Girls (2012–2017): Season 4, Episode 6 - Close Up - full transcript

Girls - 04x06
Close Up

♪ Can't nobody love you ♪

♪ Like I'm lovin' you, baby ♪

♪ 'Cause they don't know how
to love you like I do ♪

♪ Can't nobody love you ♪

♪ Like I'm loving you
right now ♪

♪ 'Cause they don't know how ♪

♪ To love you like I do ♪

♪ Oh, oh ♪

♪ I'm gonna love you
in the morning ♪

♪ Love you late at night ♪



♪ I ain't gonna
stop lovin' you ♪

♪ Till you tell me
everything's all right ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Can't nobody love you ♪

♪ Like I'm lovin' you
right now... ♪- No.

♪ 'Cause they don't know
how... ♪- You didn't.

- ♪ To love you like I do... ♪
- That all just looks...

- Holy shit.
- ♪ Can't nobody kiss you ♪

♪ Like I'm kissing you
right now, little girl ♪

♪ 'Cause they don't know
how to kiss you like I do ♪

♪ No, they don't know how ♪

♪ To love you like I do. ♪

Elijah?

Elijah!



Come on.

I ate the fuckers. Sue me.

That's so fucked up.

Elijah, this is
my cereal, okay?

You can't just waltz into town

and eat another
person's cereal.

If what you want is cereal,

go to the
store and get some cereal

and put your name on it.

So unstable.

♪ Closer ♪

♪ Closer... ♪

Oh, my God.

♪ Closer ♪

♪ Closer ♪

♪ Pain is glory... ♪

So we called
it Madame Tinsley's

because we wanted something
a bit ostentatious

to separate it
from other instant soups

that are marketed as a cheap meal
fix because our soup is made

with the finest dehydrated
products available

and I have an ex-girlfriend
named Tinsley.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Oh, uh, so, yeah,
no, if you, uh...

I didn't know you were done.

If you want me to market this,

then I'm just gonna tell
you right now that, um...

I just... I hate the name.

Well, that is not a good start.

Mm.

You know that there
are lots of people

who are applying for this job

who have actually
had jobs before.

Yeah, like me.

Are you talking
about these four...

- I mean, those four were absolutely...
- activities?

Actual jobs.

- Jobs, Scott.
- Camp counselor?

But, um, I mean,
I would call that a job.

I don't know if you've ever been a camp
counselor, but it is no easy feat.

Teenagers do it,
for the most part, right?

- Uh, yeah.
- I'm talking about, like, an adult job.

- So what is your...
- I mean, I don't know, Scott,

is this what you wanted to do?

Excuse me?

Was this your dream?
Like, fancy Cup O' Noodles?

Yes, this was my dream.
Owning my own company.

And I started it with my two
best friends, Jeremy and Simon.

- That's great.
- This is exactly what I wanted to do.

You and Jeremy
and Simon were like,

"I wanna make old rice
that smells like badussy"?

What's "badussy"?

Um, it's "butt, dick,
and pussy."

Do you have some kind
of problem with me?

- No.
- What's going on? I don't understand.

- I don't have a problem with you, Scott.
- No?

- No. Why would I have a problem with you?
- I don't know.

I am so happy for you
and Jeremy and Simon.

- Thank you.
- Scott, Harvard alum makes good...

that is such an exciting story.

Do you mind if I write about
it for "Holy Shit Magazine"?

Okay, all right,
all right, all right.

Look, clearly you do not
want this job,

and, um, obviously I'm not
gonna give it to you.

But maybe you would still like
to go for a drink sometime?

Yeah, absolutely.

allocations
going to the drive-up

book drop project,

but get nothing
in terms of lighting.

I reviewed a public record...

Hi. Raymond Ploshansky.
I have an appointment.

public library district.

You're fourth on the docket.

That's a cute model, honey.

Oh, thank you.

Where are we now on the docket?

Oh, we just started.
Look, you can take a seat.

Okay. Thank you.

Petty cash account
and $113 in cash on hand.

Okay, all
right, look, Mr. Harding,

can you just pull up
the minutes

so we can confirm these
dollar amounts, please?

I'm just asking you
to buy a few more lamps

so that I could see
the books I'm reading, hmm?

Okay, all right,
I hear you, Mr. Gold,

but would you
just allow us a moment

to confirm the facts, please?

Oh, my God, Desi,
"Close Up" has almost

like 100 downloads already.
This is crazy.

I mean, this has to mean something
to Marcos at the label.

- Don't you think?
- Mm.

I think it has to. This is...

I don't think they really
carebout 100 random people, baby.

