For as long as I could remember, the four of us shared everything.
Tories...
...secrets...
...laughter...
...broken hearts.
So when we found a pair of pants that, by some miracle, fit each of us perfectly...
...we took it on faith they'd come into our lives for a reason.
That summer and the two that followed...
...the pants had the magic of keeping us together.
No matter where they found us.
Bring it in!
They saw us through times of love...
...times of loss...
Congratulations. ... and times of change.
And those moments where you feel your life just lift up...
...and take off.
Let go!
That fall when we left for college, I watched each of my friends settle into a new life.
- Cut! - Tibby was at NYU.
Bridget made the soccer team at Brown.
And Lena? She was on scholarship at Rhode Island School of Design.
They made it look so easy, fitting right in and making new friends...
...while I was at Yale just waiting for something to feel real or familiar.
I was lost without them, especially when it felt like my mom was moving on too.
I believed that the Sisterhood could survive anything.
But maybe the pants had done just about all a pair of pants could do...
...and the rest we had to learn on our own.
How to become ourselves without losing each other.
Kostos?
I'm so sorry, Lena.
I know how much Bapi meant to you.
It's good to see you.
- These past few months have just... - Lena.
I've missed you.
I only broke up with you because...
Lena...
...this is Melia.
My wife.
And treachery in me, your queen.
Wait, Kostos got married?
Yep. Apparently there's a B-A-B-Y on the way.
Oh, my God!
I didn't get the whole story. You have to Heimlich it out of Lena.
Well, she must be devastated.
Wait, why didn't she call me? I hardly hear from her, or any of you.
She was probably planning on telling you when school's out.
Listen, I gotta go. I think I just found bliss.
- Love you. - Okay, I... Love you too.
Here you go.
- Hold this. - How was it?
It was great. One of your best.
Excuse me! Out of the way!
My God, there is nothing more invigorating than a full house.
Here, take it down. I just want to get this dress off.
I can barely breathe. Perfect. Thank you.
You're welcome.
- These came for you during intermission. - Oh. Great.
She's consistent. My mother sends two dozen yellow roses...
...every time she doesn't show up.
Let's see.
"Sorry I couldn't be there, darling. See you in Vermont." Of course.
Have you ever been to Vermont?
- Vermont? - Yeah.
I'm doing an acting internship at the Village Theater Arts Festival this summer.
My mom will have to go to that. A lot of her friends will be in it.
Professional actors. We actually get to work with them.
Hey, Carmen, they're always looking for people backstage.
I could pull a few strings if you're interested.
Oh, wow. That's really nice of you...
...but I made plans to go home, because my mom's pregnant...
...and we're moving, and my friends would kill me if I wasn't home.
- But thank you. - Yeah, I understand.
Dad, I'm home.
Dad?
Bridget.
Hey, honey. I didn't expect you home so soon.
I know, me either.
You hungry? Want a slice?
Favorite recipe.
No, it's okay, I ate on the road.
So how's school?
Good. Yeah.
How's everything with you?
Good. You know, same.
Yeah.
Okay. Great.
Um, I guess I'll go unpack.
Get some rest.
Mom!
What is it?
Where's my stuff?
We just wanted to get a jump-start on all the packing. It's gonna be fine.
- Here are your towels. - Thanks.
David, is this the box you wanted?
Let me see it, honey.
Welcome home.
I'm sorry I'm late, I'm sorry! I didn't pack the boom box!
But I'm here! And it's so good to see you!
It's been too long. Your piercing closed up!
I know, right? Cool in Bethesda, passé in the Village.
Here, hold this.
- Why are these open? - I got hungry.
- Hi, Bee. - Carma.
- Wow, you came prepared. - Well, it's all that theater work.
- Theater work? Acting? - I always said you were a drama queen.
Thank you, but no. It's behind-the-scenes.
Does this mean you're gonna be able to help me with my screenplay for summer school?
Summer school?
Well, yeah, I got an incomplete.
I was supposed to write a romantic comedy, but my characters broke up.
