The White Lotus (2021–2022): Season 2, Episode 5 - That's Amore - full transcript
- Are you gonna come for me?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, my G... Oh, my God.
Hello?
Hey! The gays invited us to Palermo.
What?
We're gonna go on their yacht.
We're gonna spend two
nights at Quentin's palazzo.
He said he might
even throw me a party.
You're gonna need to
bring some cute things.
Do you have any cute things?
Uh, yeah, yeah.
You sure?
Mm-hmm. Yeah, actually.
We're leaving right
after breakfast, so...
come on, get over here.
Okay.
Bye.
Harper?
What is this?
You tell me.
Where did you get it from?
I found it yesterday.
Where?
Okay, look, it's
not what you think.
I haven't done anything. Okay?
It wasn't me.
It was him. I swear to God.
Uh...
He had sex on the couch?
- In here?
- Mm-hmm.
With who?
With these...
with these Italian girls
that we met at the bar.
They were... you know,
they were hookers.
Yeah.
You met two hookers at the
bar, and brought them back
to our room, and Cameron
had sex with them on the couch?
I can't remember 'cause,
like, I was wasted, but...
What were you doing?
Were you just watching?
I was... Honestly, I
was just, like... I mean,
I... I... I was
just sitting there.
I... I... I wa... I... I
was going to bed.
They came in, and
then... I mean, I don't know.
I can't remember. I
was really out of it.
And you didn't do anything
with these hookers?
No. I didn't do
any of the sex stuff.
I mean, one of them,
like, at one point,
one of them tried to kiss me,
but I freaked out, so
nothing happened. I promise.
Okay, look, w...
we took Molly...
I mean, I know that
sounds bad, but...
Yeah, it sounds
really fucking bad.
I was gone for
one fucking night,
and you did Molly with hookers?
- Yeah... But...
- And I come back and find a condom wrapper on the couch?
- What the fuck?
- Yeah, but, look... I swear
to you, I didn't do
anything. Okay?
- I'm not lying.
- You already have lied to me.
No, I have not. When
have I lied to you?
- I haven't lied to you.
- Yes, you have!
- When?
- I gave you every chance yesterday to tell me
what happened, and
you fucking bullshitted me.
Well, I didn't tell
you everything, yeah,
- because...
- To say the least.
He begged me not
to tell anyone, okay?
I don't know. I
guess I was worried
that if I told you, then
you would talk to Daphne,
and then it would become
- this whole dumb thing.
- That was your worry?
I'm sorry. I fucked up. Okay?
I should've talked
to you. But...
honestly, I kind of think you
should feel good about this.
I mean, I didn't do anything.
All of that was going... Like,
under those circumstances,
- and then I didn't do anything?
- It just...
it sounds insane. But...
okay.
Don't make a bigger deal
out of this than it is. Please.
- Please.
- Okay. Okay.
Okay? I didn't do anything.
I'm not lying to you.
Okay.
You know I don't lie to you.
Okay.
- Look, I'm sorry.
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, I'm going to go.
Can I, uh... Can
I see you again?
I, um...
I have to hang out with
my family today, but...
I don't know, maybe...
maybe tonight?
Yes. Yes, of course.
Okay. All right.
Yeah. That was, um... That
was fun. Yeah. It was cool.
- Yeah, cool.
- Yeah.
Um...
Do you...
do you have my money?
Money?
It's 2,000 for overnights. Um...
Uh... I'm sorry, for what?
For me.
I'm sorry, I
thought you knew it.
I... I had no idea.
It's okay.
It's okay, it's um... It's okay.
No, I just... Sorry, I just... I...
I've never done
anything like that...
before. So, I just...
I don't know, I just...
- I didn't... I...
- You didn't know.
- You didn't know.
- I didn't know. Yeah.
It's okay. I had fun.
I like you. You're nice.
You don't have to pay for this.
No. I mean now, I feel bad.
- So...
- It's just,
there is a man who will
ask me for the money
and, uh, he's crazy, you know?
- Um...
- Okay,
I'm gonna go to the... I'll go to
the bank. I'll get the money from...
- the bank, I'll...
- It's okay. It's okay.
Maybe we can
still meet later, or...
You don't want to see
me again. I understand.
- No, no, no. I wanna se...
- I understand.
I wanna see you again.
Sure, I wanna see
you again. For sure.
I do like you.
I like you, too.
- Great.
- Great. Okay.
- So... Yeah.
- Uh...
I'm sorry. I thought you knew.
No. It's... It's my fault.
Arrivederci.
See you later. Bye.
You
know, I talked to Billy Offer
last night about getting
the marriage annulled.
How did I not see
the signs, Portia?
Do you think I'm oblivious?
No.
You know, sometimes, I think...
I should've started
that spa for poor women
with that girl from Maui.
You know, 'cause she
was like a real healer.
The real deal. But you know,
sometimes I think those
healers are a little witchy.
Hm.
Maybe she put a curse on me.
How was your
night? You have fun?
I need to go the bank. I need,
- um... I need to get some euros.
- Yeah, sure.
I can give you, uh, 200.
I need more than that.
For what?
For whatever. Something. I
don't know. Does it matter?
I need to go to the bank.
What?
Daph's pissed at me.
Yeah, I am.
They had their big
night without us. Uncool.
Yeah, so,
I booked a car, so we
can head out to Etna.
Check out some
of these wineries,
little day-drinking,
little wine-tasting.
Apparently, the wine
has, like, a bunch
- of volcanic minerals in it.
- Yeah. Healthy wine.
So, we can get drunk,
and then tomorrow our skin,
and our hair, and our
nails will be glowing.
What do you guys think?
Huh?
E?
Yeah, sure.
If it's good with Harper.
Yeah, yeah, why not? Let's
get drunk.
Maybe we can find some
Molly and really rage.
Hmm.
Oh, no.
Scusi!
