All language subtitles for Together.Together.2021

Have you ever
stolen anything?

No.

Not really.

Pens. I've stolen pens...

Just pens.

What's the worst thing
you've ever done?

That's private.

Mm.

Are you religious?

No.

My family is.

But, we're not close...

This appeals to me

because I know
it's not the best thing

in the world being alone.

Not that you are alone.

But you are doing
this alone.

Are you writing that down?

I... I didn't mean like
"You are alone..."

I meant, like, um...

I don't think being alone
is a bad thing.

I meant...

if family is important
to someone,

they should be open
and make one.

Plus the money.

Not in a bad way.

Um, and, you know, putting
a little bit karma in the bank

never hurt anyone.

Don't write down
the word "Karma".

I'm sorry I use it. I regret it.

-Hm.
-

It says here
that you have a child.

How old are they?

Seven?

Eight?

Eight, I guess.

You don't know
how old your own child is?

He was adopted
like right after I had him

and it was a closed adoption.

Uh, I was in high school.

Hm.

Yeah,
I'm sorry. I just...

I thought that
all the applicants had the...

either be raising children
or have raised them.

I think technically
the requirement

is that "you have
to have had a kid..."

which I... have.

Right. Right.

I won't be offended if that is
a deal-breaker for you

but I do know what it's like
to carry a baby

and then give one up.

And this wouldn't be mine
this time,

like this one
wouldn't even be mine.

Baby is, uh, if anything
it would be easier.

I, uh, I have some questions
for you, if that's okay.

I actually wrote them down.

What's the worst thing
you've ever done?

Oh...

Hey.
Oh, is anyone clothed?

Everyone's clothed.

Sorry, I mean unclothed.

-Uh, come on in.
- Okay.

Hey.

-Hi, sorry, whoa...
- Hello.

...it took me so long.

Hey, I ran the whole way here.

Okay. Hi, Matt. Uh, everything
is going very well.

Her HCG levels is strong,

normal doubling, progesterone
is right on schedule.

So, all in all,
it's all very good news,

on paper, this is
a very viable pregnancy...

Third time is a charm.

Well,
we can't be sure yet,

so we'll just, uh,
do our best and wait.

Sure, but I mean so far so good.

So far so good.

Congratulations.

That's, uh... That's
our first congratulations.

Oh, God, so thank you...
Thank you for that.

-Yay!
-

Okay. Well, call me
if you need anything, Anna.

And, um, I'll see you both
in a few weeks.

Thank you.

Bye.

Uh, you did it.

Yeah. We live.

It's, uh, great job in there.

Are you coming?

Yes. Yeah, yeah.

Um, are you... How...

Like, how are you feeling?

Um...

I feel regular. Normal.

Okay, good.
That's good. Normal is good.

That's... that's what you want.

Uh, how are...
How are you feeling?

Also good and normal

and... uh, amazed.

That's good.

Yeah. I... I, uh...

I mean this is happening.

So far, yeah.

Yeah, but, um, by the way...

I got you this.

Oh...

Um... thank you.

Um...

Is... is this for the baby?

Yeah.

Then maybe you should keep it.

-Right? Yes, of course.
-Yeah.

-Um... Yeah.
-Okay.

Uh, can we just
maybe get dinner?

Like a... a just
a little celebration?

Yeah. Okay, thank you.

Yeah. Cool.
-Um...

I have to run right now,
or I'm gonna be late.

-So, I'll call you? Yes?
- Okay, perfect. Yeah.

Bye.
-Bye.

Well, this is great.

-This is great.
-

-There you go. So...
-Oh.

-So, yeah...

-Crazy nervous.
-Yep.

But also insanely excited.

You do it again.

Oh-oh.
-Good.

Just feels like the right time.

Um... if you're happy,
we're happy.

Let's... how about a toast?

-Huh...
-All right.

-

Um...

To...

Uh... To...

-...life...

-Yes! Yes, to life!
-Yeah. To life!

-Family.
-Baby.

Guys, you are about
to have a baby cousin.

Baby.

-Yeah, baby.
-Yeah!

Baby!

-Baby.
- My baby...

Uh, it's not your baby.
Um, it's my baby.

Um...

-

-What did Mom and Dad say?
- Uh...

Mom, Dad...

I have some
very exciting news...

Where did you get that,
did you find it?

I'm pregnant.

I mean the surrogate
is pregnant.

Did you drive with
an open container in your car?

You're not supposed to do that.

I believe
he's trying to tell us

that he's gonna be a father.

Well, that's not
a very fatherly thing to do.

Driving with an open container.

It's tough to raise a kid.

It takes two people
to make a baby

because it takes two people
to raise a baby.

I... I kind of think
we're past the point

of debate on this, you know.

Let's... let's try
and embrace the future.

Thank you.

It's actually happening.

That's great, my boy.

It is great.

Mom?

What's the deal
on this surrogate,

I forget is she single?

So, you design apps?

Correct, yep.

Is that fun?

Sorry, just...

I am a little nervous.

About being a dad?

No, uh, yes that,

but I've thought a lot more
about being a dad

than I've thought about, um...

...making conversation

with the person
carrying my baby.

Right.
Well, I'm nervous too so...

Wait...

You're not gonna change
your mind, are you?

Oh, no.
I meant I'm nervous about,

uh, making conversation.

Yeah. Good. Okay.

Good.

'Cause I don't think
you can change your mind

at this point, anyway. Legally.

I mean not, not that the laws
rule your body.

It's your body.
You can do whatever you want.

Well, you don't even need me
to say that.

I don't... You don't need
my permission to do.

It's women's right. All of it.

I am pro everything.

Unless you're pro-life.

And... and pro-choiceness
offends you in which case...

Does pro-choiceness offend you?

Why would pro-choiceness
offend me?

Well, because you...
Uh, you had a baby so young

and then you gave it up.

So you...

obviously didn't wanna
have a child

but you still actually...

follow through it, uh,
with, you know, having.

I don't think giving up
a baby for adoption

makes someone pro-life.

Neither do I.

Hm.

