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01x08 - The Party

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "On the Verge". Aired: September 7, 2021.*
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On the Verge is a comedy-drama television series.

01x08 - The Party

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[theme music plays]

♪♪♪

Hey, you should come to the party.

It's going to be fun.

- [Anne] Uh, I don't know.

- Please. Anne?

- [choppy phone signal]

- Anne, can you hear me?

Anne?

Oh, sh*t, no service.

[in French] sh*t, those f*cking hills!

[Ell, in English]

I need movement, in and out!

The delivery trucks, now.

Go, go, go.

You're loitering.

Come on, man.

Hey.

- Oh, hey, hi.

- Hey, um,

I wanted to introduce myself.

I'm Dan. I work with Hunter.

Hey, Dan who works with Hunter.

I'm Ell who works with Justine

and I love your t-shirt by the way,

Huge Robert Plant fan.

Uh

- I mean, Robert yeah.

- Yeah, um. [laughs]

My girlfriend's a buyer

for Ron Herman Japan.

Oh, cool.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Listen, um, Hunter's

really excited about tonight.

Uh, he just wants to make sure

the party stays outside

- because of the art and stuff.

- Oh, yeah, no sweat.

We've got a beautiful

Moroccan tent, blankets,

- and, like, heaters, and so

- Great.

We got you.

If it drizzles, we're on it.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Thanks.

- Uh, Dan, I

Yeah, I see El Jefe pulling up,

so I'll talk to you later, okay?

Of course, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay, I'm going to be

on the ground the whole night.

Justine, where have you been?

- What do you mean?

- The kitchen is waiting for you, everyone.

But what are you talking about?

I'm the chef. I don't wash salad.

- Yeah, I know that. I know that.

- Yeah?

- Okay.

- What is that?

That's a dress for later.

Were we supposed to bring

extra clothes, like a change?

Well, I don't know.

I'm going to go to the party. Maybe.

- Oh, I didn't bring anything.

- Did you see Jerry?

- No, I'm scared.

- Why? That he's going to eat you?

Ew, that's so gross.

Why are you

[laughs] Come on,

you can't avoid him all night.

- Okay, I won't.

- Be brave.

- Okay. [chuckles]

- Okay.

You, go.

- Hey.

- Well, hello!

- [laughs]

- Mwah.

- They've been waiting for you in there.

- Yes, hi.

You know, I'm hearing a lot of nos

when I should be hearing a lot of yeses.

I am not no. Yes.

Super important, Jerry.

One second. Okay.

[phone rings]

- Sorry. The call must've dropped.

- Ell, we don't have to do

How long have we

known each other, huh?

- I said I'd get you something.

- Yeah, I know, Jerry.

This is good money, right?

Yes, thank you, Jerry.

I'm I'm

You're being so kind.

I appreciate it.

Did you get my email about

the updated vendor list?

- Yeah, I'm on it.

- Okay.

- Anything else?

- Well, so no.

You're in charge of deliveries.

This is this is your domain.

So you want me to stay

in the courtyard all night?

Yeah.

- Oh, okay, I

- [phone rings]

Oh, this is actually a real call.

It's the seafood place.

- Yeah.

- Hi. Yeah, Ell Horowitz, yeah?

Yes, I'm confirming delivery,

8412 Hither Place, 4:00 pm.

The, the kitchen needs the fish

no later than 4:00

Can you hear me?

This is the worst reception.

♪♪♪

[Yasmin] Listen, listen.

I actually, um

[continues indistinctly]

- Yasmin?

- [quietly] Hold on.

Hey, babe.

Hey, what's

what's going on?

Maria says you've

been in here for hours.

Are you okay?

No, I'm fine. I just

I've been going through,

oh my God, all these dresses,

you know.

I, like, barely wear any of them

anymore, so

Who were you just talking to?

You overheard me having

a conversation with myself

about how many dresses I have.

It's ridiculous. And you know,

some of the moms from school,

they are going to be

driving down to the border.

So, you know, I figured I could

give back a little.

Why were you crouched down

on the ground?

