ALICE: I was born in the summer of 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
My father, John Kinney, received the news of my birth
two days later when a telegram reached him
on the Greek island of Mykonos where he was directing a film.
He said that it had just started raining
and the telegram arrived sopping wet,
and written in Greek.
The film's camera operator translated.
Congratulations! She's 6 pounds, 12 ounces
and her name is Alice.
Pm told so much champagne popped that night
it sounded like fireworks.
(FIREWORKS POPPING)
My father made person a! films that captured the spirit of his generation.
He found the truth in the bedroom,
the agony in love
and the humor in Rah.
In my father's obituary
The New York Times called him a "Comic Poet,"
a sentiment I assure you no one would have loved more than him.
My dads work brought him great joy, respect and success.
And with that success, he bought this car
and
My dad's persona! life was a little less of a success.
He married several women.
And lived with several more.
But he was the first to admit the end of his affairs
was always entirely his fault.
This was certainly the case with his last wife,
my beautiful mother, Lillian.
My mother was 22 years old when she met my dad
which made her 26 years his junior.
Theirs was a real "hold onto your hat" kind of love.
A love that would never last.
My parents divorced soon after my fourth birthday.
Unfortunately for my mother,
this inspired some of my dad's best work.
But he said it was me who completed his third act.
My dad wasn't very sentimental,
but he always loved my birthday.
Every year, he'd say the same thingy.
This is your day. Your year.
"Get ready, Alice. The future is yours."
(ALICE GASPING)
(SOBBING)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
ISABEL: Mom? Mom, are you in there?
Yeah, just a sec!
ROSIE: Mom! Remember the drought!
ALICE: Oh, yeah.
- ISABEL: Mom, open up! - ROSIE: Open the door!
ALICE: I'm coming!
BOTH: Happy birthday!
Oh, my gosh, you guys! Come here!
Mom? ls everything okay?
Yeah! I'm great!
It's my birthday! And I love you both so much.
Okay. Who wants pancakes?
BOTH: I do!
ALICE: So, girls. How are we feeling?
First day, new school. Are you nervous? You excited?
Excited. Definitely.
Nervous. Extremely.
Wait. Can kids have heart attacks?
Oh, my gosh, honey, no. But I understand.
This is a big deal.
Do you wanna listen to your favorite song?
Or maybe we could go over your schedule
and talk about what's making you anxious.
I don't wanna do that doctor's stupid exercises.
Can't I just go on anti-depressants like every other kid?
Oh, my God. Ugh.
Isabel, for the billionth time, you are not depressed, I'm positive.
Please, Mom? You know, I'm feeling exhausted,
hopeless, anxious,
and I don't enjoy the things that I once loved.
Music, please!
I'm not alone, you know.
Depression affects over 20 million Americans.
And I'm an American, so...
Where are you getting this from?
The Zoloft commercial. Obviously.
Okay, Iz, you're being a little bit dramatic.
You're just gonna walk right into first period...
No!
What? What did you forget?
My summer reading book report!
Oh, God. Okay.
It's no big deal. I'm gonna drop you guys off at school
and then I'm gonna go back to the house
and I'll bring it back to you, okay, honey?
But please try and be a little bit more responsible.
I'm working on it! Okay.
It's okay. You can just email it to me and I can print it out in the library.
See?
Well, assuming I have time and they let me.
(GROANING)
ALICE: Okay, this is it!
Wow!
This is gonna be great!
Look at this, it is so much prettier than your school in New York.
It has trees and sunshine. Look at that cool mural.
Okay, you want me to walk you in?
ISABEL AND ROSIE: No.
Got it. Unanimous.
All right. Don't forget that after school we're gonna have
a little birthday celebration with ice cream.
And then tonight
you guys are sleeping over at Nanna's house. Okay?
Can you tell Nanna I go to bed at 9:00 now?
I think it's 8:45, Missy. But, yes, I will tell her.
Love you.
Love you, honey.
Have a good day! I will.
- Hi, welcome. - ROSIE: Hi.
Isabel?
You got this. You've got a great first day outfit.
You're hilarious. You're brilliant.
You're cool.
You're a city kid. Mom.
You're gonna be great. I promise.
I guess. But right now, I just wanna go home.
It's okay. You're gonna be home before you know it.
I meant to New York.
Happy birthday, Mom. Thanks, sweetie.
(HORN HONKING)
Have fun!
TOUR GUIDE: Hollywood Boulevard is famous for the Walk of Fame
which has different stars...
- RAJEESH: Your payment is late. - HARRY: Okay, I hear you,
But all we need is another five hours.
Let us keep the stuff here. We'll figure out
the deal with the money and we'll just get it to you, man.
It's not gonna be a problem.
I'm not running a charity here.
You have to leave now. Okay. You know what, RAJEESH?
We're talking in circles. We paid the first two weeks.
We didn't think we'd be here for a third.
But if you just give us until tonight, it's all gonna be good.
Get out, now! Go!
Okay, I have to say, I think you are being incredibly difficult,
maybe even slightly irrational.
What are you doing? What is that?
So, now I am calling the police.
(STAMMERING)
So?
So, I gotta get changed or we're gonna be late.
What'd he say? What happened? He's a maniac.
Indians never like me. Okay.
Teddy, you packed? Oh, sorry.
Thought you said you had a plan.
You are looking at it.
George, enough! We need to focus on our meeting.
Now, let's go over the pitch.
Teddy, should we run some lines?
I think it could be good to act out some bits in the room.
I'll play Sam. You play Jane.
But I'm playing Sam in the movie.
Fine. I'll play Jane then.
All right, let's just make sure we stick to our guns, okay?
I've heard horror stories about great scripts
getting totally dismantled by these kinds of people.
Aren't these the kind of people who are gonna
actually help us get our movie made?
I've read about ii. It happens.
Also, let's agree not to get
talked out of shooting the movie in black and white.
Perfect Right?
I get it, and I don't need the extra weird stare.
Guys, we're gonna do great.
I have a really good feeling about this.
Everybody ready to rumble?
Yeah, wait. Where are we gonna stay?
Do I look worried?
Alice Kinney is the principal owner
and designer of Alice Kinney Designs.
Alice is...
A depressed newly separated loser.
(PHONE RINGING)
- Hello? - AUSTEN: There she is.
The California girl. Hey.
How's your birthday going? It's good so far.
There's a lot going on.
It's the girls' first day of school.
You called them, right?
Hey, I do not need you
to remind me to do that
Okay. So, you did or you didn't?
They will hear from me before the end of the day.
Anyway, look, I was calling you
to wish you a very happy 40th.
It's fine, right? It's not as bad as you thought?
It's going great so far.
I'm very busy,
I'm just prepping for that job interview tomorrow.
Oh, right, yeah, yeah. Good luck with that.
Thanks. Uh...
Listen, Austen, have you heard anything about the move here?
Because the girls ask me every single clay. "ls Daddy coming?"
or, "When's he getting his house?"
I'm kind of running out of answers.
Yeah. I ask all the time, too.
They think they might have found someone to run things out there.
So, that's good.
Yeah, and once that happens then it should all fall into place.
WOMAN: Austen, they're ready for you.
Okay, I'll be there in one sec.
Alice? Yeah?
Don't get mad at me for saying this, but...
I miss you.
(SIGHS)
My boys! You made it! Yes!
Hey, you told us if we were serious about this,
it was LA or bust.
So here we are. Listen.
So sorry I had to keep pushing this meeting.
You know, it's the end of the summer, the Jewish holiday.
This time of year is just insane.
No worries at all.
All right, good stuff. So, here we go.
Okay. Harry Dorsey, Teddy Dorsey, George Appleton.
Director, writer, star of Mad Youth, the best short...
You know what? No, the best film I saw at South By.
Thank you. Paul hasn't been able to stop
talking about you guys since the festival.
I'm Jason.
Great to meet you. I'm Jason, too.
Double Jasons. Mind-blowing, yeah, I know, it's crazy.
All rig ht, let's have a seat, everybody.
Now, listen up. We have some great ideas
about how to turn your short into a feature.
And, again, I really did love it.
You know, I saw it again this morning while I was running on the treadmill.
It is special. Thanks.
This is gonna be a breakout role for you, Teddy.
We should get you out on auditions right away, don't you think?
TEDDY: Yeah. Definitely.
And George, your writing is so spot-on.
I just love that Joan character.
I think we've all had a Joan in our lives, am I right?
Thanks. It's Jane.
Would you ever be interested in any episodic work?
I mean, yeah!
But in terms of our movie,
what's, like, the next move here?
Right. Okay. So, well, first thing we need to do
is to attach a producer.
And it just so happens somebody's already interested.
I might have slipped your short to Justin Miller
and he kinda flipped for it.
Justin Miller?
Is that the guy who produces all those horror movies?
He's been looking to do something a little more human.
He's very smart, by the way,
and he's done insanely well off those horror films.
