[SEAGULLS CAWING]
[LOCK CLICKS]
[KEYS JINGLE]
[CAWING CONTINUES]
[WAVES CRASHING IN DISTANCE]
[CAWING CONTINUES]
[WAVES CRASHING IN DISTANCE]
[CAWING CONTINUES]
[WHOOSHES]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[CHIRPING CONTINUES]
♪♪
[VOCALIZING]
♪♪
I love the smell of chlorine.
It reminds me of home.
Three days by the pool, and my brain is already melted.
♪♪
Well...
it's beautiful.
The Tongva Indians...
they lived like this for 3,000 years.
Yeah. 3,000 years.
No war, no hassle.
Total freakin' paradise.
Ever heard of Paul Gauguin?
No.
He was a stockbroker in Paris,
but then he quit to become an artist.
He sailed for Tahiti and never came back.
I like this guy.
[VOCALIZING]
He left behind his wife and kids,
and when he got to Tahiti,
he gave half the island syphilis.
[BIRD CAWING]
Why are you telling me this?
Because there's no such thing as paradise.
[VOCALIZING]
[WATER SPLASHING]
♪♪
Yeah, there is.
♪♪
- [GLORIA AND DUD MOANING] - [BED CREAKING]
♪♪
[MUSIC FADES]
[MOANING, CREAKING CONTINUE]
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]
What is it?
Oh.
I had a dream.
Can't really describe it, but...
my dad used to blow smoke rings.
And when... when Liz and I were little,
he'd sit on the end of the couch
and he'd take a... a big drag of his cigarette,
and he'd puff a few out at a time.
And me and Liz would try to fight to catch them.
[BIRDS CHIRPING IN DISTANCE]
I don't remember any of my dreams.
[CHIRPING CONTINUES]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS, LAUGHTER]
All hail. The Joan of Arc of Booze.
Ugh... was I that bad?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
The details of that night are a little fuzzy to me.
How did we end up in that corporate guy's apartment?
Eh, who cares? No point digging up the past.
I captured some nice moments for us on Instagram.
So we could remember them always.
Please, no...
I hear you, Liz. The Internet's an abattoir.
We're the butcher and the pig.
[CHUCKLES] I added some fun filters.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[LIZ LAUGHING]
It looks like you and Corporate are really hitting it off.
[LIZ LAUGHING]
That is horrifying.
[LIZ LAUGHING]
- Make it stop! - [LIZ LAUGHING]
Whoa. Okay.
[DISHES CLATTERING]
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[FOOTSTEPS]
[LOUDLY] Hey, Veronica.
I hope you have a lovely day!
Don't bother. She's not there.
Hey. I...
[LIQUID DRIPPING]
Uhhh...
H-Hey, Gloria.
I think your mom's got a leaky diaper.
[SIGHS] God...
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
- Ugh. Just go. - I can...
Please. Okay?
Okay.
Um, I'll...
see you later.
[SIGHS LIGHTLY]
♪♪
[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
[VOCALIZING]
[VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES]
♪♪
Larry? What are you doing?
Sometimes the pump dragon makes noise.
Pump dragon?
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
What?
[BIRD CAWING]
I need to change the combo on that lock.
Keep the riff raff out.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS]
[VEHICLE DOOR CLOSES]
♪♪
Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com
- [SIGHS] - [CELLPHONE RINGING]
[CELLPHONE BEEPS] [CELLPHONE RINGING]
I said no calls.
I know we're "on a break" or whatever.
But it's Larry.
Something's off about him.
He's together one sec,
and the next he's talking nonsense.
I told you, I-I...
I need boundaries.
I can't be your person right now.
I'm... I'm too busy.
Doing what?
Pissing away my afternoons.
It's my writing process...
♪♪
I gotta go. S-Sorry.
♪♪
[CELLPHONE BEEPS]
♪♪
Gil!
♪♪
♪ After the blast levels our town ♪
- ♪ We can relax... ♪ - [HORSE WHINNIES]
♪ ...and watch it come down ♪
♪♪
[MUSIC FADES]
You're trespassing.
I know. Sorry...
Ah, don't be.
I'm just following the script my employer handed me...
I don't believe in it.
And you're not trespassing.
Aerospace was built on government investment,
using our tax dollars... right?
...which created jobs,
which created more tax revenue,
which created more missiles, which created more suburbs.
It was a giant golden circle jerk
and it belongs to all of us.
