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[girl] Come on.
[melodic indie pop music playing]
[girl 2] There's this tradition at my school.
Every year, on the Saturday after graduation,
the seniors of Kiffney-Brown Prep break into the school's bell tower,
-party at the top… -Whoo!
…and take turns ringing the bell for an hour.
-[bell ringing] -[all cheering]
It's a rite of passage that everyone looks forward to all year.
[cheering continues]
To mark the end of the hour,
they TP the tower.
[all] Two, one!
[cheering]
[cheering fades]
[indistinct chattering]
It's actually kind of beautiful.
It's not supposed to be beautiful. It's supposed to be a prank.
Right. But, like, it happens every year, so…
So it's essentially school-sanctioned, right?
Like, if they wanted to stop it, they could,
which is fine, for a tradition.
But I mean, like, as a transgressive act, it's faulty.
Right?
-If it's faulty, what are you doing here? -Yeah.
I mean, I… I wanna do it, I… I was just pointing out…
Anyway, there's no rule that says that all seniors have to participate, so…
Come on. I wanna get a good spot at the top.
[melodic indie pop music continues]
Shit.
[girl 2] If this were an isolated incident, it'd be fine.
[boy] Let's go!
[all cheering]
[girl 2] But the truth is, I do this all the time.
Which is why,
instead of celebrating at the top of the bell tower with my classmates,
I'm at home
with my mom and her colleagues,
a bunch of old people.
[woman] Nothing is gonna change
when we don't recognize a woman merits our attention
unless she's married to or having sex with a more famous man.
And that is why I'm never getting married again.
[group laughing]
-What are your plans for the summer? -I'm spending it with my father in Colby.
She thinks that they're gonna bond.
-Mom. -[tongue clicks]
It's a judgment on your father, not you.
[chuckles] I'm saving money for college.
I'm gonna work in my stepmom's store.
And what was the name of that place? Oh, um… [tongue clicks]
Cupcake Glitter Breast Implants.
[group laughing]
[woman 2] Good for you, Auden.
A summer at the beach sounds like the perfect reward for all your hard work.
I offered for her to be my research assistant,
but she chose this.
[Auden] I know my mom doesn't understand why I wanna go to Colby,
but it's like I only know how to be one kind of person here.
I've never done anything you can't read about on my transcript.
[restaurant guests laughing]
But maybe if I go to Colby, I can be someone else.
Someone different.
Or it will be exactly the same, and I can't change.
I don't know,
but I'm willing to bet the summer on it to find out.
["To the East" by Electrelane playing]
[woman 3 squeals] Auden, hi!
I'm just calling again to say how capital E excited
your dad and I are to see you this summer.
Let me know the second you think you're gonna arrive.
Call me from the Colby sign-- No, call me before the Colby sign.
Call me every ten minutes because I cannot wait!
Wait, you know, it's Heidi, right? It's me.
It's Heidi, your stepmom. [chuckles] XOXO.
♪ Walking around ♪
♪ In this flag-waving town ♪
♪ I saw you ♪
♪ Waiting for a train ♪
♪ And you disappeared ♪
♪ Your face pressed up to the window ♪
♪ You went so far away ♪
♪ And I wanna come there too ♪
♪ I want to be with you ♪
[music stops abruptly]
-[seagulls squawking] -[ocean waves crashing]
-If you make a sound, I will murder you. -[baby crying]
[Auden] Oh, I'm sorry, I…
Oh my God, no, Auden. I'm so sorry.
I thought you were your father, and I… and I just got her to sleep,
and… [sighs] …I totally forgot what day it was.
-It's okay. -I had everything planned.
Banners, balloons. I even bookmarked ideas for a "Welcome to Colby"-themed brunch.
I swear to God, all last week, I kept thinking to myself,
"This is your stepdaughter. This is Thisbe's sister."
"You missed her graduation,
so you better get your ass in the kitchen and make this welcome special."
Is my dad here?
-Oh, he's in his office. -[Thisbe crying]
He's always in his office.
-[man] Yeah? -Dad?
Oh! Hey!
-There she is. Come on in, come in. -Hey.
And before you say anything, I know. It's a disaster area.
But I bet you remember that from when I was working on Narwhal.
Gotta say, Dad, in my memory of that time of our lives,
the status of your office cleanliness is not exactly what comes to mind.
[laughs] Yeah, 'cause your parents were breaking up.
Something about that.
Hey, are ya hungry? I know a great place for onion rings.
Really? Yeah. I'd… I'd love to. [chuckles]
Great, great. Head out to the boardwalk.
You can't miss it. It's called, uh, Last Chance. Here you go.
-You're not coming? -I wish I could, but I'm really swamped.
But if you wouldn't mind bringing me back a burger,
that'd be, uh, that'd be great.
They have those caramelized onions, so good.
Yeah, of course.
-Thanks, Aud. -Yeah.
-I'm so glad you're here. Aw. -Yeah, me too.
[chuckles]
-Great. -Okay.
[Thisbe crying]
[melodic indie pop music playing]
[gasps] Oh my God!
Auden… [chuckles] …you snuck up on me there.
I'm gonna go for a walk. Do you need anything?
-You should go to the Tip. -The Tip?
Yeah. It's where all the cool, young people hang out.
Super fun.
-Can't miss it. -[Auden] Right.
-Don't be nervous. -I'm not.
Oh, when you get there, ask for Maggie. She's my favorite. She's great.
Cool. Uh, thanks.
You're young. Have fun.
["In Your Head" by Nilüfer Yanya playing]
[indistinct chattering]
♪ I've hit bottom rock Swear, I'm telling the truth ♪
♪ But down here, I'm dark and confused… ♪
-[boy 1] What's up? -[boy 2] Okay. All right.
[music continues indistinctly]
So you're a summer transplant.
-Yeah, I guess you can call me that. -That's chill.
We've been broken up for two weeks, and he's doing this in front of me.
-[girl 1] Just don't look. -[girl 2] Maybe they're cousins.
[girl 3] They're not cousins!
[boy] Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm.
Yeah.
Um, wait, I'm sorry.
Is everything okay?
[Auden] Yeah. Yes. Um, it's just…
Have you ever done something to be a different version of yourself,
but once you're in the middle of it, you think like, "Wow, this is so not me"?
-You're gay? -Oh, no. I mean, I don't think so.
It's all a spectrum, right?
-But I was more talking about-- -[shushes]
It's okay, all right? Look, I'm not offended.
You're figuring this out, and that's chill.
But if you're not feelin' it with me, you're probably not feelin' it with dudes
because all the honeys love the Jake.
[chuckles]
Oh, that's so cool. Um, I gotta go.
But thank you. I'm sorry. Thank you. So--
Oh, um, do you by any chance know where I could find someone named Maggie?
-Are you being serious? Is that a joke? -What? No.
-Never mind. Sorry. -[scoffs]
[girl 3] Oh! Here she comes. Looks like they're done. [chuckles]
But, like, I'm fine.
-[girl 1] You're okay? -[girl 3] I'm fine.
They had a great time, and I am fine. I'm doing good. I'm not.
-[girl 2] Who is that? -[girl 1] Never seen her.
-[girl 3] I don't know her. -[girl 1] You're fine?
[girl 3] I'm fine. I'm great.
[melodic indie pop music playing]
[sighs]
[tire screeches]
[music fades]
-[father] I told you to get a nanny. -[Heidi] I'm not asking for the world.
I'm asking for 20 minutes so I can brush my teeth and shower.
-Yeah, but it wasn't 20 minutes. -Oh my gosh--
[Heidi] Auden? Is that you?
Hi.
[Heidi] Aw.
-Good morning, sleepyhead. -[Auden] Morning.
You just wake up?
-Yeah, it's kind of unusual for me. -[Heidi] Oh.
-Yeah, I better get back to it. -[Heidi] Mm-hmm.
-Morning, kiddo. -Morning.
[Heidi chuckles]
-Coffee. -[Heidi] Mm-hmm.
I didn't mean to make you feel guilty about sleeping in.
It's just that I have zero sense of time right now.
-[Heidi laughs] -It's okay.
So, you ready for your big day?
-Your first day at the store, silly. -Oh.
[chuckles] And don't worry.
You don't need a schedule as long as everything gets done,
which I know it will, with you being Little Miss Honor Society.
Don't think I don't brag about you to everybody.
