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01x03 - Flames and Games

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Buying Beverly Hills". Aired: November 4, 2022 – March 22, 2024.*
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The unscripted series focuses on Mauricio Umansky and his staff at The Agency RE.

01x03 - Flames and Games

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[dramatic hip-hop music playing]

[kitten meows]

[puppy yips]

We had the showing with Olivia,

-and you gave Alexia the B+.

-Mmm-hmm.

And Sonika told her that you said

that you would really give her a C,

and she feels very betrayed.

I just want to make sure

that you fix this.

[Melissa] Okay, so I'm in deep sh*t then.

[sighs]

I'm shaking.

[tense music playing]

[man laughing] Whoo!

[Melissa] Hi, Alexia.

Um, can we chat?

I think it's better

if we talk a little later.

-Not now. So Yeah.

-Okay, okay, okay.

Okay. Okay.

I've never seen Alexia

look at me the way she did tonight.

I am really uncomfortable.

If this ruins me, Farrah,

and Alexia's friendship,

I don't even know what to think.

Hey, can we talk?

-[Sonika] Yes.

-[Melissa] Okay.

[Sonika] Absolutely.

[Melissa] The fact I said something

that has been flipped around

and looking like I'm talking sh*t

is k*lling me.

The thing that Sonika does not understand

is she's f*cking with my career,

and that's something

that I will not let slide whatsoever.

Farrah pulled me aside and she told me

that you told Alexia the grade

that I would have given her.

I just felt like she needed to know,

because she had this coming up, and I

But do you understand that, like,

when it goes to Alexia,

and then it gets back to Farrah,

it looks like I'm talking sh*t,

when that's the last thing

that I would do.

I'm pissed. I'm pissed. I'm boiling.

She just seemed like

she needed to talk about it, and I just

I didn't know what to say, honestly.

I'm not that kind of person

to go talk sh*t

But you're smiling right now.

-I don't think you take it seriously.

-You know me. I'm uncomfortably smiling.

When I'm talking to you, moving forward,

anything I say to you,

don't say it to anyone else.

I think I should go.

I'm just really uncomfortable.

-[Sonika] Okay.

-Okay.

God.

Oh, my God. Wow. [snickers]

Are you okay? I feel like I've

started this whole whirlwind of things.

[Sonika] Oh, my God.

I'm this close to crying.

-[Brandon] Really?

-[Sonika] This close.

-She just ripped me a new one.

-[Alexia] I'm so sorry.

I just was super caught off-guard

because I wanted to be honest with you

and let you know,

'cause I knew this was coming up,

but I wanted you to

-[Alexia] Listen, I know.

-be fully prepared.

I feel so blindsided.

I did not expect this today.

I don't really have much experience

working with Melissa at all,

and I don't know that an ambush

at our boss's home was really appropriate.

She wants to, like,

cozy up to the Umansky team,

but she's a social climber. [laughing]

[Brandon] That's the common thread

throughout the afternoon.

I don't know if Melissa's

a social climber or not, but

she seems to wear comfortable shoes.

She brought my friend to tears.

[Ben] Did she really leave?

[Brandon] Yeah. That's what happens

when you run your mouth.

[Melissa] Ugh, I feel so uncomfortable.

[tense music playing]

[upbeat song playing]

It's lighting up my radar

Feel it comin', feel it comin'

I won't stop 'cause nothing ever lasts

The future's coming

Future's coming fast

[Farrah] Hello.

-[Joey] How are ya?

-How are you? Good to see you.

-Did I go over everything with you?

-You literally have told me nothing.

Zero. Zilch.

Okay. The house was owned

by my great aunt who passed away.

It's now inherited by her two daughters,

and they're tough cookies.

I love them to death,

but they're really tough.

They're interviewing

all these other top brokers. Like

-Really?

-Yeah, they're pinning us against

-So we do not have this in the bag?

-Not even close.

-I can't lose this listing.

-No! Are you kidding?

Right now, I mean, more than ever,

to have a listing in The Flats

is like having gold.

We have to get this listing.

[Joey] The Beverly Hills Flats

is one of the most prestigious

neighborhoods in the world.

You're right next to

downtown Beverly Hills.

You're right next to the Sunset Strip.

You're right next to Bel Air.

You're squeezed in between the most

luxurious, in-demand pockets in LA.

It would be a massive deal

in the flats of Beverly Hills,

and it's gonna help my business a ton.

-[Joey] Obviously, the landscaping

-Are we gonna fall off?

-[Joey] No, no, this is this is sturdy.

-Okay.

-Somewhat. Hopefully we don't die.

-Cool.

Looks really, really nice.

So I wouldn't take any buyers

into the structure.

Because, obviously, we come in this house

and we're plugging our nose.

