[spoon clatters]
[car engine revs in the distance]
[humming]
I'm a woman now.
You've always been a woman.
No, before last night, I was a child.
I was clueless.
I was blind.
I was you.
Okay then.
Can you pass the milk?
Julian and I had sex.
- [spoon clatters] - You had sex?
And just in case you're wondering,
they say it's perfectly normal
not to have an orgasm the first time.
It's probably because it was in the back seat
of his pickup truck, which made it kind of uncomfortable.
But none of that matters. It was epic.
Julian's my boyfriend now, and we're in love.
[Jack] He's not your boyfriend.
[Violet] Yes, he is. Don't tell Van.
It's forbidden. We're like Romeo and Juliet.
Star-crossed lovers. It's so romantic.
You had sex in the back seat of a pickup truck.
That's not romantic, it's a hookup.
[Violet] You don't know anything.
You're just a stupid pothead who ate all the snacks.
I might have sex soon.
Mandy told me she loved me at fro-yo last night.
[Jack] Mandy only said that
because your parents pay her to like you.
In the real world,
you wouldn't stand a chance with a girl like that.
Mandy loves me, and I love her.
It wasn't a hookup. We're in love.
[Jack] Dad, wake up.
I need to go to work.
[rattling]
Dad.
[somber music]
- Dad. - [Lou groans softly]
[sighs]
Dad.
♪ ♪
[bag crinkling]
[phone ringing]
[footsteps approaching]
[chewing loudly]
Yes, can I help you?
Is it normal for someone on chemo
to fall asleep in the middle of a sentence?
Or is it normal for them to throw up
on the side of the road?
Usually three or four days after chemo people hit a dip.
- So it is normal? - Yes.
And it's also normal
to respond to someone's texts after you kiss them
in front of a bus stop.
I was forced to visit my aunt and uncle.
It doesn't take that much to send a text.
"Had a great time at the party. Let's do it again."
I have to get my affairs in order.
If my dad dies, I won't be able to pay my living expenses.
So you just move on to a completely new subject?
- Great. - [Jack] I...
I need to become financially independent.
Jack.
You need to leave now, Jack.
I'm working.
[copier machine whirs]
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
[singer vocalizing]
♪ ♪
Hi, Harrison.
What's that?
It's from Joel.
Do you and Joel have sex?
Oh, um,
that's not really something people talk about.
Violet talks about it. She had sex with Julian.
What?
Joel loves you
and misses kissing your neck
and rubbing your back.
Yeah, sorry.
You know, Violet, she sometimes
really exaggerates things, you know?
He said, "Good luck on the M-C-A-Ts."
What is the M-C-A-T?
Oh, the MCATs.
It's a test that you take to get into med school.
Are you going to med school?
Oh, I don't know,
and that's not for a really long time.
Hey, um, Harrison,
can you tell me exactly what Violet said?
That she had epic sex with Julian
in the back of his pickup.
Fuck.
- You used the F word, Mandy. - Sorry.
- [line trilling] - Uh, what's that?
Oh, um, this is a new shirt and tie
for your sister's big graduation party,
and today we're going shopping for suits.
I don't wear suits, Mandy.
- I know. - I hate suits.
I know you do,
but I'm just asking you to try, okay?
It's Nicole's big day.
- [Van] You've reached Van. - Pretty please? For me?
[Van] I can't get to the phone.
Please leave a message, and I'll call you back.
Sorry, just give me one sec, Harrison.
Van, hi. It's Mandy.
Um...
Just call me as soon as you get this.
Okay, thanks. Bye.
[soft upbeat music]
Fuck.
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Whoa, oh ♪
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ ♪
Julian.
- Oh. Hey, Violet. - Hey. Hey.
- Hey, uh... - I'm so happy you're here.
- We're at work. - It's okay.
Boyfriends and girlfriends can kiss in the workplace.
Do you know where John is? I need to grab his signature.
I think he's in front.
