01x03 - Mid-Levels

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Expats". Aired: January 26, 2024 – present.*
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Set in Hong Kong, the plot orbits the abrupt disappearance of Margaret's youngest son during a nightime market escapade.
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01x03 - Mid-Levels

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- [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING NEARBY]

- [QUIET CHATTER]

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[BUSY CHATTER]

[WOMAN] It took me three

months to save for her.

Completely hairless.

I'm so happy you finally got it.

I know. I've been wanting

a designer cat for so long.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CHATTER IN CANTONESE]

[LAUGHTER]



- [TRAFFIC PASSING]

- [LIVELY CHATTER]

[LOCK CLICKS]

[ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC PLAYING]



[PLAYFUL CHATTER]

- [DAISY] Come on, Gus, come on.

- [GIGGLING]

[GIGGLING]

[TRAFFIC PASSING]

[MARGARET] I keep looking at

the photo the police found,

and it doesn't make sense, Hilary.

Why would Christopher have

a photo of Gus on his phone?

Doesn't that seem strange to you?

Your dead neighbor

having a photo of my son?

- [HILARY] Margaret

- I wasn't with that man

when he took the photograph,

and Essie swears to me that

she wasn't with him, either.

That doesn't necessarily mean

that Christopher had any

It's a possibility.

That's all I'm saying.

It's a possibility. It

needs to be investigated.

I know how hard it is to

not have answers, Margaret,

but you can't keep doing this.

Can't keep doing what?

Searching? Searching for my son?

Seeing everyone as a suspect.

There are consequences.

It's a clue. Why won't

you take it seriously?

Every detail is important.

That is what Detective

Chang has always said.

And now this isn't important?

That man was secretly

photographing my son.

How does that mean nothing?

[HILARY] He took one photo.

They didn't find anything else.

[MARGARET] Why do you

keep defending him?

How well did you really know him?

[HILARY] I watered his plants

and walked his dog all the time.

- Okay, so you didn't know him at all.

- I can't do this right now.

I'm sorry, Margaret. I have to go.

[SIGHS]

- Puri, what are you doing?

- Nothing, ma'am.

Just dusting. So much dust everywhere.

[TENSE, ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm running late for my meeting,

Sam. Can you get me there quickly?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Thank you.

[CELL PHONE CHIMING]



- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Your laundry, sir.

- Yeah. Thanks.

- Make up the room, too. Thank you.

- Okay.

Hey, Sam. How are you?

[LIVELY CHATTER]

I'm gonna put this volcano over there

so I can set the table for dinner.

What about the lava?

We've got no corn syrup.

[CLARKE] I told Mom. She'll

get it on the way home.

I'll bet you a hundred

dollars she's gonna forget.

- Hong Kong dollars or U.S.?

- U.S.

You don't even have a

hundred U.S. dollars.

- Yes, I do.

- Do not.

Hey, let's go help Essie set

the table, huh? Both of you.

- Put your phone down, Daisy.

- But, Dad

Come on, come on, let's go. Help out.

Come on, Phil. And wash your hands.

[CONVERSATIONS IN CANTONESE]

[POP MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY]

[FAMILY CONVERSING IN CANTONESE]

[WOMAN 1] Is this where they

sh*t In the Mood for Love?

[WOMAN 2] No, that's Goldfinch.

But we're going there tomorrow.

- Oh, I love that movie.

- Right?

Oh, Christopher Doyle is a genius.

[WOMAN 1] Wait, is he the director?

[WOMAN 2] No. Wong

Kar-Wai is the director.

[CONVERSATION IN CANTONESE]

[CONVERSATION IN CANTONESE]

[LAUGHTER]

[QUIET CHATTER]

[TRAIN APPROACHING]

[ANNOUNCEMENT IN

CANTONESE PLAYS OVER P.A.]

[RAPID BEEPING]

[SPEAKING CANTONESE]

[SPEAKING CANTONESE] I'm Korean.

[SPEAKING KOREAN] I saw you.

The restaurant.