It's shitty, it's scary, it's dilapidated.

-This property's all about the lot.

-This is a tear-down.

Like, we're literally selling the land.

Some buyers are literally gonna

take a twirl in the yard and just say,

"Great. I wanna make an offer."

Yeah. Might not even

step foot in the house, huh?

Yeah, a lot won't,

so be prepared for that.

[Joey] This is a tear-down.

It's sad to say that, 'cause you have

a beautiful 3,600-foot structure.

You have an amazing guest house,

you have an incredible pool.

But at the end of the day,

it's only the piece of land

that people are really interested in.

Growing up here,

and you can relate to this,

you know how special

listing in the Beverly Hills flats is.

-[Farrah] Oh, my God. Yep.

-So if I can perform for my family

that would be game-changing

for my entire career.

[Farrah] Oh, my God.

[Joey] This Camden deal is a family deal.

My great aunt who lived there

survived the Holocaust.

She came to California,

and I think she paid around $25,000

for the property.

And now it's worth around six million.

-This, to me, is OG Beverly Hills.

-Cool!

Aw! This is like before

the Beverly Hills Hotel banana palms.

They taught the Beverly Hills Hotel

everything they know.

They started the whole trend.

This is a crown-jewel type of property.

These are very high in demand.

Um, we're gonna get a lot of developers,

we're gonna get a lot of owner-users,

and we really do have

one shot to get it right.

-Hey, guys.

-[Joey] Hey, Mau.

-[Farrah] Hi.

-[Mauricio] How's it going?

-Excellent.

-We need you to sell this property.

[laughs] I don't know if you need me,

but it's a pleasure.

[Joey] You don't know my family.

Mauricio and Farrah

are the top agents in LA.

I really admire Mauricio,

and having Mauricio and Farrah

on this listing,

it should be a shoo-in.

But that's not the case.

I want to perform for my family,

and there is no one else

I'd rather do this with than you guys.

You know, if we do get this listing

Hold on a second.

I need you to have confidence.

I know that you are stressed about it,

but you're never allowed to talk about,

"If we get something," or "If that"

You need to say, "When we get it," okay?

If you don't get it, you don't get it.

You'll deal with that later. But I don't

If we don't get this listing,

I really don't think

I'll be able to go to family dinners.

That's all you need to say to them.

You can find out

if they want you at family dinner or not.

-[laughing] They may not want you there.

-They might not want me.

I don't wanna go down that path.

[upbeat music playing]

[Alexia] Want to get on the bed?

Good girl!

-[Mauricio] Hi, honey.

-Hi, Dad.

-Ah, you're cuddling Miss Bambi!

-Yeah, of course, as always.

Hi, Bambi.

Hey, my pillow!

What? Relax.

Are you kidding me? This is expensive.

-She's licking me. Aw. Hi.

-I know. She comes and licks me too.

-What'd you do today?

-Um, I had a busy day.

-I stopped at one of those fruit bars.

-Fruit stands?

-Fruit stands.

-I love those!

And I had some mangoes, and watermelons,

and pepinos with Tajin,

and they were delicious,

with lime, and it was amazing.

-The one on the corner of our street?

-Stoner Park.

Holmby Park.

Okay.

It's called Stoner Park.

It's not [imitates smoking] stoner.

It's, like it's Stoner Park.

It's the name of the street, kid.

Got it!

My dad and I are extremely close.

We're honestly like two peas in a pod.

We're definitely the two in the family

that do the most activities together.

I'm kind of like the son he never had.

We go skiing together.

We go on hikes together.

We come home from a day of skiing,

my mom's like, "Where have you been?"

We're like, "Oh, jumping off cliffs."

My mom wants to k*ll us sometimes,

because I'm definitely

my dad's partner in crime.

So what did you do today?

Did you have a busy day?

I did have a busy day.

I had some showings at Milldale.

Oh, good.

A lot of me was super upset

because Melissa told Brandon and Sonika

about my lack of performance.

Well, talking behind the back

is just not a cool thing anyway.

It was just this whole domino effect

of just emotions after that point.

Oh, my God.

Yeah. It was traumatic, honestly,

because we're all, like, family.

We're all friends and family,

and everything's so super awkward

and uncomfortable, yeah.

But I'm more just so upset that

she deflected this embarrassment on me.

Like, the whole world

just knew I did a terrible job,

and I was just so upset,

because, like, Melissa,

I really do look at her as somebody

who's such a comfort to me.

She's always checking on me,

and it seems so out of character of her,

and I'm not gonna tell her it's okay.

I'm gonna tell her it upset me.

I wanna have this conversation with her

-She's gonna have to gain your trust back.

-Yes. Exactly. Exactly.

What do you think?

