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The Miniature Wife S01E05
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00:07You
00:08Where's Richard? He's taking a mini sign sabbatical to care for a loved one. What's up Mike?
00:13This is my old friend Lulu. Mike drop you are just one signature away
00:17I should probably have my lawyer look at this first an NDA
00:23You are good people
00:25Not now Nils. I'm on to something bigger. What's the fucking plan?
00:30I thought you were gonna say
00:32No less than the team are gonna solve the formula eventually like they're so close though
00:37He looks happy. I think mr. Magoo is having a seizure. I have to go home. It's a family emergency
00:43people could be dead
00:44I will save myself
00:54I'm impressed. Mom stop. Do not move
01:11Fuck
01:12This session beginning at the beginning
01:19Childhood
01:20This is when family dysfunction often makes its way known into our adult relationships
01:29Lindy
01:30Hmm
01:32Describe your childhood in one word
01:35Cold
01:36Mm-hmm
01:38Mm-hmm
01:38Mm-hmm
01:39Mm-hmm
01:42Yeah
01:43Describe your childhood in one word
01:46Happy
01:47Uh-huh
01:48Happy
01:50Okay
01:51Okay, now Les
01:52This session is what I like to call the check engine light is on
01:58And we need to locate what needs service
02:02But in order to start that repair Les
02:05We need to dig deep to diagnose it
02:08Does that make sense?
02:09Sure dig dig deep
02:11That's right
02:12Yeah
02:13Very good
02:13So digging deeper
02:17Describe your childhood in one word
02:19Joyful
02:20Deeper
02:21Idyllic
02:22Deeper still
02:23Less
02:24Loving
02:24Okay
02:34I'm gonna change tack
02:36Lindy
02:37Mm-hmm
02:37From your perspective
02:38How would you describe Les' childhood in one word?
02:41Delusional
02:41What's that supposed to mean?
02:43It means your mother created a fantasy childhood for you
02:46Is she qualified to make these psychological hypotheses?
02:50Hypotheses?
02:51It's not a hypothesis
02:53Your mother told me
02:56What?
02:57Nancy told me
02:58She was protecting you from your hypercritical controlling father
03:03She is misinterpreting my dad's tough love as critical
03:06Was it Nancy who called it tough love?
03:09Yeah
03:09It was
03:10And I believe her
03:14Delusional
03:32He has gone fucking mad
03:37It just means he's been at it all night
03:40And just moving and searching and taping it
03:44Oh
03:44Look at that trap
03:46It's ridiculous
03:48Shrinks my laptop as bait
03:51Get out of here
03:56Hey, hey, hey
03:57Yeah, sure
03:58Maybe it's not his best work
03:59But
03:59But he's obviously worried about you
04:02Uh, no
04:03He is worried
04:05Because he can't control me
04:07Maybe control is his love language
04:09Maybe that sucks, Richard
04:11I mean, if he catches me
04:12Who knows what he'll lock me up in next
04:14I can see from your point of view how that could suck
04:17But look
04:18We could easily outsmart that rudimentary trap
04:22And just obtain the laptop
04:23Send him a little email
04:24He's my enemies
04:25Obtaining anything that defeats the purpose
04:29No, yeah
04:29I know that
04:30Wait, remind me
04:31We are proving my independence
04:33We
04:33Me
04:34I
04:34I
04:35Okay
04:35I don't need a laptop
04:37I have my phone
04:38Got it
04:39So
04:40Let's just
04:41Do you want a little help with that?
04:43I got it
04:47Oh
04:48Whoever Terry is
04:49He or she really wants to get a hold of you
04:51Yeah, she's my first call
04:53Your story
04:55They published it
04:57No
04:57No
04:58No
04:59No
05:01Oh, God
05:03They love you
05:06Who's they?
05:07Uh, everyone
05:09Everyone?
05:10Like, everyone
05:12Everyone
05:12Look, look
05:14It's
05:15Everyone
05:15I mean, you know, my mom says
05:18Saying I told you so is tacky
05:19But I told you so
05:22Breathtaking?
05:24Worth waiting for?
