Dinner with Friends (2025)

[bunniefuu]

(gentle music)

(Joy): I thought this was

supposed to be a race.

Come on, babe, what are you waiting for?

Thought you were gonna dust my a*s today?

Oh. Oh, the dust ain't coming.

- It's...

- Ha, ha!

Eat it, baby! Eat it!

Ah! Oh, no! Ah! Ah!

(Joy): Easy, easy, easy. (Malachi grunts)

- Okay.

- Oh, okay.

- Can you get the other one?

- Uh, yeah.

Just try, just try.

(groans)

- Yes. Okay.

Okay, can you make it to the kitchen?

- The kitchen?

- Yeah.

- There's chairs right here.

- You have to put ice.

Oh.

Okay, grab the wall.

Grab the wall, thank you.

- I got it.

- Okay, good. Yes.

I got it.

(wincing)

Thanks, baby.

Oh, f*ck.

(groans)

Can you believe it?

My leg just is giving out like that?

Yeah, I told you to

wrap it before we left.

Now you might have really hurt yourself.

Feel like you could a just let me win,

Miss Chariots of Fire.

No, I couldn't.

You could've listened to

me and saved yourself from

collapsing in (laughs)

In the middle of street,

and wailing like a baby.

(babbles) Like a baby?

Like a baby!

I was not wailing like a baby.

Like a tiny Troy.

It's not how I, I sounded, I

sounded like a man, when I...

You, you sounded hilarious.

(laughs)

This sh*t really hurts.

Yeah, you're right. My bad.

All right, I'll get you some ice.

(sighs)

(Malachi): Yeah.

(Joy sighs)

(sighs)

Joy, call them.

You know I've tried.

Last two times, we

didn't even have half of us.

I see Evie all the time anyway.

Yeah, I, uh, wouldn't

take that personally.

(Joy sighs)

Everyone's just busy.

You know how it is.

You know, I think that it would be good.

What?

- Good for us?

- Yeah.

You really mean good

for me though, right?

Joy...

Malachi...

(Malachi sighs)

Joy

look, I'll... ow!

Just sit, okay? You're

gonna make it worse.

(Malachi groans)

(Joy): Exhale. (Malachi): f*ck.

Yeah. (Groans)

Listen, all I am saying

is that we always have a

good time with those guys.

We usually do.

And it's been a minute, right?

Since we've all gotten together.

You know how having something to focus on

where you can do the most

always makes you feel good.

We have two kids, Mal.

I have plenty to focus on.

Oh, we have two?

I can't with you. (Malachi laughs)

(Malachi): I think you know what I mean.

(tap running)

What just... one more try.

One more try.

They're our friends.

Yeah? Just fire off a

message in the group chat.

You know, you almost had

me before you said group chat.

Oh.

(emergency alert blaring)

(Malachi): Can we rewind

and we'll say the same thing again

without mentioning the

thing that shall not be named?

(gentle music)

(messages bloop)

[gentle music]

(numbers flipping)

(glasses clink)

(laid back jazz music)

- Oh, my god! Hi!

- Hi!

It's so good to see you.

Oh, my god, it smells amazing in here.

Thank you. How are you? How's it going?

I'm good. It's good, it's good.

Well, Josh is just like in

one of his mood's again.

It's getting on my last nerve.

(Joy): Oh no, is he still spicy?

Well, I've come to the conclusion

that he's someone who

just likes to be angry.

So like, can you fight

with someone like that.

- Did he come with you?

- Oh, my god,

he's in the other room.

Wait, so how did your move go?

Sorry, I couldn't help you, by the way.

Uh, it's cool.

I actually didn't move.

What? Well, did you

get your deposit back?

No, I did not.

Wait, so you lost first and last?

Yikes.

Sorry you're going through it, sweets.

Oh, it's fine. Really.

- So glad to see you, though.

- So glad to see you.

Oh, my god. (Both laugh)

And all this stuff with

Josh is just like... wait.

(Joy): What?

- What the hell is that?

- What?

- What is that?

- This?

- What?

What happened to the Portuguese tile?

Price went up like 55%

that's what happened.

Yeah, I get that. But subway tile?

Baby, it's very elder millennial of you.

Oh, no, I know you did not just call me

- an elder millennial.

- I did.

- To my face.

- Yes. You know what?

- To this visage.

- Gorgeous, baby.

But next time, take the hit.

It's Portuguese tile, okay?

(Joy): Oh, oh!

- Hey, Evie! Hey!

Sorry, sorry, sorry. I know I'm late.

The subway rerouted like five times.

- Am I the last one here?

- Uh, no, no, no.

You know that Joy always

gives you an earlier time

so you can actually get here on time?

(scoffs) Okay, wow.

Well, I should be offended,

but I am actually grateful.

Wait, what did you say

happened with the subway?

I don't know. Some

like, mechanical expl*si*n

or something.

An expl*si*n? Jesus,

this city is falling apart.

Yeah, it's all over Twitter right now.

It's trending. It's huge.

- You're on Twitter?

- You're on X?

Really, Malachi, X?

How January 6th of you.

(Malachi): Government names look,

say what you want about Elon...

Oh, my god, I can't. La, la, la.

(Evie): Hello! (Joy): Hi.

Did you remember the vermouth?

Oh, please say yes.

No, sorry. And I'm sorry I'm late.

It's okay, it's okay,

we're still waiting on Kat.

Have you talked to her lately? Hi. Mwah.

No, I have not. Why?

Um, I just wanted to see if she'd be down

to host the next one.

You know, if we're

serious about getting back

into the swing of things

then I wanna lock in

who's hosting the next one.

I mean, I would do it, but next month,

it's gonna be Thanksgiving.

And then it's Christmas.

And with family and the kids,

I don't think I have

the bandwidth for that.

Yeah, well, I could always do it.

You don't need to sit

at, like, a proper table.

Yeah, I mean, your place is... so cute.

Oh, Ty, that's so kind of you.

Hey, don't you and Josh have, like,

a really big table?

Oh, a huge table. (Ty):

Uh yeah, yeah, we do.

We do. Um... but our uh...

dishwasher is... broken.

- Hmm.

- Yeah, there's just water,

debris, pieces...

- Gosh, that's horrible.

- Everywhere.

I don't think that's

how dishwashers work.

(Ty): Really rough. And it's tax season?

It's the middle of

fall. It's not tax season.

Well, they will be due at some point.

(Evie laughs) (Ty): You know what?

Joy, you're so much better

at this anyways, okay?

It's just, it's so much work.

- I know. It is.

Fine, fine, fine, January it is.

(Ty): Or we could just play it by ear.

Yeah, that never works.

Uh, I just said that I could do it.

Let's just see how Kat's

feeling when she gets here.

Speaking of which,

where the f*ck is this girl?

Oh, she's probably gonna bail.

I mean, she looked really rough

- the last time we saw her.

- Ty!

Well, I just mean she

looked really burned out.

You know, she's obviously

having a hard time

taking care of her mom and all that.

(Evie): Yeah, well, it can't

be very easy coming home

from being a nurse all day.

And then having to

nurse your mother all night?

(Evie): Mm-hmm.

Is this a new dress? It's cute.

(oven beeps) (Ty): Yeah, it's definitely

a lot to handle.

If only she had a sibling

or something to help her.

(Joy): Stop. (Ty): Oh, wait.

Okay, to be fair, she wasn't as sick

when Tristan moved away, so.

(Ty): Hmm, you mean

when he completely ghosted.

Oh, my god. He had his reasons.

Plus Kat did tell us all that, you know,

he was sending money

to help with their mom.

So it's not like he completely vanished.

(Ty): Sure.

Evie, I don't understand

why you defend him?

I mean, I love Tristan just

as much as anybody else.

Well, obviously not as much as you.

But we all deserved a proper goodbye.

(Ty): Especially you.

(Evie): Okay.

Okay?

I'm gonna go finish setting up.

Uh, spades.

Least your place is super cheap.

Not anymore.

Technically, I terminated my lease.

My landlord made me sign

a new one at a, you know,

- a much higher rent.

- sh*t.

Couldn't your landlord cut you some slack?

Aren't you two sorta like friends?

Hmm, yeah, heavy on the

sort of friends there, I guess.

- Mm-hmm.

- But she wouldn't budge.

She was really adamant.

It's wild that she'd do that.

You'd... you'd been there for years.

She said she was actually

losing money on the place

since the rates went up, so.

Okay, but it's not your responsibility

to take on her financial problems.

So, miss me with that.

Funny, she said the

exact same thing to me

about my situation.

(Malachi): Man, I'm real

sorry that happened to you.

You know, I, I do have to

ask if you're gonna end up

paying so much more anyway,

why don't you just move

to the nicer apartment?

Is that... did you just

hit me with the two twos?

Real sorry that happened to you.

- In my own house?

- The two. Two. Two.

Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up.

You m*therf*ckers.

I'm gonna put me on the leader board.

I'm coming back.

I'm gonna put me on the leader board.

You have to stand up for

yourself at least one time.

I am standing up for myself.

You ask me for my advice

and then you don't wanna

do what I tell you to do.

Joy, can we please

just drop this honestly?

Like, look, I know that you

were upset because you love me

and we're worried about

me, and I love you for that.

I do. But you bring it up

every time someone mentions him.

I swear to god, I am good. I promise.

Okay, fine, I'll drop it.

- What is it?

- Nothing.

- What is that face?

- Nothing.

I just, you say that you're good,

but then I haven't seen

you date anyone in a while.

