All language subtitles for Better Things s03e10 English

Yep. That's a predator.

So, what-- like, a coyote?

Oh, no, no. That's a bigger
animal than that.

How much bigger?

That's bear scat.

-Oh.
-See the turds' end?

How they taper?
Yep.

I say that that's unfailingly

the shit of a 500-pound
female black bear.

Whoa.

Do you own a firearm?

?

LALA:
It's today!

-It's today! It's today!
-SAM:
It's today,

it's today, it's today.

Yay! Mwah.

LALA:
I love you. Voil?.

SAM:
Oh, my God.

This is stunning.

It's booze and health food.

? I love our day, hey,
I love our day, hey?

? I love our day, hey...?

I love this.

This is paradise here.

We need our lady time.

Bro.

-Happy New Year.
-LENNY: Har-loo!

It's all happening!

[all whooping]

Ladies, Mama needs a drink!

Ooh, I want a smoke, too.

-Damn it. Hi, baby.
-PASCAL: Har-loo!

-SAM, LALA and LENNY: Har-loo!
-[Pascal laughs]

-Menopause.
-LENNY: I missed you, hon.

-Ooh, here,
have some very cheap wine.
-Please.

-Kick it up my notches!
-My notches!

[laughing]

I love bread.

Is this thing on?

-You want a Primo? Okay.
-PASCAL: Ah, yes, ma'am.

-LENNY: Yes, miss.
-LALA: Right, honey?

Har-loo!

ALL:
Har-loo!

-Oh, Tressa.
-Sam.

It's okay.

Aw...

I was scared you wouldn't
come today because of me.

I didn't want to miss the thing.

And I meant what I said.

-We're friends too long.
-Mmm.

Besides, I like you better
as a friend than a client.

Thank you?

-[laughs softly]
-Pace car.

Whoa.

-Here.
-[groans]

-I've got you.
-Thank you, honey.

-We're friends forever.
-My God.

I don't like when that happens.

[laughing]

LENNY:
Baby, yes. Come to Mama.

PASCAL:
She's in her element here.

Your Royal Heiny. Mm, mm, mm.

Wait a minute, is there
any vodka in this at all?

[laughs] You know I like
more vodka than soda.

My mother has Murray.
I'm never leaving.

I'm gonna let my motherraise Murray. I'm staying here.

Ida is so upset
she couldn't be here.

She was gonna fly in
a day early and everything,

but then she got tickets
to Springsteen.

She did?

How much do you want to bet
Ida got backstage passes?

-Yeah.
-[laughter]
-SAM: Magic.

Show me the magic.

"Is he, like, single? Is that...or is he in a relationship?"

She said, "No he's single
and he's straight.

Wait, how old
are your daughters?"

-And I was like, "Bitch!"
-Bitch...

LALA:
Hello? Over here?

PASCAL:Put your lips together and suck.

I like when my kids say,
"What happened to your boobs?"

-You! That's right.
-You, you little bastards.

SAM:
You have the maternity section
in your fucking closet.

-Yes.
-LALA:
Well, that, I'd go back to.

Can I move in your pool house?

It feels so good
to get untense.

-Yeah.
-ALL: Oh...

L'chaim, l'chaim.

-Thank you.
-Lala Land!
-Lala.

Lala Land.

-It's freezing.
-LALA: Well, get in here!

It's so good.
Come on.

Do you use this thing a lot?

-Yes. Every day.
-Oh.

You guys have your drugsand alcohol, I have my Jacuzzi.

LENNY:
I'll get in if you
turn off the lights.

I think that's Mars.

Ooh, Tressa,
you still got good boobs.

Thank you.
Don't look, though.

Do you want to hug naked
in the Jacuzzi?

-No, thank you.
-Just whip them around

-a little a bit?
-No!

Come on, Sam!

Those aren't really
school shirts.

-[laughing]
-The communal nudity, I...

Well, can you just watch Yeseniafor me, please?

-Bro, she's right here.
-Can you pick her up?

It's just so dark out here
and she's so tiny.

She's just a little potato chiptuna fish salad.

-[laughing]
-Please?

Thank you.

TRESSA:
This is the last food...

[laughing]

I shop for groceries
all the time.

The boys are both teenagers now,they need constant food.

It's insane.
It's my job.

It's my actual job, groceries.

[phone chimes, vibrates]

Stop asking my ETA.

You're supposed to be
taking care of our kids.

-Leave me alone.
-Put down your phone.

-I can't.
-I got to put
my clothes back on.

It's so cold.
Aren't you freezing?

-I'm hot all the time.-SAM:
You know, some people say

don't take anything,

and other people say
you have to take something,

-otherwise,
you'll get the bad thing.
-Right, right,

-right, right, right.
-[spits three times]
If you don't take,

like, hormones or whatever.

