[light upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[alarm beeping]
[both grunting]
\h\h\h- I should go. - You really should.
- Mm. The boss gets upset
when I make her guests wait.
- Maybe she needs to loosen up.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- That’s what I keep telling her.
\h- [chuckles] [alarm beeping]
Fine. Fine. You win.
Take him. Go. [chuckles]- Stay in bed.
\hI won’t be back for a few hours.
- Mm.
I have to go back \hto the office.
\h\h\h- [grunts] - Today’s guests,
\h\h\h\htheir fantasies have more moving parts than usual,
\hand I have to take the long way around.
- Oh, right.
Can’t be seen cavorting with an employee, huh?
- I know you think \hI’m being silly--
- No, Elena, it’s okay.
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm. - I like being your secret.
- Good.
[both chuckling]
[dreamy music]
♪ ♪
[plane engine rumbling]
[quirky music]
- [sighs] Hey!
It’s a beautiful day, isn’t it?
- Mm-hmm. Oh, you know,
you seem extra glow-y today.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[sniffs] Oh! Is that a new perfume?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No. - Maybe a shampoo then?
Getting notes of sandalwood.
- Really? [sniffs]
\h\h\hHmm, must be the Agarwood trees.
- Well, Javier seems to have
a spring in his step today too.
\h- Okay, smiles? - [scoffs] Okay.
\h\h- Tara Bendetti and Jessica Warren,
\hhere for their 30th high school reunion.
- Oh, that’s a big one.
Lots of dreams obtained by then--or shattered.
Of course, nobody wants \h\h\h\hto admit that.
- Hello, ladies, I’m Elena Roarke,
and this is my associate, Ruby.
\h- It’s so nice to meet you both.
So how does all this work?
- Well, you just have to stay open
and go with the flow.
- Oh, we can do that.
- Ash here’s gonna have \h\h\h\h\h\h\hyour bags
taken to your suite, \hand we’ll meet you
at my office shortly.
\h\h- Thank you. - Enjoy, ladies.
- This is gonna be great. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Hi.- Thank you, Ash. \h\h- Thank you.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Andi Nevinson, meet your host, Elena Roarke.
And this is Ruby.
- Oh! And who do we have here?
- This is Baron Bobo Von Bigglesworth III,
AKA Bobo.
He did great on the plane,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbut he’s a little grumpmeister now.
\hAren’t you? [cat growls]
Somebody needs a nap. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm.
- Enjoy your trip. \h\h\h- Thank you.
♪ ♪
- Mm. Wait a minute.
See, there it goes again, \h\hthat, uh, sandalwood?
- It’s Agarwood trees. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Ah.
- Our staff has put together \h\h\h\ha cat-friendly suite
especially for you and Bobo.
Ash will take you there, yes? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Thank you.
[cat meows]
- You know you can confide in me if--
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Shall we? The guests are waiting.
♪ ♪
- We’ve been best friends
since the first day \h\hof ninth grade.
\h\h\h- I was too shy to sit with anyone in the cafeteria.
\h\h\h- And I didn’t want any of the other students
to see that I had a sack lunch.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- So we ended up hiding together in the library.
- So you made each other forget how miserable you were.
- And we’ve been each other’s \h\h\h\hlife raft ever since.
- And now we work together. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm.
- Our company is called \h\h\hTarica Solutions.
- Oh, so Tara and Jessica-- \h\h\h\h\h- Equals Tarica.Oh, that’s very clever. \h\h\h\h\h- [chuckles]
\h\h- We take care of literally all your home-organizing needs.
\hWe do pantries, closets, media rooms, crafts rooms.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Garages. We do a lot of garages.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay. - Good organization
doesn’t just clear the clutter \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfrom your home.
It clears the clutter \h\h\hfrom your mind.
- And a portion of the proceeds helps fund
the community garden \h\h\hthat I started.
- Aw, that is sweet.
And I bet your kids
are just the best of friends, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhuh?
- No, no kids. \h\h\h\h- Yeah.
\h\h\h\h\h- Oh. - No husbands.
It just hasn’t been our focus. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Um, so tell me, what can the island do for you?
- High school was tough for us. - More than tough.
\h\h\hThey locked us in the orchestra pit.
- Slipped cold cuts through \hthe vents in our lockers
\h\h\h\hon hot days. - And the nicknames?
\h\hI was Snorin’ Warren and she was Breadsticks.
