The L Word S2E13 - English Transcript

"Lacuna" - Hey. |- Hey lady. What are you doing here, lady? Came to see you. What did you think? You were good. No I wasn't, I sucked. Here. It doesn't matter if I'm good. Wh - why are you - why are you doing this? Because, when I'm in there, it's my *** choice when I take off my top and I wanna show my ***. And it's my *** choice when I take off my pants and I show my ***, and then I stop when I wanna stop and it makes me feel good because I'm in charge, and it helps me remember all this childhood *** that happens to me. You know, like, I have to. It's important. Do you remember what happened to you as a child that makes you not wanna - - Jenny, what - what - what do you mean? - No, seriously, no, no, no, just hear me out. Do you remember the *** that happened to you as a child that makes you not wanna trust people as an adult? Yeah, I probably do. Well, then, you're *** lucky. I don't know how that makes me so lucky. Because you're lucky, because you're you can get on with your *** life and you're not dogged down by these horrible, oppressive childhood memories, and you know, you stand a chance of being a normal, productive person. Well, do you know what happened to you? I don't know. You know, like, I remember things, and then, like, I think "Is this true? Did this stuff really happen, or am I making it up?" Because, you know, the older I get, things - the memory sort of becomes a little blurry, and then, it's like, I can't I don't know, but you just don't know the truth anymore. Right. I get that. But you don't have to do it with that. - I know - What is this? I know I don't. Just know that - I'm just saying that you don't have to - you know, you have me, you have other people, you don't have to do this alone. I know. No, I know, I know. I'm not alone, but I want to. Just just be careful. Alright. Let's go home. No, I'm gonna take the bus. Promise you're gonna be safe? I'm gonna see you at home. I got the birthing tank, but it's the one you have to put together. I know they have some that Yeah? where you just - all you have to do is pump it up? You just roll - Hello, girls. What are you doing here? Tina, I need to talk to you for a minute. Do you mind? Yes. I do, actually. Tina, I need you to have lunch with me today. My mother's in town. How did you know we were here? What, are you stalking us? For your information, James told me where you would be. He said you had a doctor's appointment followed by a tour of the maternity unit. Tina, I thought you were having the baby at home. I'm having a final checkup, and if everything looks good, I'm having the baby at home. I don't believe James told you that. James knows not to give out my schedule. What James knows is that he wants to keep his job. He seemed to have relatively few qualms about it. So, I'm having lunch at La Terraza. She's really looking forward to meeting you. What time does this tour finish? I'm not having lunch with you. And I don't like this. We have a doctor's appointment right now, so excuse us. Tina It's important and I'd really appreciate it! Why don't you ask one of your other girlfriends. That was uncalled for. I'm sorry. Mother's heard a lot about you, she's looking forward to meeting you! You're one of the few people who hold your own with her. Everyone else just fawns all over her, it's tedious. Not as tedious as this is becoming. We're going inside now. Fine. I'll make sure they take good care of you in there. What? Come on, I'm kicking your ***! I'm not sure I want it this bad! Yes, you do. You want to win this tournament. You wanna go out a winner! Why can't I just be a second-rate tennis player who's famous for being a lesbian? That's okay with me, really, it's fine. ***. I know. - Hi. |- Hey! What's up? Hey! Al Yes! I found 'em in the hallway, thought maybe you'd forgot 'em. Go ahead, put them on. Um, you didn't say goodbye this morning. I woke up, I didn't know where you were. You knew I was training. I know, but you could've woken me up, or said left me a note, or I dunno. I mean, not like I'm needy, I - I I don't need you to write me a note, I just, uh Yeah, I was just mentioning it. Anyway, so I'm sorry I didn't leave you a note. 