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So, who is the lucky boy?

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Who?

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The young man who's escorting
you to the cotillion.

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Of course, Jessica,
you're all set.

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Yes, ma'am.

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Tyrell's dads are taking him
tux shopping this week.

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I don't know
who my escort will be.

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Bad Bunny is unavail, so...

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Yes, Benito Antonio
is doing his world tour.

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You know Bad Bunny
by his real name?

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-Great-Gran knows everyone.
-Hmm.

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You noticed everyone staring?

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Eh. Let them stare.

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Women have been
cutting their hair

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and shaking things up
for forever.

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A century ago,
F. Scott Fitzgerald

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wrote a story about
a girl getting a bob

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and shaking up her whole world.

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We read that short story
in English class.

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Oh, I saw how a show
in the 2000s got canceled

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'cause the main girl
cut her hair.

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The more things change.

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They're buzzing
because you look amazing.

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You do.

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Thank you.

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But I am more concerned about
how Samantha is going to look

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arriving at her debut stag.

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SAMANTHA:
Um...

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What's "stag"?

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Alone. Dateless.

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Which, ordinarily,
would be fine,

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but cotillion isn't ordinary.

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Now, I'm sure you must have
narrowed it down

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to a few choices.

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And please note, an escort
does not have to be a love match

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or any kind of bunny.

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Or have a name
that starts with N.

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Oh, please.
Nathan's not even a blip.

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ANITA:
Well, I don't mean to rush you, sweetheart,

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but the young man
is gonna need time

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to have his tux fitted
and learn the dances.

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The clock is ticking,
my little deb.

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What is it this time?

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-What's what?
-Oh, I know the game.

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Mm-hmm. Stopping by with a book
you forgot to return?

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Borrowing sugar?

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All to check
on your grandmother.

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I'd deny it, but you would
see right through me.

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-Hmm.
-How is she?

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Up to her long gloves in
debutante planning at the club,

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with your daughter and Jessica.

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I knew they were supposed
to have dinner,

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but I thought
it would be over by now.

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Samantha's really excited on
every level about the cotillion.

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Well, your grandmother's happy
to offer her guidance,

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and to have the distraction.

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And, actually,

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I was hoping to have
some alone time with you.

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? ?

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Nicole.

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Damn. You look incredible.

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And you do clean up, well,
Dr. Rollins.

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Shall we move this?

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Anywhere you want.

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I was thinking a booth.

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That works, too.

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After you.

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Welcome to my humble abode.

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At last.

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I thought you could use
a home-cooked meal.

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And out of the blue,

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you invited me to your place
after months together.

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Ah, you suspect
an ulterior motive.

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You think I'm shaken up over
that client's irate husband.

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-Well...
-I could've handled myself

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even if Randy
hadn't run interference.

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So you've said.

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But you don't seem
to believe me.

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I'm a woman in the world, Joey.

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I know how to lock up,
stay sharp

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and make it hurt if I'm pushed.

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Dangerous Vanessa.

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I like that about you.

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And I like you ready
to be my dark knight,

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and that I've finally been
welcomed into your castle,

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for whatever reason.

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You know, if I thought that...

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...loser husband
was a real threat...

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...he wouldn't be anymore.

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And I wouldn't have
to distract you with a meal.

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Okay, you win.

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Feed me.

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First things first.

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You're the expert on houses,
so go ahead.

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Be brutal.

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It's exquisite.

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And surprising.

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What'd you expect-
Dogs Playing Poker?

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Sinatra painted on velvet?

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Maybe a blackjack table

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like the one we've put
to such good use at the casino?

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I wouldn't knock
any of the above,

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especially our table.

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It's warm.

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Which some people might not
expect in your home, but...

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I know you're not afraid
of sentiment.

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It's masculine, of course,
because you're you.

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Sophisticated, as I figured,

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and thankfully, less modern
than most guys usually go for.

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What it is is exactly
what I should've expected.

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A reflection of you.

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Your warmth.

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Your passion.

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Your brilliance.

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Mm. My man.

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Forever full of surprises.

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I've always had an affinity
for finer things.

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Sorry. I had to wait for Vanessa
to leave for the evening.

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She asked you to stay late?

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Not at all.

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I like to spruce
things up for her.

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Vanessa likes to have

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an inviting bedroom
after a long day,

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and just in case
she brings Joey home with her...

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-Is that a regular thing?
-Ah, it is.

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And I have to say,
Mr. Armstrong is a dream.

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Charm for days and nary a crumb
or smudge on glass.

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Because he can't
leave evidence behind.

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Do not make me an accomplice
after the fact.

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Not all of us can work

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for the morally
unimpeachable Duprees.

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If you'd seen Nicole
leaving for her date tonight.

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Honey, off the shoulder,
up the hip,

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I thought it might
meet in the middle.

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No.
Not Dr. Nicole Dupree.

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Oh, you haven't seen
her new "come hither" look.

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Mm.

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You make it sound shameless.

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Sometimes I think you're like
one of those throwbacks, Mona,

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from one of those Douglas Sirk
films we both love on TCM. Ugh.

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Well, if she's doing
an imitation of life,

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it's maybe Dani's life.

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Nicole was the most responsible,

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professional,
put-together woman I knew.

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And now she deserves
a scarlet letter?

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I just mean the fallout
from Ted's cheating,

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lies and baby mama drama
didn't end

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with the perfect couple
blowing up.

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It continues, with Nicole

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emerging from the ashes
of that marriage

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like some sexually
liberated phoenix.

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So, I haven't
scared you off yet?

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Not even with my
secret single behavior?

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I like knowing that under
that handsome exterior

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and those magic massage hands,
you're still human

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and guilty of leaving dishes
in the sink.

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Oh, I would load
the dishwasher for you.

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That sounded way hotter
in my head.

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What you said in my office-
it really stuck with me, Kial.

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Well, it's like a new adventure
every time I see you,

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so I'm guessing
that it had to do

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with changing things up
after a loss.