\h\h\h\h- Breadsticks? - There was an incident
at the Olive Garden.
- Yeah, we don’t talk \h\h\h\h\habout that.
- Oh, and then prom night \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhappened.
- Almost afraid to ask.
\h- Janie Poovey was the most popular girlin high school.
She said that if we got a limo and paid for it,
she and her friends would ride with us.
- If we walked into prom \h\h\h\h\h\h\hwith Janie,
\h\h\hit would have been total social vindication.
[sighs] This is bad, Tar.
They should be here by now.
- They’re cool people, Jess. \h\h\h\hCool people are late.
- How would you know?
- It’s gonna be fine. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h[gasps]
Look, near beer.
\h\h\h\h\h- We worked at the ice cream shop
\hfor three months to rent this thing.
What if they don’t show?
\h- Janie and Sheryl aren’t gonna pass up
\h\hriding to prom in a stretch limo.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- [sighs] It is pretty awesome.
Okay, pass me a near beer. \h\h\h\h\h- Okay, take one.
- You know what? \h\h\h\hScrew it.
I’m gonna ask Ashton Stanford \h\h\h\h\h\hto dance tonight.
- [gasps] That’s it!
\h\h\h\h\h- [gasps] both: They’re here.
\h- Yo, Breadsticks, we got our own limo.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou suck! - Have fun with Snorin’ Warren.
\h- Oh! - Aah!
- [snickers] \h\h\hStupid.
- [whimpers]
They just wanted to humiliate us.
- I guess we were geeks.
- It’s just awful.
\h\h\h- An now it’s your 30th reunion.
- And we know we’re awesome. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm.
- It would just be nice \h\h\h\h\hif they did.
\h\h\h\h\h- Our fantasy is to go to the reunion
and rule the school.
- We want our classmates \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto envy us
\h\hthe way that we used to envy them.
\h\h\h\h\h- You want to be the popular kids for once.
\h\h- Do you think we’re being petty?
- I think you’ve both \hbeen through a lot.\h- Mm. - Yes.
\h\h\h\h- And I guarantee you will rule the school.
- [chuckles]
- The class of ’92 \h\h\hhas been told
that their hosts, \hthe two of you,
have flown them to the island
\hand are paying for all expenses.
The reunion weekend \h\h\hwill include
multiple events culminating \h\h\h\hwith the dream prom
that you never had. - We’re the hosts?
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm. - And we get a prom?
- The welcome gathering \h\h\h\h\h\his underway
in our ocean view pavilion.
But first, I believe \h\h\hyou ladies need
a fabulous outfit for the occasion.
\h- Oh! - What?
- Tara... \h\h- Aw.
- Jessica... \h\h- [gasps]
- Welcome to Fantasy Island.
\h\h\h- Ooh! - [chuckles]
\h\h\h- They got you the good litter box.
Nice, right?
And the fancy cat tree.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[sighs] But something is off about it.
\h\h\h\h\h\hI don’t know. What do you think, buddy?
\h\h\h\h[cat meows] Yep, you’re right.
It should be near the window \h\h\h\h\h\h\hso you can see
the pretty birdies. \h\h\h[cat growls]
[knock at door] \h\h\h\h\h\hOh.
- Miss Nevinson. \h- Andi, please.
I’m just getting Bobo settled. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCome in.
- Okay.
[cat meows]
- Here he is. \h\h\h\h- Aw.
Very handsome.
- He looks like Nathan Fillion, doesn’t he?
- Oh. [sneezes]
Ooh, I’m so sorry. I’m just allergic.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- So, Andi, what can the island do for you?
- Well, I am a cat lady.
- Oh, one cat doesn’t \h\ha cat lady make.
\h[laughs] - [kissing]
- Necessarily.
- Bobo is my best friend.
I tell him everything. \h\h\h\hAll my secrets.
He knows me better than anyone.
Oh, I love him so much.
\hMy fantasy is to know that he loves me back.
You’re looking at me weird.
\h\h\h\h- No, no. - Oh, no, no, no.
- I--I--trust me-- \h\h\h- Not at all.\h\h\hUm... - [sneezes]
\h\h\h- You know, the bond between humans and animals
can be very intense. \h\h\h\h\h[chuckles]- I mean, it’s Fantasy Island.
\hI could probably ask to fly or time travel or something.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt’s just I have always preferred
the company of animals \h\h\h\h\h\hto people.
Do you have any pets? - Well, I had a dog.