- You're gonna be in New York the summer? - Yeah, it sucks.
Brian will come visit you every weekend.
Because the guy worships the ground you walk on.
Don't you just hate that in a guy?
- Take these. - Bee, be careful.
If you fall, I'll laugh.
It always makes me nervous when she does this.
- Oh, my God. - Oh!
Piece of cake.
We'll be like 85 climbing up these stairs.
You not gonna be able to do that again.
Okay, Tib, please come out of downward dog.
- Okay. - Pants.
Check. Junk food.
- Oh, wow. - Check.
Have some chips.
Cheesy '80s music, check.
- I forgot. What do we do first? - Carmen goes next and she does the:
"Blah, blah, blah, rules one, two, and three of the pants. Blah, blah, blah."
Prayer, and we hold hands. And then we all sit around and pray.
That's very sentimental, Tibby.
I'm just saying. We've been doing this for a couple summers now.
- We don't need the ritual every single time. - Why not? It's not any less important.
Okay, you guys, let's just keep the same rotation. Okay?
So, what, now you guys don't care about it either?
We care.
Carmen, we've done this a million times. It's not that big of a deal anymore.
So if we just keep going as usual, you have them for a week and you pass them on.
- Bee's next. - Don't take them on your digs...
...with those corroded bones and corpses.
I'm sorry I'm not painting in a studio all summer.
Wait, what are you guys talking about? Bones and studios, what is that?
I got accepted into this archaeological camp in Turkey...
...so I'm gonna go there for the summer.
- Didn't you get my e-mail? - No.
I'm taking a figure drawing class.
Cool.
What are your plans for the summer?
Um...
I'm going to Vermont.
Really?
Yep.
Vermont.
Can't you take me with you to RISD? I'll die of boredom here, I swear.
Come on, I'm your sister.
- I thought you were going back to Greece. - Not until August.
Oh, God. Okay, that reminds me. What should I do about Kostos?
What do you mean?
You know, if I see him, what do I say?
Or do I not say anything?
God, what if I see him with her and she's, like, all out to here and everything?
I don't know.
We agreed to see other people, so I knew there was a possibility he'd...
That he'd date someone, not get her pregnant and have to marry her.
God, whatever. Just talk to him, don't talk to him, I don't care.
Effie Kaligaris, we have to go!
Yeah, coming!
Hey, Mom, can we pick up Ashley on the way?
Why didn't you tell me she'd been writing all these years?
Where did you get these?
Where you hid them.
Your mother and I weren't on speaking terms with Greta.
- It was in your best interest... - My best interest?
What, to make me think my own grandmother didn't love me?
You had no right to do that to me!
I had a right, Bridget.
I'm your father. It's my job to protect you.
Protect me? From what?
I can take care of myself, Dad.
In case you hadn't noticed, I've been doing it for years.
- Over there is the Ford Theater. - Oh, cool.
- I'm so glad you changed your mind. - Me too.
Thank God for summer theater, huh?
Julia, Julia, Julia, darling.
How nice to have you back with us this season.
- Thanks. - How's your mother? Working?
Of course. But she sends her love.
Tell her love should not be sent.
Carmen, this is Bill Kerr, our brilliant director.
Uh-uh-uh-uh.
My actors are brilliant, I merely facilitate.
Carmen is one of my friends from Yale.
Yale. Well, I shall try not to hold that against you.
- Welcome to the theater. - Thanks.
Charming.
He's like family. God, I love this place.
As you may have heard, this season on the main stage...
...we will be mounting The Winter's Tale.
And, as is tradition...
...acting interns will be assigned roles in the ensemble...
...with the exception...
...of one sacrificial lamb...
Is he drunk?
Ladies.
Sorry.
Who will be cast in a leading role...
...and have the great good fortune of working very closely with me.
Margaret.
Auditions begin tomorrow at...
...9 a. M?
By my troth, an hour I know not well.
I would like everyone to prepare...
...a monologue or a scene from the play.
Oh, God, I could vomit, I'm so nervous.