'Kay. Alright, well, Lucia and I need to Get her in shape. Don't want Mauresmo making her look like a ***. I think after you, Lucia, Mauresmo's gonna look like a ***. Alright, um see you at The Planet. Huh? I could get you a smoothie or something. You know it's gonna be, like, at least an hour. I'll - I'll be waiting. Okay! Don't I get a kiss for bringing your gloves? I mean, c'mon. Yeah. Thank you. Watch yourself! Okay. She really loves me, you know. Oh. Is that what it is. C'mon, get your ***. C'mon, go, go, go! Go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Right this minute, I am hating being a lesbian. Well, I know some lesbians who are really good at putting things together. Like carpenters? Sorry. That was a throwback. Well, maybe Davina can do it. She says that she makes a home visit about two days before the baby's born. No, I'm just gonna do it as a matter of pride. So has Kit heard from her son? Mm. David's flying in tonight. Uncle Leroy is too weak to travel, but Aunt Becca's going to come with all my cousins to the memorial, and Mrs. Stout, and daddy's nurse, Fiona. What about Benjamin? Kit doesn't want him to. She's afraid if she sees him, she'll lose her resolve. Poor Kit. She's completely thrown herself into this memorial. So, that's a birthing tank. Bette I'm having a home birth. I think it's great that Dr. Wilson thinks it's safe. I mean, the baby's healthy, and you're in great shape What I meant is that I'm having a home birth. And I wanna have it in my home. You mean you wanna give - birth in your apartment? - No Are you sure, because I - I've got everything so well organized, - and I just think that - No. I want to move back into our house� and I wanna have a our baby in our home. I want all of us to have a home together. Helena, come. Join us, dear. Mommy! Mommy! Hey! How are you? Hello, Helena. See you later. Helena. Stop. Come back. Sit down. Come and sit down. Don't be a petulant child. There we go. What are they doing here? Aren't you happy to see us, mummy? Of course I am, sweetheart. Peggy called me and invited me to lunch, and I was thrilled to hear from her. I wanted to see my grandchildren, and I, apparently, have missed a birthday. You could have called me. I wanted to see Winnie, too. I hear things are getting ugly between the two of you. I won't have that, Helena. You won't have it? Everything you do reflects on me. Please try to remember that. After Vladimir, mummy, I really don't think the standard was all that high. His name was Dragomir, darling, and he was never meant to be a standard bearer. Your mother is actually incredibly generous, Helena. You should try seeing her the way the rest of the world sees her. And you should try seeing her the way her children saw her - or rather, never saw her. Can I get you something? Have a Bellini, darling, we all are. Do please leave the "poor damaged child" nonsense for your psychiatrist. Not the one who's suing you, the one who's still taking your phone calls. I'll have a Bloody Mary, thank you, with an extra shot! Oh, I love these little lamby things. Don't you? They love you too, Peggy. Oh, Christ. They were so excited when I told them we were having lunch with Dama Teh Teh. I'm not about to lose them, Helena, so I've made a proposition to Winnie. You've propositioned everyone else. You may as well proposition my ex. Winnie is going to have the co-op on Gramercy Park. My precious little squirrelykins are going to live in the manner to which they've become accustomed, and they're going to be able to see their Dama Teh Teh anytime they want. Daddy. I'm sorry. Thank you. Where's Tina? Oh, I had her go home. Dr. Wilson said she shouldn't be on her feet for too long. Yeah. Okay. Thank you for coming. What's Gloria Steinem doing here? Your father was a great man. Thanks. I'm Gloria. I was a friend of your father's. My father talked about you a lot. - Hi. |- Hey. Everything looks beautiful. You've done such a wonderful job. Kit's so lucky to have you. Well, I'm lucky. I - I love my job. And you're good at it! And you look good doin' it! We're not gonna go there. No. No. No, we're definitely not gonna go there. But you're very cute. Ah, shut up! I - I gotta go. Okay. - Bye. |- Bye. Oh - sorry. Excuse me. - Hi|- !Hey! What's up? Oh, nothing, you know, just talking to Lara. Yeah. - About what a nice job she's doing. - Uh-huh. So This is kind of out of the blue, um Oh, cool. Thank you very much. What do you think about moving in with me? Mm-hmm. - Really? - What? Because I kind of feel like maybe we're - Wait. Are you serious? Yeah. Al, I don't know - I don't know. - You don't know? - Well You're having doubts about us? No! Oh, my G - no! If anything, it's the opposite. I'm just - I'm - things are going so good right now. Do you want to see other people? 