[ENGINES RUMBLING IN DISTANCE]
Did you see a guy on a bike come through?
Nah, but I'm at the end of my shift.
I'm not firing on all cylinders.
[ENGINE RUMBLING LIGHTLY]
[SIGHS]
Well...
I hope a few days off was... restful.
I-I wanted to talk to you about something...
Jeremy, I'm... I'm sorry.
I know Corporate's visit was important to you.
The problem is
I am cursed with a high tolerance for alcohol,
so I can go and go,
but then at some point, I, like, go over the falls.
And then, before I know it, I'm a "different person,"
only I can't remember anything because I've blacked out,
and for the next few days,
I stew in a nice hot bath of shame.
Well, actually,
Corporate was quite charmed with his visit.
In fact, he's upping our ad budget.
Oh.
You two really hit it off...
No. No, we didn't.
Screw that guy.
Some little mannequin in a suit...
I've never heard you laugh like that before. Ever.
Gerson has it on tape, I think, if you want...
What did you want to talk to me about?
[CLEARS THROAT]
The other night, while you were going over the falls,
I realized that
I have developed... feelings for you.
- Jeremy... you're married. - I know!
Also... and this is kind of important...
I have absolutely zero feelings for you.
Zero. None...
I know! It's... It's... It's... It's ridiculous!
But I can't help it, Liz.
I mean, y-y-you're... you're so smart...
and you're so... competent.
I ha... I have dreams about you.
Dreams don't mean anything.
Listen, I-I-I've been talking about this with Sarah
in couples therapy.
And it's been a little hard at first,
but we finally got it out.
And I-I actually think
it's bringing us... closer together.
[CHUCKLES]
Happy to help.
Yeah. Look, I-I realize I've uploaded
a lot of challenging info here.
I just... I just hope you don't, uh...
[BREATHES DEEPLY] hold it against me.
No.
I just want to, you know, get it out in the open.
That way, it doesn't, like, morph into this,
you know, weird... thing.
- [DOOR CREAKS SHUT] - Yeah.
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
[CELLPHONE BEEPS]
- What's up? - Hey.
Yeah, nothing. I'm just hanging at the Lodge.
I'm excited about Blaise's lecture.
Hey, I'm kinda working right now.
Yeah. Me too.
I'm on call at Temp Joy, you know?
Did you need something?
No, just wanted to see, you know, what you were doing.
Thought I'd give you a call. See what's up.
Well, like I said. I'm working.
Yeah. So how's, uh, things going with the Connie situation?
- [MUG THUMPS LIGHTLY] - You guys still on a break or...
Yeah, but I...
I-I really don't have time...
Don't worry about it. I got your back.
We're in cahoots...
We are not in cahoots.
- Okay? - We're in cahoots. It's okay.
- No, we're not in cahoots. - [CELLPHONE BEEPS]
Uh... hey? Hello?
LARRY: Every whack job in the city
is gonna show up for Blaise's magic show.
[CHUCKLES]
Uhh...
Hey, Larry.
How did... When'd you come in?
Hey, I feel bad about punching you in the face.
[SNIFFLES] Let me make it up to you.
You got time this week?
Uh, yeah.
Well, good. Good. I'll come find you.
Okay.
So, I was thinking... gold is valuable
because it's rare,. right?
But if we could make gold,
then it wouldn't be rare anymore.
So by making gold,
we're sort of destroying gold...
Yeah. Uh, you're talking about market value.
Merrill didn't care about that.
He called gold "the residue of eternity."
Oh. What does that mean?
Uh, gold is the material by-product
of the Magnum Opus...
the reconciliation of body, spirit, and time...
Hey, uh...
Hey, Blaise, are you okay?
I don't understand any of it.
Alchemy's all shadows and riddles...
like Smith's diary.
I'll never figure it out,
'cause I can't get my mind around anything!
No! What are you talking about?
You're one of the smartest sounding guys I ever met!
I'm a fraud.
I barely cracked 900 on my SATs.
900? Well, that's not so bad!
Okay? I don't even remember what I got...
my sister, she got way into the thousands...
Tomorrow night, I'm supposed to
get up on stage and give a lecture
explaining the genius of Harwood Fritz Merrill.
I can't!
It's gonna be a nightmare.
I posted about the lecture in all my esoterica chat rooms.
A bunch of people said they're coming.
And some of those guys are real weirdos.
