02x01 - Hiking

[bunniefuu]

[birds tweeting]

[leaves rustling faintly]

["Spring" from The Four Seasons
by Vivaldi playing]

[Anne] So what have you guys been up to?

We're doing a big remodel on our kitchen.

Didn't you just redo your kitchen,
like, five years ago?

It doesn't hurt to try something new.
Tell that to your hairstylist.

- [gasps]
- Okay, I am so sorry.

I hate hiking.

- [Kate laughing]
- [Danny] Ha!

Okay. Act like I'm not here.

Hi, Jack.

- [Claude laughing]
- Oh! What fun we're having!

Okay, too close. I have chin hairs.

Did you tell him he has a choice

between wearing that thing
and having sex ever again?

What are you talking about?

Think of the super sexy
forehead tan line he's gonna have.

Hey, Cyclops,
how much longer for this hike?

Well, as the crow flies,
not too much, but for humans, a lot.

I mean, this is nothing
for Kate and me, though, huh?

Have I told you guys
we're training for a marathon?

- Yeah!
- Yes. I don't care.

For real, though, how much further?

I mean, I'm not worried about it,
but I just wanna make sure mama's okay.

[Ginny] I'm doing great.

Take your time, though. I'm just gonna
do some squats to keep my legs warm.

- [exhaling slowly]
- [Danny] Seems like mama's fine.

[chuckling]

We're coming. We're coming.

Wow, Ginny, you are like a machine.

Oh! Thanks!

I'm in this prenatal
Pilates class right now.

It's a bunch of pregnant women

and this one husband
who really needs attention.

You know what? I actually just ordered
a Pilates reformer.

Hey.

That'll be a nice place to pile
your Amazon packages to return.

- [laughs]
- No, I am actually gonna use it!

I'm a new woman now.

- Anne 2.0.
- [Danny] Okay.

I could do anything.

I could go back to school,
or I could start a business.

Like, oh, I saw a woman on TikTok
who raises donkeys.

I could be a donkey lady.

I vote for donkey lady.

[all laughing and chattering]

[Jack] There it is.

[pastoral music playing]

Do you have Nick?

[Kate] Wow. You were right.

It's a hard hike,
but this is the perfect spot.

[girl] Look! I found a worm!

[children] Ew!

- Who are these little soldiers?
- [woman] Okay, Brownies.

Who's ready to collect samples
of soil, rocks, and air?

[children] Me! Yeah!

[girl] It's so windy!
The dirt's blowing in my face!

["Spring" from The Four Seasons
by Vivaldi playing]

Yeah, it's harder going down
than going up.

- Yeah-- Oh!
- Oh, my…

Hey, you guys,

why don't we just
spread Nick's ashes here?

We're still on his favorite mountain,
and this spot's pretty darn beautiful too.

That's true,

but not as beautiful as the top.

We're 30 steps from the top.

A strong updraft
will carry him there in a week.

Well, his ashes may move,

but his spirit
will be tethered here for eternity.

No, but I-- But I think it's good.
It's a perfect spot.

Okay, look. We're tired.
It's getting late.

Why don't we go into town, grab dinner,

and we can try to spread
the ashes again tomorrow?

- We can make a weekend out of it.
- Oh, yeah. I-I don't know.

I-I only brought what I have on.
[chuckles]

Well, I'm sure we can get
whatever we need in town.

Did you see the town?

This is the town
that Tracy Chapman sped away from.

Don't be a snob.

Look, there's a fine line
between quaint and meth.

I don't like this plan. Too far upstate.

I think we should stay.

[lighthearted music playing]

{\an8}[Danny] What is this place?

- Where are we?
- [Ginny] It's cute!

Oh, my gosh,
I think we've gone back in time.

[Jack] Oh! Wow, I like how funky this is!

Do you also like that it has zero
Yelp reviews and the amenity's a toilet?

Okay, yes,
but they do accept cryptocurrency.

[Kate] There you go.

- [Claude] Where did you read that?
- Hey.

I know you don't want to do this,
and neither do I.

I don't, but it's just one night
and it really means a lot to Jack.

