The Bold Type (2017–…): Season 4, Episode 4 - Babes in Toyland - full transcript

- Previously
on "The Bold Type"...

- Ryan and I haven't had sex
since he got back

from his book tour,
and it's becoming a problem.

- I'm okay, but you're not.

- So Ryan couldn't get it up.
It happens.

- I don't know.
It feels like we're broken.

- Mark has a team
going to Ukraine

to cover the Russian invasion.

He wants me to join,
and I said yes.

- How unhappy are you
with our marriage, Ian?

- I think about
as unhappy as you, Jacqueline.



- I've been looking
for something

to make me feel better
about losing.

I learned a lot about myself
and about what I wanted.

I think if I don't run from it,
I can turn it

into something
really incredible.

I need to find myself again.

- I really want to thank you

for you you've embraced
the new "Scarlet."

- Since I lost
the election,

it's a different way
for me to help people.

- Oliver did say
that he wanted to promote you.

He just can't.

So make yourself
more promotable.

- Make yourself a brand.



Get a bunch
of Instagram followers.

- A fashion influencer?

- Sutton Brady,
fashion influencer.

- Oh, Jane, I think
this is working.

- I can see that.

- Mm, we're definitely
getting harder.

- Well, that's the goal,
isn't it?

[door opens, closes]
- Yes, it is.

- Alex, is that you?

- Yeah.

- Come in here, join us.
- Yeah, check this out, dude.

- ♪ I just let it go
and roll off my back ♪

♪

- Ah, spa day... again.

- Yep.
- And you're in luck.

I got a face mask just for you.

- [gasps]
No, thanks, I'm good.

- Come on.
Get over here.

- Come on, roomie,
you're gonna love this.

I'm a convert.

- Okay, so hate to break it
to you, but I've been noticing

that you have some dry spots
there, there, there, and there,

and guess what.

I'm a good friend,
so I'm gonna help you out.

- Oh.
- Got you this vitamin C mask.

It's gonna fix
all your problems.

You are gonna be glowing.

We won't even need
the sunshine, okay?

- Mm-hmm.

- Just wait till
it starts tingling.

- [chuckles]

- How long?
- Eh, 45 minutes.

- [softly]
Great.

- Okay, smile.

- ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh

[elevator bell dings]

- Have you talked
to Jane recently?

- Is that a real question?

- Oh, I'm just
a little concerned.

This is the second week
in a row

Ryan ditched a publishing
party so he could stay at home

in sweats
and make face masks with Jane,

which they were very
eager for me to join.

- Yes, we did see
the Insta story,

and your skin--
well, it looks fantastic.

- Hmm.

- I think we should
talk to Jane.

- Why? 'Cause they're
into a little self-care?

I think it's fine.
- It's more than a little.

It's all they do.
- Are they having sex?

- That's a tough question
for a roommate to answer

without seeming pervy.

- So what?
- No, not going there.

- Alex?

[gasps]
Sage, hi.

- Hi.

- I tried the selfie stick
last night.

- Uh-huh.
- I think I'm in love.

- [laughs]
- It's a vibrator.

- [gasps] Oh, fun name.
- Mm.

- Well, I have a lot more
where that came from,

and if you like them,
you should give 'em

a shout-out
on your Insta story.

- Yes.

- So your friends created
this vibrator company?

- Yeah, five years ago
from their apartment.

And they're launching
with a huge billboard.

Check it out.

- "Yes, yes, yes,
I'm so good."

- [scoffs]
Killer billboard.

- You know, with a phone app,
someone in, I don't know,

San Francisco
can control that one.

- [gasps]
Thank you.

- Hey, what are we looking at?

- State-of-the-art vibrators
courtesy of Sage's friends.

- Hmm.
- Jane...

- I'm good.

- What?
- Excuse me?

- Did you just say no
to a free vibrator?

- So?

- A vibrator.
And you could use it with Ryan.

- And it's free.

[indistinct chatter]

- I'm just not interested.

- So confusing to me.
- Oh, no.

- Think you were right.
- I was.

- Right about what?

- Fashion closet.

- Come on, Jane.

- I have no idea.

- Come on, Jane.
- Oh, my G--okay.

Am I in trouble?
- Yes.

- Okay, what is this?

Because this feels like
an intervention.

- Well, that's because it is.