What happened to that

guy that you were seeing?

Oh, my god, you actually hate me.

- I don't hate you.

- Yes, you hate me.

I don't hate you.

Stop it. You're so extra.

No, you must.

Why would my best friend be forcing me

to be having a conversation

I clearly don't wanna have

about my sh*t dating life?

You want a news update?

It's still really, really sh*t, okay?

Nice. (Guys): Hey.

- And I think Kat's here.

- Oh, god.

Nice to see you.

- Hey.

- Oh, sh*t.

Whoa. Uh... hey.

Wow, nice.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Uh... (Malachi): Good to see you.

Okay, let's get everyone to the table.

(Evie): Mm-hmm.

- And um, I'm sorry.

I know you're gonna

move on at your own pace.

I'm warning you, maybe

you don't even want a partner.

Trust me, I definitely want a partner.

I am lonely as f*ck.

(Evie): Tristan?

Surprise! Dinner like old times.

We're all here.

It's good, right?

(somber music)

Hi.

- Hi.

- Yes, uh, it is good.

Let's all just ignore the fact

that we haven't seen Tristan

in two years, and um...

let's get comfortable and eat.

You hungry?

- Yeah.

- I'm starving.

Let me get this, Mama.

Yeah, thanks, careful, it's hot.

Ow, ow, ow.

(Kat): Can we get one more plate?

- Here or...

- Yeah.

(overlapping chatter)

(Evie): Um, I think I forgot my wine, too.

(Ty): Yeah, can you...

well, it's almost empty.

(Evie): You're right.

(Kat): Do you want anything?

- Yeah.

(Joy): Can you believe Tristan?

Saying nothing to no one?

Ah, he said he's only been back a week.

Yeah, a whole week.

(Malachi): Well, it's

great to have him back.

I'm glad he's back.

- Oh, yeah, I am too.

- Yeah?

Then why are you so mad?

Because he just f*cking took off.

Okay, Evie can say whatever she wants.

I'm still mad.

And what about Paul?

No one seems to remember

how. He was f*cking crushed.

Why does no one remember?

It's f*cking not cool.

He left without a word.

(Malachi): Uh, he sent

a text to the group chat.

All right, like, that's enough.

(Malachi sighs)

I don't know. I was fine with it.

Okay, all right.

Well, when I finally leave you

I guess I'll just do it by text.

(tap turns on and off)

(Joy sighs)

(sighs)

Are you going to leave me?

What?

Joy, you said finally.

"When I finally leave you."

You just

waiting to get around to it?

Oh, I could ask you the same thing.

Okay.

(Malachi sighs)

(gentle, sad music)

(gentle kisses)

We're okay.

(gentle music)

(messages bloop)

[gentle music]

(numbers flipping)

(Kat): I hope that's enough.

Do you think that's enough?

- It'll be fine.

I wouldn't overthink it.

(R&B music)

(Kat muttering)

(Kat): This is great.

All right, lasagne will

be done in 25 minutes.

This looks amazing.

(Tristan): Thank you.

- Oh, my gosh.

Not bad for 20 minutes, huh?

Yeah, we love to see a man put in effort.

- Oh, well...

- Okay.

I'm impressed.

Thank you so much.

Okay, well, since that,

they're coming in, like,

10 minutes, I'm going to have

some wine and then sit down.

(Mother): Kat! Katrina!

- She is so restless today.

- Go. No, no, no.

- Here, give it to me.

- It's okay.

Go. Go enjoy your wine, okay?

- Are you sure?

- Yes, I got this.

- Okay, you got this.

- Yeah, I do!

Hey!

Just gonna... hello. You look nice.

- Hey, hi.

- Hi.

- Hmm.

- Hi.

- Ha, ha.

- Ahem.

Come in, enjoy.

I gotta check on my mom.

Yeah. Oh, where's my warm welcome?

- Later!

- Uh-huh.

- Can I get my warm welcome?

- Shut up.

- What?

- Okay, miss thing.

Kat, are you okay?

- What? What?

- Tristan and Evie.

No, you're not supposed to know that.

How do you know that? (Mock kisses)

Oh, my god.

Tristan and Evie? What is happening?

- Wait, what?

- I have no idea.

(Evie): Kat, Tristan said

she wants you. I'm sorry.

(Kat): Joy, wait, do you mind taking over?

(Joy): Yeah, of course.

(Kat): I'll take your coat.

(Joy): Thank you. (Kat): No problem, girl.

Thanks, Evie. (Evie): Yeah, yeah.

(muffled laughter and chatter)

So, when did this happen?

Wait, better question,

why didn't you tell me this happened?

Well, I was going to but...

(exhales nervously) (Joy): But?

Okay, real talk, Evie,

I feel like if we weren't

having this dinner tonight,

you would have waited as long

as you could before telling me.

Okay, yeah, I was definitely stalling.

I mean, it took me by

surprise and happened real fast.

And you can be a hard

person to talk to sometimes.

Especially like...

(Tristan): Don't say that.

Don't say that. Hey, Joy.

Hi.

Uh, you mind checking on the lasagne?

(Evie): Yeah!

(Tristan): Be nice. (Evie giggles)

(Evie): See, this

this is what I didn't want, that face.

What face? Okay, you

basically just called me

a heartless b*tch.

What I was trying to say

before Tristan cut me off

was you can be a hard person to talk to.

(Joy scoffs)

Especially when you're

going through your own sh*t.

Are things any better?

No.

Babe.

I don't know. Maybe.

You know, the guy's

fed up, though, I can tell.

He's probably in there

talking sh*t about me right now.

(Malachi): You know, one of

you should have warned me

about those two so I could brace myself.

Joy is not gonna take this well.

I'm going to be hearing

about this for days.

Careful, Malachi.

You're not supposed to tell us

you talk about us behind our back.

Mm-hmm.

(Ty): Yeah, just how often are

we the topic of conversation?

Please. Like we don't all talk sh*t?

I would never. I don't

even know what that is.

Judas.

(laughs)

- Man, f*ck off, all of you.

(all laugh)

No, y'all know that Joy

can't keep her f*cking nose

out of everyone's business.

She never shuts up.

(Ty): Okay, you all right, Malachi?

It seems like maybe you

could you use a day or two off.

- Mm-hmm.

- No, I'm... I'm sorry.

That, that came out wrong.

I... look, I'm real close to

closing a huge deal at work

with a big company. I

can't get specific but...

That sounds like a good thing.

(Malachi): That is what I thought.

But they keep adding new

roles on their side and it feels

very much like they're gonna

let my staff go eventually.

Will you be let go, too?

(Malachi): No. Hah,

no. Uh, highly unlikely.

No, they're giving me some vanity title

and shoving me into a corner office.

(Paul): So, don't do the deal.

If it's not something you wanna do

and it's causing you a

lot of stress, don't do.

(Josh): Cut his mic.

(laughs)

- No of fence, Paul,

but the whole opting out

of capitalism is not really a thing

when you've got responsibilities like kids.

(Paul): I do have a kid.

No, I know you've got Bobbie.

My bad. I'm just, I meant that

I have the two little kids at home,

and a mortgage and... it's a lot.

Yeah, well Joy works too, right?

So you have options.

(Malachi): Yeah, we'll

see, that's another...

(Josh): Another what?

I get it. I'm the traditional one.

Fine.

(chuckles)

- I know you love him.

He's very cute. We all understand that.

But I don't want to see

you taken advantage of.

You're obviously still

holding a grudge against him.

You forget that I know that

you and Tristan have your

connection or whatever. And

I know that you missed him.

I really think you guys

should talk sh*t out.

I can respect your

decision to forgive him.

And I'm happy to keep the peace

to have us all back together.

But I personally do not

have anything to say to him.

I'm happy we're all making an effort

to spend more time together.

I love Tristan. But I'm not...

- Don't say but.

- What?

You shouldn't say but.

I think the oven's still on.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Yeah, I think the oven's

you shouldn't say, "I love you, but."

It makes your love sound conditional.

It is, okay?

None of us is a bottomless well of love

able to just keep giving

and giving nonstop, forever.

- Hot.

- Okay, fine.

Let's say that there are conditions.

You've still got to be

able to adjust. Right?

I mean, people need to do

what they gotta do to cope.

Life can be overwhelming.

Yeah, but you can't just run away.

(sighs)

You don't think I wanna run away?

(scoffs): No.

I don't think you do.

I think you want to power through

'cause that's how you cope.

Maybe I should just chuck it all and um,

move to the country.

Don't say it like it's crazy, okay?

My sister and her wife just

moved to Prince Edward county.

Okay, yeah, you're right, babe,

but could you imagine Joy in the country?

Uh, hmm.

(all laugh)

That b*tch ain't leavin' the city.

- Oh!

- Whoa, okay, easy, tiger.

Not, "b*tch."

(Ty): There's no way

that you're this riled up

over getting a big cheque

to sit and do nothing.

You're 38. Worse things could be happening.

Prostate exams are right

around the corner, hmm?

Hey! Uh, can anyone give me a hand?

- Oh, yeah.

- Thanks, man.

Uh no, I know it sounds

crazy but the idea of

sitting in some office, doing f*ck all,

even if I'm getting paid

well, it's... it doesn't excite me.

No of fence, Malachi, but you

run a small shipping company.

How exciting is that ever?

Yeah, okay, but it was a shipping company

that I started, right?

From pretty much nothing.

And, and grew into a

business successful enough

to employ people for nearly eight years.

