The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–…): Season 2, Episode 4 - Love Game - full transcript

Previously on
The Summer I Turned Pretty...

I've decided to move ahead
with the sale.

Actually, we're gonna have
an open house tomorrow.

Surprise!

We're losing the house.

We'll figure it out together.

You wrote a beautiful book.

I think Susannah would want you
to share it with the world.

Conrad may have listened to me
at one point,

but I don't think he cares
what I think anymore.

[Jeremiah] I'm glad
I don't have to do this alone.



Yeah, I'm glad I came, too.

♪ ♪

[panting]

Conrad, what's going on, man?

- Conrad?
- [gasps loudly]

♪ ♪

[Conrad breathing heavily]

[waves crashing]

♪ ♪

Conrad, man, what's going on?

What happened?

Panic attack.
I'm fine. I'll be fine.

- I'm going to go get Jere.
- No. Don't get Jere.

It's... I just need a second.



Is there anything I can do?

I don't know, man. Just talk.

Okay? Just talk
about anything.

Um, talk, right.
Um... Um...

[stammers] The beach.

The first time you guys
brought me here to surf,

man, I was so freaked out.

You and Jere had just
come back from some fancy

surfing camp and you knew
all these cool tricks.

I felt like such a little kid.
But you stayed and paddled

with me till
we caught a wave together.

I thought you were
the coolest person in the world.

I guess you were
wrong about that one.

No.

You're still the coolest.

You have these a lot?

Yeah.

More since my mom died.

I'm glad you're here.

So, you want to tell me
what got you all worked up?

Or just be bros and
pretend this never happened?

- Found out I got into Stanford.
- What? Are you serious?

Yeah, man.
My mom had this fantasy about

me finding myself
on the West Coast.

Wait, wait, wait, Connie,
this is a good thing, man.

No, you've been dreaming
about Stanford since you

- were ten years old.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I know... but things
are just starting

to get better with Jere,
and he's going

to Finch in the fall,
which is close to Brown,

so it just doesn't make sense

- to transfer anymore...
- Hey, dude, dude, dude,

you don't have to decide
this second or anything, okay?

Just talk to Jere.

He doesn't even know
I applied, man.

So...

Please don't tell him.

I...

I mean, Stanford's
not even an Ivy.

So fuck 'em, right?

Let's go.

[birds chirping]

[water running]

[clears throat]

♪ ♪

- Mom?
- Yeah? Hi.

- Oh.
- Oh. Damn. [laughs]

[Skye] I know
we're not in California,

- but save a little water.
- Thank you, honey.

Oh. Hey, Belly.

Hey. Sorry. I just, um,

smelled muffins.

- You want one?
- Yeah, sure.

Uh, those are for
the open house.

Morning.

[door opens]

Mmm, did somebody get muff...

- muffins? Hi.
- Hey, Jeremiah.

- Conrad.
- [Conrad] Skye.

You didn't tell me
she was here, too.

It's "they." Not "she."

God, I guess it's been like
a decade since I saw you guys.

Um, how are you doing
since your mom?

- It's been rough.
- Rougher now

that our aunt's
stealing our house.

I'm not stealing
anything, Conrad.

Like it or not,
I get to choose what happens

to this house and I choose
to put it on the market.

You boys should get on the road.
Beat the traffic back to Boston.

There's no chance. We're
staying for the open house.

Uh, no, no, no. I can't
have a bunch of teenagers

chasing everybody away.
Call your father,

because this isn't
an Aunt Julia problem.

Except it is.

Because you are the problem.

I don't have time for this.

Conrad, she's still your family.

Then why is she
doing this to us?

- This is hard for her, too.
- [Conrad] Really?

Seems like she's doing this
all pretty fucking easily.

He's grown into
quite the asshole.

You have no idea.

This is your room, I take it?

- Not for long, apparently.
- [scoffs]

It used to be mine, actually.
It was different back then.

More rustic.

But this is nice.

It's, um, warm.
Your mother's touch.

Keep the house in
the family and it's yours.

How generous of you.

I know my mom's gone,
but here she's not.

She picked out everything
in this house.

She planted every flower
in the garden.

This was her favorite place
in the world.

I understand that your family

has wonderful memories here,
and you will always have them.

Memories are like that.

It is not the same,
and you know that.

This house is on
the other side of the country

from where I live.

It'd cost tens of thousands
of dollars

to maintain a year.
Money that I don't have.

[loud clang echoes]

What-what was that?

Sounded like
an Aunt Julia problem to me.

[scoffs]

How many people are
in this house?

Yeah, I remembered to lock
the door last night.

I'm not a child.

What are you wearing right now?

Okay, I forgot mine. Okay?

And these are the only ones
left in the drawer.

And they're fucking
comfortable. Okay?

Why are you
whispering right now?

- 'Cause Laurel.
- Is that Taylor?

[Steven] Uh, yes,

it is Taylor.
Belly must have brought her over

for a change of scenery.
I mean,

between you and me,
she doesn't look too good.

You know? I mean, I don't
even think she's showered

since the breakup.

[Laurel] Okay, well,

keep an eye on everything
and don't let the girls

- eat snacks in my bed.
- Yeah.

Yeah, okay. A-And remember,

you're going to kill it.
You're my favorite author.

