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♪ Got 'Til It's Gone by Janet Jackson, Joni Mitchell & Q-Tip playing ♪

♪ Gone ♪

♪

♪ Gone ♪

♪ Don't it always seem to go ♪

♪ That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone ♪

[blows raspberry]

♪ Have a feeling ♪

Hi, everybody.

Okay, so today I wanna talk about something

that could be maybe ruining your current relationship as we speak.

Super important.

It is called repetition compulsion.

This is basically a very fancy psychological term

for when you keep doing the same shit over and over again,

even when you think that you are doing different shit.

So have you ever wondered why you can pick somebody

who's just, like, totally, completely different

from anybody you have ever been with before,

but then you wind up feeling the exact same way that you always do?

Repetition compulsion.

That is why.

It starts in your childhood.

Because what doesn't?

You know, like I always say,

when we're talking about relationships,

parent and partner are just one letter off.

How you got parented is how you get partnered.

♪ You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone ♪

Finn!

Come on, sweetie. Let's go. Let's go.

You have 45 seconds.

Actually, 30 seconds, or right now.

School, buddy, let's go.

Why though?

Um, well, that is a great question.

In life, you really have two options.

You can go to school or you can be a busboy at Parmesan Garden.

FINN: Okay. PAIGE: Your choice.

Can you take me to Dark Lotus later?

I wanna try out my new deck.

Yes, of course. Absolutely.

Also...

[Finn clears throat]

...we did not get that house, Finn.

Sorry, Mom.

No, I'm sorry, because you deserve actual walls.

Also, today is the day my dad--

Are you so hyped?

Hyped? I think maybe I'm more terrified.

Cool.

♪

Listen. So my dad is going to try to make you like him.

He's gonna be charming and funny and insightful and seductive.

- Okay. - I'm sorry. It's a lot of words.

Am I supposed to call him "Grandpa"?

Uh... I don't know.

I don't even know if I'm gonna let you two meet yet.

♪ Saturday Love by Cherrelle playing ♪

♪

♪ Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday love ♪

♪ Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday love ♪

♪ When I think about you ♪

♪ My feelings can't explain ♪

♪ Why after all this time ♪

♪ My heart still feels pain ♪

♪ Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday love ♪

[door opens]

MAN: How you doin'?

[door opens]

[indistinct chatter]

[door buzzes]

[door closes]

[door buzzes]

[door buzzes]

[door opens]

♪

Paige Renee.

You look good, girl.

Hmm. You too.

♪

Come over here, come. Give-give your dad some sugar now.

♪

- Mm! - Oh! [laughs]

Ooh. You're so hyped.

[Edwin laughs]

MAL: You ready to be unprisoned?

EDWIN: Oh, yes, sir.

So... this mean I can do my thing in privacy now?

Oh, my God.

It's just a joke, baby. PAIGE: Okay.

MAL: You ready? EDWIN: Yeah.

Ah!

Oh, hallelujah!

Whoo!

Once a week, check-ins for drug testing and career counseling.

And I assume he'll be living with you?

EDWIN: That's a no-go. PAIGE: Oh, absolutely not.

Well we do recommend parolees live with family

to give them the best chance of staying out.

Yeah, no, of course, that makes sense.

But I-I only have two rules,

and one of them is that he cannot live with me.

- The other is don't ask for money. - And don't ask for money.

But what my daughter doesn't know is that I'm out for good this time.

And you, you're gonna see.

Free at last.

PAIGE: I have heard this before.

In 1986, 1992, 1998, actually, December of '97,

and then most famously in 2005.

So, you know, I mean, what's different?

What's different is that I mean it this time, Paige.

Plus, I'm staying with my boy Fox.

Now Fox and I, we go all the way back.

People you go all the way back with

are usually the same people who got you here.

So this Fox person is not in the life?

No, sir, not anymore.

'Cause Fox is one of those in-the-life names.

[Paige laughs]

♪

♪

You know, your dad needs a safe place to live.

Yeah, but my place is very tiny.

Well, you have a sofa, right?

And I also have a very impressionable 16-year-old son.

Who your dad says needs a male figure in his life.

And by male figure, you were thinking career criminal?

I'm sure you want your dad to stay out of prison, Miss Alexander.

