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Previously on The Affair:

Do you remember
the first time you saw her?

Like it was yesterday.

I have to leave.

We've lived together
for half our lives.

I'm in love with someone else.

I want you to get the fuck
out of my house.

What if I
moved to Montauk?

-To be with you.

Look, I know I was
a jerk, but I...

I just got out
of three years in prison.

I don't want what I used to.

I just want a simple life.

I just want to get back
into teaching.

I want to live
with someone I love.

You were the best thing
that ever happened to me.

No, I, uh...
I want a divorce, Noah.

How's Vik?

He's good.

He just got a major
job offer in L.A.

The children's
hospital there.

This fella's quite a catch.

Handsome, polite,
a doctor.

Anyone would be an improvement
after your first husband.

Noah's not
doing well, huh?

Well, he's downstairs.

I'll tell him
to leave right now.

You do what you want, Helen.

Because I get
how this goes.

He leaves now.

Whenever he shows up
with his bullshit,

you let him
right back fucking in.

Why can't you just let him go?

Thing is,
for my whole life, I've had

this idea that
I'm a good person,

and, uh, it's not true.

No, it's not.

Good-bye.

I killed Scott Lockhart.

It wasn't Noah.

That is why I let
Noah back in.

Because I felt like I owed him

and I was trying
to fix what I did.

It was not because I loved him.

I'll find you after work.

Being a parent is hard.

And I know we haven't
done it perfectly,

but I learned
from my parents' mistakes,

and your mother
learned from hers,

just as you'll learn
from our mistakes.

Until someone someday

finally has
a perfect childhood.

Where we going, buddy?

♪ I was screaming
into the canyon ♪

♪ At the moment of my death ♪

♪ The echo I created ♪

♪ Outlasted my last breath ♪

♪ My voice it made
an avalanche ♪

♪ And buried a man
I never knew ♪

♪ And when he died,
his widowed bride ♪

♪ Met your daddy
and they made you ♪

♪ I have only one thing to do ♪

♪ And that's be the wave
that I am, and then ♪

♪ Sink back into the ocean ♪

♪ I have only one thing to do ♪

♪ And that's be the wave
that I am, and then ♪

♪ Sink back into the ocean ♪

♪ I have only one thing to do ♪

♪ And that's be the wave
that I am, and then ♪

♪ Sink back into the ocean,
sink back into the ocean ♪

♪ Sink back into the o... ♪

♪ Sink back into the ocean ♪

♪ Sink back into the o... ♪

♪ Sink back into the ocean ♪

♪ Sink back
into the ocean ♪

♪ quiet piano music ♪

♪ ♪

It's been 72 hours.

No one's seen her.

She hasn't called
to check in on Joanie.

The police have declared her
a missing person.

♪ atmospheric music ♪

♪ ♪

I just think
it's important

for you to get
settled in first.

I am settled, Helen.

I'm in a three-bedroom house.
I got a room for each of them.

I got board games, trampoline.

Are we still
litigating custody here?

No, Noah, it's just
that weekends

are really important
to them right now.

They're making all sorts
of new friends out here.

Okay, but the fact remains
that I moved all the way

out here to Los Angeles
just to be close to my children,

and I'm not seeing them.

Look, Noah,
I really don't want

to get into this
right now, okay?

We're running late, and I
have to get them to school.

Okay, will you just tell Trevor
I'll be at his thing tonight?

Please. Helen

Asshole.

Hey, Victor.

Did you get any sleep
last night?

The baby was up
like every half hour.

Believe it or not,
you'll miss it.

Yeah? You want
to trade?

I don't miss it that much.

So, come on,
somebody tell me, why...

why do none of the other animals

stand up to the tyrant Napoleon

or his mouthpiece, Squealer?

These pigs?

Anybody?

Come on. You're teenagers.

Don't you ever feel oppressed
or misunderstood?

Yes, great. Martina.

So, like, Mr. Solloway,
I've been wondering,

are you married?

'Cause, like,
I don't see no ring.

-Actually, I'm divorced. Twice.

