All language subtitles for The.Valley.Persian.Style.S01E07.1080p.WEB.h264-EDITH_track3_[eng]

NARRATOR: Previously on
"The Valley: Persian Style"...

Hi!
Look at this.

Look at this bread
he put out for you, dude.

I have a listing.

I spoke with the seller
about having a Twilight open.

Great.
That's kind of a good start.

I'm close with
Golnesa's sister, Leila,

but I don't talk
to Leila about Golnesa.

I don't talk
to Golnesa about Leila.

Oh, my God!

The painful question.
How much?

-It's right around $14,000.
-Oof, $14,000.

[sighs]
I definitely need Dennis' help.

I don't wanna waste our time,
I don't wanna fight,

I want to make money.

She's wearing your jewelry.

You think it's cool to
rub sh-- on your dog?

Have you ever paid retail price?

Usually I would back my friend,

and I can't when she says
dumb sh-- like that, right?

I don't feel like
she meets me halfway.

I feel like every time
we have an argument,

I'm the one reaching out to you.

They were sucking my blood,
and you were just sitting there.

I ----ed up.

[waiter] I know we're waiting
for one more person.

I ----ing hate ambush.

[theme music playing]

Ladies.

Yeah, I can take this.

-Are you getting--
-You know what?

Can you just hold it?
Perfect.

So I think
this matches my outfit.

Wait, what's happening?
I'm just confused.

Exactly what it looks
like is happening, is happening.

But I think
for the sake of friendship,

talk it in a setting
where we're calm,

-and we can have a conversation.
-Good. Okay.

TANIN: I'm embarrassed.

It's an unpleasant surprise.

I did not expect to have
to be set up on a lunch,

because your ego didn't
allow you to reach out.

How petty.

So I want to leave
and get out of here.

You're like running.
Don't take her purse.

No, I'm going to hold it.
Don't worry, it's safe.

Good luck.

What the [bleep]?

You take their purses away?

Why?
Because they can't leave.

Genius.

I guess the floor is yours.

I mean, you're the one
who experienced a lot of things.

And you were there.
You saw what happened.

That night was too much
and heavy,

and I wanted you to have
my back, and you didn't.

-Okay.
-And that's why I was

very pissed off
and disappointed.

Especially,
your husband started the attack.

First and foremost, Reza started
the conversation, not Greg.

-No, it was Greg.
-No, it was Reza.

We're going to look at
a million dollar house,

so can you ease up on
the shopping?

You would think you grew up
with a silver spoon

in your mouth and a trust fund.

If you were on the hill of,
let's say, Beverly Hills,

you guys wouldn't be
able to afford it.

I don't think
it's the right move.

Okay, you guys, get on the same
page and stop fronting, bro.

You don't have another choice,
honey.

You were ambushed,
and I feel so bad for that.

Oh, you do?
You do feel bad?

It's the way you're approaching
it is offending people.

It feels like you're
above and they're beneath you.

Oh, they are.

Everybody is like pretending
that they want to be

very classy and things,
but nobody's acting classy.

Acting like a hyena, sitting,
waiting for a moment to jump on.

It's so beneath me,
and I can't go that low.

As much as I don't want
to look down on people,

but listen,
sometimes you have no choice.

You know,
Reza set the serum thing, okay--

That you went behind my back

and talked to Reza about
the serum thing.

Correct.
For that, I apologize,

because I would feel the same
way

if Reza came to me and said,
whatever.

But you look back and tell me,
"Let me ask you something.

Do you know what kind
of a discount I give you?"

That's the first thing
that came to your mind.

When Reza said that,
your husband said, "Yes,

exactly, after my wife spent
thousands of dollars on you

and supporting your business."

If your wife wanted
to have my pieces,

it wasn't just because
of supporting my business.

She wanted to have the piece
and she did came to me.

I am supporting
my friend's business, correct.

And it is thousands
of dollars, that's correct.

You never paid a full price

or even the price
that anybody ever paid.

I'm not a starving student
that I need this money

so bad that I'm dying.

If you don't support,
my business is going to crash.

It's not right.

I do buy your jewelry because
I want to support your business.

-Thank you.
-Okay.

But that's because we're friends

and that's what I do
for my friends with you.

Let me tell you something
before you move forward.

Everything started
with that night. Okay.

-So now you wanna--
-Not for me.

-It started with the serum.
-For me, that was good enough.

You want to say
the skincare situation,

I'm like, you know what,
in your eyes, I ----ed up.