Well, they're not random.
This is so eg.

I feel le indie music blogs are
where everything's happening.

Pleandra Mariner got started
on this exact site.

Yummers.

We already did it.

What?

Mm.

- You know what?
- Mmm?

We should open
our showcase with this song.

Mm, we only get two songs
for the showcase.

Yes, we get an opener
and a closer,

and this should be our opener.

Yeah, I mean, this is
a great fucking song.

Thank you.

But this is not
one of our top two.

What do you like better?

"Rattlesnake Cowgirl,"
"Heart for Sale,"

"Whoa, Wow, Wonderful,"
"Song for Marcus Garvey,"

"Oaxaca Blues,"
"Kokopelli Shelly."

I mean, that's top six
right there.

Mm. Yeah, I know.

I just feel like it'our
chance to ssome range.

- Ok, see, hat I think about the showcase...
- Yeah.

- We put our best foot forward.
- Agreed.

And if half of our set
is a syrupy love song,

that's a total mislead,
babe, you know?

- But we sing love songs.
- Not really.

We sing, like, modern American
folk with an indie edge.

I tell people that we're like She
& Him, but with actual romance.

But we're nothing
like She & Him.

- We're not?
- Whoa.

You're blowing
my mind right now.

- Marnie, we are nothing like...
- I hope we're like She & Him.

- My God.
- We are noth... are you kidding me right now?

You're freaking me out. We are
nothing like She & Him, okay?

We are nothing like that band.

How can we have
completely different takes

on the same band that we are
both in? That is bizarre to me.

I'm starting to wonder if maybe
you don't like "Close Up"

because I wrote it
instead of you.

- No, I like the song.
- Could that be it? Are you sure?

- I loved this song.
- Okay.

What do you mean
loved this song?

And then you told me that
you're writing She & Him songs

and now, like, my whole... I
gotta do a heavy rethink here.

How about we talk about the partnership
that I thought we were in...

- We are in a partnership.
- Whereas recently... no, recently

it's just been me writing while
you tinker with your motorcycle.

I am... that's my... that's my
mode of transportation, Marnie.

- That is my mode of transportation.
- That doesn't change anything.

That's how I get...

That's weak, dude.

That's my mode
of transportation.

If she's feeling sick,
then I got nowhere to go.

I do write. I fucking
write all the time.

I'm writing when
I'm doing anything.

When we're making love,
I'm writing.-

I am so glad that
we combined our books.

You know, I was
a little nervous about it,

but these children's
encyclopedias are amazing.

They still say that Columbus
discovered America,

and I think... I think
in one of these illustrations,

he's wearing makeup.

Do you want to go
for a run in a sec?

Um, no, thank you.

Come on, there's a street
fair I want to disrupt.

Mm, I don't really
feel up to it.

Beginnings of a cold?

Gotta sweat that out.

Come on.

I like to watch you bounce.

I like to watch
your boobs bounce.

I like to watch
your ponytail bounce.

I like to watch
your body bounce.

No, I can't go for a run

'cause I had
an abortion yesterday.

I can't go for a run
and I can't take a bath

or use a tampon or have
intercourse for, like, a week.

Are you, uh...

what?

Yeah, just a couple
of things I can't do

'cause I had
an abortion yesterday.

- Was it mine?
- Yeah, of course it was yours.

I didn't want to talk
about it beforehand.

I just wanted to do it.

But I haven't shared
with boyfriends in the past.

I'm trying to be
more open with you.

So you're trying
to be open with me?

How many abortions
have you had?

I'm not gonna share that with
you because that is private.

I'm not gonna ask you how many
girls you've gotten pregnant.

None. It's not private.

I've gotten no girls pregnant
except for you now.

I think you're behaving
very magnanimously this time.

I really do.

And I think it's very difficult
considering Mimi-Rose

is a very fascinating,
very interesting, slim,

kind of like
a little pinched nose there.

How do you know that she's slim
with a little pinched nose?

I never said that.

Did you, like,
Google her or something?

No, no, no.

You just created
a very vivid image.

I see her as a very attractive,

wondrous kind of
very angular, slim person.

And I think you're being
very stable

about this whole thing
and very mature.

Thank you. I guess the upside

to having everything
go wrong in your life

is that you cease to have any
expectations of anything or anybody.

And that's an unbelievably
mature thing

for a person your age to say.

It's just great.

I guess the thing that's
bothering me the most

is that I have no idea
what's coming next.

- Mm.
- I've never felt that way before.

Like, I don't even know
what I want to have happen.

You were writing it as career option,
how was that?

Was it fulfilling?

Fulfilling? I don't know.

