02x04 - Chocolate Mousse

[bunniefuu]

[bright instrumental music]

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

- I've missed this little
drive to the old salt mine.

- Paris has its charms,

but there's something
about Boston.

[car thunks]
- Oh, ow!

- Sorry.

- We were gone so long, Paulski.

- The mountain of mail
I collected would agree.

- Oh, yes, you'll never
guess what we found, Avis,

buried between newsletters
from Paul's judo dojo.

- Go on, the suspense
is k*lling me.

- A letter from CBS.

- Are you going to
be on "Sullivan"?

- They want to talk to me
about doing a show for them.

- Oh, well, what are
you going to say?

- Oh, I'm not even going
to think about it now.

We've been away for months.

[indistinct chatter]

- It's like the
first day of school.

- I know. I couldn't
sleep last night.

- I am so ready
for her leftovers.

The most gourmet thing
I had this summer

was an Entenmann's crumb cake.

- Oh, those are good cakes.

- ♪ Lucy, we're home! ♪
[laughs]

Wrong show.

- Welcome back, Julia.

- Oh, it's wonderful to be back.

I have missed each
and every one of you.

- Welcome home, Julia.

[both speaking French]

Oh, I am full up
with inspiration.

- I can't wait to hear about it.

- Hello, Alice.
- Oh!

[both smooch]

- And Julia, we're
going to put these here.

- Oh, yes, lay it careful.

Now, everyone, before we
start, I have brought goodies.

Come and find your name.

I hope you like them.
- Aww!

- And gentlemen, the toys
are for your children.

Oh, Benny, let me
take a look at you.

Have you lost weight?

- Just the weight I
put on last season.

- Oh, not for long, then.
[chuckles]

- All hail Julia, our
conquering heroine!

- Oh, Hunter, how
nice to see you.

- Ditto.

- A moment for a quick catch-up?

- Of course, yes.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

- Oh, how do you
like the poster?

- Oh, I do.

Although, shouldn't it
be outside the building?

- Oh, they are.
- Oh.

- It's going to be a
stellar second season.

- Yes, it certainly is.

- We sold in 12 more
markets while you were gone.

We'll be airing in every region
of the country simultaneously.

Sunday nights are Julia
nights from coast to coast.

- How thrilling... a
whole new audience.

I have big plans for
this season, Hunter...

recipes I haven't even
covered in my book,

they're so new.

- OK, but desserts are your
new sweet spot, pun intended.

- [chuckles]
- Chicago, Philly, Houston,

they all want more
dessert episodes.

- Oh, I see. OK.

- So, um, what's on your mind?

- While in France, it
occurred to me that

Paul might direct a few
episodes this season.

He has that keen
photographer's eye.

And, well, he's my
best collaborator.

- No need. I
appreciate the gesture.

But you're not a mom and pop...
- Gesture?

Paul is not a gesture.

- The show is big.

You're big.

I got you a big director.

- Oh.

- Albert's on the
verge of tears.

And I'll tell you something.

I don't like seeing
that man cry.

- Men shouldn't cry.

- The writing is on
the wall, Ralphie.

Next thing you know, we all
go the way of the jazz priest.

And I don't mean heaven.

- What do we do?

- What did the UAW do?

What did the coal miners do?

- Die of black lung?

- Oh, I can't wait
for you to see it.

- I'm proud of you, Russ,
the second I have an hour.

- Oh, oh, no, no, no, I
don't want you to watch it

in installments.

- Installments?

- The runtime is just
under three hours, pal.

But it feels like a lot less.

- Oh, wow.

That... maybe I should wait

until it's closer
to fighting weight.

I only have fresh
eyes once, right?

Oh, and Russ, can
we go back to Al?

Al is worse.

- Let's get an excerpt from
the draft in "The Atlantic,"

first-hand adventures

with an ancient Indian
tribe in the rainforest.

- Apologies for the delay.

- We started without you.

The posthumous Plath collection
is out to other houses.

It is amazing.

After all Judith's hard work,

it's no match for
someone's incompetence.

- Go to hell.

- Already there.

Pevius, take this over.

See if we can salvage something.

- Alfred, the estate
has been so difficult.