People who I like to work with.

Hmm, I don't know, babe.

Sounds like you just need a hobby.

Maybe working out?

- Yeah, I could see a little...

(Josh): Yeah, just 'cause you have a kid.

Yeah. You wanna give daddy, not dad.

Oh! Get him!

Colouring, babe. Drawing.

- Not colouring.

- It's good!

(laughs) It's good!

I know you.

The less happy you are,

the more rigid you become.

Every little thing starts to matter so much

and then you dig your heels in

like there's only this one option.

But you have choices

and you're allowed to change

your mind and try a thing.

And let it be the wrong

thing or the best thing.

I don't know. I just...

I don't want you to be so hard on yourself

for the sake of others when

you know, it's not really helping you.

(muffled R&B music)

This is not going to

be enough for everybody.

(laughs through tears)

(Joy): Malachi, we gotta get pizza.

Little thing.

(tender music)

(car turns off)

What do you wanna do, Joy?

(Joy): I don't know.

(Malachi laughs)

What?

(Malachi): Look at you.

You're miserable right now

and I don't understand it.

(Joy): Yeah, clearly.

(Malachi): No, seriously,

we are finally back in the swing of things

and I would think you

would at least try and enjoy it.

So what?

Evie didn't tell you right away.

It's none of your business.

And who cares if we

had to go and grab pizza

because they forgot the chicken?

- I care!

- Why?

What does it matter?

It's like you're committed

to ruining this for yourself.

What, Joy?

(Joy): Nothing.

You wouldn't get it.

(both sigh)

(Malachi): Look, all I want

is to hang out with these guys

and talk a little sh*t,

relax, and have fun.

I don't know when that became a lofty goal,

but that is what I want.

To have fun with our friends.

(Joy): Mm-hmm.

And that is impossible... to do

Without me looming

around like a dark cloud.

I get it.

You want me to go?

(Malachi): Jesus Christ.

Yeah.

Fine, Joy, if you want

to go, please, just go.

(door opens and shuts)

(footsteps thud away)

(Malachi sighs)

(door opens)

Are we staying?

(Joy): Well, we might as well.

We're already paying Jamie

a fortune to watch the kids.

Okay.

Okay guys, I'm gonna let them in.

They're right at the door, all right.

Welcome back, my darlings.

We saw you fighting from the window,

so leave that sh*t outside, all right?

We've got a surpri-i-i-i-ise.

What is this?

Ta-da!

No!

What do you think? Hmm?

Well, I think it's great.

You know, I love karaoke.

- Yeah!

- Thank god.

I was so worried you were gonna be pissed.

- Mm-hmm.

- I feel so bad.

(Kat): Yeah, sorry I dropped

the ball on the food, Joy.

Sorry we forgot the chicken.

Come on!

We're glad you're not pissed.

(Joy): Whoa, whoa, whoa,

I mean, I have my moments,

but I am not the resident hothead here.

We all know that's you, Josh.

(laughter)

Remember when you tipped that table

over a game of do-mi-noes.

Oh, I forgot. That was you.

No one called that.

You're gonna want to

turn that this way, honey.

- Okay.

- Three, two, one.

(tender music)

(singing)

You can't live with the world

On your shoulders

- Here we are.

Your shoulders

That's a sound. You can't do a sound.

(Joy): I can do a sound.

Take my hand

Movie.

(muffled chatter)

Thinking.

- Driving.

- Driving.

Driving.

(vocalizing)

(inaudible laughter)

- Touchdown!

- Ha!

Bam! Bam! Bam!

For a long time A long time

(vocalizing)

[gentle music]

Now I found you

I'll stay here and hold you

- Oh, t*tties. t*tties.

- Dolly Parton!

Ah! Ah!

Don't check a browser history, honey.

Don't check it.

Don't check a browser history.

Oh, my god.

Oh, that water was so warm, though.

Okay, I know. Wait a minute.

And blue.

You said, wait, how do you spell that?

What did you say? Hawk tuah?

(group continues talking in background)

(yawns)

(dishes clinking)

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- Feeling okay?

- Yeah.

Tonight has been everything

I needed, and more.

Times ten. It's been amazing.

But I'm just... I am so tired.

(Paul): Yeah.

Tristan and I were talking earlier.

Yeah? About what?

You.

And everything with your mom.

How you doin'?

I don't know, I'm okay. I'm fine.

I'm still living at home.

Still taking care of my

mom. Gotta get butter.

Job I hate.

It's the

not really the dream.

It's not that exciting.

Not where I thought I'd

be at this point, either.

(Ty): Oh, okay. No, no,

no. Okay, yeah, yeah, okay.

So I just looked it up. Ahem,

Fly YYZ has round trip flight

to Cancun with dates in October and March.

We're going.

Okay, I'm checking

my calendar as we speak.

Well, if Joy's down, I'm down,

'cause Beach Joy is my favourite Joy.

I'm putting a ticket in the cart.

Beach Joy is my favourite

Joy too. I'm so happy.

I'm picking a seat on the flight.

Okay, yeah, we're down. We're down.

If you're all down, we're down.

Yes.

Oh, sh**t. You know what?

I got something.

Okay, I'm happy they're coming.

(trips up stairs)

- Mess.

- Mess.

- Oh, my god.

Oh, my god. Tequila.

- Yes.

- In the morning.

More things important

than being exciting.

Of all of us, you have a

job that really matters.

And looking after your mom is...

Yeah, so noble?

I get why people say that.

I mean, it's far from the truth but...

I get it.

Hmm.

(Paul): What's the truth, then?

(others chatting and

laughing in background)

That I, uh

that I hate her.

That I really

really hate her.

She was a terrible mother.

And now I'm almost 35

and I've lived my whole life

waiting to get out from underneath her.

And except for college, I'm still here.

I'm still the one taking care of her.

(muffled laughter and chatter)

And I hate to admit it but I...

I didn't become a nurse

because I wanted to take care of people.

Or that I love care taking.

I, I just...

I did it because I just

wanted to be somewhere,

where everyone would acknowledge

that something's wrong.

They would lay it out on the table

and then they would try and fix it.

That's why I did it.

I guess that

brings me comfort.

It's

f*cking pathetic, right?

Um, it's so crazy that

I spent my whole life

shaping it

as a reaction to her.

Um...

I...

I couldn't see it then

when I started but now I,

I can't unsee it.

It feels like, it feels like a punishment.

I just, my whole life

my whole life feels like a penance

for something that I didn't even do.

Paul, I'm so tired.

[emotional music]

(Kat sobs)

- Yeah.

(Evie): Kat, Paul, we're going to Cancun.

[indistinct voices]

(Group): Yes!

- We're going to Cancun!

(Kat sobbing)

(excited muffled chatter fades out)

(messages bloop)

(numbers flipping) (Ty): Hello?

(Joy): I'll be right there.

Just make yourself at home.

(Ty): Okay. (Joy): Oh, hey!

(all): Hi!

(Ty): Joy's just putting the kids to bed.

I don't know where Malachi

is. I haven't seen him.

(Joy): Malachi's not here.

- Okay.

(Joy): He has... we

have decided to separate.

What?

Oh, my god. We're really sorry, J.

(Joy): That's okay. It's

fine. It's already been like,

three weeks. But anyway, let's eat.

I've got everything ready.

It can be just us.

We're not gonna wait for Paul?

(Joy): No, he's not coming.

He said he couldn't make it.

Personally, I think he's with

Malachi tonight, but whatever.

Does this mean we're not going to Cancun?

Baby, we never were.

(Ty): Ugh, oh my god.

Looks amazing. (Joy): Thank you.

- This is stunning.

- Wow. Yeah. No, really.

- Did anybody know about this?

- Did you know about this?

- No.

- She didn't tell you?

She didn't tell me

either. (Joy): Here we go.

- Oh, my gosh.

- Looks amazing.

- Wow.

- This is awesome, Joy.

So, um

you think Malachi's at Paul's?

I don't know, Tristan.

I guess. Why?

I guess I'm just wondering if we, uh

we should be there?

Yeah, uh...

No, no, we're not doing that. Are we?

(Kat): No, I'm not trying to choose sides

or do this boy-girl sh*t.

I'm doing fine, guys.

Thanks for checking in.

Joy, look, we're really that

you're going through this.

We really are.

You just care more about

how Malachi's going

through it. Yep, I get it.

Well, no, that's not fair.

I mean, you gave these guys so much sh*t

for not giving you a heads

up about their situation.

We care about you and Malachi.

We're just surprised, is all.

Look, maybe we uh,

maybe we should get started.

Yeah, let's, uh... great.

I'll take it.

Thank you.

- Want bread?

- Yes.

Okay, Malachi and I don't want this

to be a bigger deal than it is.

We're on good terms.

There's no reason

we can't all have dinner

together eventually.

We have to share the kids

and we can share you guys, too.

That's really mature.

(Josh): Yeah, and totally

unrealistic, but okay.

Josh, it's not for you to be...

What, to be real?

Look, Joy, you know I'm in

your corner, always, okay?

But let's just be honest here, we can't

pretend like it's gonna be

as easy as sharing the kids

'cause it's not.

People inevitably pick sides.

It gets awkward when people split up.

(Ty): Yeah.

I mean, nine times out of

ten, the friend group ends

when one of the couples splits up.

Well, Tristan and I split

and nothing happened, so.

(Josh): Yeah, well Tristan wasn't around,

so there wasn't any

divided loyalties, Evie.