Yeah, I get it.

That was not my intention,
but I ----ed it up.

And from bottom of my heart,
I'm very sorry.

Thank you.

We're missing
the Persian culture here

where it's like thoughtful
and it's taro

and it's beautiful
and it's hospitality

and it's family
and it's very sad for me.

But eventually,
it has to be that

if it didn't mean anything
to you at any time,

then you have to show that

that's enough for you to want
to hear the other side.

I'm in a very tough spot,
I have to tell you,

-with every single person.
-I'm sure you are.

I don't even know how.

I don't know how to talk
to people right now.

Nothing really can
justify what she did.

She didn't stand up.

She didn't speak up.

She didn't stop Greg.

It's not acceptable to me.

This conversation didn't
change my mind at all,

but I have no idea where
we're going from here.

I don't feel like there is

a closure out
of this conversation.

Moving forward,
I want to see this

as a friendship
that matters to you.

I can't carry this whole
thing on my shoulder

to keep a friendship going.

You know what it feels like?

It feels like you're always
one foot out the door,

whether it's with your
friendship, at least with me.

And subsequently,
it makes me feel like

what am I fighting for?

If I ever give you that feeling
after all these years,

then I'll be concerned.

[pop music]

Hi.

Stop leaving your sticks and
garbage and trash everywhere.

Just throw them out, dude.

I don't know
where you get that from.

-Throw them out.
-Can I have a hug?

Can I have a hug?
Can I have a hug?

Fine.

I love you.
I love you.

- Anyway.
- What's going on?

Right now, it's been
a while since I've sold a house.

This is a very scary market
for a real estate agent.

All the most productive
real estate agents

have not sold
that much in a long time.

Our nest egg, if I don't
produce, I get worried a lot.

Tommy is building
a podcast network,

and he's on the ground floor.

Let's do shots.
No, rabies shots.

That's what we're gonna do.

But in the meantime, that puts
a lot more pressure on me

to make sure that
I'm performing and producing

and bringing everything
to the table to keep us afloat.

It's a lot of constant stress.

I have to market myself, or else
I'm gonna be a one-house Wanda.

I have to be
a multi-house Merce.

I have to sell more.

I just feel like I'm also
the only one that worries.

I just don't think
that it feels at all balanced.

Everything is coming together
for the Twilight Open House.

I'm inviting
agents from the agency,

Reza, Gigi, Adam
and the whole crew,

but I feel like people
are like, where's Tommy?

He's not coming to this.
And I was like--

Hang on,
I'm not doing this.

I'm not doing this.
I'm not going.

-Doing what?
-I don't like them.

That's it.

That's it.
You understand?

I don't think it's fair.

When you say, I don't like them,

you're protecting your feelings

and I respect that
you're protecting them.

You're not because
you keep pushing at it.

Do you understand that

for ----ing that
I was in depression?

I had to go for ----ing
anger management.

I had to go to jail.

I had to ----ing get therapy

for something that made me
----ing miserable.

And it's that simple.

The sh-- that went down with
Reza and I was not a weekend.

It was not a bad couple of days.
It went on for a year.

My happiness and my peace
of mind is worth

way more than ----ing
anything else, dude.

Some things that you do
in life are irreparable.

You can forgive,
but you just can't be forgetful

because that will come back
on you if you're not careful.

He's not worth my time.
I do not care.

Let's not just take
this to the Reza thing.

We have a lot of friends
that you don't have a negative

history with whatsoever,
like Amir and Natasha

and these other guys like
Greg and Reza Jackson.

I don't want to hear
anymore about not knowing

Natasha or Boris or ----ing
Heckel and Jekyll and Clyde.

I don't give a [bleep].
Do you understand?

Go! Do what makes you happy.

I want to do
what makes me happy.

I am a stable, dependable rock.

I have come through for us.

You have not
come through for me.

Well,
you really lucked out, man.

I'm a sh-- husband.

[tense music]

I don't feel supported.

I'm like this Stepford wife,
Stockholm suffering,

Frozen Elsa, not doing
anything and just going like,

"Okay, you're not okay
with that, okay."

That I don't feel like
I deserve.

You have thrown
your hands up in the air--

It's never gonna be what
I think you want it to be.

NARRATOR: Coming up...

What if you decide
I'm like over you

and then I'm stuck
with a vasectomized--

You're gonna go have
other kids with other people.

[uplifting music]

GOLNESA:
You have walkie-talkies, right?