Can I ask you something?
What's your apartment like?
Do you have roommates? Because I have two.
So if we move in together,
it should probably be your place.
Look, last night was a lot of fun.
It was amazing.
But I'm just not looking to date anyone right now.
What do you mean?
Um, I'm just working on myself.
You don't have to work on yourself.
You're perfect. We're perfect.
Our love is perfect.
Hey, Violet.
Look, you're a great girl,
but last night was just, you know, a little fun.
Is it because we did it in your pickup?
My idiot roommate says that having sex
in a car means it's only a hookup.
He's an idiot, right?
I mean, last night was obviously more than a hookup.
I don't know what to say, Violet.
So...
So last night
was just a hookup?
[somber music]
It didn't mean anything?
Hey, I really have to get to work.
I'll see you around.
[inaudible muttering]
See me around...
- [Julian] John... - No...
No, no.
But we fucked.
I was a virgin, and you fucked me.
Hey, Violet, why don't we just...
- You're a fucking asshole! - Can't we just take it out...
Can we just take it outside? Hey, hey.
You fucked me in the back of your pickup!
- [John] Please, please. - Don't touch me!
- [customers murmuring] - Ah!
[singer vocalizing]
♪ ♪
[Austin] So what can I do for you, Jack?
I would like to request an increase in my salary.
You want a raise?
My financial situation has recently changed.
Yeah.
Listen, Jack, I know your dad has cancer.
I'm really sorry about that,
but you showed up two hours late today.
[chuckles]
And you're still on probation so I don' see--
Well, I've analyzed my budget and my living expenses.
My current after-tax income is $2,623 a month,
but my expenses are $4,210 a month.
It's a 40% difference
that my dad is currently paying for.
Okay, I understand that...
I share a three-bedroom apartment
in Canoga Park and pay $1,085 a month in rent,
but I also have to pay $950
for an aide to help with my roommate's life skills.
I need $720 for groceries
and $390 for Uber because the court says
I can't have a driver's license back until 2024.
I think I get the picture, Jack.
I have other expenses too.
Like dating. I'm a 25-year-old male.
I can't just keep watching pornography and masturbating.
Hey, Jack.
My dad threw up on the side of the road yesterday,
and he fell asleep for 14 hours in his own drool.
And he's probably not gonna be alive much longer.
I need a 40% raise.
I understand you're going through a hard time,
but a 40% raise just isn't realistic, Jack.
We typically give a 3% cost of living adjustment annually.
I can see about getting that to you early.
- 3%'s insufficient. - It's the best I can do, Jack.
I could do a 35% increase.
That's not what I came in here looking for,
but I could make that work.
[gentle music]
I'm demonstrating flexibility with you here.
♪ ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ ♪
[Van] Violet.
Violet.
Hey, Violet, what happened?
John texted "911." He said, "Emergency."
What did you do?
I got fired.
[sighs]
What happened?
John said I created a hostile work environment.
It's okay. It's alright.
Just explain it to me, you know?
I was hostile to Julian
when he said it was just a hookup.
A hookup? What do--what do you mean?
We fucked in his pickup, and I thought he loved me.
You had sex?
Don't be mad.
All right, I'm sorry. I'm sor...
Are you okay?
No, I'm not okay.
Julian's a fucking asshole.
Okay.
Did Julian...
did he make you, you know...
did he make you do anything
that you didn't wanna do or...
It wasn't like that.
Okay. Are you sure?
- 'Cause you have to tell me. - I wanted to have sex.
All right, where is this guy? I need to talk to him.
He left.
Did he use a condom?
- I think so. - Well, fuck.
He said so. I don't know.
Come on, Violet! How do you not know?
Don't yell at me. I don't know.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, okay?
[cries] I just wanna go home.
Okay.
All right. Everything's gonna be okay.
Let's go home, yeah?
Let's go home. Come on.
♪ ♪
- [Mandy] Babe... - [Joel laughs over phone]
[Mandy] Thank you.