Brandon Sanderson is
your favorite author.

And he's here, by the way.

Can you please get
a signed copy of his new book?

Love you. Thank you. Bye!

You're a terrible liar.
And I never smell bad.

[knocking]

[door opens]

[Taylor] Ooh, give me some.

Bigger than that.

So, why are you hiding up here?

Are you avoiding that aunt
or Conrad?

Taylor, I'm just
eating breakfast.

Maybe a little bit of both?

I honestly have no idea.

I know that you came here
with the best intentions,

but this is, like,
their family drama.

I just don't want you to
get sucked back into it.

I'm not going to get
sucked back into it.

But I know that if the open
house happens today and someone

makes Aunt Julia an offer,
then it's game over.

- Well, I know, but...
- And I just, I don't understand

why she's in such a rush
to sell.

I don't know, Belly. I mean,

I'm sure that
she has her reasons.

Let's go do some drills
down by the beach.

Volleyball camp starts
in like five days.

I haven't touched
a volleyball in months.

I can forget about
getting my captaincy back.

I'll be lucky if
I even make the team.

Look, did blowing it
at regionals

crush your confidence?
Clearly.

Are you Coach's favorite
player right now? Hell no.

Have you gotten incredibly rusty
in the offseason?

Like, without a doubt.

Am I helping

by acknowledging
your worst fears?

Probably not.

Okay, look,
all I'm trying to say

is that the past
doesn't determine your fate.

It's-it's the choices
that you make today.

Trust me, I know things.

Um, are there more
of these downstairs?

[laughs] It was hard enough
for me to get this one.

[both laughing]

[doorbell rings]

Hi. Can I help you?

Sandy Denati.
I'm looking for Julia.

Right. Yes, uh,
for the open house.

You know, Julia actually
decided to cancel.

Yeah, it's last-minute,

but, um, she's having
some second thoughts.

Sorry, who are you?

She's my girlfriend, and she's,
um, and she's right.

The house is not for sale.

Conrad Fisher, right?

It's nice to see you.
I am sorry about your mom.

Well, clearly
not sorry enough to pass up

the opportunity
to sell her house.

I'm just doing my job.

Well, consider this
an unexpected day off.

[Julia] Ignore them.
Ignore them.

There will be
an open house today.

But there does seem
to be a minor

problem with the AC. It died.

That is not
a minor problem, Julia.

It is supposed to hit 95 today.

Yeah. Okay, um,
let's chat outside for a minute.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean
to call you my girlfriend.

Don't worry about it.
It's cool.

Hey, is everything okay?

- No, the realtor just got here.
- Shit.

- What are we going to do?
- I don't know what else we can do.

Well, maybe Skye has some
information that could help us.

I don't know. If only we could
get a moment alone with her.

- Them.
- Right. Thanks.

Well, good luck because
those two are inseparable.

I don't fucking know.

It's so hot.
It's like 2,000 degrees in here.

Aunt Julia said the AC
is broken.

Oh, what? No way.

Today's open house
has been canceled.

So I need you all
out of the house while

I get the AC guy here
to do some work.

Also, uh, who is the AC guy?

[Skye] Uh, do you want me
to look one up for you?

Uh, no, no, that's okay.

I'm certain Susannah has
her preferred technician

and four approved backups
right here.

Great. Now we don't have to
lie about the black mold

to the buyers.
Let's go to the beach.

- I'm not leaving.
- [Jeremiah] Come on, Conrad.

We've won this round.
Let's just get out of here.

- The mall has good AC.
- [Conrad] Cool. Have fun.

I didn't ditch finals

just to leave this house
for the taking by...

Conrad, I'm trying... straining
to keep my shit together.

You've already ruined my day.

The least you could do is get
out of my hair for a few hours.

- You think you're the only one...
- What about the boardwalk?

Yeah, the boardwalk.
That's a great idea.

- [Steven] Yeah, I'm down.
- [Taylor] Yeah, me too.

[Conrad] Yeah, fine. Yeah.

Hey, you should
come with us, Skye.

Oh, um, sounds very state fair.

I think I should
just stay with you, right?

No. Wasn't my favorite,
but you might like it.

I shouldn't just stay with you?

No, I'll be fine.
After this, I'm going to

go back to the hotel
for a nap and a NAN fan.

Guess I'm coming with you guys.

- [Belly] Okay.
- [Taylor] Great!

- Let's go.
- [Skye] Whoo!

- Cousins to Cousins.
- [Taylor] Let's go.

- [Steven] Yeah.
- [Jeremiah] Let's roll.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [door opens]

Hey, Jere,
can you just hold on a sec?

I want to talk to you
about something.

Yeah, sure, sure. What?

I hope you're not mad
that I invited Skye.

I know things are weird
with their mom.

Oh, no, it was nice of you.

Yeah, I just, I think that,
you know, once they get

to see more of Cousins
and hang out with you guys,

then they'll see why
we love this place so much.

And, I mean, I just know
they'll be on our side.

Like it. I'll follow your lead.

Okay. Thanks. Yeah.

It's actually kind of nice
to hang out with Skye.

You know, it's just me,
my dad and Conrad now,

so it's nice
to feel like our family

is a little bit bigger
than that.

Well, we're your family, too.