And even still, that's

when we started drifting,

so thank you for that.

Or like, splintering

off into little subgroups.

- Mm-hmm.

- It's true.

Okay, well, I'm not asking you to choose.

Okay, yeah, well people

are gonna do it anyway,

to Kat's point, where's Paul?

Is he under the table or...

And what do you want me to say?

I mean, it's not my fault

neither of conveniently

disappeared like Tristan.

And I'm so sorry if you feel like

you're gonna have to pick sides

because that is not

what we are trying to do.

And by the way, if you are picking sides,

let me just remind you

that despite all of this,

I still managed to make

this dinner for all of you.

Who, as much as you claim

to love getting together,

no one else except Kat

seems to ever want to take on

any responsibility for it.

- I offered a few times.

So, maybe next time you're

wondering why someone

isn't here, you'll start with this f*ck.

(exhales)

(footsteps retreat)

(dishes clatter)

Maybe you should go talk to her.

(Ty): I'll go.

(dishes banging)

(tap running)

Ju-ju-be. (Joy): Don't.

(aggressive scrubbing)

Look, J, I know it must have been hard.

I'm glad you made a choice for yourself.

I didn't, it was Malachi.

(sobs)

- What?

Oh, girl.

Are you okay?

(Joy sobs)

(emergency alert blares)

(Kat): Another weather alert?

(Ty): I don't know,

but that sound is

genuinely triggering to me.

(messages bloop)

[gentle music]

(numbers flipping)

Just don't forget your

bathing suits or anything.

Yeah, well.

I mean, that's a bit by design.

(laughter)

Yeah, no, we're gonna be flying into Rome

and then renting a car

and we'll fly out of Lisbon.

(Malachi): Yeah, so how long in total?

Three weeks as of now.

But we've got a free change

if we want to stay longer

or come back sooner, which absolutely not.

(all laugh)

(Malachi): You know, it's

nice that our drunken plans

inspired an actual trip for someone.

Italy is amazing.

(Kat): Yeah, this trip is

going to be decadent as f*ck.

(Ty): It is. It is, yeah.

But it's also for our mental health.

And I know that we should be

spending the insurance money

on our place, but it's worth it.

(Joy): How are the renos going?

(Ty): Oh, we had to

take the entire first floor

back to the studs. It's a disaster.

But at least the bin is gone

from the front of the house.

Yeah, I hated looking at that thing.

It was k*lling me.

Every day I would come

home and I would look at this

one picture frame that stuck out of the top

and then I realized it

was from this painting

that used to hang in

my grandmother's house,

and then my mom's house before I got it.

And now it was just garbage.

Just like that.

It's so jarring seeing parts

of your life just tossed away.

I'm so, so sorry.

(Joy): Yeah, those rains were apocalyptic.

The whole end of our street got washed out,

but other than that, we were lucky.

(Josh): I don't wanna

talk about it, if that's okay.

Ty is not exaggerating

about our mental health, so.

(Evie): Okay, tell us more about your trip.

Yeah, well there is not much else...

I think this would be a good time.

Uh, I have an announcement.

We are

having a baby. All: Oh!

Hey! Hey!

Uh, no, no faster

than you probably think.

We're four months.

- Oh.

- What?

Wait. Wait, wait, wait,

so literally the night

you guys got back, y'all was clapping?

Clapping?

(Evie): Wow.

(Tristan): I wouldn't put it

that way, but pretty much.

(Evie): Clapping, wow.

(Evie): Okay.

(laughter)

(Malachi): Kat, you good?

Yeah, no. Yeah, I'm good. I'm good.

I'm just, I'm shocked

you didn't say anything.

(Tristan): I mean, we

didn't know what to say

for the longest time, so.

(Kat): "I'm going to have a baby"

is a great place to start.

(Tristan): Okay. Yeah.

I shoulda... I shoulda told you.

(Kat): But it's fine. It's fine.

You're gonna do whatever works for you, so.

Tell me, so, is Mom's room

gonna become a nursery now or...

I don't know, we were

we were gonna talk to you and,

but yeah, I mean, th-that's

what we were thinking,

now that she's gone.

(Kat): Is that why you

pushed to put her into care?

(Tristan): I don't... I

don't think I pushed, Kat.

But that, that's what we both wanted.

(Kat): No, yeah, we both,

we both decided on it

but I thought that maybe

you decided because of me.

You know what?

This checks out.

(Joy): Kat, do you want

to help me take these

into the kitchen? (Evie): Kat, I'm sorry.

We didn't think you'd be this upset by it?

No, I'm not. No, I'm not...

I'm not upset, I'm not mad.

I'm just it's... a lot all at once

and I'm processing it in real time.

You know, you guys are

going on this dream trip

and Joy and Malachi, you guys are

here.

You guys are having a f*cking baby.

Everyone's doing so good. It's just...

(Malachi): But it's

all good news, isn't it?

Yeah, it's great news.

It's fantastic news.

I'm, it's-, I just...

(exhales)

I'm just waiting for something

good to happen to me, I guess.

That was an inside thought.

I, I... that sounded so self-con...

(Paul): No, no, no. You're

you're the least self-centered person here.

(Tristan): Kat.

Kat.

I'm sorry.

It's fine.

I'm just being dramatic.

Does anyone want wine?

No, didn't think so.

Gonna be right back.

(Ty): I can't believe

you guys didn't tell her.

(Tristan): Really, man?

What do you mean, really? What is that?

There's enough going on in there.

(sniffles)

[distant traffic noise]

(tender music)

(Paul sniffles)

Life is so just...

(Kat mimics expl*si*n)

- Yeah.

It really is.

Yeah.

Thank you for coming out to check up on me.

Again.

(Kat's phone buzzes)

Hold on.

Okay.

(sniffles)

Yeah, this is she.

Okay, come on, Kat.

(Kat gasps)

(gentle music)

(numbers flipping)

(messages bloop)

Party's here, m*therf*ckers!

(all): Yeah!

- Yes!

- Here you go.

Not that you need it, I don't...

- Thank you so much.

- You're very welcome.

I appreciate it. Everybody ready?

- Yes.

- Okay.

A toast to our mother.

- Mm-hmm.

- Thanks for nothing, I guess.

To nothing, I guess.

(Ty): Jesus, this is dark.

No, no, my dead mom, my rules.

- Fair enough.

- Okay, wait, wait, wait.

Actually, to our mother,

thank you for each other.

Hmm. Yes.

To each other. (All): To each other.

Cheers.

(Josh): You know, Tristan,

this is kind of a full circle

moment for you, right?

When one door closes, another opens.

When one life ends, another begins.

Wow. Too soon.

(Josh): Too soon? No.

- Um, speak for yourself.

No.

She was a terrible person, come on.

I'm so glad to not be

taking care of somebody

that didn't wanna take care

of me. Girl, talk your sh*t.

Now you can focus on the baby.

Yeah? Hey, congratulations

to you both, by the way.

I don't think I said that.

- Congratulations.

Thank you. (Joy): I mean, I'm just happy

somebody else is finally having babies.

(Evie laughs)

Well, actually uh, Bobbie's

gonna come live with me

for a little while,

so you're all gonna get

a chance to meet her.

- Whoa.

- Oh, finally.

Wait, wait, do you have space

in your studio for a teenager?

Uh, I'm sorry.

I'm sure you could house your child.

- I'm just, logistics.

- Uh...

Wow. (Josh): I'm sorry, it's tiny.

I'm moving, finally.

- No way.

- I bought a place.

(all): Oh!

- Okay, homeowner,

it's gonna get off my lawn.

Ah!

(all laugh)

- Congratulations.

Uh, look.

Thank you. Uh, thanks guys.

I hope to have you all over soon.

(Joy): I'm excited to meet Bobbie.

We're all excited to meet Bobbie.

(Joy): The more kids the better.

(Malachi): So, Kat, what is next for you?

Malachi, I am so glad you asked.

It's uh, a lot. (Laughs)

- Okay.

- A lot, a lot.

As much as the universe

is willing to give me a lot.

- Look at you!

- Okay.

(Josh): No, we love the sound of that.

Thank you!

(Josh): But what does

that actually mean, though?

I don't know! I'm not sure.

But everything's percolating still.

I mean, Tristan and I

were walking past Grapevine

the other day and we saw the mural.

The one that Jimmy did

before he went to Montreal?

Exactly that, the one that Jimmy did.

- The Make Good one.

- Yeah.

So, I saw it and I decided to hit him up.

Slid into his DMs and I was

like, "Hey, how you doin'?"

And he's like, "Um... do you wanna visit?"

And I said, "Yeah!" I

was like, "Maybe I'll visit.

Maybe I'll move. Who knows?"

Oh, wait. Wait, wait, wait,

so you're thinking of moving to Montreal?

Oh, he's in Spain.

(all): Spain?

- Spain.

- Oh, my god.

- I know. I know,

I know, I know. But I'll just visit first.

No, since my mom's dead, our mom's dead.

There's just so much

I just don't have to do.

Everything's just open.

- Huh.

- Anything can happen.

(Josh): Oh, all right!

(Ty): Wait, so what

happened to the Grapevine?

(both): It's a dispensary.

- Ah.

- Yeah.

- It's a shame, really, but.

- That tracks.

(Kat): Anyway, not my business.

(all laugh)

I like this Kat.

Joy looks good on you, Kat.

- A-ha, to dispensaries.

(laughs)

(Kat): Not the pregnant one saying that.

