Younger (2015–…): Season 7, Episode 4 - Risky Business - full transcript

I just can't believe
it's really over.

Please allow me to present
surf legend Tai Manning.

Told you it was gonna
cheer you up.

I think we're gonna be
great together.

The greatest thing
about tattoos is,

they tell a story, right?

I think it's time for me
to start telling my story.

This whole book was
actually Charles' idea.

Can we really trust Quinn?

Liza, what do you think?

I don't know what to think.



♪ ♪

Keep it moist,
but let it breathe.

That's my motto.

So am I gonna
see you again?

I definitely want
to see you again.

Great. How about right now?

♪ ♪

- Okay.
Wait, do you think that was it?

I hope so.

Have you ever googled
turtle orgasm?

Um... no.

Eeeeeh...

- Stop.
- Now you don't have to.

You are so much weirder
than me, and no one knows that.



Oh, hi. Good morning.
Didn't know you had a guest.

Hi. KT, nice to meet you
both.

- Wish I could stay.
- Yeah.

Me too.

Bye, bye.

KT seems loud.
Nope. I mean nice.

- Was it that loud?
- Yeah. It was real loud.

Hey, were you guys
doing ear stuff?

I mean, I know when someone's
going up on me

I then have a hard time
hearing the volume

- of my own love sounds.
- No, not ear stuff.

We were just doing
the regular sex.

- Okay, guys. Don't hole shame.
Come on.

Aural
is considered regular sex.

Oh my, God, you are
so much weirder than me.

♪ ♪

Hey, I just want to
remind you

I'm leaving early today
for Montauk.

Right. Come in, come in.

There is something here, right?

I'm worried we literally just
judged a book by its cover.

So will readers,
and we'll get the content.

Good morning.

I was just going
over the budget.

You spent 400,000
on the Kai Manning book?

It's part
of my discretionary fund.

I didn't think I needed
to run that by you.

No, but we do have to
get approval

for everything
over 250,000 from Chicago,

so I am going to have to go
to bat for you on this,

and I am worried

that we don't have
anything beyond that cover.

Covers are what sell books,

and I'm really not
worried about it at all.

And, I'm going
to Montauk today

to spend some time with Kai.

I'll make sure we have
something to show Chicago.

Okay. You probably want
to leave early.

The traffic can get really bad.

Yeah, I remember.

♪ ♪

So much for that silent
Chicago money.

Yeah, first they take away
Millennial,

and now we have to
run our budget by them?

If it isn't
my favorite Empiri-gals.

Coffee?

No, I hate coffee breath.

So, should I bring
something to Charles?

You know, strike that.
I don't know why women

constantly feel the need
to ingratiate ourselves.

Because we're smart and being
nice is social lubricant.

Am I gonna need lubricant
with Charles?

Please don't answer that.

I think I already know
the answer.

All right, gals, I'm out.

Love you like a sister.
Here comes the titty twister!

- No!
- Oh...

- I'm kidding.
You're hilarious.

- She's just here working.
- I know.

♪ ♪

It's a really strong,
Quinn.

And it's accessible in a way
that "Claw" wasn't.

Everyone fails.

No secret to success.

It's just picking yourself up
and moving on.

Yeah, and the whole process

of going through my past
failures

and realizing it's all part
of the same journey...

It was so therapeutic.

Well, makes sense.

That's why a lot of writers
write...

To work out
their real-life issues.

What do publishers do to work
out their real-life issues?

♪ ♪

Good question.

♪ ♪

Okay, back to books.

And since mine
is in such good shape,

what do you think about
a fall release?

It's, uh, possible.

We'd have
to move quickly though.

- Oh, good.
I love moving quickly.

So if your team
can read it through tonight,

I can meet end of day
tomorrow?

- I will see what I can do.
- You're the publisher.

You can do whatever you want.

♪ So sad, yeah ♪

♪ Never left ya ♪

♪ Couldn't wait to get up ♪

♪ Get up, get up, hey ♪

♪ Thank me later ♪

♪ 'Cause I got ya back ♪

♪ Yeah
I really mean that ♪

♪ And I'm never... ♪

Kai.

Kai.

♪ ♪

Oh, hey, Liza.

Nice to see you.

You too.

Your home is so beautiful.

Well, it beats living
out of the back of my van.

Yeah, back in the day
I'd just go

wherever the waves were
and just crash wherever.

I've slept in a banana shack
in Oahu,

in the back of an oyster truck
in the south of France.

I even surfed Lake Michigan
and spent a week

in a sorority house
at Northwestern.

Were you pledging?

- I think I got pledged.
- All right.

- You do have stories.
- I do.

Well, maybe the book is a
collection of personal stories

from each place you've surfed,
kind of like a surf journal.

Oh, I also have journals,
pretty detailed ones too.

Amazing. Would you mind
sharing them?