No.
No.
No.
Hi.
- Hi.
- How are you?
Well.
Uh, have you been
charging stuff to my room?
Oh, not much. Just...
just little food. Yeah.
- Is it a problem?
- No, no. It's not a problem.
You wanna charge a
little food, that's fine.
- Thank you.
- Uh, maybe, in exchange, um,
you stay away from my son.
Whatever you do,
please do not say anything
to him about, you know,
you and me. Okay?
Have you been going
in my father's room?
No.
No?
Just one time. But
we took showers.
Do not go in my father's
room. That is not cool.
You wanna hang out here? Uh...
Fine, but we can't create
a situation. Okay? Please.
Okay.
- Buona giornata.
- Buona giornata a te.
- Oh, my God. Hey.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Oh.
Are you, um... are you leaving?
Uh, we're going to Palermo
for two nights. Yeah.
Um, but then we're
coming back. Yeah.
Hey, I just wanted to say,
I'm sorry for yesterday.
I was planning on hanging
out and everything. I just...
you know, couldn't
get away, and...
- So...
- No. Yeah, that's fine. Um.
Yeah, I saw that
you were... busy.
Yeah, I guess...
Busy. And, um, you seemed
like you got a little bit
busy yourself.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, well.
Seriously, though,
have a... have a nice life.
Yeah, I'll try.
And you too.
- Bye, Portia.
- Yeah.
Ciao.
Ciao, Isabella.
Oh. Oh. Grazie.
- Ready, honey?
- Yeah.
Guys.
Guys.
- Sorry.
- Oh.
So, we will start
with our Etna Bianco.
Mm.
It is juicy on the palate,
and it has notes of plums,
and prickly pears. Oh.
- Oh.
- Oh. Oh.
A bit more.
- Cheers, party people.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
- La dolce vita!
Cheers.
What's next?
Mm. Yums.
Eh, eh, eh, eh.
Did you knit your little cap?
He doesn't understand
English. Or Italian half the time.
The boat is beautiful.
But does it go any faster?
To mm a so!
Make it go faster!
He's just gonna show
me around downstairs.
Wow. I think your
nephew and Portia
- are really hitting it off.
- Yes.
- Wow.
- I think it's nice for him
to have someone of
his own age to play with.
I'm just dying to know.
How did you end up in Sicily?
My father moved
here in about 1982.
- Oh.
- And then when I was about 32,
the silly old sausage died,
leaving me his
rather wonderful villa
and its never-ending upkeep.
- And you love it here, right?
- Oh, yes.
Come on. Let me
show you the bedrooms.
They're very fucking posh.
Hey, Rocco.
Si?
Rocco. Prego.
What was your guys' favorite?
I think mine was the Eruzione.
I liked the one in
I think that glass. Which
one was that, Cam?
I don't remember,
babe. We'll buy a case.
- Okay.
- I have a question.
Yeah, what's your question?
Have you two ever
slept with the same girl?
- What?
- What?
Just curious.
- Where did that come from?
- Yeah.
In college, come on.
Be honest.
Well, there wasn't exactly
a lot of overlap, you know?
Different dating pools.
Really?
You never invited a girl
over to your dorm room?
Played Naked Twister?
Naked Twister?
Come on. You guys
never had one orgy?
Just tell us!
- Yeah, Cam...
- No.
- Did you have orgies?
- No, only in my dreams, honey.
Never a threesome?
- No.
- No, not that I recall.
- Right?
- Cameron would always sleep
with the girls that I liked,
but before I could get to them.
If I ever told him
that I liked a girl,
he would swoop in and have
sex with them within a week.
- Oh.
- Cameron. Rude.
You have a bad case of
something called mimetic desire.
If someone with higher status
than you wants something,
it means it's more likely
that you'll want it, too.
You did not have
higher status than me.
Not then, maybe.
I mean, I was smarter than you.
Maybe you thought
that fucking women
I had a connection with
would make you smarter.
You guys ever watch
each other have sex?
- Oh, my God.
- Me and E?
- Yeah.
- Harper, what is with these questions?
I mean, it was college, right?
We didn't have our own room.
So, probably.
So, I guess old
habits die hard, huh?
Mm. You guys wanna
hit up another winery or what?
Yeah!
Come on, let's go.
Welcome to Palermo.
You've never seen
a freak show like this.
- Hey!
- Hey.
Where have you been?
Um, he was just giving
me a tour of the cabin.
This whole time?
Mm-hmm.
You two have been
having sex on the boat.
That's what you've been doing.
No.
I'm jealous.
I'm jealous.
What happened to your head?
I banged
it on a corner of a nightstand
looking for the remote.
It's just a little scratch.
I'll feel better
after a martini.
I think I'm gonna
eat lunch at the pool.
Why not with us?
Well, that girl's over there.
The girl from last night.
You know, I... I... I don't
know how I feel about you
spending a lot of time
with those girls, Albie.
Why? What's the problem?
I think because they're escorts.
How do you know?
Well, because...
Because what?
Because I wasn't born
yesterday, and it's fairly obvious.
So what if they are?
I mean, you'll
sleep with escorts,
- but then you'll judge them?
- Who says I sleep with escorts?
I'm sure you've both
slept with escorts.
Albie, I... I just don't think
your mother would be happy
if she knew I was letting
you run around Sicily
with a couple of escorts.
Mom's not happy
because you cheat on her
with whoever you
can get your hands on.
And it's pretty hypocritical
that you would judge them.
I'm not judging them.
I'm just looking out for you.
They probably don't
wanna be escorts.
They're just poor and
victims of a fucked-up system.
Women aren't all saints,
Albie. They're just like us.
Have a good lunch.
Where you going?
Dad, what is the
matter with you?
I... I mean, you almost just...
- Just what?
- You know what.
I'm trying to smooth things
over with Albie and with everyone,
and that would,
you know... that would
really not be good.