-LENNY: I'm gonna check it out,-PASCAL: Yes.

-'cause I'm just sweating.
-No.

Try the Progesterone.

It's plant-based,
it works great.

Literally, it's the only reasonI'm sane right now.

So all you women have had kids,

and that means you've had ahormone in you that protects you

as you get older.
I haven't had any kids.

-What?-So I'm at a higher risk for...

-Finally, a reason.
-[laughing]

-I got a... I-I've got a coupleof hormones in me.
-That's something.

PASCAL:
No one else
is on anything but me?

LENNY:
Well, I'm on something,

-but not for that.
-[laughing]

PASCAL:
Can I just say,
the hardest part about going

through all of this is that yourealize, too, on top of it all,

you no longer exist as a woman.

-Oh, yeah. Yeah.
-You are like, literally
invisible to people.

TRESSA:
Oh, I love being invisible.

It's like I have a superpower.
I can just run all my errands

and go about my day
and nobody bothers me.

But how about that you don't
realize how much juice

you used to get from it?
That's what freaked me out.

-Yeah.
-LENNY: You know what I mean?

Like, that day
I walked into Starbucks,

and the two cute young chicks
were getting all the juice.

And then I realized,
I liked that juice.

You've gone through a whole dayand nobody's, like,

engaging with you,
and it's not just guys.

-No. It's everybody.
-It's girls, too. It's like...

I knew it. You guys,
I think that the problem is,

is that nobody
is talking to anybody.

There has to be
some kind of outlet for women

and-and people.

Because we are all so busy.

We have to compare notes, right?

'Cause the pressure builds up,

and this--
this lets the pus out.

-Gross.
-No, it's true.
It's true, though.

-It's true.
-People aren't sharing.Women don't talk to each other.

-Mm-mm.
-SAM: Even Cadence Ford--

the-the asshole robot mom

at Duke's school--
like, needs her own

come to Jesus moment where
she, like, reveals her inners

and doesn't feel judged
or picked on.

Even her.

-I hate her so much.
-[laughing]

But even she needs
to do that with her own...

type of people.

[laughing]

I'm sure there's some around.

I mean, women have to,
we have to.

-We owe it to the future.
-LALA: Well, we just,

-We owe it to now.
-We got to do this more.

This is so, so important.

-Yeah.
-[Yesenia barking]

TOM:
Lala?
Why are all the lights off?

Can't see anything, Lala.

Hey, there you are, little girl.There you go.

-Oh...
-[all sighing]

TOM:
[chuckles] Hello.

-Oh, hey. Really.
What were you talking about?
-Hello.

Were you talking about your men?

[scattered chuckling]

-Hey.
-Guys, this is, um,

Tom's oldest
and dearest friend Stan.

-Hi.
-How was the game?

TOM:
We left early.
Stripling got lit up for seven

in the bottom of the fifth.

Hey, did you guys
want some food?

Uh, we had Dodger Dogs.

-Was traffic bad?
-Oh. It was awful.

I mean, you know,
this is the reason I left L.A.

You know, the smog, the traffic,the earthquakes. [chuckles]

Northridge still wakes me up
in the middle of the night.

I'm telling you,
the rude people flip you off

and then drive away.
No accountability.

Mary Jane.
[chuckles]

SAM:
Why are you clearing?
Are we done?

Oh, you're not done?
Oh, I'll...

I'll put out more plates.
I thought we were done.

Uh, we don't need new plates.
We pretty much just sat down.

No, hon. Here,
I-I'll put out more plates.

No, it's okay. Forget it.
We can be done.

Oh, I have dessert.

-Who wants dessert?
-Oh, yes. Yes, me, please.
-Yes, please.

-A-Are we gonna watch the thing?-Yes, that's why we're here.
-TRESSA: Yeah.

-LENNY: Come on.
-Hey.

What were you guys talking
about tonight?

Sex?

Hmm?

[Lenny laughs]

-You look drunk. Ha-ha.
-Yeah, you think so, Tom?

[chuckles]

And you, Sammy.

[chuckles]
Are you?

Just a little?

-Ha-ha.
-[chuckling]

Night, girls.

-I'll have dessert.
-Yes.

I thanked Tom
for letting us be here

and that it means a lot

and it's really nice.

Why?

Uh, 'cause it's his house.

No, it's not.
It's Lala's house, too.

He shouldn't even be here.
He left the game early.

He could've gone someplace else.

That's disgusting.

What?

Yeah,

we've been planning this
for months.

Ida was gonna fly in.

Hey, Tom!

You want some ice cream
and fruit?

Jesus Christ,
don't offer him dessert.

What are you doing?

I know, right?
I know.

It's, like, this thing I do,
where I'm like, "Ah."

Yeah, you, like, become, like,
some kind of weird geisha.

Are you serious?

I am serious.

Can't you just ask him
to leave or something?

