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(Cameran)
Previously on Southern Charm...

- We get a dog first, and then--
- We have a kid.

I tried to stave off the
inevitable by adopting a dog,

while Craig was once again
all play and no work.

- Why aren't you at work?
- I'm sick.

(Cameran)
And as Kathryn was getting
her hopes up...

I think you picked out
an engagement ring.

I would just look,
just because they're there.

(Cameran)
Whitney and Thomas were breaking
up over creative differences.

We're going to do
serious ads now.

We've got
the non-serious ad.

Got to have some fun
with this thing,

otherwise you'll get killed.

Then Thomas decided he needed
some alone time

to focus on his campaign.

So we all got together

to celebrate Shep's
35th birthday.

I always said age
would do him well.

But I think he's holding out
for Kensington Ravenel.

[laughter]

But Mama needed a drink.

Then, I mean, hell,
can you blame her?

[Mia Sable's It's Easy]

♪♪ Mm-hmm,
he's got money ♪♪

♪♪ He's in magazines ♪♪

♪♪ He's got more honeys ♪♪

♪♪ Than any honeybee ♪♪

♪♪ Ba-ba doo ♪♪

♪♪ Ba-ba dee-ee-ee ♪♪

♪♪ It's easy ♪♪

♪ As the birds and the bees
and the one, two, threes ♪

♪♪ Mm-hmm ♪♪

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

(Jennifer)
Good morning.
How do you feel?

Like a nuclear fallout
happened in your head?

Whoa.

[phone line rings]

- Hello?
- Hey, Landon.

I'm ironing a shirt
on my bedside table,

because I'm going
to meet my mom,

and I want her to think
that I'm well put together.

I own an iron,
but I'm still looking

for that special ironing board
out there.

[Landon laughs]

I wish
you could see me.

She'd be actually depressed
if she saw me.

What are you doing?

Jealous.

What in the world?

Rich-people water
and a bowl of candy.

Oh, my God.
Only at Jen's house.

It felt great to wake up
on a couch.

I'll say it.

Do you think Thomas
is going to be pissed

that you didn't come home?

No.

I really didn't want
to stay the night

away from Kensie, but Thomas
is staying at a hotel,

and I didn't want to be alone
in the house again.

I feel like ever since
we moved here,

he's just, like, really
withdrawn from our relationship.

And I think it's all
because of Amy.

She's just trying to kick you
off the reservation.

She wants me to go away.
She wants to get rid of me.

And I'm not even exaggerating
when I say that.

It's really strange.

I thought Thomas and I
were like a team.

But really I'm just there,
taking care of the baby

and the house,
his laundry, him.

And yet I'm not receiving

any type of, you know,
real love back, I guess.

You know, once the election is
over, that'll hopefully change.

I mean, it's sad
to talk about.

- You look pretty crying.
- Thanks.

- [laughs]
- Well, I've got to go

get dressed for brunch.

I'm going to go ahead
and go get Kensie.

Well, call me later.

[upbeat music]

(Shep)
How are you?

(Frances)
Good. Excited about seeing
your place.

I know. We don't have
to do everything here today.

But just get a good idea, maybe,
of what we need to do.

(Whitney)
Oh, my God.

It's come a long way,
hasn't it?

It's like a real house.

Since it was just
a piece of grass, remember?

For the big boy.

I've got a tape measure
in my purse.

All right.

My mom was the person growing up
that did everything.

A couple of really
interesting ideas.

I mean, she was like
Super Woman,

because my dad
just worked a lot.

She had a real knack
for rearing children, I guess.

All right, I'm trying to get
my bearings.

- Haven't been paying attention.
- All right.

- So where are we?
- So this is an interesting

little neighborhood.

Jeez, Shepard.
Really?

(Shep)
My sister was, like,

a very good child
and read a lot.

My little brother
was one of those children

that didn't leave my mom's side,
you know,

till way longer
than it was appropriate.

Mom, everything's getting
redone now.

Like, see, there's an Audi.
[chuckles]

I was a real handful
as a kid.

I ran around
like a crazy child.

My mom--
she was very patient,

since she needed to be.

- There it is, Mom,
- Oh, there it is.