I can't be responsible
for everything I say,
I'm concussed.
- I just hit my head.
- Yeah.
Oh, my God. Here, here.
I like it.
What the fuck! You told her?
You left a condom wrapper
on the fucking couch,
and she found it!
- What?
- Yeah!
What was I supposed to
do? She thought it was me.
- Are you sure it doesn't...
- I think she still does.
- Oh, shit.
- No.
How do you miss that?
I don't fucking
know, all right? I...
- Cameron!
- Sorry. I...
Coming.
- Are you okay?
- Wow. Wow. Wow.
Yeah. Strong as an ox.
I'm so sorry about the bag.
- I tried not to over pack.
- Nah, you're all right.
It's not a problem.
You got a fucking
dead body in here?
Oh, my God.
My God.
Are you kidding me?
Look at that pool.
Hey. I mean, these
are some high-end gays.
Oh, it's a good feeling
when you realize
that someone has money.
'Cause then you don't have to
worry about them wanting yours.
- Mm. Must be such a relief.
- It is. It is.
God, will you look at this?
Oh, my God. Don't
steal anything.
Come in. Come in.
Oh, my God.
You must have dumped
a fortune into this place.
- Hey.
- You all right?
Oh, yes, a
little one. I was hoping to get
some heritage subsidies
from the government,
but they said we had
to open it to the public.
So... that's not going to
happen.
Oh, yeah. You don't
want the public in here.
No. The public are not welcome,
but you are. Come. Sit, sit.
Would you like some
tea, some Moscato?
I would like a
splash of Moscato.
Now...
you know, after hearing
the story of your love life,
we decided you were like
a tragic heroine
in a Puccini opera.
I told you this.
Yeah, but...
Is that a compliment?
- Oh, yes.
- It is?
So, we decided
it would be very fitting
while you're here if we
took you to the opera.
And tonight they're going
to show Madame Butterfly,
which will be fantastic.
- Mm.
- Would you like that?
- Hm?
- Hm?
- To the opera!
- All'opera!
The opera? Sounds like a fucking
shit idea. So, I say...
That we... we ditch the gays,
I can show you around
town. Get us in trouble.
What do you reckon?
I reckon that sounds great.
- You takin' the piss outta my accent?
- Yeah, maybe a little.
All right, fuck these lot. Hm.
- Yes, yes. Maybe.
- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.
- Oh, I, uh,
I went to the bank.
I have the money.
Did you like last night?
- Very much. Very much so.
- Hmm. So did I.
What about tonight?
Yeah, um...
I... I don't mind paying.
I just... I would feel weird
being part of some situation.
Like, if you're being
exploited by some guy.
Do... do you know... Do
you know what I mean?
Yeah.
Yeah, but, I mean, I don't
want money. I like you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah. Very much.
Hey!
Isabella?
Ciao, buonasera.
Buonasera.
Ah. E Rocco?
E, Rocco...
Vai.
Wow.
That is absolutely incredible.
Wow.
Can you believe it?
We're finally free,
just you and me.
- Do you like arancini?
- Arancini. Yeah, totally.
- Nice.
- What is it?
It... Fuck's sake.
- It's like a rice ball.
- Oh!
- Yeah.
- A rice ball!
I love a good rice ball.
Bet you do,
you fuckin' slag.-
Well, the best rice
balls are down here.
They're the best in the world.
You're gonna love 'em!
- I sit here?
- Yes. Look up.
Look up.
Wow.
Oh, my gosh.
Hey.
Who's the lady?
Is it the Queen of Sicily?
Yes.
Psst. Psst.
Here we go.
Hey, uh, I'm gonna hit the
head. I'll see you guys over there.
- Sure.
- Okay.
Just... just a second, okay?
- So sorry.
- Okay.
Come on.
You can't be giving me looks
like that in front of my wife.
I don't care. Where is my money?
I know, okay? Just...
just relax, okay?
You're gonna get your
money. I've just been busy.
It's 1,300 euros.
Thirteen hundred...
It's nothing.
Okay? I just need
to go to a bank.
- All right? Just... Relax.
- No. Give me your number.
No!
- I want it! I want your number.
- No. Jesus Christ.
I'm here with my
wife. All right? I can't.
And I can't be talking to you.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Sorry.
- Um. Who was that?
Um...
He owes me money.
- He hired you?
- Yeah.
And he didn't pay you?
And, um, Alessio is
asking me for the money.
Threatening me and...
Is there anything I can do?
No, no. It's not your
problem. Really.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
You can't really be surprised,
- can you?
- By what?
Well, that he's running around
with an escort.
What do you mean?
You've normalized it for him.
Right, like you
normalized it for me.
Oh, I never ran
around with hookers.
I don't run around
with hookers either.
Dom. Didn't you run around
with that exact hooker?
You gave her the key to my room.
You know the reason I am
the way I am is because of you.
You're blaming me
for your situation? That's rich.
Do you think you
were so discrete?
Do you? I mean, how
many nights did I hear Mom
cry herself to sleep? Get real.
Everybody knew, Dad.
Everybody knew.
- Everybody knew.
- We had a great marriage.
Oh, my God. You are deluded.
You made her life hell
my entire childhood.
Do you have amnesia?
If I made her life hell,
- why'd she stay with me?
- I have no idea.
She didn't know any better.
She was a martyr. I don't know.
She loved me.
She was a bitter woman.
And she died a bitter woman,
and she knew about
everything you did. Believe me.
You were just too
self-involved to even notice that.
Yeah, and you know what, I...
I don't blame you
for my situation, but
I sure fucking could.
Because you never...
showed me how to love a woman.
You never... showed
me how to be intimate.
You never showed me
how to put others first.
You always put yourself first.
Always. So I did the same thing.
I loved your mother.
And she loved me.
It's not that simple.