05:28Everyone
05:29Loves me
05:36You better be sitting in a dark room with the curtains drawn
05:39I'm viral
05:40I'm cat person
05:42Viral
05:43Me
05:44I'm viral
05:44Like a bad flu
05:45Look, Lindy
05:46I thought I'd been forgotten
05:48Discarded
05:49A has-been
05:50But it turns out
05:51They were waiting for me
05:53Patiently
05:54And they
05:55Still love me
05:56Reality check
05:57You didn't fucking write it
05:59It's not about the story
06:01It's about my fans
06:02And that they love me
06:03That they still love me
06:04You're basking in make-believe glory
06:06This is a ticking time bomb
06:08That is going to blow
06:09Wait a minute
06:10You
06:11You told me that you were going to disarm the bomb
06:14I tried
06:15Okay
06:16I flew Jackie out to New York
06:18Was out negotiated by Hayseeds
06:20Had sex with a cowboy in an elevator
06:23Never got his name
06:24Oh my god
06:25And?
06:26It was wonderful
06:27He was wonderful
06:28You need to find him
06:30Oh, I have to find him
06:31Hey, uh, Fifty Shades of Pay
06:33On the line
06:33EL, or the assistant
06:34EL
06:36Lindy's nuts
06:36It's chef's kiss
06:38I can hear him
06:40Lindy
06:40Listen to me
06:42We have a chance to fix this
06:43We still have plausible deniability
06:45So just do nothing
06:47I mean fucking nothing
06:49Say nothing
06:50Do you hear me?
06:51Yes
06:51Do and say nothing
06:57The, um, Today Show wants an interview
07:01The Today Show
07:02The Today Show
07:04Wants me
07:05The Today Show
07:07Wants me
07:10Wait
07:13Wait, no, no, look
07:15On Zoom, you'll be regular size
07:20Oh, I
07:23I, I can't
07:24I
07:26Okay
07:26I, this is not
07:28I can't really
07:29I mean, I absolutely cannot
07:31I, no
07:32There's no way
07:33I'm absolutely not doing The Today Show
07:35I can't do The Today Show
07:37Listen, I know, I know, I know you're scared
07:38I know it's been a minute
07:39Since you've been the toast of the literary town
07:41Yes, but
07:42But this is Jenna
07:44Jenna?
07:45Pulitzer Prize winner
07:48Lindy Littlejohn
07:49Okay
07:49The world
07:50We waited long enough
07:52This is your time
07:55It's my time
07:56Are you kidding
07:57This is your time
07:59It's my time
08:01I
08:02Just say it
08:06Here's the thing, though
08:07Oh
08:09Too much talking in the head
08:12Book it
08:13We're gonna book it
08:14Book it
08:17I'm gonna be on The Today Show
08:19Today Show
08:22Okay, okay, okay
08:24Excited, excited
08:25Wait
08:25Bad news
08:26The phone is out of battery
08:27Step
08:28Um
08:29Why didn't you get that charger?
08:40Uh, just a thought
08:42Don't kill the messenger
08:43How about
08:44We just
08:45It's getting a laptop
08:46Let's get the laptop
08:46We're not getting the laptop
08:47La la la la
08:48No, no, no
08:49No
08:49We are gonna go get the charger
08:51Because the charger equals independence
09:00He should've used a more sensitive trigger
09:02You need to let it go, Richie
09:04We're not going for the laptop
09:05Les!
09:07We gotta hide.
09:09Huh?
09:09The couch.
09:10Get on.
09:11Oh, wait for me!
09:12Get on!
09:14Les.
09:21Les.
09:23Les.
09:24It's okay.
09:25It's okay, dear.
09:26It's me.
09:27It's mum.
09:28Oh.
09:30Are you...
09:31Are you having a nervous breakdown?
09:33It...
09:34Shh.
09:35It's okay, dear.
09:37I could call Lindy.
09:39We're...
09:42You're in the wrong zone!
09:43You gotta be in the Les zone.
09:45Just do not walk outside the Les zone.
09:47Les?
09:47Yes, keep your voice down.
09:49Let me check your shoes.
09:50Oh, God.
09:51Oh, good.
09:52Oh, good.
09:52She's not there.
09:54Les.
09:54Les.
09:56I am very worried about you.
09:58No, Mom, I'm fine.
09:59I'm fine.
09:59I'm okay.
09:59I'm good.
10:00I'm good.
10:00We...
10:01I'm just...
10:01I've been remodeling the house.
10:04For Lindy.
10:04As a surprise.
10:05Oh.
10:06Yeah.