Ooh!

I like a man with a past.

-Okay, okay.

Who'd like to read?

Somebody?

Yes, Martina, go on.

Oh. If I read, Mr. Solloway,

Ooh!

Martina, I have
much loftier aspirations

for you than that.

But yes, you can read.

Page, uh, 53.

Um, Squealer's speech,

starting,
"No one believes..."

"No one believes more firmly
than Comrade Napoleon

-that all animals are equal."

Come on, guys. Who is that?

Can you silence it, please?

-Go on, Martina.

Um... "And then
where should we be?

Suppose you had decided
to follow Snowball, with his

-moonshine of windmills.

-Snowball, who, as we know..."
Hang on, Martina.

Just wait.

What...?

-Give that to me.
-No, mister, please.

-Give me the phone.
-It's just my brother.

He's giving me a ride
to my job after school.

I-I work at KFC.

Jaime, I'm-I'm teaching
an allegory on tyranny,

and you'll know
the meaning of that

if you don't
put that away right now.

-Okay.
-Now, put it on silent.

All right.

Okay, thank you, Martina.

Anton.

The passage
Martina just read,

where Squealer
is basically saying,

"We'd love to let you make
your own decisions,

but we can't because you might
make the wrong decisions,"

you want to tell us
what you make of that?

No.

Come on.
We'd all love to hear.

Sorry for y'all.

Okay, I get it.
It's a tough passage.

So let's, um...
let's break it down.

I said I don't
feel like it.

I know you don't feel like it,

but I want you to participate
in the class, okay?

So I'd like you to read it.

And you might
understand it better.

Come on,
read the passage.

I want you to do it.

You need to participate.

I mean it. Anton--

I said no.

Principal Wilson,
how can we help you?

Don't mind me.

Okay.

Okay, so, uh, we were looking
at, uh, Squealer's quote.

Well, he's trying
to come across as benign,

but he isn't, is he?

What is he?

No problem.
It's a tough question.

When we get a tough question,

we go back to the book
for the answers.

Jaime.

But Mr. Solloway
said it was okay.

-No, I did not say that.
-Yes, you did.

-Come on, man.
-No, I didn't.

No, it was a pedagogical--

It was a... a teaching thing.
It was...

Mr. Ramos, you can
retrieve it at the end

-of the day from my office.
-Oh, come on, Mr. Solloway.

I thought
we were friends.

Jaime is trying
to contact his brother

who is giving him a ride
to work after school.

Jaime is an only child.

I think you and
your phone can spend the rest

of the day with me.
Let's go.

Mr. Gatewood,
take down that hood.

Thank you.

Janelle does that
to my classes, too, man.

Always sitting in.

And I've been at this charter
since the beginning.

Sorry. I'm lost again.

What are you
trying to do?

Trying to record the grades
from this quiz.

Oh, go back
to your home page.

Click on that tab.

That'll take you to
your grading landing page.

Oh, thank you.

Sorry. We didn't really
have any of this

last time I was teaching.

I'll bet.
You're a lot older

than the last guy
I shared this room with.

So, should I be worried
about Janelle?

To be honest, I think
she's overcompensating.

Because she knows
her hiring's

an act of
affirmative action.

Look, never mind.
My wife says I'm not allowed

to say things like that anymore,
so just, uh, forget it.

Let me ask you another
writing question.

Mm-hmm.

When you finished
your first manuscript,

-Uh...

well, you make a lot
of contacts in grad school.

Oh.

Joel, what does "RD" mean?

It means the kid's
retaking the class.

I thought AP English
was only available to seniors.

Oh.

Anton Gatewood?

He was supposed
to graduate last spring.

Plagiarized
in the second semester,

so Janelle made
your predecessor fail him.

Now the kid's gotta take
the whole year again.

So let me ask you a question.

Do you still have an agent?

Uh, hope so.

Sent him a manuscript
a couple of months ago.

You think there's any way
you could, uh...

-Go, go, go!

Hi. It's Helen.
Leave a message.

-Hey, it's me.