Are you kidding? You're gonna be fine. I'll run lines with you.
Thanks.
Hello and welcome.
I am Professor Nasrin Mehani, director of the university program.
Let me show you where you will be working.
Shall we?
I'm guessing you're a virgin.
Pardon me?
To figure drawing, I mean. You look a little nervous.
Nervous? No.
Oh, God, no.
I've never officially taken a class before...
...but I've been sketching people my whole life. It's a model, right?
It's not like I know the woman.
Talk that much when you're not nervous?
Actually, I don't normally talk this much, like, ever.
Good morning, everyone. Please grab an easel and let's get started.
Leo. We're ready whenever you are.
Have fun.
Relax your strokes, Lena.
Find the areas of tension within the pose, and then...
...feel the contours as you move through them.
Okay.
Okay, that's it for today.
Thanks, Leo.
He's a nude model, Lena, not a porn star.
Hey, Tibby? The return box is so jammed, nothing'll fit through the slot, do you mind?
Yes, I absolutely mind.
It's inconsiderate of the customers...
...and interferes with the timely collection of late fees.
I'm gonna call you back.
- But, Tibby... - Just send the sketch.
- Hey. - Hey.
- Should I have called? - No, I love surprises.
- Good, because... - Tibby!
I'm with a customer!
Hi.
Happy anniversary.
It's 10 months today. And I thought...
...we should celebrate.
You have a good memory.
I'm a romantic guy.
And I have a calendar on my cell phone.
- Tibby! - Oh, God.
You convinced your boss to give you the weekend off?
I told them the creators of "Dragon's Lair"...
...were giving me a lifetime achievement award.
- No, seriously. - I told them the truth.
That I had to see my favorite person in the world.
Oh, and you too.
Well, your favorite person in the whole wide world is clearly incompetent.
Help.
You have to... Well...
Okay, that was way too simple.
How's everything so simple for you?
Everything's simple. I mean, you don't play games...
...you don't take three days to call a girl back.
Would you like me to give you a simple answer?
Go on.
Because... I love you.
- That simple, huh? - Yep.
- It's that simple. - It's that simple.
So you just use the L word and I'm supposed to...
...swoon?
Get a little emotional?
That'd be nice.
Okay.
I'm not gonna fight you here.
I know you really want me to, but I can't.
- You sure? - I think so. Okay.
So now that we have a new anniversary to celebrate...
...I just want you to know that even though I am a feminist...
...I still do enjoy a nice box of chocolates.
And I don't hate all poetry.
You okay in there?
What's wrong?
Uh... I think, um...
I think we had a malfunction.
It's not a computer. What do you mean?
It broke.
I don't understand. Those things last forever in landfills.
- When did it break? - I don't know.
Look, I mean, I was a little preoccupied, you know.
- Are you sure that it was a real one? - Of course it was real.
My uncle gave it to me for graduation, you know. I was saving it.
For two years?
Brian...
God.
What was I, just like the first girl to say yes?
Of course not.
I wasn't the first girl?
No, I mean, of course you are.
Bathroom.
Tibby...
...look, I understand that you're worried.
I'm not worried.
I just have to work on my script, you know, because it's due soon.
It's okay.
You sure? Okay.
It's gotta come down at least six inches. It's gotta clear it.
Can we hold the work, please?
And the rest is silence.
Ian, it's your time.
What you do still betters what is done.
When you speak, sweet, I would have you do it ever.
And for the ordering your affairs, to sing them too...
Ian?
Oh, my God, I'm sorry.
Are you okay?
I'm sorry.
Are you okay? I don't know what happened. Are you okay?
As long as it wasn't a comment on my acting.
No, I wasn't even watching you.
- Now, that hurts. - No, that's not what I meant.
Where the hell is the technical director?
- Okay, you're fine. - I'm fine.
- Okay. - Go around. Go around. Please.
Okay. Sorry.
- Ian? - I'm okay, Bill.
I think it's a jaw.
Oh, awesome.
See? Should've brushed more.
Hey, guys. Cheese!