Mine has a police one on it
so I can talk to the police.

Yeah, so you like to talk
to the police.

So if any bad guys
break into my house

and steal all the money
that we have.

Do you think a bad guy
is gonna break into

our house with
those dogs that we have?

But what if
the dogs are outside?

- That's easy.
- Not too easy.

Are these real gold?

Yeah, so we work
in 18 karat gold.

Pick it up, you can look
at anything you want.

It's a nice heft to it.
Yeah.

Yeah, it's a forever piece.

-Hi.
-That's my friend.

Elizabeth,
this is my friend, Mercedeh.

Mercedeh.
Nice to meet you.

Thank you, Elizabeth.

Elizabeth was just showing
me some of the options

of what I can turn my dad into.

My dad died in February of '23.

Once I got the connection
from the medium to my dad.

And your dad has passed as well?

And he just said, he goes, "I'm
always here, you need to know.

You need to know,
I'm always here for you."

...I just had a lightbulb moment
and I thought having a pendant,

having my dad
as a diamond and being able

to wear him close to my heart

would be really
meaningful to me.

These are lab-grown diamonds.

We use ashes or hair.

We extract that carbon and then
we make a diamond from that.

Oh my God.

Watching him go through dementia
in the final cycle of his life.

Oh...

To realize the life I have
was because of this man.

He was a Persian Jew in Iran

in the '50s
and he married a Muslim woman.

He walked so I could run.

I love him a lot.
He was a great dad.

What do you think
I should do, Mer?

-Let's look at the options.
-Can I ask how much?

It's around $28,000.

$28,000?

That's what I said.

I was like, what?

I could bring it back
for $28,000.

Obviously the only person
I could have with me today

is MJ because she knows my dad.

We've been friends for so long.

Plus, she and I spread her dad's
ashes at the beach together.

Go for it.
Do a thing.

Do a handful.

Oh, oh, oh.

I just got
something in my mouth.

-[coughing]
-[laughing]

I think I should do him
as a pendant like this.

-Neck.
-Close to my heart.

This is one of those
things that just solidifies

our friendship
and just reinforces the fact

that we're
meant to be together.

We're better together
than we are apart.

Thank you for coming.

I needed you here
to do all that.

Not to like
get off death and ashes.

Yep, let's get off
death and ashes.

Yeah.

So, I'm freaking out
over the Twilight Open.

Babe, where
is this open house at?

It's at Leila's house.

No.
No way.

That's the only listing
that it makes sense to have it.

I know that Golnesa
might have a problem with me

selling her sister's house
because they have always had

a really strained relationship.

I have one five-year-old.
I don't need another.

I have one bitch.
I don't need another.

But we've had a tough
time with Leila's house.

This listing is not
moving as fast and,

you know, her pricing
is a little bit mmm.

So, you gotta have big
parties for the houses

that are harder to sell.

So, let me ask you this.

Are you talking to
Golnesa about this?

Don't you think you should be
like, listen, you obviously know

I have your sister's
house listed on the market.

-Right.
-And I just want to give you

the heads up and let you know.

Because I love where
the three of us are at.

Me too. I'm gonna tell her
as soon as

- I know the date.
- Okay.

[Sky] Thank you so much.

Can I offer you any cocktails
or a glass of wine this evening?

I'm going to get the Sancerre.

I'm going to have a glass
of Fortaleza Blanco.

With your orange.

Absolutely.

BAMSHAD: How are you doing?

Today, I was supposed
to meet with Reza Jax.

And then,
literally a second later,

I saw Tanin walk in.

- She walked in?
- Yeah.

And I'm like, well.

Pardon my interruption.

Is there anything I can
offer you guys this evening?

Let's do the beef dolma.

And let's do the summer salad.

And the [indistinct],
the beef dumpling?

- WAITRESS: Yeah.
- BAMSHED: Let's do that.

WAITRESS:
You got it. Thank you.

So, she really tried
very hard to convince me

- Reza started the conversation.
- No.

Reza may have,
but I don't remember anything.

Let me tell you something.

As much as I'm pissed off
at Greg,

I'm pissed off at this and that,

I have to say, you're the main,
main cause of all of this.

I swear to God,
you would think you grew up

with a silver spoon in
your mouth and a trust fund.

I'm still very mad at Bamshad

because he just didn't defend me
in Palm Springs.

Most probably,
for the rest of my life,

I'm going to be mad at him.

