S01E04

Recentering

Full screenplay script and 1321-line transcript across 49 scenes for The White Lotus S01E04: Recentering. Key settings: Int. White Lotus Resort - Day, Ext. Airport Terminal - Day, Int. Resort Lobby - Day.

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It is so beautiful.

Guest

When I was younger,

Guest

my father would bring me

Guest

and my older brothers

Guest

to this beach

to look for sunnies.

Guest

What are sunnies?

Well, they're shells.

Pretty shells.

I'll find you one later.

Guest

Then we'd go back to our patch

Guest

and clear the waterways,

feed the pigs, pull the taro.

Guest

What?

I don't know, you're just...

you're so real.

I'm very real.

Guest

Was the hotel here?

Guest

Well, they were the ones

Guest

that actually evicted us

from our lo'i.

Guest

The land that was given

Guest

by King Kamehameha

Guest

to the konohiki,

it was a sacred title.

Can't be broken.

Guest

But the government,

Guest

they terminated

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our lease illegally.

That's fucked up.

Guest

My brothers, they're still

Guest

trying to fight the county,

but they can't afford a lawyer.

The good ones are too expensive.

It's a shit situation.

Guest

And now you work for the same

Guest

assholes that stole from you?

Guest

When my brothers found out

that I took this job...

they were so pissed.

Guest

But I gotta make a living,

Guest

you know?

Guest

I have to go

before she wakes up.

Guest

Why don't you want her to know

Guest

that we're hanging out?

She's tricky.

Guest

Isn't she your friend?

Yeah, she's my friend.

Guest

As long as she has more

of everything than I do.

Guest

But if I have something

of my own, she wants it.

Guest

She's like that, huh?

That family is crazy.

Oh, my God.

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You wouldn't even believe it.

All these guests are crazy.

Guest

Fuck!

Guest

Excuse me?

Spa doesn't open until 9:00.

I thought you were a guest.

I'll be out in just a second.

Guest

This is the women's locker room,

by the way.

Oh, shit.

It's fine. Finish your shower.

Guest

I know you're too intuitive

for me to bullshit you.

I fell off the wagon yesterday.

Guest

The whole thing with Lani put me

on edge, so I took a Xanax.

Guest

But then I was, um, dragging,

so I took an upper.

Guest

And then I took another

and then another.

Guest

Then I went down

Guest

to the bar after work

and had a few shots.

Armond.

Guest

And then I think the father

Armond

staying in the Tradewinds...

Armond

asked me to fuck him up the ass?

Armond

What?

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But this is why

Armond

I have to stay sober, Belinda,

because when I dabble...

even just a little...

I fall completely off the beam.

Sounds like it.

But I'm-- I'm okay.

Armond

I'm-- I'm not going

down that road again.

Then get rid of the pills.

Absolutely. Hundred percent.

Armond

What'd you do all day?

I did scuba.

Mm-hmm.

Armond

And the eight hours after that?

I drank beer at the Kahuna.

Armond

Mm. Well, we ended up

eating dinner at the restaurant.

It wasn't very festive.

I'm sorry. I was depressed.

Armond

I kept thinking about

Armond

how my dad chose his sex life

over his family.

Well, that sounds familiar.

And it literally killed him.

Armond

So I never really got

Armond

to know him, you know?

Armond

Well, are you gonna

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participate today,

Armond

or are you gonna go

Armond

on another bender?

Armond

Participate!

Happy, happy.

Jesus Christ.

Armond

Girls!

Armond

All right, girls,

let's get breakfast.

Armond

The buffet is expensive,

and we've already paid for it.

Armond

Mom, Paula can't keep eating

this much fruit.

Armond

Why not?

I have fructose malabsorption.

Oh, my God.

She keeps getting diarrhea.

And cramps.

Eat some meat, Paula.

Eat a sausage. I don't know.

Armond

Did Quinn sleep on the beach

Armond

again last night?

This is not okay.

Armond

You've got to be more protective

of your younger brother, Olivia.

Armond

You can't just make him sleep

Armond

on the beach

Armond

where he can be

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washed away with the tides.

Armond

Yeah, Olivia, he could've been

kidnapped by butt pirates.

Armond

Or end up in a bukkake

with a pod of dolphins.

Armond

But the truth is

Armond

that what you said

is completely right.

Armond

Like, it is mostly clickbait

for, like, no money.

Armond

And, yeah,

the industry does suck.

Armond

But, like, there are people

my age doing great work.

And I'm just not one of them.

Armond

And maybe that's just

'cause I'm not great.