(gentle music)

(messages bloop)

[gentle music]

(numbers flipping)

(Evie): Tristan, where are

the jars for the breast pump?

It's not, it's not in the dishwasher.

- Check the cupboards.

- Thank you.

I really want to be able to drink tonight.

(Kat): No worries, babe.

- Okay.

- Okay, go. Get ready.

- Okay, thanks. Thank you.

(Tristan): You found it?

- Yeah, yeah, where's

- where's Sarah?

- Okay, she's right there.

She's in her car seat.

She's fine. She's sleeping.

Okay, I'll just be ten minutes, okay?

- Okay.

- Okay.

Take your time.

Uh, hello, we're supposed

to be there already.

Tristan: Hey, watch the

hair. What good is this?

Relax?

Are you excited to co-host

with your new boyfriend?

(Kat): Okay, relax. You're so annoying.

(Tristan): You wanna get there,

give him a good luck kiss?

(Kat): Get out of my face.

Guys! Guys!

(Tristan): Yeah.

- Why don't you go on ahead?

I'm gonna be a while and

I don't wanna hold you up.

(Tristan): You're not

holding us up. It's fine.

Yeah, but I... I still

need to pump and yeah,

I, I don't wanna rush, so.

(Tristan): Hey, it's okay.

No, guys, please go. Sarah, she's fed.

And you're ready to leave so...

But I don't want to go without you.

(Evie): I want you to go.

So can you please just go?

Okay, you know what?

How about we go and you let us know

if you need anything otherwise, okay?

- Okay.

- Okay? Are we ready?

- Yeah, I'm ready.

- Okay, bet.

Joy, can you do me a favour?

Have you left your house yet?

'Cause if not, can you pick up Evie for us?

(Kat): Can you mind the

business that minds you?

- All right, let's go.

- Okay.

(Kat): Come on! I got it!

(somber music)

(exhales heavily)

(Josh): So done with

the traffic in this city.

(Ty): God. (Josh): f*ck, man.

(Ty): This is ridiculous.

(Josh): Like, every single

street is just so congested.

(Ty): We're so late. (Josh): Oh, my god.

(Josh): Paul's place better

not be the new meet up

'cause this is ridiculous.

Oh, my god. (Both laughing)

(Josh): Sorry, Paul.

(Ty): I know. Oh, f*ck.

(Josh): What? What is it?

It's Joy. Dinner's at

Kat and Tristan's now?

What? Since when?

I don't know. Joy texted

"Heading to Kat and Tristan's."

- Turn around.

- No, we can't go back west.

Like, everything's gonna be f*cked.

(Ty): Well, what are we gonna do,

just drive there and no one's there?

You gotta turn around. You gotta go back.

(Josh): I don't. It's

literally gonna be dark.

It's gonna take forever to go back west.

That's gonna take an hour. I...

(Ty): Mm-mm.

(Josh): Oh, my god.

(Ty): Okay, this is nice, though.

(Josh): What's nice?

(Ty): This condo that's going up.

(Josh): You're part of the problem.

(Ty): No, well, I didn't...,

I'm not building the condo.

(Josh): Don't, don't, no.

Don't big up the condo.

Wait, ma'am. Wait your f*cking turn.

This is ridiculous. Why

did you take us this way?

(Josh): Because it's been way faster.

- Are you using Waze?

- I'm not using Waze now.

Well, there's your problem.

You know what? We've been

driving straight for a while.

I'm pretty sure I told you to turn.

(Josh): Ty? (Ty): Yeah?

You are doing the most.

Okay, well, you're not doing enough.

I told you, we have to

get back on the highway.

I told you. (Josh): I... urgh!

- It's the only way.

- Okay, fine!

(knock on door)

(Kat): Don't look at me

like this. Don't even start.

Swallow it.

- Oh.

- Hey, you're here.

(Tristan): Hey.

- Come on in.

Here. Tristan: Shoes off?

Shoes off. Yep, shoes off.

(Kat): Hi. (Giggles)

(Kat): It's nice to see you.

- Shoes off, heh, heh.

(Kat): Let me put this bag down first.

(Tristan): Hey. (Malachi): Hey, what's up?

(Tristan): How's it going?

(Malachi): Ah, the princess.

(Tristan): Uh, yeah.

Uh, can I, can I get

you anything to drink?

A glass of water? Something like that?

- Yeah, water's good.

- Water's good.

Okay, yeah, glass of water.

(Malachi): They're pretty cute, huh?

Uh, yeah.

You know, maybe, maybe

Kat will calm his nerves

a little bit.

Yeah, my man's having heart palpitations.

(Tristan and Malachi laugh)

- He is, my man is sweating.

(Tristan): Yeah.

I mean, it's his first time hosting.

A lot pressure. (Malachi): Understandable.

(Tristan): What about you? (Malachi): Hmm?

(Tristan): You uh, alone?

Oh, um... yeah.

I didn't think Tracy and I

were ready for the meet the kind of,

sort of, we're on a break,

but also not, but yes,

really we are ex-wife and

now I'm getting nervous

explaining this whole thing.

- You're, are you okay?

You're sweating.

(Malachi): The long and short of it is,

she knows we're separated

and we're keeping it casual.

Okay. Casual. (Malachi): Casual.

Uh, where, uh... where's Evie?

(knock on door)

(Joy): Evie?

Evie?

Where are you?

We are so late!

Oh, my god.

Evie. (Evie): Oh.

- What are you doing?

- The f*ck?

(Joy): Why aren't you ready?

- What?

What the f*ck? Kat

told me to come get you.

Why is your front door open?

- Uh, I...

- And why are you not ready?

I think I'm gonna sit this one out.

What?

Yeah, I'm gonna sit this one out.

Oh, no, no, no. Come on.

On the phone this morning

you were like, "This is my night.

I'm gonna get my drank on."

Yeah, yeah, but...

Tristan being on baby

duty when we're together

is not the same as him

actually being on baby duty.

He taps out pretty quick

and then it's back on me.

So, this is, this is kind

of me having my night.

(Joy): I know. You just gotta

tell them to get it together.

(Evie): It's not even that.

It's like, when they left

and I had this place to myself,

I was like...

I can't waste this.

Hmm.

(Joy): I know. (Evie): Okay.

Okay.

- Come on! Come on! Come on!

- No! Ow!

- Come on! Come on!

- Stop it!

I know. I have not been in the best mood

for this dinner either

but come on, this is our

first one back in a while.

Ty and Josh are back.

You know they're gonna have funny stories

about their trip.

And Sarah, you can show everybody Sarah.

You've wanted to do that all week.

Hmm, no, I know. I know.

I know, but I just... I

need to sit this one out.

I want to be alone.

Please, can you take the breast milk?

It's in the fridge, okay?

Please, if you don't mind?

Thank you.

(Evie groans)

Evie...

I'm not sure what to

do, honey. Are you okay?

(Evie moans)

Yeah.

No, I'm good. I promise.

I just... I need a night

to myself, you know?

- Yeah.

- Mm-hmm.

I do.

(Joy breathes deeply)

(door shuts)

When was this decided?

"A little notice would have been nice.

We're gonna be late."

What do you mean you're gonna be late?

(Ty): Babe, you gotta turn around.

(Josh): What? (Ty): Yeah,

just turn around, please.

(Josh): My god. You're joking, right?

(Ty): No, I wish I was.

Turn it around. Thank you.

(Josh): Oh, my gosh.

Okay, babe, you're not stalling

because there's some

surprise birthday party for me,

- or whatever?

- What? No.

You said you didn't want me to do all that.

(Josh): I...

- You're joking, right?

(Josh): No, I'm just checking because...

Good.

I, I absolutely don't want that.

Good, because you're not getting that.

This is just...

- Okay, all right. Good then.

- Yeah, good.

- Good.

Great.

(Malachi): All good, man?

Yeah, uh, shouldn't

one of us be in there like,

supervising or something?

(Malachi): My brother,

they are ten feet away.

Don't sweat it.

(Tristan): Yeah, yeah, okay.

- Anyone want a top up?

I do.

Where is everyone?

(Tristan): Well, Evie

said she's not coming, so.

What? (Paul): What? Where's Joy?

(Joy): Oh, god.

Oh, that would be her.

(Joy): You would not

believe the f*cking traffic

I was in on the Gardiner just now.

(Paul): Oh yeah, no, it's

been pretty bad lately.

No, no, no, not just

bad, this was some next...

Thank you, next level sh*t.

But you wanna know

the only thing that's worse

than going down to two lanes of traffic?

Is a full-out brawl breaking out

in between those two lanes.

- A brawl, like a f...

- Like a full-out brawl.

Okay, so I call 911, obviously,

because I thought for

sure one of these guys

is gonna go to the hospital.

She quotes me, get this, are you ready?

She quotes me wait time of 34 minutes.

- Ha! Ha!

- That's what I said.

I was like, who are you

and how did you get this job?

34 minutes! Name me one. Name one me...

Thank you, darling,

emergency that wouldn't

be over in 34 minutes.

Isn't that wild? (Kat): Oh, my god.

Ah, this city.

(Kat): Yeah, we're getting

crazy random as*ault cases

in the ER, too.

(Paul): So sorry that happened to you.

No wonder you're vibrating. Are you okay?

(Joy): Mm-hmm! Ooh, wait, where's Sarah?

Uh, Sarah is in the

other room with the kids.

Oh. What, kids?

Yeah, I uh, I brought Troy and Sophie.

(Joy): This is our night

away from the kids.

