[theme music plays]
♪♪♪
Hey, you should come to the party. It's going to be fun.
-[Anne] Uh, I don't know. -Please. Anne?
-[choppy phone signal] -Anne, can you hear me?
Anne? Oh, shit, no service.
[in French] Shit, those fucking hills!
[Ell, in English] I need movement, in and out!
The delivery trucks, now. Go, go, go.
You're loitering. Come on, man.
Hey.
-Oh, hey, hi. -Hey, um,
I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Dan. I work with Hunter.
Hey, Dan who works with Hunter. I'm Ell who works with Justine
and I love your t-shirt by the way, Huge Robert Plant fan.
Uh…
-I mean, Robert…yeah. -Yeah, um. [laughs]
My girlfriend's a buyer for Ron Herman Japan.
Oh, cool.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Listen, um, Hunter's really excited about tonight.
Uh, he just wants to make sure the party stays outside
-because of the art and stuff. -Oh, yeah, no sweat.
We've got a beautiful Moroccan tent, blankets,
-and, like, heaters, and so… -Great.
We got you. If it drizzles, we're on it.
-Okay. -Okay.
-Thanks. -Uh, Dan, I--
Yeah, I see El Jefe pulling up, so I'll talk to you later, okay?
Of course, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, I'm going to be on the ground the whole night.
Justine, where have you been?
-What do you mean? -The kitchen is waiting for you, everyone.
But what are you talking about? I'm the chef. I don't wash salad.
-Yeah, I know that. I know that. -Yeah?
-Okay. -What is that?
That's a dress for later.
Were we supposed to bring extra clothes, like a change?
Well, I don't know. I'm going to go to the party. Maybe.
-Oh, I didn't bring anything. -Did you see Jerry?
-No, I'm scared. -Why? That he's going to eat you?
Ew, that's so gross. Why are you--
[laughs] Come on, you can't avoid him all night.
-Okay, I won't. -Be brave.
-Okay. [chuckles] -Okay.
You, go.
-Hey. -Well, hello!
-[laughs] -Mwah.
-They've been waiting for you in there. -Yes, hi.
You know, I'm hearing a lot of nos when I should be hearing a lot of yeses.
I am not…no. Yes.
Super important, Jerry. One second. Okay.
[phone rings]
-Sorry. The call must've dropped. -Ell, we don't have to do--
How long have we known each other, huh?
-I said I'd get you something. -Yeah, I know, Jerry.
This is good money, right?
Yes, thank you, Jerry. I'm--I'm---
You're being so kind. I appreciate it.
Did you get my email about the updated vendor list?
-Yeah, I'm on it. -Okay.
-Anything else? -Well, so no.
You're in charge of deliveries. This is--this is your domain.
So you want me to stay in the courtyard all night?
Yeah.
-Oh, okay, I… -[phone rings]
Oh, this is actually a real call. It's the seafood place.
-Yeah. -Hi. Yeah, Ell Horowitz, yeah?
Yes, I'm confirming delivery,
8412 Hither Place, 4:00 pm.
The, the kitchen needs the fish no later than 4:00…
Can you hear me? This is the worst reception.
♪♪♪
[Yasmin] Listen, listen. I actually, um…
[continues indistinctly]
-Yasmin? -[quietly] Hold on.
Hey, babe.
Hey, what's-- what's going on?
Maria says you've been in here for hours.
Are you okay?
No, I'm fine. I just… I've been going through,
oh my God, all these dresses, you know.
I, like, barely wear any of them anymore, so…
Who were you just talking to?
You overheard me having a conversation with myself
about how many dresses I have.
It's ridiculous. And you know, some of the moms from school,
they are going to be driving down to the border.
So, you know, I figured I could give back a little.
Why were you crouched down on the ground?
Because these shoes, honey, it's ridiculous.
I mean, when was the last time you saw me in these?
I just…so I'm just going to keep sorting through
some more of this stuff and then I'll be right down in a minute.