'Cause What? Alice, where did you get that from what I just said? I ca - no - okay. Thank you so much for coming. It was really kind of you. It was a beautiful memorial. He certainly was well-loved. You really honored him, Bette. Thank you. I'd like to take the rest of the week off to sort through his affairs, but I'll be in the office on Monday. I'm completely up to speed. Mm-hmm. Is there something wrong? Ah, um uh, now is not the time, Bette. Come and see me on Monday. If you have something to tell me, I would rather you told me now. Is it the Allyn Barnes exhibit? Uh, uh, Bette, um w - uh - in your absence, uh Leo has been doing a - a - a a very, very good job of filling your shoes, uh, uh So good, in fact, that we've decided to keep him on. As my co-equal? Uh Um uh Bette the Board has decided to buy out your contract. Are you firing me, Franklin? Because I have a baby on the way. The settlement is going to give you a nice little cushion, and, uh, time for you to figure out what you - might want to do next - I'll tell you what I'd like to do next, I'd like to *** *** somebody. You, maybe. Or your friend Helena Peabody. That's nice. That's a really nice thing to do to someone while their father's dying. You're a class act, Franklin. Well, we call it "The Gloria Project," and we're collecting and taping all of her words and works. It would be great if you could videotape tonight. Oh, yeah, well, I mean, for a free ticket, I'd be totally into it. Well, there you go, then. 8:00 at the Wiltern. We're playing, Kinnie Starr, and Heart is headlining. Awesome. Cool. See you tonight. Look, Gloria, I've been begging you for 15 years to sleep with me, and it's because I care about you and I love you. I don't want you to miss out, and I know, I know not every feminist is a lesbian. Yeah, you're right, 'cause I haven't slept with a woman and I am definitely a feminist. Ditto for me. But, you know, we're in a country where all feminists are lesbians, right? And they think that all feminists are man-haters, so, naturally, they're lesbians, right? It's really bananas, because, in my experience, it's the women who live with men who hate men. The lesbians can kind of take it or leave it alone. They're friends with men, right? Another big misconception is that if you're a lesbian, you're automatically a feminist, whereas a lot of gay women that I know are absolutely not feminists, right? Yeah. That's for sure. Wha - I like women! Okay, but you have to admit that that's what guys say. "I love women. " Well, yeah. Alright, can I just say, speaking as someone who sometimes likes the you-know-what - "You-know-what" means sex with men, right? Yeah, I didn't want to offend you, but I like the ***. No, no, no. You don't offend me. I like sex with men too. Let's just say that I'm predisposed. I bet a lot of you are predisposed, right? Predisposed! Right here! A hundred percent. As far back as I can remember, yeah, me too. Not me. I follow the heart, not the anatomy. It's always so complicated, isn't it? Some people have a choice, and some people don't about this thing, right? Mm. Right. You know what? To choice. - Right. - Yes Cheers. Cheers. And to Melvin. Yes. To Melvin. To Melvin. Yeah. This should be cool. It's a benefit for the Ms. Foundation. Gloria Steinem is hosting it. Awesome. Thanks for inviting me. Alright. Hold on. What's this? Okay. Thank you. Is it okay? No, no. I've got it. Oh. Wow. Sure. I - I don't know. I'm just not used to being treated like such a girl, I guess, so Oh, what are you talking about, "treated like a girl?" Oh, okay. No, I thought I'd treat you. Oh. Okay. Right. I get the difference. Are we ready? Yeah! You ever get a girl pregnant? No. Have you? I think you'd look amazing pregnant. Maybe we should have a baby together. You really are the *** scourge of the universe, aren't you? Hello, Leigh. - It's nice to see you. - Hi. I'm sorry. Are you talking to me? I don't know. Did you ever even care about Tina? Because if you did, you wouldn't have done what you did to me, because it affects her too. Did you even stop to think about that? You're under a misapprehension if you think I had anything to do with that. That's ***. What are you two talking about? Hello. Why, Bette Porter! Peggy Peabody. Are you here by yourself tonight? Because I'm sort of feeling a bit of a gooseberry between these two *** lovebirds. Actually, I'm here with my partner, Tina. Ah, Tina. Tina Didn't you just have a Tina? Or is that the new popular name for lesbians? Actually, mummy, it's, um it's the same Tina. Oh, dear. Did anyone happen to see the surrealist show at The Met a few years ago? "Desire Unbound. " It was brilliant. Brilliantly curated. - The