Hey, thanks for
everything that you're doing.

It means a lot.

[laughs softly] Let's go.

[♪ Bleachers:
"Don't Take the Money"]

♪ I'm in love
and you've got me, runaway ♪

♪ You steal the air
out of my lungs ♪

♪ You make me feel it ♪

♪ I pray for everything we lost,
buy back the secrets ♪

♪ Your hand forever's
all I want ♪

♪ Don't take the money ♪

♪ Don't take the money ♪♪

See, aren't you glad we came?

How is this any less hot
than it would be inside?

Because you have the magical
sea breeze to cool you down.

Cool breeze, my ass.

I want some ice cream.
Nature's air conditioning.

You know, I'm kind of
a natural introvert,

so I can't tell if
this place is horrifying

or if it's just, like,
my lizard brain in action.

- It's fun, I promise.
- Fun?

Because I seem to
remember the last time

we were here, you were crying.

Belly was 12. And Conrad
beat her at Shoot Your Shot.

And her penalty was to
ride the Tower of Terror.

- Yep.
- Belly, you were so scared,

you threw up.

- I was sick.
- Sick with fear.

My mom had to
throw out your clothes

and carry you home in a caftan.

- I know.
- [laughter]

Susannah used to force my mom to
come here when they were kids.

My mom always hated it, but
Susannah loved it so much, so...

You know what else my mom loved?

The beach house.

My mom's not evil, Conrad.

And your mom wasn't a saint.

Skye, have you ever
played Shoot Your Shot?

No, and I'm-I'm fine
keeping it that way.

Well, do you want to
watch me beat Conrad's ass?

- You could not do that.
- [Steven chuckles]

I wouldn't hate watching that.

[Belly] You think
you still got it, Conrad?

Okay, no, please, not another
Great Boardwalk Showdown.

- Why not? Why not?
- No. What are you doing?

So, they used to do
this big tournament

on the boardwalk every year
when they were kids.

I would get a, um,
a riveting play-by-play

as soon as Belly got home.

Well, yeah, every year
until Belly and Conrad

got too competitive.

And then my mom banned us
from ever playing again.

Are you down, Jere?

Uh...

- Hell yeah. Let's do it.
- [Steven] Whoa, yes. Yes.

I should actually, um, head out.

No, you should stay.
[clears throat]

It's fun.

It's too late.
You're already on my team.

Fine. You win.
But I don't do high fives.

I'm not going to, like,
whoop in the air.

I don't trash talk.

The corners of my mouth
might turn up

just a little bit,
but I'm not gonna smile.

- Deal.
- Deal.

So then what's the prize?

Losers have to buy the winners

the biggest bag of candy
of their choosing.

Really? Candy?

No, I mean, can't we think
of something, like, sexier?

[Jeremiah] Candy's
always been the prize.

I mean, it was Belly's choice,
obviously.

Well, fine. Fine.
We can play the games.

But... we start at the arcade

because it is hot as balls
out here.

- Okay?
- True that.

[Belly] I thought we'd lost
this part of our lives forever,

but maybe, just for today,
we can have it back.

[♪ bbno$, Rich Brian: "Edamame"]

[laughing, clamoring]

[Steven] Oh, my God!

♪ Hey, little mama, yeah,
you heard about me ♪

♪ I'm-a pop you like a pea,
yeah, edamame ♪

♪ Yeah, feel so hot like
I'm chillin' on the beach ♪

♪ Yeah, baby in the sun
like the Teletubbies ♪

♪ Whoo! ♪

♪ ♪

Pew.

[laughs]

[all yelling]

Let's do this!

[yelling continues]

All right, everyone. All right.

The games are
best of five rounds.

The first and last rounds,
everyone plays.

The middle rounds,
it's a one-on-one competition,

so choose your best fighter.

Probably not gonna be me.

Hey, don't sell yourself short,
all right?

Okay.

All right, you losers ready?

- Three, two, one. Go!
- Let's go!

First to 21 wins!

♪ While I pop a bottle
off a yacht ♪

♪ Chain swinging, cling-clang ♪

♪ It cost a lot ♪

♪ I'm always at the guala, yeah,
and you are not ♪

♪ Bad B, keep on going
till you hit the spot ♪

♪ Whoa, I'm a big bag hunter
with the bow ♪

♪ She got a big bad dumper,
drop it low ♪

♪ Mama called me and
she happy with the growth ♪

♪ Never ever fold for a...,
that's an oath ♪

♪ Just popped her kidney,
I bought ♪

♪ A million options of
the stock, and I stopped ♪

♪ Doin' the green, man, I rock
arenas, bringin' the peace ♪

♪ I'm bumpin' that Pac
in the car ♪

♪ Pretendin' I got
all eyes on me ♪

Oh, dang it! You got me!

♪ Too many people older than me
that's seeking attention ♪

♪ When they warned me
'bout the goofies, man ♪

- ♪ I should have listened ♪
- No!

Yo!

- Oh!
- [weapons chirping]

[yells] No!

♪ I bought a whip,
I paint it pink ♪

♪ It drive itself,
the... you think? ♪

[Steven] Taylor?

Taylor?

♪ ♪

- [weapon chirps]
- [gasps]

♪ Guess I'm goin' back to
the sock, sock, sock, sock...

