All language subtitles for FLEISHMANIS.IN.TROUBLE.S01E03.2160P.WEB.H265-CAKES

[ car horn honks ]

[ whistle blows ]

♪♪♪

LIBBY: Many thoughts had crossed
Toby's mind in the hours

since he was informed
that his missing wife

was, in fact,
napping in the park.

But only one of them stuck.

It was -- How did he get here?

Literally, he had no memory
of the end of the conversation

he had with Rachel's friends.

He had, apparently, purchased
rotted watermelon

in his attempt
to not appear so crazy,

and he had, apparently,
somehow gotten home.

How did he get here?

How did he get back
to his apartment?

But also, how did he get here?

It was a good question.

The story of the end of Toby
and Rachel's marriage

starts with
the beginning of it.

It starts with Toby,
right at the beginning

of medical school,
being dragged to a party

he didn't want to attend.

LIBBY: Hey.
Hey.

It's gonna be fun.
It's gonna be fun.

Yes.

[ Naughty By Nature's
"Hip Hop Hooray" playing ]

SETH: Are you kidding?

I spent an entire year
at Hebrew U.

Lo ichpat li.

Uh, ayn li savla.
Lo todah.

[British accent] Young Judea's
hottest alumnus stalks his prey.

Mah ha sha-ah, baby.

We are compadres.

We are comrades.

Using a terrible accent,
he lures

the hot Israeli law student
in her native habitat.

[British accent]
His absent foreskin as bait,

the American
draws her in closer.

Did you do time
in the army?

LIBBY:
She's entering his orbit.

She's in the danger zone.

Contact!
And now, she is dinner.

[normal voice] I thought
that they taught Israelis

defense skills
in the military.

[normal voice] I don't think
they trained them against Seth.

We were fast friends by then.

After our program
in Israel ended,

we visited each other
in college.

There could have been something
between Toby and me,

I don't know, but my weirdness
about relationships

and Toby's sense of himself
as unlucky in the romantic arts

had followed him home
through customs.

Alright, I'll find you.
Alright.

By the time we all ended up
at the business school party

at Columbia, Toby had just
started medical school at NYU.

We're gonna
meet up later.

She was in Sayeret Egoz.

That's guerilla warfare.

She told me something
I really shouldn't say.

She knows
who killed Rabin.

Yeah, everybody knows
who killed Rabin.

She extra knows.
I can't say more.

Well, maybe
you shouldn't.

God, it's like you have
a scent or something.

You just need to relax.

Is that really how
it goes for you?

Like, women, they're just
so attracted

to how relaxed
you are?

You know, I would be very
relaxed too if I had your luck.

Meaning if I was ejaculating
as often as he --

No, I think we understood
what you --
Yeah.

It's not luck.
I know it's not.

I was just trying to, like,
preserve my dignity here.

Did I tell you
I bumped into

Jennifer Alkon
the other day?

Ugh.
Really?
Yes.

We made up
for lost time.

Ew.
What I'm saying
is fifth base.

Oh, no.
One, two, three,
four, five!

That's exactly --
that's, like, her thing.

So -- Ugh.

May you preserve
your dignity...

Okay.
...upon your intrepid
exploration

of the anus
of Jennifer Alkon.

May you find yourself migrating
onward from her perineum.

I will.
I will.

God, he's, like, re-having sex
with people and I'm what?

You're making
anal sex jokes.

Shouldn't I have met somebody
in college?

Isn't that where
people meet?

Yes.
No, not me. I --

I'm a good listener.

You know, I exercise.
I'm in medical school.

I thought girls
wanted doctors.

No, girls want
to want doctors.

That's like --
That's our mothers' dream.

I personally want to free myself
from every Jewish girl cliche.

Really?
Yeah.

So, what do you want?

A lawyer.
[ laughing ] Okay.

God, I have to go.
I'm tired, and --

No.
...I have to study,
and I know how this ends.

Why don't we get
another drink?

Why are your cups
empty?

Because I was having
a Diet Coke.

You're having a --
That's not fun.
Have the punch.

Do you have any idea
what's in that punch?

Yeah.
Fun.

Really?
Okay.

Yeah.
Okay. Come on.

It really was that easy
with us.

But then, our friendships
were never the problem.

It was the longing and pining
for romantic relationships

that preoccupied us
and maybe allowed us

to think that friends like
this were easy to come by.

Lookit.
He really does have a scent.

I know.

I gotta go
to the bathroom.

Okay.

[ The Smashing Pumpkins'
"Tonight, Tonight" plays ]

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

[ gags ]

[ laughs ]

Um, yes, I noticed that, like,
you don't have any, uh, punch,

and I, um,
I highly recommend it.

You threw yours out
pretty fast.

Well, yeah, because
I-I think the host

is actually trying
to roofie me.

Oh.
Yeah.

People used to make
roofie jokes in the '90s.

I'm actually just
concerned about,

um, whatever
the ingredient is

that turns it that
particular shade of purple.