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You did it by becoming
a traveling doc,

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and I decided to make some
changes a little closer to home.

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I'm happy to be an inspiration.

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Any changes of note?

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Just getting to know
a certain reluctant dishwasher.

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Well, then,
you actually have to answer

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some of my questions about you.

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Maybe. When I get back.

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Oh, I'm not moving.

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Did I tell you you're the most
ravishing woman here?

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You haven't even
looked around yet.

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I don't have to.

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Oh, there's Kial.

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-We should say hi.
-Uh, sure.

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Well, if it isn't
my favorite nurse from the DMV.

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Ted.

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-Kial.
-That would mean a lot more

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if I didn't know
you had at least ten other

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favorite nurses
in this town alone.

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Well, you out-favorite them all.

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Just don't tell.

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Please don't tell me you've done
so much bouncing around

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that your fine self
is forced to dine alone.

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I'm on a date.

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Oh. Who's the lucky girl?

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Me.

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I could get used to this.

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I'm glad you like it here.

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I do.

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And what do you have
cooking in the kitchen?

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Ropa vieja.

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Translation?

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Shredded Cuban beef
saut�ed in pepper tomato sauce.

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It marinates all night,
and then simmers all day.

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The key is in the waiting.

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I do love a slow burn.

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It'll be worth the wait,
I promise.

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You're different here.

201
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More relaxed.
More yourself, maybe.

202
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I like this you.

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I haven't been completely
relaxed since I was a kid.

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But here is as close
as I will ever come.

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When I'm here,
I can actually imagine

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what my life might be like

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if I'd chosen a different one.

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And what would that look like?

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00:10:30,310 --> 00:10:34,724
Well, I'd try my hand
at the great American thriller,

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like Connelly or Leonard.

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And then I'd make dinner
for a certain everything woman.

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And I'd make love to her
in every room.

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Starting with this one.

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And I could almost turn my back
on the road I've taken.

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-Just almost?
-Just almost.

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No, this is as free
and as safe as I can be.

217
00:11:03,793 --> 00:11:05,724
Well, it is Fort Knox
up in here.

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I'm guessing that the rock
stationed at the door

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is not the only one.

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He's not the reason
I've lowered my guard.

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You are.

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You are going to look
so stunning

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in that gown you've chosen.

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I agree.

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Thank you.

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But you've seen hundreds
of debutantes.

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Well, that is why
I am so certain.

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The line that runs through
those white dresses,

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from you to Kat
to Naomi to Nicole...

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And I just, I can see them

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when they were getting ready
for their debuts,

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and how excited they were,
just like you are.

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And of course, Jessica, you are
going to be gorgeous as well.

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I cannot wait
to see you and Tyrell

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descending that staircase.

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What, i-is this this Gen Z stare
that I've read so much about?

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Sorry, Mrs. Dupree.

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No disrespect. Uh...

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I'm just doing time
in my ball gown.

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The whole cotillion thing,
it's just not me.

241
00:12:12,551 --> 00:12:14,655
Hmm. And yet, here you are.

242
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My dad is making me.

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So, you resent your father
for wanting you to have

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opportunities in a world that
doesn't deal them out easily?

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Poor you.

246
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I think there are
less problematic ways

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to make connections.

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I think I understand
why you feel that way.

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I pretty much had
the same opinion of cotillions

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until I saw one for myself.

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Really?

252
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So, how'd they suck you
into the deb cult?

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Attending the cotillion
as a guest

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on the arm of my husband
was a wonderful experience,

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but I was introduced
to the tradition

256
00:12:51,586 --> 00:12:54,689
was when the Articulettes sang
at a cotillion after-party.

257
00:12:54,793 --> 00:12:57,241
There we were,

258
00:12:57,344 --> 00:12:59,793
having been raised
in the projects,

259
00:12:59,896 --> 00:13:02,620
having to fight our way

260
00:13:02,724 --> 00:13:04,896
through every adversity.

261
00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,965
Fighting to be heard,

262
00:13:07,068 --> 00:13:09,068
fighting to find self-assurance,

263
00:13:09,172 --> 00:13:13,000
fighting to carry ourselves
with poise.

264
00:13:13,103 --> 00:13:15,413
And then we walk into the room

265
00:13:15,517 --> 00:13:18,517
with all these beautiful
young Black women

266
00:13:18,620 --> 00:13:21,241
who already had all of that.

267
00:13:21,344 --> 00:13:23,034
They were the same age
we had been

268
00:13:23,068 --> 00:13:25,448
when we were touring
all over the place

269
00:13:25,551 --> 00:13:27,758
and clawing our way
up the charts,

270
00:13:27,862 --> 00:13:31,931
except they were already
brimming with confidence.

271
00:13:32,034 --> 00:13:34,724
And you didn't resent
that they had it like that,

272
00:13:34,827 --> 00:13:36,817
I mean, without ever
lifting a finger?

273
00:13:37,517 --> 00:13:40,068
All I wanted was for girls
who look like me

274
00:13:40,172 --> 00:13:43,344
to step into the world
and not have to fight.

275
00:13:44,862 --> 00:13:46,310
You still don't understand

276
00:13:46,413 --> 00:13:48,827
the value of a cotillion,
do you?

277
00:13:49,827 --> 00:13:51,413
I guess not.

278
00:13:52,482 --> 00:13:56,137
It's not a prom,
like you're someone else's date,

279
00:13:56,241 --> 00:14:00,413
or a marriage, like
you're someone else's spouse.

280
00:14:01,689 --> 00:14:03,103
It is about you.

281
00:14:04,103 --> 00:14:05,931
You owning you.

282
00:14:06,034 --> 00:14:10,000
Coming out and saying
to the world, here you are.

283
00:14:10,103 --> 00:14:11,413
You are proud,

284
00:14:11,517 --> 00:14:14,620
you are beautiful,
you are intelligent.

285
00:14:14,724 --> 00:14:16,862
I cannot think
of any other tradition

286
00:14:16,965 --> 00:14:18,724
that affirms that more.

