Younger (2015–…): Season 7, Episode 9 - Fallout - full transcript

♪ MTV ♪

I want to think
that you've changed.

Charles obviously does.

When it comes to him,
I'd rather save my ass

than my face.

If you're teaching a bunch
of college students,

I don't think these tweets
came from them.

- You set me up.
- You're fired!

You brought this on yourself.

- My train's on the corner.
- Oh, no, no, no.

Freddie can take you
anywhere you want.



Maybe dinner
with a friendly book lover?

- You dated Clare.
- We broke up last month.

- It dropped today.
- Oh, my God!

Our little incubator,
it's taking off!

Hey, what are you doing
with that sign?

Maggie Amato's been cancelled.

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♪ ♪

Hi.

And the caterpillar emerges
from her chrysalis,

a beautiful butterfly.

Not now, I've been up since
4:00 a.m.

What are you doing back there?

Well, I built a dark room.



You know, this whole
cancel Maggie Amato business

gave me an idea for a new show.

Hey, that's great.

I think it could be,

but, no gallery wants
to rep me now.

So I'm showing at
the East River Bar,

you know, in that side room
people go to piss

when the bathroom line
gets too long.

Well, hey,
Charles didn't wanna publish

one of our Inkubator authors,
so we got her into "Vulture."

Each week, a new chapter
comes out,

and people are going crazy
for her.

I know it's...
It's not the same, but...

Even when the bathroom line
isn't long,

people still go in there
to piss...

And vomit.

Well, you have to show
your work...

Even in a bar that stinks
of piss and vomit,

because that's what artists do.

Yeah.

Well, at least you'll be there,
right?

I'ma have to check my calendar.

[upbeat music]

♪ Hey, hey, we got soul ♪

♪ Oh yeah, we got soul ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

57 comments on Dylan's chapter,

and they're all positive.

Um, 58.

Okay, this one is just
an emoji of a bowl.

Do you think it means
bowled over?

- No, eating it up.
- [gasps]

You guys, these people fell
in love hard.

Ugh, look at you.

Withholding the chapters,
teasing the readers...

I'm seriously triggered,
and seriously impressed.

I mean, it is a total mind game.

It's like, we hooked up,
and it was hot,

but I want to take it slow.

Yeah, it's like a friendly
hug goodbye,

but then you lean your hips
forward

just enough to graze it.

- Ew, Liza, you nasty.
- I know, I'm nasty.

[laughter]

- Good morning.
- Good morning, hello.

Is this the girl that came
out of your Inkubator night?

Sure is.

- It's good.
- Yeah. Do you think

maybe we should bring her in?

Can I get a Y to the E to the...

No, it's still not something
we would publish.

Well, someone wanted
to publish her.

And let people read her work
for free.

Well, sometimes content
is for free.

That's what Inkubator
is all about.

And Dylan's next book might
be worth some money,

so, we're just helping her
get there.

But I also need you
to get to work

on books that people
will actually

pay to read.

Excuse me.

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♪ ♪

Hi, me again.

Do you know Susan Abbott?

Yeah, of course,
she's the food writer

married to Jonah Rothchild...

He's one of my favorite authors.

Well, Susan and Jonah are
coming in today

to meet with me.

Jonah left FSG?

No, he's still there,
and Susan is still with

Harper-Collins, but, they're
doing a book together

and they want a new publisher
for the joint venture.

Wow. This could be a get.

Jonah has a Pulitzer.

And Susan ha
two James Beard awards,

we worked really hard
to get them in here...

Since I figure
it's a book people

will actually pay to read.

Um...

Would you mind if I joined
the meeting?

It's your company, you can do
whatever you want.

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[phone chiming]

♪ ♪

[phone ringing]

[ringing continues]

♪ ♪

Okay, so, first an
unsolicited tick pic,

and now a FaceTime call
with no warning?

I thought it was a fun surprise.

No!

In fact, most people would
consider this, like,

a terrorist act.

Well, I need a social media
etiquette class.

Or, maybe a personal tutor?

I don't tutor.

Do you go to hockey games?

Why, did someone cancel on you?

I have season tickets,

you are the only person
I've asked,

but if you want to invite
people, I have a box.

- Oh, wow.
- [laughs]

I'm surprised you didn't send
a pic of that.

Of my box?

Even I know that's
at least date two or three.

[laughs]

I'll see you there at seven.

Perfect.

[upbeat music]

[sighs]

A notable food writer
and a guy famous

for his literary fiction
decide to write a spy novel.

How did that happen?