Lonely men with an ax to grind.
If I get one thing wrong,
they are gonna destroy me in the Q&A...
[SCREAMS]
- [THUDS] - Hey, hey, hey! Whoa, hey!
- [GROANING] - Easy. Easy, easy, easy, easy.
Okay. Hey. Okay, do I need to call a doctor?
Because I think your appendix might be exploding.
I am a doctor.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Okay.
It's not my appendix...
A few years ago in India,
I picked up a mysterious parasite.
It used to cause me terrible pain all the time.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
The square medical establishment was no help.
They couldn't get it out,
and some of the "professionals" even suggested
it wasn't there.
That it was in my mind.
Even though I could feel it growing inside me...
[BREATHES SHARPLY]
Heal thyself.
That's what I had to do.
So I started reading Paracelsus...
found some ancient alchemical remedies
that actually helped.
But [BREATHES HEAVILY] there are no miracles.
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
We have to learn to live with these things.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
All we can do is manage the pain...
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[PAPER RUSTLING]
Here it is.
Official letter from London.
It says... an emissary has been selected and briefed.
And we should expect someone to arrive
within... a fortnight?
I'm gonna do a shot before the meeting.
Yeah, okay.
A fortnight.
- Hey. - Hey.
Did you know that
Blaise has a parasite living inside of him?
Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
I've heard that tale many times.
[CHUCKLES]
- [LAUGHTER] - Yeah, yeah.
Pretty crazy week, huh?
[CHUCKLES]
Solid turnout tonight...
I guess either you're all happy I'm back,
or you just wanted to hear about our mummy!
Well, I can't help you with that.
But you've probably seen our fliers around.
Our Majestic Knight, Blaise St. John,
is giving a public lecture tomorrow night,
God help us all.
[CHUCKLES]
[LAUGHTER]
It's about, uh...
Well, fill us in. Fill us in...
It's about the alchemic underpinnings
of the death ritual of Wallace Smith,
how it references the...
the legendary burial of Harwood Fritz Merrill...
Can't wait.
[LIGHT LAUGHTER]
Okay...
one more announcement.
As you know, I am stepping down from my throne
and handing it over to Ernie Fontaine.
[APPLAUSE]
MAN: Whoo!
Yeah! Yeah! [CHUCKLING]
We are all looking forward to the Succession Ceremony.
In fact, I am so excited,
I have decided we should do it ASAP.
On Friday night.
- Sound good? - Yeah.
- [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] - W-Wait a minute.
S-Shouldn't we wait for London?
Since they have to sign off to make it official anyway?
I am Sovereign Protector of Lodge 49.
You know what I say?
Screw London! [CHUCKLES]
[LAUGHTER]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[JUKEBOX PLAYING ROCK MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- Yeah. - [SIGHS]
- All right. - All right.
- Okay. - See you.
[CHUCKLES] Mm-hmm.
Congrats, Ernie. That's, uh...
Looks like you're going on the Grand Tour after all.
Thanks. I appreciate it.
Yeah. Congratulations, Ernie.
Thanks.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
Um, you know, I was, uh...
I was... I-I was thinking.
Maybe, uh, sometime we can get you out on the Sea-Doos.
♪♪
Yeah, sure...
I just rebuilt the engines.
657X.
All new bearings and pins,
seals and [CHUCKLING] gaskets.
They, you know...
[BREATHES DEEPLY] They ride like a dream.
Like a dream...
- We should go, honey. - The...
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[CHUCKLES LIGHTLY]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[FOOTSTEPS]
Ugh.
How can you stand it?
Ugh.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ON TELEVISION]
[DOOR UNLOCKS, OPENS]
[KEYS JINGLING]
Hey.
- Hey, stranger. - [DOOR CLOSES]
I know, right?
- Uh. "Lil' Chefs" just started. - Ohh.
They're making crème brûlée this week.
They get to use torches.
Yeah.
So what's up in Lizard Land?
Very little.
Bet you're happy to have the place to yourself again, huh?
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE]
So things must be going well with, um... what's-her-face.
- Gloria. - Oh.
Yeah, her name's Gloria.
And, yeah.
It's been super intense.
You know? She's...
I-I don't know how to describe her.
She's just, like, super... intense.
Well. You know?
Well, it sounds intense.
When can I meet her?
Uhh.
W-Why don't you bring her by Shamroxx?
I'll comp your meals.
- Really? - Yeah.