Really?
Yeah.

To me, it's the only reason
to drink the stuff.

Well, I don't know.

I just don't want
any future kids to, you know,

turn out
smelling like purple.

[ laughs ]

What, are you --
are you, like,

in the artificial color
racket or something?

[ chuckles ]
Uh, no.

Um, I'm a business major.

Ah. Interesting.
Are you, uh, finance?

No, I...
Marketing, maybe?

Huh.
I don't know.

I-I just, uh, finished
this symposium on negotiating.

I loved it.
That's cool.

Uh, negotiate with me.

I can't.
It wouldn't be fair.

You'd --
You'd never win.

[ chuckles ]
Really?

Ah, come on.
Try me.

Um, I'd like four
for the price of two.

I'm sorry, ma'am, you're gonna
have to pay for all four.

I'll only be paying
for two.

Hey, no deal.

What kind of Middle Eastern
open-air market

do you think this is?

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

I'll give you six,

and you don't have to pay
for any of them.

♪ In the resolute
urgency of now ♪

♪ And if you believe
there's not a chance

♪ Tonight

♪ Tonight

♪ Tonight, so bright

For Toby, it was the first time
sex wasn't about sex.

♪♪♪

♪ Believe in me
as I believe in you ♪

It was about her.

♪ Tonight

And that was that.

♪ Tonight, tonight

♪ Tonight

♪ Tonight

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

Hi.

You found the bathroom.

[ laughing ] Yeah.
Hi.

I got you food.
I got you food.

Toby showed her his stuff.

NARRATOR ON TV: ...the physical
phenomenon produced

by the motion
of electric charge...

"Creates an attraction
that is beyond will."

I love this part.

Look, the magnet
just, like...

[ chuckles ]
It, like, can't.

It has to.
It can't, like, stop itself.

LIBBY: They spent two days alone
in their own private universe.

Sorry.
[ laughs ]

Just, like --
that's what magnets do.

♪♪♪

They walked together,
miles and miles that weekend.

One of the things
he loved most

about New York was walking.

All he'd ever wanted
was someone to walk with him.

She was everything he thought
a girl should be,

even if he'd never known
to pray quite so specifically.

You're, like,
so exotic to me.
I am?

Yeah, you are.

I have blonde hair
and green eyes.

I'm the opposite
of exotic.

Well, you didn't go
to my Jewish Day School.

That's all I know.
Everyone there looked like

my mother or my sister.
I am Jewish.

My father wasn't,
but my mother was.

Aren't those the rules?
I don't know.

I-I don't have any rules.

♪♪♪

Hey, okay.

What?

Listen to this.

Okay.
[ chuckles ]

Thank you.

[ acoustic guitar music plays ]

Wait, sorry.
Is this...

N-- N-No.
No?

Don't laugh.
Okay.

If you laugh, you're a cynic.

I am, a little bit.
Just -- Just listen.

♪ She was morning

♪ And I was nighttime

♪ I one day woke up

♪ To find her lying
beside my bed ♪

And she taught him her things.

♪ I softly said...

RACHEL: You're doing great.
TOBY: A little -- Okay.

[ laughs ]
It's just like walking, but...

impossible.

You're doing
amazingly well.

Feeling less and less
comfortable.

It's brilliant.
Okay.

You know, I can't believe
how much I like you.

Aww. Thanks.
No, really.

Like, I-I never
get sick of you.

Shit. Shoot.

Sorry.

What I was going to say is that,
like, I never get sick of you.

Really. Like, I'm nostalgic
for this moment already.

[ laughs ]
It's crazy. Really.

♪ I don't know where
come lately ♪

[ laughs ]

What do you say we not
go back out there?

We stay here?

♪ You are the sun,
I am the moon ♪

♪ You are the words,
I am the tune ♪

♪ Play me

Yeah.
[ laughs ]

Okay, so, you see --
so, my septum is crooked...

Yeah.
...but if I sleep with
my finger on my nose,

then my pathways are clear
and I don't snore.

Really?
Mm-hmm.

That's an amazing plan.

It occurred to him that
if this was how long

he'd had to wait
to find love...

[ snoring ]

...he regretted nothing.

At night, they whispered
their pasts to each other.

But of course,
she moved to Israel,

and, you know,
she took it way too far

and now she's,
like, Orthodox

and she's gonna have
like a million babies.

You're so lucky
to have family.

I only have one memory
of my mom.

Just this image
of a woman on a couch.

But I think
she loved me a lot.

Like, I c-- I can't remember
a scene of it, but...

but I remember it.

Or maybe what I
actually remember

is that my grandmother
didn't love me.

I mean, not --
not that she didn't.

It's just...

...she can't really love.

And I remember pining
for my mother, which...

...which I guess means
I felt loved by her.

How could anybody
not love you?

[ praying in Hebrew ]

Toby took Rachel to Los Angeles
to meet his family.

♪ Amen

- Amen.
- Amen.

You do this every week?

Yeah.
Every week.