Really, it's hard to
imagine another outcome.

- Nobody's asking
for your opinion.

If you would have listened to me

and hadn't rejected Plath
in the first place...

- Then what?

Enough with the excuses.

We're all getting tired of them.

[soft dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- I need it by morning.

♪ ♪

- Plath wasn't your fault.

Ted Hughes is a
controlling b*stard.

- Stop, stop, stop.

Nobody gives a sh*t.

That chapbook wouldn't
cover a pair of shoes.

I'm just frustrated...

frustrated with you.

- Me?

- You abandoned me with
the James Cain draft,

taller than my borzoi.

No notes, no context.

- James Cain's on autopilot.

- For a cookbook.

- I worked on three different
manuscripts that trip.

- You worked on eating bonbons.

- Hey, you have a right
to be angry, Blanche,

but not with me.

I am not your punching bag.

- If you feel like
a punching bag,

you've never been
punched, my dear.

No, this is just the
nature of the work...

the work.

You think you can come
and go as you please.

This is not just
some job, Judith.

Just because you have laurels

doesn't mean you
can rest on them.

The moment you do is
the moment you are out.

The truth is,

you can be fired.

- Or I could quit.

- Julia?
- Yes.

- I want you to meet
your new director.

- Oh, yes.

- Julia Child, Elaine Levitch.

- It is a pleasure
to meet you, Julia.

- Oh, thank you for fitting
in Russ' enormous shoes.

- Well, you know what they
say about men with big shoes.

Big feet.
- [chuckling] Oh, yes, right.

- And you're from
LA, too, aren't you?

- Pasadena.

- Well, maybe after the sh**t,
we could take some time,

and you could give me
a sense of the show?

- It's the show.

- Let's get started.

- Yes.

- Hey, everybody,
before we dive in,

I just want to say a few words.

Um, I'm so glad to be here,

to be working on this show
with this amazing woman.

It's an honor, truly.

And I'm thrilled to
be a part of this team

because that's what we are.

We each bring our own
gifts to the table.

And together, we make a meal.

And in this case, literally.

[laughter]

[applause]

OK, let's make a show.

- Butterflies?

- Caterpillars.

- Julia, we're ready for you.

- This season will
take us on a journey

through France with
delicious stews,

delectable desserts,

and even a bit of
nouvelle cuisine.

- Cut.

- Cut why? What's wrong?

- It's your eyeline.
It's just slightly off.

- Does it matter?

We've never had eyeline
problems before.

- Hey, Benny?

Could you just boom up a bit?

No tilt, just a
couple inches higher.

[quirky music]

- Nice.

- Much better.

All right, let's
take it from the top.

Rolling. [light
clicks, bell rings]

And action.

[lids clang]
- Hello, Kansas City!

This is Julia Child.

Knock, knock.

- Julia.

[both laugh] Hey,
welcome back.

- Oh, gosh.

That's what I call a hug.

- How was France?

- Oh, it's magnifique.

No, I'm glad to be back
in the swing of things.

My mind is racing with ideas.

- I'm sorry I
didn't come by set.

I wanted to give
Elaine some space.

How'd it go?

- Well, it's fine.
There's no shorthand.

- Yeah, that'll
just take some time.

It took us a little while.

- Yes, of course.

Well, I brought you
something from Paris.

- Oh, come on.
[laughs]

What...

- Foie gras.

- Wow, remember that?

- Well, yes, of course.
My life depended on it.

- [laughs]

A delicious souvenir of more
than just France, thank you.

- And how are you?

What's the latest?

- I'm good, busy.

I'm working hard on this new
documentary news program.

I interviewed a
Harvard professor.

And I didn't make a
complete fool out of myself,

[laughs] I don't think.

It's been very rewarding so far.

I'm trying to shake
things up, you know?

- Well, that's wonderful, Russ.
- Yeah.

[soft music]

[students chattering]

- [sighs]

♪ ♪

- I'm here to see
about my grade.

- I'm busy.

- So I'm looking at
an F for fleeing?

Stanley, you have to know that
I haven't been out on a date

with a man in over 45 years.

The last time I was on a date,
the Model T was all the rage.

There were no televisions,
no commercial air travel.