See if you can feel like

you can trust her again

or if it's gonna

be a superficial friendship.

It's hard to be your dad,

and be the owner of the company,

and in the middle of all of that together,

and be sensitive at points,

and be tough at points

-All of that.

-I know.

[Mauricio] I'm a very emotional man.

There's no question

when I see Alexia struggling,

that I just want to

reach out and just save her.

And I just want to take over

and be protective.

So the struggle that I always have

when that happens

is to figure out the right balance

between love, protection,

and allowing her to struggle,

and find her own way.

[Alexia] My fear

is that the people in the office,

they think I'm not deserving

of my position with you guys.

Like So it sucks.

Look, people are always gonna be

talking about you

and saying things like that.

That's just the reality,

that's the position you're in.

And it's really your choice as to

whether you allow it to affect you.

The more successful you are,

they'll talk about you more.

And they'll say more sh*t about you.

That's it. Like, it just it sucks.

It really does.

[hip-hop music playing]

[Joey] Oh!

-Would you look at this? [laughs]

-[indistinct chatter]

Ben-Zvi family.

[Amy] Hi, Joey!

My sisters in town from New York

to treat me.

[Sarah laughing] Hi.

Growing up with two sisters

was interesting.

I was the subject of a lot of, um

dress-up.

How's John?

He's good. He's in New York right now.

-Are you guys still happily engaged?

-Yeah, we're still we're still at it.

-[laughing]

-[Sarah] Speaking of John

I'm not dating John.

I can tell you that much. That's all you.

Um

No, honestly,

I've been so focused on work.

So, all you do all day is work.

But you're with the same people.

Who are you with all day?

Mauricio, Alexia, and Farrah?

Yes.

-[upbeat music playing]

-I've yet to hook up with Mauricio.

[chuckling] He seems like

He would be incredible, for sure.

Daddy Umansky.

Yeah, we refer to him as Daddy Umansky.

And when I say "we," I mean me.

Like, you know we get along well.

Like, Alexia and I

had some crazy times in that

-[Amy] Yeah, she's been here.

-In that backhouse.

[Sarah] Yeah.

[Ben] Johnny! Looking good.

-[Johnny] Thank you. So are you.

-[Sarah] Oh, my God. Johnny.

-[Ben] Good to see you.

-[Johnny] Back from New York?

-[Amy] Yes. I leave in the morning.

-Cheers.

-Leave in the morning?

-[Sarah] Cheers, Johnny.

We can only take Amy in doses,

so we had to just kind of

Fair enough.

Oh, but Joey we can

handle in large quantities, for sure.

Pfft. Anyways.

It's good to f*ck' see you.

Anyways. Good to see you, Joey.

So, I don't know if you guys know this,

but I might be working

on a little something

with our wonderful family over here.

Potentially.

-[tense music playing]

-What the hell was that hesitation?

[Johnny] It's just really difficult.

[Ben] Just so you know,

there's no chance this house sells

below six-and-a-half million dollars.

That's not gonna be good enough.

[all laughing]

My mom's not gonna want to hear

anything under seven.

[Joey] I love that. Cheers to that.

This is how you know we're related.

I think the reluctancy for them

giving me this listing

is that they knew me as a kid.

They knew me as a troublemaker.

The perception's not good.

I gotta be honest with you.

My mom is a little worried

about your lack of experience

and your young age for such a big listing.

Of course, it's up to my mom,

and she is one tough cookie.

-She learned from my grandmother.

-[Sarah] Yeah.

So, she'll take my recommendation,

but that definitely won't be enough.

[upbeat song playing]

Tell me what it takes

To get you feelin' alive

Tell me how to show you

It's a beautiful life

Ooh, ooh

I'll do anything

To pull you into the light

'Cause everything will change

When you open your eyes

-Ooh! Did you see that save?

-Yeah, weird. What's going on right now?

-We're very in sync.

-We're flowing.

Yeah, ooh

-[upbeat song continues]

-[Alexia laughing]

Yo! Oh, my What the

-[laughing]

-[Joey] What the

Remember that time we did that other thing

with the paddles after work?

-Naughty ping pong.

-What?

-[laughs]

-Joey! Don't make up lies.

-There's no lies.

-I'm gonna tell my dad you said that.

Please, please

No, hold on for one second.

-[laughing]

-Don't even joke about that.

That little f*cking sh*t.

It's fun to have the office flirtations

and something to look forward to

when you go to work every day.

It's so typical Joey.

At what point do we

start feeling bad for not doing work?

-[Alexia] We work hard.

-[Joey] No, we work our asses off.

[Alexia] Yeah. We close deals.

-[Joey] We close deals.

-We close them so hard.

-[Farrah] Hello, you guys?