I'm completely stuck in traffic.

It says I'm a half mile away

but it's gonna take
40 fucking minutes,

so just tell...

just tell Trevor
I'll be there, okay?

Sir. Can I ask
where you're going?

Uh, yeah. Sorry I'm late.

My, uh, son is a student here.

Trevor Solloway.

Name?

What, my name?

I'm his father, Noah Solloway.

Nope.

"Nope"?
What do you mean, "nope"?

Nope, you're not
on the list.

Do you have
a school I.D.?

Uh, how do...
how do I get one?

It's online, sir.

Any parent wanting access
to the grounds

needs to register.

Hi, Mr. and Mrs.
Garrison.

How are you?

How's it going?
Come on in.

Okay, look, I can't do that,
so can I get a temporary one?

-Nope.

Look, my son is in there.

Sir, I cannot let you through
without a pass.

Can you imagine if I let you in

and your ex has a restraining
order out against you

and it's her night
with the kids?

Hmm?

How'd you know I'm divorced?

Wild guess.

Helen.

Helen, pick up.

Helen, I'm out...
I'm at the entrance,

and, um, he won't let me in.

You didn't put my name
on the list, so, um,

can you come vouch
for me or whatever?

And, uh...

just call me, please.

You're an asshole.
You know that?

Hey, Trevor.

Stacey.

Hey. Hey.

Noah, I didn't think
you could make it.

No, we talked about this, Helen.

What are you
doing here?

You didn't tell Trevor
I was coming?

Let's not do this
in front of the kids.

Sorry, do what?

We talked about this
this morning.

We talked over the weekend.

-This was in my calendar.
-Okay, well, sorry.

I made a mistake.
I got confused.

We just have... we have
a lot going on, so...

No, I'm not...
I'm not making a thing of it.

It's just that I
was stuck out here.

My name wasn't on the list.

Looks like it was
an honest mistake.

I'm not saying it wasn't.
I'm just...

I know. I just wanted to show
the kids that I was here.

That I am here.

Message received, Dad.

Look, come to dinner.

We're going to Mexican.

You should come.

Yeah, Dad.

You should come
with us.

Hey.

Sorry I'm late.

Hey, Dad.

Should I sit there?

Is this taken?

Thanks.

Uh, I put, uh,
Los Angeles into the GPS

instead of
Santa Monica, so...

Ah. Yeah.

Santa Monica's
a whole different city.

You'll figure it out.
It just takes time.

Uh, can I get a margarita,
please, no salt?

All right, thanks.

So, kids, guess what I spent
last weekend setting up.

-Trampoline.

-Yeah.

Plus, I got some furniture
for your rooms,

so hopefully you can come
for a sleepover sometime soon.

Um, I'll
come over for a day,

but I don't think
I'm gonna sleep over.

Why not?

Topanga Canyon's creepy.

What's creepy about Topanga?

Mom told her
Charles Manson

lived there once.

He did.

How do you even know
who Charles Manson is?

I didn't, and then
I YouTubed it.

Thanks a lot.

How about you, Trev?

Sleepover,
just you and me?

Um, his weekends
are kind of packed.

He can speak for himself.

Well, I mean,

yeah, we can try and get
something on the calendar, Dad.

Okay, something on the calendar.

Oh, Mom, Vik,
I wanted to talk

to you guys
about drivers' ed.

Okay, but...
So--

maybe we'll wait six months?

No, no, no, I'm gonna be 15
so soon, and, you know,

it's good to get a head start.

Can I get that
margarita, please?

So, what happened...

what happened
with teacher night?

Curriculum night?

It went really,
really well, right, Trev?

Yeah.

I really wish
I had been there.

I wanted to see
what you were doing.

He was just telling us
more about the project

he's working on in the unit
they're studying.

What's the project?

Oh, yeah,
so there's this girl,

and she lives
in a funeral home.

Is it a book or...

It's a graphic novel.

And the girl
thinks that she

-might be...
Yeah.

Gay. But not just thinks.

She is gay.