-[giggles] -[chuckles] Wow.
[Heidi] I'm so excited for you to meet the crew.
Do you like flamingos?
-Aren't they the best bird? -They're cool.
And voilà. Welcome to my nirvana.
-It's great. -Would you mind?
-Oh, yeah, of course. -Oh, thank you.
Okay. Where are my ladies?
-[girls squealing] -Oh my God!
-[Heidi laughs] -[girls gasp]
[girls in unison] Aw.
[girl 2] She's so beautiful.
[girl 1] OMG, her eyelashes.
[girl 3] Are you dying over how cute she is?
Oh, I missed you girls.
Well, don't worry about a thing here because we've got everything covered.
The Booty Berry perfume came in, and people are freaking out about it.
And the lock-and-key necklaces have been restocked three times.
[gasps] Did I tell you, or did I tell you?
-Did I tell you? -Yep.
-I told you. I told you. -[girl 3] You told us.
[Heidi gasps] Oh! And this. Why are you hiding in the corner?
-Sorry. -This is who I've been telling you about.
My genius stepdaughter, Auden.
Auden, this is Esther, Leah, and Maggie.
Oh, we've met.
-We have? -At the Tip. You know my ex, Jake.
-Oh, yeah. -Oh, good.
Now I know you girls will take Auden under your wing and show her all the spots
and make her feel super comfortable here in Colby, right?
-Mm-hmm. -[Heidi] Good. [sighs]
All right, I better get the little one home before she has to eat.
Can I just tell you, my nipples… [groans]
[girls laughing]
But I love that you four are a new little crew.
So much fun.
[chuckles]
-You good? -Yeah.
-Good. Okay. -[Auden] Mm-hmm.
Love you guys. [kissing] Bye.
-[Esther] Let me get the door. -Okay, let's go!
Let's go into the world. We got this.
Okay! Here we go! Here we go!
[door closes]
-Why don't I show you the office? -Yeah. Mm-hmm.
All the accounting stuff is in here.
Cool. Thanks.
Look, don't worry about Maggie. She'll get over it.
It's just Jake is like her kryptonite.
They were together for two years in high school.
They broke up right before graduation. It wasn't her idea.
-She was with that guy for two years? -Hmm.
What's the matter with her?
-What's the matter with me? -Oh, Maggie, I… I didn't--
-Here, last night's receipts. -I'm sorry.
-[lips smack] I should-- -Yeah. Do you need more pens?
-No, I'm good. Thank you. -No. That's a lot of pens. Good luck.
[keyboard clacking]
♪ Shake dat ting, miss, Cana, Cana ♪
♪ Shake dat ting, miss, Annabella ♪
♪ Shake dat ting, yow, Donna Donna ♪
♪ Jodi and Rebecca ♪
♪ Woman, get busy Just shake dat booty nonstop ♪
♪ When da beat drops Just keep swingin' it ♪
♪ Get jiggy, get crunked up Percolate anyting you want fi call it ♪
♪ Oscillate your hip And don't take pity ♪
♪ Me wah fi see you get live 'Pon di riddim when me ride ♪
♪ And me lyrics a provide electricity ♪
♪ Gyal, nobody cah tell you nuttin' Ca you don't know your destiny ♪
♪ Yo, sexy ladies want par wid us Inna di car wid us ♪
♪ Dem nah war wid us ♪
♪ Inna di club dem wah flex wid us ♪
♪ To get next to us Dem cah vex ♪
[music ends abruptly]
What was that?
Dance break. Happens every night at six.
You can join in next time if you want. We rotate who DJs.
[Maggie] Mm…
What? She might be more into new wave.
I'm good.
-[customer] Thanks, girls. -[Maggie] Bye, Sarah.
[girls] Thank you for shopping at Clementine's.
Where to? And don't say the Tip.
[Leah] Tally Ho?
[in unison] No, no, no to Tally Ho.
You guys are the worst.
We're just gonna go to Gas Gro, and it's depressing.
I'm gonna text Cala.
Who's Cala?
Just this blonde girl Esther is in love with.
-[Maggie chuckles] -How about you? What are you doing?
-Oh, I-- -I'm gonna see what the guys are up to.
She's actually nice. I promise.
It's okay. I was just leaving.
[indistinct chattering]
[boy 1] …like, not even kidding.
[boy 2] No, shut up, dude. Shut up, dude.
-[boy 1] I'm telling you, man. -[Maggie] Tally Ho!
[laughing]
[door entry bell rings]
$1.75.
[ocean waves crashing]
["Hawt Heart" by Born at Midnight playing]
♪ With a hot heart ♪
♪ And a sunburn ♪
♪ In a go-kart ♪
♪ Make the world turn ♪
♪ However sentimental Heavy metal music is fun… ♪
$1.75.
♪ Italo disco or electro, baby Fox on the run ♪
♪ With a hot heart ♪
♪ Bad seed, posh and pristine ♪
♪ On the tip of your tongue ♪
♪ Oh, girl, you'll always be young ♪
♪ Pretty daisy caught in the weeds ♪
♪ Sunshine blowin' up the scene… ♪
[boy] We got the noodle!
Ninth one's free.
♪ With a hot heart… ♪
[tire screeches]
[music stops abruptly]
Oh, sorry. [chuckles] I didn't mean to scare you.
Colette, huh?
Honor.
Not always.
You're Auden, right?
-How'd you know that? -Will you let me make it up to you?
["Dreamin'" by Best People playing]
[music continues indistinctly in background]
Are you making it up to me by taking me with you to do your laundry?
Um, no.
But, uh, while we're here, I thought I might as well put some shirts in.
[sniffles]
[machine beeps]
[machine whirring]
[exhales]
After you.
[ethereal music playing]
Hey. I had a feeling you'd turn up tonight.
I was all out of clean shirts.
-[man] Put on music. I'll make coffee. -Thanks, man. [clears throat]
That's Clyde. He's kind of a legend.
["The Jangling Man" by The Cleaners From Venus playing]
♪ They're breaking glass And burning buildings ♪
-♪ In the early greenhouse sun ♪ -[boy clears throat]
♪ The powers that be will blame extremists And I may well be one ♪
♪ Yes, I may well be one ♪
♪ And Wat Tyler's ghost is smiling… ♪
What is this?
-Vertical checkers? -[boy laughs]
You've never heard of Connect Four?
Should I have? Is it, like, a laundromat requirement?
You just try to get, uh, four in a row.
I think I can handle that.
I'm sure you can, Miss Scholarship to Defriese.
[Auden] What? Okay, wait, wait, wait. How…
-How do you know all this stuff about me? -Heidi is very proud of you.
Right. How-- Does she know everyone?
It's Colby. Everyone knows everyone here.
Great.
-Here you go. Two cups, hot and fresh. -Thanks.
-Thank you. -I'll be back.
Oh wow.
Better than Gas Gro?
Lay off. I'm new here.
All right. I got raspberry peach or strawberry rhubarb. What'll it be?
We get to have pie too?
What's a secret pie shop without the pie?
Uh, slice of each, right?
[Clyde] Yeah, well played.
Okay, so this is weird.
You know all this stuff about me, and I don't know anything about you.
There you go. One of each.
-You made this? -Well, I didn't buy it.
[all chuckle]
-You guys good? -[chuckles] Yeah, all good.
-All right. Enjoy. -Thanks, dude.
Told you I'd make it up to you.
[chuckles softly]
You just won again. [chuckles]
What are you, some kind of Connect Four hustler?
Beginner's luck.
-[laughs] -[checkers clattering]
But it is fun. I gotta remember to do stuff like this more often.
What? Annihilate the competition in board games?
Not specifically, but yeah, like… like kid stuff.
Kid stuff? [chuckles] What does that mean?
I don't know. Like… like stuff you read about in books.
Food fights, trespassing…
Classic indoor kid, huh?
More like my mom wasn't really interested in any of that.
Can I let you in on a secret?
Nobody's having food fights with their mom.
[both chuckle]
I know, I mean… [chuckles]
I mean, she wasn't interested in any of that for me.
She made it sound silly or something.
Okay, just to be clear,
you've never been trespassing or had a food fight, but, like,
you do know how to ride a bike, right?
Yes, everyone knows how to ride a bike.
Just checking.
So, thanks for showing me the secret pie shop,
random Colby bike guy who appears in the mist.