- Wow. It's nice.
- This is it.

Yeah, it's tall and skinny
like me.

[laughs]

- This is the living room.
- Nice.

You could do some kind
of cool bench.

I do have that bench,
with the leather.

We need to think us up
an interesting--

That's why I thought maybe the
bookshelves there at one point.

Pretend like I'm well-read.

[laughs]
You are well-read.

My mom, as soon as she heard
I was buying a house,

she bought a ton of furniture,
rugs for me,

just stuff that she knew
I'd need.

- Coffee table, couch.
- Nice.

She's got good taste
in furniture, no doubt.

but she still
buys me clothes,

and I look like a dork.

Washer/dryer, fridge.

And that's it.

I mean, you know,
I don't really cook.

Pizza.

[laughs]
Pizza.

Frozen pizza.

- Soup. Soup.
- Yeah, I do like soup.

Even if you think you're
never going to use it,

you'll want it for resale.

(Shep)
My mom's almost always right.

I don't know these things.

I'm pretty helpless.

[laughs]

This is the gem
of the place.

(Frances)
Oh!

Love this.

- Isn't it awesome?
- Great. Yeah.

Can you believe it? Now all your
kids are going to have houses.

I know.
That's shocking.

I had to do it.
I mean, there's no way

Whitaker can have a house
without me having one.

Well, everybody else has got
a spouse, and you don't.

I'm looking.
I have a date this week.

Okay, well, all right.

You've learned not to even
get excited anymore.

- Yeah, I do not get excited.
- [laughs]

I think, more than anything,
my parents are curious

to see what type of gal
finally makes me settle down.

A spouse and a house.

- [laughs]
- I went first with the house.

- I guess you're right.
- I noticed that.

Honestly, a big part
of my criteria--

like, who can measure up
to my mom.

[laughs]

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

- Hi.
- Hey, lady.

How are you?

It's warmer in here
than it is outside.

I know. I'm just happy
the Sun's out.

Are you going
to get a cocktail?

I already ordered
a Bloody Mary.

- Did you?
- [laughs]

Bring you a Bloody Mary?

Oh, gosh. Can I just have
a glass of Pinot Grigio?

- Sure.
- Thanks.

So did you ever find a date
for Cooper's ball?

No, I haven't.

No?

I'm working on it, though.

And Cooper keeps...
"Who's your date?"

I'm like, "Ugh."

I'm going with one
of my gay friends.

The whole thing
is just so weird.

I'm not dating anyone
seriously,

so I have to bring someone
to, like, a serious ball.

It's kind of
stressing me out.

What happened after I left
last night?

Oh, Kathryn and I
stayed out all night

partying with Shep.

Let's go get a shot.

- Boom. My God.
- [laughs]

Who's next?

Okay, so, like,
in all honesty,

Kathryn cannot go out
all night.

They have a little child.

She's, what,
22 years old?

She's taken on so much.

If she doesn't, like,
let out a little steam

every now and again,
it's going to end not well.

I don't know.
Thank you.

I guess I just have a lot of,
like, compassion for Kathryn,

because I was in such
a similar position.

Like, I was really young.

My husband's
always gone.

Well, at least you didn't
have a baby.

I wasn't much older
than Kathryn when I was married.

She's 22, and I was 24.

Like, I think we forget
how young she is.

You know, she's a child.

Obviously it didn't work out
very well for me,

but I think
Kathryn and Thomas

should definitely try
to make it work.

I mean, I don't feel like

they've really given it
a good shot yet.

I just don't want her
to, like, miss out.

And then you become, like,
bitter and resentful.

I was actually engaged
when I was 24.

- It's too young.
- It's too young.

You don't know
what you want.

(Cameran)
I was in a long-term
relationship

for about 4 1/2 years.

And I came back to Charleston,
because we had just broken up,

and, actually, the third day

that I had moved back
to Charleston,

I met Jason.

I mean, some people
get lucky.

They marry
their high-school sweetheart

and live happily ever after,
but that is very rare.

When I was young, I always dated
very macho, egocentric guys.

And Jason is very
warm-hearted,

very laid-back.

He's just a wonderful person.