So to Anna, so far so good.

Uh, and to Matt and, um, wait,
wait, who's egg is it again?

Donor 45883.

To Matt's sperm

-and donor 45883.
- Wait!

-I'm giving the toast.
-Okay.

To my sperm, to the donor's egg,

and to Anna's uterus.

-Cheers.
-Cheers.

-Hi. Have you decided?
-Uh, yeah, um...

Can I get, uh,
free-range chicken pesto thing?

And would you like
fried potato or salad?

Uh, potato.

Mm. Mm-mm.

A salad.

Mm-hm.

And potato, please.

And for you?

-Carbonara.
- Well...

I'm lot less nervous,
uh, after the...

You know what?
I'm sorry, I just was worried

when you order potatoes

because...

...what you eat, it eat.
They eat.

You ordered pasta with bacon.

Yeah, but I'm the only one
eating it.

But I only matter for like
the next like nine months or so.

And you matter
for the next 18 plus years.

I feel like
you're 40 something so...

yeah, if I were you I would not
eat pasta with bacon.

Hmm.

That's a really good point,
actually.

So why didn't you make
a weird sound when I ordered it.

Because I am not annoying.

And I'm pro-choice.

I see here that
the placenta has formed.

And that's great.

How do you feel about that?

It's exciting. Um...

Were almost in the clear,
you know,

to start telling people.

I'm dying to tell people.

I've already told
a couple of people

but like I wanna tell everybody.

And what about you, Anna?

I'm not going to tell anybody.

I meant
how are you feeling.

Oh, uh, good.

I am tired,
not zombie-tired yet,

but I feel healthy.

Good.

I'm sorry.
You're not gonna tell anyone?

No.

Uh, well,
I... I probably should tell

my boss at some point.

And that's important because

because you'll have to arrange
for maternity leave.

Really?

But I'm not maternal.

Maternity leave isn't just
for the baby,

it's also for the woman.

Oh, okay.

So you're not gonna tell anyone?

No.

Why not?

I don't know.
It's temporary. And private.

But you're gonna
start showing.

It will be obvious
that you're pregnant. Right?

I know, I'm not...

I didn't say
I was trying to hide it.

I just don't have anyone

that I really need
to "share the news" with.

-Not your parents or...
-No.

Does that bother you, Matt?

I guess I just thought that, uh,
she would tell more people.

And how do you feel knowing
that she's not?

I don't know. Um...

I mean it's her choice,
obviously.

And I'm very pro-choices.

So is she. For the record.

Great.

I'm... I... I just...

Am I supposed to act like I'm...
like not here

when you guys talk
about me like that?

Or... I've, I've just never
done this before.

It's... whatever
you're comfortable with.

I'm sorry,
am I supposed to wait until...

she decide what she's
comfortable with before...

I keep talking about her?

That's up to you.

Okay, well, uh...

Um, you want a bite?

No, thank you. It's okay.

I went to couples therapy
once before with my ex.

-Wife?
-No. Just a regular ex.

Afterwards,
we come outside and...

hold hands and eat candy.

That sounds nice.

It was nice.

Then we go home and continue
not sleeping together.

I don't wanna be a B, but that's
your third croissant today.

And?

And I'm not being judgmental
but they really are bad for you.

So you're judging?

No, I just said I'm not judging.

That doesn't mean anything.

I'm dating two people named Sam.
How could I be judgmental?

I'm hungry
and I wanna eat salty bread.

Okay, but did you read
that thing about how Cosco

puts chemicals on those things,
azodicarbonamide.

They put that in yoga mats
and fake leather.

It's really bad for you.

But... it's in yoga mats.

And fake leather.

Are these from Cosco?

I mean I don't know,
but Nestlé owns Maybelline

and that's not even a food.

Like Nestlé is in everywhere.

Okay.

I feel like we should just
pack up and go home.

What?

-Hi.
- Hey.

What are you doing here?

Well, I was in the neighborhood
and so I brought you some tea.

That's nice. We have a ton
of tea here. It's a coffee shop.

You don't have this.

This is a special pregnancy tea.

Can you not use that word
around here, please?

I'm sorry, yes, of course.

I just saw in the log
that it's been kinda tough week.

Thank you.

And I also brought you these.

Clogs?

Yeah.

I mean if you're gonna be
on your feet all day...

and your...

You're gonna what?

Better arch support.

I'm, I'm barely...

...so, uh, I don't think
I need special shoes.

You know nurses wear this,
right?

I know.

Did you know
that artists wear this?

Like a lot of collage artists,
ceramicists.

They're cool, like,
people think these are cool now.

I think this is so sweet.

I'm just gonna stick
to my normal shoes.

Fair enough. I'll just hold on
to them until you need them.

Which I won't.

So many blogs say
that you will so...

I'll hold on to them.
It's all good.

Ew. Whose clogs?

No one's.
They're no one's clogs.

I'm Matt.

Um... apropos of nothing. Uh...

You sure
I can't return clogs here?

Okay, well,
do you have a receipt?

-No.
-Oh.

We can't process to return
on a pair of shoes.

I feel... I mean
if you have a receipt,

I feel like it's fair.

It's like Starbucks.
You go there with the receipt

and they... and they'll,
they'll return.

Anything from anywhere.

Thank you, stranger,

for helping me
in this coffee shop.

Um... bye.

Bye.

A girl in my Bio-Chem
wears clogs

and I've never seen her smile
ever in my life.

Hey, sorry. Hi.

Uh, what, what are you...

I thought that we were, uh,
meeting at the doctor.

We are.

Uh, I just thought
I would bring you this here

in case you didn't take them
at work

because you didn't wanna reveal
that you're pregnant.

And then I didn't wanna bring
them to the doctor because...

then you don't have to
carry them around all day so...

But I, I really don't want them.

Hey, sorry, uh,
your bathroom door sticks.

I know, uh...

Hey, man.

Hey, man.

-I'm Matt.
-Bryce.

-So you guys just do it or...
-Matt!

Oh, who is this guy?

-You can't do that.
-Says who?

