Hart of Dixie (2011–2015): Season 3, Episode 17 - A Good Run of Bad Luck - full transcript

Warner Brothers bought
my book for six figures.

The movie's fast-tracked.
We're going to London in July.

ZOE: Opportunities arise, and
he says that he's coming back,

but we know that he's not.

Shelby is selling Fancie's
and I intend on buying it.

You want me to purchase
Fancie's in my name,

sell you half
and be your business partner.

She's driving me crazy!
He's driving me crazy!

I so told you that working
together was a bad idea.

It's like, everything
that I tolerated about you

for the past 15 years



just started to
drive me insane again,

like how stubborn you are.

Oh! How stubborn I am?
Yeah!

Joel.

(LAUGHING)

(SIGHS)

(LAUGHS)

What are you doing?
What are you doing?

(CAR HORN HONKING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Oh, boy...

George!
Lemon.

BOTH: Hi. Um...

You know, we... uh,
we should probably talk.



Yeah, we should, we need...

Um, uh...
Uh...

Um, I... did you pay the,

the fish vendor yet?

Oh. Oh. Yes.

I was gonna go do that now.
(LAUGHS)

Okay, good. Yeah.
Great. Okay.

I'll just... good.
See you later.

Bye, actually...
Oh. Well...

Have a good...
have a great day.

Joel's mug.
(SIGHS)

Yeah... it's pathetic, I know.

I'm so sorry, Z.

Believe me, I-I get how
hard this must be on you.

I just... why can't
I ever have a relationship

that lasts for once?

I don't know.

I mean, look at my romantic
history since I moved here:

George had a fiancé.

Wade... well,
we know what he did.

And then Joel sold
his stupid book to Hollywood

and moved away.

Yeah, but I'm not
sure it's luck

so much as bad circumstances...

and maybe
imperfect relationships.

No, Joel and I would have been
together forever

if he hadn't sold
that stupid book.

Which he did,
because I have terrible,

bad, bad luck.

And it's a good book, mostly,
because of my bad luck, though.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

See? It's like I'm cursed.

(VIDEO GAME WHIRRING)

Can I ask you a question?

Yeah... Yeah. Go ahead, hit me.

Say the biggest jerk in school,

Bobby Webster,

wants to borrow
your lunch money...

Okay, um, Harley, would you
excuse us for a second? Come on.

Hold that thought.
All right, bud?

What's up?

(MOANING)

Hmm, well, what was that for?

That was Charles on the phone.

He's gonna be at Aunt
Winifred's barbecue tomorrow

and he wants to meet you.

So... like, Prince Charles,

Charles Barkley, or Charles
as in your ex-husband Charles?

I know, it's weird, but
we're on good terms,

and since you are now
in Harley's life,

he wants to get to know you.

Yeah. Yeah. No problemo.
Let's do it.

Great.
Mm.

(MOANS)
I'm gonna RSVP now.

All right. You better save
a little bit of that for later.

All right. Where were we?

Um, you were about
to give me advice.

Right. Right. Right.

Uh...

Look, I-I-I got
a question for you:

Is this kid, is he
borrowing your lunch money,

or is he kind of more like
stealing your lunch money?

I think it's the latter.

Yeah. Yeah. I figured.

Um... look,
nine out of ten times,

the only way you're gonna
stop a bully...

is by standing up to him.

But Bobby Webster is scary,
he growls at me.

Hey. Then you growl right back.
(GROWLS FIERCELY)

Yeah. I can do that.

All right.
Let's hear it. Come on.

(GROWLS TIMIDLY)
No, more.

(GROWLS) Oh, man, that's so good!
You're scary.

(LAUGHS)
Nice.

All right.
(LAUGHS)

Frank, this is a pharmacy.

Okay, you got to have something.

A vitamin, anything.

Stop flashbacks
or memories or, you know,

just maybe in general
help me make better decisions.

We just got in
some chamomile tea.

Everything okay, George?

Yes. Of course.

Why, what have you heard?

Hmm? Y-Y-You just look flushed.

No. No. I'm fine.
I'm, I'm fine.

You don't seem fine,
you seem distressed.

Distressed?

That's exactly what I am.

Doc... I...

I need to talk to you
for a second, Doc.

I-I also need a doctor-
patient confidentiality.