(Malachi): Okay, and then

I decided that, you know,

it would be easier if the

hand-off was done here.

Well, that might be easier for you,

but now I have to go in there and say hi.

And if there's a problem,

they'll probably come and find me.

- That's not true.

- What happened to Jamie?

What was she busy? You couldn't book her?

Look, I thought it would be nice.

And like I said, easier.

(Kat): Yeah, they're watching

a movie right now, right?

(Paul): Yeah, yeah. (Joy): Oh, I'm sorry.

I don't want to feel like

I'm hiding from my children.

- Hmm.

- Come on, you're not...

So, uh, what would you

like me to do about that?

(Joy): I would like you to not bring them.

(Malachi): It's not like I

brought them to a rave.

Oh yeah, like you

would ever go to a rave.

(Paul): I'm sorry, I thought,

it seemed like a good plan at the time.

How about we talk about some good news?

(door shuts) (Josh): This city is f*cked!

(Ty): Okay, I've never

been closer to moving

to the country in my life.

Paul, you brought us into

the belly of the beast here,

all right?

Belly of the beast.

But okay, wow, this

place is actually really nice.

All I know is I need a f*cking drink.

Oh, my god, yes.

(Malachi): Go ahead, fix

yourself something and uh,

listen up, 'cause Kat,

uh, there you are, you had some news?

Yes. Yes!

(Josh): What that you and Paul are f*cking?

(Ty): Josh!

- No! I mean, well, yeah.

But well... (Joy): Pregnant?

Yes.

Oh, my god! Come on!

(Kat): Thank you so much.

(Paul): Uh, heavy on the happy.

Not so much accident.

(Malachi): Well, looks

like our new kids' room

is gonna become a staple, right?

Sorry, what?

Oh, yeah, yeah, I, I

brought uh, Troy and Sophie,

and Bobbie and Sarah

are also in there, they're hanging out

and they're watching TV. It's really cute.

(Ty): Oh.

- Okay, that's it. I'm done.

- I'm leaving.

- No, Josh.

- Josh, just...

- Wait, why?

Joy, why don't you tell

them your uh, traffic story?

Okay, listen. I can't

spend my Saturday night

talking about kids and traffic.

I just can't, okay?

(Kat): Wow, thank you so much, Josh.

(Josh): No, no, look, I'm sorry, all right?

I'm happy for you. If

you're happy, I'm happy.

All right? You too, Tristan.

I'm sure Sarah is a doll,

but I'd just rather not

hear about her tonight.

(Tristan): But we're not allowed

to talk about our kids anymore?

Okay, well, we're not just

talking about them, are we?

They're literally in the next room.

And look, if we wanna go

to a park for a picnic brunch,

then sure, bring your

little niglets along them.

- Whoa!

- Don't call my kid a niglet.

It's Saturday night. (Kat): b*tch.

- Niglets?

- Oh, my god!

You calm down with that sh*t.

(Malachi): They are all asleep,

every last one of them.

- Shall I grab dessert?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, okay.

- Babe.

What?

Babe. (Ty): What?

No, you said you didn't

want me to do anything.

Do anything? Do any what?

- What's...

- Oh, it's your birthday!

- Oh, my god!

- Oh, sh*t.

- Happy birthday, man.

- Sorry, man.

How did we not know that?

- So, y'all forgot, though?

We just didn't notice about it.

Well, I guess we don't know each other

as well as we thought.

Oh god, it's not that deep, Josh.

We were just distracted with other things.

- What, like babies?

- Yeah, like babies.

This is who we are.

We're gonna have babies.

(Joy): And marriages.

- And girlfriends.

- What?

- Dude.

He's uh... talking about Tracy.

Oh, Tracy. Okay.

What, how do you guys know Tracy?

(gentle music playing)

(Malachi): Some of us

had um, dinner together.

Dinner?

Evie told me about it.

- I didn't know.

- Oh, Evie was there?

(Kat): Well, no, no,

Joy, it's not like that.

It was just... (Joy): Okay, well.

impromptu. It just happened.

This has been fun.

Congratulations, babe.

Josh, so good to see you.

(Kat): No, Joy, what are you doing?

- Joy.

- That's a good question.

What am I doing?

Because clearly you guys don't need me

to get together anymore so...

(Kat): No, we didn't intentionally do it

behind your back! It was nothing.

Then why did you just act

like you were keeping

a dark secret from me?

Because you knew I'd be upset.

And you're right.

So, good job. Good job.

Way to just conspire and be cowards.

Well done. (Josh): Oh, god.

Girl, shut up.

Like, you look so silly right now.

And quite frankly, I'm tired

of hearing you go on and on

about being the glue

that holds us together.

Get over yourself. It's not that hard.

- Josh, back off.

- Nobody cares what you...

(thuds to ground)

(Kat): Oh, my god. Are you okay?

I'm fine. Don't touch

me. I'm fine. Don't.

- I'm fine. I'm fine.

- Joy...

Yikes.

Cool it. (Josh): Get her a Uber, guys.

Josh, if you don't...

Just please stay.

Okay? Don't leave.

Not like this.

(somber music)

(door shuts)

[dishes clatter]

Paul, sink or dishwasher?

(Paul): Sink's fine.

You wanna see what Davis

and those guys are up to?

Nah, feels like a hard

turn. Let's just go home.

Are you sure?

I mean you just, you seem so down.

Ugh, well, aren't you?

Look, I just don't know what

any of this is worth anymore.

Between how f*cking hard

it is just to get down here

and all this drama.

And you know Kat and Evie,

they're not gonna stop

at just having one kid.

More of those little

f*ck are on the way.

Well, we can't exact stop

them from procreating, can we?

Yeah, but did you notice how nobody

wanted to hear about our trip?

I don't think that's true.

It's just everyone had big news tonight.

Yeah, but that's exactly my point, Ty.

Their news always seems to overshadow ours.

And, and all these babies!

Like, wasn't Kat supposed

to be out in Spain

living her best life?

God, straight people

are so boring. I can't!

I just, I don't think that's true.

I just, I don't agree.

Who's side are you on?

- Hey, don't do that.

- Don't what?

Okay, I'm not gonna fight with you, Josh.

Yeah, tonight sucked, okay?

It was sh*t.

But don't act like you

had nothing to do with it.

Okay? You don't wanna hang

out with these people as much?

That's fine.

But you also don't wanna

hang out with anyone else lately,

straight or not. Which... heh, is fine.

But please, figure out

what you do want, okay?

(Ty sighs)

I don't know what I want.

Other than you, of course.

It's just been so hard

ever since we got back.

(tender music)

That's the shitty thing

about having such a great vacation.

Makes you think that the vacation

should be your real life.

Like, you know, maybe

we should move to Italy,

- or France or...

- Or Ibiza.

Yes, exactly.

Yeah, maybe.

- Or maybe I just hate it here.

- Mm-hmm.

(door opens)

(footsteps approaching)

[rustling]

[footsteps]

Ah, f*ck.

Hey.

- Hey.

- Where's Sarah?

Oh, she's, she's in the crib.

Okay. How was it?

sh*t, f*ck, it was the f*cking worst.

Joy, Joy found out about

that night that we hung out

with Mel and that girl and then...

No, she did not.

Yes, she... and she stormed off.

- She was really upset.

- She did not.

Yeah.

And uh... you know, when I tried,

when I tried to stop her,

she was just kinda like...

What? What did she say?

No, no it wasn't so much what she said,

it was just

it was just obvious that

she wasn't gonna forgive me

and...

I just felt like f*cking crying.

I don't know, just...

Okay, well I'll talk to her.

No, d..., do not.

It, it, it wasn't just her. It was Josh.

Josh was pissed for like,

10,000 f*cking reasons. And...

Well, I'm sorry that it

was such a rough night.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Oh, uh, Kat's pregnant.

What?

Yeah.

And they're moving in together.

Are they moving in here?

- I mean, do we have to go?

- Uh, come on.

I mean, you've seen Paul's place.

They're not gonna give that up.

Okay, but... I mean

can we afford this place ourselves?

Yeah, I, I don't know. (Sniffles)

I don't know.

That's what I was thinking

about the entire night.

Like a f*cking idiot.

I'm trying to be a part of the conversation

but the whole time in the back of my head,

all I'm thinking is can I keep

a roof over our daughter's head?

You know, a roof that

I didn't even pay for.

A roof that was handed to

me. Still, I don't even know

if I'm gonna be able to hold on to it, so.

Okay, whoa, slow down.

Okay, this is

this place wasn't exactly a gift.

You know, it came with a

lot of debt and legal bullshit.

You and Kat, you paid a lot for this place,

in more ways than one.

And... you know

you know you can trust those guys.

You can talk to them, right?

- I can't.

- Yeah.

No, Tristan, I'm telling you, you can.

I know, Evie.

What I'm trying to say is

that I would like to but I can't.

Huh.

Look, I...

(both sigh)

It just uh...

It just...

I don't know if I'm cut out for this.

Cut out for what?

I don't know, the stress, all of it.

I, I feel like I can't protect our family.

I...

literally have nothing

that I'm interested in doing.

I have no career goals.

And between you and Sarah, I just feel like

I'm your useless third wheel that...

I feel like I'm tied up in

knots all day, every day,

and I don't know what to do.

Uh, I mean

have you been taking your medication?

I mean, maybe you

you might need to change up the dose?

The meds aren't the magical fix

that you think they are, Evie.

Okay, but you are saying

that you can't talk to the people

in your life who love you.

