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♪ ♪

Thank you, Dean, for inviting me to speak

to the Historical Law Society about what I consider to be

the greatest threat to our current civil rights

since slavery.

I speak, of course, about this country's current quarantine.

We're being locked inside our homes

without due process.

We're being sentenced to wear a mask without a trial.

And now we're being asked to fear a new virus

that will just extend the tyranny

of the lab-coated elites.

But I answer with the immortal words of Winston Churchill...

"Enough."

What was that?

Sun-9.

Come on, is that really what we're calling it?

Hey, Sun-9 had 73% approval.

Okay, let's not argue about this again.

Has Judge Bar been offered the therapeutic?

The antiviral cocktail? Yes. On an emergency basis.

-Good. And its effectiveness? -We're not sure. We're still in the midst of animal testing.

Are we going to have Supreme Court justices running around,

-biting people? -No. But the bigger worry is, these justices clearly

did not eat Yo-Yo-Bay Shrimp.

And the press is asking questions.

Just stick with the story. The judges were accidentally fed it

in the court mess, and we've replaced that part...

Wait, Chuck. I agree with Cyndi. We're moving to Plan B.

What's Plan B?

It's the plan after A.

I don't... I don't understand.

I checked you everywhere-- you didn't have a bite.

Yeah.

I shouldn't have sent you over there, I sh--

Rache, this isn't your fault.

Are you experiencing any other symptoms?

No, none. Just the veins and the lymph node.

Anything?

Let's go.

-Where are we going? -Hospital.

-No, Rache, we can't. -Why not?

People are being turned away.

(chuckles) They see this, they won't know what to do.

And if I turn there, what damage could I do?

Just wait. Wait.

Just... um...

sit...

You-you-you stay there.

-You stay there. -You're calling your husband?

I'm calling the CDC!

Rache, we're swamped right now.

I-I-I'll try to get a CDC team out there tomorrow

-for your patient. -No, wait, wait, wait, wait,

this-this is not about Olivia.

This is about another patient here in the building.

Someone there? Who?

He's, uh, it's just a patient.

Um, there's no evidence of a bite.

So I can't figure out how he got infected.

Honey, we've got senators and justices.

We can barely take care of what's going on in D.C.

-So it's spreading? -I'm sorry, I can't tell you any more than that.

Listen, my other patients

all exhibited aggressive behavior

and-and twitching of the jaw.

Now, that implies nerve damage.

Zach, what if this is an RNA-based virus

that moves through the body like a neurotoxin?

What are you basing that on?

Those protruding veins.

You can almost see the path of the toxin going

through the body, and-and-and how it varies in speed

-is based on the severity of the infection. -Well, then there's nothing

you can do. If your patient's showing symptoms,

he's already dead.

RACHEL: Well, what, uh...

wh-what-what about the Milwaukee Protocol?

-What-what about that procedure? -That procedure

has a less than 25% success rate.

It's experimental at best.

That's better than zero.

And-and-and my patient is still in the early stages, so...

ZACH: Well, you might have a small window for treatment with, um...

Yeah, with antivirals. I could just throw everything I have

-at it. -Yes, try to block the toxin from replicating

within the central nervous system.

Yeah, to stop it from spreading. I mean, that,

that could work.

Yeah.

Reminds me of first year at Johns Hopkins.

Yeah, we were quite the team. (chuckles)

We were.

Rache, please be careful.

I'll get another medical team out there tomorrow,

but whoever this patient is, he could be dangerous.

Understood.

Thank you.

I love you.

I love you, too.

You done?

Yeah, hold on.

What are you doing?

(sighs) Concierge work.

You know, I vaccinate for overseas.

Um, let's see.

Ribavirin and...

amantadine-- I'm trying to...

get enough to Frankenstein an antiviral cocktail.

Who doesn't want to be Frankenstein?

Oh.

(grunting)

Brian?

(grunting)

I don't know what just happened.

The toxin's making its way through your body.

Rachel, you need to restrain me.

Where do you keep your duct tape?

I-I-- I don't have any.

You're lying.

No, no, Brian, I'm not.

Rachel, you need to tie me down.

Shh...

(whispering): We have to be quiet.

The rest of the COVID residents

are asleep.