Uh

I'm actually Korean American.

Oh. Why didn't you say so?

I was saying I saw you at Mido.

The place around the corner.

Oh.

Oh, I didn't think anyone saw me.

Why? Do you think you are invisible?

Kinda.

I would prefer to fly.

What?

Flying's better than invisibility

of all the superpowers.

[CHUCKLES]

I just want to be rich.

Being rich is not a superpower.

Tell that to all the poor people.

I'm Charly.

Mercy.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

[PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

[INSECTS CHIRPING]



In class, the teacher asked

us to name like ten metals.

- Ten metals?

- Yeah.

Aluminum, titanium, uh

- [MARGARET] Hey. Oh.

- Hey.

[MARGARET] You started already.

There was so much traffic.

Didn't get the corn syrup.

- Told you.

- Hey.

[MARGARET SIGHING]

How was school?

Fine.

This looks nice.



[SOFT FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[TAKES DEEP BREATH]

[DAVID, RECORDED] Hi.

You've reached David Starr.

Please leave a message,

and I'll call you back.

[BEEP]

Hey, David.

I know you're upset.

Can we just talk?

I I don't know where

you are, what you're doing.

That's not why I'm calling, though.

I just wanted to know if you were, uh

if you were gonna make

it to the dinner tonight.

I would really like it if you came.

You know, I can't handle,

uh, Richard on my own.

Anyway, um

Just if you could

just call and let me know.

[MERCY] You living here now?

It's been, what, like three weeks?

How do you do your laundry?

Can we not talk about it, please?

[MERCY LAUGHS]

Oh, my God, you are, aren't you?

Where does your wife think

you are, Mr. President?

[GASPS] Should I not say "wife"?

Woman, leave me alone, please.

- Mm, was she mean to you?

- Ow. Stop it. Stop.

Did she hurt your feelings

and make you leave?

Why are you so sensitive, Mr. President?

Geez, I said stop! f*ck!

[DAVID SIGHS]

I was just playing.

I know. Sorry, I'm [SIGHS]

It's complicated, all right?

Did she cheat on you?

[DAVID] No. She

She paused.

What?

[DAVID SIGHS]

Most people probably wouldn't

even realize it, but

[SIGHS] I can't seem

to come back from it.

There was a b*at, two seconds,

maybe, almost nothing, but

If you're being

questioned by the police,

if they want to know where you were

the night a little boy goes missing

and they ask your wife,

you'd hope that she wouldn't

need a second to defend you.

To even consider the

possibility of your involvement.

And now, every time I look at

her, it's all I see: her waver.

Evidence of how she sees me, as

someone capable of taking a child.

And it's f*cking ridiculous, isn't it?

I mean, how can anyone think

I had anything to do with Gus?

What do you think I did

with him? Did-did I hide him?

Where? In my jacket?

In-in my car? Maybe

I-I hid him in my office

so Hilary wouldn't find him.

"Where were you, David?

What did you do?"

May-may maybe he's in my suitcase.

Gus, are you in here?

Oh, no, not in here, huh?

I know. Maybe he's in the cupboard.

Gus? Come out wherever you are.

Gussy! Ooh.

Oh, I know. Maybe he's

in the toilet. Gus?

Oh, no, silly Gus. I can't find him.

I don't know where he's gone.

Gussy, you out here?

Damn it, Gus, where are you?

I can't find you anywhere.

Bunny, I don't I don't

know what I've done with him.

I can't find Gus.

I can't find him

anywhere. I can't find

I think he's under the bed.

Oh. No, he's not there.

I don't see him under the sheets.

Gus! Gus!

- [DAVID] I know where he is.

- [MERCY] Where'd he go?

- [DAVID] He's under here.

- [MERCY] I can't find him.

- [DAVID] Come out, Gus!

- [MERCY] Gus!

- [DAVID] Is he under here?

- [MERCY] I don't see him.

- Gus! Gus?

- Is he over there, Bunny?

- No, I don't see him.

- Let's see. Gus-Gus!

- Gus! Where did

- Where are you?