Are you like her uncle
or something?

No.
-No, I'm not her uncle.

I'm the father.

-Oh, my God, you're the father?
-No, I'm not her dad.

We work together.

Well, whatever,
good luck with that.

Yeah.

Lemme know...
Lemme know about Thursday...

Yep.

Oh, what's on Thursday?

What are you doing?

-What, what are you doing?
-Nothing.

I didn't know
you had a boyfriend.

I feel like I should have
come up in the interview.

I don't have a boyfriend.

Well then, who is that...

You just hooked up
with that guy?

So...
Are there multiple "Bryces"?

Are you mad about the clogs?

I'm not mad about the clogs,
I just...

I'm mad because there was
a random penis

really close to my unborn baby.

You do know that the baby
is not like in my vagina?

Yeah.

The baby comes out
of the vagina.

Stop saying vagina.

I wasn't able to have sex at all
surrounding implantation,

and soon I'm going
to be visibly pregnant

and that will hinder
my opportunity to do that.

So you cannot tell me not
to have sex for a year, okay?

The married surrogates,

they have sex
with their husbands,

-right?
-

Sorry about that.

-Now we're ready.
- Mm-hm.

Scoot down, please.

Scoot a little more.

And if you could scoot
some more, please.

Scoot down just a bit.

Scoot.

Perfect.

Oh, what is... What's...

Hm, what's that?

This is an internal ultrasound.

Oh.

I, um...

Oh, um...
I'm just gonna turn around.

-Hm.
-Ready?

You gonna feel
a little pressure, okay.

Press on your right ovary
for me.

By the way, uh,
pretty sure people

actually have sex
to induce labor.

Other side.

Yeah, I think they do that

at the very end
of the pregnancy,

not two months in.

Oh, wait, what do you think
by the way I...

I'm just a technician.

I'm not allowed to say anything
about anything.

-Off the record?
- Off the record,

it is more than fine to have sex
when you're pregnant.

Okay, but I mean
she's just a technician.

-What does she know?
- I know everything.

I'm just not allowed to say it.

See?

A lot of Dads
go through this,

they start to see their wives
as precious

and sacred and fragile
as soon as they get pregnant.

-But they are the same woman.
-

You can have sex.

Oh, not... not with him.

I don't...
-She wants to have sex

which is very understandable

but like my baby is in there...

-absorbing ejaculate...
-I use protection.

Yeah, but there's thrusting,
grunting...

There's God knows what else

-with God knows who else.
- I "date" and...

I would like to do that
while I can

before my vagina
is in full recovery.

Did you guys want to hear
the heartbeat?

Or should we wait
for this dispute to settle?

There's a heartbeat?

-

It's... it's alive!

It's alive.

So you heard the heartbeat?

That's a really exciting moment,

especially
for first-time parent.

Very exciting.

I mean I just... I wanna hear
that sound all the time.

I mean
is there an app for that?

There should be an app for that.

And Anna, what about...

What about you,
how was that experience for you?

It was great. It was...
It was fine.

Um...
It's nice to see Matt so happy.

Well, you were happy too.

Yeah, totally.
That's what she said,

said it was nice
to see you so happy.

Thank you.

Um, had there been any conflicts
that have come up?

Um, aside from the clogs?

Oh, here's something.

"Furthermore,
the surrogate agrees

not to engage in strenuous

or high-risk activity including
but not limited to skydiving,

contact sports,
horseback riding,

skiing, scuba diving,

weight lifting, rollerblading,
roller-skating,

skateboarding, surfing,
bungee jumping, bike riding,

or riding in vehicles weighing
under 3,000 pounds

including but not limited
to motorcycles,

Vespas slash scooters,

dune buggies, jet skis, Segues,

Jeeps or smart cars."

See?

Well, first of all, all that is,

is "including
but not limited to".

And second of all, it could be
consider a contact sport.

Right?
And Bryce rides a scooter!

-I mean...
-He's not plowing me

on a scooter.

That's actually what I...

Oh, hang on, hang on.

I'm gonna cut you off because...
It says right here...

not supposed to ask you

what you're gonna do
with the money.

You didn't ask me
about the money.

Oh, yeah, you're right.

Yeah, you were just volunteering
the information.

Yeah, go on.

I graduated late

because I was...

Um... and I missed college.

I got an associates degree
online.

So there's this accelerated
degree program in Vermont

where if I could get accepted

I would go to school
for three and a half years.

No breaks.

I can finish my bachelors
and, uh, get my masters.

That's incredible.
What are you gonna study?

-Hospitali...
-

I just wanna double-check.
Make sure this is like...

Oh, cool.

You just look?

Yeah, just swipe and
check out all of the pictures.

They're your friends?
- No. Strangers.

-What's this do?
-

That is your "favorite button"
so if you hit that

then the person goes on
to your favorite list

and you can look
at him anytime you want.

Otherwise, you just see
the person once ever.

How do you know if you're
in someone else's favorites?

You don't.

This is the saddest app
I've ever seen.

Aren't you a millennial?

You're supposed to know
all about this stuff.

People use this?

Yeah.

Enough to pay for the baby.

Weird.

This is it.

The nursery-to-be.

It's cute.

Right. It's gonna be great.

Speck of light.
-Huh.

Yeah. There's a lot
of swatches up there.

It's very hard to pick a color
for the nursery

because there's a lot
of writing on it.

For example, take orange.

Orange is usually good
for joy and creativity.

But a dark orange
can trigger deceit or distrust.

Uh, yellow.

Usually associated
with happiness and intellect,

but it can also symbolize
sickness or decay.

Green, may sustain growth,
renewal, safety, nature.

Well, guess what?

It's also greed, money, avarice.

Where...
where you getting all this?

This.

"Opening the Shades: The deeper meaning behind colors

and the subconscious hold
they have

on a developing mind."

That's kind of intense.

Mm-hm. You know it was
in the baby section.

Oh.

This one is kind of looking
a little like

pea soup to me now.

Mm-hm. Yeah.

And this one looks
a little bright for sleeping.

Even with the lights off?