10:06Yeah, yeah.
10:07And I'm worried about you.
10:08Being up here, it's dangerous.
10:10So we should go...
10:11We should go downstairs.
10:11Come on, come on.
10:12Yeah.
10:13I think you are unwill.
10:15No.
10:15It's fine.
10:15It's the fumes.
10:16It's the fumes from the floor.
10:18That's the whole thing.
10:19What?
10:19All right.
10:20Okay.
10:21So we're on the move.
10:23And then we're gonna go...
10:25Downstairs.
10:25In the Les zone.
10:27No, you've got to stay.
10:28You must...
10:28Mom, you've got to stay in the Les zone.
10:30Oh, in the Les zone.
10:30Yeah.
10:31Okay.
10:31See?
10:32We're good.
10:32See?
10:33The Les zone.
10:34That's it.
10:34Down we go.
10:35We're going down.
10:36Okay, we gotta move.
10:38Richard!
10:38Huh?
10:39Yeah.
10:40You know, I, uh...
10:44I miss my mom.
10:48Yeah.
10:49Les...
10:50Les has a really good mom.
10:52You know?
10:53Nancy, uh...
10:54She shielded him from reality too much.
10:56And also from his dad, though, who was...
10:59Wow.
10:59But Nancy, no.
11:01She's a...
11:01Yeah.
11:02She's a mom-mom.
11:04Kinda always...
11:05Wished I had.
11:07Imagined...
11:07What would I be like if I...
11:12Did have...
11:14Well...
11:15I think I need a minute.
11:17Yeah.
11:18Yeah, we can...
11:20We can take a minute.
11:27Okay, Mom.
11:28So, you know, we agreed last night with a change of plans, and Magoo's with Lindy, and I'm...
11:33I'm working, and Lulu's here at home, but she's in and out, and she's doing her thing,
11:38that, you know, you should... you should probably just... you should go home.
11:41Okay?
11:42Okay?
11:43Les.
11:44Yeah?
11:45I don't believe you.
11:46Which part?
11:47Every part, dear.
11:49I'm acting perfectly normal!
11:51The last minute remodeling, the fumes that I did not smell, the less zone, Lindy's disappearance...
11:59Lindy's disappearance?
12:00That's a little dateline.
12:01The husband was the last one to see her.
12:03She's at the gray house, Mom.
12:06Okay?
12:06Other than that, I do not see my behavior as bizarre.
12:09I am working really hard.
12:11I am very stressed out, and I'm not sleeping very well.
12:16But I'm fine, Mom.
12:17I'm fine.
12:18Okay?
12:19You fine?
12:21When you're ready to talk, I'm right here.
12:24We talked!
12:25And I'm good.
12:26But it is too dangerous for you here, okay?
12:29I promise I will stay downstairs, away from these fumes.
12:34But I am not leaving until I know you're okay.
12:37One last thing.
12:39Yes.
12:39When was the last time you showered, dear?
12:47Okay.
12:48Whoo!
12:48Let's get that charger.
12:49Huh.
12:50Now you just have to scale the vertical surface using the floss like a rock climber would a rope.
12:55And just...
12:56All the way up.
12:57All the way up.
12:58I can't do one pull-up, Richie.
13:00But you have the power of the square cube law behind you.
13:04See?
13:05Why even pause?
13:06Just explain.
13:07All right.
13:08Simple math.
13:09As our size decreased, our proportional strength, that increased.
13:13It's like, um, ants.
13:15I fucking hate ants.
13:17Yes.
13:17But ant math is never wrong.
13:19Okay.
13:19Well, you're tiny, too.
13:20So you do it.
13:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:22But this is your independence.
13:26Math is freedom.
13:28Freedom is independence.
13:29Go.
13:33Right.
13:36It's gonna...
13:38Yeah, it's not gonna...
13:39What are you...
13:40What are you doing?
13:41I'm conjuring my inner freedom math.
13:44This is exciting.
13:47Should we hide?
13:48No, no, shh.
13:48I'm walking through the foyer in the left zone.
13:51I'm leaving for the lab, but I'd still love to hear from you.
13:54Wait.
13:55Wait.
13:57Now I've opened the front door.
13:59Martin?
14:00You never answer your phone.
14:01Martin?
14:02We're in the clear.
14:03He's never letting Martin in here.
14:04Yeah, but Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom...