Like, I'm just not excellent.

Armond

Do you know what I'm saying?

I think you're great.

But I know what you mean.

Um...

Armond

Maybe I just don't have, like,

the drive like some people.

Armond

And I'm worried that now

it's just gonna get worse.

Armond

'Cause now you can afford

expensive facials.

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Come on, Shane.

Just be serious.

Armond

So, what I'm thinking

Armond

is maybe, if I really

Armond

wanna make a difference,

Armond

maybe I get involved

Armond

in a great non-profit

Armond

and... and I just put journalism

Armond

on the back burner

for a little while.

That's a great idea.

Yeah.

Oh, my God.

That family is...

That one, they are so weird.

Armond

The dad is a perv, and the son

always stares at my boobs.

Well...

Armond

not as weird as

Armond

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

over here.

Armond

What?

Yeah, well...

Armond

She's coming--

she's coming over to the table.

Hi.

Hi.

Hey.

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You guys were really

good sports yesterday.

Armond

How are you doing?

Armond

I don't know. I--

I feel like I failed, but...

Oh, no.

Guest

No.

Yeah.

Tanya

When I saw my mother's ashes

Tanya

hit the water, you know,

I just, uh...

It just reminded me of...

Tanya

of, you know, sprinkling

fish food in an aquarium.

Tanya

And I was just like,

Tanya

"Oh, my God," you know?

Tanya

Am I feeding my mother

Tanya

to the fishes?

Tanya

You know? And is that

Tanya

what she would've wanted?

Uh...

Just...

Tanya

Hope you're enjoying

your breakfast.

Yeah. Get-- uh, get some.

I think I will.

Tanya

Paula, you're not still mad

Tanya

about that whole Trevor thing,

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are you?

No, not at all.

Tanya

Okay, 'cause if you like a guy,

you can tell me.

Or whatever.

You can trust me.

Tanya

I'm not gonna, like, swoop him

out from underneath you.

Yeah, I-- I trust you.

Tanya

Okay, 'cause Trevor was just

Tanya

like this momentary

Tanya

lapse of judgment,

and I've learned my lesson.

Hey, girls.

Tanya

Did you get your backpack back?

Tanya

You left it on the beach

the other day.

Tanya

I-- I gave it to

one of the beach boys.

Tanya

You did?

Yeah.

I gave it to the one over there.

The one with the khaki face.

Thank you.

Christie.

Morning.

Hi, ladies.

Hello.

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Hey.

Looking good.

Tanya

Sir. Sir!

Dude.

Oh, aloha.

Tanya

How is everyone this morning?

You have our backpack.

It's a green backpack.

Tanya

You said yesterday

Tanya

that you didn't have it,

Tanya

but he just said that he

Tanya

gave it to you two days ago

Tanya

and then you put it

in the lost and found.

Tanya

Yeah, I'm pretty sure

it's in your office.

Tanya

A green backpack?

I-- yes, I do remember that.

Tanya

I'll-- I'll go to the office

and get it for you right away.

Tanya

I was thinking that maybe

Tanya

if I miss journalism,

Tanya

then I can just come back--

Hey, man.

Tanya

Hey, man. Excuse--

Tanya

Hey!

Shane.

This guy's a fucking puke.

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Shane.

Guest

Did you see that?

Staff

Shane. Shane.

He fully fucking ignored me.

Staff

I'm trying to talk to you

about my future.

I know.

Okay, yup.

Staff

What do you think of that idea?

Um... I think it's, uh, good.

I think it's cool.

This fucking guy. I'm sorry.

I gotta deal with this.

This is...

Staff

Dude?

Oh, Mr. Patton, good morning.

Staff

Did you not see me

Staff

in the restaurant just now?

Staff

I'm sorry?

Staff

I'm waving to you,

Staff

I'm shouting--

I know you saw me.

I was sent to fetch a bag.

Staff

You looked right at me

and you kept walking.

My apologies. So sorry.

Staff

Oh, how was your

Staff

candlelit dinner last night?

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Yeah, that's what

I wanted to talk to you about.

Uh, it fucking blew, frankly.

Oh, no.

Yeah.

Staff

You put us on a boat

Staff

with a crazy lady

Staff

who was having some kind of

fucking memorial service.

Staff

You knew! You knew

Staff

that she was out there to spread

Tanya

her dead mother's ashes

on the goddamn ocean.

Tanya

Oh, well, she might've

mentioned that.

Tanya

I'm trying to do

a romantic gesture for my wife.