Because these shoes, honey,

it's ridiculous.

I mean, when was the last time

you saw me in these?

I just so I'm just going

to keep sorting through

some more of this stuff and

then I'll be right down in a minute.

Oh, okay.

- Okay. Love you.

- Love you.

["Ya Rahah" by Rachid Taha plays]

♪♪♪

All right, let's make sure these towers

are in the corner over there.

Fill them with canapes,

four per platter,

and, um, four even stacks

of plates, all right.

Of course.

Everybody, I just want to say

how excited I am

to be cooking

this delicious meal together.

Moroccan food is such

an important part of my childhood

and, uh, tonight, these

[inhales]

smells are just amazing.

Anyway, I'm sorry.

It's just that I'm so happy

to have you as my team.

- So let's get cooking.

- Oui, chef. Let's do it, y'all.

- Everything okay?

- Hmm?

Oh, all good, yeah.

Just, uh, trying to get

an ETA on the fish.

The fish is not here yet?

I'm gonna go look into it.

All right. I'm going to pull a Vatel

if if the fish doesn't get here

really, really soon.

I got this, okay. Don't worry,

we're making great time.

Stay calm.

I am super calm.

Fun fact.

Vatel was actually

Louis II's maître d'hôtel,

not his personal chef.

- Oh. Huh.

- A common misconception

is that he was a chef and

he k*lled himself

because the fish was late

to a big banquet.

Wow, I had no idea

and I'm French.

[chuckles]

Hmm.

Needs a little more raz el hanout.

My whole team knows

the only reason I cross the 405

is for Justine's food,

- Nice.

- That's it.

- Only reason.

- [chuckles]

Yeah. And I knew you guys

didn't do private events,

but I said to myself,

why not ask, you know?

- And we're so glad you did, Hunter.

- Good, good.

Thank you for asking,

and I have to tell you,

- as Justine's closest friend

- Mm-hmm.

I'm actually the one who introduced

her to Jerry, her partner.

- Oh, okay.

- It's just been amazing

to watch people react

so strongly to her food, you know.

I mean, the girl cut

my third umbilical cord, okay?

- Oh, Jesus.

- Yeah.

- Third umbilical cord.

- Yep, she did.

How many kids do you have?

I got three.

They're all little monsters.

- Wow.

- You gotta look.

- I gotta show you something.

- What, oh

- Just really quickly.

- Uh-huh. Sure.

- This is really funny.

- Uh-huh.

It'll just take a minute.

[jaunty music]

[chuckles]

Stop it, you freak, you're going to

make him piss all over the floor.

I want him to pee all over

the house, so you can lick it!

- [laughs] That kid's hilarious.

- I know.

He's like Dr. Jekyll

and Mr. Hyde, but cuter.

[chuckles] Yeah.

This dog's senile.

It's inhumane to keep him alive.

Ooh, who's that?

That's Sarah.

She's my 13-year-old.

- Oh, okay. Yeah.

- Yeah.

No one ever believes

that she's my daughter.

- Right.

- But I have a funny story for you.

- Okay.

- When she was six years old,

she was in this toy store.

She told a bunch of strangers

that I had kidnapped her

just because I wouldn't buy her

the Holiday Barbie, okay.

- [chuckles]

- And it took us five hours

at the police station before

she finally just said, "Mommy."

And I just looked at her, I said,

"You're going to rule the world

one day, girl."

[laughs]

Wow. She sounds like a handful.

- She is.

- Oh! Sorry, I just

I got this this text here.

- Okay.

- But, uh, love it.

- We'll see you. Good stuff.

- Okay.

- Bye, Hunter.

- Mm-hmm.

Hi, Jesus.

Hey, Miss Anne.

Mr. Sebastian.

Hey, Jesus.

Okay, so you'll drop him off

at school tomorrow at 8:30.

- Yep.

- And uh, probably be a lot of traffic

on the 10,

so make sure you leave early.

We'll leave early and then we're

going to get a donut, right?

Sounds good, right, bud?

I guess.

So what fun things do

you guys have planned today?