You know, because
I did something big.

Big. Huge.
What?

With Lemon?!

Shh!

Please don't tell me you have
feelings for her again.

No! No.
That woman drives me nuts.

So nuts that I want to, I want
to strangle her half the time.

But the sex

was-was amazing.

And now I can't stop
picturing it.

Like, seriously,
every time I look at her,

I'm physically unable

to stop picturing it.

Well, now I can't either,
so thank you for that.

So what do I do here, okay?

'Cause I-I got to be able
to look her in the eye

because we own
a business together and I...

I'm freaking out.

Well, uh, George, I don't...

Look, no offense, all right, but
this is too much for me today.

I have my own tragic, cursed
love life to deal with.

No. No, no.

(SIGHS)

Whoa! Dr. Hart.
(LAUGHS)

Is that you?

(LAUGHS)
What happened to you?

(LAUGHS)

(LEMON SIGHS)

Hi, um,
a dozen jelly doughnuts, please.

Actually, make that two dozen.

Lemon, you okay?

Oh. Oh!
(LAUGHS)

I'm great.
Perfect.

Uh, why do you ask?

Because you only eat
jelly doughnuts

when you're in
an emotional crisis.

Oh, no, I'm fine.

Okay. I'm not.

But, I really, really
can't talk about it.

Oh, come on now.

I mean, you obviously
need to talk.

I'm here.
(LAUGHS)

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

(WHISPERING)
I had sex with George Tucker.

(LAUGHING)

Oh, no.

No. No...

Well, see, I knew
I shouldn't have told you.

Yeah. You shouldn't have.

Do you have feelings
for him again?

What?! No!

Well, I don't think so.

Listen, we fight all the time,

I can barely stand him.
All right?

But I-I mean,
not to sound indelicate,

but the event itself was...

spectacular.
(LAUGHS)

T-TMI, Lemon.

You know,
I'm just gonna tell him

it was a mistake. Right?

That sounds l-like
a good idea. Right?

Look, on second thought,
this is...

ten kinds of weird for me.

You're gonna need
someone else to confide in.

G-Good luck.
Well, no.

Lavon. Lavo...

JEFFRIES: Hey, Burt, the
doctor's single now.

You can ask her
to the senior social.

Yeah... pass.
(LAUGHS)

Hey!

Wh...
(SCOFFS)

I'm standing right here.

Well...

Ow!

(LAUGHING)

Hey, be careful!

Ow!

(GASPS)

(SIGHS)

Do you think it's possible
that I'm cursed?

You know... I do.

Really?!

I think I was once.

Remember when Chase Cobb
gave me syphilis

and I accidentally gave it
to the Reverend's wife?

That was an undue amount
of bad luck.

Well, how'd you turn it around?

It's gonna sound silly.

(SIGHS)

But I went to see a psychic,
Madame Van Horn.

She gave me some advice...

I met Tom...

and now we're happily married
with a baby goat.

I could never see a psychic.

I mean, I'm a doctor.

Okay... I'm gonna
get you a towel.

Your head seems to be bleeding.

What?

Where?

(GASPS)

Oh...

A curse, you say.

You may be right.

The cards suggest
a transgression in your past

is responsible.

Really?

A wedding.

No. But I've never been married.

There's a storm...

and the groom...

he never makes it
down the aisle.

Oh. That wedding.

Tha... it wasn't my fault.

Not entirely.

A wedding is
a very sacred thing.

Breaking up one is one of the

worst cosmic sins
you can commit.

That explains so much.

It explains everything.

The universe is punishing you.

Your luck in love
will never change

until you right this wrong.

But how?

That was a long time ago
and they've moved on.

But...

Oh, my God.

I'm gonna get Lemon
and George back together.

(SCOFFS)

(LAUGHING)
Yeah.

(CAR HORN HONKS)

(SEAGULLS CALLING)

Hello.

I have some very,
very bad news for you.

You know how you had
an affair with Lemon

and I had a flirtation
with George

and we're both sort of behind

their whole wedding
falling apart?

Yeah.

Well, it turns out

that, because of
that, we are cursed.

I spoke to a psychic last night.

I wish you'd spoken to a shrink.

I realize that it's illogical,

but, here in bluebell,
I kind of think it's possible.