I hope he never leaves me.
[chuckles]

You know, my dad said
don't get married before 30.

I did, and at 31,
I got divorced.

Really?

So I should have listened
to my daddy.

I got married at 30.

You're following
the Mike Clements rules.

[laughs]

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

[baby crying]

(Kathryn)
Are you singing?

What you doing,
love bug?

I do not owe anyone
an apology

for having gone out

and enjoyed myself,
especially not Thomas,

when he's at a hotel.

It wasn't immature,
you know, ha ha.

You know, I stayed out
and partied.

I just did what I wanted
for once, literally.

(Thomas)
I'm sure it was hurtful

that I did not come home
last night,

but she needs some time too--

go out and have fun,
go out with the girls.

So I can't begrudge her
for going out.

But also, I need her
to be there

to take care of our child,
to be supportive and helpful.

This is do or die.

I'm hopeful that once we get
through this campaign,

things will return
to normal.

And we can bring the romance
back, fall back in love.

I think she wants me
to marry her.

You know, I think she wants me
to get her a ring.

But right now I have to put
all that on the back burner.

I'm spending a lot of my own
money, energy, effort.

And I need her support,
her moral support.

I just hope after the campaign's
over, he's going to realize

the only thing that didn't
go away was your family.

(Cameran)
Coming up...

I lost 150 grand
going in your way.

$150,000 down the drain.

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

[bell jingles]

(Patricia)
Michael?

I have the dinner menu
all done up

according to when
it'll be served.

Ham with bourbon sauce,

collard greens,
mac and cheese,

mashed sweet potato,

cocoanut cake.

I have the placement
all written down.

So let me get my book.

When you have a dinner party,
you have to think

about the proper placing
of people for the dinner party.

Okay, where am I?

[bell jingles]

- We're here.
- Thank you.

What I like to do
is mix everybody up.

Thomas, right here.

I like to put young people
with their elders...

Craig.

Artists next
to investment bankers...

Cooper.

My gay friends
with straight people.

Whitney.

Just mix it all up.

Perfect.

I think it's much more fun
and more successful.

- Evening.
- Hey, darling.

- Look at you.
- Thank you. Nice setup.

So what's the placement
for this evening?

Well, I thought it would be fun
to have all the guys come over.

- Oh, good.
- So it's all men and me.

That's my idea
of a perfect dinner party.

I decided to have it be
just men only,

because there are women
in this group,

and I'm not naming
any names...

I'm not going to have
a conversation with people

who have zero class
and think they do.

Shut up.

They can bring
unnecessary drama.

And, quite frankly,
I'm not in the mood for it.

I have everybody's name
written on the alligators.

It's a gator dinner.

The alligators copulating on
the table. That's a nice touch.

I thought so.

- I put it in front of Shep.
- [laughs]

(Shep)
So let's go get
a bottle of wine.

We can't show up at Patricia's
without peace offering.

Oh, yeah, yeah.
No, that's a good idea.

Even though they'll probably
feed it to the dogs. Whatever.

[laughs]

So it'd be cool if you
and Sir Whitney

came up with me north.

- To Delaware.
- Yeah.

Staying in Delaware,
my hometown, for a few days.

I've spent a lot of time
with Whitney's family

and Shep's family.

I think it's time for,
you know,

them to spend some time
at my house.

Fantastic.

They think they know
this, like, Craig guy.

But they just know
Charleston Craig.

And I think if they get a chance
to come home to Delaware,

they'll have
a little more respect for me

and see where I came from.

- Can I surf?
- Yeah.

(Shep)
All right.

[funky music]

♪♪ ♪♪

[knock at door]

Whitney!
All right, looking good.

- Look at you, man.
- I like that suit.

Thanks, man.

Hi, darling.
Don't you look handsome.

- Mwah.
- You look gorgeous, as always.

- Thank you, thank you.
- Love that dress.

- Our future senator.
- I saw him yesterday.

We went to get
our hair cut.

- Yes, we did, early.
- Early in the morning.

(Whitney)
What could we eat or drink?

(Thomas)
What is that? That looks good.

- It's a margarita.
- Can I have that

with a side
of Grand Mar?