Would you mind if I read
your journals, Liza Miller?

Fair. Okay. Tell me this.

Tell me why.

Why travel around the world
and sleep in an oyster truck?

Why is surfing so important?

It's not.

No, that's what
I love about it.

It doesn't matter.
It's just enjoyable.

I mean, I literally get paid
to do what I love.

I get that. So do I.

That's an amazing feeling,
right?

Yeah. I'd kind of
forgotten that recently.

I've had a lot on my mind.

- Then, let it go.
- Is that all I have to do?

Hey, for me that is the key
for self-preservation.

You want to stay on your board
with all the elements

crashing around you,
you have to stay present.

Let all your worries or your
fears or your self-doubt go.

Mm. It's not so easy for me
to get out of my head.

Well, then you have
to do something

to get you into your body.

- You gonna say yoga?
- No. I was gonna say sex.

Well, I've been in my head
plenty of times during sex.

You haven't had sex with me.

Look, I don't want
to make you uncomfortable.

I know you're here for work,
but we could have sex and work.

Maybe I could help you
get out of your head.

Thank you for the offer,

but sex and work

can be complicated,
so, um...

I'm gonna put this down
and grab this,

and I'm gonna say good night.

- Sure. No worries.
Hey, drive safe.

I'll see you in the morning.

♪ ♪

- Navigation active.
Where would you like to go?

♪ I keep my hopes up ♪

♪ And I'm turning
the stone... ♪

Where would you like to go?

♪ ♪

- I'm sorry.
I didn't get that.

I was just wondering

if I should sleep with
the hot surfer,

'cause the last person
who made me feel good

was also the same person
who broke my heart,

and I really, really wanna
feel good again.

♪ It's the cold,
it's the flames ♪

♪ It's the fog lights ♪

- I'm sorry.
I didn't get that.

North Harbor Inn and Suites.

♪ This is the moment ♪

♪ It's the moment
we take from ♪

♪ The main line ♪

♪ ♪

Okay, you want to
write a book

about a surfer,
you have to surf.

Well, I bodysurfed once
at the Jersey Shore.

I broke an ankle, not mine,
someone else's.

So I know
the power of the ocean.

Well, I'll be right there
with you.

We'll take it easy, ride
the white water for a while,

and then once you feel
more comfortable,

- we'll move to the green.
- Okay.

Just give me
the worst-case scenario.

I'm assuming it's somewhere

between water up the nose
and death.

Well, you'll probably
get rag dolled.

That just means
when you fall off,

you might get whipped around
by the wave a bit.

That's what it sounded like.

- Come on.
What's scarier...

Trying something
or not trying something?

Sharks.

Ha ha!

♪ ♪

I do like this
as a follow-up to "Claw,"

but just to clarify, is
the message that we're sending.

"Hey, ladies, climb to the top,
but failure is inevitable"?

Pretty much.

But failure is not
the opposite of success.

It's an important part
of learning to succeed,

so the message is don't be
afraid to take risks,

and it's not just for ladies.

I think it's an important
message.

Yeah, I mean,
I feel like this is my story.

I mean, my whole life has been
about risks and look at me now.

Whoa, I'm sorry.
I'm tearing up.

Um...

Excuse me.

- Hello?
- Are you with Quinn?

- Yes, we're in a meeting.
Who's this?

It's Quinn's assistant,

and this
is not on her calendar.

I'm sorry. How can I help?

It's Quinn's birthday, and
there's a huge, expensive,

well-attended surprise party
for her at the Rainbow Room.

You're kidding.

Do I sound like
I'm kidding, Mr. Books?

- Uh, it's Brooks.
- That's confusing.

Aren't you the publisher?

- Y-yes, but...
- Whatever.

I need you
to make an excuse

to get the Rainbow Room with
Quinn in, like, 20 minutes.

I think we should continue
this meeting over dinner.

Ooh, I love a working dinner.

Great, so I got us a table
at the Rainbow Room.

- The Rainbow Room?
- Yeah, I'm sorry.

Is Diana Krall performing
an evening of standards?

Because I will need
to tell my parents.

- Whose musty idea was that?
No, no. This is my meeting,

I'll pick the place,
and I know the perfect spot.

♪ ♪

♪ I wanna party ♪

Dave & Buster's?

Yeah, I bring my C suite team
here all the time.

It's so fun,
and they have food.

I'm gonna get us
some power cards.

- What is happening?
- I agreed to help get Quinn

to a surprise birthday party
at the Rainbow Room,

so we have
to get her out of here.

Oh, maybe we could
club her in the head

with one of those
giant pretzels

and just drag her out.

Diva would know what to do
in this situation, you know?

She'd be clever,
but she'd also be firm.

She'd probably say
something like "Quinn"...

- Yeah.
- "T-this is not conducive

"to a business meeting,
but yeah, we're here,

so let's just have some fun."