And as she grows up,

she begins to realize
that her dad was gay, too,

but closeted.

And your partner on this
is Brooklyn?

Sorry, what's Brooklyn?
Is that a...

Is that a person or...

Brooklyn's a boy.

Okay, so...
so Brooklyn's your friend.

I-I don't understand
what's going on.

Curriculum night
was definitely interesting.

-And so, uh...
Yeah, so, um,

in the special unit,

we then take
our chosen graphic novel

and study
the social issues

and history that make up
its worldview.

Mm-hmm.

And in this case,
it would be gay rights?

Exactly.

What

Fun Home.

Oh, Fun...
Wasn't that a musical?

Yes, on Broadway, actually.

Anyway, it's a really
cool way to learn.

Yeah. Okay,
what I was wondering, Trev,

is, um... I was wondering,
is there anything

you're trying to express

or communicate to us,

um, with your choice
of material?

Because I hope
that you know we love

and accept everything
about you,

whatever you are.

Yeah. I know.

Every part of you.

Yeah, I know.
-Hey.

Helen, can I get
a word, please?

Sure.

I'm sorry.

What's going on
out there?

He's been inseparable
from this boy.

-Brooklyn, yes.

And it's something I've
suspected for a long time,

-and now finally...
What...?

He's gay, Noah.

Wait. So...

So, what I was seeing
out there was some kind of...

some kind of attempt
to make him say that?

Ugh,
I really, really wish

you had been
to curriculum night.

Yeah, I-I really tried.

Look, I don't know.

It just seems to me
very obvious.

You should see his art.

And then this boy,
Brooklyn.

And even his choice
of... of material.

It's-it's just
plain as day.

Okay, okay, first of all,
he's 14, Helen.

Maybe... maybe
he's exploring things,

but it's way too early

to try to get him
to confess to some--

Look, it was on
the tip of his tongue.

I swear to you,
he was about to say it.

Really, was he?

Or were you leading him?

'Cause what I saw was you
were definitely leading him.

This is ridiculous.

More ridiculous than trying
to out your son

in a Mexican restaurant,
when he might not even be gay?

He is gay.
And hey, guess what.

I have an idea:
Why don't you just

admit you have
a problem with it?

I don't have a problem
with it, if he is.

-He is.
-Okay, fine.

But shouldn't it
still be his choice

as to when and where
he wants to come out?

-That's what I'm saying.
-He was about to,

until you walked in.

You intimidate him.

Helen, why are you doing this?

Doing what?

I move all the way out here--

Yeah, to be with
the kids, right?

I don't intimidate him
or Stacey.

I just don't know them anymore.

That's why I'm here.

And you're doing
everything in your power

to box me out of their lives.

You know what I'm
not doing anymore?

This.

I'm sorry.

♪ atmospheric music ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Hey, Alison, it's Noah.

Uh, sorry to call so late.

Um, just checking in.

Okay, bye.

Hey, Max, uh...

it's Noah.

Believe it or not.

I'm, uh...

just reaching out.

Hope you're well.

Bye.

Anton Gatewood.

Beginning Wednesday,
get ready for The Waste Land.

Anton.

Hold back, please.

Uh, I gotta meet my ride.

Your ride can wait a minute.

I want to talk
about your essay.

What about it?

It's, uh...

it's very, very, very well done.

Is that right?

Yeah. Your analysis
of propaganda in the novel

and showing how language
can be manipulated to...

wield power,
it's-it's not just good.

It's... it's brilliant.

Okay.

So, is that what you wanted
to talk about?

Yeah.

It's really, really good.

So, what I want to know
is

What do you mean?

Just what I said.

Who wrote this brilliant essay?

'Cause I don't think it was you.

Why not?

Well, let's look
at the evidence.

You refuse
to participate in class.

You just sit there

with your head on the desk
and your hoodie up.

Yeah, maybe 'cause your class
fucking sucks.

We both know your history
of plagiarism.

What do you think would happen
if you got caught again?

If I went straight
to Principal Wilson

You think that's funny?

You think your future is funny?

No, man.

