Original subtitles

Yeah, it's quaint.

Oh, it's really hot.

Yeah.

Just a lady talking my hair off the whole time.

How's your day?

Yeah? Uh -huh.

I'm listening.

You just don't know. I told you what happened when I met Judge Judy.

That's true.

Oh, these Hollywood types.

Rhonda?

Hey, Joe.

That's who.

Honey, can you take the plates and the cups out? Here.

All of this. Take those.

And these, too, if you can get them all.

All I ask is that she's polite.

You know, not just sitting there with her big movie star sunglasses on, like,

too good for everything.

If she's here, I want her to participate.

I'm sure she will. I mean, look at this beautiful day.

Hey, hey, hey, where are you going?

Uh, the roof.

Okay, I'm not calling anybody's mother today to say someone broke their neck

died. We'll be so safe.

Charlie!

Charlie!

Keep an eye on things for me, okay?

Honestly.

I don't think we have enough hot dogs.

I saw a movie she was in, a pretty weird one, where she gets naked and does,

like, a blood ritual. I couldn't really follow it.

Where did you see it?

Just on TV.

All right, I looked up Elizabeth Berry naked.

I think that's you.

Just one little second.

It's such a pleasure to meet you.

You are so sweet. We're so happy to have you.

Welcome. Thank you.

You look taller on television, but we're basically the same size. We're

basically the same.

I can't thank you enough for doing this. It's so generous.

Oh, my gosh. Well, I want you to tell the story right, don't I?

That's all I want. I want you to feel seen.

Those are my dogs. That's Zeus and that's Dutch.

And ignore that. Cool.

It's a work in progress.

Always. Oh, this was on your front step.

Joe!

You're not going to believe this.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

I'll get a garbage bag. I have a thick sense about these things.

Oh, God, I knew it. What is it? It's a box of S -H -I -T.

We haven't had one in a while, but it's just par for the course.

Don't look so shocked.

Do you know who sent it?

Some sicko. Probably wasn't invited to any barbecues.

You want?

Sure.

Oh, Cecilia, let me help you with that.

Okay, so make yourself at home, look around, talk to people, do what you have

do, and take yourself a hot dog.

Okay.

Hi.

Oh, hi.

You're Mary, aren't you?

Yeah. You're one of the twins?

Yeah. My brother's around here somewhere.

Our older sister's at college.

I've never met anyone who's on TV before.

Well, your parents.

Yeah. But, like, for real.

Do you live in Calabasas?

They're sweet, aren't they?

They're a very beloved part of this community.

I can see that.

So, what is it you love most about Gracie?

She always knows what she wants.

She's unapologetic.

My son's been out of the house for a while now, and it's quiet, but I can

always... call up Gracie and say, what are we doing today?

And there's always an answer.

It really feels like things just settled down and now y 'all are making a movie.

It's a very complex and human

story.

Just...

Be kind.

Eyes round, pointy.

Closed when they're open.

Pink lipstick.

Slight pout.

Birth -like, but ideally mechanical

or just removed.

You smell like charcoal.

Smoke.

Excuse me?

We have a gas grill, so you just must be smelling smoke.

Yeah, well, it's stinking up the sheets.

Do you want me to shower?

What I want is for you to have showered before you get in.

Still smoky.

Okay.

Okay.

Everything's fine.

Okay.

You start with your green as a base, and then you choose your focus flower.

Do you like that? Yes.

I don't like this part.

So my brother, Scott, is a rear admiral in the Navy, and he says that order

is his own reward.

Well, that is so pretty.

Thank you, yeah.

You set a date?

No, we've been so busy. We'll figure it out down the line when it feels right.

Mm -hmm.

I see.

Beautiful ladies.

Oh, thank you, Lydia. This is Elizabeth. She's playing me in a movie, so I'm

trying to show her a good time.

That I don't doubt.

Why do you want to play me?

When they sent me the script, I just thought, now here is a woman

with a lot more to her than I remember from the tabloids and our

cultural memory.

I don't really think about all that.

You don't ever dwell on the past? I have my plate pretty full.

I mean, I know that for me, personally, the past weighs on me.

You know, decisions I've made or relationships.

So you just sit there and you think about your history and your behavior.

Sometimes.

Thank you so much for having me here for dinner in your home. It really means a

lot. Of course.

It's a shame that Mary couldn't join us tonight, but she's got her friends.

I don't want this.

There you are.

He's got a severe calcium deficiency, don't you?

She's delicious.

It's an Atherton youth specialty.