\h- Mm-hmm. - Sort of.
His name was Mr. Jones.- Did he pass? \h- No, no, no.
\hHe reconnected with his wife and moved back to the mainland.
[chuckles]
- Would you like to have \h\h\h\h\h\h\hsome lunch
before your fantasy begins?
- Oh. [chuckles]
\h\h\h\h\hI can’t leave Bobo in a new place alone so soon.
We’ll just get room service. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay.
- Who wants some tuna tartare? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHuh?
"I want some tuna tartare. \hI want some tuna tartare.
\hElena, can I have some tuna tartare?"
\h\h\h\h- [giggles] - Of course, Bobo.
[both laugh]
- ♪ You say ♪
♪ You can live without it \h\h\h\hbut I doubt it ♪
♪ ♪
- Oh.
\h\h- You ready? - Let’s do this.
- [exhales heavily] Okay.
- Some people look \h\h\hso different.
\h\h- [gasps] They’re here!
- They’re here! \h\h[cheering]
\h\h\h\h\h\hOh, my God, you girls look amazing.
\h\h\h\h[sighs] - Janie Poovey.
- This was so generous of you \h\h\h\h\hto fly us out here.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm. - The steak dinner? The rooms?
Whatever you need this weekend, just let me and Sheryl know.
- Totally. \h\h- Okay.
\h\h\h\h\h- Thanks. - One little thing.
\hCould you sign my book? - Oh, oh, me too! Me too!
- You wrote a book?
- I guess I wrote a book. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay.
- We both watch your show. \h\h\h\h- Oh, I’m obsessed.
- Let me see this.
Oh, you dedicated it to me.
- Wow, nice rock.
\h\h\h- What? Look at this!
\h\h\h- Finally. - That’s amazing.
- Oh, my God, oh, my God, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hoh, my God.
\h\h\h\hIt’s Ashton Stanford. - Deep breath, you look hot.
- My beautiful wife is here. \h- I can’t. I mean...[sighs]
\h\hHe just kissed her in front of everybody.
- Hi, Ashton.
- He’s still so handsome. \h\h\h- She is gorgeous.
- Well, everyone’s dying \h\h\h\h\hto talk to you.
Or should I keep you to myself?
- Wow. I wonder
what they’re gonna want \h\h\h\hto talk about.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Well, your community garden initiative,
our foundation,
\h\hhow you’re even prettier than you were in high school.
\hYour pick. - [chuckles]
\h\h\hWe have a foundation. - My book is a bestseller.
- You look so great, Tara.
I mean, you’re aging backward.
- And you haven’t aged a day.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Well, I’m vegan. It’s great for the complexion.
- I always thought that you had
the most beautiful skin \h\h\h\hin high school.
- It was the moisturizing \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hegg yolk.
\h\h- Well, all I know is you looked about 25
\h\h\h\hat the Met Gala. - I went to the Met Gala.
- I live on a farm.
\hCode yellow? - You know it.
\h\h\h\h\h\hYou guys have a pay-what-you-can market
every Sunday on your farm.
- You have an online store. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- [squeals]
You and Ashton foster \h\h\hdisabled dogs.
\h\h- You’re working on a new book called
"My Method, Your Madness."
- Okay. I feel bad.
We should be writing these books together.
- No. N--no.
I--I like my fantasy life \h\h\h\h\hjust as it is.
- Ashton is legit sexy.
- Oh, my God, so sexy.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[gasps] We might make out later.
- [laughing] \hOh, my God.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh, my-- - You’re gonna be fine.
- Okay, I’m gonna be fine. \h\h\h\h- You’ve got this.
\h\h- I got it. - Breath check.
\h- Ugh, mint. We need a mint.
[cat purring]
[knock at door]
- That must be our noms.
You ready for some noms, buddy?
[cat purring]
[cat meows] \h\h[gasps]
\h\h\h\h\h\h- [groans] I could definitely eat.
Did I just talk?
Aah! [laughs]
Whoa.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ We’re breaking us ♪
- Wow, these things \h\h\h\hare brutal.
You ever been to a reunion?
- Didn’t even go to my prom.
- [scoffs] Wait, what?
Why not?
- No one asked me. [chuckles]
I spent high school \h\h\hwith my nose
in a science book.
- Beautiful and brilliant, huh?
Those poor boys must have been \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hso intimidated.
- [chuckles]
- You ever regret not going? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No.