We saw your Instagram story
with Alex.

- I know you saw it.

You commented that you wish
you had been invited.

- Well...
- Indeed.

That was before we
found out

about all of the other
sad spa dates.

- Why is he talking to you
about this?

- We know Ryan's been having
a little trouble, you know...

- Pitching a tent.

- Taking it from six to noon.

- You know, flying the flag
at half-mast.

- Full salute.
- Getting an erection.

- Yeah, no, I get it.

There's nothing wrong
with having a chill night

with your boyfriend
and watching old movies

and giving
each other facials.

- I think they're the wrong
kind of facials, though.

- Oh, it's like
lesbian bed death,

and you guys
aren't even lesbians.

- Okay, you guys,
I really appreciate

your concern,
but there's not a problem.

Ryan and I are fine.

So...bye.

- Mm.
- Hmm.

Well, that went well.
[door opens]

- Hey, do you have any
cute styling pics to show me?

[door closes]
- Yeah.

So I got that at a consignment
shop in Williamsburg.

- So cute.
I love these.

But why aren't you in them?
- Ooh, I'm not a model.

- You know that your brand is,
like, 10% your style

and the other 90%
is you.

- Hmm.
- You know?

- Mm-hmm.
- I mean, think about it.

Selby Drummond, Erin Foster--
they're influencers you know

because they're
in their photos.

- I don't know
if I want to do that, though.

In the clothes, in the photos.
- Right.

So that when the time comes
for a promotion,

everybody knows
who Sutton Brady is,

and they can't say no, right?

- Right.

- Great, can't wait to see
more photos with you in them.

- Yeah.

[door opens]

[sighs]

[door closes]

- Okay, small team,
who's next?

Alex.

- I have an interview
with Antoni from "Queer Eye"

set for next week.
- Fantastic.

- He's so hot.
- I know.

- Also, I want to make
"Ask Alex" "Ask Alex Live."

- Live?
- Yes.

Readers will send in questions,

and then you will answer them
on a live podcast format.

- Live? [clears throat]
- You just said that.

- [giggles]

- And I think
you're gonna do a great job.

- Live.

- Sage...
- Mm-hmm.

- How is your millennial
sex-party piece coming?

- Well, I scored two tickets
to the very exclusive

high-end Bacchanal
on Wednesday night, so, yay.

- Fantastic.

- But I'm having
a little herpes flare-up,

so, morally, boo.

- I applaud your restraint.

- Jane, might be
a nice follow-up

to your
tantric-sex marathon piece.

- Uh, well, actually,
I was thinking

of pitching
a beauty story

about how face masks
are the new Friday night.

[chuckles]

- Are they?

[dramatic music]

- So, um,
actually, I have an idea.

Sage's friends just started
a vibrator company.

They're called Broads.

They are very focused
on female pleasure,

run by women.

I would really like to promote
them on social media, but--

- It's too close
to advertorial.

- Yeah.

- We walk that line
all the time, Kat.

I will leave that up to you.

I know you'll do
the right thing.

- Okay.

- All right,
that's it for now.

Uh, Sage.
- Yeah.

- Are these, uh,
available for sampling?

I'd like to try one.

- Yes.

- Ian might be gone,
but I'm not sitting at home

in my sweats doing nothing.
- [chuckles]

Okay, uh...

might I suggest
Her Royal Vagesty?

- Oh.

- Um, I'll do it.

Uh, the--the sex-club story.
I'll do it.

- You know
you have to go, right?

- Yeah, I know.

- Okay.
- Great.

I look forward to seeing
what you come up with.

Oh, oh.

- [clears throat]

[device vibrating]
- Hmm, very interesting.

This should be fun.

- A live podcast--
isn't that just radio?

- Yeah, but it's--you know,
it's a podcast

with a livestream, you know.
- Wait. Video?

- Yeah.
- Oh, my God.

- Hey, Tiny Jane.

Sex club?

- If you get a plus-one,
I'm coming.

- Uh, it's already taken.
- How could you do this to me?

- I am inviting Ryan.

- Oh.
- Huh.

- You guys are right.

Our sex life is
a little dead right now,

and maybe a sex party
will fix it.

- Yes, we fixed it.

[line trilling]

[device vibrating,
cell phone ringing]

- [moans]

[line trilling]

[cell phone continues ringing,
Kat moans]

[sighs]

Oh, my God.