Tanya

I got a crazy lady

Tanya

who's having

Tanya

some kind of fucking

nervous breakdown.

So no, it was not romantic.

Tanya

It was a dumpster fire

Tanya

shit show!

I had no idea.

Tanya

I'm sorry your vacation isn't

everything you'd hoped-- so far.

Tanya

But the good news,

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there's an exciting surprise

you'll be receiving later today.

Tanya

What? We're gonna get

Tanya

in our room?

Unfortunately, no.

Jesus.

Tanya

But I think this is really

gonna turn things around.

Tanya

Then I don't want it!

I don't want a free massage.

I don't want cheap champagne.

Tanya

What I want is to speak

to your boss.

Well, I am the resort manager.

Yeah, but you have a boss.

Tanya

Who is your boss?

Tanya

Our general manager, Mr. Zeoli,

is at a conference this week.

Tanya

Yeah, I want to get

in touch with him.

Tanya

Can I have his number?

I'll have him call you.

No! No. I'm calling him.

Tanya

I will have someone

Tanya

bring you his business card

Tanya

with his cell phone number

to your room.

Tanya

And you can call him

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at your leisure.

Good. This morning, please.

Tanya

Motherfucker!

Tanya

Shit!

Okay.

Tanya

I'm gonna need

somebody's phone today.

Tanya

I can't go another day

without a phone.

Tanya

You had my phone

all day yesterday.

Tanya

Okay, can I have it again?

No. I need it.

Yeah, right.

No way.

Tanya

Mom?

Tanya

Honey, I'd love to help,

but I need to have my phone.

I'm getting calls from work.

Okay.

Tanya

Okay, but you guys

are gonna regret this.

Hey, remember we got scuba, bud.

Tanya

We should've let him

bring a friend.

He doesn't have any friends.

Of course he does.

Hiroki Takeuchi.

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Hiroki Takeuchi

moved back to Japan.

Tanya

What? When?

Like two years ago.

Tanya

Quinn!

Tanya

Who?

All's well that ends well.

Thank you.

Bye, Dad.

Bye.

Armond

Mr. Mossbacher.

Armond

How are you?

I'm a little hungover.

But not too bad.

Well, you look great.

Thank you.

So do you.

Well, have a good one.

I'll see you soon.

Pardon me, so sorry.

Thank you.

Tanya, hi.

Oh.

Armond

I thought you might enjoy

Armond

some peppermint tea

before your wrap.

Oh, thank you.

Of course. Good to see you.

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Yeah. Helps with... circulation.

Yeah.

I just love peppermint tea.

It's good.

Armond

I just really wanna thank you

for yesterday.

Armond

And being there for me,

getting me to my room.

I mean, I was a mess.

You were fine.

Armond

It would've been

Armond

a hell of a lot worse

if you hadn't been there.

Armond

You have, like,

Armond

a really beautiful,

kind, and calming presence.

Seriously, Belinda.

I'm not kidding.

Armond

You-- you should have

your own wellness center.

You should.

Armond

Because you really know

what you're doing.

That's really very sweet.

Thank you.

Armond

You just can't be behind

the desk at some hotel spa.

Armond

You need to be in business

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for yourself.

I know.

Armond

Yeah, and hey, I'm someone

who can make that happen.

Armond

You should really

think about it.

It's something I could use.

Armond

You know, I could have

Armond

a lot of fun too,

Armond

and I could, you know,

even give you a couple ideas.

Armond

You know,

the whole vision could be yours.

I'm flattered.

And I'm very much interested.

Armond

Hey, one sec. Yeah, um--

I, uh-- I gotta have, um...

Armond

You drink

Armond

the peppermint tea for now,

Armond

and, um, I wanna

Armond

talk about this more,

Armond

but I'll be way more clear

after my oxygen facial.

Okay. All right.

Armond

Let's get into business!

Okay.

Armond

What the fuck?

Armond

The bong is here,

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the weed is here,

but the pills are gone.

Armond

No. What about the K?

Armond

Do you think that fucker

Armond

took our stash?

The Klonopin, Liv.

Armond

How's it going?

Armond

Hey, can I ask you girls

Armond

a favor?

Armond

Can you try to include Quinn

Armond

a little bit more

Armond

in your voodoo ceremonies

Armond

and whatever else you do?

Armond

Mom, he's scuba diving

in the kiddie pool.

No, I know, just in general.

You know, I just...

Armond

I don't think you appreciate

Armond

how tough things are

for kids like Quinn right now.

Armond

Why? Because of the Asperger's?