- Where did he Gus!

- Come on, Gus. Get out here, please!

- [LAUGHING] Gus.

- [LAUGHING] Gus, stop messing around!

[TRAFFIC PASSING OUTSIDE]

[INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING]

[TEXT ALERT CHIMES]

[CREAKING]

[QUIET CHATTER]

[MARGARET] Clarke, you're

not listening to me.

He lived downstairs, and

he never said a word to us?

Not one word.

Don't you think that's odd?

I mean, the detective

said from the start

that it was always going

to be someone that we knew

or someone that Gus knew.

I mean, they thought

it was important enough

to show us the photo, but they

didn't think it was important enough

to investigate this guy? Why? Why?

Uh, oh, hold on. Excuse me.

Excu [SIGHS]

I mean [SCOFFS] Anyway,

look at the photograph.

Would you look at it closely, pl Oh.

Can you help me find corn syrup, please?

Sorry, no English.

No, corn syrup.

Corn syrup. Sweetener.

[SPEAKING CANTONESE]

H-Help me find corn syrup.

Corn syrup.

What do you mean, where

am I? I'm at the store,

and I'm looking for corn syrup

for Philip's volcano experiment.

Nobody here in Hong Kong seems

to know what corn syrup is.

I've already looked here.

I've looked here. It's not here.

[SCOFFS] These store

clerks are so unhelpful.

Gus had a scar on his arm, remember?

He fell on the beach in Thailand,

and when the police asked

us for identifying marks,

we-we didn't tell them.

Why? Because we forgot. We forgot.

And what about our other kids?

Will we forget about their

identifying marks, too?

I mean, this is how, this

is how they get away with it.

This is [SIGHS]

Yes. Corn syrup. Thank you.

Thank you.

I got it. I found it.

Philip will be happy.

Anyway, what I'm saying is it's

probably right in front of us,

and we have to pay

attention to the details

[CONVERSATION IN CANTONESE]

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[ALAN] Almighty and ever-living God

mercifully grant that we may walk

in the way of His suffering

and also share in His resurrection.

Amen.

Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.

How are the kids?

[LAUGHS]

Beautiful.

God bless.

- Shall we?

- Sure.

I've always been a

"silver linings" person.

Uh you know, no

matter how bad things got,

I could always find a way

to see the cup half full.

But, uh, this is different.

I can't find a shred of light,

but I have to, huh?

I'm really trying to.

For my family.

For my kids.

Do you pray, Clarke?

Outside of any religious

institution, I mean.

No.

But I don't really believe in

God or Jesus, anything like that.

Certainly not now.

I mean, there is no meaning.

There can't be with

what we're going through.

Whenever I feel like I can't feel God

like I can't quite grasp him,

I tell myself that if

if God is everywhere

then God is in this rock.

And when I hold it,

it makes him feel just

a little more tangible.

Now, you can give this rock

whatever meaning you want.

Or don't.

In which case it's just a silly rock.

Either way

now it's yours.

- [BUSY CHATTER]

- [HAMMERING]

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]

[SCOFFS SOFTLY]

[JACKHAMMERING]

[HORN HONKING]

[CONTEMPLATIVE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

I'll take these!

I can't hear you!

Four hundred fifty, please.

Okay.

[MACHINERY WHIRRING AND CLANKING]

[LIVELY CHATTER IN CANTONESE]

[DOOR OPENS]

- [HILARY] Hello?

- [DOOR CLOSES]

- Mrs. Starr.

- [HILARY] Oh, CK.

Welcome home, ma'am.

It's always such sweet

relief to see you.

- Let me get those for you.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Where's Puri?

Puri?

[DOOR SLIDING CLOSED]

[PURI] Ma'am, you're home early.

Is this David's laundry?

Yes, ma'am.

Has David been home?

No, ma'am.

Mr. David called Sam.

Sam drive me to hotel to get clothes.

He told me not to tell you.

Don't you dare go pick those up.

[MARGARET] Put your head down.