287
00:14:20,172 --> 00:14:21,448
Well...

288
00:14:21,551 --> 00:14:23,448
when you put it that way.

289
00:14:23,551 --> 00:14:27,068
I watched those girls grow up
and champion

290
00:14:27,172 --> 00:14:29,896
the causes that they pledged
when they first came out.

291
00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,896
And they still do.

292
00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,310
Now, I know you have pledged
to your new clinic.

293
00:14:36,413 --> 00:14:37,896
What is your cause, Jessica?

294
00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,724
It's a local organization.

295
00:14:39,725 --> 00:14:41,585
It helps teach kids
conflict resolution.

296
00:14:41,586 --> 00:14:43,896
That is wonderful.

297
00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,344
If you and Samantha

298
00:14:45,448 --> 00:14:48,896
can accomplish half of what
the debutantes I have known did,

299
00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,379
you will make yourselves
very proud.

300
00:14:51,482 --> 00:14:53,103
I will.

301
00:14:53,206 --> 00:14:54,862
Me too.

302
00:14:54,965 --> 00:14:57,344
And I may be biased...

303
00:14:58,379 --> 00:15:01,068
...but I think
one of you two young ladies

304
00:15:01,172 --> 00:15:04,448
may be crowned
Platinum Deb at the ball.

305
00:15:04,551 --> 00:15:06,793
Oh, please.
Jessica doesn't even want it.

306
00:15:06,896 --> 00:15:09,379
Oh, I would never
take that from you.

307
00:15:09,482 --> 00:15:10,689
As if you could.

308
00:15:10,793 --> 00:15:13,310
Well, it's not
up to either of you.

309
00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:17,275
But the Barrington County
Debutante Society would be lucky

310
00:15:17,379 --> 00:15:19,724
to have either of you
beautiful young women

311
00:15:19,827 --> 00:15:21,379
wearing that tiara.

312
00:15:22,413 --> 00:15:24,163
ANASTASIA:
I wouldn't count on it.

313
00:15:24,172 --> 00:15:27,655
My granddaughter Francesca
is a shoo-in for that title,

314
00:15:27,758 --> 00:15:31,068
and there's not a damn thing
Anita Dupree can do about it.

315
00:15:32,206 --> 00:15:34,413
So, my grandchildren
have teamed up

316
00:15:34,517 --> 00:15:37,413
to decide what's best
for me now?

317
00:15:37,517 --> 00:15:41,379
No. Naomi and I realized
that I was selfish

318
00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:44,000
for taking
even a moment of your time

319
00:15:44,103 --> 00:15:46,103
when it's time away from Gran.

320
00:15:46,206 --> 00:15:48,724
Now, you've already
helped me with my campaign

321
00:15:48,827 --> 00:15:51,793
by training me
every day of my life.

322
00:15:51,896 --> 00:15:55,344
Your Gran's the one
battling cancer, not me.

323
00:15:55,448 --> 00:15:58,586
But you haven't left her side
for a moment.

324
00:15:58,689 --> 00:16:00,758
But it takes a toll.

325
00:16:00,862 --> 00:16:02,792
You have to take care
of yourself, too.

326
00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:06,448
Taking care of your grandmother
isn't a burden.

327
00:16:06,551 --> 00:16:08,103
It's a gift.

328
00:16:08,206 --> 00:16:10,586
And taking care of this family?

329
00:16:10,689 --> 00:16:12,655
That's my reason for being.

330
00:16:12,758 --> 00:16:15,413
I know, but with everything
going on,

331
00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:19,827
no one would fault you
for taking a step back.

332
00:16:21,172 --> 00:16:22,758
I would.

333
00:16:26,555 --> 00:16:29,999
Who wouldn't want
a horizontal house call

334
00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:31,171
with the good Dr. Carlton

335
00:16:31,172 --> 00:16:33,551
or a roll-around
with Dr. Rollins?

336
00:16:33,655 --> 00:16:36,689
I'm not being a church lady.

337
00:16:36,793 --> 00:16:39,793
Ugh, but she's spent
her whole life with Ted,

338
00:16:39,896 --> 00:16:41,896
and now she's just
out on the loose?

339
00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,172
Exactly.

340
00:16:43,275 --> 00:16:45,620
She spent her whole life
with one man.

341
00:16:45,724 --> 00:16:49,241
That philandering jerk
repays her with a secret baby

342
00:16:49,344 --> 00:16:52,724
and baby mama who-
my heart goes out to Leslie-

343
00:16:52,827 --> 00:16:54,310
is relentless.

344
00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:58,068
I mean, who would begrudge
Nicole a revenge makeover?

345
00:16:58,069 --> 00:16:59,550
You should be cheering her on,

346
00:16:59,551 --> 00:17:01,724
not judging her
in the comment section.

347
00:17:01,827 --> 00:17:04,896
I hope you're right.

348
00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,896
But I pray she doesn't move
too fast for her own good.

349
00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,275
SHANICE:
Nicole. Hi.

350
00:17:10,378 --> 00:17:12,275
This dress was made for you.

351
00:17:12,378 --> 00:17:14,619
And you are always
fierce yourself.

352
00:17:14,723 --> 00:17:16,833
And I'm gonna have
to get an AirTag for you

353
00:17:16,834 --> 00:17:18,447
if you keep showing up
at all of my dates.

354
00:17:18,448 --> 00:17:20,689
Well, small town.

355
00:17:20,792 --> 00:17:22,137
Great minds.

356
00:17:23,172 --> 00:17:25,137
Well, don't let us keep you.

357
00:17:25,241 --> 00:17:27,172
I'm sure Shanice
could use a cocktail.

358
00:17:27,275 --> 00:17:30,241
Right. Let's, uh,
let's go to the bar.

359
00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:34,310
It's not my place, but, uh...

360
00:17:34,413 --> 00:17:36,103
Go on.

361
00:17:36,206 --> 00:17:39,896
I thought you and Carlton
were a thing.