Okay, guys. He's a big producer.
He likes your movie. This is a good thing.
Definitely! But, does he know we don't have a finished script yet?
Yeah, and that is a great thing actually
because Justin wants to develop it with you guys.
And this one here looks like he wants to kill me.
(ALL LAUGHING) That's just George.
Only thing is, I talked to his development guy
and they're concerned about the movie being in black and white.
That's okay, that's okay. We can...
Maybe we can talk him into it.
Right. Okay, guys, look.
If you don't like him, we're gonna find somebody else.
But Justin can make your movie happen.
So, be open. Okay?
Yeah. We're open.
BARTENDER: Here you go. Thank you so much.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
I know you're his brother.
Are you Teddy Dorsey from Mad Youth?
I'm just trying to be a normal human being for one day?
Oh, my God, I'm a huge fan.
Har, can we chat for 30 seconds about the black and white thing?
George, have a little faith, please!
Just let me get it off my chest.
Guys, guys. Hey.
I wanna make a toast, seriously.
To this incredible journey and to us and...
- Hey, how's it going? Hi. - WOMAN: Hi.
That was a beautiful toast. Very moving.
I love LA.
Oops. Sorry. Sorry. No problem.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
So, do you like it? I love this.
Yes! It is your best business card yet.
Aw! Thanks. But be honest with me.
Am I one of those women who thinks that every one of their hobbies
is worthy of being a profession?
What? No.
Maybe you're just good at too many things.
I love you, but I was a terrible clothing designer
and even a worse photographer.
Well, but come on, that's what you've always been great at.
No, it's true. I don't wanna say I told you so
but I have been saying this for, what, 13 years?
Well, we will see.
I have a meeting with my first potential client tomorrow.
That's amazing. Who?
Her name is Zoey Bell. Have you heard of her?
No. Mmm-mmm.
She's a socialite, I guess.
Anyway, that's what I found out from googling her for 8 hours last night.
That's awesome. Yeah, I'm nervous.
Okay, yeah, okay. What?
Don't kill me for saying this.
What?
But there's this really sweet guy in my yoga class.
No. Just hold on.
He's newly divorced,
and he told me he wants to be set up with someone.
I'm just, I'm not ready. You are!
I have only been separated for five months.
My God and some people get remarried after five months.
Okay, but I have a lot going on, with the move
and Isabel and the girls in a new school.
Look, I'm starting a business.
Right. Okay.
I need to get settled and...
Girls, it's my birthday. Let's just have fun!
So, where on the East Coast are you from?
New York. No way. I'm from New York.
Yeah? Yeah.
Hi. Where in New York
are you from? The Upper East Side.
How about you?
Well, not nearly as cool as Upper East Side.
Hello. Excuse me.
ALICE: Pardon me. Can I help you?
Can I have two glasses of rosé, please?
- Yes. - ALICE: Thank you.
Hi! How are you doing tonight?
Me? Uh, yeah.
Oh. Uh, I'm doing great. Thank you for asking.
Mm-hmm. (ALICE GIGGLES)
So, I'd like to offer to buy your drinks
but I think the bartender is... Really?
Slightly under the impression that I'm taking her home tonight.
Oh.
But you're not. No, I'm not.
And why is that?
Because then I'd have to stop talking to you.
BARTENDER: I hate to do this
but the manager is making me ask for your ID, so...
So, I'll give it to you then. Okay.
How's that?
(CHUCKLING) You should take it as a compliment.
I'm Harry, by the way.
I'm definitely old enough to drink alcohol.
I'm Alice.
Me, too. Obviously.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) (MUSIC CONTINUES)
No, I'm like here. And she's, like, here.
I'm like, "Oh my God, this is so embarrassing!"
(SCREAMS)
ALL: Shots! Shots!
Cheers! Cheers!
I guess he's taller.
(INAUDIBLE)
Wow!
(MOUTHING)
Whoo!
(MOUTHING) You need to be careful.
(INAUDIBLE)
Bar's closing. How's everybody feel about dancing?
(ALL CHEERING)
Yeah, somebody feels great.
(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)
Ooh. (CHUCKLES)
Sorry. Are you okay? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
It's just, alcohol makes me a little bit nervous.
And also kissing a complete stranger. Mmm-hmm.
But, I'm fine. I'm fine.
(BOTH MOANING)
You okay? Yeah, I'm good.
Is it super-hot in here?
(ALICE CHUCKLING)
(GROANS)
Ugh.
Sorry, I just need a second.
Yeah. You want water or a cold washcloth?
You are so maternal, Alice. You should be a mom.
All right. I think I'm gonna...
Yep. Yep. Yep.
(HARRY COUGHING)
Okay.
(SIGHS)
(CHUCKLES FAINTLY)
(CHUCKLES)
Mmm...
(DOOR OPENS)
Hi. You're awake. Oh, hi. Yeah.
How are you feeling?
Better. Good, good.
(ALICE CHUCKLES) Oh...
Alice, I'm so sorry you had to see me like that.
Mmm. Oh. Yeah.
It's not exactly a stellar first impression.
Please. I used to throw up all the time when I was your age.
Oh.
I mean, not all the time, but you know, I get it.
Yeah. My embarrassment level is still a 10, though.
Oh.
Sorry. Oh, yeah.
I had clothes on when I got here, right?
Yeah, I don't know where...
Yeah, I don't know when they...
Mmm-hmm. But here they are. Thanks.
I guess George and Teddy left me here?
They must've thought we...
Uh... No, no. They're in the living room.
I guess they passed out, too. Oh.
Guess we all raged last night.
Yeah.
Did you wash these? I did.
But only because I was doing a load and I've been up since 5:30.
Thanks. Yeah, no problem.
Uh...
Okay. I'll get out of your hair then.
Great. Okay.
Not that you, you do not have to feel bad about any of this.
I never get out, like, ever.
So, this was actually really good for me
and I had a really fun time.
And thanks to you, I didn't do anything I regret. so...
And I just always act out on my birthday.
It's like my own personal New Year's Eve.
So, I just go, like... (EXCLAIMS)
Then I just reel it back to normal.
Well, look. Hey, I'm happy to let some steam out of the kettle.
I'm gonna stand up now.
Yeah, exactly, yes. Okay, of course.
(MOUTHING)
Rosie, grab it quickly. Okay, okay.
I can't believe you're making us late on our first week of school.
I said sorry.
Hurry up, you guys.
- Rosebud, grab the backpack. - ROSIE: Okay, Nanna!
LILLIAN: Well, well.
Huh.
Okay, you're just gonna grab the backpack quickly...
Hi! What are you guys doing home?
I thought Nanna was taking you to school.
What's going on? You're acting weird.
I'm not acting weird.
Oh, boy.
- Oh, my God. - LILLIAN: Alice!
(SIGHS)
What?
ALICE: He was fixing that,
you know that thing that's broken in my room underneath the...
Iz, can you go fix Rosie a bagel?
Sure. Come on. Thanks.
- ROSIE: Who are those guys? - ISABEL: I don't know.
Mom! You could have called first!
Who would have thought you'd have company at?:00 in the morning?
So, we're just gonna slip out.
Thank you very much for everything, Mrs...
Oh, my God.
You look so familiar. Have we met before?
That's insane.
No, I feel like I definitely know you from somewhere.
She was married to John Kinney.
She was in all of his movies!
Who's this one now?
Oh, my God!
Wait! You're Lillian Stewart?
That's awesome. Really?
And I'm pretty sure this is John Kinney's house.
Hold on. How do you know all of this?
I stumbled into that room back there with all your dad's stuff.
I'm sorry. I just got a little lost.
I'm a huge, huge fan of your father's.
You're John Kinney's daughter?
Yes, she is. And you are?
Am I free to head home now? Not yet.
Nope. Okay.
As fun as this has been, believe it or not,
I have a meeting to go to.
So, maybe we should wrap it up.
We're filmmakers, too, you know.
Just like your husband.
Everybody is, doll. We're in LA.
I can't believe you're here. And you're you.
This is surreal.
You're a terrific actress. Come on.
I mean, I did a few small parts here and there.
You were also smoking hot,
like in the movie with the yellow bikini.
I was like, "Whoa, hello." Come on!
Alice' did you hear what he said?
Yes.
John sits down at the table next to mine at Ma Maison
and 10 minutes later, he pulls his chair up to mine
and offers me the lead in Lola.
Said he liked the way I ordered my Quiche Lorraine. I know. (CHUCKLES)
So, I have to get going.
Does everybody wanna walk out with me?
Actually, I'm gonna stay and make the boys some breakfast.
So, can you drive the kids to school? This is so fun.
Is that cool if we hang with your mom for a little?
Yeah, no, no. That's fine with me.
TEDDY: Wait, so you're saying that was your first movie ever?
LILLIAN: I know, right?
Hey, Alice? Yeah!
Do you have a minute? Sure.
Could we just maybe exchange phone numbers or I don't know.