Yes, it is.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
To volcanos, and all
the threesomes of past,
and...
present, and future.
I feel like you sow your
oats when you're young,
and then you just, you know,
you get it out of your system.
I don't know.
- Not sure it works like that.
- I know, but that's the idea.
Well, it's kinda like
food, you know?
You... gorge yourself
until you're sick.
You swear you'll never
eat another bite, and then...
few days later,
you're hungry again.
So, Harper.
You've grilled me and E
all day. What about you?
What about me?
You ever had a threesome?
Yes.
- Right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Maybe.
- Really?
With who?
- Uh, with my friend Paola...
- Mmm, Paola?
- Mm-hmm? Oh.
- And this guy Oscar.
This was in San Juan.
Were they your
cousins or something?
Very funny.
- Yeah.
- Okay, okay. How old were you?
Um...
I don't know. I was, um...
I was in college.
Were you a good
girl or a bad girl?
I mean, I wasn't...
I wasn't bad, but I had fun...
in college.
In college?
What, not now?
No, I mean it's just hard
to... You know, Ethan...
Ethan loves his porn, you
know? So, it's just hard to compete
with "Slutty intern gets triple banged..."
"For not listening
to her bosses."
Maybe we should
slow down on the wine.
No, let's not slow down.
- Let's keep it going, right?
- Yeah, fuck it.
- Yeah! Why not?
- Right? Why not?
Ah. Camerieri.
Okay.
Let's see what you
have. Give it a little twirl. Okay?
Perfecto.
- It's okay?
- What's your name?
Luca.
- Luca.
- Yes.
- My name is Harper.
- Nice to meet you.
Piacere...
Grazie, Valentina.
Grazie Mille! Grazie.
Grazie, Valentina.
Grazie!
Grazie, grazie!
Let's go.
I've never eaten
so fast in my life.
Seriously, you were right.
That was the...
Best rice ball I've ever had.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Palermo's amazing. Seriously,
there's, like, so much
going on all the time.
I think there's, like, uh, a
club somewhere around here.
But, it's a bit early.
They don't really get
going until 2:00 A.M. here.
Hm.
Hey!
Oh, keep walking, keep walking,
keep walking.
- Wait, what?
- Hey!
- Come on, run, run, run!
- What's happening?
Go, go! Get behind
that bin there.
Wait, what?
What are we doing?
- Okay, get down. Relax.
- What's that? What...
- You all right?
- Why is he chasing us?
All right.
All right, we're good.
We're good, we're good.
Whoo!
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
What just happened?
Well, I forgot my wallet.
- I could've paid.
- Nah.
- Yeah.
- Wouldn't ask you to pay. You're a lady!
How'd you run in them
things anyway? I'm impressed.
Ow, yeah. My
feet do really freaking hurt.
- Do they?
- Yes.
It's all right, I can lick
'em better later if you want.
- Will you?
- Give 'em a little massage.
- Yeah?
- You like that?
Thank you. Thank you.
Okay. Grazie.
Hi.
Nice.
- Where'd they go?
- To find cigars.
Mm.
You okay?
I think something happened.
When we were in Noto.
Like what?
I'm sure whatever
happened wasn't a big deal.
And if anything ever
did happen, you just...
do what you have to do to
make yourself feel better about it.
I have this trainer in the city.
Lawrence. He's so handsome.
He has blonde hair and
these, like, big, blue eyes.
He's really funny, too.
I spend more time with him
than Cameron sometimes.
'Cause he's so busy at work.
Such a cutie. Wanna see a pic?
This is just a
picture of your kids.
Is it? Whoopsie.
We'll find it later.
Anyway, the point is...
maybe you should get a trainer.
This is the best gelato
- you can have in Taormina.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- In just Taormina?
Um, no, I mean,
in all of Sicily.
- Mm. Well, I would hope so...
- Yeah.
Because it took us,
like, an hour to get it, so...
Lucia!
Oh, no.
I'll be right back. Just...
just stay here, okay?
Okay. Yeah.
Sorry.
Who is that?
Alessio.
Is everything okay?
I just don't want
to talk about it.
Okay.
Poor Madam Butterfly.
Seppuku.
I can relate.
Gore Vidal, who is a friend...
Actually, he used to sleep
in the room you're staying in.
He once said, "I can
understand companionship."
I can understand bought
sex in the afternoon.
"But I cannot understand
the love affair."
I'm the same.
You've never been in love?
Ever?
Once, yes.
Before I got wise.
I was young.
- Who was he?
- He was an American, actually.
I was... restless, and I'd
read too much beat poetry.
And I decided to go bumming
around the American West
in the hopes of
out-scandalizing my father.
And I met this young
cowboy in Wyoming.
- Hm.
- And I fell absolutely
head over heels for him.
And of course, he
was heterosexual
and completely uninterested,
which only added to
the torturous pleasure.
I'd have done anything for him.
And the amazing thing is
after 30 odd years, I still would.
Well, whatever happened to him?
Well, he got old.
Which, though unforgivable,
is not strictly-speaking
his fault.
No, no.
Other than the cowboy,
love's never been
my Achilles heel.
It was always beauty.
Hm. I live for beauty.
I know you do.
I do. Hm.
I'd also die for
beauty. Wouldn't you?
Hm.
A world without beauty...
is not a world I
want to live in.
Well...
you couldn't ask for a
more beautiful world...
than this.
Here's to beauty.
To beauty.
- You want a fag?
- Yes.
Oh, that was a wild
night, weren't it?
Can't believe you
almost got me arrested.
Thought I gave zero
fucks, but you give, like,
negative fucks.
- Is that a problem?
- No.
Well, you
ain't seen nothin' yet.
- I'll be back, yeah?
- You're not coming in?
Oh, I gotta go do
something for my uncle, but...
keep your door unlocked, yeah?
'Kay.
Hi, this is Abby.
