[♪ Yves Marchand: "Supernova"]
♪ ♪
[singing in French]
♪ ♪
[music and singing in French continues]
♪ ♪
Wow.
- That's really sweet. - Isn't it awesome?
It is.
Blenders are awesome.
It's called a Violetini. Get it?
For my birthday party.
- I'm so excited. - Me too.
So how's everyone doing on their assignments?
Have you all invited a plus one to the big party?
I'm not bringing a plus one because I'm not attending.
This whole party is an invasion of my privacy
and my inalienable constitutional rights.
You're an idiot.
Hey, don't use that word, please.
My party's going to be epic.
Jack, as you know,
this is your weekly required social activity.
You need to bring a plus one or you're
- gonna lose all your... - Fine.
There's a 30-minute minimum for social activities.
I'll come for 30 minutes.
- With a... - Plus one, whatever.
Great. Thank you.
Harrison, how about you?
I'm just waiting on getting permission
from A.J.'s mom.
You can't bring a ten-year-old child.
It's for cool people like Salena and Tiff and Celeste.
All right, Violet, I told you,
we haven't got a confirmation yet from Tiff and Celeste.
Wait, what do you mean?
But a lot of people from drama club are coming.
Drama club people are losers.
Gail seems nice.
Van, those decorations suck.
Well, let me finish putting them up first.
I hate unicorns!
- What do you... - [Mandy] Violet.
You love unicorns.
[Violet] They're hideous, Van.
- We have them every year. - I'm not a kid anymore.
I'm 26.
What if Julian swings by unannounced?
Whoa, Violet.
Hey, hey, stop it! Hey, stop!
Violet, if you break these...
[♪ JNMarquesa: "Without Heaven"]
♪ ♪
Thank you, have a good day. Bye.
Hey, Tiff.
Hey. Violet's on the late shift.
Uh, yeah, I know. I actually came to see you.
- Oh. - I wanted to make sure
you and Celeste are coming tonight to Violet's party.
Oh, yeah, uh, totally.
- Yeah? - Mm-hmm.
Yeah, we'll be there.
Okay. Deal. All right. Great. Awesome.
Oh, wait.
We've got, um...
- Sheri's thing. - [Celeste] Sheri's...
- I totally forgot. - [Celeste] So I don't know.
So you can't come?
[Tiff] No, we'll be there.
It's just gonna take some juggling,
but we'll definitely try to swing by.
Okay.
Look, it's just...
you guys are both really important to Violet, okay?
And she's kind of counting on you guys to be there.
We love Violet
and we will totally be there.
- [Celeste] If we can. Yeah. - [Tiff] Totally.
I'm open tonight.
Free as a bird.
[elevator chime]
[relaxed music]
♪ ♪
Hey. Bad news.
My mom says I can't come to your party.
Why not?
Apparently it's inappropriate.
Now what am I gonna do?
Do you have any other friends you can invite?
Not a ton.
Yeah, me neither.
[snaps fingers]
You know who you should invite?
Collette. Your exercise instructor.
- [both chuckle] - Yeah, I should.
[laughs]
Hey, dude, check this out.
Says she's having an exercise class
in Van Nuys this afternoon.
You should totally go.
We should. We should totally go.
No, for reals.
It says the first session is free.
You can ask her to the party.
Oh, my God. You could seriously go to Violet's party
with Collette.
I don't...leave the building.
Why not?
Street noises,
dogs, sunlight.
Lots of reasons.
I got you covered.
- Oh, hey, Jack. - My roommate Violet,
who I've known since pre-school,
but we're not really friends,
has a birthday party, and I need to bring a plus one.
Oh, uh, yeah, sure. When?
Three hours and 15 minutes.
- Wait, tonight? - Yes.
Jack, I have plans tonight.
Okay.
Yeah, next time give me a little more of a warning.
- [Victoria] Hey, guys. - Do you want to come to
my roommate's birthday party tonight?
Uh, wow. Is the whole... department invited?
No. You'd be my plus-one.
[Victoria] You do know I'm engaged, right?
Your fiancé's not invited.
Um, I can't make it.
Marisa, right?
Oh, it's not gonna happen.
[mellow music over speakers]
♪ ♪
Oh, no way. It's your birthday.
You ghosted me all week.
Salena says I should ghost you back,
so that's what I'm doing.
I'm ghosting you back, Julian.