[sighs]

[cell phone continues ringing]

[sighs]

What?

- Hello to you, too.
How are you?

- Oh, you know,
honestly, I've been better.

I was, uh, closing in
on an orgasm when you called.

- Why did you answer?
- Don't know.

Might hang up.
- No, no, no, no, don't, don't.

I need your help.

I have no idea
what to wear to a sex club.

- And you think I do?

- Well, to be fair,
I did call Sutton first,

but she didn't answer.
- Really, Jane?

That hurts.

But I also get it.

[sighs] Are you sure
this is a good idea, though?

It's a pretty big swing.

- Yeah, well, Ryan and I
need a big swing.

I mean, tantric sex
didn't work,

and now he's in his head,

and I just think I need
something to shock his system,

get him out of his sex slump.

- No, that makes sense.

- Okay, so what do we think,
like, a little black dress?

- Uh, no, it's not
a cocktail party, Jane.

It's an orgy.
- You don't know that.

- I might.
- You've been to one?

- Okay, fine,
so I've never been,

but I feel like
it's a pretty good guess.

- [groans]

Okay, so what do we think,

like, a trench coat
or something?

- Uh, yeah, yeah,
and lingerie...

but sexy lingerie.

Do not show up
in a plain black camisole.

- Yeah, no, absolutely not.

- Okay.

Can I go now?
I got to get back to this.

- All right, bye.
- Bye.

[device vibrating]

[sighs happily]

- [gasps]
[cell phone ringing]

- Hi, beautiful.

- Finished with work already?
- Kind of.

Some investors are taking us
for a sail in the marina.

- Wow, that sounds fun.

- Technically,
it's still work.

Seems like people here
are actually attempting

this whole
work-life-balance thing.

- I have something
to add to that balance.

I have a vibrator
that you can operate

through an app
from San Francisco.

- Really?

- Yeah, I'm gonna have
the IT guy help me set it up.

- [stammers] No way an IT guy
with a man bun

is gonna help you
set that up.

- [laughs]
We'll figure it out later.

- How's the fashion-influencer
thing going?

- Honestly, it isn't.

Kat keeps telling me
that I have to put myself

in the photos
and show the world who I am,

but I don't want to walk around
Manhattan snapping selfies.

- So do it from our apartment.

Show them Sutton Brady
in her cool, new home.

- Yeah, maybe.

- You can do it.

[light music]

♪

[liquid pouring]

- Hey.
- Hi.

- If Broads goes public,
I've decided I'm buying stock.

- [gasps]

You tried the Ex Machina.

- Oh, yeah.
Ten out of ten.

Even Tiny Jane's tiny little
face couldn't kill my buzz.

- Hmm?
- That company is amazing.

I can't wait
for their billboard to go up--

something that publicly says
it's okay for a woman...

- No, Kat--

- To please herself
and she doesn't need a partner.

- No, the billboard company
pulled the ad this morning.

- What?
Why?

- They said it was profane.

- Profane?

The ad said,
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm so good."

What is profane about that?

- I don't know,
but it's City Billboard's call.

There's nothing my friends
can do about it now.

- Hmm.

Okay.

That's bullshit.

- [stammers]

[indistinct chatter]
- [sighs]

[smooth music]

Hey, I'm Alex,
you must be the new tech.

- You're Alex as in "Ask Alex"?

- You seem surprised.

- I just kind of assumed
you'd be, you know...

- Older?

- A woman.

- Well, I'm Alex, a man.

- I'm Lisa, a tech.

I have some deodorant here.

You want a hit?
You seem a little nervous.

- [chuckles]
No, I'm all right, thanks.

- Oh, pit stains in front
of 10,000 live viewers...

authentic, I like it.

- 10,000 viewers?

- Mm-hmm.

- You know, maybe I'll take
a hit of that.

- ♪ One day
I'm gonna be a big kid ♪

- You really didn't have to
bring all this down.

- It's my pleasure,
Mrs. Hunter.

- Sutton, Roy, not married yet.

- Well, you got to take it for
a test-drive before you buy it.

How do you like living here?

- It's great, but I usually
carry my own dresses.

- You'll get used to it.

If you need anything,
just buzz.

- Thank you.
- Okay.