14:05Mom is in the basement and she's a rule follower.
14:07She'll stay there.
14:08It's Lulu.
14:10We don't have eyes on Lulu, so...
14:13Tick tock.
14:14You gotta help me.
14:15Oh, yeah, I'm gonna help you.
14:25Tick tock.
14:28No!
14:31No!
15:00Intense.
15:07I remember the moment I discovered my mother was a liar.
15:11Too intense.
15:12You're too intense.
15:15You.
15:16Me.
15:17Why?
15:20Roommate.
15:22Well...
15:23Sure.
15:24Stop.
15:25What?
15:25You suck.
15:26You probably suck more.
15:28Okay, so I was a dick.
15:30Sorry.
15:31You didn't insult her.
15:31Oh, you don't go to Forest Park?
15:33No, I do.
15:35I just don't give a fuck about what you think.
15:38Who's Wendy Pressett?
15:43Wendy?
15:43What?
15:44Yeah, she left a pretty hefty bar tab last night.
15:48She sounds like a good time.
15:50You both had whiskey sours.
15:52She paid for your tab, but then left her credit card.
15:56Huh?
15:57Okay, why don't you just fucking say it?
15:59Credit card fraud.
16:05So, what is this?
16:07Is this a shirtless citizen's arrest?
16:11No badge.
16:13Nowhere to pin it.
16:14I'm only asking.
16:16Only you asking?
16:18Only me.
16:19Good.
16:20It's a stupid question anyway.
16:32Okay, I'm gonna go.
16:35Well, happy reading, Wendy.
16:41You ran out saying someone could be dead.
16:43Yeah, Lindy, Lindy's having a hard time.
16:46She's sick?
16:47No, she's unwell.
16:48Oh.
16:49Well, look, I am happy to stay with Lindy.
16:52No, she's at the Grey House.
16:53Oh, but you rushed home.
16:55She left this morning because she's emotionally unwell.
16:58Oh, right.
16:59Yeah.
17:00Should she be alone?
17:01No, Gary and Meg are nearby.
17:03It's a lot, Martin.
17:04It's a lot to keep in my head, okay?
17:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:06Quad for Les.
17:07Herbal tea for Martin.
17:09Bob?
17:11Oh, fuck!
17:13Another quad for Les.
17:17Is that Mills with Bob?
17:36G-G-G-G, G-G-G-G!
17:38Yes!
17:45Keep going!
17:46Come on.
17:54Almost there.
17:59Yes!
18:00You did it!
18:01Whoo!
18:03Oh, I love math!
18:05I know, right?
18:06It's like, it's never wrong.
18:09And the charger?
18:10On it!
18:13Okay.
18:16Yeah.
18:32Big smile, ready, ready, and...
18:35Okay, all right, ready?
18:37Ready?
18:37Ready, ready, ready?
18:39Three, two, one...
18:41Merry Christmas!
18:43A doll house.
18:44It's just like our home.
18:46Yeah, Daddy's been working on this for months.
18:48Well, it was Mommy's idea.
18:50Well, I knew you liked the one Steffi had.
18:53This is way better than Steffi.
18:55And look, the lights work, see?
18:57Whoa!
18:58Wait, wait, who do we have here?
19:00Me and you.
19:01Oh, where's Daddy?
19:02He's at work.
19:03Yeah, arguing with the mean people from Monsanto and the Organic Produce Alliance.
19:08Mommy's at home.
19:10Oh, yes, but Mommy is in her office working.
19:14No, but Mommy's watching TV.
19:18No, Mommy is at her desk writing.
19:23No, she's watching TV.
19:35I am the architect of my own prison.
19:41Not anymore.
19:50Okay.
19:52You got this.
20:01Lindy!
20:02You all right?
20:04Yeah!
20:22Oh, shit.
20:26I'm fine.
20:38Grandma.
20:39Oh, you are a sight, dear.
20:43I'm hungover, Grandma.
20:45And I'm not the legal drinking age.
20:47Do you hate me?
20:49Never, dear.
20:50I appreciate your honesty.
20:51Don't lose that quality.
20:53Yeah, I think I was a little too honest last night.
20:56Oh, well, booze will do that.
20:59I'm so glad you're here.
21:01I don't even know or care why.
21:03Oh, crossed wires with your dad.
21:06Have you told him fuck science yet?