It's just...

you...

and... me.

I've been sitting.

Waiting for you.

(rapid tapping)

Let me brush...

your hair.

The sickness

is far

away.

Together...

...we can survive this.

You read something. What was it?

-Nothing. -No. It was something.

-What? -A text from my downstairs neighbor.

Why?

She wants to talk to me.

Why?

No idea.

What does she do?

She's... she's a doctor.

Are you friends?

Acquaintances.

How did you become acquaintances?

You don't want to hear this story.

I still have ten minutes.

And I will hear this.

I had a client

who tried...

to attack...

me.

Rachel thinks

he has... a new virus.

Do you want me to...

go back to the story?

It's the same strain as the Lake of the Ozarks attacks?

-I think so. -Are the transmissions spread through saliva or air?

I...

I guess I don't know.

Ask her. I want another session...

Thursday. One hour. 7:00 p.m.

(computer chimes)

-RACHEL: Lily! Lily? -(banging)

Hey.

What's up?

Hey, um, I was wondering,

do you have anything I could use to restrain someone?

Can I get a little bit more information?

I'm-I'm having an issue with a patient.

Uh, a-and I need to...

tie him down and I thought

you might have something I could use.

Why would I have something like that?

Well, I mean, no judgement.

But the floors are pretty thin.

So...

All right, okay. Give me a second.

Thank you so much.

I will, I will get them back to you just as soon

-as I possibly can. Thank you. -No, problem, fine, fine, fine. Can I ask you something?

I have a client.

A smart guy.

And he's wondering if the new virus is spread

through the air or from a bite.

Does your patient down there have a bite?

-No. -So that would mean

this isn't transferred through saliva?

Is your client an immunologist?

No. I don't know, I have no idea.

(computer ringing)

I got to go. I have to take-- I have to go.

-Lily, great news. -Hi.

The best news. Can you hear me?

Yes, I can. I can.

Annika Pergament wants to interview you Thursday.

What?

Diary of a Dom-- I pitched it

to the New York 1 team, and they went wild.

Are we talking interviewing me anonymously?

No, are you crazy?

It would be you. I mean, you'd be doing it

over your webcam, and I would send

somebody to do your hair and your makeup.

Oh, no, Veruca, I haven't decided

whether I want to go public or not.

Yes, but this decided it for you.

An interview spot like this assures you a spot

on The New York Times Best Seller list.

I haven't even told my family.

Then tell them. Lily, listen to me.

Look, lean in toward the camera.

No, seriously, come on.

-Lean in. -Okay, yes?

This is a moment of truth for you.

What do you want to be?

Do you want to be a dominatrix

or do you want to be a writer?

(computer chimes)

Do you know there are over 600,000

-deaths from COVID? -I know.

Awful. But here's the thing.

The world continues to be an awful place.

You have to focus on your career.

You're not dead, and after the rubble is cleared,

people will need to read a book. It should be yours.

So it's as if it never even happened?

No-- well, sure. I mean, even as it's happening,

it's like it never happened.

But think of it this way-- you're doing good.

People need a distraction

during the apocalypse, so...

tell your parents, and then you tell me because

the producers need to know tonight.

What did you say your neighbor did again?

She's a tutor.

You're holding that upside down.

And you know that how?

(chuckles) Just... lay back on the bed.

Yes, ma'am.

All right, let... let's see.

What?

Has it grown?

Uh... it's not bad.

A little.

-What? -I'm just, I'm just...

thinking about the point of entry.

I thought you couldn't find one?

Yeah, I don't know.

-I thought I was getting a shot? -Yeah, I just,

I just want to know for sure what I'm dealing with.

Well, won't it take a while to get blood results?

I may not have that long.

Yeah, my-my mother can get this tested

right away, and that way I can know if it's a neurotoxin

before I inject you with an antiviral.

Okay, so...

what if it's not a neurotoxin, then what?

Well, then, we, um... we'll recalibrate.

-To what? -To I don't know.

Maybe this is a... this is a bacterial infection.

That's easily treatable.

So...

(chuckles) You want something to read?

What do you have?

Medical dictionaries.

Sure. Give me a juicy one.

No.

No what? I haven't even asked you anything yet.