Harry, I'm very late.
Listen. I think you woke up to a completely different person
than you met last night. And I appreciate the gesture.
I really do. But, how old are you?
Like, 30?
29? 28?
Something like that. Oh, Jesus.
Okay, girls. Come on. Time to get in the car!
Okay, okay!
She's so intense. No, I'm not.
Good luck with everything. Maybe I'll see you around.
Hope so.
ALICE: Come on, ladies.
- ROSIE: Did you guys have a sleepover? - ALICE: What?
ISABEL: How did you meet?
ROSIE: Yeah. Are you friends with their mom?
ALICE: Friends with their mom? How old do I look?
ROSIE: I don't know. Mom age.
Wow. You have done just a tremendous amount of work, Alice.
ALICE: Oh, yeah.
This is just a lot of blue.
Well, I googled your house
and I thought the Hamptons thing would be great.
Yeah.
Why don't you sit down for a second?
Sure, yeah. Yeah. I... I, um...
God, I feel like I might have misled you in some way.
Because the truth is, I don't have this much stuff for you.
At least not right now.
Oh, okay. Maybe I misunderstood
because on the phone you said you were really unhappy with things.
Yeah, yeah, and I did say that. I did say that.
You're absolutely right. Lam unhappy with things.
But if I'm just, you know, being honest with you.
I was working with this other interior decorator
and we just had creative differences,
or whatever you wanna call it.
Like, I just kind of hated her.
You know, and so I had to let her go.
And I'm looking for someone
really just to coordinate deliveries
and pick-ups and that kind of thing.
And then after we wrap all that then, you know...
Maybe we can talk about you doing some of the rooms she didn't get to?
Does that sound okay with you?
Yeah, of course. Absolutely.
I'm up for anything.
Okay, 'cause there is one room that I would need you to start right away.
That would be amazing. What room?
It's my daughter Gwyneth's playroom.
Okay. (CELL PHONE RINGING)
Do you wanna show me the room?
I can't do that right now, because I have to take this call.
I'm so sorry about that, and I have a blow-out.
Of course. But, why don't you email me?
Well, okay, so the meeting's over.
We'll, sort of, organize everything.
Okay. Should I follow...
Marta, can you please show Alice to G's room?
Marta!
By the way, can you just make sure to take your shoes off
when you get into the house. We have a strict policy.
Hello. Rob, I hear you, Jesus.
You don't need to yell.
So, she taught you about the solar system?
ROSIE: Mm-hmm.
Oh, can you name any of the planets?
I can name Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune. (LAUGHTER)
Pluto isn't considered a proper planet.
All right. Here you go. Sorry.
(ALL LAUGHING)
What?
Just hear me oui.
They need a place to crash, you've got a guest house.
So, I thought, you know, maybe they could stay here.
Stay here?
I don't even know two of their names, Mom.
Oh, come on. Since when is having three adorable guys
hanging around such a bad thing?
Maybe they could help you out a little.
Help me out? Help me out with what?
Did they ask you to ask me this? No.
Tell the truth.
Absolutely not. It was entirely my idea.
I think these boys have a real shot at making it.
I adored their movie. It was raw and great.
You saw their movie. Yeah.
Look, they're dead broke.
If you don't let them stay here, then they have to move home
back to upstate New York, or wherever
and blow their chance at having a career here.
They need you, Alice. How's that?
They don't know anyone here. I like them.
Your father would have liked them.
Be a patron of the arts, Alice.
It's good for the soul.
Why are you suddenly romanticizing Dad?
The man impregnated another woman while he was still married to you.
Why do you always obsess over that?
Why don't you obsess over that?
Because I'm a big girl and he's gone now, so I won.
Well, if they hadn't met me, was there a Plan B?
Maybe it was fate that they met you.
Maybe you could be the person who says,
"They were living at my house
"when they wrote" whatever it's called.
Look, just for a month or so.
A month? Okay, a week, whatever.
If it doesn't work out, sayonara.
But, just try looking at this
as something that could be sort of exciting.
What if the kids don't feel comfortable?
I mean, you know everything that Isabel is going through.
This could really set her off.
(GIRLS LAUGHING)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
There we go. There we go.
It doesn't get better than that.
Okay. All right, we're back.
We're back where we started.
This is so incredibly cool of you. Thank you so much.
Seriously, you're a lifesaver.
Can I help you with anything? Uh, no, I've got it.
Uh, okay. The couch turns into a bed.
The hot water over here takes a minute to turn on.
And there's extra towels in the closet.
Perfect. Thank you. (TEDDY GASPS)
ALICE: Ooh...
(GEORGE SIGHS) TEDDY: Uh...
I'm just gonna grab that and flush it down the toilet.
Okay, guys.
I hope last night didn't confuse you.
This is definitely not an after party
and crash on the couch type of place.
This is more of a market list on the fridge,
Latin homework after school,
dinner at 6:00 kind of house.
And I know that's not the coolest stomping grounds
for a bunch of starving artists like yourselves,
but let's just do our best not to cramp each other's style.
Okay? Well said!
Can I talk to you outside for a sec?
Alice, I think you and I should just start over.
Yeah, obviously we,
well, we had no idea we'd be living together.
We're not.
(CHUCKLES) I mean that I'd be staying here.
And, well, uh, clearly
I did not rock your world last night.
So, maybe we should just pretend that whole thing never happened
and start over as friends?
I agree. And I'm actually glad you brought it up.
Good. And I'm only saying something
because we're staying here and the kids and everything.
Harry, we're good. We're friends.
Who are attracted to each other. On just my end.
Not on yours. My bad.
He's telling her they should just be friends.
How do you know that? Mmm, I speak Harry.
TEDDY: Do you think he'll stick to it?
GEORGE: Depends how long we're here.
She seems uneasy. You think she's okay with this?
No, I think she's super cool with it.
And this place is gorgeous and like, weirdly clean
and 600 times nicer than the hotel!
Okay, let's just stay a couple days until the Justin Miller meeting.
Oh, my God! I'm not kidding, you've gotta feel these sheets.
Oh, wow, these sheets are insane!
What are they made of?
Dude! This is pretty great.
(BOTH SIGHING)
You know, that was his least favorite of all his films?
He tried to buy it back from the studio.
Hi. I'm sorry.
I came over here unannounced.
I am just an early riser and then I noticed that the door was open.
It's okay.
I've been dying to get back in here.
Are you joking about what you just said
because this movie is some of his best work, I think.
Actually, I agree.
Oh, let me show you something really cool.
Sit down. Okay.
Um...
Okay.
This is the original script with his notes.
No way. Yes.
Wow.
I just love to see his handwriting.
I literally have goosebumps.
Why is this all in boxes?
Shouldn't this be at
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?
Yeah. I just... I just moved back
and I'm having a hard time letting go of some of these things.
Why did you move back? If you don't mind me asking.
No, that's a very normal question.
And one I should probably come up with an answer for.
Um...
You know my husband and I are separated.
He's in the music business.
And there's just a lot of partying.
Which was really fun and we had a great time
and then we got older.
And we weren't kids anymore.
And then we had kids.
And he was still coming in at 2:00 in the morning
smelling like Don Julio.
And I tried to hold it together.
I really, really did, so hard.
(SCOFFS)
But, you know, God, you make a decision about your life
when you're 25 years old
and then you fast forward 15 years later
and you think,
God, was that really the life decision that's,
like, a good life decision for the rest of your life?
Then you're just, like, (INHALES SHARPLY)
I don't know. Yeah.
I don't know. You know?
I'm sorry about your marriage.
But you seem to be handling everything really well.
(CHUCKLES) (BELL JINGLING)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
Oh.
Oh, my God. What?
My new client wants me to come over, but I told her I can't come.
Isabel has guitar lessons on Thursdays.
And she wants me to pick her up a pressed juice on the way?
That's weird, right?
Yeah, I think that would be considered weird.
Um...
I could take Isabel to class, if you want.
I mean, I don't have a car, but I'd be happy to help.
Really? Yeah.
Thank you. My dad's old car is in the garage.
You know how to drive a stick, right?
Mmm-hmm.
(GEAR CREAKING)
So, you like your new school?
Um, I do not. No.
Oh.
Today actually wasn't so bad. I wanna be a writer.
And my homeroom teacher, Miss Avery,
told me about this play writing contest.
Teachers pick about five plays to be performed at the fall show.
Miss Avery thinks I should submit something,
but I'm really not sure.
That's so cool. You should definitely do it.
Well, truthfully, I would love to,
but we have to perform our own plays.
And I don't think my body would physically allow for that.
Won't you regret it if you don't do it?
It sounds like a great opportunity.
Yeah, but I get sort of anxious, you know?
Just sometimes.
It's on and off and the cause is unknown,
but it may be related to an imbalance of natural chemicals
between the nerve cells in the brain. Says WebMD.
(CELL PHONE RINGING) Uh...