Armond

He doesn't have Asperger's,

Olivia.

Armond

But he is a straight, white,

young man.

Armond

And nobody has any sympathy

for them right now.

And I just feel like we should.

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Yeah, in a way,

they're the underdogs now.

Go on.

Armond

Well, for instance,

Armond

young guys like Quinn,

Armond

who are just

Armond

getting out of college,

Armond

I don't care how incredibly

Armond

impressive they are,

Armond

it is almost impossible

for us to hire them.

Armond

Well, isn't that

Armond

because up until now,

Armond

they're the only people

Armond

that you've ever hired?

Armond

Yeah, don't you have

Armond

enough of them on staff?

Trust me, I get it.

Armond

I'm just saying,

Armond

I understand how guys like Quinn

Armond

can feel a little alienated

from the culture right now.

Mom, cringe.

Armond

And I don't think

it's fair to him.

Mom, cringe.

Armond

Olivia, he's my son, okay?

Armond

I think

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he's gonna be okay, Nicole.

Thank you, Paula.

Okay. Paula's meds are missing.

And so we need to go find them.

It's urgent.

Armond

She's not gonna have

Armond

like a seizure or something?

If I keep sitting here.

Armond

Now, I know you said

Armond

you didn't want my surprise,

Armond

but I took the liberty

of bringing it anyway.

Armond

What is it?

Well...

Armond

Ta-da!

Mom.

Armond

Am I interrupting?

Mom.

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Shane

I know it's only your honeymoon.

Shane

What are you doing here? Hey!

Aw.

Shane

Listen,

Shane

I know this isn't kosher,

Shane

and I told him

Shane

to keep it a secret

because I knew you would say no.

Shane

Get outta here. Come on,

come on, come on, come on.

Shane

Dinner reservation for three?

Yeah.

Rach.

Shane

Surprise!

Oh, my God.

Look at her face, poor thing.

She's white as a sheet.

Don't worry. I have my own room.

Shane

And I'm here just one night,

maybe two nights.

I'm crazy. I'm so sorry.

I'm totally crazy. I know.

Shane

I was just so tense

Shane

from the wedding

Shane

and all the weeks

leading up to it.

I know you were too.

Shane

And then Cathy Clement--

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I swear

this was Cathy Clement's idea.

Shane

She said, "We should do

Shane

a spa week at the Mauna Kea."

Shane

And of course

that sounded amazing.

Shane

And then I talked to you

Shane

on the phone, honey,

and you sounded so upset.

You had me worried.

Shane

And I thought, you know,

Shane

maybe I'll just pop over

Shane

and see you guys for a second

Shane

and give you a little love

Shane

and then be on my way

Shane

and go meet Cathy

at the Mauna Kea.

Shane

Please don't be mad

at your mother-in-law.

Oh, my God.

Of course not. I'm not mad.

Shane

I'm really,

really happy to see you.

Oh, good.

That makes me so happy.

This is a really nice view.

It's a really nice room.

Shane

But it's definitely

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not the room I booked.

Trust me, I know.

Shane

Why did they

Shane

give you this room, I wonder?

Mother...

Don't even start.

It's...

Shane

Hmm? It's a touchy subject, huh?

Yeah.

Shane

I can't believe

my baby boy is married.

I can't believe it! Aw.

Shane

I am so glad

we had so many cameras.

Shane

The whole thing

is an absolute blur.

I don't remember anything.

Shane

Do you? Do you?

Shane

And Rachel,

Shane

you were such a beautiful bride,

but also very pale.

Shane

But now you have

Shane

a little more color,

and it looks great.

Thanks.

Shane

Have you been in the ocean?

Shane

Have you been surfing, Shane?

Little bit.

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I really worry

about your ears, though.

Shane

You really have to wear--

Shane

Did you get earplugs?

I know.

Shane

I really like

Shane

this textured paper

over here on this wall.

So pretty.

Shane

I wanna get that, don't you?

Gives it some character.

And all the palm fronds.

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Armond

It is the Palm Suite.

It's a theme, there you go.

Armond

Ooh, what's out here?

Armond

What?

Oh, pretty.

Armond

But so many plants

are obstructing the view.

Buddy, Quinn, yesterday...

Armond

I think I said some things

that I probably shouldn't have.

Armond

Like what?

Well...

Armond

I don't really remember

exactly what I said, so...

Armond

You said having sex with mom

Armond

was like

eating a plate of live worms.

Armond

I said that?

Armond

Quinn, look, okay, that's not

because of your mother.

Your mother is beautiful.