What happens if you have
to be somewhere else?

Where else
would you have to be?

SHARON:
Here you go, honey.

Oh.
Thank you.

Take a piece.
TOBY: No, thank you.

Take a piece.
You're too skinny.

You look old.
Yeah, I know.

I have an eating disorder
face, from --

Y-You see?
You see how he punishes me?

You were happier fat?

Oh, listen,
it's my favorite song.

I hadn't heard it
since you moved.

[ quietly ] I want this.

And suddenly, even the ways he
felt his mother ruined his life

didn't matter to him,
for he was no longer hers.

He was Rachel's.

This is really good.

For Fleishman was in love.

What do you think?
[ laughs ]

I think you're great.
Yeah.

I probably couldn't represent
a -- a country, but...

This was it for Toby.
This was the end.

His story had a happy ending.

Oh.
Oh!

Um...

"In magnetism,
the physical phenomenon

produced by the motion
of electric charge

creates an attraction
that is beyond" --

Yes!
Really?

Yes!
Oh! Oh!

Things had worked out
for Toby Fleishman.

It was all settled.

Now his life would be great.

♪ And so it was

And it was.
For a long time, it was.

Plastics, you get to choose
your hours, though.

Yeah. I don't know.
I'm not getting into this

to make, like, sad women
look younger, you know?

Like, and sadder.

Well, you could make them
look happier.

Yeah?
Sew their faces
into a smile.

Ooh. Ooh, that's
actually really good.

Yeah, that could be
like my niche.

Hey.
Hmm?

Look at that. That's --
That's kind of perfect.

Yes, yes.
Yes, it is.

Yes, this is great.
Here.

Oh. Wait. Okay.

You okay?
Yeah, perfect.

And we have, yeah,
different flavors of gum.

Ew, it's gross.
It's fine.

Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
We'll make it less gross.

Alright.
Uh...

I was gonna make it
more gross.

[ laughs ]
Okay. Okay?

Yeah. Yeah.
Okay. Okay.

Oh, no. Okay.
Yeah. yeah, got it.

Grocery bag.
Grocery bag.

Alright.
Okay.

You could help fix cleft palates
in the summers

in underserved regions.

TOBY: Yeah, I don't want to,
like, spend my summers

living in apology
for my life.

Uh, being a doctor
is a good thing.

It's like a -- it's a
righteous thing in the world.

Now, tell me
again, please,

about the righteous work
of medicine.

I put these glasses on so
I could listen very carefully.

Oh, that's really nice.
That's really nice.

Yeah.

No, I-I-I just think you should
think about the future

and what it's gonna look
like in a few years.

Interesting point.
Just one second.

Okay, sorry, go on.

No, no, please.
[ both laugh ]

No, tell me the future
of the healthcare industry.

[ laughs ]

Even then, she was trying
to steer him

towards something
he never claimed to want.

[cellphone ringing ]
She, however,
needed no steering.

He watched her ascend
through the agency hierarchy.

He watched her enjoy
the performative

assholery of the work.

Rachel Fleishman.
No, no, no, no, no.

Matt will come to the phone
never
if you keep that up.

Oh, shit, man.
You are nuts.

This is Rachel Fleishman
from Matt Klein's office.

I'm calling
to set up a...

Toby still felt
erectile stirrings

hearing his name
on the back of hers.

I said he would circle back when
he was ready to get into it.

But now, they were combined
with real feelings of neglect.

Uh, yes.

And at night, he joined her
as she prowled the city

for some unseen,
unspoken-for artist.

She's a gas station
attendant

who taught herself opera
from a book.

Really?
Well, if we make it

out of here alive,
you can make her a star.

How did you even
hear of this?

There's a newspaper,
the
Canarsie Courier,

and it had listings.

She was looking for someone
to do the music.

Hmm. So, that-- that's how
you find someone to do music?

Well, apparently not.

[ chuckling ] Yeah.

It's about suffrage.

We can suffrage
through it together.

Shh.
It's about to start.

The New York Times
called us the suffragettes,

even though the real word
is "suffragist."

"Suffragette," of course,
makes us into the light,

low-fat version
of a person.

"Suffragettes" puts us back
in the kitchenette,

like we were just womenette
or sisterettes.

Toby never understood
what Rachel saw in things

that he didn't find
very compelling or moving,

but that was her gift.

She had a deep understanding
of what people wanted,

and sometimes,
she weaponized it.

And sometimes, she ignored it.

But she also used it
in service of her game.

She looked at Alejandra Lopez

and she knew
she would be a star.

A vindictive bitch,
a silly little slattern.

Well, which is which?

Rachel brought her boss,
Matt Klein, to the show.

Matt was a different creature
than Toby.

This is good.

You got lucky in this life,

but don't forget,
you're just the wife.

Matt took Alejandra on,
and
The Suffrage Monologues

played 20 sold-out shows
at The Public.

Then 20 more.

Where are you?
TOBY: Yeah, I'm so sorry.