362
00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,413
Least, that's what
Carlton thinks.

363
00:17:42,517 --> 00:17:45,413
Definitely not your place.

364
00:17:45,517 --> 00:17:49,482
Because I live every aspect
of my life openly and honestly.

365
00:17:49,586 --> 00:17:52,827
Carlton knows about Kial
and Kial knows about Carlton.

366
00:17:52,828 --> 00:17:55,205
And they both know
that I'm nowhere near ready

367
00:17:55,206 --> 00:17:56,930
for anything resembling
a commitment,

368
00:17:56,931 --> 00:17:59,172
because I'm newly
out of a marriage.

369
00:17:59,275 --> 00:18:01,172
Hey, I didn't-
I didn't mean to, uh...

370
00:18:01,275 --> 00:18:03,448
So, I believe
we are all up to speed,

371
00:18:03,551 --> 00:18:06,000
unless you want to ask Kial
his intentions?

372
00:18:06,103 --> 00:18:08,000
I'm good.

373
00:18:08,103 --> 00:18:10,896
Ted, I think Nicole's right.
I'm thirsty.

374
00:18:10,897 --> 00:18:12,447
Let's see about those drinks?

375
00:18:12,448 --> 00:18:14,862
-Yeah.
-Kial, Nicole, you two have fun.

376
00:18:14,965 --> 00:18:17,517
You, too. Oh. Thank you.

377
00:18:17,620 --> 00:18:18,827
For what?

378
00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:21,344
For setting us up
in the first place.

379
00:18:21,448 --> 00:18:22,498
I owe you.

380
00:18:23,758 --> 00:18:26,655
I have spent the evening
convincing these girls

381
00:18:26,758 --> 00:18:29,413
that being a debutante
is about merit,

382
00:18:29,517 --> 00:18:33,517
character, achievement
and sisterhood.

383
00:18:33,620 --> 00:18:37,137
And now you've just reduced it
to nothing more than rivalry

384
00:18:37,241 --> 00:18:39,034
and bragging rights.

385
00:18:39,137 --> 00:18:42,103
You can't preach
if you've never worn the robes.

386
00:18:43,103 --> 00:18:47,448
And you, Anita, never wore
the dress, nor the gloves.

387
00:18:47,551 --> 00:18:51,413
You were never a deb, and yet
you sit here holding court.

388
00:18:52,413 --> 00:18:56,862
While with all
those lessons, Anastasia,

389
00:18:56,965 --> 00:18:58,827
what did you walk away with?

390
00:18:58,931 --> 00:19:01,000
Not an iota of decorum.

391
00:19:01,103 --> 00:19:04,172
Is this what you're
passing down to Francesca?

392
00:19:04,275 --> 00:19:07,413
I am Fairmont Crest
born and bred.

393
00:19:07,517 --> 00:19:10,034
Insult me,
and you're insulting Vernon.

394
00:19:10,137 --> 00:19:13,103
My husband used his privilege

395
00:19:13,206 --> 00:19:16,586
to step into the world
helping others.

396
00:19:16,689 --> 00:19:18,448
And that's where he found you,

397
00:19:18,551 --> 00:19:21,620
scraping and gyrating
and hustling like a common...

398
00:19:21,724 --> 00:19:24,655
Emmy, Grammy, Oscar,

399
00:19:24,758 --> 00:19:28,241
Tony award-winning
quadruple threat.

400
00:19:28,344 --> 00:19:31,482
I don't dabble. I dominate.

401
00:19:31,586 --> 00:19:33,931
Without Vernon, you,
your daughters,

402
00:19:33,932 --> 00:19:35,964
your granddaughter
and most assuredly

403
00:19:35,965 --> 00:19:38,000
your great granddaughter,

404
00:19:38,103 --> 00:19:40,689
who doesn't even have
a drop of Dupree blood,

405
00:19:40,793 --> 00:19:43,620
wouldn't be allowed
inside these gates,

406
00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:47,551
let alone into the ranks
of polite society.

407
00:19:52,319 --> 00:19:55,171
You have to give me the recipe.

408
00:19:55,172 --> 00:19:56,965
Guess.

409
00:19:57,068 --> 00:20:00,206
Mm, definitely pecan.

410
00:20:00,310 --> 00:20:02,103
And pear.

411
00:20:02,206 --> 00:20:04,172
A hint of...

412
00:20:04,275 --> 00:20:06,172
something savory.

413
00:20:06,275 --> 00:20:07,896
Pancetta.

414
00:20:08,862 --> 00:20:10,413
Never mind.

415
00:20:10,517 --> 00:20:12,827
What do you have
against pancetta?

416
00:20:12,931 --> 00:20:15,551
Never mind about the recipe.

417
00:20:15,655 --> 00:20:17,655
I don't need it.

418
00:20:17,758 --> 00:20:20,827
I have you.

419
00:20:20,931 --> 00:20:22,172
You do.

420
00:20:22,173 --> 00:20:24,757
And you can just make
those little puffs for me

421
00:20:24,758 --> 00:20:26,172
all the time.

422
00:20:26,275 --> 00:20:28,000
When I move in.

423
00:20:28,103 --> 00:20:30,206
You really set them up?

424
00:20:30,310 --> 00:20:31,870
Carlton canceled WinterFest,

425
00:20:31,871 --> 00:20:33,688
and I didn't want
to leave my girl hanging.

426
00:20:33,689 --> 00:20:35,310
Huh.

427
00:20:35,413 --> 00:20:38,172
And you didn't mention it to me?

428
00:20:38,275 --> 00:20:39,689
Why would I?

429
00:20:39,793 --> 00:20:41,689
You claim you've moved on.

430
00:20:41,793 --> 00:20:43,896
W-Was I wrong?

431
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,793
Are you bothered?

432
00:20:45,896 --> 00:20:47,517
Why would I be bothered?