- [CAMERA CLICKS, WHIRS]

- Great.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

I didn't even know you had that scar.

[CAMERA CLICKS, WHIRS]

Turn around.

[CAMERA CLICKS, WHIRS]

[CAMERA CLICKS, WHIRS]

Remember when you had

that accident, dear?

- This is so important.

- [CAMERA CLICKS, WHIRS]



How come you speak Korean?

Korean dramas.

- Yeah.

- [LAUGHS]

How come you don't?

Um, I do, a little.

I grew up in the States,

so my parents speak it,

and I respond to them in

English, mostly to annoy them.

It's mostly 'cause all I get

from my mom is [SPEAKS KOREAN]

What does it mean?

Means "no good fortune."

My mom and the other aunties

love to tell me how unlucky I am.

It's 'cause of my face.

What's wrong with your face?

My cheekbones are too sharp,

and my chin is too pointy.

Cuts away all the good.

- No way.

- [LAUGHS]

When I was a teenager, my mom went

to see a fortune teller in New York,

without telling me, of course.

I found this little red

booklet in her underwear drawer.

It was written in Korean and

Chinese, so I couldn't really read it.

I had to ask this random Korean

grandpa on the street what it meant.

He said, "You are riding a

blind horse towards a cliff."

So, yeah, I'm cursed.

You are too pretty to be cursed.

[CHUCKLES]

I've always wanted to

go to New York City.

Have you ever been to Central Perk?

Yeah, everyone's been to Central Park.

No, Central Perk.

The café from a show, Friends.

[CHUCKLES] I think that was

filmed in Burbank on a sound stage.

So it's not real?

Most things in Hollywood aren't.

[BOTH LAUGH]

Well, it's a nice fantasy,

to live in such a big apartment

in a big city with your friends.

We could never afford that here.

So where do you live?

With my family. Most of us do.

I love them, but I would also like

to be able to afford my own place,

to have freedom and independence.

So, my friend is in a band,

and she's going to perform tonight.

It takes only five minute walk.

It's just five minutes. [CHUCKLING]

What's the band? Are they good?

- So, so, so good.

- [LAUGHS]

Best in Hong Kong.

Oh. [LAUGHS]

Well, if they're the best in Hong

Kong, then, yeah, I got to go.

Yeah.

- It's there?

- Yeah.

[CONTEMPLATIVE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

- [WOMAN] Hello!

- [DOOR OPENS]

- [MAN] Hello!

- [WOMAN] Surprise!

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

- Look who we found outside your front door.

- I love it.

Theresa, look at you.

- I'm enormous.

- You're gorgeous.

- We brought you wine.

- I'm sorry we're late. Sorry.

- No.

- [LAUGHS]

Incredible. Too much.

- Thank you, Puri.

- Uh, where's David?

Oh, okay, well, bad news,

David went to the gym

before tonight's feast

to try to work out.

- Yeah.

- He managed to throw out his back.

- Oh, no.

- I know. Cocktail?

Same thing happened

to Richard last year.

Yeah, I was on the floor for a week.

Oh, that's the worst. Here.

Handy, actually. I could

hand the baby to him

and neither of them could go anywhere.

- [LAUGHS]

- Oh, I love that.

Maybe you could throw your back out.

- Be nice to have you home more.

- [LAUGHTER]

Well, anyway, he's at the

chiropractor waiting to be seen.

- Should we have drinks on the balcony?

- Not for me. [LAUGHS]

Of course. Can we get

her a mocktail, please?

[DAISY IN OTHER ROOM] I said I

don't want to. Leave me alone.

[MARGARET IN OTHER ROOM] Just calm down.

This is for your own good, Daisy.

- [DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[MARGARET] Why are you acting like this?

I'm just trying to protect you.

[CLARKE] Hey, bud. Wow. Look at that.

[DAISY AND MARGARET CONTINUE

ARGUING INDISTINCTLY]

- [CLARKE] What's up? What's going on?

- [MARGARET] Come here! Daisy!

[CLARKE] Hey, Margaret? Hey. Margaret.

