Did we ever hear back
about an audition for that movie yet?
The director, georgia jackson,
is staying at the broxton hotel
right here in downtown la!
All we have to do is go stake out the hotel,
and then you sell her
on bringing you in for an audition.
Wait.
Georgia: I kind of like what you brought to the table.
If you wanna audition, great.
Otherwise...
I found money in my discretionary fund
to build the women's center.
Malika: What about the encampment?
They'll have to move.
I love you.
I love you too.
But I want it with one person,
in one relationship.
Davia, do you love her?
Yes, I do. She's my friend.
Asher: Maybe we could do this again
as more than dinner with a friend.
(doorbell rings)
-hello? -Mom!
Asher: Laura, what are you doing here?
I don't know if I know how to love... Anyone.
Which is why I think
we should place the baby for adoption.
We call this place "the colony."
I'm silas.
Joaquin: He just sucks these women in,
and then he takes advantage of them.
I need her to see who this guy really is.
You can't violate your restraining order.
We'll find another way.
Silas: Welcome to the farm, mariana.
It's nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
(rooster crows)
("symmetry" by syml playing)
♪ come now, child the day is long ♪
♪ hide not yourself from me ♪
♪ angels sing the final song... ♪
silas: What's your last name?
Uh, hernandez.
Well, mariana hernandez.
♪ take heed, my son ♪
♪ the darkness will come ♪
sugar likes you.
Oh, well, she's so sweet.
Horses are very intuitive.
They can sense a person's energy.
Their true intentions.
I have that gift.
Oh.
What do you sense about me?
That you're searching.
For something.
Or for someone.
What makes you think that?
You strike me as lonely.
Deep inside.
Like you were abandoned at a young age
or maybe more recently.
Someone close left you.
I am searching.
For a place to call home.
Well, maybe you found that place.
And your people.
♪♪
♪ pa-pa-paa, pa-pa-pa-pa-pa ♪
♪ pa-pa-paa, pa-pa-pa-pa ♪
♪ then we'll find our peace of mind ♪
♪ you and me, bel ami ♪
♪ pa-pa-pa, pa-paaa ♪
you must be the homeschool teacher
that elliot's told me so much about.
-Yes. -This is davia.
Davia, this is laura.
Hi.
-Is that for me? -Laura: Yes.
I've been wanting one of these!
Thank you, mom!
You're welcome, sweetie.
Dad, can I play with this now?
No. No, maybe you can play later.
Okay.
So how long are you staying?
Well, I'm back.
For good.
Yes! I've missed you so much.
Laura: Oh, me too.
Okay, elliot, it's time to go back to school.
Yeah, come on, let's go! Brown dwarf stars await.
Elliot: Cool.
♪
♪ so what do you say? ♪
♪ you wanna get all this to take away? ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ I see you I see you, I see you ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ I see you I see you, I see you ♪
♪ yeah ♪
♪ what do you say? ♪
♪ you wanna get all this to take away? ♪
ahh!
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on, man!
♪ I see you, I see you... ♪
dennis: Sorry.
I can't believe you got an audition instead of me.
Only because you weren't committed to the scene.
Now you're a critic too?
You're so scared, alice!
No one is gonna hire an actor
who can't even own the air she breathes.
I do too own the air I breathe. Watch.
Oops. I think a little booger just flew out. You good?
The point is, you have to be able to sell yourself, alice.
If you don't believe in you,
no one else, besides me, ever will!
Okay, well, how? I didn't get an audition.
Yeah, but I did.
Ryan: I can't do this anymore.
I-- I can't.
With the communal bathroom, and the lack of privacy and--
three's a crowd with a cockroach.
Oooh.
(both chuckling)
I am too old for this.
And so are you.
-I have an idea. -Yeah?
Why don't...
You move in with me?
We could wake up every morning together
in peace and quiet.
And... We have significantly fewer...
Insects and mice.
Mmm, I thought you liked the mice.
I do!
I do.
We could get some mice for my house.