You funny to me.

Why is that?

Okay.

How about this quote?

"The others said that Squealer
could turn black into white."

Okay.

Explain to me
what that means.

So, in the novel,
Squealer represents

the propaganda machinery
that despotic states develop

in order to control
their populace.

Under Stalin,
it was Dmitri Shepilov.

Under Hitler, it was Goebbels.

And the quote,

"turning black
into white,"

is just a simplistic way
of Squealer saying

that he can make evil
sound like it was good.

Orwell expanded on this idea
in Nineteen Eighty-Four

with Oceania's
Ministry of the Truth,

the irony being that
all Ministry does is lie.

Anything else?

Anton.

Anton.

Anton, come on.

I owe you an apology.

Fuck you.

How the fuck
do they stay up there?

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Are you obsessing?

No.

Stacey, breakfast.

I'm finishing
my math homework.

Well, you can finish it
while you eat.

Just a minute.

Trevor, can you please
turn that down?

Sure, Mom.

-Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, as in
our former borough?

No, Mom.

Brooklyn's my friend.

Oh.

Well, that's a lot of texts.

What, does she have
a crush on you?

Wrong gender.

Brooklyn's a boy.

Oh. Okay.

-Hey.
-Hey.

Look.

I think I've lost
like eight pounds.

Maybe you should lay off
the green juices.

Thought you were going
to relax today.

Um, I am relaxed.

-Stacey!
Just a minute!

I told you I'd
get them to school.

You could've slept in,
gone to yoga.

Well, I'll relax
right after this.

-I promise.
-Babe.

-Come here.

-No.
-Come here.

Oh, shit.

I have mayonnaise
all over my fingers.

What are you
so worried about?

-Staining your clothes.
-Helen.

I'm not worried about anything.

We have an amazing house.

We're down to just two kids.

They're happy at school.

We're finally all unpacked.

You promised me,
when we got out here,

you'd take it easy.

And I seriously am...

going to.

-Today.

Chief Surgeon Ullah.

Mmm.

Say that again.

Chief Surgeon Ullah.

Ooh. Oh.

Guys.

Gross.

Buzzkill.

Helen.

You okay?

Yeah.

Fine.

Okay.

Sollomanders,
let's rock and roll!

Yeah, Stacey, come on.

Coming.

Have you figured out
who her mother is yet?

Think she looks a little like
Michelle Pfeiffer, you think?

Not really.

Why don't you? You spend
so much time looking at her.

No, that would
be you, Helen.

Do you think
she even realizes

these cans are hers,
not ours?

No, I don't.

And she's not going to

if you keep
moving 'em for her.

Hey there.

Good morning.

Morning.

Are those mine?

Yeah, but don't worry
about it. I got it.

So, tell me,

what are you going to do
to relax today?

Go to therapy.

That just makes you
hate your mother.

I already hate my mother.

And besides,
this is different.

It's West Coast therapy.

Very chill.

-Bye.
-Bye.

You guys ready?

Yep.

I've got
a negative balance.

I'm sorry.
Uh, can you say that again?

I didn't hear you.

I said I'm standing
here in checkout

at the school cafeteria,
and I've got

a negative balance
on my food card.

Um, okay, well, it-it's
your father's month to pay.

Did you try to call him?

So you want me to hang up,
try to call him,

then wait around
for him to call me back?

I'm trying to get breakfast
so I can get to class.

Okay, sweetheart, I'm sorry.

I'll-I'll take care of it.

Give me three minutes, okay?

Thanks, Mom.

Oh, God, Noah.

I swear to fucking God.

So, um,

let's try scanning
your body, huh?

Take a deep breath.

Scan your body.

And tell me where
you're feeling tension.

Nothing?

I'm fine.

But this morning,

you thought you felt
an earthquake?

That's right.

A big one.

Why don't we try

that body scan one more time?

Dr. Kaplan, I'm sorry,
I'm just really

not used to doing
therapy this way.

In New York, we-we talked.

We didn't scan.

You still miss New York?

Getting easier?