Well, as the mayor of bluebell,

I assure you,

there are no curses.

Wait. No. Lavon. Lavon.

Wai... think about it.

None of us...

not me, not George,

not Lemon, not you...

have had any luck in love

since that wedding dissolved.

And the news gets worse.

Worse than the curse?

Madame Van Horn says the only
way to set things right

is to get Lemon
and George back together.

What? No. No.

Look, Zoe, I-I realize
you have not been

in your right mind
since the breakup, okay.

But take that notion
and put it out of your head.

Right now.
The thing is,

I have my reasons
to believe that Lem-eorge,

is not as far-fetched
as we think.

What do you know?

What do you know?

Aha!

Lemon told you.

See, they are already
on their way.

They just need
a little encouragement.

Oh, no. No, no. No.

Hey, come on, Lavon.

Look, those two,
they aren't the same people

they were when they broke up.

Maybe they're
more compatible now.

And it's our job to guide them.

Our?
Mm-hmm,

you were arguably more
responsible for their breakup

than I was.
Therefore, we are...

Not gonna meddle.

Curse buddies.

See you later, pal.

Hey, you.

Did you tell Harley
to pick a fight

with some punk twice his size?

What? No.

Look, he came to me. He told me
that some kid at school was

stealing his lunch money.
I just...

You told him to growl
at Bobby Webster.

Bobby Webster!

Oh, geez. Man...

So that's him, huh?

You're Roadhouse?

Okay, I'll handle
this, Charles.

Roadhouse?

He started calling you Roadhouse

because of some
Patrick Swayze movie

where the bartender
gets into fights or...

You know, it's actually
a great movie.

Not a bartender, though.
He's a bouncer.

Really?

Look, the kid came
to me in confidence.

I was, I was just trying
to help.

But you didn't.

And now my ex thinks
that I'm dating

some overgrown teenage bonehead

who's a bad influence
on his son.

I'm sorry,
and I will fix this, all right,

with both of them.

You'd better.

All right.

Oh, hey, Zoe.

Hey, George.

So, listen, about yesterday,

you said you needed a friend,

and I wasn't there for you.
And I am so sorry.

No, that's-that's okay.
Don't even worry about it.

I was just thinking about
what you told me.

You know, how you can't stop
picturing...

And I have a theory.

I am in the throes
of an early midlife crisis?

No. You have feelings for Lemon!

Uh, no.

And she has feelings
for you, too.

I'm sorry.
She has... for me... Really?

Okay, I'm pretty sure, you know?

You can't deny that something
is drawing you to each other...

repeatedly.

You went into business together,
you slept together.

Yes, but I don't know why

I did either of those
two things, so...

George, you were with Lemon
for 15 years.

That's half of your lives.

You are a part of each other.

Maybe you need the other

to feel whole again.

No, no.

Zoe, (CHUCKLES) the woman
annoys me to no end.

I-I hate her most of the time.

But just so you know,

the brain releases the same
chemical for love and hate:

Oxytocin.

Oxy what now?

Good talk.

ANNABETH: Ooh, Davis Polk,

our number one frequent flyer!

Dr. Breeland,

tell Mr. Polk what he's won!

Wha-What's that?
I don't know.

I'm sorry, I was just, uh,
trying to keep things light

since we get to see you a lot.

The poor man is suffering
from headaches.

A lot of headaches.

Which is why

we're gonna get
to the bottom of this.

AB, please make Davis an
appointment at Mobile Memorial

for a full blood panel
and an MRI.

What? No-no!

Are you sure that's necessary?

Davis, you've been suffering

from headaches nearly every
other day for a month.

We need to rule things out.

Now, AB will call you
with the time.

Okay.
Okay. (CHUCKLES)

Do you think maybe
you could adopt

a more generous attitude
towards our patients?

I will,
when they're actually sick.

Why are you sending this guy
in for tests?

He is a hypochondriac!

Make the appointment.

(CHUCKLES)

Oh, hello, George.

Hello, Lemon.

I was wondering, did those three
cases of wine happen to come in?

Uh, yeah, they're-they're
in the back.

Okay, great.

Uh, but I need your signature
on the payroll, please.

Uh, sure, yeah.

(CLIPBOARD THUDS)

(GIGGLES)
That was so-so clumsy!

