Lipstick Jungle

Previously on Lipstick Jungle...

Reese? Did someone offer you a job?

I can't hold you back.

How would you feel about Chloe Jamison

wearing a Victory Ford design?

I would kill.

You're gonna keep rising and rising,

and I've just got to make peace with that.

I can see the Victory Ford influence.

She left a lot of the designing to me.

I'm sleeping with a 25-year-old.

Mr. Kirby Atwood has dropped the charges.

What do you want, Kirby?

You.

Oh, yeah, lovely. Thank you.

Okay, how do I get one of those? Lunges?

Yeah, to a doctor on 73rd and 5th.

Shh!

Shane, why did you ever leave these guys? They're fantastic.

They did a lot of original stuff, and Shane wrote most of it.

Badly.

Excuse me, are you Victory Ford?

Yes. I'm Serena.

Oh. This is Diego.

Good evening.

I know this is a weird thing to ask,

but I've been looking everywhere for that dress

you designed for Chloe Jamison.

Oh, well, it was a one-of-a-kind,

and I don't have any plans to mass-produce it.

I'm keeping things small right now.

It's a shame. She would buy one in every color.

Thank you.

And it's nice to meet you both.

You, too. Bye-bye.

Wow, aren't you fancy?

Oh, yeah, real fancy. I essentially just told a couple of strangers

that I'm reduced to making bubble dresses in my basement.

To Victory's bubble dress.

She'd rather have a bubble butt.

Well, cheers to that.

Hey, hey, hey! We're toasting here.

Wait, it's Charles. Where is he?

Oh, he's in Vienna. He's giving a lecture there.

Well, tell him to stay there. I look pretty good with three dates.

Well, I'm gonna go get my date out of the car. Enough's enough.

All right, thank you.

Before the next number, we'd like to call up a special guest.

Shane Healy, get your tired ass up here.

Go, have fun! Go! No! I haven't played in years!

Come on, and if it's horrible and a total disaster,

I don't know you.

Come on.

Did you know they were gonna do this?

He hasn't played a club in years.

Are you scared, or turned on?

Both.

Look, I don't care that they are about to break ground.

They are building on an ancient burial site.

Now, you get an injunction, and you shut them down.

How do I know that? Because I do my research, Tuck,

because I am concerned about your ancestral heritage, okay?

Yes.

And I do not want him having four hotels to my three.

That's very good. Now, you shut him down.

Hey, sexy. Have they started in there?

I'm sorry. That was business.

You always play that dirty?

That is not playing dirty. That is how the game is played.

People think they can take advantage of you, they usually do.

I think people treat you the way that you treat them.

That's a nice thought, on a pillow.

Here's another thought. How about you join us before the show's over?

Or, we could plug in a Coltrane CD

and start our own party right here.

Listening to music in the backseat of your car

is not a date, Joe.

It's high school.

That's good.

The whole room's glad to see me.

Joe!

Hello, ladies.

Isn't that your husband?

Uh, yes.

Wow, Wendy, he is really good.

I mean, he should be doing something with his music.

I thought he was a restaurateur.

Yeah, you missed a lot.

Yeah!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

We'll see you later. Bye.

I'll see you later, guys. Cheers.

Hey, honey.

Hey.

Oh, I'm sorry. Do we know each other? I'm a bit sweaty, darling.

Mmm, I know.

Oh, just hop in, and we'll give you a lift uptown.

Oh, no, I think I'm gonna walk up Madison. It's such a nice night.

For a yak. Get in the car.

I got it, John.

Yeah, honey.

No, no, really. I need some air.

Okay. You're gonna walk home in Jimmy Choo?

You're my hero! Good night.

Good night.

Bye!

Taxi.

Where to? Downtown.

You have to play with the band more often.

When?

Before Taylor's karate class, or after helping Maddie with her homework?

Honey, come here.

What just happened?

That's my dress.

That's my dress! And that's my dress! And that's my dress!

And that's my dress!

Look, babe, if you want to go shopping, I'll call tomorrow

and have them close the store for a couple hours,

but it's a little late right now.

Those are my dresses!

Those are my dresses!

They will be, tomorrow at 10:00 when they open. I'll even throw in a purse.

Don't you get it? These are my dresses, and I designed them!

Ricardo Bragini stole my dresses!

Coming. Yeah, coming!

Hi. Hey.

Come on in.

Sorry the place is such a mess.

Oh, Kirby, relax. Do you have any wine?

Are you already drunk?

Yeah.

I've got some wine I think you'll like.

Look, so I've been, uh... I've been thinking about you, and about us...

I like the sound of "us."

I want you to understand that this is just sex, nothing more.

You can't need me. I can't need you.

Is any of this, what I'm saying, making sense?

Not at all. But if it's the only way, then...

Yeah, it is.

Oh, I missed that. Me, too.

Just so that we are completely clear and there's no confusion,

we need to have a specific set of rules.

Right. Like a safe word?

No, I'm serious. I mean, we have to be strangers

when we're in public, and you can't contact me at home.

That's an absolute.

Absolutely. No, stop.

Look, I need to know that you're going to remember this.

What are you doing?

I suck at memorizing.

Kirby, don't make fun of me.

I'm not. You're being serious.

I'm being serious.

What was that first rule again?

When we're in public, we're strangers.

Right.

Good. Two?

You can't contact me at home. Mmm.

Three?

Don't disobey the rules.

Oh, please, why are we listening to this?

Because I love it.

It's torture.

Oh, you didn't seem like you were in pain last night.

Uh, well, tequila helped.

What's up with dinner music for breakfast?

This is your dad playing. He composed this piece. Pretty cool, huh?

Mmm, you want pancakes?

Pass.

What's going on with you guys?

Nothing. It's just that your dad won't own his genius.

No, your dad doesn't want to limp down memory lane. He's moved on.

Eggs? You want eggs? Sure.

Me, too!

I like this music.

You should. You were conceived to it.

Okay, uh, pass on the eggs.

Grossed out. Going to school. Bye.

No! Not without eating your breakfast! Sit down!

Sit down!

Bye!

Okay.

Bye!

Bye, honey.

Could you please turn this off?

Please? Yes.

Thank you!

I'm off! Bye! Bye, sweetheart!

Mmm... Morning.

Hey. Morning.

Are all these yours?

Yep.

My living room doubles as the Kirby Atwood Gallery of Mediocre Art.

They're not mediocre, Kirby. They're really good.

Thanks. No one's beating down my door.