Kelsey, was complaining.

Look, I know there's
a surprise party for me

at the Rainbow Room,
but this is my birthday

and this is what I want to do,
so just give me an hour

and then I promise I'll go.

Please.

- Okay.
- Yay!

Wait!

You got up
your first time.

That's really impressive.

- I am impressed by myself.
- Here I got ya.

- Oh, thanks. Thanks.
- There we go.

- I was surfing.
- That was rad, right?

Oh, it's so rad,
and the adrenaline.

It makes you feel, like,
alive and invincible and...

Kind of like you
can do anything?

Yeah.

Oh, here, let me
help you with that.

Thanks.

Wow, you are really sexy.

I, um...

I just went through
a really bad breakup,

and I don't know if I could

or should jump back
into bed with somebody.

Ah, totally get it.

You know what,
there's a shower in the house.

You can take that one,
I'll take the one outside.

♪ Two hearts colliding,
sparks in the night ♪

♪ Don't know 'bout
no crystal ball ♪

♪ But now is all we got
in my book ♪

♪ Joy ride
down the boulevard ♪

But I guess it doesn't
have to be a bed.

♪ We can have it all ♪

♪ Come with me this close,
lover ♪

So you actually
bring your staff here?

Oh, yeah, once a year
for team building.

Ha.

You're a really good boss.

I'm really good
at a lot of things.

All right.

Oh see, you've got
to protect the ball.

Easy.

You'd think for how tall
you are,

you'd be much better
at this game.

- We both went in.
- Ringer.

We both went in.

- Oh!
- Yes!

No!

Aah! Yeah!

One, two, three.

That's how it's done, son!

Oh, I love that winning
has a sound.

I should have
teamed up with you.

- Oh, yeah.
We could have run this place.

Probably would have had
enough points

for like
an iPad mini or something.

No, in business,
when you offered to finance me.

Oh, that.

Yeah. I went back to what
felt safe

and I didn't take a risk,

and I think about it every day.

I understand why you stayed,
Kelsey.

It's a wonderful
group of people.

But you did blow
a great opportunity,

and that would gnaw at me too.

♪ ♪

Happy birthday, Quinn.

I'd invite you up,
but this is work.

Hanging out with you
and your team,

that was the real party.

Thank you, Charles.

You're welcome.

♪ All fun and sunshine
and can't hide it ♪

♪ I said it, prophetic,
watch me get it ♪

♪ I'm ma-manic ♪

♪ I'm ma-manic ♪

- Oh!
What's this?

Everything. What's that?

- Oh, Quinn's birthday party.
It was just inner circle.

She hijacked a meeting
and took us

to Dave & Buster's.
How was Montauk?

I got a lot of really
good content, and Kai is great,

so cool, so smart,
and I went surfing.

I even got up.

Oh, did he get up?

Of course, he's a pro.

No, girl, I think
she means did you...

Have sex with him?

- Yeah.
- Yes, a lot.

- Oh my God!
- What!

I know, I felt like I was
on a retreat for my body,

my mind, my soul.
Mostly my body.

Oh my, God,
tell us everything.

No, no. Did you get a book?

Oh, right. Yes, that's what I
really want to know, the book.

I got his journals,
and if they have the content

I suspect they do,
we could just publish them.

Wait, wait. We could turn
his handwriting into a font

and use it
to print all the books.

- I love that idea.
- Me too.

Ladies, this is what
in the zone feels like.

I feel like Kai's journals
are a great way

to throw people
right inside the experience

of living
this adventurous, nomadic,

sometimes lonely life
where he's doing what he loves,

but never creating any real...

permanent...
Huh.

This is weird.
It's just like a bunch

of doodles and surf breaks
and...

- women's names.
- This is just women's names

and... and doodles
of people having sex.

Yeah, I'm looking
at a bird's eye view

of a man surfing a muff.

- Boobs.
- Dicks.

- Dicks.
- Boobs.

This one's just a surfboard
with like a bubble butt.

Nope, that's a dick.

No, no, no.

Okay, Liza, did I get screwed
too this weekend?

Hey.

- Hey!
- Hey!

I got a, um, oh,
I got a thing to do, sorry.

- How was Montauk?
- Wow, work.

That Kai.

He's not much of a talker,
but I ended up getting

a lot of really
exclusive content that is...

Ballsy.

- Thank you.
- Mm-hmm.

He gave me his journals,
in which he bears a lot.

- Can I see?
- No.

She needs time to organize
the great... content.

- Tomorrow?
- Tomorrow.

- Sure.
- Oh.

Well, I hope you took some
time to enjoy yourself too.

- A little.
- Good.

- Ooh, hi.
- Hey.

Wow. Work was a doozy today,
my friend, and to top it off

I went too big with my brooch,
poked someone on the train,

and then I got called
the C-word,

and that C-word was not chic.