What?
You never told me your name.
-I didn't? -No.
Oh.
I'm Eli.
Nice to meet you, Eli.
You too.
Would you maybe wanna hang out again?
-Why, you need a kid-stuff guru? -What?
No. Never mind.
Wait, wait. Sor-- [chuckles] I'm sorry. I'm kidding.
I mean, I'm kidding, but I'm serious.
Just thinking about what you said, and I think you should do it.
Do what?
Think of a bunch of stuff you haven't done,
and just start doing 'em.
It could be, uh, like a quest.
[both laugh]
-A quest? -Yeah, yeah.
That sounds ridiculous.
-What? What is ridiculous about it? -[laughs]
I don't know.
I tried to be a different person once this summer, and it was comically bad.
Yeah? Did it happen at the Tip?
Why do you ask?
In my experience,
most comically bad scenarios take place at the Tip.
I mean, with a name like that…
-How could they not? -Yeah.
[both laugh]
Uh, I'm just up here.
Will you think about it? The quest?
You seem awfully invested in my life for a stranger, Eli.
I already told you. Nobody's a stranger in Colby.
See you later, Vertical Checkers.
[melodic organ music playing]
[music fades]
[Auden] It's after two. Go to bed.
[whispers] I can't. If I put her down, she'll just start screaming.
[whispers] Give her to me.
[Heidi whispers] Are you sure?
[whispers] Yeah. I never go to bed this early. I want to.
[Thisbe coos]
-[whispers] Okay. -[Auden whispers] Yeah.
[whispers] Oh, do you wanna see Auden?
-You wanna see, Thisbe? -[Auden whispers] Hi, Thisbe.
[Thisbe cooing]
-[Auden whispers] Hey. Hi. -Oh.
[Thisbe cooing]
[both shushing]
[whispers] Who were you out with so late?
[whispers] No one.
[whispers] Okay. No one.
[whispers] I'm glad you're making friends.
[whispers] Thanks.
[whispers] Can I tell you a secret?
[Thisbe cooing]
[whispers] It's not so bad here.
-[Thisbe cooing] -[Auden shushing]
[seagulls squawking]
[cash register clattering]
Yo, Leah.
[Leah] Hmm. Ooh!
[Esther] Thank you for shopping at Clementine's.
Did you get snacks?
Eli's covering front of shop so Adam could do snack run at Gas Gro.
[Esther] Really? I thought Eli never left the workshop.
Do you think if I tell Adam Maggie wants chips, he'll go back?
I'm in a savory mood.
[Maggie] Stop. He was just being nice.
Dude, are you okay?
Uh… Oh, yeah. I… I was just… receipts.
And, uh, did… did you say "Eli"?
Yes. Why?
So you, like, know him?
I think the real question is, how do you know him?
I don't. I… I mean, I've… I've met him.
[Leah] Define "met."
I should get back to work.
[cash register drawer closes]
[Leah] Damn! Jake and Eli? Talk about a low-key playa.
Nothing's going on with her and Eli.
How do you know?
Think about it. When was the last time he had something going on with anyone?
Before Abe.
[Maggie] Exactly.
[ocean waves crashing]
[tire screeches]
You busy?
["It Started With a Kiss" by The Giant Crab playing]
[Auden] Mini-golf?
Is this your way of trying to spoon-feed me the quest?
Yes, Vertical Checkers.
That is a fun conspiracy.
-Hi. Two, please. -[Auden laughs]
-[Eli] Ever been go-karting? -[Auden] No.
-[Eli] Skydiving? No. -[Auden] No.
-[Eli] Bowling? -[Auden] Yes.
-Okay. -I have.
Yeah, how sick.
-[Eli] Did you go to prom? -[Auden] No.
[Eli] Why not?
I guess I'm just not one of those people who thought high school is supposed to be
this, like, big party.
I was more interested in working hard so the rest of my life could be great.
Okay, but come on. I mean, even the kids who hate high school still go to prom,
unless, uh, you're too cool for it, which is the vibe I'm getting from you.
It's not that.
[chuckles] It's, I guess, um, I got stood up.
Oh God. I'm sorry. That's terrible.
No. Oh my God. Please don't feel bad.
I was supposed to go with this guy, Jason. He was just like a lab partner.
It was a friends' thing.
And… Well, he got invited to a conference at Duke, so…
It was, like, so not a big deal. I couldn't care less about prom.
[Eli] Huh.
Really? Are you sure?
Okay, fine. Uh, maybe the one thing that sucked a little was the dress.
-The dress? -Yeah.
I was downtown one day, going to used bookstores,
and I wandered into this store,
and there was this dress on a mannequin that was just, like, so cool.
Um… [chuckles]
You know, if I regret anything, it's not being able to wear the dress.
But prom itself? Yeah, pass.
Did you bring it to Colby with you?
No.
No?
Where would I wear something like that here?
[chuckles] Anywhere.
What?
Yeah, wear it to, uh, skip rocks.
Wear it to drink Cokes.
I mean, it doesn't matter where you wear it
if it's about the dress, right?
I guess.
[Eli] Hmm.
You know, it's a shame you didn't bring that dress
because it would have been perfect for the quest.
Eli, we're not doing the quest.
[chuckles] Oh, Auden. Of course we are.
What about you? We've been talking about me this whole time.
[Eli] Yeah, well, that's because you're a lot more interesting than I am.
Stop deflecting. Your turn.
[Eli sighs]
I don't know. Sometimes I feel like all I've ever done is goof off.
I even made a career out of it.
-I mean, for a minute. -How'd you do that?
Just, uh, bike stuff. Whatever.
You know, now it's like, what does it all add up to?
Just, uh, some grainy clips on YouTube? Bunch of stupid stories?
I think that everyone deserves a do-over if they want it.
You know? Wish I could have a do-over.
A do-over for what?
[Eli clears throat]
You, uh…
You didn't win, but it's a very respectable performance,
I will say.
Can I keep it?
Just in case anyone ever asks if I've played mini-golf,
it'd be good to have proof.
'Course. Yeah, gotta have proof.
[melodic organ music playing]
I hate when it rains.
-Can't be a beach day every day. -Why not?
I'll go get the ponchos.
-[thunder rumbling] -[knocking at door]
-Sorry, the ponchos are back here. -Oh. I can get them.
Oh my God. These are awful.
[Maggie] When you say stuff like that, you act like you're speaking for everyone,
when really, you're only speaking for yourself.
Oh, I…
Um…
You're right. Sorry.
[Leah] Auden, you have a visitor.
[box thuds]
Mom. Hi.
Auden. Hello. [chuckles]
[mother sighs]
Can we help you find something?
I'm gonna wait for you outside.
[chuckles]
Here.
I know what you're gonna say, but come on, you'll get soaked.
Thanks.
[boys indistinctly chattering]
Have you sampled the local cuisine?
-What? -Where would you like to have lunch?
Um, there's a place on the boardwalk with good onion rings.
How charming.
[soft piano music playing]
So,
how's it going? Bonding with your father?
Good.
I mean, he's kind of busy.
He's just working really hard.
The thing about your father is, uh, he enjoys the performance of working
arguably more than he does the actual work.
And Heidi?
Heidi's nice.
Of course she's nice.
Women like her are always nice.
They have to be. It's part of the job description. [laughs]
Poor thing. She must be exhausted, caring for the infant all by herself.
Dad helps.
Auden, who do you think you're talking to?
[mother chuckles]
Ah.
Oh! That's quite the raincoat.
-[laughs] -Okay. Just say it, Mom.
Say what?
Whatever it is you wanna say.
[sighs]
You'll have to forgive me if I find it alarming
how easily you've adapted to the world of your father's new wife.
That's insane. I'm… I'm exactly the same as I've always been.
Look, sweetheart. I realize that you're doing soul-searching,
and that's fine. It's normal, even.
Just don't let this little break from reality come at a cost.
Your classmates from Defriese are not spending the summer hawking thongs
and doing keg stands.
I'm not doing keg stands, Mom.
We'll see.
-[seagulls squawking] -[ocean waves crashing]
[Maggie] Hey.
Maggie, hi.
Your mom's kind of intense, huh?
Yeah, you could say that.
She's a legend as a professor, but it must be hard to be her daughter.
You know who my mom is?
Of course. I almost went to the U just so I could take her classes.