Is this quail? No, quail. I brought them home myself.

You shot and fried the quail yourself?

Mm -hmm.

Gracie owns all the time.

My daddy taught me. I started going with him and my brothers when I was really

young, like four or five. Amazing.

This is in Virginia?

No, Tennessee.

Tennessee and then Illinois and then Montana and then Virginia.

Charlie, eat.

I'm really not hungry. I had a late lunch.

Are your little gushy treats?

How old do you think I am?

I want you to look strong when you go to college. You need your nutrients.

They're going to think that you skipped a grade or something.

Can I be excused?

Boys are hard.

So what was it like moving all the time, having to uproot your life?

It was my life. I was used to it.

I made friends wherever I went, and I was very close to my brothers.

I think my childhood was exceptional.

I have a lot of questions for both of you, but please, please tell me if this

not the best time. It's as good a time as any.

Great.

Thank you.

I wanted to ask you about the box and the package.

What about it? I mean, is that a routine occurrence?

I mean, it's a lot less than it used to be.

Did you ever consider leaving town?

Why should we be the ones to leave?

No, our whole family's here. My dad and Gracie's kids.

Do you remember when you first met?

I don't really.

I don't know. Let me see.

I met Joe.

Well, I remember knowing of his family. I mean, they were the only Korean family

in the neighborhood at the time. And my son, Georgie, was in the same year as

Joe at school. So technically, I would have met him there, but I don't have any

memory of that.

Right.

Everyone's pretty close -knit here on the island, and you kind of recognize

everyone. I know there was a point when he was friendlier with Georgie, but I

didn't really meet him until he came to the pet store looking for a job. That's

summer after sixth grade?

And then he started working there after school and on the weekends.

And what's it like with Georgie, your friendship?

I haven't really talked to Georgie much since then.

George is very sensitive. He always was very, very sensitive.

What's your relationship like with him and your other kids? How is that

relevant?

It's my understanding that the movie takes place between 1992 and 1994. Am I

wrong?

So why would you need to know anything that happened after that?

Well, there are things that exist inside.

People that don't necessarily come to head until later. And I try and look

for the seeds of those things.

Of course I talk to Georgie.

And to Billy and Cassidy. I'm their mom. Cassidy was just here last.

What was it? And we'll see everyone at graduation. The twins are in the same

grade as Cassidy, son Peter, my grandson. So we'll all be at graduation

together, which you're welcome to come to if you're still here.

Thank you.

I hope that you are saving some room for dessert because I did make something

very special.

Right?

See you.

Actually, I wanted to ask, how did you feel about me coming to visit you for

one of these days?

Fine, yeah.

Great.

That's great. Thank you.

It's no problem.

I just realized we're basically the same age.

Yeah? Yeah, I'm 36.

Yeah. It's funny.

I'm just now starting to think about having kids and you're almost sending

yourself to college.

Yeah. I can't imagine.

I think it was almost, I think I didn't know what a big deal it was in a way

because, you know, but anyway.

Yeah, I'll text you and we can schedule a time for me to drop by.

Maybe write Gracie about it. She's better at that stuff.

All right, well, get home safe.

Yeah, you too.

I mean...

It's strange.

Even after everything she did, and how public it was, she didn't seem to carry

around any shame or guilt.

Yeah, that's probably a personality disorder.

All right, forget it.

But isn't it kind of radical?

I mean, clean slate every day.

No doubts, no regrets.

Meaning what?

Now you have all these doubts.

No.

Oh, God.

Someone's calling me from the network. I should probably take this.

Love you.

Hey. Hi.

Tom Atherton. Elizabeth.

Thank you so much for...

for doing that. My pleasure. I got you a coffee. It's regular drip. I hope

that's okay. Oh, thank you. I appreciate it so much. I'm sure this isn't your

favorite topic of conversation.

You know, actually, I don't mind. I think sometimes talking can feel good.

That's great.

So I guess we will just dive in.

Want something to eat?

No, I'm fine with just coffee. Hey, Carla.

Yeah, that's my dental hygienist. Anyway, sorry.

So maybe we can start with you telling me a little bit about what Gracie was

like when you first met.

She was beautiful.

You know, she was.

And we met at a party.

And I was drunk.

Like blotto drunk.

And she took care of me.

We started dating after that.

She was in high school. I was in college.

She graduated. I graduated.

I proposed, and that was it. A, B, C, D.

You were happy.

Yeah. I felt very happy.

I know later she said that things weren't working, but I got to tell you,

time, I felt like everything was normal.

