01x01 - Fresh Start

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My name's Fred.

I'm an osteopath
and I live in Paris.

See you Monday, Bernard.

I live right above
my office. I'm lucky!

- Daddy!
- You really got me.

How was your week,
Vic? How are you doing?

This is my daughter,
Victoire. She's 12.

She's very cute but very clumsy.

And this is her mother,
Marie-Ange. Not my favorite name.

She's my second ex-wife.

Great! I have a new friend!
Her parents are separated, too!

- That's awesome! We could invite her over!
- She's 53, the lunch lady at her school.

- Even better. We'll get extra fries.

- I've got to go.
- Okay.

See you, honey.

Don't forget, she has a
big English test on Monday.

- She needs to study.
- Okay, I got it. Don't worry.

I know you do, but could
you cool it on the rapping?

But rapping's a
great way to learn.

"Where...
where is my umbrella?

Umbrella's in the kitchen..."

- What's wrong?
I'm stuck.

You're stuck? How
did you do that?

- Open!
- Marie-Ange...

- Calm down. Take it easy.

I'm adding a "vandalism" file
for the next co-owner meeting.

Better use the stairs, Vic.
Your sister's watching.

- How are you, sweetheart?
- I forgot my keys at Mom's place.

- Great.
- Yeah.

And I was too lazy
to go to your office.

This is Clara, my eldest.

She's 15, the environmentalist
of the family.

She's the daughter of my
first ex-wife, Laurence.

I see. But you know what?

It would be easier if
you took the elevator

or if you allowed us
to take the elevator.

Why? Why? To use electricity
made in a nuclear power plant?

- We all have legs, you know.
- Well, in my case, they're old legs.

Cool bracelet, Vic.

- Oh!
- You still have your keys?

- Hola, Romita!
- Dad, I need you!

I need to write a
speech by Monday!

This is Helena,
my third ex-wife.

She's intrusive but nice.
But she's intrusive.

She's the mother of my
nine-year-old tornado, Romy.

First, hello. How are you?

So, gran nociticia!

Romy is going to be a
class representative!

It's not certain, as the teacher
said all the students had to vote

even if they don't like me!

- Really?
- That's so lame, right?

- But that's democracy!
- Wow!

- Bye, Mom.
- Okay. Bye.

- What was that?
- Ciao, guapa. See you on Sunday!

Bye!
- Just a second, Fred.

- Did I tell you about mi audition?
- What is it?

Si dios quiere, I got the role
of a 25-year-old policewoman...

- Great!
- But wait! She's a medium.

- Wow!
- I know. I worked a lot for this role.

For sure! You're very
hardworking. Yes!

You never believed
in me, did you?

I didn't say that.

You don't believe me now?
I'm going to show you!

I'll putrefy your aura.

- All right. Hang on.
- Okay.

I want you to relax
your cosmotorical axis.

It was already loosened. So
I'm good to go.

- I can feel some tension.

- What if I...
- Hi, Helena.

- Here we go!
- It's Mom. It's urgent.

All right.

- Hi, Laurence. How are you?
- Hi, Fred!

This is
Laurence, Clara's mom.

Clara's the environmentalist,
remember? Sometimes I get lost too.

There's a client at the
café, a Canadian shrink.

I don't need a shrink.
What's this about a shrink?

Stop it. It's not for you! It's for
her. Her neck's tight and hurts a lot.

Could you help her please?

No, I don't have time. Tell
her to massage herself.

No, please. She's in pain.
She's really hurting.

Let's have her meet me in
the office in ten minutes.

Thanks. That's great.

- Hello.
- Don't make me laugh. It hurts.

Sorry. Tell me what happened.

A guy on a scooter crashed into me! I
was in the street and didn't see him.

Slow down. You're not
from around here, are you?

No, no, no!

Where are you from?

Quebec.

And this is Emma, the
woman for the rest of my life.

Well, then, let's go in my
office. My name is Fred.

- Yes. Emmanuelle.
- A pleasure to meet you.

Same here. So you
can work with this?

We've been in
love for six months.

SIX MONTHS LATER

There's no one else in the
world. Except there is.

It's time I introduce her to
three other loves of my life.

Come on. Please, Papa.

- We'll take care of it.
- No! No, no!

- Come on, say yes! Say yes!
- I said no!