No to joining Zach's advisory committee

on this Yo-Yo-Bay shit.

I saw his press conference. What utter nonsense.

Mom, I'm not, I'm not asking you... He...

No, Zach... he's not asking you to be a part of that?

Well, when he does ask,

my answer is a firm no.

He can't make a mess of things and expect me to step in and...

Mom, this has nothing to do with that, okay?

Okay, I'm-I'm--

I-I think that I may have discovered a,

a COVID mutation behaving like a neurotoxin.

(chuckles)

How clever of you, dear.

-Mom, I'm not kidding. -I didn't think you were.

You discovered a novel mutation to a worldwide pandemic

right in your apartment.

-How clever of you. -Okay, thank you.

Great. Can we please talk now?

Actually talk. Okay, I-I

don't want to use an antiviral to treat my patient

and-and make the infection worse.

So I need you to, I need you to test a sample.

-From the patient? -Yeah.

(loud thudding)

And, uh, uh... part of another one.

What do you mean "part"?

-If I told you, you wouldn't believe me. -You know,

I have a lab operating at full capacity,

and you want me to play infectious disease investigator?

Mom, just run the test.

I mean, your-your lab can do this in 20 minutes.

And if I'm wrong and it's nothing,

then I will, I will, I will take a job

as a researcher at one of your labs.

Really?

Yeah. I said I would.

You promise?

I promise. Okay, I just, I...

Something is going on, Mom, and I need you to look.

Okay, send me what you got.

And, Rachel, about Zach...

Okay, Mom, that-that's my other line. Thank you.

(muttering indistinctly)

(phone line trilling)

MAN: This is TaskRabbit. Overnight or one hour?

-You're there? -Yes. Why?

Uh, I-I... I just, I'm...

I can't even get through to 911.

It's just odd to have somebody actually pick up.

We're not 911. We're TaskRabbit.

-Overnight or one hour? -Uh, uh, one hour.

This is a package, it's going to Fordham.

Uh, the address is, uh, 416 West 51st Street.

Apartment 1A.

Have it ready in ten minutes.

-Really? -We can come later.

No. No, no, no, no, no. That's-that's great.

That's great. Thank you. Okay.

(loud thudding)

(door creaking)

(loud clank)

(gasps)

(whirring)

(doorbell rings)

Package?

-Yeah. -One hour?

Uh, yeah.

Sign here.

You okay out there?

-(indistinct shouting) -What do you mean?

Is-is it dangerous?

Eh. (sniffs)

(groans)

♪ ♪

What's up?

Hey, I think you're right about the transmission.

-What do you mean right? -It's airborne.

The patient down here doesn't have a bite.

Lily, you need to take a shower right now.

Do you think we have it on us?

I-I have his blood on me.

And I had Galen's... on me.

Yeah, listen, listen. Lily! Lily! Lily!

-Yeah. Yeah. -When you wash your hair,

don't let it drain in your face.

Okay, you keep the water away from your eyes

and your mouth.

-All right. Okay. -Wait, wait, wait. Lily!

-Yeah? -Lily, one more thing.

Check your body for any prominent blue veins.

Um, probably near the lymph node area.

-What? -Underneath your arms.

And behind your ears and-and your groin area, okay?

All right, go. Go. Yeah.

All right.

(door opens)

(water running)

(cat screeches)

(snarls)

♪ ♪

♪ We'll meet again ♪

♪ Don't know where ♪

♪ Don't know when ♪

♪ But I know we'll meet again ♪

♪ Some sunny day ♪

♪ Keep smiling through ♪

♪ Just like you ♪

♪ Always do ♪

♪ Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds ♪

♪ Far away ♪

♪ And will you please say hello to the folks ♪

♪ That I know ♪

♪ Tell them I won't be long ♪

♪ And they'll be happy to know ♪

♪ That as you saw me go ♪

♪ I was singing this song ♪

♪ We'll meet again ♪

♪ Don't know where ♪

♪ Don't know when ♪

♪ But I know we'll meet again ♪

♪ Some sunny da... ♪

♪ ♪

(exhales)

-Are you okay? -Yes. No veins. I looked. You?

Uh, no, nothing yet.