I wish I had
done the right thing.

I didn't do the right thing and
I'm the first one to admit it.

With the boys, I said, look,
you guys disrespected my wife.

She was getting attacked.

When you talk to my wife,
you're talking to my family.

If you're talking to my family,
you're talking to me.

I told them that
she never offended anybody.

- Did you say that?
- BAMSHAD: Yes.

- You said this.
- But I already told you.

I'm not going to let it go.

What do you want me to say?

I made a ----ing mistake
over there.

What the [bleep]
do you want from me?

I was fighting
with everybody that night.

BAMSHAD: Why were you fighting?

And then
you sat right next to me

- and you looked at me.
- Why were you fighting?

Don't ----ing talk to me like
that ever in your life. Ever.

You owe me.
Oh yeah, you do owe me. A lot.

The answers that you want,
I have already given you.

I've been through
a lot of difficulties

pretty much on my own.

She's always been self-centered.

But then again, she's my wife.

I've accepted her the way she is
and I have to support her.

Right or wrong, I'm always
going to have her back.

You know what?

I don't even think I should have
this conversation with you ever.

♪ [lyrics in other language] ♪

AMIR: Yes. Anything else,
captain, my captain?

Can you warm it up, please?

ROMAN: Please.

Even Sisi knows
how to say please.

Can you show her some love?
Anything?

Yeah, anything?
No emotion? Nothing?

ROMAN: Please.

NATASHA:
Can I have my iPad, please?

Anything else, my master?

NATASHA: Are we ready for
the pool party this week?

AMIR: I got the waterslide,
I got the bartender

and he promised to show up.

I think everybody should have

-a good time.
-Yeah.

Post Palm Springs,

there's a little
bit of this

underlying residual drama.

So, I kind of want to
get everybody together

and why not do it amongst
the innocence of kids and relax.

Let's channel our inner child

and just get back
to being friends.

So everything should be set.

I just ordered a bunch of stuff
on Amazon so don't yell at me.

- For yourself or for the party?
- No, for the party, but...

Is there anything in
there for yourself?

- Hm, not that I can think of.
- Mm-hmm.

I'll be opening them all.

♪ Everybody wants to be
a millionaire ♪

♪ All work, just like Benjamin ♪

♪ Somebody gonna work ♪

Are you guys excited
to buy some stuff?

MERCEDEH: The scooby snacks.

I've been dying to come here,
you guys.

- It's so cute in here.
- Dying.

This is the cutest place.

REZA:
Adam would love this place.

- GOLNESA: Love it.
- MERCEDEH: It's gorgeous.

We're like in
Golnesa's Shangri-La.

It's a weed café
that's beautiful and botanical.

Oh, my gosh.

Like, Golnesa is in heaven.

- MERCEDEH: This is so pretty.
- REZA: Isn't it?

♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪

♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪

[distorted laughing]

[chuckling]

Reza, your eyes are half closed.

- Are they?
- Yeah.

Thank God
I didn't smoke anything.

GOLNESA:
Can I show you guys something?

- Okay.
- Yeah.

Okay, where's my bag?

[both mocking] Bag.

I saw this house today.

Wow. That's right up
the street from my house.

You're gonna buy it?

They listed it for sale and
then he's like, you know what,

we're also gonna be listing it
for lease as well.

I said, well, how much?
He's asking and he said 14.5.

14.5?

It's a lot of money.

I'm gonna
ask Dennis for the money.

- REZA: How much money?
- $3,000 of it

will come from him per month.
He owes me alimony.

Put the lease on him.

He ----ed my friend a week
after we got married.

You're working this guy

that you threw out
of the vacation house,

sent his ass packing,

and now you're gonna
hit him up and squeeze him?

Hopefully she puts his name
on the lease

because what if he doesn't want
to give her the money

after month
one, two, three, four, like?

Then, you're stuck paying
this 14 K.

[sighing]

So, anyway, I am having
the Twilight Open house.

It's at your sister's house.

You know that I've been
selling your sister's home

and it hasn't sold yet,
so I have an opportunity

to have a big push

and I expect everyone
to be there

in a loving, supportive way.

I don't think
I can make it that day.

- Don't say that.
- I just did.

No, babe.

It's my family. Back off.

Non-existent.

Merce is definitely overstepping

by throwing this Twilight
at my sister's house

and inviting me to it,

but I guess she overstepped
over a decade ago

when she decided to become
best friends with my sister,

knowing the dynamic
between my sister and I.