Uh, call me Paige.

Okay. Paige.

Then maybe you should do

more than just put a Black Lives Matter sign

on your front lawn,

because I'm sure you have one of those.

- Wow. - Yeah, you know, it's Minneapolis.

Everyone has one.

Um, okay, well, I feel like it's time to go.

Are we, are we done?

My job is to keep your dad outta prison.

I understand.

I take it very seriously.

My man Mal.

I'll see you next week.

- PAIGE: Oh. - Uh--

♪

Uh, Mal? MAL: Yes.

You were wrong about the BLM sign,

because it's not on my lawn, it's in my window.

♪

- He liked you. - Oh, please.

Paige, you date any Black men yet?

Oh, God. Also, please.

I didn't think so.

You know, you are the one who moved to Minnesota, right?

So don't blame me if my hormones came in

and I looked up and saw Peter Lindgren

in all his blonde, Scandinavian, expressionless glory

and said, "Are you my boyfriend?"

- Man. - Where to first?

- When do I get to meet my grandson? - No. Not that.

Starbuck.

I ain't never been to Starbuck. Can you believe that?

Okay. Yeah. We will do better than "Starbuck."

You know, Mal is right about you.

You're kinda bougie, girl.

[Edwin laughs]

Good morning, Kaylee.

Now, that is a beautiful name for a beautiful girl,

on an especially beautiful day.

I love that.

What can I do for you two?

- Can I-- - You know what, Kaylee?

God is good. KAYLEE: Hmm.

PAIGE: Please excuse him.

He likes a lot of attention.

Can I get two double cappuccinos? One with Oat milk.

Uh, can I get one of these?

- Yeah. - Can I get a name?

Edwin.

That shit is expensive.

Okay.

We wait down here.

So who's the guy?

Uh, what makes you think that there's a guy?

Because it's obvious you can't go five minutes

without looking at your phone.

No one can go five minutes without looking at their phone.

Ain't that a bitch.

But there's a guy, and his name is Bill and he's amazing.

That is a boring-ass white man.

Wh--

I spent five years living with a boring-ass white family,

so maybe that's what love looks like to me.

Now you know it don't make no difference if the female's in love

if the man don't love her back.

Now women gotta be careful with that shit, Paige.

Are you giving me relationship advice?

Because I am the marriage and family therapist.

Licensed and everything.

That's just paper, girl.

You know, I understand the male psychology and if I can prevent--

- KAYLEE: Edwin! - Oh!

Goddamn. Do they call at you like that?

- [Edwin scoffs] - You're okay.

- EDWIN: Okay. Okay. - Okay.

♪

Uh, I-I think that you should pick your underwear.

- Okay. - Yeah.

Uh--

Have you thought about a job yet?

I drove a cab once.

Okay.

I'll do that, Paige.

Well, things are a little different now because we have ride sharing,

and to do that, you have to have a license.

And to have a license, you gotta get a Social Security Number.

But to get a Social Security Number, you gotta have a license and insurance.

And there's all these systems in place that just want you to fail, so--

Oh, baby girl. Baby girl.

- Yeah. - That's a lot of fear.

I told you, I'm not going back to the joint.

Paige?

Never... ever.

There's some fine-ass women up in here.

Yeah, I'm gonna go pick up some dinner.

Yeah, okay.

I'm gonna check the T-shirts here. PAIGE: Okay!

How you doin'?

Come on, Bill.

Show me the bubbles.

Where are the bubbles?

MAN: Here you go.

Thank you.

♪

[sighs deeply]

♪

[sighs]

♪

[inhales and exhales deeply]

[chuckles] Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Okay, some of you might know

that my dad is getting out of prison after 17 years,

and today is the day.

So we're just at the store, you know, picking up some stuff,

and he has disappeared.

And I have no idea where he is.

I don't know if he's in the bathroom

or if he's in the detergent aisle.

No. Or maybe he's in Leavenworth.

That is a prison if you did not know.

And I-- Oh.

- Hey! - There he is.

EDWIN: I've been looking everywhere for you.

Where you been?

This is why I am like this.

Uh, meet Sandy. Sandy, my daughter Paige.

Hi. PAIGE: Hi.

- Edwin's told me so much about you. - Okay.