When I said "Take whatever you want,"
I wasn't talking about a living being.

I was talking
about a board game.

We're not going to raise a pig at
home, even a miniature pig! No way!

Who went into my room, Dad?

Clara, calm down.

First, hello. Second, nobody, since
you're not here during the week.

- So you're the one who used my makeup?
- Yes.

- Yes, let's do Dad's makeup!
- Can't we do something useful for once?

- Seriously!
- Listen! We have the whole weekend.

Let's calm down. We'll
settle in on the couch.

We're going to say "Hello,
Dad. How was your week?"

What about you, Clara? Yes!

"What about you, Vic? What
about you?" And all that.

Huh?

Should we order
something to eat?

- Sushi!
- Pizza!

- Pizza with sushi?

We'll call Pizza Sushi 24-7.

NEW BEGINNING

FRIDAY

- Who is it?
- It's Emma!

But it's Friday night.

Sorry. Got any cash for the taxi?
My wallet was stolen, so I'm stuck.

Poor baby.

Come on! Open the door.

- Yes?

Now I get why you don't
want to see me on weekends.

Oh, yes. That's because I
love pharaohs. That's why.

- Do you have 20 euros?
- Yes, sorry, for the taxi.

- Here you go!
- Thank you.

- Since you're already here...
- Go on.

Why don't you go
around the back?

- Come back!
- Okay.

Because I gave you 20 euros!

I'm kidding. I don't care about
the money. See you in a minute!

It's crazy. You arrived about
six months ago in my office.

Your neck was all stiff. And you're
already going back to Montreal.

Living with you...
I'm not sure about it.

I know about
winters I know about the cold.

But life without
you I don't know.

Wow!

Snoop Dogg?

- Well...
- Ja Rule?

- Nicki Minaj?
- No, it's Céline.

- Céline who?
- Céline Dion.

- Oh, yeah, of course. Her. Wow.

I'm now totally
into Céline Dion.

Yeah, that's right.

Then, it's the end for me.

You're right.

- So it's pretty bad.
- Yup.

You know I already sent all
my stuff back to Canada.

- Is that Céline Dion too?
- No, that's Emmanuelle.

Oh, of course.

All my friends are
waiting for me there.

But at the same time,
maybe we could...

- Get down!
- Papa, Vic is laughing in her sleep again.

- No, listen, Romy. Go back to bed.
- I don't wanna.

I'll come give you
a good-night kiss.

Okay... stay for a little
bit. All right. It's okay.

There we go.

I'm so sorry. Really sorry.

It's okay. See you
tomorrow night.

- Okay.
- I hope you'll do contouring!

Yeah. Or I'll do a dragon.

Papa!
- Yes!

Papa, where are you?
- One last... wait, wait.

All right, go.

SATURDAY

Papa!
- Be right there, honey! One moment!

Papa, can you come here?

Papa!

- Papa!
- I'm coming, love!

Hello? Yeah, I don't know
if there was a beep or not.

Anyway, Emmanuelle,
this is Fred.

I'm doing it backward.

I should have introduced you
to my daughters. I didn't.

And I was thinking that maybe you
could miss your plane on Sunday

and come live with me.

So, yeah...

All the best to you.

Uh... yours truly...

I love you.

What's
the matter with you?

"All the best to you"?

Ta-da!

Wow! Was your mother afraid
we'd lose you on the court?

Yes!

Why didn't you wake
me up? I look awful!

Calm down. Driving
class is in two hours.

But I need enough
time to do my bangs!

It only takes me 20 minutes.

How would you know?

I do! I used to do
bangs when I was young!

Ow!

Ahh.

I'm taking a shower.

There's a voice mail.

Family meeting! Right now.

And I was thinking that maybe
you could miss your plane on Sunday

and come live with me.

So, yeah... All
the best to you...

"All the best to you"?

First off, he's lying to us.

Then, he said no
about a miniature pig

because apparently
there's not enough room,

but there's enough room
for his new girlfriend!

- I think it's nice Dad has a girlfriend.
- No, it's not nice!

Wait, why isn't it nice?

I already knew it! Haven't you
seen how he's always smiling?

Anyway, it's just a fling. She's
Canadian. She'll leave eventually.

We need to do something. We'll
get Papa and have a vote.

Romy, that's not how it works!

We just tell him she
didn't get the...

- Never!
- What do you mean never?