- ♪ So you've been
around the block ♪

♪ Well, watch what'll happen

♪ If you don't let me walk

♪ I might as well
get flattened by a car ♪

♪ You wouldn't let me
drive it, anyway ♪

♪ I won't have
to prove myself someday ♪

♪ One day
I'm gonna be a big kid ♪

♪ Gonna be a big kid

- I'm gonna count you down.
Headphones look dumb.

Five, four, three, two...

We're live.

- Hey, I'm Alex Crawford
from "Scarlet" magazine,

and I write
the "Ask Alex" column.

I'm gonna be answering
questions in real time,

so hit me up.

Here's one
that we can all relate to.

[chuckles]

"I'm stuck in the friend zone.

How do I take this relationship
from platonic to romantic?"

Okay, so the first step
of getting

out of the friend zone is
making it clear you want out.

Uh, so you could just tell
that person how you're feeling,

which I did once--
twice, actually.

Different people.

Uh, "What happened
to the first one?"

We're just friends and--

[chuckles awkwardly]

Well, no, not exactly.
She's engaged now.

Getting back to it,
alternatively, you could just

take the plunge and go
straight right in for a kiss.

If you have consent,

because consent
is the most important part

of any physical advance...

though it kind of defeats

the whole
taking-the-plunge idea.

Uh, right.
[clears throat]

So, "What happened
to the second one?"

You guys want to know
about that.

She left me
to go on "The Bachelor."

Hmm, a lot of laughing emojis.

Uh, dating these days
is a real minefield,

which is, you know,
why you asked my opinion,

because this is "Ask Alex."

- Thanks for letting me shoot
at my old digs.

Richard's was feeling
too glamorous and decadent.

You know, this is
more accessible.

- I will try to take
that as a compliment.

- It is.
- Hmm.

So you like these better?

- I think so.
I don't know.

I'm still trying to figure out
what I want to put out there.

It's kind of weird.

- You will, but you're gonna
have to do it at Richard's,

because Ryan's
gonna be home any second

and I have to invite
him to a sex club.

- Yes, and, of course, if he's
not into the sex-club thing--

- You will be
my plus-one, yes.

[door closes]

- Hello, ladies.

- Hello, Ryan.
- Hi.

Right on time.

Hi.
- Did you win?

- Oh, man, it was a crazy game.

2-2 going
into the third period--

- Yes or no
would have been good.

[softly]
See you.

- [softly]
Okay, yep.

It was a yes, by the way.

[refrigerator door opens,
closes]

It really was a crazy game.
- Yeah?

- Yeah.
- Glad you went?

- Yeah, thanks for pushing me.

Felt good to get
back on the ice again.

- Well, uh, speaking of getting
back out there,

I had an idea.

- Takeout from
that new Malaysian place?

I heard they make you
sign a waiver

if you get
the ghost pepper curry.

- Not exactly.

Um...

well, I was just wondering
if maybe you wanted

to go to a sex club with me
tomorrow night.

- Excuse me?

- Well, Jacqueline
assigned me this story

about how sex clubs

are becoming more popular
among millennials.

- You want to go
to a sex club?

- It's my job
to go to a sex club

and to write about it.

I just thought that it might be
fun for us to go together,

observe.

- Ah, I don't know.
- We've watched porn together.

- What?
Yeah, but that's different.

Just think of it like that,
except just live.

Come on.

We've been in
kind of a sex rut lately,

and, I don't know, maybe this
could snap us out of it.

- Okay, okay.

If you want to go
to a sex club,

I will go with you.

[both chuckle]

- ♪ I guess you think
I'm not as good... ♪

- Oh, hot date tonight?

- Nope.

[laughter]

I still don't get

what they could possibly think
is profane about this ad.

- Maybe someone
at City Billboards

just doesn't want
to promote sex toys.

- Yeah, but have you
seen the ads

for that erectile dysfunction
medication--Rect?

- Ugh, the one
with the corn on the cob

shaped like a penis?
- Mm-hmm.

- That's profane.
- Exactly.

And they're all over Manhattan,
including billboards,

and pulling the ad is a full-on
sexist double standard,

and we have to do
something about it.

- Kat, my friends at Broads
have made peace with it.

- Well, I haven't.

Come on, Sage, this is the kind
of thing Scarlet can fix.

Do you have plans tonight?

- I am going to order in
and watch Trevor Noah.