Well, first we're going to go

to Bottega Louie.

We're going to get

a blueberry pancake

with whipped cream and sprinkles

- and a strawberry banana milkshake.

- Mmm.

- What!

- Mm, that sounds good.

And don't you bug out,

because then we're going to go

to the insect show at

the Museum of Natural History.

Wow. Maybe you'll

see those tarantulas, huh?

Hey bud, I told you that

there's a no pet policy

in the building, remember?

I had to bring him.

He hates to sleep alone.

Please, Dad.

Okay, just this once.

[chuckles] Okay.

- I'm going to go get him some water.

- Okay, that's great.

You know, maybe it's time

to [clicks tongue] Gaga, right?

Oh, that's a great idea.

Let's just

break our son's heart twice.

It was a joke.

It's not a funny joke.

Hey, listen, can you add some

more money to the joint account?

This move was much

more expensive than I thought.

- Sure. Yeah.

- Okay.

I just showed Gaga

where he's gonna sleep.

Awesome.

Well, we should hit the road

because we've got so much to do.

Okay. [chuckles]

Bye.

Bye.

- Love you.

- Love you.

- Miss you already.

- Miss you.

- Okay. Bye.

- Bye.

Call me if you need anything, okay?

I'll have my phone with me

the whole time.

Okay.

You are gonna have so much

fun with your daddy.

[Sebastian chuckles]

[exhales] God.

Anne, right?

Adam?

- Yeah, yeah.

- [chuckles]

Mind if I join you?

No. No, not at all.

[chuckles softly] Crazy.

So are you one of

those wave chasers? [chuckles]

That is the closest I get to the divine.

Yeah, I don't believe in God,

But when I take the time

to look at the ocean

I do become aware that I'm here,

you know, sitting in this particular spot

in the world,

and that I'm a part of

a larger universe

and the world is it's turning,

and it's turning.

[laughs] I don't know.

It's kind of beautiful and

sad at the same time.

The Japanese

have a word for that, yūgen.

It's the profound, mysterious sense

of the beauty of the universe,

and also the sad beauty

in human suffering.

Hm, yūgen.

Yeah, only the Japanese language

can express that inner duality.

You know?

Exists in all of us.

Hmm.

That's cool.

Nah.

Nah, this is enough for me.

[phone chimes]

Oh, no.

[inhales through teeth]

Is everything okay?

Ah

It's my son.

Tonight was supposed to

be the first night

he spent with his dad

and he wants to come home.

Oh, I feel so bad.

Oh, maybe I should

just go get him.

You're a mama. I get it.

Uh

Look, I have to go to Napa,

do some work

for a client for a week,

but when I'm back,

I'd love to reach out if that's cool.

Yeah.

Yeah, that would be great.

All right.

I hope everything works out.

Thank you.

- Nice to see you.

- You as well.

[speaking Arabic]

Ghali

sedjadeh

ghalitcheh.

That doesn't makes sense.

Ooh, honey.

Will, you can't just sneak in here

like that,

especially when I'm writing.

Oh, sorry.

I feel like you're spying on me

or something.

I mean, not really spying,

but it's like

everything I do, you're watching me.

Did you like it better when I was

frantically focused on Orion all the time?

Okay. Not getting in a fight

right now.

Uh

Sorry, Yasmin.

No, I'm the one who's sorry. I

I wasted the whole morning

trying to figure out

which dresses to give away

and now I feel guilty,

I didn't get any work done.

Like, I think I'm blocked.

I'm just you know what?

I'm going to stop now

and try again tomorrow.

No, no, no. This is when you keep

pushing through, okay?

Something great invariably

will come up.

I'm gonna

I'll go pick up Orion.

- Oh, you don't mind?

- No.

Thank you, honey. I love you.

I love you more.

[door closes]

[door opens, closes]

♪♪♪

- No, it was actually the other pool.

- The other you have two pools?

- Yeah, we have two pools.

- [laughs]

You seem like a 2-pool man.

[indistinct chatter]

Oh, if it isn't the woman of the hour.

- Hey!