433
00:20:47,518 --> 00:20:50,205
Because since Nicole walked in
here with that freakum dress on

434
00:20:50,206 --> 00:20:52,171
and that fine man,
you have spent more time

435
00:20:52,172 --> 00:20:54,102
looking over there
than you have at me.

436
00:20:55,310 --> 00:20:56,724
It's not like that.

437
00:20:56,827 --> 00:20:58,896
Then what's it like, Ted?

438
00:20:58,897 --> 00:21:00,895
I didn't put on these lashes
and these heels

439
00:21:00,896 --> 00:21:03,846
to spend the night with a man
who's still caught up on his ex.

440
00:21:08,551 --> 00:21:10,172
What if I told you...

441
00:21:11,896 --> 00:21:15,000
...I need the campaign
as much as you need me in it.

442
00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:21,172
You see, what's happening with
your grandmother is terrifying,

443
00:21:21,275 --> 00:21:23,413
but clarifying.

444
00:21:24,413 --> 00:21:26,862
You see, we've touched
many, many lives.

445
00:21:26,965 --> 00:21:28,689
Her with her music,

446
00:21:28,793 --> 00:21:30,620
me with my politics.

447
00:21:31,620 --> 00:21:34,827
So, we want that to live on.

448
00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:37,517
You're not going anywhere.

449
00:21:37,620 --> 00:21:39,517
No, not anytime soon.

450
00:21:39,620 --> 00:21:43,413
Uh, Anita's music and films

451
00:21:43,517 --> 00:21:45,620
will be here for generations.

452
00:21:45,724 --> 00:21:47,379
You'll carry on for me.

453
00:21:47,482 --> 00:21:48,965
You're...

454
00:21:49,068 --> 00:21:51,379
you're my legacy.

455
00:21:51,482 --> 00:21:53,034
Not just me, Granddad.

456
00:21:53,137 --> 00:21:55,827
You have inspired so many.

457
00:21:55,931 --> 00:21:58,482
Then don't stop me now.

458
00:21:59,965 --> 00:22:02,000
All right, oh great one.

459
00:22:02,103 --> 00:22:05,620
What should I be doing
that I'm not doing now?

460
00:22:09,724 --> 00:22:12,344
You have to put
more skin in the game.

461
00:22:13,517 --> 00:22:15,000
You want me to quadruple

462
00:22:15,103 --> 00:22:17,448
my face-to-face
and meet-and-greet stops

463
00:22:17,551 --> 00:22:19,137
leading up to the primary?

464
00:22:19,241 --> 00:22:20,724
You disagree?

465
00:22:21,758 --> 00:22:24,724
Great strategy,
but wrong timing.

466
00:22:24,827 --> 00:22:28,827
There's no way I'm sacrificing
another moment with my family,

467
00:22:28,931 --> 00:22:30,965
Especially the kids.

468
00:22:32,241 --> 00:22:33,862
You and I

469
00:22:33,965 --> 00:22:36,931
are overdue
to get a few things straight.

470
00:22:44,827 --> 00:22:47,206
-Thank you.
-Owen. Of course I missed you.

471
00:22:47,310 --> 00:22:49,275
You drove three hours?

472
00:22:49,379 --> 00:22:51,034
That is so sweet.

473
00:22:51,137 --> 00:22:52,551
Okay, I'm leaving now.

474
00:22:52,655 --> 00:22:55,931
I just have to drop
some knowledge on my bestie.

475
00:22:56,034 --> 00:22:57,379
I'll see you soon.

476
00:22:58,344 --> 00:22:59,482
Go.

477
00:22:59,586 --> 00:23:01,862
I can't be responsible
for making you miss

478
00:23:01,965 --> 00:23:04,793
one minute of happy
with Mr. Love Boat.

479
00:23:04,896 --> 00:23:07,275
I just have to say,
if I can meet a man

480
00:23:07,379 --> 00:23:11,275
in the middle of the Atlantic,
you can meet one closer to home.

481
00:23:11,379 --> 00:23:14,482
Your last man
shouldn't be your last man.

482
00:23:14,586 --> 00:23:16,310
Get out there and live.

483
00:23:18,896 --> 00:23:22,310
I thought we'd come to a place
of understanding.

484
00:23:22,413 --> 00:23:24,137
We love each other.

485
00:23:24,138 --> 00:23:26,585
We spend practically every night
together at my place,

486
00:23:26,586 --> 00:23:29,931
which has all those memories.

487
00:23:30,896 --> 00:23:32,689
Your place could be ours.

488
00:23:33,896 --> 00:23:35,793
Only, it's mine.

489
00:23:35,896 --> 00:23:37,448
Our situation's changed.

490
00:23:37,551 --> 00:23:39,448
Doug's gone.

491
00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:41,551
We're closer than ever.

492
00:23:41,655 --> 00:23:44,758
That picture you painted
of us here together?

493
00:23:44,862 --> 00:23:46,758
It can be real.

494
00:23:46,862 --> 00:23:49,758
Your moving in here
could really mean something.

495
00:23:49,862 --> 00:23:52,310
That you can't be apart from me.

496
00:23:53,586 --> 00:23:56,517
Danger, for you.

497
00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:00,758
If you were living here,

498
00:24:00,862 --> 00:24:05,413
my enemies would have no doubt
how much you mean to me.

499
00:24:05,517 --> 00:24:07,241
And how much is that?

500
00:24:08,931 --> 00:24:12,344
Sometimes, words won't do.

501
00:24:19,379 --> 00:24:22,172
Look, Nicole and I are always
gonna be connected.

502
00:24:22,275 --> 00:24:26,275
You know, by the kids,
and perhaps one day as friends.

503
00:24:26,276 --> 00:24:28,895
But I still know her better
than anyone else on the planet,

504
00:24:28,896 --> 00:24:32,413
and that's just not
the Nicole that I know.

505
00:24:32,517 --> 00:24:35,275
Because she is not
the same woman you once knew.

506
00:24:36,517 --> 00:24:38,068
Because of me.

507
00:24:38,172 --> 00:24:41,103
You don't get to dictate how
she puts you in her rearview.