No worries, no worries.

(CHUCKLES)
So stupid.

Lemon, we need to talk.

(CHUCKLES)

You know, yes, we should.

I, uh, uh,

I like your shirt.
(CHUCKLES)

Really? Oh, well, thank you...
for that.

Um, you know, your,
your top makes you look

really nice as well.

Really, really nice.

Beautiful, even.

Thanks, George.
(CHUCKLES)

Well, um, it's good to see you.

But we should definitely talk.

Yes! Yes, we should!

Now.
No, not now. Later.

We should talk later.
'Cause, you know,

so busy. Two jobs.
I gotta go. I have to,

I have things to do.
Okay, good-bye, Lemon.

Hey, Charles.
Hey. Yeah.

Thanks for meeting me, man.

Look, I-I wanted
to apologize in person

and maybe buy you
a cup of coffee.

Well, I appreciate
your apology,

but I'll pass on the coffee.

I don't want to send
the wrong message.

That you're anti-coffee?
(CHUCKLES)

That I want to get to know you.

And lookit, I got no problem

with Vivian having
a midlife crisis

with a juvenile bartender

with some rock-hard abs
or whatever, no offense.

Well, none taken, you know.
It's not really an insult.

But in the interest of
keeping Harley from getting

any more black eyes
from following

your admittedly
nutball advice...

No, actually,

I didn't admit
to giving any nutball advice.

I-I told him
to stand up for himself.

Well, I think we're saying
the same thing.

I think it's best if
you don't see my kid.

Well, except that
I'm already going

to the family barbecue
tomorrow, so...

So you don't go.

Well, that would be rude
seeing as how

for the first time in my life,
actually, I RSVP'd.

Okay, yeah, see
what's happening here?

See what's happening
right here?

This is what
I was talking about.

This is why I did not
accept a coffee from you.

All right, well, the good news
is you'll have another

chance tomorrow, 'cause I'll
see ya at the barbecue.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Okay, so you might be
a little mad at me.

I may have suggested
to George that he likes Lemon,

and, well, vice versa.

No. No!

Come on.
It's not a lie.

You know, they did do it.

And I just wanted
to see what they'd do next.

Maybe we set them
on a path to reconciliation.

Have you heard anything
from Lemon?

No! Not that I'd tell you
if I did now.

(KNOCKING)

(GRUNTS)

Lavon, I realize
that this is weird,

but you're the only
person who knows,

so you are the only person
that I can talk to.

I'm sure there are others.

Someone, anyone, really.

George is acting so, so,
so, so, so, so weird.

I'll take this.
Lemon, come with me.

I'd like to talk to you
about a little thing

I like to call oxytocin.

Whoo! Lookin' good, Dr. Hart!

Thank you.

Oh! Remember
to be careful.

(SHRIEKS)

Hey, watch where you're going!

(CHUCKLES)

(CLEARS THROAT)

Mobile Memorial called.

Davis never showed up
for his test.

Really?
Imagine my surprise.

You'll notice my surprise looks
exactly like not surprised at all.

Look, I do not know why I have
to justify myself to you,

but believe me when I tell you

that I have considered
the possibility that...

That he is a crazy person?
Yes.

Mm-hmm.
Now, go to his house.

Take him to Mobile Memorial,
A) because you work for me

and B) because what if there
really is something?

You'll hate yourself.
And C)...

'Cause I work for you?
Correct!

"A" and "C" are the same.
Mm-hmm.

What happened to your shirt?

Don't ask.

Lavon, I finally think
my luck has changed.

Today, I got complimented.

I was flirted with!

Maybe 'cause you finally combed
your hair.

Or maybe because Madame Van Horn
was right.

Uh.
I am helping get

the universe back on track.

Exorcising the curse.

And I wanted you to see.

Wait, that's why
we're here at Fancie's?

You said there was
a crab cake special.

What's wrong with him?

Hello, Lemon. Hey.

Morning, George.

Oh. She don't look
so good either.

Watch and learn, my friend.

Ten bucks says he asks her out
right now.

Um, hey, Lemon, I, uh...

I heard...

that Hector's having
a great deal on prime rib.

I thought I might get some
for-for Sunday brunch.

What do you think?
(CHUCKLES)

Uh, George, listen, um...