This is so thoughtful.
[Joel] Well, I remember the week before my LSAT,
I pulled like three all-nighters.
Red Bull saved my life.
[laughs] Yeah.
How you feeling?
Do you feel ready for the test on Friday?
Um, actually decided I'm not gonna take it this time.
They're gonna offer another one in three months, so...
Oh.
Wow. Uh, okay.
You sound disappointed.
[Joel] I'm just surprised.
Yeah, well actually,
I've been meaning to talk to you about something.
So, um,
Harrison's parents are asking me to stay on
for another year.
They're moving to Montana.
Oh, and?
I'm considering it.
I thought you were gonna
retake the MCAT and apply to med school.
Yeah, well, that's what I thought I was gonna do too.
Okay.
So maybe if you tell me a little more
about your plans--
Yeah, well, it's not that easy, Joel.
I mean, I feel, like, all this pressure
to get into some great school
and become a doctor,
or I'm just gonna not be enough for you
or disappoint you or...
What? That is ridiculous.
Well, is it ridiculous?
- Yes, I want you to be happy. - [phone beeping]
[sighs] Joel, I gotta take this call.
- [Joel] Now? - Yeah, can I call you back?
[Joel] Okay. Yeah.
- Look, I'm really sorry. - Yeah.
Bye.
What's happening?
She had sex with Julian.
She had a freak out at him at Arby's and got fired
and got her heart broken.
It was her choice.
She wasn't taken advantage of. Yeah.
God, I'm so sorry, Van.
I'm taking care of it.
I just--I should have been more on top of this.
No, it's my fault.
She actually called me last night before she went out.
So I could have done something.
I just hate how vulnerable she is.
- You know? - I know.
She thought that they were in love.
Well, where are you?
I mean, I can come meet you.
No, it's okay.
I just needed to hear your voice.
Yeah. Well, anyway,
just call me if you need anything at all, okay?
Yeah. All right, I will.
Thanks.
It's so scratchy.
It feels like sandpaper. How much longer?
45 seconds. Come on, Harrison.
You got this. 43, 42.
Jack, I asked you a question.
Why are you moving furniture?
I came home for lunch so I could rearrange
the apartment to work on my new side hustle.
Move, Harrison.
[Harrison] I can't do this. It's suffocating me.
[Mandy] Yes, you can. 34 seconds.
What side hustle?
[Jack] It was Rich's idea.
I'm gonna take old computers,
and I'm gonna fix them up to resell on eBay.
Harrison, come on.
Why?
Because Austin is a cheap bastard
who only gave me a 3% raise.
I have to take this off!
Then take it off and shut up.
Hey. Harrison, don't listen to him.
And, Jack, don't talk to him like that.
And isn't your dad's doctor's appointment soon?
If this is your way of avoiding it, I...
- I'm not going back there. - [alarm beeping]
You can take it off. Good job!
Okay, I get it.
Cancer is scary.
No. I'm not scared of cancer.
- I'm scared of Ewatomi. - Who's Ewatomi?
The mean nurse that I kissed.
You kissed a nurse?
Am I the only one here single?
She's a very unpleasant woman.
Well, then why did you kiss her?
Temporary insanity.
Well, it kinda seems like
you like Ewatomi.
[exhales sharply]
- [exhales] - [Mandy gasps]
Oh, my God. You do.
This is huge.
Okay, here's what you have to do then.
All that fear and anxiety
that you're feeling about Ewatomi?
You just gotta push
right through it, okay?
You gotta own that fear.
You gotta make that fear your bitch.
Make my fear my bitch? That's your advice?
Yes.
Because this is about finding a true connection,
about finding love,
and fuck it, I need something good to happen today.
So get your ass to that appointment
and tell her how you feel.
- Can I have that? - What?
Why?
Because girls like gifts.
Well, this is not
about buying her affection with gifts.
This is about telling her how you feel.