But I couldn't turn down Defriese.
You're going to Defriese?
I'm going to Defriese.
[chuckles] I know. Heidi told me.
I'm starting to understand why,
when you saw me, you thought, "Wow, I hate her."
Actually, when I first saw you, I thought,
"I'm so depressed that cool, hot girl's hooking up with my boyfriend."
-Yeah. -I didn't form an opinion until later.
[both laughing]
Fair. That is fair.
But what wasn't fair was being so hard on you about the Jake stuff.
I mean, you didn't even know me.
Yeah, but I still feel bad.
It's okay. He's a tool.
I'm not gonna say anything.
[Maggie laughs] It's okay. I've come to accept it.
But at least he's, you know, a hot one.
[both laughing]
I'll give you that. He's… he's a hot tool.
[both laughing]
Okay, come on. I promised Heidi I would show you around,
and I've been delinquent with my responsibilities.
Esther and Leah are sitting up there if you wanna head over.
-Where are you going? -I'll be up in a bit.
-Hey. -[Auden] Hey.
She roped you into this too?
No worse than when you roped us into going to Ossify
to watch that guy recite his shopping list over a drumbeat.
Why did Maggie wanna come here?
Why do you think?
Is she into one of those guys?
[Esther] You'll see.
Wait, what?
What's happening?
This… this is a joke. You guys are playing a joke on me.
She's…
This is… this is Maggie.
-This is Maggie. -I know. We've seen this before.
Do all people who do BMX have two little assistants like that?
-Absolutely not. -No, just Maggie.
["Not About You" by Haiku Hands playing]
Whoa.
♪ I feel like I'm on one Banging on to someone… ♪
-I never get to go to Tally Ho. -What are you talking about?
But I just have to sit here all the time.
♪ I'm gonna ♪
♪ I'm gonna… ♪
It's not fair.
But this is so much cooler.
♪ I'm gonna tear up the lexicon With a hexagon and my sexy thong on… ♪
-Have you been to Tally Ho? -No, no.
Okay, then you don't know what you're talking about.
No.
♪ I am my sister's keeper… ♪
-I think it was better last week. -She was up really late last night.
♪ It's not about… ♪
Maggie, I love you.
♪ It's not about you ♪
Stop.
I love her.
[Maggie] What'd you think?
Maggie, are you kidding me? Who are you?
Mm, a few months ago, I thought, "Why should guys have all the fun?"
-And now we have to come here every week. -Really?
Oh, yo, yo, yo. Conch House party tonight. Bring supplies.
-[all exclaim] -We're there.
-[Leah] Okay, everyone give me ten. -[Esther groans]
[Maggie] This is for me and Auden. Get snacks too.
[Leah] Okay, but Auden's coming in too 'cause she looks the oldest.
[door entry bell rings]
[background music faintly playing]
So, what's your snack profile?
Maggie likes sour gummy bears. Cute, but with an edge, like she is.
Esther wants jerky 'cause she's a contrarian.
I'm a traditionalist and usually get a Snickers.
-What about you? -I'll have a coffee, I guess.
A coffee? No.
You need something with snack bang.
Like, what if we end up at the Tip later, and you're starving?
It's not like you can get food at the Tip.
Okay.
How about this?
Old school, but I like it.
Okay.
["Teen Creeps" by No Age playing]
Ugh, no. No more No Age. Put on something fun.
Let's let Auden DJ.
I bet she has good taste.
[music stops abruptly]
["I'm a Lady" by Santigold playing]
♪ Now won't you run And tell your boyfriend… ♪
[laughs]
♪ Tell him don't hold his breath for me ♪
♪ I got some money I was savin' Got some hearts that I'll be breakin' ♪
♪ Know someday They'll make a martyr out of me ♪
♪ I know someday They'll make a martyr out of me ♪
♪ She's so fine ♪
[laughing]
♪ And I like sometimes to wave it high ♪
♪ Up where everyone can see ♪
♪ I'm a lady ♪
♪ Got my mind made up Got my mind made up ♪
♪ I know I spend magic, reel it out Try to hold a light to me ♪
♪ I'm a lady ♪
♪ Got my mind made up Got my mind made up ♪
♪ And I like sometimes to wave it high Up where everyone can see ♪
♪ I'm a lady ♪
♪ Got my mind made up Got my mind made up ♪
♪ I know I spend magic, reel it out Try to hold a light to me ♪
♪ I'm a lady… ♪
[Leah] The Conch House doesn't know what's about to hit it.
-[Maggie] These four girls pulling up. -[all laugh]
Anything like the last time…
Wallace, he jumped off the second story into that kiddie pool, remember?
-[Maggie] Yes. -[Esther] You tried to steal a dog.
[Leah] Okay, I know. That was a wild night.
Are Jason and Carlos gonna be here?
Are you embarrassed?
["Noisy" by Noga Erez playing]
How do you know these people?
Well, we don't know all of them. Some we grew up with.
Some are alums who come home for the summer.
Some Eastern Europeans who come work at the restaurants during our busy season.
Why Eastern Europeans?
I don't know. It's just always been like that.
Speaking of which…
Yeah, I'm from Colby. Where'd you say you're from? Uh, Latvia?
-How long was that drive? -[laughs]
Ugh.
I don't understand why he feels the need to declare himself
unofficial ambassador of Colby to every new girl in town.
Oh, no offense.
-No. It's okay. -[Leah] Come on.
We don't need to watch. Let's just go.
[Maggie] Come on.
-Let's go this way and get away from him. -Yeah.
Hey, Maggie, up here. Hey, hey.
Dude. Dude, calm down. We saw her an hour ago.
So what? I'm just saying hi.
[scoffs]
[acoustic guitar playing]
♪ She keeps it simple ♪
♪ And I am thankful For her kind of lovin' ♪
♪ 'Cause it's simple ♪
♪ No longer do we wonder… ♪
[Auden] She's really good.
She is, but it loses its appeal when they do the same song at every party.
[both laugh]
♪ So, in January we're gettin' married… ♪
So, Eli…
Oh, I was waiting for this one.
I'm just curious because we're kind of friends.
Never mind. Unless you think he might come tonight?
[Maggie] You wish.
He never comes to stuff like this.
Not anymore, at least.
Not since Abe.
Abe. Right.
-Has he told you about Abe? -Yeah.
No.
Okay. So Abe was Eli's best friend.
Eli and Abe both did street BMX.
Probably because that's what Clyde was most into, and they both idolize him.
But anyway, they were amazing.
Both sponsored, won crazy competitions, in a league of their own.
Everyone thought that after they graduated,
they would move to, like, Barcelona or Berlin.
One of those European cities with great streets for riding.
Is that what Abe did?
No.
Abe died.
He and Eli had gone to New York for the weekend for this big invitational.
On their way home, only, like, 20 miles outside of Colby,
a drunk driver hit them.
Eli was driving.
After the funeral, he totally shut down. Now he's like a ghost.
Gave up his sponsorship, stopped riding.
Works in the back of a shop doing repairs and never hangs anymore.
Which is why it was so surprising to us when he started hanging out with you.
[woman in movie] Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.s?
Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist.
-[Westley grunts] -[animal snarling]
[tense music in movie playing]
[Westley screaming]
[chuckles] All right. Check these guys out.
[chuckles]
I love this part.
What?
-[woman in movie] Westley! -You hate it?
No, giant rats are cool.
[Auden chuckles]
Okay, hold on.
[radio shuts off]
So what was your favorite movie in the fourth grade? The Piano?
No.
-[chuckles] -I don't know.
I liked Bye Bye Birdie.
Did you? Bye Bye Birdie the musical?
It's for kids.
[laughs] Yeah.
-Yeah, kids born in 1960. -[laughs]
What about you busting out the Jane Campion reference?
My mom would be so proud of you.
Yeah, well, when you don't sleep, you watch a lot of movies.
-And eat a lot of pie… -Mm-hmm.
-…drink a lot of coffee… -[chuckles]
Two nocturnes.
Guess that's why we're pals.
Pals.
[both chuckle]
But seriously, why don't you sleep?
I'm just a night owl, I guess, you know?
What about you? Same question.
Same answer.
Nocturne, night owl.
Nah. You have a story. I can tell.
If I had to pull it down,
I guess it's that when my parents were still married,
they used to wait for me to fall asleep before they would start fighting.