We lost a patient.

She was young.

People around here
are taking it pretty hard.

Y-You couldn't have called?

Yeah.
No, I'm so sorry.

I just totally
lost track of time.

This wasn't like
a small complaint --

She was under
a lot of pressure.

♪♪♪

Why is there
no food in here?

Well, we just had dinner.

So, what couple
doesn't fight?

We had steamed chicken.
Again.

I'm looking for something
with caloric content.

So I can live.

Yeah, well, I can make you
something else.

I'm really happy to.

God, you have no idea
how hard I was working today.

All I wanted was to
come home to dinner.

And you did?
Well, did I?

Rachel, we live
in Manhattan.

I can get you, like,
whatever you want.

So, maybe Rachel was
a little more vicious

than she needed to be.

Forget it.
I don't have time.

I'll eat more chicken.

How did I end up married
to a man with the food issues

of a teen pageant queen?

Ugh.

[ scoffs ]

What couple doesn't fight?

And then there was this --
Rachel simply didn't like us.

When it came to our friendship,

Rachel was like an organ
transplant that didn't take.

Great, okay, so he's
always had these, like,
themed parties, right?

Like a frat boy?
Well, yeah.

He's had toga parties before,
yes, but also, sometimes,

he'll have, like, you know,
some professor from MIT

give a lecture
on calculus.

And that's fun for you?

Yes. Really.

SETH: Hey!
You two, you made it.

Hi.
Nice to see you.

Are you supposed to be
Hugh Hefner?

That's offensive.
I'm sorry.

I'm Larry Flynt.

Oh.
I-I'm sorry.

But Hugh Hefner,
I guess.

Gang's all here!
Hey.

Wait, you guys,
you didn't dress up.

Eh, neither did you.

Oh!
Nice one.

RACHEL: We just came
from work.

We -- We can't stay long.

Oh. Wait, um...
Wait, what am I forgetting?

Uh, that thing
for my client.

Yeah.

[ Fatboy Slim's "The Rockafeller
Skank" playing ]

♪♪♪

I made your favorite.

- Ah! Hey!
- That's funny.

Oh, that's not nice.

Well, it's a little nice.

Yeah.
I was starving.

[ chuckles ]

I'm sorry,
where's the bathroom?

I'll show you.
Come here.

Uh, I'll be right back.
Okay.

♪♪♪

I haven't seen you
in like four months.

I got married.

It gets busy
when you get married.

Oh, it's busy
when you get married.

Yeah.
You got to make decisions.

You have to choose
what your life is.

You wouldn't understand.

We got to the theater
all the time,

and then you get out
and it's 11:00

and the only place that's open
is this place, uh, Joe Allen,

so we go there and all
of her colleagues are there,

and, I don't know, I want to be
a good spouse, you know?

If I have to choose, I want
to choose to make her happy.

I want to...
Yeah, I want to choose her.

Why -- I mean, why do you have
to choose in the first place?

Like, why are you
choosing at all?

RACHEL: That line
is way too long.

Actually, I realized
the thing's at 7:00.

It's not at 8:00.
Oh, no.

The thing's at 7:00.

Um...
Are you ready?

Yeah. Yeah.

So, um, I will see you soon.
Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.
Do you want my plate of...

Right. Bye.

Sorry. It was really nice
to see you, Libby.

So good to see you.

♪♪♪

The last time Toby and I
were alone before this summer

was almost 13 years ago,

when I'd published an essay
in a small anthology.

"It hadn't been that long
since I had asked

that question myself,

but let me tell you, in the
interest of self-preservation,

I recommend not asking
more than once."

He came to my
first ever reading.

Whoo!

You know,
I always remember

hoping you would get
out of your own way.

I was just worried you were
too crazy to truly do it.

Really?
Yes, yes.

I'm proud of you.

Here's to late bloomers.

Do you ever
hear yourself?

What?
What's wrong?

[ sighs ] My God.

Jesus, Elizabeth.
Who smokes anymore?

Um, can I have one?

You mind if I --
Can I borrow this?

Thank you.
What are you doing?

Oh, just so Rachel
doesn't smell the smoke.

Wow.

What?
What a man you are.

Excuse me, that is
sexual harassment.

BOTH: And I don't have to
take it anymore.

That's right.
I just...

Be careful.

You're...changing faster
than the rest of us.

[ chuckles ] Excuse me?
What does that mean?

It means I miss you,
is what it means.

Oh.
It means
don't be an asshole.

Libby was smoking.

What's wrong?

[ laughs ]

Rachel.

Oh, Rachel.

[ Rachel laughs, sobs ]

This is amazing.
I can't believe it.

We just, like,
started trying.

I know.
I know.

Oh, come here.

I think it's twins.

[ laughs ]
Oh, no.

No, it's just one.

[ rain patters,
thunder rumbles ]

The baby was all
Toby thought about.

He wanted to play
classical music for her

so she'd come out a cellist.

He wanted to feed Rachel
folic-acid-rich foods

so the baby would come out
a junior at Stanford.