-Come on, what do you say? -Hmm.
Let's blow this popsicle stand
and live together.
♪
♪ here inside this life of mine ♪
♪ past the breakers and shallow tide... ♪
mariana: My ex...
I found out that he... Still has feelings for me.
Do you still have feelings for him?
I'm... Not sure.
But until I am, I think that we should--
yeah. Yeah, of course.
♪ I will be here when you rise ♪
♪ oooh, oh-hoo-hoo oh-hoo-hoo ♪
good morning!
-Morning! -Tamara: How'd you sleep?
Great! Thank you so much
for letting me stay overnight.
Of course!
It's best not to drive these country roads at night.
We can take you back to la
as soon as brenda and poppy get back with the van.
Great.
Um, any idea when jenna might be back?
I'd love to see her before I go.
Sorry she wasn't here last night.
Uh, but adam's bringing her back this morning.
Oh. Great.
Hey, um, also, my phone is dead.
Either of you have a charger?
Oh, we don't have cell phones or computers on the farm.
Sorry.
Oh, no, don't be.
I shouldn't be so addicted to this thing anyway.
-(car approaching) -oh, here they are now.
♪♪
is everything okay with her?
Oh, sure. She'll be at dinner.
If you'd like to stay later.
Sure. Yeah.
I'm-- I'm in no rush to get back to la.
There's not much for me there.
You're welcome here as long as you like.
♪
look, I told you,
it's up to you.
It's not just me.
Can you live with this?
("stranger" by chris garneau playing)
♪ we have been brutal... ♪
you shouldn't have to give up your passion
for a baby that you don't even want!
That-- that you didn't plan for.
What if you end up resenting her one day?
I would never resent my child.
Isabella: If you fight me on this,
and you raise this baby alone without a mother,
what does that make me?
It makes me the woman who abandoned her child,
and I could not live with myself.
So please don't put me in that position.
Please let her have two loving parents
who are ready and willing
to give her everything that we can't.
Gael: Jazmin and spencer are willing
to co-parent with me.
So our baby will have
the love and support of three parents.
And she'll have a mother.
So you won't have to feel like you abandoned her.
Jazmin: Spencer and I, we know we wanna be parents.
And we're ready.
We also know that adoption could be
a long and rough journey for us.
Isabella, I would be...
So grateful...
If you gave me the opportunity to become a mother.
Gael: So...
What do you think?
Is-- is that a yes?
Yeah.
Yes. Yes.
I would be very happy
for you and spencer to adopt our baby.
Gimme a hug.
♪ I couldn't do that now ♪
♪ I couldn't do that for you now ♪
♪ oh, oh, oh-oh-oh ♪
so now that your boss is giving you the money
for your women's center,
you're changing your tune?
Well, this is not an easy call.
I mean-- but the center will house
more than 20 women and their families.
Man: So they get housed, and we get moved.
If I don't agree to build the center here,
then a developer will more than likely use this land
to build more luxury condos that will just sit empty.
They're gonna force us to move anyway.
I'd rather see them use the land for something good
that'll help the community.
Exactly.
How long until we have to move?
You have time. I'd guess weeks, m-- maybe months.
These things take a while to break ground on.
And in the meantime,
grace's apartment is still coming through,
and I will work as hard as I can
to find homes for each and every one of you.
I promise.
I have no idea why she suddenly showed up
without calling.
Maybe the boyfriend dumped her.
So what's the plan now?
(sighs)
she wants to move back in.
Just until we legally separate.
And my lawyer says there's not much I can do to stop her.
But nothing has to change.
What we have going, you and me.
There can't be a you and me, asher.
But the marriage is over.
Nothing's really over while you're still living with someone.
Trust me, I know a little bit about this.
I won't abandon elliot.
Okay? I will... Keep working with him at the library.
He doesn't need any more confusion in his life.
Neither do I.
-Thanks for the coffee. -Well, you said I owed you.
-Finally. -Mm-hmm.
So how're you feeling?