I can't take your
call right now,
so leave me a message.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, my G... Oh, my God.
Hello?
Hey! The gays invited us to Palermo.
What?
We're gonna go on their yacht.
We're gonna spend two
nights at Quentin's palazzo.
He said he might
even throw me a party.
You're gonna need to
bring some cute things.
Do you have any cute things?
Uh, yeah, yeah.
You sure?
Mm-hmm. Yeah, actually.
We're leaving right
after breakfast, so...
come on, get over here.
Okay.
Bye.
Harper?
What is this?
You tell me.
Where did you get it from?
I found it yesterday.
Where?
Okay, look, it's
not what you think.
I haven't done anything. Okay?
It wasn't me.
It was him. I swear to God.
Uh...
He had sex on the couch?
- In here?
- Mm-hmm.
With who?
With these...
with these Italian girls
that we met at the bar.
They were... you know,
they were hookers.
Yeah.
You met two hookers at the
bar, and brought them back
to our room, and Cameron
had sex with them on the couch?
I can't remember 'cause,
like, I was wasted, but...
What were you doing?
Were you just watching?
I was... Honestly, I
was just, like... I mean,
I... I... I was
just sitting there.
I... I... I wa... I... I
was going to bed.
They came in, and
then... I mean, I don't know.
I can't remember. I
was really out of it.
And you didn't do anything
with these hookers?
No. I didn't do
any of the sex stuff.
I mean, one of them,
like, at one point,
one of them tried to kiss me,
but I freaked out, so
nothing happened. I promise.
Okay, look, w...
we took Molly...
I mean, I know that
sounds bad, but...
Yeah, it sounds
really fucking bad.
I was gone for
one fucking night,
and you did Molly with hookers?
- Yeah... But...
- And I come back and find a condom wrapper on the couch?
- What the fuck?
- Yeah, but, look... I swear
to you, I didn't do
anything. Okay?
- I'm not lying.
- You already have lied to me.
No, I have not. When
have I lied to you?
- I haven't lied to you.
- Yes, you have!
- When?
- I gave you every chance yesterday to tell me
what happened, and
you fucking bullshitted me.
Well, I didn't tell
you everything, yeah,
- because...
- To say the least.
He begged me not
to tell anyone, okay?
I don't know. I
guess I was worried
that if I told you, then
you would talk to Daphne,
and then it would become
- this whole dumb thing.
- That was your worry?
I'm sorry. I fucked up. Okay?
I should've talked
to you. But...
honestly, I kind of think you
should feel good about this.
I mean, I didn't do anything.
All of that was going... Like,
under those circumstances,
- and then I didn't do anything?
- It just...
it sounds insane. But...
okay.
Don't make a bigger deal
out of this than it is. Please.
- Please.
- Okay. Okay.
Okay? I didn't do anything.
I'm not lying to you.
Okay.
You know I don't lie to you.
Okay.
- Look, I'm sorry.
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, I'm going to go.
Can I, uh... Can
I see you again?
I, um...
I have to hang out with
my family today, but...
I don't know, maybe...
maybe tonight?
Yes. Yes, of course.
Okay. All right.
Yeah. That was, um... That
was fun. Yeah. It was cool.
- Yeah, cool.
- Yeah.
Um...
Do you...
do you have my money?
Money?
It's 2,000 for overnights. Um...
Uh... I'm sorry, for what?
For me.
I'm sorry, I
thought you knew it.
I... I had no idea.
It's okay.
It's okay, it's um... It's okay.
No, I just... Sorry, I just... I...
I've never done
anything like that...
before. So, I just...
I don't know, I just...
- I didn't... I...
- You didn't know.
- You didn't know.
- I didn't know. Yeah.
It's okay. I had fun.
I like you. You're nice.
You don't have to pay for this.
No. I mean now, I feel bad.
- So...
- It's just,
there is a man who will
ask me for the money
and, uh, he's crazy, you know?
- Um...
- Okay,
I'm gonna go to the... I'll go to
the bank. I'll get the money from...
- the bank, I'll...
- It's okay. It's okay.
Maybe we can
still meet later, or...
You don't want to see
me again. I understand.
- No, no, no. I wanna se...
- I understand.
I wanna see you again.
Sure, I wanna see
you again. For sure.
I do like you.
I like you, too.
- Great.
- Great. Okay.
- So... Yeah.
- Uh...
I'm sorry. I thought you knew.
No. It's... It's my fault.
Arrivederci.
See you later. Bye.
You
know, I talked to Billy Offer
last night about getting
the marriage annulled.
How did I not see
the signs, Portia?
Do you think I'm oblivious?
No.
You know, sometimes, I think...
I should've started
that spa for poor women
with that girl from Maui.
You know, 'cause she
was like a real healer.
The real deal. But you know,
sometimes I think those
healers are a little witchy.
Hm.
Maybe she put a curse on me.
How was your
night? You have fun?
I need to go the bank. I need,
- um... I need to get some euros.
- Yeah, sure.
I can give you, uh, 200.
I need more than that.
For what?
For whatever. Something. I
don't know. Does it matter?
I need to go to the bank.
What?
Daph's pissed at me.
Yeah, I am.
They had their big
night without us. Uncool.
Yeah, so,
I booked a car, so we
can head out to Etna.
Check out some
of these wineries,
little day-drinking,
little wine-tasting.
Apparently, the wine
has, like, a bunch
- of volcanic minerals in it.
- Yeah. Healthy wine.
So, we can get drunk,
and then tomorrow our skin,
and our hair, and our
nails will be glowing.
What do you guys think?
Huh?
E?
Yeah, sure.
If it's good with Harper.
Yeah, yeah, why not? Let's
get drunk.
Maybe we can find some
Molly and really rage.
Hmm.
Oh, no.
Scusi!
No.
No.
No.
Hi.
- Hi.
- How are you?
Well.