- We were just singing your praises.

Evan, where have you been?

Justine, I don't think you've met

our host. This is Hunter.

[in French] I am a big fan

of your cuisine, Madam.

[in English] And he speaks fluent French.

[in French] You're flattering me.

Thank you for letting me

use your beautiful kitchen.

There are some dishes

that I can only cook on the spot.

Sure.

- Oui, oui, oui.

- Yeah. Oui, oui, yeah, yeah, yeah, oui.

[In English] Can I speak to them

for two seconds?

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

- Two?

[in French] Two seconds. Thank you.

- See you soon.

- See you soon.

[in English] Where's my fish?

Did you talk to Ell?

She's in charge of all the deliveries.

No, she's not. You're in charge

of the food deliveries.

Not tonight.

I thought we agreed we were gonna

find her something to do.

Yeah, but not anything to do

with the kitchen.

She doesn't know the timing,

the food.

She used to be a waitress.

She can't be that clueless.

Jerry, she is that clueless.

Sadly.

Hey, I meant to tell you, um,

keep an eye on that girl

who works with them.

Uh, I mean she's cool,

but we can't have her

showing home videos of her kids

all night. Chatty Cathy.

- Oh, God. Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, it's happening.

- Yeah, that's a problem.

Well, if the fish doesn't arrive,

I'm going to have to do

some kind of lentil stew

for the fish-arian,

the the the vegetarian, the

I-don't-eat-meat-arian, whatever.

No, I'll I'll go find her.

No. No, too many opportunities

for you to schmooze along the way.

I'll go get her, okay?

You go to the kitchen and prepare

the court bouillon. Thank you.

She was trying to say "pescatarian."

She really doesn't do well

under pressure.

No, it's a problem.

[sighs]

[sighs]

[Ell laughs]

[indistinct chatter]

Ell. Ell. Thank you.

What? What?

[whispers] Too young?

Where's my fish?

What are you talking about?

I called the Seafood House.

They said they'd be here

at 4:00 pm.

Well, they lied, okay.?

Just find my fish, Ell.

I will!

Don't look at me like that.

You're scaring me when

you have those eyes like that.

Just hold my drink and

I'll just I'll go call them.

Hi, hi, hi, I'm calling

about the, um, delivery

for 8412 Hither Place.

I spoke to someone two hours ago

who assured me that

- [line beeping]

- Oh sh*t, man. [sighs]

Hi, it's me again. I'm so sorry,

the reception is so terrible here.

I'm in the hills and I can't just, um I

Excuse me, where do we

set up the, uh, tent?

Two minutes, okay, two minutes.

Yeah, hi.

You know, I think the best bet

is for me to get on the house wifi.

So I need you to email me

at ellhell@yahoo.com.

- Excuse me.

- Can you hear

Not now.

I'm on the phone.

["Shake Your Groove Thing"

by Peaches and Herb plays]

Shake it, shake it ♪

Shake your groove thing ♪

Shake your groove thing

yeah yeah ♪

Show 'em how they do it now ♪

Oh, excuse me.

Hunter is expecting me.

Hi, uh, Caroline Burton.

I RSVPed.

Not on the list.

But that's impossible.

Brett! Hi!

Caroline.

From the Coffee Bean on Sunset.

Hey, beautiful.

Are you guys together?

A boy can dream.

See you inside, sweetheart.

Ma'am, I'm going to

need you to step aside.

Hey, Will.

Uh, sorry to stop by like this,

but Yasmin's not picking up her phone.

Is she here?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on, she's upstairs.

Uh, just she's got her

headphones on, so knock loud.

[laughing]

But I read recently

that 65% of teenage boys

- Uh-huh.

- find pubic hair disgusting.

- Really?

- Yeah.

They call women

with pubic hair gorillas, yeah.

- Huh? Yeah.

- That is so disgusting.

I mean, I think that's why we have

to protect our boys, you know,

- [cell phone buzzing]

- from having their brains hijacked

- [cell phone buzzing]

- by the porn industry. [laughs]

Uch. I have to take this.

Oh, okay.