Hi, Sandy.

More later.

Sandy and I struck up an acquaintance

and she very generously offered to help me out.

Well, it's not right what the system does.

Oh. Oh. Okay. So what do you have in here?

We have some towels and some bath mats and socks and condoms.

Cool.

Sandy and I are having lunch.

Uh, tomorrow? SANDY: Mm-hmm.

- Can we talk? - Yeah.

PAIGE: Great. Excuse us.

Listen, Sandy, I'm not sure what has happened to you in your life,

but you can do so much better than my dad.

No, it's true. Because he's not taking you to lunch.

He has no money. He also has no phone and no car.

And he is just a bad idea for you or any woman, for that matter.

It's okay 'cause you're a winner.

I really think...

What are you-- PAIGE: ...what you need...

Wh--

Yeah, I need to come back here without you.

What?

You blocking my game.

AUTOMATED VOICE: Please choose a payment method.

Excuse me. I need to choose my payment method.

Them motherfuckers, they got you working for them, huh?

You just a checkout girl right now.

Okay.

Come on. EDWIN: Okay.

♪

That's some funny shit.

PAIGE: Come on!

You promise me you'll deal with a real checkout counter from now on?

[Paige chuckles] You're stealing jobs from people, Paige.

Okay, so it's not even lunch,

and you're already driving me crazy.

Well, now you're not the easiest to be around either, darling.

Oh-ho!

EDWIN: Alright, Paige, alright.

I had a lot of time to think about this in the joint.

I got one daughter,

you got one daddy.

We gonna have to work this out.

I really missed you.

I've actually done... just fine without you.

Isn't that weird?

Totally fine.

No, I understand.

You had to think you were doing fine.

♪

So can I, can I give you this?

Yeah, thank you.

Hold up. Hold up!

♪

You're gonna need this.

Thank you, baby.

♪

Wow.

They didn't have these the last time I went in.

- PAIGE: Mm-hmm. - I kinda miss the flip.

Bill, are you there?

No.

Oh, Bill, where are you?

Where is you, Bill?

[cell phone chimes]

♪

So your dear old dad gets out of the joint today

and this Bill dude ain't even hitting you back?

He ain't the one. PAIGE: Stop it.

I'm telling you. PAIGE: Stop.

He is probably with his children

or working

because he's very successful.

He's divorced though, right? PAIGE: Yes.

Almost.

Listen, rich people's divorces take a very long time.

But it's all amicable.

Amicable. PAIGE: Mm-hmm.

Man, they the ones you really gotta watch out for, Paige.

They haven't let go.

- Men vote with their feet... - Okay.

...their fingertips, and their wallets.

Now if he's not walking with you or calling you

or spending money on you,

he ain't really with you.

Put your seatbelt on.

- Okay. - Yeah.

Mark my words.

- Men make time for what matters the most. - Oh.

This from the man who was basically gone my entire childhood.

I was always there for you.

Yeah. If by always you mean--

[imitates automated voice] "This call is from a federal prison.

"You will not be charged for this call.

This call is from... Edwin."

Yeah, you nailed it.

You are lucky I didn't press seven.

♪

She knows you're coming to get your stuff, right?

♪

Nadine always was a moneymaker.

♪

Okay, so you go ahead in and I will wait right here.

EDWIN: Don't be like that.

The woman raised you.

Just come in and say hi.

No, thank you.

Nadine is like--

[imitates wind whooshing]

What is that? What is that?

She's-- You know, she's got nunchucks.

She's just swinging them around, nunchuckin' her ass off.

So I stay out of her radius.

Yeah, okay.

She not that bad.

She is exactly that bad.

You're really gonna wear that shit from 2004, Edwin?

2004 and a half.

You know I got a new one every six months.

[chuckles]

NADINE: So how's Paige doing?

Fine. She's in the car.

Of course she is.

You know, I comment on her Instagram and she ignores me.

Nadine, you did what you could.

Oh-h-h, yeah.

♪

Here we go. [Nadine chuckles]

♪

Girl, where are my rings at?

♪

♪

[sighs deeply]

♪

[cell phone ringing]

Oh.

Hey, baby.

BILL: [over phone] Paigela. How's your day so far?