Have a seat. Good day in the dirt?
Great, I almost have Hector all the way out.
Hector. Very heroic name. What makes you think it's a he?
The size of the skull. We found a female skull last week.
And what did you name her?
Cleo.
I've been searching for the last few bits of her because her skeleton's almost complete.
It really doesn't get to you, does it?
No, why would it? I mean, these people are way long gone.
And what is "way long"?
How do you calculate the moment when a person's death becomes scientific...
...rather than emotional?
I don't know. I guess when the last person they knew died.
Then you, my friend, have a thing or two to learn from the Greeks.
Well...
Come on! Bridget, come on!
- Go, go. - No, only if you come.
- No, I'm tired. - Come on. No, you're not tired!
Tib, it's me, again.
Look, I really just... I just want to talk to you. Can you call me, please?
Hey, it's Carmen. What rock are you hiding under?
Haven't heard from you in a while. Call me back.
Tib.
It's Brian.
Oh!
Okay.
Lenny, I enclosed with the pants a little bit of ancient dirt...
...and a picture of me with my new boyfriend, Hector.
Not exactly the lively type, but he's got the wisdom of the ages.
Aren't you a little early?
Oh.
Pretty sure class doesn't start for like 12 hours or so.
Yeah. I just thought I'd come by and get in some extra studio time.
What are you doing here? Is this yours?
In exchange for the modeling, they let me use the studio at night.
- It's okay if you don't like it. - No, I like it. I like it.
I really wish I were brave enough to try something like that.
I'm sure you have your own style.
I'm Leo, by the way. We didn't formally meet.
I mean, I was at the, I saw...
- The class. - Yeah. I'm Lena.
Lena. Interesting jeans, Lena.
Oh, yeah.
It's a long story.
I like long stories.
Who knows? Maybe you could tell me one over dinner sometime.
I like dinner.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Great.
Are you stalking me?
Oh, God, it's you.
Shouldn't that be my line?
Oh, no, mine would be, "Oh, bollocks, it's her."
I'm British, you know.
Really? And here I was thinking, "He does a really good accent."
Gets them every time.
May I?
Sure.
So did I screw up your audition?
Yes. I didn't get the part.
- Really? - No, not really.
Ha-ha.
It was more of a formality.
I played Mercutio in Bill's Romeo and Juliet last year.
That's very impressive. Did you make a good death?
- Excellent. - There aren't street fights in A Winter's Tale.
Just your basic poisoning, child abandonment, obsessive jealousy.
Yeah, a more sensitive side of Shakespeare.
Have you thought about auditioning?
No.
No. I'm pretty sure I'm right where I belong.
Belong? According to?
Right. Um, okay, bye.
Sorry, I don't even know your name.
Carmen.
That's definitely not a backstage name.
Goal!
I'll get it.
Bee! Bee! Are you okay?
Jesus, Bee, what the hell were you thinking?
- I hope she's okay. - She looks okay.
We have rules for a reason, young lady.
Okay, okay, sorry.
Won't happen again.
So any idea what the room was used for?
I'm guessing it was the gynaikônitis.
Gynaikônitis means "women's quarter" in Greek.
It is where the women spent most of their time:
Weaving, entertaining visitors...
...seeing to the care and education of the children.
It is likely where your friend Cleo raised hers.
Cleo had children? You can tell that?
You can tell a lot from a skeleton.
Look. Here.
We know that she stood at just over 5 feet...
...and that she died around the age of 35.
The shape of the pelvic bones rules out childbirth as the cause...
...so it was most likely due to an illness of some kind.
Wow. Uh...
I just never imagined her that young.
My mother died at the same age, four years ago.
I'm sorry.
I can imagine how difficult that must have been.
So are we done here?
All set. Stay out of trouble.
Yeah.
Will't please you, sir, be gone?
I told you what would come of this.
This dream of mine.
Being now awake...
...I shall queen it no inch farther...
...but milk my ewes and weep.
Excellent, Julia.
Thank you.
- Excellent. - Thanks.
Trippingly on the tongue.