Oh. Thanks, Liz.
[CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE]
[CELLPHONE CHIMES]
Yeah, it's Gloria... I gotta go.
What about "Lil' Chefs"?
You can just text me who wins.
All right? See ya!
[DOOR CLOSES]
Gentlemen, I have been in the plumbing rep biz since 1977.
It's been a crazy ride.
I've seen and done things other men can only dream of.
But I can't say that I've ever been abducted
- by a group of developers... - [LAUGHTER]
...driving around in a black SUV on a Sunday.
It happened. I'm not making it up.
What is going on with you?
He's got PTSD from Vietnam.
- Vietnam? - [LAUGHTER]
- How old do you think I am? - Oh, no, no, no, no.
Ernie was in the Balkans.
On a holiday cruise.
I was fighting ethno-nationalism.
At least I served. What did you ever do?
I just cashed the biggest commission check of my life.
Yeah, well... when I find Captain...
- [CHUCKLES] - Jesus, Ernie!
You're chasing shadows.
But I saw it all, the whole plan!
I'm telling you! Don't you see?
The billboards are all over town.
"Is there another way to live..."
I've been getting angry calls all week.
You're not servicing your accounts.
Stop being a diva, Ernie.
I actually couldn't tell if they'd call me "gook" or "cook."
I don't know which is worse.
Oh, my God. Ugh. The Kringle brothers, man.
OC Luftwaffe dickheads...
To be fair, I kept dropping in on Travis.
- Hey. Lady-shreds-a-lot. - [LAUGHS]
Okay? You need to be careful out there.
I'm serious.
If something happens to you out in the water,
and no one's there to look out for you...
Hey, I'm going back out after work.
Come with me.
Sorry, but I have a date.
- Human Resources? - Yeah.
- Still? - Yeah, still.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
Oh, you know, this past week's been
one of the best weeks I've had in a long time.
[VEHICLES PASSING IN DISTANCE]
Kinda feel like I'm floating on air.
- [CHUCKLES] - [LAUGHS]
[TAPPING TABLE]
All right. See you later.
Peace.
♪♪
- Your note's due. - [DOOR CHIMES]
What? Already?
The vig kicks tomorrow.
89.9.
Take as much time as you want.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
What are my options, Burt?
♪♪
Okay, so, car title loan.
You give me three grand, I give it to you...
settles my signature loan,
and then I'm good for... how long?
Two weeks.
I'm giving you horrible terms.
Even worse than your sig loan.
This is probably the dumbest decision you can make.
[VEHICLES PASSING IN DISTANCE]
But I'm good for two weeks?
[SIGHS]
[AIR BRAKES SQUEAL, HISS]
♪♪
...a local fraternal order
has given new meaning to the phrase "pyramid scheme"
after an unexpected and gruesome...
- AVERY: Oh, my God. - ...find today.
Members discovered a sealed-off room,
and within it, the preserved body
of a man who had been there since nineteen...
♪♪
This could be it. The True Lodge.
Hey, Avery... wake your ass up!
Let's get this rig moving!
I know, but I gotta get in there.
Thanks for waiting!
- Sit down! - [GRUNTS]
[PANTING]
♪♪
Oh.
[CHILDREN MURMUR]
What?
You...
Are you gonna call me in 'cause you need something?
Oh. Um...
You should just come in, I guess.
Okay.
Hi, Ms. Keller.
I brought you those files that you asked for...
the... sorry, you didn't ask... ask for anything.
Um, I can go get you some of those files...
Sorry. This is why I thought um, it might be a good idea
to have a reason to come...
Just put them there.
Wait. So I-I do have files?
- Or...? - [SIGHS]
Sorry, I know it doesn't matter.
It's just... I think, you know,
a certain amount of realism adds to the...
- This was a bad idea. - No! No, no, no, no, no.
We can make it work. We can make it work.
Look, we just...
Let's just get s-something down on paper...
You know? Let's map it out.
Okay. All right. Hey...
You know, forget about it. Let's just...
let's just go to a movie or something.
A movie? [LAUGHS]
Oh no no no... We're not dating.
We're... This isn't going anywhere.
This is just... sex.
I don't... I don't mean that to sound...
because it's been good...
It's been amazing.
But I don't want you to...
[SIGHS]
Dud. I kill everything I touch.
Oh. Come on.
Don't be ridiculous.
You're wrong.