Should we expect them right away?

-How long do they take to develop? -I don't know.

I mean, with-with Brian, it was just a few hours.

So... just keep me posted.

Okay.

-(exhales sharply) -(phone line trilling)

DIANE: We're out right now, but we'll call you right back.

Hi, Mom and Dad, it's me. I'm just checking in.

Call me when you can. All good here.

Wait, why do you think its airborne?

Because my patient here got infected without a bite.

-Yeah, but there's other ways he could become infected, right? -Yeah, but, Zach,

we need to take this seriously.

Everybody thinks this is based on an R-naught of one or less.

But if this is airborne,

this is worse than COVID,

-and much more lethal. -I've got to go. I've got a meeting.

Zach, you need to convince the CDC

to take this seriously.

I need facts.

There are so many rumors swirling around,

they're canceling each other out.

Okay, I need something that I can present to them.

Okay, got it. Fine. I will get back to you.

Okay.

CDC epidemiology working group 356-12.

Due to the infection of some higher-level officials,

the vice admiral feels we need to move on

from our current account.

Dr. Sweet, what are we looking at

with the reproduction numbers?

Zach, can you take us through

-the R-naught? -Certainly.

Our current estimate is that there is one

Sun-9 infection per five million adults.

And that, if you take a look at this graph,

the clusters are small,

but we're having Sun-9 outbreaks in New York, Los Angeles,

Washington, D.C., and New Orleans.

If you look at the spread over two months,

this will not result in a larger spread, like COVID.

Anyone bitten will immediately show signs of the infection,

and the infected can be isolated.

So we're thinking we can continue reopening the economy.

The Sun-9 infections can be limited

through mitigation efforts.

As long as the infection doesn't go airborne.

Who said anything about airborne?

Dr. Zach is just contemplating all the potentialities.

There's no suggestion of an airborne viral load...

Although we are still doing fieldwork on this question.

Okay, what are the mitigation efforts for the infected?

-Charlie. -Yeah, we are looking at something

we're calling a Sun Cone.

FEMA will send these cones to schools, businesses,

restaurants, and if one of the infected comes near,

then the cone is placed around their neck, like this,

-and they can no longer bite. -You shitting me?

SWEET: So your solution is a giant cone of shame?

No. My solution is that you scientists

come up with a vaccine.

This is just a way that we can open up

schools and restaurants.

See, the Sun Cone keeps the infected from biting.

How do people not get bit when they're trying

to put a cone over a goddamn zombie?

They are not zombies.

Can we please stop using that term?

-Oh, my God. -We are training security. -QUINTO: That's enough.

Dr. Sweet, there is a cocktail you developed?

Yes. It's an antibody cocktail

that appears to reduce the viral load.

We're putting it into pill form.

-(indistinct chatter) -Why wasn't I told about this?

It's still in trials.

They're just giving it to Supreme Court justices.

I appreciate everyone's input

-and plan to take it all under... -(sighs)

(computer ringing)

-RACHEL: Hey. How's it going? -Ugh.

I don't know. Not great.

I feel like it's March 2020.

No one wants to believe this thing is aerosolized.

-Maybe it's not. -Zach. It's airborne.

Okay, well, let's say it is,

and I'm with the dumbest people in class.

I miss you.

I want to believe that.

Well, do.

Okay, all right, um...

Okay, for argument's sake, let's say that it is airborne.

What can we do about it?

(indistinct chatter nearby)

(door closes, chatter quiets)

Okay. If it is airborne,

there's not much we can do.

Well, I hope that's not the case.

I mean, there have to be therapeutics.

I mean, with AIDS, there was a cocktail,

and with SARS, there was another cocktail.

There's no cocktail, Rachel, not until we know what the hell

-we're talking about. -Yeah, but you-you-you've seen

the virus up close.

Aren't you experimenting, at least?

Well... we're using the Supreme Court like mice.

We're doing everything we can.

You have something.

But you can't say.

Rache, it's complicated.

All-all right. The-the most important thing

that a therapeutic can do is stop the virus

-from replicating. -Mm-hmm.

Endonuclease inhibitors interfere

with the viral RNA transcription...

It's not the flu.

I-It's in the same family.

Not with people biting faces off.