I mean, look, a couple of fights sometimes, but our lives felt good.

Yeah, we had a great family, I thought.

You know, so it was... I was shocked.

Shocked.

And then when I found out with who... That must have been really hard.

It was just so weird.

It was like, like I didn't even know, Gracie, like what would make a 36

-year -old woman have an affair with a seventh grader.

It's me.

How'd you find out?

I found out the way everybody found out when they got...

busted in that stupid stock room at the pet store, and she got arrested.

And then here comes the cops, the house.

Tell me what's going on. And I'm like, what?

I'm so, so sorry.

Yeah. Like, you know what? It's okay.

And I'm happy now.

You know, I don't see them very much, but her and the boy, you know, they seem

happy. So what do I know?

Isn't that perfect?

Oh, that's really pretty.

I feel like a bride. You look youthful. Like the first day of spring.

I just feel like everyone else is going to be wearing more, like, summery

dresses. Who cares about everyone else? Me. I am saying I don't like it.

Okay, okay, okay.

Just then try on the others.

Okay.

Will they not be wearing robes? Yes, they'll be wearing robes.

This is for under them.

I heard you spell Tom.

Yes, for coffee.

How was he?

He's handsome. Oh, yes, he's very handsome.

I could see how being in a relationship with him, in a marriage, would be

isolating.

Precisely.

Why'd you marry a man like Tom?

I was young, and he was...

Seemed perfect on paper.

It was a different time.

My father used to say, you're either leaving this house in a veil or in a

box. No.

Isn't that funny?

Oh, so cute.

Oh, it's lovely.

I love it. I love it. I love how it flows.

to commend you for being so brave and showing your arms like that that's

something i always wish i could do when i was your age just not care about these

unrealistic beauty standards you're different than me you're a modern woman

i'm gonna go try on some of the other dresses i i really

like this one um i just think it's too similar to the one molly has okay

whatever you want

So it's not my business who you talk to. I mean, you can go through the phone

book for all I care, but I just... Just let me know ahead of time so I don't

have to lie to my neighbors.

Understood.

Yeah.

Brought you something.

If it's helpful.

It's just a loan.

Oh!

Wow, these are great.

That was from our wedding. The insider did.

It's really helped us with the house. Gorgeous.

How sweet is that?

Really sweet.

You like it?

I love it. Very end.

How long have you owned this place?

Oh, it was my mother's.

She opened it in 1972.

We had a good run.

Yeah, beautiful. So was she the one that hired Gracie?

Oh, well, my mother's health was in decline.

And Gracie had been a really loyal customer after they opened that Kmart

the corner.

This was with you?

It was after my mother's fall.

1990, October.

At first, she was just watching the store, and then she took on more and

responsibilities.

Those are the books, orders.

If they're organized, I'll give her that much.

Were you the one who hired Joe?

Oh, no.

No, no, no.

Gracie asked if she could hire a part -time helper at minimum wage.

That was...

Summer, 92, and Mother said yes.

We were really surprised, to say the least, to be a part of what all

This pretty much sums it up.

Oh, wow.

Anyway, I should probably get back to work. One more thing.

I'd love to see this doll grow.

Just don't touch any of the bait.

Thank you.

Welcome to this old house. As you can see, work is underway.

In this program, we're going to be looking at some of the exterior repairs

have to be made, as well as listening to an energy audit, looking at some

interior demolition, and discussing our kitchen plans, which we haven't really

made yet. First, let's go up and talk with Norm Abram, our head carpenter up

here, who's already tackling some of the problems we looked at earlier.

Rot.

Hi, Norm. Hi, Bob.

I wonder if you could talk with us for just a minute.

I want to get a closer look at the eaves up here and see how bad things really

are.

What have you found so far?

Well, basically we found a lot of rot. Yes.

And that's caused the majority of the problem.

You've taken the gutter off and you've taken the fascia board off. Right, the

fascia boards and all these blocks.

And we found that the way the gutter was installed that it caused a lot of

problems. Joe, where's the dust bowl? One sec.

Thank you.

Did you ask your father how he's getting to graduation?

I was going to drop some groceries off this week.

I'll ask.

What are you going to do with your bug?

I'll figure it out.

Okay. Not in the bedroom again, okay?

Hi, everyone. I'm Tyler Coe. I'm 5 '6". I'm 13 years old. I was born on April

20th, 2002.

2002? Jesus Christ.

Do you need any help?

That'd be great, Joe. Thank you.

What should I do?

If you want to get the box of pinkies in the back, I can't even think.