Well, our first date,

we saw
"Three Days of the Condor"...

- Yes we did.
- At the Film Forum.

And afterward, we went back
to his place,

he pretended to be
Robert Redford,

I was Faye Dunaway. [Laughter]

We love the spy genre

is the point, I hope,
of that story, right?

Have you two ever
collaborated before?

No, we were wiser in our youth.

- Yeah, well, we d...
- We've always helped each other,

but collaborating was
a different beast.

It could be worse,
you could be broken up

and working together.

We published Charles'
ex-wife's book.

- That was tricky.
- I thought that book

went pretty smoothly,
considering.

Hm, well, I was the one
who edited it,

so, I have a different take.

I'll bet.

So, who would we
be working with?

- Me.
- Me.

- Or, both of us.
- Yeah,

That could be fun.

We both have multi-book
contracts with, y'know,

publishers and we want to make
an informed decision.

We actually have
a lot of interest,

so we decided to do a bake-off.

Here are the first two chapters.

Just take a look,
see what you think.

By tomorrow.

Uh, we'll make it work.

Well, then, you passed
the first test, look at that.

The second is if we like
your notes, so...

And if we do, it'll be
a double date.

- [chuckles]
- I'm kidding.

I know.

That went well.

Um, maybe we can dig in
after lunch?

- Yeah, I'll make copies.
- [laughter]

Lo cracks me up.

Yeah, I was trying to hold
the elevator door

for Quinn and he dumped my
sweet greens and um...

Crushed my hand, but it was
pretty funny, so...

- Lo?
- Um, short for Lauren.

It's a nickname, and Quinn
gave it to me, I like it.

Who was this "it's so
important we have to

move our lunch meeting with"?

Jonah Rothchild
and Susan Abbott.

[gasps] Susan Abbott was here?

Oh, my God, her book
"Bread Soup:

A Winter In Milan"
changed my life.

I know, same with me.

Yeah, it's the reason I only
masturbate with olive oil.

Okay, different for me.

So, I moved our lunch to 1:30.

- What time is it now?
- Um...

Ooh, nice watch, sir.

If you want accurate time,
you get a watch made in Geneva,

and if you're very lucky,
you get one as a gift.

- It is 1:12.
- [laughs]

- I'm gonna go grab my coat.
- Okay.

All right, get in here.

I can't tell
if he likes the watch.

Is it too flashy?
Not flashy enough?

And what does it say about me
that I was the first one

in the relationship
to give a gift?

- My advice?
- Yeah?

Don't overthink it.

I mean, maybe gifts just
aren't his thing.

Like, he didn't even get Liza
a ring when he proposed.

- He proposed?
- Like a proposed marriage?

[both laugh]

Is that a joke?

No, I mean, I kind of
wish it were,

but she... she obviously
said no, so

- [inhales sharply]
Okay. Bye bye.

Hi.

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I had a great time.

Ugh, me too.

You don't sound happy
about that.

Well, I was kind of hoping
I was gonna have

a horrible time and get you
out of my system.

- [scoffs]
- [laughs]

I'm not really looking for
complicated dating situation.

It's not a complicated
situation.

Claire and I ended things
amicably,

We just... we weren't a match.

And yes, of course, I noticed
how beautiful you were

the first time we met.

But I swear I didn't have
one impure thought about you.

Uh, until you yelled at me
about my books,

which, weirdly turned me on.

And it was a full month
after Claire and I broke up.

I love Claire, and I
love Claire's daughter...

Shh.

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Ah!

God. Jesus, Lauren.

Are you sneaking around
with Zane?

- No.
- Okay, well,

you're sneaking around
with someone.

I am not sneaking.

I went out with a guy,
and it's nothing,

and if it turns into something,

I will let you know.

- Boundaries, okay.
- Not quite sure why

best friends need those,
but fine.

[sniffs] You made out.

[gasps] Do not sniff me.

Alexa, turn off the lights.

[chiming]

Okay, literally,
keeping me in the dark.

Cute.

[jazzy music]

These two have such
distinct voices,

but they weave together
seamlessly.

I know.

It speaks to their talent.

It probably also speaks
to a good relationship.

It's like that saying,

"a good marriage is like
a casserole,

only those responsible for it,
knows what goes in."

The old casserole saying,

- how could I forget?
- Oh, come on,

I love quotes and sayings.

I had notebooks dedicated
to them when I was a kid,

and teen and maybe young adult.

- Wow.
- Stop.

All this time, I thought you
might have been popular.