But it worked for SARS, and-and we didn't know

what that was, either.

Okay, again, not SARS, not HIV.

There is a reason we use the word "novel."

We've never seen anything like this before.

Couldn't you amplify an existing cocktail?

You have a cocktail, don't you?

I can't answer that.

Okay. All right. We're gonna play a game.

-Oh, I hate when you do this. -I am going to assume

that the SARS antiviral cocktail is the starting point.

And if I am off base with any of this,

you hang up on me now.

(typing)

Okay? You understand?

I'm wrong about anything, you hang up.

Okay, so ribavirin has to be in this cocktail,

'cause over 90% of patients were given that for SARS.

Zach.

You still there?

ZACH: I am.

Okay. Um...

With HIV, doctors use the protease inhibitor lopinavir.

And ritonavir

to enhance the serum concentration

of the lopinavir.

You still there?

I'm still here, but I don't have forever.

Okay, all right, all right, all right. Okay, so, um, um...

to-to boost the effect of the antivirals,

uh, you need steroids,

but you c-can't do a shock dose, because that'll suppress

the body's natural immune response, so...

Right, pulse dose steroids are contraindicated

and a terrible mistake.

Wai-- Are we still playing the game?

Well, I don't know, that depends on what you do next.

Okay, so no pulse dose steroids, but...

low-dose steroids?

Say, .5 mg's

to 1.0 mg's per day?

That could potentially work.

Okay, just be careful, Rachel.

It's still in the midst of its animal trial.

(laughs softly) Yes.

-Okay, so... -(Lily shouts)

-(loud thud) -(cat shrieking)

(shrieking, snarling)

(panting)

(cat growling)

Here, kitty. Here, kitty, kitty.

Oh...

(whimpers softly)

(cat shrieks)

(cat groaning)

Here, kitty.

(cat growling)

Here, kitty...

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.

(cat yowling)

-(phone ringing) -Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.

Oh, boy. Catch. Oh, good boy.

Whee, whee.

Good boy. Good boy.

Good boy! Good boy.

Yeah. (panting)

(cat yowling in distance)

Oh.

-Hey. -(computer ringing)

-Hey, what's going on up there? -Hey. The Torgensons' cat.

It got bitten and then it tried to bite me.

-It's gone feral. -Are you all right?

Yeah, it got some blood on me, but I got it out the door.

And then I realized

it always used to like to come down to your floors.

Yeah, it likes to sleep underneath my bed.

Right, right. You need to shut your windows.

Now. Right now!

-Right now. -Okay, okay.

-You need to watch out. -Okay, okay.

(cat groaning)

(cat shrieking)

Shit.

(doorbell rings)

-(siren wailing) -Rachel Boutella?

Uh, yeah.

Package from Zach Deraux. D.C.

Wow, I w-- I wasn't expecting anything. Thanks.

CLEM: Don't forget to rate your delivery.

(cat shrieking)

You sure you know what you're doing?

Yeah, I'm trying to be sure.

Call me if you're not.

♪ ♪

LILY: Anything yet?

No, no. Not yet.

You should go to bed. I got this.

No, no, no, no, no. This is my deal now, too.

Yeah, but it-it might go late.

What else am I gonna do?

(chuckles)

Hey, can I ask you something?

About my job?

How'd you know?

That's always the question.

How'd I get started?

Well?

I was working as an intern for this...

top book agent.

Awful guy named Andy M. Waters.

Hated everyone, screamed at everyone.

Writers, assistants, me.

And once a week, he would have this woman

come into his office at 4:00 p.m.

He would lock his door, hold the calls.

And the other people in the office

told me to go listen at the door.

And all I could hear

was this very sweet, very nice, motherly-looking woman...

screaming and kicking this guy.

"Lower, lower, clean the floor, asshole.

No. With your tongue."

(laughs): Oh, my God.

I mean, it was great. It was wonderful.

So, when she left I followed her,

and she went to this dungeon in the East Village.

-That's what they're called? -Mm-hmm.

And before I even knew what I was doing,

I asked if they needed any help and I trained for a month,

and then I developed my own clients.

(chuckles) That is a scary thought.

Men like to be told what to do with their money.