And that you don't know if

we're gonna have a place to live?

And you're resentful of Sarah and me?

I mean, white knuckling it,

it just doesn't feel like a

winning proposition, honey.

- I...

- Yeah, but the meds

aren't gonna magically make

me into some kind of like,

successful man.

I don't expect you

to be a successful man.

What the f*ck? Wow.

No, whatever that means for you.

Tristan, I love you.

I need a partner.

Look, I don't think it's some big secret

that you and I aren't exactly like

high-functioning overachievers, okay?

We need each other to make things work.

Strength in numbers, that's us.

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

I know, I'm sorry.

- Okay?

- Yes.

- Okay.

- I'm sorry.

I don't know, um,

maybe I'll go back to work

and then you could stay home with Sarah?

Then you won't feel

like a useless third wheel.

And maybe she's your life's purpose.

What is it?

Just this rush of anxiety

that came over me at

at the idea of being responsible for her.

It's just... um...

I'm gonna, I'm gonna get some air.

- No, Tristan.

- Sorry.

Tristan.

(door opens and shuts)

(Sarah cries)

(somber music)

(Ty): Hmm, we used to call her Evie.

Probably calling about Joy.

(Josh): Oh, we're gonna have

to skip the next three dinners

'cause Joy is not gonna forgive me.

(Ty): I don't see that

happening anytime soon.

The world

Let me know. (Evie) Okay, bye.

Bye. (Call chimes off)

I can

I can feel you slipping

through the palm of my hand

(Kat): I don't know how

many more of these dinners

I could take. (Paul): That was wild.

(Kat): It was insane.

(Paul): I've never had that much yelling

in my house before.

We should sage the place.

Cleanse it. (Giggles)

Can you sage me too?

Is that how it works?

- I would love to sage you.

- Sage me.

(phone buzzing)

What are you doing?

- Hmm.

- Hello?

(Evie): Hey, um, have you seen Tristan?

No.

I haven't heard from

him since everyone left.

(Evie): Okay, well he

left. He was pretty upset.

Wait, how, how, how bad is it?

Should we go and look for...

(Evie): I don't think

that we should like...

Are you sure? (Evie): Kat.

Sorry.

Sorry, no, I...

He's been trying so hard.

I thought he was doing well.

I really thought he was through this.

(Evie): Kat.

(Kat): No, no, no, no.

You're right. You're right.

I'm just remembering. Sorry.

Just keep me posted.

And if I don't hear from you

in the morning, I'm coming over.

I love you too, Evie.

Bye.

(Paul): Is Tristan okay?

- Mm-hmm.

I think so.

(exhales) I hope so.

Oh, god.

Hey.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

(inhales deeply)

Yeah.

Life is just so... I...

(imitates expl*si*n)

- Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Shh.

I need you to promise me

that you can handle your half.

I mean, I'm excited for us

and I'm excited for this baby.

But I'm telling you,

I can't parent another adult.

Ever.

I just can't.

(distant sirens)

Okay.

No, Paul, I'm serious.

This honeymoon phase

is not gonna last forever.

I need you to promise.

I need you.

Promise.

(city din)

I promise.

(gentle kiss)

Come here.

(knock on door)

(door creaks open)

(Tristan): Hey.

(Joy): What do you want?

We should talk.

Come for a walk with me.

Please?

(Sophie): Mommy!

Come on.

Hey, baby.

Mommy's here, okay?

Uncle Tristan is, too.

(Sophie): Mommy.

Hey.

Just texting Evie.

(Joy sighs)

(Tristian groans)

Don't worry about it.

The sound of our voices

makes her fall asleep.

- You know I talked to Evie.

- Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

You're pretty far from home.

(Tristan): Well

walking's still the only

thing that clears my mind.

What about you, you still running?

Yeah.

(Tristan): A night like tonight,

I feel like I could walk forever.

Or at least two years?

You know, I, I'm sorry

I didn't reply to your text.

- Text-s.

- Yes, texts.

I'm sorry, Joy.

For real, I am.

I was so worried, Tristan.

I was so scared.

I mean, I really thought you were gonna...

Yeah, I know. I know.

I mean, at least the f*cking least

you could a done was reply.

Sorry.

I am really sorry but my

mainly I'm sorry that

I wasn't here for you.

Ah.

You know I talk to you about stuff

I don't talk to anybody else about.

I know.

I wanted to text but I uh...

I chickened out.

But then when you stormed off and the look.

(Joy sighs)

The look that you had.

How are you, Joy?

For real.

You okay or...

(tender music)

I mean, I thought I was okay.

You know how I get.

Like everything is falling apart.

But like, now that it

actually does seem to be,

I just... I just feel

like what's the point?

In?

In trying to be successful.

Trying to be good.

Trying to keep it together.

Just trying.

Huh.

What is it?

Is it the crushing burden

of a big, beautiful home,

adorable kids?

Or is it the amazing career

that's pulling you down?

Don't do that.

I'm sorry.

I just uh, I can't relate.

Yes, you can.

I know you wonder if it's all worth it.

I thought we agreed that it was?

Deal is a deal, remember?

Yeah, I remember.

Doesn't mean that some thoughts

aren't stubborn little f*ck, though.

(both chuckle)

Yeah.

When you have my heart

It's just what I've done

I just feel like I'm

mustering all the strength

I can to make it through the day sometimes.

(sighs)

Show up for the kids.

And then that day turns into days.

Which turns into weeks,

which turns into months, and then...

Yeah.

Just feels like a never-ending

uphill battle sometimes.

Huh.

Yeah, I get that.

Some days I wake up and I feel like

I have this weighted blanket on me.

You know, I end up carrying

it throughout the day.

And just wanna, you know, shrug it off.

But the weight

the weight is very real.

Yep, that's exactly what it feels like.

(Joy sighs)

So, where's Malachi in all this?

He's going through his own stuff.

It's hard to be there for somebody

when you're going through your own sh*t.

Yeah.

To be honest, though, I

he just doesn't understand

the way you understand.

I've missed you.

Yeah.

I've missed you, too.

But uh...

I'm not leaving again.

Okay?

I promise.

I really wanna be there

for the people I love.

(Joy sighs)

(Tristan sniffles)

It's good.

I needed to hear that.

(sighs)

Evie does too.

Yeah, I know.

(both chuckle through tears)

(sighs)

All jokes aside,

though, I don't know if you

still have a hard time falling asleep

but I got a real weighted blanket.

Oh, it is a game-changer. (Laughs)

Yeah. Where do you think

I got the metaphor from?

Ironically, it's the best sleep in my life.

- Mm-hmm.

- Evie got it for me.

- It's f*cking fantastic.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

Especially if you get the one

that's hot on one side

and cold on the other.

Cold on the other. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

How's your head

Thank you.

You wish you never let me into it

(gentle music)

(numbers flipping)

[gentle music]

(Evie): There's no snow.

Do you remember when it's been this late

in the year and there's been no snow?

Can't believe they moved this far out.

I know, right?

A lot could change in a year.

(Joy): Oh, my gosh,

you could say that again.

A lot can change in a year. (Evie laughs)

(Evie): I think it's the next left.

I think it's coming up on the left.

Uh, Ty said that there

would be a big Santa.

We can't miss it.

Do you guys have service? I have one bar.

I have nothing.

(Kat): No, 'cause I honestly

cannot see any addresses,

I don't know.

That dog is barking at us.

(Kat): Oh, ruff, ruff. Back at you baby.

Not in this neighbourhood.

(all laugh)

(Kat): It's so small. No

wonder we missed this!

It's not that... don't tell them that.

Please slow down for the kids.

(Kat): For the niglets. (Joy): Oh, stop.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I know you don't wanna remember that.

We will never speak of this.

- This is so cute!

- I like it.

I'm into this.

The lighting is pretty cool.

- They gave it a shot.

- The lighting.

The lighting.

(all laugh)

It's too much. It's too much.

Look at this. (Ty): Hey!

- Yay, you made it.

- My god.

Stop.

Oh, my god, I feel like

I'm in a parallel universe.

How are you, though?

(Ty): Do you like our welcome sign?

I'm good.

Can't believe that you live here.

Oh, god, me either, sometimes.

- This is amazing.

- Thank you.

Got it for the kids.

I think he likes it more than they do.

- The kids like it, too.

- Are they still up?

Uh, no, man. Are you kidding?

We ran them into the ground.

They've been out for about an hour.

- Oh, okay.

- You guys are just in time.

Dinner's almost ready.

And here, I need some hands for dinner, so.

I'm trying.

(Joy sighs)

Hi.

(Joy): Hi.

- How's it goin'?

(Joy): It's good.

- Good.

- How was the weekend?

- It was good.

- That's good.

- Missed you, though.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

I missed you.

(kids playing)

(Joy): Sophie. Sophie,

share with your cousin, hon.

(adults laughing)

(Evie): I mean, this is incredible.

(Kat): No, we cut up in Cancun.

You telling all our secrets?

No, I won't tell them all our secrets.

They won't know everything.

They won't know about that.

- There's no secrets.

(Kat): No, but we told you guys,

okay, we told you guys

all about our adventures.

What did you do?

What have you been getting up to?

It was exactly like your guys' trip.

- He's so lying.

- Yeah.

Boring. (All laugh)

(Paul): It was great. It was great.

I will say, though, that there

is nothing more exhausting

than playing on the floor all, like...

Like that being on the ground, you know,

playing, wrestling with

these kids would be like,

exercise or something.