But, you know, maybe-- \h\h\h\hmaybe a little.
’Cause I would have \h\hblown them away
with my salsa. \h\h- [laughs]
- We shouldn’t be seen... \h\h\h\h\h\hfraternizing.
\h\h\h\h\h- [clears throat] - You know, maybe we could
\h\h\h\h\h\hfraternize somewhere more private?
\h\h\h\h\h\hThe store room in the back of the kitchen?
- See you in five. \h- [clears throat]
- Hello.
\h\h\h\hYou know, I bet a lot of them remember
high school as the best time \h\h\h\h\h\h\hof their lives.
- Or their worst.
- Like Jessica and Tara.
- And they can’t move past it.
\h\hThey think they’re holding each other up,
\hbut I’m afraid they are holding each other back.
- Is that you? \h\h\h[sniffs]- You know, I...
need to have a talk \h\hwith the chef.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh. - Nut allergies.
- [sniffing]
- Oh.
I was such a geek \hin high school.
\h\h- Sexiest geek in the garden club.
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
So glad I finally got to take you to prom.
- Well, you could have asked me the first time around.- Well, I wanted to, but--
I even talked to Tara about it, but she made it very clear
\h\h\hthat you were not into football players.
- What?- In this market,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hit’s essential to keep reinventing yourself.
- Oh, yes, for sure.
I reinvent all day. Every day.
- Hey, you two. Having fun?
Venture capital mogul and badass girl boss
plotting to take over \h\h\h\h\hthe world.
- Janie, would you mind \h\h\h\h\h\hgrabbing us
a couple glasses of champagne?
- Yes.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- You know, when I was first starting out,
I wanted to contact you,
\h\h\h\h\hbut I was afraid you wouldn’t take my calls.
- Come on.
Fear is the only real obstacle \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin life, right?
- Yeah. I guess you’re right.
- Hey, I need to talk to you. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNow.- Okay.
- Back in high school, \h\hdid you tell Ashton
I wasn’t interested in him?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Well, I mean, that was a hundred years ago.
\hI can’t remember every little thing
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat happened. - He was gonna ask me to prom.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd you told him I wasn’t into football players?
- I was trying to protect you. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- From what?
Love? Happiness?- I didn’t want you to get \h\h\h\hyour heart broken.
- Well, that wasn’t for you to decide.
- Champs!
- Go away. \h- [sighs]
\h- You’re human. This is amazing.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Ugh. I can barely smell anything.
And I am freezing.
No coverage at all. \h\h\hI feel naked.
- But, Bobo, we can talk. \h\h\hWe can communicate.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Eh. - I don’t know what I expected,
but not this.Look at you!
Not exactly what I thought \h\h\hyou would look like.
But you are perfect. \h- Whoa, boundaries.
- Sorry. \h- Yeah.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- But, so, like, what do you want to do first?
I feel like we should get \h\h\hto know each other
a little bit.
\h\h\h- It’s like a whole different world up here.
- Would you say you’re happy? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Ooh.
Well, look what we have here. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[chuckles]
\h\h\h- Oh, you probably won’t like those anymore.
\h- I’ve seen you open these, like, a million times, so...
I’ll be the judge of that. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[grunts]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[laughs] Opposable thumbs, bam.
[grunting]
Oh, mmm.
- Uh, not--not too many. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Aah!
\hCan you lay off a little bit? I’m feeling kind of oppressed.
- Oppressed? \h\h\h- Yeah.
And it’s not just right now.
Listen, the outfits, \hthe Instagram page,
it’s a lot.
\h\h- I didn’t know you felt this way.
Is there anything I could do? \h\h\h- [speaking gibberish]
We’re gonna have to put a pin \h\h\h\hin this conversation.
- But...
- I have to disembowel \h\h\h\h\hthat lizard.
Come here, you little brat!
- Bobo! Bobo, come back!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- [sighs] Tara said she was trying
to protect me.
What the hell?
- Well, maybe she didn’t want \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto share you.
- Oh. - Mm.
Good. No, that’s good.
I don’t usually do this sort of thing
on the first date. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh.
Roleplay, huh?
Just another reason \h\hwhy I love you.
- Oh, you love me. Okay. Oh!
- I’m sorry.
I wasn’t expecting anyone to be here.
- [laughs] So how was it?
- Who--who are you?
- I’m Rita. Your nanny?
- Nanny? \h- Okay.
Uh, somebody obviously \h\h\h\h\hoverindulged.