21:09Grandma!
21:10Your words.
21:11Or that you flunked out of college.
21:15Sounds worse when you say it.
21:17Is that not accurate?
21:20No.
21:21It's just...
21:23Fuck.
21:25What do you got there?
21:26Oh, Mom's book.
21:28Oh.
21:29Apparently, I'm just like her.
21:31Well, I take that as a compliment.
21:34I don't think that's how she meant it.
21:36I think you'll be surprised.
21:49Good morning, Bob.
21:53Oh, I didn't see you.
21:54But I saw you.
21:57Neal's.
21:58Lattes.
21:59Plural.
22:01I can explain.
22:02Yes, you can.
22:03And you will.
22:04I know you can't help yourself, Bob.
22:07Technically speaking,
22:08I did not break the conditions stipulated in my NDA.
22:11I answer questions solely related to my brother-in-law
22:14and his experiences at MedBot.
22:16Then why are you so nervous, Bob?
22:19My brother-in-law alleges that once Hilton's company
22:21became the primary investor,
22:23they illegally acquired his tech.
22:25Illegally acquired?
22:28Oh.
22:29You know, per my attorney, I'm as qualified,
22:30allegedly, Hilton's legal chicanery is airtight.
22:34And I mean airtight.
22:35How did Hilton illegally acquire your brother-in-law's tech, Bob?
22:40Well, they closed ranks.
22:41I had my brother-in-law removed.
22:43Allegedly.
22:46Gentlemen.
22:47We didn't see you.
22:48We need to talk.
22:50Eh?
22:50Not you.
22:51Less you.
22:52It's important.
23:02Okay, the Today Show.
23:05I need to make a new first impression tomorrow morning.
23:11What?
23:14Okay, for your information,
23:16I gave Jackie Baldwin extensive notes.
23:19No one would even care about the story
23:21if it didn't have my name on it.
23:23Less took everything from me.
23:25Look at me.
23:25I'm...
23:25I could be six inches tall forever.
23:28So I need this.
23:29I need this one thing.
23:31I tried.
23:32Okay?
23:33Writing is hard.
23:34And the pressure on a second book
23:37after winning the...
23:38I mean, it's paralyzing.
23:40I'm on my own.
23:45I need you to tell me it's okay.
23:49Please.
23:52Tell me...
23:54I'm independent.
23:57Tell me it's my turn.
24:00Tell me...
24:01It's mine.
24:04Me.
24:05Me.
24:06The Bordeaux.
24:09How's the second book coming?
24:12It's not.
24:13But it will.
24:14Do you remember how much Gary and I struggled
24:16when we were first starting the artisanal vitamin business?
24:19It was...
24:19Oh, like nine and a half months
24:21before we made a single sale?
24:22Nine and a half months
24:24before we made a single sale.
24:26Yeah, but look at us now.
24:27Barely able to keep up with demand.
24:29Yeah.
24:29And it is absolutely gonna be the same for you.
24:32Same for you?
24:34No, it's not.
24:36It's not the same...
24:38at all.
24:38It's absolutely not the same at all.
24:43How is little Lulu?
24:45Oh, how was her Christmas?
24:47Oh, we knocked it out of the park.
24:49Best parents ever.
24:50Show them the pictures.
24:52Oh, yeah.
24:52You should see this dollhouse.
24:54Oh, well, there she is.
24:55Huh?
24:56Oh.
24:57Amazing.
24:57What a sweetie.
24:59What a sweetie.
25:00So, Les, what have you been working on these days?
25:02I mean, R.I.P. GMO Tomato.
25:04Oh, yeah.
25:05R.I.P. GMO Tomato.
25:07But it did bring you success, though.
25:09You know, it did bring you some success.
25:11Yeah.
25:11Well, I do have a little germ of an idea, which I'm pretty excited about.
25:16Ooh.
25:17You do?
25:18Yeah.
25:19It's early days, but I think I can say confidently that it does have the potential to change the world.
25:25It has the potential to change the world?
25:27I like the sound of that.
25:28I like the sound of that, too.
25:30But, honey, it's my turn.
25:32Remember?
25:34Well, actually, it's still my turn, sweetheart.
25:39I do remember.
25:40Sorry, we don't.
25:42What is the turn saying?
25:44Oh, well, we take turns supporting each other.