Feeling... Like,
I wish getting the women's center
could be a clean victory, you know?
I feel like everything good or bad
has its unintended consequences these days.
But you've only been on this job for a few months,
and look at what you've already accomplished.
No one said it was gonna be easy, going inside.
-In politics. -Oh.
-From activism. -Right. Right.
I just don't ever wanna forget where I came from.
-You know? -I hear that.
Well, I know you probably don't feel
like you deserve to celebrate,
but, um, I was hoping...
Can I take you out to dinner sometime?
♪♪
thank you for the invitation.
Xavier: You're welcome.
But if I'm reading you right
and I'm honest with myself,
I'm still in love with someone I can't get over.
And...
I don't think I want to.
(knock on door)
hello.
I'm evan speck. I work with mariana.
Yeah, I know who you are.
Have you seen her today?
Kind of, uh, assumed she was with you.
Well, she didn't show up to work,
and she's not answering her phone.
Her co-workers are worried.
I... Thought she might be with you.
Uh, I haven't seen or heard from her
since the day before yesterday.
So...
She's missing?
Or maybe...
Shit!
Shit, what?
How am I supposed to get on the lot as you?
Sumi: These people can't tell the difference
between asian women.
Remember, they always think we're sisters.
Okay, but what about when the director sees me?
She's not gonna be there.
The audition is just for the casting director,
and she doesn't know what I look like.
And what if the casting director brings me back
to meet georgia?
We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
I don't know about this.
Have a nice day, miss liu.
Follow the highlighted line on the map.
Thank you.
And you should be ashamed of yourself.
What're you doing back here?
Luca: You were right.
I am lucky.
I mean, why me and not you?
I'm-- I'm sorry.
I-- I shouldn't have said that.
It-- it's just so hard out here.
I know. And I am never gonna forget what that's like.
And although the world doesn't treat us like it,
we are all worthy.
We all deserve to have roofs over our heads.
You deserve a home.
I just want to do whatever I can
to help you get that.
For you and for your kids.
(horn blaring)
nicki: What the hell?
Uh, malika said we had time.
♪
the mayor ordered the sweep. I can't go over his head.
Why not? It's your district!
The mayor needs the area cleaned up
to attract new developers.
I'm so sorry, but we knew that this was inevitable.
No, not today! They had no time to pack!
They're gonna lose everything they own.
Every small piece of home that they have.
It'll all just get tossed away in a garbage truck.
It's not right.
And if you won't do anything, then...
I will.
Uh, wait, hold on. Where are you going?
To join the protest.
No, you can't do that.
You represent me.
Lucia, you approached me about this job.
You said that you needed someone like me on your staff,
an activist with passion
who could just push back on politics as usual
and make a difference.
Did you mean any of that?
We will make a difference.
-With this women's center-- -it's not enough!
I'm going.
And if you need to fire me for political cover,
then so be it.
♪♪
♪ if I lose my head at midnight ♪
♪ and I leave town by noon ♪
♪ tell the story about the angel ♪
♪ still a mystery to you ♪
♪ I know you say ♪
♪ you want the truth ♪
♪ but you don't know what knowing ♪
♪ knowing the truth can do ♪
-you need some help? -Sure.
You're new here.
-I'm mariana. -Jenna.
I'm a friend of joaquin's.
Silas isn't who he says he is.
His real name is gary brecker.
He doesn't have a degree in psychology
or a license to practice therapy.
He's conned multiple women out of their life savings
and gone to prison.
And did you know that he took out
a restraining order against joaquin
to try to keep him away from you?
Silas: Excuse me.
Ladies.
If I can have a moment with jenna.
-Can you come with me? -Mm-hmm.
♪
hey.
What's-- what's going on? Are you okay?
My back is kinda killing me.
I just-- I can't get comfortable.
I think I might be in labor.
(isabella grunting)
♪
sumi liu?
Yeah. Sumi liu.
-This is sumi liu. -Thanks.