[ door opens ]

Hi, where have you been?

What are you,
the Gestapo?

What? No.

I just --
I tried you a few times.

I couldn't get a cab
in the rain.

Oh, my God. Look at you.
You're soaking wet.

Wait, wait, wait.
Hey.

Okay, come on in.

[ thunder rumbles ]

Honey, do you want
to tell me what happened?

I was passed over.

Sorry, what?
Who? Who got it?

Harry, of course.

No. Stop it.
You deserved it.

Hey, come here.

Okay. Here.

Here, come on.
What are you doing?

I'm not a baby, Toby.
You're soaking. Come on.

I can undress myself.
Okay.

Okay.

It's not about deserving it.
I'm being punished.

What do you mean?

Matt Klein hit on me
two years ago.

What?
Matt Klein, your boss?

Yes, the only
Matt Klein I know.

Ech.
Oh.

God.
When? How?

It was that party
two years ago.

What party?

The Christmas party.

Eh...
With the ice sculptures.

Oh.

Really?
Oh, God.

I was there for that.
I was there for that.

No, it's --
it's his thing.

Oh, it's his thing?
Of course.

No, it's his thing, like --
like -- like rollerblading

can be your thing,
or French pastry making.

Of course.
It's a hobby.
W-W--

Whatever.

But I-I said no,

and I was worried
it was gonna be awkward,

but then I thought
things were normal,

and I-I respected him
for that, you know?

Really?
Are you -- Are you --

I-I can't believe
I was there for that.

Of course, I remember we were
standing by Harry's office,

and he came over
and he said,

"Hey, do you mind
if I borrow our girl here?"

Our girl.
Like you're ours.

- It's how people talk, Toby.
- No, it's not.

It's how people
sexually harass you.

God, of course.
I remember.

He put his hand on
the small of your back,

and I remember thinking
it was so crazy,

but I didn't want to say
anything 'cause I didn't want

to sound patriarchal.
I'm an idiot.

He was playing
the long game.

He -- He was promoting me
just enough so I wouldn't sue.

Jesus, Harry Sacks
hasn't closed a deal in months.

And he knows you have a husband,
and here I am at home,

making soup like an asshole,
not expecting any of this.

It was retribution,
all of it.

He was angry I hadn't told him
I was pregnant.

He was angry I didn't
want to fuck him.

Yeah, did you remind Matt
that you have a husband?

That's he's met me?
That he knows me?
Remind him.

Can we deal with how this
is all about you later?

I'm still focused on the
"this happened to me" thing.

Yeah.
Yeah, no, I'm sorry.

I'm just, like...
I'm just, like, in shock.

Sorry.

Yeah, let me get you
some soup.

No, I don't want soup.
I-I want Tony's.

I want linguini
in clam sauce.

No, you're not supposed
to have clams.

But you can,
if you want to.

Hi. Um...

Uh, we're going
to 82nd and 2nd.

Thanks.

[ Sighs ] You know,
it stopped raining.

We could've walked.
I didn't want to walk.

Oh. No, I get it.

I mean, it's been
a-a rough night.

No, I'm saying
for good.

I'm tired of long walks.
I don't like them.

It's a waste of my time.

The Fleishmans never went
on a long walk again.

Five months later, Rachel
was admitted to the hospital

with high blood pressure.

She was given Pitocin
for an induction,

but 14 hours in,

she hadn't progressed
beyond two centimeters.

Just try to picture
dilation, okay?

Open waters.
Open fields.

Sunrise.
Shut up.

Please, just shut up.

Uh, who is he?
Who...

Sorry, who are you?
Who are you?

I'm Dr. Romalino.

Sorry, where's --
where's Dr. Goldberg?

Dr. Goldberg is in Hawaii
for the week.

No. No.
I-I want my regular doctor.

Yeah, it's okay.
Hi, I'm Dr. Fleishman.

I'm a -- I'm a resident
up on gastro.

Nice to meet you.
I'm who you got.

Can I see her chart?

Do you have absolutely
no pull here?

You work here.

[ knock on door ]

We heard you were here.

[quietly] Away.
Yeah. Yeah. Sure.

Hey. Guys, hi.

Thank you so much for coming.

Um, yeah, here.
Come over here.

This is not exactly
the laugh riot

that they promised us.
RESIDENT 2:
This is how it goes.

You remember the OB,
with the, uh...

Husband who was
the dancer?

Oh, yes.
Uh, "and all that jazz."

Listen -- I gotta go,
but hey, listen, really,

thank you so much for this.

Good luck.
Thank you.

Bye.

Get him away from me.
What -- What --
What happened?

He did something!
Get him out!

Okay, I think we might need
to get psych in here.

What -- What did you do?
What happened?

Are you planning on being
a baby, or delivering a baby?

Hold on a minute.
That's not how you
talk to a patient.

What? A patient?
What...

Toby later found out
what had happened.