'Cause that first night that we spent together?
We stayed up until dawn talking.
That wasn't just sex.
I mean, obviously it led to more sex, but...
[CHUCKLES]
You're the first person in a year
who's looked at me the way that people used to.
Like I was a normal person,
walking around normally.
And I saw you.
It took me while, because I'm an idiot
and you were hidden behind all this stuff...
But I saw you.
♪♪
[SIGHS]
♪♪
- LARRY: Oh, yeah! - Ahh! Give me the money!
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
So are you excited for the ceremony tonight?
Getting the keys to the Sanctum Sanctorum?
Yeah.
But I kind of agree with Scott.
- Why not wait for London? - Ahh.
Paperwork from on high. Man, who cares?
You've been waiting long enough.
Besides, since when do you care what Scott thinks?
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
- Ooh. - Uh-oh.
- That was bad. - [CHUCKLES]
It's been a mess lately...
Well, what do you expect?
Connie's put everything on hold.
I don't know if she can't decide
or if she just doesn't want to decide.
Limbo. It's hell.
I mean, Hell is hell.
But limbo is also hell.
It might actually be worse than Hell.
I mean, I want her to make the move,
but I'm dreading it too.
Once she tells Scott,
everybody's gonna think I'm the bad guy.
Well, to be fair, Ernie.
- You are the bad guy. - [POLE CLATTERS]
I know, I know... it's a mess, man.
Well, believe it or not,
you are not the first Lynx to have an affair.
It comes out, people get upset,
and then you know what happens?
Everyone gets on with their lives.
Don't worry about what other people think.
The truth hurts, but no one ever regrets hearing it.
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
What's that?
Wisdom? Hmm?
[CHUCKLES]
What do you think of Dud?
He's all right.
It's good to have some young blood in the Lodge.
Yeah, yeah. [CHUCKLES]
You know, at first I thought
they sent him to take me out.
But that's absurd!
And now I see they sent Dud as a message...
he has no idea what's going on.
[CHUCKLES]
They?
Who's they?
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
What the hell is that?
I guess Big Ben pulled the trigger a little too early.
I love it!
[LAUGHS]
Hey. Here you go.
Thank you.
- Hey! - Hey.
Welcome to America's
third or fourth most popular breastaraunt!
- [LAUGHS] - Hi!
Hey.
What are you doing? We never hug.
- Oh... - Oh.
It's nice to meet you.
Dud's told me a lot about you.
Well, uh, have a seat.
- Mm-hmm. - I will be right back.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]
[SCOFFS]
[WHISPERS] Hey.
Hey, you can... you can comp everything, right?
I promise.
[CHUCKLES] Cool. Awesome.
Isn't she great?
Yeah.
I mean, you didn't tell me she's like 100 years old.
Huh? N... No, she's not.
Glo... Gloria's only, um...
She's only...
You know what, I-I don't care how old she is, so...
Mm-hmm. Yeah. This makes sense.
She's going through a mid-life crisis,
you're the office boy in a MILF video.
No. [SCOFFS]
- N... It's... It's not like that. - Oh, yeah.
No. It is... you know, she's not a MILF.
- She can't even have kids, okay? - [SCOFFS]
Her... uterus is shaped wrong, so...
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING]
Yeah.
[SIGHS] You don't even know her yet.
Come on, give her a chance.
No. You're right. I'm sorry.
Look, sit down.
I'll bring over some wings.
Okay. Awesome.
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Sorry I kept you waiting.
Oh, that's fine.
[SIGHS]
[MAN COUGHS]
[CHAIRS CREAKING]
[SIGHS]
Welcome. Thank you for coming.
Welcome to Lodge 49.
I'm quite nervous.
I don't do a lot of, uh, public speaking.
Um... but I think I'm supposed to picture you all naked.
[LAUGHTER]
I'd like to start with a quote
from the Rosary of the Philosophers.
"Wherever we have spoken openly, we have actually said nothing.
But where we have written something in code and pictures,
we have concealed the truth."
[AUDIENCE MURMURING]
Blaise, for chrissakes,
you've got something in your nose.
What?
Oh.
[GROANING]
[AUDIENCE GASPING]
[GROANING CONTINUES]
[GASPING CONTINUES]
[GROANING CONTINUES]
Make sure it doesn't break!
Keep pulling! Keep pulling!
[GROANING CONTINUES]
No!
[AUDIENCE GROANING]
Oh!
