 683 00:39:28,449 --> 00:39:30,242 and you've been fucking the neighbor. 684 00:39:30,326 --> 00:39:34,288 - What? Wait, what are you talking about? - I'm not an idiot, Joe! 685 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:35,664 I'm not having an... 686 00:39:35,748 --> 00:39:39,210 Look, I don't know what she said, but I told you the truth. 687 00:39:39,293 --> 00:39:42,421 We had a drink. She started acting a little crazy. I left. 688 00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:45,841 Then you came home and fucked me for the first time in six months. 689 00:39:45,925 --> 00:39:48,405 - What is that? A coincidence? - Fine. I like that she flirted. 690 00:39:48,469 --> 00:39:50,739 Is that what we're doing now? Policing each other's minds? 691 00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:53,391 - Are we not allowed to have a fantasy? - Don't give me that. 692 00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:56,519 There's nothing simple about it when somebody gets stuck in your mind. 693 00:39:56,602 --> 00:39:58,747 - I don't care if you fucked her. - Sounds like you care. 694 00:39:58,771 --> 00:40:00,022 Are you obsessed with her? 695 00:40:01,816 --> 00:40:03,317 - It's not like that. - Really? 696 00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:05,111 - Yeah. - You sure? 697 00:40:05,194 --> 00:40:08,656 I'm sure. Because it was like that with you, Love! I married you. 698 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:11,419 The man I fell in love with would do anything for the ones he loves. 699 00:40:11,492 --> 00:40:13,744 I still would. I moved here. 700 00:40:13,828 --> 00:40:17,123 We're in this fake, plastic suburban hell. 701 00:40:17,206 --> 00:40:21,544 - We moved here for the baby. - He was supposed to be a girl. 702 00:40:22,878 --> 00:40:24,755 What does that fucking matter? 703 00:40:24,839 --> 00:40:27,383 I don't even... I... I don't... It doesn't. 704 00:40:27,466 --> 00:40:30,136 It feels so emblematic of getting it wrong, 705 00:40:30,219 --> 00:40:33,514 of feeling like I am gonna fuck him up. Like he knows. 706 00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:35,599 He looks at me like I'm a monster. 707 00:40:36,892 --> 00:40:38,352 How do you think I feel? 708 00:40:39,019 --> 00:40:42,731 You remember what Forty said. Five seconds before he died. 709 00:40:44,692 --> 00:40:47,445 That I'd be crazy if I ever thought I could be a good mother. 710 00:40:48,571 --> 00:40:50,656 Well, he was out of his mind. 711 00:40:53,367 --> 00:40:54,577 Maybe he wasn't. 712 00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:00,331 We... 713 00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:03,126 both... 714 00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:05,838 have done bad things. 715 00:41:08,716 --> 00:41:10,634 I wanted to move here so that... 716 00:41:11,886 --> 00:41:13,137 we could start new... 717 00:41:14,013 --> 00:41:17,808 be safe and never have to do anything bad ever again. 718 00:41:19,226 --> 00:41:20,519 We get to choose. 719 00:41:20,603 --> 00:41:22,605 We get to choose. We are safe now. 720 00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:24,189 We're together. 721 00:41:24,732 --> 00:41:26,108 I promise, no more. 722 00:41:27,234 --> 00:41:30,946 No more bad things ever again, okay? 723 00:41:32,281 --> 00:41:34,658 While we're telling the truth, 724 00:41:34,742 --> 00:41:37,119 you are a great mother. 725 00:41:38,746 --> 00:41:39,746 Thanks. 726 00:41:45,002 --> 00:41:48,297 Does that mean I can stop reading Sherry's shitty blog? 727 00:41:54,136 --> 00:41:56,263 There's still time to bond with him. 728 00:41:57,848 --> 00:42:01,477 Try reading him something other than Fitzgerald. He is a baby. 729 00:42:04,438 --> 00:42:05,981 Yeah, I'll give it a shot. 730 00:42:10,819 --> 00:42:11,904 Should we go home? 731 00:42:12,988 --> 00:42:14,323 Yeah, let's go home. 732 00:42:24,583 --> 00:42:26,001 - [Henry crying] - [humming] 733 00:42:27,586 --> 00:42:29,547 - Hey, are we okay? - Hey. 734 00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:31,507 - He's been great all night. - Okay. 735 00:42:31,590 --> 00:42:34,927 Go get some rest. I got him. Really. I got him. I got him. 736 00:42:35,010 --> 00:42:36,637 - Thank you, thank you. - Good night. 737 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:38,406 - Thank you, thank you. - I love you, Forty. 738 00:42:38,430 --> 00:42:39,431 Oh. 739 00:42:40,182 --> 00:42:41,517 You're okay, Henry. 740 00:42:43,060 --> 00:42:46,438 "Happily ever after" looks a lot different than I thought. 741 00:42:51,986 --> 00:42:54,488 And a family, the reality of one, 742 00:42:54,572 --> 00:42:56,240 might not be for everyone... 743 00:42:57,992 --> 00:43:00,494 but it's all I've ever wanted. 744 00:43:01,662 --> 00:43:04,832 So I'm gonna make this work. No matter what it takes. 