And I thought if I didn't fall asleep, they can't fight.
I mean, I was wrong, obviously.
I'm sorry. That's…
No, please don't be.
I'm not like one of those kids who's defined by her parents' divorce.
If anything, my life was probably better because they got divorced.
Whose parents are still married anyway?
Mine are.
Right.
[Eli chuckles]
But I mean, I'm sure you had other stuff to deal with.
[pensive music playing]
Hi, what's up, everybody? Um, my name's Eli Stock.
That doesn't matter. You don't need to know who I am.
You know who this is right here. Your boy Abe.
-You know him as Abeonimable. -Abeominable.
[Eli laughs]
-[Abe] Yes, sir. -[laughs]
[Eli] Did you do the 360 bar today?
[Abe] Yeah, did a 360 bar, aka Truck Driver.
-[Eli] First try too. Nice, homie. -[Abe] First try.
-Almost flipped the pedal, but I saved it. -[Eli] You always fall first try.
[Abe] Always. Yeah, man, what's up with that?
-Get out of here, bro. -[Eli laughing]
-What? I don't even fall half the time. -Hey, be sure to check my boy out, okay?
All right? He's, like, my best friend.
-[Abe] Yeah. -[Eli] His hair is disgusting.
He's never washed it a single time.
He's my homeboy. He's so cute.
[Eli, Abe laugh]
Big Abe, stop playing, man. Stop playing.
-[both laugh] -[computer lid slams shut]
[exhales]
-[Thisbe crying] -[Heidi shushing]
Hey, everything okay? Do you need anything?
I'm trying to get her to take a bottle so your dad can help with feedings.
Hey, babe, I think she'll take this more easily from you.
When I'm here, she just… she just wants the boob. [chuckles]
Oh, honey, I wish I could, but I was gonna take Auden to lunch.
-What? -Today?
Yeah. Aren't you the one that said we should spend time together?
-Yeah, but I mean-- -So, what do you say?
-Shrimp basket? -Um…
[Thisbe crying]
[Auden] Um…
Great. [chuckles]
-Great. -Okay.
All right.
[Auden] Do you think it's okay we left just like that?
Heidi seemed a little, like, strung out.
No, she's fine. I think that's just what new motherhood looks like.
Was it like that for you and Mom?
No, your… your mother and Heidi are completely different.
As far as I can tell, all women go nuts with a newborn.
But men don't?
I think that's why she's frustrated about the book.
It's like I told her when she said she wanted to get pregnant.
I only have these three months before classes start to get it finished.
We just gotta put our head down and get through it.
Yeah. How is it coming along?
[Robert] It's grueling.
Very painful, difficult, but beautiful too.
As you know from Narwhal, a lot of my work deals with
undiscovered trauma that we carry from our parents.
Auden, you're so lucky you don't have that to deal with, at least not from me.
Right.
Hey, um, you know, I'd love it if you read the draft.
You want me to do that?
Yeah, it'd be great to have a young person's perspective.
You know how youth-obsessed our culture is these days.
[groans]
You just brought that with you to lunch?
-I mean, a brilliant young person… -[Auden] Right.
Of course. I carry it with me everywhere. You think you can read it?
Yeah. I mean, of course. I'd love to, Dad.
[Robert] Excellent.
If you can get me notes by Friday, that would be really great.
-My dad's book. -Looks long.
Three years ago, I would have been so excited to have him trust me with it,
but I just realized I have absolutely no desire to read this.
My dad's always trying to get me to go fishing with him.
My dad would probably use me as bait.
Don't forget to dance at 6:00, okay?
["Lucky Strike" by Troye Sivan playing]
♪ 'Cause you're safe like springtime ♪
♪ Short days, long nights, boy ♪
♪ Tell me all the ways to love you ♪
♪ 'Cause you taste like Lucky Strikes You drag… ♪
Come on.
♪ Tell me all the ways to love you… ♪
I'm just gonna watch.
Oh, she wants to watch. Progress.
♪ Tell me all the ways to love you ♪
♪ Oh… ♪
[girls all laughing]
[ocean waves crashing]
[Auden] Hi.
[Eli] Hi. This is a surprise.
I wanna do it for real.
I wanna do the quest.
["Astral Projection" by Yumi Zouma playing]
-[Auden giggles] -[Eli] Come on.
-[Auden] Oh my God. -[Eli] Come on!
-[Eli] You good? -[both laugh]
["Astral Projection" continues playing]
[both giggling]
[Eli] Okay, ready?
-Okay, right there. Go, go, go. -Okay.
♪ Let them cut the ties That swept in defeat… ♪
[Auden] Wow.
♪ One day I'll be calm And I'll learn to concede ♪
♪ Catching my horizons ♪
♪ A ringing bell To mark my repeating visions ♪
♪ You were none the wiser ♪
♪ A hint of panic Can do wonders for distance… ♪
So…
we crossed trespassing off the list.
You ever been night swimming?
Maybe trespassing is enough for one night.
[chuckles] Okay.
[song ends]
[Eli clears throat]
Um, thanks. That was fun.
Yeah.
Next time, we should, uh, teach you how to ride a bike.
I already told you, I know how to ride a bike.
Mm-hmm. You sure?
Yes.
My dad taught me as all children's fathers teach them.
I'm not even trying to make it a whole thing.
I'm just saying that if for whatever reason you don't know,
you know, family stuff or whatever, you should really learn.
It's like the… It's the best.
Thank you.
But no, that's not on my quest list.
But maybe it's on yours?
[Eli breathes deeply]
Seriously, what would be on your quest list?
Um… [sighs]
I used to wanna move to Barcelona.
Uh, but that's never gonna happen.
Why not?
I only wanted to go because a bunch of pro BMXers live out there.
Pro BMXers like you?
Isn't that what you told me before?
That you made a career out of bike stuff?
Yeah. Yeah, but, you know, I'm retired.
-You're retired? -Yeah.
At 20?
[both laugh]
I mean, look, the pro scene, and the traveling for competitions,
and putting it all out there just doesn't interest me anymore.
You know? I kind of grew out of it. I fix bikes now.
I don't need to ride 'em.
But you do ride them.
[breathes deeply]
Uh, this is your house.
[chuckles] Yes, it is.
[both laugh]
Um…
-Okay, thank you. -Yeah.
-Okay, good night. -[both laugh]
[sighs]
["Move It" by Jaded playing]
♪ Betta run, just move it, lose it
♪ Got a plan, just buse it, buse it ♪
♪ Gyal a gwan and dun up da dance floor ♪
♪ Drinks gone, just run up da tab more ♪
♪ Till a beat stop Pace till ya feet sore ♪
♪ Got ya man lock… ♪
[Auden laughs] Stop.
-[Auden squeals] -[both laugh]
Stop! No, no, no, no! Oh my God!
[Auden laughing]
[Auden squeals]
-This way. -Okay, okay.
[Auden laughing]
Oh no. Oh my God!
Hey. Hey, what are you kids doing? Hey!
-[Eli] Oh my God. -Go, go, go, go, go! Let's go.
[both laughing]
-[Eli] Here he comes. -[Auden laughing]
[Auden squeals]
[both grunt]
[music ends]
Auden, hey, hey, hey. Are you okay?
-Auden, are you okay? Auden, hey. -[laughing]
That was so good.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry.
I'm sorry.
Is everything okay?
[sniffles] I'm sorry. That was stupid.
Eli, is… is there something you wanna talk about?
No, no. Come on. Let's go. Let's go.
[Eli clears throat]
Oh, good, you're here. We need to have an intervention.
You sneak out of here every night to go hang out with Eli,
and you never tell us anything about it.
That's not true.
[Leah] The bare minimum, that's what we get from you.
We have no deets. A girl can't live without deets.
I'm sorry, Leah. I don't know what you want me to tell you.
We're friends.
Are you sure about that?
-[sighs] I don't know. He's confusing. -Okay, see?
This is why you need us
to observe the two of you together and tell you what's going on.
-Where? -[Leah] HDP, tomorrow, for the Fourth.
-HDP? -He'll know what it means.
Yeah, Eli used to love hot dog parties.
Wallace's parents go out of town every year on the Fourth,
and we take over their house.
We didn't come up with the name, which I'll grant you is terrible.
The name doesn't matter. What matters is you showing up with Eli
so that, as your friends, we can assess the situation.