[AUDIENCE MURMURING]
Oh!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]
- What is that?! - You got it!
- Oh! - [CHEERING]
That was like the greatest orgasm of my life...
Oh, my God!
Paracelsus, man! Heal thyself!
Oh, yeah!
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[SIGHS]
Are you kidding me?
I skipped the lecture.
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
This is really nice.
Speak.
[HUFFS]
Limbo.
Wha... What?
Limbo is hell.
I'm sick of it, you're sick of it,
and Scott doesn't know it yet,
but he's sick of it, too.
I just want you to know that when the truth comes out,
I won't give a damn what people think.
I only care about you.
And that's why you need to make a decision.
[TRUCK ENGINE APPROACHES]
Scott. Go, go. Go, go, go, go, go, go.
[CRICKETS CHIRPING, DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]
♪ All I want is a new skyline ♪
♪♪
[SEAGULLS SQUAWKING, WAVES CRASHING]
DUD: So, you excited, for the ceremony tonight?
LARRY: Oh, sure.
Hopefully it'll erase the memory
of Blaise pulling that goddamn worm out of his head.
[CHUCKLES] Yeah.
So, listen, uh...
Obviously, you have no clue what's going on,
but I just want to thank you anyway.
It's like I've been asleep for a long time,
and when you walked into the Lodge,
I finally woke up.
What do you mean?
You walked into the Lodge for a reason.
It's all connected.
I know! I know. I feel the same way.
It's what I've been trying to tell everybody.
I spent 50 years pouring concrete,
drinking at the Lodge.
I loved it,
but now I see there's so much more.
For the first time in my life,
I'm above the maze.
I just wish I'd started looking for it sooner.
Looking for what?
Okay, okay, yeah. Shadows and riddles.
You know, it's all part of the deal, right?
When I'm gone,
you and Ernie have to stick together.
You mean when you step down?
Yeah... yeah.
Come on.
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
♪♪
CORPORATE: Hello, Queen Liz.
It's your old pal, Corporate Bitch.
- What? - I mean, that's what
you called me the other night.
You also called me Prince Crapface, Fresno McBalls.
We were having a blast!
I... don't remember calling you...
[CHUCKLING] Fresno McBalls.
And I don't remember having a blast.
You should check out Gerson's Instagram.
Why are you here?
Oh, I, uh...
[GRUNTS] came to bring this by.
It's the application form for the Omni exec training program
that we talked about.
My card's in there, so just give me a call
and I'll set you up with our program director.
Uh... no thanks.
I'm not trying to move up the Shamroxx ladder, you know?
Actually, as part of our exec carousel,
you'll be overseeing all our eateries and fun zones.
Actually... I'm good here.
You seemed so excited.
Well, you were talking to...
wasted me, okay.
Wasted me is a delight.
She laughs at everyone's jokes
and makes big plans for the future.
But, uh, now you're talking to not-wasted-me.
She lives in reality
and needs to finish doing these inserts.
[MENUS SHUFFLING]
Okay, I get it.
I guess, uh, the other thing is...
I had a really great time with you on Sunday,
and I was just wondering if, you know,
maybe if you wan...
[MENUS SLAM] What?
Nothing.
[MENU CREAKS]
Yeah.
[FOOTSTEPS DEPART]
Excuse me.
[DOOR OPENS]
♪♪
♪ Take me in your arms and hold me tight ♪
♪ Tell me that your love is mine tonight ♪
♪ Say that everything will turn out right ♪
♪ It hurts to say goodbye ♪
♪♪
♪ Let me know the thrill of your embrace ♪
[CHATTER, SILVERWARE CLANGING]
[SIGHS]
[CLICKS TONGUE]
I've simulated this in therapy,
so I already know what I'm going to say to you.
[CLEARS THROAT]
There's a difference, Liz,
between dreams and consummation.
You want to be with me,
and I want to be with you.
No...
That's... not it at all.
I don't know what I was thinking.
Can I please just... go back to work now?
Of course.
[CHATTER, SILVERWARE CLANGING]
What are you doing?!
These are really good.
[SKETCHBOOK SLAMS SHUT]
How would you know?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SIGHS] Those are just sketches.
It's a nervous habit.
- D-Did you take classes or something? - [SCOFFS]
Yes. Once, years ago.
I was the worst in the class.
The professor said I'd never have a-a good line.
What? He said that?
Screw him. He was right.