man rays were completely brilliant. - *** brilliant. I'm talking about how those people ***. Those surrealists certainly *** a lot, and it's very well documented. Eluard the poet was with the beauteous Gala, and then Gala slipped off and seduced Max Ernst, who thought he was very much in love with Louise at the time. Then Gala ended up with Dali, and that left Eluard and Louise to share another woman, the very strange Denise Levy, who was being courted, and boinked, I believe, at the time - by - Breton. Breton, yes, and boinked by Peret, and blabbity-blabbity-blah. Well, at least they wrote fabulous, tortured, sick love poems to one another. Yes, mummy, 'cause that that absolutely redeemed them. Well, you know, all that ***, with no art, is really rather dreary. I hope you girls write fabulous, sick, neurotic, tortured love poems to one another. I'm actually working on several right now. Send me one, would you, Bette? Hey, Bette? Hello. I'm so sorry to interrupt. Um. Tina's still in the bathroom, and, um, I think she needs your help. Excuse me, Peggy. Yes. Baby, are you okay? I think my water just broke. Oh, my God. Hi, Davina. It's Bette Porter. I am in the bathroom of the Wiltern Theater with Tina and a huge puddle of water. Kit, Kit, Kit. Hi. - Hey. - How are you? - Good, girl. - Good. Okay, um, Bette wanted me to tell you that she and Tina had to leave, and that everything is going to be okay. Well, what happened? Tina's water broke! Oh, my - Oh, my God! Oh, my God. Come on, we've got to go. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Mom, mom, mom, sit down. They've probably got hours to go. Yeah, yeah, yeah! Plus she said that she wants you to stay, and she wants you to enjoy the concert, and - and that she's going to call you as soon as she can. Okay? Okay. Oh, congratulations! Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a special evening of music and performance to benefit the Ms. Foundation for Women. Please welcome this evening's host, Gloria Steinem. Remember when Emma Goldman said, "if there's no dancing at the revolution, I'm not coming?" Well, tonight we have both. Thanks to Betty, thanks to Heart, we have the music, and thanks to all of you, we have the revolution. And we are going to need it, because there is a guy in the White House - - who represents all those religious extremists that people came to this country to escape. Whoo! But that's because there's a backlash against all the great social justice movements, and if we hadn't had a frontlash, we wouldn't now be having a backlash. So we're just going to keep going and do it more and better. We're going to not only vote, but reform the way we vote. We're going to contribute not only when we're asked, but every time we pay our bills. We're not only going to change women to fit the world, but change the world to fit women. And we are going to become the change we want to see in the world. So, first tonight, then the world. "She's got a mother, a daughter, and a lover. You tell me why she should now save cover. Yeah, she's got a mother, a daughter, and a lover. Boy on the street's got his eyes pinned onto me. " Do you think you might want to come over after this? For a little while? "Shape, sizes, handprints, shoe fits the shapes, sizes, handprints, shoe fits and off with the underwear. " For a little bit. "He penetrates me with his stare. This is not fair 'cause he penetrates me with his stare. " Thank you. Can I ask you something? Um, when you said "too fast," what'd you mean, like? 'Cause you and Tonya moved in together after, like, two days. Yeah, I know, that was part of the problem. I - I like this. I like you, I like us, I like the way that we - You like me? I'm crazy about you, you know that! I'm just, you know, the other day, you freaked me out. I can't believe you just said you like me. Freaked you out how? What? You said I freaked you out the other night. Where? When? No, it was when - when I - when I had dinner with Lara that night - Yeah - it just seemed like it, you know What? It seemed like it made you a little crazy, that's all. Crazy? Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Heart! Ow, I don't think I can take any more of this. Yes, you can. It's going to be fine. I'm right here, and Davina's here now too, okay? You might want to think about getting in the tub, Tina. Come on. I've got you. I've got you. Can you get in? Okay. There you go. Let me get this. I just have to say you made me feel terrible. I'm sorry. You made me feel so bad. Well, I've said I'm sorry. I - I was just telling you how I feel. It's not like it's your fault. It's just - I mean, maybe I'm making myself feel bad, but I'm turning into someone I can't stand. Who? Your mother? - *** you. - I'm sorry. Al, al - I can't *** talk to you. - Alice, come here. Look, I'm sorry, okay? That was not even close to funny. I'm sorry. Look, I didn't even I didn't know I was turning into someone who was all smothery and needy and codependent. I mean, gross. I can't think of anything worse. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. No, I'm glad you said something. Look, I mean, things have gotten super intense between us super fast, and I I've never felt this way. I don't know. I - it's making me act weird. I think it's good. It's not if I get too attached to it. What? - Why? - Well, I feel like I feel like that guy with the mouse, and he you know, he loves the mouse, and he holds - you know - What are you talking about? - It was like, see, 'cause he loves the mouse so much - Oh, the - Yeah, yeah. - Right. - I don't want to be like that. Well, then don't. Don't. Don't be Lenny. Don't smother the mouse. Just let it breathe, Alice. And the worst thing is, I can't even call my best friend and talk to her about it. I know. Bette? You can put your fingers there to see if you can feel anything. Oh, my God. I feel something. Let's take a look. So here, you lean back on me. Easy. Come on. Okay. Just ease right out. The baby's head is right there. She's getting ready to join us. This should probably breathe. I'm gonna go. Okay, bye. No. I don't want you to go. I miss the way you smell. Let's roll her onto her side - - Roll towards me. - to take some pressure off the neck. Come on, roll over. Come on. Yeah, there you go. Oh What is that? That's meconium. It means that the baby is in some distress. I'm going to have to recommend we move this to the hospital. Oh, no Tina, I know this is not what you want, but for the baby's safety, we're going to have to go. I love you. Mm Hi. Her fever is rising. Can you give her something to bring her fever down? We've got everything under control, okay? Don't worry. Don't let her die. Please, don't let her die. Baby, I'm right here. It's going to be okay. baby, don't let her die I promise. I promise. I swear to God. Can you hurry up?! Cutting at zero-six-hundred, lower end retractor. It wasn't supposed to be this way. - I failed you both. I'm sorry. - You didn't fail anybody. You didn't fail anybody. - You're amazing. You're amazing. - I'm sorry She's almost here. It's okay. - I'm sorry. - She's almost here. And there she is. Wait. I want to cut the cord. It's not allowed in the operating room because of sterilization. In the O. R. , the cord has to be cut by a member of the surgical team. I want to cut the cord. Go ahead. Let her cut the cord. I'm going to cut the cord now. Oh, my God, T. Angelica What, baby? That's what I want to name her. Angelica. Losing blood pressure. Tina? Tina?! Mother's temp is one-oh-five. Okay. Get the baby to special care for observation, and get her cultured. She might have an infection. Let's get the mother stitched up as quickly as possible and over to I. C. U. Yeah, I got your message, and and I - I don't know, I'm speechless, I can't believe it. Yeah, no, we're - we're - we're leaving. We'll be there in, like, 20 minutes, so, don't go anywhere, okay? All right, tell Bette and Tina we'll be there soon. Alright. Alright, see you there. Bye. Hey Jenny? Hold on. Jen? Jenny! Let it go. It's all right, Jenny. Honey Jenny Alright. We're going to get you help. We'll get you help, okay? I need help don't I? I'm really *** up. We'll get you help. Alright? Okay. No I think I'll leave it to stop the bleeding. Oh, ***. Oh, ***. Ugh. Want to hear some good news? What? What? Tina had her baby. She did? Mm-hmm. No. Mm-hmm. Are you serious? She had a little baby girl. Oh, my God. Is she okay? Mm-hmm. That's beautiful that's great. Oh, my God, I'm so Oh come here. They kept us outside until visiting hours Oh my goodness. Where's Tina? She's still in recovery. Is she okay? Yeah, she's going to be fine. She is? Yeah, I'm just waiting for them to bring her down here so she can see her baby. She hasn't even met her baby yet. This is Angelica. Hi, Angelica Oh oh. Oh, hi, sweetie. Oh mm. Oh, my goodness. You want to hold her? Hi there. 'Kay. Aw, so cute. Hi, little one. You are so beautiful You have tiny feet. Oh, Angelica. Oh, sweetie, you are going to have a very, very interesting life, you know that? Because we are some very, very interesting people. This is your family. Shh. Shh, shh, shh.