I'm talking pre-Oreo.

I have no excuse for what I did.

It was cruel.

And it was cowardly.

The honest to God
truth is, I got scared.

I'm really sorry.

- Pre-Oreo, huh?

- Post-sandwich.

- Well, there's a connection.

- Evolution, if you will.

♪ ♪

- Just tell me next time.

- I know. I'm a child.

But I don't pick the
parsley off my chicken.

♪ ♪

- [blows raspberry]
- [laughs]

- [clears throat]

- My colleague Elaine
Levitch referred me.

- No major health issues and
no prior pregnancies, correct?

- No, sir.
- Are you married?

- No, sir, I'm not.

- May I ask why you're
seeking contraception pills?

- I just want to be responsible.

- There are lots of
ways to be responsible.

Are you currently
in a relationship?

- Yes.
- A fiancée?

- Uh, no, no, he's just...

- Do you have multiple
sexual partners?

- Me? No, no.

- Miss Naman, I've seen
patients like you before.

I need you to answer
truthfully or I can't help you.

- One partner.

- It's not my protocol
to prescribe this drug

to a patient in your situation.

- I'm sorry, I don't follow.

- You're an unmarried
woman who wants to have sex

without consequences.

I'm doing you a
favor, young lady.

It's for your own good.

[somber music]

[door slams]

[baby crying]

♪ ♪

- Sorry.

How can I help?

- Well, hello to you too, Avis.

- Where did you come from?
- None of your beeswax.

Here.

- Great having the g*ng
back together, huh?

- [chuckles]
- I'll say.

And that Elaine... [gasps]

The way she jumped
in and just...

it was like she'd
always been there.

- Didn't miss a beat.

- It's strange, I've never been
directed by a woman before.

- Isn't it fabulous?

- Oh, and when she had
Benny lift the camera,

it was as though she...

she brought Julia to scale.

- I wanted you to direct, Paul.

Hunter rejected the thought.
- He was right.

I'd have been out of my depth.

Today was a master
class, really.

- Um, not to change
the subject...

Stanley wants to join
us for dinner tonight.

[bright music]

- Stanley?

The man you were
running away from,

who you refused to tell me
you were running away from?

- Apparently she ran a lap.

- Oh!
[chuckles]

- I was wrong.
- Oh.

♪ ♪

Anyone who can get you
to say that out loud

is my new best friend.

Table for four. Oh!

- One day, we'll find ourselves

in a w*r we didn't ask for.

- Okay.
[lights click]

- It's so good, Russ.

- [exhales]

- Like, moving, in the way
that "Dumbo" is moving.

That scene where his little
trunk is linked with his...

his mama's bigger trunk
through the prison bars?

- Oh, thank you.

- The hours flew by.

- I want people to remember

where they were
when they saw this.

- Their living rooms.

- Do you think it's ready
to show Madeline Anderson?

- Who's Madeline Anderson?

- She's an amazing
documentarian.

And she's in town for work
and wants to meet Julia.

I'm hoping to show it to her
while she's here tomorrow.

- Get ready, Madeline Anderson.

Russ Morash is about
to blow your mind.

- [laughs]

- ♪ Life can be beautiful ♪

♪ How do I know? ♪

♪ 'Cause somebody... ♪

- You OK?

- It shouldn't even
bother me at this point.

But I've had it.

- What did she do this time?
- The two of them.

It's "Who's Afraid
of Virginia Woolf,"

get the guest.

And I'm the guest.

- ♪ Love can come
any time, any time ♪

- I don't want to be at work,
always wishing I were home.

- At least you
have a place to go.

What does Blanche have?

- ♪ What makes
them heavenly? ♪

- If I wasn't so angry at her,
my heart would be breaking.

- Stanley, Avis
told us you worked

on The Manhattan Project?

- My claim to shame.

- No, no, I'm so curious.

Were you and Oppenheimer
shoulder to shoulder?

- I don't stand that
close to people.

As a physicist, it was
intellectually thrilling.

But one of the dangers of
working with the very small

is losing sight of the very big.

- Changed the world.

- Ave is a bit biased.

- Ave.

- Hey, did I ever tell
you my Einstein story?