Yes?

Uh, nothing.

No? Oh.
Oh! Oh!

Well, maybe they still
need a tiny push.

Oh, my God. You need
to stop, girl.

What? You just saw them.
They were flirting.

Look, someone is gonna get hurt
here, Zoe,

probably several people,
including us.

Just-just let 'em be, please?

I beg you.

Okay, I'll stop. I promise.

Is that a for real promise?

Not the kind of promise
where you say one thing

and then do something else?

Fine, I promise.

All right.

Now if you'll excuse me,
I lost my appetite.

(SIGHS)

Yep, that is some shiner, kid.

Yeah, just in time
for school photo day, too.

Yee-haw.

Well, I think he looks like a tough guy.
Oh, great.

Why don't you take him
to get a tattoo, why don't ya?

Maybe an anchor on one arm,
a mermaid on the other.

Really? I can get a tattoo?

No!

You're tough enough, kiddo.
You get that from your mama.

WINIFRED: Did someone say dessert?
Why, yes,

they did, and it was me. Come on.
Yeah, uh...

Apple crumble's calling.

Mm-hmm. Wade, I'm gonna show you
something over here in the...

There's this real interesting
part of the woods

where there are
no other people.

Yeah.

What are you doing? I thought
we were building a bridge.

I'm trying, all right?

Old Chuck over there keeps
dynamiting it.

Okay, new strategy.

Why don't you just try
and keep your distance?

Sounds good to me.

Trouble in paradise?

Oh, just boys being boys.

Oh, tell me about it. It's
always a spitting contest.

Young boys, old boys,
you name it.

That's why I just tabled
the entire gender.

I'm starting to see the wisdom

in that decision.
Mm.

Well, I-I-I don't understand.

Is this a new feature
of the practice?

It's like
an enhanced house call?

Dr. Breeland sent you
here to...?

To personally escort you
to Mobile Memorial.

He would do it himself,

but he is very,
very, very busy.

That is three verys,
and apparently

I'm bad cop this week, so...

I-I-I appreciate the service,
but u-un-unfortunately, um...

I can't go.

Oh, no, you can.

Get in.
I will drive.

Wait. You see, the problem is...
What?

I've never driven
with you before.

I'm a very safe driver.
Mr. Polk, I am gonna lose it!

Wait.
(CHUCKLES)

Could-could we maybe just have
a cold drink first?

A cold drink?

Some iced tea?

You know, (SIGHS)
to calm me down.

Okay, one glass of iced tea.

On the porch.

'Cause I do not go
into patients' houses.

It's a serial killer thing.

I watch a lot of CBS.

Okay, one second.

All right, all right, people,
it is zero hour!

Time for Capture the Wilkes!

It's like, it's like
Capture the Flag,

only it's more competitive

and there's
the occasional booby trap.

All right.

Okay, so Vivian,
Miles, and Henry,

and all the Fairhope Wilkes,
you're with Daryl, mm-hmm.

And Harley and Charles and Wade

and the Daphne Wilkes
are with me.

Come on.
Uh, no-no swaps.

The teams are scientifically
calculated, so...

See you on the other side.

All right.

Okay, assignments.

Uh, Harley and Sue,
you're my Little Sneakers

'cause you're little
and sneaky, okay?

You're gonna be bringing back
the other team's flag.

Charles and Wade,
you're my two-man recon team.

Stick together and handle
prisoner retrieval. Got it?

Are you sure you wouldn't rather
that I, like,

I don't know, hang back?

CHARLES: Yeah, you know,
maybe send me with Harley.

You know, long-standing tradition
of father and son and all.

That's two complaints.

There will not be a third,
understand?

Clear?

Clear.
Crystal.

Oh, good.

Flowers? Oh, this is unexpected.

Flowers for George Tucker?

Someone sent me flowers?

There's a note.

Oh, thank you.

You have a nice day.

"Please give me
a second chance."

"Dinner tonight?
Le Pain..."

"...Perdu, Mobile."

"George."

"Lemon."

Thank you very much.

(CHUCKLES)

Any time.
Have yourself a nice day now.

Hi. Can I have
a Scotch, neat?

(CHUCKLES)
Thank you.

Wow.

Lemon.
(LAUGHS)

George.