Coming for you, Taylor.
You better be ready!

Come out, come out,
wherever you are!

[Taylor] Boom!

- [vest buzzing]
- [weapon chirping]

Okay, now it's a game.
Next hit wins it all!

[panting]

♪ ♪

- [echoes] No!
- Get her, get her, get her!

- [air horn blowing]
- Yeah!

- We won! Yes!
- Yeah!

- Good game!
- [whooping]

In your face!

- Game won!
- Are you kidding me?!

[yelling]

Hey, you know what? Don't worry.
We'll get them next time.

- "Get them next time"?
- Oh.

I think we're playing
Capture the Flag next.

- And if I remember correctly...
- Oh, yes. I got this, bro.

- All right. I need a pee break.
- [overlapping chatter]

- What?
- [laughs]

- What? You want to play?
- You're ridiculous.

No. No.

A little brother
versus sister challenge, huh?

No, no, no, this is all Taylor.
She's a little spider monkey.

Doesn't matter. She's still
gonna get her butt whupped.

Oh, please!
Your weak arms.

- My weak arms?
- Yeah.

Okay, okay.

And we did this?
It was so long ago.

- [laughing]
- [Skye] Hey, guys.

- Hey.
- Um...

can I ask you two a question?

- Sure.
- Yeah.

Do you remember
the last time we saw each other?

I remember
you were a lot smaller.

Ah, yes. Thank you, puberty.

Um, yeah, it was, uh...

it was the Christmas
just after Grandpa died.

I remember you and your mom
bailed Christmas morning.

My mom had cooked
a huge breakfast.

- She was heartbroken.
- Yeah.

My mom was hoping
it would be a chance to

clear the air about
all the shit from the past.

Your mom wanted it to be
picture-perfect Christmas.

You know,
"nothing ever happened."

So, um, they fought and we left.

My mom cried
the whole plane ride home.

I mean, we had pizza
for Christmas dinner.

It became kind of a tradition.
Call it "Shitmas."

I don't think Mom was trying
to shut your mom down.

I think she just wanted
a fresh start.

Sucks our moms never
got to work their shit out.

I mean, the beach house
is pretty cool.

Would have been nice
to spend some time there

with you guys.

Scared? What are you
pushing me for?

[laughs] Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Look. Check it out.

[Belly] Wow.

I've never actually
seen anyone reading

- one of Mom's books before.
- [Steven] I know.

Me either.

Oh, should we send her
a picture?

What? Dude, no, no.

If you take a picture
and send it to her,

she'll find out where we are
and come and bust us.

- Mm.
- Hey, did I...

did I even tell you
that she went to New York?

I mean, you know, for, like,
the book thing?

She actually seemed
kind of nervous.

Come on, Laurel
doesn't get nervous.

You're wrong about Mom.

- What, Taylor?
- What do you mean?

- Why are you being mean?
- Being mean?

What are you talking about?
All right, all right.

Fine, fine, fine, fine.
Next challenge, me versus you.

You ready to
have your ass kicked?

[Steven whooping]

Let's get this going.

Oh, my God.

You think I can do it right now?

- Here he goes. Go for it, dude.
- [overlapping chatter]

No, no, no, you actually
can't do that without a harness.

- Cam?
- [Jeremiah] Cam Cameron?

- No way!
- Yeah.

- Wait, are we in trouble?
- [Cam] Oh.

I mean, officially,
there's no horseplay

on or around the rock wall,
but unofficially,

it's the most exciting thing
to happen all day.

What are you doing here?
I thought Nicole said that

you were doing some internship
on a fancy whaling boat.

- That fell through.
- I'm sorry to hear that.

This uniform, though?
Super cool. Very official.

Thanks, Belly.

Skye! I forgot
you haven't met Cam yet.

Um, Skye, this is Cam Cameron.

- Hi.
- Cam Cameron,

this is Skye,
Conrad and Jeremiah's cousin.

Okay, well, great catching up
with you, seeing you again.

- Yeah, you too.
- Yeah, but we have some unfinished business.

- Let's go! Yup.
- It's you and me now, Tay-Tay.

I always knew we'd end up here.

[laughs] What? Where?

Me beating your ass
into the ground.

- Oh, please.
- Oh, come on, Taylor.

- You got this in the bag.
- [Jeremiah] Hey.

- Bring it home, Steve-O.
- Take it home.

[Cam] First one
to the flag wins.

And... go!

- [Conrad] Come on, Steven!
- [Jeremiah] You got it, Steven!

[Belly] Come on, Taylor,
you got it. It's easy.

Let's go, Steve-O!

- [shouting]
- [♪ Coi Leray: "Players"]

[Belly] Go!

- [Jeremiah] Steven!
- [shouting continues]

- Come on, Steve-O!
- [overlapping shouting]

[Belly] Come on!

[all groaning]

[shouting continues]

[cheering]

- [Jeremiah] Get there!
- [Belly] You got it.

- Oh!
- [Taylor groans]

Steven got it!

- Steven wins!
- Whoo! - Thank God.

It's too easy.
That's too easy!

[Taylor] Shut up!

- Coming down, boys. Whoo!
- Yes, sir.

- Bring it home. Bring it home.
- Attaboy, Steve-O.