All right, thank you, everyone. Thank you.
Carmen.
What do you want?
- Bill? - No, no, no.
Do you have time for one more?
- Are you crazy? - You won't be disappointed.
Yes, fine.
Shock me, thrill me.
Come on. What have you got to lose?
This is Carmen.
Hi! Wow, those lights are bright.
Yes.
- You're Julia's friend. - Yes.
I'm Carmen Lowell.
You don't have to write that down.
I'm not here to act, I'm just doing some backstage work.
I'm not an actor.
Not that I don't love the play.
I love the play.
What do you love about it?
Well, I guess mostly the character of Perdita...
...and how she doesn't really have a true identity...
...but she knows what she believes in and she sticks to that.
I guess.
I don't know.
Why don't you give it a shot?
Perdita.
Page 62.
Ian, would you be a love and read Florizel with her?
Begin with "No shepherdess."
Ready?
I hate you.
No shepherdess, but Flora...
...this your sheep-shearing, is as a meeting of the petty gods...
...and you the queen on't.
Sir, my gracious lord...
...your high self, the gracious mark o' the land, you have obscured...
...with a swain's wearing, and me...
...poor lowly maid, most goddess-like prank'd up...
...but our feasts in every mess have folly and feeders digest it with a custom...
...I should blush to see you so attired...
...swoon, I think, to show myself a glass.
Thank you, Carmen.
Okay. Sorry.
- I want a DS now! Give me it! - No. No. No.
I said no. No, no, no, period!
- Give me it! - I said no!
Hi, Phil.
Morning, sunshine. A guy named Brian called for you twice.
Thank you.
Could you check the return date on these for me? I think I might be a little late.
What'd you just say?
I said I think I'm late.
Is that supposed to be funny?
Hey, honey. Sorry I'm late.
Okay, I'm just going to waive the late fee for these.
- Cool. - Don't worry about it.
Thank you.
So how can I help?
- Can you throw a couple onions in there? - Yeah.
What do your folks think about art school?
I think they probably wish I was still going just on Saturdays after school, but...
They just want what's best for me.
What's that, two-car garage, house in the suburbs?
Yeah, I mean, they've worked so hard for what they have...
...and it makes me feel guilty for not wanting the same thing.
It doesn't make you ungrateful.
Just for wanting to find out for yourself.
Wow, everything looks so beautiful. You cook with so many colors.
Only another artist would even notice that.
Can I taste something?
Yeah. Okay, let's try this.
Ooh.
- You like mushrooms? - Yeah. Looks good.
Mm. Wow.
- It's good? - That's so good.
- You have to give me the recipe. - Recipe? No, no recipe.
- You don't use recipes. - No recipes.
It's like painting inside the lines, you know?
The downside is you never know how it'll turn out...
...but it's kind of the upside.
Okay, so how can I help?
Yeah, try the saffron. Just try not to knock anything over tonight. All right?
Yeah, yeah.
Excuse me, excuse me.
Beckwith, Beckwith, Beckwith.
Dorcas.
Well, at least I have a line, right?
That's good.
- Hey, congratulations. - Oh, thank you.
I was actually talking to Carmen.
What?
Carmen.
Perdita.
No. No, no, no. No, no, that's not right.
No, this has to be a mistake.
Did you audition?
No.
Actually, yes.
I did, but it wasn't for real.
I was just standing there. I was watching you and...
Congratulations.
Thanks.
It's gotta be a mistake.
It's okay. I'll be happy to help you in any way that I can.
Thanks.
Congratulations. This is a big deal.
Come on, let's go celebrate.
- Okay. - This is great. I promise.
Hi.
You okay?
I'm fine.
Because you haven't answered your phone or returned my phone calls.
I know. I've just been busy with the script, you know.
I'm worried too, Tib.
I am. But until we know if this is real...
Real?
I don't mean that.
- I could get a job, right? - Yeah?
Yes, I could get a job, I could come to New York. We have options.
What about my options? Huh? What if I wanted to take it all back...