- Hey, Cooper Ray.
- Hello, lady. Good to see you.

I'm always intrigued by your
next adventure in a caftan.

- It's just beautiful.
- I love caftan.

- How you doing?
- Good to see you.

- Good to see you.
- Do you know Senator Ravenel?

- Whitney.
- Coop, how are you?

- Cooper, this is Tommy Bennett.
- How do you do?

- Good to see you.
- Come sit over here.

What's that book?

(Cooper)
About the golden age
of Charleston--

you know, 1730 to 1820.

(Tommy)
The richest period.

- The richest period.
- We were like Philadelphia.

We were one of the biggest
cities on the East Coast.

- French influences.
- English.

The wealthiest colonial city
in America, by far.

When were your
ancestors here?

Oh, they came in 1690.

For the heyday.

- Hey, how are you?
- Hi.

(Whitney)
You're great-ancestor

was governor
of South Carolina, correct?

(Tommy)
Yes. Thomas Bennett was mayor
of Charleston,

and then he was governor
of South Carolina.

(Patricia)
Oh, look!

I come bearing gifts
with Craig.

This is from us.
Troublemaker Wine.

Troublemaker.
How appropriate.

- How appropriate, indeed.
- That's great.

(Michael)
Dinner is served, madam.

(Patricia)
All right, we're coming.

Tricia, these napkins
are nicer than my towels.

[laughs]

[bell jingles]

(Shep)
This looks great.

Is this chocolate?

No way, chocolate?

(Craig)
This is going to be awesome.

(Shep)
I love dinner at your house.

(Patricia)
All Southern food.

(Cooper)
Oh, my gosh.

How many people are coming
to the Founders' Ball?

We're planning
for 100.

- Wow.
- Okay, so it's my understanding

that one must bring
an escort.

Well, in life, one must.

So Kathryn's
all set to come?

I guess, you know?

Whitney, what are you going
to do about an escort?

There's escort agencies
all over the place.

Hey, Eliot Spitzer's gal
is still available.

[laughs]

Client number nine?

Whitney and his mom's dynamic
is pretty funny.

(Tommy)
Patricia, you have invited
this conversation

by having all guys here.

You know what?
It's my idea of fun.

There's not too much parallel
between the way he grew up

and the way I grew up.

Yeah, so I'm going to take
these guys to my hometown

next weekend,

because it's perfect weather
up at the beach--

We're going to Delaware.

(Cooper)
You are?

- Yee-ha.
- You know what?

When I was married
to Whitney's father,

we had a beach house.

They're going to have
a fáááing blast.

(Shep)
In the South,

it's about manners
and respect.

And Craig doesn't get it.

Uh, Lewes, Delaware.

(Shep)
I'm starting to learn

that giving advice to Craig goes
in one ear and out the other,

because he doesn't seem

to be interested in change
all that much.

So, before dessert,

I want to hear what Thomas has
achieved up until this point

and what the status is.

Where are we?

We did some political ads
the last few days.

And, you know, take
a sort of a change of course.

(Whitney)
I'm a little upset with Thomas.

I wish he'd run my ads

instead of the more lamer
conventional ads he's doing

with his new
campaign manager.

Where are you coming up with
this money now? What happened?

I'm just coming out
with it.

How much money are you
putting into this thing?

- A lot.
- How much, roughly?

Like, half a million?
A million?

Really? God, you are
absolutely 100% wrong

for ditching those ads.

(Thomas)
You know what?

150 grand I spent
on your ads?

I went from 15%
down to 8%.

- I went down in the polls.
- The ads went up.

You were actually
at 6% before.

- You never were 16%.
- I was like at 15%.

I've heard this a million
fáááing times Thomas.

You need to change
your shtick.

(Thomas)
This guy,

you're a Lindsey Graham
supporter in drag.

- No, I'm looking at precedence.
- In drag. Yes, you are.

[toy squeaking]
- Let's go to the drawing room.

- I'm debating him.
- Thank God.

It's always nice to have
a healthy debate.

There's going to be
bitch-slapping.

And here I thought
I was keeping drama away

by not inviting the girls.

You tried your best to help me,
but I got to do it my way.