Sorry, I should take this. We'll get back to that.
Hello?
JASON G: George, Jason Green from WCA. How you doin'?
Hi! I'm great, thanks.
What's up? I have good news!
There's this thriller I think we told you about in our meeting.
They're looking for someone to do a new pass on the script.
I sent over your writing samples and they loved them.
Loved. Can I set up a meeting?
Wow, I'm flattered.
They used the word loved? Really?
No, but you can just tell.
Oh, is that the other Jason?
JASON A: Hi, yes, I just jumped on.
Oh, hi.
Yeah, can I discuss with the guys and then I'll let you know?
George, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world for you
to put your name out there on your own and make some money.
JASON A: We gotta jump. I'll set it up, okay?
It's good, I promise. See ya..
Will you let me think about it?
Hello? Jason?
Other Jason?
That sounds pretty cool.
Yeah. Yeah, it does, right?
I don't know. I just don't know if I'm ready to go out on my own.
Won't you regret it if you don't do it?
Sounds like a great opportunity.
I like what you did there. That was good. (CHUCKLES)
Mmm-hmm.
ALICE: Okay, so we're gonna redo the whole playroom.
You want it a little more age-appropriate.
You want to keep bright colors, but tone down the pink.
A teepee would be cool.
Maybe some beanbag chairs...
Hey, hi, girls. Sorry to interrupt.
(GROWLS)
Hey, Dexter, hi, honey!
Sure. Alice, can I borrow you for a second?
So I was supposed to be at this event like 15 minutes ago
and then my nanny calls me and tells me she's in brutal traffic.
She's not gonna be here for another hour.
So, look, I wouldn't normally do this.
But could you please stay until she gets here?
Well, I mean, it's 5:15, and I can't...
I know. I mean, obviously, I would pay you for your time.
I just don't know what else to do.
Well, you wouldn't have to pay me.
You're so sweet. Thank you so much.
Well, I Hey, G!
Alice is gonna babysit for you until Idalia gets here, okay, honey?
I love you.
And could you just give her a bath, just a quick one?
And then let Dexter out before you go, okay?
Thank you!
Okay.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
AUSTEN: When were you gonna tell me
that three strangers were living in your house?
I'm sorry. I know that I should have.
I mean, are you Airbnb'ing the house?
What? No, of course net.
So where did you meet them, then?
I met them at a...
You know what? Look, it's really not that big of a deal.
They're just gonna stay in the guesthouse for a few days.
It was actually my mother's idea.
Well, Isabel told me that one of them drove her to her guitar class.
I don't want your houseguests hanging out with the girls, okay?
I feel weird enough about not being there.
Well, then why don't you come here?
What, you don't think I'm not dying to see them?
But I just can't right now.
There's this new guy I'm tryin' to sign.
And his concert's this weekend in Miami.
He's supposed to be the next Sam Smith.
Really.
Yeah.
But I'll come out soon though, I promise.
Don't shake your head. I wasn't.
I gotta go, Austen.
You'll get here when you get here. See you.
(SIGHS)
Hey, you're home.
- Hi' Mom. - ALICE: Hey.
I'm home and I'm starving. It smells so good in here.
Yeah, when you were working, I thought I'd just...
I'd make a little dinner, if that's cool.
Yeah, that's cool.
I never thought of that.
I think it's absolutely brilliant.
Hola. Hey.
Isabel, I think someone needs a marg.
ALICE: Uh-oh.
Thank you, now please unlearn that.
Hey, guys, dinner's ready. Let's do this.
Should we take the plates outside?
Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.
What's outside? You'll see.
Come on. Where are we going?
I can't tell you.
(GASPS)
MAN: (IN MOVIE) I feel like I know you from somewhere.
WOMAN: Me? I just moved here.
MAN: Where from?
WOMAN: I just moved last week.
Okay, okay, check this out. This is my favorite part.
It's when the two... It's just perfect.
You see, that's how I want all my movies to be.
Wow.
- Hey! - Hey!
Can I help? Sure.
Thank you for tonight, Harry.
Are you kidding? I should be thanking you.
No, seriously.
My kids haven't seen that many of my dad's movies.
So it was really special.
Well, they are so cool, by the way. Job well done.
Thanks. Mm-hmm.
They're really taking to you guys.
I think they're happy to have some male energy around here.
It is very pink in this house.
(CHUCKLES)
You seem to have aced the single parent thing, though,
really aced it.
I mean, yeah, look, I assume it's not as easy as it looks.
Well, you have an "I've got this" thing about you
and it's super impressive.
And personally, look, I think it's pretty brave what you did,
starting over.
I don't know your ex.
But, uh, he must be some kind of maniac
to have let you slip through his hands.
Where does this go?
Uh, it goes over there. (CHUCKLES)
(CABINET DOOR RATTLING)
You know this cabinet is broken, right?
Okay. You gotta stop blushing.
Your face is too cute when you blush, I can't handle it.
(SNICKERS)
You got a screwdriver?
Thanks.
That cabinet has been broken for so long, you have no idea.
Anything else I can do for you?
Got anything from IKEA I can assemble, or...
(SOFTLY) I thought we agreed not to.
I know, I know. But I fixed your cabinet.
Hey, you know I'm 40, right?
I knew that. Like ballpark.
Okay, good.
I don't know if you'd ever gone out
with somebody my age who has...
Two kids.
And the girls come in at 6:30 in the morning sometimes,
so you can't be in there then...
That's fine.
And then sometimes they come in in the middle of the night,
so you can't be in there then either.
Not a problem.
And also...
Mmm-hmm.
Alice? Yeah?
You're makin' me nervous.
You don't seem nervous.
I don't wanna fight with you.
(EXHALES)
So, guys, thank you so much for coming out on a Saturday.
I appreciate that
I'm heading off to Shanghai tomorrow
so I'm glad we could get this goin'.
Can I get you guys anything else?
No, thanks, Maya, this looks fantastic.
Okay great, enjoy. Thanks' yeah.
So I'm not gonna pull any punches here.
I get it. I'm the horror guy.
It's all basically anybody ever sends me.
So when WCA sent me your short, and nobody died in it
or turned into a zombie or something
I thought, "All right. You know, this is fantastic."
Thank you so much. We're so glad you liked it.
But if I'm gonna go out of my wheelhouse
there are basically three kinds of movies that I'm interested in producing, okay?
Female-centric comedies.
George writes women really well.
My love interest is a great part.
Yeah, I mean I wouldn't exactly say it's a female-centric comedy, but...
I totally agree. Okay, forget women.
Here's something else that might work for you guys.
What about a found footage love story, you know?
I mean, like, no one's ever done that before.
You mean, like somebody found footage of Sam and Jane's love story?
I mean, why would they have been...
Filming themselves. Filming, yeah, exactly.
I have no idea, you know. Just a thought. Just a thought.
All right. The last thing I'm into,
an awards movie, you know?
Like, a really good movie. You know what I mean?
Like they used to make.
We would love to make a really good movie.
Yes! Yeah?
Yeah! Beautiful, beautiful.
All right, that's what we're gonna do.
We're gonna make a great movie.
So where are we on the script?
I'm about halfway through.
I think it's coming along really well.
Good, good, okay.
I watched the short again last night.
I made some really great notes.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
I'm sorry, guys. I gotta take this, one sec.
No problem.
Go for J. Yes, I saw the email, but...
George, what are you doing? Shut up, Teddy, I have to!
Stop it.
"Try setting in the South somewhere."
"More American Sniper?" It takes place in Brooklyn!
It does not say that. Does it say that?
It does say that! He's gonna walk back!
"Add dance sequence. Channing," question mark.
That's what it says. I gotta go.
George! Do you believe it says that?
I'm so sorry about that, guys.
So just a few quick thoughts here.
You okay?
He had interesting things to say, George. Like?
Like he wants to help us get our movie made.
That was incredibly interesting.
He was a parody of a movie producer.
I mean, he did say some crazy shit.
What is wrong with you both?
He's a big deal and believes in us.
That actually makes me like us less.
Let's just continue the conversation, okay?
It was a first meeting. George, hey.
Would you look at me? George?
We're on the same team, okay?
All right, we can keep talking to him.
But we're not setting it in the South,
where none of us have ever been, by the way.
Fine, I agree, that's not a thing.
What are you doing?
I've never been in the Pacific!
Okay, you're just gonna...
I'm goin' in.
(GEORGE SIGHS)
You know these things take forever to happen, right?
I'm just gonna keep writing it the way we always wanted it to be.
Between us, I kinda took another little job in the meantime.
I'm just doing it in my spare time.
Seriously?
Yeah. Somethin' came my way from WCA.
- TEDDY: No kidding, what's the job? - HARRY: Guys, come in!
Don't tell Harry. I won't. What is it?
Because if he found out, he'd just make it about him.
Just tell me what it is already.
It's a rewrite of a thriller.
Anyway, it pays well,
and it's good to have a backup plan, you know?