- So...no?

- No. [chuckles]
- Come on.

- Where are we going?

- Oh, we're not
gonna go anywhere.

We're gonna make tweets.

- [gasps]
Yes, yes.

I love when you get like this.

- Okay.
- Let's burn it down.

- [chuckles] Yeah.
- [laughs]

[indistinct chatter]

- All right, step away
from the free sandwiches,

and let's review
your Instagram.

- This one's good.

It's a little Kardashian,
but...

You know what?
You're owning it.

- I literally don't own
any of it.

- Oh, right.
This one's cute.

Hey, why'd you take off
your engagement ring?

- I don't know.
It just didn't feel right.

I mean, don't get me wrong.

I'm so happy
to be engaged to Richard.

I just hoped that I would be

in a different spot
in my career when it happened.

I don't know. I feel like
I'm two Sutton Bradys--

the one who works
as an assistant

making 750 a week...
and the other one

who wears a vintage
diamond engagement ring

and sleeps
in a $4 million apartment,

and neither of them
really feel like me.

I'll pick one--I just
don't know which one yet.

Oh, Al,
my sincerest condolences.

- Oh, come on, I--
I personally didn't think

the podcast was that bad.

It wasn't.
It was...

- Mm, don't lie.

- It was pretty bad.
- Yeah.

But you should keep doing it.

- [chuckles]

Why?

- Do you remember
the advice you gave me

when I was trying
to write my bio?

- I've given
a lot of advice this year.

Jog my memory.

- You have an opportunity
to make a difference.

In my case, it was
as a queer black woman,

and in your case,
it's as a straight black man

working at
an all-women's magazine.

- I agree.

However,
being on the spot,

having to have all the answers
right away...

that's not me.
- Hmm.

- I'm a writer.

I like to take my time
with my ideas, craft them.

- Okay, I get that, but just
because it's called "Ask Alex"

doesn't mean you have to have
all the answers.

Maybe think of it
as more of just listening

and starting the conversation.

What do you think?

- Hmm.

I think I'm listening.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- He's got the first step.
- Thanks, Kat.

- You got it.
[cell phone vibrates]

- Yeah, I will be home soon
to help you with your homework.

- [whispering] See, I mean,
I don't know why we're here.

- I got held up.
I'm on my way.

All right, okay.

Do you know why
I am running late?

Because I had to talk
Robbie Davis from Rect

out of suing us
because of your tweets.

- But I mean, all--all press
is--is good press, right?

- Uh, yeah, I, too,
have heard that said.

- Not when you are calling
for men to boycott his product.

- Technically, that wasn't us.

We were just trying to say,

if Rect is allowed to advertise
on City Billboards,

then Broad should be allowed
to do so as well.

- Yeah, I recognize that,
but you inspired boycott talk,

and you did nothing to stop it.

Now, I understand that these
are your friends, Sage.

- Oh, I-I feel like
I should take responsibility.

This was my idea.

But I do feel like we have

every right to be mad,
you know?

I mean, this isn't even
about the way

that the Broads ad looks.

It's actually
about an advertising outlet

that doesn't want to promote
a woman's desire

to please herself
despite not having a partner.

- Broads is promoting
sexual independence for women.

- Yes.

And I think it's really
important for women to see

that you can be alone
and be sexually satisfied.

- I understand,
and I respect the message,

just not the way which you were
trying to get it across.

- Got it.
We will change the messaging.

- Thank you.

That said...
by all means, use our platform

to promote women's pleasure.

[soft dramatic music]

- [gasps]

[both giggle]

- [inhales deeply]

Wow.

- [chuckles]
You like?

- Yeah, very much.

- [chuckles]

- I just, um...

guess I feel
a bit underdressed now?

Overdressed?
I don't really know what to--

- It's fine as long
as you're comfortable.

Do you think we need
to bring anything?

- I--what would we bring?

- I don't know.
It's my first sex party.

Do we bring hand sanitizer, uh,
condoms, a cheese plate?

- Why would we need condoms?

- What do you mean?

- What do you mean?

You said we were gonna just
observe a sex party, right?

Like watching live porn?

Are you planning on us
having sex at this club?

- I don't know, maybe.

- Maybe.

Uh...

- I don't know.
I'm just--I'm just trying to--

- Trying to what?

- [sighs]
You know, help you.