I didn't get the memo about the heels.
(chuckles) or the eye shadow.
So many of you in here.
I know I'm not sumi.
I'm the runner.
Uh, but please give me a chance.
Normally, I would never do anything like this.
I have a hard time selling myself.
But I'm perfect for the role of kristi chen.
Yeah, I was a total nerd in high school.
A nobody. I'm still a nerd.
I went to prom with my brother.
Yeah. We didn't kiss. (chuckles)
and I've always dreamed
of going to my high school reunion,
showing all those people that I'm a somebody.
Of course, I don't think I'd have sex with everyone
who was mean to me in high school.
I can't even have an orgasm with another person.
And I still see my mother when I look at my own vagina.
So not really sure how this is gonna
make me feel better about myself, or why.
Honestly, this is supposed to make kristi chen
feel better about herself.
I mean, I get that it's funny,
but the joke's kind of on her.
This isn't even empowering to women in general.
It's kind of offensive.
Definitely not something I want to perpetuate.
Huh.
Maybe I really don't want this part after all.
Wow!
But, hey!
You know, I'm really proud of myself
for doing this.
Well, is this rolling? Is it possible to get a copy?
Thank you for your time.
And good luck with the movie.
Doctor: (over speakerphone) has your water broken?
No.
Doctor: Any bleeding?
Isabella: Uh, no.
-Doctor: Can you feel the baby moving? -Yes.
Doctor: It sounds like you're most likely in early labor.
Okay. Should we come in?
Doctor: I think you'll be more comfortable at home
while things progress.
Just do whatever makes you feel better
and takes your mind off the pain.
-And gael? -Yeah. Yeah. I'm here.
Doctor: I want you to time the contractions.
Yeah. Yeah, I can do that.
Um, but how do we know when we should come in?
Doctor: You're gonna go off the 4-1-1 rule.
When the contractions are four minutes apart,
last for one minute,
and happen over the course of one hour.
That's when it's time to come in, okay?
-Okay, 4-1-1. -Yeah.
-Thanks, doc, um, we'll keep you updated. -(line disconnects)
I'm scared.
Hey.
It's okay.
I'll here with you the whole way.
Even after everything I've put you through?
Here, how does this feel?
Oh, so much better.
Uh...
I, um, I-- I think I'm gonna have a contraction.
Okay.
Breathe.
-Breathe. -(isabella straining)
breathe, isabella. Good.
Well, keep breathing. Keep breathing.
How did it go?
("night life" by alexandro korzh playing)
♪
evan: You really think she'd go to this farm
without telling anyone?
I think she might. Yeah.
How could you let her do this?
I didn't let her do anything.
You know mariana. She doesn't ask permission.
Which is why you never should've
gotten her involved in this in the first place.
Why did you assume mariana was with me?
Because she said she might still have feelings for you.
-I thought you two-- -we aren't.
♪
malika: (over bullhorn) we will not allow you
to move this community of unhoused people
with no warning
so that the mayor can butter up big developers.
And we won't support the sweeping of people
into temporary, substandard shelters!
These people need permanent housing and services.
Not sweeps.
Services, not sweeps.
(crowd chanting "services, not sweeps")
♪
I saw your post about the protest,
and I came down to support you.
Thank you.
(sirens wailing)
(tense music playing)
♪
I'm councilwoman lucia morales.
This is my district,
and I did not authorize this sweep.
I'm asking the lapd
and the department of sanitation to leave now!
(crowd cheering, applauding)
thank you.
Yeah!
Thank you.
Of course.
Services, not sweeps!
(all chanting "services, not sweeps!")
(chanting continues)
how are things with your boss?
There are no more "things" with my boss.
The wife came back.
Which, you know, is fine.
Really.
I think I've just been running away
since I left new york and the theater.
I ran into teaching,
and then I almost ran into this other woman's life.
It was a fun fantasy for a while,
but the whole stay-at-home, suburban mom thing--
is so not you.
So not me. Ugh.
So how are things with you and ryan?