Oh, okay.
-Okay. Love you. -Love you.
["Ya Rahah" by Rachid Taha plays]
♪♪♪
All right, let's make sure these towers are in the corner over there.
Fill them with canapes, four per platter,
and, um, four even stacks of plates, all right.
Of course.
Everybody, I just want to say how excited I am
to be cooking this delicious meal together.
Moroccan food is such an important part of my childhood
and, uh, tonight, these…
[inhales] …smells are just amazing.
Anyway, I'm sorry.
It's just that I'm so happy to have you as my team.
-So let's get cooking. -Oui, chef. Let's do it, y'all.
-Everything okay? -Hmm?
Oh, all good, yeah.
Just, uh, trying to get an ETA on the fish.
The fish is not here yet?
I'm gonna go look into it.
All right. I'm going to pull a Vatel
if--if the fish doesn't get here really, really soon.
I got this, okay. Don't worry, we're making great time.
Stay calm.
I am super calm.
Fun fact. Vatel was actually
Louis II's maître d'hôtel, not his personal chef.
-Oh. Huh. -A common misconception
is that he was a chef and he killed himself
because the fish was late to a big banquet.
Wow, I had no idea and I'm French.
[chuckles]
Hmm.
Needs a little more raz el hanout.
My whole team knows the only reason I cross the 405
is for Justine’s food,
-Nice. -That’s it.
-Only reason. -[chuckles]
Yeah. And I knew you guys didn't do private events,
but I said to myself, why not ask, you know?
-And we're so glad you did, Hunter. -Good, good.
Thank you for asking, and I have to tell you,
-as Justine's closest friend… -Mm-hmm.
I'm actually the one who introduced her to Jerry, her partner.
-Oh, okay. -It's just been amazing
to watch people react so strongly to her food, you know.
I mean, the girl cut my third umbilical cord, okay?
-Oh, Jesus. -Yeah.
-Third umbilical cord. -Yep, she did.
How many kids do you have?
I got three. They're all little monsters.
-Wow. -You gotta--look.
-I gotta show you something. -What, oh--
-Just really quickly. -Uh-huh. Sure.
-This is really funny. -Uh-huh.
It'll just take a minute.
[jaunty music]
[chuckles]
Stop it, you freak, you're going to make him piss all over the floor.
I want him to pee all over the house, so you can lick it!
-[laughs] That kid's hilarious. -I know.
He's like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but cuter.
[chuckles] Yeah.
This dog’s senile. It’s inhumane to keep him alive.
Ooh, who's that?
That's Sarah. She's my 13-year-old.
-Oh, okay. Yeah. -Yeah.
No one ever believes that she's my daughter.
-Right. -But I have a funny story for you.
-Okay. -When she was six years old,
she was in this toy store.
She told a bunch of strangers that I had kidnapped her
just because I wouldn't buy her the Holiday Barbie, okay.
-[chuckles] -And it took us five hours
at the police station before she finally just said, "Mommy."
And I just looked at her, I said,
"You're going to rule the world one day, girl."
[laughs] Wow. She sounds like a handful.
-She is. -Oh! Sorry, I just--
I got this--this text here.
-Okay. -But, uh, love it.
-We'll see you. Good stuff. -Okay.
-Bye, Hunter. -Mm-hmm.
Hi, Jesus.
Hey, Miss Anne.
Mr. Sebastian.
Hey, Jesus.
Okay, so you'll drop him off at school tomorrow at 8:30.
-Yep. -And uh, probably be a lot of traffic
on the 10, so make sure you leave early.
We'll leave early and then we're going to get a donut, right?
Sounds good, right, bud?
I guess.
So what fun things do you guys have planned today?
Well, first we're going to go to Bottega Louie.
We're going to get a blueberry pancake
with whipped cream and sprinkles
-and a strawberry banana milkshake. -Mmm.
-What! -Mm, that sounds good.
