Love in the Time of Corona (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - #RelationshipGoals - full transcript

Sade: I don't know.

(laughing)

Guess we can cross
my office off the list.

Now the only room
we haven't had sex in

is the nursery.

Guess little Charli is napping
in the hallway tomorrow.

(Sade chuckles)

(contented sigh)

I love seeing you all lit up.

I love feeling all lit up.

♪♪



I've always wanted
to live in Paris.

Ah. (speaking French)

(continues speaking French)

Get out. You, you speak French?

Oui, je parle français. Yeah.

How are you still single?

I could ask the same of you.

Well, my problem is
when things get serious,

I tend to freak out
and pick fights

to sabotage the relationship.

Classic fear of intimacy issues.

How about you?

When I feel someone
start to pull away,

then I bail before
they can bail on me.



So our issues fit together like

perfect puzzle pieces.

That is... that is so romantic!

(Sean laughs)

Sean: This is great.

Oscar:
Oh, look at those
beautiful teeth.

Sean: You have a nice smile.

Oscar:
I was just thinking
that about myself too.

(Sean and Oscar laugh)

Okay, tell me something
I don't know about you yet.

Um... oh, my father is Canadian.
So I have dual citizenship.

Oh my God, you are so lucky.
You have the option to flee

if that transphobic
dumpster fire gets reelected.

Sean:
I'll just marry you
and take you with me.

Oscar: Oh wow.

Sean: So, favorite
travel destinations?

If one could be with someone...

‐(Oscar laughs)
‐...to walk down a street.

Elle! Elle, wait.

Come here. Come here. Meet Sean!

‐Come here. ‐(quietly): Okay.

Elle, this is Sean.

Sean, this is Elle,
my best friend.

‐Hi. ‐Sean: Wow!

You are gorgeous.

She also has
an amazing voice, thank you.

Thank you. Thanks.

Well, I, uh, should go check

the CDC website,

to see if they have any updates.

So it was really nice
meeting you.

Sean:
It was very nice
to meet you.

Bye.

(sighs)

Isn't she beautiful?
She's, like, my soulmate.

Yeah. I'm starting to think
I should be dating
the both of you.

Oh, are we, are we
officially dating now or ...

I mean, I'm not
virtually seeing anybody else.

Are you?

No.

(door closes)

(handle creaks, shower running)

(sensual music playing)

♪♪

(handle creaks, shower stops)

‐Oh. ‐(laughing awkwardly)

‐Hey. ‐Um...

I w‐‐ I was just admiring
your lemons

on your tree! It's...

It's a very prolific fruiter.
(chuckles)

What are you reading?

Oh, um, it‐‐ it's called
"The Course of Love."

Alain de Botton.

Yeah. You know him?

Yeah. His book "On Love"
is one of my favorites.

‐I'm Adam. ‐Elle.

So, Elle,
how's your quarantine going?

You know, just reading a lot,
catching up on some shows‐‐

Ogling your neighbor's lemons.

What can I say?
I appreciate a good lemon.

Well, enjoy the book.

Hey, maybe I can borrow it
when you're done.

Yeah. Yeah. Um, for sure.

Okay, uh, have a nice day.

Nice‐‐ Oh!

‐Are you okay?
‐Uh, yep. All good.

Ahh!

Okay.

Seems... Oopsie.

(breathing heavily,
punching bag)

(Velcro rips)

(sniffs)

‐Hey. ‐Hey.

Hope it's okay
I put the bag back up.

You look good. You look like
you've lost some weight.

Thanks. I've been doing Pilates.

(chuckles)

‐That's new.
‐Well, you look good too.

Thanks.

I guess the breakup diet
suits both of us.

What are you working on?

I am doing research on Venice.

I'm writing a travel piece
for Condé Nast.

Congratulations. That's big.

Thank you. It is.
I'm really excited.

I'm hoping it doesn't
get canceled, though,

because the numbers
in Italy are terrible.

Yeah, it's awful.
When are you supposed to go?

June.

Well, I'm sure
it'll be over by then.

Ugh, I hope so.

‐I can't wait. ‐Yeah.

It's a great way for you
to jump start your career again.

‐It's amazing. ‐Thank you.

Has Sophie left her room today?

No, I don't think so.

We should do something
to cheer her up?

♪ Good God, she look good! ♪

(funky music playing)

♪ Gonna give 'em
a little soul... ♪

What are you doing?

We're having a dance party!

Do you have any idea
how lame you look right now?

Come on. You used
to love our dance parties!

Yeah. When I was ten.

Hey, you remember "The Whip"?

‐How about "The Nae‐Nae"? ‐Dad.

‐Dad. ‐ "Frozen Mannequin."

♪ Give it to me now! ♪

Hey, do you all still dab?