Yeah.

Wow, it got really late.

Yeah, this one is kind of like

what a waiting room
would be painted.

Mm-hm. Yeah.

That's like an old IBM PC.

"Dusty blue-green,
impractical and idealist."

-First time?
-Hm? Yeah, yeah.

So are you,
three, four months now?

Exactly. Hm.

Six and a half.

-Congratulations.
-Congratulations.

Thank you.

My couple...

is out of town.

They're in Iowa.

They're great
and we, we talk all the time

and we...
you know, we Skype a lot.

I'm good
at reminding myself and my son

that this baby is not
a part of our family.

And you know my husband
needs no reminding.

He's great.
Very supportive. I love him.

I just haven't been able
to talk with anyone about it,

some kind of bottled up,
I guess.

I'm jealous.

We can't stop talking about it.

I long for small talk.

Uh, we're ready
to begin if you wanna circle up.

Oh, I'll catch you later, man.

Hello. Hi.

My guy is local.

He is single
so it's just us, um...

Sometimes I really want
my space like...

when he is monitoring my diet

or the person I'm sleeping with,
but then...

I also had a really okay time

picking the color
for the nursery with him.

That was cool
'cause it was...

It was nice to picture
where this is all going.

What you were saying
about like, uh,

"no two days
have to be the same"?

Right. Every day is new.

Yeah. I mean both the things
that I have mentioned

happened on the same day, but...

yeah.

How was group?

It's fine. It's weird.

Uh... what about you?

I am...

I was the only one there alone.

I was the only one there, uh,
without a family at home.

Mm.

What are you up to?

The show is so dumb.

This is a timeless classic
television show.

It is the Godfather
of television shows.

And I mean that
as in the movie Godfather.

What the... What the movie
Godfather is to movies,

this is to the television shows.

So Ross went to college
with Chandler.

And, and just happened to move
across the hall from Monica.

No Ross and Monica are siblings.

Come on, Anna, you know this.

Do, do you still, uh, talk
to any of your college friends?

Yeah. Yeah, for sure.

Um, at this point,
they're all either settled down

or desperately clinging
to the corpse of their youth.

-And you are?
-Right in the middle.

Yeah.

What about you? College friends?

-Oh, I... I didn't go.
-Oh, right.

Uh, are you still in touch
with high school friends?

No, no.

Um... why are you alone?

Um, sorry, what?

Like why are you
doing this alone?

Well, I would like to have
a family and this is a...

Not... not the answer
that you gave in the interview.

Okay.

Um... because I am alone.

That's why.

Yeah, I just...

You know I feel I'm,
I'm in this chapter of my life

that feels like it should
be over but it's not.

It's just on a loop.

When I hang out
with my settled friends,

I feel sad for what I want
and don't have.

And when I hang out
with my single friends,

I feel sad for what I have
and don't want.

And I'm just...
I, I just...

need to move forward.

And it just so happens
that I'm doing it by myself.

Was there ever anyone
that you thought

you'd be doing this with?

Yeah, there was actually.

For eight years.

Um, but it didn't work out.

You know sometimes
it doesn't work out.

People think I'm giving
something up to do this,

but I don't feel
that way at all.

I just feel like I'm pursuing
this thing that I care about.

It's weird to be perceived
as hopeless in this moment

when I'm actually
incredibly hopeful.

Why are you alone?

I'm 26.

But you're with your family?

Um...

Well, they never looked at me

the same way
after I got pregnant.

And I got tired of seeing myself
the way they saw me.

Or see me.

They were really mad
when I got pregnant

and they were really mad
when I gave it up for adoption.

Uh...

It really seemed like the only
way they were gonna be happy

as if I was wildly unhappy.

Um...

So...

Yeah.

Do you miss them?

Um, yeah.

But I missed them before, uh,
we stopped talking.

I miss the family I had
when I was ten.

Uh, not talking has actually
made it, like, much easier.

Sometimes things
just don't work out.

I think I've heard
that somewhere.

Oh, it's like shopping!

Thank you so much
for doing this with me.

So are you gonna have

the baby shower?

Um... no.

Why not?

It just seems kinda weird.

Because you're a guy?

I don't know.

Because you're single?

Well, you're not making it sound
less weird.

I think you should have one.

Really?

Would you come?

Yeah.

It, it can't miss
its own baby shower.

Can we not keep calling it "it"?

Yeah, sorry, um...

-Oh.
-They can't miss

its own baby shower.

Yeah, maybe we can
come up with, like,

a gender-neutral name
for the interim.

What's a gender-neutral name?
Like Pat or Tag?

Well, Pat's lame and Tag
is male.

I don't think
they should know the name.

I mean just temporary
till we find out the sex

and then I can give it
a real name.

I don't think I should know
the sex either.

-Really?
- Yeah.

Like Switzerland.

I guess the less I know
the better.

That's what they say in group.

They're saying the opposite
in my group.

Great.

Well, so, let's just come up
with something

for the time being.

How about Peanut?

I think that's too human.

What about Radio?

Radio?

Yeah, it's like personable
but anonymous.

Excuse, a little male to me
for some reason.

Soda?

Hmm, female.

What about Leaf?

I think that's actually a name.

Yeah.

Lamp?

Lamp?

Yeah, I don't...
I don't know what lamp is.

Okay.

Lamp.

Lamp.

I'm not going to whisper.

I don't mean
to actually whisper.

I just mean
like talk very softly.

-Matt.
-Well...

I mean your voice
is gonna be the, the voice

that Lamp identifies
with the most.

'Cause Lamp hears you
all the time

and so I'm just trying
to figure out a way to like...

also make my voice
a strong presence.

So I think if you are soft...

Just a little softer.

Okay, well then, why don't you
just yell all the time?

I don't come across
with angry...

Anna?

Anna Caper?

-Hey...
-Carly!

Oh, Carly!

-Oh, my God, hi.
-Hi.

I haven't seen you
in forever.

Hi, yeah.

What are you doing here?

My cousin's out here,

I'm visiting
for her baby shower.

Yeah. So you live here now?