- It's just--it's kind of
making things worse.

[sighs]

I don't expect you
to forgive me

for what I did with that woman.

- But that's the thing--
I have forgiven you.

- I know
that you say you have.

- Ryan, I'm telling you,
I have forgiven you.

- [stammers softly]

- What do you want me to do?

You want me to go
to the sex club

and kiss someone else?

Will you feel better
about yourself then?

[soft dramatic music]

♪

Seriously?
- I don't know.

- Okay, wow.

- I don't know, but...

maybe you should go
without me.

♪

- I'm on it.

I mean, I'm not on it,
but I'm on Wi-Fi.

- Okay, let's give it a go.

[vibrator rumbles]

- Houston, we have contact.

- [laughs]
Amazing.

Okay, I'm gonna try something.

[vibrator rumbles rapidly]
That work?

- [laughs]
Yeah.

That should do it.

Listen, uh, call me in an hour

and start slow so I can...
[clicks tongue]

Get into it.

- Of course.

You know, people say
that technology's

making us all isolated.

- Yeah, well, thankfully,
it's bringing us together.

- ♪ Visions I vandalize

♪ Cold in my kingdom size

[indistinct chatter]

♪ Fell for these ocean eyes

♪ You should see me
in a crown ♪

♪ I'm gonna run
this nothing town ♪

- Welcome.

- I-I'll keep my coat, thanks.

- ♪ One by one by one

[dramatic electronic music]

- Hey.
- Cavalry's here.

- Oh, my gosh, thank you
so much for coming.

- Oh, yeah, of course.
We got you.

Tiny Jane dressed
to slay the sex party.

- So Ryan wants you
to kiss somebody?

- Well, he didn't say that,
but he didn't not say that.

- Oh, maybe if you kiss
someone, it'll help.

- Yeah, you're in
the right place for it.

- Yeah, I don't know.

[indistinct chatter]

I just need to focus
on my story,

and I can think
about Ryan later.

- Good idea.
- Yeah.

- Welcome to Bacchanal.

Playpen to the right,
bar and lounge to the left.

Those are warm-ups--
after that, the further you go,

the sexier it gets.

- Great, um, thanks.
We're all kind of new to this.

- Just use protection, ladies.
Dental dams are still a thing.

- Oh.
- Oh.

- And consent
will always be a thing.

- Right.
- So have fun.

- Ready, Jane?

- I'm gonna go
into the playpen.

But, uh, I think I should do
my interview alone.

- Really?

- Yeah, knowing you're in the
building really helps, though.

- Of course.
- Yeah, we'll be at the bar...

you know,
if you need anything.

- Okay.

- Thank you.
- Thanks.

- Enjoy.

[Georgi Kay's "Wake Up"]

[spooky pop music]

- Oh, man, I should have
brought my swimsuit.

- Well, it seems like
you don't need it.

- Mm.
Look at these drinks.

- [gasps]
Cute.

- Almost too cute to consume.

- Almost.
Thank you.

- Mm-hmm.

♪ Wake up

♪ I'm ready when you are

♪ I've had enough, I'm sick
and tired of the lies ♪

- That's a person.

♪

♪ Shake up

♪ The fear in your heart

♪ You talk too much

♪ The walls you made
are crumbling down ♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ No, it's never enough

[smacking, muffled groaning]

♪ Can you hear me?

♪ No, it's never enough

♪ Do you understand?

♪

[purse rumbles]
- Oh, no.

Do you know if we can
use our phones in here?

Did they say anything about it?
- I don't know.

- It's not my phone.
Can you hold this?

- Yeah.

- ♪ No, it's never enough

♪ Do you understand?

- [gasps]
Oh, no.

- Hmm?

- I had a vibrator sex date
with Richard.

- Ah.

- And then Jane called, and
I forgot to set this thing up,

and I just...

stood up my fiancé
[camera shutter clicks]

- ♪ No, it's never enough

♪ Are you listening?

♪ No, it's never enough,
can you hear me? ♪

- Here's your drink.
- Thanks, babe.

- [chuckles]

♪

- Hi.
- Hi.

Um, this might be weird.

- We like weird.
- Uh, not that kind of weird.

Um, I'm a writer
for "Scarlet" magazine,

and I'm doing a piece
on why sex parties

are so popular
with millennials.

- You can ask
my husband anything.