- You met Einstein?

- He's full of surprises.

- Please tell us.

- So I was doing a
fellowship at Princeton.

And I wandered into this ice
cream shop on Nassau Street.

And who do I see in
line but Einstein.

- You're kidding.

- I said, pardon me,
Professor Einstein.

What's good here?

And he said, "Well, boychik,
I like the strawberry.

But it's all relative."

- [laughs]

- [chuckles]

[stilted laughter]

- Hey, what's next
weekend look like for you?

I got my trial coming up.

But I just can't
stop thinking about,

well, you know.

Alice, hello?

- Yeah.

- You OK?

- I have to talk to be OK?

- No, no, but what
about next weekend?

I want to see you.

- Yeah, I want to
see you too, but...

- But what?

- We can't do what
we did last time.

- What? I love what
we did last time.

- That's not what I mean.

We weren't careful, Isaac.

- Then we'll be careful.

- Sometimes careful
isn't enough.

- OK, then, we'll
be very careful.

Look, what happened...

that won't happen
again, not like that.

I promise you.

And if anything did happen,

we'd deal with it together.

We'd get married.

I'd get a job in Boston
at some stodgy law firm.

I'd buy you a big house
and a brand new Maytag.

- Right,

and I'd spend my life using it.

- What did you really think?

- Well, he's a peach,
Avis, very funny.

- He talks a lot.

- Well, he's lived
a fascinating life.

- Really?

- Oh, really, he was charming.

- Yeah.

[sighs] Well, I'm glad.

Thank you.
- What for?

He's adorable.

- OK, good night.

- Good night.

Well...
- Well, what?

- Do we think he's good enough?

- He clearly makes her happy.

- Oh, so you actually liked him.

- Oh, I loved him.

But unfortunately, I'm taken.

- It's not much fun being
the curmudgeon between us.

- I rather like it.
[chuckles]

- I'd like eight steaks,

all the fat trimmed
from the sides.

Thank you very much.
- Yes, sir.

[pleasant music
playing over speakers]

- Julia?

- Frank.

- It's been years.

- Goodness, what
are you doing here?

- My niece's birthday,
but I'm in DC.

I work with the FBI now.

I prefer a thicker
cut, 1.5 inches.

Oh, congrats on the
cooking program.

My wife loves it.

- Oh, why, thank you.

- They make that
at WGBH, correct?

You know, my boss, Mr. Hoover,
possibly the greatest American

since Abraham Lincoln, has
made it the Bureau's business

to keep this country safe.

- Oh, and I feel safer
just knowing that.

- [chuckles] You
know, it's quite lucky

I ran into you, Julia,
because there are elements,

subversive elements...

less fat on the sides...

who are trying to undermine
what makes this country great.

And my job is to fight
leftist dissidents.

And you might just be the
one to help me out at WGBH.

- Oh, Frank, that's
not even funny.

- I'm not laughing.
Am I laughing?

That one needs to
be more marbled.

- So this isn't just
a chance meeting.

- I don't know, is it?

- I can assure you, WGBH is
not a dissident organization.

- You let us be
the judge of that.

- Well, I think I would know.

They're my friends, Frank.

- I remember you
from the OSS, Julia.

And you look more
circumspect than ever.

They'd be none the wiser
if you just kept those

trained eyes and ears open.

[soft dramatic music ]

[door bell jingles]

- Where'd he go?

♪ ♪

- And tomorrow, I'm
interviewing Lee Webb,

this BU kid who's the
National Secretary of Students

for a Democratic Society.

- Well, apparently, they
have the best marijuana.

Not that I would
know. [both laugh]

[knocking on door, door creaks]

- I just wanted to check in.

Season two, here we go.

- I've missed you, my
veteran lead producer

who came up with me
through the trenches.

[chuckles]

I have plans for us, big plans.

- It makes me so happy, Julia.

I am just brimming with ideas.

You know, I'm the one
that got you Elaine.

Isn't she incredible?
- Oh, she's...

- And now, Elaine and I
are working on something

that feels kind of amazing.

And I don't think I would
have had the courage

if it weren't for your example.

- That's very generous of you.

- I want to start taking
more control over my life

and not just making
accommodations

for other people.