Live mice?

You've been in the freezer, so I don't think you'll feel anything.

Benny Kim, 5 '13", and I'm with Coast to Coast.

How'd he do it?

Skateboarding off the roof. Birthday party.

Any pictures?

No.

Small. Yeah.

It's peaceful in here.

A lot different than a movie set, I would think.

True.

Backstage during a play, kind of like this.

Do you act in plays?

Sometimes. I should do it more often.

Got my part in the theater.

I've seen your TV show.

Oh, God.

Very intense.

I've been very lucky to have it, but I kind of wish no one ever watched it.

Yeah, I saw one where you had to operate on an elephant.

Oh, God. Now I'm really embarrassed. Now I'm going to have to jump off the roof

with those boys.

Thank you for having me.

Yeah, you didn't go to home?

Yeah.

I... I already have an idea of what it must have felt like.

What? What felt like?

I was thinking around with you.

I probably shouldn't have said that.

You won't tell anyone, will you?

No worries.

Well, it's kind of lunchtime now, so...

I must say, you evoke her.

You really do.

Thanks.

What, specifically?

Hey, you just have a loveliness, a brightness.

Like there isn't an angry bone in your body.

That's very sweet.

All right, so, when did you meet Grace?

Well, my wife and kids and I had just moved down from New York.

I'd been doing a lot of very high -profile cases, defending some pretty

despicable men, as it were.

And Sharon finally had it.

She said, I'm moving down to Savannah.

Feel free to come with.

And it's funny, really, because for all the rapists, murderers, fraud, hitmen,

never did I end up on the front page of the New York Times.

But for Gracie, I ended up on the front page of the New York Times.

Down in Sloan.

Anyway,

I get a call one night after dinner to go down to the station.

And sitting there in her floral blouse is Gracie.

And what I said was, I think I know you.

And she said, I'm Gracie Atherton. I'm your neighbor. I brought you a blueberry

pound cake.

And of course it was.

So I said, what can I help you with?

And that's when she told me.

And what did she say exactly?

She said, I got caught having an affair.

And I said, Gracie, forgive me, but that's not illegal in this country. And

it were, there'd be a lot of people in serious trouble.

Then she started to cry.

She said, we're in love.

I didn't mean for it to happen, but we fell in love.

So she was in denial, you would say?

Oh, absolutely.

She didn't think she'd done anything wrong.

She was head over heels.

She was a good -looking kid.

But she had no conception. I mean, prison?

She thought she could just explain it all to the judge and that would be that.

It was a little Romeo and Juliet.

A little bit starry -eyed.

When did it sink in?

Has it sunk in yet?

Have you

met Georgie yet?

That's Georgie?

Yeah, I'd hope things would work out better for him.

He was a very sweet boy, very sensitive.

Well, hey, look what the cat dragged in.

How you doing, George?

Hey. This is Elizabeth Berry. Oh, I know this.

I know perfectly well.

The actress.

The son.

How much are they paying you for this? Is it a lot?

Are they paying her?

No. It's an independent movie.

Oh. We don't mean to interrupt your show.

Georgie, why don't you look me in the eye and tell me how selfish

I am.

And I'll tell you if it's a match.

Let's get the check.

I'm glad this happened. I really wanted to meet you.

Oh, really? Yeah.

What have you heard?

I've heard you're really creative.

And sensitive and sweet.

Well, they would say that.

Well, what are you then?

I'm a phoenix rising from the ashes.

I'm just a ghost.

Because what happened?

Well, it ruined my life, of course.

And do you remember the first time you found out?

Yes.

Yeah. Billy sat me down in my room and told me.

And I just thought he was trying to make me upset. So I went and found my dad,

and he said it was true.

And he had planned to sit down so hard in his desk that he had split his hand

open. He was bleeding everywhere.

And all this happened, like, right before my birthday.

So everyone forgot to cancel my party, but only one guy showed up anyway, and

just hung out in my room, and I ate so many Warheads that I threw up, and

we just watched TV until someone was almost up, and I gave him my handjob,

then he never spoke to me again.

Johnny,

you can't fucking sing this.

Oh, my God. I got to go. All right.

Really nice to meet you.

Yeah, you too.

You can

see the situation is not without its casualties.

From what I've seen, she seems to be pretty well -liked in the neighborhood,

she's busy with her baking.

You might want to check the names on those orders.

It's a handful that keep repeating over and over. My wife's one of them.

So people are just ordering things to keep her busy?

It's a kindness.