Bummer.
Well, um...
Happy birthday anyway.
See you, V.
Forget him, girl. I'm serious.
He's hit on everyone who's ever worked here.
He just wants one thing.
[♪ Sean Bradford: "44th and 8th"]
♪ ♪
Hello. You said you liked parties.
And?
Violet's party starts in... 92 minutes
and it's going to be terrible,
but I have to be there and I have to bring a plus-one
or I'll lose my privileges.
Are you trying to invite me to a party?
I promise you, it's absolutely not gonna be a date.
You're required to stay there for 30 minutes--that's it.
This is a terrible invitation.
Right. Okay, well, thanks.
Hey, Jack.
What did you mean by "you lose your privileges"?
Mandy is my life coach
and I'm required to do certain things
in order to, quote, improve myself, end quote
or I will lose my, quote, privileges, end quote.
It's ridiculous.
So you have a life coach?
Yes.
So you're working on your shit?
Uh-huh.
Well, that's something.
There gonna be food?
Pizza from Santulli's.
I like pizza.
[lush orchestral music]
♪ ♪
♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ♪
♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ♪
♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪♪
[electronic dance music]
Okay folks, give me 60 seconds of 5th gear.
Get after it, people!
Yes! Push, push!
She's even more beautiful in person.
We're in Mecca.
[Harrison] We are.
We're in Mecca.
[Caroline] Hey, guys.
Are you here for High Octane Zumba?
I'm just here to ask Collette to Vio...
Yup, we're here for our free introductory session.
Okay. Welcome, guys.
Come find me after the session,
and I can give you info on packages.
Have fun.
[Collette] Get after it, people.
[A.J.] All right, dude.
Work your way to the front so you can ask.
Go ahead.
I can't do it, A.J.
[A.J.] Sure you can.
What's the worst that can happen?
She says no. Like Collette says,
"Get after it."
[electronic music continues]
♪ ♪
Hey. Everything good?
Yep.
Just trying to get back in shape.
♪ ♪
[Collette] Up! Go!
[somber piano]
♪ ♪
[Mandy] What if I can't do it?
Do what?
Leave them.
I just...
love them.
Mandy,
we took an apartment,
and you accepted the internship.
Yeah, I know, I know, and it's all amazing--
the apartment, the internship, you.
Yeah.
So is it...
you've decided?
No, I'm...
I'm incredibly undecided.
And whatever decision I make,
I just... [sniffles]
I just really don't want you to hate me.
I could never hate you.
I love you.
I don't want you to make a mistake.
I know it's hard to leave them,
but your future's up north.
The brave choice is to move.
[♪ The Trak Kartel: "Celebrate"]
So to answer your question,
calculus as a branch of mathematics
is focused on limits, functions,
derivatives, and integrals.
Cool. Cool.
I don't think I asked you about calculus.
When is the food arriving?
Mandy should be here soon. She's a little delayed.
Will there be gluten-free, dairy-free,
nut-free options?
Yep. Just like I said five minutes ago.
[Ellie] Because I could die.
[Van] Yep. Your email was pretty specific.
Where's Salena? She said she'd be here by now.
I'm sure she will be here soon.
And Tiff and Celeste aren't here either.
Where are all the cool people? This party sucks.
Hi, Violet. Do you mind if I play
some dance music through your speakers?
Shut up, Douglas.
Uh, she didn't mean that.
Did too.
15 more minutes, and you can go.
Sounds good.
♪ ♪
Do you want to maybe ask a question about me?
Why?
Common courtesy.
How old are you?
Ask me something else.
How much do you weigh?
Is that supposed to be funny?
Yes.
[giggles]
Since you didn't ask,
I moved to the states from Nigeria when I was 16,
so I've always felt like a little bit of an outsider.
I love being a nurse, but...
it's just for now.
It gives me security, but it's not my dream.
Are you wondering
if to be a nurse isn't my dream,
what is my dream?
Yes.
I'm not sure.
I love to paint and draw.
I like working with people.
I love Dungeons & Dragons.
- [chuckles] - D&D? Cool.
We should play sometime.
We'll see about that.
♪ ♪
Mm.
[knocking on door]
Finally!
What the fuck are you doing here?
Hey, Violet. Sorry. John, come in.
Thanks.
So Celeste and Tiff told me to tell you
they're not gonna be able to make it tonight.
