Younger (2015–…): Season 2, Episode 7 - Into the Woods & Out of the Woods - full transcript

Liza accompanies Josh to an outdoor music festival but it's not exactly what she's use to. And when Charles is about to receive an award but he needs to talk the books that inspire him and he doesn't have any. So he calls Liza for help. And Diane and Hugh get together but something happens and they have to go to the emergency room. .

[lively bluegrass music]

Yeah!

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

Thank you, Brooklyn!

We just want to let you guys know

we're playing the Hudson
Valley Brew Grass Festival

this weekend in Cooperstown...

48 hours of nothing but craft
beer and bluegrass music.

So come on down. We'd love
to have you, all right?

♪ ♪



Yay!

Sounds like torture.

No, I'm excited.

- You're gonna go?
- Of course I am.

I've put Josh through so
much, and he's been amazing.

He comes to all my work stuff.

I really need to show up for him.

Plus, it's a really big deal for the band.

Well, that's great, Liza.

I have three words of advice:

extra toilet paper.

[gasps] Oh, my God, Iris.

Who's Iris?

Oh, a girl I dated for 11 weeks.



Wow, almost a full trimester.

- Come say hi.
- Do I have to?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

You must come.

Both: Hey!

Great set, dude.

Are you sure that you can't
just, uh, blow off work

and drive up with me and the boys tonight?

Oh, I wish I could, but I promise

I'll leave straight from
the office tomorrow.

- I promise.
- Okay.

Okay, okay, okay, I believe you.

Yeah, dudes!

This weekend is going to be epic, man.

I'm going full "Deliverance."

I'm not bringing a tent,
toothpaste, or toilet paper.

Just me, the music, and the sky.

You know how that movie ends, right?

What movie?

[funky music]




- _
- [phone chimes]

[whispers] So cute.

- _
- [phone chimes]

[energetic music]

It is a big deal, Charles.

Being featured in "By the Book"

solidifies your place among
the literary intelligentsia.

You're gonna be in "By the Book"?

In "The Times"?

No, Liza, in "Cat Fancy."

Yes, it's "The Times."

That's the first section
I read every Sunday.

Well, I can use all the help I can get.

Deadline's Monday morning.

Well, you know the basics.

What's on your nightstand?

How did you fall in love with literature?

Which artist is most underrated?

That's my favorite question.

Just be sure to include one of our books.

You know, maybe "The Male Feminist."

You want to come across as
intelligent but not pretentious.

That's our brand.

It's funny; books are such
a big part of my work life.

I can't remember which ones
are a big part of my life life.

Well, you could start
with the classics...

You know, Tolstoy, Pynchon, Hume.

Agatha Christie or Dashiell
Hammett might be cute.

What about "Infinite Jest"?

Uh... oh.

Yes, Liza?

Well, someone just said "Infinite Jest."

Oh, was it Colson Whitehead or Tina Fey?

Either way, I'd steer clear.

[mutters] Okay.

Thank you, Liza.

And I know it doesn't sound edgy,

but I'd throw in some
unexpected nonfiction.

Maybe Doris Kearns Goodwin or...

Ooh, Rick James' memoir.

There's a quirky curveball.

I've had a lot of time

to come up with my own answers.

You know, in case anyone ever asks.

Three, two, one.

Well, no one asking.

I have a meeting with Hugh Shirley.

I guess I'll know he's here
when my assistant tells me.

That's me.

[upbeat music]




Oh, Diana, you look hot.

You have a date tonight?

Oh, just a meeting with Hugh Shirley.

Oh, I should probably be in on that.

Oh, no, no, that's not necessary.

It's just market... Strictly marketing.

Oh.

I see. I got ya.

Well, I'm here if you need me.

Thank you.

I won't.

[sighs]

That's better.

[clicks tongue]

[sighs]

That's better.

Are we looking at any
Mid-Atlantic coverage,

or is it just the Northeast?

Well, we'll start in New York City,

Bluestockings downtown.

It's pretty much home base

for lesbians, social
workers... Same thing.

And then we'll hit Park
Slope, Northampton, Ptown.

How about Midwestern college towns?

A huge portion of my audience
are transgender academics.

Absolutely... Ann Arbor,
Madison, St. Paul.

And there is a huge market for this book

in Seattle and Portland...

Actually, anywhere in
the Pacific Northwest

within ten miles of a vegan market.

Great. I'd like to wake
up some straight men too.