Uh, have you been
charging stuff to my room?
Oh, not much. Just...
just little food. Yeah.
- Is it a problem?
- No, no. It's not a problem.
You wanna charge a
little food, that's fine.
- Thank you.
- Uh, maybe, in exchange, um,
you stay away from my son.
Whatever you do,
please do not say anything
to him about, you know,
you and me. Okay?
Have you been going
in my father's room?
No.
No?
Just one time. But
we took showers.
Do not go in my father's
room. That is not cool.
You wanna hang out here? Uh...
Fine, but we can't create
a situation. Okay? Please.
Okay.
- Buona giornata.
- Buona giornata a te.
- Oh, my God. Hey.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Oh.
Are you, um... are you leaving?
Uh, we're going to Palermo
for two nights. Yeah.
Um, but then we're
coming back. Yeah.
Hey, I just wanted to say,
I'm sorry for yesterday.
I was planning on hanging
out and everything. I just...
you know, couldn't
get away, and...
- So...
- No. Yeah, that's fine. Um.
Yeah, I saw that
you were... busy.
Yeah, I guess...
Busy. And, um, you seemed
like you got a little bit
busy yourself.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, well.
Seriously, though,
have a... have a nice life.
Yeah, I'll try.
And you too.
- Bye, Portia.
- Yeah.
Ciao.
Ciao, Isabella.
Oh. Oh. Grazie.
- Ready, honey?
- Yeah.
Guys.
Guys.
- Sorry.
- Oh.
So, we will start
with our Etna Bianco.
Mm.
It is juicy on the palate,
and it has notes of plums,
and prickly pears. Oh.
- Oh.
- Oh. Oh.
A bit more.
- Cheers, party people.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
- La dolce vita!
Cheers.
What's next?
Mm. Yums.
Eh, eh, eh, eh.
Did you knit your little cap?
He doesn't understand
English. Or Italian half the time.
The boat is beautiful.
But does it go any faster?
To mm a so!
Make it go faster!
He's just gonna show
me around downstairs.
Wow. I think your
nephew and Portia
- are really hitting it off.
- Yes.
- Wow.
- I think it's nice for him
to have someone of
his own age to play with.
I'm just dying to know.
How did you end up in Sicily?
My father moved
here in about 1982.
- Oh.
- And then when I was about 32,
the silly old sausage died,
leaving me his
rather wonderful villa
and its never-ending upkeep.
- And you love it here, right?
- Oh, yes.
Come on. Let me
show you the bedrooms.
They're very fucking posh.
Hey, Rocco.
Si?
Rocco. Prego.
What was your guys' favorite?
I think mine was the Eruzione.
I liked the one in
I think that glass. Which
one was that, Cam?
I don't remember,
babe. We'll buy a case.
- Okay.
- I have a question.
Yeah, what's your question?
Have you two ever
slept with the same girl?
- What?
- What?
Just curious.
- Where did that come from?
- Yeah.
In college, come on.
Be honest.
Well, there wasn't exactly
a lot of overlap, you know?
Different dating pools.
Really?
You never invited a girl
over to your dorm room?
Played Naked Twister?
Naked Twister?
Come on. You guys
never had one orgy?
Just tell us!
- Yeah, Cam...
- No.
- Did you have orgies?
- No, only in my dreams, honey.
Never a threesome?
- No.
- No, not that I recall.
- Right?
- Cameron would always sleep
with the girls that I liked,
but before I could get to them.
If I ever told him
that I liked a girl,
he would swoop in and have
sex with them within a week.
- Oh.
- Cameron. Rude.
You have a bad case of
something called mimetic desire.
If someone with higher status
than you wants something,
it means it's more likely
that you'll want it, too.
You did not have
higher status than me.
Not then, maybe.
I mean, I was smarter than you.
Maybe you thought
that fucking women
I had a connection with
would make you smarter.
You guys ever watch
each other have sex?
- Oh, my God.
- Me and E?
- Yeah.
- Harper, what is with these questions?
I mean, it was college, right?
We didn't have our own room.
So, probably.
So, I guess old
habits die hard, huh?
Mm. You guys wanna
hit up another winery or what?
Yeah!
Come on, let's go.
Welcome to Palermo.
You've never seen
a freak show like this.
- Hey!
- Hey.
Where have you been?
Um, he was just giving
me a tour of the cabin.
This whole time?
Mm-hmm.
You two have been
having sex on the boat.
That's what you've been doing.
No.
I'm jealous.
I'm jealous.
What happened to your head?
I banged
it on a corner of a nightstand
looking for the remote.
It's just a little scratch.
I'll feel better
after a martini.
I think I'm gonna
eat lunch at the pool.
Why not with us?
Well, that girl's over there.
The girl from last night.
You know, I... I... I don't
know how I feel about you
spending a lot of time
with those girls, Albie.
Why? What's the problem?
I think because they're escorts.
How do you know?
Well, because...
Because what?
Because I wasn't born
yesterday, and it's fairly obvious.
So what if they are?
I mean, you'll
sleep with escorts,
- but then you'll judge them?
- Who says I sleep with escorts?
I'm sure you've both
slept with escorts.
Albie, I... I just don't think
your mother would be happy
if she knew I was letting
you run around Sicily
with a couple of escorts.
Mom's not happy
because you cheat on her
with whoever you
can get your hands on.
And it's pretty hypocritical
that you would judge them.
I'm not judging them.
I'm just looking out for you.
They probably don't
wanna be escorts.
They're just poor and
victims of a fucked-up system.
Women aren't all saints,
Albie. They're just like us.
Have a good lunch.
Where you going?
Dad, what is the
matter with you?
I... I mean, you almost just...
- Just what?
- You know what.
I'm trying to smooth things
over with Albie and with everyone,
and that would,
you know... that would
really not be good.
I can't be responsible
for everything I say,
I'm concussed.