They like to be financially dominated.

So you just ask them for things?

No. I demand them.

I-I could never, never do that.

Yeah, sure you could.

No, just-just, just tell a guy

to buy me something? No.

They want to be told.

You'd really be doing them a favor.

They're really a bit lost without some direction.

Yeah, well, you should,

you should teach a class on this stuff.

-I'd take it. (chuckles) -Okay.

Let me ask you a question.

All right.

My parents don't know what I do.

If you were my mother,

how would you feel?

Well, why do you have to tell her about your job?

Because I'm having a memoir published.

Really?

Yeah, and I'm gonna be interviewed

on New York 1 about it.

Wow. Congratulations.

Yeah.

But my parents don't know what I do.

Oh, then just-just start the way you just did with me.

Tell them you have some good news.

Th-That you're gonna be interviewed

because of a book you wrote.

And-and then, after they're excited,

then you tell them about the job.

And-and-and your parents-- they'll be so proud

th-that they won't even be fazed.

You think so?

Yeah, yeah. I know so.

-Thank you. -Hey, I mean,

soon I'm gonna have to come to you for advice.

(cat shrieking)

(whispers): There it is.

Oh, oh, oh.

Do you have the laser thing I gave you?

Yeah.

(cat meows)

Come on...

K-- Is he going for it?

(shrieking)

(growling)

-(cat screeching) -Oh, got him.

Good job!

Yeah, he's eating it, he's eating it.

Good, okay. So how-how long

-does it take to have an impact? -I don't know.

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

I guess about an hour?

-We'll just have to wait and see. -Okay. Uh, call me.

Okay, bye. Bye.

(cat munching)

"Sun Cones..."

"R-E-capital Z dot net."

♪ ♪

MAN: Times are tough.

It feels like our backs are against the wall,

like we've got no options.

But there is hope.

Opening businesses, schools in session,

friendly neighbors. We just need

to take some simple precautions.

And the simple precaution is this.

The Sun Cone.

If you find one of the Sun-9 infected in your neighborhood

or school, no need to run.

Instead, approach the infected carefully from behind,

wrap the strong but flexible lucite cone

around their neck, and snap the three buttons on the back.

The infected can no longer bite anyone it comes in contact with.

So you can visit your restaurant or send

your kids to school without fear.

But don't take the government's word for it.

The Sun Cone has support from top-notch doctors,

Fortune 500 CEOs,

and even award-winning entertainers.

Hi, I'm Paul Shaffer.

FEMA, in partnership with the good folks at Bed Bath & Beyond,

have devised a simple yet effective way

to get our country back to work, so...

don't forget to FAF.

Form a cone.

Approach from behind.

Fasten the buttons.

That's all it takes. It is time

to get America back to work. (laughs)

(cat meowing)

Wow.

I want you to take two pills first.

-Is that the therapeutic? -Yeah.

(moans softly)

Wait.

-Why? -(grunting)

(shouting)

(exhales)

It's okay.

-It's okay. -All right.

-Okay. -Okay.

Okay.

Now that.

Yeah.

♪ ♪

-(chuckles) -Very becoming. (chuckles)

(moaning, grunting)

Go.

(grunting, growling)

Aah, God!

(grunting)

(Brian screaming)

(computer ringing)

(exhales)

-DIANE: Oh, hi, honey! How are you? -Hi!

Fine.

Oh, two days in a row. That must be a record.

Ha, ha. Um, where's Dad?

Oh, he's got his 9:00 a.m. class.

Oh.

-How's that going? -Well, it's Elizabethan Literature.

The students can barely keep their eyes open.

He knows some of them have just put a loop on their screens.

(laughs)

(chuckles)

So, what's up, baby?

Oh, um...

well...

Mom, I have some good news.

Oh, what is it?

I sold a book.

-You sold a book? -Yes!

Last month, I sold a book.

Well, I didn't even know you were writing one.

Why didn't you tell us?

Well, I wanted to make sure that the editing went well.

What publisher?

Um... Highmake.

Oh, my God.

Honey, that-that-that's a real publisher.

-Who's editing? -Veruca Dumont.

Oh my God, baby, that is amazing news.

Uh... what is it, fiction?

No, memoir.