745 00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:11,171 Goodbye, you. 746 00:43:18,804 --> 00:43:20,055 [upbeat music playing] 747 00:43:24,768 --> 00:43:27,271 [man] Nineteen bucks? It's crazy. I'll give you 2 bucks. 748 00:43:27,354 --> 00:43:31,275 This isn't a pawnshop, sir. We don't negotiate late fees. 749 00:43:31,358 --> 00:43:34,153 Manager. I wanna speak to a manager. 750 00:43:55,924 --> 00:43:56,924 [sighs] 751 00:43:58,969 --> 00:44:00,346 Hi, Natalie. 752 00:44:02,097 --> 00:44:03,097 Yep. 753 00:44:03,766 --> 00:44:07,770 Yeah, I wanted to see that place you were talking about for a bakery. 754 00:44:11,482 --> 00:44:12,482 Amazing. 755 00:44:13,150 --> 00:44:17,738 "But he could not think of a story to tell Frog. 756 00:44:18,572 --> 00:44:19,448 Then... 757 00:44:19,531 --> 00:44:20,532 Uh... 758 00:44:21,283 --> 00:44:24,703 Toad poured a glass of water over his head." 759 00:44:28,957 --> 00:44:31,960 Am I the asshole here? I'm sorry. That's a bad word. 760 00:44:33,587 --> 00:44:34,588 Is it me? 761 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:38,550 I'm trying. 762 00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:42,346 I'm in over my head. 763 00:44:43,055 --> 00:44:45,933 He said, using an idiom his son will never understand 764 00:44:46,016 --> 00:44:48,435 because it's impossible to communicate with babies. 765 00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:49,519 [coos] 766 00:44:50,396 --> 00:44:51,897 Yeah, right. Exactly. 767 00:44:51,980 --> 00:44:53,232 [babbling] 768 00:45:01,198 --> 00:45:03,325 How are we supposed to understand each other? 769 00:45:05,077 --> 00:45:07,162 How am I supposed to do this right? 770 00:45:09,164 --> 00:45:11,125 I wanna do this right, Forty... 771 00:45:11,208 --> 00:45:12,835 Henry. Henry. 772 00:45:12,918 --> 00:45:13,919 Henry, you see? 773 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,755 You're getting into my head. 774 00:45:21,093 --> 00:45:22,970 I'm gonna do everything I can. 775 00:45:26,473 --> 00:45:29,101 I just don't know what that means yet. 776 00:45:29,727 --> 00:45:30,727 I... 777 00:45:32,688 --> 00:45:33,939 [laughing] 778 00:45:41,822 --> 00:45:43,782 So wait, you don't hate me? 779 00:45:43,866 --> 00:45:45,159 [babbles] 780 00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:51,749 Yeah, same here. 781 00:45:52,624 --> 00:45:53,625 Same here. 782 00:45:54,209 --> 00:45:55,919 Okay. Yeah, it's a good talk. 783 00:45:56,670 --> 00:45:57,546 [clearing throat] 784 00:45:57,629 --> 00:45:59,131 Yeah, let's keep reading. 785 00:46:00,174 --> 00:46:01,174 Uh... 786 00:46:01,633 --> 00:46:04,136 "'Why are you pouring water over your head?' asked Frog. 787 00:46:05,596 --> 00:46:10,309 'I hope that if I pour water over my head, it will help me to think of a story.'" 788 00:46:18,358 --> 00:46:19,610 It's cute, right? 789 00:46:19,693 --> 00:46:22,154 Build-out's already mostly done for you. 790 00:46:25,866 --> 00:46:28,952 And the tenant left all the appliances? 791 00:46:29,787 --> 00:46:31,121 Kind of had to. 792 00:46:31,872 --> 00:46:33,290 Look, I'm not gonna lie. 793 00:46:33,373 --> 00:46:36,043 This town isn't exactly the easiest market. 794 00:46:36,126 --> 00:46:38,086 Your stuff has to be good. 795 00:46:38,629 --> 00:46:41,548 - That, I'm not worried about. - Then nothing to worry about. 796 00:46:42,382 --> 00:46:44,718 Except landlord has another offer. 797 00:46:45,969 --> 00:46:51,016 But he loves me, so sign a 3-year lease today and you're golden. 798 00:46:52,726 --> 00:46:55,062 I already sent you papers to e-sign. 799 00:46:58,690 --> 00:47:02,069 - Can I...? Can I see downstairs? - Yeah, let's go. 800 00:47:31,974 --> 00:47:34,268 Okay, so I know how it looks, 801 00:47:34,351 --> 00:47:37,145 but I was told this is the best walk-in freezer on the market. 802 00:47:39,022 --> 00:47:40,816 Let me show you the other storage room. 803 00:47:55,622 --> 00:47:56,915 Permits are easy. 804 00:47:56,999 --> 00:48:00,085 So you can have this place up and running crazy fast. 805 00:48:13,724 --> 00:48:14,892 [moaning] 806 00:48:14,975 --> 00:48:16,226 [dramatic music playing] 807 00:48:43,712 --> 00:48:47,883 Bottom line, in the right hands, this place could be a raging success. 808 00:48:47,966 --> 00:48:50,469 So, what do you think? [gasps] 809 00:48:54,932 --> 00:48:56,642 This is just the beginning, Henry. 810 00:48:56,725 --> 00:48:59,645 Frog and Toad are great. But wait until you meet Pippi Longstocking. 811 00:48:59,728 --> 00:49:01,331 - [cell phone buzzing] - You'll freak out. 812 00:49:01,355 --> 00:49:03,148 I'm just leaving the library. What's up? 813 00:49:03,231 --> 00:49:04,650 [Love sobbing] 814 00:49:06,944 --> 00:49:08,946 Hey, Love. You okay? 815 00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:12,491 Um, Joe. 816 00:49:13,742 --> 00:49:14,868 What's wrong? 817 00:49:15,369 --> 00:49:17,412 I think we need to go to couples' therapy. 818 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:35,555 [theme music playing]