The doctor had intentionally
ruptured her membrane

and broken her water
without her consent.

Anyone could have
predicted the rest.

♪♪♪

[ baby fusses ]

Okay.
Thank you.

Okay.

Is it okay?

The head.
Yes, of course. Yeah.

Thank you so much.

Hi, honey.

He understood then that this
wasn't just a bad delivery.

She was hurt.

That night, he wanted
to kill the doctor

for what he'd done to Rachel,

but someone had
to watch the baby.

You should hold her.

How can I hold the baby
when I can't feel my legs?

You really should
hold her now.

Okay.
Give her to me.

Okay.

Okay.

Toby waited for things
to get back to normal.

His family visited,
excited to meet the new baby,

but Rachel felt compelled

to tell each visitor
about the birth.

Well, our usual doctor
was in Hawaii, of course.

And so, I'm propped there,
I'm writhing in pain,

when this guy --
he takes his hands

and he tells me he's only
gonna examine me, but the minute

Toby leaves the room,
he starts to examine me,

but he's not --
he's not really examining me.

Like, he's doing something.

Like, it --
Like, it hurts, you know?

And then he broke my water.

Not -- Not a word to me.

Nothing.
Terrible.

That's terrible.

No, it was.
It was terrible.

And then, while his hands
were up inside me,

I kicked the doctor,

and he went flying across
the room to the wall.

It wasn't true.

Toby wanted to ask her
why she said it,

but she seemed too delicate.

She was wearing the same
pair of sweatpants

since she'd gotten home,
so he let it be.

TOBY: Here you go.

Hi, honey. Mm!

God, what a nice thing
to see you two

in the middle
of the day.

They were in
my prenatal yoga.

You want to go over?

Where'd they learn to play
with their babies like that?

They didn't teach us
that in the class.

Something was very wrong.

[ baby fussing ]

She's not smiling yet,
and the --

the book said
that at six weeks --

Well, smiling's
an imitative behavior.

So, you have to be smiled at
in order to smile back.

Are you smiling
at her?

Yeah. Yeah.

[ muffled sob ]

Have you talked
to someone?

Yeah, I know.
I keep telling her.

You have to take care
of yourself here, Rachel.

It's like they say
on the airplane --

in an emergency, you secure
your own oxygen mask

before you secure
the children's.

You can't help them
if you can't breathe yourself.

Hey.
[ sobbing ] I ruined her.

No. Stop that.
Stop that.

Don't...
Honey, don't say that.

Seriously.
This is normal.

Like, a lot of mothers
go through this.

You know, you a--
you actually should go.

You know how I feel
about therapy.
I do know.

Rachel, that is like --
it's so archaic, honey.

It's for rich people --

BOTH: ...who don't even realize
they don't have problems.

Yes, I know.
I know.

But you --
can you just try it?

God.

Fine. Fine.

I'll go, okay?

God, you're like
the Gestapo.

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

That's not really how
the Gestapo worked, honey.

He knew what was happening
to her wasn't in her control,

and he didn't blame her.

But she was really missing out.

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

Shh, shh, shh.

Hey.

How was it?

Fine.

I don't love sharing in groups,
but yeah, it was fine.

Whatever. [ sighs ]

No, I-I'm not
talking about it.

If you're gonna make me go there
and talk about it

and then I have to talk to you
about talking about it,

you can kill me now.

Hm. Okay.
Well, I'm just...

happy to hear it worked.

You can go again Thursday.

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

[ door opens ]

TOBY: Hello? Rachel?

[ door closes ]

Have you been out
at all today?

Have I?

No.

I thought you were
doing better.

No, I am.
I'm just -- I'm...

I'm so tired.

And I feel like --
I don't know.

I feel like I'm in the...
the wrong gear or something.

Hey, listen,
I have to say this.

I think you should
see someone.

A therapist.

Not -- Not
a support group, okay?

But a person, and maybe
even a psychiatrist.

They have medications --
No, enough about therapy.

Toby, I don't need
therapy.

What I need is help
with this baby.

Oh.

Well, then, that's okay.

That's great.

Let's get us a nanny.

[ baby cries ]

So, uh, Raya Edelman
said you're just great.

Mm-hmm.
Her children are beautiful.

But they're older now.

Well, it's really nice
that you get to help out.

Right, Rach?

It's an amazing thing
to see children grow.

It's a privilege.
Mm.

Ooh.
May I hold her?

It's okay.
It's okay.

Sorry, that is amazing.
How did you do that?

I have a calm energy.

Huh.

Well, I think
you're hired.

♪♪♪

And things seemed to get
better from there.

And then, just over
a month later...

Mona.

MONA:
Hello, Mr. Toby.

Where's Rachel?

She went out.

Huh.

Is that formula?

Yes, Mr. Toby.

Okay.

Alright.

I got her.
Yeah.

Thank you so much.

Okay, well,
have a good night, okay?

It turned out,
earlier that morning,

after Toby left for work,

Rachel had decided that
her maternity leave was over.