25:46So, he supported me through my first book, and I supported him through the first tomato,
25:50and now it's my turn again.
25:52He needs to support me for the second book, see, turns.
25:55No, because your turn won you the Pulitzer, and my turn has yet to win me the Nobel.
26:01The Nobel.
26:03I mean, honey.
26:05Are you joking?
26:07Honey.
26:07Not at all.
26:08I'm not at all.
26:09But the Nobel, I mean, that could be never.
26:13That's how turns work, right?
26:15That's...
26:16Your turn ended with the tomato that put you on the science map, but then went spot,
26:22followed by your imminent termination from Monsanto, followed by our housekeeper finding
26:25him naked, crying on the bed.
26:28Oh.
26:30Depression.
26:31It's a bitch.
26:33Mm.
26:33Yeah.
26:35Oh, you know what?
26:36Should we take a visit to the Arch?
26:38Ooh.
26:39The Arch.
26:40The Arch.
26:42How dare you tell Gary and Meg about my naked crying, huh?
26:46That was me at my most vulnerable.
26:48That was a secret between us.
26:49How dare you tell them your germ of an idea before me, especially one that's got me trapped
26:54in St. Louis, and it's your turn until you win the Nobel?
26:58That's new.
26:59Not everyone, Lindy, lucks into their prize on the first try.
27:03Luck?
27:03You know what I mean.
27:05I think I do.
27:09Point is, how can I trust you if you're going to expose me like that?
27:13Don't trust me then.
27:14Just don't tell me anything ever again.
27:16I won't.
27:16Good.
27:17Me too.
27:17Great.
27:18Secrets from now on.
27:19Secrets.
27:19Need a secret.
27:20Love a secret.
27:22But it is my turn.
27:31My fucking turn.
27:33It's my fucking turn.
27:37My fucking turn.
27:41My fucking turn.
27:44My fucking turn.
27:50I can't take any more bad cat news.
28:02So is this behavior normal?
28:04I don't know how to feel.
28:04You should feel good.
28:06Really?
28:07Mr. Magoo has diabetes.
28:09I stabilized his blood sugar, and he's going to be fine.
28:12So the seizures have nothing to do with miniaturization.
28:14Completely unrelated.
28:15So she's going to live.
28:17I mean, he.
28:17He.
28:18He's going to live.
28:19There is more good news.
28:20Look.
28:26That is a sample of Mr. Magoo's muscle tissue.
28:29The rapid expansion process might cause fragmentation in the atomic bonds,
28:33leaving them too fragile to hold.
28:38So we need to...
28:41We need to slow the reaction.
28:44To allow the nuclei time.
28:46To form stronger bonds.
28:48Stronger bonds are fundamental in the expansion of any fragile connection or alliance.
28:55Oh, I agree.
29:02We need a neutron moderator.
29:12We need a neutron moderator.
29:19How is the exponential of?
29:21Negative r divided by lambda.
29:26Let's see if keep going.
29:27H hat equals negative h bar squared over...
29:32Stop.
29:32Over, over, over, over, um, two times the mass of the nucleus,
29:38times the location operator.
29:39Um, and plus, uh, V, uh, multiplied by R.
29:44Yes?
29:45Oh, God, God.
29:46This is what I've been missing.
29:51We should, uh, check them out.
29:54Yeah.
30:03Mom is a good writer.
30:06Like, good.
30:08Well, she won an award, dear.
30:10I know, but I didn't know, no.
30:12Like, look, the book is really funny, but it's also deeply sad.
30:20Grandma, it's making me...
30:22There's just so much I'm connecting.
30:26About Mom, Grandma Diane, me.
30:31It's like, I might need to rethink my thoughts.
30:36Well, you're coming of age reading about your mom coming of age.
30:41That's deep, Grandma.
30:57Grandma, turn on Channel 5.
31:02We are talking to Pulitzer Prize winning off their Lindy Littlejohn
31:05about her sensational new short story, Untitled On Purpose.
31:09What?
31:10Lindy looks terrific.
31:12Lindy, could you possibly have expected the reaction to be anything like this?
31:16Oh, Jenna, I...
31:18Nothing about this experience is what I expected.
31:22The story is just so...
31:23Mom wrote something?
31:24I always knew she would.
31:26Did you know you were writing something so provocative?
31:29You know, everything I write provokes someone.
31:32Right, Jenna?