- [mumbling indistinctly]
Yeah, hi.
[baby gurgles]
\h\h\h- [gasps] [baby giggles]
[sighs]
- You are cute.
\h\h\h\hAnd somehow I managed to bring you into this world
and keep you alive,
all while being massively, \h\hfabulously successful.
Yes! So go me!
[baby giggles] \h\hOh, I know.
But of course, you’re not real.
- Oh, he’s real...ish.
- How can he be real-ish?
\h\h- Um, you know, I’ll wait and--and explain to you both
so I don’t have to do it twice.
Oh, here she is.
- You have a baby now?
I mean, it’s a cute baby. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHi, baby.
[baby giggles]
- Apparently I have a baby-ish.
Kind of like you have \h\ha husband...ish.
- Okay, Fantasy Island \h\h\h\hisn’t tethered
in a particular time \h\h\h\h\hor reality,
which means the island is free
to show our guests \h\hpossibilities.
\h\h\hWhat could be, what could have been.
- So I could have been \h\h\h\h\h\hwith Ashton
if Tara hadn’t lied to me.
[quirky music]
- Hmm. It’s possible.
- Hmm.
\h\h\h- You know, there are many roads and many choices
that lead to where we are.
- Roads paved with lies.
- Okay, ladies, look around.
It’s a high school reunion.
Who here isn’t lying \h\habout something?
The question is, why?
- I was trying to protect her. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hI told you that.
\h- And you have both done a lot of that, haven’t you?
You’ve spent your entire lives \h\h\h\hprotecting each other.
But at what cost?
Thank you, gentlemen.
Go ahead, try it.
It’s an island specialty.
- Your tenth grade bangs
did not make you look \h\h\hlike Tori Amos.
[gasps]
- I only do Pilates \h\h\hon Saturdays
so I don’t have to dig around
in your precious community garden.
[gasps]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Get used to the truth bombs, ladies,
\h\h\h\h’cause they’re about to start flowing.
♪ ♪
- Oh, my God, there you are.
I’ve been worried sick.
- You’re sick? Ew.
- Where’d you get \hthose clothes?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh. They called it a gift shop.
I charged it to your room. \h\hI hope you don’t mind.
And I’m gonna go by Baron now. \h\h\h\hIt sounds like a king.
- This was supposed to be \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hour trip.
Can you hear yourself?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou know, even if I was a human,
that would just sound so sad \h\h\h\h\h\hto say out loud.
- Bobo, please.
- I’ve been watching you \h\h\h\h\hmy entire life.
And you know what I see?
\h\h\hI think you are a sad, little hermit
\hwho is terrified of human intimacy.
And you use your cat, AKA me,
as an excuse to stay in \h\h\h\h\hFriday nights
\hinstead of finding a real relationship.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt’s sad, and I don’t like watching it.
And you take me, a cat, \h\h\h\h\hto an island,
to validate your delusion
\hthat you’re not wasting your life, which you are.
- Why are you so mean?
- I’m not mean.
It’s just, the truth hurts, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfood lady.
Now I’m gonna go
\hand get rubbed down by a man named Paolo,
because he promised me a deep-tissue massage,
and I don’t know what that is.
[grunts] Enjoy.
Have whatever you want.
♪ ♪
[mellow music playing]
♪ ♪
- Hi, Segundo.
You, uh--you got a minute?
I have a small favor to ask.
- Does it have anything to do \h\hwith your new girlfriend?
- [singing in Spanish]
\h\h\h- Uh... - [chuckles]
I’m old, mijo,
but not blind.
- She doesn’t want \h\hanyone to know.
- I’m sure she has her reasons.
But I have never seen \h\hElenita happier.
♪ ♪
So what’s this favor?
♪ ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- This tight skin?
It’s called a face lift \h\h\h\h\h\hand Botox.
I’m not even vegan. \h- I had an affair
with my personal trainer.
- I just got out of jail-- \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hembezzling.
- I hate organizing. - And you suck at it.
You’re literally the least \hambitious person I know.
- Well, just because \h\hI’m not ambitious
about straightening garages
\h\h\hdoes not mean I’m not ambitious.
I was gonna join the Peace Corps,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand you said that I had to help you launch
your stupid company.
- Wait, where’s my baby?
- I’m sorry, you’re back \hin the life you chose.
\h\hNo baby, no book. No husband, no farm.
- Ashton?