No, he doesn't have
to go anywhere.

I'm sorry,
but I love my husband.

So, if you have a problem
with him staying here,

then you get the fuck out.

-Oh. Okay...-LENNY: Uh-uh-uh. Hey, hey, hey.

Come on, guys.

Tress,

you want to help me set up
Sam's movie?

TRESSA:
Oh.

Are we still doing that?

[scoffs]

I'm a little drunk.

Am I wrong?

It's okay.

Sorry.
But I'm not.

Sorry.

Mm.

Hello!

It's just me.

-Hi.
-Hi, Gran.

You look really nice.

Ah, thank you, Her Nibs.

You want some breakfast, Phil?

Um, I've eaten.

I'm going
to an Irish wake today.

It's day two.

What's an Irish wake?

FRANKIE:
It's a wake
where they put the body

out on a table
and there's, like, candles

and everybody sings and dances

and loses their mind
and gets shithouse drunk.

[chuckles]:
Well.

[hiccups]

Mom!

Grandpa's in my room!
[hiccups]

-FRANKIE: But it's really nice,because it goes on
-Mom, Mom,

-for, like, four days.
-it's Grandpa.

It's kind of like shivah,
and the body's never alone.

Grandpa's in my room! Mom!

He is certainly not.

[hiccups]

He's in a chest
at the foot of my bed.

What?

What do you mean?

All this nonsense.
It's so much fuss.

I just had him cremated.

-[hiccups]
-I'm not even sure

why I've kept his ashes.

More things underfoot.

[Duke hiccups]

Mom, I saw him.

He's here. He's here right now.[hiccups]

Okay, baby, calm down.

Mom!

Okay! Okay, okay, okay.

-Wait, let me turn down
the burner.
-FRANKIE: Wait,

I want to see.

Hang on!

Do any of you want
to join me for the wake?

It's ever so much fun.

Well, I'm off.

There's nobody here
except Mandy Patinkin.

I'm not lying!
[hiccups]

-I know, honey.
-No!

Grandpa was sitting right there,

in a brown suit,
and he asked me

what was up
with my friend Django's mom.

Dude, that's a big buttprint.

Duke couldn't have made that.

Huh.

-I need my dog.
-? Cigarette smoke?

? Is stinging my eyes?

-[door slams]
-? And I can't
see your face...?

Mom, I told you.There is something in the house.

It's not a joke.

You never listen.

[groans]

SAM:
Thank you for

seeing me over your lunch.

Not a problem.

It sounded urgent.
So...

Well, how are the pills
working out?

You get any sleep?

Oh. Great.

[clears throat]

They're terrific.

Also,

I maybe forgot
to start taking them.

Okay.

Well, that seemed
like an important reason

for coming here.

-Yeah.
-Is this about...

Okay.

Okay.

Fine.

Um...

Okay, I have this thing.

-Thing?
-Yeah.

There's this thing in the house.

It's, like, um...

a presence,

I guess?

What-What do you mean,
like a ghost?

[spits three times]

Sure. Okay.

Yes.

And it's driving my kids insane,

which is not that hard to do.

I mean,
they're actually terrified.

And I usually can keep
a good handle on it.

But this otherworldly shit
is a bit too much for me.

I mean, I'm a single lady.

Only one realm at a time,
you know what I mean?

Okay, well, I'm not
a-a children's specialist.

What I want is, can you
just come over to my house...

[chuckles]:
and lie to them?

-You want me to lie to them?
-My kids

can't be reasoned with onany kind of normal human level.

So, I don't know,

I just thought
maybe you could...

come over and pretend
to be a medium

and say that you sense
that the spirits are angry

because they're mean
to their mom or...

whatever.

Okay.

Okay, that is an insane idea,

and I don't know
why you'd come to me about it.

Isn't that what you do--

talk people down fromthe made-up shit in their heads?

Well, it's a little more
complicated than that, Sam.

And, you know what, this whole
game, it's kind of a, uh...

it's kind of a bullshit move
on your part.

Oh.

Uh, what?

Why did you text me
when you were out of town?

Why'd you text me
when you were away?

I don't know.

Yes, you do.

Jesus, who cares?

-I just texted you...
-I care.

I care, Sam, and you know it.

I'm not gonna lie to your kids
the first time I meet them.

And if you were trying
to sabotage this whole thing--

whatever's happening
between you and me--

uh, then mission accomplished.

And, uh...

I really...

I actually do have
a-a busy afternoon,

so, uh, if that's it...

Oh.

Yeah.

Okay.

[clears throat]

Okay.

I'll just...
I'll leave, I guess.

I...
[groans]

Um...

I'm gonna go.

I don't really know
how to do this.

Well,

I don't either, but...

maybe I could help you out.

Obviously, I'm not gonna chargeyou for this session.

Mm.

SAM:
Is that turkey?