Can I admit something to you guys?
I've never really had friends like this before.
See, you say that, but I don't get it.
I mean, there were people at our school way more awkward than you,
and even they had friends.
-[Auden chuckles] -I mean, look at Esther.
She says that because she lives in fear of the day I realize I'm too cool for her.
Oh, yeah, because wearing fishnet stockings as arm warmers
is so cool.
-I did that one time, and I stand by it. -[Maggie] Guys.
Auden. Focus.
You were saying?
I don't know.
If I'm being honest, maybe without realizing it,
I think I push people away.
I think sometimes I come off as a little intense.
[girls laughing]
What?
We're not laughing at you. It's just that it makes so much sense.
Like how you were standoffish at first.
We thought you hated us.
[Esther laughs]
-Hey. -Hi.
-What's up? -Oh…
You're good. It's not gonna hit you. Come here.
[Auden chuckles]
So I have a request for the quest.
A request for the quest?
[laughs] Amazing. Lay it on me.
HDP.
[Eli clears throat]
Eli…
[Eli clears throat]
Sorry. Uh, I just… It's nothing personal.
Um, I just don't like parties.
[Auden] Anymore you mean?
You don't like them anymore?
Uh, you know about Abe.
-You were offering me pity friendship. -What? No, no, Eli.
No.
What happened to Abe, it… it wasn't your fault.
It wasn't my fault?
-It wasn't, and I-- -Hold on. Hold on. Are… are you serious?
Auden, do you why know I liked you? You didn't say stupid shit like that.
-What does… what does that even mean? -I didn't say stupid stuff.
Look, I'm sorry. Uh…
You should go to the party and have fun, but I, uh, I can't, so… I'm sorry.
Wait. Eli--
[phone beeps]
[voice mail] Hi, Auden, it's your mother.
Just calling to check in and see how you're blossoming--
[phone beeps]
[voice mail] Auden, it's Mom.
I guess I'm to understand that you're very busy
going tanning and getting highlights, but--
[phone beeps]
[voice mail] Auden, your mother.
I don't know what I did that was so horrible
that you feel the need to ignore me,
but I suppose this break was coming eventually.
It always does. C'est la vie, c'est la vie.
[phone beeps]
[Heidi humming, fingers snapping]
Okay. [squeals] So exciting.
[Heidi exhales]
Is it too much to make an American flag out of berries on top of the cheesecake?
-Uh… -Oh my God!
I just love the Fourth of July so freaking much!
It's probably my favorite holiday because summer's my favorite season.
Oh, are you coming with, or do you have plans?
-I… I don't-- -I will not be offended if you have plans.
I didn't wanna hang out with my parents when I was 18. Obviously.
-Well, there is a party. -[Heidi gasps] Oh my God.
Do you wanna borrow something festive?
Hi, Heidi, it's me, your stepdaughter, Auden.
[tongue clicks] Well, I may have laid something out on your bed already.
Oh God.
Don't be scared. I know you.
Oh no.
[tongue clicks] Auden, you're a firework, baby.
Hey, guys. Cala's been texting me exclusively in haikus.
What do you think this means?
"Meat? I'm a vegan."
"Don't your friends shave their armpits?"
"My AC works fine."
I don't think it's that hard to decipher. She's not coming.
-Do you not shave your armpits? -[laughs] Yo, Auden, over here.
-[Leah] Uh-oh, no Eli. -Don't make it a thing.
-Hey! -Hi.
-Come on, everyone's outside. -Okay.
-[Maggie chuckles] -[Leah] I'm so glad you came.
Oh, dude, what about the Spin Doctors?
-Huh? -Dude, that's already a band.
Really? No way.
Yeah, dude. "Two Princes." It's a classic. What?
[speaking Latvian]
-[speaking Latvian incorrectly] -[laughs]
[in English] Okay, how about this?
[speaking Spanish]
[in English] Pedal Posse.
[Wallace] That is terrible.
Maggie, hey. Come, sit here.
-[Leah] What's up? -Hey. I need to lay down.
-Please. Make yourself comfortable. -Okay.
Okay, guys. Bike shop name ideas. Go.
I hate when people say "go" when they want you to answer a question.
What's wrong with The Bike Shop?
Oh, that was only supposed to be temporary.
It used to be Clyde's Rides
before a hurricane blew the sign down last fall.
-Yeah. -Yo, Dub H, do you believe in aliens?
Uh, me?
Yeah. Dub H, like your name.
-You know who W.H. Auden is? -[chuckles] Don't mind her.
She thinks she's the only person who's ever read a book before.
[laughing]
It's chill, but you still need to answer the question.
Um, I think aliens probably do exist,
but not in the way we usually think of them.
Yeah, I knew it.
You know what? We need to chill on the bike shop name.
-It'll come to us. I can feel it. -[sighs] Okay.
[Maggie laughs]
♪ She keeps it simple, and I am… ♪
[both laughing]
-It's every party. -I didn't think that was gonna be--
-[Maggie] I told you. -[Adam] It happens every time.
[Maggie] What?
[laughing]
[chattering stops]
[Eli clears throat]
This, uh, seems pretty tame for a hot dog party.
Hey. No, friend, we're just all so happy to see you.
We didn't expect that you were gonna, like, come today.
[splutters] We're glad that you came.
-I mean, we-- And so the-- -Sorry, I thought--
Um…
What he means is you're late.
Oh.
You know what the penalty for lateness is at a hot dog party?
Tell me.
[food squelching]
[group giggling, gasping]
Yo, your girl is loco.
[clears throat]
Actually, the rule…
is that the new kid…
[tongue clicks]
…is supposed to bring the beans.
[group giggling, gasping]
Food fight!
["School's for Fools" by The Girls playing]
[all clamoring]
[laughing, exclaiming]
♪ I walked up later than I wanted… ♪
[both chuckle]
[both laugh]
Thanks for, uh, saving me.
-Saving you? -Yeah.
That's presumptuous. I was just doing it for the quest.
Right. Yeah, okay.
[both laugh]
Sorry, uh… [clears throat] Sorry about the beans.
[both laugh]
-No, you're not. -[laughs] I'm not.
[both laugh]
[Wallace] Night swim!
[group] Whoo!
[both laugh]
["Despicable Dogs" by Small Black playing]
[group exclaiming, whooping]
Yeah!
[group exclaiming, laughing]
♪ Wider than the worst ones Wider than the ones I know ♪
♪ Smoke machine begins to blow ♪
♪ Indifferent to the written wall ♪
♪ Lost in the woods on another hunt ♪
♪ If they rattle, then they rattle on ♪
♪ Do it without me ♪
♪ Do it when I'm gone ♪
♪ Right as I want you… ♪
Oh my God! Yes, Auden! Yes!
[cheering]
♪ Do it without me ♪
♪ Do it when I'm gone… ♪
Yeah!
♪ Right as I want you ♪
♪ Right as you run… ♪
[fireworks exploding]
[music fades]
[seagulls squawking]
[melodic organ music playing]
[music fades]
[Auden] Dad?
Auden.
What's with the suitcase?
Uh, Heidi and I need a little time away from one another right now.
You left?
It's temporary.
You left?
Calm down. Just… just have a seat. Let me get you a coffee. God.
What happened?
What happened is, I don't… I don't know.
She's crazy. At least with your mom, when she was upset, I could tell.
With Heidi, one minute you're thinking everything's hunky-dory, and the next,
you're sitting at a coffee shop waiting for a room to be ready at a beach motel.
Come on, Dad. Even I could tell that everything wasn't hunky-dory.
You're a woman. Uh, women are more intuitive.
If one of your characters said that, you would say that was lazy--
Yeah, so I knew she was tense.
And tired? Sure. But this?
Auden, this is something else entirely. She's, like, certifiable.
-I don't know how to handle it. -Whoa. So… so what?
So you're gonna quit?
You're gonna quit on your family, again?
Because it's hard?
Is that what you think I did, Auden? That I… that I quit on you?
I don't know what I think.
The truth is, and I'm telling you because I respect you
and I think you'll understand…
sometimes I wonder whether I was really meant to be a husband
or a father.
You know what, Dad?
I take it back.
I don't think you quit on me.
I think you didn't even try.
Come on.
Come on? Okay.
[Auden] Heidi.
Oh, hi, Auden.