Can't I do both?
She's not gonna give it to you. It's from Joel.
You know what? Take it.
Have fun.
Make fear your bitch.
[easy listening music]
Hi, uh, can I just get a morning-after pill please?
♪ ♪
I'll need to speak directly to her.
Look, that's my sister,
she has autism,
and she got into a situation with a guy.
She didn't understand the guy was a creep.
So she's been through a lot,
so I don't wanna make it any harder.
Can you please just talk to me?
I have to speak to her directly
for her own protection.
[sighs]
I understand you want the morning-after pill.
I just need to ask you a few questions.
- Is that okay? - Yeah, okay.
How do you know this man?
[Violet] How do I know my brother?
[pharmacist] Okay, good.
How many hours has it been
since you last had unprotected intercourse?
It was last night.
[pharmacist] When was the first day of your last period?
I'm not sure.
Maybe three weeks ago.
Are you pregnant or suspect you may be pregnant?
No.
Was this with your long-term partner?
[Van] All right. Come on, man.
We've had a really shit day, okay?
Can we--can we just get the pill please?
That'll be $52.81. I'll call you when it's ready.
Come on. Let's sit down.
Oh, hi, Ewatomi.
Hey, Mr. Hoffman.
We'll be with you in a few moments.
Oh, no rush.
So I hear you and Jack
have been spending some time together.
You know, Jack, he's a good kid.
Definitely has his quirks, but he...
he's got a great heart.
Mr. Hoffman.
- Your son's an asshole. - What?
Here, Ewatomi.
You're a nurse, and you work long hours,
and Red Bull will help you stay awake.
Okay...
I didn't pay for it though because it's not in my budget.
It's a re-gift.
I think what Jack is trying to say
is that he's sorry for whatever he did.
- Right, Jack? - I got it, Dad.
[Lou] Okay, I'm gonna give you two some privacy.
What I came here to tell you is,
I don't date.
Yeah, you've made that clear.
I'm never going to do romantic things for you,
and I'm never going to buy you expensive presents.
And I'm never gonna put your needs ahead of mine.
Wow. Okay.
Good talk.
But I danced with you,
and I don't dance.
And I brought you a gift,
and I don't do gifts.
Now I'm standing next to pee containers
talking to you even though you scare me,
and pee, though technically sterile, is still gross.
I don't know what any of that means.
But...
I think I like you.
[♪Lakmé, Act 1: "Flower Duet"]
♪ ♪
How you doing?
Fine.
- [song plays over headphones] - Oh, hi.
Oh, welcome to Men's Wearhouse.
- [chuckles] Thank you. - What brings you in today?
This is Harrison,
and he's looking to buy his first suit.
Great. Great.
And do you know your size?
Uh, large.
Large?
Why don't we get you measured?
All right? This way.
Yes. Come on.
[cash register beeps, dings]
Okay.
So let's start with your neck.
- I can't do this, Mandy. - [Mandy] What?
- I changed my mind. - No, no, no. You can do it.
Hey, just one sec.
He has pins. He's going to poke me.
No, he's not going to poke you. Can I have the pins?
- Sure. - Thank you so much.
See? No more pins.
Bye pins. You got this, Harrison.
All you gotta do is just look at me.
Okay? Look at me.
I'm right here. Good, okay.
Now all you're gonna do is hold out your arms
and let this nice man measure you.
Easy-peasy.
[sighs]
Fear is my bitch.
That's right.
- Fear is my bitch. - [Mandy] Fear is your bitch.
- [Harrison] Fear is my bitch. - Okay. All right.
- Fear is my bitch. - [Mandy] Fear is your bitch.
- Fear is my bitch. - Here we go.
Fear is your bitch.
Fear is my bitch.
Okay, that's one. I need one more.
[light music]
Okay, there you go.
[Lou] Ace takes the trick.
Jack, play the seven of hearts.
So, Jack,
you can't avoid the question forever.
How did it go with Ewatomi?