I'm terrible.
It saved me a lot of grief.
Yeah, come on. Don't talk like that.
Do you want me to lie? [CHUCKLES]
Say, "Yeah, I can be anything I want!
Anything's possible!"
Hey.
What the hell's the matter?
Wha... You think you see me.
But you don't...
you don't see what I really am.
The way I think.
You're a good person. I'm not.
What do you mean? You...[SCOFFS]
You take care of your mom...
I wish she was dead.
No, you don't.
Believe me.
It's all I think about.
My life is waiting for her to die.
I can't even look at her.
[SIGHS]
Now you see who you're really dealing with.
But your mom's still here.
She's not...
You can still say all the things that y...
Come here.
[SIGHS]
Come on.
Tell her.
Tell her what you told me.
What?! No!
Just do it.
Look at her and say it.
Say it.
[CLICKS TONGUE] I want you to die.
[SOBS]
I want you to die.
[SOBBING] Will you please...
Will you please die.
[SOBBING CONTINUES]
[Lock clicks, door
[KEYS CLATTER]
You're not staying at Gloria's tonight?
[SIGHS] DUD: No.
No, it was... nice, but... it's over.
[SIGHS] I'm sorry.
Are you... okay?
Yeah. Actually, I'm okay.
It's probably for the best.
It wasn't going anywhere.
Why waste each other's time?
It wasn't a waste at all.
Where's the remote?
It's one of Dad's.
I found it at the house on the roof.
It was hidden inside a vent.
Hey, be careful.
It's the last one.
What... What were you doing at the house?
How did you even get in?
Uh... that's... It's a long... story.
Um... the Lodge sort of... led me to it.
Good for you.
Hey, what's the matter with you?
Nothing.
Just long day.
- [GLASS THUDS] - Okay.
You know what, Liz?
I'm just gonna give you a little advice, okay?
You need to quit your job.
- [SCOFFS] Quit. Really? - Mm-hmm.
You're gonna pick up the slack?
Yeah. I mean, I'll... I'll get more aggressive with Temp Joy.
You know, and I just refinanced my loan with Burt,
and the Lodge is...
Do you understand how completely delusional you are?
Do you understand how completely miserable you are?
You get to live in a nice, little bubble,
and I get to pay for it.
I pay for everything!
All you care about is money! That's it!
Well, someone has to! You never will.
- You are just like Dad. - Yeah, well, I hope I am
because he was the best guy that I ever met!
- Oh. - He knew how to enjoy life.
He was happy!
You know, that's your biggest delusion of all, right there.
- Really? What? - Dad was faking it.
The debt had been crushing him for years.
Years!
He couldn't deal with it, so he decides to check out.
Jesus Christ, Liz! He... He drowned!
No, he knew exactly what he was doing.
He body-surfed every day of his life.
You... You actually think he drowned?
I don't know! I don't know what happened out there.
Maybe... Maybe he had a heart attack.
He could've gotten caught in a rip.
Maybe... he got attacked by a shark!
- I don't know! - A shark?!
God, you'll believe anything
as long as you don't have to face the truth!
Dad wanted to die, Dud.
He killed himself!
And deep down, you know it!
Take it back.
- Get off me. - Take it back now!
No!
- Ow! - Get off me!
Ow! God! Ow!
God, get off me!
[GRUNTING] No!
[SHOUTS]
[GRUNTING]
Ah... Ow.
[PANTING]
[GRUNTS]
You were wrong about Dad.
He didn't want to die...
...but you do.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
[CHIMES TINKLING]
[CHATTER]
Hey, Dud.
Don't worry about your foot. I'm gonna fix it.
I had a crisis of faith,
but now I feel like anything's possible.
♪♪
[WOMAN VOCALIZING]
♪♪
[WOMAN VOCALIZING]
♪♪
And we will end this invocation
with the words of Thomas Norton...
"No man therefore may reach this great present,
but he who hath virtues excellent."
Please stand in honor
of our Sovereign Protector's last entrance.
[CALIFORNIANS' "GOLDEN APPLES" PLAYS]
[AUDIENCE GASPING]
♪♪
Hey, Larry?
- Hey, hey. - Larry?
♪ Golden apples of the sun ♪
What's happening?
It's okay. Let's go, Larry.
♪ The sun that makes me think of stars ♪
♪ That's what you are to me ♪
♪♪
Synced & corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com
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[SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
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