(Whitney)
Your way's going to lose.

Hey, you want to pay
for my campaign,

we'll listen to you.

This is my money.
This is my campaign.

I'm going to run it
the way I want.

See how it turns out.

I lost 150 grand
going in your way.

$150,000 down the drain.

My father was in Congress
for four terms.

And I've run three races.

I think I know exactly
what I'm doing.

Washington Post
did a story.

That was the weirdest ad

in the whole damn...
ever in politics.

It didn't say that.

The only thing they said was,
like, perhaps some of the people

in the ad should not have been
wearing sunglasses.

It ain't helping.
It hurt me.

(Shep)
I think it's unfair to blame
Whitney on your...

I'm not blaming him,

but he's sitting there
arguing with me.

Those ads got you

Tribune, Reuters,
Washington Post.

- National exposure.
- All negative. All negative.

Plus, Kathryn
hated the ads

and made my life
a living hell.

That's not my fault.

I guarantee listening
to this campaign manager

is going to get you
fáááing nowhere.

I promise you.

(Cameran)
Coming up...

Got it? Your date's going
to just love the suspenders.

You have splendid
buttocks.

- AKA, my best asset.
- [laughs]

[upbeat music]

(Cooper)
Let's start at soup to nuts.

Here we are at the entrance.

This is the first
impression.

Nobody goes
this way, right?

Don't interrupt me now
when I'm on a flow.

Guests will arrive here,
and you'll say,

"Welcome to South Carolina
Society Hall.

Welcome the Founders' Ball."

There is a history
of grand balls in Charleston.

I mean, Charleston began as
an outpost of the aristocracy.

So there was this season.
There was this revelry.

When they're checking in here,
hand this card

to the sergeant at arms upstairs
to announce you as you arrive.

That is something that I love

about Charleston.

And if I don't see it happening,
I create it.

Wowee, this looks good.

[imitating angelic singing]

The Founders' Ball
is a celebration

of Charleston's
founding fathers.

Bar is the most important thing,
and that's there.

And then you come here,
the band is here.

We worship them, you know?

I mean, not worship.
That's unholy.

But we respect them.

I want that enchanted
garden finished.

It on America's
most progressive city.

It's America's
most historic city.

[funky music]

[laughs]

What you doing,
love bug?

Let's call Daddy.

But I'm putting you down
for two grand regardless.

[cell phone rings]

I'll call you later too.

- Thomas.
- Yeah?

How's your day going?

Day is going great.

I just want to remind you about
the Founders' Ball tonight.

8:00.

Of course, yeah.
I guess I'll see you later.

[fussing]

- Okay, bye.
- Okay, bye.

[upbeat music]

(Craig)
Hey, what's up?

(Shep)
Craig, what's up?

- [laughs]
- Where's Whitney?

He left to go pick up his mom.

- Who are you taking?
- Old college friend.

Name's Corrina.
She's cool.

I'm getting Jackie,

the girl that Cameran
found for me.

I'm into her, man.
We'll see what happens.

All right, so are you going
to take forever, dude?

- No, I just have to shave.
- Shave?

Oh, my God.

Are you not shaving?
You going with the scruff?

I'm sick of maintenance
on myself.

I don't take much time
to get ready.

My look is just-woke-up,
kind of crazy, wild, curly hair.

So I kind of like it.

I'll be ready in two seconds,
like always.

Hold on. Take this.

- Oh, yeah.
- [laughs]

[walkie-talkie beeps]
- Keep that walkie-talkie

active up there.

I want to know
all progress reports.

Get dressed
so we can get our dates

and then get
promptly rejected.

Over. Don't forget
to say "over." Over.

Under.

[blues music]

Hi. What would
you like, Landon?

Vodka, please.

(Danni)
All right, what time
does this thing start?

(Cameran)
It starts at 8:00,

but I think we're going
to get there a little bit later.

Can somebody explain to me
Founders' Ball.

Do you do this every year?

I don't know.
I was wondering that myself.

(Cameran)
No, this is the first annual.

We are lucky
to be a part of it.

He needed more events that
people could wear his suits to.