Like, I'm lucky.

I mean, the truth is...

Armond

Do you wanna know the truth?

Okay.

Armond

I cheated on your--

your mother once.

Armond

Well, not once,

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but with one woman.

You know, a few times.

Armond

Um, a couple--

it was a couple of times.

Armond

You did?

Yeah.

Armond

Does Mom know?

Yeah, she knows.

Of course she knows.

Armond

And dealing with it,

Armond

dealing with her,

Armond

getting her

to forgive me, was...

it was hell.

Armond

It was the worst time

in my life.

Armond

We managed to keep you kids

Armond

in the dark,

but she almost left me.

Armond

And, you know,

there was a lot of drama.

We had to do all this therapy.

Armond

Yeah, I bought her a pair

of bracelets for 75,000 dollars.

Armond

What?

Yeah. With my money.

Not her money.

Man...

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...in the moment...

you're like this...

You're a monkey.

Like possessed.

Armond

You'd do anything

to get your rocks off.

And then, later, you regret it.

And you do regret it.

Armond

There's the man,

and there's the monkey.

Armond

And somehow,

Armond

you gotta be man enough

to face down the monkey.

Armond

Fuck you! Shit!

Really? Come on.

What the hell? Come on.

Armond

Hello?

Armond

Come on!

Excuse me.

I think this is my room.

Armond

Oh, crap. Well, where am I?

Armond

What am I doing?

Armond

Well, no wonder

it's not working.

I'm so confused.

Armond

Five nine four!

I'm five nine two.

I was drinking on the boat.

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Oh yeah?

Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

I'll get out of your way.

I think I must be one over.

Maybe this way here.

Oh, yeah, this is me. Sorry.

We were drinking on the boat.

Armond

Oh, yeah?

You said that.

Armond

Yeah, we go on a deep-sea

fishing trip every year.

Just a good group of guys.

Bunch of buds from the BLM.

Oh. Oh.

Armond

You enjoying Hawaii?

Armond

You-- you here with your family?

Armond

No. No, I'm vacationing

with myself.

Oh, okay. Yeah.

My family's not here either.

Oh.

My kids are grown, wife's gone.

I'm divorced.

Oh.

Armond

Sorry about getting

in your... door.

Armond

There we go. It worked!

Hi. Hi. So, listen.

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You know, my friends,

Armond

they're leaving today,

Armond

and I'm gonna be staying here

Armond

until the weekend,

Armond

and you're alone,

Armond

and I figured,

Armond

well, why don't we just go

Armond

grab dinner?

Armond

You wanna grab dinner tonight?

Armond

Is that-- is that crazy?

Armond

It's just downstairs,

you know, casual.

Oh, well...

I did have a plan.

Oh.

Well, that's...

But I could...

I could just...

change it.

Yeah? Okay.

Armond

Great!

Armond

That-- I mean, that's terrific!

I'll see you at seven o'clock.

Armond

Okay. Oh!

I'm Greg.

I should've started with that.

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Tanya

I'm Tanya MacQuoid.

Nice to meet you.

This is the spa.

Hey, it's me.

Hey, Tanya.

Uh, listen, um...

Tanya

Is it okay if we push off

Tanya

our dinner till tomorrow?

Tanya

I-- I got asked out,

believe it or not.

Tanya

There's a deep-sea fisherman

staying next door.

Tanya

And he's with a group

from Black Lives Matter.

Tanya

Yeah?

Sure, no problem.

Tanya

I think a date

will be good for you.

Oh, yeah, well, I don't know.

Tanya

I'm not-- yeah, I'm not sure,

but yeah.

Tanya

I'm so sorry to put off

our dinner.

That's okay.

Tanya

You know, I got so excited

Tanya

about our conversation,

Tanya

I decided to write up

a business proposal.

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I'm working on it now.

Have fun tonight.

Oh. All right.

Well, hey. Thank you.

Yeah. Yeah.

All right.

Bye.

Tanya

Hello?

I have Mr. Patton on the line.

Oh, shit.

Okay, yeah.

Hello.

Tanya

Mr. Patton, are you enjoying

Tanya

your mother?

Tanya

You said you were gonna

Tanya

bring me that number

Tanya

of the general manager?

Tanya

You forgot to give it to me?

Yes, of course.

I'll get that to you.

Guest

Not a problem.

Just bring it to dinner.

Bye-bye.

Jesus Christ.

Fucking freak.

Guest

Just a minute!

Guest

Yes?

Oh, Dillon, come in.

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I'm glad you're here.