-DAVID: Mm-hmm.
-Did you eat the whole pickle?

-DAVID: Not yet.
-Okay, good.

[sighs]

? Cigarette smoke
is in my eyes...?

-[scoffs]
-You know, kid...

whatever fathers say
to their daughters

about their love lives...

[mock retching]

...it's toxic.

All of it.

A bullshit bunch of fear

that's projected
onto young women.

So you know what?

I'm not gonna say a thing to you

about what just happened
in there.

-Okay.
-That shrink, though--

[chuckles]
he was kind of adorable.

Excuse me?

I mean, if I ever swung
that way. You know.

Hey, back in the '70s...

things got a little blurry.

Whole years, actually.

Oh, come on, lighten up! Kid!

[sighs]
You should be laughing, okay?

That was funny.
Jesus, so serious.

[scoffs]

[engine starts]

?

[grunts]

-? Run?
-[groans]

-? Away?
-[grunts]

? From this tired life?

? It's too warm at night...?

Hey, mister.

?

You know what those are?

Comics?

Mm-hmm. See that?

Murray Fox.

-That's Grandpa.
-Mm-hmm.

He wrote it?

He wrote all of these.

All of those.

?

Hot Knives.

[laughs]:
The Martian Who Loved Me.

-What's that?
-This...

is his word ball.

Whenever Grandpa
would get stuck,

he would take this,
and he would spin this around

and look for words
that would inspire him.

-Can I try?
-Yes.

Read one... one to me.

What does...

"in-effa-ble" mean?

Like, uh...

something that...

you can't describe with words.

-[laughs]
-Isn't that cool?

Yeah.

Did your dad leave you
when you were little, too?

Honey, my dad didn't leave me.

He had a heart attack.

Remember?
We talked about it.

Okay.

Was he old?

No, not really.

How old was he?

He was almost 50.

Aren't you almost fif...

Shah.

Shi-shi-shah.

[giggles]

Do you miss him?

[sighs]

Not all the time.

Sometimes.

I miss him today.

Hang on.

MURRAY:
Remind me that story
about, uh, Marion.

GIRL:
Oh, the one a few weeks ago?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-All right. Well...

-Is that...?
-Mm-hmm.

[conversation continues
over tape recorder]

Who's the other voice?

-Who do you think?
-MURRAY: Marion was

-teaching you to make an egg?
-Uh-huh.

What? No. No.

What do you mean, no?

I was probably
around your age there.

You sound weird.

[recorded conversation
continues]

-Yousound weird!
-No. Oh, okay.

-You sound weird! Take it back!-No! Stop! Stop!

Take it back.

-I take back nothing.
-Take it back. Take it back.

[laughing]:
I take back nothing.

[Duke continues laughing]

-You gotta write it down.
-YOUNG SAM:
I don't write it down.

MURRAY:
You have to write it down.

With these things, I tell you,

-SAM: I know, I know.
-Got to keep a journal.

SAM:
Okay, I will, I will.

?

WOMAN:
Whether God exists or not,

it doesn't make any difference.

The difference is,
you've got to do life

believing in somebody
or something.

You have to have faith in them.

If they let you down
for any reason,

well, that's the way it is.

But I just take life
as it comes.

Comes and goes...

? Isn't it wild?

? How we laugh and we smile?

? For the people we love?

? And the people we don't?

? We deny?

? Isn't?

-? It wild?
-? Isn't it wild?

? How we fight to define?

? What we do day to day?

? By the way those?

-? Around us portray?
-[laughter]

That's definitely in!

I'm not gonna say it.

[laughs]:
Fine. I'll say it.

?

? Isn't it wild?

? How we love to indulge?

? In a sorry-ass show?

? Of illusion?

? In all that is sane?

? Ours...?

Monkey?

Oh...

Mandy.

? Isn't it wild?

? In the time that it takes?

? To learn the lesson?

-? We dwell upon
making mistakes?
-[sighs heavily]

-? Oh, isn't it wild...?
-[sobs]

Shit.

[sobbing]

[crickets chirping,
dog barking in distance]

[sniffles]

-[animal bellows]
-Oh.

[bear bellows]

-? Isn't it wild?
-[bellows]

? When we come face to face?

? With the love?

-? Of our lives?
-Whew!

? And we don't have?

? A damn thing to say?

Whew.

? Isn't it wild...?

Mm.

? Once there was
a little mouse?

? Who had a yen for cheese?

? So I bought a brand-new trap?

? And baited it to please?

? The old mouse said,
"There's danger, son?

? Be careful where you go"?

? "Oh, nonsense,"
said the little mouse?

? "I don't think you know"?

? He walked up boldly
to the cheese?

? And then he took a bite?

? Now shed a tear
for sonny dear?

? There's one less mouse
tonight.?

Captioned by
Media Access Group at WGBH