Um, yeah, I guess.

I guess so.
I guess it is.

I don't know.
I just feel, um...

...um, uncomfortable here.

This town,
it makes me feel unsafe.

Okay.

Unsafe how?

Well, like, for example,
when's the earthquake gonna hit?

Which particular
earthquake?

The big one. The one
that's gonna kill all of us.

I mean, why are we all
existing here

on a fucking fault line
just waiting to die?

Doesn't that seem insane to you?

Okay, so what
I'm hearing is...

this town, this place,

it really makes you
feel unsafe.

Yes, I just said that.

Yes, but now I feel

I understand the magnitude
of your concern.

Was that an earthquake joke?

Why don't we try
scanning your body

one more time
just to see if we--

I think my son might be gay.

Oh, okay.

Perhaps there's your earthquake.

What?

The earthquake
in your life

that you
so greatly fear.

I'm fine with it.

I am.

I am 100% fine with it.

I'm thrilled, actually.

I always wanted a gay son.

My other son
is like Gary Cooper.

It's awful.

It's awful
because...?

It's his father
I'm worried about.

Your son's father,
your ex?

Uh, yeah.
He's not very, uh...

tolerant.

Ah.

And I'm afraid he's gonna
think it... it's his fault.

His fault?

For not being around
when Trevor was young.

For leaving us.

You're afraid
your ex-husband

will consider
your son's sexuality

a result of his poor choices?

Yeah.

You know, of course,
that's not how sexuality works.

Well, I didn't say
I thought that.

I said I was afraid
he might think it.

Um, how are you and Noah doing?

Uh, last session,
you were having

mixed feelings about
his being out here at all.

It's fine. We're fine.

Uh, it's-it's good
for the kids to see him.

I don't have any problems
with Noah anymore.

It's just, uh... uh...

-He annoys me.

Huh.

You seem uncomfortable
talking about Noah.

Physically uncomfortable.

Do you notice that?

Helen, if I may.

I see you relying
on your head a lot

to rationalize or even deny

certain feelings.

You don't seem
incredibly aware,

appreciative
of the intelligence,

the experience,

the trauma

that is hiding in your body.

What trauma?

Uh, your husband
left you abruptly

after 25 years
of marriage,

then hit his new wife's
brother-in-law with a car,

fled the scene

and ended up going
to prison for three years.

Meanwhile,

your older son failed
out of two high schools,

barely graduated,

and your daughter dropped out

of college
to run off to Paris

with a man twice her age,
who abused her.

I mean, well, when you
put it like that...

I left all of that behind me
when I came to California.

I have literally nothing
to worry about right now.

Whitney's back in school.

She has an age-appropriate
boyfriend who she likes.

And I like him, too.

And Martin seems happy
at William and Mary.

And the younger kids
really like school here.

And Vik has an amazing job.

And we live in a gorgeous house.

Oh, and my parents
are 3,000 miles away.

I don't have to work right now
if I don't want to,

and it's sunny every day.
Every goddamn day.

Every goddamn day
is sunny-- perfect.

But you know what, sometimes
the sun gives me a headache.

And I fucking
hate this ocean.

-Yeah.

There's nothing you can do
when you're around it

except look at it.

It's so huge
and blue and obvious.

It's like an attention whore.

The ocean is...
is an attention whore?

Okay, no, when you say it like
that, it makes me sound crazy.

That's not what I
was trying to--

I know, but never mind.
It's all right.

Just, you don't get it.
Never mind.

You know, I think this
would be a really good time

to just try closing your eyes

and holding
your breath--

Fuck you, Ezra.

[sewing machine
whirring and rattling]

Priya?

I'm almost done.

Vik didn't tell me
that you were coming over.

He told me his pants
are falling down,

so I'm taking them in.

Oh.

Um, well,

I could have
taken care of that.

Do you know how to sew?

No, but I could've, um...

you know, dropped 'em off
somewhere.

At a tailor's?

Yeah.

I am a tailor.

I know. I just...

I didn't want
to bother you, so...

