His Double Life

Hey. You almost home?

I had a few things to finish up at the office.

I should be there in about ten minutes.

Good, because Scarlett has already left for Darcy's house,

the champagne's chilling, and I am feeling frisky.

Make it seven.

I love you.

I love you too. See you soon.

Okay.

What do you think?

This is where you live?

Where we live.

What was wrong with our old house?

Scarlett...

Dad spent a lot of time working on it.

It was home.

I know, and this can be home too.

It's not the same.

Look, I know none of this is easy for you.

But can you do me a favor and at least try?

Don't you think it's a little weird?

He was dad's business partner.

Greg has been very good to us.

You mean he's been very good to you.

Wait until you see the room that he put together for you.

Can't wait.

Come on. I'll show you in.

Come on.

Before I forget,

I picked up that application form you wanted

for the Capitol internship program.

I don't suppose your boss would be willing

to write me a letter of recommendation, would he?

The mayor's a busy man. I'll see what I can do.

Thanks. - Why don't you get settled in?

I'll make us some lunch.

Okay.

Surprise!

Everyone was so excited

about you coming home for winter break,

we thought we'd a have a few people over.

A few? - I hope it's okay.

Of course.

Hi! How are you? Nice to see you.

Hi. - You're so thin.

What's the matter, they don't have cafeterias at Yale?

Nice to see you too, Uncle Gene.

Look at what the cat dragged in.

Darcy!

You think just because you go off to the east coast,

you're too good to come back and visit your bestie?

Isn't your mom's new place amazing?

Wait until you see the hot tub.

Are you serious?

And a sauna!

Greg.

I still remember the first time

your dad brought you into the office.

You were... here.

Look at you now. College girl.

Come here.

It's great to see you again. - Thanks.

I don't think I ever told you, but I'm an Ivy man myself.

Really. - Yeah. Harvard.

From experience, I should warn you

about those preppy college boys.

Really?

Yeah, really.

I'm gonna get some water.

Hang out. I'll get you one. - No, it's okay. I got it.

I'll talk to her.

Greg.

Really glad you came home for the winter break.

Right. Home.

You know, the mayor's gubernatorial campaign

is really wearing your mother out,

and I've been so busy at work.

Be nice to have a fresh face around here.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Listen, I know this can't be easy,

seeing your mother move on.

New house, new husband.

But I want you to know that we both want the same thing.

Really? What's that?

For your mother to be happy.

Listen, if you're not busy tomorrow night,

I'd love to take you and your mother out for dinner.

- What do you think? - Sure, that sounds good.

Awesome.

I was gonna wait for tomorrow night, but...

I don't know. Maybe this is the right moment.

You didn't have to get me anything.

Yeah.

No way! The new V7? I didn't think they were out yet.

First of the year.

Working in the computer industry has its perks.

I don't know what to say.

Don't say anything.

Welcome home.

Come on. We got a whole roomful of people waiting for you.

Let's go.

I'm not twelve, you guys.

It's weird. Going out in the middle of the night?

Did you ask him about it? - And say what?

"Hey Greg, hit up any sweet raves lately?"

He was probably just forgot something at work.

Yeah.

Your mom's happy. Can't you just be happy for her?

I guess.

Guess who came in the other day.

No.

He was asking about you.

You didn't return any of his texts?

I've been busy.

Scarlett, you and August were so good together.

That was high school. People change.

I just wanna move on and not look back.

I'm just saying there's worse things in life

than August Martin.

I'm off at six. You wanna grab dinner tonight?

No can do. Greg's taking us out

to celebrate the prodigal child's return.

Huh. New phone, fancy dinner.

Sounds like someone's making an effort.

You tell them that if they run that story,

we're gonna come after them with everything we've got.

Because I'm tired of the press

acting like our opposition's Super PAC.

It's cultural bias, Steven. Hold on.

Do you know where my new shoes are?

I think they might still be in the box, Mom.

Look, I gotta go. I'll check in with you after dinner.

Wow.

You look so... grown up.

Mom...

Where is your stepfather?

We're gonna be late.

Ooh, speak of the devil.

Hi, hon. We're ready to go.

I'm gonna have to stay at the office awhile.

I thought you said tonight was the night.

I know. It's a problem with the coding.

I gotta trace back through the program.

You can't do that tomorrow?

The launch is in eight days. Can you two go without me?

The whole point was for us to go as a family.

I know, I'm sorry.

I promise I'll make it up to her.

Can we talk about this when I get home?

Yeah, sure. Love you.

You too.

I'm just gonna work on my application.

You sure? - Yeah. It's okay.

I'll heat up a pizza.

Linda?

Did you get everything done that you needed?

You know how busy it gets before a new product launch.

I am sorry about tonight.

There's leftover pizza in the fridge.

You know how important my work is and what's riding on it.

Tell Scarlett. It was supposed to be her night, not mine.

You know how badly I wanted to be there,

but I have responsibilities for my company.

Hey there.

Hi.

What you working on?

Um, my essay for my internship up in Sacramento.

I wanted to apologize for tonight.

I really wanted to be there.

It's okay. I get it. You had to work late.

You know, this is all new for me,

balancing work and family.

I... never had a daughter before.

Stepdaughter.

You know, I just hope in the future

you can forgive me if I don't always get things right.

So that project you've been working on,

must be pretty important, huh?

It is.

We've been working on it for years, and it's almost finished.

Was my dad involved...

when you two worked together?

Yeah, of course.

I'd love to know more about it.

As you know, a lot of what we do is pretty sensitive.

Most of it I can't even tell your mother.

But you give me a week,

and once we launch,

everything will be back to normal.

I promise.

Sure.

So maybe we can go check out that new mini golf place.

Just opened.

I hear you used to be pretty good at it.

I'm not ten anymore.

I didn't know there was an age limit on mini golf.

Good night.

Night.

This look like a place you meet your coworker?