But how many pineapple upside -down cakes can a family eat?

He wanted to know how you plan on getting to the graduation.

I'll drive myself.

It's close.

I can't believe the kids are going to be at college in the fall.

99 You have more time to focus on other things

We're glad you're here. Okay, settle.

Cameron, this is the first time in my experience, I've worked here 20 years,

that a Juilliard -educated actor has sat in this theater.

Cameron, quit it.

It's an incredible opportunity, so let's ask some great questions. Shall we?

Yes.

Have you acted in sex scenes?

You are saying like... Yes, I have.

You don't have to answer that. No, it's fun. I have.

And it's a strange part of acting.

Like what?

Hmm. Well, sometimes it's really mechanical, like a choreographed dance.

The only thing you can focus on is where you're supposed to be and when.

And then...

Sometimes there's real chemistry between two people and you start feeling

like it's real.

In a strange way. You never admit it to one another, but you're wearing

practically nothing and you're rubbing up against each other and sweating for

hours. And you start losing the line of like...

Am I pretending that I'm experiencing pleasure or am I pretending that I'm not

experiencing pleasure?

And the whole crew, they're almost always all men.

You feel them watching and you feel them like holding their breath.

And they try and hide it when they swallow.

And you give in to the rhythm, you know, every time.

Tension never breaks.

Kimmy. Yeah.

How do you choose your roles?

Well,

when I'm lucky enough to choose my roles, I... I want to find...

a character that's...

that's difficult to, on the surface, understand.

And I want to take the person, I want to figure out why are they like this. Were

they born or were they made?

And that can run the gamut from the more notorious to anyone.

Why would you want to play someone who you think is a bad person?

Are you kidding? I mean, pick any great role.

Medea or Hedda Gobbler.

Tony Soprano.

Precisely.

Cameron.

It's the complexity. It's the moral gray areas that are interesting.

I'm so sorry you're not feeling well.

This is silly.

This is actually very serious.

okay um so this is um this is the foundation that i use um i

have i have some on now so i'm not gonna i'm not gonna put on any more can i uh

thank you um and is

the blush that i like and i use a um use a sponge to put it on and

Here's my favorite color like that

You

know,

I think that it would be better if I just did this to you

Bet you're used to this.

So did you always want to be an actress?

Always.

I wanted to be on Broadway.

And when I told my parents at 9 or 10, they were so disappointed.

They said, honey, there's no one smarter than that.

What did you say?

Are you smarter than that?

I don't know.

I don't know.

What do your parents do?

They're academic.

My mother wrote a pretty redacted book on... My

mother

wrote a great recipe for blueberry cup.

What was her mother like?

She was beautiful.

How's that look?

Pretty good.

Knock, knock.

Greedy, I was hoping you could clear your bugs out of the living room. I want

get the house ready before Anna gets home.

And could you pick up Hague out for dinner tonight?

I'm swamped.

Sure.

I can help.

Okay.

Oh, I love them.

They're hungry this year.

How long have you been doing this?

A few years.

I read this article about how the monarch population is dwindling, and

mentioned that people help raise them.

I'm not the only one who does this.

Gracie makes it seem that way, but... How do you do it?

You just keep your eyes open, look for the eggs, take them inside, protect them

so they have a chance to grow.

We've had an actual impact. The numbers are way up, and I'm a part of this

Facebook group.

Anyway, I know it sounds really quirky.

Not at all.

My friend, Michaela, who's in the group, she lives in Durham.

People put milkweed in the cages for them to attach to, but she also puts

sticks in for them to climb because some of them attach to the top part of the

mesh when they form the chrysalis and hang upside down.

It's fascinating.

So we have to grab these from the bottom.

Be very careful because of the crystal this is

There's

a

beautiful place to live yeah, it's been really nice, okay

So it's hard to tell with you actually think about all this.

Well, I think you have a very nice family

and both interesting people.

Okay.

I don't know. What do you think?

I think it's hard to trust them, you know?

You're going to represent things as they were?

I'm going to try.

I don't know. It's hard to feel.

People, they like see me as like a victim or something.

I mean, we've been together for almost 24 years now. Like, why would we do that

if we weren't happy?

Right.

I was different than the other kids, the people around me.

And girls were never... But she was so...

She saw me.

Yeah.

I wanted her.

What did your parents say?

We never really talked about it.

My dad was always so focused on his work.

My mom passed away when I was 20, so we never got to really look back on it.

Oh, I'm sorry.

No, it's... It's hard to imagine what that conversation would

have been, honestly.

