Younger

You are the reason Enzo is single.

Enzo, we were foolish to think this would work out.

We're from two different worlds.

Which is why I'm moving to yours.

I'm trying to be more real.

Real? Come on Liza. You don't even know what real is anymore.

Anything that you think that you have with Charles right now,

that's not real.

Clare just called.

She's not coming tonight?

She's not coming at all.

You are gonna meet that perfect person.

What if it's Liza?

I need to press pause.

You're amazing...

but I've made this mistake before.

Kelsey... she is not a bad editor.

I feel like the book belongs at Empirical.

I got a job offer.

Cheryl Sussman at Plaza Publishing,

and I'm gonna take it.

It's time for me to go.

We're part of a very large multimedia company here, Liza,

which means we have deep pockets.

We're not some floundering family publishing house

like Empirical.

- I can see that. - But we are looking to grow

our young female audience, which is something that

you have impressively managed to tap.

Well, I didn't do it alone.

Now is not the time to hide your light

under a bushel, Liza. I'm trying to offer you a job,

- here. - And I appreciate it.

I saw what you did at Millennial

with that young blonde nothing.

That's why when I brought your name up

to run our new imprint,

everyone was very excited by the idea.

Wait, you want me to run my own imprint?

It's called...

- Chick. - Wow.

It's targeted towards women, but we're not excluding

the Y chromosome.

Marketing spent a lot of time on this.

- Clever. - Mm.

So... This would be my office?

Liza, you've earned this.

Look, I admit it, at first I thought

what you did was crazy, but you've started

at the bottom and fought your way back.

And we're not ageist here.

If we were, I'd be out of a job.

So just sign right here, and we're in business.

And the starting salary's noted there on the top.

- Cheryl! Oh, my God. - I know.

It's quite a step up from what you've been making

as Diana Trout's assistant.

Wow, um...

that is incredibly generous, and this is all...

it's all a bit overwhelming.

Do you think that I could have my lawyer

- just take a quick look at that? - Of course

Just, you know, sign them

and bring them back to me tomorrow.

This chick... is ready to hatch.

*YOUNGER* Season 05 Episode 12

*YOUNGER* Episode Title: "Lizability"

Charles just mentioned a Capitol Letters party

that Joe Biden is throwing in DC tomorrow.

Kelsey, how could you not inform me of this?

Actually, it's the first I'm hearing about it myself.

Why so out of the loop? I thought you, uh...

talk to your authors, Kelsey?

We need someone there.

Did something happen between you and your writer?

I thought you two had quite the tight relationship?

I'm happy to go to DC.

It's my book.

I'll be there.

I'm sure it's a private party that he felt

didn't need mentioning.

Still, it's all very strange, Peters.

Well, private or not, I'm getting a press release

out about this immediately.

Sorry about the confusion with Devereux.

I will go down to DC for the Biden party

but I just wanted to give you the heads up

that I'll need to expense it.

Not so fast.

Jake specifically requested that you not be there.

- When did he say that? - This morning.

So obviously something went on between the two of you

that had nothing to do with the book.

Okay.

Yes, we had a moment.

But I told him that my priority was the work

and that anything between us would have to wait

until after we publish.

Well, after that moment, he met with me and asked

if I could make it an Empirical title.

He wanted Zane to finish the edit.

He was pretty insistent.

And you said no?

No, actually Zane said no.

He said, you did the work and...

he didn't want to poach your book.

Your, uh...

moment notwithstanding.

Thank you. Hi.

- Hi. - Thank you...

- so much for meeting me. - Of course, my pleasure.

How is the book coming along?

Oh, it's challenging.

I'm beginning to understand why so many writers

become alcoholics.

Anyway, Kelsey and Liza are keeping me sane.

Well, I hear that the first few chapters are...

- Very promising. - Oh, I don't know.

I prefer to under-promise and over-deliver.

Anyway, I didn't come here to talk about the book.

- Okay. - Since we spoke

in Sun Valley, I have been...

quietly putting together a group of investors because

publishing needs angels.

And I like books.

Nothing has convinced me more of the need to save

a company like yours than working on one myself.

I am thrilled to hear that.

What Bezos did for "The Washington Post"...

I wanna do for you.

And I've actually had my biggest success

investing in businesses

that the experts have left for dead.

Not dead yet.

At this point in my life I just wanna

put my money where my passion is.

Well,

obviously, I would love to hear more.

Of course. I ask that you listen

with an open mind.

I have a very specific strategy on how I'd like to focus

my group's investment.

Of course.

I just had a very interesting lunch with Quinn Tyler.

She's uh... very impressed with Millennial.

The two of you in particular.

She's pretty impressive herself.

- Yeah. - Uh.

Get ready for what I'm about to tell you.

She wants to make a significant

capital infusion in the company

predicated on making Millennial

the prime driver of the company's business.

- Oh, my God. - Okay...

- what does that mean? - Uh, it means that, uh...

Millennial and not Empirical

would become our flagship brand.

- I'm... stunned. - What did you tell her?

Obviously I need to think about it.

Okay, um...

You cannot leave now.

She is investing in us.

No, this is all the more reason why I should leave.

I'm a ticking time bomb.

You both know the truth

that I've been perpetrating a fraud here.

You're both part of it. You're as liable as I am.

If I'm not here, Quinn's investment is clean.

I don't know if I could do this without you.

Kelsey, you can.

Kelsey, can I have a word with Liza?

I'll be in my office...

trying not to pass out.

You know I'm right.

I don't want to leave but if I take this job,

I'll have a career and we'll have us.

And if I stay and you take Quinn's investment

based on me misrepresenting myself...

it's not gonna end well.

I just know it.

And you think that Kelsey can run Millennial without you?

I do.

She's amazing.

And no matter what you call it, Empirical, Millennial...

at the end of the day, it's still your company.

All right.

- I'll tell Quinn. - I'm still her editor.

I'll tell her myself.

So there's no way of getting past this thing with Malkie?

Well, she really wants a baby...

and I'm really high on a weeknight

and happy that way.

That sucks, though. I'm sorry, Mags.

No, no, no, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that she made you

feel uncomfortable by asking you for your seed

over dessert. Ugh.

No, honestly... I mean...

it was kind of flattering.

Yo, how awesome would it be to a have a little kid

running around here, though?