Maybe we could do surprise drop-ins

at a VFW hall or strip
club here and there.

- Diana?
- Huh?

- Are you okay?
- Yup, absolutely.

You were saying strip... strip clubs.

I'm sorry. You need to know something.

No, no, you deserve to know something.

[sighs]

I am objectifying you right now...

erotically, and I'm so sorry.

Thank you for telling me that.

Okay, now let's continue.

Yes, uh, please do.

Have lunch with me tomorrow.

I swear I'll make you pay for half.

I... I think I can, uh, be free.

So it's a date.

[laughs nervously]

Right? It... it's a date?

- Yes.
- Yes, yes, a date.

[lively bluegrass music]

Josh, hello?

Hey... oh, hey, hey.

Sorry, the signal just keeps cutting out.

Which tent are you in?

[loudly] Which tent are you in?

What do you mean, drop a pin?

Like, on the ground?

Josh?

Josh? Hello?

Hello, can you hear me?

Ugh.

[music playing in the distance]

[phone ringing]

Hey, I'm by the... Uh,
the Bratwurst tent.

I like mine with sauerkraut and onions.

What?

I'm kidding. It's... it's Charles.

I'm so sorry to interrupt your weekend.

I just had a quick question
about this "By the Book" thing.

Oh, uh, yeah. No problem.

Uh, what question do you need help with?

"What was your favorite book as a child?"

Uh, I don't want to lie.

Why would you lie?

I was never much of a reader,

but I loved baseball,
so I just told everybody

that my baseball coach said
reading would ruin my eyesight

and I'd never hit a curveball again.

I would have guessed you were a bookworm.

Yeah, when... when your father
owns a publishing house,

most people think that.

Um, I... I did read comic
books at the dinner table,

which he hated.

So not reading was your form of rebellion.

Yeah, until I was 12,

and then I found more creative ways

to torture my parents.

Well, if you're going to lie,

which I'm not suggesting, because...

Because lying is bad.

Uh, yes but, in certain cases, acceptable.

Even necessary. Go on.

I would go with "To Kill A Mockingbird."

Excellent idea.

I don't think that the
Hulk is going to cut it.

- [laughs]
- Boo!

- Oh, my God.
- What? Are you okay?

- Liza?
- Yeah.

It was just my boyfriend
playing a joke on me.

Oh, I'll let you go.

Thank you so much for your help.

It was my pleasure.
I'll see you on Monday.

Yeah. I'll see you Monday.

Sorry.

- Mm.
- Sorry I was working.

I'm just so excited to see you.

I can't believe you're actually here.

Of course I am. I wouldn't miss it.

You guys didn't play yet, did you?

No, no, no, tomorrow, 2:00 p.m.

Be there.

Front row, center.

Number one fan!

Number one groupie!

This is it.

I pitched it myself.

Welcome.

- Wow.
- [chuckles]

Okay. Um...

Should we blow up the air mattress?

There is a hole in it.

No worries, though, because...

the ground is soft.

[chuckles weakly]

Soft ground usually means...

Yeah, it's wet.

But we're roughing it.

Yeah, we are.

You're such a trouper. You know that?

That is one of the things
I love most about you.

That's me. I'm a trouper.

- Guys?
- Whoa!

I can't do this.

Please, I'm not made for roughing it.

All right, I don't know
how to start a fire.

I'm covered in bug bites.

And a raccoon ate all my Clif Bars.

I'm gonna die out there.

What happened to going full "Deliverance"?

Yeah, that was until I got this bite.

Oh, my God.

Look at the size of that thing.

It's like it's laying eggs under my skin.

Don't make me go back out there.

Ugh. I brought some calamine lotion.

Oh, Liza.

You're the best.

Times like this, I'm glad you're old.

- Oh!
- "Er," older and wiser.

Look, you guys can still get freaky.

Don't mind me, all right?
I won't make it weird.

Look at these bad boys. Instant privacy.

[upbeat country music]

- Good morning.
- Hey.

Good morning.

[gasps] Just what I needed.

Thank you. Mmhmm.

Wow. It's cold.

And also not coffee.

I couldn't find any coffee.

It's coffee stout.

Great, morning beer.

[laughs] You're at Brew
Grass Festival, Liza.

That's how we roll.

We're gonna have so much fun today.

We are going to check
out the clogging circle.

We're going to hit up the whittling tent.

There's the cornhole tournament.

I'm just gonna hope
that's something different

from what I'm imagining.

Well...