Oh, you were so young.

Have so many eyes on you.

What happened?

Joyce and Mercer called and canceled her order and all future orders.

I'm sorry.

And I told her that I'd already made it, and she said that she would pay for it,

but that she didn't need it. They were leaving town.

Where are they going?

Her sister is sick or something. It doesn't matter.

I wasted hours that I could have used.

You couldn't have known, Gracie.

I hate things like that.

And now I have this cake that's going to go right in the garbage.

You won't have to throw it in the garbage.

Oh, Elizabeth.

She's getting on my last nerve.

Why?

She's just everywhere I look.

For what?

For the movie.

So people can see it and understand more.

And maybe it's easier for you.

For me?

I don't know.

It should be gone soon.

So good.

I'm telling you, it's going great. It's really, really helpful.

I'm very happy to hear this. I think it's very good.

What about that cuddle on the ass? Because you're over the number of days

we budgeted for. Well, I guess that means that the crew wrap sweatshirts

just become crew wrap mugs.

Look, I know you trust me. Of course I do. And I feel like I'm getting really

close to something true.

Something honest.

Thank you.

Oh, he's serious.

How's your wife?

What?

Good. Did you watch the tape? I did.

Look, I know I'm sure they've seen lots of people, but has it just been L .A.?

Because the kids are cute, but not, like, sexy enough.

You've seen him. I mean, he's got this, like, quiet confidence.

Even if it's a kid, I'm sure.

I think you need to come home.

Oh my gosh, you're like as tall as me now. What the heck?

I missed you.

How's the roommate?

Uh, it's all good. We got over it. Good.

I knew you would.

How's mom?

Great. Busy.

How's the actress?

What's so funny?

Joey?

Are

you

in there?

They don't look there to me.

Bye.

Hey.

It's okay.

You can come out.

How's it going?

Good.

Are you excited about tomorrow?

Sure.

I can't believe you and your sister are leaving.

Yeah, I'd try to picture what it'll be like, but I can't.

Yeah.

Are you nervous?

About what?

College.

Leaving home?

Can't wait to leave home.

That's good.

Yeah, I think that's good.

So, are you going to be out here a while?

Should I not be?

I was just going to... You

should. Yeah, you should go ahead.

You sure?

Yeah.

You want?

Thanks.

I've never... I've never done that.

What?

That's crazy.

You definitely don't have to.

You don't know.

I'm fine.

I'm fine.

Don't you look nice.

Thank you.

You're early.

Am I?

You ready to bake?

This is my brother Bill's favorite cake.

Oh, is this for him? No, he's in Minneapolis.

He works for the Twins.

Which Twins?

It's a professional baseball team.

Ah, of course.

He was captain of the baseball team in high school, and then he played college

ball, and now he's a professional pitching coach.

I'm going to spread it around from the bottom like this.

He was always so protective of me growing up, even though he was younger.

Whenever boys would get near me, he'd throw them up against the locker and

What are your intentions?

What were their intentions?

Okay, now you are going to put the cherries.

at the bottom of the pan and do it

nicely because it really doesn't matter how it looks.

You know, Joe's been with more women than I have men.

Is that right?

Nobody seems to remember that.

I'd only been with Tom, but Joe's been with two girls before me.

When he was in the seventh grade?

He led a very different life than me.

His father was always working, so he was the man of the house, and he took care

of his little sister pretty much on his own.

One of them had terrible asthma.

He grew up very quickly.

I was very sheltered.

I want to show you something.

Joe gave this to me back then.

I think it's lovely.

Peace is sitting on a lake in the summertime.

Peace is a Coca -Cola on a hot summer day.

Peace is being with you.

The assignment was, what is peace?

Please stop. It's so weird.

I really am.

Are you boys up there?

Yeah.

Garibaldi said they can take us at 7. How does that sound?

That sounds great.

Thanks, Mom.

Yo! Yo!

Are you all right?

I was just thinking, what is...

i had honey i can't hear you i can't hear what you're saying x -ray yeah

everything's everything's fine we'll meet you down there in a second hey

this wasn't the best idea i feel like everything's so fucked up it's not it's

all right i just want you to have a good life i will

Bad things, they happen.

And we do bad things also.

And we have to think about those things.

We try not to think about it. There's this.

Do you know what I mean?

Yeah, I know that.

God, I can't tell if we're connecting, if I'm creating a bad memory for you in

real time, but I can't help it. We're connecting, Dad. It's okay.

Don't worry about me.

That's all I do.