- [groans] I was so close, babe.
- [indistinct chatter]

It's okay.
Hey, don't worry about it.

I love being the underdog.
It fuels me.

- So where to next?
- It's their call.

Well, I don't know about you,
Belly, but I think it might be

- time to shoot your shot.
- Oh, you're on.

♪ 'Cause girls is players, too ♪

[indistinct chatter, clamoring]

♪ 'Cause girls is
players, too ♪♪

[laughing]

Too bad for you,

basketball is about angles.

Mm. Too bad for you,

I had such a great
trigonometry tutor.

Thank you.

Okay, five balls each.
Most baskets win.

On your marks, get set...

[Jeremiah] Come on, Connie!

[Taylor] Come on, Belly!
You got this!

Shoot!

♪ ♪

Ooh!

- In your face!
- All right.

Okay, I let you have that one,
so you don't weep when I win.

- Okay, sure, you did. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Yeah.

[Taylor] Whoa, nice!

- [Jeremiah] Oh, he's on fire!
- I mean...

♪ My heart still
takes me back...

Hey!

- Nice.
- Wow, wow, wow.

[whooping]

- We got a game!
- [cheering]

- [Cam] It's tied.
- Tied! Three to three.

Nice shot, Belly.

- Wrong team, bro.
- What?

Let's go, baby!

Oh!

[laughing]

[whooping, clamoring]

- [Jeremiah] Good job, Belly.
- [Taylor] All net, Belly.

- [Skye] Go, Belly.
- [Taylor] All net.

Come on, Connie, come on, baby!

- [Cam] All right!
- [Steven] That was close.

That is four for Conrad.
This is the last shot.

Will Belly take the five-fecta
and snatch the win?

You got it, Belly.

You got nothing.
You got nothing.

Let's go, Belly. You got this.

♪ Thought it was dumb but it...

[all screaming, clamoring]

Yo!

Belly Conklin is the winner!

- Yes!
- Boom!

Guess you can't
cosign her angles.

[Taylor] Whoa, wait.

- Yeah!
- [Taylor] Wait, Skye.

- Did you just math-taunt him?
- I did.

And it-it was kind of fun.

It was so good.
It was so good.

Belly, you know what? Heads up.

Ready?

Perfect spike.
That's my Killa B.

- [Belly laughs]
- I knew you could do it.

You just had to stop
overthinking and let instinct

kick in.
You know what I mean?

As much as it pains me
to say it, it was a good win.

Yeah, well, I told you
I'd kick your ass, so...

I think you get to pick a prize.

♪ ♪

[Belly] The first time
I ever had my heart broken

was at this boardwalk.

I was 13.

Conrad asked me to go.

Just us.

It was everything I'd been
waiting for, the moment.

Uh, it's kind of crowded.

Do you want to go sit
on the pier instead?

I was thinking we could
play some ring toss.

[Belly] I thought he'd asked
because he wanted

to hang out with me,
but he'd come to the boardwalk

- to see her.
- [♪ Taylor Swift: "Sweet Nothing"]

♪ They said the end is coming ♪

♪ Everyone's up to something ♪

♪ I find myself running
home to your sweet nothings...

Okay, come with me.

♪ You're in the kitchen humming,
all that you ever wanted ♪

♪ From me was sweet nothing ♪

- How many rings?
- We'll take three.

- I like your shorts.
- Thanks.

Yeah, they're really nice.

I thought you said
they were too short

when I wore the exact same ones
two days ago.

Do you think they're too short?

All right, Con,
I'm gonna go get a lemonade.

So, win me a prize, okay?

♪ Everyone's up to something ♪

♪ I find myself running
home to your sweet nothings ♪

♪ Outside, they're push
and shoving ♪

♪ You're in
the kitchen humming ♪

♪ All that you ever wanted
from me was sweet nothing ♪

♪ They said the end is coming ♪

♪ Everyone's up to something ♪

♪ All that you ever wanted
from me was sweet nothing ♪

How come you never came back?

The line for the...

the Ferris wheel
was really long.

♪ On the way home...

Angie said this is
the best prize they have.

I thought you might like it.

♪ This happens all the time...

I'd rather have had the giraffe,
but thanks.

The worst part is,
he was trying to be nice.

He didn't know
my heart was breaking.

[Conrad] Oh, wow.

They haven't changed
these prizes in years.

[chuckles softly]

You can get Junior Mint
a friend.

[Belly] Yeah.

[chuckles softly]

You know what?
I'll take the giraffe.

Thank you. [chuckles]

All right!

So we finally get to pick,

and I choose dancing.

- Okay!
- [exclaiming]

I'm just... I'm just gonna say

it was supremely satisfying

watching you wipe the floor
with Conrad

after everything
he put you through.

- It was like...
- Taylor, come on.

I mean, he and I are fine.

It was fun, even.

Really? You guys can just, like,
have fun together casually now?

- Yeah, I guess.
- Really?

- Yeah.
- That's...

kind of major.

[laughs]

Hey, uh, Steven.

Yeah.

Isn't it, um,
just such a coincidence

that, uh, the AC broke
during a heat wave

right after the future
engineering student arrived?

[chuckles] I have no idea
what you're talking about.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

I love a happy accident.

Hey, Belly. Belly.

Ready?