It's fine, I guess.

Oh, hey, did you hear back on the house?

Yes. They went with an all-cash offer.

Ah. Shit. Well--

The real estate market right now, cash is king.

But then when is cash not king?

Yeah. I can't believe I managed to save 20% down and it's still not enough.

BILL: You know what you need?

Some indigenous dumplings.

I am taking you to Owamni.

Owamni? When?

In like two months? That place is booked solid.

I'll call in a favor for you 'cause you're special.

Okay. Really?

BILL: You know I don't like it when you're not happy.

Plus, I had a dream about their stuffed squash pasta.

Mm!

In your world, that's like a sign, right?

Um, okay, I gotta, I gotta jump.

Uh, count on Saturday.

Okay.

[line beeps]

[Nadine moaning]

Oh, God, no!

[moaning continues]

See, this is what I'm talking about.

You'd think I feel different after 30 years.

I have a Volvo SUV now and an 800 credit score.

But the universe is like, "Bitch, so?"

Your dad is fuckin' this same hoe from 1992.

Your boyfriend gives you fancy dinners instead of actual attention

or emotional support.

But there's nothing you can do about it.

Talk about repetition compulsion.

These men are gonna keep you feeling the same way

over and over

until you get a healing.

Makes me sick.

Wait. Does anyone know where I can get a healing?

[Nadine and Edwin scream]

NADINE: Whoo! [Nadine and Edwin laugh]

[Nadine exhales]

[sighs]

[Nadine exhales]

[gasps] Christ on a crutch.

You scared the shit out of me!

- PAIGE: Can you please close your robe? - Oh!

Oh, God.

What are you doing? What are you doing?

Cool coat.

Yeah, okay, okay.

PAIGE: You can't do it, can you?

You can't just do what's right, for me, for half a day, right?

'Cause you're so selfish and desperate.

Oh, relax. The man was horny.

I get my knees bent over here--

Okay, well, you know, real parents know that even if you're horny,

you don't traumatize your child.

But you're not real parents.

EDWIN: Hold up. NADINE: Oh!

- No. Hold up now. Hold up now. - Fuck you! I did a good job.

Oh, no. You don't get to write your own Yelp reviews.

- Hey, Paige, stop now. - I was there.

Nadine! Nadine!

- No-- - Paige, stop now!

How could you just leave me with this woman

and her cluster B personality disorder?

That's what you think of me?

No. No, no. It's not a thought. It's a diagnosis.

Baby girl, I had no other choice.

NADINE: Oh, fuck you!

Yes, fuck me, fuck me, fuck me.

I did the best I could.

You could have left me with the Nelsons.

I'm so tired of hearing

about your sainted "foster parents." [cell phone chimes]

Oh, no, don't-- No, don't do the thing with the quotes.

No, no. They are my actual foster parents. [cell phone chiming]

Whatever.

Oh, speak of the saints.

It's my actual foster sister Esti.

Fuck.

Okay, get your shit.

[Paige laughs] Get dressed!

Welcome home.

♪

PAIGE: Just sit here.

Be like the rest of America.

Be on your phone.

Just don't touch anything.

And where are you going?

♪

Whoa!

Finneas.

Finneas James.

Edwin.

Your granddad.

Obviously.

You know, I kept every single card you ever sent me.

Boy! Look at you.

Good-looking kid.

Aren't you supposed to be at school right now?

Sometimes I skip my last two classes.

When I see my mom is out.

Your phone tells you when your mom is out?

It does. If you activate Family Sharing on her phone.

Isn't she supposed to be doing that with you?

She's not that mom.

Are you gonna tell on me?

Oh, no, man.

School's very important, but there are other ways to learn.

Now, your mom is not gonna tell you that.

I will.

Man, this has been a day.

I'm hungry. You hungry?

Well, let me see what you got over here.

[rattles]

Kale and wild rice salad.

Curried chicken "quin-oa."

Salad.

What is this shit?

Y'all don't have, like, a turkey sandwich?

Dude, same.

Is this what she cooks for you?

She doesn't really cook.

She more like heats up.

PAIGE: So they're taking my offer?

Almost. You have to sign this.

Two-week escrow.

No loan contingency and no inspection contingency.

What does that mean?