- Oh... ho.
I'm sorry, dude.

Hey, KT and I,
we were going out tonight,

but she just texted and
she's coming over here instead.

Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. I'm going to go
put my headphones on

and turn
the volume up to 50.

Shut up!

- Hey.
- Hi. Hi, hi, hi.

- I have to cancel tonight.
- Ugh!

I am so sorry. It's Flo DB.

- Is everything okay?
- A month ago she decided

to paint the studio black,
which is not the problem.

The problem is she now claims
she can still smell paint,

so we have to record
the entire album

in a different studio
in Atlanta.

- Shit.
- Yeah.

So you're leaving tonight?

In a few hours.

But I wanted to see you
and maybe...

Oh my, God, it never ends.

I'm going to be babysitting her
for the next two weeks.

It kind of sounds like
you got a kid.

- You know that, right?
- I know.

Thanks to her I never,
ever want children.

I run from babies,
and apparently from hot guys.

I am so sorry.

I am too.

Oh, rays of...

rays of dicks.

Wow, this guy, he slept
with a ton of women.

I know, it's making me itchy.

All it takes is one
in-grown hair to catch a crab.

Cheers.

Listen, is there anything
that you guys talked about

that could be spun off
into a book? Anything?

I think we're gonna
have to piece together

all the research I did,
the interviews and articles.

We could build
a timeline of his life,

throw in some pictures,

maybe use the format
of the reality show.

Okay, that's a men's health
article, not a $400,000 book.

Like, this doodle
of a frickin' dick

wearing sunglasses
would sell better than that.

I know, I'm so sorry.

Wait, did you do any of
these?

Borneo twist? Rail bang?

Oh, wait, wait, log jam.

Those are surf terms,
not sex terms.

Are you sure,
because these journals

read more like
a sex manual to me.

- I wish it was.
That we could probably sell.

Wait. Can we?

I mean,
that's not the worst idea.

We could add little aphorisms,

like teachings
on life and surfing.

W-we could use the surf
terms as sex positions.

You're going to need
better pictures.

Maybe like silhouettes
of Kai?

Would he do that?

He's definitely not shy
about being naked.

I mean, this is
the best idea we've had.

- You're welcome.
- Okay, but what do we present?

I'm not going to stand up

in front of the office
and demonstrate.

Well, I can draw
if you can model.

You're going to need
to put down your wine.

I'm coming in.

♪ Get up, come on ♪

♪ Let's get up and roll ♪

♪ You need to get up ♪

- ♪ Get up ♪
- Okay.

Got the Kai Manning
book proposal.

We do.

- What, you do?
- We do, Lauren.

Our goal was to capture Kai

in a way that
hasn't been done before.

His journeys around the world
surfing are well documented,

but he has yet to talk

about his journeys
around the world... in bed.

So it's a tell-all?

- It's... more of a...
philosophy.

"The Kama Surf-tra"
by Kai Manning.

Now, there will be
as much nudity

as the ESPN body issue,
and that sells double

the amount that the magazine
normally sells.

We also believe
that this will double

the amount of the average
sports autobiography.

Our target sales
are Andre Agassi's Open,

and we feel like this
is definitely more revealing.

- Yeah, revealing is one word.
Um... pretty explicit.

Maybe it's a
Valentine's Day release.

Or Arbor Day with that
big ole piece of wood.

Any day it's released,
it will sell.

- Exactly.
- I will let Chicago know

that this is what we're doing.

It looks like
you had a good time.

- Hey.
We missed you at the party.

Happy belated birthday,
Quinn.

- Thanks.
I got you something.

- Great.
- Hey, I just wanted to check.

Are things really over
between you and Charles?

- Pardon?
- I Just wouldn't want

to date him if there was
something still going on.

There's nothing going on.

So you traded Charles in
for a celebrity surfer?

I didn't trade Charles in
for anyone.

He's... free to do
whatever he wants.

Well, that's
all I wanted to hear.

Thanks, Liza.

I just never thought
you'd be someone's rebound.

You've done a lot to get
back into publishing

and I don't know
what's going to happen,

but when an employee
doesn't get along

with the boss's new girlfriend,
guess who's out?

♪ You better get ready
'cause I'm going down ♪

♪ You better get ready,
gonna hit the ground ♪

♪ If you ain't ready,
I'ma show you how ♪

♪ Get ready, ready ♪

I just gotta get used to her
being around.

Happy breakup brunch, ladies.

The gentlest warriors always
carry the biggest swords.

It's Charles' problem now,
not yours.

Liza, I need to apologize
to you.

Sashay away.

You have your eye
on anything tonight?

Sure do.

Liza Miller, is that you?

I used to have
such a crush on you.

When you know what you want,
you don't apologize for it.

You go for it.

♪ ♪