And don't you bug out, because then we're going to go
to the insect show at the Museum of Natural History.
Wow. Maybe you'll see those tarantulas, huh?
Hey bud, I told you that
there's a no pet policy in the building, remember?
I had to bring him. He hates to sleep alone.
Please, Dad.
Okay, just this once.
[chuckles] Okay.
-I'm going to go get him some water. -Okay, that's great.
You know, maybe it's time to [clicks tongue] Gaga, right?
Oh, that's a great idea.
Let's just break our son's heart twice.
It was a joke.
It's not a funny joke.
Hey, listen, can you add some more money to the joint account?
This move was much more expensive than I thought.
-Sure. Yeah. -Okay.
I just showed Gaga where he's gonna sleep.
Awesome. Well, we should hit the road
because we've got so much to do.
Okay. [chuckles]
Bye.
-Love you. -Love you.
-Miss you already. -Miss you.
-Okay. Bye. -Bye.
Call me if you need anything, okay?
I'll have my phone with me the whole time.
Okay.
You are gonna have so much fun with your daddy.
[Sebastian chuckles]
[exhales] God.
Anne, right?
Adam?
-Yeah, yeah. -[chuckles]
Mind if I join you?
No. No, not at all.
[chuckles softly] Crazy.
So are you one of those wave chasers? [chuckles]
That is the closest I get to the divine.
Yeah, I don't believe in God,
But when I take the time to look at the ocean…
I do become aware that I'm here,
you know, sitting in this particular spot in the world,
and that I'm a part of a larger universe
and the world is--it's turning,
and it's turning.
[laughs] I don't know.
It's kind of beautiful and…
sad at the same time.
The Japanese have a word for that, yūgen.
It's the profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe,
and also the sad beauty in human suffering.
Hm, yūgen.
Yeah, only the Japanese language can express that inner duality.
You know? Exists in all of us.
Hmm.
That's cool.
Nah.
Nah, this is enough for me.
[phone chimes]
Oh, no. [inhales through teeth]
Is everything okay?
Ah…
It's my son.
Tonight was supposed to be the first night
he spent with his dad and he wants to come home.
Oh, I feel so bad.
Oh, maybe I should just go get him.
You're a mama. I get it.
Uh… Look, I have to go to Napa,
do some work for a client for a week,
but when I'm back, I'd love to reach out if that's cool.
Yeah. Yeah, that would be great.
All right. I hope everything works out.
Thank you.
-Nice to see you. -You as well.
[speaking Arabic] Ghali…
sedjadeh…
ghalitcheh.
That doesn’t makes sense.
Ooh, honey.
Will, you can't just sneak in here like that,
especially when I'm writing.
Oh, sorry.
I feel like you're spying on me or something.
I mean, not really spying, but it's like…
everything I do, you're watching me.
Did you like it better when I was frantically focused on Orion all the time?
Okay. Not getting in a fight right now.
Uh…
Sorry, Yasmin.
No, I'm the one who's sorry. I…
I wasted the whole morning trying to figure out
which dresses to give away
and now I feel guilty, I didn't get any work done.
Like, I think I'm blocked. I'm just…you know what?
I'm going to stop now and try again tomorrow.
No, no, no. This is when you keep pushing through, okay?
Something great invariably will come up.
I'm gonna… I'll go pick up Orion.
-Oh, you don't mind? -No.
Thank you, honey. I love you.
I love you more.
[door closes]
[door opens, closes]
♪♪♪
-No, it was actually the other pool. -The other…you have two pools?
-Yeah, we have two pools. -[laughs]
You seem like a 2-pool man.
[indistinct chatter]
Oh, if it isn't the woman of the hour.
-Hey! -We were just singing your praises.
Evan, where have you been?
Justine, I don't think you've met our host. This is Hunter.
[in French] I am a big fan of your cuisine, Madam.
[in English] And he speaks fluent French.