It's…
it's nothing, really.
Yesterday was the Fourth, you know.
It's a holiday. [laughs]
[sobs] And holidays are for families.
When you're married, and you have a baby…
[sobs]
…you do that stuff, you know?
You go to the barbecue.
[Heidi sniffles, sighs]
But then he says, "You're always talking about how tired you are…
[sniffles]
…and now you wanna go to a party?" And I said something like,
"I have given you the whole summer off from being a father."
"All I'm asking for is one fucking picnic."
And I just…
It's just too much, you know?
[sobbing]
It's all just a little too much.
[sniffles]
I'll be right back.
[phone ringing]
-[mother] Hello? -Hi, Mom.
It's me.
I need your help.
[Eli] Hey.
There you are.
[Auden] Hi.
What are you doing here?
You disappeared. So I thought I'd come find you.
-Oh, yeah. -[both chuckle]
I'm sorry.
I, uh… I went to get us coffees and then I…
Uh… I don't know.
Whose bike is that?
-You mean this bike here? -Yeah.
It's yours.
-What? -Yeah.
It's yours. I just fixed it up for you. It's in great condition.
It's a beach cruiser, so it's, like, super simple to learn on.
Well, we've been over this.
I don't need to learn how to ride a bike.
-I know how to ride a bike. -Great.
That's even better. Then we can just go for a ride.
I'm not in the mood to do that right now.
How about this?
[tongue clicks] If you know how to ride, show me.
It'll be fun. I promise.
Well, this doesn't feel fun. This feels like a… like a weird test.
Auden, you don't have to be embarrassed.
Oh, I'm not embarrassed.
I'm frustrated that you keep harassing me about this stupid bike.
[sighs]
[Eli] Hey, what's up with you?
Did you ever think that it might make me feel like, I don't know,
like a damaged loser?
That I can't do this thing that most kids' dads taught them
when they were five?
Auden, I thought that was the whole point.
To humiliate me?
No, obviously-- No, to do the quest.
Eli, come on, the quest isn't real.
The quest… It's a joke. It's…
Just like this summer,
you've been pushing me to be this whole new version of myself.
-But you're too scared to be who you are. -Okay, and who am I, Auden?
Who exactly do you think I am?
You tell me.
Are… are you gonna be someone who ambles around Colby,
working in the back of a bike shop?
[Eli] Ambles around, okay.
Or are you going to ride professionally again, or move to Europe,
or go to Barcelona?
-That's what you were saying. -I think I'm understanding you perfectly.
I get it.
What… what do you get? I don't understand.
Uh, let's see. Colby sucks.
-And Auden West is too good for Colby. -That's not fair.
And now you're freaking out because last night,
you… you spent the whole night with some washed-up loser
who isn't even worthy of you. I got you.
You know, every time we try and talk about you,
you turn it back on me.
-Why do you think that is? -I think you're the one with the problem.
-I'm the one with the problem? -Yeah.
Do you really think Abe would have wanted you to quit?
I'm not talking about that with you.
Yep, fine. Deflect.
You know, I have enough of my own stuff to deal with right now.
I can't also be the thing you use to avoid thinking about yourself.
I'm not Abe, Eli. I can't be your do-over.
You're right.
You can't.
["Learn To Let Go" by IDER playing]
[Heidi] But it's just so hard for me 'cause I don't have a lot of help,
and it's totally stupid.
-You've been saying that. -Oh, honey, you're not stupid.
You're very intelligent. I just would like to ask you,
what makes you think that his needs are more important than yours?
It's a… it's a powerful thing that you've done,
to stand up to him and… and to say, "I… I deserve better."
-[Heidi] Yeah. -[mother] You know, and that's motherhood.
-That means so much to me. -[laughs]
Really, you have no idea. [sniffles, chuckles]
♪ Show it off, show it off, show it off ♪
♪ I pick up a drink And I spin in my yellow dress ♪
♪ Give it up, give it up, give it up ♪
♪ So you got it together But I'd rather be in my own mess ♪
♪ Fallin off, fallin off, fallin off ♪
♪ Slow it up, slow it up, slow it up ♪
♪ So you head off the table Looking like you know it best ♪
♪ Slow it up, slow it up, slow it up ♪
♪ Feel in love Feel in love, feel in love ♪
♪ I pull out the rug And you jump like there's nothing left ♪
♪ Fill me up, fill me up, fill me up ♪
♪ Learn to let go ♪
[music fades]
[Auden] Is Heidi okay?
I think so. Your father came home, and they're talking.
Oh.
Um, well, that's good.
I don't know what you said to him, Auden, but whatever it was, he heard you.
-He told you that? -Mm-hmm.
You guys talked about it? About me?
Look, Auden, I, uh…
I need to talk to you.
I know you went through a lot with the divorce.
And perhaps…
I relied on you too much.
I expected too much of you.
But I liked that you expected a lot of me.
I expected a lot of myself.
[mother] I don't mean that, sweetheart.
I mean…
that I expected you to always be mine.
That I wouldn't have to share you, and that's not fair.
When you came down here,
I felt like you didn't need me anymore.
And to be blunt,
I was jealous.
I'll always need you, Mom.
I just need other people too.
Of course you do.
[Auden] I guess…
I just wish that some things had been easier.
Me too. [laughs]
Oh God. [laughs]
[Auden] Aw, Mom.
[emotional music playing]
[door opening]
-Hello? -[footsteps approaching]
-[tongue clicks] Oh, hi. -[Auden] Hi.
You did yoga?
[gasps] Seventy-five blissful minutes. [chuckles]
Wow. Where's Thisbe?
[Heidi's tongue clicks] Your dad took her for a walk on the beach.
Said it was a great way for him to clear his head.
-Wow. -[chuckles]
Yeah.
Hey. I never got the chance to thank you for asking your mom to come out here.
Oh, I thought you might be mad at me.
No. [chuckles] No, honey. Not at all.
Actually, it was because of her
that your dad and I had the most honest conversation that we've had in months.
It's funny, isn't it? You look at your life, and you think,
one decision, and it all would have been different.
You mean, this stuff with my dad?
Actually, I was thinking about if I never moved back from New York.
You lived in New York?
[laughs] Yeah, I did.
After business school.
I was gonna open up a boutique there on the Lower East Side,
but I decided I would wait
until something came on the market that I truly loved.
And it did.
Clementine's.
So you chose Colby over New York,
and you don't, like, regret it at all?
[Heidi] Hmm.
[lips smack]
Life is long, Auden.
It'd be boring if we had to stay
the same versions of ourselves the whole time. Don't you think?
-Yeah. -[both chuckle]
["Whirring" by The Joy Formidable playing]
[Maggie] Are you sure I'm the one you want to teach you how to do this?
I'm sure. This is about me.
-[Auden] Yeah, you got me? -[Maggie] Yeah, I got you.
Almost there. You got it.
♪ This much delight… ♪
-[Maggie] You got it. -[Auden] No.
Really, really good job.
-[Auden] No, it wasn't. -Yes, it was. You got so far.
-Okay. Okay, you got it. -Okay.
Almost there. Okay, go.
-Whoo! Oh! -[Auden] No.
-Ready. -So, ready? There we go.
-You got it. There you go. -[Auden] No, no.
[Auden giggling]
And go!
-[thud] -Oh!
Okay. Again.
-[Maggie] Okay. -Mm-hmm.
You got it. You got it!
You got it!
I'm doing it.
Oh, I see it.
-I'm really doing it. Do you see me? -[Maggie] I see it.
Oh, Auden, watch out.
[gasps]
[sighs]
[phone vibrating]
-Hello? -[Maggie] You're not gonna believe this.
["The Angel of 8th Ave." by Gang of Youths playing]
[announcer] Next up, one of our favorites is here to make a comeback.
We haven't seen this rider in over 18 months.
[exhales] Come on, come on, come on.
[announcer] Eli Stock!
-[crowd cheering] -[announcer] Let's go!
♪ So we got straight to the heart ♪
♪ And I was a coward And worse to my shame ♪
♪ I fell hard upon the weightless weeks ♪
♪ And wasted every day ♪
♪ Till you emerged in the park ♪
♪ Like some patron of Washington Square ♪
♪ For the first time in a long time ♪
♪ Inside, everything stood clear ♪
♪ I wanna see this one out ♪
♪ And I wanna join the impossible swing ♪
♪ And fall hard beside you Screaming at the bowels of everything ♪
♪ There's heaven in you now ♪
♪ There is heaven in you now… ♪
[crowd cheering]
[music fades]
[melodic indie pop music playing]
[cheering]
-[music fades] -[indistinct chattering]
[Adam] Can we talk about that double tailwhip?