-[Alexia] Yeah.

I think we need to get to work.

You have ba*ls flying around everywhere.

-A little distracting.

-[Joey] Okay.

-[Alexia] Yes, ma'am.

-[Farrah] Come hither.

-[Alexia sighs]

-Getting your sweat on?

Had to get those creative juices flowing.

-Your hair's all askew.

-[Alexia] We went a little crazy.

We have things to be updated on.

But first, can one of you guys

get me a coffee? Please?

-Yeah, sure.

-I'll get the coffee.

You're gonna make her do it?

No, I wanted to get out of the way

like a gentleman.

[Farrah] Okay, fine. Um,

the agent visual inspection disclosure

Um, you're late. You're late.

Thank you, dear.

I made you a coffee,

but I'm gonna keep it myself.

Please do. I don't deserve one.

Okay, okay, okay.

I said you could sit on my lap,

but they were, like, weird about it.

-[Alexia laughs]

-Anyways.

I think Joey really does adore Alexia.

I mean,

I always hear them giggling in the office.

It's cute, but they're

seeing each other every day at work.

You know, she's in close proximity

to her dad. It's a little awkward.

But, like, I think he likes our family.

[laughing]

Maybe he has a crush on Mauricio too.

So what's up with Camden?

I just met with my cousin.

Okay.

And it's his parents who are kind of

dealing with the property.

I mean, they kind of know

that our idea on the price

lands somewhere in the mid-to-high sixes.

-You did talk about that?

-Yeah.

And that our strategy would be

pricing it low enough and fair enough

-[Farrah] Yeah.

-to get as much action as possible,

but not too low to the point where we're

kinda sh**ting ourselves in the foot.

How did they take that?

You know, they have reservations

about a lot of different things,

but I think overall they were

on the same page with that strategy.

Okay.

I think it's now

just about conveying to them that

They're scared

that if we price it too low,

it might end up there.

I just want to make 'em feel good

that we're gonna be bringing in

as much activity as possible

and getting that price up.

Well, I think we're gonna have

a lot of demand on this property.

I think as long as we are under seven,

I think that we just need to pick, like,

the number that makes the most sense.

Yo, we gotta get these family listings.

-We're both working on

-Oh, yeah! Your cousin, my family.

-Yeah, look at us.

-I wish you both the best of luck.

I'm here for you.

Uh yeah.

-[both] It's time to focus.

-[Joey] Let's do it.

-Wait. Did you do that on purpose?

-What?

[Joey] The formal hair flip.

[Alexia] Who, me?

[Joey] You guys both do that.

-[Farrah] I do?

-Where it's just so gently

-Okay, I've had enough of you.

-[Joey laughing] Let's go.

-[Alexia] Okay, bye.

-Bye.

[upbeat music playing]

Cómo estás, bro?

-Doing good.

[Mauricio] Santiago

is our partner at The Agency.

He's an extraordinary real estate agent,

and he can get an opportunity

to see some properties

before they come on the market,

versus having to wait for the market.

You get that inside look.

Santi, the Bolivian bull!

-This is amazing!

-[Santiago] Yeah, you're gonna love it.

-[Mauricio] Beautiful.

-It's amazing.

Pretty unique property.

I think probably one of the top five

properties west of the 405.

Two hundred feet

of Riviera Country Club frontage.

[Mauricio] Wow. This is amazing.

I mean, what a place to chill.

[upbeat music playing]

[Melissa] Let's do this, boo.

[Mandana] Such a hidden gem.

Oh, my God, I love that water feature.

So cool for parties.

-[Melissa] Let's take a selfie, a pic.

-Yes.

[Melissa] Mandana is a friend of mine.

She has royalty in her bloodline.

She's from Dubai.

Her family is huge.

She has staff, she has bodyguards.

And the price range

of what she's looking for

I'm very lucky,

let's just put it that way.

-Hey, hey, hey!

-Hi, Mau. This is Mandana.

Hi. I'm Mandana.

-[Mauricio] What a beautiful name.

-So nice meeting you.

-[Melissa] Hi.

-Melissa, how are you?

-I'm great. We're excited to be here.

-Come on in.

You're gonna love this house.

Do you have any idea of how many

cars would fit in the garage?

I'll give it a good guess,

but I think it's at least 12 to 15 cars.

-Oh, you'll be good. Yes.

-[Mandana] Oh, wow. That's very good.

Heaven!

[laughing]

[Mauricio] You're gonna love the house.

You're gonna enjoy it.

-Santi is finishing up his, uh, his thing.

-[Melissa] Okay. Oh, my gosh.

-Wow!

-[Melissa] This is insane!

Yes, girl.

[Santiago laughs]

Sorry, Santi, we might be here

for a few more hours.