[in French] You're flattering me.
Thank you for letting me use your beautiful kitchen.
There are some dishes that I can only cook on the spot.
Sure.
-Oui, oui, oui. -Yeah. Oui, oui, yeah, yeah, yeah, oui.
[In English] Can I speak to them for two seconds?
-Oh, yeah, yeah. -Two?
[in French] Two seconds. Thank you.
-See you soon. -See you soon.
[in English] Where's my fish?
Did you talk to Ell? She's in charge of all the deliveries.
No, she's not. You're in charge of the food deliveries.
Not tonight.
I thought we agreed we were gonna find her something to do.
Yeah, but not anything to do with the kitchen.
She doesn't know the timing, the food.
She used to be a waitress. She can't be that clueless.
Jerry, she is that clueless.
Sadly.
Hey, I meant to tell you, um,
keep an eye on that girl who works with them.
Uh, I mean she's cool, but we can't have her
showing home videos of her kids all night. Chatty Cathy.
-Oh, God. Yeah. -Yeah.
-Yeah, it's happening. -Yeah, that's a problem.
Well, if the fish doesn't arrive, I'm going to have to do
some kind of lentil stew for the fish-arian,
the--the--the vegetarian, the--
I-don't-eat-meat-arian, whatever.
No, I'll--I'll go find her.
No. No, too many opportunities for you to schmooze along the way.
I'll go get her, okay?
You go to the kitchen and prepare the court bouillon. Thank you.
She was trying to say "pescatarian."
She really doesn't do well under pressure.
No, it's a problem.
[sighs]
[Ell laughs]
[indistinct chatter]
Ell. Ell. Thank you.
What? What? [whispers] Too young?
Where's my fish?
What are you talking about? I called the Seafood House.
They said they'd be here at 4:00 pm.
Well, they lied, okay.? Just find my fish, Ell.
I will! Don't look at me like that.
You're scaring me when you have those eyes like that.
Just hold my drink and I'll just--I'll go call them.
Hi, hi, hi, I'm calling about the, um, delivery
for 8412 Hither Place.
I spoke to someone two hours ago who assured me that--
-[line beeping] -Oh shit, man. [sighs]
Hi, it's me again. I'm so sorry, the reception is so terrible here.
I'm in the hills and I can't just, um I…
Excuse me, where do we set up the, uh, tent?
Two minutes, okay, two minutes.
Yeah, hi. You know, I think the best bet
is for me to get on the house wifi.
So I need you to email me at ellhell@yahoo.com.
-Excuse me. -Can you hear--
Not now.
I'm on the phone.
["Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches and Herb plays]
♪ Shake it, shake it ♪
♪ Shake your groove thing ♪
♪ Shake your groove thing yeah yeah ♪
♪ Show 'em how they do it now ♪
Oh, excuse me. Hunter is expecting me.
Hi, uh, Caroline Burton. I RSVPed.
Not on the list.
But that's impossible.
Brett! Hi!
Caroline.
From the Coffee Bean on Sunset.
Hey, beautiful.
Are you guys together?
A boy can dream.
See you inside, sweetheart.
Ma'am, I'm going to need you to step aside.
Hey, Will. Uh, sorry to stop by like this,
but Yasmin's not picking up her phone. Is she here?
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on, she's upstairs.
Uh, just--she's got her headphones on, so knock loud.
[laughing]
But I read recently that 65% of teenage boys…
- Uh-huh. - …find pubic hair disgusting.
-Really? -Yeah.
They call women with pubic hair gorillas, yeah.
-Huh? Yeah. -That is so disgusting.
I mean, I think that's why we have to protect our boys, you know,
-[cell phone buzzing] -from having their brains hijacked
-[cell phone buzzing] -by the porn industry. [laughs]
Uch. I have to take this.
Oh, okay.
Hi, Mom.
No, I didn't.
[groans]
Okay! Okay, fine. Bye.