- [giggles]
- [laughs]

- [laughing]
- Are you gonna keep just, like...

Are you gonna be doing that
all day?

Is that gonna be, like,
your thing today?

Eh. [chuckles]
Uh, maybe. I don't know.

- Okay.
- [sniffs] Oh, wait.

[clears throat]

Do you smell that?

- What?
- I think I smell, uh...

a comeback.

- Oh, do you? Okay, yeah.
- [laughs] Oh, yeah. I do.

- [chuckles]
- You sure about that?

'Cause if you're sure, I mean,

I'd be willing
to make a little side bet.

All right. Keep talking.

I was just thinking,
if you wanted, um...

maybe whichever one of us loses
has to ride the Tower of Terror.

[chuckles]

You used to cry every time you
looked at the Tower of Terror.

- I... I...
- Yeah. [stammers]

I'm very excited
to see it happen again.

- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.

- You're on then.
- Mm-hmm.

He made it so hard
not to love him.

When he was sweet like this,
I remembered why I did.

Used to love him, I mean.

♪ ♪

Did I hear you talking
about the Tower of Terror?

Because I'm pretty sure

that's only gonna end
with one of you in tears.

- Yeah, well, better him than me, right? [chuckles]
- Agreed.

And, I mean, at least
he'll be in a good mood,

uh, right up until he sheds
his first tear.

[chuckles softly]

You know, competition is the key
to making Conrad happy.

I mean,
I know you both very well.

Oh, yeah?

Well, what's the key
to making me happy, Belly?

[chuckles]

Um...

Cheeseburgers.

Correct.

Ariana Grande.

Always.

Uh...

[chuckles]

And correcting
people who say "bru-shetta."

[laughs]

- 'Cause it's "bru-sketta."
- Yeah.

- [giggles]
- Damn, you're good, Belly.

What can I say?

- Good luck.
- Jere.

- Ready? Yeah?
- My moves...

are legendary.

- Yeah.
- Oh, I know. - I got this.

Skye's up.

- Oh.
- Really not a great idea

- if we want to win.
- You'll be great at it.

It's basically just math
with your feet.

They'll never see you coming.
This is how we win.

All right?

- You got it.
- Bring it on, cuz.

You know, Skye, I feel like
we've gotten closer today.

It would be a shame
if my dance moves

were to affect our relationship.

We'll see.

- All right.
- Let's go, Skye.

- [Conrad] Come on, Jere.
- All right. Game on. - Come on, Skye!

- All right. Whoo! You got it!
- [Conrad/Cam] Come on, Jere.

[♪ Ariana Grande:
"Side to Side"]

- Come on.
- I got this.

- Keep it up, keep it up.
- [Jeremiah] I got it.

- ♪ Say I should give you up ♪
- [overlapping chatter]

- That's all you got, Jere? Come on.
- Oh, yeah?

- ♪ 'Cause I ♪
- What?

♪ I've been here all night ♪

[laughs] I think Skye might
actually be good at this.

[Belly] I mean, I was just
making the math thing up,

but I think you're right.
[laughs]

Fuck me. You're incredible.

Go, Skye!

- Jeremiah, come on!
- I'm trying!

♪ ♪

[game announcer] Perfect!
Perfect! Fantastic!

Ah!

- [groaning]
- I'm tired!

♪ ♪

Get her!

- Just step it up!
- Go, Skye!

- [laughing]
- [Steven] Get her, dude.

♪ ♪

[song ends]

- Oh, my God!
- [cheering]

- Yeah!
- Ooh! I don't do hugs.

- I don't do hugs.
- What?

- Really?
- Okay. Like, all right.

Where next?

Follow me.

- Let's go.
- I'm baffled right now.

Really? Those are...
those are your legendary moves?

Oh, okay.
Like you could do better?

- [indistinct chatter]
- That's his life story!

[laughter, chatter continue]

[Jeremiah] Watch it.

[Susannah] Guys,
let's take a picture.

- [laughter]
- [Laurel] Okay.

[chuckling]

I'm doing it.

[woman] One, two, three.
Say cheese.

[all] Cheese!

♪ ♪

- [message sends]
- [Laurel] You see,

it's not really a book
about grief at all.

It's a book about... friendship.

Love.

Huh.

Well, this is
all very impressive.

[chuckles]

Cleveland!

You look like you're having fun.

[groans, sighs]

I really hope there's wine
in those coffee cups.

I mean, there can be.

- [snorts]
- [laughs]

So, uh...

how's the life
of a saleswoman treating you?

Oh, you know,
it's soul-destroying,

deeply traumatic, making me
question every decision

in my life
I've made up to this point.

Sounds great, you know?

Nonstop bliss.

- So you're totally fine.
- [chuckles]

I, um...

reached out to Conrad
before the funeral,

but that boy isn't always easy
to get ahold of.

It's hard for him.

For all of them.

It's okay for it
to be hard for you, too.

[chuckles softly]

Fine.

It's been hard.

Well, you look great.

[chuckles] Well,
looks can be deceiving.

Look, things may have fizzled
between us, but...

you can always talk to me.

We had so long
to prepare for this,

and I still have no fucking idea
how to process it,

let alone talk about it.

Belly isn't handling it well.

I don't know how to help her.

Well, maybe you don't need
to help her.