Guest

I need to make a business card

with the Lotus logo on it.

Guest

Are you any good with computers?

Guest

Hey, listen,

Armond

the girls from the Tradewinds

are in the lobby.

Armond

What do they want?

They wanna talk to you.

Oh, fuck. All right.

Ladies.

Armond

How can I help you?

Armond

There's stuff missing

from my bag.

Armond

What kind of stuff?

Important stuff.

Paula's medications.

Oh, my.

Armond

Well, if you'd like to make

Armond

an inventory

Armond

of the medications

Armond

that you're missing,

we can then do a proper search.

Never mind.

There's too many to list.

Armond

No?

Hey. I'm, uh...

Armond

My name's Quinn,

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and I was on the...

We heard it. We got it.

We got it, boss.

Just over here.

There we are.

Lovely.

Thank you.

Some menus for you.

Armond

Mr. Mossbacher,

looking very handsome tonight.

Oh. Thank you.

Armond

We have something special

for you tonight.

Armond

Our local staff

Armond

will be performing

Armond

some traditional

Hawaiian entertainment.

Armond

Oh! Which will begin right now

with the blowing of the pu.

Armond

Well, wasn't that a treat?

Enjoy.

Dad...

Armond

I think that guy

was hitting on you.

Armond

Probably because he was high

on our ketamine.

Armond

He was just, you know,

being friendly.

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He looked like he wanted

to fuck you, Dad.

Olivia, Come on.

Armond

Are those

Armond

the 75,000-dollar bracelets?

Armond

They were a gift

from your father.

Armond

I don't--

I don't know how much they cost.

Armond

Seventy-five thousand! Why?

Armond

Quinn, it's not polite to talk

about how much things cost.

Armond

And they just, like,

Armond

sit on your wrist?

Armond

What do you do with them?

Hey. Hey! Drop it, pal.

Armond

You know, we-- we should

probably get the talking in now.

Armond

Because there's gonna be

a very loud luau show.

Oh. Okay.

Well, let's get talking.

Uh...

Aloha! Welcome.

Hi.

Armond

I have a special table for you,

where you can enjoy the show.

Just follow me.

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This is pleasant.

Armond

And there's live music

Armond

and handsome men

in grass skirts.

I'm loving this.

There you are.

Thank you.

Armond

Hey, can I get that number now?

Armond

Oh, I was just about to

hand it to you.

Uh-huh.

Here you are.

Have a lovely dinner.

Thank you.

Armond

The special for tonight

is the mahalo mahi-mahi.

Armond

That comes with

Armond

the mango sticky rice,

Armond

uh, seaweed salad,

Armond

and, um,

like a really good Caesar.

Armond

And for you?

Okay, great.

Mom, good news.

Armond

I'm looking around the hotel,

Armond

and it seems like

Armond

all of the white, straight men

are doing just fine.

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They're still thriving.

Point taken.

Armond

I just think it's funny

Armond

that now it's okay

Armond

to reduce everybody

Armond

to their race and gender, but

Armond

isn't that the kind of thinking

Armond

that we've been fighting against

Armond

all these years?

I agree.

Armond

I mean, for years,

Armond

I was the good guy, you know?

Armond

I was the one in the room,

Armond

saying, like,

Armond

"Hey, that's not cool,"

Armond

to all the chauvinists

and bigots.

Armond

But now I'm the bad guy,

Armond

or at least,

Armond

I shouldn't say anything

Armond

on account

of my inherited traits.

Armond

I mean, why do I need to prove

Armond

my anti-racist bona fides?

It seems wrong.

It's someone else's turn to eat.

Yeah.

It's not all about you, Dad.

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It's time to recenter

the narrative.

That's fine by me.

Armond

I don't wanna be the center

of the narrative. Believe me.

Armond

Let's center the narrative

around, uh, Paula.

Okay.

Yeah.

Armond

What do you know about her?

Armond

What do you mean?

Armond

Do you know anything

Armond

about Paula?

Armond

I know that she goes to college

with you.

Armond

And that she's

Armond

a very intelligent

and appealing young woman.

Armond

But you've never really

Armond

asked her

one thing about herself.

Armond

Well, we're

not on a job interview.

We're on vacation. So...

Armond

I mean, besides, what do--

Armond

What does Paula know

Armond

about me?

Your balls are swollen.

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They've deflated.

See? It goes both ways.

Armond

I mean, when has Paula

Armond

ever asked me a question?

I could ask you a question.

Okay. Cool. Shoot.

Armond

What do you stand for?