- This is to keep you safe. Would you stop?

- [CLARKE] Hey! Wait, stop!

- [DAISY] Mom, stop! Stop!

- [MARGARET] Daisy, I have to

- [CLARKE] Margaret, have you lost your f*cking mind?

- Dad, help me!

Stop it! Margaret, stop!

I have to protect them.

From what? What are you talking about?

- Margaret!

- We have to keep detailed records.

Margaret!

- Hey, baby.

- [CRYING]

Hey. Hey, Daisy, it's okay.

It's okay. It's okay.

- [PHILIP] Uh, Dad?

- Okay?

Mom said she wanted

photos of our markings.

Your office is very roomy.

Plenty of space to add

a children's bedroom.

That's exactly what we did.

Renovated the study into a nursery.

An amazing feat of nature,

considering you don't have a d*ck

- between you.

- [LAUGHTER]

- Richard.

- Hilary, I shouldn't ask, but

I know what you're going to

say, and no, you shouldn't.

But I only want to know because

I'm genuinely interested.

You never can tell whether

the "no babies" thing

- is a choice or something that's been

- [DOORBELL RINGS]

[NINA] You should consider it

a choice unless told otherwise.

[BETHANY] What's wrong

with asking about kids?

It's like any extracurricular interest.

Soon, it'll be wrong to ask if

someone's ever played tennis or

- Yeah, or had an orgy.

- [LAUGHTER]

[BETHANY] I was asking

her a serious question.

Well, if you must know

I've never played tennis or had an orgy.

[LAUGHTER]

Well, you should try it sometime.

- [HILARY] I'll free up my Tuesday.

- [LAUGHTER]

[THERESA] Richard, I

can't take you anywhere.

Miss Margaret is at the door.

She wants to talk to you.

[BETHANY] You know what? I think

maybe we should have a fourth.

- [RICHARD] Four

- Will you please excuse me?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY]

- [HILARY] Margaret.

- Hi.

[MARGARET] Um, you look nice.

Thank you. I'm hosting a dinner party.

I'm sorry to interrupt. I just, it's

Um, you-you said that you

used to water his plants,

take care of his dog sometimes?

Do you have a key to his apartment?

- Margaret

- You do, don't you?

I'm not gonna help you

break into a dead man's home

so that you can go

through his private things.

I need to know.

And if you were my

friend, you would help me.

That is not fair.

This is what you do.

You-you come up with these

theories. Y-You did it to David.

- You demonized him

- I've already apologized

for what happened to David.

I can't go back and change that.

And you have to understand, I only

told the police what they wanted

You never liked him.

It doesn't matter whether

I liked him or not.

He was sitting and

drinking at a bar, Margaret.

He wasn't kidnapping your son.

He lied about where he was.

That made him a suspect.

What do you want me to do

about that? It's not my fault

- that he's out drinking

- I can't do this with you anymore.

I'm not gonna stand here while you

carelessly ruin another man's life,

especially when he is not

here to defend himself.

Christopher was a good person.

Most people are. I believe that.

I did, too, and look what happened.

All I want is to find Gus.

I don't care about

anyone or anything else.

I really don't.

I don't have any space inside me.

We all want to find Gus.

You know, they say pain can't

be ranked, but that's not true.

My pain is so much worse

than anything you can imagine,

and you're never gonna

understand why I do what I do

or feel what I feel

because you're not a mother.

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Keep it.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SQUEEZE BOTTLE SQUIRTING]

[PLASTIC CRUNCHING]

[CLARKE] Hey, hey,

hey, hey. Relax. Relax.

It's empty, bud. Come on.

Come on, guys, eat up.

You want me to add some more for you?

I'm fine.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[GROANS SOFTLY] Essie, Essie, I got it.

- [ESSIE] Yes, sir.

- [CLARKE] Who could that be?

- [DOOR OPENS]

- [CLARKE] Hi. Thanks for coming.

- [DOG GROWLS SOFTLY]

- Hey, guys?

