The Flight Attendant

Hi, I'm Cassie, and I'm an alcoholic.

Hi, Cassie.

Most of you know my story by now.

Um, since I quit drinking, I've been making changes.

I moved to LA.

- Started dating this great guy, Marco.

Picked up a part-time job.

But I'm still flying. I'm still a flight attendant.

But I feel like I'm turning into this whole other person,

like, in a really good way, you know?

And I know what they say about moving too fast,

you know, no big life changes in the first year, but,

I'm two days away from being a year sober.

I'm really excited, and I know, one day at a time and all,

but I gotta tell you, just, my life and everything,

it just all feels...

pretty great.

Thanks.

Yeah, in the back.

- Hi, Ted, alcoholic. -Hi, Ted.

I was just sitting here thinking,

I remember early in my recovery,

that fucking pink cloud,

where I was kind of just

stupidly naive and thought everything was

- "pretty great." - What's that there, Ted?

Uh, no crosstalk, Cassie.

I know, but he just took--

- Okay? - Right.

A reminder to everyone--

we don't interrupt people's shares.

Look, I know it's "principles before personalities,"

but that guy was a dick.

- He was being a dick. - Yeah.

Thank you. And I ran out of Hot Tamales.

My body is still craving sugar every single day.

I'm not saying I'm gonna eat all these donuts

but I'm definitely gonna eat all these donuts.

The curse of giving up booze.

You're my sponsor. Say something wise.

I thought I was acing recovery once,

until I burned my house down.

Jesus, Brenda,

why does every one of your stories

have to end in some horrific trauma?

I'm your sponsor because it helps me

with my own recovery.

If you want to eat the donuts, eat the donuts.

Thank you for that advi--Hi.

Your share today really touched me. I just...

- wanted to say hi. - Aw!

Oh, my God, my boyfriend would love your necklace.

No, I love your necklace. I think my boyfriend--

I'm working on being less codependent.

It's okay. Don't apologize. I--we're here

because we're working on things, right?

It's Jenny, right? I'll tell you where I got it if you want.

I'll go get my phone.

Wow. You've got a newbie crushing on you.

Mm-hmm.

Ready to be a role model?

Yes. Yes, I am.

Okay. Mysterious envelope. Great.

- Hey. - Hello.

Putting that house key to good use, huh?

- How was your meeting? - Um, it was good.

I--I got called out for crosstalk.

- Uh-oh. Well, - Yeah.

your crosstalk is what first attracted me to you.

Really? That's so weird.

I thought it was my legs that you kept staring at.

Hi!

Hi.

Uh, but it was good. You know, I got to share,

and, um,

I don't know, I feel like I'm in, like, a good place.

- How was your shoot? - Long.

Some energy drink. I mean,

how many ways can you photograph a can?

Turns out, 72.

Seventy-two! I was just gonna say that.

My question for you is,

when do I get to photograph you again?

Oh, come on. Nothing's gonna be as good as this one.

I mean, I just-- I love this one.

I love the energy of it, you know?

I mean, aren't you into it? Like...

"dinner can wait" into it, into it?

Oh, my God, LA traffic is insane,

but I am not late. Mark that down

in your little notepad.

If you're not early, you're late.

Okay, Benjamin, that is an impossible bar

I will never be able to reach. Also, why are we

in a parking deck? - The office

picked it for your convenience.

I would've picked Hollywood Park Off Track Betting.

Oh, you're a gambling man.

I'm learning little bits and pieces about you.

Here's a photo of your mark in Berlin.

His name's Will Kotov.

Okay, we've been handler and asset for a few months now.

Shouldn't I know just a little more about you?

No.

So we would like you to observe him

on site at the hotel only.

- Did you catch that last part? - Yeah.

- Look at me, please. - I'm looking at you.

On site in the hotel only.

That means do not follow, do not engage.

"Do not follow, do not engage." Got it.

You do good work, Bowden.

But we both know you have a habit

off getting too involved with your marks.

Okay, that is quite the exaggeration, don't you think?

- Tokyo? Madrid? - Okay. No, no, that--

What about that absolutely insane stand-off

you got in a Moscow restaurant you had to flee?

That was not my fault, okay? That was an impulse thing.

No, scratch that. That sounded bad. No, it wasn't.

I just--I don't get a lot on these people.

I get a photo and a name, and I'm very curious.

- Isn't that part of my job? - Bowden,

if you have an operational issue

- with the way the CIA assigns-- - I don't.

No, no, I don't. I just-- I like to go above and beyond,

and sometimes in the moment, I get a little...

- I'll stop you there. - Yeah, you should.

You're not a CIA officer.

You are a civilian asset,

emphasis on the word "civilian."

Please remember that for your safety.

Benjamin, I hear you, and I get it, I promise.

Commit that photo to memory.

I know that you carry them on you

and that's a really bad idea.

Consider it memorized.

Wait, hold on.

Now consider it memorized.

Just tell me one more thing about you.

It'll really help my process.

Do you have a dog? Do you have a cat?

Where do you live?

Are you married? Girlfriend? Boyfriend?

Come on.

Well, well, well. Hello, gorgeous.

Hello, beauty.

You know, I have been seeing you a lot at LAX lately.

Are you stalking me?

I took a trans-Pacific route.

I am seeing all of the sights. I'm eating all of the fish.

- Yeah. - Mm-hmm, and doing

the secret work that's a secret job

that we can't talk about 'cause I'm doing it, too,

and it's so much fun!

If I knew what you were talking about

I would tell you that what you do and what I do

- are two very different things. - Right.

- And were not... -Gonna talk about it.

- You seem very put together. - Do I?

- Yeah, the bangs are a ten. - Do you love them?

- I do. How's the man? - He's great.

Marco's wonderful. How about your man,

even though I'm convinced he's imaginary

'cause you refuse to introduce me.

I think I told you that his name is--

Justin. - And I think I told you

- he's a-- - Ginger!

- There you go. - Love you.

- Dinner? Soon? - Yes.

- Justin, Marco, bring 'em? - Yes.

- No. - Okay, great.

- Hey, Jada. - Hi, Cassie.

I'm just filling in for someone on this flight.

So you're-- you're on this flight, too.

It would appear as though I am on the flight.

Yay.

- I'm Seattle-based now. - Mm.

Taking care of some family things.

- Oh. - Look,

I'm the lead on this flight. I'm not Megan.

I know you know that, but,

let's agree to no shenanigans.

Listen, Jada,

I quit drinking, so there'll be no problem.

In fact, I'm striving to be infraction-less.

Good for you, Cassie.

We'll be good as gold, then.

- Hey, it's Cassie, right? - Hey, yeah.

That seemed weirdly intense with Jada. Is everything okay?

Oh. Yeah. Thanks.

I'm doing this whole "trying to be a good person" thing.

- It's hard. - Wow.

Good for you. Yeah, good luck with that.

I'm Grace, I'm not a good person,

but I really respect your journey.

- Thanks. - Yeah. Actually,

I'm doing a bar night in Berlin. You should definitely come.

Um, thank you for the invite,

but I actually have to work when I get there.