Where do I go pee?

Porta-Potty that way.

Okay.

[laughs] Good luck.

- I'm a trouper!
- Yes, you are!

[phone buzzes]

_

_

Ooh, this one is full. Ooh.

Trust me; you're gonna
want to go in the woods.

[moaning]

[phone ringing]

Oh, God.

Hi, Charles.

You're really putting
me out on a limb here.

[laughs] Well, it'll be
a "By the Book" first.

Plus, the Hulk is cool!

Although Robert Louis
Stevenson did it first

with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

So now I'm wondering about my answer to

what book changed my life.

And I should probably say "Freedom,"

but then I would have to explain why.

That's a great book.
How did it affect you?

It was the last book my wife read

before she left me.

Oh, no. No, no, no, that's awful.

Yeah, I... I still
can't quite bring myself

to shake Jonathan Franzen's hand.

And, I mean, look, I'm sure

I may have had something to
do with her walking out...

Okay, well, there are
two sides to every story.

But she walked out on her daughters too,

and that's...

intense.

Yeah, well, Pauline
was definitely intense.

Uh, always looking to find
her place in the world,

and "Freedom" inspired
her to... to find hers.

In L.A., apparently.

Hey, what are you doing out here?

The whittling tent just opened.

Let's go rip a huge bong hit

and go whittle, huh?

Come on.

Relationships are complex.

Do you think that we could
get "The Male Feminist"

into elementary schools?

Well, I could talk to my friend

at the Department of Ed.

It's certainly a book every
third grader should read.

Yeah, that would be great.

- You know, Diana...
- Yeah.

You channel this masculine energy,

which normally I'd hate,

but yours is stoic and brave,

yet deeply vulnerable.

A barely feminine mystique, if you will.

You know, my grandmother
always said I reminded her

of an Indian chief.

Oh!

She was a violent racist, but
I took it as a compliment.

That racist was on to something.

Yeah, she saw you.

And I see you.

Do you see you?

Oh, I see me.

I would like to see you...

With your full permission and consent...

Naked, raw, and hungry.

You want to suck on my peen pipe?

It's funny, 'cause it's
shaped like a penis.

I like how the balls are the bowl.

[giggles]

Both: That's hilarious.

Oh, we got to go.

We're gonna miss the clogging circle.

Wait, can we come?

Oh, my God, I really want to clog.

Uh, yeah, sure.

Oh, uh, you guys think

you might want to put on a shirt?

Or a blouse or maybe even a sheath, maybe?

You know, there's gonna
be a lot of bouncing.

I wouldn't want you to hurt yourselves

or anybody else.

Both: Huh. That's hilarious.

Come on! Let's go clogging!

Come on, girl.

- Okay.
- Let's go.

Okay.

Is this okay?

Yeah.

Is this okay?

Yes.

How about this?

It's all okay, Hugh. Just put it in.

Actually, you know what?

This is feeling too phallo-centric.

I feel like I'm dominating you.

- I want you on top of me.
- Okay, let's do that.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Ah, that's... I think that's better.

- Good for you?
- Yes, it's good for me.

Yes. Wait.

Do you feel like you have
enough agency in this power...

No more talking.

Okay.

- Yes.
- Yes?

Yes! Okay, this is more like it.

Okay, this is what we're talking about.

Yes, this is it. Yes! Yes!

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

[crunching sound]

[screaming]

Oh, my God, what just happened to you?

I don't know, but it's bad.

I'm gonna get my phone.

- Just gonna get my phone.
- Ah!

- No? Okay, I won't.
- Ah!

I don't mean to complain, but my feet

have never been stomped on
so many times in one day.

I mean, at least the rain chilled out.

Are they just with us

the entire weekend from now on?

Unknown.

What I do know is that it's time for you

to lose to the top.

[scoffs] Not enough moonshine
in the world for that.

[band playing]

That's my cue. Wish me luck.

Mwah! Good luck.

♪ ♪

Hey, excuse me. Will you spray us, please?

Oh, me too.

♪ ♪

Both: Thank you.

♪ I wore my boots out walkin' ♪

_

♪ Wore my heart out talkin' ♪

_

♪ I felt the pain, and
I broke the chain ♪

♪ But I've still got
a long way to go ♪

♪ ♪

_

_

- _
- ♪ Been on the road till tomorrow ♪

♪ Through the joy and the sorrow ♪

_

♪ Came through the flood, and
I walked through the mud ♪

♪ But I still got a long way to go ♪

_

_

♪ ♪

_

- _
- ♪ Been in the back room dealin' ♪

- _
- ♪ Been a long hook reelin' ♪

♪ Out in the shed, and I... ♪

Howdy, folks!