\h\h\h\h[crowd chanting] Breadsticks! Breadsticks!
- Hey!
\h\h\h- You guys. - Snorin’ Warren!
- Now let’s see. \h\h\h\h\h- Yeah?
- Oh, hey, that’s good. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah?
- Elbows up. Elbows up!
\h\h\h\h\h- [groans] - Stabilize the core.
Loosen those hips!
- How do you stabilize the core
and loosen the hips \hat the same time?
- Focus, Javier, focus. \h\h\h- [sighs heavily]
- Elenita is a strong dancer.
\hShe needs a strong lead. - I’m not sure about this.
- Then you will fail.
Salsa is about passion, \h\h\h\h\hno doubt, eh?
You have to meet her level.
[lively Latin music playing]
Show her you have \hwhat it takes.
Go again. Elbows up.
- All right, all right.
- Go. That’s it.
That’s it, good. \h\h- Like that?
- Yeah, yeah, like that.
[both laughing]
- You got it. [chuckles]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hElbows up. - All right, it feels good.
- Elbows up. \h\h\h- Yeah.
- Hello.
\hHi. - Hi.
- Oh, my goodness, guess what. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Hmm?
I think Javier and Roarke \h\h\h\h\h\hare together.
- Didn’t you tell me \h\hthey had a thing
a few months back? \h\h\h- Well, yeah,
but it was more of, like, \h\h\h\ha one night stand
kind of thing, but this?This is different.
\hI mean, Javier is taking salsa lessons from Segundo.
And I’m pretty sure \h\hthey snuck off
\h\h\h\h\hinto a storage room during the party last night.
- Mm, clandestine meetings \h\h\hin the storage room.
Sounds exciting.
\h\h\h- Well, you know, there’s friend energy,
but then there’s love energy.
\h\h\h\hBut there is a distinct difference
between the two. \h\h\h\h- Uh-huh.
- I think that they have \h\h\h\hthat love energy.
- Mm-hmm.
\h\h\h\hDoes it bother you that she’s not telling you?
- [sighs] I get it.
You know, Elena doesn’t \hreally do vulnerable.
And there’s nothing \h\hmore vulnerable
than being in love.
Even if she doesn’t \h\h\hknow it yet.
- Hmm.
- Oh, I actually need to check \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon my cat lady.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m sorry. I’ll see you soon, okay?
- [chuckles]
♪ ♪
Bye.
♪ ♪
- Tough day?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- [sighs] My cat thinks I’m a loser.
\h\h\h- He’s a cat. What does he know?
- He knows I haven’t been \h\hon a date since 2016.
- Well, that is a long time.
\h- Do you have any idea what it’s like out there?
\h\h\h\hCatfishers, ghosters, bread-crumbers, benchwarmers.
The last date I went on,
\h\h\h\h\hit turns out the guy lived in a van
and he just wanted to massage my feet.
- [laughs] What?
\h- Bobo--I mean, Baron-- loves me unconditionally.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Hmm. - Or at least I thought he did.
- It’s not only pets that can \h\hlove you unconditionally.
People can too.
But not if you’re hiding away \h\h\h\h\h\hin your apartment
’cause you’re scared \h\hof getting hurt.
- You may have a point. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm.
- You and Bobo.
- Okay, you see him over there?
That is Harrison.
And I happen to know \h\hthat he is single
and a cat lover.
- He’s cute. \h- Oh, yeah.
\h\h\h- There’s probably something wrong with him.
- [chuckles]
Probably, yeah.
But what if you just dip \hyour toe in the water?
You know, have a little fun. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThat’s all.
Come on, I’ll introduce you. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay.
- Yeah. [chuckles]
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\hHey, Harrison, I’d like you to meet Andi.
- Jessica Warren?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHi, I-- you might not remember me--
\h\h\h- Hi, Ashton. Weird weekend, huh?
- Yeah, yeah, you too?
I caught Dengue fever \h\h\h\hor something.
My head’s all fuzzy.
\h\h\h\h\h\hI don’t think I drank that much, but...
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hseeing you really turned around the day.
- Snorin’ Warren? \hWhat a thrill.
- I never called you that.
And I totally understand \h\h\hwhy you fell asleep
in social studies class.
Mr. Pinto was a living, \h\h\hbreathing Valium.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[both chuckle] - He was as engaging as Jell-O.
- Water flavored Jell-O. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- [laughs]
\h- So you want to ditch the surf and turf dinner
and hang out?