Well, it's never too late to
be what you might have been.

That's George Eliot.

- That's good.
- You believe that's true?

Yes.

I think about
finishing my book a lot.

Going upstate and just writing.

But I keep coming up
with excuses not to.

- Well, stop doing that.
- [chuckles]

All right, what do we have
so far?

So far, I've just told them
what we love about the pages.

So, maybe we just do that.

And we just tell them
what we love and

what we're excited
to see more of.

I know, I mean, these are
two professionals.

They're editing each other
as they go.

Yeah, and I'm sure that they
just want to work with people

they get along with
and who share their vision.

- And that's us.
- Yeah.

We work well together,
you know that?

Yeah, I do.

Getting late.

According to your fancy
new timepiece.

Yeah, well, you gotta hand
it to the Swiss, they...

Know how to make a watch.

And cuckoo clocks.

Ha.

You should go, I can send
the email out for both of us.

- Yeah.
- [clears throat]

[melancholy music]

Here, I'll just...

♪ So sad, so sad ♪

♪ Gone and lost the best thing
I ever had ♪

♪ And you know, you know
that I'm sorry ♪

[sighs]

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

Hey, Miller, you had breakfast?

♪ ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪

♪ Hey ♪

Look at us,

couple of OGs with our plain
cake donuts,

no frills, no fuss, just
getting down to business.

What is the business you want
to get down to, Quinn?

And I actually asked for
sprinkles, but they were out.

Bummer. Look, I'm gonna
be honest with you.

My experience with
relationships is not great.

They tend to go sideways
pretty early on.

- You're kidding me.
- But with Charles,

things are actually
going really well.

And I don't want to do anything
to mess it up,

or get messed up by it,
so I need you to tell me...

Are there any red flags
I'm missing?

If you loved Charles,
and he proposed to you,

then why aren't you married?

There is nothing wrong
with Charles.

You don't have to worry.

Marriage was just something
I didn't want to do again.

That's it.

So, you ended things?

No, he did.

If there's one red flag
to report,

it's that Charles has

rigid ideas
about how things should be.

He must have been so
surprised when you said no.

Marriage makes perfect sense
for somebody like you.

Somebody wants to marry me,

they have to sign a prenup
as thick as a phonebook.

I thought marriage was
something you felt like

- you missed out on?
- No.

No, I don't want to disclose
my tax returns.

A legal contract for business,
I understand,

but in the bedroom,
it's such a turn-off.

The minute I am legally bound
to something,

I want to get out of there.

Not Charles. Marriage is
really important to him.

Mm, a man in the business
of books likes tradition.

I should have seen this coming.

[sighs] Well, thank you
for your honesty, Liza.

I guess we're not that
different after all.

Yeah.

Give or take a billion.

♪ Oh it's poison and wine ♪

♪ It's pouring rain
I've got to feel the vibe ♪

♪ Oh ♪

Ready to get your booster
shot today or what, baby girl?

- I'm not.
- Thanks for coming with us.

- Yeah, of course.
- [grunt] All right.

Got your jacket... [laughs]

Where did this thing come from?

Huh. I don't know.

That reminds me of Rob.

Do I need to shut her ears
for this story?

He had a box at
Madison Square Garden.

He loves hockey.

We went to games there
all the time.

He even let entertain some
clients from work there

after we broke up.

He had his good moments.

Yeah, that, uh, sounds like it.

Oh, yeah... except when
he dumps you, right?

Yeah, that is an excellent
point, you know.

How many good moments
does it take to

make a good person, right,
or a bad person?

I mean, how do you measure...

♪ Measure a life ♪

What do you think, Kels?

- I don't know.
- We're gonna be late.

Good luck, Gemma!

- Bye.
- Kelsey?

You are seeing Rob.

And that big old finger
gave you away.

So what?

Claire and Rob aren't together,

he is an available,
single person.

And, have you asked Claire
how she feels about that?

I'm not that close with
Claire, so I haven't.

Ha, well, had you not fallen
asleep during "Chernobyl,"

you'd know that you don't need

to be that close to be affected.

Here we go with "Chernobyl"
again.

Listen,
Claire is Chernobyl, okay.

And you, you're not Kiev,
you're not even Moscow,

all right, you are a moose,

grazing in a forest
in northern Sweden.

But the break up
is in the air, okay?

And it is travelling.

Okay.

And now it's on the grass
that you're eating.

Oh-oh, is that a blister
on your hoof?

I'll tell Rob
that I can't see him.

Kelsey, you will text him.