- [GASPS]

- I want you to meet someone.

- What? What?

- What's going on?

[DOG SKITTERING]

Oh, my God. Who is she?

[WOMAN] He. His name is Chauncey.

- He's yours now.

- [PHILIP] What?

[ESSIE] Always good to

have dogs in the family.

They're loyal and good at guarding.

He couldn't guard

anything. He's too cute.

[ESSIE] Hi, Chauncey. Aw. It's okay.

[DAISY] Hi, Chauncey.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

- It's been booked for weeks. Sold out.

- Oh, that's fabulous.

- Is there a waiting list?

- Wow.

Yeah, you can go on the waiting list.

- Oh, wow.

- [RICHARD] Wow. [LAUGHS]

- Is this meringue?

- It is. It's baked Alaska.

- [GUESTS GASPING, OOHING]

- I've never had one of those before.

- Oh, just you wait.

- It looks delicious.

[LAUGHTER]

- Oh, I can't wait. Oh!

- Oh!

[LAUGHTER]

- Thank you, CK.

- [CK] My pleasure. Please enjoy.

- [NINA] You have outdone yourself this time.

- [RICHARD] Yeah, yeah.

[RICHARD] How the bloody

hell are we going to eat that?

- [LAUGHTER]

- No, seriously, though, this has

This has been fantastic.

I mean, it's been ages

- [AIR SUPPLY: "EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER"]

- That was the heartbreak ♪

But now that I've found you ♪

Even the nights are better ♪

Now that we're here together ♪

Even the nights are better ♪

Since I found you ♪

Oh ♪

Even the days are brighter ♪

When someone you love's beside you ♪

Even ♪

[MUSIC PLAYING IN DISTANCE]

[PANTING]

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[SINGING IN CANTONESE]

[LIVELY, OVERLAPPING

CHATTER IN CANTONESE]

- Mercy, my friends.

- Hi.

- [WOMAN] Hello.

- English. English.

[FRIENDS] English!

- Do you want to have a drink?

- [MERCY] Uh, yeah, sure.

Okay, I'll be right back.

[SPEAKING CANTONESE]

Hey, Mercy.

This is the first time

you've come to Hong Kong?

Um, I've been here for

like a year and a half.

Oh, a year and a half.

Uh, we were talking

about her relationship.

They just moved in together.

- It suits you.

- I'm so excited for you guys.

You can tell her all your dirty secrets.

[LAUGHS]

How about you?

- Me?

- Yeah. You and your girlfriend.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DARK, TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

[WOMAN SPEAKING KOREAN]

[WOMAN, ECHOING] Mercy? Mercy?

Are you okay?

Mercy.



[PURI] Oh, so pretty, Miss Hilary.

Thank you, Puri. Has Sam pulled up?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Okay.

- Uh, ma'am?

- Yes.

What is it?

I want to say sorry, uh,

about Mr. David's laundry.

- For not telling

- That's okay, Puri.

I'm not mad at you.

- And, ma'am?

- Hmm?

I just want you to know

that I'm always on your side.

Thank you, Puri.

I appreciate that.

[CONTEMPLATIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

Sam, take me to Mr. Starr.

[SAM] Ma'am?

Don't pretend. I know

you know where he is.

Just take me to him.

Yes, ma'am.

[CK YELLING IN CANTONESE]



[LINE RINGING]

[HAE SOON SPEAKING KOREAN] Yes

Hi, Umma. Sorry, I've been

meaning to call you back.

Are you sick?

You sound sick.

I'm just tired.

I've been really busy, working a lot.

I hope they're paying you lots of money.

You never have time to call me.

You never pick up.

I'm calling you right now.

You've never even

invited me to Hong Kong.

You make your mother so sad.

So come. I'd like to see you.

Did your father tell you to say that?

I know he's been speaking to you.

He won't speak to the mother of

his child, but to his daughter

It was my idea, Mom.

Oh, well, I can be busy too you know?

Everybody always wants

something from me.

Nobody asks what I really need.

What do you need?

It doesn't matter.