She decided to leave
Alfooz & Lichtenstein,

raid its staff,
poach its most bankable client,

and start a whole new agency.

She stayed out until 4:00 AM
that night

with her new employees
at 8-1/2,

celebrating the creation
of Fleishman & Company,

a new theater-focused agency

that was small enough
to give its clients

the attention they needed
to be able to thrive.

ANNOUNCER ON TV: This product,
whether you wipe in circles

or in streaks, what have you,

it will stake off any streaks,
any smudges,

any dirt that you have,
and it does it with ease.

Does not even require...

You changed.

LIBBY: And that was that.

Meanwhile, Toby's career
was continuing apace,

but his support of his wife's
ambition was costing him.

He couldn't take the lead
on research.

He couldn't have drinks with
the other doctors after work,

so that he could go home
and relieve Mona.

It felt like
everyone around him

was catapulting
somehow higher and faster.

He'd heard his old med school
rival, Aaron Schwartz,

had made subdivision head
at Methodist.

But Aaron Schwartz
didn't have a wife

who saw three new
Broadway shows premiere

the same year
she delivered a second child.

Aaron Schwartz didn't get
to take pride

in watching someone he loved

build something massive
and important.

Toby felt lucky.

Not because of the money.

That wasn't important to him.

But because he got to spend
this time with his kids.

They had these great kids.

He worried Rachel would
look back on this time

and regret it.

[ laughter ]
TOBY: Oh, my God!

Can you guys keep it down?

[ kids chattering ]

Maybe.

It's a preschool interview.

Why does this have to be
a bloodsport

like everything else
that you touch?

It's a kindergarten
interview.

Mm.
It's serious.

This is where her future
gets determined.

Okay.
You have to be someone.

You have to show
you come from somewhere.

Mm.
So, uh, what's our story?

Our story? I don't know.
That we're good people?

That we'll pay
their ridiculous tuition?

I don't know.
Oh, come on. Really.

I mean it. Be serious.

Okay.

[ cellphone buzzes ]

[ sighs ]

Uh, yes, yes.

No, no, no.
I'm -- I'm -- I'm here.

You have to go with your gut,
Alex. You just do.

I mean, look what your gut
has given the world so far.

Hey, we're in the middle
of something.

Okay.

Uh, no, no.

No, let's...
let's figure it out.

Okay, so, you've got -- you've
got these two characters

who are not only trying
to overcome this --

Alright, I'm going
to the gym.

They're -- They're
inside a world

that's changing faster
than they want it to, right?

[ indistinct conversations ]

So, did you go to school
in New York?

Uh, just for college.
I grew up in Baltimore.

Baltimore?
[ chuckles ]

Hi.

Hi.
Is this Toby?

TOBY: This is Toby.

Rachel tells me
you're a doctor.

Mm-hmm.
Good for you.

Hi. Oh, thanks.
This is Rachel's husband, Toby.

He's a doctor.

Oh, a doctor.

Good for you.

So, we're gonna go upstairs.
We'll start with refreshments.

God, does a 5-year-old
really need all this?

Just look around here.
Like...

Hi.

This is a place
where they'll thrive.

Look at this place.
Yeah. Yeah, I know.

I keep thinking, like,
what would have happened to me

if I had gone
to a school like this?

I-I would have had a place
in the world.

Yeah, I know.
I just don't know if they need

to be in such an elitist world.
You came from nothing.

Look at what an ambition
monster you are.

Maybe you're only successful
because you came from nothing.

I don't know.
Did you ever think of that?

That's what you want
for our kids?

To be forced into my
Great Expectations
upbringing

in order to give them
character?

No, thanks.
I don't need all this character.

Who would you be
in Great Expectations?

Sorry, would you be Pip?

Would you be
the street urchin, Pip?

Toby, how can you
argue with me

wanting for them
to have everything?

Yeah, this isn't
everything.

Look, okay, I know you want
them to have roots,

and if you think
this would --

I just -- I just want them
to be safe in the world.

I want them to not have
such a hard time.

Rachel, how much safer
can they get?

Don't you see this
is why I do all of this?

I do what I do so they
can have all this.

I feel like you're not even
trying to convince me anymore.

I feel like you're just
telling me how it is.

No, that's not true.

Okay, I believe in public school
as a value.

You're trying to make me say
that I don't,

and I'm not
falling for it.

Alright.

Alright, whatever
you want, Rachel.

Really.

Thank you.

Really.
Okay.

Um... Oh.

♪♪♪

I'm, uh, Rachel Fleishman.
We have, uh --

We have two kids who I think
would just be so happy here.

[ indistinct conversations ]

Rachel couldn't compete
with donations

or her name on classrooms,

and she hadn't gone
to the same country clubs

and tennis camps
that all the other parents

seemed to have gone to together
when they were children.

But that didn't stop her from
using what she could to climb.

She bought their friendship,
one house seat at a time.

[ all speaking indistinctly ]

Then it was 10 years
of small moments

that added up to a lot.