(laughs) Dad. Please, stop.

Some things are best
left forgotten.

Like, all of 2016.

And... this.

Come on, baby.

‐No. ‐Come on, dance!

(music continues)

‐Hi. ‐Hey!

You hungry?
I can make you
something to eat.

I'm fine. I just ate.

Thanks for letting me
stay here for a while.
I won't be long.

You're welcome to stay
as long as you want to.

And while you're here,
I could use

some help getting
the yard together

for our 50th anniversary party.

And your father's sculpture's
been sheltering in place so long

they can use some attention too.

Yeah. Anything you need. Uh...

Can you do me a favor...

not tell Dad I lost my job?

You should call your father.

My father should call me.

(melancholy music playing)

♪♪

Oh, I, I left you
a mask back there.

Thanks, Mom.

How 'bout you, girl?

You looking all sexy
in your slip there.

How's it going with Niles?

Oh, he's so freakin' cute.

I just wanna eat him up.

Girl, he does this thing
where he whistles

through his nose when he eats.

I know, it sounds weird,

but it's so freakin' adorable.

Mmm, enjoy it, girl.

This is the honeymoon phase.

That's the best part.

I will say...

the baby‐making phase...
ain't bad either.

Oh, tell me about it. Please.

Well, you know,
it's been an adjustment.

I mean, with James being gone
so much the last few years,

this is the first time that
he's been home this much

since Charli was born.

But it's good, right?

Yeah, I mean...

especially now that
we get the chance

to do this whole
baby thing differently.

I mean, I was alone
for so much of my pregnancy

with Charli and then after.

We've being flirty and sexy,

and I feel like we're
more connected than ever.

Ahhh! I love that!

Thanks. Me too.

Love it for you too, girl.

Did I tell you Sean and I
did a dance challenge?

And he's actually really good.

Oh, and I made him a mask
just like yours.

Isn't that cute?

Ah!

Oh, our kids are going to be

so gorgeous.

Maybe we'll, like,
mix our sperm together.

(gasps) Or maybe there's a way

to merge the DNA
from two sperms.

I don't know,
science will figure it out.

Oh, and he speaks French.

You barely even know him

and now you're gonna
get married and have babies

and move to Canada?

(slams door)

(dishes clatter)

Okay, Elle,

I'm sorry, okay?

I got, I got
so wrapped up into Sean.

I, I don't want you
to feel abandoned
because I met someone.

Can I ask you a question?

Yeah. Yeah. Of course.

Why aren't you attracted to me?

‐What do you mean?
‐You said that lately

you've been feeling
sexually attracted to women.

So... why not me?

I mean, you're,
you're my best friend.

Well, I'm in love with you.

And I want to be the one
to... have babies with you

and get married to you
and go to Paris

and move to Canada!

(sighs)

But of course. Of course.
I think, I think

‐you're beautiful
and‐and‐and you're sexy.
‐No, no. It's fine.

It's really, um... You're right.

We're best friends.

And now that
I've said it out loud,

it does sound a little weird,
you know.

Like when you start saying
the same word over
and over again,

it doesn't even sound
like a real word anymore.

Like orange. Or soap.

Soap.

‐Soap. ‐(cell phone ringing)

And look who it is?
Sean is calling you.

So you should answer.

And... tell him I said hi.

(cell phone continues ringing)

(panting)

(chuckles)

Reporter (on phone):
Another story unfolding.

There's growing outrage
over chilling video

showing the deadly shooting
of Ahmaud Arbery,

an unarmed black man in Georgia.

Two white men, a father
and son, both with guns

confronting him
while he was jogging.

We warn you,
the video is disturbing.

‐(gunshot) ‐Oh!

‐(door slams shut) ‐(Elle sighs)

(softly): I'm so stupid.

(sobbing)

Hey.

Oh, hi! (laughs)

You okay?

Yeah. Uh...

It's just a sad ending.

You wanna talk about it?

No. I'm fine.

Um, here's the book.

Sorry. I, I should have
disinfected that first.

No worries.

Well, enjoy the read.

Thanks.

Oh!

Look what we just
got in the mail.

Oh my God, it's Mrs. Aldicott.

That's so cute.

I didn't know you were still
in touch with her.

She was my favorite teacher.

I know. She was my favorite too.

I volunteered
in Nanda's classroom

long after you graduated
from the elementary school.

Paul: Can I see?

Wow! Fifty years.

Imagine that.

How long have you guys
been married?

‐Um... ‐We're...

‐Sarah: Twenty‐four...
‐Paul: Twenty‐five...

‐Paul: ...years this summer.
‐Sarah: ...last summer.

Okay, so, you're almost
halfway there.

I thought Jordan and I were
gonna get married someday.