So you're gonna not come?

Absolutely, I'm not gonna come.

If you don't wanna come,
that's one thing,

but you
don't need to insult her.

I'm not insulting anyone.

Yeah, you're like,
"That's my family, back off."

GOLNESA:
I think you're pushing.

Dude, we're all in a good place.

You're pushing for
something right now.

I don't know
what you're pushing for.

REZA:
We're in a good place.

MERCEDEH:
There's no lack of loyalty.

This is my job, and I'm sorry
if it's not perfect for you.

I find it to be very immature
at this point in our lives.

Figure it out, or else when it's
time for me to show up for you,

I will piss on your parade.

Is your husband coming?

Why?

He doesn't feel comfortable
around everybody that's there.

Oh, and so that's a good excuse.

I don't feel
comfortable being there.

Okay, let's
put the twilight on ice,

because I'm gonna tell you...

Merce, should I text Tommy?

And see
if we can move past this?

- [laughing]
- What? Why are you laughing?

I'm being sincere.

You wanna text Tommy right now?

- Yeah.
- Oh, yeah. I'd encourage it.

I feel like you should say

I look forward to the day
that there's a hang.

Read it before you send it.

MJ and I have had a hard time
of progressing our friendship.

Like, we need to figure out
how to get right with Tommy

so he feels comfortable coming
around in our social circle

when we do couples things.

I need some holy water.

- It's a big deal.
- Oh, my God.

- Aw.
- You sent it?

- REZA: I did.
- O-M-G

If Tommy hits me back,
I might have a heart attack.

Oh, my God. This is
so much more fun now.

NARRATOR: Coming up...

TANIN:
We had a conversation.

Is it back
to the way it used to be?

Unless I see
some drastic efforts,

♪ Ready for the camera,
show, show ♪

♪ Kick then get ready
to go, go ♪

♪ Posing on the ground
like whoa, whoa ♪

♪ Turn it up, turn it up,
we ain't scared ♪

AMIR: Who's gonna get in
their bed first?

No, no, no, no.

Okay. Kayden, Roman, no, please.
That's dangerous, dude.

Can you brush your teeth, bud?

Let's get into bed.

Okay, I love you, buds.

I got him to sleep finally.

Kayden just did not
want to go down.

You still want a fourth kid?

I never said
I wanted a fourth kid.

Are we having this
conversation again?

She's trying to get a vasectomy,
get me a vasectomy.

I was telling her, I was like,
what if there was an accident,

and she was just like,
"Oh, my God,

"I don't know what we would do
if there was a fourth kid?"

NATASHA:
It's something to think about.

I don't think that you
need to just like, be like,

"No, absolutely not."

There's plenty of other methods.

- Like what?
- Like a condom.

We're married.

Table the conversation.

Why don't you
just get a consult?

Listen, I don't know
how it's gonna affect me.

Why would I risk it?
I'd rather...

Why don't you just
get on birth control?

And it's reversible because I'm
not putting hormones in my body.

I eat so healthy.

I take all these supplements
to be, like, super healthy.

I gotta go under surgery and
subject my body to the trauma.

Okay, I did it three times.

I got three C-sections.

I carried three children.

I breastfed them all.
You did the fun part.

If we're gonna do it,
it should be you.

What if you decide
I'm, like, over you

- and then I'm stuck with...
- What?

...a vasectomized...

You're gonna go have
other kids with other people?

AMIR: I'm just saying.

You wanna
keep your options open, okay.

I went through this
crazy-ass experience.

In my first marriage,

we're really trying to have
a baby and it couldn't be done,

and now here I am and
I have them

and it just feels wrong
to eliminate the ability

to do something
that was so hard to do.

If I were to do it,

it would come with
some very, very nice perks.

Uh-huh.

♪ Pretty lies, pretty lies,
sugar-coated kiss ♪

♪ Eat it up like candy,
dripping off your lips ♪

♪ Pretty lies, pretty lies,
I just can't resist ♪

Hi.

- REZA: So good to see you.
- How are you? You too, bitch.

REZA: You look beautiful.

- You look amazing.
- Thank you.

- How've you been?
- Good.

Just honestly, running errands
today has been insane,

but good, good.

And hungry, so thankfully. I've
been dying to try this place.

- You've been here?
- The food's amazing here.

Yeah, I come here all the time.

- Hi, welcome.
- Hi.

How are we doing today?

- Doing well. How are you?
- WAITRESS: Very good.