Why would it bother me
to do something nice for my son?

Does it bother you to care
for your children, Helen?

Can I get you something?

Uh...

we have, um, water, juice.

I think we have some club soda.

Wow.

His favorites.

Baingan bharta,

chicken tikka,
chole bhature.

I've even brought
Indian bread-- naan.

It's in your freezer.

Don't put it in the oven.

It'll get crusty.

Put it in the microwave

and heat it
in a frying pan.

He can take the leftovers

for lunch to work.

I really don't know what to say.

There's plenty for you
and your children, too.

You really didn't
have to do this.

I mean, there's
enough food in there

for a week.

I don't mind doing it
every Sunday.

-I know you're busy.
-Well, I'm not that busy.

I have time to cook.

What?

Vikram is very skinny.

I know.

I think he's stressed out.

Um, about his new job.

Perhaps.

Or perhaps he's simply not
accustomed to the food you cook.

A husband
should be fat.

It shows he's happy.

Oh, I think Vik's happy, Priya.

I mean, I...

I think I make him happy.

That's what
he tells me.

Of course, no man
is truly happy

until he has children
of his own.

Um...

Okay, will you excuse me?

I have to do something.

♪ atmospheric music ♪

♪ ♪

[sewing machine rattling
and whirring in distance]

Oh, hi.

Helen?

Hi. Yes. Sierra, right?

Yeah, that's right.

How's it going?

Great, actually.
I, uh...

I have been picking these
literally all morning,

and I just realized
that I-I never

really welcomed
you guys, so...

Well, thank you.

Wow, this room
is great, by the way.

Thanks.
Uh, just... come in.

Who's your, uh...

who's your interior person?

Oh, I'm my
interior person.

Wow, this is a lot
of avocados.

Oh. Yeah.

I, uh... I mean,
I was never gonna

eat all of those
on my own.

But my mom actually has
this amazing guac recipe

-on her blog.
-Oh, right, your mom.

What is the name
of her blog again?

I'll send it to you.

You have amazing skin.

-Oh.
-No, seriously.

Like, I was just gonna
tell you about this mask

that you can make
with the avocado

that, like, literally
sucks the toxins

out of your skin, but I feel
like maybe you already

-do something like that.
-No.

-No, you're glowing.
-Oh.

Well, thank you.

Okay, well, um, I'll go.

-Okay.
-I-I did just want to say

that if you ever wanted,
like, you know, a workout buddy

or a drinking buddy,
I do both a lot.

Great. Thank you.

Goat yoga? No.

Oh, my God, it's yoga
but with baby goats.

-Yeah.

They, like, massage you
with their little hooves.

So it might be fun
if we wanted to do it together.

Well, thank you.

That would be nice. Thanks.

I'm so glad that you guys
moved in here.

Really, because the last people

were really... cold, you know.

They had a very stagnant energy.

They were
Scandinavian.

Oh.

But you...

Your being is, like...

it's a little...

It is?

Yeah, I don't know.
I-I guess we'll find out.

Okay.

Bye.

Nice school.

Apparently.

I am disappointed there's no
particle accelerator.

I'm sure
they'll have a...

capital campaign
to buy one.

Maybe he's just
running late.

Maybe he found
something better to do.

Why do you still
let him get to you?

I don't know.

-There's Trevor.
-Mmm.

Hi.

You're Trevor's
parents, aren't you?

Uh, well, I'm--

You guys have such
a wonderful son.

Oh. Did you hear that, Vik?

We have a wonderful son.

Thank you.

Yeah, we really
think so, too.

And you guys, of course,
know Brooklyn.

Um, we know about Brooklyn

more than we know him,
but yes, of course.

They're joined
at the hip, those two.

Totally inseparable.

-Mm-hmm.
-Which...

I want you guys to know,

we totally support here
in every way.

This is a safe
environment

in which Trevor
can fully express himself.

Anyway,
great to see you,

and great to have
Trevor with us.

He's truly special.

Thanks.

So he's gay, right?

As the day is long.

Do you think that kid
made that robot

by himself really,
or did his parents help him?