You can't betray
your own sister!

Or I'll tell everyone you love
that guy with the smelly hair.

Really? First off,
we're half-sisters!

And what do you think? They'll
talk before she leaves.

- I don't think so.
- Really?

Hey!

Look.

Watch this.

I saw this on one of
my mom's TV shows.

I'm swapping her
number with mine.

So when he calls her,
he's actually calling me!

It's genius!

But you can't answer
the phone. Texts only!

Unless you can do
a Canadian accent.

"Good morning, Frédéric.
This is Emmanuelle speaking."

- "Do you want a pancake?"

TODAY'S SPECIALS

Wow! Artichoke burrata
pinchos. I love it!

So, do you ever have leftovers
in the evening for your friends?

That's cute.

No?

Hey, Stan! How are you?
- Yo.

- I'm good.
- Oh!

- Whoa. That's a new part.
- Yeah, that's new.

- What's this?
- Check it out!

Afraid they wouldn't find you?

I already did the same
joke ten minutes ago.

Hello, family!

Where's your son? We're late.

Good morning. Jojo!

Jojo! We're late!

- Where's my sweatshirt, Mom?
- Ask your mom.

- Look down, right under your nose!
- Are you serious?

We don't have time!
We gotta go. Come on!

Hello, sisters
of my sister.

Are you ready for your
first time on the court?

You'll see how fun it is.

Clara, Romy, go to the driving school.
Your lesson starts in ten minutes!

- Come on!
- Are you crazy?

I'm not taking her to my lesson!

Why not? She's well-dressed.
She looks nice.

She may teach you some things.

Can I play with the simulator?

Sure! They'll even
give you a car! Now go!

Hey, wait! The keys to the café!

- For tonight.

If you weren't my
ex-wife, I'd kiss you!

Hey, calm down.

You know you'd get my kisses.

Okay.

- And here we go!
- Thanks!

Sorry, could I bother
you for some ketchup?

- With the cheese?
- Mm-hm.

Okay.

Why don't you stay and
finish your thesis here?

I'm going to be all alone
and bored at the hospital,

and I won't even have
my karaoke buddy.

Sorry,

you'll have to sing the Céline
Dion duet alone from now on.

But I only know Céline's
part! You're my Jean-Jacques.

See? You have to stay.

I'm sure your boyfriend
wants you to stay too.

Don't panic. Your girlfriend
will call you back!

I'm not panicking at all.

Jonas! Jonas!

Oh, come on. Traveling!

She didn't travel! Those are
small steps! It's allowed!

Anyway, she's going to leave. She
sent all her stuff back to Canada.

Canada is great. I'll
always remember it.

I did an exchange trip, and there
was this girl, Joanna Rochette.

Oh! She was so beautiful. She
looked at me like, you know...

Were we talking about my
problem? This is my problem.

Things were clear from the
beginning. We knew I'd go back.

And now I don't know
how to tell him that...

I just really wanna
move in with him.

What do you mean, live with
him? With his daughters?

All together? Like a stepmother?

Emma, the dude is
like retirement age.

But we're talking about someone
who eats ketchup with her cheese.

It's delicious.
You should try it.

There's something she won't
have in Canada. You know what?

I don't know.
High-speed Internet?

No, they have fast Internet.

When I was there,
it was really slow.

No, dude. It's not that.

The thing she won't
have in Canada is Fred!

She even understands your jokes.

I remember one time I told a
joke that wasn't even that funny.

She laughed till she was
crying! She was crying.

Tears and everything.

What you're going to do is
take your phone and call her.

Why don't you just tell him
you want to live with him?

Well, I tried to talk about it
yesterday. He never called back.

I'm wondering if he's
not relieved I'm leaving.

That way, he won't have to decide
or introduce me to his kids.

Then, that's proof of love!

Hmm?

I'm kidding!

SCHOOL

You're hanging up on Dad?

Throw it! Throw it!

She keeps
hanging up over and over.

Maybe she's got no service. All
right, what's the next step?

We're having dinner
at Café Broc tonight.

Okay.

You have... nine hours to
find a way to make her stay.

Okay? Let's think about it.

What if I just said "Stay"?

- Huh?
- Sweet!

Not bad. Not bad.

- Right?
- That's a decent plan.

Yeah. Right?

Yes. Wow! Yes!