I'm so glad that Honor was able to finish her finals in time to come home

watch our beautiful Mary and our gentle Charlie walk across that stage tomorrow.

I couldn't be prouder of both of you.

And to Joe, the man of my life,

Here's to entering this next phase together.

And as our little ones fly away from the nest, they know they can always come

home.

Cheers.

You forgot someone.

Elizabeth, we are so happy that you could be with us at this very special

Thank you.

Cheers.

It's delicious.

Honor,

when we get home, I'll show you what your dad and I got your sister for

graduation.

Is it a scale?

Excuse me?

When I graduated, you got me a scale.

That was just part of setting you up at your new place. You know perfectly well

that wasn't your graduation present.

I came wrapped in a bow.

We got her a necklace with her birth certificate. in it, just like we got

sister. But I see you're not wearing yours.

So when do you start shooting this movie?

In about three weeks.

I wish you weren't doing that.

Oh, no.

I can understand that, of course.

I hope in the end that you'll feel it had something to say and...

that we captured something true.

True like how it isn't awkward at all to hear at this graduation dinner right

now? Joe, can you do something? Like what?

Um,

Honor, I got you that scale, as I told you at the time, as a tradition, because

that's what my mother got me when I graduated from high school. You try

through life without a scale and see how that goes.

Mom.

Hi.

Cassidy, hi.

Hi, Mom. Hi, Grandma.

Oh, hello.

Oh, hi, sweetheart.

Oh, you look so pretty.

Oh, my goodness.

Peter, congratulations.

Billy, Tyler, Georgie, hi.

Everyone's celebrating, of course. Yeah, it's just the best.

Very nice to see you again.

Yes, you as well.

Tom.

Okay, I think we'll head over to our table. Yeah, we're in the back.

With the old family.

Georgie. Yeah. See you at graduation.

All right. Bye.

I'm a really big fan of Nora's arc.

Oh, thank you. That means the world.

My brother Mark, he still lives in Richmond.

He always says, keep your expectations low and you'll never be disappointed.

And I always forget that.

How many brothers do you have?

Four.

Two older, two younger.

But I think you know that.

So...

What were your expectations?

That tonight would go well.

That my children would love me.

And my life would be perfect.

That was a little naive.

I am naive.

I always have been.

In a way, it's been a gift.

Is it all right if Joe drops us off first?

I think the girls need a minute.

I can just walk from here.

He'll drive.

Hey, can I borrow that cigarette? Yeah.

Here you go.

Now, Alice Rydell hung from this tree... Yeah, they said they were in the back.

...three days.

Good evening.

Has she broken your spirit yet?

No, just tired.

Would you crack the case?

Do you mind blowing your smoke in the other direction, please?

Thank you.

You want to know my theory?

Sure.

Childhood trauma.

Which one?

The big one.

What do you mean?

Her older brother.

Yeah.

Started when she was 12.

On and off.

Still mentioning it to her, obviously.

She doesn't talk about it.

I read it in her diary, but it's just like way before.

Why does she still talk to them?

Lady, she's messed up in the head. That's what I'm trying to tell you.

Oh, God.

Listen, actually, I had an idea.

I was looking up how you all make movies. Mm -hmm.

And I read about this job of music supervisor.

Yeah? I could do this job.

Pick out songs from movies? I'd pick great songs.

What are you asking?

So what if, in exchange for my memories, my consultation, my willingness not

to go to the press when the movie comes out and talk disparagingly about it, and

you and her, you give me the position of music supervisor on this movie?

Um...

We can do that. Yeah.

And I think I've outstayed my welcome here.

My sister had really bad asthma.

Did she?

Yeah, she was always having to do that breathing machine thing.

Yeah, nebulizer.

Right.

I actually...

I have one with me here, a new one, and I can't figure out how to get the, you

know, the mouthpiece thing to snap on.

It's so stupid.

I'd really like to use it.

That's irritating.

You just sort of have to get the top and... Could you... Do you have a

I haven't changed this machine since the 80s.

Thank you.

You saved my life.

Sure.

I'm going to take you to something.

I'll be home when I get saved.

Oh, man.

into one.

That was crazy.

Yeah.

Have you ever done that before?

Right. Of course.

What about you?

No. I mean, I've had crushes on people.

I think that's allowed.

I don't know.

Any of it.

It would kill her.

She's very loyal.

With me.

Listen.

Whatever happens, she's going to be okay.

People like Gracie. No, she won't.

No. You really don't know her.

Okay.

Let me tell you something.

Your responsibility, ultimately, is to yourself.