508
00:24:41,206 --> 00:24:43,482
Nicole is evolving,
which is her right.

509
00:24:43,586 --> 00:24:47,068
And if you are ever really
gonna be her real friend...

510
00:24:47,172 --> 00:24:48,931
Okay. Have to check myself.

511
00:24:49,034 --> 00:24:54,310
Nicole is free to do
whatever she wants.

512
00:24:54,413 --> 00:24:57,689
But I just know
if she's showing out

513
00:24:57,793 --> 00:25:00,793
because of me,
then that's on me.

514
00:25:00,896 --> 00:25:03,620
I saw a woman
that's walking in her power.

515
00:25:03,724 --> 00:25:05,551
Hmm. Okay, well,

516
00:25:05,655 --> 00:25:09,206
maybe I was out of bounds
and I couldn't see that.

517
00:25:09,310 --> 00:25:13,000
But it's gonna take me a minute
to get used to this evolution,

518
00:25:13,103 --> 00:25:17,310
especially when she's evolving
in the same room.

519
00:25:17,413 --> 00:25:19,413
I can get with that.

520
00:25:19,517 --> 00:25:22,413
But you do know
they serve food and drinks

521
00:25:22,517 --> 00:25:25,206
in other rooms
where your ex-wife isn't?

522
00:25:25,310 --> 00:25:28,241
-Mm.
-She is not the only one who can evolve.

523
00:25:29,413 --> 00:25:31,103
Thanks.

524
00:25:31,206 --> 00:25:32,793
Bartender? Uh...

525
00:25:32,896 --> 00:25:35,862
No, I wasn't born with
a silver spoon in my mouth

526
00:25:35,965 --> 00:25:37,793
or up my butt like you.

527
00:25:37,896 --> 00:25:40,172
Oh. There she is.

528
00:25:40,275 --> 00:25:44,793
I've been waiting to meet
the real Anita Williams.

529
00:25:44,896 --> 00:25:47,724
But I have earned my place
in this life,

530
00:25:47,827 --> 00:25:51,241
in my marriage
and in Fairmont Crest.

531
00:25:51,344 --> 00:25:53,655
We have created a family
that has glittered

532
00:25:53,758 --> 00:25:56,103
behind and beyond these gates

533
00:25:56,206 --> 00:25:58,448
with dignity, integrity,

534
00:25:58,551 --> 00:26:01,344
heart and grace.

535
00:26:01,345 --> 00:26:03,619
And we have passed that down
through blood,

536
00:26:03,620 --> 00:26:06,655
but most importantly,
through deed,

537
00:26:06,758 --> 00:26:09,724
to our children,
our grandchildren

538
00:26:09,827 --> 00:26:11,586
and now our great-grandchildren,

539
00:26:11,689 --> 00:26:14,099
like this lovely young woman
you see before you.

540
00:26:15,275 --> 00:26:19,724
Now, we may not have passed
your 23andMe purity test,

541
00:26:19,827 --> 00:26:22,896
but yet, here you are
with all that

542
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,931
privilege and opportunity,

543
00:26:26,034 --> 00:26:29,068
and you didn't bother
to ever develop

544
00:26:29,172 --> 00:26:31,827
the kind of traits
that truly matter.

545
00:26:31,931 --> 00:26:33,689
My family was
giving to charities

546
00:26:33,793 --> 00:26:35,586
while you still were one.

547
00:26:35,689 --> 00:26:38,459
And what have you done
with your high-and-mighty self

548
00:26:38,551 --> 00:26:40,586
with all that you have?

549
00:26:40,689 --> 00:26:43,862
Just crowned yourself
the queen of mean.

550
00:26:47,896 --> 00:26:50,034
That's all you got, Ms. EGOT?

551
00:26:52,620 --> 00:26:55,862
I would call
for a standing ovation,

552
00:26:55,965 --> 00:26:59,068
but this isn't
Showtime at the Apollo,

553
00:26:59,172 --> 00:27:01,482
it's Fairmont Crest.

554
00:27:01,586 --> 00:27:04,655
Divas aren't welcome here.

555
00:27:04,758 --> 00:27:06,862
Have you looked in the mirror?

556
00:27:06,965 --> 00:27:09,379
And you might have been able
to tip the scales

557
00:27:09,482 --> 00:27:11,551
for Nicole, Naomi and Kat,

558
00:27:11,655 --> 00:27:14,310
but do not expect a four-peat.

559
00:27:14,413 --> 00:27:17,034
The crown belongs
to my thoroughbred.

560
00:27:18,034 --> 00:27:19,689
Not your Samantha.

561
00:27:20,896 --> 00:27:24,241
It is Francesca Belleclaire's
time to shine.

562
00:27:24,344 --> 00:27:27,689
And no Dupree
will stand in our way.

563
00:27:27,793 --> 00:27:29,448
Well, if that is the lens

564
00:27:29,551 --> 00:27:31,862
through which you've
decided to see this...

565
00:27:32,827 --> 00:27:35,344
...may the best matriarch win.

566
00:27:49,206 --> 00:27:51,551
That woman is the exact
reason debutantes

567
00:27:51,655 --> 00:27:53,689
should just fade away.

568
00:27:53,793 --> 00:27:58,206
Fortunately, tradition
is a living thing.

569
00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:00,034
And it can only flourish

570
00:28:00,137 --> 00:28:03,862
with new blood
like yours and Samantha's.

571
00:28:03,965 --> 00:28:05,586
Don't throw away our history

572
00:28:05,689 --> 00:28:07,862
before you've experienced it
yourself

573
00:28:07,965 --> 00:28:11,482
with an open heart and mind,
Jessica.

574
00:28:11,586 --> 00:28:13,620
You might find you like it.

575
00:28:13,724 --> 00:28:16,448
I will try, Mrs. Dupree.

576
00:28:16,551 --> 00:28:17,601
Good.