Hi, Mom.

No, I didn't.

[groans]

Okay! Okay, fine. Bye.

- Honey, are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

What happened?

Can I ask you a question?

Of course.

Promise me you'll tell me the truth.

Yes, but you can't

get mad at my feedback.

- I won't.

- Okay.

Do you think I should stop

taking my mother's money?

Well, first of all, you're not taking it.

She gives it to you.

And I mean, Anne,

what would you do?

She bought you that house.

You'd be homeless,

I mean, unhoused.

It's not just about you, Anne.

You have so many dependents.

- Mm-hmm.

- I mean, think of George.

It's not like

he's going to get a real job.

- So?

- There's Gretchen.

I mean, Lupe's grandson.

Isn't he the first person in

their family to go to college?

- That's partly because of you.

- Yeah.

I mean, seriously, you can't leave now.

You just put that pool in.

She wanted me to put in that pool.

I didn't even want the pool and

then she makes me feel bad about it.

It's like that ring she gave me

for my 40th birthday.

- Yeah.

- She asked for it back

because she said

that my nails were dirty.

It was like

giving caviar to a pig.

Oh, my God, honey.

I never even cared

about material things.

When I was in college,

my junior year,

I lived in my boyfriend's van

the whole year.

Peed in glass jars.

- [laughs] What?

- I did.

Oh, my God.

Well, I hear you, but,

you know, Anne, my junior year

- Mm-hmm.

- I took a Marxism seminar

with Rupert Murdoch's son

and he was so filthy all the time,

like dirty hair.

He looked like he could

barely buy himself a cup of coffee,

and now he lives in $150 million

mansion in Bel Air.

We all pretend to be somebody

we're not in college, Anne,

and that's what those years are for.

I don't even know

who I want to be anymore.

[sighs] Yeah.

Sometimes I think we're all just

grieving the person

we hoped we would become.

I don't know.

You know, I promised Justine

I would go to this party.

Oh, right, right, right, right.

[sighs]

Wait, have you upgraded

to chocolate edibles now?

They're super mild.

- [laughs]

- Mm-hmm.

Anne! [laughs]

- No.

- I think you need some.

- [laughs]

- Yeah.

I think we need to go to this party.

- [gasps]

- And pretend to be the people

we were pretending to be

in college.

[laughs]

Okay. All right, I'll do it.

I'll do it.

- Oh, my God!

- [squeals]

How long does it take?

I don't know.

Can you at least

let me use the bathroom?

You just want me to pee right here?

Okay, I really did not want to

have to do this, but

I'm going to need to

take down your name.

Hunter and I are like this.

[Ell]

Everybody.

The seafood truck is coming.

You gotta get them all

out of the way for the delivery.

- Now?

- Yeah, now.

Madonna's about to pull up.

We can't just have people driving up

to the house right now.

Fine.

Stanius residence?

We have a fish delivery.

What?

You have five minutes

to get the fish

from in here to in there, okay?

- By foot?

- No, by camel.

What's with the attitude, lady?

Dispatch confirmed

8412 Hither Place.

Turns out, that's in Sherman Oaks.

This is Hither Lane.

Five minutes. Five minutes.

They just turned left

on to Mulholland!

Okay, please, I'm a single mom.

Please help me

get that fish in the kitchen.

Don't worry, Dan. Two minutes,

we'll be out of your way.

Okay, come on.

- Need help?

- Yeah, sure.

- How many can you carry?

- How many you got?

Okay, let her up.

Okay, one more,

one more, one more.

Okay. Let's go.

Hey, are you sure

you can see like that?

- Totally.

- Okay, come on!

Ladies and the gentlemen

[in French] the fish.

- [in English] Oh, my God.

- I hope it's not

[in French] poison.

[Justine]

We don't have time to weigh it.

Don't go. Reheat the court bouillon.

I need everyone on the fish.

[Fred] I can help.

Pistachio baklava's good to go!

Thank you, Fred.

Listen, okay, I need this fileted.

I can't have one bone

in that fish, not one bone.

Oui, chef.