...the whole night, everything? Where's my option?
What are you saying?
I think I'm just a little weird and...
...busy, and I think it's a bad combination.
What does that mean, like, what, do you need space?
Oh, God.
I hate when people say that.
Yeah, because they usually mean something else.
Like, I don't know, you want to break up with me?
I can't finish that sentence.
Well, then why don't you call me when you can?
The movers are coming tomorrow.
I thought we weren't moving till August.
Oh, I know, but David felt that we should move sooner.
Mom, guess what. I got cast in a play.
Nena, that's wonderful!
- It was an accident, but still... - Did you tell your friends?
- Well, Julia knows. - No, I mean your other friends.
Yeah. No. Well, they're kind of busy.
I have to go. I'm gonna be late for rehearsal. Can I call you back?
- Yeah, yeah, sure. - I love you.
Love you too.
Dear Carmabelle, these might have had a miracle left in them after all.
I'll e-mail you! Love, Lena.
Hey. You ready? The read-through starts in 10 minutes.
Yep, all ready.
Wow.
- What are these? - Oh, nothing.
- They're just an old pair of pants. - Oh.
Let's go.
Hey, Margaret. Where would you like us?
We changed the call to principals only. We just need Carmen.
The rest of you can have the day off.
Oh.
Wow, well, good luck.
Thanks.
Carmen, your seat's next to Ian.
Hello, dear.
Hi.
You're welcome.
Oh, I'm sorry, did I forget to say thank you?
Thank you.
How do you feel?
Like a fake.
Please. You had them at, "Um, hi."
Morning, Nigel. Nigel, this is Carmen Lowell. She's playing Perdita.
Hi. It's nice to meet you. I'm a big fan. Huge, actually.
Yes, our young apprentice on the main stage.
Was that a compliment?
With Nigel, you'll never know.
Margaret.
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare. Act one, scene one.
Hey. How is it going in the new room?
Well, apparently these women never vacuumed.
I was wondering, how's it going in the mortuary?
Have they found any more graves near Cleo's?
Not yet.
Um...
I was thinking, maybe I should transfer there, just in case they need more help.
Bridget...
...archaeology is more than just finding bones.
These people, they painted their pots, made their sanctuaries...
...told their stories on every surface they had.
It is what I love most about them...
...that they left so much of themselves for us to find.
Yeah, but...
Like you, I have lost family...
...and my home.
To a bloody war.
I'm just fascinated by what is left.
What endures.
"Tib, here are the pants. Nothing happened. Carmen."
Great.
Give me a miracle. Give me a miracle.
And feel the miracle.
Pants, please give me a miracle.
Ohm.
And stretch the miracle back.
I just want a miracle, please!
- Hello. - Tibby!
What's going on? You haven't answered any of my e-mails. Are you okay?
- No. - Well...
...I'm getting in the car right now. Hang on. Can I bring you anything?
Pregnancy test?
Lift up your countenance, as it were the day of celebration...
...of that nuptial which we two have sworn shall come.
Oh, Lady Fortune, stand you auspicious!
God, why don't people talk like this anymore?
We've gotten so lazy.
We don't say, "Oh, Lady Fortune, stand you auspicious."
We say, "Dear God, help me."
Or instead of, "Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber," "Yo, get some Z's."
It's not the same.
It's just, it sounds so good and it feels so good to say.
It's rich and luscious and...
See how she lays her cheek upon her hand?
Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek.
See what I mean?
Yep.
Give me those flowers there, Dorcas.
Here's flowers for you.
Hot lavender, mint, savory.
Now...
...my fairest friend...
...I would I had some flowers of the spring that might become your time of day...
...but these I lack to make you garlands of, and, my sweet friend...
...to strew you o'er and o'er.
What, like a corpse?
No. Like a bank for love, to lie and play on...
...not like a corpse, or if, not to be buried, but quick, and in mine arms.
Uh...
Um, sorry, Bill.
I forgot my line.
Take a break. We'll pick it up where we left off.
Do not go to drama school.
It'll ruin you.