I do. Yeah.

How's, um... law school?

So crazy!

It's just the first year
but still.

We're like real adults.

Not just like college adults,
you know what I mean?

Yeah, it sneaks up on you,
really fast.

-So you live here.
-Mm-hm.

And you moved
with your boyfriend, right?

-Right.
- Aw.

Is a congratulations
in order or...

Not really,
he lives in Seattle now.

I meant like, you know...
a baby...

-No. No, no, no.
- No?

-No, no. No.
-No? Oh.

So what are you doing
in maternity wear?

-I'm working.
-Working?

Working here?

-Yes. Yeah, at the store.
- Oh, great.

Hi, excuse me.

Uh, sorry to interrupt.
You work here?

Uh, what's the difference
between these two items?

The material and the color.

Hmm.

-Mm.
-Yeah.

Also, um, somebody dropped
some clothes on the floor,

you may wanna look into it.

-Yeah, okay.
- Mm.

I should go. I should go.

-It was great to see you.
-Yeah.

Allie is gonna freak out
when I tell her I ran into you.

It's the smallest world ever.

-Cool.
- Okay.

Oh, do you know where
the, the Bath Buddies are?

-Bath Buddies?
- Mm-hm.

Yeah. Um, over there.

You're gonna wanna check
over there.

-There? Okay.
-Mm-hm.

Yeah, um, yeah.

Hey, hey. I... I don't want you
to lift this stuff up.

I can lift something
I was already carrying.

Who was that?

-It's my sister's friend.
-You have a sister?

-Yes.
-I have a brother.

See, whispering
is not so bad, right?

Hey, I didn't know
you had a sister.

Yeah. Allie.

Oh, she's gonna know
I'm not with Jason anymore.

Who is Jason?

It's the guy I moved here
to be with.

What happened to him?

It, it doesn't matter,
it was a long time ago.

Do you think that...
she could tell that I was lying

about being pregnant?

No.

No, no,
we did a good job covering it.

Hey.

What's happening?

I just...
I hate the idea of Allie...

finding out
that I'm pregnant again.

And my mom and dad.

Oh, look... they, they probably
not gonna find out, right?

But even if they do,
what's the worst-case scenario?

I don't know
like it would confirm

what they think
about me already. That...

That they're right.
That the only thing I'm good at

is getting pregnant.

-Okay.
-

You have also helped
to create two families.

By giving
the hardest possible gifts.

First, your actual kid
and now your actual self.

They are not silver linings,
they're stand-alone good things.

That's really nice.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Let's get some house plants.

It's supposed to help filter out

harmful airborne
household toxins.

What?

So, you like

-just looking?
- Yeah.

'Cause I feel like on Tinder,
everyone wants, like,

to send you a dick pic
or they want you

to sit on their face or even
worse like buy them dinner.

Here, I can just, like, look.

Can't you just swipe no
on Tinder?

Isn't that like the same thing?

No, it wouldn't be
because you probably end up

hurting someone's feelings
or if you're like me,

you'll end up getting drunk and
sitting on their face, anyway.

I can't believe the father
of your baby made Loner.

-It's not my baby.
-

I can't believe
the straight single guy

who you see all the time
slash exclusively

who fathered the child inside
of you made Loner.

It's my second favorite app.

What's your first favorite app?

An app that tracks your periods.

Why do you have an app
that tracks your periods?

Hmm, my periods, your periods.

-What? Oh, my God!

Here. There you go.
You're welcome.

Hey.

Hello. You about to ready to go?

Yeah, let me run this till back
really quickly.

By the way, uh,
brought you some pregnancy tea

and, for the record,
this stuff is awesome.

I'm like totally hooked on it.

And as far as I know,
I'm not pregnant.

Um, Matt,
have you met Jules yet?

I don't think we've been
officially introduced but...

we've exchanged a lot
of cold stares so...

Okay.

I'll be right back.

Don't name your kid Jesse.

I'm sorry, what?

Do not name your kid Jesse.

Why not?

'Cause I know a Jesse

who doesn't even know
what tumble dry low is.

Tumble. Dry. Low.

-Hey, you ready?
-Yeah.

Um, okay.
Uh, I'm gonna head out.

Can you please just like
clean up the, uh, syrup pumps?

Yeah, okay.

Thank you so much.
I really appreciated it.

-Okay, bye.
- See ya.

-See ya. Have a great day.
- Thanks, you too.

Bye.

Did you guys wanna find out
the sex today?

-Yeah.
-No.

I thought we agreed.

To what?

That I shouldn't know.

Well...

It's my baby, Anna.

I just wanna feel as involved
as possible.

You are involved.

You won't feel any less
of a connection with Lamp...

just because you didn't find out
the sex ahead of time.

I promise.

Meanwhile, I'm over here...

having a really hard time
setting boundaries

because I share a body
with the thing

that I'm supposed
to stay separate from.

Move in to my house.

What?

Just until the pregnancy
is over.

I just wanna know everything.

I wanna know when you're up
in the middle of the night.

I wanna feel all the kicks.

Speaking of boundaries.

Well, I can give you guys
a minute.

No, it's okay.

You can...
You can tell him. Just not me.

-Okay.

Are you ready?

Yeah, don't, yeah. Don't say it.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Yeah,
because I will blurt it out.

I definitely blurt it out

or I'll be so nervous
that I'll blurt it out.

That I'll blurt it out.

Better I don't know.

Well, a pleasure as always.

The doctor will be in shortly.

I can't tell if she
is really rude or amazing.

I don't think she meant it
when she said

I was a "pleasure as always".

Yeah, I think she is amazing.

Hi, Anna. It's your mother.

Allie said a friend of hers
saw you in California.

You're still working retail
I hear.

And, uh, Jason left you
or, uh, maybe you left him.

And if there is anything else
you'd like to tell me,

I promise I won't be surprised.

Your father says hello.

I can stay over occasionally.

Yeah, but "Evil doctor"
is the archetype.

-Not "Evil Mister".
- Here's my question.

Where does a monster
even get a doctorate?