She asked me to move in with her.
(clears throat) oh.
What did you say?
-Gael: Lady in labor, coming through! -Oh, my god!
Yeah, we're in 4-1-1.
-What? Whaaat? -Uh, it's a labor term.
-Do you guys need a ride to the hospital? -In the toast truck?
No, no, no. We're good. We called a coche.
-Ahh... Gael! -Hey, hey, hey, breathe. Breathe.
-Breathe. You're good. -No, I'm not.
I think the baby is coming, like, right now!
But the doctor said--
I don't care what the doctor said!
I can feel the baby.
I don't think we're gonna make it to the hospital.
Okay. Um...
♪♪
I wanna leave.
I actually ran away.
Or... I tried to.
But, uh, adam picked me up and brought me back here.
So, silas won't let you leave?
Not since joaquin showed up.
Silas is constantly watching me.
And he's been, uh, abusive.
He locks me in at night.
In the c house, where most of the girls sleep.
It's the third door on the right
when you walk in the front door.
The only one with a deadbolt.
We go to bed early, by 9:00.
If you can sneak in after everyone's asleep and let me out,
then we can maybe make it to the highway
and try to catch a ride from there.
-Davia: You're doing great. -(growling) how would you know?
Okay, I'm gonna attribute that to labor pains.
Uh, I think her water just broke.
Doctor: (over speakerphone) okay. Gael, do you see the baby's head?
A tiny bit.
All right, I called an ambulance. They're on their way.
Doctor: Isabella, can you try to stop pushing
until the paramedics arrive?
I can't help it. I can't!
Doctor: That's fine.
Gael, you're gonna have to deliver the baby.
I'll be with you the whole time, all right?
All right.
Hey. Hey.
I got this.
(grunting) okay.
Did the baby come yet?
-No. -Kelly: Oh, thank god!
Thought you'd want someone
to capture the moment for posterity.
Doctor: Isabella, I want you to hold your breath
and push for a count of five.
-Okay. One. Two. Three. -(isabella screaming)
-four. Five. -Kelly: Five!
Sorry. This is so exciting.
Doctor: What do you see, gael?
Uh, the whole top of the head now.
Kelly: Um, can you move out of the way
so I can get a better shot?
-Kelly, please! -I'm sorry.
Doctor: Gael, I need you to be ready
to gently guide the baby out.
Can someone hold isabella's legs to help her push?
Don't look at me. I got a job.
-Okay, we can do it. -Davia: Absolutely.
We're gonna stay above the equator, but we got you.
Doctor: Isabella, you're almost there,
another couple of pushes.
I have to push now!
Take a deep breath.
All: One. Two. Three.
-Four. Five. -(isabella screaming)
oh, my god! The head is out!
(all laughing)
doctor: Good. Good.
Gael, don't pull, just let isabella's body do the work.
Just support and guide as the baby comes out,
keeping your hands there, ready to catch.
Okay. Wait, catch?
(isabella screaming)
♪ wake up, wake up, wake up ♪
♪ the sun is rising ♪
♪ the day is here for us... ♪
(baby crying)
oh, my god! She's out!
Isabella, you did it!
-(isabella laughs) -gael: You did it.
-(baby continues crying) -hey. It's okay. I'm here.
Daddy's here.
♪ hello, goodbye, hello ♪
♪ the days, the faces ♪
♪ we watch them come and go ♪
♪ in a moment ♪
♪ time goes past and smiles and laughs ♪
♪ let's make it last ♪
-(baby crying) -oh.
Kelly: Let's get your first words to baby on camera.
What do you wanna say?
Welcome to the world, beautiful one.
♪ we're all spinning on blue ♪
♪ watching the same clouds ♪
♪ we're all spinning on blue ♪
♪ watching the same clouds ♪
♪ ooh, breathing in ♪
♪ breathing out ♪
evan: I don't understand
why we can't just drive up to the farm,
ask if mariana is there.
Because silas took out a restraining order against me
to keep me away from my sister.