31:34Very true.
31:35Yeah.
31:35You famously fictionalized your difficult relationship with your mother and My Rainbow Starts With Black,
31:41one of my all-time favorite books.
31:44Oh, thank you.
31:45I've got to ask you, did you base this story on your real life, too?
31:48So the book is true.
31:50You know, Jenna, I just think everyone does their best writing when they're not worried what other people think.
31:55That's the office.
31:56Upstairs.
31:58I thought she was at the Grey House.
32:01So did I.
32:02Lindy, Littlejohn, thank you so much for being here.
32:04Oh, thank you, Jenna.
32:05It's been wonderful talking to you.
32:07Please turn this story into a book.
32:09I'll think about it.
32:10Okay, bye-bye.
32:19I killed it.
32:23You have to write the book.
32:25Oh, my God.
32:26I feel like I have another chance.
32:27I could write something.
32:29I could write something great.
32:30You already have.
32:31Yes, Les supported me, but I wrote.
32:34I am a writer.
32:36Right?
32:36I'm here.
32:37I can support you.
32:38I feel like me again.
32:40Richie, this is...
32:42Like, where have I been, you know?
32:44Like, I've been here the whole time, and it's like I forgot.
32:48I forgot.
32:49I was right here.
32:53I'm a writer.
32:56Wait, are you crying?
32:58No.
32:59You're a little.
33:01Me, too.
33:03Oh!
33:17Mom?
33:19Mom?
33:20Mom?
33:20Mom?
33:24Mom?
33:28Mom?
33:29Mom?
33:40Mom?
33:41Mom?
33:48Ready?
33:50Mom?
33:51Mom?
34:00By Jackie Baldwin?
34:03What the fuck?
34:26Yes.
34:28Were you here all night?
34:29Oh, shit, Lindy. Wait, what time is it?
34:32Oh, okay. So you're new. So everything's okay now?
34:36Yeah. Yeah. I admit, there's a little something between us, but nothing happened. We had a breakthrough.
34:42Oh, well, she looked great on the Today Show.
34:44Vivian?
34:45Lindy.
34:46Lindy?
34:48Vivian.
34:48Who's on what?
34:49Lindy was on the Today Show this morning.
34:54How... how did she... what did she look like?
34:57What? What?
34:58What?!
35:23Lindy?
35:28Lindy?
35:34Lindy?
35:37Lindy?
35:37Lindy?
35:37Lindy?
35:37Lindy, where are you?
35:38Right here, Les.
35:41And I can take care of myself.
35:45No.
35:45Yeah, clearly, you're on the fucking Today Show. I'm worried sick. I'm working all night. Poof! You're writing again? You're
35:51a viral sensation? Who knew? Not me.
35:53Poof! I'm six inches tall. Who knew? Not me. Keeping secrets was your idea.
36:00I think you're taking that to the extreme. I think you're taking that to the extreme.
36:04You're delusional.
36:05You're delusional.
36:08I can't lose you, Lindy. I can't...
36:10No more traps, Les.
36:12Lindy? Is that you?
36:15Oh, sh...
36:17Mom!
36:18Dad?
36:21What's going on?
36:23Oh, my God. Grandma.
36:25Is she dead?
36:26No, she just fainted. Quickly, run to the pharmacy, get some bromides.
36:30What the fuck are bromides?
36:31Google it! She's having one of her spells.
36:34Grandma has spells?
36:35Yes! She's old! Hurry up! Hurry, hurry, hurry!
36:43Mom!
36:46Okay, Mom.
36:47Oh!
36:48Here we go.
36:49Mom?
36:51Mom, it's okay.
36:52Hey, Mom.
36:54Hey.
36:55Mom.
36:58Hey.
36:59Hey, it's okay.
37:00You just fainted.
37:04I saw her.
37:06Saw who, Mom?
37:08Lindy.
37:10She... she was so small.
37:12Yeah, Lindy's not here. Remember, Mom?
37:15I saw her.
37:16Like... like a little doll.
37:18She was... she was like a real-life little Lindy doll.
37:21I think you mean one of Lulu's little dolls, Mom.
37:24No, no, no. I know what I saw, and I...
37:26Yeah?
37:26I saw her on... on TV, too.
37:29No.
37:30Lulu?
37:31No, no, Lulu's not here either, Mom.
