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Here. It's for the visas.

Wowie, wowie.

Ring the bell. The queen is home.

You walk over here like this

and no one beat the fuck out of you?

You don't think that's a little meshuggeh?

Actually, I'm... I'm fine.

I have the transvestite pass.

No one can arrest me.

I am protected by the city.

It actually says there that I'm not meshuggeh.

What's transvestite? That's like faigele, right?

No. Me. I'm... I'm a transvestite.

You look like Aunt Esther in this.

Magnus had the city issue them to all of us.

Who's Magnus? He's your gay lover?

- Uh, no. Uh, Magnus... - I mean, not my gay lover.

The head of an institute where Gittel works.

You know, Ma, if you got out more often,

then you might not hate Berlin so much.

It's actually quite a lovely city.

I think it's a fantastic city.

If it wasn't for all the Germans living in it,

it would be great.

Chosa, I was hoping tomorrow morning

you would teach me how to use the U-bahn

like you've been saying.

I'm afraid of the turnstile

because I've been hearing nonstop

about how it's been breaking women's pelvises.

Did you hear about Sheila's sister?

She had to give birth through her face.

So stay home tonight,

and tomorrow you can finally teach me...

I'm actually... I can't tomorrow morning.

When are you coming home, huh?

I'm going to stay with...

I'm going to stay with Gittel.

Stay here tonight, Chosa, please.

Stay... Chosa, stay here.

Stay here with Mommy.

Bye, Mommy.

Zwei.

Oh, my God, what did you do?

I know, I got more.

No.

L'chaim.

Don't do that. It makes me think of Dad.

L'chaim.

L'chai... Anyone?

L'chaim!

To sisters.

Sneaking in, sneaking out.

I'm not sneaking.

I could be dead, you know,

lying in a gutter somewhere,

maggots eating my eyeballs.

You wouldn't even notice.

Fucking morbid.

You're fucking morbid.

I got the visas.

- What? - I got the visas.

All three of us.

That's you. Give it back to me.

That one's yours.

It says Ger Schoen.

Do you have a visa for Gittel?

Your name is Ger Schoen.

My name is Gittel. You know my name is Gittel.

Okay. Today you're Gittel. Tomorrow you can be Edith.

After that, you can be a fucking lobster.

Change your name when you get to America, please.

I'm not leaving Magnus.

Take me to this man.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

What did you do to my boy?

- She goes by Gittel. - Gittel?

What a horrible name.

It's the name she chose.

So what is this, a circus? A sex circus?

- No. - A zoo for fucking?

Are you starting a religious...

No, I don't believe in religion.

A sex religion?

I believe in... science.

I believe in truth.

I believe in reason,

in progress.

Look. Look around. Look around.

You know, y... you're in my library.

You're next to my museum.

You... You're underneath my medical ward.

You make fun.

This is the future!

What's that?

Ger Schoen's visa.

When he changes his mind

and he wants his mommy...

you're going to hold that for him

and give it to him, okay? Keep it safe, please.

Wipe that stuff off your face.

Be home in an hour. We have to pack,

and we have to go.

I mean, if you're going to be a girl,

cover your tits.

Shameful.

This is crossfit. Let's work it like you're in crossfit.

Let's go. It's time to work! You got to work!

This isn't Pilates.

Come on, come on, give it up!

Give it all you got! Give it all you got!

Two reps, and we're done.

This is what I like to see.

From the hips. Focus on the hips.

All the way up. All the way up.

Come on, rookie.

It's not about doing it the way you want.

It's about doing it right.

You got plenty of time to rest when we're done.

Oh that's... that's how we're going to be, huh?

We're just going to make it perfect for you today.

Keep it moving. Keep it moving.

All right? A little bit faster.

You got a little bit more in you, all right?

Looking better. Looking better.

That's what I'm talking about.

Well, so far for me, the hardest thing about the Jewish New Year

by far is that I keep writing 5775 on my checks.

I'm pretty sure you used that same joke in 5774.

Okay.

I don't want to start a whole thing,

but I'm keeping a little bit in my head

just about the...

the talk. The whole polyamory idea

is freaking me out.

Don't... That's the wrong word.

It's not about other people at all.

It's about me and you.

It's about how incredible this is

and how amazing you are

and how much I love being with you

and how, being with you, I've become myself,

and I... and I want to keep doing that

and expanding and getting closer and closer to that,

and I know that I will just start shutting down

if we have to, you know, make some commitment

to... to next year, next month, or...

A month? Is that hard for you to think about?

A whole month with me or a week?

Like tomorrow? Like a day?

That would be hard? Or, like, you know,

what's going to happen in an hour?

Are we going to be going out in an hour,

or is that, like, too hard,

- like, so locked in? - Stop.

You're so locked in by me.

Stop it. What? No.

Of course tomorrow.

I'm just... But yes, like, day to day.

Why not? Why not...

not burden us with expectations and...

Because this isn't a burden.

This is not a burden for me.

I can't do this way.

I can't do this version.

That's not who I am, and you know that.

So I'm not doing it.

I'm not going to the festival,

and I'm not doing this.

So figure it out.

I don't know where I belong here,

but, uh, I know, you know, I'd like to help.

Well, there's a lot, you know.

We have a variety of opportunities.

Uh-huh.

Uh, Crock Pot,

which is sort of like our queer Meals On Wheels.

Oh, I don't think I want to inflict my cooking on shut-ins.

How do you think you'd do with crisis intervention?

Well, I butt in a lot.

I'm very good at that, my children tell me.

- Okay. - Tell me more.

Well, the Trevor Project.

They're looking for people for their late night shifts.

- Uh-huh. - It's intense, you know?

It's mostly suicidal teens.

Wow. That's important.

Yeah. And, you know,

the people who do it, the Life On Uppers,

they go through a rigorous training program.

Mm. Is the graveyard shift the only opening?

We don't call it the graveyard shift

because of the, you know, the nature of the calls.

Right. Well, I wouldn't... That's not something I would say on the phone.

I'm going to get you an application.

Okay.

Oh. Sorry.

Hi.

I didn't know you did yoga.

Sorry.