-Okay, so why can't I-- -and they have guns.
-This is insanity! -Look, look.
If mariana is here, that's why she came,
to warn jenna because I couldn't.
Look, man, I'm sorry.
Look, I-- I will get her back safely, all right?
-I'm coming with you. -What? No, no, no. No.
I know the layout of the place, okay?
One of us is a lot less likely to get spotted than two.
If they have guns, we should call the police.
And say what?
They're not gonna come out here.
Okay, I-- I need you to stay with the car
and just be ready to get away.
-Okay. -All right.
I did not wake up this morning
thinking I would be helping deliver a baby.
Dennis: Same.
How spectacular was that?
Yeah. Pretty spectacular.
And painful, so I won't be signing up any time soon.
Do you...
Want kids?
I've never really asked you that.
It depends on who I'd be having them with.
Does ryan want kids?
Yeah.
And are you moving in with her?
-Come on, what do you say? -Hmm.
-I, um... -Okay.
Too soon?
I--
forget I asked.
It's not that.
Look.
I know I may well be... Too old to live here,
but I'm not ready to leave.
The coterie is a family.
And I know that at some point
we're all gonna have to move on,
but for me, that day hasn't come.
And, frankly, I don't know why growing up has to mean
getting your own place and being more alone.
You wouldn't be alone.
You'd be with me.
I--
dennis, are you in love with me?
I don't know what that means.
Love verses in love--
are you in love with davia?
You're blushing.
That's what "in love" means.
It's visceral.
Undeniable.
Irrepressible.
And I don't wanna be anyone's consolation prize.
You are not a consolation prize.
You are brilliant and beautiful--
yes, I am.
And you're a wonderful man.
You're just...
Not my man.
♪ there are some things that you should know... ♪
no, I'm not moving in with ryan.
In fact, we're not seeing each other anymore.
-(davia exhales, cries) -so...
Are you all right?
Hey. I'm-- I'm okay with it. Honestly.
You know, I just thought
that maybe she was gonna be the one for you.
I didn't realize you were so invested in our relationship.
I'm not crying because I'm sad,
I'm crying because I'm relieved.
What? Why are you relieved?
Because I love you, you idiot!
And I only chose matt
because I was scared you were gonna leave again.
And I told you to call ryan because I was testing you.
And that was really, really stupid.
But I can't keep this in anymore.
I can't keep running.
(crying) I'm sorry.
Don't be sorry.
Because I love you too.
The visceral, undeniable,
irrepressible
"in love" kind of love.
It's okay.
♪ my love will never change ♪
♪ my heart will always have a place for you ♪
♪ I'll always love you more than you'll ever know ♪
♪ I'll always love you no matter... ♪
dennis: The thing about being wanted,
I... I did want you.
It wasn't just need.
Davia: I can't deny that I love you.
So if you honestly, really feel ready, then...
So do I.
♪ you always have a home ♪
look how cute!
-She's so tiny. -And she's so beautiful.
You did good, girl. Mm-hmm.
(gasps) we have a coterie baby!
(isabella laughs)
literally born in the coterie.
So I just talked to dr. Bailian.
She said since the paramedics checked you and the baby out,
we can stay home
and just take her to the pediatrician tomorrow.
That's such a relief.
I can't imagine having to go anywhere right now.
Hmm. We should go.
-Give you some space. -Alice: Right.
-Congratulations. -Bye, baby.
-Good night.
-See you, guys. -Bye, guys.
-Malika: Congratulations. -Thank you.
Malika: Ohh, we're here for you.
Also, I spoke with jazmin and spencer,
and they're on their way to meet her.
(baby fussing)
gael, I--
I think I changed my mind.
I want to keep her.
-Hi, my love. -(baby fussing)
adam: Hey!
(gasps)
mariana: Joaquin!
-Run! -Okay, come on.
(tense music playing)
stop!
I said stop!
No! No!
(gunshot)
-(body thudding) -(gasping)