Grace, it wasn't this.

I think it's a little more complicated than that.

You're going to do what you're going to do, but stories like these... Stories?

Stories? You know what I mean.

Instances of severely traumatic beginnings. This isn't a story! This is

fucking life!

You don't need to get so worked up about it.

I thought you actually liked me and that we

had a connection.

I like you.

Then what was this about?

This is just what grown -ups do.

You're lucky I'm not jumpy.

I'm sorry.

Why are you sitting there?

I've just been thinking.

Okay.

I

think

there are... There are a lot of things that we haven't talked about in a long

time.

Maybe ever.

What kind of things?

Things about our relationship.

Well, I'm not going to cross -examine you. Say what you want to say.

What brought this on?

What's the matter?

Is it the actress?

Maybe. I don't know. I don't see what difference it makes. It's how I'm

Come visit by me.

Okay?

What's making you feel bad?

I don't feel bad.

I'm just trying to say...

What if I wasn't

ready to be making those kinds of decisions?

Then what?

What would that mean?

I don't understand what you're saying.

I'm saying, what if I was too young?

You seduced me.

But I was 13 years old. Don't give me that.

But I was. I don't care how old you were.

Who was in charge?

What? Who was the boss?

Who was in charge?

Who was in charge?

I'm just trying to talk about something. I think this movie is dripping up all

this stuff, driving Elizabeth around. It's not about the fucking movie. I'm

sympathetic, but you're starting to upset me. No, you have not been

Why can't we talk about it?

If we're really as in love as we say we are, if we have that, where... Shouldn't

I be able to talk about this with you? If we're really as in love as we say we

are... Marcy, you know what I mean. I'm begging you, please. No, if we're really

as in love as we say we are... I need you to help me, please. If we're really

in love as we say... It's graduation.

After you left tonight, I thought about the kind of life that we could have if

things were different.

If I'd been born later, you long ago.

But who knows what we would have been like then.

Or where.

What tragedies we'd have to face along the way.

What bad luck.

This is not what I ever would have wanted.

I'm so grateful that our paths led us to this road.

No matter what the cost.

I think about you all the time.

The feeling I get when we look each other in the eyes.

I know you don't have much to compare it to, but let me assure you,

it is rare.

I've gone my whole life without it.

And now that I've found it, I can't imagine going back and pretending.

Sometimes I wish we'd never met or that...

You didn't get the job in the pet shop, at least, because I know that our lives

will be forever changed because of this, no matter how it all turns out.

I know that my husband and my children... I...

I know that...

this will affect them.

My hope is that we can...

our secrets long enough until at least we're in no danger from the law.

Maybe by then I'll have enough time to end things cleanly and to make sure the

children know that I love them.

Maybe by then we'll have figured out what to say.

When this first started,

I knew that we crossed a line and I felt in my heart that we would cross it

again.

But now I think I've lost track of where the line

is.

Who even draws these lines?

All I know is that I love you and you love me.

And you gave me so much pleasure tonight.

I hope I did the same for you.

I'll see you Saturday.

And please burn this. You know what could happen to me if anyone ever found

You look so great.

Thanks.

Are you hungry?

No.

Maybe coffee?

Coffee.

Happy graduation.

Look at you.

Mom's gonna hate it.

No, she's gonna love it. Oh, she's gonna love this.

Did she pick this one up?

She did.

Yeah,

it is.

What time is it?

We should leave in 20, 25 minutes.

I'll go up and get changed.

Um, where's mom?

I don't know, honestly.

Maybe she had a beauty parlor appointment.

My dad said we could do it. My dad said we could do it. Yeah!

All right.

That's it.

I'll park and find your mom.

What do you want to do?

Hey!

Hey!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Oh, you ready?

Let's do it.

And to my fellow graduates of the class of 15, go Sharks!

While it hasn't always been since sailing, I know that our futures are

And with that, I present to you the 2015 graduating class of Wilson -Healy High

School.

Christopher Moore Cowley John Anderson

Maureen Jane McConner

Congratulations to the class of 2015.

Go Sharks!

That was beautiful, wasn't it?

It was.

Well, heading to the airport now.

It's probably for the best.

I wonder if any of this will have really mattered for your movie.

I think it will.

You understand me?

I do.

I hope you didn't think that disgusting brother thing was real.

What?

Disgusting.

I don't know what he's doing telling you these things.

He told you?

I talk to Georgie every day.

Insecure people are very dangerous, aren't they?

I'm secure.

Make sure you put that in there.