He's been having a little bit
of a hard time lately.

He keeps talking about
wanting to honor Nick

with this weekend and the marathon.

And I think he needs this.

For Jack?

- Fine.
- Thank you.

And I'm sorry
he's been having a rough time.

Is that why you're pretending
to train for a marathon?

I am training for a marathon.
I'm doing three miles a day.

Okay. Turn around then.

No. There's nothing to learn back there.

- Come on. Show me.
- No.

- Show me that bubble.
- No!

Come on.

[Danny, laughing] Ain't no booty!

["Rock Bottom, Pop. 1"
by Robbie Fulks playing]

♪ You can tell that I'm a big man ♪

♪ In this town ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ And I'm the king… ♪

[door opens and closes]

Hello. We have a reservation
for six under "Jack."

I have the confirmation number,
if that helps.

I think they'll be able to accommodate us.

[boisterous chatter and laughter]

[Kate] The little red-haired young tenant
is low-key hot.

Oh, that one? Oh, wait. No.

[Kate] Is that spicy?

Holy hell, this place is delicious.

Look, I have so many bones on my plate
I could start a little museum.

- [Jack] So, Ginny, how's everything going?
- Yeah.

I mean, I know it'll obviously get harder
as time goes, but I do have a plan.

I'm going to do a water birth
in the studio connected to my yoga place.

- Amazing.
- [Ginny] And I found an apartment.

It's a fourth-floor walk-up,
which, not great, but it's big.

Oh! Oh! And I picked a name.

Oh! Tell us, tell, us.

Okay. It's gonna be
a little bit of a gender reveal.

[Anne] Oh, my God.

- [drumming on tabletop]
- We need a drum roll.

[rhythmic drumming on table]

[drumming stops]

Cove.

Now do the gender reveal.

Uh, it's a boy. Co-- Cove's a boy name.

[all cheering]

Yay!

I knew it! Obviously!

Uncle Claude will always
be available to babysit.

[Anne] Aw!

I actually helped raise my sister's kids.

Oh, that's so sweet. Did you two
ever think of having kids of your own, or…

Well, we've had conversations
about it over the years,

but ultimately, Claude wasn't into it.

[coughing] What?

[laughing] What are you talking about?

- [Danny] Come on.
- You think I made that decision?

- Ding, ding, ding, ding.
- Oh, boy.

- Jack's drunk.
- Let it happen.

Guys, look, I know this wasn't the plan,

but it is so nice
to all be together again.

And Ginny, you're a part of that.

Right?

You're never getting away from us.

[voice breaks] And that baby…
I'm gonna be at the birth of his baby.

Oh, wrap it up.

[all laughing]

To all of us.

[all] To all of us!

- Thanks. Cheers.
- [Anne] Cheers.

Cheers.

So, where are we all going this summer?

- Ooh, that's a good one.
- Where can you take a baby?

Hmm.

♪ Seems like a lifetime… ♪

- It's just me.
- [Kate] Oh.

- I'm gonna pee in front of you.
- [Anne] No worries.

Hey, can you tell
your dipshit husband to cool it?

What?

Ginny cannot come
on summer vacation with us.

She cannot be in our group.

Wait, I thought you were okay with Ginny?

Listen, she's a nice girl,
and I wish her the best,

but ladies aren't supposed to be friends

with the woman
their dead husband's left them for.

Yeah, you're right.
There is no Beyoncé song about that.

Oh, I thought seeing her would be fine,
but it's not.

And that belly, I can't look at it
without seeing her and Nick doing it.

Him doing all his special moves
that he was so proud of.

- Don't worry, I won't describe them.
- No need.

There's only like three things they do.

I can keep it together for spreading
the ashes, but then it is over.

I do not need to see Ginny ever again.

Yeah, okay, yeah.
I-I-I can get Jack to cool it.

- Door! Jesus.
- Sorry.

[door closes]

- There they are!
- Thank you.

- What's going on?
- Hey!

I was gonna hand these out
after spreading Nick's ashes,

but since the vibe is so good right now,

I hereby declare this
the first annual Nick weekend.

May we all come here together
for the rest of our lives.