They said they'll take you out for lunch
next week instead.
They're not coming? They're not coming.
[♪Cheryl Lynn: "To Be Real"]
Douglas!
♪ ♪
♪ What you think ah ♪
♪ What to feel now ♪
♪ What to know ah ♪
[energetic dance music]
♪ ♪
Hey, watch it.
Oh, sorry.
Ooh! First timer.
Nice job.
Keep it going.
♪ ♪
Hey, so, who's that man you're with?
Oh, that's my friend Harrison.
Your friend. Great.
You know, honey, why don't you give me your mom's number
and I'll call her and make sure it's okay
you're here with Harrison.
Uh, I don't really think that's necessary.
You know what? I would feel better if I did.
Um, Harrison.
- [Collette] Keep going! - Harrison!
We've gotta go now.
What?
I would really like to talk to your mom.
- What? - [mom] Hey, hey, hey, no!
- Sir! - What are you doing?
- [mom] Stand back. - Let him go.
- [mom] Okay, stand back, sir. - He's my friend.
- [mom] Caroline! - What are you doing?
Caroline, can you please escort this man out?
- [mom] Okay? - Just this way, please.
What's happening? What's going on?
Wait, no.
- He's my friend. No... - [Caroline] I'm sorry.
I'm not going out there.
Mandy. Where's Mandy? Mandy!
Harrison.
Honey, I-I can't hear you. What's going on?
All right, just,
okay, take some deep breaths and...
I-I'm gonna be there in two seconds okay?
I'm gonna leave now, okay?
All right, calm down. I'll be there.
[♪ The Commodores: "Brick House"]
♪ ♪
♪ Oh, that lady's stacked ♪
♪ And that's a fact ♪
♪ Ain't holdin' nothin' back ♪
♪ Oh, she's a brick ♪
♪ House ♪
♪ Yeah, she's the one ♪
♪ The only one built like an Amazon ♪
♪ The clothes she wear ♪
♪ Her sexy ways ♪
♪ Make a old man wish ♪
♪ For younger days, yeah, yeah, ♪
♪ She knows she's built ♪
- ♪ And knows how to please ♪ - [alarm ringing]
♪ Sure enough to knock a strong man to his knees ♪
30 minutes is up. You could leave now.
You want me to leave?
No.
Maybe we can get another Violetini then.
♪ She's a brick house ♪
♪ The lady's stacked, and that's a fact ♪
♪ Ain't holding nothing back ♪
Turn that off.
Douglas, this shit music can't be playing
when Salena gets here.
But everyone's having fun, Violet.
[Douglas] Violet, everyone's having fun, though.
[Van] Violet, Violet, relax.
[screams]
Shit! You fucking idiot!
[Van] It's okay. It's okay, Violet.
Hey, it's gonna come out, all right?
- Is Salena coming? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
she's on her way.
Can she bring me another dress?
[Van] Um, we'll get it out.
- It's gonna be okay. - ♪ Lettin' it all hang out ♪
♪ A brick house ♪
[police radio chatter]
Harrison.
It's okay.
We didn't do anything wrong, Mandy.
I know. I know, honey.
Hi, Ma'am. Are you a family member?
Uh, I-I work with Harrison.
- I'm his aide. - Okay, come on.
One second. I'll be right back.
There was some concern
that he showed up with an unsupervised minor.
We have to check these things out.
I didn't think there was anything going on.
He's just... a little slow, right?
He's not "slow."
Harrison is one of the kindest people I've ever met,
and I can assure you he wouldn't do anything
to hurt A.J. or anyone for that matter.
Mm-hmm. That's what
- the boy said too. - Okay.
We just have to
- check everything out. - Of course.
He's free to go under your supervision.
- Thank you so much. - Mm-hmm.
How did you get here?
We took the bus.
You left the apartment
and took the bus to Van Nuys?
I did.
That's amazing.
Why?
[Mandy] How do I know her?
[whispering] Probably from the porn video.
It's all starting to come together.
A.J.!
Jesus, what the hell happened?
It was all just a bit of a misunderstanding.
Oh, "misunderstanding." Sure.
I know you don't intend anyone any harm,
but this is my son.
He's ten.
- Mom, it was my idea. - [Teresa] A.J.
I have to protect him.
You can't see him anymore.
- Teresa. - Please.
I need to know you understand me.