[Mandana] Yeah, I

I think I'm about to move in.

Great! That's music to my ears.

Let's look at outside,

then I'll bring you inside.

[Mandana] Yes. I'm sorry, guys,

I'm not trying to be rude,

I'm just checking to see

what are the scores.

Um, her boyfriend

plays for the Timberwolves.

-They're winning!

-[Santiago] Really? Cool. How's it going?

-It's good, they are

-[Melissa] Twenty-six to 34.

They're up, so we can take our

time doing the showing.

-[Mauricio] Yeah?

-[Melissa] Mandana, just don't fall in.

-Those heels are very high.

-[Mandana] I'm trying my best not to swim.

[Santiago] Yeah, let's not do that.

[Mandana] I've seen a lot of houses,

but this one has a beautiful scenery.

-[Melissa] It does.

-[Santiago] It is pretty special.

[Melissa] It is. Actually,

it also reminds me of my house in Dubai.

This is literally facing

one of the most beautiful golf courses.

And I'm Persian, so I can seat the whole

immediate family right here.

[Santiago laughs] You're already

imagining. I love that.

[Mandana] We just need two chefs

over there, that's it.

-[Santiago] Let's go inside the house.

-I cannot wait.

[upbeat music playing]

[Santiago] Everything down here is fun.

This is a proper movie theater.

[Melissa] Okay.

[Santiago] Down here is a full-on spa.

Take a look.

[Mandana] We should have a slumber party.

-[Santiago] Are you big in cars?

-Oh, yes, actually, I'm a car collector.

-I have a Bugatti in Dubai.

-Oh, beautiful.

-So, garage is important.

-Very.

I'm so happy to hear that.

Let's take a look in here.

Oh, my God! This is my heaven!

-[Melissa] It's huge!

-[Mandana] Yes! You never get this in LA!

[agents] No.

[Mandana] Dubai is the center

of having the coolest cars in the world,

but anybody that hears name "Dubai,"

they're like,

"You want to come to Dubai,

you want to do a camel riding."

I'm like, "Okay."

[Melissa] You want to ride a camel,

but not see the Bugattis.

-[Santiago] Yeah, I don't think so.

-Not too many camels.

Oh, wow!

-I should record this for my boyfriend.

-[Melissa] That's sick!

Okay, this is also a hard one,

but hopefully it's not gonna

-Ugh! So bad.

-[Santiago] A little more strength.

It's good. Good try.

[laughing]

-[Melissa] It's all good.

-We'll pretend this never happened, guys.

[Santiago] So, that's it.

I hope you enjoyed.

-Thank you so much.

-Of course. Very nice to meet you.

-So nice meeting you.

-You have any questions, reach out to me.

-[Melissa] You're the best.

-[Santiago] Bye, good to see you.

-Can I talk to you for one quick second?

-Yes.

-I'll be right back. You enjoy the view.

-[Mandana] I'm gonna enjoy the view.

-It's so beautiful!

-[Melissa] Yes.

I just heard that you and Alexia

had a little thing going on.

I wasn't totally honest with her

about how she did.

And she's incredible. She's so smart.

But it was little things. It's tough love.

-Yeah.

-And it got back to Alexia.

-So it's a kind of

-Turned into a big thing.

I think that's what hurt her the most,

this thing about talking behind her back,

rather than directly to her.

-Yeah, absolutely. Thanks, Mau.

-Thank you.

I'm gonna apologize to her

and make it right.

Okay. Thank you.

It looks like I'm talking sh*t

about his daughter.

It looks so bad,

and that's what pisses me off.

-[Mandana] Thank you!

-[Melissa] Bye, Santi, thank you.

-[upbeat song playing]

-I don't need permission

I'll make my own decision

I am the definition of a boss

[blower whirring]

I am a boss lady

[Alexia] Hi.

[Farrah] You missed a leaf.

[Alexia] Yeah.

-[Farrah] Ahh! No! My hair!

-[Alexia] Ahh!

[Farrah] Get away!

[Alexia] My hair, dress, eyelashes.

All of it is a big no.

[Farrah] Yeah, seriously.

-[Alexia] Who's coming today?

-We got about 30 people coming.

-[Alexia] Where are the drinks?

-[Farrah] That's a very good question.

The drinks are on the house.

[Farrah] Let's get this party started.

[Mauricio] I am throwing a barbecue

at my house for The Agency family.

How are you, man?

-[Farrah] Hey!

-[Mauricio] Agency parties are awesome.

[Mauricio] People don't leave.

We have to kick them out.

We have a couple rules at our company.

Rule number one is "no assholes."

And rule number two is

"we like to have fun."

-[woman] Oh, my God.

-[Ben] Mmm!