Yes! Yes! Yes!

That's my Vic! My Vic!

Whoo!

- LeBron James!
- Vic scored the wrong net.

- You're kidding me? The wrong net?
- That's right.

I think she's inventing a new
way to play called 'Wrong notes...

- Stop moving, please!
- Sorry, this stuff stings.

It's because it's made
of natural products.

Sorry if it's not a fake white like
all those endocrine disruptors.

Oh, one sec.

Hello, Ouria. Yeah, how are you?

Yeah, I'm good!

What's up?

"I left you several messages. Is
there a problem? Are you busy?"

What should we answer?

I got this.

I was in the shower.

Okay.

"That was a long shower.

Is there something wrong between
us? Did you listen to my message?"

I know what to say.

I'M BREAKING UP WITH U.

What?

What is this...

I don't understand.

- I'm ready.
- Yeah.

Wait. Just a second.

This stuff has a bit
of a sting to it.

It's nice but it
stings a little bit.

Oh, no.

Um...

What?

I guess this cream
is for hair removal.

And I may have mistaken
it for the clay mask.

Okay.

- Yeah, that's gonna be a problem.
- Wait, what was that?

- Hair removal cream...
- Huh?

I mistook it for the clay mask.

"I know it's complicated, but we'll
see each other tonight as planned

to talk about it like adults."

I'll say yes. Never mind!

- Sorry, I didn't mean it.
- What did you do?

I'm half man, and
half berry.

Is it visible?

- I have an appointment! It stings!
- I said I'm sorry...

With this face, she'll never
want to move in with him!

Better?

- It just stings really bad.
- I said I'm sorry.

- Is it red?
- It's a little bit red, but...

- Is it very red?
- No, it's not very red!

- Is it red?
- It's a tiny bit red.

- It's still very red. It's super red.
- No.

Oh, dear. Listen, I need to go. The
pizzas will be there in 30 minutes.

Dad! I think it's my appendix again.
My stomach hurts! Please stay!

All right, listen, Romy.

If it's just the appendix, one
glass of water and you'll be fine.

Otherwise, we'll amputate
your leg tomorrow morning.

I'm just going to have
dinner with a friend,

and I won't be back
too late, all right?

I love you very much, and I
love the three of you very much.

Traitor! Liar! He
didn't even blink!

I'M OFF. I'll BE AT
CAFE BROC IN 5 MIN.

- What is this? Give it to me!
- I can't... hey!

What did you do? What is this?

- You won't tell him, right?
- No I won't, 'cause you will.

Hi.

- How are you?
- Wow!

- Aww!
- Okay. Here we go.

- So romantic.
- Yeah, right? c*ck?

Oh, thanks!

Green fruits, cucumbers.
Everything green.

Mango for me.

Great.

You okay?

Good. Well, I'm

like someone who's a bit lost.

Listen, I thought
about it and...

Mm-hm.

And I think I really don't
want things between us to end.

Okay. I'm lost, completely
lost. Even more lost.

So... what do you want exactly?

What do you want?

What do I want?

I want to wake up every
morning at your side.

I want to walk hand in hand
through my days with you.

To sleep feet against feet.

To stroke your hair,

and to spend the rest
of my life with you.

Well, that's good news. We
want the same thing, right?

First, you sent me text messages
saying you wanted to "break up".

So cute with the
capital U for "you".

Makes it seem you're
about 12-years-old.

And now you're saying you
want to live with me...

Fred, you're red. You're
face is two colored.

That's my daughters.

- They do your makeup everyday?
- That's my daughters here...

That's my daughters walking
in. What are you doing here?

Come on, move. Vic and Romy
have something to tell you.

What? What is...

- I'm sorry.
We need to talk.

Go ahead.

So, that's her then?

All right, okay,
so, you told them?

- No, but... Let them talk.
- Yes, you did!

Okay. I'm Emmanuelle.
You must be...

I'm Romy, the daughter of Helena
Marquez, the actress. Do you know her?

- And I'm Victoire!
- If you don't tell him, I will.

You left a message asking
Emmanuelle to live with you

- on Romy's phone earlier, you see...
- See what?

She replaced Emmanuelle's
number with her own.

So you've been sending texts
to Vic and Romy all day long.

Are you all right?

What on Earth went through your
minds to make you do such a thing?

- You lied to us first!
- I was going to tell you!