Armond

What do I stand for?

rachel

Rachel

Baba, why don't you tell my mom

rachel

Rachel

what you were thinking about?

rachel

Rachel

What was I thinking about?

rachel

Rachel

What?

rachel

Rachel

What we were talking about

this morning.

rachel

Rachel

Oh, no, Shane,

I don't wanna talk about that.

rachel

Rachel

Come on!

No.

rachel

Rachel

Come on,

she could be helpful.

rachel

Rachel

Rachel's thinking

about quitting journalism.

Hmm.

rachel

Rachel

She still wants

rachel

Rachel

to make a difference,

rachel

Rachel

but, uh, she finally figured out

journalism is a sucker's game.

I didn't say that.

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Well, I mean,

I think we all...

rachel

Rachel

So, uh, she was thinking about

rachel

Rachel

getting involved

with a non-profit.

rachel

Rachel

I know, Mom, you do a bunch

rachel

Rachel

of shit with charities,

so, you know.

rachel

Rachel

I think that's a great idea,

Rachel.

rachel

Rachel

I love working

with all my charities.

It's a great way to give back.

rachel

Rachel

And the great thing about it

rachel

Rachel

is you can be involved as much

or as little as you want.

So it gives you flexibility.

I mean, I was actually, um...

rachel

Rachel

No. Why would you do that?

Honey, no.

rachel

Rachel

Why would you wanna do that?

That doesn't make any sense.

Uh-uh.

You don't need to do that.

rachel

Rachel

Why--

Right.

rachel

Rachel

What do you mean? Why not?

Well, it's just limiting.

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You can do so much more

rachel

Rachel

by being on boards

and hosting events...

things like that.

rachel

Rachel

And the good part is,

rachel

Rachel

you don't have

to answer to anybody.

rachel

Rachel

I wanna know, how did you get

rachel

Rachel

involved with the BLM?

rachel

Rachel

I just think

that's so interesting.

Well, um...

rachel

Rachel

I was in the Sheriff's

Department in Grand Junction.

rachel

Rachel

Then the BLM moved into

their headquarters at Colorado.

rachel

Rachel

And they have

rachel

Rachel

a law enforcement program,

rachel

Rachel

and it just seemed like

a perfect fit.

rachel

Rachel

What was the thing that made you

rachel

Rachel

wanna dedicate

rachel

Rachel

your whole life to activism?

rachel

Rachel

Was it one incident

rachel

Rachel

that was especially brutal?

I-- I don't understand.

rachel

Rachel

What do you mean, "activism"?

Yeah.

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Black Lives Matter.

rachel

Rachel

Black Lives Matter?

I'm not...

I'm not involved in that.

rachel

Rachel

You're not?

No.

No.

rachel

Rachel

Because you--

Yeah, you said BLM.

rachel

Rachel

Yeah. That's the Bureau

of Land Management.

rachel

Rachel

I have like 300 rangers

rachel

Rachel

across ten states

that report to me.

rachel

Rachel

Wow. I guess--

I guess I got that really wrong.

rachel

Rachel

I mean, now-- now--

now that makes sense.

A lot more.

rachel

Rachel

But I-- I really wanna get

involved, and what I really...

rachel

Rachel

I wanna do

something meaningful.

rachel

Rachel

Oh, but those jobs

are so awful, honey.

They make no money.

Yeah.

rachel

Rachel

Yeah, but I don't need to make

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a lot of money.

rachel

Rachel

But what's even the point?

rachel

Rachel

Those jobs are just asking

wealthy people for their money.

rachel

Rachel

Your job would literally be

to ask yourself for money.

It's all about money.

It's all about the money.

The money, money, money.

Money, money, money.

rachel

Rachel

Money, money,

money, money, money.

rachel

Rachel

And if you have money,

rachel

Rachel

then that's what you bring

to the table.

You don't need to work.

You throw parties.

And that's work.

That's a lot of work. Trust me.

rachel

Rachel

Your wedding took years

off my life.

Don't get me wrong, I loved it.

I loved every minute of it.

And I cannot remember a thing.

I don't remember anything.

I'm not kidding.

I don't remember anything.

It's a blur.

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See, this is the same old

rachel

Rachel

tribal thinking,

rachel

Rachel

replacing the old hierarchy

with a new one. It's like...

rachel

Rachel

My feeling is

rachel

Rachel

most of these activists,

rachel

Rachel

they don't really wanna

rachel

Rachel

dismantle the systems

rachel

Rachel

of economic exploitation,

rachel

Rachel

not the ones that benefit them,

rachel

Rachel

which are all global,

by the way.

rachel

Rachel

They just want a better seat

at the table of tyranny.