What if being three boy wonders doesn't work out?
Harry has this vision of the three of us
lined up in tan suits at Cannes.
Meanwhile, for once,
I'd actually like to be able to make some money.
Well, just warn me before you tell him, so I can leave the country.
You know, at some point you're gonna need to learn
to be less of a little brother.
I don't have the same shit with him that you do, George.
I guess you support him sleeping with Alice, then.
Can I not be the odd man out
because I am the only one not pining for Alice?
Okay, come on.
We're not goin' there. All I'm sayin' is iceberg ahead.
'Cause when he changes his mind about her
or she gets tired of his shit...
Look, all I'm sayin' is we just need to start lookin' for another place to live.
Which I'll be able to pay for now because of my job.
I don't wanna leave Alice's.
I like being with their family.
Yeah, well, we're gonna have to leave eventually.
Well, eventually ain't today, my bro!
Attica! Attica!
Attica!
Well, I'm glad you do. I mean, I just, I don't know.
I think the dialogue needs a bit of...
Yeah, well, you wrote it.
YOGA INSTRUCTOR: And exhale, let it go. Ooh!
Wonderful.
Hold on, I don't think we should interrupt.
Yeah.
Okay.
Namaste. I'm Teddy. Hi.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
No, I'm just kidding.
No, no, I'm doing it...
So tell me about the other two guys. What are they like?
Okay, well, Teddy used to work at the Genius Bar
so he's been helping me with my website, which is awesome.
He's adorable.
And George has really taken to Isabel.
He encouraged her to submit a play to a school contest
which has been amazing for her.
Yeah, hold on a minute. So I think you're telling me,
that you have free live-in childcare,
full-time tech support and sex?
I can't complain.
(BOTH LAUGH)
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Hi. Hi.
I didn't know who he was!
He travels with a huge posse.
I have no...
Yeah, I don't... And by the way...
I've seen them.
You're just a conduit. You just channel the energy.
That's Teddy.
Yeah, okay. So he was staring at him.
The alley, or... Alternate reality.
Oh, my gosh, okay.
Credits, so, Mad Youth. And then...
Hi there, excuse me. Yeah.
TEDDY: Could you tell me where this is?
Yeah, we're cool, man.
Oh, my God, that's so funny. The whole time.
So you like that? That's amazing.
Oh, thanks. Great job.
Can I get a reward?
I think you should bring Harry to my dinner party tomorrow.
What? No, no.
It'd be good to take him for a spin in the real world, you know?
Where the lights aren't so dim and the sheets aren't so soft.
Okay, well, we are not there yet.
That feels like a lot. Why is it a lot?
Seems like the perfect chance to show off your new boyfriend.
He's not my boyfriend.
What is he, then?
I don't know. He's young.
And I might feel too self-conscious.
Well, all the single guys we know date women that age.
They're not self-conscious. Well, that's true.
Come on, bring him.
Okay, maybe. Maybe. (CHUCKLES)
This is just gonna take a second.
Why are the gates open?
Hmm.
Hey, is Zoey here?
Uh, she'll be back soon. Can I help you?
I just have these pillows for the playroom.
Oh, okay, I can take it.
And you're?
Oh, I'm sort of her decorator.
Really? Yeah.
I'm sort of her decorator.
Oh, right.
She said there was someone she kind of had creative differences with.
Yeah. I quit, if that's what you mean.
But she begged me to come back.
I mean she made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
Sorry, I didn't know that she hired someone else.
She said she was desperate.
"Desperate"? What did she say when you called her?
She was talking a million miles a minute like she had one too many green juices.
And she said,
"This other woman made her feel more comfortable
"because she'd worked with her for years...
And then she said, "I'll call you back in two secs."
But she never called me back.
So basically, I've been doing all this ridiculous work for nothing.
I mean, I organized this woman's jeans, Teddy.
What are you taking? It's for anxiety.
You know, I just take half of a half.
And never during the day.
That's a large half.
I should have quit before it came to this.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS IN DISTANCE)
Alice, everything you've told me about this woman sounds awful
but you've gotta check yourself.
Everything's gonna be okay.
Promise? I do.
I mean, look at us. How did we end up here with you?
I think things do actually work out for a reason.
And look, just forget about Zoey.
This just means it's time for you to move on.
Which is gonna be easy now, because your website is live.
What? And your Pinterest is up.
And it's all linked to your Facebook and Instagram.
My website is live. Oh, yeah.
Check it out, buddy.
Oh, my God, Teddy, this is amazing!
Oh, thank you.
That was Justin. Yeah?
He thinks he might have found someone to finance our movie.
No way! That's amazing! Yeah. And...
Yeah, we're gonna get drinks tomorrow to talk about it.
Wow. Oh, wait...
So, does that mean you're busy tomorrow night?
Yeah, but just for a little.
Did you have something in mind?
I mean, I did, actually.
Tracy's having this little dinner thing.
And if you were up for it,
I thought maybe you would come with me?
I'd love to do that Really?
I've been wanting to do somethin' with you outside the house.
I mean I love what we've been doing inside the house, but yes.
Let's be on a date. Okay.
Okay. I'll have to meet you after the drinks.
Sure, no problem.
What should I wear? It's not, like, dressy, is it?
(ALICE LAUGHS) (MUSIC PLAYING)
Oh, my God! Al, you look so great!
Thank you.
I just poured a glass for you.
And this is Rob, Alice.
Great, nice to meet you, I'm Alice.
You, too. Hey, babe, nice to see you.
Oh, my gosh, how are you?
You gotta get a liberal... That's why we're here.
Wait. We're ready.
We'll take one more of these. No, no.
He's gonna have... No, I don't think...
He's gonna have one more of those, too.
One more. Just one.
I gotta go. I have this... Yeah, he'll be fine.
He's a big boy. He can handle it.
Yeah, I'm a big boy. I gotta...
It's like, what? I knew that. She was taking my magazines.
Yeah, in dress up.
You know?
I just love chinchillas.
Do you keep them in a cage all the time? I mean...
I think you do, unless people are killing them for furs.
Wait, what did you call your chinchilla?
I know these sexy beasts right here. Are you kidding me?
Justin, how are you, man? How are ya, buddy?
You guys gel along so well.
We're gettin' along really well, man, yeah.
(ALL LAUGHING)
I'll give it another week though, right?
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
(SOFTLY) You doing okay?
Yeah, I am.
What are you guys talking about?
(SNIFFLING)
(SCOFFS)
Can I come in?
Alice, I am so sorry about last night.
I... The drinks, they went late.
And Justin, he invited all these people.
And the guy wouldn't shut up.
And I'm pretty sure he's gettin' us the money,
so I couldn't ditch him.
I think that's... I think that is straight.
You couldn't ditch him, but you could ditch me.
(STAMMERING) No, I didn't know what else to do.
I got caught up and... You know what the truth is?
I don't care what happened.
I just know how it made me feel and I don't wanna feel like that.
Okay, well, just please don't let one stupid night
get in the way of what's happening here.
What is happening here?
I don't think either of us know the answer to that.
Okay, 'cause you came to me and you said we shouldn't get involved.
And then you showed up.
And you fixed my cabinet door.
(STAMMERING) And then you kiss me.
(SIGHS) And whatever.
I allowed that to happen.
But at some point I have to start knowing better.
And that point is now.
You're a 27-year-old kid, Harry.
And it's exciting, and you're fantastic.
And you're on the cusp of being a really great guy.
But 27-year-olds just screw up. They just do.
I know 'cause I used to be one.
But the last thing that I need right now,
is to be sitting at some party in a dress
waiting for someone
or something that isn't gonna show up for me.
So whatever this is or was, it's just gotta end.
Okay?
I know this because...
(SIGHS)
Because I know this.
Harry, you said you were gonna play with us.
Yeah, okay. One second, champ.
One second. Okay.
Okay, okay. Okay, okay. I screwed up.
I was wrong. I wasn't thinking.
Can I make it up to you tonight, please?
No, actually I'm going out tonight.
You... Where?
I have a date. You have...
Why wouldn't I?
Miss Avery emailed me. They picked my play!
I knew it! I didn't!
This is major! Congrats!
Can I ask you a beyond huge enormous favor?
And you can say no.
Sorry. Am I interrupting you working?
Is it that other job? Yeah, but who cares?
What's up? You can ask me anything.
Will you go up onstage with me, at the play?
Onstage?
No, not like in the play or anything,
just off to the side.
You can see the whole thing from there.
I asked Miss Avery, and she said it was fine.
I told her it's like having an emotional support dog,
only human.
(CHUCKLES) Anyways,
just in case I feel nervous,
or like I'm gonna pass out or anything.
Just seeing you there would make... Hey, Iz,
it would be a great honor. I'll be there.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
Yeah, so they never found my brother.
So, naturally I don't do boats.
But I gotta let that go.
Um' what do you do,
because Kori wasn't exactly sure.