I remarkably
never thought about that.

I mean, I guess I liked
the fact that writing

has the ability
to effect change.

You know?
The writers who I love

really helped me
to form my world view,

so, I don't know, I guess I
wanted to help other people

the way those writers
have helped me.

You're a helper.
You're just... you know,

you like helping people,
I think.

With Iowa, getting in,
really what I liked

was just that my friends
seemed really impressed

and my mom seemed really happy.

Well, you made your mom happy.
That made you feel good.

So sometimes making your mom
happy is helping your mom.

So maybe I do really like
helping people.

Wow. I mean, who... who are you?

Who is this person
that I'm seeing sitting there

saying these beautiful,
stable things over there?

I just... this is like
a wow moment for me.

Wow.

Who fucking went with you?

My friend Sue-Ellen Garth.

I don't even know her.

You'll meet her.
She's a somnambulist.

Who... who... who did it?
Who aborted you?

A doctor named Guneta
did the procedure.

She delivered my cousin's baby.

- Was it a boy or a girl?
- My cousin's baby's a girl.

No! Ours!

It was a ball of cells.

It was smaller
than a seed pearl.

It didn't have
a penis or a vagina.

Isn't this a decision that
people typically make together?

- So you wanted a baby?
- Maybe.

That's kind of absurd.

We've been together
for less than seven weeks.

I don't think that
we're ready for a child.

Crazier things have happened.
People do crazy things.

My parents got married
after a fucking week.

Okay, so we should
have the baby

and put it in your
toolbox as a cradle

and feed it sardines and tell it
that you don't know my middle name?

- It's Rose!
- No, my first name is Mimi-Rose.

My middle name is Eleanor.

I don't understand how you
could do something like that

without talking to me first.

It's... that's evil.

You're right,
you don't understand.

I had just gone as far as I
could go in Iowa, you know?

- Yeah.
- I was practically running that JCPenney.

I was dating a guy who was the
front-runner in the mayoral race.

I had just put a bid in
on 16 acres,

but I thought, I don't know,
I just feel empty.

So I might as well come back
here and be with you losers.

I've decided
I'm not getting a job.

I'm gonna marry Scott
the soup mogul,

and I'm just gonna be Mrs. Madame
Tinsley for the rest of my life.

I'm gonna forgo all of my
dreams and ambitions for his,

and I'm just gonna
become my mother.

No, no, no, you do not wanna end
up with someone so selfish.

I'm telling you,
Shosh, seriously,

you end up feeling more
alone than you felt

when you were actually
just entirely alone.

Marnie, you fought so hard
for this relationship,

- but it's making you unhappy already?
- I know.

I don't know what the
fuck is wrong with me.

I think I'm incapable
of true companionship.

Plus, he's a total
asshole as it turns out.

Oh, my God, this table is like
the island of misfit animals.

I'm falling asleep right now.

I could be at a brunch
with a guy

who runs a microbrewery,
so let's pep it up.

Well, listen, I have big news,

which is that I've decided to get
a job that actually helps people.

Ew, like a not-for-profit job?

Hannah, you're the most
selfish person we know.

I mean, you won't
even share a Kit Kat.

Yeah, it's true. You're so selfish
that when we lived together,

you put the fire extinguisher
in your own bedroom

so you could have
access to it first.

Well, that's all gonna
be turned on its head

'cause you know what?
I wanna change the world.

- Change the world?
- Like, all of it?

- That's a big job.
- Why is this so flummoxing to all of you,

me wanting to make
a positive change?

Because I'm very skeptical of
anyone who wants to help others.

I mean, there's always
some sort of hidden agenda.

100%. Mother Teresa
loved being famous.

Well, what's a job
that I could have

that helps people
that doesn't disgust you?

Based on this look, I would say...

- bus and truck with "Thoroughly Modern Millie"...
- Yes.

Ice Capades...

- Clock maker.
- Uh, clog model?

- Schoolmarm.
- Okay.

- Tennille in a Captain & Tennille cover band.
- Yeah.

- Girl who gets killed in a Lifetime movie.
- Wait.

Mayim Bialik's stunt double.

Elijah.

Your horrid, horrid personality

may have actually led
to something good,

which is that
I could be a teacher.

Well, you know what they say...
those who can't do, teach.

Yes, and I can't do,
so I'm gonna teach.

All three
vacant properties

are owned by
a Mr. Anat Heifetz,

who has yet to incur
any monetary fines

associated with buildings
standing longer than 30 days

without registering
with the city.

I'm sorry. Excuse me, but I gotta
run out of here early tonight.