♪♪♪

Rachel became more consumed

by her drive
for wealth and success

until he didn't
recognize her anymore.

Or himself.

Toby liked to say that the end
of his marriage

happened like
the fall of Rome.

Slowly, then all at once.

This was the night
of "all at once."

♪ And so it was

♪ That I came to travel

♪ Upon a road

♪ That was thorned and narrow

♪ Another place

♪ Another grace

RACHEL: Philadelphia?
TOBY: Yes.

The head of the department.
The top.

What happened
to "patient interface"?

It would mean a lot
more money for me.

You know, you're always saying
you want me to make more money.

Well, we would live
like kings in Philly.

Just outside
Philadelphia.

Doing what exactly?

I'm a talent agent.
For theater.

It might be
the change we need.

I mean, this is too --
You're working too much, Rach.

I have an agency.
I have employees.

Well, something
has to change.

You're never here.
The kids don't see you.

Last week, when Solly
had the state report --

No, no, do not bring up
the state report. Please.

I love my work.

I've built
something I love.

Do you understand that?

To take that away from me
because you want what?

More attention?
What? No. Excuse me.

I want what's best for us, okay?
Oh, what a coincidence.

That means choosing
what's best for you.

Alright.

I'm -- I'm happy.

We finally have
a real apartment.

Our kids are in
a feeder school.

My -- My job is infinitely
more rewarding

than being sexually harassed
by a middle-management dipshit.

I run the largest small theater
agency in all of New York.

[ laughs ]
No, you couldn't --

you couldn't understand how --
how rare and important that is

because your entire life
has been laid out for you.

Ah. The greatest hits.
No.

Med school, intern,
resident --

BOTH: ...fellow, attending.

Yeah.

You don't have to strategize
or plan or make connections.

The system does that
for you.

I don't have that luxury.

Everything I have,
I've had to scratch for.

I mean, even now.

No, I'm not moving
anywhere, Toby.

I couldn't earn this much
anywhere.

Yeah, well, money
doesn't buy you happiness.

Oh, Toby,
of course it does!

What, are you crazy?

[ cellphone rings ]

He prayed she
wouldn't answer it.

He said, "Please, God,
don't let her answer it.

Please, God, let her find
this more important.

Please, God, let her
find us more important.

Please, God, let her find me
more important."

Rachel Fleishman.

God damn it.

CYNDI: Amazing.

- Is that oregano?
- Um...

TOBY: Uh, marjoram.
CYNDI: Oh!

With a-a touch
of tarragon.

I'd love to see you
make a meal.

Well, it is so good.

Hey, did anyone figure out

if the USY summer thing
is still bad?

I thought you might have
a little more self-respect

than making sure everybdy knows
you cooked the meal.

Yeah, but I did
cook the meal.

I could cook a meal if I didn't
have to work day and night.

I cooked to impress
your stupid friends

and you're still
disappointed.

You know, I just realized,
you don't even know

you're trying
to humiliate me.

Do you guys need help
in there?

No, thanks.
Almost got it.

You know what? Why don't you
put the dessert out,

because you worked
so fucking hard on it?

Mine is
George Stephanopoulos.

His is Naomi Campbell.

[ laughter ]
TODD: Whoa. Still?

She must be, what,
in her 50s?

ROXANE: 40s.
RICH: 60s!

[ laughter ]

Well, mine is
Mark Wahlberg.
Gross.

TODD: You see what I have
to deal with here?

No, there is something
about him. I could save him.

Guy's a fast-food billionaire.
He doesn't need to be saved.

Okay. No.

Mine used to be
Ariana Grande.

- Okay.
- Hmm.

I just like someone who looks
like she's a little too good

for me, you know?

Like my beautiful
wifey here.

Mm, you're just
saying that so

I'll forget your free pass
is an actual child.

Do you have anyone
who is of a normal age?

She's in her 20s.
She just looks younger.

Is that supposed
to be better?

Ooh.

Who's your free pass,
Rachel?

RACHEL: What do you mean?
Free pass.

Who you would sleep with
if Toby turned a blind eye.

Oh, God. This is what
we're talking about?

Come on.
We've all answered.

Sam Rothberg.

Oh.

What? What?
What did I say that's wrong?

[ laughing ] Ah!

Okay, you're supposed
to pick a celebrity.

You're not supposed
to pick someone you know.

RICH: Suddenly, Ariana Grande
doesn't seem so bad, huh?

CYNDI: It's fine.

So, uh, what should
we discuss next?

Politics or religion?

[ laughter ]
Stop. Stop.

This looks fabulous,
you guys.

Absolutely.
And that was that.

- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.

And that's when it hit him.

♪♪♪

Sam Rothberg.

Sam fucking Rothberg.

♪♪♪

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♪♪♪

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

Rachel wasn't gone.

She wasn't in danger.

She was with the one person
who represented

everything Toby hated
on the Upper East Side.

In the whole world!
She was with...

Sam Rothberg.

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