-Ooh! A little drink.

-Yes, a little bit.

[Alexia] Look who's here!

[Mauricio exclaims] Oh, my God!

How are you?

-[Allie] Hey, guys!

-[Mauricio] Nice to see you! Oh, my God!

-[overlapping chatter]

-[Farrah] I need to take in this image.

I just had a baby.

I mean, like,

just checked out of the hospital.

When Mauricio has a party,

there's no way you're gonna miss that.

If it's a chance for me

to have my first margarita,

I will be there.

-Last time I saw you guys

-[Farrah] She was inside of your body.

-[Allie] Right.

-Now she's outside of your body.

I absolutely look up to Allie.

Especially the fact that I knew her

before she met Keegan.

Oh, she was single as f*ck.

Cuties pies, one, two, three.

I have always wanted to be a mom.

And it still hasn't happened.

I want it all.

I want what Allie has.

I want the husband,

the marriage, the kids,

the success, the white picket fence.

[Allie] She's coming to say hi,

then I'll pass her on, and she's gonna

-Wait, she's gone?

-[Allie] I know.

But, you know,

it's time for Mama to have a minute.

Have a minute!

-[upbeat song playing]

-Comin' in hot

-[laughing]

-Always on top

[both laughing]

-How's your deal going?

-[Brandon] Good.

Absolutely, I know how to stay amicable.

We'll be good.

Let's see if it tastes as good

as I remember.

So how does it feel?

Is it going down like this?

Where you feel it all throughout?

I can feel it like I felt my epidural

-Down my spine.

-[laughing] Oh, my God.

-[Farrah] Oh, my God.

-[Melissa] I just spit out my drink a bit.

We showed Jon Rexford,

doorbell rings, your dad comes in.

Oh, that's scary.

-I was so scared. I was like, "No!"

-That would scare me too.

I want, like, all of us to have

that pressure and be like, "I don't care."

I know, I'm like "Will I ever get there?"

You know?

[Brandon] Mmm-hmm.

So, how many margs are on the list today?

I don't know,

but let's keep drinking this one.

[Melissa] I haven't talked to Alexia yet,

ever since the open house.

I need to tell her

I wasn't honest with her.

But I don't want to be put

in an uncomfortable situation.

[Brandon] The pressure! Ahh!

-[Melissa] Did you bring your pump?

-Yeah, of course I brought my pump!

Let's pump!

-Ah! What

-[Alexia] Looks like you needed it.

-[Joey] Thank you.

-You're on the phone a lot.

I know. Getting worked right now.

-You're getting worked right now?

-Yeah.

-Ah. I brought you a beer, just in case.

-Appreciate it.

[Ben] Alexia and Joey are talking.

I have no idea what they could

possibly be talking about.

They're probably over there

illegally fraternizing,

against our corporate bylaws.

Who am I kidding?

I've hooked up with a few people

at our company,

um, and now live with one.

[Joey] Is this real beer?

-Yeah, of course. I brought you a beer.

-[chuckles] Okay. Thank you.

-[Alexia] Come hang out when you're done.

-Okay.

-Sonika, can I talk to you for one second?

-Absolutely!

-Let me give Kevin, take your beers.

-[Kevin] Oh!

[Mauricio] Did you play pickleball?

I did and I just absolutely sucked,

because I play tennis, so

You'll be good at pickleball.

-It's the best game.

-It is. It's a good workout.

-It's such a great workout. I love it.

-[laughs] You need that.

Yeah! So I just wanted to

take advantage that we were all here

and really just have a quick conversation

about the other day, you know, the

Tell me how I did.

[both laughing]

So you are going

Sorry, let me start that over again.

-[Mauricio] That's all right.

-Uh, um

I, um

-Is the seller motivated to sell?

-It's been on the market a little while.

You said,

"We've been on the market a little while."

-He doesn't need to know that.

-I lowered my offering price.

[Jon] Yep.

So, look,

I'm gonna be very brutally honest.

The most important thing

is you have to be confident.

And you gotta get comfortable

in any situation,

whatever somebody throws at you.

Right.

When you sing, I would

imagine that there's a certain preparation

-to get your mindset

-Exactly.

and then on stage, you forget everything

and you're just comfortable.

-Let it go.

-Am I right or not?

Yeah! Knowing everything about it

becomes second nature.

Exactly, so what you need to do now

is make this second nature.

I think I just have a real problem

with actually being real with myself.

And I think I smile a lot

when I'm uncomfortable.

-Yeah.

-Even right now.

[laughs] And people don't understand that.

At the end of the day,

it's can you or can you not sell?

Sonika's currently dating Kevin,

and Kevin's a very successful agent,

and he's doing great.

But that certainly doesn't secure

Sonika's spot.