- I just hit my head.
- Yeah.
Oh, my God. Here, here.
I like it.
What the fuck! You told her?
You left a condom wrapper
on the fucking couch,
and she found it!
- What?
- Yeah!
What was I supposed to
do? She thought it was me.
- Are you sure it doesn't...
- I think she still does.
- Oh, shit.
- No.
How do you miss that?
I don't fucking
know, all right? I...
- Cameron!
- Sorry. I...
Coming.
- Are you okay?
- Wow. Wow. Wow.
Yeah. Strong as an ox.
I'm so sorry about the bag.
- I tried not to over pack.
- Nah, you're all right.
It's not a problem.
You got a fucking
dead body in here?
Oh, my God.
My God.
Are you kidding me?
Look at that pool.
Hey. I mean, these
are some high-end gays.
Oh, it's a good feeling
when you realize
that someone has money.
'Cause then you don't have to
worry about them wanting yours.
- Mm. Must be such a relief.
- It is. It is.
God, will you look at this?
Oh, my God. Don't
steal anything.
Come in. Come in.
Oh, my God.
You must have dumped
a fortune into this place.
- Hey.
- You all right?
Oh, yes, a
little one. I was hoping to get
some heritage subsidies
from the government,
but they said we had
to open it to the public.
So... that's not going to
happen.
Oh, yeah. You don't
want the public in here.
No. The public are not welcome,
but you are. Come. Sit, sit.
Would you like some
tea, some Moscato?
I would like a
splash of Moscato.
Now...
you know, after hearing
the story of your love life,
we decided you were like
a tragic heroine
in a Puccini opera.
I told you this.
Yeah, but...
Is that a compliment?
- Oh, yes.
- It is?
So, we decided
it would be very fitting
while you're here if we
took you to the opera.
And tonight they're going
to show Madame Butterfly,
which will be fantastic.
- Mm.
- Would you like that?
- Hm?
- Hm?
- To the opera!
- All'opera!
The opera? Sounds like a fucking
shit idea. So, I say...
That we... we ditch the gays,
I can show you around
town. Get us in trouble.
What do you reckon?
I reckon that sounds great.
- You takin' the piss outta my accent?
- Yeah, maybe a little.
All right, fuck these lot. Hm.
- Yes, yes. Maybe.
- Oh, yeah.
- Yeah.
- Oh, I, uh,
I went to the bank.
I have the money.
Did you like last night?
- Very much. Very much so.
- Hmm. So did I.
What about tonight?
Yeah, um...
I... I don't mind paying.
I just... I would feel weird
being part of some situation.
Like, if you're being
exploited by some guy.
Do... do you know... Do
you know what I mean?
Yeah.
Yeah, but, I mean, I don't
want money. I like you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah. Very much.
Hey!
Isabella?
Ciao, buonasera.
Buonasera.
Ah. E Rocco?
E, Rocco...
Vai.
Wow.
That is absolutely incredible.
Wow.
Can you believe it?
We're finally free,
just you and me.
- Do you like arancini?
- Arancini. Yeah, totally.
- Nice.
- What is it?
It... Fuck's sake.
- It's like a rice ball.
- Oh!
- Yeah.
- A rice ball!
I love a good rice ball.
Bet you do,
you fuckin' slag.-
Well, the best rice
balls are down here.
They're the best in the world.
You're gonna love 'em!
- I sit here?
- Yes. Look up.
Look up.
Wow.
Oh, my gosh.
Hey.
Who's the lady?
Is it the Queen of Sicily?
Yes.
Psst. Psst.
Here we go.
Hey, uh, I'm gonna hit the
head. I'll see you guys over there.
- Sure.
- Okay.
Just... just a second, okay?
- So sorry.
- Okay.
Come on.
You can't be giving me looks
like that in front of my wife.
I don't care. Where is my money?
I know, okay? Just...
just relax, okay?
You're gonna get your
money. I've just been busy.
It's 1,300 euros.
Thirteen hundred...
It's nothing.
Okay? I just need
to go to a bank.
- All right? Just... Relax.
- No. Give me your number.
No!
- I want it! I want your number.
- No. Jesus Christ.
I'm here with my
wife. All right? I can't.
And I can't be talking to you.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- Sorry.
- Um. Who was that?
Um...
He owes me money.
- He hired you?
- Yeah.
And he didn't pay you?
And, um, Alessio is
asking me for the money.
Threatening me and...
Is there anything I can do?
No, no. It's not your
problem. Really.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
You can't really be surprised,
- can you?
- By what?
Well, that he's running around
with an escort.
What do you mean?
You've normalized it for him.
Right, like you
normalized it for me.
Oh, I never ran
around with hookers.
I don't run around
with hookers either.
Dom. Didn't you run around
with that exact hooker?
You gave her the key to my room.
You know the reason I am
the way I am is because of you.
You're blaming me
for your situation? That's rich.
Do you think you
were so discrete?
Do you? I mean, how
many nights did I hear Mom
cry herself to sleep? Get real.
Everybody knew, Dad.
Everybody knew.
- Everybody knew.
- We had a great marriage.
Oh, my God. You are deluded.
You made her life hell
my entire childhood.
Do you have amnesia?
If I made her life hell,
- why'd she stay with me?
- I have no idea.
She didn't know any better.
She was a martyr. I don't know.
She loved me.
She was a bitter woman.
And she died a bitter woman,
and she knew about
everything you did. Believe me.
You were just too
self-involved to even notice that.
Yeah, and you know what, I...
I don't blame you
for my situation, but
I sure fucking could.
Because you never...
showed me how to love a woman.
You never... showed
me how to be intimate.
You never showed me
how to put others first.
You always put yourself first.
Always. So I did the same thing.
I loved your mother.
And she loved me.
It's not that simple.
Yes, it is.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.
To volcanos, and all
the threesomes of past,
and...
present, and future.