I used to work for a developer.
Basically we would just tear down things you love
and put up things you hate. (CHUCKLES)
Are you gonna drink that? No, you can have it.
Yeah, so, Alice.
Have you seen that TED Talk by any chance
on the science of happiness? Mmm... Mmm-mmm.
I think you'd really like it. Is it that obvious?
No' that's not what I'm saying.
It's just... It just really touched me.
And about eight months ago...
I quit my job. Oh, yeah?
Yeah. Just like that.
I had a Jerry Maguire moment.
Oh, my God, I love Jerry Maguire.
Yeah, I moved to Bali and lived there for a few months.
Until I actually came down with malaria and I had to come back here.
And I'm trying to get my old job back.
Anyway, I think it was Thomas Brown...
Sir Thomas Brown who said, "I am the richest man alive.
"I have that in me which..." Oh, my God!
I'm okay.
My arch nemesis is here.
Why do you have an arch nemesis?
She's standing next to the Sarah Plain and Tall girl.
She looks all rich and depressed.
I'm gonna go talk to her, Nate.
Oh, Alice, I don't think you should.
I think I'm gonna do it. Alice, don't do that.
Here I go. Alice.
There you go... Okay.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
Hi, Alice, my gosh. Zoey, hi.
What are you doing here?
I'm on a date. With a man.
Great.
Um, I don't think you've met my husband, Rob.
This is Alice. Okay.
She's been sort of helping out around the house.
Nice to meet you, Rob. I'm your wife's bitch.
I don't know if I would call it that.
Really?
Would you say you're a nice person to me
or would you say you're nicer to maybe the labra-poodle?
It's a labradoodle. Whatever.
Okay.
(GRUMBLES)
What are you doing with your face? Are you unwell?
I think it's Dexter.
Okay, that is not nice, Alice.
He's a rescue, and I find that really offensive.
I think that you've had a little bit too much to drink
and that you're sort of embarrassing yourself.
I'm embarrassing myself? Yes.
Well, that's refreshing.
Because normally that's your department.
Okay. Am I right, Bob?
Alice, let's just call this quits.
And I will call you in the morning.
Hey, babe, I quits, okay?
Because you cheated on me with the fancy stylish woman.
And on top of that, you're a deeply dark individual.
So, we done.
Great. We done.
(ALICE GROANING)
Thank you, appreciate it.
Brutal.
Ah, boy.
So, wanna tell me what happened?
Well, I drank my date under the table.
And I was so rude.
And then I saw Zoey Bell in her kimono
and her cute husband, and I went temporarily insane.
Jesus, I hope you quit at least?
Oh, yes. That I made very clear.
Well, dare I ask why you're feeling
so pugnacious this evening?
All signs point to the lead singer of your band.
I was afraid of that
You know, he tends to have this effect on people.
Thing you gotta realize about Harry,
and I say this out of love,
is he doesn't do the right thing enough.
Doesn't know how, trust me.
Do you know what the difference is between men and women?
Men just... They can just do things.
And women have to think about the consequences
and the feelings and the pros and cons.
And we make lists.
And men just act.
They just do. (CHUCKLES)
Not you though, George.
You're one of the good ones.
Thank you, Alice.
You're like a woman.
(SIGHS)
Oh, my God. Tell me you see him, too.
Austen, what are you doing here?
Well, I've been calling you for hours.
Where have you been? Where are the kids?
They're at my mom's. But wait.
I was just... I know I just asked you this.
But what are you doing here?
Oh, God, Alice.
Oh, I don't know. I don't know.
I've been going out of my head.
I just can't think straight.
Is that one of them?
Hello? Hi.
Okay.
Hey, there.
George Appleton. Hi.
Big fan of your family, yeah.
ALICE: Mmm-hmm.
Okay, I'm gonna let you two, 'cause I gotta...
I'm just gonna... Yeah, okay.
It feels so good to be here.
Oh, God.
You did such an incredible job with the house.
It totally feels like you now.
Thanks.
I'm really impressed. God, do you remember
us sittin' in here when you brought me to meet your dad?
(CHUCKLES) Yeah, a million years ago.
I do? And you look different, too.
Yeah, relaxed or something. You look fantastic, AI.
Well, you're catching me on a really stellar roll tonight.
I've had quite a...
You know I had to come here, right?
You get that
I mean, there are three strange guys
living with my family.
And you stopped calling me back all of a sudden,
you know?
Girls are not FaceTiming me anymore.
Where do you keep your forks? In the drawer.
So you just showed up unannounced?
Don't you think you should have called first
and then told me that you were coming
so I could have at least prepared,
told the girls? Well, I would have called.
Or is this just what worked for you, Austen?
I would have called, but I was afraid you were gonna
tell me that I couldn't come.
I always tell you to come.
You know, when you left...
I finally felt like I wasn't lettin' anyone down anymore.
And that was good, for a minute.
But then I realized
that the best part of my life
had just moved away across the country.
And there I was, alone in our old place.
There was no more laughter. No meals together.
No more monkeys jumping on the bed.
And I miss our family.
So I bought a ticket to LA and I left within the hour
because I wanted to say this to your face.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
To your beautiful face.
Let's fix this.
Let's not give up.
What's he doing just showing up here out of nowhere?
I think we should go in there. I think she needs us.
Really? What are you gonna do?
You're gonna go in there, you gonna say,
"I'm the captain now," huh?
Look, they're sitting so close together!
Guys, enough, okay? He's the father of her children.
Yeah, but she's moved on. She doesn't need him anymore.
George, is he good-looking? I can't tell from here.
Yeah, what's his vibe? Is it loser-y?
I don't know.
He's got like a classic Clark Gable thing.
There's like a little bit of Sean Penn in there
like he could jump ya at any moment, you know what I mean?
Clark Gable meets Sean Penn? I'm goin' inside.
Harry, come on, man. The last thing she needs.
How do you know what she needs?
Oh, my God, she's taking him to the guest room.
He's staying.
Well, thank you for putting me up.
I'm a little bit drunk,
I'll probably regret it in the morning.
Not that drunk. Good night, Austen.
Well, I meant what I said, Al. Will you just think about it?
(SIGHS)
(CELL PHONE CHIMES)
(EXHALES DEEPLY) (DOOR OPENS)
Good morning.
Oh, hey.
Please, take a seat.
Harry.
Austen.
Why is he staying with us? Teddy, I can't.
What am I supposed to do, ask him to stay in a hotel?
Okay, why is this guy in LA?
I can think of three really good reasons.
Seems pretty selfish to just show up like this.
Well, meet Austen.
Alice, please stop avoiding me.
Can we just, I don't know, talk?
What? So, girls, girls!
Guess what? What?
ROSIE: Dad! Daddy, oh, my God, no way!
Good morning.
I'm so happy to see you guy's!
ISABEL: I can't believe you're here!
Oh, Rosie, you're so tall!
Look at you, you're like a supermodel.
Iz, look at...
Oh, my goodness, loving those sneakers.
When did you get here? He came in late last night.
We thought we'd surprise you this morning.
ISABEL: Come on.
Good to see you, Lil. Yeah, hi.
Looking fetching as usual.
Me? You are nuts.
Look, I have to change for my spinning class.
So, I'm going to get going. Um...
Ally, I'll talk to you later, okay?
Yep.
Still cute. (LAUGHS)
Okay, let's eat.
Okay, okay, but then we were walking back from dinner
on this beautiful moonlit night
through this tiny little village,
just outside Saint-Rémy de Provence.
And we took one wrong turn.
And suddenly out of nowhere...
Oh, my God, I forgot about this.
This strange
little woman appeared. Yes.
She pushes me in the chest, she grabbed your mother's bag.
And your mother just immediately,
without a second thought
sprints after her.
Leaps into the air, and tackles her to the ground.
Oh, my God. That's funny, Mommy.
I'm pretty sure there was no leaping,
and I know I didn't tackle her.
AUSTEN: So you weren't both on the ground?
Yes, but... Your mother was incredible.
You should have seen her. She was just... Just beyond.
She was wildly impressive.
ALICE: I don't know about that.
So, Iz, did you tell your daddy about your play?
She did, she did. It's very exciting.
I mean, I'm not surprised, because she's always been
a great writer. Will you stay for it, Daddy?
- When is it again? - ALL: Next Friday.
Yeah.
Well, I'm not... I'm not sure if I can stay that long.
But if I can, I will. I'm desperate to be there.
You know, George has been really very helpful with the play.
I... Did I tell you the guys are filmmakers?
AUSTEN: Yeah, yeah, heard that.
God, I have no idea how you guys do it.
It takes such discipline.
And I guess, at the end of the day,
it's totally down to luck, isn't it?
If it turns into anything, right?
Yeah, luck and talent.
Copy that. Lotta luck.
Hey, I had an idea. Why don't we go for dinner tonight?
- ISABEL: Oh, yeah! - ROSIE: Yeah!