[laughs]

This ball is supposed
to be honoring

the founders of Charleston,

who are a bunch
of dead white men

that I could really give
two sháás about.

Landon, who are you
taking again?

Um, Bo Burns.

Really didn't think he was going
to agree to do this.

Then I was like, please.

Like, I'm actually begging
right now.

The ironic thing
about this whole ball

is Cooper is gay,

and yet you have to have
an escort of the opposite sex.

Now, come on.

(Landon)
These boys are going to be
here soon. We'd better hurry.

[laughs]

It's always exciting
going to any type of event

with your significant other

where you get to get
all dressed up.

- Hello.
- Hey.

- How does it look?
- You look wonderful.

It almost feels like, you know,
a fairy tale.

I don't know.
I just feel special.

I feel like it's just
such a special night.

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

I actually care
about how I look, unlike Shep.

Your date's going to just
love those suspenders.

- Got it?
- You want to do this?

Oh, my God.
This is very homoerotic.

- I know.
- You have splendid buttocks.

[both laugh]

AKA, my best asset.

You can bring a koozie
if you want.

I'm bringing four of them.

Ooh, that's a good move.

That might be the key
to our success.

My success rate.

(Cameran)
Why are you wearing a bra?

(Landon)
Because the dress,

there's some space
that needs to be filled

in the front part
of this dress.

A little bit of foam
does the trick.

(Jennifer)
Well, all right, ladies.
Let's go. The boys are here.

Oh, yeah.
They're waiting on us?

Oh, man.

- Exactly.
- Yeah.

No offense, Cooper,

but if you did your homework,
the idea of these balls

is for single girls
to meet single men.

[imitates fanfare]

So, if I've come here
with a date,

how am I supposed
to ditch him

when I find somebody else
I want to be with?

(Jennifer)
Here we come.

Get ready, fellas.

This is ridiculous.

Nice to see you.

You poor, poor guys.

I know.
What's wrong?

- Hey.
- Nice to meet you.

Jason, unfortunately,
cannot be my date tonight,

because he is a doctor,
and he's keeping people alive,

which is definitely
more of a priority

than going to Cooper's ball.

Hey, Eddie.

I would totally go by myself,
but according to Cooper,

that would be very uncouth
if I did.

So that's why I called
one of my best friends, Eddie.

All right, are we ready?
Let's do this.

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

[camera shutters clicking]

(man)
Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Haggard.

(Cooper)
Well, how do you do?

- Thank you for coming.
- Nice to meet you.

So good to see you again.

First come, first serve,

so early birds
get a seat.

- Mr. Ravenel.
- Good to see you.

Are you stag?
Where's your lovely lady?

Uh, she's still
getting ready.

She'll be here momentarily,
I think.

All right,
just make yourself at home.

There's a bar and food
right when you walk in.

[band playing upbeat horn music]

♪♪ ♪♪

How are you doing, my man?
Good to see you.

There's no off time
during a political campaign.

- What's your name?
- James.

James. Pleasure.

I need to get
to an event early

and shake every single
person's hand there.

- I'm Tom.
- Brent.

Good to see you.

These are the kind of people
that vote.

A lot of these people
have money,

and they can stroke a check.

They're like my campaign
and my candidacy.

She's coming later.

Yeah, I've struggled

with the amount of time
Kathryn takes to get ready

to go out.

So where's Kathryn?

Started getting ready
at 12:00, right?

She's still not ready.
Anyway, so she's coming alone.

I think a lot of men
have these problems with women.

Good to see you again.
How you been?

- Nice to see you too.
- All righty.

Plus, it's hard to campaign
and mingle

when I have Kathryn
with me.

- Nice to meet you.
- Good to see you.

Hi, how are you?

She wants to be on the receiving
end of most of my attention,

when it has to be directed
towards a potential voter.

Cheers.
All right, thank you.

Where is he?

I just got all dressed up.

I have on a very expensive gown
that I purchased on my own.

I just cut my hair.

And it's supposed to be
a special night for us.

And he just ruined it...

completely.

(Cameran)
Coming up...

Mrs. Cameran Wimberly
and Dr. Eddie Irons.

I don't understand
being announced.

I am not a notable person.
So this is weird.