I'll be back soon.
[chuckles]

♪

- So what do you want to know?

- Oh, I have
so many questions.

Um, so she's kissing
another man.

That isn't a problem
for you?

- We like to mix it up.

As long as each of us
gets a turn, it works.

- Did you meet
at one of these or...?

- We did.

When we kept coming back
to each other,

we just realized...

might as well.
- Wow.

What a love story.
- Yeah.

- Yeah.

[camera shutter clicking]

- What are you doing?
[chuckles]

- Capturing
the real Sutton Brady.

See this lady right here?

- [laughs]

- That's the real you, baby.
- I'm confused.

- Come on, a Marc Jacobs
sample sale bag,

a free tampon
from Orangetheory,

a leftover sandwich
from the kitchen,

and a vibrator that you were
supposed to use

on your sex date
with your fiancé,

but then your best friend
called and said,

"Hey, do you want to come
to a sex club?"

And so you had to
just book it.

- Yeah, I mean, who wouldn't?

- You know,
a lot of people wouldn't.

And I know you have that rock
on your finger,

and you live
in a fancy apartment,

but that's just
part of who you are.

There's also your style,

which is sophisticated
but, you know, accessible.

- Is it chic yet whimsical?

- Mm-hmm, it's also, um...

messy.
- Mm-hmm.

- But you're hella cute
about it, honey.

- Mm, thank you.
- Yeah.

I feel like that should be your
first Instagram post, you know?

I think you can do it
if you want it.

[electronic music]

[woman singing in Spanish]

♪

- Hi.
- Hi.

- Um, I'm--I'm Jane.

I'm doing a story
about sex parties

for "Scarlet."

Uh, do you mind if I ask you
a couple questions?

- Actually, I do mind.

- Oh, uh, I'm sorry.

- It's just
I'm not here to talk.

- Yeah, yeah, I get that.

♪

[dark electronic music]

- You're right, Kat,
it's perfect for Instagram,

and I think I can do it.

- Yeah.

- I'm also pretty sure
we can't have our phones.

- Mm-hmm.

- Okay, don't look now,
but, um, there are

three women
masturbating behind you.

- Ooh.

Mm, this way?
- Mm-hmm.

- Hmm.

♪

Wow, that's
kind of incredible, right?

- Mm-hmm.
[woman moans]

- I think this is
the angle I need

to promote female pleasure.

I mean, they could be
having sex with anyone.

- Mm-hmm.

- And they're choosing
to please themselves.

- You should talk to them.
- Yeah.

- Uh, maybe wait
till they're finished.

- Probably.
- Probably, yes.

[woman moans]

Mm, you're a wise lady,
Sutton Brady.

- [scoffs]

♪

- Um...

- Everything okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.
I just, uh--I have to go.

But thank you.

♪

Hey.

You guys,
I'm so glad I found you.

I just kissed somebody,
and it was terrible.

- Oh, that sucks.
- Oh, yeah, sorry, Jane.

- No, no, no, no,
this is great,

'cause now I get it.

I get why Ryan came back
from his book tour to find me,

because now all I want to do
is go home and be with him.

- Oh, Jane,
that's so beautiful.

- What about you,
did you, uh, find a wife?

- Uh, no, but I did find
a new work angle.

- Oh.

- And I got some
great interviews.

You know what? I feel like this
place is actually pretty dope.

[device vibrating]
- Oh--[laughs]

- Wait, is that--
- [giggles]

Richard...
is calling,

so I'm gonna...

I'm gonna take it.

I think I'm gonna take it.
Take it.

[clears throat]
Mm.

♪

[laughter]

- I was afraid
she was gonna tip over.

[both chuckle]

So should we wait for her
by the naked lady?

- Sure.

- We need a little grape.
- Or a pear.

- Mmm, lovely.

Well, look who's here.

Go get him, baby.

♪

- Hey.
- Hi.

- Can we--can we get out
of here, talk somewhere else?

- No, come with me.

- Uh, Jane, we really
should talk.

- No more talking.
I'm done talking.

♪

- Can we just hang on a second?
- Shh.

- Hang on.

[Grimes & io's "Violence"]

♪

- Jane, listen to me.
I have to--

Mm.
Just hang on.

- I kissed someone just now,

and I hated it, and now
I understand how bad you feel

and how much you just want
all of this to go away

because I feel
the same way.