- But you lied for months first!
- I'm terribly sorry.

- I needed to find the right moment.
- When?

Calm down. I was going to tell
you at the right time. That's all.

- What right time?
- There are moments...

For instance, right now is
the worst possible moment.

It's all right. It's very
complicated for your kids.

They find out you have a
girlfriend you want to live with.

- It's a lot!
- That's life.

It's how they
externalize, right?

Exactly! We extermanize!

Externalize!

Externalize!

Could we talk for a minute?

No, no. Don't you
even think about it.

Emma, Emma, Emma...

Before you say anything at all,

I want you to know that my
daughters aren't like this.

Well, not that much.

They're good people!
They're great.

They're just expressing
what they feel. It's good.

I see many young people at
work who can't do that...

It's going to be all right!

I'm telling you, it's
true. I'm sure of it.

- I swear.
- Fred, you realize you

you left a voicemail
message to your daughter

to ask me to move in with you?

I don't want to play the shrink,
but I think unconsciously,

you were asking for
her permission, right?

Not at all. Not at all.
Never. It's not like that at all.

Look, I'm lousy at making
important speeches,

I just... please miss
your plane tomorrow.

I want you to... miss it.

Stay.

I don't want to upset your daughters
or just barge into their life.

- But that's the shrink talking.
- No, no, no. You're not barging in at all.

We'll find harmony. We'll find
a way to dance all together.

- I swear.
- No!

- So miss the plane, okay?
- No, I can't, Fred! I'm so sorry.

SUNDAY

Merry Christmas!

- It's March 20th.
- I don't care!

What matters is cheering Dad up!

How are you, honey?
Did you sleep well?

Yeah.

Cool.

What's the use of having a girlfriend
if it always makes him depressed?

Heard that.

Do you want some? Vic made
them. They're not good.

Hey, Dad?

I'm sorry about the message. I
should have told you earlier.

Don't worry about
it. It doesn't matter.

And it's not your
fault. Just, you know...

Well, it is a little.

No, not really.

It's my problem. It's
going to be okay.

I've got all the support I need.

It's too bad. I like Emmanuelle.

It would have been great if
she stayed with us on weekends.

- You would have liked it?
- Yeah.

What do you want?

Listen, Romy, you
know I love you,

and you're my little sister,

but seriously, you went too far.

Why did you do that?

You didn't have to
stick your nose in it.

Can't you see how depressed he
is? He's not even making jokes!

Can't you see what you did?

If you really like sticking
your nose in people's business,

Emmanuelle's plane
leaves in three hours.

And Dad's phone is right there.

My girls r ok if u live with us.

But I'm warning you, on the
weekend they're in charge.

Come with a miniature pig
if u want them to like u.

Hey, girls? Could you...

Yeah. Coming.

Romy told me in her own way that
she's okay with me staying here.

And it's not the
shrink talking anymore.

If your offer to
me is still good...

I would like to live with you.

With all of you.

I don't understand.

You said we needed to take our
time for them and all that.

That maybe they weren't
ready. We went too fast.

Yeah, your daughters seem to
go a little faster than most.

- You know?
- Okay.

But I didn't bring the
miniature pig with me.

This is the best Christmas ever!

If she didn't bring the
miniature pig, it's a bad start.

You see, you have to give us
a pet to enter this apartment.

You could come with a moose.
That's from your country.

- Of course. A caribou?
- Yeah!

- Maybe...
- Do you have one?

- No.
- Uh-oh.

- Should I leave?
- Yes! I'll see you soon!

Okay. Bye.

This is crazy!
Wait, take my suitcase.

I don't have anything left. I don't
have any of my stuff, nothing.

In that case, you'll sleep on the floor
and I'll give you a pair of my briefs.

- You can stay. I have two pairs left.
- Okay.

All right, I'll
take the two briefs.

This way! So,
here's the entrance.

On the left, there's...

So, this is our
fridge. That we use.

There's three shelves because
there's three daughters.

This is Clara's. It's only organic
stuff, and it's kinda gross.

This is Vic's. She has
like a million allergies,

so it's only gluten-free,
lactose-free stuff. It's gross too.

And mine is this one.

It's the best. But
you can't have it.

It's my dessert, my
ketchup and my cheese.

If you eat a lot, you
should get your own fridge.

Yeah, well...