Both: Really?

Now he's on Instagram acting
like nothing ever happened.

Well, I'm sure glad
that Insta wasn't around

when I was young
and getting my heart trampled.

‐Insta?
‐Paul: That's what they
call it. I should know.

I'm on the "Gram."

Oh, he's on the "Gram."

(laughing) Apparently.

Did anyone ever break up
with you before you met Mom?

Oh my God, of course!

Once.

(laughter)

When Tina Goodman broke
my heart in high school,

I thought my, my life was over.

‐Sarah: Really? ‐Paul: Yeah.

So I, uh, snuck in her backyard,

I climbed up the tree.

I wanted to knock on her window

‐and beg for her
to take me back.
‐Sophie: Uh‐huh.

But when I reached out
to the window, I slipped

and I fell,

and I crushed her dad's grill.

Oh no!

I love that story. (laughing)

Well, did she take you back?

No.

But she did sign my cast.

Oh! What about you, Mom?

Jamie Dewitt.

‐ "No wit." ‐(Sarah laughs)

‐Sophomore year of college.
‐Sophie: Mm‐hmm.

He broke up with me
right before finals.

Yeah.

And I called his mother,

who I'd never met before,

‐and cried to her
on the phone...
‐No.

...and told her that
she had to convince him

he was making a mistake
and to take me back.

Oh my God.

‐She hung up on me. ‐No!

‐(sighs) ‐That is brutal.

‐I know.
‐I, I don't think
I could ever recover.

Oh, I didn't think I would.

But I did, and I realized
that he was definitely
not the person for me.

So how did you and Dad know that

you were right for each other?

I don't know if it was...

if it was one thing
or one moment.

We just... knew.

(light music playing)

So how was your day?

Charles: (on laptop)
Well, same as yesterday.

But better now
I'm talking to you.

‐(chuckles) ‐Charles: So,

what's for dinner tonight, huh?

My chicken
and garlic mashed potatoes.

Mmm.

‐I know how to hurt you.
‐Oh man.

Oh boy, I sure miss
your cookin', I tell you.

I know you do. (chuckles)

So what else you been up to?

Just trying to get that yard
cleaned up before the party.

Don't go lifting anything
too heavy, now.

I won't.

Dedrick is gonna help me.

I've never known Dedrick
to offer a hand. (chuckles)

Well, things have changed.

You should call him.

He's your son.

Well...

my son should call me.

Yeah.

(strumming guitar)

(doorbell rings)

♪♪

Adam:
When life gives you lemons,

make lemon martinis.

Also, since you finished
your book,

I thought you
might like this one.

If you ever want to talk
or discuss the book,

give me a call or just
shout out the window.

Adam.

Sade: Hey, girls.

So I talked to my OB today,

and she's already got me
on prenatal vitamins.

So... (chuckles)

Guess we're doing this. Ah!

(call ends)

Oh. Here.

Here you go.

You spoke to Dr. Likari today?

Yeah, I just wanted to make sure
that she thought it was safe

for us to be trying
to get pregnant now.

Sorry, should I have
waited for you?

I just got really excited.

‐That's okay. ‐Okay.

Woman 1: (on phone)
I'm so happy for you guys!

You're making a baby.

And what the hell else
is there to do?

You can say that because you
don't have a three‐year‐old.

New York,

you see, there's 824 deaths
in a single day.

Just getting blasted
by this thing.

God, it's awful.

I hear cases are up here too.

‐Mmm.
‐Woman 2: (on phone)
Girl, I am so excited!

I can't wait to be
an auntie again.

(chuckles)

So I was thinking
maybe we should move Charli

into the guest room.

Why? She loves her room.

Yeah, well, when the baby comes,

we'll want to have
the nursery close to us.

Unless we have them
share a room,

but I feel like
that would be hard.

Well, you know,
the good news is we have, um,

plenty of time
to think about it.

Charli's going to love
her little brother so much.

I feel like
we're gonna have a boy!

But, I mean,
a girl would be great too.

A sister for Charli.
I love my sister.

Are you okay?

Um...

exactly how many people
have you told about this?

(chuckles)
Just my core group of friends

and family, and my yoga teacher.

You told your yoga teacher?

Well, she's my friend,
and she's also a doula.

I'm just trying to wrap
my mind around the fact

that the whole world knows
we might be...

thinking about trying
to get pregnant?

Uh, we might be trying?
I thought we were trying.

I thought we were having
a conversation about trying.

A conversation
without birth control?

I'm just thrown off
by you telling everybody.

This was supposed to be
our thing. Between us.

Something intimate and sexy.

A little dangerous.

Didn't know it was gonna get
added to a whole...

to‐do list.