Well, thank you, Nigel. I'm enjoying your work too. Ah!
Carmen?
Let me help you.
Did anybody see that?
- No, you're fine. - Okay.
Guess what got here just before you did?
So I thought it'd be easier that way.
Wait. You told him you weren't pregnant in an e-mail?
If I had called him or told him in person...
...he might've thought things could just go back the way they were, but they can't.
Well, why not? I mean, if you're not pregnant, then what's the problem?
I suck at relationships.
Should've been a guy.
No, a guy wouldn't worry about sucking at relationships.
You know what the problem is?
Every time I try to get close to somebody...
...it's like there's something out there that just says, "Oh!
Tibby's about to be happy. Better get her."
I'm not really sure what to say, you know?
Well, maybe you're just scared.
Yeah, maybe.
Hey, I should really get back.
And leave me in the middle of my life?
God.
I'll have another breakdown if you stay.
Tempting. But I have an early class.
- Right-o. - Come on.
I'll walk you back.
Look at you!
Hello.
Hi, hon.
Dear Honey Bee, how is my sweetie doing?
The summer breeze blows the sweet perfume from our garden into my kitchen...
...and I think of you.
How you love flowers!
I'm sorry I can't visit you now. But you should know I always love you.
Dear Honey Bee:
Sometimes I want to help your mom...
...but she thinks it is best if I leave her alone.
I hope that she will get well and let us visit again real soon.
Love always, Grandma.
Dear Nasrin, you deserve more than a letter...
...but as you probably guessed, I suck at goodbyes.
You said archaeology is more than finding bones.
And you were right.
People do have a power over us, even after they're gone.
When my mother took her own life, I tried to forget the past.
I ran away from the pain because... Well, I guess I was afraid.
But the past is always with us, and it's time I stop running.
Thank you for the lesson. Bridget.
Alas, Florizel, I know not 'tween the turkey club sandwich...
...or the Hamlet and cheese omelet. What say you?
Well, I come not to bury Caesar, but to have a caesar salad.
- Ooh. - Now tell me about you.
Only child? Brothers and sisters?
Only child.
Oh, no. Well, not for long. My mom is gonna have a baby.
It's kind of a long story. Or not that long of a story.
- Hey. Am I interrupting? - No, not at all.
- Great. Can we take this chair? Thanks. - Sure.
Sit down.
Do you know Julia? Ian.
Yeah, we've met once or twice.
Ian's family are in the theater, just like mine.
- You went to RADA with 20 of my friends. - RADA?
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, it's in London.
Oh.
- Did you hear about Patrick O'Houlihan? - Lucky bastard.
I'm hoping to catch the show when I go to New York.
We should get a whole group of people together and surprise him.
Sounds fun.
- Jam, on your lip. - Oh.
You know, we really should order. We've got a rehearsal to get back to.
Caesar salad, please.
Hello?
Excuse me, sir?
Hi. Greta?
Um, I'm really sorry.
I should have called first, but I'm...
I think I know my own granddaughter.
You're not running away from home, are you?
No, actually, I'm coming home, from Turkey.
That's an interesting sense of direction.
So you fix your own car?
Cars are easy. It's people you need a manual for.
Come on in. You must be exhausted.
Yep. You don't even know.
Why don't you go right up and get some rest?
- Hello! - Hey.
Hey. Wow, you look great.
You think? Thanks.
So, what's the occasion?
Um, Ian asked me to dinner.
I mean, I can be so dense sometimes.
I didn't even know that he liked me that way.
- Did you? - No.
But, then again, I can be pretty dense too so...
I just thought he might have said something to you...
...because you guys have become such good friends. You know men.
So you're going, then? You're going on a date?
Yeah. I mean, he's gorgeous, and he's really nice, and...
...he's really real. For an actor, anyway.
I just thought, why not give it a chance?
We have so much in common anyway, and it might really work.
I know you need sleep before rehearsal tomorrow.
I'll be really quiet when I come home, but don't wait up.
- I won't. - Okay. Well, have a good night.