[Wallace] That was insane.
-You saw the smile. -I saw the smile.
-You saw the smile. -She saw the smile.
-Go talk to him. -He didn't invite me here, so…
He didn't invite anyone!
[Leah] Who was invited? There was no invite.
I guess.
-[Maggie] Why aren't you over there? -[Leah] What are you doing? Talk to him.
[Maggie] Just go talk to him.
Okay, but what if he thinks it's weird that I'm here?
Oh yeah. 'Cause guys hate when girls they like show up to watch them win.
[Maggie laughs]
-[Maggie] Go! -[Leah] Can you go already?
-Okay, okay, okay, okay. -So go.
-Go get your butt over there now! Go! -Go on!.
-[Leah] Go! -I'm going.
[Wallace] Bro, are you serious?
[indistinct chattering]
[Eli] Yeah.
-Hi. -[Eli] Hey.
-[Adam] Hey. -[Wallace] Hi.
You were, um, so good.
[chuckles] Thanks. Thank you.
Um, do you wanna talk over here, maybe?
Yeah.
[Eli] Okay. [clears throat]
[Auden] Yeah.
-Mm-mm. -Ooh!
-[Auden] So, Eli. -[Eli] So, Auden.
Sorry. [laughs]
You… you go first.
[tongue clicks]
I'm really sorry about what I said the other day. I didn't mean it.
You did, but It's okay. You know, I needed to hear it.
Look.
I miss the hell out of Abe.
I thought that if I stopped thinking about it and…
if I gave up doing all the things he loved that it would just go away,
but it only made it worse
'cause, you know…
[chuckles]
…all the things he loved were the things I loved too.
[sobs]
He was just the best, man.
I loved that kid so much.
[sobs, exhales]
I wish you two could have met. He would have loved you.
So do I.
And I'm… I'm sorry too.
You know, if I pressured you into doing anything you didn't wanna do--
Oh, no, no, no. I…
I wanted to do everything I did.
Okay, good.
[Auden] That morning, me freaking out,
it wasn't about you, or us, or the night before.
It was just some stuff with my parents.
Turns out I'm not as over all of it as I thought.
It's okay.
I get it.
Okay, well, enjoy tonight.
-You earned it. -Thanks.
[soft melodic music playing]
[breathes deeply]
[Heidi] You know, it's the craziest thing.
Both my girls slept through the night.
[Robert] Auden, do you know anything about that boy on our lawn in a tuxedo?
Oh.
Hey.
Hey yourself.
You know, we, uh, came up with a new name for the bike shop.
"Abe's Bikes."
What do you think?
I love it.
Okay, good, 'cause you gave me the idea, so…
Nice tux.
-Oh, this old thing? -[laughs]
Where you goin' all dressed up?
I don't know. I was thinking maybe I'd skip rocks, drink Cokes.
[Auden chuckles]
Why, is that something you'd be interested in?
I mean, I'd love to, but I don't have anything to wear.
Right.
It's a real shame you didn't bring that dress to Colby with you.
[melodic indie pop music playing]
Give me ten minutes.
[Eli clears throat] Wow.
-[chuckles] -[Eli chuckles] Wow.
-[Eli] So this is it, huh? -Yeah.
Aw, you guys look so great.
-Wow, you really look pretty. -[Auden] Thanks.
-[Robert] Auden does too. -Thanks, Dad.
Now you guys don't stay out too late.
Dad, who do you think you're talking to?
[both laugh]
-Hmm, I don't get it. -Okay, come on.
-Bye, guys. -[Auden chuckles]
All right. Come on. I'm parked over here.
Actually, I got a better idea.
-Really? -Mm-hmm.
["Cannons" by Youth Lagoon playing]
♪ Rolling up the windows of my '96… ♪
-[Eli] You look good on it. -[Auden] Thank you very much.
-I've been working on it. -Yeah?
♪ I have more dreams than you have posters Of your favorite teams… ♪
[Eli] Oh wow. Going quite fast.
[Auden] Look at this.
[both chuckle]
-[Auden] Hey! -[Eli] You gonna pop a wheelie?
-[Auden] Absolutely not. Are you? -[laughs]
[Eli] I don't know if I can. Maybe.
[Eli whistling]
-Oh! -[both laugh]
-[Eli] What else you got planned for us? -[Auden] Me? This is your rodeo.
-Rodeo? -Yeah.
-Do I look like a cowboy to you? -A little.
["Cannons" continues playing]
-[wind gusting] -[ocean waves crashing]
[Auden] Okay. Ready?
Oh…
[both laugh]
-That was horrible. -Well, we should really be at a lake.
[music ends]
So are you sure you don't miss the prom part?
Well, okay.
Today aside, maybe I was a little hard on prom.
Maybe there's something nice about getting dressed up
and dancing with your friends to mark the end of something.
[Maggie] I'm so glad to hear you say that.
-Hey! -[girls laugh]
Wait, what's going on?
When Eli told us about his plan, I said, "Are you kidding?"
"If my friend has never been to prom, she's gonna get a real one."
The theme is Beach Bash.
We thought it was best to work with what we had.
Is this for real?
Do you hate it?
I so don't hate it.
[chuckles]
[Maggie] Hello?
-[laughs] -Oh!
[Auden] Thank you.
All right, just 'cause you're the catalyst of this thing
doesn't mean you don't have to help. Get to work.
["Lust For Life" by Girls playing]
♪ Oh, I wish I had a boyfriend ♪
♪ I wish I had a loving man in my life ♪
♪ I wish I had a father ♪
♪ Maybe then I would've turned out right ♪
♪ But now I'm just crazy ♪
♪ I'm totally mad ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm just crazy… ♪
[exclaiming]
♪ I'm f'd in the head ♪
♪ And maybe if I really tried With all of my heart ♪
♪ Then I could make a brand new start In love with you ♪
♪ Oh, I wish I had a suntan ♪
♪ I wish I had a pizza And a bottle of wine ♪
♪ I wish I had a beach house ♪
♪ Then we could Make a big fire every night ♪
♪ Instead I'm just crazy ♪
♪ I'm totally mad ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm just crazy ♪
♪ I'm f'd in the head ♪
♪ And maybe if I really tried With all of my heart ♪
♪ Then I could make a brand new start In love with you ♪
♪ C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, Kayda… ♪
Oh!
[screaming]
[Eli] Dear Vertical Checkers, I miss you already.
You'd love it here. It's so beautiful.
The streets are perfect for riding, and they sleep during the day.
[Eli chuckles]
Don't let the quest end just because you have homework now.
-Bueno suerte, mi amor. Love, Eli. -[music ends]
[Maggie] Okay, you have read it five times.
Can we please go to lunch now?
Yeah, let's do it.
[both chuckle]
♪ On the bowery singing "Country Roads" ♪
♪ I was outta town when Dymphnas closed ♪
♪ Got prettier in Denver ♪
♪ Phasing out of this old fairy tale ♪
♪ Apple cider, vinegar, and kale ♪
♪ I'm fit and full as ever ♪
♪ If you want ♪
♪ I can take it off ♪
♪ And show you what my mama gave me ♪
♪ Only getting hotter as I sweat ♪
♪ I have never really been upset ♪
♪ Just hollow and amazing ♪
♪ All I want is to be like my dad ♪
♪ All I want's to give you what I have ♪
♪ I'm generous and vacant ♪
♪ If you want ♪
♪ I can take it off ♪
♪ And show you what my mama gave me ♪
♪ It's so hot ♪
♪ In this restaurant ♪
♪ I might just get fully naked ♪
♪ If you want ♪
♪ I can take it off ♪
♪ Show you what my mama gave me ♪
♪ The tidal creek ♪
♪ The murderous bird ♪
♪ Her bleeding beak ♪
♪ The cleaning thing ♪
♪ The tidal creek ♪
♪ It's so hot ♪
♪ In this restaurant ♪
♪ I might just get fully naked ♪
[music fades]
[melodic indie pop music playing]
[music fades]