[Ginny] Oh, good!

- [Jack] There you go!
- [Ginny] Thank you.

Yeah.

Let's take this.

Right.

- He's kicking a lot, you know?
- [Danny laughing]

- 'Cause I'm a customer!
- [laughing]

- Okay.
- Cheers.

So, uh, good news. Uh, rooms are ready.

Uh, bad news, Jared's still
getting used to the new system

and they actually only have
three available rooms.

So I was thinking
Danny and Claude in room eight,

Kate and I will take nine,
and Ginny and Anne, the tens in ten.

Oh, I don't know…

Oh, I didn't intend for tens to be
a comment on their bodies.

No, I was like--
I was mostly considering personality.

Not to imply that, you know, their--

Tens was meant
to refer to the whole, uh, package.

Nobody talk. Make him keep going. [laughs]

You know what? Ginny is pregnant.
She should get her own room.

Yeah. Annie, you can come with us.

- There.
- That is really thoughtful.

- Thanks, Anne.
- Yeah, of course!

[Ginny] Okay, yeah.

Good night. Sleep well.

- [Anne] Guys.
- [Ginny] Oh! Okay.

Thanks so much.

Ugh.

If you wanna know what
you'll look like 24 hours after you die,

the overhead lighting in the bathroom
will give you a good sense.

Oh, I think it's cute in here.

Uh-uh! Uh-uh!

This place is fake nice.
I could break everything with a spoon.

[door closes]

How'd you do in there, Nick?

You make friends with all my chargers?

Look, I don't wanna get
into a fight right now.

I just want you to know that
what you said at dinner was out of line.

You always do this. I'm furious.
Let's leave it at that.

Oh, my God. Because I said
you didn't want to have kids?

You did say that.

Nope, you were the one
who said we shouldn't have kids.

- Uh, that's not the way I remember.
- [Claude, laughing] What a surprise.

We were at Nick and Anne's during COVID.
You were wearing red pants--

I've never worn red pants in my life.

Patrizia was there!

Oh! I remember Patrizia.
She was a real handful.

[Claude] See?

Wait, guys.

What the f*ck?

- Sorry.
- [door closes]

Look, okay.

Who cares?

Your feelings are valid
no matter what actually happened.

I know what actually happened.

[sighs] I remember it differently.

[laughs] Because you're
the great rememberer, right?

Then tell me,
what are the names of our gardeners?

- That's not a memory thing. I'm just rude.
- You need to cool down, okay?

And now I'm gonna go get a new pillow

because this one
has a latex glove stuck to it.

[sighs]

[door opens and closes]

[gargling]

[spits]

Hey, tonight was fun.
People were happy we stayed.

- Yeah.
- [turns tap water on]

Anne did kind of pull me aside

and say that tonight brought up
some feelings for her

about everyone being here.

Oh, I get it. I mean, for me,
I was kind of realizing how sad I've been.

But having us all here together?

Tonight was the best night
I've had in months.

Is it weird to have Ginny, though?

No, not at all.

It's like we still have
a piece of Nick, in a way.

Yeah, that's a nice way to think about it.

What?

No, uh, just your legs are looking
really good from all that running.

Not gonna lie,

I was flexing my quads,
hoping you'd notice.

[laughing] Oh, I've noticed.

- You did, huh?
- Yeah.

[laughing]

[Jack growling]

[Kate] Okay.

["Spring" from The Four Seasons
by Vivaldi playing]

Oh.

[Jack chuckling and murmuring]

- [Jack] What's happening?!
- [Kate] What is keeping this mattress up?

- Are there not slats?
- [Jack laughing]

Get off me! I'm suffocating!

I can't! This is how they'll find us.

[both laughing]

Hey, Ginny. Do you happen to have
an extra pillow I can borrow?

Um…

Uh, yeah, yeah. You can have one of those.

Just be careful.
They kinda smell like gasoline.

- Honey, what's wrong?
- [sighs]

Nothing, it's just, um…

[inhales sharply]

…my application for the apartment
got rejected, but it's gonna be fine.