We're the Bedford Avenue Country Boys.

Y'all want to hear some bluegrass?

[cheers and applause]

- _
- [upbeat bluegrass music]

Oh.

♪ ♪

_

Aw.

Oh.

Uh...

♪ ♪

Oh, uh, I need that charger.

I was here first.

Sorry, not sorry.

[grunts]

Ow!

Rude!

Come on. Come on.

[bluegrass music playing]

- Uh, Liza?
- Charles!

I am so sorry.

I meant to send that text to my boyfriend.

We must have cross-texted.

Uh, yeah, I guess we must have.

I'm so sorry.

I'm at this bluegrass
festival in Cooperstown,

and my phone died.

Well, it... it sounds like

you're having fun, though.

Uh...

No, not really.

It's, uh... it's not so great.

It's really muddy,

lots of mosquitoes, no plumbing.

It's fine, Liza, really.

You know, there is this
great B&B near Cooperstown

called the Timid Whaler.

My girls and I stayed there last summer.

You'd love it.

Oh, I don't know.

Leaving here would be...

[retching]

Amazing.

Go have fun, and enjoy your weekend.

And thanks again for the help.

I, uh... I couldn't have
done it without you.

No problem. Sorry for
the misunderstanding.

I'll see you on Monday.

[sighs] Fine, I hip-checked her.

We have a zero-tolerance policy

when it comes to violence here.

Except for killer guitar riffs, right?

Come on.

[grunts]

Okay, so was it more of a pop or a crack?

- It was a crack.
- Uh, pop.

Definitely a crack.

We were making love.

Diana was on top, of course.

And then she arched her back
like a Romanian gymnast.

It's from rigorous yoga.

I'm very supple of spine.

Hmm.

And then I heard a crack sound,

and I felt a searing pain in my phallus.

Oh, my God, I think she broke your dick.

Doctor!

I don't understand. It's not even a bone.

Well, technically, it's a penile fracture.

It's when the lining
of the penis ruptures.

It's not uncommon when the woman's on top

and her entire body weight
is pounding and bending

the engorged penis.

Is that what happened here?

- That's what he wanted.
- I wanted what you wanted!

We're gonna need to take a sonogram

before we can operate.

And to do that, we'll
need you fully erect.

I don't see how that's gonna happen.

We can give you an injection in your penis

to stimulate an erection,
or if you prefer,

we can give you some
privacy with your girlfriend

while she assists you.

Get her out of here!

Liza.

What happened?

Ugh, I'm so sorry I missed your set.

No way.

And they kicked you out for that?

Why is everyone so nonviolent here?

We're not that far from New York.

I'm sorry.

I know that this is really,
really important to you.

Yeah.

I clearly can't cut it.

You have to be in your 20s
to do the festival thing,

and I hate saying it, but
I'm just too old for this.

Yeah. Yeah.

So am I.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Plus, I stink.

You do stink.

Whoa, whoa, so do you, babe.

I know. I know I reek.

Hmm.

You know, my boss mentioned a B&B.

It's 20 minutes away.

Mm.

It's supposed to be really nice.

Do they have towels?

Oh, they have towels.

They have towels for days.

Oh, tell me more about these towels.

And they have pillows...

Soft, warm, fluffy pillows.

Gabe loves pillows.

Mm.

[laughs] Babe.

I love... I love pillows!

I love pillows. [laughs]

Uh, Miller? Liza Miller?

Excellent. A room for two.

Oh, let me get...

No, I got this.

Actually, it looks like

your room has already been paid for

by Empirical Publishing.

Wow.

Your boss is awesome.

Wow!

This is beautiful!

Look, we got a basket.

Got some vino.

And a note.

Oh, I'll open it.

I got it.

"Dear Liza, thanks for your help.

"Couldn't have done it without you.

Soon enough, you'll be the
one answering the questions."

I see.

Put this robe on, and get into bed.

Why?

So we can take a picture
and send it to your boss,

say "thank you."

Okay.

[light music]

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh ♪




♪ Here we go, now ♪

All right, now why don't you
take all your clothes off

and meet me in the bathroom?

♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

I'll be there in a second.

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ We can make our own way ♪

-_
- ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh ♪




♪ Make our own way ♪