577
00:28:17,655 --> 00:28:20,551
Now, I want you two to focus

578
00:28:20,655 --> 00:28:24,655
on being the best damn debs
you can be.

579
00:28:24,758 --> 00:28:26,896
Leave Ms. Anastasia to me.

580
00:28:27,896 --> 00:28:31,793
I understand putting family
before calendar.

581
00:28:31,794 --> 00:28:34,516
When Smitty and I
got back together,

582
00:28:34,517 --> 00:28:38,448
I promised him that I would
be there for him and the kids.

583
00:28:38,449 --> 00:28:40,102
We don't have
that much more time

584
00:28:40,103 --> 00:28:42,448
before we have an empty nest.

585
00:28:42,551 --> 00:28:44,068
It's Tyrell's senior year,

586
00:28:44,172 --> 00:28:47,241
and Samantha's going through
her own rite of passage.

587
00:28:47,344 --> 00:28:50,379
The kids are proud
of what you do.

588
00:28:50,482 --> 00:28:52,034
I hope so.

589
00:28:52,137 --> 00:28:53,758
But it's not just about them.

590
00:28:54,793 --> 00:28:58,965
Smitty is finally getting back
into the swing of his career.

591
00:28:59,068 --> 00:29:01,000
And I want that for him.

592
00:29:02,068 --> 00:29:04,344
That's a lot of change, son.

593
00:29:04,448 --> 00:29:08,275
You're used to being the center
of their world, and now,

594
00:29:08,379 --> 00:29:10,241
all the pieces are moving

595
00:29:10,344 --> 00:29:11,724
And growing,

596
00:29:11,827 --> 00:29:15,344
and I can't wait to see
how it all turns out.

597
00:29:15,448 --> 00:29:17,068
And?

598
00:29:17,069 --> 00:29:20,274
And I just want to push
the pause button

599
00:29:20,275 --> 00:29:24,034
and keep us in this little
perfect bubble forever.

600
00:29:24,137 --> 00:29:26,275
Familiar words.

601
00:29:26,379 --> 00:29:28,724
Anita and I used them once.

602
00:29:28,827 --> 00:29:32,758
Mm. Nicole said the same
about you and Kat.

603
00:29:33,758 --> 00:29:37,275
Now my poor girl's
got to grow again.

604
00:29:38,275 --> 00:29:41,517
Her nest's empty, and...

605
00:29:41,620 --> 00:29:45,241
the ink on her divorce papers
is dry.

606
00:29:47,517 --> 00:29:50,107
Has anyone ever told you
you are an amazing kisser?

607
00:29:50,172 --> 00:29:52,241
Mm, doesn't come to mind.

608
00:29:52,344 --> 00:29:55,241
Mm, they should give you
a kissing award.

609
00:29:55,344 --> 00:29:56,586
[laughs]

610
00:29:56,689 --> 00:29:58,827
You should be in
the kissing hall of fame.

611
00:30:00,206 --> 00:30:03,137
They should write songs
about your kissing.

612
00:30:03,241 --> 00:30:04,827
-Oh, it may have come up.
-Yeah?

613
00:30:04,931 --> 00:30:06,931
I believe other descriptors
were used.

614
00:30:07,034 --> 00:30:08,655
Mm...

615
00:30:09,655 --> 00:30:11,551
All that and you're funny, too.

616
00:30:11,655 --> 00:30:14,103
I got an idea. Why don't
we keep doing this again

617
00:30:14,104 --> 00:30:16,102
and I'll be inspired
to find more words.

618
00:30:16,103 --> 00:30:18,172
Mm. No more words.

619
00:30:23,896 --> 00:30:26,724
Mm. When you said
you wanted to get out of here,

620
00:30:26,827 --> 00:30:29,655
I thought you meant
a different restaurant.

621
00:30:29,758 --> 00:30:32,172
Oh. Well, you thought wrong.

622
00:30:32,275 --> 00:30:34,551
Well, lucky me.

623
00:30:34,655 --> 00:30:36,448
You're so beautiful, Shanice.

624
00:30:37,482 --> 00:30:39,137
Oh, Ted.

625
00:30:42,827 --> 00:30:44,034
[laughs]

626
00:30:44,035 --> 00:30:46,067
Mm. I've wanted to kiss
that spot all night.

627
00:30:46,068 --> 00:30:48,482
And this one

628
00:30:48,586 --> 00:30:51,413
and... this one.

629
00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:56,137
You-you had me right up
until the "all night" part.

630
00:30:57,172 --> 00:31:01,068
We both know your mind
has also been elsewhere tonight.

631
00:31:01,172 --> 00:31:03,275
Uh, maybe you suddenly
have to have me

632
00:31:03,379 --> 00:31:05,275
because you're trying
to forget

633
00:31:05,379 --> 00:31:08,310
that Nicole
is with Kial right now.

634
00:31:25,724 --> 00:31:27,931
If it isn't the hero.

635
00:31:29,137 --> 00:31:30,551
Mona, right?

636
00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:34,724
You saved Vanessa McBride
from that skeevy guy.

637
00:31:34,827 --> 00:31:36,758
How'd you hear about that?

638
00:31:36,862 --> 00:31:39,000
Waitresses talk.

639
00:31:39,103 --> 00:31:41,724
Listening's one of my things.

640
00:31:41,827 --> 00:31:43,586
Noted.

641
00:31:43,689 --> 00:31:45,586
Being a hero is not one of mine.

642
00:31:46,586 --> 00:31:50,034
But, uh, I refuse to stand by
when a woman's in danger.

643
00:31:50,137 --> 00:31:52,275
Everybody says that.

644
00:31:53,310 --> 00:31:55,103
But not everybody
walks the walk.

645
00:31:56,103 --> 00:31:57,448
You do surprise.

646
00:31:58,448 --> 00:32:02,000
How'd you manage to maintain
a semblance of decency

647
00:32:02,103 --> 00:32:04,896
while still working
for that devil Joey Armstrong?

648
00:32:08,931 --> 00:32:10,000
Mmm.