[phone buzzing]

- He didn't say what he wanted?
- No.

But this place is fancy,
so I'm assuming

he's trying to dull our senses
with ambience,

and then pitch us something
we hate.

Hello, Rose, Dorothy.

- So what's our plan?
- We're not ordering food.

Great,
so I'll get right down to it.

I'll admit, I sent around
that Inkubator article

when it first popped
into my feed

and laughed with some friends,

but it turns out you found
someone special.

I love Dylan,

she's like the Korean Amy Tan.

Let's schedule a meeting.

With Dylan Park?

No, Dylan McDermott,
what's he up to?

We don't feel comfortable
talking about.

Dylan's career
without her present.

Yeah, that's why

I wanted to have a meeting
with her.

She's not taking meetings
with agents.

- Why?
- Uh, you'd have to ask her.

I would love to. What... why
are we doing this radio play?

- What are you two hiding?
- Nothing.

♪ ♪

You didn't release a writer
into the wild

without signing her first,
did you?

No, why would we ever do that?

Because you don't have
any money.

Do you not have any money?

Is Inkubator some sort of
literary sweatshop?

- No.
- [scoffs]

No, Inkubator...
Well, it's a pun,

but, it describes
exactly what it is.

[laughter] So you two get

all the publicity for your
little side hustle,

while you lure in new talent
to your stable.

Shame on you both.

My girl needs to get paid.

- Your girl?
- [laughter]

Someone has to look out for her.

I know I can get Dylan a deal
for that book.

So either you cut me in,
or I'll cut you out.

Too-da-loo, kangaroo.

[sighs] What an operator.

- We cannot lose Dylan.
- No, I know.

I know!

[upbeat music]

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Just breaking down
the walls again ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Tell me I can't ♪

♪ ♪

- Liza.
- Oh, hey,

I was looking for you.

I was looking for you, too.

Jonah and Susan's office called
and left word,

and I wanted to wait for you
to call 'em back.

♪ ♪

You're too late.

- No, you're not.
- We love your notes.

We want you to edit the book.

- Great!
- That is great news.

So we're up in Bronxville
during the week

when Jonah teaches
at Sarah Lawrence.

We'd love you to come
for dinner tomorrow night.

Susan will cook
something fabulous.

And, you know,
we can talk specifics.

Uh, I think we can manage that.

Yeah, uh, we'll see
the two of you tomorrow.

- Great.
- Yeah.

- We got it!
- Oh, we got it.

Oh!

Uh, that might cost us
everything that we have,

but this is exactly the kind
of book we wanted.

Right. Established,
promotable writers.

Oh. Liza, this is really good.

What did you wanna
talk to me about?

Nothing.

[upbeat music]

♪ I got what you want ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I got what you want ♪

[phone chimes]

♪ Yeah, I got what you want ♪

♪ I got what you want, and you
won't believe your eyes ♪

[knock at door]

- Morning.
- Hey.

[message sends] Come in.

All right, I was up all night
thinking about

this Dylan situation.

I never should have
given her work to "Vulture."

- It was so stupid.
- No.

No, it forced us
to get our asses into gear.

- Sit down.
- I love it

when you talk
like a football coach.

"Millennial"
was a big money maker.

We took this company
into the black,

and apparently we need
to remind everybody of that.

Apparently, we do.

So here's what I'm thinking.

We take Inkubator online
and monetize it.

So we keep giving chapters to
"Vulture" until the very end,

and then if people
wanna finish the book,

they have to pay to download
the app that we create.

One question:
How do we make an app?

I don't know,
but I've also never

bound a book by hand before.

- I did once.
- [laughs]

- But I get your point.
- We outsource.

Exactly. And "Vulture" has
over 22.9 million

monthly unique visitors.

And over half of their
readership is female.

I know those readers
better than Charles.

I know that they will
follow Dylan

to that app and buy the book.

Okay, but all of this
is going to cost money.

And like Redmond said,

Dylan could take that book
anywhere now.

- She's gonna want an advance.
- I know.

I'm gonna use the money
that I have saved

for a down payment
on an apartment.

Kelsey, you can't do that.

Let's just ask Charles
for the money

to try a proof of concept
for this app.

- Like a pilot program.
- No.

I'm done asking.

I was publisher here once, okay.

I know what I'm talking about.

We keep shouting at Charles

that Dylan is a good investment,

but we have to show him,
and when we do,

Empirical will pay me back.

Okay.

I believe in Dylan.

I believe in you.