Okay, well

I have to go. My friends

are waiting for me.

You have friends?

How many?

Many!

More than I can count.

I'm happy for you.

You're not all alone like your mother.

Okay. I got to go.

I'm hanging up.

Okay.

[QUIET CHATTER]

[SOFT ROCK MUSIC PLAYING QUIETLY]

[TAKES DEEP BREATH]



Can I have a pinot noir?



So, you found me.

You missed dinner.

It was a hoot.

Sexist Richard brought up

orgies, I drank all the wine.

Hils, I'm sorry about that text earlier.

And about everything, really.

I think you're panicking.

We both are.

And I don't want either of

us to make any more mistakes.

I can't do life without you.

And I don't, I don't want to.

I don't know what I would do if I

didn't have you to raise

eyebrows at across a dinner party.

[BOTH LAUGH]

We had a plan, David.

And I don't know what

that plan is without you.

That's just it. There is no plan.

We can keep trying for a baby.

Hmm?

Oh, what I would've done to have

heard you say that about a year ago.

I just don't think either one of us

are in any position to

be a parent right now.

I'm not ready to lose you.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I'm not ready to lose you, either.

Just promise me that you

won't let me die alone

with only our dead neighbor's

plant to keep me company.

[STIFLED LAUGH]

- And Puri.

- [CHUCKLES]

- A potted plant and Puri.

- [LAUGHS]

Oh, that's sad.

I missed you, you know that?

I'm sorry, too,

for everything that's

happened this past year.

We're better than this, David.

I just feel like I haven't been

able to talk to you recently, uh

And I want to

What?

Excuse me, there's lipstick on

this glass, and it's not mine.

[SCOFFS] He just rolled his eyes at me.

Did you see that?

I might be offended if this

place wasn't such a dump.

- You're unbelievable.

- Oh, come on.

You can't expect me

to drink from a glass

with another woman's lipstick on it.

If this place is such

a dump, why'd you come?

If I'm nothing, if I'm garbage?

What are you talking

about? It was a joke, David.

Stop trying to save me, Hils.

I'm fine. I don't need saving.

I'm trying to save our marriage.

Am I the only one?

[SCOFFS]

[SIGHS]

One more. Thanks. [SIGHS]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUTTERING SOFTLY]

I know it's here.

No, I know it's here.

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING VOICES]

No, no, no, no.



[GASPS SOFTLY]

- [MARGARET] Clarke! I knew it!

- [DOOR CLOSES]

- [CHAUNCEY BARKING]

- He was there. He was in Thailand.

He was on the exact same beach.

Whose dog is this?

What

What's going on?

[CLARKE] Detective Chang has, uh

[DETECTIVE CHANG] You

should sit down, Margaret.

[CLARKE] Come here, baby.

Detectives on the mainland found a

body that matches Gus's description.

We will need you to

make an identification.

The body is in a morgue in Shenzhen.

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

I suggest making contact in the morning.

I know this has to be very

difficult for you, ma'am.

[VOICE FADING] Here is the

address of the morgue in Shenzhen.



[DETECTIVE CHANG] I'm sorry.

I wish it was better news.

[GUS LAUGHING]

[WAVES ROLLING]

- [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

- [BUSY CHATTER]

[SPEAKING CANTONESE]

Did I throw up on you, Bunny?

[MERCY] A little.

[DAVID GRUNTS]

Mm, I'm sorry.

[GRUNTS]

[DAVID SIGHS]

[WHISPERS] Sorry.

Good night, David.

[DAVID] Good night, Mercy.



[MARGARET] Clarke, we need to go.

Dad?

[CLARKE] Yeah, baby.

Can you tell Mom I'm sorry?

[CLARKE] Get some sleep, okay?

[ELECTRICAL HUMMING]





[RHYTHMIC CLICKING]

[CLICKING FADES]

[LOW HUM]

[BIRDS CHIRPING AND SQUAWKING]

[METALLIC THUDDING]

[JACKHAMMERING]

[CAR HORN HONKS]
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