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-Morning. - Morning.
DEREK: Eggs on the way.
FRANCES: Oh, great.
MELISSA: How's your head?
Uh, fine, actually. You?
What would you give to be 21 again?
I'd rather the hangovers, actually.
There's lots to look forward to then.
Yeah.
- Can I do anything? Uh, no.
Just enjoy your coffee.
Thanks.
Have you come to help me?
To watch.
Did you sleep?
FRANCES: Not really.
Can't believe it's our last day.
It's probably a good thing.
What we're doing is insanely risky.
- Were you ever tempted to do something like this before?
No.
Why not?
Guess I didn't meet anyone.
Really?
Yeah. I don't know.
We were pretty happy for a long time together.
At least, I thought we were.
I mean, when you're in love, you don't really think about these things.
And when did you stop being in love?
I don't think I did stop.
So... you're saying you still love her?
Well...
yeah.
Uh--
Right.
He's there.
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-Morning. -Just in time.
- Oh, I'm gonna dream about this fruit when I'm home.
Just wait till breakfast.
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Ah. Valerie says she's en route.
Oh, God.
EVELYN: Oh, stop. She loves you.
- Who's Valerie? - Melissa's patron.
Thanks, Derek.
No, she's my agent.
BOBBI: Ah. The owner.
EVELYN: Ah, don't worry. She's nice.
NICK: She's funny
on a good day.
Yeah, she's a real sweetheart.
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I'm just gonna bake a big fish and do some sides.
Sounds great.
MELISSA: Okay, I'll make a list.
- Frances, do you wanna come with me to the market?
- Give me a hand? - Sure.
Great.
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Hey.
- Hi. Where are you headed?
Um, we're just going to get supplies.
Are you annoyed at me?
I thought you were annoyed with me.
Okay, I'm a bit annoyed with you.
Okay. Good.
It was awkward for everyone last night.
- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to embarrass you.
Yeah?
If anything, I was making fun of Nick.
He's clearly into you.
You know, you definitely could hook up with him if you wanted to.
Okay, I have to go.
Hold on. I'm coming.
I've been tasked with dessert.
- We can get what you need. No, it's fine.
I've gotta see what's there to get an idea.
Plus, it's probably about to get stressful around here.
How are things with Melissa and Valerie these days?
NICK: Up and down.
Melissa thinks Valerie's lost faith in her.
EVELYN: Do you think that's true?
NICK: Don't know.
I certainly didn't help things.
Stop.
- At least you and Bobbi will be there to defuse any tension.
Is that what we do?
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I'm sorry about earlier.
I was a bit blunt.
Yeah.
- It doesn't change the way that I feel about you.
Which is?
Don't worry about it.
-Hi. -Hey.
How's it all going?
Your wife's a little on edge today.
- Oh, yes. - Yeah, I'm keeping out of the way.
- Oh, brilliant, you're here. Can you throw me a lemon?
Lemons weren't on the list.
- Yeah, I-I said on the way out.
Well, I didn't hear you.
Do you want me to go back and get some?
MELISSA: Mm-mmm. I'll do without.
Okay.
- Um, is there a vase I should put these in or--
Yep.
You know what?
Nick, will you help her, please?
I can do that.
She likes the stems cut diagonal.
Why don't you rest?
It'll be fine.
FRANCES: Okay. Well--
- Hi. - Hey, Frances.
- How are you? - Good.
BOBBI: It was kind of--
-Yeah. -This is not like a good thing.
BOBBI: Yeah. I think that was, uh--
NICK: Madness.
- But I think we're getting somewhere here.
NICK: I know.
- Hi. - Hey.
BOBBI: Hi.
Good sleep?
Yeah.
Wine?
Sure.
- Thanks. Mm-hmm.
Cheers, everyone.
MELISSA: Nick?
Yes?
This looks nice.
- Yeah. Give me some of that.
Thanks.
I'm sorry for being a brat earlier
about the lemons.
NICK: You're forgiven.
- Could you give me a hand with something in the kitchen?
- Sure. - Okay.
See you later. See you.
Bye.
I can grab it.
What were you two talking about?
Nothing much.
He's funny.
He didn't mention you, if that's what you were wondering.
- Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure he's in love with his wife, so--
- People can be in love and have meaningful relationships.
It's not some kind of finite resource.
Yeah, but wouldn't it depress you
to sleep with someone who loves someone else?
Not if they love me too.
Can we just hide and get drunk?
I wish.
BOBBI: Yeah.
Come on.
- Taking the wine. - Please do that.
-...and I'm not quite sure. -Yeah.
VALERIE: And then you have to be really careful
'cause you'll get burned.
DEREK: Nice.
VALERIE: Oh, it's delicious.
Oh, there you are.
MELISSA: There she is.
Hi. Hi, darling.
MELISSA: Good to see you.
Oh, look-- Oh, good grief.
What a frock.
- Thank you. - Gorgeous.
How are you?
EVELYN: Good. How are you?
- Oh, I've had an absolute nightmare of a week
with this bitch writer in New York.
It's good to be amongst the sane.
Oh, no, you've come to the wrong place.
Girls.
Now...
which is which?
Um, I'm Frances.
Frances.
Hi.
Guess I'm the other one.
That's Bobbi.
Bobbi.
Something smells good.
Yeah, yeah. Shall I get you a drink?
BOBBI: Well, she's clearly a complete weapon.
You've known her about ten minutes.
Yeah.
Please behave.
I'll think about it.
...no, but he does look like one.
Oh, yeah.
MELISSA: It doesn't work.
Oh.
VALERIE: Has everyone got a full glass?
Woo-hoo!
Melissa?
BOBBI: Nice.
Wow.