It's fine. It's just…

on top of all the Anne stuff,
it's kind of a lot.

I'm sorry, what Anne stuff?

Well, I just assumed
you all knew and were talking about it.

No.

[wind ensemble version of "Spring"
from The Four Seasons playing]

[toy whirring]

[indistinct chatter]

[Claude] Not your business?

Isn't this your family?
You always say, "This is my family."

[Danny] It is our family.

Hey! Did anybody find coffee yet?

We need to confront her.

No, we don't. We just need to be nice.

- Nice?!
- Just play nice.

- How can you be nice?
- We will be home in a couple of hours.

All we'll do…

Another couple of hours like this?
I'm gonna explode.

What's going on?

Claude's mad at everyone.

[Claude] No, no, that's not true.

I'm not mad at you.
I'm used to being treated like this.

- But I'm furious with Anne.
- What did Anne do?

Oh.

Okay, it is not my place to say.

Oh, come on, you only say that
when it's really good.

I still don't know why Tami Cantilina
dropped out of the play senior spring.

It had to be pregnant. What else is there?

Nose job, Claude.

[gasps]

- [Kate] Really?
- [Claude] Okay. Listen.

I don't think this should be secret.
Everyone needs to know.

Okay, Ginny told me that Nick
and Anne's divorce wasn't finalized.

I must caution that we've only heard
one side of the story.

I'm gonna die if someone
doesn't tell me the rest of this now.

Anne got all of Nick's money,
and she's not giving Ginny a penny

because she wants Ginny
to have a bad life.

- There, I said it.
- Oh, my God.

- I don't think Ginny said that.
- Oh, so I'm remembering this wrong too?

Hmm?

I can't believe you're taking
Anne's side over Ginny's, honestly.

Okay, Claude is very touchy
about single moms because of his sister.

Well, excuse me.

I don't think single mothers
should be abandoned in their time of need

like the Virgin Mary.

What about Joseph?

Look at the paintings, Kate.
Joseph was never around.

Huh.

Hmm.

I just think
this is a big misunderstanding.

Anne is not a monster.

And she and Ginny
have been getting along, right?

Yes to all that.

Although Anne did say to me last night
that she never wants to see Ginny again.

[gasps]

I'm not going on the hike.

No, Claude, please. For Jack.

I can't. I can't be fake nice to Anne.

I'm real, okay?

Like J-Lo and Ja Rule.

Hey, guys, what's up?

Nothing. Just staying excited.

Okay, I need to go wash my face
and get my hiking boots on.

I'll see you in a second. Hey, Anne!

Hey!

Don't make a scene.

Hey, guys!

- Hi.
- Hey.

I didn't even notice you
leave the room this morning.

How'd you sleep?

Not well.

I've been thinking about

all the unnecessary
pain and suffering in this world.

Oh, sh**t. I'm so sorry.

Actually, I'm not feeling so good.
Maybe we can go home?

Maybe some fresh
mountaintop air will help.

You know what?
I'm not feeling great either.

I wonder if it's something
we ate last night.

Uh… Mm…

Morning.

Oh, that's a cute top.

Hey, Ginny. Cute leggings color.

[Ginny] Guys, I hate to say it,

but the weather app says
there's like a 10% chance of rain.

So I was thinking out
of an abundance of caution, we should--

- Hmm, I--
- Katherine, this hike is not happening.

Honestly, I never even heard Nick
mention this mountain before.

Oh, well, he did come here as a Boy Scout.

It was the first place
he ever slept outside.

Uh, but yeah, I'm sure--
I'm sure it was no big deal.

Okay, I know Jack really wants this,
but he's the only one.

So someone is gonna have
to tell him that it's off.

But he's so happy.

Okay.

Okay.

♪ I listen to the wind ♪

♪ To the wind of my soul ♪

♪ Where I'll end up
Well, I think only God really knows ♪

♪ I've sat upon the setting sun ♪

♪ But never… ♪

Oh, my God, Jack!

It's not ready yet.

Had an idea during my run,
I wanted to try it out.

That's what you've been making
with the GoPro?

Yeah! I…

You know, I just wanted to make something

that captured how it felt
for us to all be together.