Who would have thought
that we'd be having dinner,

just the two of us, like this?

Well, certainly not me,

but life is full of surprises,
isn't it?

That it is.

Your table is ready, sir.

Great.
After you.

You're kidding.
A shark did that?

They got skin like sandpaper.

You're supposed to keep
your limbs in the cage,

but when I saw that thing
swim by, I thought...

When am I gonna get another
chance to pet a tiger shark?

Exactly.

I don't get you.

Diving in shark cages?

Only, like, three or four times.

But you're terrified of getting
your blood test.

Davis, I get
that you're worried,

but can I just say
there is such

a very good chance that they're
not gonna find anything.

Oh, I know they're not gonna
find anything.

'Cause you're not sick.

I'm not.

I, um...

I made it all up.

I-I kept going in there
to see you.

To ask you out.

Every time I...

I walked in,
I lost my nerve, so...

And it's not-not like I could,
you know,

put on that stupid
knight's costume back on.

The knight who bought me a drink
at the Renaissance fair?

That was you?

I only had the armor
for 24 hours.

(SIGHS)

I scared you off.

No, uh, no.

I just...

Overwhelmed me, maybe.

Uh, I should go.

I... Yeah.

Do you remember
our first dinner?

I do, I do.

A drive-through
outside of Lillian.

(LAUGHS) You split your
cheese fries with me.

Yeah, well, you were wearing
a cheerleader outfit.

I would have split
my bank account with you.

(BOTH LAUGH)

What are you doing here?!

The relevant question is, what
are Lemon and George doing here

after you promised me?

Shh! Move! I don't want them
to see you. Sit down!

I will sit down for a second.

Then you're gonna go over there

and tell them what you did
or I will.

No, you can't! Come on.

Look at them.
They're having a great time.

LEMON LAUGHS: Do you remember
when my father walked in on us?

I know, I know!
I thought

I'd never be able to look
Brick in the eye again.

And then my mom, the next day,
decided to take me

to see Dr. Wilkes
for some shots, and your dad

was covering for him.

Oh! We were so young.

So stupid.

So happy.

Okay, they may be
having fun, but it's only

because they're here
under false pretenses.

Or maybe it's
because they like each other.

Everybody in town had
to take shifts as buffers

to keep them from killing
each other

when they were opening Fancie's!

Well, maybe they pick at each
other because they don't want

to show their true feelings.

They don't have true feelings!
They have a little voice

in their head, and eventually

they're gonna find out
that voice is you.

Well, they will thank me
at their next wedding.

(GROANS)

Well, you know what?
The special

sounds amazing.
And since it is a special night,

I'll have that.

Lemon?

Um, I will have the salmon,
please.

WAITER: Lovely choice.

(CLEARS THROAT)

What? What's that look
on your face for?

No reason, no reason.

Just, you know, every time
you order fish at a restaurant,

you end up
sending it back, so...

Well, tonight I won't.

Okay, tonight you won't.

They're not gonna
make it to dessert.

(TWIGS SNAP LOUDLY)

Hey, Roadhouse, walk a little
louder, why don't you?

You know, enough with the
"Roadhouse," all right?

Have you even seen that movie?

Yeah, I've seen the movie.

See, I don't think you have.

'Cause if you had, you'd realize
that calling me Roadhouse

is actually kind
of a compliment.

See, in the movie, Patrick Swayze's
Dalton is not only a bouncer,

but he's a philosopher, a college grad,
a tai chi master and a mediator.

Not to mention that he tears
people's throats out for a living.

So you know what?
Thank you.

Look, all I'm saying
is, the way

you're tromping through
the woods,

there's a good chance
someone from the blue team

still hasn't heard us.

I wouldn't worry
too much about it,

because, actually, the
sound of your whining

is drowning out my footsteps.

Shh. Stop. You hear that?

Yeah. That's what we overgrown
juveniles like to call a rabbit.

Okay, well, my instincts
tell me that we should go back.

Oh, is that the same instinct

that told you to put on
that shirt this morning?

This is a good shirt.

Not every guy can pull off pink.

Right. You keep telling yourself
that. I'm going this way.

Wha...

(GASPS)

Well, I guess
that's some smart rabbit.

Shut up.