- Are you cold?
- I am cold. Thank you. Oh!

That's so classy.
Is this navy?

Yes, it is.

Oh, that doesn't match
with your black pants.

That's--but that's
the thing.

I think you're allowed
to wear navy with black.

- Is that a rule?
- Yeah, because the "laple."

Is that like white
after Labor Day?

"Laple"? "Laple"?
It's a lapel.

[laughs]

Whatever. It's spelled the same
and it matches the pants.

You call it "laple"?

Sometimes I just want
to grab him by the "laples"

and shake some sense
into him.

[camera shutters clicking]

[indistinct chatter]

(Cooper)
And you know Shelby Dennis?

Mwah.
You're late, darling.

All right, I'll see you there
in a minute. Bye.

(Shep)
Grab a beer.

(Craig)
Thank you.

Gosh, you're a great date.

All right, we're here.

(Craig)
Is Thomas leaving?

[camera shutters clicking]

(Craig)
Shep's got butterflies
back here.

He never gets nervous.

Thank you.

This is Cameran Wimberly
and Dr. Eddie Irons.

Thank you.

I don't understand
being announced.

I am not a notable person.
So this is weird.

Hello, there.

Can I take your arm

so I won't fall down
with my train?

This is my date, Jackie.

- How are you?
- Hi, I'm Jackie.

Oh, look.

Yeah.

[laughs]

It's not
the black-and-white ball

that Truman Capote did.

And you see Pomeranians
running around.

(woman)
I did.

But it's a start.

[indistinct chatter]

I love your jacket.
You look so handsome.

Thank you, darling.

I missed you.
How have you been?

Lovely, lovely.

Good.

- You are succeeding--
- Where's Kathryn?

She said she was coming.
I have no idea.

Did Thomas leave?
He was here.

- Thomas was here?
- Yeah, he--he was...

When?

He was here very early

and had something else
to do, evidently.

So Thomas was texting me,

and apparently came
to this party alone,

without Kathryn.

I guess she's still not here.

- So I don't know.
- Well, I just saw him leave.

- That's what I was saying.
- Is he gonna be back or what?

It's times like these
with Thomas and Kathryn

that you really have no idea
what's going on.

I have no clue why he left her
at home, where she is.

I don't know.

[indistinct chatter]

(Whitney)
Thomas is coming back.

He has to bring her now
to the party.

- Wait. So he's coming back?
- Yeah.

- Why?
- I don't know.

- Patricia.
- Hey, darling.

Mwah.
How's your face?

I'd like you to meet
my date, Jackie.

- I'm Jackie. Nice to meet you.
- Hey, Jackie.

- Nice to meet you.
- This is Whitney.

- Hi.
- Hi, I'm Whitney.

- Jackie. Nice to meet you.
- Jackie. Pleasure.

- Come sit down.
- Okay.

(Shep)
You got to help me.

Whitney just brought me
my cuff links.

All right, I've never
done this before.

Going to a ball, dressing up
in black tie and gown

is a good way to start
a little relationship

if you're excited
about the girl.

All right.
Now I can have fun.

- You're in business.
- Now I can have fun.

So it could be something
that lasts longer

than my normal
two-week liaison.

I'll be back
in a minute.

Have you...?

Yeah. Third date.

Right?

[both laugh]

Y'all ready?
We're gonna shag our shoes off.

[big-band music playing]

♪♪ ♪♪

He told me on the way
to get you guys.

He was like,
"I kind of like this one, man."

And, like, between us,

that's invariable
to like an hour conversation

that girls would have.

I love it.
He looks happy.

[jazzy music]

♪♪ ♪♪

[camera shutter clicks]

I just don't get it.

Well, I do.

Ew. Why are you wearing clothes
with gum on them?

Stop.

This is why I don't do
nice things for people, Cam.

Look, I almost got it
all off.

[laughs]

Founders' bar.

[indistinct chatter]

Yeah. You look great.
What took you so long?

Well, it was nice of you
to come back. What happened?

(Whitney)
Not that Thomas and Kathryn have

the glamour of Liz Taylor
or Richard Burton,

but they have the alcoholic
drive and lust,

which keeps them going back
to this toxic well

and drinking the water.