649
00:32:10,103 --> 00:32:11,689
Four courses, Joey.

650
00:32:11,793 --> 00:32:14,103
This must have
taken you all day.

651
00:32:14,206 --> 00:32:16,310
I love cooking for you.

652
00:32:16,311 --> 00:32:18,688
You know what goes great
with devil's food cake?

653
00:32:18,689 --> 00:32:20,206
Do tell.

654
00:32:20,310 --> 00:32:21,655
Whipped cream.

655
00:32:22,862 --> 00:32:24,482
Be right back.

656
00:32:24,586 --> 00:32:26,724
Or, I believe you were saving
the bedroom

657
00:32:26,827 --> 00:32:28,517
for the end of the tour.

658
00:32:29,620 --> 00:32:31,379
I'll meet you in there.

659
00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:46,068
Well, ladies,
we should head home now.

660
00:32:46,172 --> 00:32:49,000
I've got my car, but thanks,
it has been an education.

661
00:32:54,379 --> 00:32:56,482
Uh, do you need to sit down?

662
00:32:56,586 --> 00:32:57,931
Should I get someone?

663
00:32:58,034 --> 00:32:59,931
No, no. I'm fine, I'm fine.

664
00:33:00,034 --> 00:33:03,172
I just need to throw
some cold water on my face.

665
00:33:08,551 --> 00:33:10,241
Is she really okay?

666
00:33:10,242 --> 00:33:12,171
I hope that
wannabe Bridgertonbiatch

667
00:33:12,172 --> 00:33:14,034
didn't, like,
throw off her game.

668
00:33:14,137 --> 00:33:15,482
Great Gran is fine.

669
00:33:15,586 --> 00:33:18,551
She may have never been
the Platinum Deb,

670
00:33:18,655 --> 00:33:21,379
but she's the toughest woman
I know.

671
00:33:24,551 --> 00:33:26,965
Dare I ask
what cranked up that smile?

672
00:33:29,275 --> 00:33:31,275
What if I said it was you?

673
00:33:32,827 --> 00:33:34,172
I like that.

674
00:33:39,655 --> 00:33:41,275
You want to take this someplace?

675
00:33:41,344 --> 00:33:42,862
Maybe my place?

676
00:33:44,586 --> 00:33:48,206
I am very, very tempted,

677
00:33:48,310 --> 00:33:51,413
but can we say,
"to be continued"?

678
00:33:52,448 --> 00:33:53,965
Did I blow this?

679
00:33:54,068 --> 00:33:57,448
Because I just assumed
that we were on the same page.

680
00:33:57,551 --> 00:33:58,965
Oh, we're on the same page.

681
00:33:59,068 --> 00:34:03,068
I just haven't quite changed up
everything about myself.

682
00:34:04,068 --> 00:34:07,724
I need to keep this
at the kissing place for now.

683
00:34:07,827 --> 00:34:10,620
Moving locations
levels up to something

684
00:34:10,724 --> 00:34:12,310
a little more serious.

685
00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:15,137
We don't want that.

686
00:34:16,965 --> 00:34:19,655
I promise that I won't
fall madly in love with you.

687
00:34:19,757 --> 00:34:22,482
As long as you promise
that you won't.

688
00:34:22,585 --> 00:34:26,413
You are adorable.

689
00:34:26,516 --> 00:34:28,068
But if kissing has us here,

690
00:34:28,172 --> 00:34:30,447
imagine what
a night together will do.

691
00:34:30,551 --> 00:34:31,862
Oh, I am.

692
00:34:33,688 --> 00:34:36,068
I am enjoying
where I am right now,

693
00:34:36,172 --> 00:34:40,206
and I need to just
stay here for a minute.

694
00:34:40,310 --> 00:34:41,585
No fast moves.

695
00:34:42,585 --> 00:34:45,620
I'm enjoying keeping all
the possibilities on the table.

696
00:34:45,724 --> 00:34:47,413
I hope you understand.

697
00:34:48,862 --> 00:34:50,379
I've been where you've been.

698
00:34:51,516 --> 00:34:53,310
When you move, I'll move.

699
00:35:00,758 --> 00:35:02,724
Okay, look, don't-don't go.

700
00:35:03,689 --> 00:35:05,689
Look, this takes time.

701
00:35:05,793 --> 00:35:08,551
No. I won't be someone's
consolation prize

702
00:35:08,552 --> 00:35:10,447
while you wait for your wife
or girlfriend

703
00:35:10,448 --> 00:35:11,862
to come back to you.

704
00:35:11,965 --> 00:35:14,517
I deserve much more than that.
Better than that.

705
00:35:14,620 --> 00:35:17,172
Yes, you do.

706
00:35:17,173 --> 00:35:18,688
And I wouldn't have
asked you out

707
00:35:18,689 --> 00:35:20,413
if I wasn't ready to move on.

708
00:35:21,724 --> 00:35:23,310
I want to believe that.

709
00:35:24,344 --> 00:35:26,517
It was a reflex.
Not interest.

710
00:35:26,620 --> 00:35:31,034
I should have kept my eyes
fixed on you, where they belong.

711
00:35:32,068 --> 00:35:36,379
You have brought me back
from a really dark place.

712
00:35:36,482 --> 00:35:38,655
And we're good together.

713
00:35:38,758 --> 00:35:41,206
You make me laugh,
and when we're not laughing,

714
00:35:41,310 --> 00:35:45,655
you make me want to do things
I really want to do.

715
00:35:45,656 --> 00:35:49,585
How do I show you there's
nowhere else I want to be?

716
00:35:49,586 --> 00:35:51,689
What do I need to say, Shanice?

717
00:35:52,689 --> 00:35:55,275
Just tell me, and I will do it.

718
00:36:10,379 --> 00:36:13,137
You can start
by explaining these,

719
00:36:13,241 --> 00:36:14,655
because if I am the one,

720
00:36:14,758 --> 00:36:17,172
then who do these tacky-ass
panties belong to?

721
00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:28,413
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