No, no, no, no, no.

The more you do it, the

less and less you get in shape.

- Start big, stay round.

- Yeah.

You gotta work at it.

My wife still running

them half-marathons.

- Ooh!

- Like a beast.

I don't wanna hear it.

I don't wanna hear it because you guys,

it's different for you.

What do you mean different?

I'm just kidding. (All laugh)

My heart. (Overlapping chatter)

No, all I mean is like,

you guys do the most.

The most.

Well, uh, my wife maybe,

but uh, I gave up my overachiever card

a while back.

(Josh): Oh, that's not true, come on.

(Malachi): No, it's true, it's true.

And it's not a bad thing.

No, I'm really happy now.

I'm just...

(Paul): I'm happy about it.

You guys are acting

like you don't believe me

but I'm for real.

So real. (Paul): I'm happy.

I'm over the moon.

(Malachi): Changing career

paths was hard for me,

all right?

But one I let it all go finally,

things really started to turn around.

(Kat): I love that for you, king.

Thank you, thank you. (Kat): Yeah.

We have a believer. (Kat): I'm here.

Yeah, I'm here. (Josh):

So then, what's next?

(Malachi): Uh, I don't know.

I really don't.

You know, if someone asked

me ten years ago to predict

the future, I would've had

none of it correct, you know.

How many disasters have there been?

Mm-hmm.

And uh, ahem,

Ty and Josh moving from

the city to the country,

did anyone else have that?

(all): No.

- Neither did we.

Absolutely not. Not on my card.

(Josh): But you know,

you've got to adapt, right?

(Ty): It's true.

After our um, second claim,

we couldn't get insurance

for the other house so.

Like, so shitty, though.

None of it was your fault at all.

(Josh): Yeah, but they don't care.

But you know what? They kinda have a point.

Because why would try to rebuild again?

You know, at some point

you just have to realize

that you only have this

one life and so much of it

is out of your hands.

So just focus on the

things that you can control.

Yeah.

Or at least influence,

like forcing your friends

to spend the holidays

with you in the boonies.

Yes! (All): To the boonies!

(laughter)

(Joy): Oh, do you know

what this place reminds me of

is that Airbnb we rented by the lake.

Do you remember that?

(Kat): Oh, my gosh, yes.

- I loved that.

- Right?

I just remember thinking

like, oh, this is so adult of us.

(laughter)

(Evie): Okay, no, I just remember thinking

that's so adult of you.

- What?

- I don't know,

- I felt so lost back then.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- No, no!

- The shame.

- I mean like, me too.

You're not wrong. You're not wrong.

- Evie, as if.

- Very low.

Your tone.

(Josh): I'm still working on it.

I'm still working on it, guys.

(laughter)

- You're working on it.

(Paul): Well that's,

that's funny because I feel

like we all, we all had this

idea of what it'd look like

to be functioning adults.

But then you just keep living

and making choices, and,

and waiting for a day

where suddenly it just clicks.

And you're like, oh, I'm an adult.

- I get it now.

- Yeah.

(Paul): But it doesn't happen like that.

No, happens in like, moments.

And then you realize, oh,

that's what they meant by XYZ.

(Paul): Yeah. Like, when we were younger

we thought that adulthood

was a destination, right?

Like, this thing that you arrive at

after you achieve all these things.

But it's just so not that.

(Tristan): No, it isn't. It's

kinda like, I don't know,

like one of those things that is forever.

Forever?

(Paul): Yeah.

- Yeah, okay.

(Paul): Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- You're right there.

Forever, question mark, forever?

(Paul): It may be the only thing

that's forever, you know?

Like, learning to be a person

in the midst of the world

around you, with the world around you.

You know, becoming yourself.

Not becoming.

Okay, Michelle, Miss Obama.

(laughter)

And you know what?

Also I think this is the most

I've ever heard you speak in one sitting.

- Yes!

- Cheers to that.

- Cheers to that.

- The boonies!

(Josh): The boonies!

Okay, on that note, on that note,

I have a different topic of discussion.

Mm-hmm, okay.

So, what happened between you guys?

- Oh.

- You're so messy!

(Josh): No, not in a messy way.

It's not Wendy Williams.

It's more Red Table Talk.

- Oh, right.

- Let's unpack.

Has enough time passed?

Can we talk about it?

If you feel comfortable to talk?

(Malachi): Okay, um

we, we pretty much did

what Paul was just describing.

Hmm.

We were hot out the gate.

Got married.

Had kids fast.

Got our careers going early.

We achieved the things, right?

Then after a few years it felt like

we were older than we were.

We both bought into this certain kinda plan

for a happy life, but it was clear

when we looked around

that everyone else our age

wasn't on this road with us.

Everyone was doing Ketamine and shrooms.

Don't look at me.

I'm not gonna name no

names in the house of the Lord.

(all chatting)

You tried.

It was on my, oh, it

was just a little bit, right?

Yeah, I mean, while you

guys were having all that fun,

we, were living a good life.

(Joy): Yeah, we were. We were.

(Malachi): But it did feel

like we maybe settled down too soon.

Hmm.

And then when I sold my

company and they let me go,

it was like being hit by a massive wave.

Just desperation.

(sighs)

You know, you're getting

older faster than necessary,

and you're out of step with

your shroom-having friends.

(all laugh)

It felt like we maybe made

this massive miscalculation.

Hmm.

But we, we're so far down this road.

How do you turn back?

So, we take it out on each other.

Yeah.

You start thinking that the marriage

is the big mistake that you made,

but in reality it's only the easiest part

of your life to undo.

I'm not saying that it's smart

or that it makes a lick of sense.

But when you gotta put a

roof over your kids' heads

and gotta keep making money,

together or apart, and yeah,

when you wanna make a drastic change.

(Josh): So, what you're saying

is you both freaked the f*ck out

over your life choices.

(Malachi scoffs) (Joy):

Yes, basically, yes.

(Josh): Yeah, right?

- Yes. That's...

(Malachi): That is in fact what happened.

- Yes.

- So, couples therapy then?

(Malachi): We tried that but this one...

Don't even. (Malachi): Okay, right.

You're on a roll. You're on a roll.

(Malachi): It's a non-starter.

(all laugh)

Yeah, you're not

wrong, though, you're not.

Because it's a, it's hard to be

confident if I'm not happy with myself.

So, as a person who likes

to be confident, you know.

And it's just these were not the decisions

that were making me unhappy.

And I just think that...

I had to admit to myself

that I'm not in control of anything.

And that all that fear and desperation,

and not knowing and

it's just life, you know?

It's change.

Um, it's discomfort.

And that's just, that's just the deal.

And I think, I think

we just decided that

yeah, we want to be on that ride

and we want to do that together.

Mm. Absolutely.

(Josh): Amen to that.

(lights click off) (Kat): Oh, my god.

What happened? What is this?

(Ty): Okay, the power's

out. (Josh): The power's out.

Is it gonna stay out?

No, it will be fine.

Paul, can you check

the kids? Are they okay?

It's fine, just everyone calm down.

Do you have like,

spotty service out here?

(Ty): No, it should be fine.

Okay, well maybe I should

light some more candles?

No, no, no, it's fine. We

have a backup generator.

- Don't worry.

- Oh!

Oh, wow. We've got the lights.

(Kat): Damn. I love this for us.

(all laugh)

You guys are like, like preppers, huh?

(Josh): Yeah, 'cause I, for one,

will never again be caught

unprepared for an

emergency event, all right?

The Last of Us?

Good for you.

(Kat): I don't want that.

Those f*ck!

Oh, my god. Get your shoes.

Get my coat. Get my coat.

The teenagers are stealing Santa.

(Kat): What did you just say?

(Ty): They've taken our Santa

like, three times this month.

Just come outside.

Oh, my god.

(Kat): Paul, take care of yourself.

- Who are they?

- They're gonna need me.

Hey! You little shits!

(pleasant music)

Come back here!

(Tristian): Why are they running so fast?

(Malachi): I got 'em. I got 'em.

Whoa, no, I don't got 'em.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, ease up.

You all right? You okay?

Yeah.

Why? Why are we stopping?

Whoa!

Whoa! What is that?

It is just a pellet g*n.

Dude, those are teenage

boys. You don't need that.

Put that away.

Okay, but fine, what are we waiting for?

I'll be honest, I don't

know if I have this in me.

What? No. Look at

them, they're taunting us.

(teenagers shouting) -

Oh, yeah, they totally are.

- They're humping it.

- Oh, yeah. They totally are.

I don't think I wanna go toe-to-toe

with those teenage boys.

- You guys see Kat Williams?

- Come on.

What are they doing?

Oh, sh*t. They are coming towards us.

- Should we run?

- We've got it.

If anyone tries anything,

I will sh**t them myself.

Whoa. All right.

We just got clowned, boys.

This is embarrassing. I live here, guys.

They're f*cking teenagers.

Hello? You lost our service?

Oh! Ah! Ah!

We were calling you!

Yeah, it's gotta be something big.

Yeah, no, they got it.

- Where's Santa?

- They got away.

Who? What?

You let a bunch of kids take Santa?

I mean, they were scared

and I mean, let 'em have it.

- Teenagers.

- Come on.

No, no, no. There they are.

There they are. Look, look. There, there!

- Joy!

- What?

Seriously, you guys

aren't gonna fight for this?

- No!

- Okay, all right!

Joy, you won't catch that boy.

It doesn't matter!

(emergency alert blaring)

(gentle music)