- You're clearly not a parent.
- [scoffs]

Look, something
really shitty happened,

and you can't fix it. But...

you can let her know
that you're feeling it, too.

She may just need to know that
she's not alone in her feelings.

I hear you, but...

[sighs]

I can't.

I'm her mom.

If she sees
how big my grief really is,

it'll just scare her.

♪ ♪

I had a really bad episode
of depression a few years ago.

And I felt like I was just...

sitting at the bottom
of a deep hole,

looking up at the world
going on above me.

The friends that helped me
the most were not the ones

who tried to get me out
of the hole.

It was the friends
who climbed down into the hole,

sat with me for a bit
that really made things better.

I mean, there isn't a...

right way to do this, Laurel.

[chuckles softly]

I should get back.

I didn't see your name
on the author list.

Are you here for your new book?

Would it scare you off if
I told you I was here for you?

Depends on where you take me
for dinner.

I'll meet you back here at 7:00?

Okay.

♪ ♪

[sighs]

Okay, when I woke up
this morning,

I did not expect to be here
doing this again.

I used to love
the Great Boardwalk Showdown.

Maybe I loved it
a little too much.

All I cared about was if I won.

But today is about us.

Taylor, you've shown up for me
over and over again this year,

and now I'm showing up for you.

And, Skye, I know we just met

and you probably think
we're all way too competitive,

but our-our team wouldn't be
where we are without you.

When Conrad chose
this team, he thought

they had it in the bag.
But we have proven them wrong.

And whether we win or lose, we
are worthy of that giant bag...

Oh, you can be as inspirational
as you want, Belly.

We're still going to kick
your asses.

- Shut up, Steven.
- [overlapping chatter]

All right.

- I don't know about you guys...
- Ooh, I want this one.

...but I feel the need...

[all] The need for speed!

Let's go!

Drivers, start your engines!

First team with all their cars
past the finish line wins.

On your mark. Get set.

[♪ Cake: "The Distance"]

Go!

- Go, go, go!
- [yelling]

Floor it!

You're going down!

♪ Reckless and wild,
they pour through the turns ♪

♪ Their prowess is potent
and secretly stern ♪

♪ As they speed
through the finish ♪

♪ The flags go down,
the fans get up...

I'm coming for you, Belly!

♪ The arena is empty
except for one man...

You're going down, Taylor!

♪ And striving
as fast as they can ♪

Ooh!

- Oh, I'm catching up.
- Oh! We're last!

Catching up.
I'm catching up.

We got this in the bag.

♪ And hugging the turns ♪

♪ And thinking of someone
for whom he still burns ♪

Come on. Where is he?

- ♪ He's going the distance ♪
- Oh, yeah!

- ♪ He's going for speed ♪
- [whooping]

- ♪ She's all alone ♪
- ♪ All alone! ♪

♪ All alone in her time
of need ♪

[Conrad] Oh, you're going down!

Watch your back!

Eat my fucking dust, bro!

- I'm trying!
- Technically, you can merge into the carpool lane.

- The inside turn, right here!
- I got it, inside!

Inside turn! Go, go, go, go!

No, no. No, no, no, no!

♪ ♪

- Suck it!
- Fuck. Oh, no!

- ♪ Yeah! ♪
- No!

[distorted yelling]

In your face! In your...

Yeah!

No! Oh, my God!

- Oh, my God.
- [Skye groans]

- Oh! Oh!
- That's my boy!

That's my boy!

♪ ♪

Get ready to pay up, Belly.

You know, I think that's why
our mom banned us from playing.

I could pay. I mean,

I made a ton of money
shorting bitcoin, so...

You are one of the most
interesting people

I've ever met.

[sighs]

- How you doing, Cinder-Belly?
- I mean, is it weird for me

to be having an existential
crisis about this?

Am I good enough
for our volleyball team

if I can't even
win boardwalk games?

No, we need you
on the team because

you lost the boardwalk games.

I mean, we have a great team,

but that doesn't mean that
we're going to win every game.

We need somebody that's
going to, like, lead us,

- win or lose.
- Or tie.

Well, we don't tie.

Yeah, fuck ties.

[laughs] No, but seriously,
you made us both

the best versions of ourselves.

That's what a leader does.
Coach would be insane

not to give you your captaincy
back this year.

[Skye] She's right, you know.

I mean, like,
a couple hours ago,

the idea of participating,
let alone competing,

in games was
quite literally hell.

Against all odds,
I've kind of had a great day

getting to know my cousins,
so you're good at this.

You're a natural boss.

[clears throat]
Sorry to interrupt.

- Is it time?
- [Conrad] It is time.

The Tower of Terror awaits.

I'm gonna go get you a barf bag.

Yeah, come on.

[Skye] Let's go.

Hey, no one said
you had to do this alone.

I can keep you company
if you want me to.

The key is just
to not think about it.

Okay. Let's go.

Come on. You got this.
You've done it before.

[Belly] I know.

♪ ♪

[riders screaming]

[indistinct chatter]

All right.

- It's now or never, I guess.
- Butterflies.

- [Steven laughs]
- I guess so.

- Come on!
- Come on!

- Go, boss!
- Yes!

- You got this!
- Come on, Jere.

- [Taylor] Let's go!
- [whooping]

- After you.
- [Conrad] Come on, Jere!