[Iris] Who's Ewatomi?
[Lou] It's this woman Jack is seeing.
Jack's seeing a woman? Huh, imagine that.
I hope she appreciates honesty.
[Jack] I told Ewatomi the truth.
I said I don't date.
So that's it? It's over?
No. We're going on a date.
Will you play something please?
Oh, oh.
- Hmm. - Hmm.
[Lou] Oh, oh, yeah. Let's try that again.
[Iris] Everything okay, Lou?
[Lou] Oh, no, it's fine.
Everything's fine.
It's just that...
it's just these damn cards.
[players murmuring]
Dad?
I need...I need a minute.
It's the neuropathy from the chemo.
It'll get better.
- This isn't working. - What isn't?
My treatment. It's fucking me up, Jack.
It's saving your life.
There are other treatments that are less intense.
- The immunotherapy? - Yeah.
The cure rate is way worse.
It's a viable option.
Dad, you have to keep doing the chemo.
This stuff is gutting me, Jack.
If I'm gonna be here,
I wanna be here for you.
If I can't play cards with my son,
then what's the point?
- Please. - Let's go.
We're holding up the game.
[soft emotional music]
♪ ♪
[Jack] Everything's fine.
[laughs]
Do you wanna watch some TV or something?
We can watch The Bachelor.
Bachelor?
Come on, Violet.
I know you're hurting,
but it'll get better.
[door clicks open]
Maybe go in your room and hang up your suit?
Okay.
[Violet cries]
[Mandy, whispering] I'm so sorry, honey.
[Violet] I thought Julian was my one true love.
Oh, Violet, it's okay.
[Violet] He told me I was beautiful,
that I was normal.
But I'm not normal.
It was all a lie.
[Mandy] Come here.
Can you come here and sit down with me?
I'm so sorry that this happened to you.
But you know what, Vi?
You respected yourself enough to stand up to him,
and that really blows me away.
And everything that you are describing is normal.
Falling in love with a guy who turns out
to be a jerk
is as normal as it gets.
- Really? - Really.
What happened with Julian is awful,
but it's normal.
[whispering] Watch your head.
Are you tired?
Can you be here for a sec while I go talk to Van?
Wow. This is just...
I'm so sorry, Van.
No, don't be. You're...
You're perfect.
I mean, it's not your fault. It's mine.
Van, it's not.
No, you know, I...
I've been trying to comfort her, like,
the whole day. Like, all day.
And you did it in, like, five seconds.
[chuckles]
You're incredible, Mandy.
And I...
I don't know what I'd do without you.
Anyway...
Yeah, I should go.
I'll call you tomorrow.
- Okay. - Thank you.
[door clicks open]
[door clicks shut]
Okay.
Van.
Yeah?
Please don't talk to me like that.
Like what?
Like you don't know what you would do without me.
What's going on, Mandy?
What's going on
is that I changed my entire life for this job,
and that was because I thought I could make a real difference,
but now my whole fucking relationship is falling apart.
And I'm like
questioning basic things about who I am,
like whether or not I wanna be a doctor.
A couple months ago, my future was so clear,
and now it's fucking not clear, and that's what's going on.
I don't know what to say.
All I know is
you have a gift.
You're making a real difference.
All that other stuff, you'll figure it out.
Future stuff, you know?
But see, what if I...
what if I don't figure it out?
Like, what if I get stuck in there?
And what if I lose sight of who I am?
I won't let that happen.
[upbeat romantic music]
♪ ♪
[music fades]
♪ Oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪
[both] ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪
- ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪ - ♪ Whoa ♪
- ♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪ - ♪ Ooh, whoa ♪
- ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪ - ♪ Ooh, whoa, oh ♪
- ♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪ - ♪ Ooh, whoa ♪
[singers vocalizing]
[upbeat percussive music]
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪ - ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪
♪ Oh, whoa, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪
♪ Oh, whoa ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Oh, whoa, oh ♪