01x03 - Episode 3

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- Here is your table.
- Thank you.

Would you want to start
with something to drink?

- A glass of Bordeaux, please.
- Great.

THE TRIO

So how are your studies going?

Are you done with
the introductory class?

Yes, we're doing European law now.

Right, I remember that.

I rarely made so few notes...

Joel? Where is your law firm?

Norrmalm. We were just
talking about law school.

It can be really dull, but it's a lot
more fun once you start working.

Maybe that depends on
where you end up? Or?

I'm expecting nothing
but great things from you.

Is that so?

Then I look forward to
disappointing you, Joel.

Thora...

Hey, can I propose a toast?

It's been a wonderful
evening. Thank you for coming.

Your parents don't have
any opinions of their own.

They do, but they just try
to preserve the good mood.

- Cute of you to defend them.
- What? No.

Are you sad that Hugo didn't show up?

He never shows up anymore.

No. Have you seen him? Since Paris?

I just see him sneaking into his room.

I keep calling, but he won't answer.

Too bad.

- Ciao!
- Bye.

Just in case you ever foolishly
forget, I'm never not thinking of you.

Thora? I'm terribly sorry.

Traffic is impossible at this hour.

Yes...

- Have you ordered?
- No.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- One more each?
- Of course.

- Hugo? We need someone on Friday.
- I'll do it.

- 4 p.m. to 1 a.m.?
- Yeah.

What would we do without
your total lack of a social life?

Good thing I can make someone happy.

What's this about, Grandma?

Please explain why you're
taking out student loans.

Because I want my own
money. That's not weird, right?

It's not your money, Thora.
It belongs to the state.

And there are those who need it more.

It feels like I can't do anything right.

If I live off Mom and Dad,
people think I'm spoiled.

If you really want your
own money, then get a job.

- I won't have time for my studies.
- Just quit your evening classes.

What do you need literature for?

Mom studied art.

Your mom is an art history professor.

You're not people, Thora.

The faster you realize that, the better.

The parquet floor needs to
be oiled, and no big parties.

- We met on Monday.
- Hi!

Look at her over there.

- She'll be a doctor.
- Her?

The one with the bag...
Law, a hundred percent.

She's in your class, right? I knew it.

How can you tell?

It's my artistic eye.

- Do I look like a lawyer?
- No, you look like you.

You promise? Good.

Look, he showed up.

- Hi.
- Hi. Ella.

What a vase.

- Hi, beauties! Great that you could come.
- Great to be here.

Hi! Welcome!

I shouldn't welcome you,
because it's really uptight here.

I'm not hosting the party, so it's not

my fault. I don't know these people.

- What's your name again?
- Ella. And you?

- August.
- Nice to meet you.

Where did you find her?

- She's in the same class as me.
- Okay.

- Are you horny?
- What?! Stop it.

- What's that glow?
- Shut up.

I've invited some
people from the studio.

And a guy named Eli.
We're actually dating a bit.

She's angry.

When Thora is angry,
she's at her most brittle.

And she tries to hide
how she really feels.

No, she... She said that
she only wants to be friends.

Oh, Hugo... Hugo, Hugo...

Okay.

So you're a coward and she's difficult.

Do you understand?

You've changed.

Have I? How so?

- Less...
- Difficult?

No, not difficult...

Or yes, I guess that's what I meant.

I guess it was. I think
I'm less of everything now.

How do you mean?

Those huge feelings fade with the years.

Know what I mean?

- No, I don't know.
- No.

You haven't changed at all.

- Have you dropped out?
- No.

I haven't seen you at
a lecture in a long time.

I attend enough.

I'm sorry, I thought
the wine was for guests.

Hi. Eli.

Nice.

- I know the girl who lives here.
- Oh? Nice. Who?

Or I...

I share a studio with a guy...
He knows the girl who lives here.

Where is this guy? Do you know?

I haven't seen him in a while.

- You can't smoke that out here.
- Come on, it's the top floor.

You scared us.

- Sorry.
- Let's go to the park.

Oh well...