Lots of monsters
have doctorates. It's...

Wait, what are we talking about?

Um...

Jason. Your ex.

Right. Yeah, Jason was a real
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Not so unlike my dad.

My dad was more
of a Dr. Honeydew.

Who is that?

Who is Dr. Honeydew?

Are you kidding me?

From the Muppets,
big yellow head.

Constantly torturing
his lab assistant Beaker.

Which, frankly,
is not unlike me.

I guess that would
make me Beaker.

Whatever.

Uh, no, no, no. Stay put.

-

What's with the
all these lady books?

Uh,
those are parenting books

for single parents,
but everything I could find

for single dad was for guys
who are divorced or widowers

which didn't really apply.

What about "A Father Knows"?

Oh, yeah, that one, um...

I thought that was
a parenting book

and I couldn't quite make up
from the thumbnail online.

So I bought it
and not even close.

Okay.

You're sleeping
in my room.

And where are you?

I'm gonna sleep
in, uh, Lamp's room.

Oh.

I don't wanna kick you at it,
your bed.

It's okay. I don't wanna mess
with your Lamp-boundaries

by making you sleep
in the nursery.

-Okay.
-Yeah, it's all good. Come on.

Hey.

-Hey, are you okay?
-Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Uh, Lamp's moving.

Hm.

Oh.

Hi, you two.

Might I interest you
in this Norwegian design,

it's made from
sustainably crafted lucite,

it's durable, it's waterproof.

It offers an open view
to the environment...

Oh, it's six thousand dollars.

Whoa.

Really this converts into
a toddler bed and a Mercedes?

No, but...

This crib converts from
a toddler bed to a day bed

and offers three different
infant mattress positions.

Oh.

It's, uh, $450.

It's made from particleboard.
As a warning.

Is that mean particleboard
is bad for the baby somehow?

No. Not at all.

-Okay. Great.
- Great.

-I really like this.
- Great.

Here is the item number.

Present this at the register.

I think you two were gonna be
really happy with this.

Ew. No, we're not together.

Oh.

She's my surrogate.

Ah.

We...
Why is the idea of me

being a single mom...

...and the idea of him
being a single dad...

Yeah.

Oh. Um...

I just...

Sorry.

I think we'll buy this
on the Internet.

Oh, we don't work off
commission.

Oh, you don't.

This is sure a lot of

the invitations
considering the fact

that I've never seen you talk
to anybody else,

or talk about
having other friends.

You're one to talk.

What's going on?

What are you talking about?

-You're being really quiet.
-No, I'm not.

Listen to how quiet
you're being right now.

At the store when the lady...

thought we were together,
you said, "Ew, no."

I didn't say "ew"
as in "you're gross".

I said "ew" as in "it would be
gross if we were a couple."

Why?

Why would that be gross?

Because you are like
20 years older than me.

Why is that horrible?

So... you would be okay
with dating someone

who was shitting in their diaper

when you were getting
your first hand-job?

Or someone who couldn't count
when you were in college?

Or someone whose parents
are probably like

in the grade above you?

One grade above you?

I think
you're being prescriptive.

I think you've watched too many
Woody Allen movies.

Well, they're romantic.

- Annie Hall.
- Annie Hall.

Right. That's movie about...

a parade of aging neurotics,
crunching their fear of death

by grabbing onto woman
at the start of their lives

and then like feeding of them.

Yeah. Ew.

Then he made Manhattan

which is a movie about
dating a teenage girl.

That starred a real teenage girl

who he then literally tried
to date afterward in real life.

Ew.

See?

It's just sometimes
people just connect.

It's not about being attracted
to one another.

Do you know
a lot of 45-year-old men

who have
26-year-old female friends?

Like...

how many friends
in their 20's do you have?

I don't know.

One.

Ow.

Can...

Can you tell me
what a period is?

What?

You wanna pull out
the inner tube.

Until it stops.

Uh, and then, and then you...

Uh, and then you...

Remember?

Uh, it just get... Um...

Well, if,
if you're starting out,

it helps to put your leg up
on something like,

uh, bathtub or stool.

Um...

Because...

Just so that everything...

opens up a bit easier, uh...

and...

This is just so mortifying.

This gonna be much more
awkward for Lamp

so just get through it quickly.

Yeah, of course.

So then, um, it gets inserted.

So, you, uh...

Um... that's when you insert,
you push it in.

Okay, insert it where?

-Seriously?
-Yeah.

In, uh, vagina.

You don't whisper it.

Kids will pick up on that.
That it's, like, shameful.

Say vagina.

-Right in the vagina.
-Great.

-Put it in the vagina.
-Perfect.

And, and you pushed
until you feel resistance.

And so then you stop

and you push in
the little plunger

and the tampon goes in.

And... it's in.

And, and you pull out
the applicator.

And toss in the trash.

Oh, my God.

You expect me to remember that
for like 12 years?

How embarrassing
was that for you?

I'm pretty embarrassed.

Then you'll remember it forever.

Mm.

Yes!

They love it.

It's, um...

Oh, you hear it again.

Two birds with one stone.

That name's just
on your body forever.

Right, that's why I got it.
So I could remember something

that I wished
would have lasted forever.

Are you worried
that your next partner's

gonna be bothered by that?

Why would I based
my decisions now

about some future
hypothetical asshole?

Why are they an asshole?

Because they mind my tattoos.

The Sams don't mind Celine...

and Celine never minded Nick.

You're, you're body
is a graveyard.

You mean love and loss.
Love and loss.

If we're not carrying the people
we love with us,

then what are we even doing?

-Moving on.
- Okay, well, whatever.

What about you and that guy?

We're not a couple.

Okay.
I know you're not fucking...

but, like that doesn't mean
that you don't have a thing.

-We're... we're friends.
- It's something.

And it's finite.

Finite, how?

In that this period will end
at some point,

you will give birth to a child
and then what happens?

You don't need
to be like a thing

in the way that you define
in order to breakup.

Just because you're not
like "together together"

doesn't mean
that you haven't created a bond.

You have created a connection

between the two of you
that will end.