Let's do this, y'all.

Excuse me.

Has anyone seen

a young lady in a red dress?

[Jerry]

[stammers] What's going on?

Oh, nothing, sir,

just a party crasher.

Uh, red dress, early 20s.

- You.

- No.

- Come with me.

- I can handle this.

- She's not on the list, sir.

- No, no, no.

Thank you very much.

This is my domain.

Thank you.

I can handle this.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Are you are you okay?

Yeah.

Do you want a drink?

Um, champagne

would be awesome.

Yeah, yeah, okay.

- Can I pee first? [chuckles]

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

- I've been holding it for like an hour.

- Oh.

- Oh, well, that's unacceptable.

- [chuckles]

Here, come here.

I can show you the bathroom.

Please.

I think we should report it.

I mean, they have to be

held accountable for their drivers.

All of this was a terrible idea.

[laughs]

Anne, I don't feel anything.

Chill out.

it's gonna happen, I promise.

[sighs]

Okay, maybe it's kicking in

a little bit

because I'm hallucinating that

that woman is Madonna.

[paparazzi yelling for Madonna]

- It is Madonna.

- Oh, wow.

Look at her boyfriend.

He's so young.

- [laughs]

- God.

[Anne]

I wonder if he calls her a gorilla!

[both laugh]

You guys, you came.

Thank you so much for coming.

- Hi.

- I'm so stressed.

- Oh, it's such a great DJ.

- Yeah.

- I love it.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

I can't stop moving my body

to the beat.

I don't know if that's normal.

- [laughing]

- I guess it's dancing.

I think I'm It's dancing.

We're just dancing.

What is wrong with you guys?

[both giggling]

Okay then, I will see you later.

- Whoo!

- Have fun tonight. Bye!

- Bye.

- Come find me, okay?

- I will.

- This is I mean, it's like liquid

Oh, no, no, no, no pictures.

Thank you.

Chill out.

Oh, would you please stop

telling me to chill out?

You are

the only person I know

who gets pissed off

on shrooms. [laughs]

[thunder crashing]

Is that what I think it is?

It's about to start pouring.

Oh, no more food leaves the kitchen

until further notice.

Please tell me I'm hearing things.

[Justine]

Oh, that was quick.

So, another friend in need, Jerry?

- Ah, okay.

- Guy needs his own charity.

- Ell.

- Yeah?

Ell, we need to move

all the food to the tent area.

- The tent?

- Yeah.

The tent. Oh, my gosh.

First item on the checklist,

the tent.

Yeah, 30% chance of rain,

remember?

- I have ADD, Jerry.

- [thunder crashes]

I'm sorry.

- [guests screaming]

- Now you tell me!

Everybody run for cover!

♪♪♪

- There's no tent!

- Ell has ADD! We have to punt!

What did you just call her?

What? Oh!

- I said punt!

- Whoa, whoa!

- I love you.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You don't love her.

It's your disease talking.

Caroline, wait!

♪♪♪

[screams] My food!

It's game over. I got you.

Me too.

Come and get me now

and go to jail!

Hey, everybody!

Couscous rain party! [screams]

Yeah, couscous rain party,

everybody!

Whoo! Woo-hoo!

[Justine]

Couscous rain party!

♪♪♪

["Pashto Dance" by Tony Quattro plays]

♪♪♪

[Blondie's "Heart of Glass" plays]

♪♪♪

Once I had a love,

and it was a gas ♪

Birdie num num!

Taking it back, Peter Sellers!

- [cheering]

- Oh, my God,

let me borrow your purse

for a second.

- I'm getting so wet. [screams]

- [screams]

Whoo! I'm just chillin'!

You gotta lean into it, honey!

[screaming]

What are you doing here?

We've been here for hours!

This is the best party!

- It feels good! Come in!

- Just join us!

Whoo!

We're going to jump in.

[all screaming]

In between ♪

What I find is pleasing

and I'm feeling fine ♪

Love is so confusing,

there's no peace of mind ♪

If I fear I'm losing you

it's just no good ♪

You teasing like you do ♪

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