What the fuck, Helen?

I don't know what kind
of sick game you're

fucking playing here,
but those are my kids, too,

and if you ever try to box me
out of their lives again--

Box you out of their lives?
You didn't show up,

-You didn't put my name

on the fucking list.

What list? I don't even know--

Okay, stop. That's enough.
Your kids are coming, guys,

so what do you want to do?

How do we want to play this?

You're saying you
actually think the producers

of Fun Home would
give you the rights

to direct a student production?

Yeah. Me and Brooklyn.

You think
I can't do it?

I know
you can do it.

It's just a matter

of your convincing
the producers.

Because, really, who are you?

You're just some kid.

I have good ideas.

So practice your pitch
on me first.

You only get one chance
with these people.

I can tell you the parts
that need work.

You would do that?

You have to make
an appointment first.

I'm a very busy person.

Okay, okay.

I'll have Brooklyn's mom
call your mom.

That'll be fine.

Yeah.

You know, I, um...

I really like Brooklyn a lot.

Yeah, I know you do.

And I'm really glad.

And I think Vik

is glad
about that, too.

You know...

if I can be honest

with you guys,

sometimes I think
I might be--

Oh, God.

So sorry I'm late.

This fucking traffic.
Jesus.

Oh, can I take that?
Put that on our tab.

Thanks.

Hey, little man.
You okay?

What were you
talking about?

Nothing.

-Hi, Dad.
-Hi.

Can I talk to you?

-Martin called me today.

You forgot to fill
his food card.

Is it my month?

-I'm sorry.
-You know, I am really trying,

but you are not the center
of the fucking universe, Noah.

Oh, for fuck's sake,
Helen, not this again.

Do you know what you just
blundered into out there

like a... like a bull
in a china shop?

Trevor was about
to tell us he's gay.

-Yes.

I-I-I'm... I'm pretty sure

he was about to tell Vik and me
that he thinks he's gay.

Well, okay.

Good for him.

We're happy
for him, right?

Yes, of course
we're happy for him.

I just wanted him
to be able to tell us.

Which he was trying to do,
and then you showed up.

Okay, well,
I didn't know.

So let's go back out there,
and maybe he'll--

No, don't you see what happened?

You walk in,
and he just shuts down.

And you come in, and you're
angry, and you're swearing,

and you're grabbing beers,
you're eating chips and--

It's a Mexican restaurant.

He is intimidated by you.

-That's ridiculous.
-He's afraid to tell you.

Well, maybe if he spent
more time with me--

He's afraid you're gonna
think it's your fault.

Why would I think it's my fault?

-Because it is.

-No. Shut up.

-That's not what I said.
-It is what you said.

Well, it's not what I meant.

Well, what the fuck
did you mean, Helen?

-I...

Is that what you think?

If that's what you
really think,

then you've got
really weird ideas

about how people
become gay.

Oh, my God, it's you.

You're the earthquake.

I'm the what?

You're the other fucking shoe.

You're the reason why
I can never ever relax.

Because every time I see you,

I am just waiting for
the next disaster to happen.

Jesus Christ, Helen.

That's a little unfair to me,
don't you think?

No, I don't.

You know, years ago,
you broke our family apart,

and now I finally have
a new life in a new place.

The only problem
is you're still in it.

Well, what do you
want me to do, Helen?

Not see my kids?

'Cause that's not
gonna happen.

No, I understand.

I...

I think we should just try
to stay away from each other

as much as possible.

Okay.

Okay.

Hey.

Five more minutes.

It's pretty late, okay?

-Okay, Mom.
-Okay, good night.

Good night.

Hi.

Hey.

I was thinking maybe we
could take a few days and...

go up to Big Sur.

I've never been there.

It's supposed to be,
like, God's country.

Huh. Sounds awful.

Yeah.

I'll switch
some things around,

try to clear a weekend.

I'd love to have you
to myself for a few days.

You know, I think I'm actually
starting to understand

-why people like L.A.

What do you think about that?

Vik.

Vik!