Dramatic...

- Are regular smokes okay?
- Yes, regular smokes are okay.

Want one?

Okay.

- Got a light?
- Yeah.

So what do you think
about August's artist friends?

They're... special.

But are they really? Know what I mean?

They wish they were. They all
wear the same alternative clothes.

And they all advocate
for shared ownership,

when they really want to mooch.

Yeah...

- So what do you think?
- About shared ownership?

No.

About Ella?

Cute, but a bit uninteresting.

Was that a Lund accent?

- Good, right?
- Yeah, really.

Some girls are too interesting.
Hard to know what they want.

What do you want?

I don't know.

Then let's forget about it.

You're hopeless, Thora.

I won't talk to you when you're high.

I don't understand why
you have to be so proud.

- Is it my fault that he has a girlfriend?
- Yes, in a way it is.

I don't get why you insist on
me and Hugo getting together.

Because I don't know
how long I can take it.

- What, me?
- Life.

Who will take care of you
when I'm no longer here?

Knock it off! I don't want to hear
it. Who takes care of whom here?

Excuse me.

If you keep rejecting everyone,
you'll end up all alone. I promise.

Okay, maybe that's what I want.

No, that's not what you
want. I don't believe you.

You detest yourself too much for that.

And you love yourself
too much to k*ll yourself.

That's why you never succeed.

Show them where to sit and
offer them something to drink.

When we're ready, you'll
get a green light from us

and you can show them in.

Okay.

You'll get more qualified tasks once

you've progressed in your education.

This will be fine. Thanks
for the opportunity.

Of course. You're
guaranteed a spot here.

Only if I do good work, or?

Why wouldn't you?

I'm just hoping that my
own competence plays a role,

and not just my last name.

This entire industry is all
about nepotism and contacts.

I'll show you how the
coffee machine works.

WRITTEN EXAM GRADE: F

Here we go. Grandma's cucumber.

Wow. Nice.

Isn't it?

- Nice.
- It really is.

Tell me about that guy...
The tall guy with the mustache.

His name is Eli. We share a studio.

Can't that make things needlessly
complicated if it blows up?

Yeah, definitely.

But who said that life should be simple?

No, that's true.

Can't you...

...tell me about Ella instead?

Are you in love?

I don't know.

I don't think I can fall in love.

Love is about... getting to
know someone deep down,

and I've always liked for
no one to fully know me.

Why's that?

It feels like you're freer that way.

Like you're free to
redefine yourself and...

Free to become someone
else. Someone new.

What do you think?

I think maybe you
shouldn't think so much.

Dare to feel more.

What's it like being married?

Not much difference from being engaged.

- You haven't...?
- No.

- No, it didn't work out that way.
- No...

There's a woman over there
looking very intensely at you.

Over there. You don't
need to look or point.

Don't look... God, don't look.

- Oh?
- That's Joyce.

- Joyce?
- My former TA, teaching assistant.

Were you two involved?

What? No.

- You're such a terrible liar.
- It wasn't serious.

Obviously not for you.

I forget how well you know me.

I've never been able to read
you. That was our problem.

But reading her is easy.

Confused, frustrated.

Heart-broken.

- I need to go.
- Yeah.

See you later.

So you seriously think that the sex

strike is a threat to the men's power?

Yes, why wouldn't it be?

Maybe because prostitution
was widespread during antiquity?

It hardly mattered to any man
if he slept with his wife or not.

- Did you live during antiquity?
- No, but I'm well-read.

Or maybe just nasty.

You call Lysistrata a feminist
play. To me, that's a joke.

- That's how I see it.
- It's a comedy. You're meant to laugh.

Lysistrata is a
caricature, not a heroine.

Thora, settle down.

- I'm just saying...
- We can discuss sensibly.

Is this about me speaking loudly?
We're adults, we can handle it.

- We have to respect each other.
- You need a basis for your analysis...

Why are you so angry, Thora?

I'm not angry. I'm dedicated.

I thought this was a university course,

where we can talk without crying.