♪ I listen to my words
But they fall far below ♪

{\an8}♪ I let my music take me
Where my heart wants to go ♪

Hm, that is not the march of someone

who's about to tell us
we're on the same page.

That man is an angel.
We are lucky he walks among us.

Katherine, how much longer
are we supposed to be pretending for?

Two more hours?

- Oh, man!
- [all groaning]

Why is that such a big deal?

I'm not naive, okay?

I know there's not gonna be
a second annual Nick weekend.

We all know that.

But Jack doesn't,
and I think that is beautiful.

So whatever you have going on right now,

you are gonna stuff it down
and billy-goat your asses up that mountain

because Jack would do that for you.

- So if I were to play the pregnancy card?
- Nice try. You're healthy as sh*t.

[Jack] Hey-o!

Who's interested in fueling up
with a big breakfast before we start?

- No.
- Let's just go.

Well, have a bar.

["Allegretto" from Symphony No. 7
by Ludwig van Beethoven playing]

I've thought about it, and I think
the baby should call me Paw-pou.

Oh, unless you wanted Paw-pou.

[Anne] I f*cking hate this.

[music continues]

[Anne sighs and exhales]

Uh, I looked it up,

and apparently this mountain range
lifted out of the earth

like 300 million years ago.

Huh!

[Jack] Like, all this beauty

was created by heat and pressure
boiling under the surface.

Great, maybe we'll make
a new mountain today.

Now Nick, in a small but a very real way,

is gonna add to that beauty.

Another layer to help this mountain
last millions of more years.

[poignant music playing]

Nobody else who comes up here
will know that.

- But, uh…
- [sighs emotionally]

…we will.

Danny.

What's wrong?

I, uh…

forgot the ashes.

Oh, no!

Man, it really is harder
going down than going up.

- Yeah, you've said.
- We know.

I'm so sorry, everyone.

I don't know how I'll make this up to you.
But I'll figure something.

Or in five years, you retell the story,

saying I'm the one
who forgot the ashes in the room.

Hey.

[sighs]

Just as a thought experiment,
say you do have a better memory than me.

What do you think happened
the last time we talked about having kids?

Danny, you said,
"I don't think we should be parents."

If you remember it differently, it's fine.
Just, you're not shy.

If at some point you wanted children,
we would have had them.

Just don't say I was the reason,
because it was you.

Okay, look, look.

I know it's been a tough day,
and everyone isn't in the greatest mood,

so why don't we all go home?

- We can come back next weekend.
- [Ginny] Jack, no!

I am never coming
to this cursed place ever again!

I can't keep going
up and down the mountain.

I'm not a funicular, okay?

Okay, I understand we feel that way now,

but with a week of cooling off, we could--

No, no, no! This has to be done!

I know everybody loves Ginny,
but this is very hard for me to take.

- [Jack] Anne, you don't mean that.
- Whoa, I'm sorry. This is hard for you?

You are the one who's refusing to give
this poor mother any money. You!

Okay, wait, wait. Slow down, okay?

Kate and I have no idea
what you're talking about.

- Yeah.
- What?!

Of course I am gonna give her money.
It just isn't figured out yet.

But since you're all busy talking
behind my back,

did Ginny also tell you
that she is suing me?

Okay, she did not tell me that.

Yeah!

I got that little rat turd
of an email last night!

My lawyer told me it was the only way
to get through to someone like you.

I told you Anne would do the right thing
if she had the chance.

Why did she tell Kate
she didn't wanna see Ginny again?

- Hey.
- You told everybody that?

Yeah, you didn't tell me that.

And do we really need
the f*cking GoPro for this, Jack?

[police sirens wailing]

Okay, well, since everyone
secretly hates each other,

I guess we should all just go home.

[sirens blaring]

[officer] Everyone needs
to go inside immediately.

There is an active manhunt in the area.
The suspect is armed and dangerous.

Move inside and do not leave
until further notice.

- [Jack] Go, go, go, go.
- I told you.

Too far upstate.

["Spring" from The Four Seasons
by Vivaldi playing]

[music ends]