You need to be stronger.

You need to deliver more.

-Yeah.

-This thing about laughing

If you're gonna be out there

and representing The Agency,

you need to represent The Agency,

and you need to have confidence.

I believe in you,

but I need to make sure you have

what it takes in order to be successful.

I want to know

how many phone calls you've made,

I wanna know what you're doing

to prospect, to get buyers,

I wanna know

what you're doing to get sellers.

-Okay.

-When we have this conversation again,

I really hope that you have a lot more

than what we're talking about now.

-I want to see, like, a different Sonika.

-Okay.

-Done?

-Done!

-[Alexia] Have you ever sat in here?

-You're acting as if I haven't been here.

Even though this kinda looks like

it's been refinished.

Yeah, we changed the lightbulbs in here,

and repainted, gave it a little makeover.

[Joey] I would say we're one-and-a-half

acres away from anyone else.

Okay, no. Honestly, um, I only wanted

Well, I only I need to, like

Should I have a beer in hand too?

I'm gonna put my beer down.

Oh, it's like that.

I just wanted to talk to you,

because I feel like it's actually

an elephant in the room when we hang out.

-Do you really?

-A little bit. Yeah, I do.

-We hung out so much at one point.

-Yeah.

We have, like, our history. We hooked up.

It is a little weird

that we haven't talked about

whatever happened between us in two years.

And I think part of me felt kind of

ashamed and very bad

that I never had that conversation

with you and I kind of just moved on.

But on top of that, a reason why

I didn't have that conversation with you,

on top of me feeling bad, is that

I don't know what good

this is gonna do by knowing,

but I feel like

you might still have feelings for me.

And I just wanted to know

if that was or wasn't true.

[suspenseful music playing]

When you work with someone every day,

that you had a past with, you know,

like, feelings can come up.

But my ultimate priority is my career.

I do respect the fact that Joey wants to

just focus on himself and his career,

but I honestly do wonder

if Joey was being honest.

Let's just see how this goes.

Hi, Fredricka, this is Joey Ben-Zvi

with The Agency.

I just wanted to chat with you.

When you get the chance,

give me a call back.

Yeah, for sure I had feelings for Alexia.

But I work with her,

and her father, and sister,

so I always knew it was not an option.

But if work weren't in the picture, maybe.

A little busy bee over here.

-He's been on the phone the entire party.

-I know. It's a bad vibe.

-I'm trying to make you money.

-I'm okay with you working like that then.

-What's going on with Camden?

-[Joey] I still don't know.

They haven't

given me any conclusive answer.

You need to get them to say yes or no.

-By the way, it's his family.

-What?

[Mauricio] They're giving him a hard time,

I'm like

[Ben laughing]

We're all standing around strategizing

for Joey to land his aunt.

If your own family

was debating hiring you,

good luck selling it.

Oh, my God.

You know what?

Pick up the phone and call them right now.

[Joey] You love

to give the boss good news.

You always want

to feel like you're delivering.

In this case,

it's not really anything positive.

I mean, it's a shitty feeling.

Hi, Anne.

-I'm with Mauricio and Farrah right now.

Hi, everybody.

[Mauricio] Hi, Anne, how are you?

-[Anne] I'm fine, how are you?

-Amazing!

[Farrah] Great, thank you.

You know why we're calling.

I wanted to know if there's

been a decision on your end.

I know the team's been working hard,

and we would love to perform for you guys.

[Anne] Well, you know,

it's a big decision.

I probably just need to think it over

just another day or so,

and then I'll make a decision, but

Anne, it's Mauricio.

Sorry I took over the phone here,

but we're sitting here talking,

we're all over at my house.

I can tell you that, for Joey,

we're gonna support him 1,000%.

I'm wondering what it'll take

to make sure you get comfortable with us,

so that we can actually move forward,

and celebrate the weekend together, and

-[laughs nervously]

-[Anne] Right.

Well, I appreciate

your getting on the phone,

and I can see that you're

really willing to stay involved, um

So I I think

I think you got it.

-Yes! Thank you so much! Joey, way to go!

-[Ben] Good job!

-Thank you so much, Anne.

-[Farrah] We're so excited.

-We're gonna crush it for you, I promise.

-[Anne] Good.

Joey's gonna have a great weekend now.

He was a little bit stressed.

Now he's gonna have an amazing weekend.

We're gonna deliver for you, I promise.

[Anne] I trust you guys and I'm excited.

[Joey] This listing means the world.

I feel like a lot of my life

was proving people wrong.

I was always the crazy child.

It's more important to me than ever

to prove someone right.

Thank you, Anne, we're very excited.

-Okay, thank you.

-All right.

-Have a great weekend.

-Talk to you soon. Bye-bye.