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All right. [Laughs]

Now, for starters, we have
bacon and cheddar toast,

followed by spaghetti with ramps

and an apple galette
for dessert.

And the 2015 Gevrey Chambertin.

I hope you like burgundy.

- Mm. To a new relationship.
- Hey.

- And an old relationship.
- [laughs]

Cheers. Thank you.

- Ooh!
- So, Susan,

I have quite an ask,

but could you tell me the
secret to your grilled cheese?

I'm sorry, you have a famous
grilled cheese?

It was on the cover
of "Food & Wine."

But it beat out
Thomas Keller's Branzino.

- It was... whoa.
- And almost every celebrity

did a TikTok trying to make it.

All right. Are you ready?

- Yes!
- [laughter]

I put a little mayonnaise
on the bread,

and I grate some cheese
on that mayonnaise.

That's how you get
the crispy shell?

Yeah. If you call that shell
a tuile,

and liken it
to lace on a wedding gown,

and don't mention
the mayonnaise,

that grilled cheese gets to be
on the cover of "Food & Wine."

- Oh.
- Wow.

- That is a good segue.
- Wait, what is?

- Hiding the mayonnaise.
- Oh, God.

Well, my interest is piqued.

We wanna publish our book
under a pen name.

- Wait, what?
- Serita Consemint.

Wow, that's got quite
a flourish to it, doesn't it?

Is there a reason why?

Serita was the name
of my great aunt...

No, no, is there why
you don't wanna publish

under your own names?

Well, there's the mystery.

And it's great
for the marketing.

"Who is Serita Consemint?"

Like Elena Ferrante.

The two of you don't need
a gimmick to sell your books.

And you should be proud
of your work.

- We are proud of it.
- Most of it.

He wanted to put
in a torture scene.

- Yeah.
- I said no.

The book... regardless of
what name is on it...

Will be a success.

The way you wrote together
was inspired.

Yeah, of course
the book will sell,

I just don't think that people
like being lied to.

Right, but, you know,
that's what storytelling is.

Right, it's lying to entertain.

And I don't disagree,
but save it for the story.

When that bleeds into real life,

then I think people
just feel manipulated.

Well, we appreciate
your thoughts on this,

but we're set on publishing
through a pen name.

Well, if you all
are set on that,

then I'm afraid you'll have to
find a different publisher,

[somber music]

All right. [Chuckles]

Let's make our way over to
the table for the main course.

We wouldn't want
those ramps to wilt.

♪ ♪

That was awkward.

But, uh, I do feel like
it was the right call.

Why are you so stubborn?

- Excuse me?
- You loved them.

Jonah was an idol of yours.

Why cares if they
wanna publish under a pen name?

- [scoffs]
- My God.

It's gotta be your terms,
or it just doesn't work.

That is not true.

Are you kidding me?

We're not together
because all of a sudden,

you needed to be married.

We never even talked
about marriage.

It wasn't all of a sudden.

All of a sudden you asked me,

and all of a sudden we're over.

I wanted to know
that you really loved me.

I wanted to have all of you.

You did have all of me.

Oh, my God.
You don't believe me.

Can you blame me?

I wish I didn't love you.

Liza.

- What are you doing?
- I'm ordering an Uber.

- Three minutes.
- You don't have to wait.

♪ ♪

[sighs]

♪ ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

Hey. I don't have
a title for it yet,

but, you know, it's all about
the perception of truth...

What you see when you look at
another person.

- Is it who they really are...
- Or is it who they were

at that moment in time?

[chuckles] Yeah.

Something like that.

But those tweets were never
what they said I was.

[light music]

Are you okay?

Oh!

♪ Baby, you have the key ♪

♪ To open the door ♪

♪ And let me out ♪

♪ Maybe you and I
can leave this behind ♪

♪ Once and for all ♪

[jazzy music playing]

[gasps]

You came.

Dinner ended a little early.

Everything okay?

Yeah. But we are not
doing the book.

Oh. Why not?

The authors don't wanna
publish under their own names.

They wanna do
some gimmicky pen name thing.

So I said no.

Maybe I'm too stubborn.

Mm.

For the record,
I would've said yes.

To the book?

To you.

[upbeat music]

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[energetic music]

Clare.

You guys have been
so supportive since...

Well, we don't need
to say his name.

No, we do not.

With Rob,
it's just uncomplicated.

Mm-hmm, except it's not.

I have gotten
several phone calls

about Empirical's new start-up.

This is huge, Kels!

Do whatever makes you happy.
That's all I want.

You are a remarkable woman,
Liza Miller.

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