And you know, I don't care
what anyone says,

that Wes Anderson is like
the Emperor's New Clothes of

movie directors. I just don't
understand a single word.

I'll tell you what, Lemon. You have
given me so many movie reviews tonight,

you barely touched your salmon.

Are you sure you don't want
to send it back?

'Cause you can.

Not at all!
(LAUGHS)

Hey! Hi!

Excuse me. Could you
go over to the table

over there and play
your most romantic song?

Okay.
No.

No more interfering.

But...
Watch and learn,

my friend. Watch and learn.

Hello, how is everything?

Shall I take away the salmon?

Uh, no, not at all. I'm enjoying
every single little bite.

(CHUCKLES)
Thank you.

Okay, Lemon, you do not have

to eat the salmon for me.

What? I love the salmon.

It's, um, phenomenal.

I just had a big lunch, so...

You can barely swallow it.

Yes, I can.

(LAUGHS)

Yeah.

Exactly. Look at you, Lemon.
You hate it.

Okay, fine. I hate it.
All right?

But how was I supposed
to know that the fish

was gonna be so fishy?!

Because it's fish!

If you don't like fish,

you don't order the fish!
Oh, I'm sorry.

I forgot I was out with the
ordering police. What?!

LEMON: Okay, Mr. Judgey.

It just so happens that salmon,

if prepared properly,

is not supposed to taste fishy.

And who are you to criticize?

Because, as a man with
borderline high cholesterol,

that lamb was
a very dangerous choice!

Okay, my cholesterol?
None of your business.

Okay, clearly this was a huge mistake.
Enormous.

Okay, you know, if I had known

that you were gonna be
such a boar,

I wouldn't have accepted
your invitation.

Nice try. You invited me here.

I most certainly did not.

Oh, we should probably go.

(GASPS)

(CRASHES LOUDLY)

Zoe.

Of course.

Oh, oh, it's my fault?

Well, how-how do
you figure that?

Because I've played Capture the
Wilkes for the last ten years,

and the only time
I get stuck in a net

is the time I'm with you.

That doesn't prove anything.

Because 100% of the time that
I've been teamed up with you

in this dumb-ass game,
I've ended up in a net.

You're an idiot.

What is wrong with you, man?
Seriously.

I mean, you can't possibly
be like this all the time

or the Vivian I know
never would've married you.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What-what the hell
does that mean?

Look, Charles.

I am sorry that Harley ended up
with a black eye.

I am out of practice dispensing
advice to eight-year-olds.

But... but I just,

I just want the kid
to like me, okay?

How-how do you think it feels
that the one time

he comes to me for advice,

he ends up with a black eye?

Well, how do you think it feels
that my kid

has to go the new guy
in his life

who-who works at a bar

and drives a truck and...

rips people's throats out

whenever they...
I am not a bouncer!

All right? Watch the damn movie!

HARLEY: Are you guys fighting?

Harley!
Hey!

Hey, little man?

You think you could lend us
a hand here, bud?

Maybe grab us a ladder?

Brick.

What's going on?

So, how did
Davis Polk's test go?

I never heard from you.

That's 'cause we never
made it to Mobile.

Oh, no, no, no.
We need to find out

what is wrong
with that young man.

Nothing.
Nothing is wrong with him.

I mean, I was right.
He was faking it.

He told me so himself, so...

Faking it? Really?
Mm-hmm. Mmm.

So, did he tell you

he loved you yet?

You knew?

Well, of course I knew.
The man had 14 appointments

in one month.

I just don't see
how you didn't know.

(SIGHS)
I...

You don't think
I should go out with him?

Why not?

He's... he's just shy.

What if I'm just, uh,

not in a place
to like anyone right now?

What if?

You're never gonna know

unless you try.

(QUIET LAUGH)

I should seriously have
a restraining order against you!

You are perhaps the saddest,
most misguided person

I've ever met
Why do you keep butting

into my love life?!
In my entire life!

Oh, come on, now
cut her some slack!

She just had a breakup.

She's not in her right mind.

I am so in my right mind!

Look, this could've worked!

You were one piece of fish away

from having a great night,
getting back together,

and fixing all of our problems.

What...
what is she talking about?

You don't want to know.

We're cursed.

What?

And now you do.

Don't you see?
Ever since you two

didn't walk down the aisle,
none of us have been able

to have
a meaningful relationship.