Can we get two sultanis,
one chicken, one beef,

served family-style?

WAITRESS:
Family-style.

And then tahdig with
ghormeh and gheymeh.

- Thank you so much.
- WAITRESS: Anything else?

TANIN: I think that's plenty.

- WAITRESS: Beautiful.
- Thank you.

WAITRESS:
We'll put that in for you.

- How've you been?
- I've been okay.

You know, I had a boy's night.

I'm sure Greg told you about it.

And it was really difficult.

She does not disrespect anybody

because they're living
in the valley.

This man had his ass handed
to him by his wife.

- Oh, my God. Look at this.
- Yes.

Thank you.

Do you feel like you got it off
your chest about how you feel?

So, honestly,

the most important person
I wanted to talk to was you.

I'm very sorry because
I didn't like that I put you

in a sticky situation,
and that was not my intent.

What did you do when your
friend pulled out her serum?

Hold on, Reza, Reza, hold on.

- And then what?
- I rubbed it on my dog.

- You think that's a good look?
- Okay.

Accountability is huge to me.

I really appreciate you
apologizing already

and I know already that you
would not have malicious intent.

It felt like you had so many
things you were upset about.

- Totally.
- TANIN: We had a conversation.

I think she thinks nobody
likes her. She feels ambushed.

She feels attacked.
All the things she did say.

She hates that
I didn't stand up for her.

Stand up for her? She's nuts.

Whatever her insecurity is
or whatever it is,

she's in this defensive mode

and she wants
to protect it so badly.

What is she protecting?

I'll tell you a different
version of the story.

She also did move to the States
by herself with no family.

That's why we accept them
as our own family

because we want them
to feel like they have that.

But you would think
that would humble you

and somehow, it didn't.

That's the part

- I'm talking about.
- I know.

REZA: Tanin is telling me
about Sky's upbringing,

familial situation.

It's very good
to know these things.

It's very helpful.

You lower your expectations way
down to the floor

because this person
has zero self-awareness,

doesn't take any accountability.

It makes sense now.

Is it back to the way it used
to be as if this never happened?

Like, where do you
stand with Sky today?

Unless I see
some drastic efforts,

there's no chance
we can go back to that.

NARRATOR: Coming up...

Whenever we met,
we didn't have any stress.

I was very passionate
back then about us.

♪ Take a good, good look ♪

♪ It's a good, good day ♪

TOMMY:
What kind of color is that?

It's a gorgeous charcoal.

Alcatraz black.

[laughing]

You know what I've been saying

that's nice about you
behind your back?

Probably not much.

Our podcast has been

one of the main places where
we've had healthy communication

and I'm grateful for it.

- [Tommy burping]
- [Mercedeh groaning]

Oh man, it sounded like
a dragon just flew by.

We have a podcast,
"Till the Dirt."

The podcast
has been great for us.

Should your husband know
what color roses that you want?

I know you like white.

Aren't you glad
I didn't get you dog sh--?

When we sit down
and we turn that mic on,

we're honest
and we're vulnerable.

It's been a key
for our relationship.

MERCEDEH: So,
are you gonna tell me

who you got
a text from last night?

Reza.

By the way,
Tommy responded to my text.

MERCEDEH: Shut up!

Why are you not telling me this?

What?

REZA F: Yeah.

I'm just glad he responded.

- Well, that's great.
- TOMMY: Yeah.

[belching]

Woah.

That one might have registered
on the Richter scale.

MERCEDEH: Doing all of
the adulting that we have to do,

we carry so much stress
and whenever we met,

we didn't have any stress.

I was very passionate
back then about us.

Okay, you're not now?

I wanna be, but I have
to feel safe to be passionate.

I don't get when
you talk about feeling safe.

I'm not saying I'm perfect.

I'm far from it.

I know I'm a good guy.

- You know? And I--
- You are a good guy.

If you weren't happy here...

I'd be gone, dude.

I'd be gone.

We would never do that
with Shams in the picture,

so we wanna make sure that
we're good just us.

Yeah, but there's also a level--

I don't wanna teach him
the wrong things either,

so I'm not gonna stay
in a situation

where I'm not happy.
If you make a choice,

you don't have
to die with the decision.

You can fix it.
You can change it.

Okay, I love that
you said that because

that makes me feel like

you're not staying
despite us just for him,

but then I also wanna know

that we are staying just
for each other.

We should probably go
to therapy, man.