- How's Kensie?
- She's good.

So how old is she now?

A little over
six months.

She's teething, right?

- Hey.
- Have you met Thomas?

Yes, I've met Thomas.

Hello.

Hello.

I truly feel like

Thomas acting as if everything's
all hunky-dory--

ugh, whatever--

means that, like,
what is authentic,

and what is not?

- Hey, good to see you.
- Good to see you.

I met you at 32 Montague
over the summer.

(Kathryn)
What is for the public,
and what is real?

Who are we pleasing?

He's trying to please everyone
but the one person that matters.

[scoffs]

- Good seeing you.
- All right.

Nothing to see here.

We're going to Trio.

- You going?
- Yeah.

Give me a hug.

Wait, wait, wait.

- Where are you going?
- Trio.

Trio? I'm going--
Are you going in the limo?

The prom limo?

Hopefully it's still
out there.

I think Shep took it home
with his new "lovebird."

Hey! Hey!

Watching Kathryn and Thomas,
I just see a lot

of, like,
what I went through.

I want to just, like,
shake both of them.

I want to be like,
"Thomas, this is a good thing.

and you're messing it up."

And with Kathryn,
I want to be like,

[sighs]
"You just got to suck it up
a little bit more.

"The campaign's not going
to last that long.

And then you guys
can go work on it."

And you will!

[laughs]

I'm actually starting to doubt

whether or not our relationship
will work out

or what's even
going on now.

Are we in one?

I mean, that's actually
a very legitimate question.

(Cameran)
Coming up...

I told you that I could give you
a full-time salary position,

and it has been a disaster.

I told you that I could give you
a full-time salary position,

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

[alarm buzzing]

[sighs]

[cell phone ringing]

Morning.

I don't know.
I got a lot done last night,

so I kind of wanted
to sleep in a little bit.

You know, I was just doing
work from home.

I'll definitely try
and get out to that office.

All right, bye.

[line clicks]

[upbeat music]

♪♪ ♪♪

(Craig)
Thank you. Appreciate it.

Craig.
Come on up.

Have a glass of wine.

Let's do it.

(Craig)
My boss Akim's awesome.

He owns a firm.
He's a very successful attorney.

He's really been
a superior mentor to me.

It's almost like
a father figure.

Like, I've learned more
working in a firm

than pretty much I did
at school.

Craig, how's it going?

Good. This place
looks awesome.

Great. You like
what we've done?

- Yeah. I'm amazed.
- Good, good.

Look at you.
You already have a white piano.

I don't play.

- Let's get a glass of wine.
- Of course, of course.

Craig, you know we get hundreds
of résumés.

I saw something in you

that I knew
had the makings of success.

And I then told you

that I could give you
a full-time salary position,

and it has been...

a disaster.

Every time
I go in the office,

they're telling me,

"We haven't seen Craig
in three days."

It has been utterly
frustrating,

because you know why?

You have the potential

to be one of the most
successful lawyers.

You're smart.

You're articulate.

You care.

People love you.

But you have lost
something.

You have lost the drive,

the initiative.

I'm talking to you
like I would my own son.

I cannot believe
you have so much potential,

and it's just wasted.

It's been wasted.

Craig, because of that,
I've got to terminate you.

(Cameran)
On the next episode
of Southern Charm...

- It's so beautiful here.
- I miss you too much.

What if you and I think
about moving in together?

Yeah, but...

I'm not happy, basically.

If he can't be a partner, then
I have to choose my own path.

This is the new Kathryn.

There's something going on.

It's not the Craig
that I first met.

(Craig)
You know, in my head I was like,

"I can do whatever I want,

and it's never going
to catch up with me."

Don't say anything
about my job.

I haven't told them
I'm not working yet.

[clears throat]

It seems like he's accomplished
a lot in his youth,

but it seems like now
he's wasting his talents,

staying up
and partying all night.

Whitney,
I'm fáááing pissed.

What I tell my parents
and when I tell them

is my fáááing decision.

Well, how could we
fáááing help you, man?

Well, it's not by telling
my parents,

because now
they're worried sick.

(Cameran)
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