Sunday night dinner, like we used to.
That would be fun, right?
You could show me your new favorite place.
Yeah, can we, Mommy? Please?
Yeah, we could go early, be back by 8:00.
ROSIE: Please?
Okay, sure. Yay!
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) Just a sec.
Hi. Hey.
I thought I'd check in. I know it's none of my business.
I just wanted to make sure that you're okay.
Yeah, come in. Okay.
I'm completely fine. I mean, on the one hand,
Austen is saying things to me that
I've wanted to hear for God knows how long.
And on the other hand,
he's the actual king of manipulation.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Hey, can I come in for a second? Yeah.
Hey, did not know you were in here.
I hope this isn't out of line, but...
You look really nice, by the way.
- Yeah. - ALICE: Thanks.
Just really worried about the girls, you know?
I have experience with guys like this.
And their dad just shows up out of nowhere,
and he's acting like he's, you know,
Father of the Year when we know he isn't.
And then what's gonna happen? He's gonna move
back to New York and then what?
What happens to Iz? (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
HARRY: Alice, I've gotta talk to you.
ALICE: Oh, my God.
Can it wait? I'm a little bit busy.
Uh, no, it can't.
I feel like everything is out of sorts between us.
And, wow, you look great.
And smell great. Can I come in?
Do you have an Advil? I...
Didn't realize I had an audience.
You guys, we're just gonna... (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
have to talk about this later...
What, I didn't make the cut for the pre-party?
No, there is nothing going on.
There's never been so many people in this room.
We're gonna be late.
You guys, I will talk to you later.
It's gonna be good.
Bye.
Good night.
Okay.
Night, kids.
I don't like him.
Mmm-mmm.
It's way past Rosie's bedtime.
Should we call and make sure that everything's okay?
You know, I'm kinda shocked she married that guy.
I know she knows his bracelets are a problem.
I don't know.
I mean, I could see him having a certain appeal
when they were younger. The accent's cool.
Hey, we were just starting to...
Shh...
Oh, sorry.
Did you guys have a good night?
Yeah, nothin' special, just ate some lasagna,
what was left of it.
How was your dinner?
The girls had a great time.
And you?
I actually had fun, too.
Um...
Well, we were gonna have a nightcap.
You wanna come over to our place?
I'm exhausted. I'm gonna hit the hay.
Night, guys.
Yeah, good night. Night.
It's not true. She never falls asleep before midnight.
Okay, thank you. We did not need to know that.
AUSTEN: Night, night. I'll see you in the morning.
ROSIE: I love you, Daddy.
Oh, I love you, too, my beautiful girl.
Sleep well.
"He reaches for the painting,"
"floats in slow motion through the air..."
Georgey, great news. Hey.
The finance guy is flying in to meet with us next Friday.
We're meeting him at Sunset Tower
and then we'll go from there to see Isabel's show.
Perfect. Hey, actually, hold on a sec.
HARRY: Relax, I just wanna show you an article I read about this guy.
"The painting floats in slow motion."
What is this? What are you workin' on?
Okay, actually I was gonna tell you about this.
You're writing something else?
Let me explain. Yes.
Okay. How could you do that?
How could you do it?
We're almost done with our script.
You're workin' on somethin' else at the same time?
Okay, yes, but look.
Okay, you've decided, right, that we're two halves of this whole.
And I've been thinking that maybe I could be a whole on my own at some point.
And our agents agree.
Okay, right, right, okay. So you're the talent...
I'm just the one who got us our financing, who directed our movie,
who submitted us to the festival, who got us to LA.
You know that's not what I'm saying.
And then you go rogue
and you get another job without telling me.
Shit, George. You know...
This has not stopped me from working on our movie,
not even one bit.
And excuse me if I wanna make some goddamn money
and get the hell out of the mess
that you've created in this house, by the way.
That I... Did you not even realize?
You don't even know? What...
You think you could just have sex with her and play with her kids
and everything would turn out fine?
No, don't You know what?
Leave your brain to science, Harry,
'cause it's truly one in a mil.
You know what? No. I'm not letting you do this.
I'm not, man. You're a little in love with Alice.
And you're mad at me because of it.
(CHUCKLES) Wow.
You and I have been down this road before.
Okay, I am not in love with her, okay?
I just love a lot of things about her,
like her face and her personality.
Hey.
What up, guys? (BOTH SIGH)
What is that? What is that? What are you holding?
What? These, they're audition pages.
I'm actually testing for a pilot which I think is a good thing.
That's terrific, Teddy.
You're both taking other jobs? Well, George already took his.
Why can't you be happy for him?
Don't tum this around on me and Teddy.
Why didn't you tell me this, man?
I haven't gotten it yet.
And we don't have a finished script,
so why can't I go on auditions?
You know what? Good luck to the both of you.
I know.
Yeah, okay, well, just call me after the show, all right?
Yeah, I'll still be up. Okay, okay, bye.
Hey, man. Can I join you?
Everything cool, brother?
I saw Harry take off.
Seemed pretty heated.
I'm sorry, but I don't wanna get into it.
It's all good, you don't have to worry about it.
Well, I wouldn't say that. This is my house.
With my kids, my wife.
If there's a problem, I think I have a right to know about it.
With all due respect, Austen,
I don't know if Alice would call this your house.
And she definitely wouldn't call herself your wife.
They are my kids though, right?
Is that one okay with you?
What exactly is it that you're doing here?
Yeah, it's a complicated situation.
At your age, I couldn't have understood it either.
Try me.
Well, sometimes
you need a bit of space from the things you love
in order for you to realize
just how much you really need them.
Seriously?
That sort of thing just does not apply to your wife and kids.
What do you want from me, man?
I mean, you're gonna hate me regardless of what I say.
But if Alice and I are gonna try and work through our problems,
which I think it's pretty clear we are,
then this game of house you're all playing
is gonna have to end.
And you think that's what Alice wants?
Alice doesn't know what she wants.
Ow! (GRUNTS)
AUSTEN: What the hell was that for?
It was for Alice!
You know, you do not want to do this.
I am a trained athlete. I can box.
Okay, all right, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
You wanna go for it, pal? You wanna go?
Yeah, I... Come on, let's go!
Go! Let's go! Okay, okay. Hey, hey.
Did your stupid hipster brother sleep with my wife, huh?
Come on, man up and tell me. Tell me!
You know what? We're better off without you!
We? Yeah.
What are you even saying? (GRUNTING)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
- Oh, my God! - TEDDY: Ahh!
What is going on?
He... He started it!
Teddy, what the hell? Okay, hold on.
Okay, let's all just chill out for a second.
He's a liability, okay? There are kids in this house!
Come on, Alice, this is insane.
ALICE: This is too much for me.
I didn't sign up for this, all of this.
I agree. I think he needs to leave.
I think you guys need to find somewhere else to stay
while we get our lives back on track.
Wait.
Alice.
I'm sorry, guys!
(EXHALES)
(GRUNTS)
You did the right thing, Al.
He did quite a number on you.
Ta-da.
Alice, look at me for a second.
(SIGHS)
Oh, God, I've missed you so much.
I had no idea how to be alone.
Austen, what are we doing?
Well, our relationship is totally blurry, you know that.
I know it is.
And once and for all, I think we need to clear it up.
I think we should get back to... I want a divorce.
I'm... I'm not following.
I want a divorce.
Like, I legally don't wanna be married anymore.
No, I know what divorce means.
I thought we weren't ready to make such a...
You're ready.
I am. I really am.
Right, right.
Oh, God. So, I'm the idiot
who's dealt a winning hand and still managed to lose.
I think maybe this all worked out
the way it was supposed to.
And I guess we both know that if I'd seen a sliver of hope
I would have tried to weasel my way back in.
(BOTH LAUGH)
I really hope he's here. He has to be.
Justin is the only other person he knows in LA.
(DOORBELL RINGS)
My hand's killing me.
Can we come in? We wanna talk.
Are you gonna be mean? I'm not in the mood.
What happened to your face? I beat the crap out of Austen.
Bullshit artist. Come in.
Did Alice see you do it?
Yep. And she kinda kicked us out.
Seriously? Yeah.
And what about Austen, he stayed?
Yeah.
You guys hungry? There's some leftover Nobu.
Harry, we came here to apologize.
Neither of us should have hidden anything from you.
Is that a no to the Nobu? I'll have some.
What's Nobu? It's just sushi.
Okay, we were just afraid that you were gonna think
that we were doubting you, or losing faith in the movie.
That's exactly what I think. We're not bailing, man.
My other job is basically done.
And if Teddy lands another part,
then we will work around it.
He's right. We're doin' this, all right?
We're makin' this happen.
The Nobu. (LAUGHS)
There you are.
- Is Dad okay? - ALICE: Yeah.
Daddy is fine, he just has a little bruise.
And he's asleep now, so he's gonna be okay.
I'm really sorry that you guys had to see that.
Is he moving in with us?