Can... a motion to adjourn and we'll
pick up where we leave off next week.

Second.- With
that second, I adjourn this session.

We'll continue next week
starting with...

- Kippy Cohen.
- Kippy Cohen.

- Good?

- Done.
- Objection!

I'm sorry?

- I object.
- What?

I've been sitting patiently,
quietly in this chair all day.

All day. You wanna know why?

'Cause I'm on today's docket.

Today's docket
should happen today.

Next week is
for next week's docket.

Well, thank you for
contributing your opinion,

but sometimes we don't
get through it all, okay?

Like, today we started with
some issues from last week.

Okay, well, I'm sorry, but I
don't think that's very fair.

And I don't think
they do either.

And it's certainly no way
to manage your business.

So I would like
to procure a motion

that we get through
today's docket today.

- I second that.
- Thank you, Kippy.

Okay, well, a motion has to be
seconded by a member of the board.

Are there any board members

that wants to second
this hothead's motion?

I didn't think so. Good night.

Will you hold that, please?
Thank you.

Excuse me, Kippy.

You all should be ashamed
of yourselves.

Shame on you!

You call this politics?

This is a circus!

Okay, thank you.
Can you sit down now, please?

You can't even put a few lights in
the library so Mr. Gold can read?

Are you fucking kidding me?

I take umbrage!

Hold on, umbrage?

I just wanna write that down,
that you take umbrage.

I take umbrage at your sweeping
disregard for the taxpayer

and your general
managerial ineptitude.

Umbrage! Shame on you people!

He's not wrong.

I can't remember the last time
we got something approved here.

Seriously, Stu, you can't
remember? You can't remember...

so all of a sudden, you have a
problem with our productivity?

Yeah.- When was the last
session you came to not drunk?

Says the man who'd probably stop
at a bar and cheat on his wife.

You're gonna judge me?
How dare you?

Why don't you go visit your
convict husband in jail?

Oh, nice, Ted.
Professional as always.

And do you wanna tell
everyone how much money

you took from funds
in petty cash last month?

Screw you, creep.
I thought you were my friend.

Not when it comes to money.

You put that money
I took a loan of $10.

You know how I always sleep
15 minutes later than you?

I really wake up before you.

But I pretend to be totally
asleep because I love it

when you tuck me in
and you kiss me.

I'm really coming
to depend on that.

Why didn't you talk
to me about it?

'Cause I knew
what I wanted to do.

Why didn't you want me
to come with you?

I mean, don't you
need me at all?

'Cause it freaks me out.

You never tell me
what you're working on.

You don't mind if I don't make
it to whatever fucking party.

You don't ask me
how you look or whatever.

You just look
in the mirror and go.

You're like those jellyfish
who only need to fuck once

to have generations of kids.

Sometimes I just can't tell
what I'm even here for at all.

See, that's what
I love about you.

You know the weirdest stuff.

Your brain does not process
information in a normal way at all.

Truly, Adam, I care
about you so much.

I care about my butcher.
I need my butcher.

I can't butcher meats.

I need my butcher
more than you need me.

No, I don't need you.

But I love coming home and
knowing you're behind the door.

And I love watching you bend
down and pick something up

'cause you use your body
in a really strange way.

And wanting you like this,

that's better than needing
you because it's pure.

I feel like you lied to me.

No, I didn't lie to you.

I just waited to share information until
it was too late for you to chime in.

It's funny, I felt so
good about you moving in.

Just this morning, I loved
looking at your books

and learning their names
like I know mine.

I guess...

I don't know.

Yeah, okay.
Yeah, I like that, too.

♪ God knows I've been
taking a lot ♪

♪ Without giving back ♪

♪ God knows I've been
taking a lot ♪

♪ Without giving back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give
to get back to the love ♪

♪ God knows I've been
taking a lot ♪

♪ Without giving back ♪

♪ God knows I've been
taking a lot ♪

♪ Without giving back ♪

♪ God knows I've been
asking a lot ♪

♪ Without giving back ♪

♪ God knows I've been
taking a lot ♪

♪ Without giving back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give
to get back to the love ♪

♪ Hoo hoo,
you gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give
to get back to the love ♪

♪ Mm-mm ♪

♪ Get back, got to get back ♪

♪ Get back, got to get back ♪

♪ Get back, got to get back ♪

♪ Get back, got to get back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

♪ Gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

♪ You gotta give to get ♪

♪ You gotta give to get back ♪

- ♪ You gotta give to get ♪
- ♪ Get back, got to get back ♪

♪ To the love ♪

♪ Get back ♪-♪ You gotta
give to get back to the love. ♪