Yes, ma'am.
[Teresa] Okay, good.
Let's go, A.J.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
[Ellie] I'm not seeing any gluten-free options.
Ellie, I'm just gonna need a minute, okay?
[Theo] Interestingly, the first elements of calculus
appeared in ancient Greece.
That's not interesting to any person anywhere.
My birthday dress is ruined.
It's all right. It's coming out, look.
I'm really sorry.
Don't ever violate my speakers again.
[phone ringing]
Salena? Give me that phone.
Let me--let me talk to her, okay?
Where are you?
Hey, our key art got dumped at the last minute
and we have to redo everything,
and it's really intense here.
I've been texting you all night.
[Salena] Yeah, I know. This is first moment I could get away.
I'm so sorry I'm gonna have to miss the party.
Will you tell Violet that I'll take her out to lunch
- to make up for it? - Lunch?
- Yeah, I'm-I'm sorry. - Okay, listen.
From now on, when you say you're gonna show up
- for my sister, show up! - Van, you know
- what my job is like-- - I don't give a fuck
about your job, okay?
Okay, don't talk to me like that.
You know what? I gotta go.
Hey, so,
Salena...got dragged into a meeting.
She's hugely bummed she can't make it,
but she said she's gonna take you out to lunch next week.
Okay? Yeah? Hey, Violet.
Get out. Get out. Get out! Get out!
- [Van] Violet, don't do this! - Everybody get out
of my apartment! I want to be alone.
[Van] Don't take it out on them.
- This party sucks. - Hey, just calm--
What are you looking at? Stop looking at me!
No one came! No one!
You didn't even come, and you're paid to be my friend.
- [Maddy] Violet. - [Van] Violet.
[screams]
That's tragic.
- [slam] - Oh!
Well, I guess the party's over.
Is it cool if I take a doggy bag?
Yeah, sure, Theo.
Goodbye.
Okay, well, I guess I should be getting home.
Okay. Bye.
Are you going to offer to walk me to the bus?
I'll get my jacket.
Vi?
[Maddy] Violet. I'm coming in. Okay?
[door hinges squeak]
Vi?
Everyone gets upset on their birthday.
You get a total pass.
[crying] S-Salena didn't come.
Celeste didn't come.
- Tiff didn't come. - I know, I know.
I'm sure that they really, really
wanted to be there,
it's just people have stuff come up.
You know, and friendships are hard, Vi.
They're complicated.
Sometimes figuring them out is like...
Speaking a foreign language.
Not for you.
You're perfect.
You have Joel.
No.
Not everything is what it looks like.
You and Joel aren't perfect?
Definitely not.
Oh, my God.
Are you guys breaking up?
No, I didn't say that.
Then what is it?
I don't know.
Sometimes I feel like I'm...
disappointing him.
You know, like, if I'm not this
perfect person who goes to med school
and becomes a neurologist,
then I'm not gonna be good enough for him.
Wow.
You and Joel.
Wow.
Who else knows this?
No one.
Just you.
[calming ambient music]
♪ ♪
See, I told you I needed my jacket.
Yeah, it's chilly.
Yeah.
Good night, Jack.
Good night.
Oh wow, whoa, dude.
What was that?
Oh...
You said this wasn't a date.
But then we danced
and you told me to walk to the bus,
and I thought you were giving me signs.
I'm very bad at reading signs.
If you're going to do this,
do it right.
[dreamlike music]
♪ ♪
♪ Oh oh ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh oh ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh oh ♪
♪ ♪
[bright vocalization]
♪ ♪
How many times
is she gonna ride that thing?
Oh...a lot.
[both laugh]
[Van] You know,
I just wanna do right by Violet, you know?
She's my sister and I...
I love her.
It's...
you know, every day's like walking on eggshells
just trying to make it okay.
The other day
I was worried, you know, someone's gonna
break her heart or take advantage of her.
I'm not going to Berkeley.
When did you decide that?
Right now, I guess.
You sure?
Yeah.
This is where I need to be.
[soft vocalization]
♪ ♪
A.J.
Are you there?
Over.
A.J.?
That's unsanitary.
[vocalization continues]
♪ ♪
[vocalization continues]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music, vocalization]
♪ ♪
♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪
♪ Yeah yeah yeah ♪
♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪
♪ Yeah yeah yeah ♪
[vocalization continues]
♪ ♪