Also...

I'm really worried
that you're probably making

a little straight white guy
in there.

I am. That's the whole plan.

I'm gonna...

I should...
I just give him a podcast.

-Oh.
- Oh, yeah.

It's about Reaganomics.
-

Oh, my God,
speaking of, we're not open!

I don't know when we open.

Leave, leave.
We're not open.

Oh, my God.
I'm gonna call the police.

You okay?

Seems like your...

I seem...

Off.

Hormones.

Probably.

Oh, what we do with our hormones

to sum everything up.

You'd probably invent hormones
to sum everything up with.

That's... That sounds like
my mom and stepdad.

I just wanna say thank you
in advance for doing this

with me and I also apologize
for everyone that I know.

-There you are!
-Hey!

-Hi. Oh.
-Hi.

Your stairs are very slippery.

You're gonna want to get
some grippy tape.

-You know what grippy tape is?
-Uh-huh.

-It's like sandpaper.
-Yeah. Okay.

-Matthew.
-Hey, Carson. How are you?

Do you know what kind of tape
I'm talking about, Matt?

It... You see it
in office buildings.

Oh, come on in.

This is Anna.

-Hi. She's too young for you.
-Hi.

Yeah, we know.
Nobody is dating anybody.

Uh, this is my Mom Adele.

-This is Carson.
-Hello!

Nice to meet you. May I?

Mom, you can talk
directly to Anna...

Oh, my God!

Oh, my third grandchild
is in there.

And look how big she is already.

I mean you were a big baby.
Like father like son, right?

Or daughter.

With a belly that big,
let's hope it's a boy.

Where should I put
these cookies?

-Um...
- Oh, she doesn't know.

-Yeah. We brought cookies.
- Great.

Why do they have
so many plants in here?

You can have my chaps.
- Always with the chaps.

I decided
I'm gonna go with Opah.

Oprah?

Oh-Pah.

-It's German.
-We're not German.

I just like the sound of it.
Somebody's probably German.

A lot of people are German,

but you yourself are not
a descendant of any of them.

I wanna go with Mimi.

-"Me me".
-Mm-hm.

Can you do names when you're
related through marriage?

Adele...

I'm related.

Tomato, tom-ah-to.

What's Carson
gonna be called?

Carson.
- Carson.

You know
it's a funny thing

that was gonna be
my number one choice

if Opah was already taken.

The humor gene is very strong
with these two, Matty and Marty.

So what are you gonna be called?

Um... "That... That Lady"?

See?

If you're not related,
you don't do names.

Organ donors
do not get nicknames.

Is that what this is like?

Like donating an organ?

I don't know. I've never donated
an organ before.

You must be Dylan's wife?

No, I'm the surrogate.

Oh, congrats!

Um, is that appropriate?

-Thanks.
-Hey, Shell, Shell!

Come meet the surrogate!
The, the surrogate!

-Come here.
- Oh...

Wow, look at you!

Oh, you are so big already!

-I know, right?
-

That's what I've heard.

-Oh.
-Oh, wow.

-Baby's gonna be healthy.
-Yeah, healthy baby.

How'd you do that?

Here. I'm sorry...

All right, let's see here.

Oh... Oh, come on!

So good.

I love it. I love it.

- Make way.

-Whoa!
- Perfect!

This thing is huge!

Here we go.

Uh, is it a weapon
or something?

Oh, yes...

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-Thank you. Thank you.
-Yeah.

Oh, my God. All right,
who's next? Who's next?

What's this?

That's a koala bear.

I'm like craving pizza
right now.

I think I'm having
a sympathy craving.

-You always want pizza.
- That's true.

The question is,
"Do you want pizza?"

And if you do,
say we order it now or later?

I should probably go...

-actually.
- What?

We're gonna watch season nine
of Friends.

I think I'm just gonna watch it
at home.

-Did I do something?
- No.

I just have to be up
super early tomorrow

and I've been here all day.

Thank you for that, by the way.

Thank you for thanking me.

Yeah, so that right there.

What?

You... you got sad.

Please...
don't see when I'm sad.

Please.

What's going on?

I think...

I think that we should have
better boundaries.

Was it the party?

Was it the party? I'm sorry.

No. Yes, but...

No, it's, it's... everything.

It's like we spend
way too much time together.

I basically only hanging out
with you.

I don't hang out
with anybody else.

-What's the point?
-What's the point of what?

What is the point
of hanging out?

What?

We've spent
so much time together.

And yet you still see me
as like this, like, naive woman.

-That's not true.
-And you're like...

You're always trying to, like,
do things for me, like I'm some

-charity case like...
-What?

I did stuff on my own.

I know that!

Do you... Do you seriously think
I'm that shitty of a friend?

Okay, "friend".

Are we friends?

Are we?

I, I don't know. I...

I think that if we are,
in order for this to work,

we shouldn't be.

I will see you on Wednesday.

Okay.

Hey, I'll, uh,
see you Wednesday.

Okay.

I'll send
the doctor right in.

Thanks.

What's goin' on?
What's with you two?

This is how we are now.

Hey, could you, uh...

Could you update
the food log again?

-Uh, sure.
-Great.

That'd be great 'cause...

since we're not eating meals
together so much, um...

it would just be great
to have a sense of...

Yeah, of course.

Hi.

I'm Shayleen.

Welcome to
Koala House Birth Center

for Learning and Feeling.

Um, I love the miracle of birth.

Even more than that

I love empowering couples
within the process.

So it is truly my pleasure

to be on this journey with you.

And I'd like to start class
with a cleansing breath.

I am Matt and this is my baby.

And you partner?

Uh, no. She's not my partner.

We're feminists.

Um...

This is Anna.
Uh, she's my surrogate.

Wonderful, and is there
a third partner?

No.

Wonderful.

Just letting go
of the third partner idea.

Hi, I'm Ivy.

Uh, this is Jackie.

And this is really bonded us
in a way that...

More so than ever before,
I feel like we are one.

-Yeah.
-About to be...

-three.
-Three.

I love you.
- I love you.