- Something else
we have in common.

Shall we?

- May I ask you a
personal question?

- Yes, of course.

- How come you and Paul
didn't have children?

- Well, we wanted to.

But I was deep into
my 30s when we met.

And Paul's a decade my senior.

We tried.

I imagine it would
have been wonderful

to raise children together.

But then, of course, if we had,

I doubt I'd be
here with you now.

[knock]

- What is this?

- A peace offering.

I'm being nice to you, Blanche.

- Are you crazy?

I don't eat from The Palm.

- No dressing.

And shrimp are only 10 calories.

- Of course I know that.

Do you know that a nectarine

has twice as many
calories as a peach?

- You've mentioned
it a few times now.

[quirky music]

- I'll have three shrimp.

But that's it.

You take the rest.

♪ ♪

Well, you're just going to
sit there and watch me eat?

- Oh.

- Walk me through this.

I bet you won't be
able to read it either.

- Julia, we will
take you on your mark

whenever you're ready.

- Yes, just where I was headed.

In fact, I want to talk
you through my entrance...

What's this?

- Oh, I wanted it
to be a surprise.

Let's... tell me more
about your intro first.

- Yes, well, I plan to
open with an introduction

of the dish and its cultural
context in the modern

nouvelle cuisine,
simplicity and creativity

at once finding its way into
this gorgeous loup en croûte.

- That sounds lovely.

- Yes, and what's
going on over there?

- Well, it involves Paul.

- Paul?
- Paul?

- Well, everyone told me how
special your relationship is.

And I thought, why not
highlight that on the show?

So picture it. It's
the top of the episode.

And Paul is at the office.

And he's calling home to say
he's bringing friends over.

And you realize, I'm
not just making dinner.

It's a whole party.

It's time to bring
out the big fish.

- Paul doesn't
work at an office.

- He can be calling
from anywhere.

- It's not far off
from reality, actually.

Julia and I host
incredible dinner parties.

- Well, it's certainly
something new.

- Well, yes.

- Let's give it a try.

- And, action.

- OK.

Hello, Julia.

- Um, you forgot to dial, Paul.

It's just rehearsal.
We can do it again.

- I'm waiting for her to answer.

Hello, Julia.

It's Paul.

I've invited some
friends to dinner.

What's cooking?

That didn't feel honest.

I've invited some
friends for dinner.

- Psst.
- Hm?

- Stanley wants to
come over tonight.

- For dinner?
- For dessert.

- Oh, I see.

That's moving a little fast.

- You think so?
- What do you think, Julia?

It's a work in progress.

- Oh, it's brilliant, Paulski.

- Julia, we can actually
rehearse your intro now.

- Oh.

- Ready, and action.

- Well, you heard him.

We're expecting a
full table tonight.

I'm Julia Child.

And today on "The French Chef,"

we'll be making loup en croûte,

a delicious sea bass and
puff pastry showstopper

that's sure to please a crowd.

[knocking]

That must be our guest of honor.

[overlapping chatter]
What is it now?

- Roland, we are rehearsing.

- This is a work action.

We're walking out.

- Thank you so much for
making this possible, Russ.

- Of course.

If you have a few
minutes after, or 100,

I'd love to show you something.

[chuckles] Right
here, right here.

- Thank you.

- You can't unionize
your management.

- Who made that rule up?
- It's literally the only rule.

- Elaine could walk out.
Julia could walk out.

- I don't even get paid.
- Then you should walk out.

- I'm sorry, what
is going on here?

- Millie's gone. Father
O'Connor is gone.

Even poor Albert's on
the chopping block.

And for what?

For not being Julia Child.

We're hardworking
people doing our best.

And that used to be just fine.

But now, our best
isn't good enough?

All the regular folks in
the world get the boot?

As a proud member of
the mediocre majority,

I say, enough.

- Robert.

- Hunter, for the last
time, my name is Roland.

- Great.

Now, shut up, Roland.

If you don't mind.

- He got it.

- Yeah, right, all right.

[indistinct chatter]

- I wish I brought my camera.

- All right, let's reset.

- Right. Now, then, Lou?

Where were we, hm?

- What on Earth has
been happening here

while I was gone?