I feel like you sow your
oats when you're young,
and then you just, you know,
you get it out of your system.
I don't know.
- Not sure it works like that.
- I know, but that's the idea.
Well, it's kinda like
food, you know?
You... gorge yourself
until you're sick.
You swear you'll never
eat another bite, and then...
few days later,
you're hungry again.
So, Harper.
You've grilled me and E
all day. What about you?
What about me?
You ever had a threesome?
Yes.
- Right?
- Mm-hmm.
- Maybe.
- Really?
With who?
- Uh, with my friend Paola...
- Mmm, Paola?
- Mm-hmm? Oh.
- And this guy Oscar.
This was in San Juan.
Were they your
cousins or something?
Very funny.
- Yeah.
- Okay, okay. How old were you?
Um...
I don't know. I was, um...
I was in college.
Were you a good
girl or a bad girl?
I mean, I wasn't...
I wasn't bad, but I had fun...
in college.
In college?
What, not now?
No, I mean it's just hard
to... You know, Ethan...
Ethan loves his porn, you
know? So, it's just hard to compete
with "Slutty intern gets triple banged..."
"For not listening
to her bosses."
Maybe we should
slow down on the wine.
No, let's not slow down.
- Let's keep it going, right?
- Yeah, fuck it.
- Yeah! Why not?
- Right? Why not?
Ah. Camerieri.
Okay.
Let's see what you
have. Give it a little twirl. Okay?
Perfecto.
- It's okay?
- What's your name?
Luca.
- Luca.
- Yes.
- My name is Harper.
- Nice to meet you.
Piacere...
Grazie, Valentina.
Grazie Mille! Grazie.
Grazie, Valentina.
Grazie!
Grazie, grazie!
Let's go.
I've never eaten
so fast in my life.
Seriously, you were right.
That was the...
Best rice ball I've ever had.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Palermo's amazing. Seriously,
there's, like, so much
going on all the time.
I think there's, like, uh, a
club somewhere around here.
But, it's a bit early.
They don't really get
going until 2:00 A.M. here.
Hm.
Hey!
Oh, keep walking, keep walking,
keep walking.
- Wait, what?
- Hey!
- Come on, run, run, run!
- What's happening?
Go, go! Get behind
that bin there.
Wait, what?
What are we doing?
- Okay, get down. Relax.
- What's that? What...
- You all right?
- Why is he chasing us?
All right.
All right, we're good.
We're good, we're good.
Whoo!
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
What just happened?
Well, I forgot my wallet.
- I could've paid.
- Nah.
- Yeah.
- Wouldn't ask you to pay. You're a lady!
How'd you run in them
things anyway? I'm impressed.
Ow, yeah. My
feet do really freaking hurt.
- Do they?
- Yes.
It's all right, I can lick
'em better later if you want.
- Will you?
- Give 'em a little massage.
- Yeah?
- You like that?
Thank you. Thank you.
Okay. Grazie.
Hi.
Nice.
- Where'd they go?
- To find cigars.
Mm.
You okay?
I think something happened.
When we were in Noto.
Like what?
I'm sure whatever
happened wasn't a big deal.
And if anything ever
did happen, you just...
do what you have to do to
make yourself feel better about it.
I have this trainer in the city.
Lawrence. He's so handsome.
He has blonde hair and
these, like, big, blue eyes.
He's really funny, too.
I spend more time with him
than Cameron sometimes.
'Cause he's so busy at work.
Such a cutie. Wanna see a pic?
This is just a
picture of your kids.
Is it? Whoopsie.
We'll find it later.
Anyway, the point is...
maybe you should get a trainer.
This is the best gelato
- you can have in Taormina.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- In just Taormina?
Um, no, I mean,
in all of Sicily.
- Mm. Well, I would hope so...
- Yeah.
Because it took us,
like, an hour to get it, so...
Lucia!
Oh, no.
I'll be right back. Just...
just stay here, okay?
Okay. Yeah.
Sorry.
Who is that?
Alessio.
Is everything okay?
I just don't want
to talk about it.
Okay.
Poor Madam Butterfly.
Seppuku.
I can relate.
Gore Vidal, who is a friend...
Actually, he used to sleep
in the room you're staying in.
He once said, "I can
understand companionship."
I can understand bought
sex in the afternoon.
"But I cannot understand
the love affair."
I'm the same.
You've never been in love?
Ever?
Once, yes.
Before I got wise.
I was young.
- Who was he?
- He was an American, actually.
I was... restless, and I'd
read too much beat poetry.
And I decided to go bumming
around the American West
in the hopes of
out-scandalizing my father.
And I met this young
cowboy in Wyoming.
- Hm.
- And I fell absolutely
head over heels for him.
And of course, he
was heterosexual
and completely uninterested,
which only added to
the torturous pleasure.
I'd have done anything for him.
And the amazing thing is
after 30 odd years, I still would.
Well, whatever happened to him?
Well, he got old.
Which, though unforgivable,
is not strictly-speaking
his fault.
No, no.
Other than the cowboy,
love's never been
my Achilles heel.
It was always beauty.
Hm. I live for beauty.
I know you do.
I do. Hm.
I'd also die for
beauty. Wouldn't you?
Hm.
A world without beauty...
is not a world I
want to live in.
Well...
you couldn't ask for a
more beautiful world...
than this.
Here's to beauty.
To beauty.
- You want a fag?
- Yes.
Oh, that was a wild
night, weren't it?
Can't believe you
almost got me arrested.
Thought I gave zero
fucks, but you give, like,
negative fucks.
- Is that a problem?
- No.
Well, you
ain't seen nothin' yet.
- I'll be back, yeah?
- You're not coming in?
Oh, I gotta go do
something for my uncle, but...
keep your door unlocked, yeah?
'Kay.
Hi, this is Abby.
I can't take your
call right now,
so leave me a message.