[soft music]
- Um...
your wife wouldn’t mind?
- Happily divorced. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh.
Uh, well, in that case, \h\h\hI would love to.
♪ ♪
- Great. - Great.
[thunder rumbling]
[pounding on door]
\h\h\h\h- Andrea! [thunder crashes]
You know that stuff \hfrom the faucet?
It’s falling from the sky!
Andrea, let me in!
My cat fur’s all wet.
\h\h\h\h\h\hHi. - Hello, Baron.
- Hi, um...
maybe we can just hide \h\h\h\h\hunder the bed
until this is all over?
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Actually, now is not a good time.
\h\h\hI’m with someone, and I’m getting a life.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[baby giggling]
[knock at door]
- Are you ready to tell me \h\h\h\habout Breadsticks?
- It was sophomore year,
\hand after a field trip, everyone went to dinner.
All the other kids \hwere pigging out
\h\h\h\h\h\hon calamari and mozzarella sticks,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand I lied and said I was on a diet.
My mother had been MIA \h\h\h\hfor a few days.
That happened a lot.
And there was no food \h\h\h\hin the house.
Luckily for me,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOlive Garden has unlimited breadsticks.
[chuckles]
Anyways, I helped myself,
just jammed them in a bag.
[soft music]
One of Janie’s friends \h\h\h\hmust have seen,
because as I was leaving, she unzipped my backpack,
and all of the breadsticks \h\h\h\hcame tumbling out.
♪ ♪
"Breadsticks" was born.
[clears throat]
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou know, I froze my eggs ages ago.
I never even told Jessica.
- Why?
- I don’t know. \hI was scared.
- Really? Of what?
- Maybe...changing things,
changing everything.
What if I can’t handle it?
My mother couldn’t.
\h\h\h- And Jessica was there for you.
You made each other feel safe, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hright?
That’s what life rafts do.
How is that working for you?
♪ ♪
This is what I know about this island.
\h\hIt wouldn’t have shown you something that you can’t have.
There is so much more \hhere for you, Tara.
All you have to do is... \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\htake it.
- [sighs deeply]
- Well, I have a confession \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto make.
I had such a crush on you \h\h\h\hback in the day.
- [laughs]
But you were captain of the football team.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou dated all the hottest cheerleaders.
- Well, more like \hthey dated me.
\h\hIt wasn’t even me that they were into.
They just wanted to go out \h\h\h\hwith a quarterback.
- Meanwhile, I was invisible.
- Not to me.
No, you were so different
from all the other girls \h\h\h\h\h\h\hin school.
You cared about things.
- I can’t believe you noticed that.
\h\h\h\h\h- So, listen, there’s a prom tonight.
And since I didn’t have \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe guts
to ask you in high school,
would you do me the honor \h\h\hand go with me now?
- Um...
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[door creaks]
[thumping]
♪ ♪
[birds chirping]
♪ ♪
- Hey, Driscoll.
You really are rich, right?
I mean, that wasn’t a lie?
- Mm, I’m loaded.
- Then I want to talk to you \h\h\h\habout a business idea
that’s gonna rock your world.
♪ ♪
[light music]
\h- [sighs] Hey, buddy.
\h\h\h\h- [grunts] - I got your gift.
- Did you like it?
- I really did.
Thank you.
\h\h\h- [grunts] - You were right.
Thank you.
- I love you.
\h\h- You do? - Of course.
You’re food lady.
\h\h\h\h\h\hAmong my kind, that is the highest honor.
You feed me wet and dry food \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand treats.
\h- [laughs] - Every day!
And you tend to my latrine.
\h\h\h\h\hAnd you always fill the birdfeeder with birdseed.
And when it’s cold at night,
\h\h\hyou let me climb on your lap and cuddle.
I am so happy.
I want you to be too.
You don’t have nine lives \h\h\h\h\h\h\hlike I do.
\hJust this one. - [chuckling] Oh.
- I want you to have \h\h\hthe best life.
♪ ♪
[cat meowing] \h\h\h\h- Aw.
I love you too. [chuckles]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBy the way, you’re on your own tonight.
I’m going to the prom.
[cat meows]
[chuckles]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- What’s all this?
- I’m taking you to prom. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hRight here.
Here we go. Beautiful.
[lively Latin music playing]
[both chuckle]
- Where’d you learn that? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Segundo.
But I swore him to secrecy. \h\h\h\h\h\h- Segundo, eh?