[whooping, cheering continues]

- [Taylor] You got this!
- [Conrad] You got this!

Make sure you're really
buckled in, man.

[♪ Guns N' Roses:
"Sweet Child O' Mine"]

It's okay to be scared.

ESP tell you that?

No, your face did.

Hey, don't worry.
I'm right here with you, okay?

[Belly] Jeremiah is always
there when I need him.

♪ That it seems to me...

When I was 13,

right before the Fourth of July,

I caught a horrible summer cold.

I hated being sick,
but the worst part

about it was feeling
so left out.

[Susannah] Ooh,
what are you up to, Jere-Bear?

[Jeremiah] I was just going to
go to the boardwalk with Clay.

[Susannah] Oh, yeah.
It's such a nice day.

- [Jeremiah] Yeah.
- [Susannah] Poor Belly is stuck inside with a cold.

It'd be sweet of you
to keep her company.

- Mom...
- Jere, please?

[Jeremiah] I can go to
the boardwalk tomorrow.

[Susannah] That's
my sunshine boy.

[Belly] He stayed home with me
for the rest of the week.

[laughing]

And then when
he got sick two days later,

I stayed home with him.

♪ Whoa, oh-oh-oh,
sweet love of mine...

[both laughing]

♪ She's got eyes
of the bluest skies ♪

♪ And if they thought of rain ♪

♪ I'd hate to look
into those eyes ♪

♪ And see an ounce of pain ♪

♪ Whoa, oh-oh ♪

[all screaming]

♪ Sweet child o' mine ♪

♪ Whoa, oh-oh-oh...

- Oh!
- Oh, my God!

[Taylor] Yes!

- [Cam] Bravo, you guys!
- [Taylor whooping]

[chatter continues]

- Yeah! Yeah!
- All right, so what's next?

- Yeah, dude. You did it.
- Interesting.

- What?
- Nothing.

It's just interesting.

[indistinct chatter]

Thanks for
looking out for us today.

Yeah, no,
that was the least I could do.

You guys, um, you guys
had a pretty tough year.

Yeah. I don't know.

It feels, like,
weird having some fun.

Like, part of me feels guilty.

I don't know
if that makes sense.

Yeah, I know, I know
exactly what you mean.

Yeah, I know you know.

Today was really important
for you guys.

Fun is important.
Very important.

You want to come back
to the house with us?

- I would love that.
- Cool.

- Cool!
- [laughs]

[♪ CamelPhat & Elderbrook:
"Cola"]

♪ ♪

- After you.
- Thank you.

[Jeremiah] All aboard!

♪ She's heading for the lights ♪

♪ She sees the vision going ♪

♪ Cutting out, left alive...

I can't believe I'm saying this,

but today was
actually really fun.

Today was so much fun.

Yeah.

I don't know, man.

I haven't seen you
this happy in a long time.

♪ She can't tell
the difference yet...

It felt good to feel
like a kid again.

I'll tell you.

And I know that my mom only
ever wanted us to be happy,

but...

It's been hard.

You know?

Today was good.

♪ She can't tell
the difference yet...

Okay, look,
not that I want you two

to start things up again, but...

What?

I just noticed there was a vibe

between you and...

Belly, earlier.

♪ That's what you're
coming for and...

[laughs] What?

♪ You drop your bag
to the floor and...

It's just an observation, man.

- I appreciate your observation.
- [laughs] Yeah.

♪ She can't tell
the difference yet ♪♪

- [laughter]
- [Steven] Oh, a hundred percent.

[Taylor] Absolutely not.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [car alarm chirps]

- [Steven sighs]
- [chatter continues]

[Steven] Oh, my God. I cannot
wait to crash in my bed.

[Taylor] Or you take a shower?
That's disgusting.

Yeah, stop picturing me
in the shower.

- You perv.
- Hey,

- you dropped this.
- Oh, thank you.

- Do you have a name yet?
- Her name is Mildred.

Mildred. I like it.

How come you didn't
want another Junior Mint?

I'm not 13 years old
anymore, Conrad.

[♪ Angel Olsen: "Go Home"]

♪ ♪

[Jeremiah] What the fuck?

♪ The world is changing ♪

♪ You can't reverse it ♪

♪ The truth is with you ♪

♪ You can't rehearse it ♪

♪ Pretend to know it ♪

♪ It's time to live it ♪

♪ That's how you show it ♪

♪ Baby, we're in it ♪

♪ I wanna go home ♪

♪ Go back to small things ♪

♪ I don't belong here ♪

♪ Nobody knows me ♪

♪ How can I go on? ♪

♪ With all those old dreams ♪

♪ I am the ghost now ♪

♪ Living those old scenes ♪

♪ We watched it all burn down ♪

♪ And did nothing ♪

♪ Nothing ♪

♪ Why does it come to this? ♪

♪ To mean something,
to mean something? ♪

♪ We watched it all burn down ♪

♪ And did nothing ♪

♪ Nothing ♪

♪ Why does it come to this
to mean something? ♪

♪ To mean something ♪

♪ I feel like someone else ♪

♪ But I'm still trying ♪

♪ Trying ♪

♪ Trying ♪

♪ I'm dancing, baby ♪

♪ But I feel like ♪♪