You need to set things right.
(LAUGHS) Yeah.

Did she see Madame Van Horn?

Yup.
Zoe...

that woman is a quack.

Okay? I currently got
four active law suits

open against her.

Sad.

Just sad.

But in good news, I feel

too sorry for you to be angry.

Well...

you're wrong!

We're cursed!

I know we're cursed.

That's the only reason
that would explain

why Joel is gone, right?

Oh, Zoe...

Hey, Wade, check it out!

It's the Capture the Wilkes
winner's trophy.

Our names are on it.

Really?

Yeah, all of them.

Well, would you look at that?

Right under the POWs.

(WADE CHUCKLES)
Can I show Wanda the trophy?

Yeah, of course you can, man.
She's in the kitchen.

Go check her out.

So, look,

I guess I'm just, you know,

trying to get used to the idea

that there is another man
in my family's life.

But if it has

to be someone...

you know...

You can't bring yourself
to say it, can you?

I'm working on it.

Good enough.

AnnaBeth.

My answer is yes.

I would, I would be happy
to go on a date with you.

You-You're-you're
letting me off the hook.

I haven't even
officially asked you out yet.

Well, go ahead then.

Wou...?

AnnaBeth, will you...

go out with me?

Well, usually there's
a specific date and time.

Like... dinner tonight?

Oh, God, I would love to,

but I have this, um...

Is there any chance you'd want

to go to this-this black-tie
fund-raiser thing with me?

Black-tie? I would love to.

See? How hard was that?

(BOTH LAUGH)

I will pick you up at 7:00.

Yes, you will.

Oh, who's the fund-raiser for,
by the way?

Oh, is it
some shark-hunting expedition?

(LAUGHS) Well, that
depends on who you ask.

It's-it's for my uncle.

Oh.
His reelection campaign.

He's the mayor of Fillmore.

Mayor Gainey?

Yeah.

Is your uncle?

That's right.

(LAUGHS)
Well,

sounds like

a really interesting evening.

So I am in.

Great! All right.
Okay.

Bye.

Okay, bye.
Bye!

(DOOR OPENS)

What are you doing?

Packing up Joel's stuff.

Ah.

I miss him.

But you were right.

He didn't leave
because we were cursed.

No.

I mean,
I-I could have gone to L.A.

or to London,
but I chose not to.

We could be together right now.

But I just couldn't.

It was me.

Yeah, but you wouldn't
have liked it.

I mean, all that sun.

Followed by all that fog.

You belong here.

What if I made
the biggest mistake

of my life,

and let the right person
just walk away forever?

Yeah, I think about that

every day.

It doesn't mean
that I didn't love him.

No.

Definitely not.

Because-because I did.
I loved him so much.

Hello, Lemon.

(LAUGHS)
Hello, George.

Hi. I, uh,

I just wanted to say

that the other night?

It was amazing.

It was.

Yes, and I should
have told you that

the morning after.

And then I should have told you

that it was a mistake.

Because...
Because it was!

Yeah, yeah, I mean, if I
would've just told you then...

Then we could've avoided
Zoe Hart's

ridiculous matchmaking scheme.

Exactly, exactly.

Yes.
And

as far as last night goes,

I also wanted
to apologize for that.

I was a jerk.

I don't know why, I don't know
what it is about you

that drives me... so crazy.

(LAUGHS)
Oh.

But you and I have to figure out

a way to get past that,
you know,

because we own
a business together now.

We do, we do.

And if there's one thing
that I've learned

about owning a business,
it's that

you have to keep
your personal life

and your business life
completely separate

because if you don't,
then everything...

(LEMON'S VOICE FADES OUT)

you can recover
from that very...

Hello?

George?

Tha... uh, yes.
Why do you have

that dopey look on your face?
Are you even listening to me?

Oh, yes, yes, I am.
I completely am.

I was just...
you know, I just...

I had a thought that, uh,

you know, maybe the best way for
us to handle this going forward

is for me to be more
of a silent partner, you know?

The restaurant,
this whole thing?

That's-that's more,
that's more you, so...

Yeah, well,

I mean, that'd be fine.

Are you sure?

100% sure, yes.

I am.

Well, okay.

Okay.

(LAUGHS)

Great.