37:33Lulu's not here. I think you're a little confused.
37:35No, Mom, I'm not confused.
37:36Yeah.
37:36You're lying to me.
37:38I am your mother. Tell me the truth.
37:40Okay.
37:41Okay.
37:43Um...
37:43God, come on. Come on.
37:44Let's sit down.
37:46Come on.
37:46What?
37:46Just sit, sit.
37:48So, um, okay, so, um...
37:50Okay, so this is...
37:52This is hard.
37:53What?
37:54This is hard, but the truth...
37:56Yeah?
37:58The truth is...
38:01Um...
38:01That I put a painkiller in your tea, and hallucinations are a side effect, so there is no tiny Lindy.
38:08You want?
38:09Yeah.
38:10Why?
38:10When?
38:12Because of your back.
38:13Because I know it's been bothering you, and I wanted you to relax, and...
38:16Yeah.
38:16You...
38:17You drugged me?
38:19What kind of son drugs his own mother?
38:23Concerned son, Mom?
38:24No.
38:25No, no, no, no.
38:26You're not sorry.
38:27You are manipulating and controlling and a liar.
38:31And you are without a doubt your father's son, which breaks my fucking heart.
38:36What?
38:37Whoa!
38:38What?
38:39I failed.
38:40I'm...
38:40I'm guilty.
38:41I...
38:42I tried.
38:42I tried to protect you from this.
38:45From...
38:45From what?
38:46From becoming your father.
38:49My...
38:49Well, I...
38:50I'd say you overdid it.
38:52Huh?
38:52Because I was invisible.
38:54Huh?
38:54And I still am.
38:55Yeah, that's what fucking drives me, and that's fine.
38:58But Dad is a kind and fair...
39:01An asshole.
39:03Who keeps me on a tight leash.
39:05But...
39:06I have made my peace with that.
39:09And my marriage is not your marriage.
39:12Whatever you have done to Lindy, and I mean whatever you have done to her.
39:17She is not me.
39:19She needs to be off the leash.
39:20She needs to be free out of anyone's control.
39:24I don't know what you are hiding, but you are not remodeling.
39:28And if you are lying to me, I'd bet the farm you are lying to her and yourself.
39:33Mom.
39:34Mom, I love you.
39:36No, no.
39:37You love you.
39:39What is it your Dr. Carmichael says?
39:41Yes.
39:41Dig deep.
39:42If I were you, I'd start digging deeper than you've ever dug before.
39:46Find the truth.
39:48Keep on lying.
39:49Keep on burying.
39:50And you will lose her, if you haven't already.
39:55She was going to leave me.
39:56It was an accident.
39:57No, there are no accidents.
40:00Isn't that a chapter in your doctor's book?
40:04Tell her.
40:06Tell her what you did.
40:08Tell Lindy everything.
40:11Because until you are honest, you are fucked, dear.
40:32And that's the complete and honest truth of it.
40:37And I love you, Lindy.
40:40And I need you, Lindy.
40:44And I miss you.
40:58Let's see you.
41:05Where's Grandma?
41:13Uh, she left.
41:17This isn't about grandma, is it?
41:23Mom left you.
41:29She left us, didn't she?
41:41I'm trying to hear you, and see you, and be honest with you, if you're ever going to forgive me.
41:47And the truth is, the truth is that I was scared.
41:52You were going to leave me, and I didn't want to lose you.
41:55And so, um, I miniaturized you.
42:02On purpose.
42:04I did it.
42:07And that's the complete and honest truth.
42:09I miniaturized you.
42:12On purpose.
42:13I did it.
42:15Miniaturized you.
42:16On purpose.
42:18I did it.
42:19Miniaturized you.
42:20On purpose.
42:21I did it.
42:22On purpose.
42:23I did it.
42:23On purpose.
42:24I did it.
42:26Miniaturized you.
42:26On purpose.
42:30I did it.
42:31On purpose.
42:32Miniaturized you.
42:32On purpose.
42:33I did it.
42:34On purpose.
42:34I did it.
42:35On purpose.
42:35Miniaturized you.
42:36On purpose.
42:37No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
43:06Miniaturized you.
43:07On purpose.
43:07I did it.
43:38I did it.
44:12I did it.
44:13I did it.
44:13I did it.
44:13I did it.
44:16I did it.
44:16I did it.
44:16I did it.
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