-Honey, are you okay? -Yeah, I'm okay.
What happened?
Can I ask you a question?
Of course.
Promise me you'll tell me the truth.
Yes, but you can't get mad at my feedback.
-I won't. -Okay.
Do you think I should stop taking my mother's money?
Well, first of all, you're not taking it. She gives it to you.
And I mean, Anne, what would you do?
She bought you that house. You'd be homeless,
I mean, unhoused.
It's not just about you, Anne. You have so many dependents.
-Mm-hmm. -I mean, think of George.
It's not like he's going to get a real job.
-So? -There's Gretchen.
I mean, Lupe's grandson.
Isn't he the first person in their family to go to college?
-That's partly because of you. -Yeah.
I mean, seriously, you can't leave now. You just put that pool in.
She wanted me to put in that pool.
I didn't even want the pool and then she makes me feel bad about it.
It's like that ring she gave me for my 40th birthday.
-Yeah. -She asked for it back
because she said that my nails were dirty.
It was like giving caviar to a pig.
Oh, my God, honey.
I never even cared about material things.
When I was in college, my junior year,
I lived in my boyfriend's van the whole year.
Peed in glass jars.
-[laughs] What? -I did.
Oh, my God.
Well, I hear you, but, you know, Anne, my junior year…
-Mm-hmm. -I took a Marxism seminar
with Rupert Murdoch's son
and he was so filthy all the time, like dirty hair.
He looked like he could barely buy himself a cup of coffee,
and now he lives in $150 million mansion in Bel Air.
We all pretend to be somebody we're not in college, Anne,
and that's what those years are for.
I don't even know who I want to be anymore.
[sighs] Yeah.
Sometimes I think we're all just
grieving the person we hoped we would become.
I don't know.
You know, I promised Justine I would go to this party.
Oh, right, right, right, right.
[sighs]
Wait, have you upgraded to chocolate edibles now?
They're super mild.
-[laughs] -Mm-hmm.
Anne! [laughs]
-No. -I think you need some.
-[laughs] -Yeah.
I think we need to go to this party.
-[gasps] -And pretend to be the people
we were pretending to be in college.
[laughs]
Okay. All right, I'll do it. I'll do it.
-Oh, my God! -[squeals]
How long does it take?
I don't know.
Can you at least let me use the bathroom?
You just want me to pee right here?
Okay, I really did not want to have to do this, but…
I'm going to need to take down your name.
Hunter and I are like this.
[Ell] Everybody.
The seafood truck is coming.
You gotta get them all out of the way for the delivery.
-Now? -Yeah, now.
Madonna's about to pull up.
We can't just have people driving up to the house right now.
Fine.
Stanius residence? We have a fish delivery.
What? You have five minutes
to get the fish from in here to in there, okay?
-By foot? -No, by camel.
What's with the attitude, lady?
Dispatch confirmed 8412 Hither Place.
Turns out, that's in Sherman Oaks. This is Hither Lane.
Five minutes. Five minutes.
They just turned left on to Mulholland!
Okay, please, I'm a single mom.
Please help me get that fish in the kitchen.
Don't worry, Dan. Two minutes, we'll be out of your way.
Okay, come on.
-Need help? -Yeah, sure.
-How many can you carry? -How many you got?
Okay, let her up.
Okay, one more, one more, one more.
Okay. Let's go.
Hey, are you sure you can see like that?
-Totally. -Okay, come on!
Ladies and the gentlemen…
[in French] the fish.
-[in English] Oh, my God. -I hope it's not…
[in French] poison.
[Justine] We don't have time to weigh it.
Don't go. Reheat the court bouillon. I need everyone on the fish.
[Fred] I can help. Pistachio baklava's good to go!
Thank you, Fred. Listen, okay, I need this fileted.
I can't have one bone in that fish, not one bone.
Oui, chef. Let's do this, y'all.
Excuse me.
Has anyone seen a young lady in a red dress?