Just puts a whole lot
of pressure on something

that could have been fun.

So, are you having doubts?

I just don't think you and I
are on the same page about...

Okay.

Well, I don't want you
to feel uncomfortable, so...

um...

maybe we should just table
the conversation.

And if I'm
already pregnant, then...

we'll just figure it out.

I'm gonna go get Charli
up from her nap.

Why did we stop having
family dinners?

I guess Sophie got busy
with her clubs and her friends

and you were working
all the time.

‐And you got tired of cooking.
‐No.

I didn't get tired of cooking.

There was just nobody
at home to cook for.

I think being forced
to slow down

and stay home
isn't such a bad thing.

You up for another bottle?

Yeah.

Sure.

I'll get it.

It's all right.
You don't know where I keep
the good stuff anymore.

Ah.

‐(cell phone ringing) ‐Um...

Hey, I, uh...
I have to take this call.

Sarah: Okay.

(ringing continues)

‐Hey.
‐Are you sleeping
with your wife, Paul?

No.

I saw the photo.

Sophie wanted to sleep
in our bed.

What was I supposed to do?

Well, what about our bed, Paul?

The one that I'm in alone,
every single night?

It's a pandemic. People are
supposed to be together.

Unless of course you're single.

But I'm not single.

Yet I'm still alone.

What do you want me to do?

Tell your daughter that you
and your wife have separated.

It's not that simple.

What do you mean,
it's not that simple?

It could not be more simple.

She's 19, she can take it.

Unless of course you're not sure

you want to leave
your nagging ex‐wife

for your very hot,
supportive girlfriend!

Look, this whole pandemic thing,

it will be over
in a couple of weeks.

You know what else might be
over in a couple of weeks? Us.

(call disconnects)

(sighs)

I found this amazing
new local vineyard.

I think you're gonna love it.

‐Hey... Sarah... ‐Yeah.

...uh, work called.

So, um, I have
some work I gotta do.

Can we do a raincheck
on the bottle?

Yeah.

Okay. Uh, dinner was great.

Uh, I, I got the dishes.

Sure.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

(melancholy music playing)

♪♪

Who do you think she is?

Kaia: (on phone)
I don't know, maybe
a friend from college?

She doesn't look like a friend!

We've been together
since sophomore year,

and now he won't answer
my texts or calls.

But he posts this?

Instagram is pretend.

You need to get out, girl.

You know, Nate's throwing
a Corona‐themed party tonight.

He's gonna have AMFs
in little syringes

so we can give
each other "the vaccine."

You should come.

I mean, what about quarantine?

We're all gonna wear masks.

Plus people our age,
like, can't really get it.

And even if we do,
we just, like, get diarrhea.

Which is like a natural way
to lose weight.

I don't think that's true.

And besides,
people our age can get it,

and we can give it
to our parents or grandparents.

Then you can stay
six feet away from everyone.

Come on,
this is a great opportunity

for you to flex
your hot single life

via your Insta story

and make Jordan jealous.

That's true.

Okay. Okay.

But I have to wait
till my parents fall asleep
so I can sneak out.

Awesome!

I'll be the one
in the Gucci mask!

(cell phone ringing)

‐Adam: Hello. ‐Hey.

It's Elle, your neighbor.

Oh, um, there you are.
(chuckles)

Uh, I just wanted to thank you

for the basket and the book.

Oh yeah. I hope
you haven't read it already.

No, not yet.

But lucky for you,

I like to drink and read
about sad people.

So, uh, what do you do when
you're not sheltering at home?

I'm a singer/songwriter.

And before you ask,
"Anything I've ever heard?" No.

Unless you've seen
the Freedom Form

YouTube sanitary pad ads

which I proudly wrote
the jingle for.

Oh, that's you?
Yeah, I love those.

(laughs) Yeah, thank you.

So, what do you do
besides shower outdoors?

Oh, uh, I flip houses,
to make a living.

Bathroom's under construction.

But I'm also a writer.
Or trying to be, anyway.

Uh, before you ask,
no, nothing you've read.

I guess I'm still
in the struggling stage.

‐I feel that. ‐I don't know,

I feel like I should be,

you know, using this time
to write some great novel
or something, but,

I don't know,
I've got major COVID brain.

Yeah, me too!

I have been trying to write
this song for weeks,

and I just can't get it out.

Well, hopefully
inspiration strikes soon.

For both of us.

Yeah. I hope so.

Well, if you want
to talk about the book,

uh, you know where I live.

And shower.

‐Yes. And shower. ‐(laughs)

Well, yeah, uh...

‐...thank you again.
‐Careful with the‐‐

Right. Yes.

‐...patio furniture. ‐Thank you.

(laughing)

All right. Bye. (laughs)

(theme music playing)