-Really? -Mm-hmm.

About what?

Oh, and I'm gonna be interviewed by New York 1.

(gasping): Oh, my God!

Oh, my God, that is amazing news.

Oh, y-y-you're set.

Oh, my God, your dad

is gonna be so jealous.

He always wanted to get a book published with Highmake.

Oh, I'm so glad.

So what kind of memoir?

Oh, a-about school?

Oh, no, it's about my work as a high-end dominatrix

and what it's like balancing real life

with work, and it has some observations

about how men like to be ordered around.

It's kind of funny.

Wow.

And-and it's a memoir?

Yeah, with observations on what it's like to work

an unusual job, especially from home during a pandemic.

-Huh. -Yeah.

So that's your job?

-Yeah. -I-I didn't know that.

Yeah, for-for the last year.

Huh.

There's no actual sex, Mom. It's just

playacting dominance.

But you have...

been working as a dominatrix?

Yes.

(short laugh)

Well, when does the book come out?

Oh, um...

probably this summer.

Veruca says it's gonna make a great summer read.

Oh, my God.

Your dad is gonna be so jealous.

-(whoops) -(computer chimes)

Oh, um, oh, Mom,

okay, I got to, I have to go.

-I'll call you back. -Oh, make sure that you

tell us when you're gonna be on TV.

I want to make sure to write

Gram and everybody in the family.

I will. I love you.

Okay.

(exhales)

Baccarin.

Did you have COVID before?

Uh...

I did about six months ago.

But I didn't get it bad. Why?

You haven't become infected. Why?

If it's airborne, why haven't you become infected?

Good question.

Take care.

Okay, but are you...?

Do... so...

do you want another session today?

No. This was the session.

(computer chimes)

LILY: Have you had COVID?

Yeah.

Last July, I was out for a month.

My client wonders if that's why we didn't get infected

even though we both had blood on us.

-Who is this guy? -I don't know.

I think he used to work for the government.

He likes being off the grid.

So, how is the cat?

Still doing well.

And your boyfriend?

Brian?

He's, uh...

he's a bit better, too.

So you think we're coming out of this?

Possibly...

Let me make a call.

-MAN: Are you okay? Are you okay? -Hold on, hold on.

We need not cause more chaos by raising our voices.

So everything can be figured out-- so stop...

-Mom? -...take a breath.

What's going on?

Nothing, we just had an issue.

-Can I call you back? -Wait, wait, wait, wait.

We were wondering whether T-cell COVID immunity

might keep out the Sun-9 protein.

Keep it out of where?

Just keep it from infecting at all.

Remember, I-I had COVID in July

and then my neighbor upstairs had it, also,

and neither one of us got sick from an airborne infection.

Maybe there's some connection?

-(man growling) -(people clamoring)

-Mom? -(shouting and clamoring)

-(clicking mouse) -Mom!

(cat growling)

(Brian shouting)

(Brian growling)

(grunting)

Brian?

(grunting)

Brian?

(Brian growling)

Brian?

(muffled shouting, pounding)

What is that noise?

It's just my downstairs neighbor.

-Don't worry about it, it'll... -(stomps foot)

...it'll end soon. So how do I look?

All right, it's good. Do you have anything that suggests dom?

You know, you're almost too nice.

-What, lingerie? -No, like,

like a hat, a-a hat.

A F-Fosse hat.

Perfect. Perfect.

Oh, my God, Lily, this book is gonna be amazing.

It's gonna make you rich.

(computer ringing)

Hi, I'm Annika. And I think you're Lily, correct?

Hi, Annika, nice to meet you.

I'm sorry we can't meet in person, but we'll do

the best we can. Are you comfortable?

-I am. -Good. I love the hat.

-Thank you. -Can you try tilting it just a bit?

Oh, sure.

Great. I like it. Love the lipstick, too.

-Thank you. -Shall we start?

I think we're ready here. James?

-JAMES: All set, let's roll! -Good, Lily. And we'll start

with some personal questions. Nothing controversial.

Then I'll ask you questions about

how you became a dominatrix,

what your parents think, things like that. Okay?

-Okay. -Good.

So we'll count down now.

JAMES: And five, four, three...

♪ ♪

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