Well, he's gonna live in LA, which is great.
But he's not gonna live with us.
What about the guys? Did they leave?
ALICE: Mmm-hmm.
For good?
I think so.
Does that mean we won't ever see them again?
I mean, George was gonna come to my play.
And Yeah, yeah, I know George, honey.
And trust me, he will be there.
And I don't know about you guys,
but I'm kinda looking forward to it
just being the three of us again.
Actually, I think that sounds good.
I could use some peace and quiet.
(ALL GIGGLING)
Okay, -
I love you.
Yeah, so we meet this guy.
HARRY: He's like this hacker, right?
And his name's Neo.
And he's like, the thing, yeah.
That's good.
He gets, basically gets this...
Right, right.
But where did this Morpheus guy come in?
'Cause I... Morpheus comes in.
TEDDY: He's sending him like... Right, yes.
TEDDY: He's sending him like some sort of, you know,
watch out, because he's looking out
for like the agents or whatever.
GEORGE: Right, and there's the...
Thank you, appreciate it.
HARRY: And, yeah, the real world...
GEORGE: Right, because the real world...
"So, what began as a day like any other"
"ended as anything but. The end."
Wonderful.
I love this part.
It's so great. Yeah, so did I.
Hey.
So scene 50 is up. Here's some sides for you.
We got a chair over here,
and we'll do last looks on the day.
Cool, thank you.
"Some interesting things to say, George."
"He had some interesting things to say."
"Interesting things to say."
Hi.
(ALL LAUGHING)
I don't know. I don't know, it's weird, right?
Like should I be concerned? It's a little weird.
No, I think it's... I mean, it's cute.
She's like, you know, she like...
She like thinks she's a spy. Yeah, yeah.
Like she goes on adventures.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Hi. Hi.
Um...
Come in. Is it okay?
Yeah, are you kidding me? Come on.
I didn't call, but... No, it's good.
We're still in the moving in phase.
But, yeah. Yeah, wow.
This place is great. Uh-huh. Oh, man.
Yeah. Are the guys here?
No. They just went out for a bit.
They'll be back any minute.
Look, this should be me showing up at your door.
But, I don't know, with Austen there, I just...
He's gone.
He went back to New York?
No, he's here in LA, just not with me.
We are officially done, so...
Wow.
Wow. Well, A-plus decision.
Yeah. Yeah.
Um...
Uh...
Okay, -
Alice, like, I should've...
I should've said this before in a realer way at least.
But I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for standing you up that night.
And, uh, I think...
Like, I've relived it like a thousand times in my head.
And I just... I can't wrap my mind around
what kind of a person would do that to you,
let alone it was me.
It was one of the top five
worst decisions I have ever made.
And I have made some,
some pretty questionable decisions in my time.
Look, bottom line, you deserve much, much better than me.
And I don't mean that like, like most guys mean it,
which is that they don't mean it at all. I actually do.
I... I really do.
You know, before I met you
I was probably more alone and terrified
than I'd ever been in my entire life.
And through that crazy turn of events,
you made that fade away.
And I'll always be grateful for that.
And since you guys have been gone
I've been really trying to get my life in order.
But it's made me realize I just,
I really miss you guys.
Oh, my God, we miss you so much.
We talk about it all the time.
Really? I'm so glad to hear you say that.
(DOOR OPENS)
Surprise! Hey!
Hi! Oh, my God. Hey.
Hi, Alice. Hi. Hi.
Hey, Alice. You got flowers?
Yeah, they always looked so good at your house.
Hi.
I thought we'd get some for ours.
- Let me help you. - GEORGE: Yeah, thank you.
Okay, where's the kitchen? It's over here.
- Whoa. - GEORGE: How's Iz?
We've been texting a bit, yeah.
Good, yeah she told me.
She's so hyped up for tomorrow.
Did she tell you she started meditating?
No, but I love that. Yeah.
Let me put those in a vase for you.
Yeah. Do you have a vase?
Uh... Uh...
Okay. We do not.
Something to buy you as a housewarming gift.
Right here? Yep.
Looks good. Yeah.
TEACHER 1: Downstage right.
TEACHER 2: Yeah, I got the front row.
All right, my guys. My guys. Justin. Hey, buddy.
Listen, before we go in there, whatever happens
we're still gonna make a great movie together.
Okay? Not something you watch on your smartphone
and forget about before it's even over.
Because we got the brains,
we got the heart, we got the nerve.
Yeah? Yeah.
Yeah. All right, come on. All right. Thanks, man.
It's gonna be good, it's gonna be good.
Yeah, I knew you'd come around to me.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Hey, yeah, yeah, we're here.
Sure, yeah, no problem. He's runnin' a bit late.
That should be ii. Enjoy your stay.
Thank you so much.
All right, showtime.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
- Hey, Mom. - LILLIAN: Hi.
- Hey! - Hey!
Hi, baby. How was your sleepover at Daddy's?
It was so fun. We had pancakes for dinner.
They'll be here.
Okay, fellas, here's the thing.
I love your script.
I totally get what you're going for.
But maybe we could make it even
bigger. Okay, sure, how so?
Maybe, I don't know, it could be sexier.
You know, add some more excitement, more action.
Maybe the Sam character has to assemble a group of guys
from various locations,
and then they have to pull off a big heist.
- So, basically Ocean's Eleven? - WARREN: Yes, love it.
Great. Young Ocean's, exactly.
Sam isn't really big time like that.
He's just doing it to get by, you know.
Right, right.
I know, I thought that's why we could dial that up.
And then we get somebody really great to play Sam
like that kid from Hunger Games.
JUSTIN: Well, actually we got Teddy attached.
Remember, I told you about that? He's fantastic.
Right, yeah, yeah.
You're Teddy. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, we'd definitely find somethin' for you to play.
Look, Justin, I trust you.
- You know that. - JUSTIN: Yeah.
WARREN: And I think that you guys are super talented.
My only concern is that it's too small.
Or I don't know, cute, is that the right word?
No.
- We gotta run. - JUSTIN: Wait.
Hey, wait, guys.
We appreciate you taking the time.
We really, really do. But truthfully,
we have an 11-year-old's play to attend.
So if your answer is "no," which it seems to be
since you've missed pretty much
every lovely detail in the script,
well, this isn't really gonna make much of a difference.
But I'm gonna say it anyway.
I think you're makin' a mistake.
Teddy is one of the most talented actors of our generation.
And George, he understands people.
The way we think and why we do
the unexplainable things we do.
Film is the great love of our lives,
and if you take a chance on us
there is like an 80% chance that we will not let you down.
Now, Warren, quick question,
do you happen to have a car downstairs?
You were amazing. Amazing!
Har, you sure you're okay with this?
Yes, there will be another guy.
Do I look worried?
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
(ISABEL BREATHING DEEPLY)
Just breathe.
Just breathe, you can do this. You can do this.
Come on, let's go.
Mmm.
Sorry, the doors are closed. What are you... What?
Once the show begins, no one is admitted.
Those are the rules. You're joking, right?
It's a fifth grade play, not Hamilton.
I am under strict orders to close the doors at 6:00.
And it is now, 6:15, so...
I actually need to get backstage.
There's a very, very special kid
who will be totally devastated...
You know what? This is not my problem, bro.
Sorry, bud!
Maybe he should be an action star.
Go.
Okay, you're gonna be great.
And now, Three Plus Three, by Isabel Blame.
(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
ALICE: Teddy, Teddy! There she is.
Shoot! Come on.
TEDDY: Hey.
Hey. Hi.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(FAINT INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- STUDENT 1: Careful. - STUDENT 2: It's falling.
Excuse me, excuse me, gotta get through.
"What began..." Sorry.
Come on, come on.
Are you George? Yes.
Thank God! Wait, who are you?
I'm Miss Avery. You're Miss Avery?
Yeah. You're George? Yeah.
Come on.
She can see you from here.
"What began..."
Isabel!
BOTH: Isabel!
(SOFTLY) You got this.
"What began as a day"
"like any other ended as anything but."
"There must have been something"
"pretty extraordinary in the air that clay,"
"even though, as always,"
"it was 72 degrees and sunny in my new hometown,"
"the weirdly wonderful city of Los Angeles."
"Which, as it turns out, isn't much of a city at all."
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
LILLIAN: Okay, but you guys' admit it.
It was a hit, right?
I mean, can you call a school play a hit?
Because it definitely was. Definitely.
Was a smash.
You got a standing O.
There were moms in the audience who were crying.
They were crying.
Moms were crying, I was sobbing.
(LAUGHING)
And that line about being a kid
and growning up in New York...
I mean, come on.
Her bedtime was 8:30 in the City That Never Sleeps.
That's the one. Great!
I liked the kid who played Dad.
What?
Was it not about us?
It was about us, right?
(ALL LAUGHING)
You 're like a theater detective.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
One, two, three, four. I declare a thumb war.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE)
Will you stop?