I think that it's important
for you to have someone

to be that sounding board.

It makes me happy
to hear you say this stuff

because I feel like I can
see through the crazy stuff

that maybe before I would've
thought it was negative.

I was so hopeless, you know?

Like I had lost hope for us.

I feel like people are like,
"Where's Tommy?"

- He's not coming.
- I don't like them.

- That's it.
- What you do

is you shove everything
under the rug.

A lot of the times where
we couldn't communicate,

it's because we were in
a fight because you took

no accountability for something.

I think that just taught me
you really need to turn it down.

I just don't feel relaxed

and at ease and safe.

That's why it's a mirror.
You dumbass.

When he tells me that
he's open to therapy

then I'm like, oh, my God.

We're able to have
a conversation.

Nobody needs
to blow up for no reason

and I'm just like,
this is how it should always be.

And I want this more.

You did good.

When you married me,
you did great.

Yeah, totally.

♪♪♪

♪ Our hands are tied ♪

♪ [lyrics in other language] ♪

AMIR: Okay, we're watching you.

This is it.

That was dangerous.

Yes?

Yes or no?
Okay, okay.

Aw, that's so cute.

- GREG: Oh, look at that.
- TANIN: Oh, wow.

Look, Roman's coming.
Whoa!

Hi!

- What's up, guys?
- Hi.

This is where I want to play.
Is that okay?

You guys are more than welcome

to come on the water slide
and hang out.

♪ [lyrics in other language] ♪

- Amir.
- AMIR: Lo and behold,

he comes with a gift.

All black on a sunny day.

I haven't even gotten ready.

Yeah, a little bit.

- [laughing]
- What's up?

- ADAM: Wow.
- AMIR: You guys look great.

Wow. That is a serious...

- No joke.
- My goodness.

Yeah, let me get another table.

- REZA F: What's up?
- TANIN: How are you?

- REZA F: I'm good, how are you?
- TANIN: Good.

TANIN: That looks beautiful,
that cheese.

- Yeah, looks delicious, too.
- TANIN: Yummy.

Oh, my God, you guys.

MJ and I go to meet Golnesa.

Golnesa goes,
"I went and saw this house,

and it's for rent
for $14,000 a month."

I'm like, okay.

- She goes...
- [all chuckling]

She goes, "But I have a plan."

I want to hit up Dennis
for like $3,000 of that money.

That's quite a lot of money for
a platonic relationship.

Or not.

Why even get into
depending on someone

who you say betrayed you?

Where do we just draw the line?

Why the [bleep]
would you do that?

They have a very
unique relationship, right?

What?

Oh my gosh.

REZA J: Speak of the devil.

REZA F: Speak of the devil!

Who's here?

- What's up, E?
- Hi.

- Hi.
We were talking about

the house you checked out.

- Hi,
- How are you?

You can talk sh-- about me.
You can say hello to me.

Calm down, bro.
You came in hot again.

I have nothing to ----ing hide,

but why am I always
the ----ing topic?

Move on.

Talk about
your failing marriages.

Hi, Vida joon.
How are you?

- Nice to see you.
- You look lovely.

Thank you.
So do you.

- Hello.
- Hi, Reza joon.

How are you?

Reza joon and Reza number two.

♪♪♪

JAMES: Is Sky coming?

I really don't know, honestly.

Have you spoken to her
since boys' night?

- What am I gonna--
- REZA J: Text her.

I texted her.
She didn't respond.

Do you want a taco?

You hate tacos?
Damn.

Every time they've gotten
into anything,

she's always been the one
reaching back out

and trying to make amends.

And finally she's like,
you know what,

I've done this every time.

How important is
this relationship to you

as far as friends?

I think we will be cordial
and I'll see her

and it'll be more
on the surface, you know?

♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪

♪ I'm the new girl that
you're talking about ♪

♪ I don't care for clout,
and I'm... ♪

- TANIN: Hello.
- MERCEDEH: Hi.

TANIN: How are you?

You look beautiful.
Good outfit.

- MERCEDEH: Thank you.
- TANIN: Very cute.

[indistinct] Shams.

Shams is over there.

Yeah, baby.

That wasn't a nice thing
to say, was it?

Say you know what, Gabriel?
I don't use words like that.

I'll take care of it
in a minute, Eli.

[laughing]

I'm not gonna get on
your case because

you're not giving me
any best friend attention

because you're trying
to take care of

your husband right now.

He wants me to give him some

more affection, like touching.