If anything goes wrong, you're on your own.

Oh, well, that's the story of my life.

So how is your dad? It's today, right?

Uh, you know, my dad is my dad.

I will never forget him walking into church,

wearing an all-white suit and a fur coat.

PAIGE: Oh, my God!

I thought Mom was gonna drop her hymnal.

I was in love.

How are your mom and dad?

ESTI: Fine.

Yeah, they're still your mom and dad too, you know.

Why doesn't it feel that way?

'Cause you don't have us over for dinner.

Uh, yeah, you've got 16 minutes.

It's perfect, right?

- It's actually kind of a mess. - What?

Yeah, but, you know, you're a foster child,

you just want a home no one can ever make you leave.

I feel qualified to say that having spent six years...

BOTH: ...in a Korean orphanage...

And having shared a room with you,

so, I feel you, sis.

Yeah, I feel felt.

ESTI: Good. PAIGE: Mm-hmm.

ESTI: Thank you.

Are we celebrating something?

No, no, no, no, no.

These are casual flutes of champagne.

I should sign, right?

Yeah. PAIGE: I should.

You know-- ESTI: Here she goes.

- For Finn. - For Finn.

And for me.

For you. PAIGE: Okay, ready?

♪

ESTI: Oh, yeah.

♪

Whoo!

- Congrats. - Thank you.

You're a homeowner.

Homeowner.

One kale and wild rice omelet.

Dig in.

[laughs]

Yeah. Your grandfather used to cook for hundreds of people.

I bet you didn't know that.

What did you do?

I mean, to go to jail.

I wasn't in a jail, boy.

I was in the penitentiary.

It's a... federal lockup.

Does that mean you were, like, lording harder?

Yeah, that's exactly what that means.

I was lording harder.

Mom says you're just gonna go back.

Oh. Is that what Mom says?

Mama's wrong. Different this time.

Why?

Because I have you.

I'm getting me a straight job.

Maybe I could cook somewhere.

Parmesan Garden.

I used to take your mom there all the time when she was young.

Mm-hmm.

I think I'm gonna go to math class.

PAIGE: The fuck?

♪

- Edwin! - Fox.

Lookin' good.

My man.

You lookin' good too, bro.

- Paige. Booger. - Yeah.

Bring it in. PAIGE: Oh!

FOX: Ah!

Ribs are just about done. Let me fix you a plate.

Oh, thanks, Uncle Fox, but I can't.

I have to--

Is that a gun?

Yo, Edwin.

Fox.

God damn, player. You work fast.

Hey, she fine.

That's my daughter, youngblood.

- PAIGE: I gotta go. - My bad.

- Okay. - Okay. Ok--

- EDWIN: Paige? - Yeah.

It's gonna be alright.

Yeah. I'll call you later. Maybe.

♪ Too Late For Lullabies by James Morrison playing ♪

♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ It's a sad song that has no end ♪

♪ It's a bleeding heart that never mends ♪

EDWIN: Hey, what the fuck, man?

My bad.

I didn't know.

♪ Still pretend ♪

♪ After so long ♪

♪ Too late for lullabies ♪

PAIGE: So you can just forget about the past

not repeating itself

because your unconscious mind wants a do-over

and what it wants it gets.

Your mind just wants you to grow.

You... you want you to grow.

You wanna wake up and know

maybe this time he will show up for me.

♪ You taught me to fly by learning ♪

Or maybe this time he won't go back to prison.

♪ Too late for lullabies ♪

And that's when you start to realize

that maybe this shit isn't happening to you.

Maybe it's happening for you.

♪

- Sadiiq. - What up?

Why would a bitch send me a little picture of an eggplant?

♪ For every time you ever raised up your hand ♪

PAIGE: Because ultimately

what you really, really want is a healing.

And all you have to do to get it...

is say yes. FINN: Mom?

Mom?

Mom!

What? Shit. Oh, I'm so sorry, baby.

- I was supposed to-- - There's somebody at the door.

[door opens]

Hey, baby girl.

What are you doing here?

I thought about it.

And I really, really want things to be different.

So I'm being different.

Hi, Grandpa.

♪

Hey.

♪

WOMAN: Woo-hoo!

[woman laughs]

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