Work in Progress

Previously on Work in Progress.

- What can I do for you? - Oh, hi!

This bitch at work, she's like,

"I went to Costco and got you almonds."

Pat was not exactly a positive portrayal

for gender-nonconforming folks.

I'm learning and I'm trying to make it up to you.

- When are you gonna tell her? - Because relationships

are about sharing everything.

It just seems sudden, and I'm just having trouble.

And I saw Chris's dead name.

Campbell, it was with the one thing he asked me not to know.

It was an honest mistake. So, are you going to tell him?

Sure, yeah.

- Okay. - All right.

Creative? I'm not so sure.

- Pinterest, yes. - All right, all right. I get it.

- Oh. - All right.

Whoo-whee!

- Hey, let me get it. - Oh.

- I got it. - Well, thank you, Mike.

And thanks for the ride.

- Yeah. - All I's going to say is,

"We survived, and I'm moving out."

Did you guys hear that? Apologies.

Ah, you know me.

Oh, actually, that's not my bag.

- But this is. - Oh.

Are we taking you to your place?

- No, here's fine. - Okay.

- All right. - No, don't...

- Or I can go. - No, you should come up.

That's cool.

I'm still holding the bag.

Okay, Mike, you can put it down.

- All right. -

- Thank you. - Yeah, yeah.

- Well, we married off Dad. - Yeah, we did.

Well, you did.

- You did an amazing job. - Aw.

I couldn't have done it without you.

Yeah, you could have, probably.

- Yeah, I could have, probably. -

Would it be okay if I called you later?

Just... uh...

Yes, of course. What's wrong?

No, no, nothing. It's not a big deal.

It'll be fine. I just would love...

Hey!

Hey, thank you for being a part of this weekend.

We really all loved having you there.

- Thank you. - Yeah, it was really good.

- Honk, honk! - Oh, my God, Mike!

Hey, come on, babe. We got to go.

This guy! Okay, babe, okay.

- All right, love you. - I love you.

- All right, bye. Thanks. - Bye.

- Love you. - Love you. Bye. I love you.

- Good luck with everything, you guys. - Bye, bye.

- - Love you.

Are you really okay with not coming up? I'm really sorry.

I'm going to go hang out at Kai and Geo's.

Riv's in town this weekend, so... I'm...

- I got stuff to do. - Oh, my gosh. Perfect.

- Will you tell them I said hey? - I will.

- Okay. - Of course.

- Well... - I'll call you later.

- Yeah. Okay. - Yeah?

Okay.

You did good, kid.

Not a big fucking deal, Abby.

Why do you make everything a big fucking federal deal?

Nobody knows.

You didn't see the name.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

You don't know what it is. It's just Chris.

It's your boyfriend Chris.

Fuck. But you know what? You did see it.

And you saw it on purpose,

because you're a fucking petulant little cunt.

And then you kept it from him.

You're a fucking pill-bottle-label-reading liar.

And a betrayer.

Aah! Fuck!

Fuck.

How do I tell him?

Are you fucking kidding me?

I fucking hate books.

Just call him.

Call him. Abby, fucking call Chris.

Tell him you saw his dead name,

and then this whole bullshit will be done.

He's not gonna care.

Here I go.

- - Aah!

Fuck.

Hello?

Abby!

- Hey, Julia. - Oh!

Oh, no. Something's wrong.

Is this a bad time? I'm so sorry.

- I can call back. - Actually, you know,

Julia, it's not you.

Just tell him you saw it and that's it, right?

It's not that simple, though.

I think you should just say, "Chris, I saw your birth name... "

- It's dead name. - Dead name.

"I didn't mean to, but I did, and... "

Oh, what is this?

- Honey wine. - Oh.

I thought white wine always meant chardonnay.

Anyway, you were saying?

I was just... like, I know I should tell him, right?

But it's just I've waited so long

and I just feel it's way too late.

And even though I didn't mean to see the name,

it's just that I still...

Excuse me.

Hey, are you all right?

- That really is different. - Oh, okay.

Do you want some water, or... ?

- No, I'm fine. - Okay.

Anyways, I was just thinking, if I could wait

- for the perfect... - You know what? I think...

- I think... Just because I've been wait... - I think I need some water.

Listen, this is what I would tell my daughter.

I think I would say, "Put yourself in Chris's shoes."

If you were Chris, would you want you to tell you?

Would you want to know?

- That I know? - Yeah.

I mean, I would want to know,

because I want to know everything,

especially if it's hurtful.

But would Chris want to know that I know?

I think because he's so young,

he's having a better day not knowing.

So, I don't think he'd want to know.

I'm not gonna tell him.

Hm. Thank you.

That's not what I thought you were gonna decide.

But okay.

Hey, why were you calling me in the first place anyway?

- It'll wait. - Wait, what can wait?

Well, I wanted to tell you something,

but I didn't know how you were going to react.

What is it?

Are you in a good emotional space right now?

Julia, we're going to be waiting a long time for that train,

so could you just tell me?

All right, well, okay. Have you heard of NPR?

National Public Radio? Yeah, I've heard of it.

- I'm a supporter. - Okay.

Well, they have this show on there,

called This American Life.

Julia, I know about This American Life.

Oh, okay. Anyway, sometimes they do these live shows,

and they're gonna do one here,

and they asked me to do a piece.

- That's amazing. - Yeah.

And, anyway, I was thinking a lot about creating Pat,

and how it made your life so difficult,

and how I feel so horrible about it.

- And that was never my intent. - Oh, no.

- Is this upsetting you? - Not yet. No.

Okay.

Well, I wanted to know if you would come to the show.

It's a week from Saturday.

And it all came together so fast.

I understand if you can't go.

I really want to, it's just um...

This week's been a little rough, so...

Please, can you come?

Normal Al is going to be out of town,

and I think it's going to be fun.

And I think I can get you free tickets.

Your girl does like free stuff,

so odds of attendance just doubled.

Oh, and remember what we decided.

You're going to be totally honest with Chris, right?

That's not what we decided.

We decided I wouldn't tell him.

Okay, but I think that's a big mistake.

- Hello? - Hey.

Oh, my God. What's wrong? You okay?

Everything's fine.

But what band was Glen Phillips the lead singer of?

Uh, Toad the Wet Sprocket.

- - Why?

Toad the Wet Sprocket.

We're playing bar trivia.

- Hi, Abby. -

Get off the phone.

You can't call me. That's cheating.

But we need your '90s help, Abby, Sr.

Come meet us.

- We really do. Come. - Shh! Abby.

I can't. Not tonight.

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Remember, I'm gonna see you on Thursday.

- You promise? - Yeah, of course.