-[hangs up]

-[Farrah] Bye!

How do you

hang up the phone on her like that?

-I don't know, I got way too excited!

-[Ben] Dude! Too fast.

He wanted to celebrate.

[Mauricio] He was stressing, man.

I would be too. But now you gotta sell it.

Getting a listing

is not selling a listing.

It's hard. It is hard

to get a deal across the finish line.

Like, good luck.

[Farrah] Cheers.

[Ben] I'm such a loser.

I left my drink over there.

[Mauricio] 'Cause Amanda

didn't get it for you.

[Ben laughing] I know!

[upbeat song playing]

Sometimes, you gotta bite the b*llet

Grab the bull by the horns

And ride it

This is the moment

Sometimes, you gotta bite the b*llet

[Alexia] Hi.

-[Melissa] Hi. You look so pretty.

-How are you?

-[Alexia] Thank you.

-I'm good. How are you?

-Thanks for meeting me here.

-Of course.

[Melissa sighs]

[Alexia sighs]

[Melissa] Okay, so

we need to probably get a drink.

[clears throat] Yeah.

I could definitely use a drink.

-Hi, I think we need a c*ck.

-[server] Hi.

Do you guys do an espresso martini?

-[server] Yes.

-Awesome, I'll do that.

-I'll do that with tequila.

-[server] Okay!

-Thank you so much, we appreciate it.

-[Melissa] Thanks.

[Alexia sighs heavily]

[Melissa] Um

I wanted to talk to you at the open house,

but I understand

it was the wrong place, wrong time.

But I know that I really hurt you,

and that destroyed me.

What hurt me the most was

that everyone was talking in the office,

so my instant thought was,

"Everyone in the office probably overheard

that I had a poor performance

and that I wasn't doing a good job."

And I got super embarrassed

and super insecure.

But then I talked with Sonika,

and she was like,

"Melissa wasn't honest with you."

"She thinks that

you actually deserved a 'C.'"

[tense music playing]

So that's when I realized

what everyone was talking about

was something that

I hadn't even known about.

I had already been super embarrassed.

And there was pressure

that I had already put on myself.

And disappointment

I already felt in myself.

And to hear that you didn't have the guts

to tell me to my face

that I didn't do a good job?

Like, I didn't think

I did a good job either.

It really hurt me that it wasn't

a conversation between the two of us.

I just feel like

I'm so hard on myself already.

If it had come from you from the start,

it would have it would have helped me.

But you actually

did the opposite of helping.

That right there is what really,

really f*cking crushed me.

[tense music fading]

Yes, you are totally right,

I was not honest with you at first.

I felt like I couldn't

be completely honest with you

because I didn't want to upset Farrah.

"Upset Farrah"?

-Yeah, because I

-Why Farrah?

Because, well, with Farrah there,

I felt like I couldn't

be completely honest with you.

-Because of who you are.

-Okay.

And especially in our company,

I don't know if people

are that honest with you.

Right?

People are not honest with me

and I know that.

[Melissa] Yeah.

That's almost why I feel like I've

been a little handicapped in my progress.

Okay.

And even these grades

are so ridiculous at this point,

but even the "B" upset me,

but it was because I was disappointed.

-[Melissa] Uh-huh.

-I wanna hear that from you.

If my dad's not gonna tell me,

Farrah's not gonna tell me,

I want you to tell me.

I want to be better, and I want honesty.

And, you know, I've been reflecting,

and I realize that one of the reasons

this affected me so much

is that I feel like I'm an impostor,

in a way.

I don't feel like I deserve to be here,

because, from the get-go,

I was afraid people would think, "This job

was handed to her on a silver platter."

Uh-huh.

I wish I was that kind of agent

that could just get thrown into a house,

and not have my homework done,

and sell it, and be amazing, but I'm not.

[emotional music playing]

It's so much more than a job for me,

and to feel like I'm

falling through the cracks a little bit

makes me really sad.

Thank you so much.

I'm not competitive with my sisters,

but the truth is, like,

I definitely struggled in school.

Portia, Sophia, Farrah,

they're all straight-A, Dean's List kids.

[crying] And I never was that person.

[sighs heavily]

I'm just slower.

It just hurts that it's all these people

that I really do genuinely care

what they think.

[Melissa] Yeah.

I care what Brandon thinks,

what Joey thinks, what Sonika thinks.

It's my circle. It's our safe space.

The Agency is our safe space

and suddenly I'm

I'm scared.

[Melissa] Um

I have a really tough question to ask you.

[dramatic music playing]

This is just me being honest

and obviously more honest

moving forward with you.

After hearing everything you kinda said

do you think real estate

is the right business for you?

[dramatic music continues]

[emotional song playing]