Go back to your little girlfriend
and tell her you told me off.

I agree, it's disgusting.

It doesn't make sense.

I don't understand what
the government is thinking,

reducing cultural support so
radically. There's almost nothing left.

- No, it's terrible.
- Only 10% left, that's nothing.

I thought you wanted to cut
cultural support completely.

- What?
- You said so.

- No, you must have misunderstood me.
- You said it a few weeks ago.

- Sweetie, I never said that.
- Oh?

Then you said nothing and just agreed.

Thora...

Don't you have any opinions of your own?

- Sweetie...
- That's enough, Thora.

Do you just adjust your
opinions to the company?

That's enough.

As you can tell, my
daughter won't be a diplomat.

But perhaps a sharp prosecutor.

Time for an ice-cream
adventure, everyone.

Cheers. Bring a bottle of red as well.

Lingonberry ice-cream
with rhubarb, right?

- Hi. Hugo?
- Yeah, exactly.

- Great. Samuel.
- Nice to meet you.

- Sorry we're late.
- No worries.

- Have you gotten a table?
- Yes, but first... Hi.

- Oh god... Hi.
- How are you?

- I'm fine, brother. Good to see you.
- You're good?

Literature, nice. What
does that make you?

Can't you study something out
of interest and to enrich your life?

I want to get a doctorate.

But there's a lot of
competition, so it will be tricky.

Where, if you could choose?
Uppsala, Lund or Stockholm?

I've actually...

...applied to some schools abroad.

- BU would be my dream.
- That's nice.

Aim high, and maybe you'll hit...

Why did you drop out of school?

- I didn't like it.
- Like?

You have to give it some time.

It doesn't give me time
to paint. It's not for me.

It's incredible that you paint.
Never stop. You're very good at it.

- But having artistic dreams...
- I don't have artistic dreams.

- I'm not thinking I'll be an artist.
- You don't?

No, and I don't paint to live off it.

I paint because I can't live without it.

- It's who I am.
- But what's your plan?

- What plan?
- Ad school was a perfect compromise.

Why do I need a plan when I'm


You've said that every year. You'll
soon be 30. It happens quickly.

- 30...?
- You can't just goof around.

I don't goof around more than others.

- What others do you mean?
- Anyone my age.

No, it's not like
that. It's Thora, right?

Her friends in Lärkstaden?

Their parents are financially
independent. There's a huge difference.

They're not like us.

I paid the tuition for that damn school.

I really hope that
you outgrow that soon.

- Outgrow what?
- Your obstinate ways.

It's really getting tiresome.

I can take that...

- I think he seems okay.
- Because he's not your brother.

I'd like to have someone to
share all the responsibility with.

What responsibility?

I just think... He's okay.

I just wish he'd live his own life,

and not be disappointed that I
dream about other things than a career.

So what do you dream about?

Children.

What? Oh.

I want to have children some time.

That's the only future dream I have.

I'm better at daydreaming.

I don't think I want to be a dad.

Why not?

I don't know.

I don't think I would be good at it.

A parent has to give
up all their freedom.

Lots of parents never do that.

Good parents?

You and Frances are very much alike.

I know, we often hear that.

And she hates it, poor thing.

Our relationship is a bit...

- What have you told her?
- Nothing.

Decide for yourself what to tell her.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Without you, I'm totally alone.

- Honey, you're very wet.
- Yeah!

I've been walking around here forever.

I didn't know if you'd let me in.

Of course I'll let you in. Come on.

Come here.

I got an F on my exam!

I've never gotten anything but an A.

You'll get it next time. Yes, you will.

Or maybe you don't
want to become a lawyer.

Right?

I like you. I'm happy you're here.

- You're working late.
- I do that these days.

I've felt pretty inspired lately.

- Because you have a new muse?
- I don't know.

Is he tall, with a mustache and a
cool name? Hangs out here a lot?

- Can I look?
- I'd rather you didn't.

- Nice.
- Do you like it?

And the socks...

Hi.

- I don't think this is a good idea.
- No.

It's a terrible idea.