- Honestly, very little
for four months...

kind of a problem.

- I don't understand.

- "The French Chef"
only got bigger,

which is great,
aside from the fact

that it made everything
else smaller.

Now they want it all big.

- Who is they?
- Hal, the board.

I've had to make some
tough decisions, Julia.

- Well, this isn't
what I was expecting

to return to, Hunter.

France was complicated enough.
I thought home would be home.

- Sure, sure.

- This show only works when
everyone is on the same team.

- I get it.

But there's not much to be done.

The success train
has left the station

and is halfway to Timbuktu.

Julia, you have single-handedly

turned this non-profit
into a business.

[projector whirring, clicks]

- All right.

Now, before you say anything...

your advice back in New
York has been my compass.

I did just what you said.

I looked in my backyard.

It's all there.

I can't thank you
enough for inspiring me.

- I'm so glad.

- So, thoughts?

- Your enthusiasm is inspiring.

- [chuckles]

- Also, very snazzy jacket.

- Right.
[chuckles]

- Please don't take
this the wrong way.

But this isn't a
documentary, Russ.

It's a personal statement,
an opinion essay,

a business card for you.

- But how do you...

- You made yourself the
central focus of the film.

No documentary is free of bias,

but our aim is to be invisible,

to let the subject
speak for itself

and allow the
viewer to come away

with their own conclusions.

You want people to come away
with something in particular.

You don't have a
documentarian soul.

You have a teacher soul.

[knock on door]

- Russ, do you have a moment?

This place has gone bananas.

- Julia. May I call you Julia?

I feel like I know you.

- Julia, Madeline Anderson,

the documentarian
I met in New York.

- How lovely to meet you.

- I brought my copy
of "Mastering."

Would you sign it for me?
- Oh, yes, I'd love to.

- Your show, well,
it makes me happy.

I cook with you
every Sunday night.

And after a long and
often challenging week,

that is something.

- Russ, gather
everyone you can find

on "The French Chef"
set in 10 minutes.

We are a family.

I'm afraid we haven't
been acting like one.

And it's maddening to
think that my little show

is the cause.

Egads, I don't want
animosity because of me.

We need to support each other.

And so we're going to do
what families do together...

in Europe, at least.

We're going to cook.

- Ugh.
- Oh, yes, you too, Roland.

And don't tell me
that you're mediocre

and don't even want to try.

Take a look at my
college transcript.

The only way to
succeed is to attempt.

- Save some for tomorrow, huh?

Oh.
- [clears throat]

- You know,

you should join us for dinner.

- Tonight?

- It's an open invitation.
You don't even have to eat.

- Don't tempt me.

- Visit.

Play cards, drink martinis.

- Do you know mahjong?

- We know canasta.

- I couldn't.

- Of course, you could.

We'd even let you win.

- Alfred's expecting me.

- It's just one night.

- We have a routine,



At this point in my life,
it's too late to break it.

But thank you.

- Of course.

[jazzy music]

- Oh, it's pretty good.
[chuckles]

[indistinct chatter]

♪ ♪

How are you getting
along, Hunter?

- Take over for me, will you?

- Hard work.
- It is hard.

♪ ♪

- Very good.

♪ ♪

[laughter]

- I've got to run in
about half an hour.

I've got that
dinner with Stanley.

- Uh-huh.

And then he's coming over.

Avis, you have a beautiful home.

He looks half his age.

You should let him in.

Open those doors.

Open them wide.

- Is this a metaphor?

- Yes.

[laughs]
- Oh, ha, ha, ha.

[knock]

- You got to hand it to Julia.

- Oh, yeah, yeah, that was fun.

- Although you and Ralph
over-sugared the berries.

I told Tilly not to
expect me before bed.

Let's hit the lights
and get it rolling.

- [sighs] It's bad, Hunter.

- Oh, you're just being modest.

- Uh, modesty would be saying

I couldn't have done it
without everyone's help.

This is actually bad.

- Well, how bad?

- Bad, bad.

- There's a scale
to these things.

- I'm sorry, Hunter.

I know you were counting on me.

I don't know how I let it get
this far before I realized.