GOLNESA: Very true, he does.

I'm thinking about tantric yoga.

I've heard people saying

they can have an orgasm
from doing that.

- Oh.
- Yes, from just

staring at each other in the
eyes, they will have an orgasm.

It's very intimate.

Do you think tantric yoga
is something Reza would be into?

I think anything related
to being closer,

more intimate with you,
Reza would be into.

And you need a cute little--
some cute undies, some lubes.

♪ [lyrics in other language] ♪

Wow, he is here.

MERCEDEH: Here we go.

REZA F: Oh, sh--.

♪♪♪

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

Cheers. Thank you.

- Whoo!
- Do you want chase--

- I want more--
- What's that?

MERCEDEH: Here we go.

Sorry I'm late. Sorry I'm late.

How are you, [indistinct]?

- How are you?
- Good to see you.

Sorry I'm late. Sorry I'm late.

How are you, [indistinct]?

Thank you so much.

- How are you doing, buddy?
- How are you?

It's hot.

- It's nice.
- Hot, hot.

How does it work?

Why do you keep doing this?
How does it work?

[indistinct]

Yeah, RJ, what does this mean?

Is that a reflection
of you in bed?

- Palm Springs...
- Okay.

- I'm getting out of this.
- Hold on.

- Palm Springs was like this.
- Oh, wow.

Palm Springs was like this.

- I was very shocked.
- Thank you.

I was very shocked.

Don't go close to the pool.

Hi, are you the lifeguard?

Okay, but--

Fine, thank you.
This part is deep.

- Yeah, absolutely.
- They should go only that part.

You should be that side, huh?

No, I should be here.

Oh.

Are you
a professional lifeguard?

Yeah, I teach kids swimming
for a living.

Just a matter of life
and death in a second.

GREG: So, where's Sky?

She's in Vegas.
Jewelry show, convention.

It's been a minute
since boys night.

- I know.
- Last time I saw you

was at your house.

This is the most relaxed we've
seen him in quite some time.

BAMSHAD: I'm conflicted
about the situation.

It's not easy
to forgive and forget.

Sky feels disrespected.

They came at her.

You know, they attacked her.

So, yeah,
I'm kind of like in limbo.

Between me and Sky
and this group of people.

I'm surprised Bamshad's here.

I was happy to see him.

- Yeah.
- So, he came without his wife.

♪ When you get a little older,
you get a little bolder ♪

♪ And you don't really care
what the people gotta say ♪

♪ Do ya ♪

Bamshad, how do
you feel right now?

I haven't seen
you since Palm Springs.

- Are you good?
- I mean, I feel okay.

I think Palm Springs for me
was a bit of a surprise.

I felt like I was disrespected.

If you disrespect my wife,
you're disrespecting my family.

Therefore,
you're disrespecting me.

The way that I think of Sky
is that she thinks she's right

and she's holding on
to being right

more so than she's holding on
to mending fences with everybody

that loves and cares about
her and supports her.

So, I hope that in the time,

since you're the only one
that's really talking to her

that she shows up
so that we can mend.

Yeah, but you've gotta
understand that

that whole situation
also put me in

a compromising position
with my wife.

I'm not saying
she should forgive.

I'm saying she should
show up to my event.

- She wants buyers.
- MERCEDEH: No, I don't.

I want that Sky
does not exclude herself...

because I hate a divide.

I've been
the person on the outside

and I've been the one
that is feeling, like,

- on the sidelines.
- Let me tell you one thing.

I don't think she has
any negative feelings,

anything bad towards you at all.

If you feel that way, maybe
you should reach out to her

and just ask her because
I cannot answer that.

MERCEDEH: Right.
Yeah, totally.

I don't think she will have
her guards down anytime soon.

So, in going forward,
hey, watch out.

She's coming for you.

We don't want to put him
in the hot seat again.

No, and I will
never do it again.

There's definitely some walls
and there's some...

Hopefully we'll get through it.

Of course,
that's what I'm saying.

Hopefully we'll get
through it, but time will tell.

NARRATOR: Next time on
"The Valley: Persian Style"...

So, you have to like flesh out
the scene 20 to 30 times.

I think we should
do it together.

Uh-huh.

Sky really sent me over.

V for the Valley.

- Valley Girl.
- Bleh.

I feel like the color scheme
is a little, like, starkish.

And it's also a little dated.

[car horn honking]

MERCEDEH: Tommy's here.
You want to come out with me?