- Mm-hmm. \h- Hmm.
♪ ♪
Well, thank you. - You’re welcome.
- What now?
- Well, it’s prom. \h\h\h\h\hWe dance.
- Let’s go.
[chuckles] Oh!
You know what?
\h\h\h\h\hWe may need a bigger dance floor.
[horn honks]
[soft mysterious music]
♪ ♪
- What the... \h\h\h- Hell?
[locks click]
\h\h\h\h\h\hOh. - Oh, come on.
[grunting]
Pass the Rocky Road.
♪ ♪
- We are so gonna get fired \h\h\h\h\hfor taking these.
- Worth it.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Screw Janie and her airhead friends.We don’t need them anyway.
- Clearly they peaked \h\h\hin high school.
We’re way cooler than they are.
- And better than them.
\h\h\h- Tara Bendetti, you’re my best friend.
\h\h\h\h\hAnd I promise I will never hurt you.
And I will always have \h\h\h\h\h\h\hyour back
no matter what, forever.
\h\h\h- Jessica Warren, you’re my best friend.
\h\h\h\h\hAnd I promise I will never hurt you.
And I will have your back \h\h\h\h\hno matter what.
\hForever. - Forever.
- Okay. - Okay.
[soft music]
- My God, those dresses \h\h\h\h\h\hwere ugly.
- Those little geeks \h\h\h\h\hhad dreams.
- They did. Didn’t they?
- Yeah.
What happened to us?
- Instead of pushing each other to be braver,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hwe--we stuck with what made us feel safe.
- Each other.
- We have to stop doing that.
\h\h\h\h\hWe needed to cling to each other in high school,
\h\h\h\hbut maybe being each other’s life rafts
kept us from learning to swim \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon our own.
- I think we need \h\hto break up.
- Me too.
♪ ♪
I’m scared. \h- Me too.[both sniffle]
- But I think we have \h\hto do it anyway.
- Yeah.
\h\h\h\hAnd you’re gonna be more than okay without me.
Better than okay.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI mean, you’re gonna be amazing!
\h\h\h\h\h\hYou and Ashton are gonna change the world.
- You’re gonna be okay too.
You’re gonna write that book
and have a baby if you want to
and build an empire.
- [chuckles] [locks click]
- But first...
- We’re gonna rock this prom! \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[chuckles]
[rock music playing]
♪ ♪
- Oh, look.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBreadsticks finally made it to prom.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- I can’t believe I ever cared what you thought.
- [scoffs]
- [gasps] There’s your guy.
Better get your ass over there \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand get him.
- Okay, I’m gonna get \hmy ass over there.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Love at first sight ♪
[ballad playing]
- Can business partners dance?
- Hell yes. \h\h- Yeah.
[laughs]
\h\h\h- ♪ As the wind beneath your wings ♪
- Aw.
[gasps] Hello!
Hi.
You look absolutely beautiful.
- [chuckles] Thanks.
- Uh, do you see them \h\h\h\h\hover there?
Yeah, I think they have \h\h\hthat love energy
I was telling you about. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h[chuckles]
- You know, I’ve been thinking \h\h\h\h\h\h\habout love energy
and friend energy and us.
\h\h- Uh-oh. - I love you.
But we have friend energy.
- No, we--we--we are-- \h\h\h- We’re friends.
We’re good friends.
\hAnd I want more, and so should you.
\h\h\h\h- Gina-- - Look, I get it.
\h\hYou’re new at this, and I was a safe space.
But love should be \h\ha little scary.
- ♪ When you feel blue ♪
♪ I’ll always show you I can ♪
♪ So just don’t go too far ♪
♪ Unless your love \h\h\hdon’t come ♪
♪ I’ll be there for you ♪
- Pardon me, mademoiselle.
Would you care to dance?
- Gina just dumped me. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh.
- ♪ So just don’t go too far ♪
- Then I’m afraid \hI must insist.
- ♪ Unless your love \h\h\h\hdon’t come ♪
♪ I’ll be there for you ♪
♪ When you feel blue ♪
♪ I’ll always show you \h\hI care, oh, yeah ♪
♪ ♪
[lively Latin music]
♪ ♪
- Do you want to dance? \h\h\h\h\h- Yes, I do.
- What is happening?
♪ ♪
Did you know about this?
- Of course. \h[chuckles]
I know everything.
♪ ♪
- [laughs]
- What changed your mind? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- You.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