[Jerry] [stammers] What's going on?
Oh, nothing, sir, just a party crasher.
Uh, red dress, early 20s.
-You. -No.
-Come with me. -I can handle this.
-She's not on the list, sir. -No, no, no.
Thank you very much. This is my domain.
Thank you. I can handle this.
-Hi. -Hi.
Are you--are you okay?
Yeah.
Do you want a drink?
Um, champagne would be awesome.
Yeah, yeah, okay.
-Can I pee first? [chuckles] -Oh, yeah, yeah.
-I've been holding it for like an hour. -Oh.
-Oh, well, that's unacceptable. -[chuckles]
Here, come here. I can show you the bathroom.
Please.
I think we should report it.
I mean, they have to be held accountable for their drivers.
All of this was a terrible idea.
[laughs]
Anne, I don't feel anything.
Chill out. it's gonna happen, I promise.
[sighs]
Okay, maybe it's kicking in a little bit
because I'm hallucinating that that woman is Madonna.
[paparazzi yelling for Madonna]
-It is Madonna. -Oh, wow.
Look at her boyfriend. He's so young.
-[laughs] -God.
[Anne] I wonder if he calls her a gorilla!
[both laugh]
You guys, you came. Thank you so much for coming.
-Hi. -I'm so stressed.
-Oh, it's such a great DJ. -Yeah.
-I love it. -Yeah.
Yeah.
I can't stop moving my body to the beat.
I don't know if that's normal.
-[laughing] -I guess it's dancing.
I think I'm-- It's dancing. We're just dancing.
What is wrong with you guys?
[both giggling]
Okay then, I will see you later.
-Whoo! -Have fun tonight. Bye!
-Bye. -Come find me, okay?
-I will. -This is--I mean, it's like liquid--
Oh, no, no, no, no pictures. Thank you.
Chill out.
Oh, would you please stop telling me to chill out?
You are the only person I know
who gets pissed off on shrooms. [laughs]
[thunder crashing]
Is that what I think it is?
It's about to start pouring.
Oh, no more food leaves the kitchen until further notice.
Please tell me I'm hearing things.
[Justine] Oh, that was quick.
So, another friend in need, Jerry?
-Ah, okay. -Guy needs his own charity.
-Ell. -Yeah?
Ell, we need to move all the food to the tent area.
-The tent? -Yeah.
The tent. Oh, my gosh.
First item on the checklist, the tent.
Yeah, 30% chance of rain, remember?
-I have ADD, Jerry. -[thunder crashes]
I'm sorry.
-[guests screaming] -Now you tell me!
Everybody run for cover!
♪♪♪
-There's no tent! -Ell has ADD! We have to punt!
What did you just call her?
What? Oh!
-I said punt! -Whoa, whoa!
-I love you. -Hey, hey, hey, hey.
You don't love her. It's your disease talking.
Caroline, wait!
♪♪♪
[screams] My food!
It's game over. I got you.
Me too.
Come and get me now and go to jail!
Hey, everybody!
Couscous rain party! [screams]
Yeah, couscous rain party, everybody!
Whoo! Woo-hoo!
[Justine] Couscous rain party!
♪♪♪
["Pashto Dance" by Tony Quattro plays]
♪♪♪
[Blondie's "Heart of Glass" plays]
♪♪♪
♪ Once I had a love, and it was a gas ♪
Birdie num num!
Taking it back, Peter Sellers!
-[cheering] -Oh, my God,
let me borrow your purse for a second.
-I'm getting so wet. [screams] -[screams]
Whoo! I'm just chillin'!
You gotta lean into it, honey!
[screaming]
What are you doing here?
We've been here for hours! This is the best party!
-It feels good! Come in! -Just join us!
Whoo! We're going to jump in.
[all screaming]
♪ In between ♪
♪ What I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine ♪
♪ Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind ♪
♪ If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good ♪
♪ You teasing like you do ♪
♪♪♪