And you're pushing,
pushing,

pushing, pushing, pushing.
And you're getting through it.

And you're getting through it
and you're surviving.

And then you gonna push.

And then you got your baby.

Just breathe.

Breathe in
your partner's support. Good.

Breathe.

And I definitely
recommend late-clamping.

And you can still do
skin-to-skin.

Well, just flop 'em right on you

while you wait
the four to seven minutes

for the pulsing
to conclude, okay?

The umbilical cord doesn't have
a lot of reach. Don't pull it.

Baby will be here.

Not here. Here.

I just wanna say...

I think what you are doing
is so brave.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

Okay, move to the hips.

Move to the hips.

Yes.

What about our situation?

Yeah, I... obviously
won't be doing skin-to-skin.

But Papa can.

All the Papas can.

You just wanna wear shirt
that can easily open up

and then we just pull up
a little stool.

Sit right there.

-And he'll do the skin-to-skin.
- Breathe.

-Breathe.
-

Anyway, good luck.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

You too.

So just to be clear...

he would be on a stool

between my legs
for four to seven minutes

while the baby
is still tethered to me...

my insides?

Yes. Is that a problem?

Standing position two.

Now let's practice
the words of encouragement

that we talked about.

This is really important.

You really, uh...
You doing, you doing okay.

You're doing really good.

You're doing good.

You're the best.

You're the best.

Ah...

Hi, um...

Uh, so this is happening.

There's no signs
of a rupture or vasa previa,

placenta is in good shape.

Baby's heartbeat is strong,
movement is normal.

All signs point to pre-labor...

But she... she's only 34 weeks.

Pre-labor doesn't always mean
labor is close.

You're only 25 percent effaced.

But the baby
is sitting very low.

I recommend staying off
your feet.

I never picture this...

being friends or...

I don't think...

All the reading in pamphlets
and stuff about...

separating from the baby like...

There's...

There's nothing about
like losing the Dad.

Hey.

We're not gonna lose each other.

You're gonna have Lamp
and I'm gonna be in Vermont

-and...
-What?

I... I got into school.

-You got into school?
-Yeah.

-Get out of here.
-

You kidding me?

Oh, my God, I'm so proud of you.

-Not in a dad-way, just...
-I know...

I... congratulations.

-Why are you crying?
-

I don't know because...

Because I love you.

You love me how?

Like in a... Like a normal way.

-Like a not a gross way.
-Yeah.

Like, like a boring way. Like...

I love you too, by the way.

Hope that's obvious.

I know.

I know.

Look, it rolls.

Why are you groaning?

This is harder
than I thought it would be.

The show is so fucking dumb.

Cross it over
into the middle.

Then take some hair
on the same side.

This looks good.

So you must be getting
pretty excited.

Yeah.

Uh, very nervous.

Very excited.

I don't know what I'm in for.
There's no way to know

until you're, you're,
you're doing it, I guess.

So, yeah, excited, nervous,
but good nervous.

Um,
my mucus plug dropped.

And I've had my bloody show.

Our bloody show? Sorry.

-Our bloody show.
-I think you can say yours.

Uh, no,
I think it's our bloody show.

Is it?
- Yeah.

You know since you pushed me
on it, it's your bloody show.

-It's his bloody show
-Well, it's my bloody show.

Is that gross to...
Is that gross to tell you?

I'm here to, to hear whatever...

whatever it is
that you want to tell me.

Anything else
that you like to discuss?

We finished Friends.

Yeah, we did.

We watched all of Friends.

Do you want to, um...

hold hands and eat candy

and continue
not sleeping together?

I thought you'd never ask.

Matt.

Matt.

Yeah.

-I...
-What is it, Anna?

I had a contraction.

It's early, right? It's early.

Oh, you're early?

Uh, I, I not like scary early.

I think it's like a week,

-right?
-Okay.

Time it. We have to time it.

That's...

Time. Uh, I gotta get my phone.

Okay. Could you give me
some water, first?

Yes, water. Water.

Okay.

Why didn't you do that earlier?

I don't know!

You're supposed
to be encouraging me!

You're doing great!

Aw!
-You're doing so good!

Just, uh...

I don't believe anything
you're saying right now!

How... how far apart
are they now?

That's, uh, well, eight minutes.

-Still?
-Yeah.

Here we go. Nice and cold.

Just like you like it.

-There you go.
-Thanks.

-Whoa! Whoa! Oh, my God!

-Whoa! Are you okay?
-I... yeah.

Oh, wow! I... I gonna go...

I gonna go get...
change my shirt.

-What?
-I, I gotta have a button-down

-for skin-on-skin.
-Okay.

This is, uh... This is it!

Can you get... Can you get me
a pair of pants?

Yes!

Okay, too fast.

-You're going too fast.
-Okay.

It's happening.

Okay.

Date today.
Oh, my God, what is today?

Today, today is Lamp's birthday.
What is it?

Good. You wanna sit down now?

No? Keep moving,
keep moving. All right.

You're doing great!
-

Do you want some, uh...

like some ice cream
down the hall or...

I don't want... I don't think
I can have ice cream.

Yeah. Okay.

There you go.

Okay, if you want the epidural,
it's now or never.

Yes, I want the...

Keep it up! Push! Good, good!

Bear down. Push!

- Push!

Okay. Push, Anna.

Push!

Push! Push!

Push!

Push, Anna!

Don't stop now, Anna.

You can rest in a minute.

Push, Anna. Push, push!

-You can do this. Push!

Push, push, push!

Push, Anna.
Good, good! We're crowning!

Okay, we're gonna push again
in another 30 seconds.

-"We".
- Oh, my God.

I can see...

I can see Lamp's head!

Lamp has hair!

You are so amazing.

I'm really happy for you.

Okay, Anna, here we go!

Take a deep breath.

-Push! Push!

Good, good. That's right.

Push!

There you go!

We got it!

Oh, God!

Oh, my God!

Hey, Lamp!

Hey, there.

Oh, my God. Welcome.

Welcome to the world.

You're so beautiful.

Oh, my God.

At the mercy