It's gorgeous.
-Yeah. -It looks great.
-It's beautiful. - Oh.
MELISSA: Yeah, it does. Yeah.
NICK: It's amazing.
Oh, this is my copy for you to sign.
- Give it here. Saying just eternal gratitude
and everlasting love, that's fine.
MELISSA: Hmm.
- Now we have to raise a glass for this one.
DEREK: Yeah.
Okay.
VALERIE: It was a beast,
but we delivered it in the end.
-Amazing. - Thank you.
- Cheers.
MELISSA: And I couldn't have done it without you.
VALERIE: Bloody right.
I see.
- Now--
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NICK: Well done.
EVELYN: I don't even understand you anymore.
It's very impressive.
How's Nick?
Yeah, he's good.
Working?
- Mm-hmm.
VALERIE: Good. I'm glad to hear it.
Looking very dashing.
Holidaying obviously suits you.
- Thank you. - You know, Valerie,
you know that Frances is the one
whose poem I used in the first essay of the book.
- And Bobbi's the performer, right? Yeah.
- I've been trying to convince them to perform, but no joy.
That poem was a good choice.
Keep at it.
Thanks.
- Frances isn't interested in publishing, though.
Too grubby.
VALERIE: Give her time.
- So you're both at uni? - Hmm.
Yeah, we're going into final year.
- Hmm. Nice to get away before the fun starts.
Are you enjoying yourselves here?
Yeah, it's great.
It's beautiful.
If you had told me 20 years ago
that I would have a place in the former Yugoslavia,
would've laughed in your face.
Yeah.
Nothing like a bit of ethnic cleansing to pep up tourism.
Oh, to be that age again.
DEREK: Who is for dessert now?
Evelyn's done something very basic,
but I've complemented it with a gorgeous fruit salad.
-Oh, yeah. -Hmm.
- Yes, you have, darling. - Yes, I know.
-I'll give you a hand. -Yes, yes, yes?
Yes.
- Yes. - Yes.
You don't have to clear up, Derek.
DEREK: Fine, it's fine.
- Thank you. Okay, thank you.
-You're welcome. -Mm-hmm.
I'm gonna go for a smoke.
EVELYN: I'll join you.
Frances?
Um... no, I'm alright.
You do know it's really good, don't you?
MELISSA: Yeah.
Yeah. I mean, sometimes I do.
- There was a time there where I thought we weren't gonna make it.
I couldn't have predicted...
- You know. - How's he doing?
MELISSA: He's good.
He's, he's better.
Nick had a bit of a rough time last year.
He was seriously depressed.
MELISSA: Yeah.
VALERIE: It's usually pregnancies and babies
that stall the work, not husbands.
No, but we're in a different place.
Things are, things are better now.
-Good. -I'm--
I'm gonna be up for the whole publicity circus and everything, you know.
You mustn't be held back.
Yeah.
Wow.
Everything okay, Frances?
- I mean--
You're talking about someone suffering
as if it's like a... career impediment.
Are we?
Okay. Excuse me.
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Fuck everything.
What's up?
I just blew up with Valerie.
Excellent. Fuck her.
What happened?
- I just can't be with these people anymore.
Yeah.
Why'd you drag us here anyway?
Are you okay?
Yeah. Just a bit overwhelmed.
I know.
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I'm pretty sure that I was a soldier.
MELISSA: You're pretty sure
or... this has been confirmed?
Everything okay?
All good. Just a long night.
I think we could all use a drink.
-Yes. -A real drink.
-Oh, yes. - Perhaps a drop of brandy.
DEREK: Oh, you're killing me, yes.
- Frances, can you help me with the glasses?
Yeah, sure.
DEREK: Do you drink brandy?
No. Too sweet.
- Did Valerie--
- Yeah, she's fine. She just went to bed.
She was tired. Oh.
I'm so sorry.
- No, listen. - Um--
So, she is a good friend,
but she's also very important to me professionally.
- Yeah. - And, you know,
I can't really afford to upset her,
which is mortifying to admit to you.
- No, I-I shouldn't have even--
MELISSA: Listen.
Nick-- Nick and I had a hard time last year,
and my work fell to shit.
And Valerie was-was there for a lot of that
and had to pull me through.
You know, and it's not that I don't want to defend him.
You know, it's just sometimes I get so tired
of-of having to like--
Yeah, obviously we have our problems.
We're not perfect, but--
I-I do love him, you know?
- I really do. - Yeah. Of course.
Yeah.
There's nothing else I should know about with Nick, is there?
No. Of... Of course not.
- Okay. I'm--
Thank you. Um--
Um, I'm sorry, Frances.
- That's-- Yeah. - I can grab it.
MELISSA: Okay.
Shall we?
- Hey. Hey.
- Can I come in? - Yeah.
What happened?
FRANCES: Nothing.
I was just in strange form all day.
Me too.
- I think it all just kind of spilled over.
Melissa seems like a good person.
I mean, deep down.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think she is.
Does that make us bad people?
Not you.
- Me maybe. - She told me she loves you.
You asked her that?
No, she just said it.
And she asked was there anything going on between us.
Really?
FRANCES: Well... she asked me
if there's anything that she should know about.
What did you say?
Well, I said no.
Both of you have now told me
you love the other in the space of a day.
I don't really know what to do with that information.
Yeah.
FRANCES: Or what I'm doing in the middle of it.
I don't think I thought about...
the reality or... the consequences.
All of this.
Well, I did
think about it.
Yeah?
Just thought it would be worth it.
What do you think now?
Or does your answer depend on how terribly things turn out?
In a weird way, I don't think it does.
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BOBBI: Frances?
Sorry.
Fuck.
You should go.
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