[distant train horn blaring]

- May I?
[door slams]

- [chuckles] Goodness.

How was your niece's birthday?

- I don't have a niece.

What do you have for me?

- Nothing, I swear,
or I'd tell you.

- Oh, boy.

OK. [clears throat]

Russ Morash, he's
been in contact

with the Students for
a Democratic Society.

They have been
undermining our efforts

to stop the spread
of communism in Asia.

Alice Naman,

she's a member of the
Congress for Racial Equality.

Do you know what SNCC is?

Well, Alice's boyfriend does.

He's quite familiar.

Hunter Fox supported
Henry Wallace.

- This isn't funny, Frank.

- I'm not laughing.

And I haven't even
gotten to Paul.

[soft dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Paul?

What does that mean?

- You know what it means.

And we wouldn't want any of
that to become public now,

would we?

♪ ♪

Uncle Sam is counting on you.

♪ ♪

- I was the junior high
girls hula hooping champion.

- [laughs] You were?

- Last week.

My hips were popping
like a radiator.

But what do you know?

Grandma won.

- Way to go, Grandma.

- You don't get to call me that.

- Another wonderful
evening, Ave.

- Stanley...

Would you like to come in?

[soft music]

♪ ♪

- I would like that very much.

- [chuckles]

♪ ♪

- And Paul has his
own role in the intro.

Oh, and I told Julia
about our pilot,

the "by women, for women"
idea I told you about?

- Oh, yes, I like that idea.

- Well, I told her how she
inspired me to take the leap.

And she appreciated it, I think.

Oh, she saved the day with
that chocolate mousse.

It was like summer
camp, a good one.

- What a busy and
interesting life you lead.

- Do you want some mousse?

- Of course I do.
[chuckles]

I'll clean up here, baby.

Mm, you're in an
expensive mood tonight.

I love it. [laughs]

- Also, I slept with Isaac.

And I want to keep
sleeping with Isaac.

I tried to get protection.

A woman at work, she referred
me to a doctor in Back Bay,

but he was some old white
man who interrogated me.

And he treated me like
I was a streetwalker.

He wouldn't give me anything.

And I didn't know how to
talk to you about it, Mama,

because you've always told
me to wait until marriage.

But now, I feel like I
don't know who to tell.

- Wait, you slept with Isaac?

You're right that I said to wait

because in the eyes of the
Lord, you're one flesh now.

You slept with Isaac.

I worried you might
become an old maid.

- Mom.

- How was it?
Did you have fun?

Don't... don't tell me.
Don't... don't tell me.

Blink if you had fun.

Ah! [laughs]

I knew it. Oh, Alice.

Oh, my baby is a grown woman.

- Mom, please.

- If this is what you
want, and I respect that,

woman to woman,

I'll get a prescription
from Dr. McCray.

I'll say it's for
your sister-in-law.

And I won't breathe
a word to your daddy.

- OK.
- [laughs]

Don't worry, baby.

I got you, hmm?

Come on. Mm.

- Oh. Thank you.

[soft chatter]

[Beethoven's "Piano
Sonata No. 14" playing]

♪ ♪

- I love this part.

♪ ♪

- What a crazy day.

- You mean Roland?

You're a wonderful woman

succeeding in a
mediocre man's world.

It comes with the territory.

You're in the stratosphere now.

If a few people can't
handle it, nuts to them.

Let them go.

- Yes, I suppose so.

- Elaine's not mediocre.

I like her. She's got moxie.

- Well, she certainly has that.

- Big ideas.

♪ ♪

- Well, I liked
how it was before,

our little show.

We didn't have to
share it with anyone.

- It's a feather in your cap.

That's all.

You don't have to share me.

I'm your own private show.

♪ ♪

- Oh, Paul.

- What was it you wanted
to tell me earlier?

♪ ♪

- I don't remember now.

- It seemed important.

- Maybe it was to tell you

how fabulous you
were in your cameo.

- It was strange,
a little thrilling.

It gave me a window
into your magical world.

But...

I'm no star.

- You're my shining star.

- Oh, I guess I won't be
quite so anonymous anymore.

♪ ♪

- You're a good man, Paulski.

♪ ♪

[music pauses]

[music resumes]

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