I love you.

♪

Now let's put this
behind us for real.

- ♪ Want to party,
want to wake up ♪

♪ Baby, it's violence,
violence ♪

♪ Baby, it's violence

♪

♪ You can't see what I see

♪ You can't see
what I see ♪

♪ 'Cause you, ha, ha,
feed off hurting me ♪

♪

[upbeat music]

♪

[cell phone vibrates]

- [chuckles]

[indistinct chatter]

Hey.
- Hi.

You see them likes, baby?

- Yeah.
- You see that engagement?

- I saw it,
and I want to say thank you.

- You're welcome.

- How's Ryan?
- Good.

- He gave me the other kind
of facial last night.

- Oh.
- Your skin looks great.

- [laughs]

- You into that?
- No, I'm kidding.

But we're really good.

Yay.
[chuckles]

- Oh, I got to go talk
to Jacqueline.

Jacqueline.
- [gasps] Jane.

- Hi.

- I loved your piece,
by the way.

"How Millennials Say Intimacy:
Sex Party,"

great title.

- [chuckles]
Thank you.

It was a little
out of my comfort zone,

but I'm glad I did it.

- Well, that's
how we grow, right?

And right now we need to.
- Right.

Speaking of, I know you said
that there was gonna be

the possibility
of more verticals,

and I would really love
that opportunity.

- Okay, well, verticals
are a huge commitment

of resources from "Scarlet."

You'd virtually be
your own editor.

- I understand,
and I'm up for that challenge.

- Well, that's good to know.

Let's see how
your next piece does.

- Okay.

[punchy music]

♪

- I grew up
in a religious family,

and I was raised to think my
sexuality should be protected,

a prize I saved
for the right man,

and when I met him, I could
use it to win his love,

and if I enjoyed it,
that was good.

But for me,
that wasn't good enough.

When I went to college,
I realized

that my sexual pleasure
was a gift

that God gave to me and that
I should experience it

any way I wanted to,

be it alone, in a hot tub,
at a sex party,

or with the love of my life.

I control
my own sexual pleasure.

[cell phone beeps]

[knock at door]

- Kat.
- Hey.

- I saw your piece

about the ladies
at the sex club,

and it was great.

You have been working
so hard lately--

early mornings, late nights.

- Well, I mean, it's a good
thing I like my job, right?

- You've done so much
since you ran for city council.

Between getting Chloe
to run in that marathon

and trying to get
that billboard company

to change its mind
about Broads,

changing RJ's mind about me.

- Well, that was easy 'cause--

- I just wanted to make sure

that you are taking time
for you.

- Yeah.

- Good.
Life is about balance, Kat.

You can make a difference
and have a personal life...

if you want one.

- Yeah.

Thank you.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

- Now take your tea...
- Yeah.

- And get back to work.
- Yes.

Okay, thank you.

- ♪ I only start
something better ♪

♪ If I say nothing

♪ Nothing at all

- [sighs]

- ♪ When I open my mouth,
open my mouth ♪

- It's not always easy
to put yourself out there,

but taking risks is important.

Vulnerability can be a gift.

Yes, it can open us up
to pain or embarrassment

but can also bring us
connection and acceptance.

I have to admit
that vulnerability scares me,

but it's necessary

to ask the questions
we're embarrassed to ask

and to give the answers
we're afraid to say aloud.

- ♪ We never evolve,
I'm dodging all your calls ♪

- Ultimately, it's what
allows us to grow,

which is what I want
to do along with you

here on "Ask Alex Live."

Though, from here on out,
I'll be doing

as much listening
as I will be answering.

So each week
I'm gonna pose a new question,

invite guests ranging
from experts and laymen

to tell us what they know
and what they don't

and how we can
bridge that gap together.

This week's topic is self-love.

And I've invited "Scarlet's"
very own to weigh in--

Jane Sloan, Sutton Brady,

Kat Edison, and Sage Aiello.

Happy to have you here.

- Glad to be here.
- Thanks for having us.

- It's a pleasure to be
on the show, Alex.

- Are we gonna talk
about sex or what?

all: Yes.
- Wow.

We're really excited.

Well, um, Jane,
why don't you start?

- Um, I just went
to a sex club.

- [gasps]
Get out.

- That's it.
[laughter]