Jennifer Falls

Hello.

You don't have any almond milk?

Sorry. Just soy.

Who are you?

I'm Cheryl.

Your mom said I could fix myself a snack.

I'll make do with the soy.

My mother's a therapist

with a home office and no boundaries.

That's why I often eat breakfast in my bathroom.

And you must be the daughter

that washed out of the banking business

and came crawling back home.

Yeah, there's only one, and that's me.

And now you're working at your brother's bar?

That's gotta be humiliating.

Mom!

Yes, dear.

Oh.

I see you've met Cheryl.

Yes, I have.

And you both like raisin toast.

Ah.

Social anxiety issues.

Coming in the house is such a breakthrough for her.

Mom.

Hey, why does Wayne wanna take me for coffee?

Is he gonna tell me how he wants to be a stuntman again?

Oh, let him have his dreams.

He's just trying to have a closer relationship with you.

And would it kill you to call him "Uncle Wayne"?

I mean, he's asked you about a thousand times.

They're outta almond milk.

Thanks, Cheryl.

Well, I'm off to work.

Hope the traffic's not too bad.

You can bring your toast, Cheryl.

So at school, have you met any new...

Let's not have the friend talk, okay?

I'm fine.

Sorry!

Just, you know, trying to help.

Give her a little room to breathe, Mom.

Dina.

Good old sad, lonely Dina.

Stephanie. Good old shallow, controlling Stephanie.

Hmm. Can I get you something?

Another waitress.

You're so funny.

I wonder if that's why all the men are scared away.

I slept with your husband in high school.

He says he doesn't remember.

Oh, Dina.

Sad and lonely Dina.

Shut up.

Hey, ref.

Hey, beer guy.

That's six.

Need anything else?

Um, I will let you know.

Wow, beer guy is super hot.

I guess. If you like that type.

I do.

That's why I said, "beer guy is super hot."

Do I detect a little sparky spark

between you two?

Don't be stupid.

Do you want me to ask Stephanie to ask Wayne

to find out if he likes you?

Dina, we're not in middle school anymore.

Gosh.

Is he looking at me?

Yeah. Don't look, don't look.

He's hanging out by the peanut barrel.

I think he's working up the nerve.

Really?

You know what, I'm not gonna wait anymore.

I'm going in.

What? No.

No. No, Jennifer, wait.

Oh, I can't watch.

Oh.

Jeez, if I knew it was that easy.

Okay, okay, okay.

My turn.

Ah, Dina, David. David, Dina.

Hi.

We've been dating for three weeks now.

So no turn?

Just kidding.

How come I didn't know about this?

Well, we were kind of waiting to see

if it was gonna go anywhere.

Oh, I was pretty convinced last night.

And this morning confirmed it for me.

See you tonight.

Okay.

Wow.

You know, with the crap-storm

going on in my life right now,

the last thing I was looking for was a relationship, but...

Do you really think you need to explain this to me right now?

Oh, God, I wish I was that empty beer keg.

That's how he carries me around the house.

So do kids still wear those silly bandz?

What?

Not since, like, fourth grade.

Do they even make those anymore?

Yeah. Yeah, they still make 'em.

They're hard to find and kind of expensive,

but they make 'em.

In what world is that extra chocolate sprinkles, you know?

I'm... I'll be right back.

You're that new girl, from the private school.

Yeah. Hi, I'm Gretchen.

No one hangs out here anymore.

And Lorde wants her hair back.

Loser!

Hey!

That's not cool.

You can't treat my niece that way.

Forget it.

Wayne, you have chocolate sprinkles on your face.

I always do.

Hi, Four-beers-and-a-coffee.

Mr. Hates-his-family.

Hi, Gropey.

Ah, ah, ah, ah. Not today.

Somebody's in a good mood.

I am. It's David.

Things are going really well.

We just fit.

Wow, so tell me about him.

Where's he from?

I wanna say America.

Yeah?

Yeah, I mean, it's gotta be.

And he delivers beer.

Brothers? Sisters?

Could be.

Do you know anything about this guy?

I think he likes music.

So you've dated him a month,

and you've slept with him I don't know how many times.

- 35. - You don't even know...

Wait, 35? Really?

That's, like, my whole first marriage.

He's not much of a talker.

But you know what, you're right.

I mean, if he's gonna be my boyfriend,

I should at least know half as much about him

as he knows about me.

First thing tonight,

I'm gonna get David to open up.

Oh, my God.

Okay, second thing.

- That was amazing. - Amazing.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah, anything.

I mean, I just...

I feel like you know so much about me.

What about you?

What's going on inside David?

So what did you learn?

So much. So much.

Uh, okay, so he's from Milwaukee, as it turns out.

Catholic parents.

Father lapsed, mother devout.

Youngest of three brothers.

Uh, left-handed, kicks right.

And wants more out of life, but wants to keep it simple.

And how many of those are lies?

All of them.

He's not even left-handed.

Yeah.

I mean, I tried to get him to open up,

and every time I asked him about himself

he'd turn it back to me.

He's like a wizard that way.

Or you have a giant ego.

Yes, and he knows exactly how to take advantage of that,

as a wizard would.

I don't know, Dina.

Maybe he's just been really hurt by love.

You know?

I mean, maybe somewhere deep inside

he's afraid to open up

because he's scared he's gonna get burned again.

Or he's just a dude.

Yeah, it's probably the dude thing.

Hmm.

There's no almond milk.

Jennifer.

David?

What... how are...

Did you follow me home?

Home. You live with Dr. Doyle?

Oh, my God.

Are you seeing my mom?

Okay, this is too weird.