Hmm, no, that's just you, Mom.

rachel

Rachel

And what's your system

rachel

Rachel

of belief, Olivia?

Not capitalism.

Not socialism.

rachel

Rachel

So just cynicism?

rachel

Rachel

What does it matter

rachel

Rachel

what we think?

rachel

Rachel

If we think the right things

rachel

Rachel

or the wrong things?

We all do the same shit.

rachel

Rachel

We're all still parasites

on the Earth.

rachel

Rachel

There's no virtuous person when

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we're all eating the last fish

rachel

Rachel

and throwing all

our plastic crap in the ocean.

rachel

Rachel

Like a billion animals died

in Australia during the fires.

A billion.

rachel

Rachel

Where does all the pain go?

I'm gonna go up to the room.

I don't feel good.

rachel

Rachel

Do you want me to come with you?

No.

Thank you for dinner.

Well...

Well, okay, uh...

Come here.

rachel

Rachel

Whoa, you just sucked the air

right out of my lungs.

rachel

Rachel

Do you wanna come in

rachel

Rachel

for a nightcap?

Definitely.

All right.

Get rid of this.

Get rid of this.

Thank you for your help.

No problem.

rachel

Rachel

Not giving him

Randy's phone number.

rachel

Rachel

He's trying to get me

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fucking fired.

rachel

Rachel

Cone of silence. Right?

Right.

Look, Dylan, um...

I was a bit drunk last night.

rachel

Rachel

You don't know this about me,

rachel

Rachel

but I'm five years sober,

and, uh...

rachel

Rachel

When I fall off the wagon,

I get very uninhibited.

It's all good. It-- it happens.

rachel

Rachel

And right now,

I'm even more uninhibited.

rachel

Rachel

What?

Listen.

I'm obsessed with you.

I wanna get you naked.

rachel

Rachel

What do I gotta do?

rachel

Rachel

You have tomorrow off. I'll give

you whatever shifts you want.

Let's party tonight.

Hey.

rachel

Rachel

What's up?

rachel

Rachel

Uh, I just wanted to say

that was really cool.

Oh, yeah. Thank you.

I'm Olivia.

Oh, I'm Kai.

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Kai?

Yeah.

That's such a cool name.

Thanks.

rachel

Rachel

Are you from Hawaii?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, obviously. I'm sorry.

That was such a stupid question.

No, it's okay.

It's fine. Yeah.

rachel

Rachel

It must be really cool

to grow up here.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, it was...

it's... I like it.

Yeah. Um...

rachel

Rachel

I'm here for like another week

with my family.

Oh, nice. Nice. Right on.

Cool.

Yeah.

rachel

Rachel

Rachel, I do not see

what the big deal is.

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Shane

It's our honeymoon!

It's so presumptuous.

I mean, it's like-- it's beyond.

Shane

Wha-- Yeah. Well,

my mother loves you.

No, she doesn't, Shane.

Yes, she does.

No, she doesn't.

Shane

What if my mom showed up?

Shane

How would you feel about that?

It'd be fine.

It'd be just fine.

Plus, it would never happen.

Shane

Oh, yeah? Why not?

Shane

'Cause she can't afford

the plane ticket.

That is so fucked up.

You have reached a number...

You know what I mean.

...is no longer in service.

Shane

Yeah, Shane,

I know exactly what you mean.

Shane

I keep getting this message,

Shane

"The number you dialed

Shane

is not in service."

It's a bogus number.

Fuck this.

Shane

Where are you going?

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I'm gonna go ape shit

on this guy.

Shane

Shane, wait-- what--

Shane

we're in the middle of a fight!

Shane

We have the rest of our lives

to fight.

You're in big trouble.

I know.

Shit.

All right.

Let's party.

Finally, Jesus.

Shane

Why'd you leave?

Shane

Watching all the Hawaiians

Shane

have to dance

Shane

for all these white people

that stole their islands...

it's depressing.

Shane

I'm sorry

my family's so defective.

I'm not like them.

I'm your friend.

I'm looking for Armond.

I believe he's gone for the day.

Shane

Sure about that?

Shane

You know what?

He may be in his office.

I'll go check.

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Oh, you can wait there.

It's fine. I'll come with you.

Shane

Armond?

Shane

There's someone in there,

I can hear 'em.

Shane

Armond?

Oh, shit.

Oh.

Shane

Fuck!

Dude's going down.

You are fucked now, bro.

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